When Urban Meyer was ‘a huge Georgia Bulldog fan’
Athens — Florida coach Urban Meyer made a confession on the SEC coaches’ teleconference this week: He once was an avid Georgia football fan.
“I was a Herschel Walker fan, like nuts about him, when I grew up,” Meyer said. “He was [at Georgia] right at the point I was in high school [in Ohio], and I was actually a huge Georgia Bulldog fan because of Herschel Walker.”
As you’ve probably heard, Meyer’s quarterback, Tim Tebow, is one rushing touchdown shy of matching Walker’s SEC career record of 49, achieved in 1980-82. Tebow could be in position to tie or break the record against Walker’s old team next week — unless he does both against Mississippi State on Saturday night.
Said Meyer: “Since my era was Herschel Walker, [I'm] a little bit –- and I don’t want to say it too publicly –- in awe of here’s Tim Tebow, a guy I get to see every day, and you mention him in a rushing record [with] Herschel Walker. That’s pretty powerful.”
Couple of other notes:
– A.J. Green said he was “surprised” that the SEC this week suspended the officiating crew that incorrectly called an excessive-celebration penalty against him late in the Georgia-LSU game. The suspension came after the SEC found that the same crew incorrectly called a personal-foul penalty against Arkansas late in last week’s loss to Florida. Asked after practice Thursday if he finds any vindication in the league action, Green said: “No, not really. Just take it as it comes. . . . It didn’t give us the win.”
– After a 6 a.m. weight-lifting session and classes Friday, Georgia’s players will be off until reconvening at 6 p.m. Sunday. They’ll practice in full pads Sunday night to finish installing the Florida game plan.
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jack bull
October 22nd, 2009
5:31 pm
first?
jack bull
October 22nd, 2009
5:33 pm
yes!!
what’s the over/under on how many players will get into a little trouble over the weekend being that they’re off until sunday? 2 or 3? i know, i know, i have a lot of confidence about this don’t i?
Urban loves Teblow
October 22nd, 2009
5:40 pm
Tim Teblow is no Herschel Walker, even if he breaks the record. BTW, why is the QB running the ball so much…forgot FL has nobody else to do it. Teblow won’t be drafted until the second round at the earliest and will be converted to a fullback or something. He is NOT a typical pro QB and I can’t see any team trying to make him into something he isn’t. GO DAWGS!
snickerdoodle
October 22nd, 2009
5:48 pm
Install a gameplan all you want and get really excited! You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig! An upset is too much to ask and all but impossible, and definitely too good to be true. When will a UGA coach stop accepting defeat to florida?
SEC1
October 22nd, 2009
5:50 pm
Remember Herschel did it in three years!
nobody seems to point that out…
The Other St. Simons
October 22nd, 2009
5:54 pm
Corch Meyers like the taste of fich sticks in his mouth.
Einsteindawg
October 22nd, 2009
5:56 pm
With the spotlight on SEC officiating, I expect we’ll have a fair game called next week against UF. All we need to do to win is quit making bone-headed mistakes and start getting some innovative coaching for a change. But, if we do lose, let’s begin looking at next year, and start players who will actually improve with experience…new QB, Cummings, Rambo, etc. I don’t care about going to the Poulan/Weedeater Bowl. Just my opinion.
cdawg
October 22nd, 2009
6:07 pm
actually in a little over 2 1/2 years
drbasic1
October 22nd, 2009
6:20 pm
Should we compare how long most of herschel’s runs were vs Tebow’s? Should we compare in how many years each had to do this? It’s apples to oranges. Do any of us really care if or when myer was a bulldog fan? I care about the haters not supporting our team. I too, feel changes need to be made and feel they will upon seasons end, but not now. These young men need all the support they can get this coming week. As an avid, rabid dog fan, SOMETIMES, i could care less if we were 2-11, as long as those two wins were Florida and Tech. We can be much better with practice. As Erk once was asked,(to paraphrase) would you rather be good or lucky? He replied lucky. Asked why, he stated if we work our a$$es off in practice we will be a lot luckier! Not a quote, but pretty close. Now hunker down and finish the drill, I know it can be done!
bkbroila
October 22nd, 2009
6:58 pm
I thought Florida was going to give Tebow work under center to get him ready for the NFL….wasn’t that the promise all off season…Hell, they didn’t even work at it against CS or Troy…
Recruits…take notice…Urban Meyer will promise anything!!!
Pitbull
October 22nd, 2009
7:04 pm
One more comment: Let’s face it. When you go to UGA you are a Bulldogfor life. When you got to Tech you are a Yellow Jacket for life. The hatred never ends and most enjoy seeing the other school’s team lose almost as much as they enjoy seeing their own team win.
With that in mind Tech grad Marc Curles should never be allowed to ref another Georgia football game. And do not forget that that Tech grad SEC Director of Officiating Rogers Redding is the one who assigns him to the Georgia games.
And let’s not forget how hard the SEC crewa have been on Georgia for the past few years. Some say it is for the Georgia celebration two years ago but this has been going on for longer than 2 years. Georgia is one of the most penalized teams in the country and we have been willing to chalk it up to not enough discipline. The AJC has almost made a artical series our of that.
But perhaps Rogers Redding is not the fair minded head of SEC officiating that the SEC paints him out to be, Perhaps that Tech hatred for Georgia still burns deeply in his soul and his spoken or unspoken direction to his ref teams is throw the flag at Georgia if they even look like we can penalize them.
Don’t forget the JasperSanks non-fumble that led to a Tech win and the suspension of the SEC refs from working the SEC CG about ten years ago. I ref’ed little league and the first thing they taught me was you can’t call what you can’t see and the ref’s admitted that none of them saw him fumble because he ddn’t. The ball was ripped out after he was down and all the refs saw was a bunch of Tech players jumping up and down claiming there was a fumble on their home field so the refs called one.
I guess if Tech cannot compete on the field (until this year) then having Redding Rogers in the SEC home office over the refs is the next best thing. Perhaps Grant Field should be changed to Redding Rogers Field because he sure does more for Tech than whomever Grant was.
Redding Rogers needs to go and Marc Curles needs to be fired if the SEC is to maintain any integrity. Othewise if the team Redding wants to win has the lock then why tune in? The only reason I can think of is to see which team Redding has picked to win.
Is anybody getting their pockets lined from all this? I don’t think so. I think the SEC is just Redding’s little toy and he has his refs call the shots for the teams he wants to win. What a jerk.
harleydawg
October 22nd, 2009
7:26 pm
wow pittbull that is some deep stuff there but you are most likely acurate, tech takes it more personal and it can go there, any way tech sucks we gotta beat them this and every year
G
October 22nd, 2009
7:29 pm
Herschel did in three years
Bark Bark
October 22nd, 2009
7:40 pm
If the great, powerful UGA defense can hold the Gators to under 20 points then they have a shot. 21 points is enough for the Gators to beat the Dawgs. That could be hard for UGA as they are ranked 12th in the SEC in points allowed per game. 12 out of 12 teams, solid. They are ranked 10th in total defense per game in the SEC. 10 out of 12 teams, solid. 10th in the SEC in Total Offense too. 10 out of 12 teams, solid. Powerful Vandy is the only team so far that the Dawg defense has kept under 20 points. Cox has 13 Touchdowns and 9 interceptions against defenses that don’t even come close to Florida. Stafford the #1 pick in the draft was 18-30 with 3 interceptions last year against the same defense. Knowshon had a whopping grand total of 65 total yards last year as a first rounder against the same defense. 2 missed field goals by Walsh too. Bark Bark
Tebow vs. Herschel
October 22nd, 2009
7:45 pm
The only stat that really matters baby:
Herschel – 1980 National Title
Tebow – 2006, 2008 National Titles. 2009? Maybe, but we are in the running, Dawgs will be watching the SEC Title game at home and the National Title Game.
PowerDawg
October 22nd, 2009
8:13 pm
Meyer fits the true definition of the word Prlck. He may let little Timmy tie the record against MSU, but you can bet he will try to make sure he breaks it when they play the Dawgs. Might give him something else to fist bump his butt buddy Chris Fowler about.
Got something else to share with anyone who might be interested. They suspended those jack-asses that threw the flag on AJ and that kid from Arkansas. Truth be told, they are all the same, especially when it comes to Florida. If you doing any celebrating that draws attention to you personally, you are supposed to get flagged for UC. Unless you play for the Gators. Tebow and Spikes are the worst at doing stuff like that but NEVER get flagged. Their DB’s grab opposing receiver’s jerseys to slow them down out of their breaks, but never get called for it. Their WR’s grab a DB by the jersey to aid them in getting by or past the defender in Man coverage, especially on the Out & Up routes when the ball is in the air. Offensive holding or Pass Interference? NOPE! Some contact is allowed within 5 yds of the LOS but after that…well, I guess the coaches, who obviously teach these tecniques, tell the players that it’s only illegal if you get caught. Must be true because they do it ALL THE TIME. Don’t believe me? Just watch this Saturday and see for yourself. Make sure you record it so you can replay it, too. I am not making this stuff up. So I guess if the officials keep turning a blind eye to things like that and keep throwing 15 yd flags for imaginary penalties against the teams that they play, it should be smooth sailing for them the rest of the way.
gbpier
October 22nd, 2009
8:40 pm
It has taken Tebow four years to to break walkers record….only took walker three years….Tebow is good but doesnt compare to Walker..
bugsquacher
October 22nd, 2009
9:09 pm
Tebow should enjoy this year….he has no future…
TechMD
October 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
Hey Pitibul, nice conspiracy theory you got there. The vast Yellow Jacket officiating plot. lol. Man you’re grasping at straws this year. It is entertaining though.
walker #1
October 22nd, 2009
9:24 pm
TEBOW AINT S*&^. HERSHAL WILL STILL RUN CIRCLES AROUND HIM!
Dawg85
October 22nd, 2009
10:02 pm
Tebow had very little to do with the 2006 National Championship. Chris Leak was the starter.
ACC Fan
October 22nd, 2009
10:22 pm
Man, you UGA folks kill me. If you get rid of that Thug of a coach Mark R. you would be OK. He did really well with Jim D. quarterback. BTW Tebow has done most of his damage in 3 years a well. If Hershel had a good coach he might have won more than one national title too.
You guys hate Spurrier, and Meyer but if either were the coach of UGA you would love him.
southside DAWG
October 22nd, 2009
10:33 pm
Herschel did it in 3 years and they played less games during the season.
KJ
October 22nd, 2009
11:11 pm
Yeah, that thug Mark Richt. What a thug. How he’s managed to stay out of prison all these years, I’ll never know.
All Cupcakes Conference “fans” should stick to talking about basketball.
Cuz
October 22nd, 2009
11:19 pm
Tebow was a fullback operating the Wildcat his freshman year. Or does everyone forget a quarterback named Chris Leake, if so, that is pitiful.
aarh
October 22nd, 2009
11:52 pm
Tebow vs. Herschel- Yeah, Tebow has two National Championships. I don’t understand why people are so quick to point that out….considering that he wasn’t the starter that yr., & didn’t even play that much. He was a key contributor, but if I remember right…I don’t think he even played that much in the championship game, and he wasn’t the reason they won. Don’t get me wrong…Tebow’s great, but it’s like comparing apples to oranges…not to mention that it was a different era then. You also have to realize that when you have a player like Tebow that’s a QB that can run or throw…he has an advantage, bc he touches the ball on every play. Unlike Walker…who I know got a lot of carries, but it wasn’t like it was on every play.
bob
October 23rd, 2009
12:09 am
“Tebow should enjoy this year….he has no future…”
It amazes me that teeblow cant see that fact, by the way t had more around him when he won, herchel did it all by himself and should have won the heisman twice. He is the greatest college running back of all time, its not even a contest.
Jesse Outlar
October 23rd, 2009
12:14 am
Why get in such a fuss over this? Tebow is a unique player in a perfect system for his talents. He is a great player. In my opinion he is not even the best QB in Gator history. He is a winner and he is tough. Herschel is the greatest running back in college football history. If Tebow gets the record then so be it. His jump pass does not compare to the great leaps over the goal line by Walker. He never outran 3 players with an angle on him from 76 yards out. Has Tebow truly carried a team like Herschel did? Does everyone in the stadium know he will get the ball on 3rd and 8 with a championship on the line or is there a threat of spreading it out to one of his speedy playmakers. I’ve seen both and Herschel remains the greatest college player I have ever seen. That said Tebow is one of the great players of all time.
harharhar
October 23rd, 2009
2:35 am
Well this just goes to show everyone is a dumb azz when they are young. I was actually brain dead enough to actually be a fan for about a week.
Alabamadawg
October 23rd, 2009
3:08 am
Pitbull, dang your good !! I had no idea some of the evils were Tech grads…thanks.
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
5:04 am
bugsquacher
lol.
“Tebow should enjoy this year….he has no future…”
lol. I would say that Tim Tebow will have little trouble finding a job in the state of Florida after his playing days are through. It may not be head weed wacker at the Clarke County Parks and Leisure Services but, with his degree, it will be a good one. How about you bug
I sure would enjoy seeing a picture of you two side by side in 20 years.
Secondguesser
October 23rd, 2009
6:12 am
Suck it up leghumpers!!!! Herschel can’t carry Tim’s jock strap. Mr . Schizoid is a has been! I do so hope Urban let’s Tim break the record in Jax!!!! SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!! What a bunch of losers you crybaby pup fans are!!!
georgia87
October 23rd, 2009
6:42 am
Herschel did it in three years with only 11 games per year, no SEC CG, and statistics for bowl games didn’t count. They didn’t play non-conference games against St. Mary’s School for Sissies. Their non-conference foes were Texas A&M, Clemson, TCU, GT, South Carolina, Cal, Temple, Memphis, and BYU. No comparison.
georgia87
October 23rd, 2009
6:45 am
And for Tebow vs. Herschel…Georgia never had an 8-5 season while Herschel was in school. We played for the NC every season.
Hey, PowerDawg...
October 23rd, 2009
7:01 am
…DB contact with receivers past 5 yards is allowed in college, that is the pro rule to which you refer. Now, the grabbing and pulling is definitely a no-no, but contact until the ball is in the air is perfectly legal – that is why you do not see a penalty flag thrown.
And, finally, cdawg, why do you think Herschel only played 2.5 years?
And, regarding the suspended refs, why are they punishing the whole group when it was only the back judge that made all the incorrect calls? Seems like they should just suspend him!
gomdawg
October 23rd, 2009
7:06 am
I am a BULLDAWG all the way . Herschel was a Great player that don’t come around very often. With that sad Tebow is one of them a GREAT player. I agree Herschel did it in 3 years that does not mean Tebow is not a GREAT player. IHATE THE GATORS GO DAWGS WE WIN 27 -14 . We will run the ball for over 225 yards. thank you
takedowndawg
October 23rd, 2009
7:27 am
Florida will hit us with short passes. Over and over, and over again. Where, we have been exceedingly vurnerble all season long to everyone and then run the quick up the middle plays to their quick backs. Add Tebow into the mix, and I do not see us stopping them consistently unless immediate pressure is applied on the backfield none stop with blitzes like Arkansas used. If Tebow and the backfield is not pressured we will probably lose by 30 pts. Pressure on the backfield will yield a close game for us. Otherwise, I think that we Georgia fans will have a miserable afternoon. Martinez has never liked using blitzes. He prefers the straitup 4-3. If he uses this Saturday week, we will all suffer. But even so, maybe a silver longterm lining? Right?
takedowndawg
October 23rd, 2009
7:36 am
sorry, about the vulnerable sp.
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
7:42 am
gomdawg,
“We will run the ball for over 225 yards. thank you”
Maybe Saturday if you scrimage on your off day, but certainly not against FL, AU, KY or GT. Not even in those 4 games combined if you subtract the last two plays before half time While the other team is defending against a hail mary to AK Green. Now against Fresno State in the Humiliation Bowl (Boise), that’s another story.
You georgia fans never cease to amaze me. Learn your new role, like it and STFU when adressing the Tech Nation.
ChipperDoodle
October 23rd, 2009
7:52 am
GA coaches lameplan against FL: Get busy digging trenches on the sideline to prepare for the bombs that will be falling all over the Dawgs secondary. Remember: everybody’s QB gets hot with the long ball against them (they look like the French Legion running around back there). They have added digits to the scoreboard for the FL score. This will make Spurrier beat downs look like Girl Scout meetings. Willie looses his cookies again. Urban takes Richt’s lunch money. Gators 63-3. Dawgs fail to get into the red zone again.
ChipperDoodle
October 23rd, 2009
7:58 am
C**p, FL just scored again.
ChipperDoodle
October 23rd, 2009
8:02 am
Hey, dumbfuzz, Tech doesn’t even own the Blue Turf Bowl. Loser. When we address the yellow-bellied nation we will continue to call you f**t breath.
The Dogfather
October 23rd, 2009
8:47 am
How about a Herschel vs. T-blow in that new mma series that Herschel is fighting in. Better bring your mop t-blow
German Shepherd Dawg
October 23rd, 2009
9:15 am
Yellow Fuzz,
Tech nation? You make me laugh.
OMG!!!
October 23rd, 2009
9:19 am
TECH NATION!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THAT CONSISTS OF LIKE 4 CHINESE GUYS AND 6 GAY DUDES!!
German Shepherd Dawg
October 23rd, 2009
9:20 am
GomDawg,
Having just had a good laugh at Yellow Fuzz’ expense, now I’m curious why you think we can run for 100 yards with the current backs and OL blocking we have. I am a UGA grad from the Herschel years, and this line doesn’t block like they did when we could run the ball. It doesn’t even block like our line did when the Stinchcombs were playing.
Am I the only one here not suffering from delusions?
GeoffDawg
October 23rd, 2009
9:21 am
These Tebow / Herschel comparisons are idiotic. Herschel did it in three years, played in a shorter regular season, didn’t have an SEC championship game, and didn’t have bowl scores to help pad his stats.
Produce wiz
October 23rd, 2009
9:21 am
and urban promises winning and championships. Wanna trade?
Jacksonville Jack
October 23rd, 2009
9:26 am
Let’s see: Charleston Southern (The Fightin’ Manicurists!), Troy State (a lower division regional state school loser), and Florida International University (The Fightin’ International’s!), AND FSU??? This is the team that leads the polls and will probably play in the SEC Championship game???? Something is very wrong here when the “mighty Gators” play a schedule like that and are rewarded with national recognition. Shameful and embarrassing to college football.
sam
October 23rd, 2009
9:37 am
tebow couldnt hold herschel’s jock. he could smell it if he wanted to..
German Shepherd Dawg
October 23rd, 2009
9:39 am
Now for my two cents regarding Herschel:
The 80 yard runs and out-sprinting the angled tacklers were impressive feats. I remember one game in particular where the DB angled on Herschel going down the left sideline, Walker saw him from the corner of his eye and he angled himself into the middle of the field, effectively eliminating the DB’s angles. Simple play but ingenious.
Herschel did one of his famous dives at the goal line one time and actually did a flip midair, landing on the back of a linebacker. He hopped off and onto his feet, found the ref, and handed him the ball. That was what made Herschel so cool in the days of spiking the ball in the end zone and the histrionics of other players was he exuded an expectation of scoring and he was nonchalant when he did. No big deal, just another day at the office.
He carried the ball 40 times for 300 yards, then told reporters when asked if he was forced into too many carries and his reply was “The ball ain’t heavy”. The guy was a classic, and a nice guy in person when you saw him on campus. He was not a prima donna at all.
He also played the entire 1980 Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame with a partially separated shoulder that occurred on the second play from scrimmage. All he did was provide virtually all of our offense that day and scored both our touchdowns.
But the defining moment for Herschel was the 1982 (? – sorry, I think that was the game, but I’ve killed too many brain cells over the years) Clemson game where he started the season with a broken thumb and was used as a decoy most of the game. One of the Clemson linebackers was mouthing off during the week about how they would own Herschel, and during the game the guy came on a blitz. Herschel absolutely destroyed the guy with one of the most devastating blocks I can remember. He literally folded the guy in half. That was it for the mouth, you never heard the Clemson LB’s name mentioned again for the rest of the game. I’m not even sure he played anymore after that one ferocious block.
Tebow is a great player and probably the best of this generation. But it would be difficult to say he’s the best college football QB ever. The only back I can think of that deserves mention in the same paragraph as Herschel Walker was Bo Jackson, who reminded me an awful lot of Herschel when he was at Auburn. Herschel was the greatest college RB in the history of the game. He carried the offense.
Will
October 23rd, 2009
9:43 am
CMR should have started installing the game-plan last Sunday instead of this Sunday. What a waste of a week! Also it may be helpful for the players to watch the UF game Saturday instead of hanging out with friends or going to the Texas game. That includes you CMR, lead by example. Make an effort to scout the UF/MSU game. I hate to tell you this but next Saturday is a damn big game for you.
This nonchalant attitude out of Athens is discouraging….We are going to come out flat and get blown out again I’m afraid. Oh and let me add this if Sweet Willie is reading, There is nothing more important to Urban Meyer than breaking Herschel’s record in front of 50,000 Dawg fans next Saturday. So get it together, I don’t want to drive down there and spend all that money to see that crap.
JY
October 23rd, 2009
9:46 am
Herschel could not have had as many carries as Tebow has. What is their average yard per carry comparison?
J.R.
October 23rd, 2009
9:46 am
The excuses you Dawg fans continually make for your team’s lousy play never ends. Everyone agrees the celebration call against Georgia near the end of the LSU game was a bogus joke but many fail to point out that the LSU running back ran 32 yards for the last score and therefore the Georgia penalty is irrelevant because the LSU player could have easily run another 50 yards for the score because there wasn’t a Bulldogs anywhere to be seen as he ran in untouched for the score. I would blame your boy Willie for that inept Dawg defense and not that sorry Tech Grad financial planner / part time SEC official for your LSU loss.
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
10:07 am
After making myself a double Koolaid and water and then rolling and smoking some Koolaid crystals and then watching some highlights of Georgia games from the 80’s (before I was born), I now agree with Gomdawg and German Shepherd Dawg. I too think Georgia’s “pro style” offense will rush for 225 yards against Florida and even again against Georgia Tech. Even though Georgia currently ranks 104th (out of 120 major-College teams) in rushing and is only averaging 98 yards per game, 82 if you subtract out draw plays and sweeps designed to run out the clock before the half and end of game (when the other team is dropping nine people into pass coverage) and 69 if you take away # 22’s long TD run earlier this year.
Hell, I believe Georgia will actually out rush Florida who averages 285 yards a game and Tech who averages 310 and it’s quite possible Georgia will go on this year to become the only 3 loss team to ever win a national championship.
HaaaaallleeeYeasss!
Topp Dogg
October 23rd, 2009
10:08 am
Bet Urban would toss Herschels salad for him too! What a butt kisser UM seems to be.
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
10:22 am
Enter your comments here
FATDOG
October 23rd, 2009
10:27 am
The dogs will be fine we get another motivator like Erk Russell.
Too many nice guys and 4.4 guys that cannot or will not tackle
ARdawg
October 23rd, 2009
10:28 am
One could go all day making comparisons between The great Hershel and Tebow but bottom line here is, there aren’t any. Except they will likely both go down as two of the best all time players.
I am a Dawg fan to the bone and played against Hershel in high school yet I wish Tebow all the best is breaking another record despite the fact I am a Gator Hater. Hey, it doesn’t matter how many games, how many years yadda, yadda, yadda. If Tebow crosses the goal line more times in his college career, POWER to him and congratulations.
Two different positions, two different eras and two completely different circumstances. The record is RUSHING TDs and if it is Tebow then he demm well deserves it and hats off to him. It’s quite an accomplishment in any realm.
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
10:33 am
Hey dog nation,
We heard our game against # 4 Virginia Tech drew a 3.17 rating and was shown on over 3,000,000 television sets worldwide. Not sure how many people got to see georgia play on Vandy’s homecoming in a stadium smaller than ours on a regional network called Peachtree TV?
LOL
Not sure if you can spot the 10 fans OMG mentioned in this picture
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/274978-georgia-techs-bcs-chances-may-need-a-boost-from-uga
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
10:45 am
Hey dog nation,
At least our running backs know how to carry the ball in both hands so they can always stiff arm defenders and break tackles. When’s the last time you saw a Georgia back break a tackle? Other than Hershal and Lindale Scott? LOL. Don’t think opposing defensive coordinators don’t pick up on these and your other pop warner fundamentals when they study your film. LOL.
At least our 50,000 local fans get their money’s worth in our stadium!
NavyDawg
October 23rd, 2009
10:47 am
PowerDawg and Pitbull,
Couldn’t agree with you more and wish the rest of the league could rise up against them somehow with combined allegations, everybody but the old ballcoach, he’d never speak against them, because it was happening under him too. Go back and look at ESPN classics
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
11:02 am
Hey dog nation,
Bowls?
Tech = South Beach
georgia = South Boise
Tech = New Years Day or after
georgia = Chrstmas Day or before
Tech = Prime Time National TV
georgia = 12:21pm start on Peachtree TV # 2
ugaaccountant
October 23rd, 2009
11:13 am
Why are children like Yellow Fuzz allowed to post? Respectable discussion forums ban people who “troll” a board trying to stir up a fight, as it detracts from actual discussion and drives away the intended audience. Go away kid, the grownups are going to talk now.
Oviedo Dawg
October 23rd, 2009
11:18 am
Do you people actually think the UGA coaches took the entire week off? You don’t know how much time they’ve put into preparing the game plan. Why would they tell you anyway? Who cares if CMR takes some time off to see his son play? I bet he’s right back to work after the game. You think CUM didn’t go watch his daughter play volleyball? I saw him in Lakeland during football season two years ago. Believe me, the UGA coaches are preparing for UF. So, if you’re a true fan; you’ll shut up and get behind the Dawgs. You’re not a true fan if you don’t think the coaches are preparing for UF!!! Go pull for someone else.
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
11:25 am
ugaaccountant,
Sorry to “detract form your actual discussion” about- (When Urban Meyer was ‘a huge Georgia Bulldog fan’”. lol. And I’m pretty sure I pay the same thing you do to post here.
And I’m 22 years old but I have to admit I do feel like a giddy little kid watching the ignorant and arragant dog nation eat crow and humble pie this year. It’s long over due and you deserve every ounce of it!
45-42
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
11:28 am
arrogant & overdue
My apologies to the Journalism majors at your gymnastics school
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October 23rd, 2009
12:20 pm
[...] SEC suspended the officiating crew that flagged him for excessive celebration against LSU. Still, “it didn’t give us the win.”5. Most players are heading to their hometowns during this weekend’s open date.6. On the [...]
anotherdawg
October 23rd, 2009
1:06 pm
Could the SEC please go ahead and suspend Penn Wagers and his crew before the game?
Waycross Dawg
October 23rd, 2009
1:11 pm
Herschel scored 49 tds in an era when there wasn’t a spread offense. He was essentially the only play-maker on the Georgia offense. Defenses knew that 80-90% of all plays, the ball would be in his hands. Defenses keyed on him. YET, he still scored 49 tds in 3 years and rushed for a billion yards.
Tebow is a great college player. He’s an even better human being and you have to give props to a guy like that even if you ARE a gator-hater like myself. But he isn’t Herschel and he hasn’t carried UF on his shoulders for 3 solid years as Herschel did.
Even at his age, I’d line Herschel up nose-to-nose with Tebow and be willing to bet that Herschel would lay him on his back.
So Tebow – go break that record brother and do it against UGA next weekend in Jax IN HONOR of the greatest college football palyer of all time………Herschel Walker.
timthebrave
October 23rd, 2009
1:21 pm
Yellow Fuzz, congratulations on tech having a good year. They are a good team with a good coach. They could win every game and you still would be a $hit talking loser
Lou
October 23rd, 2009
1:23 pm
Herschel NEVER lost a conference game. Herschel won the SEC all three years of his career. Herschel only lost 1 regular season game (to the national champion Clemson Tigers in 1981), and 2 bowl games (to the national champion Penn State Nittany Lions at the end of the 1982 season, and to top ten Pittsburgh with Dan Marino at the end of the 81 season)…3 losses in 3 years…none of them in the SEC..2 of them to National Champions. Herschel has a Heisman (and he should have won it once more as a freshman)…but that was too shocking to the voters at the time. Herschel has one national title and played for another. 27 years after his college career ended, Herschel still holds NCAA records. Heck, he still holds the SEC’s all time rushing record. He rushed for 5259 yards in 3 years…a number players like Emmitt Smith and Darren McFadden couldnt match in 4 years. Tebow is ONE of the greatest players in college football history. He is in the conversation based on his stats, his Heisman, his championships, his leadership, etc. He is in the conversation with a handful of others..but the conversation about the greatest college football player of all time begins and ends with Herschel Walker.
Jack Nicholson
October 23rd, 2009
1:36 pm
With Tech and Tennessee on the rise, Florida is still Florida, you have a chearleader for a head coach, Bobo & Martinez are not going anywhere, you gotta wonder for UGA is this as good as it’s gonna get?
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
1:50 pm
timthebrave,
You’re probably right. Too many years of pent up anger and frustration due to the verbal abuse I took from relatives that were dog fans (for 22 years). I do feel your pain, but you will get through it little man. Feel free to NOT read anything I write here over the next 2-3 years you $hit TAKING loser.
CollegeParkDawg
October 23rd, 2009
1:54 pm
Ouch tim!
go cavs
October 23rd, 2009
2:04 pm
tuck fech and tuck gaytors.
Yellow Fuzz
October 23rd, 2009
2:13 pm
go cavs,
Nice to hear back from an educated georgia fan like yourself. “If you can’t beat em, tuck em,” right? tuck bama, oSU, lSU, tennessee too, right bubba? oooHaaaaallleeeYeasss! Put another Herman Munson 8-track in will ya?
ratherBgambling
October 23rd, 2009
2:13 pm
Misinformation abound here. Lets look at the stats that matter not the years it took.
HW: 49 TD’s 994 carries
TT: 48 TD’s 574 carries
Walker is the greatest Dog but Tebow will go down as the greatest ever in the sport.
Preseason # 1 - Real season unranked
October 23rd, 2009
3:12 pm
Give um Hell Yellow Fuzz. I would like to point out something. To compare Hershel Walker to Tim Tebow as some have done on this blog,is ludicrous. Walker was a flop in the USFL and even worse in the NFL. He always tip toed to the line of scrimmage. Tiny Tim would have broken more tackles. He was afraid to get hit. He couldn’t even wear Tebow’s jock strap much less Jon Dwyer or Josh Nesbitt.
Denver Dog
October 23rd, 2009
3:37 pm
Herschel Walker ran all over Tech, Florida, and everyone else. Nesbitt and Dwyer are good, but not in that league yet. Tebow, 4 years to catch a 3 year man. Hershel needs to bow to none of you, his record speaks for itself. If you think he was afraid to get hit, you need to go back and look at him hitting folks, he played a year with a torn rotator cuff, ran all over Tech, UT, Fl, Nortre Dame, Miss, and anyone else that came around. GO DOGS
south ga sec fan
October 23rd, 2009
4:46 pm
What’s sad is GA’s legacy is still Hershel Walker. They have never fully moved on since the 80’s.
co dawg
October 23rd, 2009
4:47 pm
Come on everyone. Please, just leave Yellow Fuzz alone. He’s only 22. During his lifetime, Georgia has beat tech 17 times. That’s really rough. Yellow Fuzz, run on upstairs and get yourself some cookies and milk. I bet mom has some fresh out of the oven for you. Go on. Get yourself a cookie.
Pre season number 1 to 104 in 14 months
October 23rd, 2009
5:45 pm
oooHaaaaallleeeYaesss
Sic em! Woof woof woof woof!!!!….
Top Dawg
October 23rd, 2009
6:09 pm
first!!!!!!!
Go Jackets
October 23rd, 2009
6:32 pm
Love to see how UGA is blaming its problems on Tech.
yarddawg
October 23rd, 2009
6:46 pm
Love up here at college moma send us some money!
yarddawg
October 23rd, 2009
6:48 pm
Where in the hell is Uncle Roy when you need him?
yarddawg
October 23rd, 2009
6:50 pm
Is Uncle Roy still alive?
Macclenny_dawg
October 23rd, 2009
6:53 pm
Well maybe if he was such a fan maybe we should go after him when the Richt era is over!!! Maybe have Hershel recruit him!!!
yarddawg
October 23rd, 2009
6:57 pm
Does anyone know who the commissioner of the SEC was before Mike Slive?
Lee
October 23rd, 2009
7:15 pm
Pretty sad when you cannot even pay a complement to a couple of great college players without the Gomers getting into a pissing contest….
Bawney Fwank
October 23rd, 2009
7:54 pm
Trying to argue with a curdawg presenting real data and comparing peaches to peaches or peaches to oranges is like arguing with a liberal!
The truth is you can’t compare Herschel’s and Tim’s careers other than to say they are 2 of the all time top college players and each broke numerous records during each of their respective careers.
Herschel Walker is one of the greatest college running backs of all time if not the greatest and Tim Tebow is one of the greatest college quarterbacks if not the greatest, but you can’t really compare them:
Years played (starting): HW started for 3 years (left for the big bucks and had a productive but not great pro-career, with out graduating from college till recently); his college rushing record would not be being broken by Tim if he’d stayed his senior year and graduated)and TT has started for 3 years and went in a few times a game his freshman year (he will graduate in December and probably go on for a productive but not great pro-career).
Rushing: HW – 49 TD’s 994 carries TT – 48 TD’s 574 carries with >6 games to play.
Passing: Do we really need to compare HW against TTs career?
Bottom line: Herschel and Tim are two of the sweetest peaches and oranges to ever play college football!
Fix my email account, ya $40k/year geek!
October 23rd, 2009
8:26 pm
Yellow Fuzz- Dude! Time for the psych appointment? I think you need your refills, little fella.
joe taxpayer
October 23rd, 2009
8:37 pm
If we go 7 and 5 or 8 and 4 does Willie keep his job.
Georgia fans sux
October 23rd, 2009
9:43 pm
I remember espn had walker # 8 as the biggest flunks in the nfl.
Call it Like It Is
October 23rd, 2009
10:31 pm
I think it is so funny how most of you hate on Tebow when all of you would love to have him as your QB.
Gators beat the S%^& out of UGAY once again and waltz to the SEC.
Enough Said!
HamptonDawg
October 23rd, 2009
11:30 pm
This Walker vs Tebow argument is quite pointless. Anyone who is of age to actually remember Walker regardless if you’re a DAWG or not, CANNOT dispute that he is perhaps the greatest college football player ever. Past polls have been done and many others believe this is true. Herschel was the DAWG offense yet his stats speak for themselves. Tebow is really good. I would have liked to have seen him without Harvin and now Demps/Rainey. Tebow has lots of goal line TDs because UF hasn’t had a decent RB maybe since Fred Taylor. UF fans feel free to correct me on that one. I believe in giving credit where it’s due but Herschel is numero uno, PERIOD!
Chuck Uga
October 24th, 2009
12:34 am
Herschel didin’t play in the NFL until years after playing in the USFL. What a moronic post (by a moron).
Chuck Uga
October 24th, 2009
12:36 am
P.S. ESPN has never had any story listing Herschel as a “flunk.” Take your juvenile lies somewhere else moron.
Chuck Uga
October 24th, 2009
12:43 am
Yellow Fuzz,
Georgia OWNS Tech in football. Deed, title and license. Come back on a Georgia story and run your mouth when you at least become competitive. Oh, that’s right…ain’t gonna happen. Coach J will get a couple of nice wins before he jumps ship to a real program. Here he is providing the best football at Tech since Bobby Dodd and Tech people STILL won’t buy tickets and sell the place out. One word suffices: LOSERS. A winning team, but LOSER fans. And Yellow (Peach) Fuzz leads the pack. Punk.