College Football News ranks Dogs No. 3 — in nation
Georgia’s football team holds its first scrimmage of preseason camp this afternoon in Sanford Stadium. More on that later today. Meanwhile, here’s a quick and surprising note:
College Football News is out today with its preseason national “Top Five” rankings. No surprise who’s Nos. 1 and 2, Alabama and Ohio State, same as in the coaches’ poll last week. But look who’s No. 3:
Georgia.
The same Georgia that is No. 21 in the coaches’ poll.
The same Georgia that won’t be ranked in the Top 25 of Sports Illustrated’s College Football preview issue that hits newsstands tomorrow.
So why such a lofty and consensus-defying opinion of the Dogs from College Football News?
You can click here for the full report, but here’s part of what CFN says about the Bulldogs:
This year’s team should be back to form thanks to a deep offensive line that will be among the best in the country (if everyone stays healthy), a phenomenal linebacking corps, a strong backfield, and a future NFL star in WR A.J. Green. Throw in the best kicking game in college football, and shhhhhh … here’s your sleeper for the national title.
One spot behind Georgia in CFN’s Top 5 is . . . No. 4 Florida.
Oklahoma is No. 5.
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Jmo
August 10th, 2010
3:49 pm
hey DAWGS, funny joke for ya…..What does a UGA graduate call and GT graduate?…….BOSS.
HAHAHAH bitches, have fun with your fooseball, but don’t talk too much crap cuz we might just FIRE your ass lol
TechStar
August 10th, 2010
3:53 pm
UGA–11-2? Get real—they will be lucky to win 9 games. Florida and Tech will beat them easy and they will likely lose to auburn and south carolina. Richt’s on the hot seat, but because he’s nice, he will keep his job with 8 wins.
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
3:54 pm
how do you get a UGA grad off your porch?
Pay him for the pizza.
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
3:54 pm
Question: A UGA football player, and basketball player are in the backseat of a car. Who’s driving?
Answer: The Sheriff.
Question: Why do they give UGA grads paper diploma’s?
Answer: So they can put them on the dashboard and park in the handicapped spots.
RT
August 10th, 2010
3:57 pm
The writers at CFN immediately need thorough testing for drug use and mental health issues.
Snoop Dawg
August 10th, 2010
4:05 pm
Looka Like da Preacha Man LLC has licensed with FOX and College Football News to distribute his intoxicating Kool Aide this year. As if there wasn’t enough to go around last year–the entire State of Jawja was intoxicated by it and awoke with a big hangover this Spring. Dawgs–abstinence is the key. Hope is not a method. The Elixir will not help turn theory into reality. Markt Wrecked will either be a coach this year or will be unemployed next year. The Marlboro Man schtick on the sidelines is no longer amusing…
kevin
August 10th, 2010
4:05 pm
Techstar,
Florida may beat us–surely, history has shown they have our number the last 20 years. But GT will get beat for the 9th time in 10 years. Why not talk trash to teams that don’t destroy you for a decade. You don’t see me talking trash to UF fans. Get a brain.
Real Dawg Fan
August 10th, 2010
4:05 pm
I question the folks who say UGA has an “easy” schedule this year. In looking at our schedule, we still play in the SEC where there are no easy games. Maybe they mean it’s easier than last year but seriously, Vandy and KY are no longer pushovers for anybody. Ark, Fl, Auburn, and GT are all ranked and SC and Tenn both play us like a rivalry game so I wouldn’t use the word “easy” to describe the schedule
Reality Check
August 10th, 2010
4:05 pm
JMO, it is obvious from your post that you ain’t a GT graduate. If so it does not speak well for the English Department at GT. All you and Jon need to know is 8/9 and 30-24. GT is an irrevelant team in this state and is probably the 4th of 5th most popular CF team in the City of Atlanta. The GT NC was a split title with UPI no longer a relevant poll. All I know is that since 1970 UGA owns GT in football. That is a fact you can take to the bank and not even a 10 or 20 year trend.
Dawghater
August 10th, 2010
4:06 pm
Board of Directors at CFN – Vince Dooley, Herschel Walker, Damon Evans. Now we know where the #3 ranking comes from. A “preseason” ranking at that!
Real Dawg Fan
August 10th, 2010
4:09 pm
Before the techsters jump on my inclusion of them in our hard games, I didn’t say we wouldn’t beat them, just that it’s not an easy game. They play us like it’s the Super Bowl and even inscribe it on their rings if they eke out a win once every 9 or 10 years
PT
August 10th, 2010
4:09 pm
Maybe, it all depends on that guy from Dallas!
UGADAWG30
August 10th, 2010
4:11 pm
I like being optimistic…but if we turn out at #3…I’ll be one shocked DAWG…..Stranger things have happened though!
Rogeriter
August 10th, 2010
4:12 pm
Lets not speculate. Lets talk facts! Since 1-1-2000, here are the bowl records for Georgia and Georgia Tech.
Tech has 3 wins and 8 losses. Their 3 wins were over Stanford (Seattle Bowl 2001), Tulsa (Humanitarian Bowl Jan 2004) and Syracuse (Champs Sports Bowl Dec. 2004). Not exactly a stellar record against great competition.
Georgia record during the same years was 9 wins and 2 losses.
Georgia’s wins were against FSU (Sugar Bowl) , Purdue (Capital One), Wisconsin (Outback) Virginia Tech (Chic-fil-A).
Hawaii (Sugar) Michigan State (Capital One) and Texas A&M (Independence).
I think it is obvious who has the best record against the best competition.
In fact, how many years has it been since tech wona bowl?
This is not just talk like you do. This is fact!
DAWGDAZ
August 10th, 2010
4:13 pm
Regardless of what the other polls are predicting, they will all have UGA in the top 10 after they beat SC and top 5 after beating Ark. Optimism reigns in Athens.
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
4:14 pm
Hey Reality Check, if GT is an “irrelevant” team in the state then how come yall struggle with us EVERY YEAR. We should have beaten yall 4 years in a row if it werent for someone named reggie ball. Also, the last 10 times yall have beaten us it has been by less than a touchdown. If we are an “irrelevant team” then what the hell is UGA? You guys talk like you are the best college football has to offer every damn year, but what do you do? you win 8 games, every year. You suck, realize it. All the GOOD SEC teams don’t pay ya’ll ANY attention. You scare no one. Realize that, and shut your ignorant mouth. And I understand why you don tlike tech, or tech grads, you will most likely be working for us one day. And your stupid ass will probably end up getting fired by one of us one day. I understand your frustrations my friend…but dont say something so ignorant as “GT is an irrelevant team in the state”
Hilarious
August 10th, 2010
4:15 pm
Freshman QB and a drastically new defensive scheme (when last year’s resembled Swiss cheese). Yep, that looks like the #3 team in the country to me.
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
4:16 pm
And our ‘irrelevant’ team had TWO 1st Round Draft picks in the 2010 NFL draft. How many players from uGAY were drafted in the first round. uGAY fans never cease to amaze me with their ignorance
col fot
August 10th, 2010
4:17 pm
Hey! Techie Tucker doesn’t it gnaw on you and the yellow blowflys that UGA is ranked #3 heh,heh,heh!!!
Hunker Down
August 10th, 2010
4:18 pm
UGA plays SC in the second game of the season. Mnay feel, like myself, that this will be a nail bitter for the Dawgs in Columbia. As noted the coaches have UGA finishing second in the SEC east. However, only one point seperates UGA and third place SC. So a lil disscrepancy between the Dawgs being picked third by CSN and US being picked 39th in my opinion.
Real Dawg Fan
August 10th, 2010
4:19 pm
Jmo, I know you are not a Gt grad because your math is terrible. You need to re-calculate the number of wins every year. If you keep getting 8, you might want to pick up some batteries at the 7-11 tonight after you clock out
kevin
August 10th, 2010
4:19 pm
Jmo,
Actually, the only year you have beaten us in 9 was the result of a lapse in fundamental tackling in the 2nd half–we were up 16 at the half and you ended up squeaking it out by 3.
GT is not irrelevant, but did it ever occur to you that Tech fans inspire responses like that b/c the claim silly nonsense like “GT is better than UGA” and the like when by any measure, bowl game wins, BCS wins, conference titles, overall wins, top 20 finishes, top 10 finishes, etc. UGA is superior to GT. Perhaps if you all admit UGA is better than GT which is clearly the case, UGA fans will concede that GT is not completely irrelevant.
Dawgpaw
August 10th, 2010
4:20 pm
Couid happen. Hold on to the damn ball and keep the penalties down. Could happen. Yep
Hunker Down
August 10th, 2010
4:21 pm
opps I meant CFN
Tech is our bitchzzzzzzzz!
August 10th, 2010
4:22 pm
Hey, remember in that movie Rudy when Tech gets whipped by Notre Dame and a 150lb, 5ft, nothing kid. Go to blockbuster and rent it because it’s TIMELESS. You got your ass kicked by Rudy… Twiggggg or thuiff or thhhhhhhhass kicked by Rudy…
Tech is our bitchzzzzzzzz!
August 10th, 2010
4:23 pm
Rudy… rudy… rudy…
Tech is our bitchzzzzzzzz!
August 10th, 2010
4:26 pm
GT’s bowl game is UGA/GT game… they even etch the date into the weight room mirrors as motivation. Georgia just farts on that date and writes down a “W” on that date… RUDY>>>
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
4:27 pm
Hey “Tech is our bitchzzzz”, Thank you for confirming my stereotype of dumb ass dawg fans. You make our state proud!! Good luck finding a job inside 285
Rudy...
August 10th, 2010
4:27 pm
Kicked Tech ass in a great football movie… Even script writers think tech is the butt of the joke.
kevin
August 10th, 2010
4:29 pm
Oscar,
I am a big UGA fan, but I hear you completely regarding the Christian nonsense.
Rudy...
August 10th, 2010
4:30 pm
Sorry I work off of Windward Parkway where all the major companies moved away from Tech. Why the hell would I drive downtown in traffic. If you can’t get rid of tech, just move! Rudy… Rudy… Rudy…
DawginLex
August 10th, 2010
4:30 pm
Jon uses words like retarted and wants us to take him seriously.
Seriously son, recess is over. The swings are probably open over by the slide.
Losing all the blackouts? We whipped Auburn like a rented mule and lost to Bama. That’s 1-1.
Care to elaborate about the others we lost?
It is spelled “retarded” and fits you to a tee.
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
4:32 pm
UGA, stop worrying about Tech and win some games in the SEC. We are doing fine over here in the ACC. We have been to two championship games in the past three years, including one victory. We have been to top bowl games the past 3 years, including a BCS bowl game last year. Yes, you are correct, we would love to stomp a mud hole in UGA’s face every year. Most of the time it doesn’t happen. But you will never hear a Tech fan walking around acting like his team is the best in the nation and claiming that “We’re gonna win it all this year”. We just keep our mouths shut and win every year with dignity. How bout you at least COMPETE in your conference first before you go telling the whole world how your going to win it all.
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
4:34 pm
No one in the SEC respects you, get over yourself. When Top SEC teams look at their schedules, they worry about Florida, Alabama, LSU, Auburn… no one even looks twice at uGAY. So get your heads out of your asses and realize that you are just another team, not special at all. You are entitled to NOTHING so please shut the hell up FOR ONCE
Same as last year ...
August 10th, 2010
4:35 pm
Before you get too excited about CFN’s #3 ranking, take a look at their last year’s rankings. Last year they had UGA listed as the #4 team in the country in their preseason poll. So, UGA is all of one spot better than where they were last year. That sounds about right.
CFN 2009 Preseason poll: http://cfn.scout.com/2/883939.html
WDE
August 10th, 2010
4:36 pm
Sorry, a team that fields a quarterback that has never taken a snap of college ball is not #3 in the country.
WDE
August 10th, 2010
4:37 pm
And on that note, if anything happens to Murray, you become ranked #120.
Real Dawg Fan
August 10th, 2010
4:38 pm
and a real Christian. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. I like the fact that Mark Richt and other coaches and athletes use the platform that they have been given to further The Cause. I’m sorry to hear that it bothers some fans but maybe those folks should take a personal inventory. It’s way bigger than football.
MikeDawg
August 10th, 2010
4:41 pm
I’m totally fine with this pick. I think it’s great to see the Dawgs get some love and I’ve been saying for a while that we’re a sleeper team for the NC. The single biggest reason is that we’ll improve over the course of the year. I also think that our two biggest question marks(D and OB) could be strengths of the team by midseason.
We will beat SC and Arkansas with a run game and special teams. After that the hurdle is Florida, who is over-rated(for good reason) and the SECC game but I think we’ll be clicking by that point in the season. Just think about how many games we lost last year because of how bad the defense and QB play was. A little bit of improvment and we win 10 games.
kevin
August 10th, 2010
4:44 pm
Jmo,
If only the fact supported your claims. We are tied for the 2nd most SEC titles in the last 10 years, have more total wins that any SEC other than UF in the last 10 years, been to 3 BCS games, won 2 are 8-2 in bowl games and have 1 of the 5 best records in the country over the last 10 years. We have not done well against FL and have not won a NC. Other than that, we have been 1 of the best teams in country and the SEC, unless you ignore stats–which I know GT fans are fond of doing, e.g 8 out of 9.
NCDawgFan
August 10th, 2010
4:46 pm
Let’s just beat the Gay-tors! That is usually the key to the season. Tired of losing to them!
3 Martini Lunch
August 10th, 2010
4:48 pm
I think someone’s wasted.
Realistic Dawg Fan
August 10th, 2010
4:51 pm
JMO…. I haven’t seen anyone as worked up as you in a long time… That means you didn’t graduate from Tek or any college for that matter, probably work for a UGA graduate, haven’t been laid…… ever and football is all you have. And you made the mistake yeas ago of folowing tek.
30 to 24…. 8/9 and 60-39-5 soon to be 61/9/5. Get a grip son and get a life
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
4:51 pm
Ok Kevin we can dig into past statistics if you want. In fact, in the ’50s ’60s and ;70s we absolutley owned ya’lls ass. And if you really want to dig into the past, like I said earlier GT National Titles – 4, uGAY – 1. It is all about what you have done LATELY, the past doesn’t matter bro. GT USED to be the top college football team in the nation for many years, but that was a long time ago and you dont hear Tech fans talking about 1950’s college football do you? If I could punch you in the face right now I would cuz damn you are stupid as hell
The Truth
August 10th, 2010
4:53 pm
UGA has reached it ceiling with CMR. Dont hate on Kirby Smart because he is holding out to be yalls next headcoach. You wont regret it when it happens. Roll Tide. Who cares if we are replacing 9 starters. Saban brings in the best!! Rolando was the only 4 star or higher player on defense that we lost. Sorry but UF will run the East for years!!! Get use to it. Brantley is a stud youll see. And they recruit just as well if not better than bama. UF vs BAMA in the SEC championship get use to it. It will be 3 yrs in a row. Plus Auburn is better than UGA. I bet UGA finishes 23rd at best.
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
4:54 pm
“Realistic Dawg Fan”
I actually played football for Tech on scholarship for four years under Chan Gailey, and yes I graduated. And I got a job over two UGA grads with higher GPAs than me. And I have a few UGA interns that work under me. You could not be more wrong my friend
kevin
August 10th, 2010
4:57 pm
Real Dawg Fan,
With all due respect, it’s your cause and my personal inventory is fine despite your arrogant, condescending comment. For the record, I don’t believe in Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy either.
AltamahaDawg
August 10th, 2010
5:00 pm
You got to love all the tech fans so tired of UGA fans claiming we are going to win it all, every year. Really? That happens huh? How about saying something informed or just please don’t bother. That just sounds like a childish rant.
And if you are going to insist on living your football fandom through the UGA blogs, at least have the coutesy of actually reading what the folks that belong in here say. It’s not that, I can assure you.
In fact despite the overwhelming percentages of UGA fans scoffing at this #3 business you STILL complain we are claiming we are going to win it all? childish , just childish.
kevin
August 10th, 2010
5:04 pm
Jmo,
GT has 4 NCs and UGA has 2, but according to most pundits GT and UGA each have 1 legitimate title–look it up.
WDE
August 10th, 2010
5:06 pm
I’ve seen more than one comment along the lines of “I’m not surprise, UGA is a sleeper for the NC”. Well duh, anyone east of Texas and south of Ohio could be just as excited as you.
UGA is in a recruiting hotbed and squanders talent. Satisfied with the “also-ran” title. I’ll never forget when you campaigned to play in the NC game after not winning your division, let alone your conference!
Let the gymnastics team take over Sanford Stadium.