Bulldogs No. 64? ‘Just plain ridiculous’ ranking draws rebuttals
Thought you might get a kick out of reading a couple of rebuttals to the Orlando Sentinel’s ranking of Georgia’s football team as No. 64.
First, from Barrett Sallee of CollegeFootballNews.com:
A blog post in the Orlando Sentinel got the Georgia Bulldog fan base up in arms Tuesday –- and rightfully so.
In their College Football 2010 Countdown, the newspaper ranked the Georgia Bulldogs No. 64 … one spot behind Ole Miss and two spots behind Mississippi State. That puts them among the 25 worst BCS teams in the country.
Georgia is a bit of a mystery this season. They are breaking in a new quarterback, installing a new defensive scheme and replacing six starters on a defense that was dreadful last season. But ranking them at No. 64 is just plain ridiculous. A favorable schedule and an above average running game will get the Bulldogs into the top half of the SEC in 2010, which is a far cry from No. 64.
It’s a Florida-based paper, so the rivalry between Florida and Georgia probably plays into the low ranking a bit. But come on … if you’re going to poke the rival, at least make it believable.
And from Hays Carlyon of the Florida Times-Union:
Luckily for Georgia, the Bulldogs don’t compete in the SEC West.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, they’d finish dead last this coming season.
One of the most respected sports departments in our state has unveiled a bold (comical?) prediction.
In its countdown of ranking all 120 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision teams, the Georgia Bulldogs are the 64th-best team in the country heading into the season. That clicking sound you hear is Mark Richt frantically stapling the printout to any bulletin board he can find on campus. Word is he wallpapered the team’s locker room with it.
Now, we all like to make bold predictions, and no one knows for sure how any team’s season will play out. But Georgia 64th? Really?
There are only three SEC teams the Sentinel thinks will be worse than the Bulldogs (Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Kentucky).
To twist the insult knife further, according to the Sentinel, Georgia would be the ACC’s seventh-best team in its rankings. Uga VI is rolling over in his grave.
To rank that low, Georgia would almost have to be a 6-6 team. . . .
To me, it’s more likely Georgia goes 10-2 over 6-6. But that’s the only beauty of the preseason. No matter how wild the prediction, nobody is wrong yet.
Except the Sentinel.
Just 66 more days of silliness, by the way, until the season opener in Sanford Stadium.
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j
June 30th, 2010
8:51 am
UGAY isn’t good. They do have a pathetic schedule but they will still lose to teams like Kentucky. No QB,no running game, no Defense….All this equals a bad team. Quit drinking the koolade and realize UGAY is horrible!
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
8:57 am
64th? What next? WE can’t beat the Gaytors? HAHAHA We will upset Gaytors in Gainesville and will finish 10-1!!!
oh yeah, Tech sux!
Yall come join me in Dublin next month for the redneck olympicks!!
WOOOF WOOOF!!!!!
JB
June 30th, 2010
8:59 am
j………………….take your meds or go back to lock up……………….No running game ?
Matt
June 30th, 2010
9:02 am
UGA was terrible last year. Seems they’re ranked about right at 64, for now.
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
9:02 am
BEE there or bee square!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhHQSS1f6tM
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
9:03 am
JAWJA’S FINEST:
http://summerredneckgames.com/
Papadawg
June 30th, 2010
9:03 am
J just proves that stupidity is alive and well
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
9:05 am
Oh, yeah, Gaytors wear jean shorts!!!
Jorts!!! UT is a bunch of hill billies!!! Alabama is Redneck central!
look at us make fun of you when we have this:
http://summerredneckgames.com/
#1Stunna
June 30th, 2010
9:08 am
Hey “Urban Meyer”,
“Congradulations” is actually spelled with a “t” as in “Congratulations”!!! How about using the spell check the next time you decide to make an insult…
Kermit Soileau
June 30th, 2010
9:14 am
Even a diehard LSU fan like me thinks this woman’s blog belongs in the comic strips…maybe the Bulldog ate the rankings she had actually worked on and she inserted this one at the last moment.
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
9:19 am
I’ll be the first to bellyflop in the mud with my beer belly and uga hat on!!!!
http://summerredneckgames.com/
Yes, as you all know. We are sooooo intelligent and sophisticated here compared to all you other fans!!!!
ROTFLMAO!!!!
Bully 11
June 30th, 2010
9:21 am
Why are you worried about Georgia in comparasion to the two Mississippi schools. State and Ole Miss will be better than your little puppies from Athens this year. It’s just a matter of time until the Cowbells will be ringing on your heads in Starkville this fall.
70 Dawg
June 30th, 2010
9:24 am
This ranking is so stupid that it sounds like it was made by a GT nerd. Even gator fans aren’t this biased. The author must still hold a grudge about the end zone celebration 2 yrs ago
BG
June 30th, 2010
9:25 am
It is a Florida newspaper. The Ajc and other Georgia papers are the only papers I know of that praise the out of state colleges. This paper is in the heart of gator country.
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
9:27 am
nO WON IS GONNA ADDRESS HOW INGERANT WE ARE? LOOK AT THE WEBSITE POSTED HERE!
GEORGIA CLASS AT ITS BEST:
http://summerredneckgames.com/
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
9:31 am
i LOVE TOILET SEAT HORSESHOES AND PIGS FEET BOBBING!!!
HAHAHAHAHA
http://summerredneckgames.com/
Mike
June 30th, 2010
9:34 am
Phil Steele, the nation’s most ACCURATE college football predictor, has Georgia at #19 pre-season, not #64, AND, says Georgia will overtake Florida in the SEC East this year. Predicting Fall of Florida, Rise of Georgia.
How?
Read the article, crammed with stats.
http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/Individual_Team_blogs/Georgia_Blog.html
boots
June 30th, 2010
9:34 am
These boards used to be interesting…
Tim Tebow's Tears
June 30th, 2010
9:36 am
That ranking is not far off. Ugay fans are delirious if they think they will do any serious damage this year. Middle of the pack at best in the SEC. Oh yeah and Phil Steele is a hack trying to sell magazines. Always dead wrong…
Mike
June 30th, 2010
9:40 am
Phil Steele, most accurate predictor in college football, see proof:
http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/2010-10yr.html
Says Georgia is Top 20 ranked team, if decent QB play, will win SEC East, and maybe more.
seabass
June 30th, 2010
9:42 am
With an offensive line two deep and a treasure trove of running backs we will be in the top 10. All we need is a quarterback who can hand the ball off without fumbling. And I think Murray is capable of that. Defense will be better. I like our team alot.
Fast Eddie
June 30th, 2010
9:43 am
Nub @7:16 a.m., your name must be an indicator of the size of your manhood.
Mike
June 30th, 2010
9:44 am
Athlon Sports is #2 most accurate college football predictor, has Georgia pre-season ranked at #16, NOT #64. Says Georgia will win SEC East if get decent QB play.
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/18907/2010-preseason-top-25
Delbert D.
June 30th, 2010
9:48 am
“Most experienced” teams: Boise State returns 21 of 22 on the depth charts for both offense and defense, plus the PK/punter. Last year they were the highest-scoring team in the country. They allowed 31 rushing yards in the win over Oregon. Let’s see how that works out against Virginia Tech in the opener this year.
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
9:49 am
Mike
June 30th, 2010
9:40 am
Phil Steele, most accurate predictor in college football, see proof:
http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/2010-10yr.html
Says Georgia is Top 20 ranked team, if decent QB play, will win SEC East, and maybe more.
If Jawja is going to overtake Flarda, why is the Gaytors #7 and Jawja 19???
HUH????
Mike
June 30th, 2010
9:50 am
ESPN had a panel of 25 experts rank pre-season for college football. Georgia came up pre-season ranked #23, NOT #64.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=5143606
Mike
June 30th, 2010
9:53 am
Richt coached for FSU 1990-2000, finished in the top 5 final rankings, every year. Offense ranked top 5 in country under Richt. Since Richt left, no top 10 rankings for FSU in final polls since.
Richt finished in top 10 final rankings 6 out of 9 seasons at Georgia, 4 top 10 finishes in a row, which Saban or Meyer have never done.
So, what’s that 16 out of 19 seasons, top 5 or top 10 final ranking?
Paddy
June 30th, 2010
9:55 am
J….try another sport. Football does not click for you. Or if you must, root for Arkansas, they are very simple to follow and have a simpleton coach. Petrino is a mile wide and an inch deep. He is “mensa” material in Arkansas. Well, you get the picture.
shankit
June 30th, 2010
9:55 am
Orlando Sentinel trying to create a diversion to Georgia’s continued
sports success.
Russell Henley making the cut and tying for 16th in the U. S. Open,
Isner’s new fame in his 70-68 victory at Wimbledon,
Big Bubba winning the Traveler’s golf tournament.
They all looked good in their red Bulldog shirts during their interviews.
Georgia sports on the rise.
Tim Rupert
June 30th, 2010
9:55 am
Sounds more like a wish list than a true ranking. Fla is on the down slide so I guess that’s what some will do. This is a good thing that will just add fuel to the fire. Go Dawgs!
Paddy
June 30th, 2010
10:00 am
Delbert D…I believe Boise St. will beat VT and stay in the top 5 all year. They are loaded and had a great year with very few letterman last season. That guy can coach um up!
Will
June 30th, 2010
10:01 am
From what I saw at the G-Day game this spring I would say the 64 ranking is about right. Our offensive line was horrible and our running game suffered against a revamped defense that wasn’t even playing all of their sets. We looked horrid and I am scared to death of what’s going to happen in Columbia. But if you look at our G-Day game tape then yes we should be ranked no higher than 64.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
June 30th, 2010
10:01 am
This is just plain funny, i’m not going to engage into a debate about how far we will got this year or how good we’ll be. All i will say is its good to be a DAWG!!!!! I cant wait til the season starts and we can take care of buisness and “FINISH THE DRILL”
Sven Ottke
June 30th, 2010
10:02 am
Man, the AJC is getting alot of whine mileage out of the article. Shut up, man up and prepare to take your beatings. Gonna be a long year at Sewage Stadium with that midget running the offense.
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
10:02 am
phil steel had UGA as #9 to start 08
#13 to start 09
and, how did that preseason #1 work out for you guys in 07?
Yeah, always preseason superstars… UGA perrenial underachievers!!!
murfdawg
June 30th, 2010
10:02 am
Until we beat fl, no one (under the age of 40) in Florida will ever have any respect for UGA. Let’s just make sure we are playing in the Dome for the SECCG and let the writers and the ratings take care of themselves. I don’t dare if we go 2-10 as long as we beat fl and gt.
Paddy
June 30th, 2010
10:05 am
Tim Rupert….Florida on the down side? They look like a top 10 team to me and should finish the year in the top 10. They lose 2, hope one of those is to UGA!
How2fish
June 30th, 2010
10:09 am
If wishing only made things so..the Gators would lose every game except when they play Bama for the next 20 years…but here in the real world..UGA won’t be 64th or lower..its like saying I don’t like the Gators but CUM and all that talent won’t win any games because I don’t like them. Please how many areas will UGA be worse in this year compared to last year..really? And Bully 11 what exactly are you smoking? In the last 30 years exactly how many times have the 2 MS schools been better than UGA the same year?
Scott
June 30th, 2010
10:11 am
People think Georgia isn’t top 10 for 2 reasons:
1) QB Play
2) New defense
QB Play for 2nd Year QB Aaron Murray:
On QB play, Mark Richt’s record with 2nd year QB’s Stafford & Greene were both around 57% accuracy, 19 td’s, 10 int’s. Murray comes in as the #2 ranked QB in the country out of High School, had over 50 scholarship offers. Threw for 4000 yards, ran for 900, 54 TD’s. State championship against toughest level competition, Elite 11 Camp MVP.
On new defense:
Grantham has a track record of INSTANT TURNAROUND results. Took Colts from 3-13 to 13-3 in 1st year, and Browns from 4-10 to 10-6 in 1st year. Belin’s LB’s at Vandy consistently All-SEC, Lakatos secondary consistently top 10 in pass efficiency. Colts, Browns, and Dallas Cowboys all had their BEST YEAR in last 15 years, when Grantham was on staff. Saban offered Grantham his DC position 2x at Mich St., and at Miami.
Dirty Dawg
June 30th, 2010
10:13 am
Good thing for these guys that their jobs don’t depend on being accurate in their crystal-ballin’. Fact is all they need to do is to ‘get the fight started’ and they’ve done their job – so far as their bosses are concerned.
Fact is, and as it’s been mentioned, until we turn this thing around with Florida nobody down that way will give Georgia the benefit of the doubt on anything. This season will rely on young Mr. Murray’s ability to keep a steady hand on the tiller, but more importantly, our success will be based on how the defense responds. If we’re weak – and I mean glaringly so – against either the run or the pass, then we very well could be ‘bringing up the rear’ by season’s end.
Scott
June 30th, 2010
10:13 am
Head Coaches Turnaround Experience/Track Record?
Richt’s had 2, 4 loss seasons in SEC in 2001 & 2006. Both times, Richt ended up in top 3 in final polls the next season, both in 2002 & 2007.
Codydawg
June 30th, 2010
10:14 am
Mute Point on national titles in football-they are all mythical titles!!! Until they install a playoff system National Championships in football are meaningless
Cindy Hendrix
June 30th, 2010
10:23 am
Hey notauga fan since you are not a UGA fan stop reading the Atlanta journal
& posting on our blogs!!why don’t you go find a blog on a newspaper for what team you are a fan of & get the heck off ours!! we have plenty of fans we don’t need you scat!!! as Always GO DAWGS SIC EM WOOF WOOF GATA!!
oh by the way we were not showing everything at gday with ealey & A.J. , the best kickers in the nation & 3 new coaches & TG installing the 3-4 defense things will be differen’t this is not a WM cupcake defense anymore so get used to it!! & our oppents watch your backs when we play you GATA BABY!!!
GATOR DADDY!!!
June 30th, 2010
10:25 am
Hey Codydawg – its “MOOT” Point, not MUTE Point!! You obviously went to UGA!!
As far as the ranking goes, the Orlando Sentinel probably took into account the probabililty that a significant portion of the UGA football team will be behind bars or suspended or under investigation for some felony or other before the season is done.
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
10:27 am
Well, take heart dawggies… We may be preseason 64, finish 6-6, and lose to flarda every year, but NOBODY, AND I DO MEAN NOBODY can compete when it comes to mudbog belly flops, toilet seat horseshoes, and pig feet bobbing!!!!!
HUNKERDOWN REDNECK DAWGS!!!! Oh, and all National championships are mythical except 1980!!!!
http://summerredneckgames.com/redneck-videos/
GATOR DADDY!!!
June 30th, 2010
10:27 am
Cindy my dear…. hate to burst your bubble, but this is NOT your blog – it is published by the AJC for everyone to read and post on. That’s what blogs are – if you want to limit this discussion to UGA morons only, start a private discussion group – if you know how to that is!!
Andrea Adelson
June 30th, 2010
10:30 am
This is the last time I make a preseason prediction on college football. Stupid internet has my poll from the Orlando fishwrap all over the South. Why did I move from the Lifestyle section to Sports! What a mess!
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
10:31 am
we take pride in ALL being a bunch of Rednecks!!!!
UGA CAN OUT REDNECK ANYBODY!!!!!
I hear they are going to start a toilet seat horseshoes team, along with classes on pig feet bobbin for the football team!
I heard they are offering classes in bellyflopping in mudbogs too! You bunch of banjo playing necks should do fine at UGA!!!!
Typical Gator Fan
June 30th, 2010
10:32 am
Yeah Cindy. You should know by now that all topics, articles and blogs should get the extreme pleasure of hearing from a Gator blowhard. It’s science.
JB
June 30th, 2010
10:38 am
The Orlando paper ought to be using it resources to start a place for Gator fans to discuss their team. This is public, but it’s a GEORGIA PAPER talking about OUR State University. Too many Gators are Too far away from the Swamp……We take our Ass whipping ever year, what we don’t want is to hear anything you low life’s have to say the other 364 days !