UGA No. 22 in preseason composite poll; new media guides hot off the press
HOOVER, Ala. — Starting the barrage of notes from SEC media days:
- Among the first installments in the mountain of paperwork that will be distributed here during the next three days: a national composite Top 25 based on seven preseason magazines.
Georgia, I thought you’d want to know, is tied for 22nd.
The Bulldogs’ highest ranking among the seven publications came from Athlon (No. 15) and their lowest from Sporting News and Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook (uranked in both).
Alabama is No. 1 in the composite poll, with Ohio State, Boise State, Florida and Oklahoma completing the top five in that order. Other SEC teams: Arkansas No. 18, LSU No. 20, Auburn No. 21. Georgia is tied with Penn State for No. 22.
Georgia Tech? No. 19.
- Georgia is distributing a new batch of media guides hot off the press — the reprinted version with references to the former athletic director removed.
Damon Evans‘ bio has been replaced with one of Frank Crumley, the interim AD.
Some 14,000 guides were reprinted at a cost of approximately $50,000.
- Please check back throughout the afternoon for much more from media days. And please follow @ajcuga on Twitter for updates.
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179 comments Add your comment
Hou Dat?
July 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
This is what it says O’ ILLITERATE ONE. It READS: Preseason composite poll: UGA, GT rankings.
Hou Dat?
July 21st, 2010
6:04 pm
HouDog… I know why you’re a dog fan.. You like the bone my friend!
Geez!
July 21st, 2010
6:06 pm
Hou Dat? – but when the page opens what does it read? That is what I thought. Obsessed much?
Hou Dat?
July 21st, 2010
6:12 pm
You seem to have an obsession with the word obsessed. Perhaps you should read a little more and expand your vocabulary. Try this for size: THWG! Repeat after me: To Hell With Georgia! And bite me dog.
Geez!
July 21st, 2010
6:15 pm
Hou Dat? – why are you still on this blog? It says at the top of the page UGA Sports! Please answer the question!
Hou Dat?
July 21st, 2010
6:18 pm
Preseason composite poll: UGA, GT rankings … is the link that brought us to this page. I can’t help it if the AJC writers do a bait and switch.
Geez!
July 21st, 2010
6:25 pm
Hou Dat? – did the AJC make you read the whole article and then comment on here 5 times?
Geez!
July 21st, 2010
6:27 pm
“Preseason composite poll: UGA, GT rankings” notice how it has UGA then GT. Always second fiddle!
Delbert D.
July 21st, 2010
6:35 pm
Boise State returns 20 of 22 starters from last year. They are #1 in percentage of lettermen returning at 91.70%.
Arkansas is #2 in lettermen returning at 83.1%. South Carolina is #3 at 83.10% (must be a 3rd decimal point).
Points to consider, courtesy of Phil Steele.
Delbert D.
July 21st, 2010
6:38 pm
“Yeah I’m sure if Tech was competitive the wouldn’t have “chose” to leave. ”
The reason back then is one that is very familiar to SEC programs today. The University of Alabama oversigning recruits.
SECRules
July 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
Laughing at many of the blogs! Sure UGA had a good run several years ago when UF, Bama, UT, and even LSU & Auburn were down but what have they done since 2006? Well let’s see…only team ever to be ranked and lose to Vandy! Get ripped at home to Bama! Can’t beat UF while showing sportsmanship! Lose to both UT and UK when both are below average teams! UGA is only relevant within Georgia, which is a shame considering all the talent they land yearly. Have they ever won a national title? I am almost 30 years old and a football fanatic! They certainly have done nothing in my lifetime other than beat Hawaii! Oh what a resume! LOL
SECRules
July 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Delbert D…You need to recheck your info! Tech left because the SEC was going to impose scholly reductions. Back then Tech was a powerhouse team and recruited huge numbers. Dodd was mad at Bryant and used this topic as a powerplay move. He lost! Only UGA sided with Tech and in a panty twist Tech left SEC.
Delbert D.
July 21st, 2010
7:13 pm
SECRules – Recheck your facts. Alabama’s and Mississippi’s votes swung the decision. Dodd withdrew Georgia Tech from the SEC immediately after the votes were counted. Bryant had agreed to support Dodd’s position, but he was a no-show. His substitute voted against Dodd’s position. Georgia did support Dodd and Georgia Tech. It was big news back then; were you around? I was.
The issue was scholarship limitations. Alabama and Mississippi were the most prominent schools oversigning scholarship players and then cutting down to the limit during summer practice. Dodd strongly disagreed with this practice.
As support for my statements, consider this:
“Again, as we have stated many, many time here, oversigning is not a violation of the NCAA rules, it is an ethical issue and those that exploit the loophole are not conducting themselves within the spirit and ethics of the recruiting by-laws. This is a perfect example as to why you cannot write by-laws and proposals with the assumption that everyone is going to act accordingly, because they are not. And with regards to oversigning, we’re not talking about one or two coaches exploiting the spirit and ethics of the by-laws for signing players, we are talking about the entire history of an entire conference, minus Vanderbilt and Georgia. Oversigning has been a systemic problem in the SEC since the creation of the conference, just ask Georgia Tech fans about oversigning.”
The quoted paragraph is from oversigning.com.
What are your facts to support your statements?
Wilddawg
July 21st, 2010
8:04 pm
HOUDAWG. PLEASE shut up, you are embarassing any intelligent UGA fans here!!!
You are aware that that IOWA team is picked to win this years National Championship by several of the major polls aren’t you? And you are aware of our coaches dismal losing record against ranked teams aren’t you?? It’s easy to have a “winning” season when you play the biggest cream-puff schedule in the NCAA!!! Nationally, we will never be taken seriously if we keep playing these kinds of schedules. Where are the good out-of-conference games? Richt schedules us against Sister Mary’s school for wayward girls and calls it a tough game! Dooley would have never put up with this crap. Under (want-to-be) Saint Mark we are a mere shadow of what we once were. I travel all over the nation as part of my business and I can tell you, there is VERY little respect for our current program or coaching staff at the National level at the moment. Concensus is that we are living on past glory and it may be a while ’til our star rises again. As long as “Bama and Florida are strong, and we play wimpy schedules (sorry folks, the SEC doesn’ t impress anyone anymore with the exception of UA and UF — the rest of the conference is mediocre at best).
And while I detest the Yellow Jackets, I must admit they are impressing people and getting some attention on the national level. And as much as I hate to say it, they have become a very formidable opponent since CPJ arrived. IF they ever develop a defense they will be tough to handle because, while a few of us HAVE beaten them since the coaching change, no one has been able to “shut down” that offense or blow them out, even with the pathetic defense they’ve had the last few years.We will still stomp the Jackets this season, but I am not too confident about how we will fare for the next several years afterward. Stars rise and they fall. Ours is currently on the decline, with no end to the skid in sight under our current coaching staff. On the bright side though, there are a LOT of VERY good coaches who would LOVE to fill that position, and who would restore us to our rightful place in the NCAAF world. Now if someone could just lure Saban away to an NFL HC job……………….
Cuz
July 21st, 2010
9:01 pm
Well that was money well spent.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
July 21st, 2010
9:10 pm
Well I guess AJ will not be playing this yr
What??
July 21st, 2010
10:23 pm
The person who took the name What?? as their own can kiss my ass! Get your own name !
What??
July 21st, 2010
10:26 pm
It figures that a GT student/ grad can’t be creative enough to come up with their own identity! Get a life!! what a stiff!
bitter new age recruit
July 22nd, 2010
12:04 am
im only going to commit to a school that is pre rank in the top 5, you have to spoil me and wipe my butt twice a day to start and dont forget the “x” box yaa lots of games to educate me thin pincil brain dont think yaa going to over load me, hell no i wont someone to do me home work and feed me at night and dont forget my 4 wheeler to take me to my 15 min practice coach satan prommises all us 5 stars playa type. i aint sweating fo nobody i think thats broarder rasict maybe ill check on it, well coach satan will get our games at night so we donts sweat at all he soo cool!!,. signed thumb suc—g , gabe wright, antbody seen my joy stick “o” there it is stuck up my —-
bitter spare the rod spoil the child
July 22nd, 2010
12:18 am
well enough said, this is a game of football and all 4@5 star punks that think tech and uga will bent over so they can set on there as— like gabe the baby wright can keep there as–s out of the state of georgia , take your cry baby attude to coach satan in the crooked state of bamma or play for ego punks in gatard land for coach cryer, but if your a playa content on working hard and improving your playing style and learning to become a NFL type then tech and uga are places to settle in on. 20 win in 2 season coach PJ is only looking for future starts that work hard and devolpe in 3 years of football study’s thats 7 day’s a week type that will take and build playas no need for 4@5 start spolid punks so baby wright and all of the so called top 10 punks go to usc way out west to insane kiffin and sell crack fo side money, this is a mans sport not for over sized babies!!!
12-2
July 22nd, 2010
4:46 am
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AkEZU9CXw599dGxOOGo3d0RDQWljQTNRclFGbmRsbUE&hl=en&single=true&gid=0&output=html
12-2
July 22nd, 2010
4:48 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_College_Football_Pre-Season_Polls
Gatorbait 17-3
July 22nd, 2010
8:41 am
Just like I said before UGA will be an uderdog in 4 games,Florida, Arkansas, Tech, and
Auburn. South Carolina will be a pick it, or a slight favorite. Then we have the typical
mid-season disaster—-who will it be this year? KY, Vandy, Tenn? Even Miss. State
away with those “cow Bells” could be a trap—they gave the Gators all they wanted last year.
VoyeurDawg
July 22nd, 2010
9:46 am
I’m just excited because the dawg girls will be showing everyone their red panties this fall…oh, yes, there will be football, also…
Hairy's Balls
July 22nd, 2010
2:40 pm
Wait..let me get this straight. Tech wins the ACC. Georgia runs over your a$$ like Marion Jones on steroids, then you lose to a mediocre Iowa team in your bowl game and your on UGA blogs talkin’ sh!t?? And who’s stupid?
LP
July 22nd, 2010
6:25 pm
Ohio State will do great until they play the SEC.
creegah
July 22nd, 2010
8:19 pm
It will be interesting how the Dogs react when they find out this will be CMR’s last year.
L.A. BULLDAWG
July 26th, 2010
12:20 am
RANKED #22? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WITH THE ENTIRE STARTIN OL AND 2 GOOD RBS? OH, DID I MENTION MAYBE THE BEST PLAYMAKER IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN A.J. GREEN? RS QB AARON MURRAY HAD A YEAR TO LEARN AND IS RARING TO GO! HE WAS THE 3RD RATED QB COMING OUT OF H.S. FOR A REASON! OUR DEFENSE UNDER COACH GRANTHAM WHILE YOUNG HAS A TON OF TALENT. SO GO AHEAD AND UNDERESTIMATE THE BULLDOGS IF YOU WANT TO! WE WILL COME OUT OF THE EAST AND PLAY ALABAMA FOR THE SEC CROWN IN ATLANTA. I GUARANTEE IT!
Ron Smith
August 3rd, 2010
2:37 pm
My SEC preseason:
East
1. Florida
2. South Carolina
3. UGA
4. Tennessee
5. Kentucky
6. Vanderbilt
West
1. Alabama
2. Auburn
3. Arkansas
4. LSU
5. Ole Miss
6. Mississippi State
Florida vs Alabama for SEC title; Florida will win