Another SEC defensive coordinator joins $700,000 club
$700,000-plus appears to be the new going rate for defensive coordinators in the Southeastern Conference.
South Carolina’s Ellis Johnson had his annual compensation doubled to $700,000 yesterday when the executive committee of the school’s board of trustees approved a contract extension that adds two years to his contract (through 2013).
That makes Johnson one of four SEC defensive coordinators who’ll make at least $700,000 this year, joining Georgia’s Todd Grantham ($750,000), Alabama’s Kirby Smart ($750,000) and LSU’s John Chavis ($700,000).
Only one SEC defensive coordinator made more than $450,000 last year.
Smart and Chavis got raises of $390,000 and $250,000, respectively, after being pursued for the Georgia job. Johnson got his $350,000 raise after reportedly being offered the Tennessee DC job by new Vols coach Derek Dooley.
Georgia is paying Grantham, who spent the past 11 years as an NFL assistant, about $425,000 more than it paid former defensive coordinator Willie Martinez ($325,815 last year).
The run-up in SEC defensive-coordinator salaries started last year when Tennessee paid Monte Kiffin, now at Southern Cal, $1.2 million in base salary. But the SEC’s next highest paid DC last year, Chavis, made $450,000.
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216 comments Add your comment
Jona
February 12th, 2010
9:34 am
Because we considered him.
Jona
February 12th, 2010
9:38 am
First without even trying. Does that make me a loser?
Yes Sir!
February 12th, 2010
9:40 am
Jona – Big time loser
Bill
February 12th, 2010
9:43 am
Thanks Coach Richt for running up the salarys…when everyone else in having hard times. Teacher get crap and schools cutting days and coaches and AD’s getting rich. May God Bless your efforts.
Blindog
February 12th, 2010
9:48 am
With all the money the schools make on football,what they pay the coaches is nothing but a drop in the bucket.
anotherdawg
February 12th, 2010
9:52 am
Bill, You might want to thank the Kiffin’s and Tennessee for that. Oh, and may God bless you too!
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
9:53 am
Will this be known as the Georgia DC Stimulus package for college football?
PMC
February 12th, 2010
9:55 am
This is inline with the new TV deal. Schools are making insane money off of CFB they are paying coaches now competitive money to keep them at thier schools.
PMC
February 12th, 2010
9:57 am
Its not like that money leaves the economy anyway. It will either be spent or invested and that will employ quite a few people.
Jona
February 12th, 2010
9:58 am
Kiffin got the ball rolling. Remember, he was paying his father 1.2 million for the same job.
RomeDawg
February 12th, 2010
9:59 am
Hey ga gator, you may want to hire a DC before smack talking! Last time I checked your DC stayed for about a month. Was it a money issue? Being a coach on a staff for Chan Gailey cannot be considered job security.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:00 am
Ellis Johnson had to turn down both Georgia AND Florida to get his raise.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:01 am
Already have a DC in the fold. He’s also from the NFL.
Jona
February 12th, 2010
10:01 am
ga gator
Neither offered him best I can tell. Just talked about it.
How do we know you really ARE ga gator?
South Georgia UGA Hick
February 12th, 2010
10:01 am
I thnk the precedent was actually set by Texas
when they bumped Muschamp (Assistant Head
Coach in waiting, in waiting, in waiting, HO HUM,
in waiting) to $900,000.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:02 am
Teryl Austin
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:06 am
Well, Ellis Johnson got a raise after “talking” to both Georgia and Florida. That better?
Jona
February 12th, 2010
10:07 am
No word on how much they are going to pay Austin. Let’s start a blog pool to see who comes closest.
I’m going with 751,000. fl is so much better than my Dawgs they have to pay more.
Jona
February 12th, 2010
10:08 am
“Well, Ellis Johnson got a raise after “talking” to both Georgia and Florida. That better?”
Snippy this morning aren’t we?
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
10:10 am
Who really cares what the Gators say or do. We owned them when they had Strong and Myer.
david
February 12th, 2010
10:10 am
250.000 a year i would like to make that drop in a bucket a year.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:10 am
Yesterday was ROUGH.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:13 am
There’s so much information coming out of Gainesville. Michael Barrow interviewed for the Co-DC job yesterday too.
ugaaccountant
February 12th, 2010
10:14 am
What is wrong with you people? Can’t a successful person earn a raise anymore without throngs of jealous bystanders getting pissed off. If you don’t like capitalism, perhaps move somewhere with the communist government you keep dreaming of.
Otto
February 12th, 2010
10:20 am
LSU is getting ripped off… wow.
As for the others, how much money are these football teams bringing in?
Jona
February 12th, 2010
10:22 am
“Yesterday was ROUGH.”
It was painful for me to watch
patrick
February 12th, 2010
10:24 am
UNDER Richt
Vs. SEC foes: 43-22
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Vs. Top 25 foes: 29-18
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Vs. Top 25 foes away from home: 18-12
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Vs. Top 10 foes: 8-6
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In postseason games (bowls and championships): 9-3
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In games decided by a touchdown or less: 34-14
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Record at home: 47-9
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Record on the road: 27-6
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Losses to unranked teams: 6
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Top 25 finishes: 8
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Top 10 finishes: 6
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Fact:………UGA was 12-1 in 2002 (prior to bowl selections)
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Fact ………Fla was 12-1 in 2006 (prior to bowl selections)
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Fact ………Not UGAs fault there were 2 unbeatens that year. “unlucky”
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Fact……….Not Flas credit that there was only one unbeaten in 2006. “Lucky”
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Fact:………Luck (not merit) had more to do with Fla getting an invite to the BCS not that Fla was more deserving to go to a NC than UGA with identical records.
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Fact:………No SEC team has ever lost a BCSNC game and if UGA would have been invited nothing indicates that it would have been different
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Fact……….UGA has 2 SEC titles..same as Fla in last 9 years and equal amount of total wins (90) over all.
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Fact……….UGA has been ranked more times top ten in last 9 years than any SEC team at 6. Fla has only been ranked top ten 3 times in 9 years (real impressive).
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Fact……….In 9 years under Richt no SEC team has more wins
Fact………..UGA has won 4 str8 bowls….more than any other SEC team.
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Fact……..UGA has won 11 of last 13 bowls…Thats more than any team (tied with LSU and more than FLA)
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Fact…… UGA has won 8 or more games in last 13 years…more than any other team in the nation including Fla.
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Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years. Only a fool or a fan of the mythical BCSNC selection process (non playoff) would think otherwise.
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Fact…….UGA had same record when they won the SEC title in 2002 as Fla did in 2006/8 when they won the SEC title. But UGA had the misfortune (luck) to have that record in a year that had 2 other teams with undefeated records.
Hardly an indictment on UGA but rather on the NC selection process.
6 times finished in the top 10
2 times finished in the top 3
3 SEC Championship Appearances
2 SEC Titles
3 BCS Bowls
2 Sugar Bowl wins
90-27 record over 8 seasons – 79% winning percentage (one of only 7 in the history of college ball to have ever accomplished this)
4 str8 bowl wins
7-2 in bowls (big games)
Mark Richt coached QB coach for Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke = 2 Heismans; Head Coach for David Greene = all time winningest college QB until Colt McCoy this year); and coached Matthew Stafford = very rich #1 draft pick)
No Probations
He has my respect.
Period.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
10:25 am
lest Ga Gator and Otto forget
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
10:28 am
3 defensive coordinators in 3 months, 2 head coaches in 2 weeks, multiple other coaching issues and Gators want to talk about other DC activity. I guess that is deflection from the pain, maybe the Gator fans should be on Ambien, CUM probably has enough to go around. .
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
10:29 am
I’m with ugaaccountant, capitalism created the greatest country in the history of the world.
If you don’t like it, Delta is ready when you are.
Fl Dawg
February 12th, 2010
10:30 am
I heard that David Pollack interviewed for the DC job in Gainesville yesterday.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
10:31 am
Patrick, you forgot the part about Richt being 2-9 against UF.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
10:32 am
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS , you sound kind of like the ga gator imposter.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:32 am
It’s a three step process to recruiting and securing a #1 football recruiting class. Strong brings them in, Edwards keeps them in Gainesville and now Austin will coach them up.
JB
February 12th, 2010
10:32 am
Soon you will hear the NCAA propose the “Richt Rule”………..Yes , you guessed it. Assit coach’s under contract can only receive an increase of 30% of current pay to turn down a CONTRACT OFFER to go to another school………..you say, that’s no big deal…. Hears the kicker… If he does leave, The hiring school has to pay the DIFFERENCE of the new schools coach that you hired away.
Ok, we hire Chavios for 700,000. LSU hires Todd Grantham for 700,000. Chavios was making 400,000. UGA owes LSU 300,000 for the next year only. That’s how you stop this circus.
Jona
February 12th, 2010
10:33 am
Gee…thanks Patrick. We’ve all copied that post and made it our background on our desktops.
colorado bulldog
February 12th, 2010
10:33 am
Gators hired the Secondary Coach of Arizona? Wow things must be bad in Gainesville. Arizona’s pass defense ranked 23 of 32 teams. Ouch. I hope they didn’t give him a comparable salary to the rest of these guys.
Alidog
February 12th, 2010
10:33 am
Any body heard the rumor about Bobo stepping down?
Jona
February 12th, 2010
10:34 am
Any body heard the rumor about Bobo stepping down?
Are you starting it? I’ll pass it on.
word up
February 12th, 2010
10:35 am
i agree w/patrick. i understand that bulldog fans want championships. but if we start griping about mark richt this year and put him on the hot seat, i will cry. he is by far the best coach since vince dooley. period. sometimes a rebuilding year can stretch to a little bit more than a year. i think we’ve been spoiled by his instant and continuing success. hunker down dawgs, and finish the drill! we will be lifting the crystal football in less than 3 years. that, or we will continue to be the best 10 win team in the country.
JB
February 12th, 2010
10:35 am
Florida, welcome back to earth. See you at 10-2, maybe.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:35 am
With the potential of having three co-defensive coordinators in Heater, Austin and Barrow, I doubt Austin is making that much money.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
10:36 am
colorado bulldog, I agree the hire sucks, but it sucked having Zook as a coach and he still had a winning record against the puppies.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
10:37 am
Blue Max….Yes the Florida head to head is a problem. However, You cant have an “Achilles heel” if you are not an “Achilles”. Strange you focus on a single …no the single…. poor stat and yet ignore the overwhelming evidence of Richt dominating success at UGA. Why is that?
Otto
February 12th, 2010
10:37 am
Alidog, No? Sources?
JB why stop what circus? Nothing is out of hand. Does your rule expand to jumping between the NFL and NCAA?
Fl Dawg
February 12th, 2010
10:38 am
ga gator, I actually heard that they are getting money under the table in a Swiss Bank account that exceeds 800K apiece.
Jona
February 12th, 2010
10:38 am
Thought he was sole DC. My bad. I personally don’t like defense by committee. But that’s just me. I adjust my guess to 181,000.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
10:38 am
Gators!!!!!!!
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
10:39 am
Because stats are for losers and until he brings you a NC, then he is a loser, Unless you are just happy with being second in the east most years.
ga gators
February 12th, 2010
10:40 am
Gators!!!!!!!!!
ga gators
February 12th, 2010
10:41 am
Urban Meyer reminds me of the old Army TV commercial, more work before 8 am than most do all week. He’s done more work hiring defensive coordinators during his leave of absence than most coaches do their whole career.
ga gators
February 12th, 2010
10:41 am
Not again.
Otto
February 12th, 2010
10:42 am
Patrick,
CMR
1-3 against UT the past 4 years
1-3 against UF the past 4 years
2-2 against KENTUCKY the past 4 years and a late INT from 1-3
Vandy won in Athens and celebrating a win in Nashville was cause for celebration.
Hard to argue that UF is the one weak point.
CMR has the next 2-3 seasons to prove he can return to what made those stats that you post. I hope he does it but either way UGA football will continue. UF and Bama have both shown it can take some searching to bring the program to what it should be.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
10:43 am
I, like stats, am a loser. All I have is the Florida football team to hang my hat on. Work ‘em, Silly Gators!!!
Jona
February 12th, 2010
10:43 am
Don’t start that again.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
10:44 am
Blue max…………you truly are dense. Bring home a DC…..He did THE EXACT SAME THING Fla did to “bring home a DC. He went 12-1 in the regular season. How is that any different….oh I know…. because he was not LUCKY enuff to have that record WHILE THERE WERE NOT 2 UNDEFEATED teams.
So to recap….Richt has done the exact same thing Meyers did to “bring home a NC” and has the Exact same record over last 9 years….but has been ranked more times top ten and has more bowl wins….but you think the Fla is better?
I have a bridge in San Fransissyco that I will sell you.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
10:45 am
Actually I like being in Athens and hearing your manly Elton John’s Saturday Night and reliving all of the glory years since 1980. Beautiful setting, losing football.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
10:45 am
Patrick you probably live in SF.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:46 am
I’d rather the Gators be “lucky” National Champs than “unlucky” losers any day.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:47 am
I would rather be anything gator than puppy.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
10:47 am
Otto.
In those last 4 years UGA has been ranked top ten 3 times, once number 2 and has won all of its bowl games.
Not hard to argue that Fla isd the one weak spot.
Also, Otto, during those 4 years UGA had one year with 18 scholly players out with season ending injuries prior to game 3 but still won ten games and a bowl and was ranked top ten.
Hard to argue that you are not clueless.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
10:48 am
I hate when people think I am from the city by the bay.
Jona
February 12th, 2010
10:48 am
Oh well. The dweeb from tech woke up I see. Anything else you guys see from me is from him. The snow is about to hit and I’ll be d_mned if I’m getting stuck at work. GO DAWGS!!!!!
Tim Tucker
February 12th, 2010
10:48 am
I’m getting confused?
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
10:51 am
How do you like being 2 and 5 last ten years and being embarrased on National TV to the point of tears?
patrick
February 12th, 2010
10:51 am
Ga Gayturd…12-1 and then winning their bowl game is unlucky losers? Ummm OK its clearly time for your meds.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:52 am
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS, hide behind someone else when you cant defend your mutts.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
10:53 am
Heck…even freaking Ole Miss brought them gayturds to tears.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:54 am
patrick, if you are a dog fan, no that was a good year. How about the other 1 of the 2-9?
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:55 am
Yea Patty boy, Ole Miss was our Vandy and KY at home.
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
10:57 am
Impressive stats, Patrick, but we unfortunately live in a world of “what have you done for me lately?” The four years since the Dawgs last trip to the SECCG and the record against Florida are huge problems. If the school wants to compete at the highest level then it’s coach should be prepared to put up with the scrutiny that comes with it.
shaniqueie
February 12th, 2010
10:58 am
bill, sounds like liberal,im a loser lets hate someone who makes more than me crap.i thought everyone knew teachers did not make very much. they nly work 8 months out of the year.
jaglaw
February 12th, 2010
10:59 am
Hey Guys…..
Sorry been out of the loop. Could someone tell me who UF has hired. Thanx go dawgs.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
10:59 am
UA Alum92, most Dawgs aren’t capable. There is a time warp between 1980 and Richts 2 championship years.
McDawg
February 12th, 2010
10:59 am
who cares?? enough of this go blog about baseball union arbitration salray cap labor stife boring crap elsewhere
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
10:59 am
Teryl Austin.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
11:00 am
If you ain’t a Gator, you’re Gator Bait!!!
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
11:00 am
jaglaw, hired the DB coach from the AZ Cardinals. Poor hire in my opinion since AZ’s pass defense got torched by Favre.
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
11:02 am
I am looking for pay info on the new DC at Florida. Looks like he is making $12.00 an hour plus all the Ambien he can eat. Oh well, doesn’t matter he will be gone soon to greener pasture.
Tim Tucker
February 12th, 2010
11:02 am
Blue Max, you are dog meat.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:02 am
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
11:00 am
jaglaw, hired the DB coach from the AZ Cardinals. Poor hire in my opinion since AZ’s pass defense got torched by Favre.
I do love the fact that Urban Meyer is interviewing and hiring African-Americans for the defensive coordinator job.
Tim Tucker
February 12th, 2010
11:03 am
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS, why dont you keep the same handle?
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:04 am
UA Alum92….in those 4 years since the SWECCG UGA finished 2nd in the nation once and top ten at least once more.
Last year Richt suffered a brain fart and allowed his loyalty to place UGA in a losing situation. He should have fired Martinez years ago and NEVER should have played Cox.
and 2008 …..clearly losing 18 scholly players to season ending injury had something to do with those 3 losses. However, complaining about only 3 losses with that kinda injury problem shows just how spoiled we are as UGA fans due to Richt keeping this program at a high level for so long its disappointing even when they “only” win 10 games.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:04 am
Mark Richt wanted to, but the necks wouldnt let him.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:05 am
Timmy boy, just use your own name, its ok.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:05 am
oops…”SECCG”
Sanjeev
February 12th, 2010
11:05 am
Hey patrick here is fact for you: No national championships in over 20 years. Remind me of Richt’s record against Florida.
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
11:07 am
Sanjeev, thanks my brudda.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:07 am
Sanjeev, how many Gator football players have held up your store in the last 20 years?
jaglaw
February 12th, 2010
11:07 am
Who is Teryl Austin? Did he come from an NFL team? Have they hired a LB coach?
Blue Max
February 12th, 2010
11:08 am
I think you mean UT players, right?
PJ
February 12th, 2010
11:08 am
30-24
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:08 am
ga gator
Don’t respond to Patrick or to any of his aliases, he has mental problems
and is completely irrational. I just hope he gets help soon
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:08 am
Patrick, come on, injuries are part of the game. There is an easy enough way Richt and Georgia can quiet the debate. Win.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:08 am
Sanjeev……….have you not been keeping up?
please educate yourself prior to writing your propaganda. Richt has finished in the top 10 six out of his 9 seasons at Georgia (yes he finished #10 in the USA Today Coaches Poll last year, the same poll that hands out the BCS Natl Championship trophy).
You have to be very lucky to win a Natl Championship – Florida would not have been in the Natl Champ game in 2006 without USC inexplicably losing its final game to Karl Dorrell and UCLA.
Look at LSU in 2007 and the circumstances in which that two loss team made the championship game.
Richt simply has not had that kind of luck bestowed on him yet – matter of fact he should have been playing for the Natl Championship in 2002 and 2007 if not for some luck of the opposite kind.
Its interesting to note that UF and LSU have won national titles with the same record UGA had when it won its two SEC titles. Its not that UGA is not as good of a program as either of the two, they have just been luckier than UGA. And that’s the truth.
But thanks for playing
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:09 am
Not many Vols get down to Gainesville, FL to rob a 7-11.
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February 12th, 2010
11:10 am
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ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:11 am
Vols don’t have to go to Gainesville, they stop on 441 in Athens.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:12 am
AU Alum92……Injuries are part of the game?.
OK then while you find and report to me and us another team that has ever had 18 scholly players lost to season ending injuries early in the season and still managed to win 10 games and a bowl AND finish ranked 10th I will order pizza.
Do you think you can come up with that teams name by the time it gets here?
I didnt think so.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:14 am
so you thinks “wins” quiets the debate?
2002 UGA “wins” 12 games and the SEC but does not get invited
2006 Fla “wins” 12 games and the SEC but does get invited.
It appears wins have nothing to do with getting into and winning a BCSNC. Hmmm
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
11:14 am
Gators irrelavent in NCAA history. Not in top twenty in wins. Cannot compete in SEC: TN, AL, LSU, BAMA, Auburn, Arkansas and Tech all better programs with more wins. Perenial second tier program as far as the eye can see.
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:14 am
I’m a Bama Alum. Did you order sour grapes on your pizza?
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:14 am
Look legit bloggers, there is only one reason this, ga gator, Blue Max imitator copies crap and that is because he is typical of many UGA fans. He has such an inferiority complex that he thinks everyone is out to screw him and his team. He can’t debate so he copies, but that’s to be expected.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:15 am
See what I mean about Patrick, he lives in the past and juswt has no
Comprehension of the PRESENT!
jaglaw
February 12th, 2010
11:15 am
I agree in many ways to the “unlucky” issue……but until we beat UF on a more regular basis, the national opinion will always bump another team over us when it comes down to determining #1 vs #2 in the BCS CG.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:16 am
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS, at least that is funny; keep it up.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:16 am
Here is another “wins” quieting the debate
2007 UGA “wins 11 games and is on a 7 game win streak but does not get invited
2007 LSU “wins” 11 games and lost its last regular season game and two of its last 7 but gets invited
yep looks like “wins” quiets the debate.
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:17 am
Winning damn sure quieted the debate this year.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:17 am
jaglaw, it doesn’t even have to be on a regular basis; you just have to win the SEC east win you go 11 or 12-1.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:19 am
I dont think I ever took anything away from ALA winning the NC. However, didnt they need to block a last second chip shot field goal against an unranked Tenn to get there? Hmmmm
#1 BAMA FAN
February 12th, 2010
11:20 am
Patrick……Bulldogs 0-3 when wearing their after 6pm evening attire….aka (BLACKOUT) RTR
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
11:20 am
And the beat goes on. Losses everywhere. Next year look for more ot the same. Bama 35 Gators 14 and nobody cries anymore as all Gators get use to losing once again.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:21 am
As much as I enjoyed totally educating and “owning” you guys I must tear myself away. Duty calls.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:21 am
UA Alum92 amen bro. It was a old fashioned butt kicking.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:22 am
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS, welcome back dude.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:22 am
actually UGA is 2-3 in blackout….AUBURN and HAWAII were wins
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:22 am
That’s the point, Patrick. We did block it. And win.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:24 am
ga gator said: “UA Alum92 amen bro. It was a old fashioned butt kicking”
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yep …..except for the whole blocking a winning chip shot field goal thingy..
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:25 am
patrick where do you list the “white and blackout” in Jax last year?
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:25 am
UA Alum92 said: “That’s the point, Patrick. We did block it. And win”
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Oh I see…and you did it with 18 scholly players out? I must have missed that.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:25 am
Pat, I was refering to them whipping us in ATL.
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:26 am
Thanks, ga gator. What a great game! I’ve been lucky enough to go to the last two SECCG’s and, man, did it ever feel good to come out on the winning end last year. This has been a fun rivalry the last couple of years.
jaglaw
February 12th, 2010
11:26 am
ga gator, It doesnt mean we have to win every season, but we have to at least be “equal” to UF over a period of time…….say we go 3-3 over the next 6 years and then we are in contention, the NATIONAL MEDIA will look at us differently. Also, we have to beat UF when they are up, not just in the down years. We need to beat UF when both teams have top 10 teams takking the field.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:27 am
AU Alum97……………….I love it when people say “we” blocked it or “us”. Did you play? “We” are kinda living vicariously.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:27 am
I’m coming to Tuscalosa in the fall; but don’t feel good about it.
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:27 am
Patrick, what’s the saying about excuses? Per your earlier posts, I’m reminded of Mark Twains quotes about the three kinds of lies:
1. Lies
2. Damn lies
3. Statistics
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:28 am
jaglaw, there have been many times when you have been better, you just have to get spurrier’s curse out of your head.
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:30 am
ga gator, we tailgate at the Methodist church across Bryant Drive from the campus. If you make it to Tuscaloosa drop by. Should be a good one!
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:32 am
excuses? I never used excuses. I said UGA STILL won 10 games.
Now if I said UGA was “horrible” BECAUSE of those 18 scholly players then THAT would be an excuses.
Hard to make excuse for WINNING ten games and WINNING a bowl and FINISHING TOP TEN.
Are you drinking this early in the day?
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:32 am
UA Alum92, sure you’d want an Old Gator (1974) stop by?
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:34 am
More the merrier! All ages welcome. Always way too much food, etc. Plus we have access to the church’s kitchen AND bathroom which comes in very, very handy!
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:34 am
Pointing out how GOOD UGA was DESPITE those injuries is hardly making excuses. It is actually pointing out the fact Richt did an awesome job of coaching to overcome them. Duh Put down the crack pipe and go back to work.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:35 am
I mean really….How do you make “excuses” for success?
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
11:37 am
No need to bring your chomp chear to TTown, it won’t be in use there. Blue Orange Blue Orange Blue Orange. Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, we just beat the he@@ out of you again.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:37 am
patrick, the truth until we ever get a playoff, no one really knows who the best team is. What the current system does is reward “popular” programs and punishes the rest. It makes head to head rivalries even more important. When you have a conference with 2 divisions, it will be extremely difficult to have a team that came in second in their division play for the NC.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:38 am
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS explain that for us dummies.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:38 am
The pizza is almost here and I have yet to hear the name of another team that has 18 scholly players out and still won 10 games, a bowl and a top ten ranking. Should I check back with you tomorrow?
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:39 am
UA Alum92, then I might just do that. We will have to keep in touch.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
11:39 am
Wow I not only agree with you ga gator but thats what I have been saying and alluding to all day
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:42 am
You didn’t win them all. Excuses.
Look, Bill Curry had a very good record when he was at Bama (26-10 or so) but he couldn’t beat Auburn and that was enough to let him go no matter how unfair it might seem. Unfortunately, if CMR continues to lose to Florida and fail to make it to the SECCG, I just don’t see the Athletic Department keeping him around.
Worst Fans in the SEC East
February 12th, 2010
11:43 am
UF has 3 national titles in the past 15 years.
LSU has 2 national titles in the past 10 years.
UGA has none over the same time period.
All that UGA has is excuses. The coaches and the writers did not think UGA was worthy that one year. In a year that they couldn’t even win their conference championship. Did they even win their division that year?
End of story. Game over. You can show all the data that you want. But you won’t even acknowledge that UF has owned you over the past 20 years.
Again, nothing but excuses. Injuries? Really? EVERY team has injuries. It’s part of the game. And if you had ever played any team sport then you would realize and acknowledge this fact.
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:45 am
Great ga gator! Please. And I agree with your earlier point that if you can’t win your division, much less your conference, you don’t belong in the NCG.
Worst Fans in the SEC East (UGA)
February 12th, 2010
11:45 am
Patrick:
Why don’t you declare the 2007 UGA team NAtional Champions? Maybe they’ll host a ceremony for the team? You can award them a trophy!
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:47 am
UA Alum 92, I love saying “Gators” at the top of my lungs while scrubbing the backy juice out of my jean shorts.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:47 am
Worst Fans in the SEC East, BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS, Patrick whoever you are; glad your back to being yourself. Bama Alum, its been fun. OUT!!!
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
11:48 am
I’d still rather be a “lucky” NC than an “unlucky” SEC East Division Champ.
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
11:48 am
Gators have never even had one undefeated season. Not ever, never, never, never, never. End of story. Gators second tier program, always have blemishes even when winning the so called Mytthical NC.
DawgBite
February 12th, 2010
11:50 am
Johnson was pursued by us (UGA) before UT also made inquiries. He turned us both down.
No matter…we’ll beat SC once again come September.
Bamafan
February 12th, 2010
11:52 am
Patrick – you are way too defensive. Lighten up a bit! No one questions Coach Richt’s value to UGA…..after all, UGA was missing in action for the years 1983-2001. No one wanted to listen to Bama fans talk about 12 national titles, 21 SEC titles, 55 bowl games, etc. when Bama was not winning. It is not relevant to the NOW. With each passing day, Bama’s wins over Florida in SEC game and win over Texas in BCS game become less relevant. I hate that, but that’s the way it is.
Coach Richt and UGA need to get a grip and win some more games. A key to doing so will be not giving up more than 30 points 8 times each season. Presumably, Coach Richt has been addressing that issue.
Gators Eat Boogers
February 12th, 2010
11:53 am
Hey there blue max, if Mark richt has been the ehad coach at UGA for 9 seasons, how could he be 2-9 against the gayturds?
Did you fliunk your remedial math class like 99% of the gayturds athletes!!!!!
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:54 am
UA Alum92
More the merrier! All ages welcome. Always way too much food, etc. Plus we have access to the church’s kitchen AND bathroom which comes in very, very handy!
That’s very nice that ya’ll can do that, it could never happen in Athens, the school had to LOCK all the buildings and on game day. Students and red necks were urinating in the halls and in the stacks at the library. Sad but true.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:55 am
Gators just pee their pants.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:57 am
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
Gators have never even had one undefeated season
Great, but the Gators sure own your a$$!
Spur Dog
February 12th, 2010
11:57 am
Bama town is better; boy you should of heard em jellin at me when I put over 50 on em in Dog Town.
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
11:58 am
Gators 17, that’s too bad. I hate to see that kind of nonsense. We’re responsible for cleaning everything before we leave so we try to be selective without being exclusionary. I like to think most fans are decent enough people who respect each other’s property, then you run into a few idiots who ruin it for everybody.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:58 am
That’s that little jerk patrick peeing in his pants.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:58 am
Yeah! I love owning a$$. Go Gaytors!!!
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:59 am
I write a$$ on blog sites and also have access to a church kitchen. Go Gators!!
24
February 12th, 2010
12:00 pm
Keep it up Gators, these Dawgs just hate it on their site so they have 1 idiot assigned to copy posts by anything that makes sense.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
12:01 pm
UA Alum92
We clean up after our selves in Gainsville too; it’s just not that hard
to put trash in a trash can.
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
12:01 pm
Bama, Auburn, UGA, Tech, LSU, ARK,and UT all with undefeated seasons. It must really suck to be in second tier.
24
February 12th, 2010
12:02 pm
I’m how many hours are in a day. Work ‘em, Silly Gators!!!
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
12:02 pm
Of course little Patrick lives in a trailor park where that don’t have trash cans,
so give him a little slack, he just doesn’t know any better.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
12:04 pm
I wish my jean shorts had slack in them so I could tuck my gray t-shirt in them.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
12:05 pm
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:58 am
Yeah! I love owning a$$. Go Gaytors!!!
Patrick, try being an adult and post under you own name——-I don’t
need to hide behind a new name to call you an infantile jerk.
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
12:05 pm
Gators 17, true, true. Everyone we tailgate around has been doing it for years and none of us want to trash a place we supposedly love. No matter how “trashed” any of us get.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
12:06 pm
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
12:05 pm
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
11:58 am
Yeah! I love owning a$$. Go Gaytors!!!
Patrick, try being an adult and post under you own name——-I don’t
need to hide behind a new name to call you an infantile jerk.
I forget what the overall record is since I only count Florida football from 1990 on.
ga dawg
February 12th, 2010
12:10 pm
I forget what the overall record is since I only count Florida football from 1990 on.
I forget anything that happened after 1980 and one of Hershels personalities won the National Championship.
BAMA AND AUBURN OWN THE GATORS
February 12th, 2010
12:12 pm
We’re number 8, we’re number 8, we’re number 8. Cheer heard in Gainesville on Football Saturday.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
12:14 pm
Tailgaters in Gainesville are cleanest most courteous fans in the SEC. We drink and cuss on Saturday and go to church on Sunday smelling like booze.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
12:15 pm
I love blogging on Georgia newspapers websites!
02 & 05 were off years in the SEC
February 12th, 2010
12:15 pm
Alright, someone has to say it. Ga. beat a #22 Arkansas in 2002 to win the SEC. Arkansas finished the season UNRANKED. Ga beat LSU with Miles in his first season. Ga then showed their true colors by getting embarrased by WV in the Sugar. What a joke.
Mark Schlabach picks Dawgs 19th
February 12th, 2010
12:15 pm
Were number 19,Were number 19,Were number 19,Were number 19, heard in Athens this fall. It beats being unranked fans!!!
UA Alum92
February 12th, 2010
12:16 pm
Well, it’s been fun! Enjoy the dialogue, gentlemen.
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
12:18 pm
Gator football players are the most well behaved in the SEC. Players that break into car lots to retrieve their cars, shoot AK-47s, use dead girls credit cards and say they have migraine head aches after failing drug tests are few and far between.
Rennie Curran
February 12th, 2010
12:20 pm
I am glad I am out of Athens; what side of the sidewalk do I ride my scooter on?
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
12:21 pm
Florida beat a VERY tough Arkansas team in the SEC Championship game when Coach Meyer called 2 time outs to make Arkansas fumble the ensuing punt in the end zone, right after UCLA beat USC. We’re the best!!!
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
12:22 pm
Traffic tickets are way worse than: Players that break into car lots to retrieve their cars, shoot AK-47s, use dead girls credit cards and say they have migraine head aches after failing drug tests.
Rennie Curran
February 12th, 2010
12:25 pm
tell em gatorman, those gators dont remember nuttin before 1990, cawse my boys don member nuttin after 1980; and I wutten even bone yet.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
12:26 pm
his just in:
UF Names Teryl Austin Defensive Coordinator
Gainesville, Fla. – Friday February 12, 2010
ga gator
February 12th, 2010
12:29 pm
Co-defensive coordinator with Michael Barrow and Chuck Heater. A three headed monster.
Rennie Curran
February 12th, 2010
12:31 pm
It wudda been nice playin for a black dude instead of willie.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
February 12th, 2010
12:36 pm
Oh my, Austin came from a 3-4 Pro defense, so I would imagine he will help the
Gator offense exploit the dawgs new 3-4 defense brought in by your savior.
Or more correctly, another wait until next year hire. You have been saying wait
until next year since Spurrier left (now we’ll get them!)
Sorry, it’s not just going to happen.
Infuriating Atlanta Journal article
February 12th, 2010
12:37 pm
[...] Oversight Panel must approve the change before it can take effect. What say you about this? Also: Another SEC assistant joins $700,000 club. Please follow me on Twitter for the latest UGA news and notes. [...]
Rennie Curran
February 12th, 2010
12:38 pm
imposter, hurry get to Bill Kings blog we miss you.
ViningsDawg
February 12th, 2010
1:40 pm
Rumor is Mazlahn (sp?) is about to get a large raise.
Ga boy
February 12th, 2010
2:00 pm
Oh Patrick you had me at your first garbage paragraph.
Ga boy
February 12th, 2010
2:03 pm
ga gator Oh please- let’s see how many arrests over the last 4 years in penalville- what was it 45 or so??? And your players are the best behaved? Gag me
Ga boy
February 12th, 2010
2:06 pm
Gators 17 Dawgs 3 Surely you just- the most courteous tailgaters in the SEC???? So you have never heard about all the fights and car-keying that goes on from your swell fans? Yep the land of jorts and mullets is regular paradise for all visitors.
gator mike
February 12th, 2010
2:59 pm
Wow! The salaries for these Defense Coordinators are amazing. It makes one wonder if these guys are really that good. I am sure that the fans at the various schools will expect their teams to have exceptional defenses at this price tag. It will be interesting to see how all of the guys in the 700k Club do this next season.
Dawggie
February 12th, 2010
3:44 pm
Seems to me that because CMR spoke with Chavis and Smart that lead to both of those respected programs to give their DC’s significant raises. Then CMR hires CTG for roughly the same amount of money.
Could a case be made that CMR “forced” two rival programs to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars more than what the programs had intended to spend on a DC?
Which in point causes USC and FLA to increase their spending on DC’s. Seems to me that UGA got their DC and forced their rivals to spend out as well, which means that UGA forced the marketplace.
Not certain that I am willing to label CMR with setting forth quite an economic backlash but I am certan that after letting CWM go that UGA sat down and evaluated their finances and what they could do with their money.
Whether you like it or not, UGA “backdoored” a win as far as forcing others to change not becaue they wanted to but because they had to.
bye, bye, miss american pie
February 12th, 2010
3:58 pm
ROLLLLLLL TIDDDDDDDDDDDDE
patrick
February 12th, 2010
4:07 pm
Sooooo LSU and Fla have a NC. Hmmmm Doing the EXACT SAME THING that UGA did in 2002 and 2005. Well congrats on being identical but getting sportswriters to like you more. Well done.
12-1 UGA SEC champs 2002 not invited
12-1 Fla SEC champs in 2006/8 invited
11-2 UGA SEC champs in 2005 not invited
11-2 LSU SEC champs in 2007 invited
Yep …really,really, really much more impressive for Fla and LSU
patrick
February 12th, 2010
4:11 pm
17-3….I only post under “patrick” If someone punked you it was not me.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
4:17 pm
OH wait….maybe Fla’s record was not the deciding factor in getting into the BCSNC….maybe it was UCLA beating the number 1 trojans the last game of the year. Hmmmm. So Fla backing into it is sooooo much more impressive yep
patrick
February 12th, 2010
4:29 pm
Mark Richt cant coach?
Hmmmmm……. 2008 for example….
1. UGA lost 18 scholly players to season ending injury PRIOR to game 3.
2. UGA then proceeded to merely win 10 games
3. UGA then merely proceeded to win a bowl
4. UGA then merely ended up ranked 10th in the coaches poll.
5. All of that with a SOS of 8
Now I challenge anyone to name a single team that lost that many scholly players that early in the season where a coach was able to be that successful.
I will order pizza and hopefully by the time it arrives someone can point out that other team.
DawgByte
February 12th, 2010
4:38 pm
patrick -
Great post… hopefully it will shut-up those SEC fans with short-term memories. You know those new comer fans from Knoxturd and Tuscalucy.
The bottom line is that Georgia has been one of the top 5 most consistently winning programs in Div. 1 over the last 9 years. Mark cleaned the defensive side of the house and for my money has significantly upgraded the coaching talent. Given our schedule and returning talent we should be in a position to win 9 games in 2010.
patty cakes
February 12th, 2010
4:50 pm
Why can’t all of the writers and coaches see UGA’s greatness???
Using Patrick’s logic, Bobby Cox is the greatest manager in baseball history. He shoud have won 8 World Series Championships.
I will now eat my shrimp po boy and listen to Munson’s greatest hits.
I’m humming Dooley’s Junk Yard Dogs!
patrick
February 12th, 2010
4:56 pm
Patty cakes
I never said UGA should have won a NC. I said their record was as good as Fla and LSU’s when they did. I am a playoff kinda guy. Dont believe in opinion polls to determine mythical champs.
If you think I did ….you are missing my point.
Of course since you choose a childish moniker you probably lack the necessary mental capacity to comprehend the point I was making.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
5:00 pm
But to consider UGA’s “greatness…we can look at hard facts not opinion polls
No SEC team has more wins, more bowls, more bowl wins nor a better OOC record than UGA over last 9 years under Richt.
But if you want to also use opinion polls then lets look at the simple fact that no SEC team has been ranked more times in the top ten than UGA.
Sooooo UGAs not great. Hmm then what does that say about the other teams that have not done better. (all SEC teams)
Jort Capital Of USA = UF
February 12th, 2010
5:32 pm
THe Best Gator is one mouted on a wall, Fact is UF doesn’t scare anyone anymore Bama showed the whole country what was up with those swamp lizards, UF is pretty unstable, coaches jumpimg ship leaving for other jobs like its a ship going down, only a matter of time before the get theres, promise i’ll be there when it happens GO DAWGS GATA… we still hold the series things never stay the same forever and we’ll return to the top in this series. Meyer days are thin “my chest hurts” something else is going to hurt real soon. You girls are gonna miss Teblow real bad!!!!!
patty cakes
February 12th, 2010
5:36 pm
Using Patrick’s logic, the Atlanta Braves were the team of the decade in the 90’s, becuase they had the best overall won/lost record during that period. Although they do not have more titles than other teams in that decade, they are the best.
But at least the Braves won a title during that decade, unlike his beloved leg humpers from Athens.
patty cakes
February 12th, 2010
5:43 pm
Is it just me or does Patrick order pizza daily?
Maybe he can play the middle of uga’s vaunted new 3-4 scheme?
.
February 12th, 2010
6:36 pm
He!! I’m a Obama fan. Spend baby spend! I’ll own your a@@ before long. Bet on it.
THE YELLOW SWARM
February 12th, 2010
8:51 pm
Enter your comments here
patrick
February 12th, 2010
9:26 pm
soooo Patricks logic….more wins, more bowls, more bowl wins, more times ranked top ten, more OOC victories does not make them better??? what would then? Winning a mythical VOTED on BCSNC that even the NCAA does not officially recognize? (In case you are wondering the NCAA merely cites what a school CLAIMS as a NC and lists it on its web site).
Ummmm yep pretty much being in the lead of all real stats and records do tend to make a team better than the ones BEHIND them. WOW what a concept. Mythical voted on NCs not withstanding.
patrick
February 12th, 2010
9:28 pm
The pizza came and still no word on the team other than UGA that had 18 scholly players lost but still had 10 wins, a bowl win and a top ten ranking. Should I check back in tomorrow for that team patty cakes? LOL.
Dude you have been so owned over the last few days I would wait a while before posting again
Can You Dig It
February 12th, 2010
11:33 pm
You’d have to be a fool to want to coach under Urban Meyer. The only reason his coaches stayed as long as they did is because of Tebow. As soon as Tebow was finished they all bailed out on Meyer. He’s known to be a self absorbed pompous ass that takes credit for everyone elses hard work.He lies to recruits and thier parents and will soon show his true colors to the Gator Nation when they don’t live up to expectations over the next few years. Sure they had a great recruiting class but whose going to coach them up?….the new coaches they hired don’t scare anyone in the league….most are cast offs from other programs that have not succeeded.The Gators are in for a long season in 2010.I see at least four or five losses on the horizon for them….Can’t wait to watch Meyer cry and have a melt down on TV. One thing for sure..he’ll point fingers and blame everyone but himself.Count on it!
Can You Dig It!
Dusty
February 13th, 2010
7:45 am
When you pay that much, are you guaranteed to get what you paid for?
hillster, blue tick
February 13th, 2010
10:39 am
somebody feed me, just not ya gatorturds ya stink ya cant beat tennersea stop talking gatorheads
bitter fla fan
February 13th, 2010
10:45 am
can you dig this, stop talking fool shut down yo crack house and understand that gator nation will always have teebo at QB meyer just applied for a medical redshirt for teebos 6@7 seasons go gators
Dawg Bone
February 13th, 2010
6:36 pm
Ellis johnson, worth $700,000 per year?? Are you serious? He’s not worth $200,000! Spurrier’s getting desperate to keep coaches around. The Dawg O will light up the scoreboard against usc in the fall-bank on it!
uf IS GA'S NEGRO
February 14th, 2010
1:38 am
Blue Max-Im not Gator Bait,I live in Fl.too.I just “SHOOT” them,they taste like chicken.Since most lot of em are spineless cowards, that destroy others property, I’ll be damn if I ever lower myself to be uf trailer trash.
THE YELLOW SWARM
February 14th, 2010
9:48 am
JOE SPEED————— REMEMBER THE NAME ——————IT WILL BE A BLURR GOING BY YOU……………..
Señora Weeb
February 14th, 2010
12:29 pm
“Georgia senior center Albert Jackson was arrested early Friday on an outstanding warrant stemming from a misdemeanor hit-and-run in an Athens parking lot two years ago.”
Here we go. Arrest #1 for the year. Thugs rule at UGA!
Yellow Fuzz
February 18th, 2010
8:14 am
While watching the US speed skater win the gold medal last night (by 18-hundreths of a second) over the South Korea guy, I couldn’t help but wonder if that would have qualified as a severe “a$$ kicking” or “beat down” if he had been from uga.
Hahahahahahahahahahahhahaahhaahahhahahahaha