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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Paddy
August 10th, 2010
12:11 pm
I see 11-2 but this is crazy talk. Ilove it!
Columbia Dawg
August 10th, 2010
12:12 pm
I wish. I do think we will end up in top 10 when all is said and done. Go Dawgs!
Stockdog
August 10th, 2010
12:12 pm
He should just say no
Walter
August 10th, 2010
12:13 pm
Well, we have had the joke of the day. What’s next?
Dawgs Fan
August 10th, 2010
12:13 pm
Way too lofty – new defense & 2 freshman QB’s, playing in the hardest conference in America? Let’s be realistic here…
Stockdog
August 10th, 2010
12:14 pm
I’m a big dawg fan, but Georgia No.3 with a redshirt freshman QB. Get serious. 9-3 would be good. 10-2 would be great. I refuse to drink the sleeper national championship kool-aid. It’s spiked with LSD or PCP. Don’t do it.
Dawg Bone
August 10th, 2010
12:14 pm
College Football News got it wrong this time around. UGA is a Top 25 Team but ranking them #3 ahead of Florida, Oklahoma, etc is a reach until UGA performs better on the field.
smyrnaDAWG
August 10th, 2010
12:16 pm
HOLY SHIZ!
Bryan G.
August 10th, 2010
12:17 pm
CFN kind of has a crush on UGA…they’ve always overrated us. I’d rather everyone just put us around 20-25 and let us sneak up on people.
college is forever
August 10th, 2010
12:17 pm
http://www.collegelunchboxes.com This is just the start of what promises to be a very long and fruitful run for UGA and its fans. Aaron Murray will end up being one of the all time greats, let the good times roll. Stop by Kroger and check out the classic tin UGA lunchbox, perfect for carting around your poker chips, ipod, ping pong balls, etc… What’s in yout lunchbox? Go Dawgs!!!
I'm Gumby, Dammit!!
August 10th, 2010
12:18 pm
That blood curdling scream you just heard was Mark Richt.
dawggirl
August 10th, 2010
12:21 pm
As much as I would love this to be true, we are nowhere near a number 3 ranking. So, no. Not biting on this one.
sogadog
August 10th, 2010
12:21 pm
We’ll see.
The raw talent has been there for the Dawgs to be a top five team since 2007, we just need the coaching and the team chemistry to kick in.
Championships are won by teams that run the ball well and play solid defense. Georgia should have its best running game in years with a deep o-line, Sr. fullbacks blocking and break away runners like Ealy and King. Having an inexperienced QB will cause the coaches to call more running plays which will be a positive. The Defense will be better as well as it could not get any worse.
A top five ranking at the end of the season is just as possible as a number 21 ranking.
Einsteindawg
August 10th, 2010
12:21 pm
Could happen…if we can get by SC and Arkansas. We always get a patsy in the bowl games (except WVA), so 12-1 or 11-2 might be enough. Anyway, I’m sick of the Braves and ready for football.
Paul Johnson's Mammography Tech.
August 10th, 2010
12:21 pm
There is no way UGA is better than Tech. Where is Tech in the rankings? I hate Athens and everything about it. Why can’t I get a date with an actual girl?
Mark (another one)
August 10th, 2010
12:22 pm
My question is where is the ACC? The SEC has three of the top four.
Also, I would rather see a high ranking and then have the team meet it. The Auburn travesty worries me. For example, Ohio State will have a much easier schedule than the SEC teams. If it goes undefeated, it Georgia and Flordia will have trouble passing, no matter how good they do.
Bill W.
August 10th, 2010
12:23 pm
Not sure how the Dawgs could be ranked that high when every other publication has them in the 20’s..Strange but bold. I like it though.
GATA! LTBDE!
Big time?? Not
August 10th, 2010
12:25 pm
They ranked us top ten last year preseason.
Tech First
August 10th, 2010
12:25 pm
ROOKIE QB NEW DEFENSE NEW DEFENSIVE COOR. AND 22 ARREST R U SERIOUS 8-5 MAYBE AND SI GOT IT RIGHT NOT RANKED
Hunker Down
August 10th, 2010
12:25 pm
Hmmmm Never put a lot of stock in preseason polls but nice filler material until openning game kick off. I want to reply to this post in January
Timbo
August 10th, 2010
12:30 pm
UGA always does best when no one is really paying attention.
RunningDog
August 10th, 2010
12:31 pm
That’s a little rich, but it’s good to see someone has a bit of confidence in Coach Richt’s ability to coach. I’ll take it.
DDPO
August 10th, 2010
12:32 pm
college is forever -
Why don’t you peddle your POS product somewhere else? You’re maybe one step above a person who links singles sites. Just a complete douche.
I think UGA could sneak up on a lot of people, but its very rare for a freshman QB to lead a team to a NC.
poopdawg
August 10th, 2010
12:32 pm
CFN lost me with their #4 pick. I just don’t get it.
dawgerbrown
August 10th, 2010
12:33 pm
Easy to be optimistic about this season. But, after we see what Murray does at South Carolina and how we do the next game with Arkansas will tell us to really expect. If we’re 3-0 then I will be excited.
AltamahaDawg
August 10th, 2010
12:34 pm
I agree with all the points except….”phenomenal linebacking corps” seriously? We might be sufficient at LB, we might even be surprisingly good, but we have maybe one All-SEC guy there and the competition has as good or better LB than Georgia right now.
Paul Johnson
August 10th, 2010
12:35 pm
Based on the way they manhandled my genius gimmicky offense last year, I’m not surprised.
Dawg House
August 10th, 2010
12:35 pm
Georgia Tech checks in at #40 in this poll……. sounds about right to me.
Any Techie that gets mad at this statement, please take a moment, scroll to the top of this page,and realize you are the one trolling a UGA blog. Obsess much???
DarkCloud
August 10th, 2010
12:36 pm
And here now is your Exhibit A to the question posed recently…”is uga the most overhyped team in college football history?”
brandon
August 10th, 2010
12:36 pm
that’s pretty crazy if you ask me. No. 3 with a freshman quarterback?
Ace
August 10th, 2010
12:38 pm
Too bad that poll means nothing at the end of the day.
Reality Check II
August 10th, 2010
12:38 pm
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, that is the funniest thing I have ever heard. UGA will be lucky to win 8 games. This is a program in decline and black eye to the state of Georgia. Losses to USC, UF, Auburn, GT and at least one from pool of Arkansas, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Kentucy. At least one program in the state still runs a respectable program. Should see at least 9 wins on the flats this year.
Ace
August 10th, 2010
12:39 pm
Arrests and injuries to follow. Happens each year to the po ole doggies.
Mark Richt
August 10th, 2010
12:40 pm
The Lord has spoketh!
AltamahaDawg
August 10th, 2010
12:40 pm
If “in college football history” means this one year, and this one publication, then the answer is, yes.
If that means realistically and factually, then quite the opposite.
Damon Evans
August 10th, 2010
12:42 pm
I paid CFN by departure bonus to write this article. It will help me get a new job!
Dawg House
August 10th, 2010
12:42 pm
Reality Check II….
Hey buddy…. can I help you? I think you may have lost your parents, Paul Johnson and Doug Roberson. Why don’t you hold this here shiney balloon, and use this brand new handkerchief to wipe your tears while we try and find your blog. I think it may be on the second page of the AJC Sports.
Billy Bob
August 10th, 2010
12:42 pm
We all know they have the talent and maybe now the coaching on defense. At least it’s something to talk about.
chazzo
August 10th, 2010
12:42 pm
Stop trying to blow our cover!
I will not be the next head coach at Alabama. I am the head coach of the Miami Dolphins
August 10th, 2010
12:44 pm
#3 does seem to be a stretch. I do think that being in the 20’s is too low, though. We have an easier conference schedule (No Bama, no LSU), and an easier non conference (no OK St, No ASU,).
Is this same outfit that picked Auburn #1 the year they finished with 4 or 5 wins several years ago?
HugoStiglitz
August 10th, 2010
12:45 pm
Number 3 in the nation? You have to be kidding me. I actually think having them in the top 25 is a bit of a stretch, having them in the top 5 is pure insanity. Collegefootballnews must have a huge UGA fan base visiting their website and they are trying to appease them.
klazz
August 10th, 2010
12:45 pm
The dawgs are closer to a #3 team than #21 or unranked.
smyrnaDAWG
August 10th, 2010
12:45 pm
Reality Check II— i can promise you one of those 9 aint gonna be the DAWGS.
AltamahaDawg
August 10th, 2010
12:47 pm
Now, if this were a ranking of the most frequently visited internet sites by tech fans, then any and everything Georgia seems about right at #3.
dawgs 4 ever
August 10th, 2010
12:47 pm
after watching this clip. i know I’m a believer!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GJVxFP19Gs
TO HELL TO HELL TO HELL WITH MERCER!!!
August 10th, 2010
12:48 pm
(The cesspool of South Georgia.)
bungle bee
August 10th, 2010
12:49 pm
If Georgia makes it to the SECCG it will be because of one thing and one thing only; TODD GRANTHAM! SEC defenses and there coordinators are too tough for a RF QB that has never taken a game snap to beat on his own. Remember the few games McElroy went thru without throwing a TD last year? It was Bama’s D that stepped up and kept the game close enough for the running game to take over and carry the Offense.
I would just love to see Grantham go head to head with Smart in Atlanta; if Grantham can slow down Spurrier and Co. we just may see UGA in the SECCG.
Golden Rules!
August 10th, 2010
12:50 pm
Enough with these mindless polls….lets play some football!
coach smith
August 10th, 2010
12:50 pm
Why should this be a surprise? UGA returns a TON of talent and upgrades in defensive coaching, scheme, and at QB
Why should it be outlandish for UGA to be #3
Florida is having to replace almost every starter and certainly every starter of significance, have very little experience, AND YET they automatically get a pass to the top 3?!?!?!
WHY?
if any other team had to replace soooooo many crucial players as Florida, they would not even be ranked!!!!!!!
rduck
August 10th, 2010
12:55 pm
So what’s the punchline? This is why preseason polls are a joke. There shouldn’t be any polls until after week 3 or 4 in the season…
wsewell525
August 10th, 2010
12:56 pm
I agree, I think once Murray gets some confidence in him, we will be hard to stop. We’ve got energy this year, and the defense is going to be fun to watch. It’s hard for another team to throw a touchdown, when their recievers are jammed at the line, and we’ve got justin houston running at the QB. Somebody is going to throw an interception.
hmmmm........
August 10th, 2010
12:56 pm
not sure about 3 but i know were better than 21. If the running game is dominant and Murray only has to throw 10-15 times a game you never know. the defense can’t be any worse than last years
DADGUMMIT!!!
August 10th, 2010
12:57 pm
Word is that Branden Smith is to be declared ineligible… Huge loss for the dawgs!
Coach or not Meyers
August 10th, 2010
12:57 pm
Florida gets a pass because of me!
Ron Mexico
August 10th, 2010
12:58 pm
I think my 5 year old daughter must be working for CFN. #3? They can’t be serious. Must be reprinted from The Onion.
Wolfman
August 10th, 2010
12:58 pm
Nothing matters until you play the game.
hmmmm........
August 10th, 2010
12:59 pm
I know bama won it all last year but they’re replacing 9 starters on d. shouldn’t someone else be number 1?
Cojones
August 10th, 2010
1:00 pm
Somebody finally put the parts together and got it right. Barring injury, I think that we can progress through this years schedule strong as all getout. The games later in the season may feature teams that have gotten stronger as the year progresses. Some have the talent to catch up and it will make for interesting games. Our defense has to show up big vs Ark. Our offense can score on them on a regular basis. That game will come down to our possessions times to lower their scoring. Stopping them cold twice during the game can deliver the game to us through possession.
Fu will play like Aub….hit for hit and the last possession score will be the ball game for both teams. It will certainly be interesting.
SIC’EM DAWGS!!!
Kool Aid drinkers anonymous
August 10th, 2010
1:01 pm
#3? Serious? Phenomenal linebacking corp? Really? Decent enough but pheneomenal? Freshman qb? This magazine must have a UGA connection. plain and simple.
76-DAWG
August 10th, 2010
1:02 pm
I will wait and see how we do against South Carolina. Then if we blitz Mallet all day UGA will beat Arkansas . Tenn. needs a year or two after one of the biggest messes I have ever seen for a team. I don’t like Tenn. very much but as the saying does ” I wouldn’t wish that situation on my worst enemy ” so I don’t think they are a factor this year . So UGA could very realistically be undefeated going into the Florida game.The game that UGA better take seriously is with Auburn. Top 10 finish would be nice.
Jason
August 10th, 2010
1:02 pm
Sounds about right. Go Dawgs!
JaxGator
August 10th, 2010
1:05 pm
Coach Smith
You amaze me with your vast knowledge of the Florida football program. You, as most of the leghumpers fans, live in fantasyland. Our no name starters will be ready to administer the annual beatdown of the leghumpers in Jax again this October 30. Georgia– the biggest drum in Dixie.
Dap01
August 10th, 2010
1:05 pm
Go Dawgs!
StupeDog
August 10th, 2010
1:07 pm
Of course they are.
Joey
August 10th, 2010
1:08 pm
All depends on Bobo. If he is no more creative than the last two years, then 9-4. If he’s picked the brains of some NFL types this off-season, watched film of real OCs, learned how to retain momentum, instead of handing it to the opponent (see Tech) by being satisfied with three-and-outs, learned that the playbook actually has plays for 3rd and 12 (other than a draw play), learned that when he trots Branden Smith in, it is permissable to use him as a decoy, then maybe …….maybe, a top ten final ranking.
The bottom line is, Aaron Murray and our vaunted O-Line will be only as good as Mike Bobo is.
Dawg Realist
August 10th, 2010
1:16 pm
I will be surprised if we are better than 6-6.
DawgDayAfternoon
August 10th, 2010
1:17 pm
Let’s see: Best OL in SEC, possibly the country. Best WR in the nation. Two up and coming RB’s that will only improve. A QB that will only have to manage the game, protect the ball and not play super hero. A defense that will be difficult for oppenents to figure out. A kicking game second to none. Yeah, it is possible. Go Dawgs!
Cuz
August 10th, 2010
1:17 pm
Bartender give me whatever those CFN guys are drinking.
phoenix falcon
August 10th, 2010
1:20 pm
HUH? WHAT? #3
i’m a dawg fan, but i don’t think they are even #3 in the SEC, let alone the nation.
Our O-line will Mow you down like Grass
August 10th, 2010
1:25 pm
Grantham is molding a masterpiece in athens that “will” be the best defense in the country. It will be better than Kirby Dumb’s defense. Grantham is one of the Architect’s of this if not the Architect. Wiki Todd Grantham if you don’t trust me.
A half full kinda guy...
August 10th, 2010
1:26 pm
The good news is that no one has seen our defense yet so they don’t know what to call… Bad news is that no one has seen our freshman quarterback so I perdict that if we can run the ball and keep the passing to 3rd down conversions with the ocassional deep ball to green, we’ll be just fine. Number 3 is sssssstrechingggggg it!
Wick
August 10th, 2010
1:29 pm
I hope they are the No. 3 but don’t tell anyone especially the team members.
UK THOROUGHBRED
August 10th, 2010
1:29 pm
UGA should 1st worry about beating UK this year. It was a shame last year the week before we beat yall your poor little bulldog croaked!
Delbert D.
August 10th, 2010
1:36 pm
What this implies is that Alabama will go undefeated and beat Georgia in the SEC Championship game and Ohio State in the BCS CG.
Georgia will go 12-0 and lose to Alabama in the SEC CG and win the Sugar Bowl against an undefeated team, perhaps Boise State.
Oklahoma either a) goes undefeated in the regular season and wins the Big-12 CG and loses in their bowl game, or b) is 12-1 entering their bowl game and beats a lesser opponent than Georgia plays.
DawginLex
August 10th, 2010
1:36 pm
UK dude, Joe Cox graduated. Better worry about loserville.
Mike Bozo
August 10th, 2010
1:39 pm
Is Mike Bozo still offensive coordinator? Then we have no shot at a NC. When Jim Doogan is your role model and teacher, you have issues. Richt should have fired Bozo last year, he didn’t and he will pay the price.
Delbert D.
August 10th, 2010
1:45 pm
The problem with that scenario I outlined is that a) Florida has to lose 2 games (Alabama during the regular season, b) Oklahoma has a loss going into the bowl game and loses the bowl, or c) no team ends up undefeated.
South Jax Dawg
August 10th, 2010
1:46 pm
I’m ok with CFN having a crush on us. Noone else does…and that’s a fact, Jack!
TD Mike
August 10th, 2010
1:49 pm
@Cuz make it a double!
kerryb
August 10th, 2010
1:53 pm
The article said exactly what I have been telling people about this team. I think it is funny how they had Tech ranked 40th in their poll, which means that it is probably a correct ranking of the up coming season.
kerryb
August 10th, 2010
1:55 pm
Everybody, including Kentucky fans, who think they beat Georgia last year did not beat Georgia. They beat some team calling itself Georgia trying to find an identity. It will be very different this year. This year you are playing GEORGIA.
Dawghater
August 10th, 2010
1:57 pm
Hey UGA, enjoy your “preseason” ranking. Like you did in 2008!
Hey, “Kerryb” – we could care less about “preseason” rankings!
Tim
August 10th, 2010
1:58 pm
CFN did this exact same thing last year. As far as I am concerned, we sucked last season, therefore we still suck until we prove otherwise. We shouldnt be ranked at all.
Dawghater
August 10th, 2010
1:59 pm
Damon Evans just got a new job and CFN! Now pass the red panties
npgator
August 10th, 2010
2:01 pm
Number 3? In what sport? I think they meant ranked third in the SEC East behind UF and South Carolina.
Tim
August 10th, 2010
2:02 pm
When Carolina thumps us in week 2 this will all be forgotten. Then we get to spend the season whining and clawing our way back to SEC mediocrity.
THEM DAWGS IS HELL DONT THEY!!!!
GAVOL
August 10th, 2010
2:02 pm
I’m going to bookmark this “Top 5″ and every time i’m having a bad day, I will look at it, and I will laugh…..very very hard.
KeithB
August 10th, 2010
2:04 pm
They were pre season #1 at one point, too…..
theDingo
August 10th, 2010
2:06 pm
the talent and potential are there, always has been…it depends on how quickly the 3-4 clicks for the D and how smart Murray is with the ball (Bobo needs to play him in such a manner that will allow him to succeed…read: creative running game to take pressure off of Murray and throwing)…but I’m pretty sure this has been said many, many times before. One thing I think the coaches need to do better with is adjusting to what the other team is doing during the game…but that’s another topic.
Skyhook
August 10th, 2010
2:06 pm
Bill Parcells famously said “If ifs and buts were candy and nuts we’d all have a Merry Christmas”. Well maybe I’m looking for Santa Claus, but these folks at CFN are not off in their analysis. Had Stafford and Moreno stayed, and Tebow left, what would last year have looked like?
They did and he didn’t so who knows, but timing is the major component of luck.
Stranger things have happened, and this could be the year.
DIT
August 10th, 2010
2:07 pm
What cracks me up is that I was reading the GT blog, notice I said reading and not posting techies, he same tools from tech whinning about UGA blogging on their site are the same ones that are on our blog running their pie-holes with their mindless dribble. Go back home little bugs!
Now #3, please! Keep us unranked or at #21. We will see happens by years end. It will be all about the defense. If they can gel a top 10 finish is not out of the question. It’s a tall order. I’m ready to get it going! Go Dawgs
Bliss
August 10th, 2010
2:11 pm
Georgia #3 , blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
DawgByte
August 10th, 2010
2:11 pm
#3 in the nation? I don’t think so, however IF we beat USC and Arkansas then we’ve got a shot to have a very good season. In this scenario I think we’d be the odds on favorite to win the East.
The key player for Georgia is AARON MURRAY… so goes the QB, so goes the team. See last year for further details. If Murray can dramatically reduce the turnovers from last year, we’ll be a force. We’ve got better DB’s than last year and a much better DC.
Put a W next to our name when we play Tech. GT is our biatches!!!
A half full kinda guy...
August 10th, 2010
2:12 pm
What’s with the red panties? Are you crawling through the hedges trying to look up the cheerleader’s skirts again hater??? Typical techie nerd. Go to the department store to the women’s section and buy yourself a pair of red panties because that’s the closest you’ll get to any female’s panties, besides your mothers…
Gillislee
August 10th, 2010
2:13 pm
College Football News is irrelevant, don’t forget these are the same people that had the Dawgs #5 last year in their preseason ranking……
http://cfn.scout.com/2/883939.html
GIVE ME A BREAK
August 10th, 2010
2:14 pm
They must be alcoholics, too.
Tech is our bitchzzzzzzzz!
August 10th, 2010
2:17 pm
The title speaks for itself…
Bubba
August 10th, 2010
2:18 pm
Beating Yech yearly is boring. 30-24
Delbert D.
August 10th, 2010
2:19 pm
Read the fine print on the CFN rankings. It is based on how good the teams are *going into the season*. The strength of schedules are not taken into account in the ranking.
Here is a sample of the oddity of that method:
Team______Ranking__W-L (projected)
UNC________ #13____6-6
Georgia Tech_#40____8-4
Cal________ #34_____7-5
Washington__#35____4-8
Skyhook
August 10th, 2010
2:19 pm
One more thing about this bashing of Mike Bobo. I have been following his career since he was a high school quarterback in Thomasville. His father George, was an outstanding high school coach, and Mike is the God son and named after, Mike Hodges, the legendary high school coach at West Rome and Thomasville. Later on he went on to be the offensive coordinator at Gerogia Southern, after winning several state championships.
Mike Bobo has been around and participated on more winning football teams then anybody I know.
He is extremely cereberal. Has a great understanding of the game, and how to motivate young men to play it.
Talk to any knowlegeble football person that studys the game, and they will tell you the same thing.
Is he perfect? No, but I can’t think of anyone else better to be our offensive coordinator. In fact the biggest threat I see, is that someone is going to see him as the head coach material that he is, and hire him away from us in the not too distant future.
Bruce Mac
August 10th, 2010
2:21 pm
Who really cares?
bigcalidawg
August 10th, 2010
2:26 pm
If we go with our strengths, we could win every game. Problems come when CMR tries to make everyone happy by giving them touches. Remember #1 last year? Kid can run like the wind, but he clearly wasn’t ready to be thrown into the fire, but he was promised playing time on both sides of the ball. Led to turnovers…..
Part of the sloppy play comes from trying to feed every DAWG on every drive.
For us to win, I think we need to scale it back a bit. Yes, fewer catches for our uber talented group of TE’s and WR’s, but is our goal to win, or feed egos?
Let’s go all in and be one unit. The goal is 1st downs and touchdowns, not numbers.
GATA
Tim
August 10th, 2010
2:27 pm
This blog has a more realistic approach on the subject-
http://ijustwanttofitin.com/category/sports/
Jon
August 10th, 2010
2:29 pm
That is the most retarted thing I have ever heard in my life. No one else has them in the top 25 but somehow this genius ranking system has them at No. 3……WOW. TO HELL WITH GEORGIA
Will
August 10th, 2010
2:29 pm
I’m not surprised at all. Folks, UGA has athletes 2 and 3 deep at every position! But now we have coaches who demand respect and accountability. Now top 3 may be a tad high but there is no doubt we could beat half of the top 10 teams in the country with relative ease. Look for UGA to be undefeated in Jax. After that I won’t make any predictions.
Metal Jacket
August 10th, 2010
2:31 pm
Dawgs are BITCHXX.
Jon
August 10th, 2010
2:33 pm
I cant stand how you UGA fans think that every year is going to be the year you win the National Title. Face it, UGA is the scum of the SEC. You cant compete with Florida, Alabama, LSU, Auburn, or any of the top teams in the SEC. But yet every year I hear all these DAWG fans talking about how “we are gonna take it all this year.”
GIVE ME A BREAK
August 10th, 2010
2:33 pm
UGA will drink to that.
Jon
August 10th, 2010
2:34 pm
Paul Johnson and the Yellow Jackets will own ya’ll ass before its all said and done, I PROMISE you that!!
GIVE ME A BREAK
August 10th, 2010
2:34 pm
That’s just the alcohol talking.
Jon
August 10th, 2010
2:37 pm
@ Will “Now top 3 may be a tad high but there is no doubt we could beat half of the top 10 teams in the country with relative ease.” Dude, did you really just say that? Please kill yourself right now
Call IT
August 10th, 2010
2:37 pm
The MORON that ranked GA # 3 is on crack.
Gators win the East again 2010 with another beatdown in Jax.
LMAO, #3 lol!
Enough Said!
M.Richt
August 10th, 2010
2:38 pm
Guys, don’t forget the AA meeting after practice.
RxDawg
August 10th, 2010
2:40 pm
We should be ranked higher..
Cuz this drink is great!!
Dog44
August 10th, 2010
2:45 pm
Kind of lost credibility with “phenomenal linebacking corps” We’re got one star (Houston) but would anybody else call our linebackers “phenomenal”?
Delbert D.
August 10th, 2010
2:47 pm
See the last post on the 1st page for how CFN did the rankings. It’s going into the season, strength of schedule not counted. See the examples of odd results from those rankings. UNC #13, 6-6?
Boca Baby
August 10th, 2010
2:48 pm
Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall is not full of trophies for no reason. Did you actually think that UGA was going to stay down for more than a year? Remember in ‘07 they were robbed, yes robbed of the NC game. And I repeat, UGA would have beat Hawaii in the afternoon and spanked LSU that night. Doubt me? Don’t forget what the Dawgs did to LSU in Baton Rouge the next year!
Frank Lane
August 10th, 2010
2:49 pm
FN obviously thinks that Alabama will beat Florida and that we will beat Florida and that Alabama will beat UGA in the conference game. All very possible.
Boca Baby
August 10th, 2010
2:50 pm
Call it: That’s why Meyer has closed down your practices to fans and the press. Not concerned are you? We’ll see.
Jon
August 10th, 2010
2:51 pm
Hey Boca Baby, yea I remember ‘07. When ya’ll were ranked preseason #1? When Auburn came to Sanford stadium for the “blackout game” and smashed ya’lls ass into the ground? Or when the yellow jackets came into sanford stadium under first year head coach Paul Johnson and overcame an 18 point deficit and pummeled yalls faces into the ground? Oh yea, I remember that year.. you say you got “robbed” huh? hmmmmm…….
Boca Baby
August 10th, 2010
2:52 pm
Since when has North Carolina been considered a football power? ACC get over it. By the end of the season all your inadequacies will have been exposed.
Delbert D.
August 10th, 2010
2:54 pm
CFN Preseason Ranking and their project record (totally different concepts):
#1 Alabama 10-2
#2 Ohio St. 11-1
#3 Georgia 10-2
#4 Florida 10-2
#5 Oklahoma 10-2
#6 Wisconsin 10-2
#7 TCU 11-1
#8 Boise St. 11-1
#9 Va. Tech 10-2
#10 Texas 10-2
And then it starts to get strange…
Boca Baby
August 10th, 2010
2:54 pm
Jon: Imbecile. That was ‘08 and it was Alabama not Auburn. Get an education before embarrassing yourself blogging.
CLEVON LITTLE
August 10th, 2010
2:55 pm
I can say that every time GA is expected to do well by the national media it seems to flop, and visa versa.
McDawg
August 10th, 2010
2:55 pm
#3 b/c Ohio State will go undefeated and play Boise St also undefeated -we will be 13-1 and settle for #3
Jon
August 10th, 2010
2:55 pm
and sorry it was Alabama that came and destroyed you in the black out game. I get confused with all the “black out” games you guys get beat in
jawga boy
August 10th, 2010
2:55 pm
And that’s why, ladies and gentlemen, Hutson said “I’m going to Georgia Bay Bay ! How bout’ dem dawgs!
jawga boy
August 10th, 2010
2:58 pm
Hey Jon….you remember the game on the Flats last year? When the ACC Champs, best running game in the conference was squelched to 44 yds rushing when dem dawgs racked up 344 ruching yards…. We own grant field , Bay Bay.
Boca Baby
August 10th, 2010
2:59 pm
Yes, I do remember the disaster that occurred in the first half of that game. But do you also remember that the outcome of that same game was still in doubt with less than ten minutes to play? Idiot. And who are you for? Don’t embarrass yourself further by saying Tech.
David Granger
August 10th, 2010
2:59 pm
Worst thing that could possibly happen for us.
I hope my fellow Georgia fans remember the fiasco a couple of years ago…I swear, UGA fans were acting like that damn FSU scum…and keep our damn mouths shut till we have EARNED the right to run ‘em. Let’s not worry about all this preseason crap, and win some football games.
Jon
August 10th, 2010
2:59 pm
My bad Boca Baby, your right. I had the wrong year. The problem is that EVERY YEAR I hear about how ‘great’ the dawgs are going to be and how they are going to “win it all”. Sorry, I get all of your preseason’s mixed up because I’m always hearing the same thing come out of ignorant ass DAWG’s mouths. UGA is not even considered an elite SEC team, get over yourselves. Your just going to lose to all the top contenders like usual.
Our O-line will Mow you down like Grass
August 10th, 2010
2:59 pm
ok Coach Richt will be Co-Offensive Coordinator With Bobo this year. He will be sitting down on all the meetings and will be doing more teaching instead of managing. He won’t have to worry about The Defense and the offense will be better coached. and Richt has put Bobo and Searls on alert they are working their asses off.
messin with...
August 10th, 2010
3:00 pm
we’ll never ever beat them now. we could win the acc and still not beat them. they have the better coach, the better qb, we are all playin hurt.
sound like vince dooley, don’t i?
Crow
August 10th, 2010
3:00 pm
I wouldn’t put too much stock into this one… They ranked GT at #40 with a record of 8-4. They also ranked Washington at #35 with a record of 4-8. hmmm… I think they just drew names out of a hat. WOW…
Jon's Neurologist
August 10th, 2010
3:01 pm
Jon, glad to see the full frontal lobotomy went well. Call to schedule a check-up soon and don’t leave the house without your helmet
Call IT
August 10th, 2010
3:10 pm
Ugh Boca Baby,
No FL has no reason to be concerned over a loser program like GA since they have not won anything since 1980. I just thought it was a stupid ranking that makes no sense.
Enough Said!
joe
August 10th, 2010
3:13 pm
Pigs are flying all over the sky…look outside. 3rd…that is the funniest thing I’ve heard since MSNBC saying the Dems will keep control of both houses come November.
Special K
August 10th, 2010
3:17 pm
Kool-Aid! Get your Kool-Aid!!!!!!! Drink it up boy’s!
Realistic Dawg Fan
August 10th, 2010
3:19 pm
Why don’t these guys give us some lottery numbers as well. Besides stirring up blog pages pre-season rankings don’t mean squat. Everything that was said about UGA was true but there was a lot of “ifs” included.
If we stay healthy, if we protect Aaron, if the new defense gells, we could be formidable. The last couple of years we haven’t played with any emotion. We got to play mentally tougher and adjust faster (see Tenn rollout last year) The offense has to be less predictible and we have got to get the ball to AJ.
We could be real good and it all starts by beating SC in Columbia. They always play their best game of the year against us. We gotta go in there and punch them in the mouth. That will be a massive confidence builder and we will then unload on Arkansas. For all the tek fans on this blog. It doesn’t matter what we’re rated we’re gonna crush tek in Athens.
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
3:23 pm
we’ll see what happens uGAY
Jmo
August 10th, 2010
3:24 pm
GT National Champs – 4 (most recent 1990)
UGA National Champs – 1 (most recent 1980)
To Hell With Georgia and their “football powerhouse” that has failed to do anything in 20 years. But this is the year right…..LOL. Freakin idiots
tdog
August 10th, 2010
3:24 pm
The guy who wrote that is an idiot.
Better Perspective
August 10th, 2010
3:27 pm
CFN 2009 Prediction had us going 10-2 saying also that UGA was a “semi-sleeper in the national title race”… and compared us to the UT team that won the NT after Peyton left… So, let the games begin on 9/4.
Dog Dawg
August 10th, 2010
3:35 pm
Jon
Please let everyone know when it is all said and done.
You’re a funny little fella aren’t you.
johnboy
August 10th, 2010
3:44 pm
Yes! Preaseason #3, almost as good as when we were preseason national Champions a couple of years ago.
UGA preseason national championships – 1
GT preseason national championships – 0
eat it bugs, Go Dawgs!
Paul Johnson's Sagging Teets
August 10th, 2010
3:44 pm
SUCK IT, NERDS!!!!!
Waiting to See
August 10th, 2010
3:44 pm
There will have to be plenty more changes to the coaching staff before Georgia is a legitimate #3. The people who work for this publication must be hallucinating.
Nick
August 10th, 2010
3:45 pm
Geez, who knows? I can see 3 or 33. That’s why they play the games. Alabama won’t be the best SEC team though, in my opinion.
Go Dawgs!
Yep
August 10th, 2010
3:47 pm
Delbert D. is right. Their model has a major flaw somewhere. Fix the glitch and UGA is lucky to make the top 25. The problem with the UGA fans: They go into every year expecting something that will never happen. The truth is UGA is NOT a top caliber team, especially in the SEC.
As for Bubba, This is one Gator who can say the same thing. Beating UGA every year is getting very boring.
Ryan Sandleberg
August 10th, 2010
3:48 pm
Nick,
Bold Statement. In your opinion, who will be the best team in the SEC?
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.
bitter
August 10th, 2010
5:07 pm
Enter your comments here
bitter
August 10th, 2010
5:08 pm
WDE: 4 in a row (cough)Ya shouldnt talk sh!t if you cant even beat the team your trying to downgrade.
WDE
August 10th, 2010
5:10 pm
Last I checked we lead the series… trust me, you’re overdue. Auburn’s on the rise while UGA is wondering if it wants more than one QB.
bitter
August 10th, 2010
5:18 pm
yeah, id fall back on the series record to if i havent beaten a team in almost half a decade. kinda like you hear some of the immature dawg fans bring up the overall series with UF. its irrelevant. till AU actually does something, id keep my mouth shut. just like i dont talk trash to any gator fans. you sound no better than these delusional tech fans and thats not a category you want to be in!
Billy
August 10th, 2010
5:27 pm
Frankly, I’m surprised Georgia’s not ranked #1.
Gratefuldawghead
August 10th, 2010
5:30 pm
How Bout Them DAWGS!
chazzo
August 10th, 2010
5:31 pm
If someone has mentioned this I apologize. Polls, particularly preseason polls are generated by and for gambling and not much else. I suspect someone at the College football News wanted to create a long shot bet or upset the odds (perhaps stimulating the market for the slightly predictable outcome in Jax). Could be way off base… it’s just a thought.
dawgcrzy
August 10th, 2010
5:57 pm
jmo is dumb as a box of hammers….and a damn liar on top of that. played football under Chan for four years my ass. Your to stupid son.
WDE
August 10th, 2010
6:04 pm
Well thinks for connecting the dots for me, bitter. The whole point of bringing up the series record is to go ahead and get you to throw out the past. The difference between AU-UGA and UGA-UF is that UF has had your number for 20 years. 2006 and 2007, yes, were especially painful losses to the dogs but even in our two recent mediocre years we have played you closely. Meanwhile, UF has beaten you like their red-headed stepchild (Joe Cox?). Funny, because Auburn didn’t have too much trouble against UF the last time they were on the schedule…
Gratefuldawghead
August 10th, 2010
6:12 pm
DAWGS 46 wins UF 39
Auburn…Fear the Thumb!
bugsquacher
August 10th, 2010
6:24 pm
WOOF WOOF WOOF……… HOW BOUT THESE DAWGS!!!!!!
JELLO JOCKITCH
August 10th, 2010
6:24 pm
To be an OPTIMIST means there will always be next year. To be a PESSIMIST or a REALIST means you are forever will be depressed. CFN is an OPTIMIST, always when it comes to GEORGIA and SEC.
AltamahaDawg
August 10th, 2010
6:33 pm
WDE, if you have seen actual informed UGA fans saying that we are the sleeper for the NC, I would challenge you to post any legit copies of those. Didn’t happen would be my guess.
If you have seen sports publication saying that more than once, then Uh well, we don’t really control that, so why the lecture.
In either case, my guess is that you are just making it up.
join the tech fans, they have perfected the straw man.
Tdawg
August 10th, 2010
6:36 pm
WDE don’t worry we’ll even up that record this year.
Billy I quite agree. Number 1 sounds about right to me. Only a loser enters the season thinking they’ll end up number 3. Georgia is better than last year. Flordia and Alabama will not be I don’t care what their fans say. Oh I forgot, Ga. Tech won’t be as good as last year either. No passing game what-so-ever. The only legit reciever they had left town. That and the fact their QB couldn’t hit a wide open elephant will make it much easier to fixiate on the Tech running game. Don’t get me wrong I will most assuredly be rooting for Tech on all but one weekend. After all I am from Georgia and I root for all Georgia teams. Yea Georgia won’t be no. 3, they’ll be no. 1.
Coastal Dog
August 10th, 2010
6:52 pm
Doesn’t mean anything — except maybe UGA can be as good or as bad as we choose to be. Earn it on the field.
Delbert D.
August 10th, 2010
7:06 pm
Coastal Dog – Good point. The fans are bystanders in this. It’s all a fantasy. The time when anything counts is when those guys line up across from the other team and are determined that they are going to do their jobs to the utmost of their abilities. They have to do it for every play in every game, regardless of how the last game turned out. The coaches have to inspire and demand of them to do it again and again.
What??
August 10th, 2010
7:07 pm
It is what it is, speculation.
I believe that the Dawgs have some young players in “key” positions. Depending on how well the rest of the team covers their weaknesses, and how quickly these young players develope, the Dawgs have an opportunity to catch many teams off guard.
These folks at CFN may very well be “spot on”!
bigcalidawg
August 10th, 2010
7:11 pm
I keep reading that “every year DAWG fans think that this is the year we will win it all.”
Don’t y’all realize that the only reason you are saying this is because you are here. This is our board. Of course we are going to say this every year. We love our team and are extremely proud to be DAWGS.
I truly believe that if you cared for your teams as much as we did, y’all would be spending time on your own boards.
Quit huggin our nutzs and go home…..
Really Rival Fans?
August 10th, 2010
7:20 pm
The more you post, the better we look!! GO DAWGS!!!
What??
August 10th, 2010
7:46 pm
bigcalidawg
Don’t pay any attention to the BS. For whatever reason the GT, UF, SC, Alabam, etc. fans find it necessary to hate on the Dawgs here.
When I visit their web pages you see very little activity, meaning they have very little support.
Fans that are DAWG fans are always excited about the season and enjoy discussing the upcoming events.
It is all other teams nature to hate what response and discussions we have here on the Dawg articles.
To he_ _ with them all!!
GO DAWGS!! SICKEM!! WOOF WOOF WOOF!!
AltamahaDawg
August 10th, 2010
7:51 pm
But I dig the logic that team A beating team B is not as important as team B beating team C that beat team A.
Actually that just makes it worse for team B, doesn’t it?
What??
August 10th, 2010
7:57 pm
AltamahaDawg
I agree to a certain point.
Then they just get to be a pain in the buttocks!!
Dopey
August 10th, 2010
8:04 pm
I diggin the logic of z beating x beating y, so y beat x beat z.
Gibb
August 10th, 2010
8:08 pm
Poor ole Gator fans. Did same thing back in 79′, when people started talking up Ga, Fla fans talked em’ down. Dogs went 12-0 in 80.
Happened again in 2001. Dogs went 13-1 in 2002.
Happened again in 2006. Dogs went 11-2 finished #2 in country.
As much as Fla fans wish Georgia struggles 2 years in a row under Richt, Richt’s never had 2 bad season in a row SINCE 1986.
Dawg Stephen
August 10th, 2010
8:17 pm
If Georgia dont deserve a #3, neither does Florida.
BOTH have new D-Coor
BOTH have new QB
BOTH lost best LB, and 5 starters to NFL
BOTH have highly recruited and touted QB’s
One problem, the media loves Florida so therefore they must be better right?
http://dawgstephen.blogspot.com/2010/08/matter-of-opinionhow-good-is-georgia.html
Mobile Dawg
August 10th, 2010
8:42 pm
Dawg Stephen, the perception is that they have a better coach, x’s and o’s wise. Also the records would indicate that. A couple of years ago I stated CMR was a work in progress, well he’s regressed since then with some of the best talent in the country. He hasn’t learned to coach a team to it’s strengths IMO. That’s why the media loves the Gators over the Dawgs.
If CMR coaches this team and game plans to it’s strengths, and further sticks with the game plan, we could have a good, possibly great year. I will reserve and withhold comments about what I fear will happen offensively until it does. The success of this season rest squarely on CMR’s shoulders and how he chooses to coach this team.
Blowing Smoke up my rear end
August 10th, 2010
9:06 pm
Comical…… # 3… yeah right. The offense ranked almost last all SEC categories last year. Boo Boo is a Bozo. Dawgs have to prove they deserve the #21 ranking first. Looks like the Run D is gonna have some problems this year as well.
guy
August 10th, 2010
9:06 pm
8-4. I hope!
how2fish
August 10th, 2010
9:07 pm
We play the games to prove who is what…polls sux almost as much as Bugs!
bigcalidawg
August 10th, 2010
9:39 pm
Thanks What? Preeciate it.
My wife is not from GA, but Hawaii and thinks I’m a nut for followin’ my teams year round. When I was a liitle boy in Columbus, it took my hours to get to my best friends house and he only lived about a 20 minute walk away.
On the way, I’d sit on about 3 front porch swings, drink a good 4-5 sweet teas (I liked sun tea best) and talk to old folks about how them DAWGS were gonna do this year. Couple of those geezers were actually Auburn fans, but there was always a mutual respect and more of a partnership feel than a rivalry. Maybe cuz Aub is so close to columbus, I don’t know.
At any rate, the stuff I see here from Tech, Fla, and Ala fans is abhorrent. This is an amazing game that gives opportunities to kids who might never make it away from Grandma’s house, without football.
I will always have tremendous respect for Auburn University and the way they treated me when I used to watch games there as a kid. (Good buddy’s dad used to play there, so I watched a lot of that old wishbone during the Dye era.)
Too bad I didn’t have a friend from UGA at that time.
We should be gentlemen and behave in a well-mannered fashion. Regardless of who we root for, we are all in, or from the south, and we have an obligation to display our home trainin’ and behave in a more civil manner.
GT, Tenn, Ala, or Fla, will have respect reciprocated…………..
Football in the south is worth making changes for………
Check out the stats from Tuesday’s UGA football scrimmage | UGA sports blog
August 10th, 2010
9:43 pm
[...] College Football News ranks Dogs No. 3 — in the nation [...]
Nub
August 10th, 2010
10:05 pm
Beat the belly sliders and we are one win away from playing for it all…. WooF!
how2fish
August 10th, 2010
10:16 pm
bigcalidawg great post ! Your spot on ! I grew up in the ATL and 2 of my buddies dads were Tech men I went to a lot of Tech games with them and they were as we should all be models of what a “Southern gentleman or women” should be models for our children and at least make a effort to be the men and women our parents wanted us to be! Dawgs/Gators/Vols we are all members of the college football fan base and we should try and elevate ourselves to honorably represent ourselves our schools and those that have gone before us.
Bliss
August 10th, 2010
10:23 pm
We’ll save this one and serve it up to Dawg fans at the end of the season, just before we send them off to Shreveport!
Dawg $$$
August 10th, 2010
11:30 pm
Dawgs win 10, upset floida, win the SEC east—book it!
L.A. BULLDAWG
August 11th, 2010
1:04 am
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! WITH A SEASONED OL AND 2 GOOD RBS, AJ GREEN SHOULD HAVE A GREAT YEAR! WHICH ALSO MEANS AARON MURRAY WONT HAVE MUCH PRESSURE ON HIM. JUST GET THE BALL TO YOUR PLAYMAKERS. THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS THE KEY. WITH EVERYONE BACK AND HEALTHY, ITS THE BEST IN THE NATION, WHY NOT US?
seriously
August 11th, 2010
1:19 am
Brandon Smith is gonna get 5 chances to take that test and get the high enough score,,,,,, pffffff wheres jan kemp when you need her??????
seriously
August 11th, 2010
1:24 am
DAWG STEPHENS ummm the answer is NO… FLA has just kicked your ass on the field for the past 20 yrs… recruited obvs better players that take direction and BETTER COACHES that give direction…
seriously wake up… COACHING… they HAve 2 chip in the past 5 yrs and own you… and you should be ranked three and them not….. Lay of the DMT kid
12-2
August 11th, 2010
2:24 am
College Football News is Jamie Newberg Scout.com
Last year, they ranked
2009 CFN Preseason :
# 3 Southern California who ended up Final AP Poll # 22
# 4 Oklahoma who ended up Final AP Poll NOT RANKED
# 5 LSU who ended up Final AP Poll # 17 beat no ranked team
#10 Okie State who ended up Final AP Poll NOT RANKED
#12 California who ended up Final AP Poll NOT RANKED
#16 FSU who ended up Final AP Poll NOT RANKED
#18 UGA who ended up Final AP Poll NOT RANKED
#19 Kansas who ended up Final AP Poll NOT RANKED
#23 Notre Dame who ended up Final AP Poll NOT RANKED
#24 South Florida who ended up Final AP Poll NOT RANKED
#25 Oregon State who ended up Final AP Poll NOT RANKED
Half of CFN preseason Top 25 ended NOT RANKED at all
College Football News Jamie Newberg Scout.com is the LEAST ACCURATE of ALL PRESEASON POLLS forever.
Phil Steele is the MOST ACCURATE and he has us at # 19
# 19 is where we have been over the last 4 years won/loss at 38-14.
How do I feel about it # 3 ?
DISNEYdawgs.com
12-2
August 11th, 2010
3:05 am
bigcalidawg
August 10th, 2010 7:11 pm
“I keep reading that ‘every year DAWG fans think that this is the year we will win it all.’ ”
“Don’t y’all realize that the only reason you are saying this is because you are here. This is our board. Of course we are going to say this every year. We love our team and are extremely proud to be DAWGS.”
DISNEYdawgs.com bigcalidawg
No sir, that is a TOTAL LIE.
I do NOT think that we will WIN IT ALL.
In fact, there are ONLY JUST A HANDFUL of DISNEYdawgs.com fans who SAY THAT EVERY YEAR on here, and it has JUST GOTTEN TOO MUCH TO TAKE ANY MORE by EVERYONE, me included now too.
I am FED UP WITH IT.
Coach Richt is GREAT with 18 teams the last 4 years whom Coach Richt does NOT have more wins than at 38-14.
B.S.
12-2
August 11th, 2010
3:15 am
Total unadulterated B.S.
Best run in Georgia Bulldogs’ history at 27 LOSSES this 9-Year Coach Richt Era of nincompoops on his coaching staff compared to only 21 Losses by Wally Butts 40-48 and only 21 Losses by Vince Dooley 80-88 BOTH with Consensus National Championships.
Aaron Murray for Heisman
August 11th, 2010
4:53 am
Hell, let’s just be honest about it. Why sip it when we can chug it:
MURRAY FOR THE HEISMAN!
two guns
August 11th, 2010
6:01 am
I now officially go to CFN for my college football insight.
ESPN is full of nothing but overpaid groupies anyway. GO DAWGS!
12-2
August 11th, 2010
6:55 am
Branden Smith has to pass an entrance exam, a year after admitted ?
Huh ?
WDE
August 11th, 2010
7:51 am
AltamahaDawg-
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2010/08/10/college-football-news-ranks-georgia-no-3-in-nation/comment-page-2/#comment-70638
You asked for an example…. you clearly didn’t check right under your nose.
UGAfan18
August 11th, 2010
9:11 am
Finally somebody got it right!!
UGADAWG30
August 11th, 2010
9:59 am
JMO is irrelevant….
Go back to playing your Dungeons and Dragons Techie… Or maybe just continue practicing kissing a girl with your gay roommate at the dorm….When your ACC championship Tech team cannot even beat a middle of the pack SEC team in Georgia last year…well…I guess that makes your Tech team irrelevant as well….
So why don’t you and your Frodo looking roommate go on down to Swinging Richards and enjoy what you like best…..
or better yet why don’t you do what Paul Johnson said to do….”Punch them in the mouth”……Oh…yeah right…you only do things like that when you are playing video games…cause in real life a DAWG would put your ass in the hospital really quick…
30 -24…..suck on it JMO
coach smith
August 11th, 2010
10:09 am
I said this before
Why should the Dawgs NOT be ranked #3 when the Gators are consistantly ranked too high based on nothing
The Gators have to replace:
Tim Tebow
Carlos Dunlap
Aaron Hernandez
Major Wright
Joe Hayden
Brandon Spikes
Markice Pauncy
Jermaine Cunnigham
Riley Cooper
Dustin Doe
Brandon James
David Nelson
Ryan Stamper
and 2 other offensive lineman
while Georgia returns 7 thats right 7 guys who’ve started on the O-line and therefore 13 offensive starters (since Ealey and King play equal) and upgrade at QB even though he is a RS freshman AND they have upgraded defensive coaching and scheme and have plenty of returning talent on the defensive side
If one were objective and not giving UNPROVEN guys at Florida a free pass to the national championship because they play for the Gators, then based on the FACTS and proven experienced personnel, you would HAVE TO rank UGA higher!!!!
Ray Barone
August 11th, 2010
10:15 am
I told my wife Debra the Georgia Dawgs were for real this year. She, like so many “Alligator” fans lost in self importance, thinks UF is close to heaven, of course dissagrees with me.
Gary
August 11th, 2010
10:54 am
You forgot to mention the best part, the rate Tech #40! I hope both predictions come true. Let’s play football! Go Dawgs!
Snoop Dawg
August 11th, 2010
11:46 am
UGA has 4 and 5-star players and a 1-star head coach. That, my friends, is called a fatal flaw…
jim K
August 11th, 2010
12:13 pm
Dream on dogs. Same old dogs same old result.
WDE
August 11th, 2010
12:30 pm
Snoop Dawg,
Don’t forget that those 4- and 5-star players become 2- and 3-stars the instant they enter Clarke County.
Richt is a nice guy, but he really underperforms.
Aaron Murray for Heisman
August 11th, 2010
12:41 pm
Coach Smith, no one outside of the Georgia state line mentions the Dawgs and Gators in the same breath. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid boss, Murray for the Heisman!
Savannah Dawg
August 11th, 2010
1:41 pm
Love this!!! It would be really nice to see this happen to the dawgs
Cant wait for an awesome year of football
Joemac
August 11th, 2010
3:13 pm
Before all you puppy fans start pumping your chest because you have found a poll that has your pups rated higher than GT, condsider this…
The # 13 team is North Carolina, with a projected record of 6-6. That, in itself, discredits the CFN rankings. The only people who care about the CFN rankings are puppy fans that have finally found a poll that has Tech lower than your pups.
Joemac
August 11th, 2010
3:15 pm
the CFN rankings are nothing more than an embarrassment, and puppy poop.
DDawg411
August 11th, 2010
3:25 pm
Interesting, I thought they had too much talent to be ranked outside the top 15 but 3 is maybe a bit high. It’s asking a lot of a frosh QB to step right in and play with limited mistakes. It doesn’t matter how great Green is if Murray hasn’t got his timing down and can’t work a progression and look off defenders. My prediction is Murray will go to the well too many times with Green and the best SEC defenders will eat his lunch if he does. Best we can hope for is the ground game is the principal strength and it opens up some easy play-action throws to Green and others with some separation.
DDawg411
August 11th, 2010
3:36 pm
Georgia should have been 10-3 last year, a one touchdown loss to LSU was an abortion by the ref who flagged UGA for excessive celebration and the loss to Kentucky was an abortion by the team who tried everything it could (and finally succeeded) to hand the game to Kentucky with penalties and miscues. The other losses Georgia was overmatched. Murray is a better qb as a freshman than Cox was as a senior, Cox was a headcase that should have continued to hold a clipboard. I think Georgia loses 2 games this year but misses the SEC Championship because of a close head-to-head loss with a 2 SEC loss Florida team. Write that down.
Lamar Mcconnel
August 11th, 2010
8:35 pm
The talent has always beeen at UGA it is time to cash in.
Sam
August 11th, 2010
10:54 pm
The Dawgs will have to prove themselves week after week in order to make a statement to the SEC and to the rest of the college football nation. I predict that Murray will exceed expectations with every game and that AJ Green will have a spectacular season. #3 in the nation? I doubt that, but the Dawgs certainly have the capability to be ranked in the top ten if they hit in all cylinders. I believe that they will have enough games under their belt on 10/30 to seriously compete with UF. The SC game will likely be another close one, but I believe that the Dawgs can pull out a win. UGA will be a serious competitor in the coming years if Murray lives up to hype and that we continue to build depth in our O and D-lines.
Pam
August 12th, 2010
1:40 am
Sounds good to me. A little lofty, perhaps, but let’s see how the team gels and the new defensive scheme works out. In any case, Go Dogs!
Icindian
August 12th, 2010
1:52 pm
Arron Murray will go down as the greatest QB in UGA history to this point. I am a rabid Dawg fan and watched thiskid play in Tampa,super athlete,& super smart. This is UGA’s Peyton Manning. This team is completely able to win the national championship, especially with our schedule. CFN got this one right.
travis
August 12th, 2010
4:37 pm
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travis
August 12th, 2010
4:41 pm
everybody laughed in 1980 when playboy rated ga no.1…..lmao
SuperB
August 13th, 2010
8:00 am
Dawgs are better than no. 21– especially when the same people rank North Carolina no. 18. UNC has done–let’s see– nothing. Well, they have lost to rival NC State every year.
Georgia is probably a 10-15 team– which ain’t bad. Could be an 8-12 with some breaks.