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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Reality Check
June 30th, 2010
1:48 pm
You Georgia fans just can’t stop obsessing over the Gators.
It’s delights the Gator Nation to see how far up your a$$es Urban and the Gators are!
The nightmare continues.
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
1:50 pm
GATOR DADDY!!!
June 30th, 2010
12:11 pm
I’m an absentee father who doesn’t pay child support and my kids will grow up to be in porn if they’re girls or be recidivist criminals if they’re boys- in other words, a typical male from the state of Florida.
Maybe, but check out your fanbase:
http://summerredneckgames.com/about/
watch the clips, or look at the pictures and check out all of the G hats
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2010
1:54 pm
reality check, by your own criteria, may we assume that UGA is inside your head?
Reality Check
June 30th, 2010
1:54 pm
Dawglasville- I am the “original Reality Check” my friend, and a proud Gator.
Papadawg
June 30th, 2010
1:55 pm
Last Year the Dawgs were caught without a quality QB, bad defense which meant mediocrity. This year although a freshman a talented QB surrounded with a monster line, hoss RBs and talented recievers should run over the other teams. Still waiting for the defense & if they play up to their potential it will be a good year
Reality Check
June 30th, 2010
1:58 pm
AltamahaDawg- The Bulldogs and their fans are a great source of amusement for me. Very few have a grasp on the reality of the situation concerning their “rivalry” with Florida or the state of their program.
Rest assured that as we get closer to September, I’ll be laughing at this garbage on a regular basis.
Dawg Trainer
June 30th, 2010
2:00 pm
Looks like Jawja Redneck has you Dawgs on lock. No need for additional Dawg training from me.
Dawglasville
June 30th, 2010
2:04 pm
Jawga Redneck – those same guys in that video will start wearing Tech gear if they beat Georgia. Two years ago every gas station and Cracker Barrel was full of Tech stuff after Tech beat us.
Reality Check – what kills me is that you live in the state of Georgia. Wait a minute. Are you Urban’s daughter? You bounce back and forth from Tech to Florida so often and with such passion… now it makes sense. You’d better make sure your daddy is taking his medicine and that you don’t get caught at the bottom of the tickle pile after a big volleyball victory.
Dawg Trainer
June 30th, 2010
2:04 pm
Knew I forgot something.
Time is getting close, Dawgs. Only 54 more hours until the Dawg Trainer is in Athens to inspect Neyland South. If I find ONE brown blade of grass on my new turf…there’s going to be the devil to pay!
And make sure my hedges are trimmed and watered. It’s hot outside!
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
2:06 pm
There’s the Hubcap Hurl, the Bobbin’ for Pig’s Feet Fest, and Redneck Horseshoes — in which toilet seats are the objects thrown. Each individual event has its own legion of fans, roster of popular competitors, and history filled with tradition. People still talk about the 12-year-old boy who played the Southern ode “Dixie” with his underarm and palm back in 2000, everyone recognizes that Melvin Davis is the Babe Ruth of Bobbin’ For Pigs’ Feet, and it’s common knowledge that the Games don’t begin until the Ceremonial Grill is lit. Like SEC football or hating Jeff Gordon, the Redneck Games, too, have become a favorite pastime for Southern sports fans.
UGA FANBASE AT ITS BEST!!!!!
Dawglasville
June 30th, 2010
2:08 pm
Reality check – My apologies. I had no idea. Well, then I stick to my original post. What kills me is that you live in the state of Georgia.
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
2:09 pm
But Dawglasville, what makes it so funny is how much UGA fans make fun of Bamma, UT, UF and LSU as being uneducated hillbillies! UGA fan likes to act like it is the Harvard of the South.
Of course, when it comes to football, perhaps you are!
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Dawglasville
June 30th, 2010
2:14 pm
Jawja Redneck – Do you insert the HAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! so that people will know when they are suppose to laugh?
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
2:17 pm
No, I just crack myself up. I can’t stay off of the redneck website! It is priceless!
Dawglasville
June 30th, 2010
2:28 pm
Jawja Redneck – To each his own. Enjoy.
Jawja Redneck
June 30th, 2010
2:31 pm
Dawglasville, don’t you see the irony? You state that those fans are “walmart fans.” To which I would agree. However, UGA fans have no problem bashing other school’s “walmart” fans, or their redneck element.
jesse james
June 30th, 2010
2:34 pm
By God let’s tee it up right now. Computer and paper talk is cheap, by God let’s get it on. Sorry God, I am just ready to do the talking on the field. We are number 64 and that is fine. It is where you finish that counts. So by God let’s tee it up. Oops, sorry God! I am just ready to kick some ass. I sure hope Urban hasn’t dehydrated by the time we play them.
Reality Check
June 30th, 2010
3:21 pm
Dawglasville- let me get this straight, if I live in Georgia I have to root for a Georgia team??
Wow! That’s a depressing scenario.
You can keep your mediocre university and it’s athletic program. My money will continue to help feed the Gator beast!
Dawghater
June 30th, 2010
3:22 pm
And let the dawg whining begin. How dare a paper do this. I think all you UGA fans should drive down to Orlando and picket the paper. If all the Dawg fans left the state to go do that it would be the best day the state of Ga’s seen in quite a while. The dip, Bud and PBR sales would suffer that day though!
Reality Check
June 30th, 2010
3:24 pm
By the way, the Gators have been to Atlanta so many times for the SEC Championship Game that Gator fans consider it a second home anyway. We may be considered more “native Atlantans” than Georgia fans at this point.
It’s great to be assured a home game in the dome every December!
Dawghater
June 30th, 2010
3:26 pm
Hey Jesse James, be careful what you wish for. Here’s an idea! Why don’t your wear all black in J’ville this year. Or maybe Black Helmets? Or maybe all Silver! Or maybe not show up! UGA’s done all that except wear all Silver!
DrewDawg
June 30th, 2010
3:29 pm
This is from the same paper that writes everything for Florida so we expect this nonsense from some UF Grads! HUNKER DOWN DAWGS!
Reality Check
June 30th, 2010
3:30 pm
DrewDawg- You may want to compare academic standards before you start commenting on UF grads.
Reality Check
June 30th, 2010
3:33 pm
Ranked 64th- probably unfair
So, let’s say they’re ranked 54th. REALLY awful.
Let’s say 44th. Still REALLY awful.
34th…awful
24th…still bad.
14th…still underperforming.
Point is, they aren’t good.
Reality Check
June 30th, 2010
3:37 pm
DrewDawg- Check out this list of the top 63 leading research universities.
UF seems to be on the list.
Where’s UGA?
http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476
Buzzy Bee
June 30th, 2010
3:49 pm
Rating is true. UGA is 7-4 this year and CMR is fired. Recruits beware, CMR is OUT. Freshman Quarterback and running backs that no one is afraid of, spells bad times at Athens.
Damn Good Dawg
June 30th, 2010
4:16 pm
Reality Check, do you have a kid @ UF?
Truth
June 30th, 2010
4:28 pm
Poor poor little puppies. Finally a tiny bit of reality hits the news. It isn’t news based on the past. It isn’t news based on your 3 or 4 star recruits. It isn’t news based on anything except your ability to perform on the field – and the news isn’t good. Yes, you are 64. That is the 64th best team in the Country. That’s right. Let it sink in a bit.
Atlanta Dawg
June 30th, 2010
4:32 pm
Sounds good. Remember what Pat Dye said, “Georgia is not man enough to beat Alabama”. Motivation is a good thing.
CANINE NONSENSE
June 30th, 2010
4:40 pm
Enter your comments here
Debose
June 30th, 2010
5:04 pm
Who cares. Just use it for motivation Dawg coaches………
EngDawg
June 30th, 2010
5:21 pm
I think Reality Check needs to get a life and quit spending all day long posting to this Blog. Last I checked, UGA entrance requirements crush Florida’s: UF – 1350 & UGA – 1446 I think you should check your facts before you spout off, you moron.
Delbert D.
June 30th, 2010
5:32 pm
College Football News SEC QB Rankings
1. Ryan Mallet
2. John Brantley
3. Stephen Garcia
4. Greg McElroy
5. Jordan Jefferson
6. Cam Newton
7. Nathan Stanley
8. Aaron Murray
9. Mike Hartline
10. Larry Smith
11. Chris Relf
12. Matt Simms
http://cfn.scout.com/2/973060.html
Call IT
June 30th, 2010
5:35 pm
Oh boo hoo JB you morons are and have always ran your mouths like you were the NC year end and out.
The bottom line is you have a lack luster program that has not done anything since 1980.
Gators win the East again in 2010!
Enough Said!
Lars
June 30th, 2010
7:09 pm
Richt’s only had 3 seasons outside of top 10 final finish in the last 19 seasons!
So, on those 3 seasons where Richt doesn’t have a top 10 season, 3 out of 19, the critics go nuts.
They did it in 1979 when Georgia went 6-7.
Wrong! 12-0 in 1980 and National Champs.
Did it again in 2001. Wrong again! Finished #2 in nation in 2002.
Did it again in 2006. Wrong again! Finished #3 in 2007.
Criticizing AGAIN in 2009. Wrong again! Finish #1 in 2010.
Barack Dawg
June 30th, 2010
7:19 pm
GATOR DADDY — Does UF have any more bail money for their felons? Don’t go calling out UGA for that when UF is ahead. You guys are so good that you beat us on the field and to prison. Pick a freaking moron from UF that has not been arrested, hell you just a receiver get a DUI a couple weeks ago. What is Oscar Meyer doing down there? You guys trying to beat the Florida State Creminoles or The Thug University on the cape?
The reason Meyer had to recruit 28 players for 2010 instead…either they are not getting in or they are going to jail so he has to cover the spread on prison and not qualifying.
Paul Has Small Johnson
June 30th, 2010
7:36 pm
Well this coaching staff probably wont use this as motivation anyway
We motivate by changing uniforms and
Dancing on the field during the game
JaxGator
June 30th, 2010
7:41 pm
The Orlando Sentinel was probably taking into consideration that your head coach is not particularly feared or respected by Gator fans: A Georgia Coach
that has to change his teams uniforms to get them motivated to play the Gators is hurting. We also remember that Richt lost two out of three to the Zooker. We hope you keep Richt a long time, he is so easy.
JaxGator
June 30th, 2010
7:53 pm
For all you Georgia fans that are so thrilled that the leghumpers beat the Gators in 97, 04, and 07, stop and remember that in 97 and 07 that we were coming off
winning the National Championship, even the mighty Gators have to reload once in a while. In 04. you beat a Zook team as a lot of other teams did; that is why Foley got rid of him. Keep hoping that the Gators are going to have a down year; that is all that you leghumpers have is hopes.
Lars
June 30th, 2010
7:56 pm
FSU BEFORE RICHT:
Bobby Bowden started coaching at FSU in 1976.
From 1976-1984, Bowden had 1 top 5 finish in the polls.
1 Top 5 finish.
FSU DURING RICHT’S COACHING TIME THERE: 1985-2000
Richt started coaching QB’s in 1985 for FSU, and FSU.
From 1985-2000, over 15 years, FSU finished in the top 5 in the national ranking for 13 seasons.
13 Top 5 finishes.
FSU AFTER RICHT LEFT FOR GEORGIA IN 2000:
2000-2009, FSU had 1 top 10 finish in 2003.
O Top 5 finishes.
college is forever
June 30th, 2010
8:02 pm
http://www.collegelunchboxes.com Those newspapers must be smoking some really crazy stuff. We may not be in the mix for the BCS title but we are closer to that then we are to number 64. You can’t help where you are born or sometimes where you go to school or who you cheer for, but you can choose where you live and I don’t blame the Gator or Tide fans for leaving their home state and moving to Atlanta, I wouldn’t live there either. Go Dawgs!!!
Gman
June 30th, 2010
8:19 pm
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killerj
June 30th, 2010
8:23 pm
I thought they where 164th,thats to generous,4 to 1 humps!
Pop Rock and Mountain Dew
June 30th, 2010
8:24 pm
ummmmm….
“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.”
Speaking as a Gator fan transplanted to Atlanta, I didn’t even know we had a rivalry with Georgia until I moved here. The truth is, the Gators want to beat the Noles and Miami, Georgia is not on most fans radar down there. I do think they are cerainly better than 64th though…
--I-;
June 30th, 2010
8:28 pm
No doubt “college is forever’, Florida has soooooo many scuzzy people that I would RUN from that nasty azz place. Alabama is actually okay.
Patsy
June 30th, 2010
8:47 pm
Since the daug schedule is so filled with cream puffs, 64 might be too low. If you guys were playing that “ruff” schedule of last year, 64 would be too high!
How you daugs gonna bark after USC beats you guys in the sweat bowl? A fresh QB in Columbia??
harold
June 30th, 2010
8:51 pm
GEORGIA WAS 8-4 LAST YEAR AND 4-4 IN THE SEC. THEY GO 6-6 THIS YEAR AT BEST.
.
June 30th, 2010
8:59 pm
harold the homu, strikes again!
Scott
June 30th, 2010
9:09 pm
Hey Joe….
Georgia Tech National Champs..1990
Georgia National Champs….1980
FEEL THE STING !
Ranked 64th ? Sounds about right.
GO JACKETS !
CoopDawg
June 30th, 2010
9:16 pm
Well I would say to the Gator fan, that just posted the last bunch of msgs using different names, that you sit there so pleased with yourself by not caring about the GA-FL rivalry, that life is really gonna suck for you guys with Tebow gone. I was gonna say that you guys had a really good run and you better watch what you say, b/c one day things won’t be so great when the Gators struggle and perhaps it’s the other way around, where the Dawgs forget there’s a rivaly. Yeah, I was going to say that. But Gator fans don’t really exist, or are very very few, don’t kid yourself. Why? Because they’re the highest form of bandwagon fan known to exist, which tend to be drawn to cool-looking uniforms; orange and blue has been known to draw-in these types. Back in the eighties, you had your little Miami sweatshirt, then in the nineties you loved the Cornhuskers, and so on. Gators usually find another bandwagon, it’s just a matter of time. Must be nice.