UGA hires Grantham for $750,000 per year

FInally…great hire. He’ll do a great job. Now let’s get some stud recruits to play his scheme.

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It continues to look more promising as reports are starting to pop up on a number of different sites. However, they all seem to be coming from the same source. We shall see. Second.

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YAHOO!!

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Funny, no mention (at all) in the Dallas News on this …

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Great hire!

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So we desperately need LB’s and nose tackles. Richard Samuel to defense?

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David pollack also says it’s a done deal and offical, Grantham is the next Georgia Defensive Coordinator.

Magnificent hire by Richt. Got the guy Saban wanted at Miami. WOW! Can’t believe it. Richt ABSOLUTELY got the right guy. Fantastic.

http://twitter.com/DAVIDPOLLACK47

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Tim-

Thanks for staying up late to let us know, appreciate the extra effort. heard about it first here on the ajc board form Tim Tucker.

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remember Pollack also reported that the Smart deal was done

Not accepting the news until Mark Richt says so.

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Kwame Geathers can play NT. He is 6-6 326

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Nice article. By organic one could pop out many things. Best Regards

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UGA WILL BEAT GT EVERY 9OF 10 YEARS, ITS FACT, MY BANK ACCT SAYS SO.

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david pollack needs to be the dc at uga ,or find MARION CAMPBELL WHEREEVER HE IS .

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After getting more information on Grantham, I’m now convince that he will build a dominate defense at uga because he has a great deal of talent to work with. My only concern with this hire is how long will he hang around. He moves around a heck of a lot.

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At last a “hire”, I think it will be good. It was a time for another story at GA.

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I’ll believe it when I see it. I put as much faith in news from Rivals as the stuff they print at The Onion.

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at least its a warm body… and at least we werent turned down again. This has been terrible for Georgia.

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LET’S KEEP A LID ON THIS AND NOT DISTRACT THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

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Impressive resume on this new DC. This should give the best defensive recruits in the country something to think about. CTG has plenty of NFL experience.

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So, What does the “Drama Queen” from West Hollywood (JEFF SCHULTZ) know about UGA Football or the SEC anyway?
See Boys, all of the “Drama” that was stirred up by Jeff Schultz is irrelavent now. This was all just a “blip” on the radar.
Our GREAT coach, CMR, went about the whole process in a “classy” fashion.
This is a great hire. And while Kirby would have been a great hire as well, it didn’t work out that way. So be it. We got a great one.
BUT We have a great Head Coach in Mark Richt and a great Football program at UGA.

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Are you ready for some football?

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As much as I want to believe, I am waiting for the press conference to acknowledge the hire. If true, this is Great News for UGA fans. GO DAWGS!!!!!

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[...] Report: Cowboys By cousinwalter Leave a Comment Categories: Uncategorized Report: Cowboys’ Grantham accepts UGA job [...]

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Does this mean that Rodney Garner is gone?

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Oh……four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes

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Georgia….where assistant coaches come to die.

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null

January 15th, 2010
6:49 am
Georgia….where assistant coaches come to die.

Yeah, I know. Just ask Kirby Smart and Will Muschamp about it. You know nothing.

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Brian Van Gorder has done alright as well.

If the news on Grantham is true, that’s awesome!

Go Dawgs!

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i just hope we can finally put this to rest and work on the recruits now

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Will- GT is a vastly superior Academic Institution to your Clown College EVERY 10 OF 10 YEARS, ITS FACT, Your Paltry BANK ACCT SAYS SO.

And, oh by the way, GT has a whopping four NCs to ugay’s measly one.

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<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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tech sucks

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If this is such a great hire, why was he Richt’s 5th option? I guess you fans must know a lot more than your coach.

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Weren’t you lowly dawg fans “celebrating” this time last week? Only then it was Kirby Smart who was going to be DC. We see how that panned out.

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Oh, and at UF’sBitch!,

Let’s not start talking about bank accounts!!! You and I can play “Big Bank Take Little Bank” and you’ll be standing in the welfare line trying to get food stamps. I’m a 2001 Grad from UGA and the CEO of my own consulting firm. You don’t wanna play that game with me buddy. So lets not start bringing up money on this post. Ya dig?

JUST LIKE THAT!!!

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Grantham to be Georgia DC

Georgia will hire Todd Grantham as defensive coordinator.

Grantham has been the defensive line coach of the Dallas Cowboys the past two seasons. Prior to that, he was defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns from 2005-07. Grantham also has served on NFL staffs with the Houston Texans (2002-04) and Indianapolis Colts (1999-2001). He last coached in college with Michigan State from 1996-98 under Nick Saban. Grantham was a defensive lineman at Virginia Tech.

Grantham, 43, takes over a Georgia defense that ranked seventh in the SEC during an 8-5 season. Defensive coordinator/secondary coach Willie Martinez, co-defensive coordinator/linebackers John Jancek and defensive ends coach Jon Fabris were fired.

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Looking forward to more blitzes as well as MUCH better pass coverage and LB play!

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Everyone knows that if UGA does not get the players to compete with Alabama, Florida, and LSU then the DC could be the best at drawing X’s and O’s but they still lose. UGA better get some players that can play and not just reported “Great Recruiting Classes” or there screwed.

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I will wait for confirmation. Dienhart usually very accurate with his stuff. Dasher is the one who reported that Smart was a done deal and Jones would be his line coach.

Anyways, if and I mean IF we hired Grantham, Bradley and Schultz can spin any way they want, but it is a FANTASTIC hire and well worth waiting for.

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Bride of Chucky Knapp

January 15th, 2010
7:35 am
Wish Pollack could spell. I mean “higher” instead of “hire”? I know it’s Twitter and all. If the misspelling makes the post shorter, I can see why you let it go. But, adding letters?

Well, cheers to Pollack for his posts! He’s Dawg all the way!

The absolute worst is that he doesn’t seem to know the difference between “there” & “their”.

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If this is true ( caution – because Kirby had the offer, stated yes and was ready to sign before Nick Satan got involved) this would be the best hired of the 3 in question (Kirby & Will). Here is why — Kirby is a mere puppet of Satan. We all know who runs that D. Will feasts on 2nd rate talent in that league. Grantham did great while in NCAA and has a rock solid D line in Dallas. Do not even start that Cleveland crap. Cleveland sucks in all sports and especially the Browns. He has NFL ties and the recruits love that. The only thing that would make the deal better is if he shows up with a Super Bowl ring. Go Cowboys!

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Great new. GO DAWGS!

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Yes they will, Dawg Fan, yes they will. And whoever Tech hires will be the second coming.

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ZZZZZZZZZzzzzz OH

(((((((((((((((((((41-17))))))))))))

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Ok what about a competent OC now for UGA along with strength and conditioning coach? These are two more pieces of the puzzle for UGA to compete consistently with the big boys of the SEC.

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Georgia fans kill me…you know you are just happy to have someone with a pulse for the DC position!
It won’t matter on the field anyway- still can’t beat Florida, Tennessee, or Kentucky! Wow, 1980 seems like a long time ago…

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pollack should learn english before he tweets. it’s embarrassing to the university system of the state of georgia. here’sa quick lesson kiddo:
there/their/they’re, hire/higher – different words that mean different things

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I’d say a 3-yr deal is about right, given that Grantham has never stayed at one job more than 3 years in his 20 year career.

FIRED as the Browns’ DC in 2007, CMR shows up and has to make him the 3rd highest DC in order to convince him to move to The Cesspool of the South.

You should be proud Dawg Nation! You now have a DC who was FIRED from his only other DC job…That has to be a first in the SEC!

And you only had to wait 6 weeks and endure embarrassment after embarrassment to finally get down the list to him…Nothing quite like settling for your 5th or 6th choice, am I right?

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PLEASE: What is sad is a non UGA fan on this blog so early in the morning. What a sad life!

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observer: you can tell a tree by its fruit indeed…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/14/limbaugh-weve-already-don_n_422958.html

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Congrats, Dawgs. Hope it’s true. Sounds like a good hire with a nice pedigree. Roll Tide!

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I’ll wait until the fat lady sings! I believe our offense will be good. Haven’t checked on Grantham’s history yet. When and if he signs on the dotted line, then I’ll do the background checks and form my opinion. You know opinions are like A&&@#$%’s, everyone has one and they all stink!

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dap01

It’s all they got…..have a little pity.

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All the doubters can watch the Dallas D unleash on Favre and Peterson this weekend.

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Flushed out of the pocket: Since GT has not won in Athens since 1976 I do not think UGA “slip” (sic) up on anybody. And South Carolina also lost to Wofford–apparently the best team in two states.

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Blah blah blah blah blah. This is really getting old. Hope CMR gets someone soon so we can rip’em to shreds.

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DGGD….. South Carolina ???? you are kidding me right???? You comparing UGA to Chickens? Now that really takes the cake !!!!

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UGAissolastdecade, how about #10 versus unranked this past year? That worked out well for the insects. Oh wait until basketball season ranked #17 versus unranked that has to turn out better doesn’t it?

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Even I, a liar, cheater and backstabber, kicked Mark Richt’s azz before I put the screws to Tennessee!!! That has to really hurt all you redneck Dawg fans……huh?

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I personally like what Fox is doing in Athens. Right now they are playing toe-to-toe with the big boys. Afterall, expectations for this season were not high–picked to finish last in the SEC East. That might still happen but not without a fight.

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Asheville Dawg

“Hope CMR gets someone soon so we can rip’em to shreds”.

umm, pretty sure that’s why it has taken you SIX weeks and SEVEN candidtaes to get to this point. NO coach likes being micromanaged especially by anonymous AH fans that change their screen names daily.

georgia has the WORST fan base in the SEC and possibly the entire NCAA

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Saint Augustine: Apparently you have never been to Clemson.

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DGGD…..Yeah in football CMR plays toe to toe with the KYs, Vandys, Chickens and even a UAB. That includes the offense too. Yeah its Flushes the dawgs to Shreveport baby !

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Not sure how good Grantham will work out at GEORGIA, but I think he will bring some fire to the Defense. He’s known for being a little ‘hot’headed, so we’ll see how he gets along w/ everyone. I will say this: While Kirby Smart may have been a sexier hire (and pissed of ALA fans) I’m still not convinced he would have made a good DC on his own, and regardless how good it would have seemed a few days ago, but I’m not so sure come the next season or two.

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Reality, ALL the problems? No. Can Grantham be a piece in turning things around? Absolutely. One downfall of Martinez is observing & recruiting the correct talent, and that’s something that Grantham can correct.

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UA Alum 92: Bobo, Martinez, Jancek, Fabris? That’s not a coaching tree, it’s toothpick. This dawg agrees.

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Awesome hire!!! I knew Coach Richt would bring in a first class DC.

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Is it me or is it Pollack is angling for a coaching job?

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This is the one we really wanted.

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HAHAHAHA. Don’t kid yourself, there are millions of dawg haters in the southeast. Don’t think it’s only the ones who take the time to post here.

Auburn (approx. 240,000)
Florida (approx. 280,000)
Tech (approx. 220,000)
Clemson (approx. 210,000)
Tennessee (approx. 270,000)
South Carolina (approx. 240,000)
Outback Bowl Committee (approx.
Referees (approx. 22)
Pollsters (approx. 47)
Game Day Hosts (approx 3 out of 4)
Play by play commentators (approx. 19)

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Cutcliffe staying put. Hamilton interviewing Lovie Smith. Didn’t Dallas beat Chicago. Hope so.

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UGA fans have waited this long….why not wait some more….I agree with several other folks…….I believe this when I see a reliable source…..not a Tweet from David Pollack

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Flushed out of the pocket: I can’t tell what your agenda is but let me provide you with some facts: First of all I find it fascinating that you think that, in two short years, UGA is suddenly a program in the pit of hell. 24 short months ago UGA finished #2 in the final AP poll. In 2008, the year with all the hype and expectations, UGA lost 18 roster players to season ending injuries–including both starting offensive tackles. And they still won 10 games! Stafford and Moreno leave early and Joe Cox just was not the trigger man the UGA needed to play at the highest level this past season. The season was disappointing since we only 8 games. And UGA has won eight games for the past 13 years straight–tops in the NCAA. So whatever your agenda is please go peddle it somewhere else.

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Jeff Owens just tweeted he super sized at the Waffle House……

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This could be great for Bulldog Nation, except for the fact that the picture I saw of the guy showed him to be BAD out of shape with his big fat beer gut. I think all coaches should set an example by being in top shape themselves. The scoreboard as usual will tell the final story.

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Yeah, he was fired. He had been told that Romeo Crennel was going to be fired and he would be the next head coach. He ran with that info and scheduled some staff meetings. Crennel was not fired, and Grantham was dismissed by Crennel. Check the Brown’s defensive stats from 05-07, they weren’t half bad, and they had less talent than their counterparts. For you Tech fans, ‘counterparts’ means the other teams they played.

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Saint Augustine

January 15th, 2010
8:47 am

We’ll see, but I’m not setting odds.

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Grantham will do good. I will bet his is better than willie(who be tech) and the to kids that beat the high powered a&m. read the old clevland blogs. he was fired cause creenel thought he was gonna get his job. he was unemployed less than 24hrs. but alot complained about his lack of blitzes.

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Dawg fans are funny you get 4th guy on list after rest have turn you down. Now you are world beaters. I quess its true that Georgia fans are not the brights in the world.

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David Pollack = Moron…
Listen to his show. That UGA education @ work.

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I can’t WAIT to hear the excuses here from Dawg Fans when Peterson has a HUGE 200-yd day against Grantham’s front line….

“Well, it wasn’t really his fault cause the ‘Boys always lose in the playoffs!”

“He’ll do much better at UGA coaching college kids, especially our 4 and 5-star recruits.”

“It was just a fluke! There’s no way Grantham is that BAD of a coach!”

“200 yards by ONE back that everyone KNOWS will be carrying the ball…I don’t believe what I just saw!”

“Did we REALLY just hire this guy?!?!?”

“Maybe he hasn’t signed the contract, yet.”

“OH S#!^!!!!!”

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Gt4ever

January 15th, 2010
8:49 am

Hey, you aim for the top talent in the country and you may come up short. Let’s see, Foster is staying at VT (23 years on the job I believe, and highly successful), Chavis is staying at LSU (no surprise there), and Smart is staying at Bama (just won the NC). So these highly coveted coaches leveraged UGA to get big raises. Hey, it happens. But these were DCs.

Now, let’s look at tech’s search for a Head Coach. They fire Gailey and the guy they are seeking, Johnson, is also highly coveted by Duke and SMU. Duke and SMU??? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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UA Alum 92, you are right. His offensive legacy really hasn’t been strong enough to produce branches off of his coaching tree. In my opinion, it won’t.

But you can look at his legacy of producing NFL quarterbacks.

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gtfanfrom1951:
It really didn’t matter which one, any of the 4 Coach Richt identified will get the job done….Was Saban’s choice as DC at Miami but turned them down….That tells me this guy maybe pretty good…Just heard Tech made a $750,000 offer for DC to “the right man”…..Paul may have gone after the VA coach because the dude’s got 4 million plus coming and he thought with all that coming he could get VA coach on the cheap…..However if the $750000 is correct, somebody is ponied up…..

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I think CTG will be an awesome hire if this latest rumor is true. I always pull against the Cowboys anyway and this just gives me another reason to do so. Like others have posted on this blog, I’ll wait until I hear it from CMR.

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perfect…Go Dawgs!!!!! I think he was the right man all along….maybe we can meet kirby in the sec championship next season…

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Exactly one year ago the Dallas Cowboys fired their Defensive Coordinator and took a look at Grantham for their vacancy since he was already on staff. They passed him over. If offered the GA job, why would he stay in Dallas?

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DGGD……. Quit Clinging to a 2007 season in which UGA couldnt beat a Pathetic SC team at Sanford Stadium while also couldnt muster a single TD with you know who in the backfield. UGA got blown away by the crumbling programing of Mr. Fulmer that same year while needing a lucky fumble to beat ahem… Vandy. Then the media sport pundits felt sorry for UGA that gave them a # 2 ranking which then proceeded to give UGA the # 1 preseason ranking the following year. What a joke that was. Those are the Facts Bud !!!

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READ it and WEEP Dawgs:

Former Virginia head coach Al Groh will be named Georgia Tech’s next defensive coordinator, sources close to the situation said Friday. Groh, who was fired following the Cavaliers’ 3-9 season, will replace Dave Wommack, who was fired last week after two seasons under coach Paul Johnson. The Yellow Jackets allowed at least 30 points in six games but still finished the season with an 11-3 record. They lost to Iowa 24-14 in the FedEx Orange Bowl.

Groh interviewed for the defensive coordinator position with the Miami Dolphins on Wednesday and was reportedly a front-runner for the position there, but he also told the Roanoke Times he has “no qualms about being an assistant coach” at the college level. That’s a position he hasn’t held since 1988, when he was offensive coordinator at South Carolina. Heather Dinich covers the ACC for ESPN.com. Information from ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter was used in this report.

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Thanks, Other St. Simons. Good point about the QB’s. Maybe it’s just he’s kind of a low key guy and his offensive philosophy isn’t that unusual like a Leach or Johnson that you don’t hear more about it.

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For all you guys who want to place a lot of emphasis on who was first, second, third, etc. need to be reminded about choices by answering a simple question: How many QB prospects were taken before Miami took Dan Moreno? Or SF Joe Montana? Do you remember Rankin Smith taking his third string QB and trading him to give his starter a vote of confidence? Do you remember who that was? Does Brett Favre ring a bell for you?

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It’s not about the X’s and the O’s….It’s about the Jimmys’ and the Joes’.

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Schultz reporting Groh to Tech is done deal. Great!!!

A has been DC and a never was HC. I am sure all of the 2 star recruits will be lining up.

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Go Grantham — kick some butt!!!!

30-24!!!!
30-24!!!!
30-24!!!!
8 out of 9!!!!
73-66!!!!

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GT4ever:

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

You may have had 9 NC’s but we still own you. What did the last decade look like? Last 20 years? Last 30?

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Flushed out of the pocket: Yeah, in ‘07 they backed into it all by kicking UF (top ten) AU(#3), GT (well, you have to play them) and Hawaii (top 7). They didn’t feel sorry for UGA–they felt guilty. The next year they avenged the slight by kicking LSU in Baton Rouge, Thank You! Those are the facts jack.

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UT will still be looking for a coach Cutcliff is staying @ Duke….

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Cutcliff not going to Tennessee anymore. Wants to stay with ACC. Nothing wrong with your 5th choice.

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If it is Grantham, what position will he coach and who will bring in as assistnats

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I’m ok with him, maybe a NFL guy is what we need. He knows what it takes at that level so maybe guys will respect him and give 110% on every play. Thats what seperated Russell and VanG is that players would do anything for them and was always running hard on every play no matter what.

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Pollack broke the news? Don’t get too excited yet…Was not great for the Browns but then who would be. I would be interested to know why he turned down Satan@Miami for the Cleveland job.

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We can’t even beat UGA on our own “historic” field in our own little stadium! Our basketball team can’t even beat UGA! C.mon fellow Techsters let’s get our annual set of excuses in order!

I for one will continue the annual Tech tradition of whining!

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The UGALY Truth

Wait a minute….Al Groh has decided to take the job driving the daytrip bus at the retirement home instead.

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Gt4ever:
There is no charge for dreaming…..the last 2 out of 3 games you played indicated to me that you were really coming on…really finishing the drill….in the UGA game and the Iowa game it was the offense that broke down time after time when the game was on the line and could have been won….Pugnacious Paul had just enough time for that triple option offense to come down the field running the football and score and there would have been no time left on the clock for the Dawgs….But Willie Martinez somehow got inside Paul’s head and got him to chunkin the rock when he should have been running the triple….Homeboy Nesbitt throws the perfect pass that BayBay drops, and the rest is history…Most predicted a blowout…..Just 8 wins for the Dawgs this year, what a terrible year….8 wins not bad for 98.6% of college football teams, however….IF YOU HAVE A BETTER PROGRAM, WHY DO YOU TRAIL SO BADLY IN THE WIN/LOSS STAT….JUST ASKING, DON’T GET MAD…..

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If Grantham was headed to georgia, you think at least ONE source in the Dalls media would have acknoledged it by now. O wait, maybe georgia and Grantham are trusting the dog nation to keep it under wraps until after they play the Vikings. Hahahahahahahahahahaha. You guys crack me up. Grantham is no more going to Athens than Smart did. It’s not worth the $750,000 they are offering even if it is the 3rd highest in the nation. $1.5 mil and you might get somebody good but only if you would allow them to live in Atlanta and commute to your cow tipper town.

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I wonder if Grantham is the DC, would Travis Jones join him as an assistant?

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5th or 6th choice, mediocre coach, worse than martinez??? Congrats Dawgs!!!! Tech will run all over his D this year in Athens–mark it down. Tech puts up 40+, again!!! It’s hard to be humble as a Tech Engineer!!!

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The NERD HERD is out in full force this morning. Your team didn’t exactly hire the most stellar of DC’s in the nation. See you next November between the hedges for your next beat down.

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Should have hired Bob Shoop

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Correction: That’s Marshes of Glynn. No article necessary.

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3-4 defense is the defense of the future…it’s how you stop the spread offense.

Can’t wait for next year!

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Tech Buzz: And who are you going to have running the ball? Did you not hear about those faithful departing for the NFL?

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The Grinch,

“I’ve heard he has approached Travis Jones to come as a positions coach, but that could just be speculation”.

Last week I heard “KIRBY SMART WILL BE NEXT DC, BANK IT!”

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Vegas odds: 10-1 they’ll f–k it up.

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Tech Buzz

January 15th, 2010
9:12 am

40+ points? Doubt it. Just to play it safe we’ll rename the UGA-tech game the State of Georgia Bowl because everyone knows tech can’t score much in, or even win, a bowl game. bWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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Dawg FuRd

“Grantham seemed to be on Richt’s radar for the beginning so I don’t get the sense Richt is “settling” for Grantham”.

NICE PLAY ON WORDS DUDE. MAKE YOURSELF FEEL BETTER ABOUT BEING TURNED DOWN 6 OTHER TIMES. HAHAHAHAHA

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Great! Go Dawgs! Now, let’s hire some great assistants for the positions. Excited to have this done. We will be better coached than we were last year, and the future looks very bright in Athens.

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Saint Augustine

January 15th, 2010
9:15 am

I’m not saying it will happen, I just passed along what I heard from a fairly reliable source. By the way, this source did not think Kirby was a “done deal”, nor is he David Pollack.

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If it works out it’s a nice hire (higher?) for UGA – I’d take him over K Smart. Ithink UGA defense will improve under him, should be able to handle Kentucy next year but Jocker may be a good head coach, don’t know yet.

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The UGALY truth is that the Cowboys are in the playoffs because of the DEFENSE. The UGALY truth is that UGA’s new DC was approached by Saban to be the Dophins DC and turned it down. Saban thinks he is good….. and that’s good enough for me. The talent (or lack of) at Cleveland was depleted…. and you can’t coach a pig to be a prize winning stallion.

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Please stop reporting this stuff until it’s official. This just give Dallas a chance to double Grantham’s salary.

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Saint Augustine

It’s called going after well qualified, well paid candidates to make yourself stronger while making your competition weaker. Tech settles for an antique just fired for not producing. Great hire.
hahahahahahahahahahahah

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VIDEO…..Grantham breaking down game film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSsx-E7UEHc

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Tech wanted to get a DC that was older than that POS car.

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ESPN: Groh to go with Yellow Jackets

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4828320

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Muh Gurgia Dawgs were such underacheevers last year. The only thing we did wuz beat GT and go to an obskewer bowl game in shreevport to beat a team that wuz 3-5 in its own conf.

Our seeson wuz made by beating GT!! That wuz our defining victory……..GT!! Who’da thunk we’d need to beet GT to valuhdate our own fb team? Gotta go kick my dawg now.

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but Florida’s new DC from the Dolphins has never been a DC in college either. Pulling a guy from the NFL was not only a good move from an X’s & O’s perspective, but also from a marketing and PR position.

FYI – Tech still doesn’t have a DC! LMAO!!! That should be good for their recruiting!

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reason – any uga “fan” complaining is actually a fan of a rival school. No way anyone could be disapointed with getting rid of Willie and acquiring Grantham. This is fantastic news, and coupled with Tenn and Fl in disarray, we have an excellent chance to win the east this year.

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Class of ‘92 here.

Reaon, what are the other 14? USC. Alabama. Texas. Florida. And?

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Reason: Constructive criticism is a good thing. And if you to be immune to criticism then you will find yourself facing reality on the field. The reason that UGA is a great tradition is that we do not put up with mediocrity for very long. As for loyalty, I have a key to Sanford Stadium ( and I will not divulge the details of that). Do you have one of those?

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I’ll believe it when I hear a press release. Pollack has been wrong about all of his info so far.

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This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hey Gayboy, worry less about a UGA new story and more about “I’m coming Lizzabeth” Meyer’s tender heart.

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Good Hire. Anytime you can bring someone from the professional ranks that can sit in a kids living room and tell him he can get him into the NFL, that is a win.

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Feels good to watch a big man dance
There’s a wide smile on the hot street

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I agree that constructive criticism is a GREAT thing, but most of the people on here just say things like: “Bad Hire, UGA is never going to recover.” or ‘Fire Mark Richt after this stoopid hire.” or even “How can we hire someone that was fired from Cleveland?”

I don’t see much constructive in those type of comments.

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Good call Reason. And we want to show our kids that laying it on the line at UGA is a worthwhile endeavor. The pursuit of excellence will never be satified with anything less than perfection.

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I think I am gonna cry. This is the best hire of any of the canidates!! One hell of a coach The Dawgs got. 3-4 equals instant success with the players we already have>>

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when can we expect an offical announcement?? Any word on that and also who will his position coaches likely be??

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On the Clock: You are out of your mind. There is not now, nor will there ever be a coaching carousel at UGA. Stability and continuity are trademarks of UGA athletics. You must not be aware of some of the down years of Vince Dooley who coached there for twenty-five years. I remember one of his bad years–he lost 4 games to ACC opponents. The next year he won the National Championship.

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Congrats, Georgie!! Granthams extensive NFL experience will be a real asset in shutting down GT’s spread option. Oh, well maybe not!!

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Flushed out of the pocket

Do you have any braincells left? Georgia is in the top 10 usually and currently holding the 8th best recruiting class this year. Do any of you people think before you type?

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DGCD Its been 30 years this upcoming year dude for the big prize! Why is that ? We are no better than Klimpson or even a SC……

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GREAT HIRE!!!!!!

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Good point S V…… Hey Jona and you other blind homers… top ten this top ten that. Where is the big prize ?????

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What assistant coaches do you think he will bring along?

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“Congrats, Georgie!! Granthams extensive NFL experience will be a real asset in shutting down GT’s spread option. Oh, well maybe not!!”

We shut it down last year with a below average coach there homey, or did you all forget 30-24! I thought Tech people were smart, but it looks like most of them can’t even remember a few numbers. Stay Classy!

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Saint Augustine

Thanks for reinforcing my point…..dip s__t

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Hey Jona……. do you realize that CMR cant get UGA over the big hump ? His gawdy record only reflects two SEC championships with Donnan recruits.

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OK – so let’s go Vikings so we can announce this already – WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF

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DGGD… Yes IM a huge fan of UGA Im just not a blind homer like yourself.

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Joana,

You’re welcome!

Ron,

Go back to your other dogs dude

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He’ll bring a hybrid 3-4 / 4-3 attacking aggressive style defense with multiple blitzes (and I mean all kinds of blitzes) NFL style combo covereage in the secondary AND he will be able to tell recruits that he has been an NFL coordinator and coached the Dallas Cowboy’s defense….

What is not to love?

Here is something that will make you like him better, Saban tried to hire him to be Miami’s d-coordinator and he turned him down!!!!!!!! that gets him more points in my book

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*and

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If I’m a Blue Chip Defensive Recruit looking for the best chance to get to The NFL I’m going to UGA if this news is true!

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Travis Jones would be great to bring along I hope that happens

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Just wonder how my Tennessee fans will react to a ‘Dooley’ as their new head football coach? And on which side of the stadium Daddy and Momma Dooley will sit at Ga/UT games?

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So i am atarting to think this isnt good!!! Richt please help!!! Why is David P the only guy reportig his??? As for TECH, great hire, i hope Al is good for you…. Just would be a little scepticel about the hiresat UGA and TECH!!!! Les go DAWGS no matter who we hire!!!

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Now you may call it an unreasoning optimism. You may call it obtuse. But the plain fact is, judging from the pictures and mixaphorically speaking, ourn could beat up yourn….and probably edge him out in a foot race to boot.

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hey Jona …..UGA is also the top revenue producers in the SEC and 3rd nation wide but cant get a indoor practice facility, build a new coliseum for BB. UGA does well in golf,Gym and maybe underwater basket weaving. Seems like a bunch of clowns running around in Athens.

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Incredible pickup. Will be huge for UGA. A guy with a lot of NFL experience coming to coach a bunch of soon to be NFL players.

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Hey Flushed……..The problem at UGA is Michael Adams with the puppet Mr. Damon.

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It’s OFFICIAL!!! gadawgs.com

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Groh is old as h_ll and was out of work. Guess techs job beats being a wal-mart greeter. barely. Good pickup techies.

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Dear dog nation,

Get used to this name! Throughout his career, Groh has been a friend and protégé of Bill Parcells, working with him for over 13 years in both collegiate and professional positions. Groh was an assistant under Parcells in two Super Bowls, including a 1990 Super Bowl XXV victory with the New York Giants and a 1996 loss in Super Bowl XXXI with the New England Patriots.

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also

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Dear dog nation,

Put this in your snuff can and dip it. Throughout his career, Groh has been a friend and protégé of Bill Parcells, working with him for over 13 years in both collegiate and professional positions. Groh was an assistant under Parcells in two Super Bowls, including a 1990 Super Bowl XXV victory with the New York Giants and a 1996 loss in Super Bowl XXXI with the New England Patriots.

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Wouldnt hurt my feelings if garner wasnt our recruiting coordinator.

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Saint Augustine, aren’t you missing a tickle pile appointment?

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Amid reports that he was a candidate for the opening at Tennessee, Cutcliffe said Friday he would remain with the Blue Devils because “Duke is the place for our family.”

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Everybody wants to get on Richt like he is some sort of failure but he has won 90 games in 9 years including 2 SEC Championships and played for another. Granted, we have not won a NC yet but I think we will. Heck, it took Joe Paterno 17 years to win one, Bobby Bowden 18 years, Bear Bryant 16 and Steve Spurrier 10. Give the man a break folks. We got rid of sorry a** Willie Martinez and now we have a DC in there who hopefully will exihibit some discipline and fire. If everybody wants to go back to the days of Goff (6-6 every year) or Donnan (8-4 with no hope of ever getting better), then so be it. But we have a good coach and a good man running our program and we are one of the lucky few. Feel free to keep running off at the mouth about how sorry he is but just remember what it was like sitting in Sanford Stadium around 1994 and feeling completely lost and KNOWINg we did not have a shot in the world of getting better.

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Dear dog nation,

THIS JUST IN

Throughout his career, Al Groh has been a friend and protégé of Bill Parcells, working with him for over 13 years in both collegiate and professional positions. Groh was an assistant under Parcells in two Super Bowls, including a 1990 Super Bowl XXV victory with the New York Giants and a 1996 loss in Super Bowl XXXI with the New England Patriots.

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http://georgiadogs.com/

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Hope Dallas goes all the way to the super bowl to keep you AH dogs in suspense. And then see Grantham take the DC position at Tennessee the next day. Ohahahahahahahahahahaha

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Yes, it’s just been confirmed by the AJC that Conan O’Brien has just been named the new DC for the Georgia Bulldogs. It does make sense when you consider that O’Brien often had the “For me to poop on” Dawg as a regular guest on his Late Night show. Congratulations Coach Richt on a very savvy hire.

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Teleconference at 5:15pm with Coach Richt and Grantham. More updates to follow here and on the blog

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OFFICIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yes sir! He’s in. Congrats Mark Richt. Nice work

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I’ve got to go be productive techies. Been fun.

finish up that crack rock and get to class

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NOW! GO GET TRAVIS JONES!! He will be a great pick-up and has said he is willing to take a pay cut to come back .

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First off, this is the best hire we could have wished for. Grantham is a defensive genius, ask Saban, Smart, Muschamp. Great hire by Richt.
Second, let’s not give Pollack all the credit, remember he also broke the “Smart to UGA” news last week

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Dawg Stephen

“Teleconference at 5:15pm with Coach Richt and Grantham”

Let me know how it goes

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Dawg Souvenirs, wait until next year. There will be a dearth of them….and good news…they’ll have Tech’s logo on them…bonus…cool!!!

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“I’m excited the search is over, we have our man, and look forward to what Todd will bring to our defense, our team, and our University,” said Richt. “I think it is particularly valuable that he has a wealth of experience on the defensive side of the ball at both the NFL and collegiate levels. Now we look forward to moving ahead with the home stretch of recruiting, finishing out the defensive staff, and getting ready for spring practice.”

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WOOOOHOOOOOO FINALLY!!!!!!!!

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i think the next couple years will be exciting for UGA. i believe Richt has hired the right guy, even though it took 6 weeks, but it was for a reason, especially since Grantham was finishing up the regular season and now playoffs. only time will tell how he will do here. i could care less what happened in Cleveland years ago..that was past, let’s live in the now!!

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Shut up Jackets & Bradley. Glad we waited, better than the other 3.

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“I would like to thank Coach Mark Richt and Damon Evans for the opportunity for myself and my family to be part of the University of Georgia community,” said Grantham. “I’m very excited about being part of a staff that will work tremendously hard to return Georgia football to one of the premier teams in the SEC. To the fans and boosters of the University of Georgia, I understand the passion and standard of excellence expected. I look forward to developing an aggressive, physical, attacking style defense that offenses will not look forward to playing against.”

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Grantham: 6th choice as d coordinator, but UGA spin people will act like he’s their #1 choice all along!!!! Tech got their #1 choice. Enough said.

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4th choice is a charm…

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Spin- GT didn’t bother looking at other people, they went for 1 guy and thats it. At least UGA has several candidates on the table to choose from. Its a normal hiring process just like any job, but it sounds like GT had no other options but Groh. Good luck with all that

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And all you loser @$$ Techies: Go negative all you want. The fact is regardless of who was contacted or interviewed first(Kirby was the ONLY one to get an offer, that’s a fact), Grantham was always the most qualified. His name didn’t excite fans but it will. As I mentioned earlier, Saban, Smart and Muschamp visit with Grantham in the off-season because he’s such a defensive guru. And don’t forget, Saban offered him the DC job when he went to the Dolphins. If he was good enough for Saban in the NFL, I’m confident he will be great for UGA

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Saban tried to hire Grantham as D-Coordinator for Dolphins before he hired Kirby Smart….Grantham turned him down to take Cleveland job….so Saban knows he is better than Smart…..and the Cowboys have a good D…..so it was a good hire….Kirby Smart will be regretting….hell I could have coached the Alabama D and looked good……Kirby sucked when he coached the Dolphins D…so all u UGA haters…..your ass is grass….Go Dawgs!!!!

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I guess fourth choice is a great hire?

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Spin Master! Your number 1 choice was a coach that got fired from Virginia! Get real, we could have hired a bum in 5 minutes too! Don’t hate!

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Any word on a special teams coach ? Ssure has been taking a while……

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Fantastic hire. Much better than Smart, Foster, Chavis, or Koenning

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“I look forward to developing an aggressive, physical, attacking style defense that offenses will not look forward to playing against.”

This was all I needed to hear from TG. Now I want to see it. It’s exactly what WM lacked as a DC. PLease TG, if you read these dumb things, create chaos in the offensive backfield, if nothing else.

Welcome aboard. All of us in Dawg Nation look forward to 2010 and beyond!
Go Dawgs!

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Well I think it’s a pretty solid hire. College football for better or worse has taken on a Pro Football /Big Business mentality. These kids( and more importantly their parents) are looking at schools that will showcase their talents for the next level. Mark Richt’s method of recruiting kids and building to them be great human beings of faith is honorable, but it isn’t resonating like it used to. And Richt’s model of treating players and coaches like they are family( ala FSU) needed to change as well. College Football is a business, and a college football program needs to be run as such. To Richt’s credit he learned his lesson( albeit a bit too late). Now UGA has a selling point to kids, especially defensive players. Athens has always been a great town with an awesome fan base. And now they have a defensive coach who has experience in the NFL( something Richt’s previous staff’s have lacked), who brings an NFL scheme to the table which will get players ready for the next level. If I were a defensive player( especially a defensive lineman since that’s Grantham’s speciality), I would strongly consider UGA whereas I wouldn’t have when Willie was there. And I think the 3-4 is a good fit for UGA’s current personel because their defense is a bit small but they have speed and are pretty decent when they blitz. That’s the biggest knock I had against Willie, he always had success when he blitzed and never did it enough!

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Looks like Grantham has been on a regressive career path. So I guess it continues

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spin master…….Tech got the only one that would take the pathetic job……UGA started at the top ……..Tech went to the bottom of the barrell to start……so enjoy Groh Tech fans…….watch UGA’s D bust your butts again this year…..say it loud and proud Tech fans….”UGA is my DADDY”!!!!

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Let Me. Let Me.

“This is the man we wanted all along. Hwill bring to our program a combination of skill, youth, enthusaism and the determination to make us play Georgia sty;le defense again. contrary to what you have heard , Todd has always been our 1st Choice. There has really never been anyone else under consideration. I give you Todd Grantham.”

“first of all I want to say how honored I am to be in this position. Georgia has always been the elite of the SEC and this brief downturn of some 30 years has only been a blip. I’m looking forward to working with a Bobby Bowden disciple and arguably one of the greratest coaches in America, Mark Richt. My experience as an experienced coordinator will serve me well as i get the chance to work with the fine student athletes and men of character that make up Georgia football. Am looking forward to speaking with you more in depth later but now I must get back to preparation for Minnesota. Thank you all very much.”

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GaGator-Herschel who? I didn’t know you or any other Florida fan knew who Herschel was since you all didn’t start playing football until 1991.

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[...] It By cousinwalter Leave a Comment Categories: Uncategorized It’s official: UGA hires Grantham [...]

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Spinmaster, 30-24……ouch!! Still stings, doesn’t it?

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Herschel the rasseler, that’s what a UGA degree will get you.

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Saint Augustine! Why would I want a management degree from tech? Management is the major people choice when they don’t want to put in the time to get a real buisness concentration and unfourtanetly it is the only business major offered at Tech. Worry about building parking garages that don’t collapse on its students! Great engineers, lol!

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“4th choice was an AWESOME hire! You think Saban was the 1st choice for Bama? Howd that turn out? Was Richt 1st choice? why are you tech fans even on here? you just hired your own DC, go to your boards and talk about how youre going to win the NC next year. HA!”

Was Richt first choice? Maybe that’s the problem with settling. Recruits top ten class every year running and doesn’t even finish ranked. Why would recruits go to uga if they do not develop? Maybe you shouldn’t answer that, NCAA may be reading too.

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Saint Augustine

what has Groh accomplished in college and I remember him getting fired from job after job after job

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Hey Saint Augustine ((((30-24)))

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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“To the fans and boosters of the University of Georgia, I understand the passion and standard of excellence expected. I look forward to developing an aggressive, physical, attacking style defense that offenses will not look forward to playing against.”

Bingo, that’s the kind of mentality we need in a DC. Welcome coach and we too look forward to you helping us return to the top of the SEC!

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Word to Bobo: Step up your game or you could be next! Our offense is highly predictable and doesn’t present many problems for DC’s in the SEC to scheme against. Those days need to be over quickly.

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This is apparently sending shock waves throughout the SEC as all rival fans are on our blog telling us it is a bad hire. Interpretation: it is apparently an awesome hire and scares the heck out of everyone. GO DAWGS, welcome to UGA Mr. Grantham.

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GameTime, what’s that? That’s Caleb King streaking down the field through the gut of your defense………….phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht!

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GREAT JOB CMR
I still love the fact of all the Fans on here that are holding off because there has been no press conf. People CMR was on with WSB 2 Sport dir and told the news. The Cowboys allowed him to release a statement come on people its true and done. Lets support are dawgs and get ready for feb 3 when we get the next crop of great bulldogs

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GaGator

georgiadogs.com

Georgia’s Official website is reporting Grantham deal is done

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If you guys had offered me $800k, I would have jumped. Saban is a better coach and I know I will be a winner next year

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Page 5…and about 15 posts with quotes, etc that it’s a done deal; and still people doubting it’s a done deal. It IS a done deal, and a good hire. Time will tell whether it’s a great hire. He won’t force a 3-4 on our present personnel; give him a draft or two to get the right players. Actually we’re pretty close already. But, gotta have at least two really dominant guys upfront. And I mean really dominant.

Some are jumping the gun already asking about who’s gonna be position coaches, spec teams etc. Just chill for a few days, ok? It’ll all work out in the end.

I just hope the Pokes lose so CTG can get to Athens and get to work.

Go Georgia Bulldogs!

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“Just wait naysaying losers… and yes.. 4th choice going after the 3 best in the country first. Plus Richt probably only made him 4th b/c of his playoff situation with the Cowboys.”

Sure, Richt figured he would go out and embarrass himself three times, then hire the best guy later.

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GaGator, after 25+ years it’s about time somebody broke those records. Harvin has done a great job in the NFL. He bulked up and instead of using his speed to avoid the big hits and tackles like he did in college he just takes them. Impressive.

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Ok hire.. Groh at GT is a better hire.

Coach Grantham much immediately get Willie and Rodney off campus and hire a new staff that he likes.

Now… Bobo is next.. Fire Bobo and promote Searls maybe? Give him a shot.. Also. Fire Lilly and rehire Dave Johnson as OL Coach and TE coach… Lilly is awful.

This doesn’t solve much of anything for UGA really though. Todd will have some bad days just as BVG did with CMR and Bobo involved in the offense.

Richt needs to go. That is really the only answer.

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Congrats dawgs, from an old gator who knows how fast dynasties rise and fall. Looks like you may be on the way up.

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Things will not change as long as CMR is heading the program….he has peaked.

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We don’t know how this guy will do as a college DC. Alot of other coaches, in the know, seem to say good things about him.

What we do know is that the search is over, which is a good thing and that recruits should like that he’s a pro guy.

So, right now, I see no negatives.

We’ll only know for sure if it was a good hire in about 10 months or so.

HBTD!!!

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I knew it was coming: “grantham was always the most qualified” — the spin machine is in full force from the uga nation!!! 6th choice, but grantham was “always the most qualified” — even better than muschamp, chavis, foster…..sure, everyone believes that!! More years of mediocrity from the UGA D—grantham would have been fired by jerry jones anyway!!

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I think spin master is 1.3 million. His totally clueless posts prove it.

HBTD!!!

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Word is that Travis Jones will be coming with him! That would be a huge get as far as recruiting and defensive knowledge

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Fantastic hire. Welcome to the Dawg nation. See you in Atlanta, Kirby.

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The last time Groh was a coordinator in college it was on offense

You are going to have a bunch of OLD white men at Tech trying to recruit players….good luck

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Prediction: UGA 8-5 again in 2010. Tech, which is THE university of Georgia, will administer one of the five whuppin’s.

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Hey … I woulda done a better job for that kinda money. Twice
as good.

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gatorman, everybody for the past 20 years for UGA has a losing record against you guys. Urban probably won’t be back due to the “family issues” he will have to work on. Evidently it wasn’t all health related.

In all of Willie’s years I never once heard the word “attack” or “agressive” used in describing his defenses. Grantham in his first statement goes after it. Time will tell. We know that “soft cover 2″ won’t be used any longer.

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You folks are so desperate and pitiful,if Mark had hired the devil you would think it was the second coming.Get a life!

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Grantham — easily the best of all the candidates UGA looked at. They never really made offers to anyone else—Grantham was the main target all along. He’ll design an attacking D that will shut down offenses at florida and tennessee, which will be way down anyway in 2010 with little talent!!! Dawgs win the SEC east–bet the house.

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Waiting on feedback from the Dallas Morning News and the Fort-Worth Star Telegram newspapers……we’ll see how much smoke is being blown up ours.
Personally, I hope the hire is for real. I was one who said we needed and NFL guy or an NCAA guy with NFL experience.

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Grantham? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Sorry, GT, option football just died.

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Golden Turdnado- It must be sad to live such a pathetic existence. THE (lower case u) university of Georgia has a 72% non-Georgia born student body. The (upper case U) University of Georgia has a 53% Georgia born student body. Oh, and we will beat you nerds once again in 2010. I used to really get into the game, when it was an actual rivalry. In a rivalry, both teams have to be competitive.

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People complain about the length of this search process but when AL made it to the NC game you knew this would be a long process because they HAD to talk to Kirby. He was the perfect candidate & had UGA ties could you imagine the backlash if he hired a DC without talking to & offering Smart! In the mean time CMR talked to two top flight DC’s in Foster & Chavis whom if he hired either no one was going to say they were bad hires that we shouldn’t have waited on Kirby first before hiring them. He talked to up & comer Vic Koneing who took the IL DC job rather than waiting on the UGA job. He finds Todd Grantham who has a great defensive background, likes his fiery passion & feels like he’s a good fit for UGA. BUT first he HAS to talk to & offer Smart, 1 because he’s the perfect candidate & 2 the Dawg nation wouldn’t be accepting of off the radar guy like Grantham if he didn’t go after Smart first. In the end CMR got his & the right man for the DC job! That’s all that matters! Now Evans needs to step to the plate so we can “Finish the Drill” on this by hiring great assistants to help Grantham! GODAWGS!

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TXDawg, No mess in Gainesville except to find out where to play all of the Nations best recruiting class.

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TXDawg

I can feel your pain. 3 for 20 in Jacksonville isn’t much of a life. And if you have noticed the Gators this year may have the best class even in the history of the NCAA. All I can see is 4 more of pain in J’ville.

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GaGator the article said after 5:15 due to the Cowboys scheduele…

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CMR made it clear for weeks that he would let everyone know when he had guy. He has already released the following:

‘I’m excited the search is over, we have our man, and look forward to what Todd will bring to our defense, our team, and our University,” said Richt. “I think it is particularly valuable that he has a wealth of experience on the defensive side of the ball at both the NFL and collegiate levels. Now we look forward to moving ahead with the home stretch of recruiting, finishing out the defensive staff, and getting ready for spring practice.”

It is on the Bulldog official website and being reported by wsbtv as well.

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Grantham will be the next scape goat…or Richt’s replacement

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YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!! THIS IS THE BEST WE COULD GET FOR A DC????

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Why did Romeo Crannel fire him at Cleveland? Was it because he didn’t like attack defenses?

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Bout damn time! I’m ready to see SEC opponents SCARED to play against a tough DAWG Defense. Let’s go Grantham!! You got a lot of work to do in a short time. Go Dawgs!!!

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Scared????

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Kirby, keep your butt in redneck ville, we don’t need you. But when your headcoach daddy leaves you high and dry don’t call Georgia!

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Guys, it’s already on the official athletic website for UGA (www.georgiadogs.com) I think it’s pretty safe to say, it’s a done deal.

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$750,000 for an nfl linebacker coach? Where’s UGA getting all that bling?

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Great hire. Beat Tech 10 more years in a row…!!!

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The Dawg hire was much better than Tech’s. Grantham’s aggressive, young and will be at UGA for years, building the best D in the SEC. Groh? The dude’s in his 60s and ready for the old folks home any day now. He’ll have a tough time recruiting at that age.

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Tech got a Lexus, UGA a Ford…………..as DC’s.
Sorry Richt, it is what it is.

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I think Bean Anderson should get a look at nose tackle.He has all the physical gifts but he doesn’t have the concentration for OL.

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Great hire….
NFL background….
Saban would have hired him if Kirby Smart had come to UGA….
Ought to be a big asset in recruiting as well.

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The third pick and he gets 750K per year….and the university system is laying off employees, furloughing, and subsidizing athletics….go figure.

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Hey Pete….I think Tech got more like a Packard or that Model T (old and outdated) you guys drive around on game day. UGA might have a Ford but last I heard, they were built tough…..just what a Defense needs….toughness!!

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He seems to have a solid background. We’ll see if he’ll man up and instill some discipline into the thug “afroletes” on defense!

http://www.castefootball.us

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Love CPJ and I don’t hate Tech, but the Tech fans will always be ranked # 1. In regards to a delusional fan base. Tech will win 7 games every year with CPJ, and they will beat UGA once every 10 years. So, Let’s just say ” Floats like Butter Fly and drinks UGA’s peeeeee”.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=4828695 its done people quit freaking out.

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“UGa cuts English Department funds to up ante for DC”. I’d prefer they make the English Department Head the DC. Neither program would suffer.

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all you morons that are saying GT won this battle of the DC search need to wait a year and see whose D plays better. Right now all they are is a new hire. I wont rejoice until I see us winning games 17-10 instead of 45-42

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Well looks like CMR has made me to look like a “Little Kirby” again!

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Well, at least I got a raise out of this …. until Saban figures out I’m doing nothing.

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Are any of you morons that are totally consumed with this issue worry about what Obama is doing to our country?

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ESPN is reporting it on the bottom line….I guess it’s official now that the SEC(ESPN) network says so….lol

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Finally.Good hire CMR.

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What’s the difference between a UGA divorce and a tornado?

I don’t know but somebody’s gonna lose a trailer.

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Maybe if I can sing the words to ‘Rocky Top’ maybe AD Hamilton will hire me for the job at UT. I also have an unproven coaching record to match.

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too much $, so he better produce

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Independent Thinker, yes I am pi$$ed off too about that much money going to a defensive coordinator for a football team. Pi$$ed at my parents for not telling me that I could make that much for just coaching football.

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Wonder how Rodney Garner feels……..

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TXDawg, should help recruiting for DL’s. Especially if you are a DT or NG in high school looking to make an immediate impact in college. I would hope that Grantham comes in and evaluates the talent before throwing the older guys on the field. UGA does have a ton of talent too. Now it will be utilized.

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Grantham to finish season for Cowboys
IRVING, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys didn’t take long to hire Paul Pasqualoni as their new defensive line coach. It actually took a matter of minutes.
The University of Georgia announced the hiring of Todd Grantham as its defensive coordinator Friday, and shortly thereafter, the Cowboys announced it had hired Pasqualoni to replace him.
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/news/story?id=4828825

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If im rodney garner i would be piss.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!

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