Richt on poll: ‘I hope we play well enough to move up. That’s the plan.’
From AJC correspondent Andy Johnston in Athens:
Georgia will begin the football season No. 23 in the Associated Press media poll, which was released this morning. It is the Bulldogs’ lowest preseason AP ranking since being unranked entering the 2001 season, coach Mark Richt’s first in Athens.
“I’m thankful we’re ranked,” Richt said after this morning’s practice. “It’s important to be ranked. I hope we play well enough to move up. That’s the plan.”
The preseason rank marks Georgia’s return to the AP poll after falling out on Oct. 4 last season. Georgia started the 2009 season No. 13 but was not ranked after the fourth week of the season.
The Bulldogs are ranked No. 21 in the USA Today coaches’ preseason poll, released earlier this month.
Georgia is among six SEC teams, the most of any conference, ranked in the AP poll. Two SEC teams are in the top four: No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Florida. Arkansas, which will play Georgia in Athens on Sept. 18, is ranked No. 17. LSU is No. 21 and Auburn No. 22.
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163 comments Add your comment
Sweat Socks
August 21st, 2010
11:26 am
Master of the obvious.
RomeDawg
August 21st, 2010
11:35 am
Why does he even bother answering questions?
SD Dawg
August 21st, 2010
11:38 am
Fair ranking giving the new QB and defense. Not hard to move into the top ten from #23.
Dawgmess
August 21st, 2010
11:40 am
Well, at least they run ask Chipper what he thinks about it … yet.
Stanfield
August 21st, 2010
11:40 am
Rankings before the season starts is just a good conversation piece. Five games into the season is when they really start gaining importance.
Dawgmess
August 21st, 2010
11:41 am
didn’t run that is
RunningDog
August 21st, 2010
11:47 am
If we beat SCAR and the Hogs, we’ll move past Tech in the polls. However, if Tech does beat UNC in Chapel Hill, it might be a tight race between the Jackets and Dawgs all season. Congratulation to our rivals, but take it from me, you don’t want to celebrate preseason rankings too much.
Ohios fake
August 21st, 2010
11:50 am
14 days and counting.
JacksonvilleDawg
August 21st, 2010
11:52 am
The only place for the dawgs to go is up. The season hasn’t even started and everyone is couting them out. I understand why they are ranked where they are, but look at this poll 6 weeks into the season when the polls really take form.
Termigator
August 21st, 2010
11:55 am
JDawg, 6 weeks into the season you will be 4-2 and unranked.
Gratefuldawghead
August 21st, 2010
11:59 am
I like being the UnderDAWG going into the season!
HUNKER DOWN DAWGS!
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
12:02 pm
Termigator it doesn’t matter what we are ranked if I remember correctly last year we were unranked and stomped a mudhole in the ACC “champs” azzes…its simply a matter of the higher we are ranked the bigger the mudhole you get. JacksonvilleDawg your spot on!
The Jet
August 21st, 2010
12:02 pm
Richt will move up the poll fast, crack the top 10 by week 3, be #1 by Nov. 1.
Gratefuldawghead
August 21st, 2010
12:03 pm
Termigator.. 6 weeks into the season Florida goes down against Alabama and YOU Will be saying “If only we had Tebow”
Big Bob
August 21st, 2010
12:05 pm
Termigator, six weeks into the season the DAWGS will be undefeated. The gators won’t be able to say that as you are in for a 4 loss season. Mark it down.
Termigator
August 21st, 2010
12:08 pm
Gratefuldawghead, most of us are glad he has moved on. You maybe correct about the Alabama game, but I assure you we will have a return match against them here in the ATL.
Termigator
August 21st, 2010
12:10 pm
how2, you own the nerds.
RickW
August 21st, 2010
12:11 pm
What did you expect him to say? “That ranking is wrong!! We are much better/worse than that”?? He said what I think he should have said. I don’t put much stock into motivational tools, but being ranked so low does give the team a chip to put on their shoulder.
By the first full weekend
August 21st, 2010
12:14 pm
Foks …………this pre season poll stuff means nada, nothing. CMR is right ……..win and move up. The ratings will change on the first full weekend of ball, anyway. They will matter starting 9/6/10.
UGA or Oregon or Idaho, ALabama, LSU or U of F or SMU could all be ranked at # 56. If they win all of their games or in UGA’s case, by playing in the SEC, winning say 10 ………… UGA will be in the top 12 or so. Then, win the NY Day bowl and end up around 7th or 8th, possibly. Then and only then do the polls matter. This goal should be UGA’s target ………..period. NY Day bowl win.
Under Obama’s way of looking at the polls ………the more games that you lose, then the higher rated that you “should be”. After all, some other school ( rich school) recruited the best kids and you “could not reach your potential” ……..so you lost every game. Right?
So far, college football has not sunk to those low achieving depths ……….. yet.
Go Dogs and let us win at least 10!!!!!
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
12:17 pm
Termigator I truly hope the Gators beat Bama this year during the season that being said see you in Jax..hey how is the Gator camp going so far I keep asking SLgator but he never tells us if anyone has been hurt or how the team is coming together so far?
Gratefuldawghead
August 21st, 2010
12:24 pm
Termigator…Glad you got the East locked up …Georgia hasn’t beat you but 45 to 39 times…don’t worry about us!
Termigator
August 21st, 2010
12:26 pm
Thanks how2, I actually root for you guys everygame but the obvious one. We have had the usual bumps and bruises and a few surgeries, but only to backups. Brantley has looked exceptional and the enterior D line, LB’s and DB’s are looking good. The only concerns are with the two DE’s which might prompt more use of the 3-4 which has been part of the scheme for the past several years. Probably the biggest concern will be having Brantley avoid injury. If that happens, all bets are off.
Termigator
August 21st, 2010
12:27 pm
Grateful, the games still must be played, but the last two decades reflect current talents more than the past 84 years do.
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
12:29 pm
Yeah I for one think Brantley should do pretty good, but if he hurts the fall off is even greater for you guys that us..it can’t be as hard to replace Murray who I thin has a ton of talent but after all has never seen a down of action in the SEC than to replace Brantley..man is it just me or is this the toughest two weeks in the year coming up !
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
12:31 pm
that should be “if he gets hurt” and I think he has a ton of talent”….new keyboard , the sun was in my eyes, I swear she didn’t look that fat with her clothes on..just pick an excuse.
Termigator
August 21st, 2010
12:32 pm
Can’t wait to start. Had to get off the blogs for a few weeks to try to make it pass faster. I am more excited about this seasons start than any since 2006.
Beast from the East
August 21st, 2010
12:39 pm
Doesn’t matter where you start…..only where you finish. I am pulling for the Dawgs to get the job done and be undefeated heading into the WLOCP. It’ll be a blast if that happens. Take care of business up in Columbia and against that scumbag Petrino and it’ll happen!
Go Gators!
Nurse Ratchet
August 21st, 2010
12:42 pm
By the first full weekend Idiotic comment. No place for your stupid political comment on here.
Urban & Nick & Les
August 21st, 2010
12:46 pm
Markie Boy…. its time to stop hoping and start doing or the new AD is going to tell you adios!
Celia
August 21st, 2010
1:05 pm
Attention, everyone, especially dawgtards. We will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, them tossing them out like garbage, are still going on, but at least the world knows what’s going on now.
And now, the moment of silence…
Thank you. You may resume your normal activities now.
Dirty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
1:12 pm
It’s as simple as it’s ever been…dominate the teams you’re supposed to beat and beat, pretty or ugly, the teams that are supposed to beat you. We’ll be fine – obviously depending on injuries and how young Mr. Murray and the defense performs – in fact if the cards play out as they very well may, we could be in the SEC Championship game and then we all know what can come from that.
Teams should start ranked -----
August 21st, 2010
1:14 pm
as they finished the year before. After the first game would come the teaberry shuffle. In other words they are defending their ranking for the first game at least. This would also show the level of coaching to replace they losses from the year before. Just a though.
good ranking
August 21st, 2010
1:16 pm
I think it’s easier to move up from this position, than to start in the top 5, and stay there all season.
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
1:26 pm
Celia this just in …Reggie Ball STILL can’t count to four!
Glenn
August 21st, 2010
1:26 pm
If the Dawgs can run the ball like they did the last four games last year and give the defense time time gel they are going to be bad to the bone. To be successful all we have to do is take care of ourselves. Dont worry what others do, just take care of what we can control. Go Dawgs
OEJ
August 21st, 2010
1:27 pm
I know a lot of people say dawg fans say the same thing every year. I’m not one of those fans. Last year after we lost to Oklahoma St. I knew it would be a long season. I have been following UGA and how they are doing in practice since the new coaches arrived. All the feedback form the players have been good. Without them saying anything you can tell they are happier with the new coaches. The defense will be better than last year, but they wont be a great or #1 defense either. I think they will surprise a lot of people. The play of the defense will determine what kind of season we have. People can say what they want but EVERY team still has to take it one game at a time because anything can happen. When you think about it its about where you are ranked at the end of the season.
destin Dawg
August 21st, 2010
1:54 pm
Parade mag.. “College A LIST”… this week…”don’t need to attend a fabled Ivy school to get a big-league education”… UGA rated #3 in Large public schools… where you get the “best of both worlds”.. social scene and big sports atmosphere.. great education…. Go you smart Dawgs !!!!!!
Still@theBar
August 21st, 2010
2:14 pm
Parade Mag is so known for it’s indepth articles on Education, right? Uga ain’t no Ivy League anything, but it is #1 for Drunk Fake Blonde Surburban Bimbos and Redneck White Frat Boys. UGA produces more school teachers than any college in Georgia. The state sucks in education so that should tell you all you need to know about UGA compared to the IVY LEAGUE.
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
2:20 pm
Still@theBar and yet you haunt the UGA blogs what not a lot of sports blogging on the Harvard or Yale sites..or won’t they let you on? You always play the race card well its good to know bigots inhabit the Ivy League as well.
Still@theBar
August 21st, 2010
2:25 pm
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
1:47 pm
UGAY REALLY STANDS FOR JOE DIRT let me ask you this .which team has graduated a QB that can’t count to 4 wait that right he didn’t graduate he was declared academically ineligible after the game (funny how they figured that out AFTER the UGA game and didn’t play in the bowl game that year ? And one more thing Ol’Al may have coached a super bowl but he ain’t suiting up this Nov and we will run it down the Bugs throats. I mean baring major injuries how can you doubt it, our line will be bigger and more experienced as will the same backs that hung 300+ yards on you last year…what reason to you have to think you can stop that yeah your defense might be better this and I hope it is but it not going to be able to take the pounding your best hope of a win is to out score us you won’t stop us…and when CPJ starts passing just head for the exits its going to get ugly.
How2fish why don’t you stay off the TECH BLOGS then? A…HOLE.
Still@theBar
August 21st, 2010
2:38 pm
How2Fish you call out other people for doing the same crap you do. How2BStupid should be your name. Many people post on all the team blogs. I give you this you use the same name most of the time I think.
PHIL
August 21st, 2010
2:46 pm
Something has to be done about the way teams are ranked. I haven’t seen the rankings but I assume there are teams such as Boise State ranked highly. Boise State would need a great day to compete with MS State. Something needs to be done.
bamaguy
August 21st, 2010
2:49 pm
Teams Should be Ranked: I have said that for years, begin the next year where the previous one ended. If you were number one, you are number one until some beats you (I said that before Alabama was #1). But these rankings sell newspapers, magazines and bring views to sports talk shows, so they will never end.
GIven that, I think the best place to be ranked at the beginning of the season is around 8 or 9. You can easily move up but you don’t have a bullseye on your back.
Fudge Packer
August 21st, 2010
2:54 pm
I think that a bunch of POLL SMOKERS came up with this garbage system. Let UGA play TCU or BOISE STATE or OREGON. Good God this system sucks and so do all GAYTOR fans.
Did you cheaters really count the ARKANSAS game as a win last year? Pathetic Cheats.
Still@theBar
August 21st, 2010
2:55 pm
Richt on Poll? I didn’t know Richt had time to race! I bet Richt drives a Toyota sponsored by Playtex.
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
3:14 pm
Still@theBar wrong Sir the last time I was on a Bug blog it was to offer condolences about the death of a former Tech player.I only play on the UGA centric blogs the one you referred to was on the AJC sports page entitled Tech ranked 16 UGA 23rd…I didn’t see that as a Tech blog. What I would NEVER do it go to a Ivy League blog and bash their football programs.so tell you what big guy I’ll stay on the UGA centric blogs and your haunt the blogs centric to whatever benighted school you follow and we will be cool. The only time I cross swords withe the Bugs/Gators/Bama/UT fans is on a UGA centric story. Since there are so many of them there is easy to think I’m out there looking for a fight.
Yellow Buzz
August 21st, 2010
3:27 pm
We’re stuck in metro… watch businessmen leave for the suburbs 5/6 PM. everyday.. here we are crime , no women.. sirens all night, scared to go out …. it leads to depression… causing bipolar mental disorder… 2fish.. we’re just jealous.. on your blog all the time
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
3:29 pm
Yellow Buzz one word of hope for you brother…..transfer!
Still@theBar
August 21st, 2010
3:34 pm
HOW2 then you are STUPID. The article was filed by the UGA grad, but TECH Beat writer Doug Roberson aand posted under TECH. That means you were on the TECH BLOG. I don’t expect you to the Big TECH at the top of the Article because you are to BLIND to see the problems of drinking in Athens.
FLA DAWG
August 21st, 2010
3:58 pm
“I hope we play well enough to move up” !?
Huh, we damn well better!
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
4:06 pm
Still@theBar really I found it under AJC sports on the main sports page Entitled Georgia Tech No16 Georgia no 23…seems like a it could go either way..but rant on brother I guess your Ivy League panties (yes I said it) are really in a wad Nancy..bye the bye anyone named Still@theBar really want to talk about the evils of drinking?
RED DOG 77
August 21st, 2010
4:10 pm
Still@theBar……….You Son, are no match for how2fish. I have been following your exchange, sounds like to me you should just order another yellow jello shooter, make that two [ one for both ends]………and spin around that ‘ol bar stool, I hear it’s some kind of a great “rush”. Seems to me that is more your speed…………with my warmest Best Regards, RED
JacksonvilleDawg
August 21st, 2010
4:11 pm
I love the trash talk that comes out of the dawg haters. But looking at the polls there are a ton of question marks up and down the top 25. There are only two teams that really don’t have any question marks in the top 10, Ohio State and Boise. I guess by everyones account of how accurate these polls are we just as soon go ahead and crown them. They both return most of there starters from both sides of the ball. Bama and UF are both replacing a ton of people, mostly on the defensive side of the ball, not to mention UF replacing a coordinator.
RED DOG 77
August 21st, 2010
4:19 pm
The University Of Georgia BULLDOGS will move up the poll slowly but surely. This is our year for consistant improvement. With all the young talent we have waiting in the wings, we should improve significantly over the next few years, to where we are a legitament contender for the National Championship every year.
BG
August 21st, 2010
4:43 pm
Tech should try playing UGAs schedule every year.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 21st, 2010
4:50 pm
I dont care what we are ranked or if we lose 10 games, I just hope the 2 wins are FL and Tech
12-2
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
We are
# 6 in The SEC
in the AP Poll.
He won’t have to worry about that for long
- not staying where he is in the AP Poll
week 2 should take care of that.
how2fish
August 21st, 2010
5:01 pm
Paul Has A ….throw in UT and I’m with you brother.RED DOG 77 loved the jello shot comment..!
BDAWG
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
Instead of hoping, he better make sure that they play better or the new AD will find somebody that will. UGA should have never been allowed to fall to such a low standard. Pick up the offensive recruiting and the play and the expectations will be a whole lot better.
30-24 Dawgs - We Run This State!
August 21st, 2010
6:01 pm
Look forward to the Dawgs moving up into the top 15 by season’s end while maggots drop at least 4 games and drop out.
We Run. This State.
Delbert D.
August 21st, 2010
6:02 pm
how2fish – If everybody just stuck to their own chosen fan blogs, everybody would just sort of get along. Then the ajc.com web site would have to shut down due to lack of interest. Then, with the printed paper edition already on its last legs, what big city rag would we get, L.A. Times, N.Y. Times, Washington Post or Chicago Tribune? (the Trib ain’t in great shape, either.)
Tech Buzz
August 21st, 2010
6:20 pm
Richt can “hope” all day—it will not matter. Uga loses 3-4 games again, including losses to florida and tech. But, no more Shreveport trips for the dawgs—the SEC dumped that crummy bowl.
AltamahaDawg
August 21st, 2010
7:12 pm
Swapped it for the the Gator Bowl, who dumped another crummy conference.
FLA DAWG
August 21st, 2010
7:54 pm
Dawg Nation,
I am surprised by the over confidence I am reading lately. If you keep in mind that our starting QB has not taken a GameDay snap, that we have a completely new (though I believe vastly superior) D, young, raw talent with some experienced anchors and Bobo calling O Plays, we are NOT the powerhouse many of your seem to think.
South Carolina has a real shot to knock us off early on – and that is where our weakness is due to the above facts. If we can keep it together early on we MIGHT have a shot at Florida but that is something of a longshot.
I hope I am all wrong but while faith can move mountains it cannot beat a better and more experienced ball team.
dawg nation
August 21st, 2010
8:50 pm
Who cares!!!!! GATA DAWGS!!!!!!!
Circus Act
August 21st, 2010
9:27 pm
What does that Clown Richt mean he “HOPES” ? This guy is should be toast if he doesnt gets UGA at lest 9 wins.
Rodney King
August 21st, 2010
9:39 pm
Come on people, can’t we all get along? UGA fans, back off spouting off on your record against Tech. Its common knowledge even out here in LA that you beat the bees like a drum. UGA fans, I know its hard to be humble when you root for the Dogs, but try just a little more humility, because many readers on this blog are not as fortunate as you. UGA rival fans, emphasize more the positives of your own team. Sure, you may not be a Top 20 Public University. Sure, you don’t have a college town equal to Athens. Sure you may not own 132 SEC titles, and National Championships in 8 sports, but there are plenty of things for Tech and every SEC team to be proud of, its just that you may have to dig a little harder to find them, but they are there.
AltamahaDawg
August 21st, 2010
9:41 pm
Where have you been reading anything lately from Dawg fans other than realistic expectations?
J Clay
August 21st, 2010
9:44 pm
Looking forward to game 1 – regardless of who we are playing, always a great day (assume the same for fans of every school around the country). This is my 10th year of season tickets since graduating and this year I’ll be taking my daughter to her first game. As for the polls, to be ranked at all pre-season this year I’d say is good (based on last year and new QB). To the on commentor, I actually don’t see the normal over confidence in UGA fans this year – I do see a lot of optimism and excitement, much different though than over confidence. My prediction for the year 9-3 or 10-2, which would be a step in the right direction (unless the 3 losses are Florida, Tech, and Tennessee). WIll be interesting to see how long the Tech talk contiues, the ACC appears to be much improved this year. Less than 2 weeks until kick-okk with all the games on Thursday!
J Clay
August 21st, 2010
9:46 pm
South Carolina always has a chance of knocking us off – they have played us consistently well for many years now. It will be a tough game, and it will be hot as hell in Columbia for a noon kick off
Reality Score
August 21st, 2010
10:12 pm
If richt wins 8 or more games—dawgs are happy. They like a “nice” coach. Winning is secondary. Remember, he won the SEC when florida and bama had terrible coaches.
JB
August 21st, 2010
10:23 pm
Interesting thought…..UGA is ranked anywhere from unranked to 20 in the polls….Oklahoma is ranked in the top 10 in almost all polls. Both teams were 8-5 last year. UGA returns 10 on O, 6 on D. Oklahoma returns 5 on each side. What’s the difference??? Why is OU ranked so much higher than UGA? Preseason polls don’t mean crap…..we’ll know the truth sometime in late October, then finally around Thanksgiving what kind of team we have.
Time
August 21st, 2010
10:30 pm
I love it, the techies still spouting in UGA blogs. Appreciate the laughs guys. Hope ya’ll enjoyed your once a decade good season, even though you couldn’t beat UGA that was mired in the worst season it’ll have in a decade…LOL.
As far as the rankings go, they’re meaningless. UGA could be ranked 64th (Orlando Sentinel..lol), but if they go out and win the East, then win the SEC, they’ll be playing for the NC. Just like every other SEC school has that same opportunity regardless of what their preseason rank is.
12-2
August 21st, 2010
11:14 pm
“if they go out and win the East, then win the SEC, they’ll be playing for the NC” by Time.
AltamahaDawg
“Where have you been reading anything lately from Dawg fans other than realistic expectations?”
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
12:11 am
12-2…..You make between very little to no sense whatsoever to me. Why not try brushing up on your communication skills, or you could chose to just float around the internet, all by yourself, like always………..also, why in the world did you change your name from ” BuLLdawg ” to 12-2 ?……….Just wonderin’…………Regards to you ” little Miss Debbie Downer “……., RED
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
12:18 am
“If Georgia is fortunate enough to reach the championship game, I, like many Bulldog followers, would gladly take time off work, plunk down some serious cash, and head out West like we had three months earlier for Boulder. For a trip to Glendale, AZ, however, I wouldn’t mind sweating out a Georgia victory of a touchdown or less.”
Posted by Patrick Garbin
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
12:20 am
12-2 because I want to reflect the POSITIVE NATURE of the Georgia Bulldogs’ fanbase and how great we have been the last 4 years at 38-14
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
12:23 am
QUOTE by
RED DOG 77
“we ,my friends will begin winning championships like Fla has in recent years…….It is our turn now”
END QUOTE
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
12:28 am
“Bottom line is this, UGA has consistantly done better with Coach Mark Richt over a nine year period than with any other coach in the history of University of Georgia football. I just want to see how big a man ol ” BuLLdawg” is going to be when we rip through our 2010 schedule like prunes through a goose !……………Regards, RED” DOG 77
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
12:31 am
RED DOG 77
July 31st, 2010 1:18 am
“Some fool on page one called Aaron Murray a “midget” that would have a hard time seeing over Dline. Yup, there are some fools out there, Aaron Murray is exactly the same hight as Drew Brees QB of the world champion New Orleans Saints…………Don’t foget, you fish eyed fool, Aaron Murray is a dual-threat, mobile QB………………… by in large the BIG DOG is gonna eat !!! and not just in 2010, but for some time to come………”
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
12:32 am
JClay……….Yup, yer dern tootin it’ll be hot as hell in Columbia for the South Carolina game. Thing is JC, it’s gonna be just as hot for them as it will be for us. Whats more, with a veteran Oline, and two pretty fair RBs, my guess is we play keep away. I would say by mid-way through the third quarter, the ” fighting chickens ” should be pretty gassed………yeh, yer right, they usually play us pretty hard, their only problem is depth on defense……..This year the heat should be our freind, I’m hoping it’ll be 100 at kick-off……………Georgia 31 South Carolina 17………lets hope I’m right ! GO DOGS !!!!……..Regards to you JClay……..RED
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
12:39 am
RED DOG 77
August 1st, 2010 11:55 pm
“The Drew Brees comparison was a perfect example of how a QB that is 6 ft 1 in can be pretty dadgum good in college or the NFL.”
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
12:46 am
AltamahaDawg
August 17th, 2010 10:51 am
“Actually Tampa, being sent to the “alternative” school is NOT an indication of seriousness. All that means is that he was suspended from a regular one. In a public school system, you have to provide an alternative, and that’s it, pimple faced kids that said the wrong thing, or the street bullies.”
“I’ve seen kids suspended and teachers fired over things that you and I wouldnt call serious, but school systems believe thier hands are tied, and open to lawsuits if they engage in any sort of selective reasoning.”
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
12:47 am
12-2……..WOW !!! I’m impressed !……I am truely flattered that you keep a file on my posts ! However, I still don’t seem to grasp your intellectual prowess. Is it me ? or is it that you make very little to no sense whatsoever ?……….I’ll take the latter……..nailed ya didn’t I ” BuLLdawg ” !……….Once a “Debbbie Downer ” always a ” Debbie Downer “……..with my warmest Best Regards, RED
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
1:00 am
JClay……..Hope you and your daughter have a great time at the game two weeks from today ! It warms my heart to know you will be raising a BULLDOG daughter ! Have fun and God Bless, RED
L.A. BULLDAWG
August 22nd, 2010
1:08 am
IM NOT SWEATING THAT GEORGIA IS UNRANKED. I THINK ITS GOOD THAT WE COULD JUST GO OUT THERE AND PLAY FOOTBALL. WE HAVE OUR ENTIRE OL COMING BACK AS WELL AS 2 GOOD RBS. A.J. GREEN IS THE BEST PLAYMAKER IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. ALL AARON MURRAY HAS TO DO IS MANAGE THE GAME AND UTILIZE OUR PLAYMAKERS! ON DEFENSE, I THINK RUNNING A 3-4 UNDER GRANTHAM WILL PLAY TO UR STRENGTHS. ATHLETES AT LB AND SECONDARY WILL SURPRISE!
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
1:09 am
AltamahaDawg………Do you have any idea what 12-2 er……a……”BuLLdawg” is ranting about ? If you have a clue, please inform……..Darwin would have great interest as well, if he were alive today, I’m sure he would say something like ” very, very interesting indeed “…….Regards AD, RED
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
1:11 am
LA…………Right-on brother !
Florida Dawg
August 22nd, 2010
3:29 am
We are a good team..it’s just that 22 other teams are apparently better.
I think we could do something about that…and I would have thought that we could have started years ago.
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
3:42 am
Chris
July 10th, 2010
6:02 pm
‘No other university in the country would put up with this kind of behavior’? Are you 14 years old?
No coach in the country can control what his players do during the off season.
I’ve never been as proud of a head coach at GA than to have Mark Richt at the helm. The man has proven by his actions that he is an exceptional individual
We get by SC and it could be a magical year.
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
3:53 am
patrick
UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years.
PERIOD.
He has my respect. Period.
Derpy derp diddily ding dong doodily!
reality
August 22nd, 2010
7:56 am
UGA’s football program has come down to hoping that they can beat GT thereby spoiling a top 5 finish. No hope for SEC Championship.
Spike
August 22nd, 2010
8:01 am
If we could only get richt to do another dive on espn, then I think the ranking would increase. You what if dogs are rather humorous.
KNelson
August 22nd, 2010
8:14 am
When Georgia is ranked #1 on November 1st it will be after 2025. I dont expect georgia to crack the top 15 this year and will not remain in the top 25 very long. Its gonna be another tyypical georgia football season. High expectations low results.
MSBULLDAWG
August 22nd, 2010
8:18 am
Wishing you luck with the exception of a Nighmare In Starkvegas, GO DAWGS … More Cowbell..
dawgfan
August 22nd, 2010
8:39 am
First of all, I am not worried about our preseason ranking.. Secondly the AP is the most useless poll around. Its not calculated in the BCS calculations, why is there such a big deal about it? If you want discussion talk about the coaches poll or Harris since they actually has an effect on the outcome (which I believe we are ranked about the same in the coaches, Harris not out yet) . I lost all respect for the AP poll when the AP gave USC the national championship in 2003 when LSU actually won the national championship game. Then they failed to award it to Auburn in 2004 even though they had a perfect record. Atleast be consistent!! And they should strip the 2004 NC title from USC for their guilty verdict..
904DAWG
August 22nd, 2010
8:49 am
I understand we have a new QB and a new Defense. We have a nice schedule to do some damage with, and still we’re ranked in the 20’s
I have to remind you all, UF has a “new starting” QB that has only played weak mop up and against Kentucky (which he couldn’t score in) and a new Defensive Coor. ( UF fan – do you really not expect the same drop off on defense that you had after losing your O-Coord last year? ) I think we all know —– He’s no Charlie Strong!
Add in your 1st schedule in over 5 years where you have to play 2 good teams back to back (check it out) makes your beginning ranking very iffy at best.
BTW: Termgator – you only know what Urban wants you to hear about how your doing. (UF practice is CLOSED, so Urban can *”sercretly”* install a passing offense because if Brantly runs, Brantly gets hurt) Urban’s “word” to non gator fans has no merit (another 3-4 loss year and he’ll blame it on being young) remember the class that just left had 4 losses the 1st year they had to start.
UF is Overhyped and Overranked (I remind you UF was only up by 3 over USC with 7 min left in the game last year) UF has the worst WR core they’ve had in DECADES!
I can’t wait for the return of Urban Crier! you should have went with your gut and quit! Your run is over!
GO DAWGS!!! GATA
tell me again
August 22nd, 2010
8:56 am
hey fudge packer – silly boy – UGA DID PLAY Boise (back when they were the “GREATEST OFFENSE OF THE CENTURY” and we smoked them like that 100 pounds of weed that Tech’s Houston was arrested for having in his possession back in 2005…..if Boise played in the SEC they would get trampled. What is amazing is that these teams that routinely play a schedule full of nopbodys are even ranked.
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2010
9:30 am
No Red I don’t. Just assuming since I gave him heck about modifying my statements to lie about their meaning he is just randomly quoting me verbatim with no particular point from it.
I’m just hoping he can get through the a Sunday without cursing God too many times.
guy
August 22nd, 2010
9:43 am
IF we can beat S.C. this could be a great season.The confidence would be there to move to the next level.Discipline!
Win P.
August 22nd, 2010
9:46 am
Eternal optimist…less than 22 teams will be ranked ahead of UGA in December.
ugaclassof2004
August 22nd, 2010
10:53 am
“Last year we were under the radar…hey that’s a great place to be. F@#$ That!!! The best place to be is where expectations are high!Get used to it, it’s always going to be that way.”
–Rex Ryan, Hard Knocks.
For UGA to become a championship program, they need to adopt a championship mentality like Rex Ryan is talking about. It’s always easy to be under the radar and knock off other teams. But you have to learn how to handle expectations, which means that you prepare for everyone’s best shot and you’re prepared to give them yours in return. Florida and Bama have been able to handle the expectations for the most part, while UGA absolutely face planted in 2008. The difference? Leadership.
I don’t care about having a team with NFL talent. You know what care about? Wins, especially wins over rival schools. And it starts with having the right mentality, the kind that says ” I don’t give a damn if you have Jesus Christ playing QB for your team!We’re going to kick the ever living dog crap out of you the next 3 hours! And if you want this win, you’ll have to crawl over our dead bodies to get it!!!” That is a championship mentality. THAT is what wins. And UGA has only had it in spurts during Richt’s tenure( parts of 2002, the later half of 2007). UGA has a great college town, great instate talent, and one of the greatest revenue generating athletic departments in the country. All the resources are there to win and win big. It’s time to demand excellence! And if Richt can no longer deliver that for us, then McGarity must move in a different direction.
BirdDog
August 22nd, 2010
11:00 am
Pre-season polls are for chumps! UGA beat Auburn last year and yet they’re ranked higher? Stupid!
Still@theBar
August 22nd, 2010
11:08 am
Wow, it must take a lot of paint to cover the big brown spot on RUSS’ butt. The Fan Picture Day allowed us to really see RUSS in all his Glory Glory I have to be WHITE on Game Day pride.
Act like you've been there before
August 22nd, 2010
11:27 am
I hate the words If and hope. McGarrity WILL make sure that UGA WILL win championships. Bue Bye Mark Richt !
Beat Down
August 22nd, 2010
12:01 pm
Still@theBar, you got your a– handed to you here, get lost.
Bulldog
August 22nd, 2010
12:04 pm
Who remembers when we never had to “hope” for wins?
I DO!
I remember when Kentucky and Vanderbilt were gimmes and Auburn and FLA were gonna be tough, but you could count on the Junkyard Dawgs to pull out a win.
Not so with Mark Richt at the helm.
Still@theBar
August 22nd, 2010
12:09 pm
Not even close Beat Down. What other 50 names do you post under? I guess you are one of the UGA nerds since you were not busted this weekend for UAP or DUI. What did you stay in your room serfing porn and sucking on your Bong?
Still@theBar
August 22nd, 2010
12:18 pm
Why are people talknig about football on this blog? The title was under Richt on Poll. This should be about Racing, The Water Girl is stripping for extra cash, or CMR being Implaed after the mutts lose to USCeast.
CLEVON LITTLE
August 22nd, 2010
1:06 pm
Funny that AU & ARK are ranked, much less ahead of UGA. Both teams are more ‘unproven’ than UGA. Disagree?? UGA’s beaten AU four yrs in a row & ARK evertime they’ve played them since I don’t know when. AU & ARK coaches are also not proven in the SEC. Bottom line is it doesn’t matter where you’re ranked at the beginning of the season…just where you’re ranked at the end. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CLEVON LITTLE
August 22nd, 2010
1:07 pm
Still@theBar…..Step away from the Bar……
GaGator 17-3
August 22nd, 2010
2:36 pm
CLEVON LITTLE
August 22nd, 2010
1:06 pm
Funny that AU & ARK are ranked, much less ahead of UGA. Bottom line is it doesn’t matter where you’re ranked at the beginning of the season…just where you’re ranked at the end. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are so right, who was rank #1 by everyone in 2008 and who won the National Championship?
LHardingDawg
August 22nd, 2010
2:59 pm
Still@thebar is really still at the bar. Cleaning up pee in the bathroom, moping, and washing glasses. Do a good job and maybe you can move up to a barback job.
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
3:24 pm
guy……….You are right on the button my friend ! Haviing played football, I put alot of stock in chemistry. To me chemistry is the answer especially in the college game. Remember watching through the years, every now and then a team of average talent, but big on chemistry tends to be very hard to beat…………..I think coach Richt bringing in coach Grantham, Balin, and Lackatos has begun to creat that chemistry………..yer right though, gotta get past South Carolina and Arkansas…………….If we do…….I think we get the swagger back ! ..GO DOGS !! Regards, RED
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
3:59 pm
AltamahaDawg……….Yup, he tends to take my quotes out of context as well, hope he’s having fun, cause I don’t have a clue as to his point. That in itself was the way he gave his idenity up………You know he’s the famous ” BuLLdawg “………..He’s a ” bummer “, but I have fun messin’ with him. Best to you AltamahaDawg………..less than two weeks away !………..GO DOGS !!!……RED
Bulldog
August 22nd, 2010
4:01 pm
Hey, let’s “hope” we can get past AK and SC!
In my opinion, this isn’t the kind of Bulldog team we should have, but let’s face it, that’s where Mark Richt has gotten us. Forget his overall record–we are now hoping we can beat SC and AK–that’s the neighborhood we’re living in now.
Get used to it until we get a new HC.
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
4:03 pm
LHarding Dawg……….Don’t think he’s done a good enough job cleaning-up the bathrooms from last night !………..It will surely be some time before he moves-up to cleaning glasses……….Regards, RED
Still@theBar
August 22nd, 2010
4:07 pm
Why would UGA get it’s swagger back from beating( as Dawgs always say) a USC team you own and an Arkiesaw team that can’t beat UGA if only the 2nd string dawgs and Russ showed up? You dawgs can’t have it both ways. Either this schedule is a JOKE( which it is) or UGA is not that good and these will all be hard games.
I know! IT IS THE SEC and ALL GAMES ARE TOUGH. HAHHAH ok I’ll bite! Why are UT, USC, VU,UK, AU, & GT really hard games?
UGADawg4Life
August 22nd, 2010
4:08 pm
I am tired operating on hope. It is time to expect the best, and stop hoping for it.
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2010
4:58 pm
What years do you remember when we didnt have to “hope” we won more games, Bulldog? When was is that beating Fl and Auburn was pretty much a given? Obviously it was longer than 10 yrs ago. 15, 20, 25? exactly when was that? Wasn’t the 90s, wasn’t the 70s, wasn’t the majority of the 80s. I give up, when was that? Because you remember it.
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
4:59 pm
Bulldog……..Stll@theBar………..Your ages are showing young fellas. Your aptitude for college football would seem to be that of oh, let’s say 21 to26 years old. Which is ok, but I would suggest you both do a little homework on, let’s say…….cycles in college football……..something neither one of you seem to know much about……….I’m too busy to tutor you myself, but read, read, read…..don’t fret, you’ll learn eventually. You both seem to be the type that thinks he knows more than a major college football coach who has managed to do more in his first nine years than all but seven other coaches in the history of the game have accomplished……….It will be ok boys, you’ll get there someday, we all had to start somewhere………..Good luck, and don’t get discouraged……………..Your Pal, RED
Gatorbait 17-3
August 22nd, 2010
4:59 pm
What happened to all the expert Georgia fans that have been saying the Gators are going to have a down year? I guess all the people who are sports writers or coach college football know nothing. The Gators are in the top 10 in every poll and in the top 5 in most.
On the other hand it appears it will be the dawgs who will have to upset a lot of teams
to finish in the top 25. To be very honest, it is more likely for the dawgs to finish 8-5
than to make it to Atlanta, much less win that game
how2fish
August 22nd, 2010
5:02 pm
Still@theBar its the SEC laugh all you want but last year two mid tier SEC team spanked the ACC division champs..one of which was GT…I mean compared to UGA’s schedule this year its not as tough as last years schedule but it a damn site tougher than a Ivy League schedule. Auburn is going to be tough this year and SC could be and UT is UT they will bring all they have no telling yet how much that is but like with UGA we are going to wait and see…oh and classy comment about CMR’s wife…. yesterday you were bashing white frat boys now you’ve graduated to sleazy comments about a coach’s wife…you really represent whatever team you pull for in a great manner.
RED DOG 77
August 22nd, 2010
5:05 pm
AltamahaDawg………..Bet he can’t tell ya……..he’s just a young pup trying to pee on a bush, problem is………he keeps peeing on himself………he might learn, but then again, with his attitude, mabe not……….keep-em on their toes AltamahaDawg……..Regards, RED
how2fish
August 22nd, 2010
5:10 pm
Gatorbait 17-3 the Gators are again going to be tough too much talent not to be but will they have a “down” year I don’t think so, however there will be a learning curve they will have to overcome without Tebow, Coach Strong , and a new starting QB..plus this year you have Bama pretty early..so “down” might not be the right word..tougher is more like it.Best of luck until Jax…can’t wait for the season to kickoff!
Still@theBar
August 22nd, 2010
5:47 pm
How2fish it is great to know you actully amdit that UGA is just a mid tier team. You must be one of the very few UGA fans that realizes the dawgs are the same as Ole Miss, Arkansas, Auburn, USC, & Kentucky. You actually know UGA is No Bama, LSU, UT, or Florida. I guess you are happy to not be Mississippi or Vandy. We know UGA is not Florida or Vandy in Education for sure.
43 UGA students arrested since Thursday for DUI, Drugs, and/or Underage Drinking. #1 Party school for sure. UGA cheap chicks just pay the bar tab.
ugaclassof2004
August 22nd, 2010
5:49 pm
Gatorbait 17-3
The Gators should walk away with the East this season. South Carolina is soft, UGA & Tennessee are in rebuild mode, and Kentucky & Vandy will be a non-factor. The Gators are in a very talent rich state and will continue to have great recruiting classes while FSU and Miami rebuild. With that being said, it takes 2-3 years for a great recruiting class to develop. The Florida defense in 2007 was comprised of under classmen and they took their lumps that year going 9-4. But in 2008 and 2009, those same players that got it handed to them in 2007 were the strength of the team.
I think the 2010 Gators won’t lose to any team in their division unless they are bitten by the injury bug. I think John Brantley will be utilized similar to how Meyer utilized Alex Smith at Utah, mixing the run and pass. I really don’t think the offense will drop that much and to be honest it wasn’t all that strong last season, especially after Tebow’s concussion. But I think the defense will not be as dominant as they have been the last 2 years because they are breaking in younger players like they were in 2007. I’m thinking the Gators finish 11-3 or 10-4.
LHardingDawg
August 22nd, 2010
6:17 pm
I’m not sure about the 43 supposed students being arrested. But if it were true, 43 out of 33000 is probably not a bad ratio. I’m also sure Florida with a student population of 45000 would have more. I’m also sure that, say an Auburn, with 25000 students would probably have a few less. To even bring it up in a football blog is stupid and very unmature.
As far as the Gators, they are very much like Georgia. New coaches, new quarterback, and more than one unknown. It should be a interesting year for every team in the SEC. The games will fall as they fall and each team will adjust to the ups and downs of their individual programs.
12-2
August 22nd, 2010
6:24 pm
If a bull frog had wings
he could Fly
istead of bumping his buns on the rocks
We’re the 6th worst ranked SEC team
LHardingDawg
August 22nd, 2010
6:31 pm
12-2 I’m not sure why we are the 6th. worst team. We may be at the end of the season, but right now we are batting 1000 like every other team in football. If I were you and knew this for sure, a trip to Vegas would certainly be in my future.
how2fish
August 22nd, 2010
6:35 pm
Still@theBar still a moron I see except for Bama,and the Gators who can say they have a better record in the SEC for the last 10 years And guess what if you remember Bama had to void 2+ years of wins not even them..no please come back with yet another racist comment or degrade someone’s mother or sister..you are a defining icon for the term “lunatic fringe”. I’d ask for you to seek help but I can’t quit snickering..
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2010
7:29 pm
So are you critical of the program for being the 6th ranked team in the SEC, or making fun of the voters for disagreeing with you that we are the 2nd best team in the SEC?
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2010
9:00 pm
Bulldog , we are still waiting on that answer. When was it? You remember it right?. Was it Ray Goff’s period? Lets assume not. Donnan? Where you a happy resident of Donnan”s neighborhood? Since he couldn’t beat Tech or Auburn, or UF very often and yes also lost to KY, Ol Miss, SC (2x), I assume you meant before that. So we must be talking about Coach Dooley. Is that the time you remember? Where you even around? If so, that’s the time that you compare today game and today’s other teams in the conference to? Why can’t things be like they were 20 and 30 yrs ago..really? That’s you standard for the mess Richt has us in, its not like it was 30 years ago. My goodness.
BTW coach had a losing record to AU. Did you know that. 3-5 against Bama. Lost to ole’miss about every fifth attempt. And SC. And Kentucky. Lost to tech every forth time and UF every third. Oddly was 1-2 against Arkansas. Probably “hoping” to do better in that series?
So your assessment of “that’s the neighborhood we’re living in now. Get used to it until we get a new HC.” Uh, where exactly is that old neighborhood……….the corner of Fictitious Street, and Made It Up boulevard? And by new, you mean like the one you “remember” that didn’t have any better record, or one like you couldn’t possible remember because he never existed?
LHardingDawg
August 22nd, 2010
9:10 pm
Altamaha – Let us win 10 or 13 games for a couple of years and, I’m sure, Bulldog with be the biggest Mark Richt fan there is. Personally I don’t want to go back to Donnan, Goff, or Dooley (Vince)era’s. I would like to maybe go back to some of the old defenses we’ve had in past years.
Fire Dawg
August 22nd, 2010
9:41 pm
Considering last season, we have no where to go, but UP. Murray can’t be any worse than Cox, injurys can’t out pace the past two seasons, Grantham can’t be worse than Willie, turn over ratio can’t go any lower, infractions can’t increase ( I hope ).
We are lucky to be ranked at all.
That said, I am optomistic about this season ! GO DAWGS !!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2010
9:57 pm
Hard to say. A fellow that longs for the days that never actually existed (though oddly enough remembers) might not be happy no matter how many games are won.
I think he is just experiencing the problem when you rely on some football coach to carry your nut-sack.
DawginLex
August 22nd, 2010
10:22 pm
I’m not going to bother watching college football ths year since 12-2 says we are gonna be lousy.
Reality D
August 22nd, 2010
10:33 pm
Forget the boasts from these florida fans—florida is way down and brantley has no running game and maybe 1 good receiver on that offense. The defense lost their 3 best players and will have trouble stopping the run or getting QB pressure. UGA will beat florida this year—their run is over. Ga 30 Fla 19—book it!
Still@theBar
August 22nd, 2010
11:21 pm
How2fish UGA is 10-10 in the SEC in the last 4 years! WOW, what a great record. UGA beats 3-4 OOC teams and the week sisters of the SEC. Great that you beat 8 teams a year,but look at the 8 teams. HAHAHHAHAHHA. You can go to the Athens Clarke Sherrif’s site and se the bookings for the last 24 hours. But the ABH and the Red & Black gave the # of arrests in articles already. UGA has 33,000 but you can take out about 8,000 grad students that should be smart enough not to get a DUI. Then probably another 12,000 that are of age and can’t get the MIP charge. Athens has more bars than the Legal Age Drinking Public can support, but they stay open. How can that be? Wait the Cops, the School, and the City do not want to stop underage drinking because it makes too much money. Party On Drunkyard Dawgs and make sure you send your daughters to UGA for a REAL education. Make sure you visit the Free Clinic on your first visit to get it’s location and the Phone #.
Stay@theBar
August 22nd, 2010
11:51 pm
Still@theBar.We get it..you don’t like Georgia. Try doing something Positive like blowing your head off!
Thumper
August 23rd, 2010
12:36 am
Gay@theBar…… for someone who hates UGA you sure do spend a lot of time and energy doing research on our program. Maybe you need a hobby; like…………a woman??? You’ve been on here all freakin day boy. Sounds like you’re just takin up good oxygen. On second thought……leave the women alone. You definitely don’t need to procreate.
RED DOG 77
August 23rd, 2010
12:41 am
Stay@TheBar………………Funny as hell………best laugh of the day !!
RED DOG 77
August 23rd, 2010
12:47 am
Thumper………..about that women thing………he is…wel….er…..a…you know……..just don’t go there Thumper, if you know what I mean. Better leave a sleeping….well…….er……..a.you know lie.
RED DOG 77
August 23rd, 2010
12:55 am
Hey Folks………Just wonderin’ do you suppose Still@theBar would be big enough to tell us all what college football team does he/she like the most ?………..Pretty sure he/she didn’t attend a school of higher learning………..but I just wonder what teams “Fat Heads” he/she has on his/her wall ?……………….Just wonderin’………..RED
RED DOG 77
August 23rd, 2010
1:04 am
DawginLex………You are right ! I should have seen it all along………12-2 or er BuLLdawg is so far ahead of us all, whats the point?………I think I”ll take up squash this fall. How bout you DIL ?…….RED
12-2
August 23rd, 2010
2:24 am
Neither.
Statement of Fact.
We are the 6th Worst Ranked SEC team.
Quit trying to make it some big hidden wooo agenda.
12-2
August 23rd, 2010
2:33 am
Oh, ok.
I got it.
You are comparing Coach Richt Era to Ray Goff Era.
Jim Donnan ? Funny how you list the details of his last 4 years and not the details of Coach Richt Era the last 4 years.
He lost 13 his last 4 years and we fired him for it.
Coach Richt has lost 14 his last 4 years.
Lost to Georgia tek, excuse me we LOST to a team who including their win over us won 4 games all season long – Vandie.
Oh, that doesn’t count.
We lost 3 of 4 to 4 of the lousiest vols teams of all-time.
We are 2-2 vs Kentucky.
We are # 3 Fulmer Cup the last 4 years.
We are WORSE than Florida last 4 years
We are WORSE than LSU last 4 years
We are WORSE than Bama since Nick Saban got there.
We are 3-4 at HOME vs SEC East teams the last 4 years.
And, there is not 1 team of the 7 games that we should have lost.
NOT 1.
THIS is what YOU want to talk about ?
All I said was merely the fact that we are the # 6 Ranked SEC team.
GET OVER IT.
12-2
August 23rd, 2010
3:10 am
I NEVER said we are going to be lousy this 2010 season.
It is, after all the 10th year of this regime.
A regime noted for the fact that the head coach I like has had a preference he said for NO NFL coaches because he said they are not loyal and work only for money.
IS THERE ANOTHER REASON TO WORK ?
I see we are all about altruistic goals now.
Forget that 9 years 1980 to 1988 we lost 21 games, had HIGHER win percentage, BEAT Top 10 Final AP Poll teams in Bowl Games, and oh by the way won Consensus National Championship.
Forget that 9 years 1940 to 1948 we lost 21 games also, had HIGHER win percentage, BEAT Top 10 Final AP Poll teams in Bowl Games, and oh by the way won Consensus National Championship.
We were NOT in the news daily for being the MOST Arrested / Suspended University in the United States of America, off the field.
We did not average # 96 NCAA Rank in Penalties ON THE FIELD.
We did not average 21 fumbles per year every year of the last 4 years.
We did not average 14 interceptions per year every year of the last 4 years.
We did NOT have a LOSING RECORD to 4 lousy SEC teams at HOME, none highly ranked, over the last 4 years that currently make up The SEC East.
We did NOT lose 8 games to teams NOT RANKED in the Top 25 Final AP Poll.
We did NOT lose to 17 of the 19 games against the Top 25 Final AP Poll.
We did NOT lose to 8 of the 11 games against Top 10 Final AP Poll teams.
We have a 1-year window THIS 2010 SEASON to go 12-2. THAT does NOT make us the # 2 best SEC Team. The SEC teams who will be HIGHER RANKED than Georgia, all play far better schedules, tougher schedules than we do. It’s like 2002 and 2007 when NEITHER YEAR did we beat a single great team, not 1 and we LOST games BOTH years to horrible teams, NOT Top 25 Final AP Poll RANKED teams. I believe that 2010 we should be able to go 12-2 with the best defense of the Coach Richt Era, Ray Goff Era and Jim Donnan Era and best Defense of the Vince Dooley Era once we could not dump Dooley for Erk Russell; we have as good a kicking tandem as there is in America and if we don’t play walk-ons on Special Teams, or the 5 walk-ons who got Scholarships given to them instead of recruiting a top player when God knows we are lacking talent now compared to what Jim Donnan left behind for Coach Richt, we should have better special teams since we do have guys who can return and should be able to tackle.
It’s year 10 of this regime.
We have 10 of the 11 starters back on Offense.
12-2.
Pick on me all you want but you haven’t had the guts to say compared to my 12-2 what your prediction is.
NONE OF YOU.
Then, after this season, losing 15 seniors and 4-5 juniors, we CLEARLY will see a significant drop-off from this 2010 season in 2011 and we play a far tougher schedule 2011 to this soft easy schedule this season.
YOU are the ones worried about losing to South Carolina in week 2; not I.
12-2
August 23rd, 2010
3:25 am
17-19 vs Top 25 Final AP Poll teams is not as good as Wally Butts 1940 to 1948 and not as good as Vince Dooley 1980 to 1988, not by a long shot.
We lost only 21 games both 1940-1948 nine years and 1980-1988 nine years as well, just as Coach Richt’s Lousy Coaching Staff SQUANDERED our talent in this state 2001-2009 nine years of 27 losses, 3-8 vs Top 10 Final AP Poll teams, and 8 LOSSES to 8 teams who even with their win over us were NOT Top 25 Final AP Poll teams BY DIRECT COMPARISON.
Don’t give this B.S. that Coach Richt’s 9 years are better than EITHER 1940 to 1948 nor better than 1980 to 1988.
There is NO COMPARISON on the field or off the field.
And, the vast majority of what Coach Richt has taken the flack for is OFF THE FIELD being # 1 Fulmer Cup Standings TODAY.
And, # 3 since Fulmer Cup Started after the 2005 season.
Couple his Fulmer Cup Standings for 47 arrests / suspensions since February 2007 not quite 4 years ago with his last 4 years of 10-10 vs SEC East and you have a combination of which, has him in the position where he damn well better go 12-2 this season with this schedule for after this season, he will NOT be in a position to have a 12-2 season the year after this 2010 season, in 2011.
We are NOT headed up. We have a 1 year window this season.
Coach Richt is given credit for being a nice guy.
NOT for NOT LOSING.
There are 18 teams the last 4 years whom Coach Richt does NOT have more wins than. There are only 3 states who have more high school players who go on to the NFL than the State of Georgia. UGA is the # 11 program all-time in 1-A wins. There is NO EXCUSE for Coach Richt finding TODAY 18 teams whom he does NOT have more wins than over the last 4 years. NONE. This is a different Era. You want to compare Coach Richt IN THIS ERA to these 18 teams he does NOT have more wins than over the last 4 years, once the Jim Donnan recruits all went into the NFL.
12-2
August 23rd, 2010
3:30 am
I don’t see how we could be ranked any higher than # 19
therefore, with 18 teams whom Coach Richt does NOT have more wins than
over the last 4 years
SOUTHGADAWG88
August 23rd, 2010
7:13 am
I’m ready for the season to start
LHardingDawg
August 23rd, 2010
7:17 am
12-2 = stupid moron
AltamahaDawg
August 23rd, 2010
7:21 am
No I am not trying to compare Richt to Ray Goff. Quite the opposite. The guy said ” remember when….. I DO”. That would seem to me to indicate a time frame that existed sometime in the history of Georgia Football in which he was likely alive. Goof was a coach here during that time so I was ruling him out since he didn’t always beat Vandy, Ky, FL and AU. every year.
And let me rephase the question. Do you agree that the ranking of Georgia as the 6th worst team in the SEC this year is accurate? Maybe that removes the woo factor for ya.
Mobile Dawg
August 23rd, 2010
7:31 am
You can’t compare Richt to anyone in any era. He had established himself as a good coach, had being the key word. He has regressed significantly the last 3 years. He allowed the program to slide into mediocrity. He now has to reprove himself. This should not happen at this level. One of the many differences and probably the biggest one has been his intensity, or lack of. I don’t care how you slice it, he sets the tone for the program, from the assistant coaches to the players, even to the fans intensity level. This Dawg hopes the gimmicks are gone and we get down to some real old fashion, physical, won in the trenches football. I know that’s not CMR’s style and that’s what worries me.
How2fish
August 23rd, 2010
8:21 am
Still@theBar 1st off we have won more games in the last decade, oh and genius we were talking about the last 10 years..you of course can’t follow the discussion well enough to see that and give numbers about the last 4 years..your really need to try and keep up..or are the jello shots getting to you? Oh and news flash kids in college drink..really its true its true ! The difference is that UGA arrests students for underage drinking not give them a ticket as is the case at most schools..by the way the 18 year drinking age is almost as big a joke as you are.. but your getting better you didn’t play the race card or defame anyones mother so that is a positive.
DawginLex
August 23rd, 2010
9:50 am
gatobait 17-3,
Still here calling everyone out and trying to pass himself off as classy.
Calls UGA fans delusional yet won’t admit that he has labeled Aaron Murray a midget only because he didn’t sign with florida even though Meyer wanted him BAD.
Pot meet kettle.
DawginLex
August 23rd, 2010
9:53 am
12-2
did Dooley have to face any of the following?
Spurrier-NO
Meyer-NO
Saban-NO
Miles-NO
Fulmer-NO
He made his hay against charlie Pell, Doug dickey, Galen Hall, Morrison at SC.
Comparing the coaches he faced to the league today is a joke.
Dooley averaged 8 wins a year and he is the best we ever had according to you?
Richt averages 10 wins a year and gets us 2 titles in a much tougher league and he is an idiot?
DawginLex
August 23rd, 2010
9:56 am
12-2
You are saying you are not worried about SC game?
You have been predicting over and over and over and over again that we would be 10-11 vs SEC East after that game.
Now we are going to win that game according to you?
I tell you what.
Don’t bother coming to any of the games this year, home or away.
We don’t want your fat booing, drunk a$$ sitting with us. give your ticket to a fan of the opponent. At least it is obvious where they stand.
Typical Gator Fan
August 23rd, 2010
10:32 am
See what happens why Tebow gets hurt and can’t play. People like me go on AJC and make comments under an article about Georgia Bulldog football. I can’t help it! Work ‘em, Silly Gators!!!
AltamahaDawg
August 23rd, 2010
11:57 am
And NO I was NOT selectively picking the years to look at, ignoring Richt last 4 years. The Boosters and Board will decide what years to compare, so it really doesn’t matter anyway. What I WAS doing was debating the idea of folks doing just that. Selectively ONLY looking at some years. Specifically, Richt worst years and comparing them to Dooley’s best years. Those best year occuring after he had 17 yrs of OJT at Georgia BTW.
Folks should hold Richt to whatever standard they please. Today is today, the stakes are higher, the rewards are higher. I don’t think even he would argue that his team are not up to the current standard lately. But it’s just factually wrong to claim the standard was set in the past. He is the one responsible for setting it where it is, and no coach in the past would have survived it.
AltamahaDawg
August 23rd, 2010
12:11 pm
DawginLex, I also would not want some negative overgrown Army Brat sitting next to me at a ballgame BOOING the team and cussing everything in a futile attempt to prop up his self-esteem. Just in case there was any question about how I would feel about that.
Still@theBAR
August 24th, 2010
2:53 am
FISH and TECH has more National Championships in the last CENTURY. UGA is getting weak in the last years playing weak SEC teams.
Tech Now
August 25th, 2010
4:48 am
Richt “hopes.” Meyer and Saban do.