Georgia will revise ‘7-6′ record on senior plaques
Georgia distributed plaques to its senior football players at its annual awards gala last month with 7-6 inscribed as the team’s record, even though the Bulldogs were 6-6 at the time.
Central Florida heard about that and naturally took umbrage, considering it a sign that Georgia was taking the Knights lightly and presuming a Liberty Bowl victory.
Not so, according to Georgia, which says it routinely includes a bowl victory in the record on the senior plaques and then makes a revision in the event of a loss.
“Did not have anything to do with taking UCF lightly,” Georgia associate athletic director Claude Felton said in an e-mail today. “Every year we present the senior plaques at our football Gala, which is always held before the bowl game. One line on the plate is the season record, and we always list it with a win in the upcoming bowl game.
“If we lose the game, we replace the plate. We’ve done that 14 straight years and only had to replace the plate three times.”
Central Florida, of course, beat Georgia 10-6 in the Liberty Bowl — Georgia’s first loss in its past five bowl appearances and third in its past 14, dating to 1997. So Georgia’s 23 seniors will be getting new plates bearing the 2010 team’s accurate record: 6-7.
Estimated cost of the revision is $200.
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12 CRIMINAL CHARGES 7-er-6 wins 6-no-7 LOSSES
January 4th, 2011
8:07 pm
damn!!! Just when ya think you’ve heard it all—–LMAO!!!!! What a freakin JOKE of a football ‘program”!!! RFLMAO!!!!
6 and 7
January 4th, 2011
8:08 pm
Claude Felton told everyone it was Nick Fairley’s fault.
6 and 7
January 4th, 2011
8:10 pm
Maybe the 7 of the 7 and 6 was for the average of 7 chop blocks per game and the 6 was for 6 personal fouls per game that the Thugs averaged.
MLS
January 4th, 2011
8:12 pm
Don’t ya just feel sorry for the “Poor Little Doggies” Answer…. H___ NO!!! They are such a bunch of “cry babbies”, “sore looser jerks. Cant beat a little school in their bowl game,, boo,, hoo. No I’m not a GT fan just a plain simple UGA hater!!!
6 and 7
January 4th, 2011
8:14 pm
Has the Georgia Athletic Department already engraved the number of arrests on the Fulmer Cup trophy, or have they left a spot to be filled in later?
DieHardUGAMAN
January 4th, 2011
8:14 pm
Wow….just wow…
Warhorse
January 4th, 2011
8:17 pm
The UGA staff is dreaming of greatness — like many of the poodle posters on here.
jay
January 4th, 2011
8:30 pm
Do Mark Richt and Paul Hewitt have the same coaching lifespan?
Dawg Tired
January 4th, 2011
8:31 pm
That revising the plaques thing: Good idea.
6 and 7
January 4th, 2011
8:33 pm
6 and 7 and 3 and 5 or 7 and 6 and 5 and 3? Maybe the Thuga fan base is dyslexic.
Dawg Tired
January 4th, 2011
8:36 pm
Bobo does not weigh enough to be an offensive coordinator.
TechFan
January 4th, 2011
9:08 pm
I heard GT did the same thing. The Seattle Seahawks had 8-8 put on plaques as well
still@the bar
January 4th, 2011
9:09 pm
Dawg Tired
Good one, but with all the kids at the Bobo house he can’t get to the table fast enough to get anything to eat.
TechFan
January 4th, 2011
9:10 pm
I think the criminals from UGA are mugging the students nightly at Tech. Tech Students, you are supposed to be smart, quit getting mugges
Jon Hawk
January 4th, 2011
9:19 pm
our players will probably get in trouble for selling their plaques.
This is more funny as those Ga Tech Rings
January 4th, 2011
9:26 pm
Bet You can buy one of “Georgia plates” on Ebay !
Dawgsbark
January 4th, 2011
9:40 pm
We learn more about the BS that goes on in football.. Whats next?
Florida Dawg
January 4th, 2011
11:04 pm
The reason UGA can distribute plaques to players and then spend the money to change the plate is because they ARE NOT USING THEIR MONEY to pay for it. What we have is a bunch of fat cats living off tax payers (us) money.
If they had to use “their” money, common sense would prevail.
AD Stinky Fingers
January 4th, 2011
11:04 pm
UGA where hubrus knows no bounds. Land of douche bags.
AD Stinky Fingers
January 4th, 2011
11:05 pm
Or hubris
Dan Mullen for UGA
January 5th, 2011
12:08 am
Why does this not surprise me!! I do like the fact that they’ve only had to change it 3 times in 14 years. Not many schools can say that if any!!
jdjd
January 5th, 2011
12:21 am
Are you kidding? Slow news day?
Joe
January 5th, 2011
12:38 am
Blair Walsh was correct, at UGA there must be a change in philosophy before the team can correct itself.
Gwinnett Fred
January 5th, 2011
12:55 am
Yes, this is for the most part a “non-story”.
However, it’s sad to see the state of UGA Football, once a national powerhouse, now awarding plaques for a losing season.
When did our “Football Factory” become junior league girl’s soccer where they don’t keep score and “everybody is a winner”?
As a ‘81 UGA grad and privied to go during the height of Bulldog football, this is just pathetic.
BoWeevil
January 5th, 2011
1:17 am
Estimated cost of the revision : COMPLETE LOSS OF TOTAL RESPECT.
What a load of hogwash that we put 7-6 on a damn teams’ record, who in fact is the
WORST GEORGIA BULLDOGS’ FOOTBALL TEAM IN 53 YEARS, 1957.
It has been since 1957 that UGA lost 7 games in a season. 1957.
Last Five (5) Years :
56-9 Ohio State
56-12 Florida
61-5 Boise State
55-10 TCU
54-15 Oklahoma
52-16 Virginia Tech
51-14 Southern California
50-15 LSU
50-15 Texas
50-15 BYU
50-15 Utah
49-16 Wisconsin
49-16 West Virginia
49-18 Alabama on the field
48-16 Oregon
48-19 Missouri
47-18 Penn State
46-18 Auburn
46-22 Hawaii
45-20 Cincinnati
45-21 Boston College
45-20 Texas Tech
44-21 Georgia Mark Richt last entire 5 years # 23 won/lost # 23
2 other teams with 44 wins the last 5 years, Navy and Tulsa.
2 more teams with 43 wins the last 5 years Oklahoma State and Nebraska.
2 more teams with 42 wins the last 5 years South Florida and Georgia tek.
All games through tonight 4 January 2011.
2011!
January 5th, 2011
2:55 am
Ga was flat and overconfident against ucf, expecting an easy win. If they had shown up at all, Ga would have won by 13+ easy.
6-7 is awesome
January 5th, 2011
3:25 am
They are also including the UCF Mascot as a reminder of this wonderful season.
George O'Leary
January 5th, 2011
6:07 am
Boys, you sure have disrespected my program. You may not think much of us but we are the best program in the state of Florida. Keep on thinking your opponents are not much and you will have more Liberty Bowls. Remember these numbers: 18 of 21 and 10 – 6. ‘Nuff said.
harry
January 5th, 2011
6:50 am
Gee, maybe they could save some money from their budget by waiting until after the bowl game to engrave the awards. Now that’s a novel idea!
walter spennce
January 5th, 2011
7:06 am
That’s a shame. First this program needs to have more wins than arrest. Get some discipline on this team. Get players that wanna REALLY play for UGA, players that have the fundamentals on tackeling, blocking, motivated and have heart. Bo Bo has had his chance time for him to go. Grantham, willing to give him time to get players to run his scheme. Head coach MR, win 10 or more games, beat Fl and win a BCS bowl game to save his job. The current state of this football program is a disgrace to Georgia.
savannadawg
January 5th, 2011
7:08 am
The University of Georgia football opperations should be ashamed of themselves and Mark Richt needs to look at himself in the mirror and say whooooa nellly! Am I out of my mind? I truely believe this shows how unattached he is to all that is going on around him. By damnit if he doesn’t start getting his crap together, how does anyone think the football team will?????????????
savannadawg
January 5th, 2011
7:17 am
Oh, and by the way. All this talk of firing this assistant or that assistant coach is a bunch of whoodo, you folks obviously don’t know crap about coaching or leadership. It ALL starts from the top. It is totally Mark Richts job to see to it that his coaches are coaching. I think CMR is trying to do too much on field coaching himself. It does not seem to me that he knows how to coach his coaches. I think he can coach players just fine. But he has got to realize that he needs to be coaching his coaches and they better transfer to the players his message or they will be gone. That ain’t gonna happen because the consiquences for screwing up are not severe enough.
Buckeye
January 5th, 2011
7:22 am
12-1, BSC Victory over SEC
6-7, Liberty Bowl Loss to Conf USA
P.S. 6-3 in BCS Games including a Ring and the last team to best Oregon in the Rose Bowl
How you doin’ Dawg fans?
savannadawg
January 5th, 2011
7:25 am
BoWeevil, thanks for pointing out how dissmal we really are. Good gracious that is totally unacceptable. Is it just me or does anyone notice how touch and go this recruiting class is? I ain’t a big advocat of sucking up to get what I want but we have layed the reeef at Crowells feet. My God if we don’t get him there is no alternative that I see. How can you go and put all your eggs in one basket? Didn’t we learn anything from the Quincey Carter debachel?
savannadawg
January 5th, 2011
7:27 am
Hey Buckeye, Go crack a nut some where else please!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andy in Blairsville
January 5th, 2011
7:29 am
Still LMAO that UGA lost to Central Florida Auto Body and Culinary College.
Buckeye
January 5th, 2011
7:43 am
savannadawg,
You must have attended Georgia. How does one combine two words and mispell both?
UCF Grad
January 5th, 2011
7:53 am
I’m a UCF grad and fan living in Atlanta, and this is the first I’m hearing of this so I for one am glad the AJC reported it. It is certainly compelling to our team, the ever-underdogs, to hear that our opponent assumes a bowl win before they even play. I don’t understand why this is “policy” in the first place…. other than whoever orders the plaques is indeed assuming a bowl win. It is poor sportsmanship on the school’s part, not the players. At any rate, I’m glad UCF was able to show everyone that C-USA is able to compete with everyone else.
NoFKGdog
January 5th, 2011
7:58 am
As usual, the SUCKING continues for fuag fans.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
Buzz Me
January 5th, 2011
8:19 am
Arrogant a hole crimeDAWGS
Too Easy
January 5th, 2011
8:29 am
For those concerned about crime at UGA, who was just arrested for the Dunwoody killing? I’m also hearing that the tek plaques are printed prior to bowl games with the loss assumed; they haven’t had to later change them in the last 6 years.
Too Easy
January 5th, 2011
8:30 am
And to the Ohio State guy, congrats. Even a blind squirrel sometimes finds a buckeye. 1-9 against SEC in bowls. Dominating.
Andy in Blairsville
January 5th, 2011
8:57 am
Funny how some pick on the Ohio State guy with “SEC wins” in bowl games against Ohio St. Leave the SEC out of this! God knows if UGA had played Ohio St 10 times in bowl games over the last 10 years, UGA would be hard pressed to have .500 record. Year after year Georgia fans ride the coattails and accomplishments of the national caliber teams in the SEC to make themselves feel better. Stop living vicariously through AL, AU, UF and LSU and do something about your 3rd tier football program.
6-7 and a cloud of waste
January 5th, 2011
8:59 am
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Another $200.00 of wasteful spending.
edumacated
January 5th, 2011
9:00 am
Ohio State finally wins against an SEC team, and some yankee transplant comes on here and brags about it? Get a life “Buckeye.”
Better yet, move back to Ohio. I hear the economy and the weather are great up there. Bwahahaha.
Jed Clampett
January 5th, 2011
9:07 am
Bama wouldnt put anything on a plaque if a championship wasnt won. Jest.. pitiful
edumacated
January 5th, 2011
9:07 am
Andy in Blairsville,
Every day you goober Tech fans come on here and feel the need to berate UGA fans? Why? Because you have mommy issues? By the way, UGA has fallen on hard times, but in the last decade they haven’t done all that shabby, and did finish in the top 5 more than once. Jerk.
Snake Doc
January 5th, 2011
9:09 am
UGA is the joke of the Nation….
How did it come to this? Excuse makers look in the mirror!
Dazed and Confused
January 5th, 2011
9:12 am
Richt should also change the arrest plaques to 12 instead of 11.
Richard Dawson
January 5th, 2011
9:18 am
FIRE MARK RICHT.