Richt was right: UGA is ‘knocking on the door’ of greatness
Noted critic Mark Richt gave Georgia's clinching of the SEC East two thumbs up. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
Mark Richt called this shot. Speaking in Tampa on the first day of 2012, he said of his Georgia Bulldogs: ““We’re going to be knocking on the door of the greatest success you can have in college football, and if you knock long enough, you’ll eventually break through.”
Some folks tittered, noting that Georgia had just lost the SEC championship game by 32 points. A day later, when the Bulldogs (and Richt, too) messed up every which way in blowing the Outback Bowl to Michigan State, the tee-hees became hardy-har-hars. A team that had gone 0-4 against ranked opponents would go on to achieve “the greatest success you can have in college football”? Dream on, brother.
Eleven months later, the dreamer awakes and smells a heady blend of coffee. If the Bulldogs beat Georgia Tech on Saturday, they will stand on the cusp of the BCS title game. Granted, they’ll face a massive impediment in Alabama (presuming it beats Auburn, which it will), but still: For the first time since Richt took up residence in Athens, his team has a clear path to the national championship. Which only lends greater resonance to the second half of that January pronouncement: “If you knock long enough, you’ll eventually break through.”
In 2002, when the Bulldogs went 13-1 and took the school’s first SEC title in two decades in Year 2 under Richt, a BCS title seemed this reborn program’s manifest destiny. But LSU beat Georgia twice in 2003, and Tennessee upset the Bulldogs in Athens the next year, and Georgia’s 2005 SEC champs had two losses in a year when being undefeated wouldn’t have been enough, what with USC and Texas, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, staying unbeaten until they met in the Rose Bowl.
Manifest destiny hadn’t yet manifested itself, and after a decade on the job it wasn’t clear that Richt would take a team beyond an SEC championship. Which isn’t a bad thing in and of itself, but when five different SEC schools were taking BCS titles while Georgia was stuck on 1980, it was possible to ask if Richt’s moment had passed without ever arriving.
Twice his teams had come close. The once-beaten 2002 Bulldogs finished third in the BCS standings, behind unbeatens Miami and Ohio State. In 2007 Georgia stood fourth in the penultimate BCS rankings and saw No. 1 Missouri and No. 2 West Virginia lose … but somehow the Bulldogs dropped to fifth. The voters’ apparent rationale: A team that didn’t win its conference shouldn’t be allowed to play for the national title. (Not that it stopped Alabama last season.)
The 2008 Bulldogs of Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno and A.J. Green were ranked No. 1 in preseason but got little right. A slew of summer arrests left Georgia reeling before the team held its first practice, and the bubble burst on an awful night in Sanford Stadium that saw Alabama lead 31-0 at the half. That team would lose only three games, but they were epic failures: The drubbing by Alabama, the 49-10 flop against national-champ-to-be Florida and Richt’s only loss to Georgia Tech, a 45-42 game the Bulldogs led 28-12 at halftime.
The next two years were a clear retreat. Georgia went 8-5 , then 6-7. The program that once could beat anyone anywhere closed 2010 by losing to Central Florida in the Liberty Bowl on a day the Bulldogs couldn’t manage a touchdown. The 2011 season began with losses to Boise State and South Carolina, and there was no guarantee Richt would be coaching this team in 2012. But Georgia started winning and, benefiting from a soft schedule, claimed the SEC East. Then it lost emphatically to LSU and egregiously to Michigan State, and it was hard to know what to think. Were the Bulldogs back? Or had they just gotten lucky?
Even this season, there were times we wondered. The 35-7 loss at South Carolina was one of the worst performances by any Richt team, and the halting victory at Kentucky wasn’t much better. But then Georgia went to Jacksonville and upset its nemesis, and everything changed. For the first time since 2007, this coach and this program had won a game against an opponent of consequence, and today the Bulldogs are 10-1, ranked No. 3 in the BCS standings with a date against No. 2 surely upcoming.
Twelve years on the job, Richt finally has Georgia in position to play for a national championship. All it has to do is win these next two games. Asked Wednesday on the SEC conference call how it felt not to need any outside assistance, Richt ducked the question: “I’m not going to make a comment on it. I’m focused on trying to beat Georgia Tech.”
It’s possible Georgia could lose to Tech, and the Bulldogs will be an underdog against Alabama. But even if this season doesn’t end with the Bulldogs hoisting the crystal trophy, the dreamer has already been proved a prophet. His team is indeed knocking on a door that has been closed to Georgia for three decades. His team is three games from glory.
By Mark Bradley
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Yawn
November 21st, 2012
2:14 pm
Yawn. GT 43 Mutts 38
Chris S
November 21st, 2012
2:15 pm
“The voters’ apparent rationale: A team that didn’t win its conference shouldn’t be allowed to play for the national title. (Not that it stopped Alabama last season.)”
The rationale was actually that a team that didn’t play in its conference championship shouldn’t be able to play for title. The not-winning-your-conference objection had been blown up some time earlier.
David C
November 21st, 2012
2:15 pm
Should you wait till after SEC Championship Game before having this opinion? If they get blown out like they did in last Year SEC Championship Game you might have a different opinion..
Ed
November 21st, 2012
2:17 pm
HBTD!
Bulldogs for Muschamp Lifetime Contract
November 21st, 2012
2:17 pm
Georgia 49
Tech 28
This game will be won in the first half and Georgia will maintain that lead throughout.
tech mess
November 21st, 2012
2:19 pm
yea right –yawn. and yea we matter now–what about tech?
Spurrier was right...
November 21st, 2012
2:19 pm
… 12 years at one school is about the right time to leave – here’s hoping Richt was listening, win or lose…
Steve
November 21st, 2012
2:19 pm
Actually, I think the first half will be close like the Ole Miss and Southern game and then UGA will take care of business. Probably 24-20 at the half with a final of 45-30. It’s said this is not a rivalry anymore on the UGA side. When you beat someone annually, it gets old. Maybe Tech and UGA should start playing like every four years or something.
polecat
November 21st, 2012
2:20 pm
At this moment, David, UGA is indeed knocking on the door of greatness. The door may get slammed in their face on Saturday, or it might be slammed the following Saturday, but the door is still there. There are only 3 teams right now that can say “if we take care of business, we are playing on Jan 7.”
Steve
November 21st, 2012
2:20 pm
*sad, not said.
GTT
November 21st, 2012
2:20 pm
Tenth!
Dawg Fud
November 21st, 2012
2:21 pm
GO DAWGS!
Ed
November 21st, 2012
2:23 pm
Maybe the rationale in ‘07 was “a two-loss team that didn’t win its conference should not be allowed to play for the title,” because Oklahoma got to play for it in ‘03 despite getting killed in the conference title game. And last year’s gem: a team that finished second in its DIVISION (not lost a tiebreaker, but actually came in 2nd), did not play for its conference title, and lost at home to the undefeated winner of its conference got to play for the NC.
Back to ‘07: under BCS logic, a team (LSU) that finished the regular season 10-2 (6-2 conf.) was deemed worthy to play for it all, while another team (UGA) that finished the regular season 10-2 (6-2 conf.) was deemed unworthy because it lost a division tie-breaker. Forget that at the time, the Dawgs were probably playing better than anyone in the country.
Makes perfect sense only in the BCS world.
Mark Bradley
November 21st, 2012
2:23 pm
So had the not-playing-in-a-conference-championship-game objection. Nebraska 2001.
Dawg Fud
November 21st, 2012
2:23 pm
Gotta respect Tech. They are certainly capable of kicking our butts. We need to play with intensity and discipline.
Under The Bleachers
November 21st, 2012
2:23 pm
Mark,
Just do not see it. One hit wonders is more like it. The number of players(especially on defense) that will leave, the return to power by Florida, the continuing effort by Spurrier and USC, this will be a blip on the screen. One still has to look at what UGA does against good teams. History shows some failures.
Mark Richt is like any coach, his job is to sell his program and tell the boosters how good they are going to be, this after three disappointing seasons and 6 below seasons in a row.
Spin Spin, in the end it comes down to doing it more than once in every 5 to 6 to 8 years.
Steve
November 21st, 2012
2:24 pm
T-Minus 2 minutes until GTBob arrives to start commenting on other people’s comments and then saying how bad and overrated UGA and the SEC are. This is the highlight of his day everyday.
Dawg Fud
November 21st, 2012
2:29 pm
Richt & Murray have not performed very well in the big games (W’s & L’s). Buck was on 680 trashing the UGA people who criticize Murray.
Though I agree with the aformentioned – facts don’t lie – Richt & Murray have an opportunity to change that.
However, let’s not underestimate the role that CTG and the defense has played. Richt has his best seasons when he has a top-ranked defense. That can be said for most programs but it is especially true for Richt.
Highlights
November 21st, 2012
2:30 pm
all you can ask is to be put int the position to win it all…we have done that.
Highlights
November 21st, 2012
2:31 pm
WE ARE THE TEAM OF DESTINY.
Old Dog Class of 80
November 21st, 2012
2:32 pm
The Dawgs are knocking on the doors of luckiness!
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 21st, 2012
2:32 pm
This article should have been written after we beat Alabama not before the Tech game
If we lose to bama we are in the same place we have been since 2005 and that is….
“Knocking on the door to meaningless inept football”
Tech Sucks
November 21st, 2012
2:34 pm
Lol Yawn. Keep dreaming nerd. We are a little better than MTSU. How many TDs did you lose to them by? 3? If we don’t have 45 points at halftime ill be stunned.
Old Dog Class of 80
November 21st, 2012
2:34 pm
We will be “knocking on the door to greatness” AFTER we beat Alabama, not before.
GTT
November 21st, 2012
2:35 pm
To quote Erk at Ga. Southern, “Just one more time!” If they keep that type of focus on the next task at hand. It could happen.
Old Dog Class of 80
November 21st, 2012
2:35 pm
Or maybe after Alabama, we will be knocking on the door of mediocrity.
polecat
November 21st, 2012
2:36 pm
I don’t see any spin here. I will take playing for SEC championship 5 out of 11 years every time. Sure, what fan wouldn’t to be champions every year? But any fan that does is either delusional or just trolling message boards.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
2:36 pm
What is tech knocking on the door of?
Ron Roberts
November 21st, 2012
2:39 pm
Under The Bleachers …
2013 will likely not be a “glory year” after the departures on defense, and with the POTENTIAL (I’m still not convinced he’d go) for Murray to bolt, too.
That being said, the schedule still has an 8-4 feel to it, worst-case. That’s IF Murray goes pro. If he stays, 10-2 is more apt.
Dawg
November 21st, 2012
2:40 pm
Hell yea Mark! I concur!!
Dawg
November 21st, 2012
2:40 pm
Tech is knocking on the door of the bathroom stall…
Phelps
November 21st, 2012
2:46 pm
Just 3 more wins Dawgs and we’re national champions! Push 3 more times!
GT
November 21st, 2012
2:46 pm
Tech game will be interesting. Tech got an unexpected new season last week and yet to have played the game they have in them. I can hear in Richt voice he is not worried about these guys, he is either real good or he is drinking the Kool-Aid again, time will tell.
toga
November 21st, 2012
2:47 pm
Greatness Ha! Just don’t embarass the SEC in the Capital One Bowl.
Roll Tide!
Tech Sucks
November 21st, 2012
2:48 pm
Tech knocking on the door of losing 11 of 12 to UGA. That has to sting worse than losing at World of Warcraft.
Phelps
November 21st, 2012
2:49 pm
If the tables were flipped and Tech was in position for a national title (will never happen again) they would be so big headed you wouldn’t be able to fit them a baseball cap. You know it and they know it. Now that it’s UGA, they want to down us. But they’re hating. Simple as that.
Phelps
November 21st, 2012
2:50 pm
I think UGA beats Alabama. UGA is the hungrier team and they want it more.
Highlights
November 21st, 2012
2:52 pm
Dawgs are hungry. They skipped lunch and dinner.
BullDawgRick
November 21st, 2012
2:52 pm
Dawgs “git er done” by 3 TD’s
Stay healthy UGA players…. Got bigger fish to fry Dec 1st!!
GeoffDawg
November 21st, 2012
2:55 pm
Um, Chris S, Bama didn’t play for the conference title last year either.
@Steve
November 21st, 2012
2:58 pm
Actually, It’s sad that you said what you said. Of course, you probably would have sad what you sad anyway.
Phelps
November 21st, 2012
3:01 pm
People think Alabama is going to walk all over UGA but that will not be the case. Alabama’s defense is very weak against the passing game and that’s what Georgia truly does best. Murray is #1 in the nation in passer efficiency and has thrown for the most touchdowns in UGA history for a QB and is closing in on the SEC All-Time record for touchdowns in a career. Murray will be the best QB in SEC history when he leaves IF he can beat Bama next week and win UGA a national title.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
3:01 pm
I just love the opportunity we have right now… As a realistic Dawg fan who understands there are so many more important things in life other than football, I am happy with Richt and our program. If Richt averages 10 wins (with the occasional great -13 win- and poor -6 win season) I am more than ok with that. The obsessed bama fan on the other hand ‘would not tolerate’ such things. Give me a break. I love that we have the opportunity to make it to the national championship game. If we make it, great! If not, we will live to fight another day.
Phelps
November 21st, 2012
3:03 pm
I think Murray also can stake his claim to be UGA’s best QB ever. I think he already is but that’s just me. But if he can bring UGA a national title for the first time in 31 years then what more could he do?
polecat
November 21st, 2012
3:03 pm
Amen DoubleDawg!
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:05 pm
THE only thing that bothers me is Richt is he is in a dry spell the last 3-4 years in BIG games. All of them. The talent alone on this team…or most Dawg teams overcome some weak coaching. AND he has a clear path to shut those critics up Dec 1st. Bama is beatable. They are very good….but not great. They have some weaknesses…..But are VERY WELL coached. Would love to see…..Even if we don’t get to the big game, this has been a real good year by Richt standards.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 21st, 2012
3:05 pm
Discount
Why dont UGA just drop to FCS then with that attitude
Seriously if we arent wanting to raise the crystal ball then we just need to get out of FBS or at least leave the SEC
bham dawg
November 21st, 2012
3:07 pm
UGA has been knocking on the door of greatness for a long time. With the high school talent in this state the right coach can win mulitple championships in athens. I have had my doubts on if Richt could become that coach but he has put himself in position to start something great that is going to be hard to stop. It’s time to step up and kick the door down or else we slip right back into mediocrity. It’s up to you Richt the jury is still out.
Tony31005
November 21st, 2012
3:07 pm
Richt is only as good as his coaches. As long as he maintains good coaches at every level, UGA will continue to be good. IMO he’s done a good job of that so far. Keep up the good work MR. Good luck and happy recruiting down the line.
Old Dog Class of 80
November 21st, 2012
3:08 pm
“I don’t see any spin here. I will take playing for SEC championship 5 out of 11 years every time.”
And only winning two. None in the last seven years. And never winning a National Chanpionship. Sounds like mediocrity to me. If we didn’t pay our Coach $3 million per year, I might be satisfied with that.
Phelps
November 21st, 2012
3:13 pm
Murray has not thrown a pick in 3 straight games after throwing 3 vs. Florida. Florida has one of the best pass defenses in the country. He hasn’t thrown more than 1 pick in every other game. In 6 of the 11 games UGA has played so far, Murray has passed for 3+ touchdowns. That is outstanding. He takes great care of the ball with only 7 picks and he has 28 touchdowns to his credit. He’s likely to go over 30 for the season against Tech’s defense.
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:13 pm
I like the help all the pundits are giving us ( And I bet Saban is mad as hell about it). All they talk about is Bama in the big game like the SECCG isn’t even going to be played. Our Guys hear that also. A Pissed off Bulldog is pretty mean.
Phelps
November 21st, 2012
3:13 pm
Murray has not thrown a pick in 3 straight games after throwing 3 vs. Florida. Florida has one of the best pass defenses in the country. He hasn’t thrown more than 1 pick in every other game. In 6 of the 11 games UGA has played so far, Murray has passed for 3+ touchdowns. That is outstanding. He takes great care of the ball with only 7 picks and he has 28 touchdowns to his credit. He’s likely to go over 30 for the season against Tech’s defense.
Old Dog Class of 80
November 21st, 2012
3:15 pm
“Richt is only as good as his coaches. As long as he maintains good coaches at every level, UGA will continue to be good. IMO he’s done a good job of that so far.”
I am so proud of CMR’s choice of Special Teams coach. He has served us well last year and the start of this year.
Henry
November 21st, 2012
3:16 pm
There is too much at stake for UGA to lose to Tech. Georgia has so much to play for which is why they’ll beat Tech down. Get up 14-0, 21-0 on Tech and it’s ballgame. Tech is not built to come from behind by a large margin. If Georgia gets the ball first, it’s imperative for them to go up 7-0 to put further doubt into the Tech players’ minds about beating UGA. Can’t get them any kind of hope on Saturday.
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:16 pm
Boy, Tech is finishing the year with us,FSU and a bowl eligible team. Ouch.
Henry
November 21st, 2012
3:18 pm
I hope Tech goes all out to stop Gurley and Marshall with 8 man fronts and such. I hope they do. That’ll give Murray open receivers and tight ends. If they decided to defend Murray and the passing game and only leave 7 in the box, then Gurley and Marshall will run wild. It’s pick your poison really for Tech. Tech doesn’t have the horses on either side of the ball to beat UGA in Athens or in Africa for that matter. Give me on player on Tech’s defense that stands out….I’m waiting….
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:18 pm
Tech’s defense is one of the worst…if not the worst in the ACC. Our D is like 4th in the country. Our offense is playing lights out, as is Murray….and we may have the best balanced offense in the country.
Tech will wilt after the first quarter or so.
gt4ever
November 21st, 2012
3:19 pm
@Mark Bradley
At the beginning of the year we talked about how UGA’s easy schedule sets them up to be in a position to win the East… Nothing surprising here to find them in the SEC championship. and now an article about how UGA is on the cusp of GREATNESS…. Wow, is this article a JOKE or just an attempt to throw an already frenzied bulldawg nation into even a bigger frenzy… Talk about a delusional fan base… I guess we have not only a delusional fan base, but also a delusional sports writer… Good Grief…
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 21st, 2012
3:19 pm
Old Dog Class of 80
i totally agree; if all we want is to win 10 games then they owe the season ticket holders a refund on their donations to recieve season tickets and this coaching staff doesnt need to be paid a top 10 salary
Dawgdad (The Original)
November 21st, 2012
3:21 pm
No one wants a NC more than I, but I guess I should have been born in MO, show me! Talk is cheap. I hope they beat BAMA, and move on, however, past experience tends to indicate it is more likely they lose to BAMA and then a lack luster go through the motions before losing appearance in some steakhouse bowl. Prove me wrong DAWGS!
Although these guys seem better than average, we have played no one but UF and USC, losing one of those two. Murray is not a big game QB. We had a better team in 2002,07/08 than this one, but you never know, maybe playing a pansy schedule may work, if we get lucky and get by BAMA.
gt4ever
November 21st, 2012
3:21 pm
and then there was JB… Perfect example of delusional…
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:22 pm
gt4ever….. You guys aren’t going big 10 are you. I heard the Maryland deal was all about TV market and money. I know the big 10 would love to have a team in the Atlanta market.
bham dawg
November 21st, 2012
3:23 pm
@JB… our D is not 4th in the country more like 20th
gt4ever
November 21st, 2012
3:24 pm
I sure HOPE so, JB…
gt4ever
November 21st, 2012
3:25 pm
28th defense… I think…
gt4ever
November 21st, 2012
3:26 pm
JB was all in a frenzy about the article… On the cusp of greatness … LOL
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:26 pm
I’ll take delusional get4……….Just like on the Tech sites last year when you guys were like 5-0 and all the talk was ” I don’t see anyone left who can stop or beat us”.( that’s delusional)……. We all love our teams…..and to remind you, the people who rank things ( not Mark Bradley) have the Dawgs #3, and in a position to play in the big game….Where is Tech at?
bham dawg
November 21st, 2012
3:26 pm
it has potential to be top 5 and is playing like a top 5 defense right now but the earlier games killed the numbers.
Bent Antenna, Broken Stinger, Tattered Wings and Two Black Eyes
November 21st, 2012
3:27 pm
Is it Saturday yet?
Joey
November 21st, 2012
3:28 pm
“But even if this season doesn’t end with the Bulldogs hoisting the crystal trophy, the dreamer has already been proved a prophet”
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MB, how can this season be considered “greatness” if we don’t beat Bama?
If we lose the SECCG, we go to the Capital One Bowl game again.
Great teams don’t go to that bowl game – good teams do.
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:29 pm
Preparing for 11 of 12. Sweet.
gt4ever
November 21st, 2012
3:30 pm
JB, you could lose Saturday, probably wont, but who knows… You could definitely lose in the SECCG, probably will but who knows… You have yet to beat anybody but UF, and they arguably gave that game to you, say 6 turnovers… and then you barely eked out a win… SC smoked your arse.. The rest of your schedule was to put it nicely, gimme games, although Kentucky gave you a run…. I mean, come on man, at least be honest…
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:32 pm
Maybe if the hate wasn’t so bad, the hurt wouldn’t be so bad. When we got creamed by SC, it was a loss. I don’t live and die or hate SC. It’s a school we lost to. What goes on at Tech to create so much hate. I like to see Tech win when it’s not us. I don’t get it
Under The Bleachers
November 21st, 2012
3:34 pm
One can KNOCK on the door all they want, but if no one answers….you are still on the outside looking in…unless you are Auburn who will break in a just rob you.
Under The Bleachers
November 21st, 2012
3:34 pm
‘and just rob you”
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 21st, 2012
3:35 pm
Joey
Bradley is sitting back laughing right now watching our mostly delusional fanbase get excited even though we havent made it to the cusp of greatness until bama has been beaten
gt4ever
November 21st, 2012
3:36 pm
Hey I don’t hate… I’ll give you guys some credit, once you beat Alabama… I will be rooting for the Georgia team to win. I mean, UGA is a better football team thanGT, but both are still mid tier programs in their respective conferences… Good luck Saturday, and in the SECCG!
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:36 pm
One thing to make you happy gt4…….we lose a lot of players on D next year and pick up Clemson and LSU….and staring at probably 8-4, maybe 7-5. That alone ought to give you a better 2013.
DONNAN OF A NEW ERA
November 21st, 2012
3:36 pm
How can they knock on the door to greatness when they are not undefeated and their schedule is super easy?
The ONLY great SEC national championship teams of late are Alabama 2009 and Auburn 2010. Both 14-0 and both faced and defeated over 6 top 25 teams.
UGA has only beaten ONE top 25 team this season.
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:38 pm
UGA #3 in BCS, won the SEC East and mid Tier. OK
gt4ever
November 21st, 2012
3:39 pm
NO JB, I pull for UGA every game except ONE…. Nothing could make me happier than having both our programs be nationally respected, and relevant.
Gorilla Biscuit
November 21st, 2012
3:39 pm
Gonna GOrilla Stomp the Techerheads on the way to the top!
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:40 pm
Think we won the East last year also. Can’t control what happens to other teams. All the games are available to win I believe.
Dawglasville
November 21st, 2012
3:43 pm
gt4ever – let’s be honest. If you hate a team you are going to spin it one way and if you love a team you are going to spin it the other. No one looks back on all of those Oklahoma and Nebraska teams that won it all and said, “Well, who did they play?” Bama has played A&M and LSU and split. FSU has played Clemson. UF has had the toughest road and they beat 3 of 4. Tech played Clemson and lost. UGA can not help it that Tennessee, Auburn, Tech suck. Could we have played one less patsy and scheduled someone tougher? Sure. Has it hurt us that we didn’t? Not this year. People who hate UGA are singing the same song. If Richt wins it all then they will say, “Helen Hunt had the best talent in the country, year in and year out, and he finally managed one championship. What a joke.” It doen’t take a rocket scientist or a Tech grad to figure out what the blogs will look like if this is in fact the year.
Under The Bleachers
November 21st, 2012
3:43 pm
UGA beats Tech – gets ugly late to win by 20
Clemson beats USC by 10
FSU beats UF by 14 plus
Alabama beats Auburn by 20( Saban may try to save Chizik’s job)
USC beat Notre Dame and it may not be close
Mississippi State sneaks by Ole Miss late
LSU throttles Arkansas
Vandy beats Wake Forest to get to 8 wins
Coachless Tenn beats Coaches Kentucky
Have a Great Thanksgiving Everyone and be safe out there.
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:44 pm
And by the way. It’s not our fault AU and Tenn stink….And the conference sets the conference schedule. so it’s our fault for taking the cards dealt us, ending up #3 and a conference championship game away for playing for the title. Damn Richt
Wutehvah
November 21st, 2012
3:44 pm
Yer knuckles would be a bloody mess after knockin’ on the door for so many years. Enjoy the win vs. GT and get ready for some competition in the SEC CG.
Texas Dawg
November 21st, 2012
3:44 pm
Greatness is very much an overstatement lets not get to far ahead of ourselves as UGA fans.
I think if we win the next three then CMR will be rated right up there with the very best coaches in the country….he is good but with the talent UGA recruits the question and comments about him will always remain the same….very good but not great if we lose one of the next three.
Murry has the chance to stake his claim in the next three games as one of UGAs best. at QB………..if he plays like he typically does in the big games ( pic six…fumbles….bad play call at the line….interceptions) then he will always be known as the QB thats got great numbers against week teams but couldn’t it done when it matterd most.
Fans remember Champions not stats!
Jsonic
November 21st, 2012
3:44 pm
Let’s be realistic for a moment UGA fans.
1) Notre Dame will not be losing to USC. They are too good.
2)Will use Stats for this season that are up to date since it is the only facts to go by:
Alabama is ranked #2 in total defense, Notre Dame #6 and UGA #20.
Georgia is ranked #25 in total offense, Alabama #44 and Notre Dame #50
ND will beat USC
UGA should beat GT
ALA will beat AUB
ALA vs UGA = Too close to call. Depends on who shows up
ND vs UGA/ALA = Too close to call. Low scoring game. Will be fun to watch! No team will dominate, it will be back and forth with the defenses keeping offenses in check. 1 or 2 big plays will make the difference with a field goal winning the game.
UGA has a very good team but Greatness? That’s pushing it.
Dawglasville
November 21st, 2012
3:47 pm
gt4ever – I forgot that you don’t fall under the title of Dawg Hater, but you still get the point.
JB
November 21st, 2012
3:47 pm
I agree that Dawgs need to earn it. The last 3 years has created skeptics everywhere about this program….But these Dawgs are pretty good.
Under The Bleachers
November 21st, 2012
3:49 pm
Jsonic
Gonna Disagree on one thing, Notre Dame is NOT a great football team. Their offense is very defeatable while their Defensive front line is not going to be able to stop Georgia or Alabama from slamming the ball down their throats. Once they walk up and put 7 or 8 in the box the teams from the SEC will use their TE/Hback/Fullbacks, Slot Recievers behind the Linebackers. Do not believe the media created hype about Notre Dame, they are not the team many want them to be.
UGA and/or Alabama win by more than 10 against them.
Joey
November 21st, 2012
3:49 pm
Donnan, name some a team ranked below or above UGA that has beaten 6 ranked teams this season.
That seldom happens, and it sure ain’t happened this year, at least by a ranked team.
Under The Bleachers
November 21st, 2012
3:50 pm
By the way, after Saturdays ND/USC game one will find out very quick that their secondary is slow and do not cover very well.
Red Stick
November 21st, 2012
3:51 pm
Yahoo Sports is reporting that Auburn is being investigated by the NCAA.
Geaux Tigers
GO SEC
LHaring Dawg
November 21st, 2012
3:52 pm
Just got the email letting me know I have got SEC tickets. It will be my 6′th venue this year. Damn, here is hoping for a 7′th in Maimi.
Skeptic
November 21st, 2012
3:52 pm
Henry,
“…in Athens or in Africa…”
Man, that is just too easy; I think I’ll lay off and let someone else comment on it
Old Dog Class of 80
November 21st, 2012
3:53 pm
“past experience tends to indicate it is more likely they lose to BAMA and then a lack luster go through the motions before appearance in some steakhouse bowl”
And hopefully not losing there like the last two years.
joe jenkins
November 21st, 2012
3:54 pm
All of you haters…can keep on hating…and we will keep on winning games baby…we are a different team now since we beat fla…so bees enjoy another beat down by us and remember you have NO CHANCE AT BEATING US THATS WHAT YOU HAVE….MURRAY WILL HAVE ANOTHER CAREER HIGH BABY
Oldawg
November 21st, 2012
3:56 pm
Greatness???? After the beatdown by the Spurriers and the near debacle at KY????? As they say on ESPN C’mon Man!!!!
gt4ever
November 21st, 2012
3:57 pm
Hey JB, I think you just got beat out by joe jenkins… He shouldn’t start drinking so early….
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
November 21st, 2012
3:57 pm
Great teams don’t lose by 28 to divisional foes they are more talented than.
WDE
November 21st, 2012
3:57 pm
Beat Bug U and then we can talk about the next step in this 3 step program…Go Dogs !
Little Richard
November 21st, 2012
3:57 pm
You keep a knockin’ but you can’t come in,
Come back next season and try it again…
Jsonic
November 21st, 2012
3:58 pm
Under The Bleachers
Don’t believe the overated talk about ND. Never said they were great but they are easily just as good as UGA. The Irish defensive front WILL contain UGA’s running game and force them to pass. They will contain the deep threat and force UGA to throw medium/short passes all night to nowhere like they did against Oklahoma. UGA will blitz and nail Golson alot. ND will switch to short passing routes and then open up the run game.
Like I said it will be close. UGA will probably have the better passing game but ND will run all over them. It will come down to a field goal.
Under The Bleachers
November 21st, 2012
3:58 pm
Red Stick,
Pat Forde may be reporting it today, but practically everyone in and around Auburn including the media have known about it for quite some time. The coaches pulled off recruiting has even given some major fodder that Chizik has already determined that early this summer that Trooper and others would not be returning to Auburn after the current season. It just looks now that Chizik will not be returning either.
Yahoo Sports
November 21st, 2012
4:00 pm
Pat Forde is reporting today Auburn is under investigation, Taylor And Luper at the center.
Uh-oh, hasta la vista Chiz!
gdawginkalamazoo
November 21st, 2012
4:00 pm
I don’t think that I would trade our coach for a Gene Chizik/Cam Newton one NC and wreck of a program like Auburn has become. Nor would I trade our coach for a Joe Paterno type legacy either. Coach Richt will get there one day and I hope is as coach of the Bulldogs.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
November 21st, 2012
4:01 pm
Greatness …really…talk is cheap and UGA is good at that no doubt.
Under The Bleachers
November 21st, 2012
4:02 pm
gdawginkalamazoo
November 21st, 2012
4:00 pm
I don’t think that I would trade our coach for a Gene Chizik/Cam Newton one NC and wreck of a program like Auburn has become. Nor would I trade our coach for a Joe Paterno type legacy either. Coach Richt will get there one day and I hope is as coach of the Bulldogs.
Just better not hope that he is old as Joe was when he wins his Title.
Old Dog Class of 80
November 21st, 2012
4:06 pm
“MURRAY WILL HAVE ANOTHER CAREER HIGH BABY”
Of course he will – because CMR is gonna leave him in there to pad his stats. There is NO need to get a secondary QB trained up. Murray ain’t gonna get injured … or leave for the NFL. No backup needed. (Can you say Joe Cox?)
Joey
November 21st, 2012
4:09 pm
“Yahoo Sports is reporting that Auburn is being investigated by the NCAA.”
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Say it ain’t so, Red Stick!
Boy, if it is so, Auburn sure ain’t gettin the bang for the buck they did a couple years ago . . .
Jsonic
November 21st, 2012
4:22 pm
Under The Bleachers
Don’t buy into that the Irish are overated. I never said that they were great but they are easily as good as UGA.
Nobody has had a crazy difficult schedule this year so everybody has question marks. Currently though according to info at ncaa.org ND SOS is ranked 22nd where UGA is 69th.
Keep thinking that about the Irish though please! Can’t wait for the Irish and UGA to play in the NC!
We (did) Run The East
November 21st, 2012
4:37 pm
Oldawg has it right above- UGA best team in nation? C’mon Man, get real. UGA not even best team in SEC East!
Kenny
November 21st, 2012
4:44 pm
David C- What a idot you are! I guess your one of those blow hard Bammer Fans!!!! You guys got lucky last year ….Ok-State should have played LSU and you no it!!
Kenny
November 21st, 2012
4:45 pm
David C- your Stupid!
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
4:54 pm
Patched Tire- in response to your 3:05 post. I never said I did not want to raise the crystal ball but only that I am realistic and happy with the state of our program. I never said, we can’t improve or that we should become overly complacent. I think we all know things could easily be much worse in Athens (remember Gofff, Donnan?)… Take a look at UT right now. The fact is we have a really good program and I think that is a good thing. The complainers just don’t seem to have much perspective.
I’m proud to be a Dawg, proud of Richt, and proud of the boys who trot out on the field every Saturday. Yes, we can improve, I get that… I would just prefer to be a realistic optimist rather than an idealistic pessimist.. Go Dawgs!
Joey
November 21st, 2012
4:59 pm
“UGA not even best team in SEC East!”
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Ok genius, tell us who is?
Henry
November 21st, 2012
5:09 pm
The nerds keep bring up our loss to SC, yes it was bad. But it was no worse than the beatdown you suffered at the hands of Middle Tennessee State or BYU. So don’t give us that crap.
crawdad
November 21st, 2012
5:12 pm
n.d. should have some kinda confernce game to play befor they play in the n.c.
Woofy One
November 21st, 2012
5:13 pm
Dawgs are indeed hungry. The question on the field will be can they eat all four quarters.
Ghost
November 21st, 2012
5:17 pm
Old Dog, Do you watch the games, Murray hasn’t played in the 4th quarter in 4 games (Vandy, Fl. Atl,Auburn, ga. Southern ) and only played 1 series of 4th quarter in 2 other games. imagine what his stats would look like if Richt tried to pad his stats in those games.
Stinger 2
November 21st, 2012
5:25 pm
Hatr to say this but based on the advantages the UGA football program has over GT, there should be no reason for UGA fans to worry about Sat. However, the SECCG
is a totally different matter. UGA must play their best game possible to beat Alabama.
If they do, I will pull for them to win the NC.
BravesFan79
November 21st, 2012
5:29 pm
Any sport were your team can go undefeated and still have NO chance at a national title, ISNT a sport, its a dog and pony show!! Thank God im from a area with a NFL team… Go Falcons!
Paco del Chupacabras
November 21st, 2012
5:35 pm
Georgia is the fourth-fifth best team in the conference right now.
Tampa Gator
November 21st, 2012
5:42 pm
Georgia beats Tech and then upsets Bama in SEC title game. Florida upsets FSU. USC upsets Notre Dame. UCLA beats Oregon in Pac 10 championship game.
Georgia plays Florida for the National Title………Florida wins. Greatness continues.
Just dreaming like you Dawg fans…..do.
BDK
November 21st, 2012
5:44 pm
UGA IS knocking on the door. If they win out, they deserve recognition as the best team in the nation. Beating two #2’s and a #1 should leave no doubt. Go Dawgs!
We (did) Run The East
November 21st, 2012
5:48 pm
Joey- 35-7, remeber that. Absolutely no fight, no heart. A team that lays down like that when challenged is not the best in East and definitely not NC material
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
5:52 pm
Tampa- nothing wrong with that. Any time you are playing ball in late November and still have a shot it is a good season.
BDK
November 21st, 2012
5:52 pm
@ Tampa Gator
I can see all of those scenarios except for UCLA beating Oregon. But stranger things have happened such as last weekend. I do think Florida could contain the FSU offense with their SEC defense and win that battle.
claytondawg
November 21st, 2012
5:53 pm
I like Tampa Gator’s comment just above in that we ‘Dog fans do get rather delusional. Ok, big-ass delusional sometimes. ha. But, let’s hope the team–not us, the fans–plays one game at a time with a mission, a goal. That goal is winning. Some of you stated it correctly: if the ‘Dogs are hungry, they will win.
excited but uncertain
November 21st, 2012
5:55 pm
I’m as excited as anybody (I already have my SEC tickets) but I still want to see how we play in a big game. We got waxed by SC and I’m still not sure how much of the win over Florida is a result of their play (specifically their turnovers). I guess I’m just not certain that we’re a top 5 team. The next toughest games on our schedule have been Vanderbilt and Ole Miss (although, we did hammer both of them).
The game against Alabama should tell us where we’re at as a program.
crawdad
November 21st, 2012
5:55 pm
didnt th gators give s.c. a good beat down ?
Jsonic
November 21st, 2012
5:56 pm
BravesFan79
What are you talking about?
Mike
November 21st, 2012
5:56 pm
I’m guessing his prediction was put forth once he saw the schedule gods smile on him for the umpteenth year.
Henry
November 21st, 2012
5:58 pm
If Georgia wins out and wins the national title game over ND they would have beaten two #2 teams at the time, and a #1 team in the country. Even the nerds would have to give props off that. What excuse would it be then? You say Murray can’t win the big games? He already has a win over a #2 team under his belt..if he beats Bama then goes on to beat ND in the title game, end of discussion. Georgia would be the best team in the land having beat Bama, Florida, and #1 Notre Dame all in the same year.
Henry
November 21st, 2012
6:01 pm
Tech fans are so jealous of Georgia it’s a shame really. If anything I think Tech is going to be looking ahead to Fla St next week because of their ACC “title” game when they’ve already proven they aren’t even the best team Middle Tennessee State or BYU has faced.
Uga team
November 21st, 2012
6:01 pm
Just asking the fans If UGA did loses to tech, bama and bowl game, is CMR back on the Hot seat?
Peter
November 21st, 2012
6:02 pm
I don’t see greatness to lose to SC 35-7. Beating Tech is not a gimme. And who thinks UGA can beat Bama who has the best coach in college football? The UGA coaching staff has not proved they can win the BIG GAME. Granted, they beat the Gators, but let’s wait and see what happens against Saban. Probaby a double digit loss. The Dawgs will never win a national championship with this coaching staff. As a Dawg fan for for almost 50 years, I hope I’m wrong.
Tampa Gator
November 21st, 2012
6:04 pm
Henry…
I believe…..if Georgia plays and beats Notre Dame…..that automatically makes them the BCS champ….no discussion needed…..since they would have already won the SEC title as well….unlike a certain team from last year.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
6:06 pm
Uga team- he probably would be but I would disagree that he should be… Actually, I take that back. If we lose to this Tech team our coach should be under scrutiny (not fired, but there should be action to improve the team). If we beat Tech and lose the next 2, no he should not be on the hot seat.
Lets be real about the Bama game. Yes, I think we can win but bama will be favored for a reason.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:06 pm
FSU will beat the day lights out of the Gators, and I am hoping somehow we would play UGA in a bowl game and hand UGA another Bowl Loss. UGA is overrated, have tons of players who are selfish and a coach who at his best when he was calling plays for Bobby with a boatload of talent in Tallahassee.
Pussy Galore
November 21st, 2012
6:07 pm
Dawgs are by far the bet team in the nation at this time. We whip Tech 41-10 and we whip Bama 38-17. then we win national title 42-7.
Tampa Gator
November 21st, 2012
6:07 pm
Peter….
I think Georgia is playing better than Bama right now…..and I think they will win in Atlanta. Just one man’s opinion. Murray is the best QB in the SEC as well. Again…..it largely depends on the play of the Georgia OL in Atlanta….as it did in Jacksonville….and all season long. The Georgia OL did not play well in Columbia……and we all know what result that caused.
Kevin
November 21st, 2012
6:11 pm
The only reason UGA is in this position is because of the kindness by the SEC in scheduling. 1-1 all year against ranked teams? And I believe only 2 wins all year over teams with a winning record. But even with that its doubtful UGA will be able to take advantage of the situation and raise any type of championship trophy conference or national. And at the end of the day knocking on the door is all they will be doing because come next year while UGA will be losing a ton of key players many others in their own division will be returning a ton of talent with Florida and S.Carolina.
mike addington
November 21st, 2012
6:12 pm
Until Murray doesn’t fall apart in big games, I’m a nonbeliever, although I’m convinced we have more talent than any team in the country and if Murray does play well, we can demolish any team in the country.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:16 pm
Tampa Gator
November 21st, 2012
6:07 pm
Peter….
I think Georgia is playing better than Bama right now…..and I think they will win in Atlanta. Just one man’s opinion. Murray is the best QB in the SEC as well. Again…..it largely depends on the play of the Georgia OL in Atlanta….as it did in Jacksonville….and all season long. The Georgia OL did not play well in Columbia……and we all know what result that caused
We all see where you get your logic from, after UGA beat UF you are attempting to hitch your wagon to UGA in hopes they win and your bogus scenario works it way out for a rematch. Well you can dream and wish but after a spanking in The Doak your Gators will fall faster than a fat man in a row boat. Your logic of UGA playing better than Alabama in the past few weeks is laughable. Who has UGA played in the past several weeks? Auburn, Ga. Southern, and now Techie Poo Poo. Not much when compared to who Alabama has seen in MSU, LSU, A&M, and a drubbing of W Carolina.
Winning on the road against a team like LSU is one thing, losing at home to a good football team like A&M is much much more difficult. You need to worry about who you have on saturday and how you plan to put your gator spin on it to satisfy your own issues.
Good luck to your Gators because you are going to need a great deal of it and maybe you and your gators will be able to find the endzone more than you have in the past several weeks.
Henry
November 21st, 2012
6:17 pm
Bama is not good against the pass which happens to be Georgia’s strong suit. We can also run the ball but it’s obvious UGA is more of a passing team with Murray and Bobo loving to get the ball downfield as much as possible. I just don’t think Bama would be able to slow Murray’s weapons down because like I said their secondary almost sucks. Florida has the best pass defense we’ve seen all year and will see. But we managed to beat those guys.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
6:17 pm
Tide rules is the sam tech troll who keeps posting the same boring lies… no bama fan could post this with a straight face…
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:18 pm
South Carolina at home was!
Henry
November 21st, 2012
6:19 pm
@ Tide Rules, another perfect example of a Tech nerd hiding behind Alabama’s name. It’s sad.
Milledgeville Dawg
November 21st, 2012
6:19 pm
Tide Rules- please quit exploiting your middle school education.
Roy
November 21st, 2012
6:20 pm
To me, if our O-line plays well vs. Bama, Georgia wins. If they don’t UGA loses. That simple. I’m not worried about our defense vs. Bama because Bama isn’t explosive enough to get many explosive plays against UGA’s defense. If they come locked and loaded, they’ll hold Bama to few points. It’s the O-line of UGA that will determine a win or a loss.
BDK
November 21st, 2012
6:20 pm
tide rules(in their own twisted mind)
You are wrong. See how last year ended.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:22 pm
Joey
November 21st, 2012
4:59 pm
“UGA not even best team in SEC East!”
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Ok genius, tell us who is?
South Carolina was at home and it was not even close.
Ranking them all today as we sit here on Thanksgiving Eve:
Alabama
LSU
Texas A&M
South Carolina
UGA
Florida
Texas A&M
_____________________Big Drop off
Mississippi St
Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Auburn
Billy Clyde Puckett
November 21st, 2012
6:23 pm
Mark, have you given any thought to the quality of the Dawgs’ schedule? They have beaten only two Division 1 teams with winning records this year. And Florida practically handed them the game on a silver platter! Compare that to Alabama’s conference wins. Roll Tide!
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:23 pm
Kentucky is dead last
Roy
November 21st, 2012
6:24 pm
@ Noley, Noley, Noley, I don’t see how you can put Texas A&M or LSU above UGA when both have 2 losses, both also lost to Florida whom UGA beat.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:26 pm
FSU, Clemson, Kansas St, Oregon, LSU, Alabama, Texas A&M, would all beat UGA, and USC already has.
Roy
November 21st, 2012
6:28 pm
Noley is not a Florida State fan. Fla State fans would not be on a UGA blog because we have no affiliation with each other at all. Another Tech nerd.
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 21st, 2012
6:28 pm
I really am shocked that nobody has posted this yet but “I know it’s a lot to ask you guys, but hunker down three more times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:29 pm
Roy
November 21st, 2012
6:24 pm
@ Noley, Noley, Noley, I don’t see how you can put Texas A&M or LSU above UGA when both have 2 losses, both also lost to Florida whom UGA beat.
Easy, it is about who would win Today, how can you rank UGA above USC when they got beat by 28 points and embarrassed, while we lost on the road by a late score. LSU, A&M today would beat UGA, as both of their qb’s are playing at different levels today while Murray is playing at the same level.
Ed
November 21st, 2012
6:29 pm
Noley, it would be hard for the BCS to become a bigger joke than it already is, but Florida slipping into the national title game would do the trick.
Georgia is having a hard enough time convincing people that we deserve to be in our current position, but a win over Alabama should put that to rest. And a win over Bama followed by a win over an undefeated Notre Dame team in the title game should remove all remaining doubts.
But Florida? I don’t know how anyone who has watched them this year can seriously rate them as a deserving NC contender. They are were they are based on rep more than anything else.
If FSU cannot beat Florida on Saturday, then they are the pretenders the BCS rankings seem to believe them to be.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:30 pm
Roy
November 21st, 2012
6:28 pm
Noley is not a Florida State fan. Fla State fans would not be on a UGA blog because we have no affiliation with each other at all. Another Tech nerd.
Roy is not a UGA fan, he is a cling-on. Glad you think you know who I am a graduate of and where my allegiance lies, too funny.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
6:32 pm
Noley is 110% a tech fan… he mentioned a cling-on in his blog post
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:33 pm
Ed
November 21st, 2012
6:29 pm
Noley, it would be hard for the BCS to become a bigger joke than it already is, but Florida slipping into the national title game would do the trick.
Georgia is having a hard enough time convincing people that we deserve to be in our current position, but a win over Alabama should put that to rest. And a win over Bama followed by a win over an undefeated Notre Dame team in the title game should remove all remaining doubts.
But Florida? I don’t know how anyone who has watched them this year can seriously rate them as a deserving NC contender. They are were they are based on rep more than anything else.
If FSU cannot beat Florida on Saturday, then they are the pretenders the BCS rankings seem to believe them to be.
Florida has looked like a Good FCS team in the last 4 weeks, and nothing more. I have no doubt we beat them by at least 18 points and it will not be even close. UF is the Ohio St of the SEC. Name recognition and nothing that stands out and sneaking by a weak Missouri team and LL team proves it.
Mike S.
November 21st, 2012
6:33 pm
Good article, Mark. This is truly the first time things have lined up for UGA. I’m a Tech grad, but I truly hope Richt gets his this year. Rivalry aside, Richt is a class act and doesnt deserve to constantly be on the hot seat for not winning a national title. Then again, maybe UGA will be stupid enough to fire him, so we can hire him at Tech to replace this option. Come to Tech, Richt!! You can get back at those UGA doubters and bring Grantham with you!! hahah
Mike S.
November 21st, 2012
6:34 pm
In 2002, they were in the same position as UF in 2006 (1 loss behind 2 undefeateds). Difference? UF was behind Ohio St. and Michigan who played each other to end the season. That opened the door for Meyer’s team to make a case for the title.
2007 was an example of everything wrong with CFB…the politics of the polls and brand names. As pointed out Nebraska played for the NC without playing in a conference title game OVER the Colorado team that blasted them for the division title and won the Big 12. Colorado finished 3rd in the final BCS poll. Alabama last year did not win their division either. Difference? UGA is not a brand name, Nebraska and Alabama are. The voters weren’t going to think about voting them down the way they did UGA in 2007.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:36 pm
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
6:32 pm
Noley is 110% a tech fan… he mentioned a cling-on in his blog post
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Friday morning your first words will be ” Good Morning K-Mart Shoppers” while I am wearing my FSU gear overnight tailgating in Tallahassee…when you do not have an argument you go the Tech route….just downright funny and ignorant.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:38 pm
What is more embarrassing, a so called Tech grad rooting for Richt or an Auburn fan claiming Auburn is clean?
Mike S.
November 21st, 2012
6:39 pm
The biggest fly in my Richt to Tech ointment is the fact that Tech will likely Bronze a statue of Johnson and extend him for life if they beat UGA this weekend. In fact, Johnson might have be on his toes, or they might pour the bronze in before he’s done getting out of the mold. Johnson himself is a class coach, but I’m over this option and the prayer for a miracle in a game like this. Its time to get back to an offense that can attract the Calvin Johnson’s, Tashard Choice’s and Johnathan Dwyer’s of the world. Its time to get back to being able to recruit the talent that can line up with the best on the schedule and expect to win.
Roy
November 21st, 2012
6:40 pm
Noley said Murray is playing on the same level. Ok keep thinking that. He’s the best QB in the SEC hands down.
Roy
November 21st, 2012
6:42 pm
GT beat UGA in 2008 after UGA was up 28-12 at the half…they just collapsed. But remember they had Dwyer, Roddy Jones, Nesbitt (who were GAILEY’S players)….not CPJ. Paul Johnson can’t recruit well enough to beat UGA. That triple option is getting old and so is Paul Johnson’s triple chin.
Mike S.
November 21st, 2012
6:42 pm
@Noley – what’s worse? A delusional Tech fan that thinks Johnson has this program on the cusp of being more than a flash in the pan every now and then like 2009. Even in a conference as bad as the current ACC.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:43 pm
By the Way Walmart Dollar General Family Dollar K-mart Dawg, there are about 30 plus people in this office, and we all are fans of various schools, we get along great and can take a good ribbing from everyone including UGA fans, and yes even Auburn alumni, it is all in fun but we do get along and I hope no one takes anything I write personally, just adding to the humor before we go our separate ways for the holiday and this weekends football games.
STUDENT ATHLETE
November 21st, 2012
6:44 pm
Poor Dawg Fans. Georgia will lose to either GT or Bama or both; ND will get beat and …….. your worst nightmare: Florida moves into the national championship game having lost to Georgia and without having to play Bama – #2Florida in the NC game against Bama. #25 Georgia in the Gator Bowl against NC State.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:45 pm
Roy
November 21st, 2012
6:40 pm
Noley said Murray is playing on the same level. Ok keep thinking that. He’s the best QB in the SEC hands down.
Now that was funny, you are watching too much UGA football, Manziel, and the guy from Alabama are better and will have much better careers than Murray. But you can keep repeating that all you want, the records against top 25 teams say different.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:46 pm
Mike S.
November 21st, 2012
6:42 pm
@Noley – what’s worse? A delusional Tech fan that thinks Johnson has this program on the cusp of being more than a flash in the pan every now and then like 2009. Even in a conference as bad as the current ACC.
You have no idea how much I laughed after Miami withdrew from the ACCCG this week and Tech was put in, now that was funny and a gift.
Mike S.
November 21st, 2012
6:47 pm
@Roy – absolutely correct. Dont forget Dwyer and Nesbitt were on record as saying they would never have come to Tech if Johnson was recruiting them. Gailey got a lot of talent to come to Tech that never would have given them a passing thought were Johnson coaching during the same time period. Calvin Johnson, Wheeler, Derrick Morgan, Dwyer, Choice…all would have been in a UGA uniform if not somewhere else. Look at all the talent Gailey put in the NFL. THen look at who Johnson is putting in there if you can find anyone.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
6:47 pm
Noley, I will compare W2’s with you anyday… Friday morning I will be sleeping soundly while my business is thriving.
I don’t have an argument because you haven’t said anything worth responding to …
Please respond with something worth responding to and I will galdy put you in your place.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:48 pm
STUDENT ATHLETE
November 21st, 2012
6:44 pm
Poor Dawg Fans. Georgia will lose to either GT or Bama or both; ND will get beat and …….. your worst nightmare: Florida moves into the national championship game having lost to Georgia and without having to play Bama – #2Florida in the NC game against Bama. #25 Georgia in the Gator Bowl against NC State.
You have it all wrong, UGA beat Tech badly, loses to Alabama, does not get the second BCS bowl bid, it goes to either A&M or LSU as Clemson beats Carolina, and FSU lays a beat down on Florida.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
6:50 pm
gladly…
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:50 pm
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
6:47 pm
Noley, I will compare W2’s with you anyday… Friday morning I will be sleeping soundly while my business is thriving.
I don’t have an argument because you haven’t said anything worth responding to …
Please respond with something worth responding to and I will galdy put you in your place.
My bonus check beats your annual salary. I can afford to lay my weekly salary on the fact UGA doens not get to the BCS Title game.
Mike S.
November 21st, 2012
6:50 pm
@Noley – yeah, its true. I dont think anyone other than the most delusional of fans is happy about that. Unless you guys show up and take them lightly, it will be another wing and a prayer matchup for us. I’m not even thinking about the bowl game yet. Johnson has yet to beat anyone who had more than a week to prepare for him. That includes middle of the MWC pack teams like Air Force and Utah LOL. God Forbid we draw South Carolina in the CHik Fil A bowl. That will be a fire hose to the face just like LSU in 2008 after beating UGA haha
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:51 pm
does not
JB
November 21st, 2012
6:51 pm
Anyone on here bashing Georgia multiple times with hate, no facts and no logic is ALL Tech. No SEC fan from another school would do that.
Mike S.
November 21st, 2012
6:53 pm
Noley you realize FSU wont sniff the title as long as your saddled with the ACC right? So has the Big 12 come calling yet? Ready to revenue share with Texas? haha
JB
November 21st, 2012
6:53 pm
I really don’t see Tech winning again this year. Dawgs, FSU and any bowl opponent because that record speaks for itself. How’s the round ball team doing Tech?
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:54 pm
Tech deserves to be in a championship game as much as Dooley deserves a 10 year contract at Tennessee. The ACC is falling apart and one can listen to Coach K at Duke and get the message the ACC is not going to be in existence within 5 years. I see us( FSU) Clemson, maybe Tech, VT, and Miami if they make it through probation leaving and joining another established conference in the near future who are football driven conferences.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:58 pm
If the SEC were smart, they would go out and allow FSU, Clemson, VT, GT, NC, NC State into the conference, play a schedule with 9 division games, 2 cross division games, keep the money in the conference, stop paying schools to play them, stop all the talk about how the SEC/ACC play weak non conference schedules and never leave the south and watch everyone around the nation cry because of the domination and exclusion.
Roy
November 21st, 2012
6:58 pm
Tech will finish their season 6-8. They’ll lose to UGA, FSU, and their bowl game (given). They have never won a bowl game under Paul Johnson losing to LSU, Iowa, and Utah. They haven’t won a bowl game since 2004 over Syracuse in the Champs Sports bowl.
JB
November 21st, 2012
6:59 pm
Would love to see a new league with the ACC lightweights and a lightweight or two from the SEC form a new conference. Vandy,Duke,Wake,Tech UAB,MTSU,UCFla,etc…….Let Clemson,FSU VT move to SEC.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
6:59 pm
Make that 3 cross division games
9 in Division Games
3 cross division games
2-SEC Championship Semi final games
SEC Championship game
Beast from the East
November 21st, 2012
6:59 pm
Well, it appears we have a clown sighting. Welcome to the blog, Noley, Noley, Noley. Did you graduate from FSU? If so, what circus are you currently working for?
Roy
November 21st, 2012
7:00 pm
Tech will finish their season 6-8. They’ll lose to UGA, FSU, and their bowl game (given). They have never won a bowl game under Paul Johnson losing to LSU, Iowa, and Utah. They haven’t won a bowl game since 2004 over Syracuse in the Champs Sports bowl.
Roy
November 21st, 2012
7:01 pm
Excuse me, Tech has lost to LSU, Iowa, Air Force, and Utah in 4 bowl games under Paul Johnson. They haven’t won a bowl game since 2004 over Syracuse. There is a fact for you.
JB
November 21st, 2012
7:01 pm
Add Kentucky to lightweights…..Of course, going 12-0,11-1 in the SEC would almost be impossible.
JB
November 21st, 2012
7:03 pm
Johnson runs out of steam around bowl time. His boys are tired and beat up
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
7:03 pm
Beast from the East
November 21st, 2012
6:59 pm
Well, it appears we have a clown sighting. Welcome to the blog, Noley, Noley, Noley. Did you graduate from FSU? If so, what circus are you currently working for?
UF fans are so funny….the suffering will continue this saturday….
Wutehvah
November 21st, 2012
7:06 pm
This page 3 gem sums it up:
David C- your Stupid!
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
7:06 pm
Noley- if you are in a job where you get ‘bonuses’ I promise you can take your yearly income add 1 digit to it and that is where I am… what an ignorant little man. C’mon little guy, be tough with your next response you can do it.
Go Dawgs!
Buzziswiser
November 21st, 2012
7:07 pm
UGA’s position at the moment is only a function of their weak schedule. Only two quality wins, UF and Vandy. VANDY! My how things have changed. GT would be a third, but marginal. You have to go down to FSU to find someone with a weaker schedule. You cannot control the conference schedule or the GT game, but to play 2 patsies on top of GSU, is a blatant dodge.
ND, ALA, ORG, KSU and even UF and LSU should all be ranked higher, leaving UGA about #7-9 with Stanford and OU.
All Saints
November 21st, 2012
7:08 pm
In tribute to our beloved martyred Saint Jan Kemp, let’s all bow our heads for a few moments of silent prayer. Thirty years ago, this courageous young lady risked everything to expose the corruption and academic fraud instigated by Vince Dooley, sleazy practices that continue to this day under Mark Richt. Gone but never forgotten, Saint Jan lives on in our hearts and minds as a guiding inspiration and as a symbol of resistance to the pervasive evil and corruption that dwell in Athens.
And now, let us all pray for Saint Jan…
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Thank you, you may now resume your normal activities.
Rooty Tooty
November 21st, 2012
7:08 pm
Com on, UGA is playing the softess schedule made up. They have not played the 4 best teams in the SEC West. Other than SC, who have they played. Fla is lucky to be where they are. GT is certainly not a great team. We’ll see how great they are in 2 weeks, maybe one week…
UGA is an average-good team
November 21st, 2012
7:11 pm
Pleeeessse! Uga beat Florida. Period.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
7:13 pm
SEC East
Florida
UGA
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
VT
North Carolina
Tennessee
Auburn
Miss St
West
Alabama
LSU
A&M
Ole Miss
FSU
Clemson
N C State
GT
Arkansas
Missouri
9 Division Games
2 or 3 cross division games
SEC Semifinals East 1 plays West 2 , West 1 plays East 2
SEC Championship
Beast from the East
November 21st, 2012
7:14 pm
November 21st, 2012
7:03 pm
Beast from the East
November 21st, 2012
6:59 pm
Well, it appears we have a clown sighting. Welcome to the blog, Noley, Noley, Noley. Did you graduate from FSU? If so, what circus are you currently working for?
UF fans are so funny….the suffering will continue this saturday….
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No suffering here. Anymore wins will just be gravy. I expected us to be 8-4 this season so it has been fantastic. Any semblance of an offense and you Semis are toast. But hey, you still have a shot at winning the Almost College Conference and you get to play the Big Easy champ in the Orange Bowl. I’m sure y’all will fare much better than Clemson did. You know, keeping your opponent under 70 points.
AntoineFord
November 21st, 2012
7:20 pm
There’s just one thing between the bulldogs and greatness — heart. Once they get behind, it’s over. I saw it in Columbia. It’s easy to break that team’s spirit.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
7:20 pm
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
7:06 pm
Noley- if you are in a job where you get ‘bonuses’ I promise you can take your yearly income add 1 digit to it and that is where I am… what an ignorant little man. C’mon little guy, be tough with your next response you can do it.
Go Dawgs!
Unless you are in the Financial Business as I am then you have no clue. Add all the 1’s or 0’s to your checks, your bank account, it does not add up unless you are overcharging your customers.
One did not know that the Garbage business was so good, unless you are in the recycling business and so if you are please stop taking all that stolen copper from hard workng people.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
7:23 pm
Beast,
We can compare notes on Saturday afternoon, good luck to your gators, just do not see UF scoring enough points to win a game where we can score on that good Gator defense, and I have no doubt they are good, just not that good to stop us.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)(J Jones for Heisman)
November 21st, 2012
7:24 pm
@ Discount Double Dawg:(3:01 pm post)
Congratulations on the BEST POST OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DDD = DGD
MT
November 21st, 2012
7:25 pm
Greatness Ha! Just don’t embarass the SEC in the Capital One Bowl.
Roll Tide!
Maybe it might be you Gumps in the Cap one Bowl. Go Dawgs!
F. Sinkwich
November 21st, 2012
7:26 pm
Buzz is a dink.
Bugs will never, ever achieve what UGA has this year with that loser coach and his academy offense playing in a minor league conference in front of a few thousand “fans” who only showed up because the Art Festival signs were misdirected.
Pathetic.
Bjohndawg
November 21st, 2012
7:26 pm
There are NO great teams this year
notre dame- strong on defense, weak offense
Alabama – offense above average defense weak on the pass
Georgia-the dr.Jekyll of 2013..which team shows up the egg layers against
Carolina and kentucky or the team that beat Florida if they put it together can play lights out both side of the ball. Or the can self distruct or play soft
Florida- strong defense- non existing offense
fsu- the acc version of uga
lsu- the west version of uga
Oregon- cannot close the deal, defense is average at best
Kansas state- Baylor dominated both sides of the line .soft up the middle
south Carolina- open to the long ball and do their consistent two hairballs a season act
just to few weapons on offense
Clemson offense strong-average defense
Texas am- explosive offense average defense
Ohio state- on probation but if not ot at purdue and Wisconsin
again NO great teams this year, just some good ones
again there are no great teams this year
anyone
Discount DoubleDoosh
November 21st, 2012
7:26 pm
What up rubes??
Some Saint
November 21st, 2012
7:26 pm
Give it a rest for crying out loud.
Good luck to both teams. I hope there are no serious injuries and it’s a competitive game.
Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the game Saturday. God’s blessings to all.
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
7:29 pm
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
3:01 pm
I just love the opportunity we have right now… As a realistic Dawg fan who understands there are so many more important things in life other than football, I am happy with Richt and our program. If Richt averages 10 wins (with the occasional great -13 win- and poor -6 win season) I am more than ok with that. The obsessed bama fan on the other hand ‘would not tolerate’ such things. Give me a break. I love that we have the opportunity to make it to the national championship game. If we make it, great! If not, we will live to fight another day.
You must have either great employees, or sorry employees with an attitude like that in business.
F. Sinkwich
November 21st, 2012
7:29 pm
“Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the game Saturday. God’s blessings to all.”
Sez you.
Roy
November 21st, 2012
7:32 pm
State Power Rankings:
1. Georgia
2. Georgia Southern
3. Georgia State
4. Tucker High School
5. Mays High School
6. Buford High School
7. Grady High School
8. St. Mary’s High School
9. Cedar Shoals High School
10. Georgia Tech
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
7:32 pm
I have great employees and Inc. magazine agrees…
Noley Noley Noley
November 21st, 2012
7:35 pm
Happy Thanksgiving ALL! Be Safe and Enjoy your time with Family and Friends.
Just having fun with everyone…do not take anything I said personal..just joking around and pulling some of your chains to get you fired up.
Good Luck!
Roy
November 21st, 2012
7:36 pm
You know, I can see why Tech fans are always on the UGA board and site…there is NO coverage on games over on theirs. NONE. They have nothing to read so they come over on our site which has something new almost everyday.
MT
November 21st, 2012
7:36 pm
Rooty Tooty
Moron,
Georgia didn’t make up their SEC schedule. The non division oppenents are rotated except for Auburn.
Works that way for every SEC team. Not the Dawgs fault Tennessee and Missouri are not very good this year. Funny no one says anything about Florida not playing Bama this year,even more funny is none of you schedule Guru’s said anything about Georgia in 08 when we had Bama, LSU Florida,Arizona St. Auburn and Tech. Ranked by several publications as the most difficult in the nations that year.
What do you expect?
November 21st, 2012
7:37 pm
We will know more in two weeks. As of now, UGA has not played a very difficult schedule as the only tough teams they’ve played were UF (win) and South Carolina (blowout loss). Not much material to go on, they could lose the next two or win the next two. Then we’ll know.
They can’t hold a candle to the 2002 team, that team was just unlucky to have had such a great year when two teams ahead of them (one, the Miami Hurricanes, in the middle of a 34 game win streak) were undefeated. That doesn’t happen that often. UGA fans have never given the 2002 team the credit it deserved as it didn’t win the national title (they would have destroyed the 1980 Bulldogs).
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)(J Jones for Heisman)
November 21st, 2012
7:39 pm
@ All Saints:
There may be a BIGGER FOOL out there somewhere but until such is identified, you are No. 1 !!!!!!!!!
There are few, if any, men that rival CMR as a great human being and either you already know that or
you are so full of hate it clouds your brain………………if, in fact, you have one( Likely you are also the King of the Single Digit IQ club). UGA is second to none in running a squeaky clean program and will continue as such so long as CMR is the UGA HC. Fortunately he will be there AS LONG AS HE LIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
7:39 pm
Noley- same here… a little back and forth is ok every now and then… Happy Thanksgiving!
curious- what are your honest thoughts of the UF/FSU game? do you feel like it will be close or will FSU will take it easily? I don’t see the UF offense bringing enough to the table…
MT
November 21st, 2012
7:41 pm
Roy
Where is Camden County at? I know they rank ahead of Tech.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)(J Jones for Heisman)
November 21st, 2012
7:43 pm
@ What do you expect:
Check the records dumba$$!!!!!!!!
No UGA team that Herschel Walker played on would be “blown out” by ANY TEAM you dredge up but thanks for playing along!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roy
November 21st, 2012
7:43 pm
Enjoy the Sun Bowl Tech!
DinoE
November 21st, 2012
7:48 pm
Mark this down—Ga will blow out tech and upset alabama for the SEC title and a BCS title slot. Ga beats Notre Dame by 10—book it. These dogs are the real deal. Alabama will not be able to handle the Ga D. Ga 27 alabama 16!
MT
November 21st, 2012
7:51 pm
In tribute to our beloved martyred Saint Jan Kemp…..Thirty years ago, this courageous young lady risked everything to expose the corruption and academic fraud instigated by Vince Dooley,
Just imagine what she could have accomphlished if she had been at Tech.
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
7:51 pm
Get real people. Georgia didn’t play for the NC in 2007 because they simply weren’t good enough. It’s really just that simple. They might be good enough this year. Time will tell.
Skeptic
November 21st, 2012
7:53 pm
I guarantee, come Sunday morning, that
- unless you won a bet on the UG-GT game, you will not have one more $ in your pocket
- whoever wins or loses, all this “we” which you folks refer to in regards to taking names, kicking butts, etc, will not involve any of you
- if the power goes out permanently, none of you will be able to feed yourself.
Rick James
November 21st, 2012
7:54 pm
@Buzziswiser
UGA’s position at the moment is only a function of their weak schedule. Only two quality wins, UF and Vandy. VANDY! My how things have changed. GT would be a third, but marginal. You have to go down to FSU to find someone with a weaker schedule. You cannot control the conference schedule or the GT game, but to play 2 patsies on top of GSU, is a blatant dodge.
ND, ALA, ORG, KSU and even UF and LSU should all be ranked higher, leaving UGA about #7-9 with Stanford and OU.
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People that root for teams that play in the ACC should never whine about any other team playing a weak schedule..Your entire conference weak!! Georgia did what they were supposed to do which was beat who they played and not lose to any team on the level of Middle Tennese St or BYU..
MT
November 21st, 2012
7:55 pm
I don’t pull for Florida against anybody, Go Noles.If we can’t get there I certainly don’t won’t the Gators
playing for the NC.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
7:57 pm
SEC fan, if you believe that, I guess that’s ok as you are entitled to your opinion. Herbstreit and many others believed that no one was playing better than the dawgs at the end of that season. No one… If you are saying we didn’t deserve to play for the national title because of the system we play in you are correct. If you are saying the dawgs were not good enough to go toe-to-toe with anyone in college football at the end of the season you are alone in your assessment.
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
7:58 pm
@Rick James
That’s true, but Georgia hasn’t proven much yet. One sloppy win against an erratic Florida team isn’t a very thick resume. Vandy doesn’t count for squat — I don’t care if they are going to a bowl game. So is Duke.
short memories
November 21st, 2012
7:58 pm
When Georgia beat Florida it was the first top ten team in years. The only way it happened was that Florida played a worse game than Murray. One win over a decent team in a patsy schedule and everyone gets giddy. Lets see if for once Richt can finish the drill.
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
8:01 pm
@Discount DoubleDawg
I thought I made it pretty plain. They weren’t good enough to be ranked #2. I know you’re biased, and I understand that. Still…
MT
November 21st, 2012
8:01 pm
Georgia didn’t play for the NC in 2007 because they simply weren’t good enough. It’s
No in 2007 the consensus was, if you didn’t win your division, or your conference, you didn’t belong in the NC, HOWEVER last year, the rules changed for the dear Bama Gumps,didn’t matter if you didn’t win your division or play for the SEC Title,who knows if the Dawgs could have won it all in 07,thats why the game is played,to find out who is the best.
MT
November 21st, 2012
8:04 pm
Herbstreit and many others believed that no one was playing better than the dawgs at the end of that season
That is exactly right.
Sloppy
November 21st, 2012
8:04 pm
FSU will beat FLorida like a rag doll in the second half, close first half but too many athletes on the Noles squad for Florida to stop
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
8:05 pm
based on what SEC fan? please make that clear… you will be unique in your ability to do so, because no one else has successfully made that agrument with facts…
SmartestFan
November 21st, 2012
8:08 pm
Will you Dawg fans see who is the Smartest Dawg Fan? Geeez. http://www.smartestbulldog.com
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
8:09 pm
@MT
Nonsense. LSU’s two losses in 2007 were much better quality losses than were Georgia’s, and Ohio State had only one loss. You guys are wearing rose colored glasses.
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
8:11 pm
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
8:05 pm
“based on what SEC fan?”
How about we just be realistic and base it on the BCS Polls?
DP
November 21st, 2012
8:11 pm
“The voters’ apparent rationale: A team that didn’t win its conference shouldn’t be allowed to play for the national title. (Not that it stopped Alabama last season.)”
Mark Bradley displays once again why he is an intellectually dishonest Georgia loving Alabama hating hack writer. Georgia lost 2 games in 2007, one by 25 points to a 3 loss Tennessee team. Alabama lost one game in 2011, by 3 in OT to the undefeated #1 team in the country that pounded every other team it played, and Alabama pounded every other team it played. But Bradley persists in pointing at those 2 teams as if they were equivalents, and censors (”your comment is awaiting moderation”) anybody who dares to point out how ridiculous that is.
The 2012 Georgia team has played 2 top 25 teams. In one game they were blown out by 28 (scoring a garbage time touchdown or it would have been 35-0), in the other they managed to beat Florida in a turnover filled slopfest. It was the first game they’d won against a top 10 opponent since what, 2007? They basically were sleepwalking through the first half of their season, giving up over 20 points to Buffalo and barely beating a horrible Kentucky team. And now they’re “knocking on the door of greatness”, largely because of a soft schedule?
Bradley, why not just go ahead once again and anoint Richt’s Bulldogs once again as the “standard bearers of the SEC” once again, as you ridiculously proclaimed them somewhere in the middle of all the BCS championships won by Tennessee, LSU, Florida, Alabama and Auburn. No need to show any restraint, it’s not like you could be any bigger of a Georgia homer joke than you already are.
MT
November 21st, 2012
8:12 pm
. One win over a decent team in a patsy schedule and everyone gets giddy. Lets see if for once Richt can finish the drill.
Your right,I’m not a Richt hater, he has less than a stellar record against top 25 teams,but right now
I’m staying off his case we got a shot to win it all,and that’s more important right now than bemoaning Mark Richt.This is the closest we’ve been to getting to the NC in a long time and I’m ready to see us hoist
that crystal ball,reguardless of who is the coach.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
November 21st, 2012
8:13 pm
What does UGA know about greatness? 1980….that pretty much covers it folks. Tune in again tomorrow for another segment on One is the loneliest number you will ever know. Two …not!
BG
November 21st, 2012
8:14 pm
Haters gonna hate. GO DAWGS!
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
8:18 pm
@MT
You are right. Georgia has a shot in 2012. They really didn’t in 2007. Back then, they were in a position similar to the one Florida is in this year.
This is Georgia’s sure enough, real time shot at greatness. It’s out there on a silver platter. All they have to do is take it.
mgdawg
November 21st, 2012
8:20 pm
Thank you for bringing up that 2007 UGA team. Last year it was like every media person in the world forgot about that, of course that’s because their love child alabama was the team. This year on ESPN after oregon and kstate lost one of the analyst said of oregon, “remember, you don’t have to win your division or conference to play for the championship.” Where were you 5 years ago when nobody was on UGA’s side, of course we are talking about their love child oregon.
UGA, you have been cheated out of a chance at the NC once, take advantage of this opportunity while you have at. 3 wins away from calling yourselves National champs.
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
8:26 pm
@mgdawg
That kind of loser attitude rarely breeds winning.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
8:32 pm
SEC fan, maybe I am missing somthing but UGA did finish #2 in the final BCS polls…
Chalupa Batman
November 21st, 2012
8:33 pm
These uga haters (tech lovers) on this blog are a joke. Tech has no shot Sat. Please explain how techs awful def will stop uga? Yes tech will score, but they let unc score 50. Uga will win easily after screwing around for a half-41-21.
As far as knocking our loss at usc- yes it was bad, but it was to the #5 team in the nation at their place. And it was early. Thats how this stupid bcs works. Bout time uga got a break in this deal.
All you haters suck it. Sat is our quarterfinal playoff game. Bring on bama. Then bring on ND.
OUR TIME. GO DAWGS.
Buzz 2011
November 21st, 2012
8:33 pm
Knocking on the door of greatness?
Bradley are you talking about the Packers or the Dogs?
You are a great team only after you beat great teams. The
Dogs played one in South Carolina and were routed, weren’t
they? Bradley os as delusional as the SEC conference.
MT
November 21st, 2012
8:35 pm
One is the loneliest number you will ever know. Two …not!
Hey Wet Dream Willie,
Weren’t you ONE of the Ones, who said Georgia had no chance at all against Florida?Tell us again how bad Florida is gonna beat the Dawgs.LOL
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
8:35 pm
@Discount DoubleDawg
Yeah, I think you’re missing something. The Number 1 and Number 2 teams play for the BCSCG.
Georgia did not occupy one of those two slots when Ohio State and LSU were chosen to play for the 2007 NC. That is reality. I understand that you are in Georgia, but reality still exists out here in the real world.
MT
November 21st, 2012
8:38 pm
Buzz 2011
Just wait till Saturday,we gonna play the GEAT ONES.We beat Tech 11 of 12 years, they ought to just gives the crystal at mid field Saturday.
Justin
November 21st, 2012
8:42 pm
Oh no, not the GEAT ONES!! :shudder:
MT
November 21st, 2012
8:44 pm
Where were you 5 years ago when nobody was on UGA’s side, of course we are talking about their love child oregon.
Preacher on Brother.
Funny how ESPN the world wide leader in cheerleading for Florida, Alabama,LSU,Oregon and Notre Dame forgot all about that after the 07 season.
Buzz 2011
November 21st, 2012
8:46 pm
@ROY….Your football team will score about half of what your
basketball team scores. That is about 40 points a game.
The Jackets will be dressed in Gator or Gamecock uniforms
and your leghumpers may as well visit ttheir teammates at
Clarke County jail instead of showing up.
The delusional season ends Saturday.
George Godsey……
F. Sinkwich
November 21st, 2012
8:46 pm
“OK Mr. wich, for you personally…please go die in a ditch with two inches of water.”
All together now!
Kum-bye-ahhhhhhh, my lord, Kum-bye-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Tech sux.
Live with it. It’s you.
Dawg Talk
November 21st, 2012
8:50 pm
I was wondering when you hear the words, playing for a National Title, playing in one of the major bowls, or playing in one of the BCS bowls, you never hear the words……..GA Tech? Lol
MT
November 21st, 2012
8:52 pm
Ohio State and LSU were chosen to play for the 2007 NC.
Therein lies the problem,as pointed out it was said even by Anti Georgia ESPN that they were playing better than anyone in the country at the end of the 07 season, just as it was said about Bama last year, it matter that we didn’t win div. or conference, however last year with Bama it was NOT an issue.
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
8:58 pm
Hey… Georgia wound up Number 2 in 2007.
Maybe that’s just as good as it gets?
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
8:59 pm
What a whiner.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
9:03 pm
SEC fan, I am talking about the final BCS standings… UGA is #2 in the final BCS standings for that year…
Some Saint(Not)Be Gone
November 21st, 2012
9:04 pm
SEC Fan
What a whiner.
What we figured, No sound explanation o fwhy Bama got a pass and we didn’t.
Mark Bradley
November 21st, 2012
9:04 pm
Georgia was No. 5 in the final BCS standings for 2007. It was No. 2 in the final polls, which were conducted after all the postseason games.
SEC Fan
November 21st, 2012
9:05 pm
Right…
As good as it gets.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
9:09 pm
sorry, you are correct… the final AP poll has UGA as #2 in the country…
MT
November 21st, 2012
9:16 pm
I never had a question about Georgia finishing #2.My thing is Bama should have not gotten the nod to play in the NC last year, based on what was said in 07 about the Dawgs,”if you don’t win your div or conference you shouldn’t have a shot at the title” Bama was given a pass last year, and nobody at ESPN
seem to remember what they said that in 07.
Dawg Talk
November 21st, 2012
9:16 pm
The Dawgs, like any team, just have to play “one down at a time’, one game at a time & let the rest take care of itself. The most important thing to do, is not BEAT yourself with turnovers & stupid penalties! It’s time to “put-up” or “shut-up”, the door is open, now play sound fundamental football & hoist the “CRYSTAL”!!
MT
November 21st, 2012
9:26 pm
The Jackets will be dressed in Gator or Gamecock uniforms
Techies live their football lives vicariously.They have to pull for someone else against the Dawgs.
DDT
November 21st, 2012
9:29 pm
Justin
November 21st, 2012
8:42 pm
Oh no, not the GEAT ONES!! :shudder:
MTSU! Shudder shudder. LMAO
bubba4dawgs
November 21st, 2012
9:31 pm
For gosh sake, don’t be talking about verge of greatness before playing the Nerds. They’re beginning to think it will take “greatness” to beat them when mediocrity will do the job just fine! Go ahead and put in the second and third string and squash the bugs! GO DAWGS!!
Jim
November 21st, 2012
9:32 pm
Haven’t won a big game this year. FL was a fluke. Nothing changes till you beat AL. If we get beat by AL like we did by SC it’s time for a change.
Skeptic
November 21st, 2012
9:34 pm
Yeah, I thought so.
My home state of generations has been infiltrated by outsiders and populated by unconscious gizmo-gazers that simply vomit what they read from site-to-site.
I’m a Tech, and that’s why I can prosper, anytime, anywhere. I don’t care what the football team does, if you don’t understand F = MA, then you might as well take a number and get in line with your soup-bowl.
And, it might help to know that eating a road-kill possum will probably make you sick.
MT
November 21st, 2012
9:35 pm
The Dawgs, like any team, just have to play “one down at a time’, one game at a time & let the rest take care of itself.
Your right, take them one at a time,can’t worry about Bama, lose to Tech and it all blows up,Worry about Bama week,I usually pull for Bama against Auburn, but it be something to see Auburn pull the upset. I’m sure someone over in Gumpland has said that about Tech.
MT
November 21st, 2012
9:43 pm
FL was a fluke.
No it wasn’t. We lead that entire game.What because FL had six turnovers? Seems everyone forgot we had three.Most if not all of UF turnovers were forced,hardly a fluke.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
9:55 pm
septic – you have a false sense of security… whether you know this or not I am not sure… based on your comments I am guessing you have no clue….I wish you were half as smart as you thought you were.
Skeptic
November 21st, 2012
9:59 pm
Discount DoubleDawg
Heh, you got GOT. You big fat UGAs are so easy to set the hook in.
I don’t eat Carp, so over the gunwale you go.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
10:00 pm
touche’ my friend, you got GOT… septic is surely a turd…
To Tell the Truth
November 21st, 2012
10:02 pm
LMAO!!!! Greatness? No NC’s in 32 years and the streak will continue!!!!
MT
November 21st, 2012
10:05 pm
bubba4dawgs
See my post back at 8:38P
You’ll see who the” great ones” are.
Smitty
November 21st, 2012
10:09 pm
To Tell the Truth …..who is your team….and do they have a chance???
Smitty
November 21st, 2012
10:09 pm
To Tell the Truth …..That is what I thought……another loser bashing a good program….
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
10:16 pm
Gurley- over/under 125 yds vs Tech?
I say over… and if I am wrong Murray throws for 300+ with 3-4 TD’s…
Smitty
November 21st, 2012
10:21 pm
Discount DoubleDawg ….good call
Discount DoubleDawg
November 21st, 2012
10:39 pm
I have asked this before and I am not being rude… If UGA might be knocking on the door of greatness… what is the door where Tech is knocking?
bwell
November 21st, 2012
10:56 pm
Great article Mark..I love it.
Dogcatcher
November 22nd, 2012
12:02 am
Amazing that all you dawgs actually believe your own hype.
You have beaten one team that has any credibility and even that team is down this year.
Tell you what as a sportsfan I to would be proud if it happened to MY team but in all seriousness until you put Alabama LSUand Texas A&M on your schedule we all know you aint the champion of the SEC or the nation.
Gimme a break
November 22nd, 2012
12:25 am
Georgia is where they are because of a weak schedule and 6 count em, Six UF turnovers, they’ll beat tech ok, but once again get blown out in the title game. It’s what Richt coached teams do.
Castle Pines Canine
November 22nd, 2012
12:27 am
The deal is closed by the offensive line. UGA O line needs some luck, and breaks to win that war. It all comes down to Coach Friend. If he has the O line ready, UGA can win the next 3. If not, we may struggle in all of the games.
Strat Cat Dawg
November 22nd, 2012
12:50 am
Another fine essay, Mr. Bradley, Furman Bisher would be proud. Perhaps Fate is on the Dawgs’ side this year.
Columbus
November 22nd, 2012
2:37 am
Richt is here to stay and so are the Dawgs. I been telling you this since 2009.
UGA WILL lose a lot of players this year BUT have GREAT players to fill their shoes and will get MORE this year. Florida is NOT that great of a powerhouse. Sorry but they arent any better than UGA and offensiviely, well they are infants.
UGA WILL be a team to beat MOST years in the East as long as Richt is there and WILL win the East OFTEN and therefore WILL BE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND IF YOU ARE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR YOU WILL BREAK THROUGH.
YOU RICHT HATERS ARE WRONG. TO HELL WITH KIRBY SMART OND WILL MUSCHAMP. THEY HAVENT DONE JACK COMPARED TO MA RK RICHT.
FLORIDA WAS A SHAM ALL YEAR. JUST LIKE OHIO STATE IS.
ONLY 3 TEAMS CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY AND 2 OF THEM ARE SEC TEAMS. 1 IS UGA!
DAWGS ARE THE CLASS OF THE EAST AND WILL BE AS LONG AS RICHT IS HEAD COACH AND WILL WIN IT MULTIPLE TIMES. AND WILL WIN THE NC VERY VERY SOON.
MAYBE MUCH SOONER THAN YOU HATERS EVER DREAMED….
st simons
November 22nd, 2012
5:19 am
You read it here first, Tech upsets the most talanted team in NCAA history
((((((((((((((( 45-42 again ))))))))))))))) hahahahahahahaha
Football Guy
November 22nd, 2012
6:09 am
Greatness?
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahaha
…………………………………………………
dawgfan
November 22nd, 2012
6:56 am
Discount Double Dawg, Tech is knocking on the door of an ACC port-o-potty where they will find the the third tier toilet bowl game that they will be playing in this year.
Thanks.
Techfan
November 22nd, 2012
6:58 am
ESPNBCSEC
dawgfan
November 22nd, 2012
7:05 am
You’re right Techfan. ESPN is clearly biased because they aren’t talking about the ACC championship game involving a 6-5 charity case that is only in the game because Miami turned it down. ESPN really needs to get with the program here. The ACC championship game is will be EPIC. The whole world will be watching!!!
Techfan
November 22nd, 2012
7:29 am
vs UGA playing for the SEC Championship by playing:
4-7 Buffalo
5-6 Missouri
3-8 Florida Atlantic
7-4 Vandy (Yay! A team with a winning record, yet a fluke for Vandy)
4-7 Tennessee
9-2 South Carolina (A loss for UGA)
2-9 Kentucky
10-1 Florida (Finally a 17-9 win against a decent team that played like crap that day)
5-6 Ole Miss
3-8 Auburn
8-3 Ga southern from the FCS
6-5 Tech (and we’re having a crappy year)
So, from BCS schools, UGA has faced 4 with winning records out of 11 games, one of which is Vandy, the other us, which is probably a UGA win, and gone 1-1 against the decent teams and got the crap beaten out of them by one and squeaked out an 8 point win against the other. That just screams a possible chance a national championship. If the BCS wasn’t a subsidiary of ESPN and their cash cow is the SEC, it might mean something.
Preston
November 22nd, 2012
7:55 am
Tech’s defense is non-existent and UGA’s is playing very well right now. Dawgs roll today. It’s all I’m worried about right now! Squash the bugs (as usual).
dawgfan
November 22nd, 2012
7:55 am
I don’t know what to tell you Techfan. I guess you’ll just have to cry about it and wallow in your bitter jealousy. Just hope and pray that Bama beats us I guess. God knows your joke program can’t get the job done itself. As a Tech fan you should be used to all this by now. This is nothing new for you clowns.
By the way, I should correct my earlier statement. Tech still is not even bowl eligible so their annual meaningless third tier December bowl game is no guarantee at this point. They’ll still probably make a banner for their ACC Coastal “title” though because they are a joke program with joke standards and joke fans. There will probably be more Tech fans tuned in to the SECCG rooting for Bama than will tune in to the ACC crapfest to root for their own team. What a laughable state of affairs down pn the Flats. Some things never change.
Preston
November 22nd, 2012
7:59 am
And since there are always a bunch of tech fans trolling here, just thought I’d mention an article from the bleacher report (unbiased) I read the other day titled “Why GT will never be on the same level as UGA”. Speaks volumes for why there are so many of you on UGA blogs all the time talking trash. I truly feel sorry for you. LOL! We rule this state nerds!
Techfan
November 22nd, 2012
8:02 am
UGA vs Ga Tech Saturday 11/24/2012.
Preston
November 22nd, 2012
8:03 am
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1413522-georgia-tech-vs-georgia-why-yellow-jackets-cant-get-the-bulldogs-level
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Ted
November 22nd, 2012
8:15 am
Georgia has faced exactly three teams with winning records this year, with one of them being Vanderbilt. They won two of those three. They barely beat Kentucky. The fact is they are in the weak division of the SEC.
Joey
November 22nd, 2012
8:27 am
“Tech still is not even bowl eligible so their annual meaningless third tier December bowl game is no guarantee at this point.”
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You phrased that a little wrong, dawgfan. Here, let me help you:
“Tech still is not even bowl eligible so their annual meaningless third tier December bowl LOSS is not guarantee at thie point.”
Now that makes perfect sense, right?
MT
November 22nd, 2012
8:30 am
So What about the win loss record of are opponents, we played the schdeule given us, Bama, Florida and LSU played many of the same teams.I think the same Tennessee team that played them is the same one that played us.
RedandBlackDAWG
November 22nd, 2012
8:31 am
Yawn
November 21st, 2012
2:14 pm
Obviously, you once again just woke up from a dream. You have to quit having your mommy give you warm milk and cookies so late at night. It makes you have fairy tale dreams,
dawgfan
November 22nd, 2012
8:34 am
Sunday, November 25th: Time for Tech fans to hide their Tech gear in the attic and run out and buy some Bama gear. Same ole same ole.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, even the crybaby Techies.
MT
November 22nd, 2012
8:34 am
The fact is they are in the weak division of the SEC.
Yeah the west has those powerhouses like Auburn,Arkansas, Ole Miss. Miss St. petered out and LSU
certainly is not at previous year strength.
Joey
November 22nd, 2012
8:37 am
Wrong Ted. Bama didn’t play one of the top 3 in the East, same as UGA didn’t play one of the top 3 in the West, but went 2-0 vs the others. LSU went 1-1 vs the top 3 in the East. UF went 2-0 vs the top 3 in the West. A&M is 0-1 (with Mizzou to play) vs the East, and SC went 1-1 vs the West.
The West and East are as even as they have been in years, with the SECCG still to be determined.
Techfan
November 22nd, 2012
8:37 am
Why? Tech is a much smaller school with a much smaller fan base. As the old saying goes, “1/3 of Tech fans never went to Tech. 3/4 of UGA fans never went to college.” A joke but it’s probably pretty close to accurate. Our Family, my wife: Tech fan, didn’t go to Tech, degree BA History. me: Tech fan, didn’t go to Tech, degrees, BA: BSN (nursing), my sister: Tech fan, didn’t go to Tech, degree:Sociology, brother in law: UGA fan, runs septic tank business, zero college. Also Tech has more of an international student body. People graduate and go all over the world. UGA’s graduates have more of a tendency to stay in the area. Add that to 90% of WalMMart shoppers buying the UGA stuff and there’s probably at least an 80%-20% advantage in fan base. If you’re a fan, you’re more likely to go to UGA. Tech is also much more limited in its majors for those athletes that actualy want a degree. You don’t see a lot of diploma mill junior colleges feeding athletes to Tech. you also tend to see a lot less Tech players in the police report. Big and dumb, you don’t go to Tech, you may go to Bob’s Jr, College to get your grades up, and use UGA as a jump off to the pros, or maybe get your degree in Athletic Traning, Turfgrass Management, or such. There’s your explanation.
MT
November 22nd, 2012
8:39 am
@Techfan
vs UGA playing for the SEC Championship by playing:
4-7 Buffalo
5-6 Missouri
3-8 Florida Atlantic
7-4 Vandy (Yay! A team with a winning record, yet a fluke for Vandy)
4-7 Tennessee
9-2 South Carolina (A loss for UGA)
2-9 Kentucky
10-1 Florida (Finally a 17-9 win against a decent team that played like crap that day)
5-6 Ole Miss
3-8 Auburn
8-3 Ga southern from the FCS
6-5 Tech (and we’re having a crappy year)
Hey Nerd,
See any loss to Middle Tennessee St in the list. Go Dawgs.
Techfan
November 22nd, 2012
8:39 am
Preseason I believe UGA was ranked as having the easiest schedule of all teams in the SEC.
Techfan
November 22nd, 2012
8:43 am
Didn’t I say we were having a crappy year? There’s the difference. We’re know when we have a mediocre team. UGA faces 4 teams with a winning record (and one of them is us during a crappy year) and gets hammered by one of them and think they’re the cream of the crop.
MT
November 22nd, 2012
8:51 am
Techfan
Why is it Stanford a top notch highly reguarded bastion of academics,not an easy school to get into,can field top ranked football teams.Why does a school like Tech, with a football history of success back prior to 1970, downsize their stadium, and basically treat football as an after thought. I mean if Tech isn’t willing to expand, grow and nurture their football program,then why don’t Georgia Institute become like Mass. Insititute and drop football entirely.
Lance
November 22nd, 2012
8:54 am
Can’t believe all these Nerds continually pick Techmite to win after losing 10 out of 11. Win a couple in a row then come back to post your BS. UGA wins this game by 14 plus — you and your Jr HS conference — not in the same league!!
Joey
November 22nd, 2012
8:56 am
Apparently the BCS and AP and Coaches polls all think UGA is pretty good so far.
And to the Techis, who fret over out schedule, just remember, for UGA to win the whole thing, the Dawgs would have beaten 3 Top 5 teams (UF, Bama, ND).
I doubt we can do it, but if we do, that should stifle the schedule gripes.
MT
November 22nd, 2012
9:01 am
Preseason I believe UGA was ranked as having the easiest schedule of all teams in the SEC.
Yeah and why don’t you point out that in 2008 Georgia’s schedule was ranked the toughest by many
football publications. Remember we had Bama, LSU, Florida,Arizona St .I don’t remember any of you Techies saying before that fluke win of ya’lls saying boy our archrival sure has had a rough go this year.
Remember its the rotation of non traditional SEC west teams that greatly affect schedules year in and year out.Somethingbeyond our control.
Lance
November 22nd, 2012
9:02 am
Techfan– UGA Rhode Scholars – 23; GT – 4 (incl. the one from this year). Data from your GT website and that of UGA’s. I guess all we have is Turf Mngt. degrees in Athens. Take your BS somewhere else and stop generalizing an institution to fit your agenda.
SEC Fan
November 22nd, 2012
9:08 am
MT
November 21st, 2012
9:16 pm
“I never had a question about Georgia finishing #2.My thing is Bama should have not gotten the nod to play in the NC last year, based on what was said in 07 about the Dawgs,”if you don’t win your div or conference you shouldn’t have a shot at the title” Bama was given a pass last year, and nobody at ESPN seem to remember what they said that in 07.”
Okay… Let’s try this one more time. ESPN talking head opinions have nothing whatsoever to do with which two teams play for the NC under the current BCS system. There is no rule regarding conference championships — there never has been.
The Number 1 and the Number 2 teams in the final BCS poll play in the BCSCG. It has always been that way, and it shall be this year as well. You may whine to your heart’s content that you don’t like who plays for the BSCCG, but your whining is not only irrelevant — it is embarrassing.
Hey Mark, can you say 42-10
November 22nd, 2012
9:10 am
Come on. Stop feeding the children. You lose all integrity.
A great team does not get beat 35-7. A great team cannot be defined by these wins
GA vs TN. TN 0-7 in SEC, Worst lost to Vandy since 1954. Oh by the way TN fired Dooley
GA vs AU. AU 0-7 in SEC, fixing to be 0-8. Chitzik is on his way out.
GA vs KY. KY 0-7 in SEC.
Bama will trounce Richt.
The MNC of 1990
November 22nd, 2012
9:10 am
At the end of bowl season, GT, Colorado,, Miami and one or two other schools had a piece of the 1990 NC, depending on what newspaper you read.Yes, the AJC, The Knoxville Journal and the Chattanooga Herald, all named GT as NC. Miami Herald, said HURRICANES, and do it went.
GT was not undefeated in that year. THey were lucky to tie hapless UNC 10-10.
All of the hate directed toward UGA
November 22nd, 2012
9:21 am
UGA alumnus, here. Class of 71&73.
UGA has to win 3 games, MNC is ours, End of story.
IF we played the Sisters of The Left Handed Corn Shuckers all season to this moment, it will not matter. UGA needs to win 3 and the Titles ( SEC and MNC) are ours.
John
November 22nd, 2012
9:22 am
I don’t like UGA.
MT
November 22nd, 2012
9:23 am
There is no rule regarding conference championships — there never has been.
Then why was it CONTINUALLY said,”if you don’t win your div or conference you shouldn’t have a shot at the title” that year.You can say ESPN had nothing to do with it,and deny the power their microphones have to inflence opinion.I know better, especially in anything opinion has on UGA.They went overboard
in expressing their opinion on something now, that you and them say is not even an issue.Doubletalk!
MT
November 22nd, 2012
9:25 am
especially in anything opinion has on UGA.
especially on any opinion ESPN has on UGA.
Sorry.
Bamabone
November 22nd, 2012
9:29 am
Prepare for door slammage. RTR!
Hard fact
November 22nd, 2012
9:31 am
GT last played in two major bowl games in a row in the early, mid 1950s.
Again, in 1967′ GT did play Florida in Dodd’s last game in the Orange, but not again until 2009, another humiliating stomping by Iowa’s slow, farm boys.
In 1954, or 1955, GT did play two majors in a row but not since. SAD, GT WAS a power in the 30s,40s,50s.
Please look this sad GT major bowl game history up. In the same period,
UGA has played in 4 or 5 Cotton Bowl games, 7 or 8 Sugar Bowl games, One Urange Bowl.
Even the 1990 NC game for Tech, was played in a mid/low level Citrus Bowl, not then or now, a major bowl venue.
Tree
November 22nd, 2012
9:31 am
Love all the Little Napoleons from GT with the derogatory comments about GA fans.
About as predictable as the annual GT loss about this time of year. Cheers and enjoy!
Go Dawgs!
Lince Vombardi
November 22nd, 2012
9:33 am
LOL you do realize that uga only beat three teams with a winning record, and one of those was a lower tier team. Great ? LOL
SC 150-7 over UGA in 2012
November 22nd, 2012
9:36 am
forget 35-7. Call it 150-7 over UGA. Call it 250-10 over UGA.
UGA has 3 games to play in and win for the NATIONAL Championship. END of story.
Goooooo Dogs!!
clem
November 22nd, 2012
9:37 am
they should be great being in heartland of football, but fall far short. my guess is lsu, texas a&m, carolina (w/latimore), clemson, fsu, florida are just as good……you could cover them with blanket
uga never seems to have a great offensive line and way to many suspensions at start of each season
I-DOG
November 22nd, 2012
9:37 am
The Dawgs could win the national title or they could have four losses this season. It could be either one or anywhere in between.
That said, it is exciting to control your own destiny in late November.
MT
November 22nd, 2012
9:47 am
The Number 1 and the Number 2 teams in the final BCS poll play in the BCSCG. It has always been that way, and it shall be this year as well. You may whine to your heart’s content that you don’t like who plays for the BSCCG, but your whining is not only irrelevant — it is embarrassing.
Look Moron,
I’m not contesting the fact that Georgia was not actually in the NC game that year, I understand Georgia was ranked 5th going in. Im talking the fact that Georgia and Bama both did not win their conference or div. and the fact in 07 IT WAS AN ISSUE and in 11 it WAS NOT. IT IS NOT THE FACT GEORGIA didn’t get in. it is the line of reasoning used aganist them and then with Bama its a non issue.Just because someone doesn’t agree with you doesn’t make it whining.
Fred
November 22nd, 2012
9:48 am
The big win for UGA was over an overrated UF team. The reality is that UGA will probably eek out a win over GT, get blown out by BAMA and end up in the Outback bowl.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
coco
November 22nd, 2012
9:56 am
I’m glad GT has rebounded and has for whatever reason gets the chance at the ACC title…that being said I ALSO am thankfull that UGA has a chance at the SEC title…their fans, except for some here have been calm this year…lol…can’t wait for the game this week that…doesn’t matter…Saturday should be a blast…
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
November 22nd, 2012
9:59 am
Heck UGA LOST 2 games in 2007 sport while Bama lost in OT to the best team in the country!!!!! Give it a break! UGA has done nothing since 1980 and it’s documented. When you win something then folks will give you credit. Until just enjoy the games and hope for the best. No doubt you UGA are world champs when it comes to talking about the level of your play but the fact is your trophycase doesn’t reflect IT! Beat Tech,beat Bama, and beat the Irish and then the stage is yours.
MT
November 22nd, 2012
10:18 am
Wet Willie,
No ones trying to claim anything.It’s the line of reasoning used.
DP
November 22nd, 2012
10:19 am
Just when I thought Mark Bradley couldn’t be a more ridiculous Georgia cheerleader, he totally redeems himself!
ATLIEN
November 22nd, 2012
10:20 am
This is the first time that I can remember UGA controlling its own destiny to get to the national title game. A Very very favorable schedule played a role and Im very very excited; But 6-15 against ranked teams since 2008. Playing horribly against the 2 ranked teams they faced this season and Aaron Murray choking in every meaningful game since he’s taken over the starting job doesn’t leave me feeling optimistic. If they are able to pull this off (beating Bama) all my criticism of Richt not being a national championship caliber coach will end. If not then my voice will grow louder b/c it’s further evidence that he can’t win big games consistently enough at UGA which given the level of talent on that roster year in and year out is pretty embarassing
Dawg Realist
November 22nd, 2012
10:27 am
Anyone who believes UGA is where they are by any means other than their weak schedule is dillusional. Let’s compare mid season schedules over a four week period. Easy to see how we won the East.
Georgia: S.Carolina, Bye week, Kentucky, Florida
S.Carolina: Georgia, LSU, Florida
Florida: LSU, S.Carolina, Georgia
Tom in Marietta...Go Dawgs!
November 22nd, 2012
10:42 am
I want to be the first at something. This year I called it and I have numerous friends and family that are willing to back me up on this. Doesn’t sound as impressive now but I said the Dawgs will win the BCS this year. This will go down as one of the greatest years in UGA history…Same as 1980-81!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 22nd, 2012
10:45 am
@ Patched Tire:
There is a HUGE difference in WANTING to play for the NC EVERY YEAR and having the common sense to realize that over a hundred other schools also want their school to play for the NC and only 2 teams will make it to the NC game.
UGA has not, and will not, face NCAA probation/death penalty so long as CMR is HC!!!! CMR is the 4th winningest active coach in America(ahead of ALL SEC coaches) and a role model for males of ALL ages.
You and your ilk remind me of little kids that think they should have ANYTHING they want whether or not it is logical or fiscally responsible. You whine because somebody(In your opinion) may have something better but insist on getting it regardless of whether or not it makes good sense just like a college kid with a credit card and not having to pay the CC bill. You yap about CMR’s 3 million a year but Saban gets over 5 million a year so maybe you should consider becoming a Bammy fan.
You and your ilk apparently have no life other than football(Played by a bunch of young men you do not know) and need desparately to have something to voice your UNINFORMED opinions about which reveals how far from reality your lives and and minds are!!!
I guess y’all believe that a good coach can produce an NC team by magic but then on the other hand y’all probably still believe in Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy and Free Lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MT
November 22nd, 2012
10:49 am
I’ve been critical of Mark Richt, that said,I do not dislike him, to be honest I think he is a person of integerity and high moral standards. I have backed off my critizism, because I think he is owed that by anyone at this point who is truly a UGA fan. I think it is more important now to get behind the Dawgs and see them through to a NC than voicing any dissatisfaction with the coaching staff(Richt, Bobo, Grantham, Gardner, etc). As said I do have my critical opinions, but i will also say he has alot of admirable qualities also,recruiting, actually caring about the players and their future’s and. I believe he truly loves UGA. I have voiced my opinions in the past and they still do concern me, however at this time, I will remain silent,wish CMR the best and hope we can hoist the crystal in Miami.
1lovefalcons20
November 22nd, 2012
10:50 am
overated why does the ajc give this man st riieht sso much credit they have beat ony 1 team the rest were cupcakes…ALABAMA52 GA 3
Pete
November 22nd, 2012
10:52 am
I’m a DAWG fan, but the schedule this year was a tremendous benefit to UGA. I just don’t see us being the #3 team. I suspect Bama will beat us by double digits. Richt has been coach for 10 years. Look what Saban has done in less time than that. Richt is a good coach, but not a great one. I just don’t see us winning a nationai championship with him as head coach. I really hope I’m wrong.
Dawg Talk
November 22nd, 2012
10:55 am
Cry a Yellow Jacket Ribbon around the Old Oak Tree…….Lol! Happy Thanksgiving to all of DAWG NATION !!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 22nd, 2012
11:01 am
@ ATLIEN:
You can BITCH for the rest of your life about CMR but just rest assured that he will be there AS LONG AS HE LIKES!!!!!!!!!!
The huge majority of Dawg Nation is HAPPY with CMR(Especially those with greater than Single Digit
IQs) so you may as well get used to having CMR around or “Flip” your commitment to another team!!!!!!!
MAY I SUGGEST AUBURN???????
The most wonderful part is GOD loves CMR and you better be careful saying such derogatory things about CMR. You and your ilk would jumping around like Grasshoppers on a hot griddle trying to dodge those lightning bolts!!!!!!!!!
Dawg Talk
November 22nd, 2012
11:03 am
Pete….No need to try & pin everything on CMR, afterall, it is his job to get you in a position to win & at some point the players have to execute. Was it CMR’s fault last year in the 1st half of the SEC Title game when 3 GA receiver’s dropped TD passes from Murray & UGA had to settle for field goals? CMR winning percentage is .748, the top 5 in the nation & you say, he is not a great coach? Who should we get then as a coach….& ball catcher, who will do both in the “Big games?”
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 22nd, 2012
11:06 am
@ Pete:
Just “FLIP” your commitment to Saban and Company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Problem solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please understand that CMR has a better won/loss record than Saban and this is CMR’s 12th year as UGA HC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 22nd, 2012
11:12 am
@ Dawg Talk(11:03 am post)
EXCELLENT POST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best post of the day but keep in mind that you are dealing with some on here that think all you got to do is wave that wand and “NC here we come” but you can expect such from Single Digit IQs and Santa Claus believers
MT
November 22nd, 2012
11:24 am
1lovefalcons20
overated why does the ajc give this man st riieht sso much credit they have beat ony 1 team the rest were cupcakes…
Kinda like the Falcons eh.. One superbowl loss in how many years of existence? since 1966. Smith only had to win 40 or so games to be the winnest falcon coach ever. Gez
MT
November 22nd, 2012
11:32 am
Richt is a good coach, but not a great one. I just don’t see us winning a nationai championship with him as head coach.
Hey I.m not a Richt koolaide drinker, that he can have the job as long as he wants no matter what he does,but dude cut the man some slack right now, at least he has us on the cusp, get behind him wholeheartly and support him and hope the dawgs can do it for UGA and the Dawg Nation.I think if you call yourself a Georgia Bulldog we owe him that much now. Go Dawgs!
Dawg Talk
November 22nd, 2012
11:33 am
Brainiac……..Well said!!!!!! No matter what anyone says or anything else, CMR has coached his players into a position that alot of teams would love to be in, now it’s time for the UGA players to put-up or shut-up. You want a NC, then go get it! No excuses, go get it! UGA players know everyone thinks that the Tide is going to beat them, they also thought the same way about Texas A&M. I think this is exactly the kind of motivation that UGA use to win the SEC & let the world know, we are great too! It’s not like a CMR Team has not beaten Saban Team before (in Tuscaloosa), so we will see who wants to prove what!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 22nd, 2012
11:33 am
@ Wet Willie:
Glad to have you back after quite a few days of silence!!!!!!!!!!!
Bammy fans(half-a$$ Bammy fans like you and Whiskey Breath) have apparently had “Computer Problems” since the Texas A&M game!!!!!!!!!! Hope it is fixed!!!!!!
Don’t let it bother you all that much. Kinda like the USCe/UGA game!!!!!!!!!!! Sh _ _ happens but it doesn’t have as much impact when one hasn’t been running off at the mouth like you and your ilk. It is great to see the REAL Bammy fans come on here with class but you and your ilk survive by extolling how unbeatable Bammy is playing and recruiting and how dreadful and hopeless UGA is while having no idea your rug could be jerked from under you at most any time. Nobody wins ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We at UGA are having a little success recently but common sense tells me it could blow up most anytime and I won’t have to hide from others on here because, unlike you and your ilk, my mouth wasn’t writing checks my a$$ couldn’t cash but hang in there Sunshine. GOD and Brainiac loves your miserable a$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GIVE ME A BREAK
November 22nd, 2012
11:57 am
He’s at the wrong house.
skeptic
November 22nd, 2012
12:24 pm
Wrong. Great teams don’t lose 35-7 and certainly don’t struggle to beat buffalo and kentucky.
Keep trying to spin it Bradley. You’ll come back to reality when bama wins something like 34-17
ATLIEN
November 22nd, 2012
12:33 pm
Brainiac 6-15 against ranked teams. Forget talking about national titles. He doesn’t beat good competition enough given UGAs consistent level of top tier talent you Mark Richt loving stupid bootlicking LOSER!!!
You should really change your handle b/c brainiac doesn’t fit at all. You don’t even have basic comprehension skills.
dawginduluth
November 22nd, 2012
12:47 pm
I’ve always said no NC with Richt. Never.
I hope he proves me wrong.
MT
November 22nd, 2012
2:26 pm
skeptic
Ever heard of some teams getting bettter as the season goes on. If you hate all things Georgia what the hell you doing here?
Cdpridg
November 22nd, 2012
2:44 pm
Atlien…keep it low…its Thanksgiving…hopefully there is something you are thankful for in your life….
gt75
November 22nd, 2012
4:32 pm
Destroyed by a decent SC team, given the game by a self destructing mediocre Fl team, played a bunch of other bums and expect to be national champions? I haven’t seen a team with a weaker schedule than the BYU national champs or the Boise teams that UGA fans always say are undeserving of a national championship. Let’s hope GT can expose them, if not surely Al will.
TJ
November 22nd, 2012
5:16 pm
Dawgs need to beat gnats like they own them…which they do.
TJ
November 22nd, 2012
5:17 pm
gt75…spoken like a true loser.
whatfor
November 22nd, 2012
5:57 pm
Mr. Bradley – I believe you wrote a very similar article about the “verge of greatness” that Mark Richt and UGA was headed about 9 years ago. But once again – who has UGA REALLY played this year??? What are the combined SEC records of KY, TN, Aub, MO, and Ole Miss (all of hum GA played)????
Is it like 4-31?? WOW – 4 and 31. on 5 of UGA wins – and then there is Buffalo, Georgia Southern, and Florida Atlantic – that right there is 8 of UGA games – all against LOSERS.
And then there is SC – wow kicked your arsess – and then there is FL wow is vastly overrated – which FSU will prove.
So – I ask once again – WOW has UGA REALLY beat of any significants?? One game – Florida – which is, once again overrated.
Bad Dawg
November 22nd, 2012
6:00 pm
And what quality teams has Bama played in the SEC? LSU, who they barely beat, and A&M, who beat them at home. For all the talk about UGA not meeting the top three of the SEC West, the Tide managed to avoid 10-1 UGA, 10-1 Florida, and 9-2 South Carolina, the top three of the SEC East. Seems to me they got a little lucky, too.
kingdaddy
November 22nd, 2012
6:51 pm
I wonder if Middle Tn. St. could expose us???
KilroyDawg
November 22nd, 2012
7:06 pm
@gt75
Okay, if we were upset by Tech and beaten by Bama, then yes maybe we are overrated. But what you say when UGA handles Tech easily and then takes care of Business by beating Bama in SEC Championship. Will you eat your words and acknowledge that this team has gotten better as the year went on and is deserving!
GO DAWGS!!
beebee
November 22nd, 2012
7:12 pm
GT Bob is busy with Thanksgiving!
He asked me to tell all you fine Georgia fans to have a GREAT Thanksgiving.
He will be back bashing the Dogs, as well as I, next week!
Gene
November 22nd, 2012
8:48 pm
Alabama will slam that door.g
C'mon-man
November 22nd, 2012
8:59 pm
Yes, the dawgs have ARRIVED baby! We have made it and it feels so good. Gonna roll Bama
Discount DoubleDawg
November 22nd, 2012
8:59 pm
like they did with A&M?
zbulldawg
November 22nd, 2012
9:19 pm
LET THE BIG DAWG EAT
Boring to yawn
November 22nd, 2012
9:23 pm
Yawn…you are boring…sigh….GA 41 Tech 14
Now…onto basics….Alabama is vulnerable…no question about it. After GA beats Tech, once again (oh, yeah…let’s not forget…P Johnson has lost 3 straight to GA-DAWGS…this will be the 4th straight)…Alabama appears vulnerable. GA is right now, at #3 in the country. Alabama should, not necessarily will, but should be Auburn….
Next..GA plays Alabama…#3 vs #2…and Notre Dame should beat USC. ND should end up in the Sugar Bowl…playing, possibly GA..and the last time they played? GA vs ND? The year of GA’s only national championship led by HW…and won 14-10…
Hmmm, looks like a repeat of something here…who knows?
Georgia could win…that one …and get National Champtionship recognition…
GOOOOOO, Dawgs!
Somebody has got so say it
November 22nd, 2012
9:23 pm
Comparing Murray to Johnni Manziel is just ludricrous. Murray gets pressure, he throws picks, Manziel gets pressure he runs for Touchdowns. Murray is not the big game players he pretends to be.
dawgfan
November 22nd, 2012
10:51 pm
Tech fans have never had any problem padding the W column against ACC cupcakes week in and week out, but if Georgia isn’t playing top 10 teams every week we are clearly overrated and not worthy of any positive commentary whatsoever. Its been this same song and dance for years out of these clowns. Pleases don’t waste your time arguing with a brick wall. It gets you nowhere.
Thanks
Played much?
November 23rd, 2012
12:00 am
Have any of you ‘we played poorly vs Buffalo and Ky so we are overrated’ types ever play any sport at all? Teams start slow and get better throughout the year all the time, and as a coach that’s what you want. You don’t want to peak early. If you want to be a Dawg fan, be a Dawg fan. Stop with the
fair weather fan stuff, you sound like th
Played much?
November 23rd, 2012
12:03 am
to finish…y’all sound like the Bama fans during the Shula years who now tell us ‘I’ve always been a Bama fan’ when back then they were wearing Auburn t shirts. Be a fan, or get off the bus!
Under The Bleachers
November 23rd, 2012
12:04 am
One would say at this point due to the history of the UGA/Richt-Donnan-Goff -Dooley era the more correct word is OVERRATED.
This is not to dismiss UGA but to place it in context of where it finishes based on pre-season, recruiting rankings. As well as the extraordinary amount of talent that has played at UGA to never win it all since 1980.
Ty
November 23rd, 2012
12:58 am
I will be thanking Georgia Tech this Saturday for giving my Dawgs a potential bid to the national title game.
Donald
November 23rd, 2012
3:01 am
@ Chris S,
“The rationale was actually that a team that didn’t play in its conference championship shouldn’t be able to play for title. The not-winning-your-conference objection had been blown up some time earlier.”
Alabama did not play in the conference championship last year either. Truth is, Alabama got a pass for the same thing Georgia got penalized for. Alabama justified it by winning the title but I felt Georgia or any other team in the top 5 could have easily beaten Ohio State that year. They chose to knock us down to 5th in spite playing lights out football the last two months of the season to make way for LSU that had lost just two weeks before that.
Rudy's Back!!!!!
November 23rd, 2012
3:19 am
The DOGS will choke again as they always do. Notre Dame will kick the SEC’s BUTTS!!!! The IRISH are back!!!!! Get over it!!!!
South Carolina DAWGS
November 23rd, 2012
3:38 am
Great article Mark – this is why you are the BEST
harleyman
November 23rd, 2012
6:52 am
You people kill me acting like every team that ever won a national championship was some juggernaut that rolled through the toughest schedule in college football. Especially the one’s like Old Dog Class of 80 who obviously didn’t see that team escape a few close calls against some unranked opponents, then beat a # 7 Notre Dame team. I was there, saw every game, and the only juggernaut on that team was Herschel Walker. Give this team and CMR some of their due. I really don’t see any other team in the top ten that deserves to be in this position more than the top three as it stands. Remember, it’s as much not if you lose, but when you lose. So if your a DAWG fan, sit back and enjoy the ride. GO DAWGS!
LET THE BIG DAWG EAT
November 23rd, 2012
7:13 am
To all who wanted to fire Richt !!!!!!!!!! Who do you replace him with . I have said this all along .Bear, Dooley,Pat Dye, All had loosin season’s.Kirk Herbstriet bad mouth Richt during the USC loss our D shut them out for twoo qaurters it wasnt as bad as he made it sound. Don’t no what team everybody thinks Alabama is this year . DAWGS ROLL THE TIDE THEN THUMP NOTRE DAME AND WE GET TO WATCH LOU CRY AND SPIT EVERYWERE .HOPE MAYDAY SLAPS HIM. GO DAWGS!!!!
juice sourcer
November 23rd, 2012
7:19 am
Play an absurd cupcake schedule and any team will be 2 games from knocking on greatness.
you can't fix stupid or Democrats or bulldogs
November 23rd, 2012
7:42 am
Drinking the Koolaid again MB and dawg fans…….UGA had to have six turnovers and one “save” the game at the end. UGA is way, way over rated…..
ryan p
November 23rd, 2012
7:45 am
Greatness? No. Softest schedule in uga history? Possibly. Especially in the bcs era. Great teams don’t get blown out by 28. Do you ever see bama or lsu in contention for a nc lose that bad? Noooo
All this will be proven when ga plays bama. murray will choke as he always does.
Buckeye
November 23rd, 2012
7:55 am
Morning dogs,
Any tom brown sitings?
SEC: Arkansas hoping to end bad season on a sweet note | John Clay's Sidelines
November 23rd, 2012
8:17 am
[...] Mark Richt is right, says Mark Bradley of AJC. [...]
Escaped from Email Purgatory
November 23rd, 2012
8:18 am
“Twelve years on the job, Richt finally has Georgia in position to play for a national championship…”
Or stated another way, one victory over a ranked opponent, coupled with the softest 2012 schedule of any SEC team, combined with losses incurred over the last month of the season by half of the six teams in front of you in the polls who were playing tough opponents…..
…and UGA has a chance to play for a national championship.
Bradley, you’re giving Richt way too much credit for where UGA sits right now. Most of what has placed the team he coaches in the position they now occupy was totally out of his control.
And anchoring your premise by leapfrogging ‘Bama to place UGA in the promised land is downright dishonest.
It’s the softest of soft schedules and events totally outside UGA’s control. Richt has had very little to do with where UGA now sits.
harleyman
November 23rd, 2012
8:36 am
And the talking heads continue……….
FAtDOg
November 23rd, 2012
8:40 am
Saban will leave alabama soon for an nfl job–when he does, Richt/UGA will dominate the SEC for years. Look for a BCS title run in 2013-14 with all the 5 star talent Richt has built at UGA! Mark this down–Dogs upset Alabama and will beat Notre Dame!
whiskey breath
November 23rd, 2012
8:45 am
I don’ t blame you Mark for wanting to get rid of WB. When you are sucking up to the Ga fans and Richt, WB just might slow down the slobbering.
Nativebird
November 23rd, 2012
9:07 am
Wow. Uh…ok…Mark Richt: The Knut Rockne of 21st century. “greatness”? Really? So Mark Richt is some overlooked, under-respected guru of college football coaching for all these years right, is this what you are saying? Is “greatness” really a word to attach to a single team that wins something big in a single year? Isn’t “greatness” something bigger, like a clearly better team than ALL the rest…or a prolonged string of championships in a row? Should we really attach this word to just winning a championship in a single year…and in not so an impressive manner? C’mon. Look if Georgia wins it all, hey kudos…well done…congrats….enjoy it…nice job….well deserved. But ” greatness”? Uh no.
Game Changer
November 23rd, 2012
9:21 am
Just win
A lost to Ga Tech and or Alabama in SECCG would prove to be a 2012 failure in the program once again. The good, we beat Florida, nothing else to hang your hat on.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 23rd, 2012
10:44 am
Losing to tech would be the only thing that could make this year a definitive failure… Losing to bama would be very disappointing, but I am just not seeing that as a sign of failure. Sure bama slipped up against A&M but most people would still agree they are probably the best team in the country (hence, why they would be a touchdown favorite against Notre Dame)…
Now, I do think we can beat them and we should give it all we’ve got to do so. We should prepare and play lights out. If we do, we certainly have a shot.
alpha male
November 23rd, 2012
11:23 am
Losing to techisa sign of failure.
Stinger 2
November 23rd, 2012
11:28 am
Not a single person including MB knows if UGA is great or not until after the BCS game if they get there. If not, they are not great with two loses (AL/SC). They will give
us our annual drubbing unless GT gets very lucky and UGA gets very unlucky.
That said, if UGA does win the NC with only one loss, I will congratulate them and say they were a very good team. A great team would have gone undefeated.
Sloppy
November 23rd, 2012
12:21 pm
Fatdog
You are Hoping and praying Saban will leave. That will be the only way Richt is relevant again.
Get new material and move along back to your trailer park.
Sloppy
November 23rd, 2012
12:23 pm
Discount
Very good comments and very realistic. Good luck next weekend.
Gamecock
November 23rd, 2012
12:25 pm
We walked all over the dogs. They were a pushover. Tech should win as these dogs have no bite.
Chuck J
November 23rd, 2012
12:34 pm
UGA teases it fanbase again. Once again Saban and his team will hoist the crystal football. UGA will play a decent game against the tide but turnovers and penalties will kill them. Go ahead and get your tickets to the capitol one bowl. Maybe next year.
I have to agree
November 23rd, 2012
12:47 pm
ha ha, gotta love all of the UGA fans making international news with their moultrie ga black friday stampede. but hey, what do you expect from a fan base who make animal noises to celebrate their team and thinks the top universities in the nation are judged on where they are on the ap top 25.
what a bunch of mouth breathes.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 23rd, 2012
12:54 pm
Good luck to you as well, Sloppy.
Sven Ottke
November 23rd, 2012
1:26 pm
Best of luck to the Special Admits vs. Tech tomorrow.
Georgia’s seniors determined live out script they wrote back in January | UGA sports blog
November 23rd, 2012
2:13 pm
[...] Bradley: Richt was right about Dogs ‘knocking on door’ of greatness [...]
Game Changer
November 23rd, 2012
4:55 pm
Sven ottke — UGA has alot of players visiting, commited and currently playing that should not be enrolled at UGA. Having a player that was declined by Auburn academically, then be offered by UGA should be the last straw. I hope that the new UGA President demands our football players and all athletes not require special admittion. We have some players currently that do not even attend class this semester knowing they are done at the end of this season with any college schooling or elgibility, if we are fortunate to win two more, hope they will still be able to play.
Schadenfreude
November 23rd, 2012
5:01 pm
Really Alabama fans? Come back when you’ve qualified to play in the SECC game. I mean, I know you think you can beat NFL teams and all, but you do actually have to play and defeat Auburn. Sorry you weren’t good enough to clinch a spot in the SECC game early…like UGA did.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 23rd, 2012
7:38 pm
CPJ was right: Georgia Tech is knocking on the door of ___________?
A.) Obscurity
B.) Mediocrity
C.) Supreme under-achievement
D.) Failure
E.) Acceptance of all the above
Strat Cat Dawg
November 23rd, 2012
7:43 pm
People who think Alabama will blow Georgia out haven’t looked closely at our personnel on D. Either team could win but I like Georgia’s chances.
Cloudodust
November 23rd, 2012
8:43 pm
Ahh, the hammering on Bama being weak by not securing a early playoff spot in the SECCG in what can be construed as undoubtedly the best division not only in the SEC but the nation is a mistake. Their hurdles are leaps and bounds greater than Georgia’s has been this season and that builds character fighting through adversity. Yeah, I’d watch that over-confidence until Dec 2 Sunday morning around 1AM. Then if you’re SEC Champs, have a celebration.
Mike
November 23rd, 2012
9:37 pm
Love all these articles about the great UGA team and the suddenly-genius, Mark Richt. When they get blown out in the SEC championship game…..or choke against GT, the “we told you so” crowd will be back. Including the author of this article
.
Realist
November 23rd, 2012
10:06 pm
UGA is in the seccg due to an incredibly easy schedule. So they win one big game against a ranked opponent for the first time in 5 years. So what? Florida committed 6 turnovers in that game.
Does any realist really believe UGA can beat an Alabama team that has not only won the majority of but been in huge game after huge game for the past 5 years? I just can’t see it. Bama is used to being in these huge games. They’ve been there before and their talent is unquestioned even if Tam pulled a big upset. I just can’t see Georgia lining up man to man and whipping a team like Alabama. Can you?
Realist
November 23rd, 2012
10:08 pm
strat cat dawg,
Georgia’s personnel on defense. Please! Bama has the best O-line in the nation with 3 possible first round draft picks including the returning Outland trophy winner. You’re drinking koolaid if you think Georgia can line up head to head and beat Alabama at the point of attack. It aint gonna happen.
boykin
November 24th, 2012
1:14 am
Cloud_ who did Bama play that has you in a tizzy““““““““`?
GameTime
November 24th, 2012
8:21 am
C’mon Mr. Bradley, you can do better than this. This is a really stupid article. Most coaches would have been comfortable with that statement having just played a weak SEC schedule and facing an even weaker 2012 schedule. UGA played the easiest schedule of any SEC team. Played no western division contenders and had tough out-of-conference foes in Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, and Georgia Southern. You make it sound as if Richt is some great prognosticator. I guess the days of good journalism are gone. Certainly not going to find anything at AJC.
juice sourcer
November 24th, 2012
9:08 am
Greatness…really? I didn’t see greatness in Columbia…I saw pathetic….I haven’t seen greatness with this cupcake schedule…..I haven’t seen greatness with a schedule that didn’t have one non conference difficult team, I don’t see greatness anywhere. I didn’t see greatness against a Florida team that cant score points on anyone, I see a good team with a ridiculously easy schedule. That’s all I see.
LSU 42, UGA 10
November 24th, 2012
9:12 am
So, according to Georgia fans, Georgia Tech sucks worse than any team in the NCAA. It is absolutely the worst. In fact, so bad that it’s the reason Georgia is the top university in the nation in academics and GT is the worst.
So GT is baaaaad.
Yet if UGA beats the worst team in the land, it’ll be heralded as the biggest win ever and the reason that Georgia should skip the SEC championship game and national championship game and be given the BCS trophy right now. And oh send 3 or 4 of the Georgia players to the Heisman. Let them tie in votes, that way you have 4 Heisman trophy winners from Georgia!
It’s hard not to step in the crap that is the ajc georgia fan blogs.
I wish we had beaten Alabama, I’d love to see if we could improve on our 42-10 championship game.
LSU 42, UGA 10
November 24th, 2012
9:18 am
The lesson we’ve learned from the 2012 Georgia Bulldogs, do everything you can to have an easy schedule. Make sure the SEC doesn’t schedule you to play the two best teams in the nation that happen to live on the western division and own 4 BCS National Titles. Plus Auburn owns one, you realize Auburn owns a BCS National Championship and you don’t? I bet that makes you more mad than anything.
I think ESPN’s Cowherd recently said, they’d take the SEC over every conference in the nation, then he corrected himself and said he’d take the SEC West over every conference in the nation. He is probably spot on.
I don’t doubt you’ll win today, but I’ll cheer for GT anyways. I love the shots of your fans in the stadium when you lose and I couldn’t begin to imagine the anguish if you lose to… the most obscure, mediocre, supremely under achieved, fail, and accepting of failure team ever.
Aw man, it’d be a cherry on top.
zeke
November 24th, 2012
9:25 am
If they would just stop recruiting all those criminal thugs they might have a chance! OOPS! That team from Columbia, no not Missouri, South Carolina, showed the fallacy of these remarks! UGA looked like some middle school team against the Gamecocks!
harleyman
November 24th, 2012
9:30 am
I love hearing all this crying all the way from La., Bama, Tech. Man, is it loud. Anybody got any pacifiers? ROTFLMFAO.
Stewie
November 24th, 2012
9:55 am
Mark, are you just pandering to the Dog faithful or do you really believe if you tell a half-truth enough times it eventually becomes accepted?
Of course I’m referring to the comments about 2007, and in particular your statement “the voters’ apparent rationale: a team that didn’t win its conference shouldn’t be allowed to play for the national title.”
What you and most others who follow this line of thought conveniently omit is that the team’s that jumped the Dogs that year did so BECAUSE THEY WON AN ADDITIONAL GAME AGAINST TOP 25 COMPETITION. Sorry about that.
LSU went from #7 to #2 by beating #14 Tennessee (who, btw, had whupped UGA earlier), putting LSU at 11-2 while UGA sat at 10-2.
Va Tech went from #6 to #3 by beating #11 Boston College. VT stood at 11-2, UGA at 10-2.
Oklahoma went from #9 to #4 by beating #1 Missouri. OK stood at 11-2, UGA at 10-2.
So it’s not just that UGA didn’t win it’s conference, it’s that it didn’t get that extra win, unlike the teams that leap-frogged them. If you can’t understand that 11-2 is better than 10-2, well, then you can keep on repeating your half-truth about 2007.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 24th, 2012
10:04 am
LSU 42- you guys looked sharp yesterday against a tough arkansas team… nice work, you should be proud.
John Boehner's Tanning Bed
November 24th, 2012
11:15 am
Alabama is going to beat UGA by 21 points.
Doc Dawg
November 24th, 2012
11:52 am
Back to the original statement. I’ll believe it when we don’t get run out of a conference title game or lose to some opponent from a moribund conference in a 2nd tier bowl game. Until then, I’m not buying in.
Schadenfreude
November 24th, 2012
1:31 pm
Man, what a bunch of crybabies on this blog… I guess the haters are always going to hate…Goooooooo DAWGS!!!!! Next up….the SECC game and the SEC West champion…then the NC…jealous, haters? hahahahahaha
Schadenfreude
November 24th, 2012
1:34 pm
Ah…the best time of the year…2nd half of the UGA/Tech game…the only time the tech noobs ever shut their mouths. Let’s all enjoy this.
Georgia’s seniors determined live out script they wrote in January
November 24th, 2012
4:28 pm
[...] Bradley: Richt was right about Dogs ‘knocking on door’ of greatness [...]
Richt was right: UGA is ‘knocking on the door’ of greatness – Georgia – Dawg News
November 25th, 2012
10:17 am
[...] is the original post: Richt was right: UGA is ‘knocking on the door’ of greatness ← Back to Home Tags: blowing, bulldogs, dream, georgia, georgia bulldogs, greatest, [...]
OrlandoDawg
November 25th, 2012
1:30 pm
Let the Big Dawg Eat!
To Tell the Truth
November 26th, 2012
10:03 am
Yeah, the big dawg will be able to take a hot dog bun and scoop some of Bama’s S$&T and take a big bite out of it after the Tide blows them out in the Dome!!!!
GA NC, yeah right. LMAO!!!!
UGA isn’t just playing a team – it’s facing the Alabama aura | Mark Bradley
November 26th, 2012
2:02 pm
[...] as the Bulldogs’ most significant game since Herschel Walker split for the USFL. Any program in search of ultimate validation must get past Saban and his minions. The past five national titles have been taken either by [...]
tsunamibulldog
November 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
seems just win everyone realizes mark richt is our permanent coach, some bozo pops in with fire the bum. look we are here….it took alotta work by the richt staff to get the right players with the right schedule to give us our shot, its up to uga dogs(team) peroid. bama couldn’t be more defeatable than right now…vengance for the blackout defeat is reason to want it and there are alotta amature mistakes being made in the sec west….everyone on the team and staff can taste it….it is their time.
(PS) the nation is upset about the schedules of the sec fcs games as cupcake, what they really are upset at are how the sec teams use these games as polishing scrimmages, replacing the practice time limited by the ncaa and if you notice the lesser teams(fla) have problems getting their scores or holding down the opponents scores (see oregon kan st. w.va.) this is where the separation starts.
Tuesday Morning Update - Inside Ole Miss Sports with Parrish Alford
November 27th, 2012
7:00 am
[...] from Atlanta, Georgia coach Mark Richt predicted big success for his Bulldogs right after their disappointing finish to 2011. [...]