Dogs match Tide, Gators on Phil Steele’s preseason All-SEC teams
College football’s preseason hype is flowing at full force. Analyst/publisher Phil Steele’s various preseason All-America and all-conference teams came out this week. Georgia is well represented.
The Bulldogs have six players on the preseason All-SEC first team, tying Alabama for the most, and 14 selections on the four all-conference teams combined, tying Florida for the most.
Also, Georgia has two players on the preseason All-America first team –- one of five schools with two or more — and five players on the four All-America teams.
Here are the details on Georgia’s representation on the Phil Steele College Football preseason teams:
All-America first team: Wide receiver A.J. Green and punter Drew Butler.
All-America second team: Placekicker Blair Walsh.
All-America third team: Offensive tackle Clint Boling.
All-America fourth team: Kickoff returner Brandon Boykin.
All-SEC first team: Green, Boling, Boykin (as kickoff returner), Walsh, Butler and outside linebacker Justin Houston.
All-SEC second team: center Ben Jones, offensive guard Cordy Glenn and running back Washaun Ealey.
All-SEC third team: Tight end Orson Charles, offensive guard Chris Davis, linebacker Marcus Dowtin and Boykin (as cornerback).
All-SEC fourth team: Safety Bacarri Rambo.
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Twix
May 20th, 2010
10:45 am
First?
Dawg
May 20th, 2010
10:46 am
THAT”S WHAT”S UP!
Twix
May 20th, 2010
10:46 am
Second?
yea buddy
May 20th, 2010
10:46 am
love to hear me some good news
james
May 20th, 2010
10:46 am
How can boykin be on the first and third All-Sec teams? Fail.
Dawg
May 20th, 2010
10:46 am
SECOND!! SUCK IT TRABEK!!
yea buddy
May 20th, 2010
10:47 am
bet bein first is one of the top 5 moments of your life, am i right twix?
Tim Tucker
May 20th, 2010
10:50 am
james: Boykin is on the All-SEC first team as a kickoff returner and on the third team as a cornerback.
#1 BAMA FAN
May 20th, 2010
10:51 am
BAMA will have more at the end of the year. Good luck to the DAWGS. RTR
James is a Nerd
May 20th, 2010
10:54 am
James= Epic Fail
Dawg
May 20th, 2010
10:55 am
The FAILBOAT hath arrived.
ugaclassof2004
May 20th, 2010
10:56 am
I love Phil Steele. He’s very accurate in his assessment of teams and his staff provides tons of research that all fans should take into consideration. With that being said, when he is wrong he is REALLY wrong and there are some teams he really misreads( He had Ole Miss on top of the West last year). But he’s usually right on the money, especially in regards to UGA. He had the Dawgs finishing 2nd in the East last year and they finished 3rd. That just shows you how down the SEC was last year when a team that finishes 8-5 still has a shot at being 2nd or 3rd in their division.
Shankit
May 20th, 2010
10:57 am
james
Did you read the article?
Boykin is first as kick off return
third as cornerback. Two
different positions.
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2010
10:59 am
Much better than last year’s list. I hope we do something with it.
Dawg
May 20th, 2010
11:00 am
That’s because he went back and changed it SHANKAPOTAMOUS!
Dawg 3/20
May 20th, 2010
11:01 am
16 All Americans in the upcoming freshman class at Florida
13 All Americans in the upcoming Freshman class at Alabama
4 All Americans in the upcoming Freshman class at UGA
(Benedict, Houston, Ogletree, Smith)
BigSteve
May 20th, 2010
11:02 am
all these pre-season guys and it still comes down to breaking-in a RFr QB…. His learning curve will cost a few games, but at least UT, UF are breaking-in QBs as well… As a Clemson man, (who watched us break-in a RFr QB last year), I hate to even say that SC may have their best shot (probably ever) to contend for the East — they have the most experinced QB in the East… Should be an interesting year in the East…
The General Feeling
May 20th, 2010
11:07 am
This will get the leghumpers overly-excited and should jump start the annual over-hype and over-expectation carnival of laughs and entertainment a few weeks early.
Classic.
Dawg Fud
May 20th, 2010
11:16 am
Reading comprehension not your strong suit, eh, James?
Don’t throw insults when you are the idiot.
Nice article, Tim.
POAD
May 20th, 2010
11:17 am
I love it! Richt should get his 9-10 wins on this easy schedule. The Dawgs will be all happy and still no SEC East title. UGA the Dale Earnhardt Jr of the SEC. HAHAHAH. Win some but never get the CHAMPIONSHIP.
POAD
May 20th, 2010
11:21 am
Sorry I mean the MNC for the Crystal Football. When UGA wins the SEC championship the Dawgs don’t PLAY for the Tiffany Crystal Football.
harold
May 20th, 2010
11:23 am
TOO BAD GEORGIA FOOTBALL IS AVERAGE UNLIKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAMS AT ALABAMA AND FLORIDA. SABAN AND MEYER ARE CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES. GEORGIA IS LIKE TENNESSEE NOW. IN DIGRESSION!
RxDawg
May 20th, 2010
11:25 am
I never realized Boykin was so prolific at kick returning. I guess his game just flew under the radar for me last season. Way to go Brandon! I’ll be sure to keep a closer eye out for ya.
POAD
May 20th, 2010
11:29 am
I wish I had a clue but I never graduated from high school much less a college!
If brains were money I would be holding me a sign “Work for food”
TXDawg
May 20th, 2010
11:32 am
Brandon Boykin = so it is possible to be in two places at one time.
Georgia
May 20th, 2010
11:34 am
There is nothing “average” about UGA. The only average things on this board on you and james, and thats being nice. By the way, people can still read your post if ALL CAPS arent used. Your boy Meyer had an unethical bypass at birth, and now UF’s best player in their history is gone.. and so is their run at backing into national titles
Long Gator
May 20th, 2010
11:35 am
Stop this Preseason hype. The puppies will again be Gator Bait.
Gators rule !!!!!
HanDAWG
May 20th, 2010
11:35 am
I recently gave Phil Steele a big up at http://www.bighairyblawg.com – he is on point.
Lane Pimpin
May 20th, 2010
11:42 am
The best kicker in the SEC is wearing orange and blue, Chas Henry, a Georgia lad who is being projected as the highest punter taken in the draft next year. It is all about hang time for a real football team. Only a losing team cares about average yards on a punt, but that certainly is expected from the Poodles, a team more interested in prancing and dancing.
Preseason #1 ranking!!!!!
May 20th, 2010
11:44 am
wow! UGA National Champions in 2011! carve it in stone!
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2010
11:44 am
The General Feeling James’ and Harold’s POADs – Why are y’all on here? The thing we Georgia fans expect more than anything else is to beat Tech in football. That has rarely proved to be unrealistic.
Georgia
May 20th, 2010
11:45 am
Gator, how many multiple drug failures is Foley/Meyer going to keep on the field this season?
Difference between Georgia and Florida= Georgia’s player 2 failed drug tests, 6 game suspension
Florida’s 5 failed tests, only suspened 1 game possibly and still up to Foley who can knock that down to zero depending on the player.
If Florida’s swamprats played at any respectable school with actual rules they wouldnt have enough players to field a team.
and so is their run at backing into national titles
May 20th, 2010
11:46 am
this made me laugh. UF didn’t back into stomping the ever-living crap out of UGA for the past 20 years. Better get a jump on traffic leaving Jacksonville in 2010
Georgia
May 20th, 2010
11:47 am
Im sure your right Lamepimp, butler doesnt know how to kick it high like Henry.. dufus
Georgia
May 20th, 2010
11:49 am
I fly to jacksonville on whats called an airplane.. you can drive back to that nat invested swamp dump called gainesville, FL
Georgia
May 20th, 2010
11:52 am
Florida = 4 losses in 2010. back to 2007 and zook years. book it.
UGAly
May 20th, 2010
11:56 am
Awww, this article is sweet. Crap, but sweet.
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2010
12:00 pm
POAD- Maybe we should move to an easier and less respected conference where the runner up gets to play in the Music City Bowl.
harold
May 20th, 2010
12:08 pm
TOO BAD GEORGIA IS NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM LIKE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA!
Rodney Holloway
May 20th, 2010
12:14 pm
It will all crashing down in Columbia, I tell ya. 5-7 at best this year. FIRE RICHT!
TO BAD harold's
May 20th, 2010
12:16 pm
INBRED
how2fish
May 20th, 2010
12:42 pm
harold…just to educate your dumbazzz “DIGRESSION” has nothing to do with “decline” di·gres·sion (d-grshn, d-)
n.
1. The act of digressing.
2. An instance of digressing, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject.
DAWGS LICK BALLS!
May 20th, 2010
12:43 pm
Put money on the fact the FLORIDA stomping of UGA is worst than last year!
how2fish
May 20th, 2010
12:43 pm
Rodney Holloway OK you told us now go away!
how2fish
May 20th, 2010
12:44 pm
DAWGS LICK BALLS!Better yet put a LOT money on you being a dumbazz !!
DAWGS LICK BALLS!
May 20th, 2010
12:46 pm
Awww did I hit a never how2fish?
Thom Thumb
May 20th, 2010
12:49 pm
Congrats on celebrating another Preseason Nat’l Title! What is that, like 35 in a row for you guys? Seriously don’t you get sick and tired of getting burned on the hype? You NEVER live up to it.
bwell
May 20th, 2010
12:55 pm
Did Teach have any ha ha ha.
how2fish
May 20th, 2010
12:57 pm
DAWGS LICK BALLS! Yeah dumbazz you hit a “never” LMAO!
chiefdawg
May 20th, 2010
12:57 pm
Let’s hope all these good players get the coaching that is necessary to win championships.
dawgfan
May 20th, 2010
1:06 pm
Poor poor Techies. They don’t even have the courage to identify themselves as Tech fans on the internet. Does it get anymore pathetic? They hide like little girls behind neutral sounding monikers and pop off at the mouth about how UGA underforms. Its just so funny how none of this supposed underperforming ever occurs against their toilet bowl football team. I guess that’s why they hide like little sissies.
LOL @ Tech fans.
Dawg Days
May 20th, 2010
1:09 pm
Anybody remember all this hype? That turned out nicely……..
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/2008/0812_large.jpg
dboy
May 20th, 2010
1:14 pm
RxDawg: Boykin had a stellar year with returns. I remember at least two 100 yard returns.
Dawgie Bowser
May 20th, 2010
1:15 pm
Say it out loud! Dawgs are #1! I’m glad more folks see the light…
BG
May 20th, 2010
1:21 pm
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Typical Dawg Speak
May 20th, 2010
1:23 pm
YEAH Dawgs— The BEST
Brianna
May 20th, 2010
1:24 pm
It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited this year (just
like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to
take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the
SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t
been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.
Sit back and be grateful for the seven or eight wins you’ll get every year.
Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 10-2 or even 11-1 occasionally,
but Florida will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 15 final
ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and
only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.
It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans, like FSU and Ole Miss fans, need
to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.
Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre
coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside
Bulldog Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year
about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many
blue chip high school plays go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching
they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are
far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in
Athens.
Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and
irrelevance.
Dawg Nuts and Mountain Oysters Club
May 20th, 2010
1:25 pm
Nutty for the AWESOME Dawgs!
RabidDawg
May 20th, 2010
1:25 pm
In my opinion Ben Jones (C from Georgia) is a 1st team All-SEC Center. He is IMO the BEST center in the SEC and one of the top in the country and he’s only a junior this upcoming season. 2nd team All-SEC isn’t bad by any means, but that usually means that there’s a player that plays better than you at that position which I don’t think there is. Maybe Mike Pouncey (Florida) but thats it. Go to youtube.com and watch highlights of Georgia vs. Georgia Tech and watch as we run the ball all day how Ben Jones is making pancake block after pancake block. This guy is a stud and he has a real nasty streak. GATA!
Daydreamer
May 20th, 2010
1:28 pm
Brianna, Just wait and SEE. You’ll eat those words. You’re one of those half full people. Or a Tech fan one.
Beelzebubba Demon of the South
May 20th, 2010
1:29 pm
Dawgs rule!
DawgInMemphis
May 20th, 2010
1:37 pm
If Willie Martinez had been fired after 08′, Bacarri Rambo would be first team All-SEC going into this year. As it was, he had to swallow his vomit while watching Bryan Evans continue to fail. Rambo will be first team All-SEC on the post-season team. Mark it down. This guy is the next Eric Berry–both 6′0″, 211lbs with great athleticism and a nose for the ball.
Anybody agree that he has this type of potential ?
how2fish
May 20th, 2010
1:37 pm
Brianna why do you post the same drivel everyday using a different name? If your scared just say so..yesterday you were what was it Coraline and today Brianna..I’ll bet your real name is TROLL…now hie thee hence you spawn of Bugville begone!
Leonard Post Toasties
May 20th, 2010
1:38 pm
Leonards loosers this season: Florida in a close one.
Tech….by a mile!
The great Dawgs!
Analyst
May 20th, 2010
1:41 pm
What immediately comes to mind when I say the word WINNER? DAWGS of course!!
Livin' Learn
May 20th, 2010
1:44 pm
Remember- There is always a reason for hype. Go DAWGS.
Rod
May 20th, 2010
1:50 pm
I am Tech guy but I have always known that the Dawgs have had the talent…that was obvious for all to see. Perhaps now they (especially the defense) will have the coaching neccesary to prove it week in and week out on the field. Part of the reason CPJ is so embraced by the Tech fans is that he doesn’t accept excuses. If CMR adopts that philosophy then the boys from Athens could go a long way
Tech Sucks
May 20th, 2010
1:51 pm
James went to Tech. He’s an idiot.
Tech Sucks
May 20th, 2010
1:53 pm
Brianna didn’t go to college but roots for UF.
Got news for you woman… Florida won’t win the SEC this year. Not even close. No Tebow = no win.
FDawg
May 20th, 2010
1:58 pm
Mr. Tucker….do you see Stripling, Thornton, Burrows, Fields or Ogletree contributing on the defensive side of the ball this year? I know you never really want to count on freshman contributing but obviously depth is a concern on this side of the ball.
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2010
1:59 pm
All Gators- Why are you here? Does Florida not produce enough jobs to employ you all? Florida is a very fine school. Does it not produce grads who can start businesses that will employ other Florida grads? Is there not a newspaper in Florida that you can blog on? All of this gloating, while you never played a single down of football, is being done from your jobs and homes in the capital of the south – Atlanta GEORGIA. The only way you can be more obnoxious is to be a Tech fan posing as a Gator.
kauai dawg
May 20th, 2010
2:05 pm
We have young talent that will get lot’s of recognition and notice this year. 2010 the Year of the DAWG!
Then we have some solid maturing talent with the likes of…. Green, Butler, Boykin, Walsh, Boiling and Jones. Great nucleaous for a Great team. Go DAWGS! 30-24
too many TEs
May 20th, 2010
2:06 pm
Is Charles a 3rd team selection because he will be splitting playing time? I have to assume that there aren’t to many TEs as talented as him in the SEC or the country for that matter. I expect a breakout year from him as defenses will be focusing on AJ Green and the 3-4 combo out of the backfield.
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
May 20th, 2010
2:12 pm
YYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyawwwwwnnnn…….here we go again..same ol’ crap…
((((((((((((((((((((41-17))))))))))))
Dawg Days
May 20th, 2010
2:14 pm
Green will be a non-factor this year against the really good teams and probably some of the others as well. He is a great player but his QB is lame and is in for a shock against South Carolina and Arkansas after a 20 month lay off….minus the cupcake first game.
Me
May 20th, 2010
2:19 pm
Maybe they match them in some magazine but not on the field. Predictions for the coming football season…it’s like opinions and you know what…everybody has one.
too many TEs
May 20th, 2010
2:28 pm
Hey Dawg Days- South Carolina and Arkansas? They might not even have coaches by the time they play GA. Spurrier is done and washed up. Maybe it’s the team. Same thing happened to Holtz. And Booby P may get an offer to coach highschool. He doesn’t seem to be able to stay in 1 place for too long, especially if the competion or expectations become too great.
dog
May 20th, 2010
2:31 pm
All these great players should be good enough to get us another 8-5 season. We are closer to being a consistent 8-5 team than we are to being a 10-2 team.
bruce mac
May 20th, 2010
2:34 pm
It is amazing to me that Gator fans know how good Murray will be before he plays a down. GO DAWGS, talent equals wins and that is what this article indicates. It all comes down to Jacksonville and we will have a decent shot IMO.
CatsFly
May 20th, 2010
2:37 pm
Just saw where Phil Steele had 4 UNC players on his All-America Team. Three were 1st-teamers, and one was a 2d-teamer. 10 UNC defenders were on his 4-deep. How do you explain what Butch has put together on defense at UNC?
Pago Pago Dawg
May 20th, 2010
2:52 pm
We’ve always had real good players…but…nothing happens!
how2fish
May 20th, 2010
2:57 pm
bruce mac you kinda have to give the gator fans a little slack,due to the number of Dawg fans that have been giving JB the same treatment.
bruce mac
May 20th, 2010
3:04 pm
Yea, I know it cuts both ways. I see us Dawg fans as trying to convince ourselves, you all should be convinced by now, The Gators have it going on! I guess you call that red colored glasses.
bruce 12
May 20th, 2010
3:12 pm
we will do our talking on the field this year gooo Dawgs
how2fish
May 20th, 2010
3:15 pm
bruce 12
May 20th, 2010
3:12 pm
we will do our talking on the field this year gooo Dawgs
Yeppers that is the best way to talk always….
DawginOH
May 20th, 2010
3:29 pm
There will be plenty of talent on this team. I’m looking forward to seeing it all come together. Go Dawgs!
Where have you gone Bill Stanfill?
May 20th, 2010
3:31 pm
It would have been better if the article placed UGA in the top 15 pre-season but I guess recent performance precludes that. Individual performers are fine and we have had them, but as a team that’s something else entirely.
1eyedJack
May 20th, 2010
3:45 pm
Dark horse for this list should be Trinton Sturdivant, if he’s healthy.
UGAgrad71
May 20th, 2010
3:47 pm
I do believe CMR has taken care of the defensive side with the new coaches. He was hired, in part, because of his OC background at FSU. Time to get creative with the play calling. Let,s face it, UGA ALA, FLA etc recruit basically the same players through out the southeast. It is what you do with the talent that counts. If I can tell from a tv screen what the play is likely to be based upon the formation, how much more do you think the opposing coaches know what’s coming, especially when UGA has the ball. Let’s see some of that OC/HC magic this year!
too many TEs
May 20th, 2010
3:56 pm
Not sure why everyone thinks the Dawgs are so bad. Last year was a disappointment, but I know that the team improves by 2 or 3 games this year just by turning the turnover ratio around. And don’t forget, GA led the SEC in wins the last decade, albeit without a NC (no sour grapes, but…). Here’s a ranking of teams of the decade (2000-2009) http://www.frumpzilla.com/frumpzilla_site/articles/the-top-25-college-football-programs-of-the-decade/ . GA is a perennial top 10 program and the numbers don’t lie.
Shankit
May 20th, 2010
3:59 pm
You win championships by vigorous practice sessions,
to the extent on game day you are ready to take it out
on your opposition, and when you walk out on the field on
game day, there is no doubt that you are better coached
and conditioned and whoever is lining up against you is gonna
get the crap beat out of them. Vigorous practice = No Fear
and Confidence.
LOL another 14 point loss to Fla
May 20th, 2010
4:29 pm
Tucker, we know your biased but why not list the whole SEC team list. Puppy Dawg savior. I hear Saint Richt is telling recruits he’s rounding up the Georgia Dream Team for 2011. All this means is Ga will only lose to UF by 14 pts. Keeping it real bubba.
Steve Spurrier
May 20th, 2010
4:31 pm
I don’t know where Bill Stanfill has gone,
but I don’t miss him.
Lane Pimpin
May 20th, 2010
5:05 pm
Spring is in the air. A time when all the Poodle players will be all-conference, or better. A time when the Poodles will finally beat the dreaded reptiles. A time when a midget QB will be dominant in the SEC against teams with a real QB like Bama and Florida. A time when some obscure Poodle center will be better than the heads-on favorite for the top award.
Come fall, UGA will have ONE star, AJ Green, who unfortuately is not a household word because the Poodles could not get the ball to him. But until the, aint Spring wonderful.
AnnieB
May 20th, 2010
5:11 pm
In todays AJC: “Former UGA student gets probation for battery of Clemson student.”
Right in a UGA frat house. Just another example of thuggery by UGA students.
And I use the word “students” very loosely to describe the drunken partiers at UGA.
Coreline
May 20th, 2010
5:15 pm
Florida 38
Georgia 17
Or some comparable score. Do you Dawg zealots actually think that UGA can beat Florida?
Not as long as Richt is there!
robdawg08
May 20th, 2010
5:30 pm
Actually James was right Boykin is listed at kick returner for 1st & 4th all-teams. Look again and read it.
Speculation is just that. The key to the Dawgs will be great QB play and somebody replacing Rennie & Asher on defense. The rb’s,wr’s,lines are solid.
Delbert D.
May 20th, 2010
5:40 pm
Projecting 4th team All-anything requires a lot of insight. Or darts.
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 20th, 2010
5:44 pm
This preseason ranking of the players is silly. Let’s see how it shakes out AFTER they lace ‘em up and hit the field. Besides, you don’t have to have superstars to win. You need a great coach and a solid TEAM!
I would think the Dawgs would have learned that lesson after the Stafford-Moreno years. Ya’ll can keep the individual accolades…..we’ll take the trophies!
Bench Chipper (and his cold sores)
May 20th, 2010
5:45 pm
Lets see the dawwwwwwwwwgs do something ON the field, then we can talk.
Barack Dawg
May 20th, 2010
5:48 pm
Brianna – Let’s see what happens when Meyer drops dead on the sideline because he has bad health…urrrrr I mean he needed a break. Funny everyone says Richt will get 7 – 8 wins every year…He has only one with year where had less than 10 and that was last year. Wait and see how your defense goes since no one seems to understand how underrated Charlie Strong was and how big an impact that will be with his departure. You have talent but can your coaches get it to perform.
Martinez at UGA should have provided plenty of results when you get talent and don’t coach it. That is done for UGA. We don’t know about Florida’s DC and the one before him quit 10 days later to go to Buffalo. AYFKM…. You better worry about your team and don’t worry about UGA. You will no longer be facing the UGA with a Martinez D so don’t be surprised if the tide starts changing…
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 20th, 2010
5:48 pm
To further prove my point. Take a look at the number of SEC Championships and National Championships that Bama. Yet they just had their first Hesiman Trophy winner in their storied history. Great coaching and TEAM effort win titles. Individual accolades are for golfers and tennis players…..or the postseason.
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 20th, 2010
5:52 pm
Barack Dawg,
pretty classy comment about a man dropping dead on the sideline.
I’m sure your parents would be proud of you.
Keeping up the family tradition?
lisa
May 20th, 2010
6:05 pm
I love dogs
You hit a never!
May 20th, 2010
6:20 pm
Year predictions
1. Tebow will admit a man crush with coach meyer
2. Florida’s best player ever will be cut in three years
3. UF’ coach will check himself into the hospital for bipolar type 1 during his manic episode
4. Meyer will leave Florida in two years for his dream school and a much more historic program in ND
TREATED!
Gatos eat boggers
May 20th, 2010
6:21 pm
Enter your comments here
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 20th, 2010
6:27 pm
You hit a never?
Predictions
1……You are a jealous loser.
2……You will remain a jealous loser.
3……You will die (hopefully many years from now) a jealous loser.
4……You will be re-incarnated as a jock strap. Your Dream Job!
Treated!
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 20th, 2010
6:27 pm
Gator eat boggers?
Correction, Gators eat Dawgs!
Eat your heart out!
Florida rules all-american team
May 20th, 2010
6:45 pm
15 Gators Recognized on Phil Steele’s 2010 Preseason All-America and All-SEC Lists
TampaGator
May 20th, 2010
7:05 pm
Preseason hype…preseason talk….preseason jack…all Gator fans care about is season wins and season championships…and we have celebrated a bunch of those lately…including the national variety. Florida has a lot to prove this year….and I think they will…with no hype from me…other than John Brantley will be an All-American QB by the end of the season unless he gets injured. Go Gators! I look forward to seeing the Dawgs in Jax.
Gratefuldawghead
May 20th, 2010
7:15 pm
GO DAWGS!
Coach Small Johnson
May 20th, 2010
8:07 pm
Whats amazing is Boykin at punt returner is considered yet the coaching staff is considering others to field punt returns
buzzDawg
May 20th, 2010
8:45 pm
DawginMemphis – I agree Rambo is going to be the next Berry. With a little good coaching on defense, which we have now, the Dawgs are going to be tough on defense. I think our turn-over ratio is going to change from last year’s big negative to this year’s huge positive.
Tide Rising
May 20th, 2010
8:51 pm
Phil Steele is pretty much the only college football analyst that I really like. He usually knows what he’s talking about. Can’t say that about ESPN, SI, Athlon, and all the others. Sometimes when I read their reviews its clear these guys know nothing of what they speak about the individual teams. Steele actually does research the teams thoroughly and I use his guide in my gambling picks.
His all sec picks look very solid. Fla. and UGA both have great punters. I probably would have put the gator punter on 1st team but who really cares. I doubt dog fans would be offended by that. I think he picked 9-10 wins for the dawgs. That sounds about right. 11-1 on the high side for the regular season with 9-10 more likely since the dawgs should be favored in every game save Florida.
Me
May 20th, 2010
8:55 pm
Florida puttin’ the dog on Georgia again in October…Priceless. Barack Dawg posting his stupid comments on AJC blogs…Classless.
Otis from Mayberry
May 20th, 2010
9:48 pm
Congrats Bulldogs! We know Bama pays a lot more than you do. Is BAMA on probation yet?
YELLOW HAMMER
May 21st, 2010
12:01 am
thats nice to see uga has the same top caliber players as bama and fla. but i truly believe saban knows what hes talking about when he says your only as good as your bottom 30 players. that means depth .he also says never let up and make their a$$’s quit !
Murray the Munchkin
May 21st, 2010
12:25 am
Goodnight all! BTW, anybody seen my Tim Tebow pajamas size XXS??
SEC Fan
May 21st, 2010
12:54 am
Pre-Season Polls are pretty useless. The same can be said about Pre-Season All Conference Selections. Injuries, Suspensions, Poor Team play on one side of the ball or the other can take a dominant player and keep him on the sidelines. Does anyone really think besides Butler, and a Lineman that UGA will be player dominant in 2010? I hope they are better than 09. However with a schedule that is somewhat favorable, UGA may surprise some folks, on the other hand when you replace coaches and the recruits you are bringing in are lacking experience, learning schemes and were not the most recognized group in the SEC..it will be a climb.
If UGA finishes 9-3 it will be a GREAT Year. If UGA finishes 8-4 it will be a GOOD year. If UGA finishes 7-5 it will be a rebuilding year…or more problems on the way for CMR.
Talent at AL, UF, SC, AU, LSU, all moved past UGA and with the discipline UGA showed in 09 it may be a long year.
Why discussing talent…did anyone catch KIFFIN on HBO…he had 5 first and second round draft picks and left the cubbard bare in Knoxville. He had talent at UT, but his coaching is soley based on what Monte does with the defense. USC will be on probation and will lose a boat load of scholarships……Kiffin last 3 years and gets fired……would be a nice fit ending to a sorrow human being. The fluff piece that HBO left alot to be desired. Hey LANE , they cut your cell phone off because you were trying to get UT recruits to not go to class and follow you to USC.
EAST
SC
UF
UGA,
KENTUCKY
VANDY
TENN
WEST
AL
ARK
MISS.ST
LSU
AUBURN
OLE MISS
georgiadawg70
May 21st, 2010
7:04 am
Don’t get your hopes up. Lack of talent has not been Georgia’a problem.
poopdawg
May 21st, 2010
7:37 am
USC has to be the favorite in the east this year, too much experience returning especially those tall wrs. Spurrier always has a way of screwing with his QBS mind and causing harm, if Garcia can handle it USC will be good. I think UF will more explosive on offence this year but worry about their ability too sustain drives. UGA will go as far as Murray takes them. Defence will be an improvement and the running game will be good. UGA’s receiving group will be the best that i have ever seen at UGA. Alabama has to be the favorite in the west. Always enjoy Phil Steele’s take on college football, but get sick of him gloating on his past predictions . GO DAWGS!
Gator Mike
May 21st, 2010
8:22 am
Personally, I love the fact that the Gators are not in the spotlight this year. BAMA looks to be the only real powerhouse in the SEC this year until proven otherwise. The fun will begin in a little over 100 days. Passing cheap shots at one another proves nothing.
Good luck to all SEC Schools and Go Gators!
Steve
May 21st, 2010
9:04 am
Realistically – we will be favored to win La. Lafeyette and Idaho St. – given
Vandy – usually a tough game, but we should be favored
Colorado – down last year, better this year
UT – in Athens, they may have a slight down year (better than most expect though)
Probably still favored at Miss. St. and Auburn – but both will be better than last year
Ark. and South Carolina could both be really good this year, we may be slightly favored, but I don’t know….
GT will be down a little this year (9-3?), but their defense gets really good next year.
UF – coming off an off week for them – we will get crushed probably
Kentucky – we’re probably favored, but it is in Lexington.
We will probably lose to either Ark. or SC and maybe both.
Lose to UF
Auburn a toss up at the Flats
GT a toss up
So a bad year 6-6 or 7-5
Probably 8-4, maybe 9-3
A perfect storm – 11-1
I do think UF will lose 2 games this year, because they actually play a schedule, but 1 will be outside the SEC probably (USF or FSU), so they will probably still be SEC East champs.
Go Dawgs!
Steve
May 21st, 2010
9:13 am
Learning a new Defensive scheme against SC’s best offensive team in the Spurrier era and Ryan Mallet/Bobby Petrino, early in the season, doesn’t bode well for the Dawgs. Grantham is the answer for the D, but 2012 before it gets close to where it needs to be. Give him time….
Pago Pago Dawg
May 21st, 2010
9:45 am
Yes, wait’ll next year.
That is what we have been saying gang
May 21st, 2010
10:05 am
All of the ingredients, plus some nice intangibles are in place for UGA to be very decent this year and in 2011. Anyone with only a modest level of knowledge of the SEC kknows that very talented kids emerged last year with indications of the future. THAT FUTURE IS NOW.
Wooten, Charles, T.End Lynn from Mass., Marvelous Marlon Brown, Murray, Troupe, Tavarres King, return of Chris Durden and AJ and Boykin and the O line blocking for UGA’s 3 FULLBACKS and running backs and the kids on the D line like Dangelo Tyson and the very mobile linebackers and the tons and tons of talented safeties like Hamilton, Rambo, Ogltree and renewed vigor on D will propell UGA laong toward a very good year. Richt knows that it is NOW. He too is pumped and he has undergone some rough things in his life and he is ready to rumble.
Go Dogs. Another fun year to look forward to.
Saban has ALL the $$ ......he needs a challenge
May 21st, 2010
10:18 am
Nick at Bama is very, very likely in his last year. No, don’t tell me about the Alabama alumnii and their ability to pony up some $$. Nick has all the $ that he needs. No, he is motivated by a pioneering type of challenge. He has done that at Bama and if he wins it this year or not, he will leave Tuscaloosa. His wife hates that area.
No, he will end up in Michigan and over two years, he could easily re build them into a national championship program. By doing that at 3 major schools in two of the best conferences, he would be the Knute Rocknee of NCAA all time history. He would out Knutte, Knutte.
This reality is known to all Alabama alums ………they understand that. That got what they wanted with the 09 title, now time is Alabama’s worst enemey. One and done or two and he blew.
Saban has wonderlust. He sprinkled some greatness dust on Bama, one more year and he is done. That year is now.
Nothing lasts forever, not even Paul Bear Bryant did that and he could walk on water and he sold VW’s to boot!!
When he leaves …………..where she stops …………nobody knows, as far as Bama’s continuity of being on top. It could be another 15-20 year dormancy. Everything runs in cycles. All except Global Warming, which does not exist anyway.
RDR
May 21st, 2010
10:20 am
Future looks very bright! Kickoff can’t get here soon enough. As many have already said, “it’s great to be a Georgia bulldog. Go Dawgs!!”
We were told by CPJ that the NFL would help us
May 21st, 2010
10:26 am
Tech fans were given a load of bull from CPJ about how “Groh would deliver fabulous, NFL bound, great HS D kids, because of his NFL rep”. Well, um, ah when will he deliver? Kids are announcing right now. Where is ONE such big time GT announcement?? Hmmmm??
Apparently the one kid who has some level of interest in Tech is maybe deciding to play PRO baseball. What? Yeah, he is pro bound but in baseball. ARRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH, Ouch!
So, where is all the D talent upcoming for Tech?? Is Groh telling recruits that he once saw Jimmy Brown on the sidelines back in 62 or was it 63? That ought to really impress today’s kids. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahhahaha
how2fish
May 21st, 2010
10:28 am
Gator Mike and Tide rising..classy posts from both of you..we need to keep a certain level of courtesty on the blog and your helping..with over a 100 days till kickoff left to endure…calling each other butt wipes all day till then will get old fast..
Damien
May 21st, 2010
11:33 am
It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited this year (just like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t
been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.
Sit back and be grateful for the seven or eight wins you’ll get every year. Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 10-2 or even 11-1 occasionally, but Florida will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 15 final ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.
It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans, like FSU and Ole Miss fans, need to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.
Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside Bulldog Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many
blue chip high school plays go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in Athens.
Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and irrelevance.
kb
May 21st, 2010
12:14 pm
Where will yech get the players to have a good defense? The same ones that still have Caleb and Wahauns clete marks on their faces?
how2fish
May 21st, 2010
12:28 pm
Damien so today your Damien…yesterday Breinea(sp) and the day before Coraline…your just not that sneaky or smart..Bug.
how2fish
May 21st, 2010
12:32 pm
Damien just so folks won’t think I’m picking on you unjustly here is your post yesterday as…. Brianna they can just scroll from the begining to see if they want.
May 20th, 2010
1:24 pm
It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited this year (just
like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to
take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the
SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t
been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.
Sit back and be grateful for the seven or eight wins you’ll get every year.
Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 10-2 or even 11-1 occasionally,
but Florida will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 15 final
ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and
only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.
It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans, like FSU and Ole Miss fans, need
to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.
Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre
coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside
Bulldog Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year
about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many
blue chip high school plays go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching
they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are
far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in
Athens.
Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and
irrelevance.
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12:33 pm
[...] of The AJC says “assistant coaches deserve every penny they get.”12. Georgia has just as many players on Steele’s first-team All-SEC list as Alabama.13. Former UGA coach — and father of the current Tennessee coach — Vince [...]
A test?
May 21st, 2010
1:20 pm
How many of the entire group of Phil Steele’s SEC all stars/All Americans are former 5 or 4 star kids? I do not know. Does anyone out there know?? The answer could be very interesting.
Maybe if UGA ’s kids were only 3 and 4 star kids, then, um, ah, maybe if they are now considered All Star caliber, maybe um, ah, CMR and Co have coached them up. How else?? could they be listed in the same qty with Florida and Alabama, where ” we all know their coaches are the best and they get all the 5 star kids” and “CMR is just a loser.” Right???
In other words, if Bama and Florida have 5 star kids listed by Steele and UGA has only AJ listed as a former 4 or 5 star kid, then how else could UGA’s kids now be considered ALL American/ALL SEC candidates??
I rest my case. It proves that most of the bloggers here are un educated when they bad mouth Richt and that they lack the ability to reason and to use logic. Facts always prove them wrong.
Go Dogs.
how2fish
May 21st, 2010
1:34 pm
A test? Good point.
kb
May 21st, 2010
1:50 pm
Tech envy for UGA on and on and on.
YELLOW HAMMER
May 21st, 2010
2:16 pm
saban has all the $$, and santa-claus will come in july… just sayin. do some research on Mrs.Saban before you post crap,Nick might leave but she wont
Testing .......one, two, three
May 21st, 2010
2:30 pm
how2fish …….thanks.
Really, if there is anyone out there with the rankings of the former 5 stars and former 4 star kids on Phil Steele’s SEC All Star Bama, Florida, UGA list, I would like to know.
The opposite is also true for the other two schools ……….possibly, they have a bunch of 3 star kids and they have coached them up. Either way, ( even if UGA’s kids were all former 5 stars ) the UGA kids and the Bama kids and the Florida kids are considered all star material in a rough, tough Big Boy League ………now.
Coaching is the root cause of the kids being named all stars. They apparently impressed the man with their skills in 09 within the respective system and got named to the all star list.
There is no way that one can imply that they were either “no good 3 stars” or that they “have not been COACHED UP” by Urban, Nick and of course, Mark Richt. Certainly, they can not isolate their argument to just UGA.
True test this list is to see if bloggers( UGA haters) have a clue about their baseless claims about CMR.
Go Dogs.
He gets good players, they play well and win over 13 years in a row ( with Donnan’s help ) 8 or more games and only UGA can claim this achievement.
Besides, the 8-5 year allowed our current crop of frosh to play and now they will pay dividends. Like the UGA 1979 team was ………..close but it did not reflect in the record until later in 80, 81, 82,etc.
AltamahaDawg
May 21st, 2010
2:47 pm
Good point Delbert. Can he predict the 5th, 6th team, or the worst guy at the position too? he is a couple of nagginly sore ligaments from being completly wrong abut any of them.
I suppose he is really saying these are “some guys”, namely 4 of them, that should be the tops, and here is the order that I rate them, because I have to.
Delbert D.
May 21st, 2010
2:48 pm
how2fish – Were you able to decode any of that?
Delbert D.
May 21st, 2010
2:56 pm
AltamahaDawg – That’s 90-something guys from the SEC. I don’t know if the NFL draft boards go that deep. How would they have the resources to be able to find the gems at Villanova, Montana, Richmond and the Div. II schools?
Ann Arbor, Michigan vs Tuscaloosa,Alabama
May 21st, 2010
3:00 pm
I have always enjoyed doing business in Mobile, Montgomery and B’ham, Alabama. I like the state, the folks and I do admire the Alabama football history, mostly dating back to the Bear. I also remember all 3? or 4? times that UGA defeated him over about 15 years or so with either Vince Dooley coaching or Ray Goff playing and or coaching against them.
Ann Arbor will STILL be the best small town coaching destination to finally retire in and Saban’s lovely, quality, wife will allow him to make that COACHING decision. She and he do like small towns and Ann Arbor and the life style there will exceed Tuscaloosa every time and in every category.
Saban is gone come December when or if Rodriguez is fired.
AltamahaDawg
May 21st, 2010
3:01 pm
Oh but How2fish, he was so proud of that once he got it down on the screen. Can’t blame him for cut/pasting for a few more days can you.
I mean he hits the all the buzzz words.
What do we have: some national irrelavance. “everybody laughing” at UGA. A couple of gratuitous wanna-be-fan references to FL and now I guess all tech fans are suddenly Bama fans too. Top recruiting class every year coached down, wrap it all up with the ol’ mediocrity.
Yep, he spend a lot of time making that all up, and not at all copying it from every other idiot troll. I’d be proud of that fine effort if it were mine as well.
AltamahaDawg
May 21st, 2010
3:03 pm
Not a lot of liability ranking player in May, I suppose.
UGA GRAD AAND FAN
May 21st, 2010
3:19 pm
WE IZ GONNA WIN DA NATENAL CHAMPUNSHIP!!!! LOOK AT ALL THOSE ALL AMERICANS WE GOT AARON MURRY AND CALEB EALEY!!!! #1 #1 #1 GOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOO DAAAAAAWWWWGGGSSSSSSS MIKE RICHT BEST CAOCH EVER UURVAN MYERS U R HORRIBLE!!!!!! WWWWHHHAAATTTSSS DDDAAATTT CUUUMMMIIINN DOOOWWWNNN DDDAA TRRRAAAAAKKKKKK?????
UGA GRAD AAND FAN
May 21st, 2010
3:27 pm
OH YEAH RICK SABAN SUCKS TO GGOOOOOOOO DAWGS…Aight let me git bak to my MBQA klass here at my wunderfol University
Delbert D.
May 21st, 2010
3:30 pm
My must-have list for beginning hate bloggers:
1) UR just a (nerd/tard)
You (school) trolls go back to your crappy (school) blog
2) your team is so irrelevant
3) (my favorite school) has been better than (your school) forever and thats a FACT
4) We will beat (whoever is really good) and U can take it to the BANK
5) UR such a loser. U sit around all day and blog
6) U get that smarty degree an I’ll be you boss tho I cant spel
7) hahahahaha….49-21…[back in 1937]
9) I always love it when you (school) idiots come on our blog and hate
10) My (you know what) is soooo much bigger than yours
Delbert D.
May 21st, 2010
3:31 pm
That guy needs training…
UGA GRAD AAND FAN
May 21st, 2010
3:34 pm
DELBERT – YOU KNO TROLLS???
Delbert D.
May 21st, 2010
3:35 pm
Me no English
tim
May 21st, 2010
4:11 pm
win some games girls and then you can talk until then the MIGHTY GATORS rule !!!
AltamahaDawg
May 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
You use the term ” gators rule” and calling somebody girls? learned that lil’ gem at the brownie meeting did you?
txdawg
May 21st, 2010
6:55 pm
TXDawg – where you located??? Im a UGA alum in Dallas. email me at txdawg@att.net
how2fish
May 21st, 2010
8:24 pm
AltamahaDawg..hey in a Bug’s mind that much drivel is just toooo good to only use once! Which is kind of strange I mean he/she has a lot of time to think up new stuff..not like he has to worry about his girlfriend/wife . kids etc…just sitting there staring at his Star Teck models and playing WOWC…I pity the fool..(yes Mr.T)
AltamahaDawg
May 21st, 2010
9:44 pm
You’ve got to love it when they are so quick to put out the same ol worn out banality that they don’t even realize, or care if they did, how much they throw their own team under the bus while trying to score some “to hell with Georgia” points. It makes me wonder if half of that crap is actually from some clever UGA student posing as a techster just to mock them.
Stinger
May 21st, 2010
9:53 pm
Don’t look now, but you actually have a chance to win a baseball game. You only lead by 10 runs with just 2 or 3 innings to go, so anything could happen, but you may actually beat Kentucky. Man they must be horrible.
how2fish
May 21st, 2010
9:54 pm
AltamahaDawg you might be the evil genius that can lead the Bugs to……damnation I mean can they even trust their own spawn? Best of luck with that !
observor
May 22nd, 2010
12:59 am
This blog suck as It seems you have closed it off without actually stating so, which is bush league.
observor
May 22nd, 2010
1:00 am
Dang, I guess I was proven wrong…
Anyhow, I think posting 4th team conference teams is really lame. I could understand posting 4th team All -Americans, but posting 4th team conference teams seems to be a bit diluted.
757Dawg
May 22nd, 2010
10:56 am
POAD,
You nailed it. You see us UGA fans start to get giddy this time every year. Once again CMR had another banner recruiting year and once again we will be overrated in all the pre-season polls. And looking at our schedule, we’ll probably start out the season 5-0 (although we WILL have problems with Carolina) and ranked in the Top 10. Then, it’ll be the same ol’ song: Blown out by Tenn and we will find a way to lose to the lizards thanks to CMR and Bobo. And judging by what we’ve done over the last few years, there’s a good chance we’ll drop another one to Kentucky or Auburn. Captial One Bowl, here we come! Thank goodness we don’t have ‘Bama or LSU this year, it would be like men playing with boys. Now Poad, after I send this you’ll probably see a lot of Dawg fans cursing me out and telling me I’m not a real fan, but these are the people that don’t really live in reality. They can’t accept that we are just not on the same level as the lizards, Tide, and LSU. Our recruits are just as athletic and fast as the recruits that go to the Big 3 schools, but CMR just can’t win the big games when it counts. And there are no excuses, because CMR puts a lot of players in the NFL, so his player developement system is top-notch. It all starts with discipline. The players just don’t take him seriously when he tries to play the tough sheriff role. I guess 10-2 or 9-3 isn’t so bad, huh?
Tech Master
May 22nd, 2010
8:48 pm
If Ga has as many stars as Bama and Florida, then they should challenge for the SEC this year–no more excuses from Richt–he’s got all the talent he needs this year.
Reality Now
May 22nd, 2010
10:41 pm
Ga—hasn’t won a title in football since 1980 (30 years ago for those that can’t count well) but still have the same arrogance as back then! Big talk, this is the year, new defense, new coaches, blah blah blah… It’s the same BS from ga fans every year—but it will be another blowout loss to florida, a loss to tech and 4-5 losses in the season—mark it down!
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