Off-field behavior exemplary for Bulldogs . . . so far
Georgia has a clock in its weight room counting down the hours and minutes until its football season opener at Oklahoma State on Sept. 5. It should have another one that started counting up from the end of spring practice.
Traditionally that is about the time when football players start getting into trouble. You may recall that the Bulldogs had a ton of trouble last year. By the end of football season there had been 11 arrests involving players (not all the charges stuck, by the way). The majority of those arrests took place between this point and the start of preseason camp in August, when players typically have more free time and a less structured schedule.
That’s why quarterback Joe Cox got up before the team after this past weekend’s G-Day Game to urge his teammates to be extremely diligent about staying out of the police blotter.
“We’ve had problems, as well as a lot of teams across the country have had problems starting at this point, with guys getting in trouble,” Cox told the Athens Banner-Herald. “We don’t want to make it where we tell guys, ‘Hey, stay in your room, lock your door, don’t have any fun.’ But at the same time, you need to be careful and need to know the difference between right and wrong. Find ways to have fun doing the right thing, staying out of trouble. I think we’ve done a great job of that so far. We haven’t had anybody do anything stupid.”
For those keeping count — and the guys that run the website everydayshouldbesaturday.com do with the annual “Fulmer Cup” bad behavior tally — Georgia has not had a player arrested in 2009 (fans advised to knock on wood here). At this point last year the Bulldogs had four arrests. That number rose sharply over the summer.
“Am I going to sit here and say that these guys are never going to make a mistake again?” Richt told reporters. “That’s very unrealistic. But I think at least we’ve had a very good start and guys, as a whole, want to do the right thing. But, shoot, who knows what tomorrow brings, right?”
Some pointed to all those arrests last year as a sign of the team’s lack of internal discipline, which was further exposed during a 10-3 season that was expected to be much more successful. Do you believe there is a direct correlation between player behavior and on-field success? Does the Bulldogs’ off-field performance thus far bode well for 2009?
In the meantime, here are some links that may interest you:
Here’s the story I referenced from Athens’ Mark Weiszer about Georgia’s focus on off-field behavior this offseason. . . .
There are some reports out there that quarterback Matthew Stafford was blabbing to teammates during the G-Day this past weekend that it was a “done deal” that he’d be the No. 1 draft pick of the Detroit Lions. Personally I don’t believe Matthew said that. He’s way too sharp for that. But I do believe a deal could actually be done. . . . And speaking of Stafford, apparently he’s going to be a guest of Jimmy Fallon on the show “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” Thursday night. . . .
Here’s a nice little diddy from Macon’s David Hale on the emergence of Georgia’s Justin Houston at defensive end. . . .
Not only is Alabama following Georgia’s lead by having its spring game broadcasted by ESPN, the Crimson Tide has also added an alumni flag-football game to the undercard.
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Bryan G.
April 14th, 2009
8:05 am
I honestly had no idea there was such a show as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Now I know.
techie
April 14th, 2009
8:09 am
Stafford way too SHARP? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AltamahaDawg
April 14th, 2009
8:11 am
This is so unfair to the rival fans whose lives revolve around this stuff. How can they find joy, if not from the misfortune of others?
AltamahaDawg
April 14th, 2009
8:14 am
Bryan, it comes on 3 hours before BuLLdawg posts.
H.S. Coach
April 14th, 2009
8:15 am
At least Stafford can count to 4 unlike Reggie Ball.
Gen Neyland
April 14th, 2009
8:15 am
Let the quest for the Fulmer Memorial Cup begin. BTW, who is the preseason #1 pick to walk away with the hardware..?
GeoffDawg
April 14th, 2009
8:21 am
techie – you do realize Stafford had one of the highest wonderlic scores (38) of any player in the draft, don’t you? That’s about equivalent to Reggie Ball’s IQ and Joe Hamilton’s blood alcohol level.
Richard
April 14th, 2009
8:22 am
Chip, when UGA atheletes are getting in trouble, you report this news. Why is this on your radar; I will go ahead and make a prediction someone will get in trouble before the season starts. Either with the coaching staff or the law; and this will result in a suspension.
Asnoop
April 14th, 2009
8:25 am
Yah Mon, no dogs in trouble yet….let’s crank up that soulja boy and pass the bong. Nobody is following Georgia’s lead, especially Bammer.
MattInSTL
April 14th, 2009
8:32 am
Definitely a correlation. Re David Hale’s piece, a “diddy” can mean a number of things (won’t mention the British/Irish meaning), but it is typically a reference to a simple song. I’ve never heard it refer to a column or other writing – other than a song.
Stafford too sharp???
April 14th, 2009
8:56 am
Matt,
A simple song is a ‘ditty’, not ‘diddy’. A ‘diddy’ is an overrated has been rapper who turns to putting his name on someone else’s clothing designs.
Anyone who thinks Stafford is too sharp for much hasn’t spoken with him very often.
GeoffDawg
April 14th, 2009
9:13 am
Stafford too sharp??? – I suppose you’ve spoken with him often then?
Richard – predicting that you will have one player in legal or team trouble isn’t exactly much of a stretch. Practically every program in the country is going to have at least one player in legal or team trouble during the offseason. What’s your next prediction? Gas prices to rise this summer?
Keith S.
April 14th, 2009
9:13 am
Chip,
There is definitely a correlation between off-field and on-the-field problems. Undisciplined kids get in trouble off the field, and on the field.
I was very encouraged to see Cox step up and offer some leadership. It has been sorely lacking the last three years.
For all his touted “pro” set of skills, Stafford left UGA with zero Eastern Division titles, let alone any SEC titles.
Is there a Bulldog fan in existence who will admit that, looking back, they would not rather have had the hated Tim Tebow under center the last three years? I think not.
Pago Flyer
April 14th, 2009
9:14 am
The DAGWS still have to play Tebow!
TIde rising
April 14th, 2009
9:18 am
Chip,
Alabama is following Georgia’s lead on having ESPN televise its spring game? Chip, you have got to be kidding. The Alabama-ESPN television deal was set up long before UGA asked ESPN to televise its game, which I think happened very recently.
Chip, quit being a homer and putting a spin on things like this spring game thing. Alabama set the standard 2 years ago that made spring football games all the rage when we packed 92,238 and had about 10,000 fans turned away. We put another 78,000 in there for last years scrimmage and this year we’re expected to have 70-90k.
The reality is that Bama set the standard and the trend for all the spring game exposure. Deal with it! Incidentally, what was the attendance for G-day?
UGA
April 14th, 2009
9:20 am
How about Dexter Moody chosing between Tenn and Marshall? What a slap in the face, if he is wearing orange on Saturdays this fall. Kiffin is a real “class act!”
Bryan G.
April 14th, 2009
9:23 am
Tide rising…of course you have 92K fans at a spring game. What the hell else are you going to do in Alabama???
We had 43K on a weekend when the Braves were playing their opening series and during the 3rd round of the Masters. Those things, fyi, happen in Georgia. It’s a little harder to get 92K sports fans to come to a practice game when there are other things to do.
Obama's Teleprompter
April 14th, 2009
9:24 am
Stafford is a lucky man. His fellow guest on the Fallon show is Rachel McAdams. She is gorgeous! If I was Stafford, I would go buy her a big ring. LOL!
Bryan G.
April 14th, 2009
9:34 am
You’re as good at making excuses as you are getting pounded by Florida.
RxDawg
April 14th, 2009
9:38 am
Gen I’d go ahead and guess the Forida is the preseason pick to win the Fulmer Cup. With success follows arrests.
GeoffDawg
April 14th, 2009
9:38 am
Keith – I for one would definitely not have wanted Tebow. CMR runs a pro-style offense which Tebow for all his talent would probably just be an above average player if he were forced into that kind of scheme. Now, if we could have signed him for the simple purpose to keep him away from Florida, that’s a different story.
G
April 14th, 2009
9:39 am
Hey Tide Rising, its true Alabama had there game in place before UGA and yes it’s impressive that 92,000 imbreds show up for a practice game but no need to slam Georgia folks. Most of us simply have a life.
Shane
April 14th, 2009
9:39 am
The difference is Georgia is a modern state with alot of pro events and teams. Alabama will always be just a college state and second rate.
m
April 14th, 2009
9:44 am
The dawgs biggest crime was not off the field…it was ON the field. Their pitiful impersonation of a preseason #1 team was a CRIME; far worse than what their undisciplined players did off the field. But they all got their just reward when TECH kicked them dawgs all over Sanford & Son stadium.
Bamafan
April 14th, 2009
9:48 am
Bryan you are right about what else can you do in Alabama. Go to the nascar car race 2 times a year
and go to the beach? Hope Bama and Georgia don’t win the Fulmer Cup this year and hope both teams behave over the summer!!
Huh?
April 14th, 2009
10:00 am
“Is there a Bulldog fan in existence who will admit that, looking back, they would not rather have had the hated Tim Tebow under center the last three years? I think not.”
Tebow under center? Bwahahahahahahahahaa..thanks for the laugh Captain Clueless. Hilarious. Is there a person in existence that thinks you have a single clue what the hell you are talking about? I think not.
Poor Stafford haters. Their lives just get more and more miserable with each passing day. In weeks he’ll be a millionaire and guess what haters? You won’t be. Please grab a kleenex crybabies and get a life.
Asnoop
April 14th, 2009
10:04 am
Yeah g, you really have a life, posting on the ajc with the other, as you call them, imbreds. I bet you are a real bad BOY.
THE TRUTH
April 14th, 2009
10:10 am
Most of the people who bash other people are jealous. “Thought of the day”
Zeb
April 14th, 2009
10:31 am
M…….thanks so much for giving us dawg fans your keen insight and fresh new thoughts on the continuous rise to stardom of the tech football program. That 3 point absolute butt kickin that tech put on UGA last year will go down in history……you should probably get that engraved somewhere….wait a tick……..you guys already did. As much as some love to throw out the 45-42 shredding of our program…..We rarely hear a peep out of you guys about 38-3……..hmmmmmmm….I wonder…….Oh, and you left something out of your post, let me fix that for ya………..thank god and greyhound………
Big Dog
April 14th, 2009
10:33 am
UGA will play any repeat offender if Richt thinks it will help him win!Just ask Odel Thurmun. How many times was he arrested while at UGA and still play on Saturdays? How is Odel doing now?
MoDawg
April 14th, 2009
10:36 am
Here we are into day 3 after the Spring game, and no arrest reports or reports of team violations.
That’s a good start!
“m”, a 3 point victory is not getting kicked all over the stadium. Besides, you could kick all day long in Grant’s Tomb and not touch a Tech fan during a home game.
Keep your mouth running so we can shut it for you come November this year!
Big Dog
April 14th, 2009
10:38 am
UGA will play any repeat offender if Richt thinks it will help him win.How many times was Odel Thurmund arrested while at UGA?How is Odel doing now?
PTC DAWG
April 14th, 2009
10:39 am
Thanks m, good to know you and other Techies still care SO MUCH about UGA. Your continued posting about UGA proves it.
we had a great gameplan but didn't execute
April 14th, 2009
10:42 am
official chip towers stafford count: 2 of last 3 articles.
rumor has it that chip towers told fellow reporters that he is in negotiations with the detroit newspaper so that he can follow his favorite quarterback to the nfl.
that way, they can hoist a few kegs together at this year’s michigan nascar race….and we can quit hearing about this loser.
but wait….both guys are way to smart to do somethig like that….
which is more likely to happen….uga players getting arrested or more worthless information on matt stafford??? i wouldn’t bet against either one.
keep drinking the kool-aid, people. the best thing that could happen to uga football is having him on the bench in detroit.
Georgia News - 4/14/09 | MrSEC.com
April 14th, 2009
10:46 am
[...] thing that Georgia quarterback Joe Cox urged his team to behave this summer.So far, the Bulldogs have not had an arrest in 2009. They had already suffered four arrests by this time last year.What does it say about a program [...]
Asnoop
April 14th, 2009
10:46 am
Oh, you too, the truth
Tech sucks
April 14th, 2009
10:48 am
Hey Techie,
Read the reports of the combine and personal interviews by NFL execs and Stafford. They all said he was incredibly sharp and according to Mike Mayock “blew them away” with his knowledge on the white board.
You should keep your mouth shut with Joe Hamilton as the ex-Tech spokesperson. He can barely speak his own language.
Asnoop
April 14th, 2009
10:49 am
Not so, the half truth.
in the computer?
April 14th, 2009
10:58 am
Richard, you really went out on a limb there. You think a couple of 18-22 year old males might get in trouble between now and August?? Huh? no way!
GeoffDawg
April 14th, 2009
11:01 am
Geez tide rising – douchebag much? Anytime someone resorts to man-rape to prove his point, you know they’re not playing with a full deck.
Cameron
April 14th, 2009
11:06 am
Tide rising:
Yes bama had their game set up first, but uga did not ask espn to televise our spring game. Espn asked us.
Ben
April 14th, 2009
11:11 am
@ The Rising….
You are a completely ignorant moron. Please feel free to leave this board and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Love,
Someone who actually has a rational outlook on humanity
Sanford Drive
April 14th, 2009
11:13 am
Tide,
Georgia has given the world Coca-Cola, The Masters, Home Depot, Delta, and the best peaches in the land. So, you are welcome. You say we have bad education, but according to US News, UGA is one of the top business schools in the country, and GT is one of the top technical schools and business schools. Guess which schools aren’t on that list? Alabama or Auburn. Also, Deliverence was actually filmed in South Carolina, but more importantly, it’s FICTION, as is Gone With the Wind.
Sanford Drive
April 14th, 2009
11:18 am
Other than football, what does the state of Alabama bring to the table? Anyone????
AltamahaDawg
April 14th, 2009
11:18 am
I don’t think that there is any scale large enough to gauge the degree to which we could NOT give a rats a$$ about the “northern perspective” of a New Yorker living in the state of Alabama.
Preston
April 14th, 2009
11:27 am
I think UGA should schedule their G Day Game a week later so they won’t have to compete with the Masters. Anyone who doesn’t think that doesn’t hurt is crazy. There are a lot of people that don’t even play golf that watch the Masters. Anyway, the Alabama fan that made the smart ass comment about only 42,000 fans showing up for our Spring game needs to realize that in Alabama, all you have is a college football team. NO pro sports or anything except your sister to distract you.
GeoffDawg
April 14th, 2009
11:32 am
Tide Rising – you’re right, I never accused you of being a famous novelist or screenwriter. However, you still choose to use a fictitious act of “man-rape” along with a host of other dubious claims to paint broad strokes about the state of Georgia. In the future, if you feel offended by someone, why don’t you respond to that person instead of posting a diatribe which you know unequivacally will be offensive to 90% of the people on this blog. See what I’m doing right now? I’m responding to you specifically, I’m not making a bunch of vague generalizations about either Alabama or the North although Heaven knows that they’re both ripe for it. That’s what you call a “disproportionate response”.
GeoffDawg
April 14th, 2009
11:36 am
BTW – I’ve been to upstate New York in the Catskill Mountain region on several occassions and trust me, they’re just as country up there as any of the rural areas of Georgia.
Big Dog
April 14th, 2009
11:37 am
42,000 fans and only 40,000 teeth.Good thing it wasn’t hunting season.
Huh?
April 14th, 2009
11:48 am
Tide rising, squeal like a pig boy!!!
TIde rising
April 14th, 2009
11:50 am
Geoffdawg,
My responses were directed to the 2 morons who started all this nonsense by making blanket, unequivocally vague generalizations about Alabama. If 90% of the bloggers here found my statements objectionable then surely out of fairness and open mindedness they would find the vague generalizations of the 2 morons bashing Alabama to be equally offensive. Otherwise, would that not make them ignorant jerks also? Or that they hold the same biases and are just as ignorant as the 2 bloggers I was responding to. I would hate to think that all these other bloggers in their ignorance would think its okay for these 2 bloggers to make blanket generalizations about Alabama but that its not okay for me to respond in kind. Doesn’t seem right now does it? I considered my response to be proportionate but if you disagree that’s fine. We will just respectfully agree to disagree.
Bama fan
April 14th, 2009
11:52 am
Huh?
Blackout!
Brandon
April 14th, 2009
11:56 am
Mark Richt is the most strict coach in the SEC.
DawgBite
April 14th, 2009
11:56 am
techie
April 14th, 2009
8:09 am
Stafford way too SHARP? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Want to compare him and his Wonderlicht score to Michael “I can’t put 2 sentences together” Johnson and his single digit Wonderlicht score?
Sanford Drive
April 14th, 2009
11:56 am
I understand it’s supposed to be a reflection of culture. However, you can insert any southern state into ‘Deliverance’ and the cultural statement would remain unchanged. Besides, the movie is more about a Southern experience as opposed to a Georgia experience. Do you not get THAT? More importantly, while it does highlight a certain cultural aspect of Southern life, it’s a film that displays a series of SPECIFIC events that in no way reflect the culture of the GENERAL South. And don’t get me started on the Auburn/astronaut thing. If I had a dollar for everytime I heard that….
Tide rising
April 14th, 2009
12:10 pm
Sanford Drive,
Thank you for making my point for me. My whole real point is that there really isn’t much of a hill a beans worth of difference between any state in the rural south so I don’t really get all the Bama bashing that I see on this board about the trailers, lack of teeth,etc. Also, I worked in outside sales and have driven throughout rural Georgia and rural Alabama to service hospitals. I can personally attest to the fact that Alabama aint got nothing on Georgia when it comes to trailers.But that’s besides the point.
Sure, Atlanta is certainly more cosmopolitan than say podunk, Alabama. But everything is relative and people in New York for example certainly don’t think of ATL as cosmopolitan. And I don’t see a hill of beans worth of difference between say neighborhoods in Mountain Brook, a wealthy suburb of Birmingham, and Alpharetta, Ga. Anyone who says different is either ignorant of the facts or is just being dishonest.
Same thing with rural Alabama or rural Georgia. I see just as few or just as many teeth in either place. If you think the rural people are any different in either state you are either ignorant and haven’t been in the countryside of both states or you’re just plain lying.
As I stated I get no pleasure in bashing Georgia. My response is soley intended to the ignoramuses who insist on also making blanket, ignorant generalizations about Alabama.
Dean
April 14th, 2009
12:12 pm
Tide Rising-I’m pretty sure that any Southerner (including Bama fans) would tell you to go back up north if you find it so revolting in any of our Souther states. Atlanta was a great city before your northern brethren came in and ruined it with your congestion and obnoxious behavior. The south was much better off without you. Go root for Rutgers.
Oledawg
April 14th, 2009
12:14 pm
Tide rising- You put the “G” prefix back into damnyankee.
Old Dawg
April 14th, 2009
12:15 pm
Chip:
As usual, great post. One thing that caught my attention during G-Day was the inability of Caleb King to switch hands, from left to right, when he’s running to the right side of the field. That’s a basic technique to avoid fumbles. I know that may appear to be a “picky” issue, but defenders are coached to knock the ball loose when that happens.
Keep up the great work!
Tide rising
April 14th, 2009
12:22 pm
Dean,
I don’t know how or why you infer that I find Georgia “revolting”. I never said that. I was merely making the point that Atlanta is a great city and that one of the things that made it a great city was the influx of transplants from all over. I guess we will just have to respectfully disagree on that point.
Also, my response is simply a response to the ignoramuses who start making vague, ignorant generalizations about Alabama when they start using words like inbred, etc. That’s all.
m
April 14th, 2009
12:23 pm
Do you know how to tell if an alabammmer fan is married? There are tobacco spit stains down BOTH doors of the pickup truck.
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2009
12:37 pm
Richard: This subject wasn’t on my radar; it was on the team’s radar. . . .
Tide Rising: What I meant was the Tide had decided to add an alumni flag-football game like Georgia. . . I realize Alabama invented the spring game, and the game of football itself! Take it easy with the derogatory stereotypes and unsavory generalizations or you’ll have to find another place to blog. . . .
We Had a Great Gameplan but . . . : I think your count is off. I wrote about 16 or 18 stories on The Masters. And this wasn’t an “article” about Stafford. But there is about to be a bunch from everybody everywhere so you might want to get used to it. . . .
Kenny Powers: Bye-bye.
MiltonDawg
April 14th, 2009
12:48 pm
I think after last year’s debacle with the arrests and injuries, our players (hopefully) are taking a whole new approach. Kudos to Cox for saying something. Richt needs to stay on top of these guys. As far as the Fulmer Cup, i’m gonna say it’s going to be a school from FL (Miami, UF, FSU, etc).
Tide rising
April 14th, 2009
12:53 pm
Hey Chip,
Duly noted. I’ll take it easy. But in the interest of fairness you could probably say the same thing to about 10 other fans in regards to derogatory stereotypes and generalizations. It seems like you singled me out although I was responding to people making comments about Alabama. In any event I will keep it classy from here forward. I just wish you would make the same point to several of the other posters.
But you are wrong about Alabama inventing football. We only invented southern football. We didn’t invent spring football scrimmages either. But we certainly started some kind of arms race in regards to spring scrimmages and what it means to recruiting, etc.
Harry
April 14th, 2009
12:58 pm
georgia fans making fun of alabama fans by making red neck jokes? hahahaha yea, UGA fans are about as bright as UGA basketballs future
Dean
April 14th, 2009
1:14 pm
You could go to any state and find significant poverty and problems that poverty produces. Yes, Alabama is very similar to Georgia. Every state makes fun of it’s neighbors just as every city makes fun of people that live a few miles to the north, south or what have you. I’m convince college athletics have probably prevented major escalations amongst the states. Anybody hear remember when Six Flags had Buford Buzzard and most of his jokes were Alabama jokes? It’s all in good natured fun. No reason to take it to the next level.
Ole Dawg
April 14th, 2009
2:15 pm
Hey Tide Rising…You are way off base in stating that Alabama had a deal with ESPN to televise their Spring game before Georgia did.The Georgia deal was done with ESPN right after the 08’season ended
….Alabama wasn’t even approached by ESPN until February 09′ and only because another team backed out.(I know because my brother works for ESPN) So go pat yourself on the back while you look in the mirror and keep telling yourself that you and the Tide are the greatest! Try being humble for a change and quit acting like the Florida fans who think they invented college football…half their team couldn’t even make their grades at other SEC schools…don’t let “Urban Cryer” BS you… most of his team couldn’t even stay in school if they attended another SEC school….just look at the Wonderlic score of Harvin…..how did he even stay in school as long as he did with out inside help? Sad!
A native Georgian
April 14th, 2009
2:17 pm
Lots of hostility here as usual. I find it kind of ironic how people from the north always knock Georgia, but they choose to live here. Ife we are so backwards and stupid then why in the hell do you live here? For the record I have all my teeth, did not marry my sister or cousin and I am proud to say I am graduate of UGA. I have found there are “inbred” or “rednecks” no matter where you go. As many up north as there are here in “these parts”. Sanford Drive and Geoff Dawg you both have made some very valid points.
Go Dawgs
Oledawg
April 14th, 2009
2:18 pm
The Tide rising jerk has inserted a state slur into a football blog. The “let me learn you a few things from a northern perspective” statement pretty much takes care of anything else you may have typed. Alt and I have replied to your same crud before.
Your statement of Birmingham as the medical center of the nation in orthopedic surgery is correct, followed closely by UCLA. Emory U. is the cardiac treatment mecca for the nation. Nice braggin’ rights for Southerners, but Emory doesn’t play Div I football and UAB’s coach is the former Dawgs’s O coach. Are statements twisted enough with unconnected facts to suit you yet?
You give Gd yankee a bad name. Your brand of ignorance is not unusual, but it gives the state of New York a bad name as well. For those who might not have visited, would you be surprised to know that NY is a great natural state? With plenty of country people who love country music? Even in NYC? While on a business trip there some years ago, my two companions and I decided to eat in Greenich Village because there were great international cuisine choices in the varied restaurants. After paella in a Spanish restaurant we exited to the distant sound of fiddlin’ music. We followed the sound to “The Lone Star Bar” which was about the size of Gilley’s in Texas. Out of approx. 300 people we were the only ones not dressed in jeans,cowboy boots and Stetsons. We were seated next to the band at a table they brought for us. Great time with great fiddlin’ music. I heard a familiar Southern accent from the band leader and during break asked where he and the band were from. “Georgia”, he answered, but the rest of the band(5) members were from upstate NY including the best fiddler I’ve ever heard. My point is that your “diatribe”(as Alt put it) would leave us not only bereft of proud Georgia history, but also NY history and culture that is similar. Upstate NY has some of the finest fishing and hunting in the US. While we are proud of Georgia’s natural features like springs galore with wonderful pure water, NY has the best water channeled from upstate to NYC that is the envy of most large cities of the world. I have met many people in and from NY who are as gracious as those from my beloved Georgia. And you ain’t one of them. Denigrating any state only exhibits your ignorance of that state. And you received your food and living standard from such a state? Another example: Years ago, the National Science Foundation decided to dispence unused funds to setup Biology Centers of Excellence in the US based upon which schools demonstrated the greatest diversity in Biology accomplishments for industry and academia. They selected and funded 10M each to Stanford(Ca), Columbia(NY) and The University of Georgia. The Father of Ecology, Dr. Eugene Odum, wrote the first definitive textbook and taught Ecology at UGA and to the Ga Legislature before Ecology was a national watchword. His textbook was the basic textbook used nationwide for years. Californians know him by name, but you haven’t found these far reaching or cutting edge facts about the state and the people in your stay in Atlanta. We don’t get very many people who owe their livelyhood to a state and area as well as the people of the state who are like you. Anywhere. Are you aware of the Peabody Awards given for the best journalism in the world? Presented each year by the UGA School of Journalism. Many more examples, but I’ve bored you with irrefutable facts of your vast ignorance of this state. Georgia is also known as the Empire State of the South. Sound familiar?
May I suggest that you keep your brand of ignorance in Alabama and not export it to an AJC football blog? I have Alabama friends who don’t go for you spiel either. If you are there now, I’d keep my mouth shut– or start reading.
Chip- Didn’t mean to leave you out, but haven’t heard from you much lately. Then you reappear with plagiarized material. Giving credit to the original article in the Athens Banner Herald doesn’t excuse it. I’ve truly looked for your articles because they generally elicit good blog responses, but this rehashed info is not what was expected. Don’t worry, I disapoint my friends from time to time as well.
Cox imploring the team to watch any antisocial steps is of no value when they are not monitored by their teammates when they return to their hometown for the summer. Their friends have a builtin culture that is dissimilar to the culture if they stay in Athens with their teammates. Unless you ask their friends to bear the responsibility to keep the Bulldawg out of harm’s way(the media) the plea for behavior modification will fall on deaf ears. The only thing you can do is remind them when they return for the fall and let everyone buy into a “minder” Buddy system. You shouldn’t expect them to change except when they return to Athens. I could not have gone to college and played football at the same time. I could not measure up to what is expected of these people now. We can keep our fingers crossed or if a Dawg is home for the summer in your town you might let him know that the world is watching.
A native Georgian
April 14th, 2009
2:19 pm
Sorry for the typos, got ahead of myself. As for the attendance, do not forget it was Easter weekend. I am sure more would have been there on a different Saturday.
Sanford Drive
April 14th, 2009
2:48 pm
Agree with Ole Dawg. I could live without the valuable “lessons” from Dr. KnowNothing. Anyway, I don’t think Cox’s little speech will do much good either, but at least he’s saying something about it. That’s better than ignoring the issue. Maybe if it even helps one guy re-think his actions, that’s a positive thing.
MoDawg
April 14th, 2009
3:09 pm
Good job, Chip! Thanks for governing the blog with an iron fist!
Now, if you could just do something with the pesky gnats who like to come to UGA blogs and sling “hash”….
Oledawg, I could us a nap after reading that…all good stuff, though! I’m proud of my state (Georgia) as well!!
Jeff
April 14th, 2009
3:21 pm
Why would you not beleive Stafford would say that to his teammates??? This is the guy that spent his entire 3 years at UGA trying to impress the NFL- hence no SEC East, let along SEC Title. Had Stafford cared just a little about TEAM instead of ME…he would have more to show for his time at UGA with the talent we had on field. The QB is the leader and sets the stage for the team- funny that he and Knowshon leave with not even the SEC East. Nuff said. I’d take a QB like Joe Cox anyday- maybe not exact skill Stafford had but heart and desire that Stafford was definately missing. Have a feeling when this season is said and done we will be saying…why didnt we play him earlier!!!!
Jeff
April 14th, 2009
3:24 pm
Who was the ONLY SEC team that never won a conference Championship till 91???????????????? Thay would be FLORIDA. Gaytors still havent realized that football did not start in 91.
Hunk Erdown
April 14th, 2009
3:38 pm
Chip- Good job on the Masters coverage.
There is certainly some correlation between on and off field discipline issues. I would truly like to see UGA, as a team, dedicate themselves to the idea that to be champions it takes a total commitment. That includes some sacrifice to stay away from things that fog up judgement and clarity of their goals.
Jeff
April 14th, 2009
3:40 pm
No Andre Smith and a new QB will be a lot for Alabama to replace; 9-3 next year. I did a little digging into schedules and was less than impressed with what I saw from other SEC schools out of conference next year:
Alabama- Va Tech (neutral site), FIU, N.Texas, and UT-C all at home
Auburn- La Tech, WVU, Ball St, and Furman all at home
LSU- La Tech, Tulane, UL Layfayette all at home and Washington away
Florida- Charleston Southern, Troy, FIU, and FSU all at home (snooze)
SC- @NCSU, Clemson, Fla Atl, and So.Car.St at home.
UT- West.Ky, UCLA, Ohio U, and Memphis all at home
UGA- @ Ok St, ASU, Tn Tech, and @GT
UGA easily has the toughest of any SEC school. I don’t see where UF gets off with their weak out of conference schedule. Maybe thats why they are fresh and uninjured year after year at the end. UGA is the only SEC school with 3 out of conference games with BCS schools.
UF’s out of conference schedule for 2010 and 2011:
2010- Miami OH, South Fla, App. St, and FSU
2011- Fla Atl, UAB, Furman, and FSU
As for the off the field stuff…Athens is a fun little town with an abundance of police officers. Summertime the town is vacant except for athletes and a few students. Everything that our guys do is magnified because their are more eyes watching fewer people. I am not excusing drunk driving or underage drinking, but its the truth. I had numerous friends receive tickets for behavior over the summer that they would have never been caught with during the fall or spring.
AltamahaDawg
April 14th, 2009
3:40 pm
Wining the division is entirely a function of who wins the most games. Seems like Stafford was getting some really really bad advice if his strategy to impress the NFL did not include winning as many games as possible.
AltamahaDawg
April 14th, 2009
3:49 pm
Charleston Southern? Is that really a college, and they actually have enough of a budget to field a football team? Seriously? That had to be like 3 wealthy vascular surgeons that got together and decided, “lets do this thing”.
Preston
April 14th, 2009
3:50 pm
Dean, thanks for triggering the memories of the Buford Buzzard days of Six Flags. I was very young then and I can remember that very well. My dad would keep us kids bored to death for a while listening to him rather than riding rides, but good times nonetheless.And your right about people taking it too serious about the GA/AL jokes. It’s a way of life down here and meant to be taken in jest.
Hunk Erdown
April 14th, 2009
4:09 pm
Buford the Buzzard?
I guess I am way old, when I was a kid it was Officer Don and Orville the Dragon. Anybody else remember them? That was before I-20 was a road, so I guess not.
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2009
4:25 pm
Ole Dawg: Congratulations. You just passed BuLLdawg for longest post of the year! . . . But as far as your reference to “plagiarism,” that’s not something I appreciate or take lightly. I didn’t plagiarize anything. This is a blog for discussion of UGA topics. I was in Augusta all last week covering the Masters (I know, I know, but somebody had to do it). Meanwhile, Tim Tucker was in Athens covering the Dogs’ practices and G-Day game. He heard all the comments aforementioned in the blog post and, in fact, we discussed the subject. Meanwhile, I was off Monday and came back to work on Tuesday morning. Three days after spring practice was over I deemed off-field behavior to be the most pertinent Georgia sports topic. I could have brought up Georgia baseball or gymnastics but, if I had, there’d be a thread of about 15 or 20 comments right now. . . . so that’s probably more than needed to be said about this but I’m a little on edge today and I don’t feel like being accused of what is, in my profession, the worst possible offense, in my opinion. But thanks to all of you for hanging out and having a thoughtful discussion, you especially Ole Dawg.
shane#1
April 14th, 2009
4:48 pm
There is some relationship between on field snd off field disciplin problems, but not as much as some think. OU was the most penalized team in football last year, and I heard that they had a pretty good season. Also I remember a few Miami{Fla} teams that had problems on and off the field but still managed to win a couple of MNCs. I do think the behavior of some players got out of hand and created a distraction last year for UGA. It would be hard to worry about up-coming legal issues and keep one’s mind on football. Bear Bryant was once bemoaning his players lack of aggressiveness during a meeting with his assistants. An assistant coach spoke out saying,”Coach, you aren’t being fair, we have some good boys”. “That’s the damn problem” said Bear, “too many good boys. Ya’ll go find me four or five mean old boys that I have to bail out of jail on Friday morning so they can play football on Saturday.” It takes a mean streak to play football and play it well. A little attitude doens’t hurt either.
frank
April 14th, 2009
5:16 pm
is anyone else concerned about UGA’s running backs. The only thing that definately got answered this spring is that caleb king sucks and will not be able to give us any sort of running consistancy. We all should hope and pray that Richard Samuel improves and is ready to start as soon as fall comes around. He may be young but he is going to have to grow up fast and produce because caleb really hasn’t. C. Thomas was impressive in the spring game but he is WAY undersized. We can’t line up a 5′7″ 165 lb running back every down in the SEC. Hopefully he will be a good change of pace from Samuel or whoever ends up starting (hopefully not Caleb King). Any thoughts?
shane#1
April 14th, 2009
5:30 pm
Frank, Coaches often have to wait untill a kid “gets it”. They describe it as like a light bulb flicking on. If you have ever coached or trained a young person you will know what they mean. Let’s just hope the light shines fort Caleb this fall. I am looking for big things from Samuel. They kid was raw, as well he should be, having just turned 18. Richt wants Thomas to be like Warrick Dunn, who he coached at FSU. A back that is 5′6″ and runs behind his pads is very difficult for defenders. You can’t see him untill he makes his cut because of those big old linemen and he very rarely gives you much of a target. It is hard to get a good lick on one of those short quick guys.
MiltonDawg
April 14th, 2009
5:46 pm
Don’t forget to add Jackson, Daniels, Munz and possibly Ealey. Somebody out of those RBs will step up. My $$ on Samuel w/ King running short gains and goaline carries.
Hunk Erdown
April 14th, 2009
6:02 pm
I’m sorry Shane but that’s not a fair assesment of Bear Bryant’s philosophy nor what he taught over the span of his career. He may have had a few times over several years of coaching that he felt he needed a few guys with a terrorist attitude, but he was renowned for his belief in dedication, pride, and sacrifice. I can assure you that you would not want to be the player that Bear had to go bail out of jail.
Have there been teams in today’s atmosphere of “elite” athletes that have done well in spite of off the field behaviour? Sure, but to even condone it, much less act like maybe we need some beer drinkers and hell raisers to be winners is at best far-fetched and at worst stupid.
Shane, I respect you as one of the more thoughtful and interesting bloggers on here, but I’ll just have to disagree on that last post.
PHIL
April 14th, 2009
6:03 pm
Poor decision makers all around. Made poor decisions on and off the field. Like the decisions that the defensive PLAYERS made in the game with the bugs not to tackle and be where they were told to be.
As far as the G day game where did this D Tackle come from? he was really good. If Caleb isn’t what he was supposed to be, it’ll be a long season. Samuel is a linebacker trying to be a running back and Carlton is too small for everyday SEC wear and tear.
And most importantly to “Tide Rising” : Lewis Grizzard, a great American, once said “Delta is ready when you are.” That statement has never applied to anyone as well as it does to you. On another unrelated note, I absolutely HATE the fact that people move to our wonderful state because theirs’ suck and then tell us how we should do things or how wonderful it is where they are from. Makes me wonder why they are FROM there. The one thing that can get me fighting, like fist fighting, mad.
Hunk Erdown
April 14th, 2009
6:07 pm
As far as being succesful despite penalties, I think UGA’s body of work last year speaks for itself. Penalties and field position may have cost us at least one game if not two last year, imo.
dawgbone
April 14th, 2009
6:44 pm
old dog i believe you were worried about odell getting arrested, son he only got ticketed and not arrested while at ga, get your facts straight, if all players stay in one dorm say w/basketball players, a coach lives in the dorm and your probs would be minimal but some idiots say they dont get special treatment opposed to other students and have to live spread out on campus, thers the answer to why ther=y get into trouble
AltamahaDawg
April 14th, 2009
6:48 pm
I don’t know if there is any correlation between off-season trouble and on field results. I do know that there is a direct correlation between off-seasons trouble and our being tired of hearing about it. There is also a direct correlation between our being tired of hearing about it, and the idiots that love to talk about nothing but. So I say, less trouble for no other reason than just less trouble.
And I don’t think there is any risk that less trouble will somehow be bad for the team.
Hunk Erdown
April 14th, 2009
7:08 pm
Amen Alt.
Reporters seem to be salivating over the police blotters just hoping there is something there. What ticks me off is the times when unlawful mo-ped riding, etc. becomes the “news of the day”.
Maybe I put too much emphasis on the whole dedication/sacrifice thing so in the spirit of not making mtns out of mole hills, I’ll be glad to step back.
Columbus Dawg
April 14th, 2009
7:14 pm
Thomas is going to be a weapon in a big way, and I believe Ealey will bring something with him also. The way it looks, WM has found one DE, now needs a couple of the wounded to step up. I think Bobo knows what he’s got coming in Marlon Brown, and Bobo is putting pressure on T. King to tighten it on up. I think he makes some nice plays for us. This season seems more like 2002 than any season since, and that can’t be all bad. Even Sanders Commings looked a little like Minter out there. GATA!!!
Dawg Tired
April 14th, 2009
7:17 pm
Apparently M does not understand what a “butt kicking” is. 45 -42 is actually called a close game by people who understand football. Now 38-3. well… that’s a “butt kicking.” I think the problem is that Tech fans don’t understand math.
AltamahaDawg
April 14th, 2009
7:24 pm
Well now, just to clarify, i wasnt calling the media reports of such the “idiots”. I do think it gets an awful lot of coverage that is out of scale for news events, buy WE are probably to blame for that. And that certainly gives the idiots plenty of fodder.
BTW, I don’t think that you are over stating the subjective end of it. While I don’t think its unpardonable for young men to make the occational blunder, it says a LOT about them when they avoid it.
The Big Bug
April 14th, 2009
7:28 pm
Hunk, You sure had some personal fouls at critical times last year no one can deny. But think about it. The 3 losses were solid. Tech v. Ga was the best game of the year by both teams. Probably the best football game of the year, period. But I don’t think penalties affected the final season record at all for Ga.
Hunk Erdown
April 14th, 2009
7:30 pm
No, I got your meaning. The reporters wouldn’t be salivating over the blotters if there wasn’t a lot of interest. Even though a significant amount of that interest is fodder for the haters so they can fire off all those thuga zingers.
Hunk Erdown
April 14th, 2009
7:38 pm
Who knows Bug? We never will… But I would like to see the Bama and Tech games replayed without the penalties/field position issues.
That may have been tech’s best game of the year, certainly the one that they wanted the most, but uga’s best? I don’t think so.
The Big Bug
April 14th, 2009
7:57 pm
Hunk, Which game did Ga play better than the Tech game? I don’t think you really want to see the Bama game again, do you? UF?
Like Bear said a few years back when their only loss was to Tech,”We’d like to play Tech again but you only get to play ‘em once”
Hunk Erdown
April 14th, 2009
8:05 pm
Right off the cuff I guess I’d say LSU. I certainly would’nt pick a game that we lost in an upset as our best game on a matter of principle.
As far as replaying games its a non-issue, but hell yeah I wish we could replay our losses.
AltamahaDawg
April 14th, 2009
8:14 pm
or one play.
D.Ellis
April 14th, 2009
8:29 pm
Big Bug-I would agree with Hunker Down-LSU was our best game of the year. At their place and pretty much dominated from the first play of scrimmage….put up 50+.
However our annual rivalry game was one of the best OVERALL games I watched all year….that was a great game from start to finish. Look forward to another one this November as well.
The Big Bug
April 14th, 2009
10:26 pm
I will be there in Nov rain or shine. It should be a doozy.
Fools Gold
April 14th, 2009
11:10 pm
Well well looks like the bugs just THUMPED the diamond dawgs.. Looks like Ga tech has UGAs number in the big three…… Let the excuses fly now mutt fans!!!!
Oledawg
April 15th, 2009
12:46 am
Chip- My apologies. I had just read every comment you referred to in the Athens Banner herald and in Dawgbone.net-referenced articles. I have gotten used to you bringing up Dawg Food for us to feast upon when we can’t find it anywhere else. I was just disappointed, but confessed that I disappoint myself sometimes also.
On a lighter note: Around 1980-81 I was working in Nap Town when a friend of mine(in another part of the country) asked if I would like ND game tickets from her alumnus brother. Went to the ND vs Purdue game and later found a seat for the ND vs GT in South Bend. The ND fans liked the Southern accent that kept taunting GT throughout the game. Made some new friends and when leaving the stadium continued with “Wreck Tech!” and “You cleaned their plow!” which gives an indication of who won the game. A Southern voice shouted behind me about 50ft away, “We know who you are and where you are from!”. The lady shouting was with her husband, daughter(about 7) and son(about 6). They all had little Tech banners and were wearing yellow. She continued to wave her fist and shout epithets at the hated rival while her husband and all the ND fans were laughing their heads off. The ND fans were laughing at two rivals digging at each other oblivious as to where they were in the country. They thought ND had a big rivalry with Michigan until they heard that good old fashioned hate. Are you a bad person when the glow comes to your heart realising that the defeat at the hands of ND took a back seat to taunts from THE rival school?
I mention this little vignette in the hopes that those little ones grew up and could be on this blog. If you are one of the interloping Nerds on this blog, I hope your little yellow hearts remember that day in South Bend with the fervor that I do now. Talk about the good ole days…
Mr. Skynyrd
April 15th, 2009
6:51 am
Football – Check.
Basketball – Check.
Baseball – Check.
m
April 15th, 2009
9:23 am
It is not ugag’s off the field behavior that is their biggest problem…it is their ON the field behavior. You are quickly becoming TECH’s biotch. Football, basketball (men’s and women’s), baseball…helle even ice hockey. TECH has beat the crap out of you hushpuppies in virtually every sport this year. I am going to sit back and laugh now. TGAG.
» SEC links: Spring football still in the air John Clay’s Sidelines
April 15th, 2009
10:20 am
[...] Chip Towers of the AJC writes that Georgia’s off-field behavior has been exemplary, so far. [...]
UGAfans=lozers
April 15th, 2009
10:36 am
Tech 11
# 1 GA 6
That’s football, men’s bball, women’s bball, and baseball this school year!!!! GO JACKETS!!!!! (Let the redneck whining begin….)
SEC links: Spring football still in the air | MrSEC.com
April 15th, 2009
11:20 am
[...] Chip Towers of the AJC writes that Georgia’s off-field behavior has been exemplary, so far. [...]
DawgsOnline » Oh, behave
April 15th, 2009
1:01 pm
[...] managed to either avoid police attention or make the right decisions when they do go out. Chip Towers notes that the program had already tallied four arrests by this point in 2008, and they’ve managed [...]
82dawg
April 15th, 2009
1:54 pm
Breaking NewsLt. Gov. Cagle out of governor’s race .UGA Sports Off-field behavior exemplary for Bulldogs . . . so far….. Or at least they are not getting caught!!! Ouch, did I really say that?
82dawg
April 15th, 2009
1:54 pm
UGA Sports Off-field behavior exemplary for Bulldogs . . . so far….. Or at least they are not getting caught!!! Ouch, did I really say that
AltamahaDawg
April 15th, 2009
2:10 pm
It as always the getting caught that cheesed me off the most anyway. It was never some deep undercover sting operation. If you cannot afford to be on the front page of the sports page, don’t be walking around with beer breath and waiving down police officers. It’s not a moral issue, it’s a thinking issue.
SugarHillDawg
April 15th, 2009
4:45 pm
M (butthead) Hushpuppies? That is the WORST derogatory term I’ve heard on here. Are you that vocabularily bereft?? You ARE a 5 year old RETARD! Keep running your pecker puffer IDIOT!
Reggie Ball
April 15th, 2009
4:46 pm
Football, basketball, baseball…..what’s next?
Bubba Gump
April 15th, 2009
4:51 pm
Georgia indeed had 11 players arrested, and some charges didn’t stick because Richt’s consigliares got them off the hook. The hoodlums who wrecked the hospital parking lot should have been charged with felonies, but His Holiness had an attorney there, probably with a sack of money, before the cops arrived. I think that Richt is monitoring police radios.
A quick rundown « Football on the Brain
April 15th, 2009
9:11 pm
[...] Joe Cox wants all of his teammates to behave themselves this summer unlike last. The 5th year senior supposively got up in front of his teammates at the conclusion of the G-day game and plead with them to be careful and to act accordingly. [...]
gte268p
April 16th, 2009
8:49 am
You know what’s hilarious? SEC fans from Georgia trying to convince an SEC fan from Alabama that their lives don’t revolve around football!! HAHAHA!!!
carmatter
April 16th, 2009
11:02 am
It’s pretty pathetic when you have to attempt to communicate through misspelled profanity. Expand your vocabulary. Is a “biotch” something from the bio-tech industry? Or is UGA going to become Tech’s “life teacher”? I’ll be interested to see how this plays out.
KNelson
April 16th, 2009
5:30 pm
The Summer break is right around the corner. This is when the mutts go into Heat . Driving drunk , getting into fights with their babies Momma. They will begin to drop around May. Oh and where was Deliverance filmed here it is straight from Wikedpedia:Deliverance was shot in the Tallulah Gorge south of Clayton, Georgia and on the Chattooga River, dividing the states of Georgia and South Carolina.
Bullpup fans get your facts straight before you comment, and NO you havenot won a NC in over 25 years. I know of 3 other SEC schools that have! maybe 4
Hunk Erdown
April 16th, 2009
7:13 pm
Amazing what you can find on ancestry.com
JJ
April 16th, 2009
8:17 pm
Hunk Erdown , I dont see as to where you Ga fans would need to use that website as Im sure all you need to do is look up your tree, I’m sure it doesn’t fork.
Hunk Erdown
April 16th, 2009
8:56 pm
Yep, home games are just like family reunion
Andre Smith
April 16th, 2009
9:01 pm
BAMA FAN when you refer to blackout are you refering to what your team did in the bowl game? Oh, wait a minute that was actually CALLED PATHETIC. When UGA lost to BAMA atleast we played two good quarters and the loss was pathetic, disapointing and unexcusable to all UGA fans, but, that being said the loss BAMA suffered in the bowl game made the SEC the laughing stock of college football. So, thank you Alabama. I think Bama is a good team headed in the right direction but Bama fans are going to be very disapointed in 2009.
Andre Smith
April 16th, 2009
9:05 pm
KNelson?????You still quoting numbers out of a media guide? You are really sad. Oh now your quoting Wikipedia?
AltamahaDawg
April 16th, 2009
9:38 pm
KNelson, you never answered my direct question to you. Why are you dismissing OSU as a patsy OOC game after predicting that we can’t beat them?
Houdawg
April 16th, 2009
10:35 pm
Hey Oledawg ….. didn’t this start ’bout the Dawgs behavior off the field this season ? Good points by YOU ; Tide Rising & others …. but who gives a flyin’ f%!%@! about who started televising spring games, etc. ?
That said ….. it may be a given that TR got a bit off the mark & he made his counter-points well …. but, your response that simply demanded attention to ” bereft ” , ” diatribe ” …. ” national science foundation ” ; ” ecology ” ; ” biology center of excellence “, etc, etc., speaks more to a need of personal recognition ……. than a sports blog . Although I don’t doubt your IQ by any means …. a short solution is ….. reel it in here …. again, we were talking about player behavior at UGA. And …. I hope we can all recognize, there are so many ( & I do mean many ) more important venues to address than a simple sports blog, huh ?
michael
April 17th, 2009
5:26 am
i hope the DAWGS stay with a pro style offense. A good spread will beat it every time. A QB running the spread will win the NC this season may not be Florida. The QB maybe want do well in the pros but who cares. It is all about winning championships. It has been awhile DAWG fans -but I am sure some of your remember how good that feels. Oh do not believe this head coach can get you there, but time will tell.
NashTNDawg
April 17th, 2009
9:45 pm
Where’s the “Tech Hasn’t Vacated Any Games…..Lately” article??
Go gators
April 18th, 2009
6:55 pm
Sugarhill, I am going to have fun with you this year
Pago Flyer
April 19th, 2009
12:34 am
The vols had 52,000 at their Spring game, more than Sanford Stadium. Not good….
WHYDO MUTTS BARK? CAUSE BEES STING
April 19th, 2009
12:45 pm
ITS SAD THAT THE JOKE DOWN BY COKE DOMINATES FOOTBALL AND EDUCATION OVER THE HICKS UP AT UGAY.
45-42
LAST NATIONAL CHAMP FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA
1990 BUMBLE BEES
1980 UGAY MUTTS
LSU FAN
April 19th, 2009
3:53 pm
WHYDO MUTTS BARK?………………..You actually shared the title that year and attendance sucked so bad they let people in for free. GT will end up mediocre as they always do.
Mister T
April 19th, 2009
8:04 pm
PTC Dawg. You post on the dawg board? I wouldn’t have thought you had time with the 20+ posts you had on the Tech board after the T-Day Game.
Admit it. It is a rivalry again. And you and the rest are more than a little concerned. I am not one that is going to say that Tech owns uga…yet. But it is a start and there is a lot more substance to Tech going into athens against a former #1 team and coming out with a W. It wasn’t done with a “motivational ploy.” It was sound coaching. uga knew exactly what Tech was going to do and could do absolutely nothing to stop it.
uga had one of the mose prolific offenses in the country last year. You lost very substantial pieces to the offense. It showed in the spring game. The defense that couldn’t slow Tech down in November completely shut down the dawg offense in the spring game.
It was great to see so many weapons on offense. Too many fumbles, but there were a lot of different players in the mix and the OL is still not set with the starters.
With regard to Tech’s development…I think the fact that the defense, that sees this offense everyday, still could not stop it was either a testiment to the increased speed of the offense or that they are going to really miss the big three on the D line. time will tell.
Now admit it…both of our blogs would be boring if all we had were our own fans blowing sunshine up each others butts.
Mister T
April 19th, 2009
8:13 pm
I really don’t believe that there really is an LSU Fan on this board. I belive it is a uga fan that really has not comeback to an admittedly lame joke, so he shrouds himself in the handle of a team that actually beat Tech. Equally lame tothe very weak joke that was posted.
Just take your lumps. You dished them out for 7 years. Just suck it up like a min and hope your team can bring you back to glory glory. Keep Hope alive. I had to for seven years.
Judging by spring games though…you better hope willie can coach defense this year…your offense doesn’t seem nearly as effective as last year. It certainly wasn’t Matt & Knowshaun’s fault last year.
Cuz
April 20th, 2009
7:44 pm
Is there such a thing as a Beat Blog anymore? Enquiring minds want to know.
Hunk Erdown
April 20th, 2009
8:31 pm
The rumor is that we’ll only have Bill’s Blawg in the future.
AltamahaDawg
April 20th, 2009
8:52 pm
If that’s the case, less UGA topic access, they need to go ahead and bring in extra counselors and set up crisis centers at the trade school.
Hunk Erdown
April 20th, 2009
9:01 pm
Is it just me or does the announcement from the ajc that “due to the economy, we are having to cut down our circulation” sound like the dumbest marketing idea since Eastern Airlines made “Airport ‘77″ their #1 in flight movie.
AltamahaDawg
April 20th, 2009
10:04 pm
I didn’t realize that Cynthia Tucker had that much control over “the economy”.
griffdawg1
April 21st, 2009
6:15 am
CAN WE PLEASE FIND ANOTHER TOPIC OF CONVERSATION!!!CHANGE IT UP AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY FOR GOD SAKES!!!!!
Bored Football Fan Here
April 21st, 2009
11:53 pm
Look to all you Tech fans that keep bringing up the game in November…SHUT UP! You won…we get it. Time to move on. To the Dawg fans who keep bringin up the many years before that you won…SHUT UP! We Get It…you won! All of you bickering back and fourth…you sound like little kids…”my dad can beat up your dad”. Here’s a little video to explain my point…
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1907543
Cuz
April 22nd, 2009
10:34 am
Just stopped by for memories sake. Man used to be some great times in here. Now one big empty room.
TommyP
April 22nd, 2009
3:41 pm
This is brutal. Where’s Tim Tucker? I love what he does when Chip doesn’t post but neither one for over a week?
What’s up, AJC? PLEASE don’t let us rely on the fan UGA blog. I get so sick of hearing about an old guy reminiscing about the old days. Friggin’ terrible blog.
Mr. Green Jeans
April 22nd, 2009
3:52 pm
Yo Cuz, pass me that bottle, will you?
MiltonDawg
April 24th, 2009
3:17 pm
Does anybody know if Chip Towers is still with the AJC??
mdawg
April 24th, 2009
5:36 pm
Milton Dawg – they moved him to the news section, and made bill king the blog guy. go figure…
stendec
April 25th, 2009
3:32 am
Lions and desperate fans (Yankee scum every one) expect Stafford to produce like Ryan and that other rookie QB did in 2008. Will not happen! Stafford does not possess leadership qualities or physical/mental toughness required. If he starts he will not last out the season without an injury. Rushed passes will be off target while perfect aerials will be dropped. Why? Because Lions are anti-Red Wings. Always have been. Always will be. The Falcons have sucked for decades but, thankfully, never pitched an oh-fer (winless season). A dubious mark which CAN ONLY be matched NEVER surpassed (if that is correct word). Complete failure is its own reward. Much like revenge being a dish best served cold.