Outcome of SEC Championship won’t impact LSU’s BCS opportunities

SEC champ should go to the BCS Championship which either team it is

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LSU and Bama again. Boring…..

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Okie state, if they beat OK, has a better resume than Bama and they will be a conference champion.

Their only loss was on the same day that their community suffered a devastating loss of the women’s b-ball coach in a plane crash.

Bama should not be in the BCS title game.

“any team that does not win its conference championship should not be in the BCS title game.”
Nick Saban, 2003

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Still wanna relish UGA’s victory Sat….tech fans booing our band’s tribute to Munson…such low class…AGAIN.I have seen fans from all over and I know we have some bad ones,but tech’s is the worst.You won’t beat us next year either.
now,GO DAWGS and give em hell Sat.!

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Another example of the BCS being a total joke. Georiga beats a ranked GT team by 14. Mich. St. beats an unranked team by 14. Mich St passes UGA. I would give a pretty penny for UGA to beat LSU and let the national championship be between the #2 and #3 team in the SEC. That would make the BCS look even more stupid. They might as well do away with Conference Championships. They don’t mean anyting in our current system. I even heard some idiot say that they should take UGA out of the SEC championship and let Alabama and LSU play again. I smell a playoff system right around the corner.

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Yeah I have a problem with the SEC Championship game being rendered moot.

I also have a problem with the hypocrits at ESPN and their “you can’t play for the MNC if you don’t win your conference, oh wait, it’s Alabama….nevermind.”

I also have a problem with Bama, who didn’t win their conference getting a bye while LSU will have to play Georgia in the SECCG and risk injury.

I also hate Herbstreit.

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So, what exactly was the reason that the Dawgs dropped a place in the BCS despite handily beating a ranked opponent? BCS is a flawed system as evidence by the fact that BAMA will make it in to the game considering what happened in ‘07 and that LSU should be guaranteed no less than a share of the title if they win Saturday and lose to BAMA in the title game, but will not. Time to take back College Football from the money mongers!

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If the O-Line can give Murray some time and if Crowell is healthy, I think the Dawgs beat LSWho. Our D will hold down their offense and our offense should make enough plays to win the game. GO DAWGS! Sic’em!!

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LSU has a perfect season to play for and an SEC championship to play for. But more than that, Miles doesn’t want to leave anything to chance as far as getting to the BCS championship. If they play poorly Saturday and if Oklahoma St has an impressive outing on the big stage later that night, then voters have an excuse to avoid a rematch.

I expect LSU to be plenty motivated. Nothing’s set in stone yet.

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If UGA pulls off an upset of LSU on Saturday, it would quickly illustrate the “sham” that is know as the BCS. Do I think that UGA is “likely” to win Saturday? No. Do I think that they have a decent chance to pull off an upset? Absolutely. The team is on a ten-game winning streak. Even though they haven’t beaten any “huge” opponents, they have shown some streaks of wonderful football. If they bring their “A-game,” it will be a close game that could go either way. The problem is that we don’t ever know which UGA team is going to show up. Inconsistency is their biggest issue.

If LSU loses on the last game of their schedule to a team that is not in the top 10, I don’t see how you could think that LSU deserves to go to the championship. More importantly, I don’t see where Alabama should be in the equation at all. We’ve already had an LSU-Alabama game. We don’t need another one. Let someone else play.

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GO DAWGS!!!

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I have enjoyed college football for many years. Paul Johnson brought national champions to GA Southern. Great watching them through the mundane GA years… point is… Division 1 College Football is the only sport that DOES NOT decide its Champion on the field of play. Why is this?

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I’m a UGA fan. But if LSU loses to the Dawgs in the SEC CG, they still deserve to play in the National Champ Game. They have earned it over the course of the season with impressive wins over ranked teams.

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I’m a UGA fan. But if LSU loses to the Dawgs in the SEC CG, they still deserve to play in the National Champ Game. They have earned it over the course of the season with impressive wins over ranked teams.

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IF this was Alabama at # 13 playing LSU this week I bet they would vault to the top after beating them.
just sayin.

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Dawgs will be like a ONE LEGGED MAN IN AN A$$ KICKING CONTEST.. Just kidding good luck guys!

Geaux Tigers!

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If this isn’t proof of a BCS system full of impropriety, I don’t know what is. LSU is in win or lose the SECCG. Bama is in no matter what LSU does.

If Bama beats LSU 9-6 in the BCSCG, who’s the champ?

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Alabama had their shot on their home field and couldnt close the deal!! the ONLY 3 teams to win 10 in a row is GA LSU HOUSTON. If GA wins they should play for the title!

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Being honest I do think LSU is the best and #1 in the land at this point. They have beaten 3 teams that were ranked 2,2,3 at the time and all three are still ranked in the top 10. Georgia losses have been to 2 top 12 teams and should have (yes I know they loss anyway) won against SC.

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The most likely scenario is that LSU beats UGA by 2 TDs. In that case, the 2 best teams in college football, LSU and Alabama, will play for the NC. The other unlikely scenario is that UGA beats LSU. And then you look for the 2 best one loss teams in college football and I think that based on that, it is still LSU and Alabama. Even with that said, I would prefer a one loss Alabama against Ok. State if they beat OU.

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Although there is no playoffs in college football, realistically it sort of is with the conference championships. It is truly a hyprocracy if GA is not considered to play for the national championship because they have two lossess. In all sports, the team with the best regular season record does not automatically go to the championship! Championships are awarded to teams that have been hot at end of the season. Alabama should be eliminated because on the field they lost ot LSU. LSU should be eliminated if they lose to Georgia.. PERIOD! SEC Championship game determines one of the two teams that go to BCS title game.

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Matt- good points, and the crowds will flock to Miami to see VT/WV too.
zzzzzzzzzzzz

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Death to the BCS !

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UGA ain’t go’n to beat LSU this year,,,no way!!! PERIOD!!! That is a silly headline the local sports writers came up with to keep the rednecks interested in their blogs. LSU vs Alabama!!! Then UGA vs whomever,,,who cares?

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Why doesn’t it matter WHEN you lose? Seems to me if GA beats Lsu then GA is the better team and should play for NC before Lsu does. Need a playoff. It’s the only way. On the other hand I think GA loses to Lsu, Bama beats Lsu and wins the NC.

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Guys,

My only guess as to the reason why UGA dropped in the rankings this weekend and has failed to rise in the rankings over the last 3-4 weeks is that the pollsters are already aware of the possibility of UGA defeating the SEC West champion and ending the season with 2 losses. If this was to happen, along with Okie beating OKieSt and the other 1 loss teams taking another loss this weekend, then what does this mean for the BCS standings? Do you think they would want to have the problem of a 2 loss team that won the SECCG sitting by and watching a team that they just beat play against another team that didn’t even play for the title, and furthermore lost earlier to the team that UGA defeated in the SECCG?

Not saying that UGA will beat LSU, but the pollsters are well aware of this nightmare scenario for the BCS. If this should happen, then turmoil will follow.

The funny thing about this is that should LSU lose to GA and then again to BAMA, then UGA could possibly finished the season ranked at #2 again if they go on and win their bowl game; similiar to 2007.

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bama 1

Who have you beaten?

Lost to the only quality team you played

BCS is a joke.

your own coach said so in 2003-no conference championship, no BCS title game

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is something none of us has. Hope, wish, spin……doesn’t matter. The only thing we know is we’re playing in the dome this saturday and that’s what matters today. Watch the game and enjoy it. After that, accept things how they fall.

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If I hear Lou Holtz promote any non-conference winner to the BCS game I’m going to punch him in the mouth.

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Why doesn’t Georgia get any respect? Because u r just Georgia, and that will never change. Meanwhile, Alabama will be sizing ring number 14. Roll Tide.

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First, the BCS picture may sort itself out on the field. But if UGA beats LSU and either LSU or Alabama (or both) play for the “BCS National Championship” then the BCS would be nothing more than a staged Miss America Pageant in pads. I for one would not respect the outcome of such a game as crowning a “National Champion”, regardless of what the media and the BCS try to shove down my throat. There is NO WAY a non-Conference Champion can play for the mythical “National Championship”. Period.

Football is NOT basketball. Football games are great events of even greater spectacle requiring extended preparation and staging. There are no football “tournaments” for a reason – the sport does fit in that model. When a National Championship “system” ignores or dismisses the meaning of the underlying games and Conferences the “system” is doomed or at the very least exposed to ridicule and dismissal by the public. The players and fans WANT the games and Conferences to mean something.

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edit: the sport does NOT fit in that model

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SEC will let Georgia win to get 3 teams in the BCS, LSU and Bammer still play for title. $$$

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I could care less what happens to LSU in the BCS. It has nothing to do with us. I just want to beat them.

What’s most shocking to me about the BCS is how people continually act surprised that it sucks year after year. This crap isn’t anything new people. A team that didn’t play in its conference championship game has made the BCS title game before (Nebraska in ‘01). A team that lost its conference title game has made the BCS title game before (Oklahoma in ‘03). The crap that is happening this year is just par for the course and hardly unprecedented. Quite frankly, it bores me.

Thanks.

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If Georgia wins they should play Alabama, if Georgia beats Alabama they will have beat the “2 best teams” so Georgia should be your national champ.

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@ dawgfan

One thing we need to realize is that the current system isn’t going to change (maybe in small increments – but NEVER a true playoff system) due to one thing – money. Too much money changes hands and lines pockets for common sense to rule. Goes to show why this is the only college sport that doesn’t have a playoff…

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The BCS NC is always mythical..unless your school is in it…always amuses me with that one..I really think its a moot point to even talk about LSU..they are the best team in the land and have few flaws I think UGA can exploit.

Real question is does Bama stay at #2 or does OK state or maybe VT take over that spot…

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You Bama fans should be thankful that Notre Dame sux and didn’t win 10 or 11 games. Then this whole conversation would be moot.

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My argument would be for a playoff system of the conference champions plus two independents. That way, the BCS/ranking cr*p is irrelevant. What, would it add probably 2 – 3 weeks? The current logic that it eats into student’s time/too long/whatever is unreasonable, all but the conference championships are over and now the big games are decided in January? Give me a break…

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The BCS and it’s Mythical National Championship game is and always will be a joke.

The SEC Championship is the real Championship. Ga can beat LSU. This team is for real.

No, when Ga beats LSU it won’t knock LSU out of the MNCG, but it will knock Alabama out.

How can ESPN keep saying, ”these are the two best teams” after Ga does what Alabama couldn’t, when Ga beats LSU.

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Regardless of the outcome I am really looking forward to Saturday’s game. This will be our greatest challenge this season by far and it will tell us where we are as a team as a whole. Like most football games, it will be mostly decided up front-if you can control the line of scrimmage you can dictate the flow of the game. LSU is a bit of a different animal though. They are good enough to survive a few mistakes. We are very, very good and improving fast but I’m not sure we are quite there yet.

Either way, I can’t wait. I believe it will be a great game and a great launch for our future as a team.

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@daddo, just because you say it that doesn’t make is so. Check out the link:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/305944-alabama-claims-12-national-championships-reality-claims-otherwise

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Rest? Ha. We’re coming to atlanta and will destroy uga. You’re a weak team and it will show this Saturday. You have faced cupcakes during your win streak.
Tigers 45 dogs 17

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Where do you Bama fans come up with these bogus SOS’s at?

Alabama had (PASSED Tense) the #24th rated SOS when the season started. That was before anybody knew that they would only play four teams with a winning record plus a Jr college.

The rest of the Top 25 in Phil Steele’s toughest schedule rankings are: ( to start the season).

(11) Vanderbilt, (12) Clemson, (13) Mississippi, (14) Notre Dame, (15) Mississippi State, (16) Arizona, (17) Michigan, (18) Oklahoma State, (19) Missouri, (20) Arkansas, (21) Minnesota, (22) Texas A&M, (23) Florida, (24) Alabama, (25) Oklahoma

How far has it fallen

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Jarvis- it’s a running joke nationally about Alabama claiming all those championships. They used to say champions of what? The confederacy! Because no credible polls had them at number one.

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NOT every TEAM has the chance to play The No. 1 TEAM in the NATION !! UGA has EARNED that RIGHT !! LET’s GET some SUGAR !! GO DAWGS !! SICK EM

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Football has some strange twist. Georgia seems to always play LSU well. It can be a different decade, different coaches and players but that seems a constant. It’s the same way with Georgia, South Carolina. UGA always has difficulty with them. Back in 1959, Georgia ended up #2 in the nation with Fran Tarkington. The only loss was to a SC team that posted a losing record. I think the score was 30-16. History says, Georgia will play well. A win would not inconsistent with the historical record.

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Dawginlex, I can’t say I agree with Okie State having a better resume than Bama based on beating OK. Okie State’s one loss was an upset to, I believe, Iowa State .. unranked Iowa State, 6-5 Iowa State. Yes, Okie State beat K-State which was a good win, but beating A&M is not impressive and no one else on there schedule really was either. Bama’s lone loss was to LSU.

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strength of schedule..ok but the strength of wins…two big losses against top ranked team and a win over an AU team that isn’t all there this year…

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Lou Holtz couldnt win in the SEC thats why is spouts his garbage off

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Bank on IT

November 28th, 2011
1:30 pm
UGA 0-2 against Top 15 BCS teams. Enough said.

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Most over used cliche “enough(nuff) said” ..

Nevermind that both of those games were the beginning of the season and ANYONE who actually watched the team this year knows they are light years better now than they were at the start of the year. Ignorance is just throwing that out there and cutting it with “enough said” ..

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Trupert- just google collegefootballpoll and congrove computer it should bring link to every team’s strength of schedule.

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Bill, Has it been confirmed if UGA will be wearing the pro combat Uniforms in the dome?

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And how Va Tech is ranked that high, based upon their schedule. It wasnt much different than UGA’s. ACC was down this year…except a couple of hot weeks with GT and Clemson, which both fell apart. FUBAR!!

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Alabama is the only logical opponent for LSU.

Not true. OSU has an argument. Is Alabama a good opponent? Sure. But to say that they’re the only logical choice is overstating it. LSU has, to my mind, thus far shown they are the best team in the nation. But…if they lose to an overrated team (as you say) like lowly UGA, then how can that possibly be?

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If our govt can launch a congressional into Barry Bonds and Roger Clemons with steroid use…why cant they lauch one into the NCAA and BCS format?? Which seems to be a much much bigger issue??

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OSU has no argument

They lost to an unranked team

Stanford has a better argument

They lost to a top 5 team

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@Bank on it .. ummm, I think that is actually what is known as a FACT. Both games WERE at the beginning of the season AND the team HAS gotten better throughout the year. Where is the excuse in there? An excuse would have been if I would have said something like “yeah, well, they lost but it was because of …..”, but I didn’t say that. I am talking about the progression of the team but you want to play the old excuse card. Sorry to have to give you a vocabulary lesson but it seemed necessary considering.

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Dawgs just need to play like this is the national championship game, focus on only those things they can control and let the chips fall wherever. If they are able to pull the upset, that will be impressive enough to convince me that 1) Richt has earned his way back as the unquestioned head coach, 2) Bobo is making the necessary adjustments for us not to always question his sanity and 3) Grantham is excellent and we hope he doesn’t bail like Van Gorder.

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Tampa Dawg,

when you say, “because” or “nevermind” precludes an excuse being made your logic and understanding of the grammar process is flawed.

Who wins: Neutral site:

OKSU vs Ark?
OKSU vs UGA?

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Hey saban you tech idiot

31-17

10 out of 11

quit hiding behind another school and man up and admit you are a Techster

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flat tire

OSU has a strong argument if they beat OK because that would be 5 ranked teams they would have beaten and they would be conference champions of the 2nd best conference in the country.

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Hey, I am an Alabama fan, but was so HAPPY for Ga to have the season
they’re having. I hope they beat LSU.
So drop the bulls**t about Alabama. I know you wish you were in their place.
Enough said!!!!

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yea because LSU did not face any adversity at all this year, like say… I don’t know their starting QB being suspended for the 1st 4 games. I’ll remind you that LSU whipped Oregon with their BACKUP QB and it wasn’t close. But still, you’re right, LSU isn’t ready to handle a team like UGA since they choked on the road against Missy St. and WVU, oh well darn they beat them by 13 & 26 pts respectively. Oh but there was that one time that LSU had 3 starters suspended and were overlooking Florida because Auburn and Bama were coming up on the schedule. How did that work out??? Florida lost 41-11 and LSU beat Auburn like a drum without 3 starters 45-10. They have disposed of every obstacle put before them and to think they are going to lay down now in front of the mighty bulldogs is laughable. LSU has not allowed a SEC oppoenent more than 17 pts in any game this season, and the season high total was 27 pts to Oregon after the game was already decided (34-13 in the 4th when LSU reeled it in)

Keep dreaming, on 12/3 your nightmare will arrive

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Bet Steve Spurrier is throwing his visor over the Dawgs getting to the SEC title game instead of him. Georgia deserves to be there so eat crow Ole Bald Coach.

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Chip,

I am a realist so let’s get this out of the way: THE DOGS HAVE ZERO CHANCE OF BEATING LSU. PERIOD END DISCUSSION.
To all the Dawg fans: my parents told me the biggest word in the world is IF.

That being said, if my aunt had ‘nads, she’d be my uncle.

“If Uga wins”, ain’t gonna happen. So quit saying IF.

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As the Evil Genius has said ” It is all about the SEC Champship”… While getting into the BCS Nat’l Talk is great if the stars align themselves…. No-one wants to lose this game…. GO DAWGS!!!

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The “got 13?” Bama slogan points out just how stupid and delusional they are.

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Different teams, different years, different circumstances… and if you really wanna bring up 2005 I recall the dawgs lost in that same building the following month in the Sugar Bowl against WVU. The pups wound up making it close but they were down something like 28-0 in that game… and as an SEC representitive shame on UGA for losing to WVU in their own backyard at the GA Dome.

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Of course they have a chance.

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DawginLex

November 28th, 2011
2:20 pm
bank on it

In typical bama fan fashion, you didn’t answer my question because it leads to an answer that you can’t defend.

Bama should not be planning to play anywhere except the Cap One Bowl.

LOL..Typical UGA Logic. The answer is EVERYONE knows the two best teams by far are LSU and Alabma. With that said, please show me the rule that says you re REQUIRED to win a Conference title to play? You won’t because there is not such a rule.

What if Notre Dame had one loss, no conference title there?

Who wins neutral site?

OKSU vs Arkansas?
OKSU vs UGA?

answer that..

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The SEC should make sure that UGA gets every call it possibly can in the game. If UGA wins the SEC gets 3 teams in the BCS. More money for the SEC.

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@Matthews Dawg

November 28th, 2011
12:50 pm

THANKS!!! – I was wondering about that, That provision makes perfect sense. Appreciate the response

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bank on it

Don’t try and lecture me on logic.

You are totally illogical and you only agree with the current idiotic system because it favors your team.

Have the rules changed since 2007?

Yes. To fit the agenda.

i have no idea who would win neutral site games listed by you.

I do know this.

Bama doesn’t deserve to automatically be thrust into the BCS title game just because you think so and a bunch of people voting think so.

It is a joke and you know it.

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If bama wins the rematch, it will be a split vote for the title and nothing will be settled.

BCS=joke

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I’m sure the SEC is hoping for a Georgia win. Only way they get 3 teams in BCS bowls. Payouts $18 million per school for BCS title game (LSU/Bama) and $17 million for Sugar (UGA). That extra $17 million would be nice. But, man $53 million for those three bowl games alone. That’s crazy.

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DawginLex

If it were Ohio ST, Michigan or USC that was in the Bama position and didn’t win their conference, bank on it would be crying the loudest.

Is Bama the #2 team? Probably. But Bama has had they’re shot and they lost at home no less. If they rematch and Bama wins 9-6, who is the champion?

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Dawg in Lex,

You will not answer because it blows your logic out of the water. All UGA had to do was win either Boise or USC and you would be in the conversation.

No one says the system is not broken, but it is what we have. Deal with it.

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@shine weren’t your fans crying a couple of years ago because you couldn’t beat ole miss and were bama’s whipping boy again? I remember the mad hatter at the top of the hot seat list so don’t act like you don’t have skeletons!

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@This isn’t 2005!!!!!

I hear ya, but please don’t try to tell me that wasn’t a really good LSU team. The amount of NFL talent that came off of that team was pretty impressive. And their only losses came to #10 Tennessee and then to UGA who was then #13. But during that game, LSU was #3 and already beaten #11 Florida, #16 Auburn and #4 Bama in Tuscaloosa. That was a really good team and I bet if you find the line for that game, UGA certainly was a sizeable underdog then too.

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Rank the MLB teams before the playoffs but don’t have any playoffs except maybe Texas versus Arizona.

Then let the Yankees play the Phillies in the World Series

that’s your version

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Thw typical whining, crying , boohooing, excuse making, UGA fans are so worried that Bama wins another BCS TITLE and UGA has to think back to 1980 for a fond memory. The crying by UGA fans is laughable, win saturday nite then you have a reson to chirp.

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Let us all think back to the first LSU BCS title game. Who was that against? Oklahoma. Did Oklahoma win their conference …. NO!!!!!

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Dawgin Lex

OSU only signature win was Kansas St

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all I know is that A couple of years ago, LSU played for and won NC, with 2 losses, so someone please explain me the difference of then and now should UGA win SECCG…

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I say Ok State beats Arkansas in a shootout and we beat Ok State

It is all a guess

Which is the basis for the entire BCS system

A bunch of folks voting and guessing with little true playing being done on the field.

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Say all you will…but no way a non-conference champion should play for the national title. Period! Can you imagine it…UGA is the SEC champion but LSU the national champion??? How is that even in the realm of possiblity? UGA should be in the Championship game this year if they defeat LSU. That would be 11 straight wins!!! To include beating the #1 ranked team in America. LSU got in with multiple losses why not UGA???

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TampaDawg,

I never said they weren’t talented, but you give to much credit to that squad as far as NFL talent. Joseph Addai is hurt just as much as he plays. “Off-DaMarkus” Russell was a bust of epic proportions. Dwayne Bowe is ok, but far from a stud. The only significant NFL contributors are Kyle Williams (DT for Buffalo, and a pretty good one, but he got hurt early on this year) and Andrew Whitworth is a slightly above average LT, but he will never be confused with Jonathan Ogden

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If LSU wants to rest its players we will be happy to fly the 2011 SEC Champions flag at Sanford next fall.

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What is UGA’s mythical number? 3?

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It’s not hard to guess

The BCS system is lazy, not me

It is easy to sit back and vote

Harder to actually have some rules, live by them and play it out on the field.

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I hope the computers come up with Houston vs Boise St for national championship….Not great for this year but I’ll be loving it when we finally can have a playoff and championship declared on field instead of polls.

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Arkansas was exposed versus Bama and LSU for having no OL and a weak DL.

Ours are better

They have better receivers

Our running game is equal with Crowell

Our defense is a lot better

We win straight up versus arkansas

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@This isn’t 2005, by comparison though, look at the NFL players that UGA had on it’s 2005 team.

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MULLIGANS

Another Bama Point of Pride

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Lets see how UGA does saturday night on both lines of scrimmages, then we can compare teams with Arkansas.

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Read that last year, opinion piece in Bleacher Report. I know we hve more than UGA has and that is a fact.

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I also think we would go toe to toe with Bama. Shut down the running game. AJ does not scare me passing. Our special teams are better.

close low scoring game.

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You know anybody can be beat on any given day!!!! GO DAWGS.

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I hate to break this to UGA fans, but you played two halfway decent opponents all year and lost them both. Let’s face it, with the exception of LSU and maybe Bama, this was a down year for the SEC from top to bottom. UGA doesn’t have one win this season against a team currently ranked in the top 25. Their resume doesn’t constitute a better ranking than where they are now.

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Andy

November 28th, 2011
1:09 pm
“I assume that all of you are knowledgeable football fans. I also assume that some of you let your team preferences cloud your own judgement. If you are honest with yourselves, there is no other team in the country that is in the same ball park as LSU and Alabama. They are a double digit favorite over every other team in the country, except each other. They may in fact be two of the best football teams of all time, the amount of atheletes they have on the field at any given time is unprecedented. If you really want to know who the best teams are ask Vegas, they know”

So by your logic what you’re saying is if UGA beats LSU then the Dawgs should play in the National Championship game right? I meant they would have won their 11th in a row against one of the teams that, and I quote ” may in fact be two of the best football teams of all time, ”

That IS what you’re basically saying isn’t it Andy?

I love it, keep thinking UGA has no shot in this game.

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I know it is a done deal. Many, not all UGA fans have an inferiority complex withh Bama.

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Idiot Dawg

November 28th, 2011
3:19 pm
Dear hbraves crapfan, what you said is true. No teams we beat are currently in top 25. That’s cause we knocked them out.

Who did you knock out of the top 25″?

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@bank, my inferiority complex will expose itself when Balaama gets a kicker!

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bank on it

so my opinion is different than yours so that makes me wrong?

Yes, I think Bama is not as good as us on offense.

Opinions

The foundation for the BCS system

Mine have validity backed up by stats and on field performance yet they are a joke according to you?

Murray is better than AJ.

That’s my opinion

He has 32 TD’s to back it up

McCarron choked in the big game at home.

Don’t let facts change your opinion

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Thats right htownbrave….we are ranked right where we should be. Historically the Dawgs love to be the assumed underdog. Yes, we also didn’t stand a chance in 2005 when LSU was ranked #3 and the Dawgs were #13….but we won. We also didn’t have a chance the following year after LSU won the national title, but I remember a total beatdown in Athens of LSU at the hands of the Dawgs. We didn’t stand a chance against Bama in ‘05 in Tuscaloosa, with even Pat Dye saying “The Dawgs aren’t man enough to beat Alabama” but we did. PLEASE, keep posting that we don’t have a chance. Do it often!!!!! Let the players see that they don’t have a chance! The madder they get, the better they will be. So all you Tech fans that are pathetic and posing as LSU fans KEEP IT UP!!! You just might be helping us out! Go Dawgs.

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We have a kicker coming just west of Atlanta next year?

Blair Walsh? really..

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Auburn & Ga tech (although Awlbarn had to be kept in the top 25 for Balaama’s win to have meaning – but you get my drift)

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Auburn was no. 24 before Bama spanked them in JH?”

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You knocked out Tech? Wow…there is a statement!

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After UGA beats LSU in the SEC CG, UGA should play Okie State or Stanford for the BCS National Championship Game.

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UGA is 0-1 against TOP 10 and 0-2 vs TOP 30

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt11.htm

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@Evansdawg

Georgia didn’t play Alabama in 2005.

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Case study in inconsistency: In 2007 Georgia was ranked No. 4 in the next-to-last BCS standings. The teams ranked first and second — Missouri and West Virginia — lost on the regular season’s final weekend. Georgia didn’t play. It finished atop the SEC East but was shaded by Tennessee on a tiebreaker. LSU, which had lost its final regular-season game to Arkansas, beat the Vols for the SEC title, and the Tigers got to play for the BCS title.

LSU moved from No. 7 to No. 2. Georgia didn’t play a game and slid to No. 5. Why? Because LSU coach Les Miles kept making the point that his team had “won its conference” and because the many talking heads on ESPN took up the cry. (As we know, what’s said on ESPN has an outsize effect on college football, the only sport in which opinions matter.)

BSC is crap and so ESPN! we will never get that nut riding chance……..

Go Dawgs!

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@ hairy stink…, well said!

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Noted.

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No Get Real…that is not what bothers UGA fans. We could care less about the strength of the conference divisions. We are only concerned with UGA football. To us, it doesn’t matter who has the meat, as long as UGA is in the dance and winning games, the programs of Florida, Tennessee, SC, Vandy and Kentucky have no bearing on us. Nor does whats going on between the schools in the West. AND, yes we CAN brag about wins over AUB and GT! Their fans hate it….so BRAGGING we will do.

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To all the whining UGA fans regarding the “snub” in 2007: Get over it! You had no business losing to SC that year and then getting drilled by a sorry TN team. Win the games you’re supposed to and quit trying to blame someone else.

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Okay as it stands if LSU and Okie st. both lose this actually may be the best set up for a playoff in years.

Cause under these circumstances who actually gets to play?

1. LSU loses to Georgia
2. Bama lost to LSU and also didn’t win the conference
3.Stanford can’t get in lost to Oregon who in turn lost to LSU and USC which Stanford struggled with
4.Virgina Tech is also SOL lost to Clemson who has been exposed so why do they get in.
5.Arkansas definitely won’t get in cause of loses to both #1 and #2
6.Houston Undefeated but will get the same treatment as Georgia weak schedule and what not
7.Boise St. lost to TCU nuff said.
8. Oregon read number 3
9. Oklahoma that lost at Texas Tech will sting them and also to Baylor
10. Kansas St. Lost to both Oklahoma Teams

Basically what I am saying is everyone’s body of work isn’t so great and everyone will have something to gripe about if Georgia beats LSU and Okie St. loses plus if VT loses.
Also forget to add Stanford isn’t even playing for their Conference Championship if I’m not mistaken.

Yeah this is the best time to cheer on Georgia right now I believe they’ll lose, but if they win to get us a playoff that would be great even if for just one year only.

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“LSU moved from No. 7 to No. 2. Georgia didn’t play a game and slid to No. 5. Why?”

Because they beat down the team that had previously beat down Georgia and “shaded” them out of the SECCG.

“Shaded”? WTH? Tennessee won the tie-breaker by defeating Georgia straight-up – how is there anything “shady” about that?

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It’s really sad that UGA alumni and fans have only their football team to take pride in. It’s even sadder that this pride depends on the performance of illiterate dummies who don’t even come close to meeting minimum academic requirements. 75% of UGA football players are what UGA calls “special admits,” which is just a euphemism for admitting bozos who can barely read.

This sorry practice not only cheapens all UGA degrees, but embarrasses the State of Georgia and its citizens.

So enjoy your victories, and be kind to your former players when you see them mopping floors or emptying trashcans. Or pushing a shopping cart around, looking for a warm place to sleep at night. That’s your UGA reality.

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Very Simply – if Georgia wins then there can’t be an Alabama/LSU game because Georgia gets the automatic bid and only 2 teams per conference can go to the BCS.

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I am a UGA Dawg Fan, and have been since 1956. I don’t think we have enough on “O” to take care of LSU. The “D” will keep it close but at the end LSU will win and then thay beat whoever meet them in the “NC” game. That will be six in a row for the SEC.The facts are in, sorry but that , that…

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yawn… 12/3 will be here soon. Like Bart Scott said “Can’t WAIT!!!”

I have said it before and will say it again. 2005 has no impact on this game. LSU is deeper, and more importantly mentally tougher than the days of Off-DaMarkus Russell (never did like him). Dawg fans I encourage you to do some research on your opponent. Go to the websites for the Baton Rouge Advocate and The Times Picayune. Nobody associated with the LSU football program from the head coach down to the ball boy is focused on anything other than playing the best they can each week and winning the SEC title. There will be no let down. LSU wins 38-13

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@Third Rate,

Does that mean my wife and I should give back our GA degrees and the approx.$4.7 mil it has earned us over our lifetimes so far??? Please let me know.

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DawginLex

November 28th, 2011
3:35 pm
a bama fan criticizing another team’s kicker

Hey lex girl..he brought up kickers…..BW has sucked of late..AA / 1ST Team to mr. shank.

I know our kickers suck. I can live with it.

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I understand it is not 2005, simply made the comparison that NOBODY thought we could win back then, and did. I know LSU is stout with different players. Don’t get your panties all bunched up, just a comparison, sheesh

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lex girl?

so now we resort to name calling because I have exposed and debunked each and every one of your pathetic arguments?

You put up a Updyke Statue yet?

“I had too much Bama in me!”

What a joke

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Vegasjs,

This is what is so funny about UGA fans. With each passing post you show your ignorance of college football. Even if UGA wins (which would give them the auto bid for the Sugar Bowl) LSU and Bama are far enough ahead in points that neither team would drop below 1st or 2nd (although it could be Bama #1 & LSU #2). LSU/Bama play for the national title regardless of what happens Saturday. 3 teams are allowed from 1 conference if there are 2 teams ranked 1 & 2 besides the automatic qualifier (SECCG winner)

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“IF UGA Wins”…..stop right there…my side is hurting with laughter…..

Do me a favor..on saturday count the number of players from UGA helped off the field..that number will be higher than the number of points UGA scores. Bet it! LSU is physical.

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We may lose this weekend but that puts us even with Bama.

Neither one of us will be conference champions.

Neither one of us should be in the national title game

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DawginLex

November 28th, 2011
3:56 pm
lex girl?

so now we resort to name calling because I have exposed and debunked each and every one of your pathetic arguments?

You put up a Updyke Statue yet?

“I had too much Bama in me!”

What a joke

YOU LOST EVERY DEBATE!

You know it, You lost when you hit that dial up button on your internet.

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@Third (rate) degree … Please check out this website before you prove you are more ignorant than any player at any school …. AGAIN.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings

Reading may not be your strong suit so to sum it up, it says this. GT is a superior school for science and technology. But if you want to study ANYTHING else, you probably wouldn’t step foot anywhere near the GiT campus. Yes, that means UGA was shown to be ranked higher in several categories because not everyone is going to school to be an engineer. Keep it up, there are a lot more facts out there to make you look stupid.

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2005….2007….1980….it doesn’t matter. This is 2011. You lost to Boise State, you lost to South Carolina. You are playing Saturday because South Carolina lost Lattimore and Garcia. Someone else had to do what you couldn’t, beat SC. You then went on a winning streak against a couple OOC cupcakes, and a weak SEC East. You dawg fans are about as delusional as any fan base I have ever heard. Your season is full of ifs and buts. You are actually posting that when you beat LSU (yeah, right) then you should play for the NC. You are ranked #14!!! You beat Tech, and DROPPED in the rankings. Seems that dawg haters are not the only folks who do not think you are as good as you think you are.

If if’s and but’s were candied nuts, we would all have a helluva Christmas.

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If OKSU loses, VT loses who would you put in the title game?

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@ Norm Chow

By your logic then Alabama doesn’t desereve to play and also if LSU loses they also don’t get to play since they didn’t win their conference that’s if Georgia beats them Saturday.

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Without reading all of the comments here, does anyone agree with me that, if UGA beats LSU, neither LSU nor Alabama should be in the title game? I recall UGA being #2 in the nation in 2007 before the bowl season and being told we could not play for the national championship since we couldn’t even represent the eastern division of the SEC in the SEC championship game. How does Alabama differ? Likewise, if UGA was to beat LSU, Alabama’s only loss would be to a team who, likewise, should not be worthy of playing for the national championship plus they would have lost to a team who also, like themselves, would not have won their respective conference. How can two teams who neither of which win their respective conference play for the national championship? Of course, this is all a moot point if the Dawgs don’t win.

I’m just sayin’….can I get an ‘Amen?’

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Currently Okie St is ranked #5 by both the coach poll and Harris poll. They won’t climb to #2 simply by beating OK. That means Bama will remain at least #2 in the polls.

The effect of the SECCG will be LSU remaining #1 or not.

If LSU loses, it will drop to #2, BAMA will be #1.

If LSU wins, LSU will remain #1, BAMA will remain #2 because OSU will not jump from #5 to #2.

Regardless, the 2 best teams, LSU/BAMA will play in the NC.

BCS works, perfectly may I add, for this year.

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@jddawg37

Which 1-loss teams have better quality losses?

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actually, I’m suprised 60%-70% of the UGA fans can read….

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Like I said before, don’t get your panties in a wad, just made a comparison because anything can happen. I’m def not saying UGA should play in the Champ game, and if LSU does get beat, that they still should play in the Champ game, all I was saying is anything is possible, it is college football.

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I don’t understand all of the Dawg hatred toward Alabama. Georgia didn’t even play Alabama this year. If they had played them, then they wouldn’t be going to the Dome anyway.

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jddawg37,

“How does Alabama differ”?

Alabama is the 2nd best team in 2011. UGA was not the 2nd best team in 2007. Is that clear to you now?

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If Lsu’s plane crashes Friday, do we get the victory????? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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LSU deserves to be in the BSC game, win or lose. They played the best schedule hands down. Even if they lose to UGA, I have no problem with them still playing in that game. If they win, then, Alabama also deserves to be in that game because their one loss is to an undefeated team. Now if LSU loses to UGA, then Alabama should drop because their “quality loss” is not as much anymore. I believe Alabama only beat one team currently ranked in the top 25. Arkansas being ranked that high is an absolute joke. They got smoked in both their games against LSU and Alabama. They beat South Carolina when they were short handed and not yet adjusted to life after Garcia and Lattimore. LSU loses, then they should play somebody other than Alabama.

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I remember all of the Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, GT fans saying the same thing about UGA not having a chance against their teams and we see how that turned out. I”m not wearing my rose-colored glasses today and I am fully aware that LSU is a big step-up in competition, but I promise UGA will show up Saturday and we will see what happens.

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If VT, OKSU, and LSU in a miracle lose

Houston vs. someone just put it that way I had a post already on it, but just put it this way everyone would gripe about something.

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Enter your comments here

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Considering the childish nature this blog has taken with all the hater posters I figured I should keep it simple Tyler.

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I’m still mad at UGA for giving the idiotic Boise State fans something to squawk about…way to go dawgs….way. to. go.

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Tyler durden

I taught your momma how to read last night, and a few other things.

Is she from Arkansas because she squeals like a pig????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DawgFood

November 28th, 2011
4:16 pm
If Lsu’s plane crashes Friday, do we get the victory????? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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How you ended that classless piece of crap post with “LMAO” is beyond me .. grow up moron.

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If and IF UGA beats LSU lets say by 10 or more. Noone else in the nation has been able to do that. So atleast we would have the pride in knowing we beat the national champs and everyone else in the nation will be wondering if LSU really was the best team in the nation at the end of the season. If LSU kills us then i would say they are the best team. But they havent done that yet!!!

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Metenberger didn’t actually ‘molest’ anone (not in the sandusky way) he grabbed a girl while he was drunk in a bar…true, it was low class and stupid…but it wasn’t something to crucify the kid for. His problem was he did it around the same time Big ben from the Steelers got in his mess so they kicked him off the team

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he will be an awesome QB though….damn our team is deep…you guys should just sit it out for the next 3 years.

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Our team won’t be slouches next year either. 17 starters returning

SEC East will be better than the west next year overall

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Guess it’s pretty hard to recover from having your hooter touched.

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DawginLex….I’m not saying he shouldn’t have his teeth knocked down his throat…I’m just saing he isn’t hitler and maybe he learned his lesson….

Joey- my guess is the Tech fans will have to go back to work supervising the UGA fans.

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@Tyler

Speaking of work.. Please get that order at the drive-thru now..

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Amen Lex .. tack these charges on to it ..

The dismissal apparently is related to Mettenberger’s March 7 arrest outside a bar in Remerton, which is near Valdosta. Mettenberger, 18, was charged with underage possession/consumption of alcohol, disorderly conduct, obstruction and two counts of having false identification .

from AJC

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norm chow

You are one of the same losers who predicted we would never sniff ATL again

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DawginLex , I have no idea what you are taking about. I didn’t predict anything. I’m a UGA fan but I’m realistic about this football program. I’d love to see UGA win it all. BUT…it’s not going to happen while Richt is the HC. Call me names and think what you want. The only thing UGA proved this year was that they are better than a bunch of bad teams.

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Win or lose, I’m in the GA Dome this sat!!!!!! Thats why they play the game!!!
I bet Steve Spurrier, Will Muschamp, or Derek Dooley would love to be able to say that this coming weekend.

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@ Norm Chow- you got some info that would prove otherwise? we are young, our starting qb is a sophmore and he leads the SEC in pass efficiency. Crowell is 5th in rushing he’s a freshman. jarvis jones is 1st in sacks he is a sophmore. Olgetree has 3 FF he played like 5 games! Rambo will be back, Williams will be back. Commings will be back and we will have a “dream teamer starting corner next year. what here doen’t make uga seem like a favorite?

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Tampa Dawg

Real question here. How many OL starters does UGA lose next year?

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@ Jason

If you told me 10-2 at beginning of yr. with a shot at SEC champ. game, I would have taken it. Very hard to have everything fall in place for a NC.

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who cares about logic? we are fans! we’re supposed to make wild and crazy statements about what our team is gonna do. what’s the fun in thinking you are gonna lose to every team? i think we’ll beat LSU. our O is better than bama’s and our D is better than ARK we are gonna be more balanced than those two.*

* if our RB’s are 100%

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Thanks logic man. We all needed that dose of reality. Do you have any logical thoughts of your own?

Also, has GT, or its center, apologized for the dirty, blind side cut block the GT center through on D. Tyson? He targeted the guy’s knee. Do any of those people have the character to apologize?

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do you know how much luck you need to win a NC? you have to have everything fall into place. in 02(or 01) and 07 we had had chances to win NC but luck didn’t fall our way, we probably shoulda won in 07 but the espn ppl kept us out.

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This is why no love…and I love my Dawgs, but there is a NATIONAL PERCEPTION that the Dawgs won 10 in a row over cupcakes. Most were, some weren’t…But you can argue that all day. The talking heads “think” we cruised through that schedule. We get a chance to see how far we’ve come………….or not come Saturday….Go Dawgs

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jason, your logic is correct…………I’m concerned we couldn’t run on a inferior, smaller Tech defensive front. Bobo better have a short passing game in the works, because we will meet a stone wall into their line. Saying this with my eyes, not my heart.

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Tennesee was a struggle? we beat them with bray. we inured bray. we broke bray. we stopped one of the best WR in the SEC.

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Bama is a corrupt bunch of tree killing cheaters, Nick Saban is a bigger liar then Urban, The most overrated team ever in the history of college football. There is no way Alabama is #2 with the weak schedule they played. Why does anyone want to see the most over hyped game which turned out to be a hugh dud again.TOTAL CORRUPTION IN THE SYSTEM AND BCS COMPUTER IS RIGGED.

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A LSU -Bama rematch will create a lot of Doubt on any fairness of the BCS .A one loss LSU -Bama rematch will create a Congressional investigation, like that body of men is honest…LOL

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Bank on IT

November 28th, 2011
4:52 pm

Tampa Dawg

Real question here. How many OL starters does UGA lose next year?
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3, Glenn, Jones and Anderson

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@ CHDawg – There are a whole lot of teams that ’should’ be undefeated right now. If Alabama had a kicker, or if the receiver would have held that ball at the 1 yard line, what would the rankings look like? Look at Oklahoma State, Stanford, even Boise State. There are a whole bunch of ‘what ifs’ this season in the NCAA. Unfortunately, we use a silicon chip to decide who gets the right to play for the NC. And as of right now, I would have to agree with that chip.

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Mobile Dawg nailed it on the head. Respect is something earned, not given.

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BG, Shaw has improved a whole lot, and Spurrier is learning how to use his talents. IMO, SC was very strong at the start of the year with Garcia and Lattimore, then after losing both they weakened substantially, one loss at a time. However, I think they have gradually adjusted to not having them on board and they are almost as good as they were with Garcia and Lattimore. If they still had Lattimore, and they had developed Shaw, then I think they would be better than the start of the year. I think that is a real credit to their coaches. They have done a great job dealing with the adversity. I enjoyed watching them beat Clemson. UGA has improved a lot, too, and that is a credit to CMR and Co.

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So which 5 years are we talking about Mobile Dawg?

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CHDawg, I don’t think if SC had finished the season with Garcia and Lattimore the outcome would have been any different. Now, with Shaw and Lattimore, different story. I think Garcia was a disaster game waiting to happen at any moment.

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Jason, it is easy to say what if with any team. The question is which has more talent. I would have picked UGA ahead of Boise and SC, and I still would, although both are close and SC is very close. I would have called Bama and LSU a tossup, which is very accurate. And again on the chip, you have to speculate on where UGA sits after an unlikely win. That is where the problems come up. It probably isn’t an issue, but you never know.

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Coach T told a friend of mine at the Auburn game at the recruiting BBQ lunch that Crowell never got hit in high school and never really worked at being a well toned conditioned back. coach T told him We’ll see how he responds to me in the off season. That will either make him or break him. Coach T told him he is going to put 10-12 pounds of rock on him and have 0% body fat and work on his Burst with his speed. Coach T said he may be here and he may not in 2012. It’s up to him

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I am a certified ‘dawg hater’, but I do give kudos where they are deserved. They have come back from the dead after starting off 0-2. My hat goes off to Mark Richt for keeping the ship afloat. They could have just as easily thrown in the towel and prepared for the 2012 season. Although Vandy has long been the doormat of the SEC, I think that game is where UGA turned it around. Vandy will not be a doormat as long as their coach sticks around. I realistically do not see the UGA beating LSU, but this COULD be the game where UGA starts to earn the respect of the ‘talking heads’. If they can somehow keep it close, and win their bowl game, maybe next season they start in the top 10 and move on from there.

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Jason, you can count on the Dawgs being pre season top 10 next year. They have 15-16 starters coming back and 7 or 8 back ups who could start and will have Murray starting year three, who along with Bray at Tennessee will be the best QB in the SEC. If Crowell pays the price this off season and the we land the Marshall kid out of N. Carolina, this Dawg team will be load. I see us at 11-1 next year and back in the dome….and ranked higher than this 14th BS.

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CHDawg, Auburn keyed on Lattimore and forced Garcia to do something he couldn’t do. Win the game himself. That’s why Lattimore had crap for stats.

Jason, thanks for that previous post. Added some real mojo to the football conversation.

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Tampa, I’m just saying our slide through 2010 was a slow erosion with a lot of things figuring into the equation. I’m not sold on CMR at this point but I am willing to consider buying some of his stock. Let’s see how he handles Crowell, and the rebuilding of the Oline. Does he stand pat with his staff, does Grantham get an extension? Next year “could” be special.

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with the quality of ga.’s wins this year , the only thing they rate playing for is the highschool state championship

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@ mobile dawg

I’m sure CMR is holding his breath about you buying his stock.

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Ray

November 28th, 2011
5:50 pm

Reason why Dogs ranked 14th look at Michigan St. and who they played vs. Who we played
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I hear ya, and the numbers next to the Mich State opponents names looks impressive, but we are still talking about the oft exposed Big 10.

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with all due respect to the team I believe is the best in the nation this year, ALabama should not be allowed to play for the mythical national championship. THey did lose to LSU in their own backyard. They out played LSU but still lost. As for the 2007 bulldogs, they were the best team in the country as well. But, this is not apples to apples UGA (as big a fan as I am) was a 2-loss team that year as well. At the end, we were best in the nation; but, we didn’t take care of business on the field and did not get to play for the title. ALabama should have won at home if they wanted to play for that mythical national championship.

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If the Dawgs beat LSU, LSU then plays Bama like the media wants for the NC and wins a 2nd time against the Tide, and the dawgs go on to win the Sugar Bowl (3 BIG “if’s”), then the dawgs could share the NC title – the BCS and all the pagentry surrounding it would “say” LSU is the best team, but UGA would be the only team to actually be better than LSU at their “best game” on the field. I’m looking for the Dawgs to create some chaos on Saturday!!! Hunker Down You Guys!

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BigDawg, it does beg the question: why is there a playoff if it doesn’t count? Can you imagine taking a wild card team in the Majors, and after defeating an opponent in the playoffs, telling them, sorry, you lose anyway because they won more games in the spring? It is a silly proposition. I suspect LSU will take care of business, but it does make for interesting fan talk.

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I remember sitting in “tiger stadium on a Saturday afternoon” just a few years ago when GA trounced them on their home turf. We were not given a chance then either. In fact, most of them left late in the 3rd quarter. Strange things happen when you tee it up boys!!!!!!!!!! Go Dawgs!!!!!

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i dont like bama at all, but don’t blame them because all the one loss teams got beat by pansies, geez, bama lost to lsu, who beat oregon, arky and everyone else they played, i could care less what saban said, all coaches would have said that to improve their teams chances of a better bowl or a shot at the MNC. go uga…mess the bcs up by upsetting lsu…even if their is a rematch between the sec, sec wins another MNC. eat that blurbstreet, leesa corsit, and marky gay may….

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OK, so I asked my die hard dawg brother-in-law this question over the weekend. The dynamic between Richt and Grantham is a strange one. Richt is more the low key, ice in the veins kind of coach, where Grantham is more of a fire in the pants type of coach. Do you dawg fans see a point where their coaching styles clash?

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Bama lost, at home, late in the season. It would only matter if LSU should lose. As it is, Bama’s had their shot and blew it. I think Bama is the #2 team in the nation but playing LSU again won’t make them #1. Just beaten twice by the number #1

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@ jason-who cares?!?

both are doing their jobs to the upmost of their ability. it’s bobo that still upsets me. we lost the boise game on bobo’s play calling

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cmr=good cop…ctg=bad cop….it always works

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umm badland dawg we get crowell back and samuel is supposed to be back too. malcome has gotten his carries and CT has been able to get some yards too. i think we’ll be healthy.

by the way, how can you give a score so lopsided? you are supposedly a UGA fan show some pride man! we’re facing the #1 team!!

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needs some examples?? starsky and hutch, ten speed and brownshoes, skipper and gilligan, laruel and hardy, thelma and louis

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wow 62-10 huh? when was the last time uga allowed a team to score 60? matter of fact the most our D has given up is 35(boise) and that was because of bobo going all spread offense on us. we really gave up 14 points on D the rest were TO’s and punt fake.

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bg, on the TBs I agree. BTW, Bobo didn’t run it that much on Saturday. Tech ran twice as much as we did, but we had the same yards per carry at 4.6ypc. I like Crowell in any scenario; I like our little quick guys when we are blowing holes in the D, and I like Malcome in power situations. I am assuming Samuel won’t be 100%. Malcome came in at the end of the Tech, Auburn, and KY games when they loaded the box with the whole team and he blasted out first downs consistently in all three games. He pushed piles with multiple players on several carries. The kid is strong. Here is what I have noticed. If you get him immediately after the handoff you can stop him cold. If he gets up to full speed about the line of scrimmage, he usually gets 3-6 yards. He has great lean, is strong and his 220+ pound frame helps him a lot. He has mountains of potential, too. Glad we started him Saturday.

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yeah we def need malcome and samuel to win vs LSU. I don’t see crowell withstanding the type of punishment that LSU is gonna dish out. LSU looks to also have 1st round db’s all around so we gotta keep it on the ground. crowell thomas and harton will not cut it (crowell might fumble!) we got to run violent like LSU and malcome looks to be the best guy to do that.

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Roll tide bitches doesn’t not matter what dumb ass dogs and tigers think fact is we are going.. enjoy the rape yall get only reason Georgia is going is not cause there any good at all they just suck less than any one else in east

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I wouldn’t sell Crowell short. He did pretty well against a tough SC defense. I think we will need a stable of backs. LSU and Bama have multiple backs they use; I think a lot of our fans don’t realize nobody can stay in for forty carries anymore. LSU has four tough TBs and we are likely to see them all.

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Crowell did good vs USC but LSU is a different monster. We need everyone to contribute in this except maybe harton.

B lands- your point is? We will have everyone running the ball come saturday

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Badland Dawg, I couldn’t agree more. Crowell is a girl

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This is a Georgia Blog so therefore I will respect the UGA nation with my comments.

LSU is one of those big physical teams who also has tons of speed to help them in their game planning. As I have been on the sidelines for two of LSU games this year I have seen their pure physical power and speed. Against a very fast Oregon team in their opener, LSU was so much quicker. The hits being passed by LSU on the Ducks were pretty impressive. The game was close for a while but you could see the Oregon players slowing down and adjusting their bodies to some real hard hits being passed. By the middle of the third quarter it looked like Oregon had enough of the myriad of playes attacking them from every angle.

I saw UGA play USC and Miss. St one from the sideline the other from the press box and in both cases I saw a very quick defense who were making adjustments on the fly and forcing the offense from both clubs into minor mistakes. From I have seen it looks like UGA has probably the most improved defense in the league.

UGA will need to use their quick passing game, full protection blocking schemes and make sure their big DT do not get gapped by the big OL for LSU. LSU has some holes to exploit. One being TM7, he does not cover very well at all but he is a ball hawk, he does not tackle as well one on one but he will force turnovers if allowed. Go after him, make him cover crossing patterns and delay routes.

Murray will need to be very quick on the release and get rid of the ball. His time will be limited to get rid of the ball.

Good luck to both teams on Saturday Night.

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Follow the money. It isn’t about sportsmanship, it isn’t about honor. It is about greed, and playing favorites (situational ethics?)

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it’s about 62-10 at the end of the 4th qtr. -lsu coast with 2nd stringers after the 3rd. ga fans calling for richt to be fired …again

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Mobile, it makes for an interesting discussion and it’s pertinent, too. Miles was asked about his use of four TBs in the Sunday PC. Here is what Les said,
“…we’re going to challenge that very capable Georgia defense. The need to have a variety of backs allows a fresh ball carrier. I think it’s a mistake to fatigue your ball carrier. So we’re going to keep fresh legs in the game, and we’re going to continue to do the things that we do. See how it plays out.”

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Yah the 4th best defense gives up 60. That will happen… Do you even think about what you type?

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how is the pressure on lsu? they go to the big game win or lose. ga. has the pressure of proving that they are more than winners of highschool games

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HIramtiger, I was speaking to Bulldog fans. Wasn’t that obvious ? Why would I care what fans of opposing teams thought. Stop adding rum to your gumbo, and maybe you might have a trace of common sense left !

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I just hope the voters in the human polls will not let the rematch happen regardless of what happens Saturday. I’m a Dawg and SEC fan but the Bama folks need to get over themselves. You had your chance and lost at HOME. If the results were reversed you would be the ones screaming “no way.” Hope OSU wins and ends up second in the BCS.

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One thing’s for sure, the game will be analyzed, us armchair QB’s will make our predictions and most likely something no one expected will happen. My biggest question is “how will we respond when we get slugged in the mouth, the gut, to the pain”? I hope it’s in a positive manner, I hope these Dawgs have learned to hit back, or even better, hit first.

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Bama gets a bye into the championship game bacause they lost. Only in the BCS. LOL

I also wish the media would remember there are kids that play for all of these teams. Ever since LSU and ALA won this weekend it’s been all about them. Even in tonights BCS countdown show they discussed each Championship game and didn’t even mention UGA, just LSU. WTH? Everyone of the UGA athletes deserves a little attention for what they’ve done, especially since it was exactly what these same experts said they couldn’t do. Man the media really frustrates me when it’s all about them, and not the sport they are to broadcasting.

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Everybody knows this system is flawed, but if UGA wins it may put the BCS system on life support. So we have a playoff for the SEC championship. LSU loses and UGA wins; UGA is the champion of the SEC. However, despite UGA being the winner and champion on the field, the BCS computer system average says LSU is actually a better team than Georgia, so it will put LSU in the game. It would be an absolute mess. If LSU wins as expected, it won’t be an issue, but Alabama vs other teams will be.

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ESPN’s road to the BCS NCG could have two major roadblocks. First is the Georgia game and second folks forget that Alabama beat LSU everywhere but on the scoreboard. The Mad Hatter’s luck is going to run out. Hopefully in Atlanta by Georgia but if not there is no way Nick Sabin is going to lose to LSU again. Sabin was on ESPN to day saying how the best two teams should go to the NC game. I a while I thought it was Tebow because Nicky boy looked as he was about to cry. All you Roll Tide folks just remember when Georgia beats LSU who beat you that it means Georgia also beat you by default.

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Let’s change focus for just a second and show some support for those less fortunate. Our Brothers down South have gone down faster than the Titanic. Then their savior runs off for “health” reasons but vows to have Muschamps back as his consultant. Did he just step on Florida’s face with a “hobnail” boot. Man it’s really good to be a Georgia Bulldawg. Maybe this is just the beginning of the World order being restored to normal.

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I’ll bet anything that uga will be in alabama’s exact shoes next year and the same people that r saying alabama diserves to go to the bcs nc this year will be saying that u have to win ur conference championship to go next year!

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Amazing video of a high school senior from Columbia TN who kicks the ball dead straight 75-80 yards in the air. He was successful on 54 of 54 attempts this season….100%. Now he needs a college team.

Watch for yourself…it is unreal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JKwgwFY3g

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1. Michigan St jumped us b/c they are a Big 10 team. Just today on radio a Midwesterner dared to mention how the Big 10 put more teams in BCS than has the SEC. Though true, it belongs alongside the idea that the Big 8 once upon a time was the dominant conference b/c of Neb and OU always playing in a major bowl. Big 10 has long been overrated, the media loves them and they do promise strong support wherever one of those teams may play. Love it how now that they cannot compete with SEC (and PAC) that they are not as intense of a fanbase as we all are.

2. Any UGA fan should feel like a 10 yr old in a PSU shower if Bama goes to title game. Yea I said it ( I am insensitive). However, win or lose LSU and Bama under current system should have a rematch. Assuming that they have a defensive battle like last time, the game will be competitive. In all likelihood Ok St will be slapped around the field. Their D is weak and their O…well, even a Willie Martinez D shut them down a few years back – twice. Did you see who OSU got beat by? Cannot take them seriously, no excuses for that one.

3. I wish we had a great Oline. We do not, and have not for quite sometime. We do have better playmakers, and an Oline who know what to expect from a team like LSU – unlike Oregon. Do not even compare Auburn’s D to LSU’s D. The fact they both dominated Oregon speaks volume. We do have a D, and barring a joke job like 03 championship game, we should be capable of trading punches.

4. GO DAWGS!

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I’m so glad that Georgia backed into this SEC Championship game. This is the most hilarious chatter that I’ve ever heard from a college football fan-base! Too bad you won’t win it…

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@coarch, u sound like one of my idiot ga tech fans who talk only to hear themselves bcause noone else will listen to them!

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When we stomp LSU Saturday, we should be playing Alabama for the National Championship—-we have won 10 straight, we are the best, Murray should win the Heisman. I bet LSU dosent even show up to avoid gettin romped by the Dawgs !!!!!

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If Georgia wins, I think that everyone should get ice cream.

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Time to scrap the BCS. Bama and LSU are the best by far in my opinion, but to just automatically insert them into the NC game before all of the results are in is insane.
I hope the DAWGS win and both LSU and Bama do get into the NC game. Maybe that will be enough to finally get some sort of playoff in place.
I suggest 8 super conferences and a 16 team playoff. The field should be made up of the 8 conf. winners and either their runnerups or 8 at large bids. This would give us 4 rounds of playoffs and all would still be complete by the 1st week in Jan.

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Georgia could have easily won the Boise State game, if Boise State hadn’t scored so many points. That’s the only thing that messed it up, really. They should have won the South Carolina game too. I think so. Don’t you? If you add up all the wouldas, couldas and shouldas, then Georgia looks pretty good!

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Sticks and stones may break my bones but hobnail boots will never hurt me.

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@01

If UGA had their chance what of Alabama didn’t even go to the SECCG
IF LSU loses again you don’t win your conference, but yet can still get in WTF?

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I’ve got a great college football joke…

Georgia!

Ha! I kill myself!

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Say Georgia does upset LSU then they still let LSU play in the BCS Champiosnhip Game that will just prove what a pathetic joke the BCS is. If the national champion isn’t even the champion of their conference then the BCS must be scrapped. The BCS would lose all respect.

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Matter of fact it is 01, I lived there from 99 to 06. When I decided to move over this way I was looking forward to getting away from the arrogant folks that invaded the fair state of Florida from the North. When I got here I had to question the wisdom of my decision. Thank God I had married an Auburn girl and knew not all Alabamians acted like you.

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‘Bama is in a state of illiterate rednecks that can’t even defend their own house having got their arses whipped by LSU. LSU WHIPPED the Tide in Bryant-Denny!!!!! That is a fact. Choke on it all you below 85 IQ’d dingies!

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Enjoy it while it lasts Dawg fans. It’ll all be over in few days.

But there’s always next year, eh?

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You guys really amuse me. You post in the thousands on this blog and all it does is makes you upset.

You are not a power house in the SEC, and you just can not get over it.

I would not tell anyone I married an AUBARN GIRL.

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Nothing to get over HAWK, to me it’s just a football game. After it’s over my Auburn lady and I will mosey on back to Mobile, run our business, raise our kids, grandkids, play a round of golf, lay back on Ono, while you pretend to be a “graduate” of Alabama. No real “graduate” of Alabama’s going to waste his time on a pretender like UGA’s blog, so finish your blogging before your generator runs out of gas and shuts you down for the night, you self inflated jerk.

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01HAWK you must be an OBAMA fan.

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Woody………………………..I actually like PALIN.

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Then leave the “mean spirited” verbage at work. You can pick and needle in a humorous way, I experience enough of the condescending attitude of Bama fans daily. I don’t come on here to listen to more Finebaum.

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Mobile Dawg …………………………………..Listen…………………………Do you guys really care ? Is your skin that soft. You should have fun also with it. It is talking about 18-22 year kids that are in college.

Do not take it personal. It is just a game………………….By the way………………………Go look at the video of Kristi Malzahn as she puts her foot in her mouth on the latest video that is being talked about on the internet.

GUS must be leaving soon.

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Statistically speaking most intelligent, realistic UGA folks realize we don’t have the same resume (this year in particular) as Alabama or LSU. We are just happy to be where we are. It does stick in the craw of “some” Georgia people that the same argument used in 2007 to keep us out of the MNC is being cast aside. I realize that every year is different, different circumstances. In 07 the teams we lost to, the way we lost to Tennessee, eliminated us early. LSU lost both games in OT that year, and won the SEC Championship. Different years, different scenarios.

All that said, LSU will probably take care of business in Atlanta, and Bama will probably be the #2 team, and I will enjoy the rematch and would lean toward Alabama winning that.

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@Go Dawgs! i posted earlier how they would get around the only 2 teams per conference rule. I don’t know if anyone else posted this as well. But I wondered the same thing and then i did some research and found out that there can be three if the top 2 teams are in the national championship, but did not win their conference and the team that did win the conference will go to their respective BCS bowl… I think the way i just explained that didn’t make sense, but they did leave a loophole in the system for something like this.

Furthermore, I think that LSU will be bringing an incredible team to the Georgia dome. If tey were to play the UGA that we saw for the first game of the season and a select few other games this season then they would absolutely crush UGA. The team that has come from some of those bad games is an excellent Georgia football team. LSU can’t let UGA get up 14 points like they let arkansas. UGA has a much better defense than ark. People talk about how deep LSU is at the RB spot, but look at UGA as well a 2 weeks rest Crowell, Thomas who has come into his own lately, and rumor has it that Samuel will be back as well and we saw what he can do to even the biggest and strongest players. Also 8 of the last 7 touchdowns all from different people. UGA has one of the deepest offenses in the country, and ill come out and say it now. Malcolm Mitchell looks better than AJ Green did as a junior.

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oh wait……………… they played and beat the same 6 SEC teams that LSU played……………..well damn.

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Alabama beats LSU in the NC game they would be 1-1 against each other so they sould be co-champs. No matter what the Bosies and Houstons will never make the NC game because the powers to be are scared they could win. I believe Baylor could beat LSU. Since Georgia went down in the standings after beating GT then when Georgia beats LSU both LSU and Alabama should drop and OK St and Standford should move into the 1-2 slots. Georgia should go to the sugar bowl win or lose to LSU. If the winner of the SEC goes to the Sugar Bowl then even if Georgia loses to LSU they and LSU is in the NC game then the winner of the East division should go to the Sugar bowl.

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I have also seen some Georgia Tech (i assume they are atleast.) talking about the intelligence of UGA football team. May i point out that as of 2009 UGA Football Graduation Rate= 57% Georgia Tech= 49%

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LSU will likely beat UGA and if they get matched up with Bama I hope they kick Bama all over the field. I want to see Saban looking like a deer in the headlights while Les chews on some AstroTurf as the clock winds down.

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lsu doesnt really care about this game, they are more worried about the national championship game, so i don’t know why people are gonna be surprised when UGA wins

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Bama in Atlanta : Wow I hate to admit out of all the shot I have read, yours is my favorite. The media loves the image of Les and Nick. They say the right thing and change voters minds at the flick of the tongue. Mark is obviously a mild and meek leader. Bobby Bowden said it best, “i don’t know if he’ll be able to make the hard decisons”. Ga got left out in 2007, point blank. The system was flawed then and it’s still flawed now. I heard the talking heads on espn say, that the whole body of work should be considered. Really! I heard them talk about this team and that team having to overcome freshman woes, injury, suspensions, etc. What the hell has Ga overcome, all of the afore mentioned. Bama got their shot at home. I think the SEC is the dominant league by far, but a repeat should be out of the question, BCS or not. I did see NIck Saban lobbying for just that on an espn interview Saturday nite. Nuf Said, UGA beat LSU, then Mark get on the soap box! If you want to be the Best, you have to beat the Best. If you beat the best, you are the best. To He77 with the BCS.

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UGA HAS SIZE AND SPEED ALSO, TO MATCHUP WITH LSU! AARON MURRAY IS A BETTER QB, THAN AJ MCCARRON, JOSH WILSON, AND ANYTHING OREGON HAD TO OFFER! THE STATS, BEAR THAT OUT! UGA’S PLAYMAKERS ARE YOUNG, BUT, EXTREMELY TALENTED! BRING IT ON!

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LSU and Alabama are the two best teams in America . If they played 6 times each would win 3 times. Because of this I think that since LSU out scored Alabama and thus won the game , even though Alabama was clearly the better team but didn’t win I think that LSU should play Oklahoma State if they beat Oklahoma and Alabama should play Stanford since the BCS ranks them 3rd and 4TH. Instead of us seeing a rematch I would rather the SEC ’s best play two other teams and show just how much better they are than the next two team’s on the BCS list. LSU would beat Oklahoma by 35 to 40 point’s and Alabama would beat Stanford by at least 21.
My reasoning for this is because the BCS is the only major college sports team that does not have a playoff system . Even AA football has a playoff as does Baseball and basketball . The BCS are Power control freak’s that are ruining 1- A football.
The two best examples are when Auburn wasn’t in the Championship game in 2004 because the MEDIA wanted to see the top two ranked Quarterback’s play each other, when 90% of America , except Oklahoma and Southern Cal fan’s, knew that Auburn was the best team. Then in 2007 Georgia was pasted over for LSU even though most people knew at the end of 2007 Georgia was the best team. The BCS will always be a prejudice , unfair system and until we get a 16 team playoff college football will continue to be a joke and after the conference championship games are played the bowl games are ONLY about the money. Who win’s really mean’s nothing.

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I may be in the minority of Dawg fans that believe UGA should not have played in the National Championship Game in 2007, (although they should have been given the opportunity to play a quality USC team and not an inferior Hawaii squad but the “mighty Rose Bowl” took a # 16 Illinois team). Yes I know they made it up to #14 to qualify but that was ONLY due to “the mighty Rose Bowl” politics that petitioned the voters to move Illinois up so the “mighty Rose Bowl” could retain their Big 10 – Pac 10 tradition.. It is true that by years end they had one of the best teams but those two early losses kept them out of the SEC game. It was fair then and it should be fair now. BAMA had LSU at home and LOST. I don’t care how they lost or by how many. Bama did not win the West and I don’t care if Green Bay is in their division (and I am not 100% certain that LSU isn’t as good as the Packers) you should have to at least win your side of the table to be considered. Let’s assume that LSU takes care of business this Saturday and BAMA goes ahead and gets the invitation based on the fact that EVERYONE at ESPN is telling the voters how they are suppose to vote (because we all know that the ESPN crew knows more about college football than everyone else…………………..and hmmmmmm I also find it ammusing that ESPN has coverage of ALL the BCS games). So let’s assume that BAMA wins 7-6 in the title game. LSU should still win the National Championship because they would have have outscored BAMA 15-13 in both their head to head match-ups. Yes, both LSU and BAMA have great teams but the ESPN crew (up until recently) have ALWAYS said the regualar season matters and it is the body of work. LSU went into Tuscaloosa and won. It was ugly but never-the-less, they won and AT BAMA so LSU deserves to get to play another team from another conference and whip their butts.

Most SEC fans and all of ESPN want to see another LSU-BAMA match-up but if you live anywhere else in the country you could care less about a rematch. Assuming OSU beats OU this week, a LSU-OSU title match would be much more intersting (to me).

Better yet, lets just have an 8 or 16 team playoff and let it be decided on the field. If you had an 8 team playoff and it turned out to be LSU and BAMA, then that is A-OK by me. But as it stands now, the system stinks. Their are always flaws and corruption when it comes to polls. Coaches know more about football than anyone and their poll counts 1/3, yet coaches don’t see other teams play as much as sports writers do. Most sports writers are gifted at writing and “think” they know more about sports than anyone yet 99.9% of them couldn’t win as many games as Lee Corso did even if they had a team with 100 five star blue chippers. The computers are the most unbiased because they look at schedules and how your oponents did but schools have little control over their schedule (they can only control out of conference games). The West has evolved into the powerhouse of the SEC but it hasn’t always been that way. The UT and UF programs are down now but that is not Georgia’s fault. It just so happened that UGA didn’t have BAMA, LSU or Ar-Kansas on the schedule this year. That is the way the schedules fell this year.

I remember a time when you could lose early and get better by years end and be rewarded for that. It happened at least once with Free Shoes Univesity

I have said alot and none of it matters. Stop the garbage and GIVE US A TRUE PLAYOFF SYSTEM like every other sport has. Win it on the field. Win it on the court. Finally, I will say that IF we had a play-off system this year, I honestly think it would come down to LSU and BAMA but as they system stands right now, BAMA should not be in consideration. The system is only as good as ESPN tells us it is.

Next I will tell you why the Heisman Trophy award has become a farce.

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Well I guess I am fixing to start claiming national championships like Bama has always done. So If Georgia wins the rest of their games this season they are the National Champions in my mind just like all those nationals championships Bama claims back in 1592. I am just sick and tired of the BCS. Just remember the Pac-10 is somewhat to blame for us not having a playoff system yet because they are scared to death they will never get a team to the title game again if that happens. Plus they are afraid the Rose bowl tradition will be broken.
Go Dawgs
1942 National Champions
1980 National Champions
2002 National Champions
2007 National Champions
Hopefully 2011 National Champions

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If LSU loses to GA in SEC championship they shouldn’t play for national championship. The LSU-ALA game was BORING anyway with 9-6 score. All defense and very little offense. Makes for a snooze of a game.

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A single elimination tournament style playoff system would be a wonderful idea for the current FBS college football league. Of course, we would need to appoint a Football Czar to eliminate the existing conferences and weed out about half of the current members of the FBS in order to make it work. (Sorry ’bout that Boise State and Houston)

Once we have established these new “Super-Conferences”, then we’ll only allow Conference Champions to compete in the playoff series. That will make for more interesting OOC games, since these will no longer count toward playoff eligibility. A team could lose all of it’s OOC games and still go to the playoffs, even if the second-place team in their conference has a better overall record.

This would prove to be a much better system, since it would theoretically introduce a greater opportunity for a poorly performing team to get lucky and back into the playoff series. Unfortunately, it is possible that (even under this new, improved scheme) the same old elite teams would still dominate the National Championship. While the best team doesn’t always win – they usually do.

I guess the best part is that we could change all of the rules and the Boise State and Georgia fans would still whine like little girls when they got left out of the Big Dance.

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South Carolina is probably the screwed party here.

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The polls in college football are just a popularity contest and ESPN has way too much influence. It’s really a joke when you think about..a big scam.

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TampaDawg November 28th, 2011 1:55 pm

“Trivia: Who is the only SEC team that Les Miles does not have a winning record against?”
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*Les Miles has a losing record from 2005 through today to *UGA and to Penn State. *Les Miles will NOT have losing record vs Mark Richt 4 days from now.
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Now for the WHOLE PICTURE, NOT JUST PART OF THE PICTURE :
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.87 Win % vs ACC Mark Richt 2005 through today
100 Win % vs ACC Les Miles 2005 through today
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.00 Win % vs Big East Mark Richt 2005 through today
100 Win % vs Big East Les Miles 2005 through today
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.60 Win % vs Big XII Mark Richt 2005 through today
100 Win % vs Big XII Les Miles 2005 through today
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.50 Win % vs C-USA Mark Richt 2005 through today
100 Win % vs C-USA Les Miles 2005 through today
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.64 Win % vs SEC Mark Richt 2005 through today
.72 Win % vs SEC Les Miles 2005 through today
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LSU BCS NC # 1 every poll 2007, beat 2 top 10 teams
UGA # 2 in 2007, beat 0 teams finishing top 10
LSU 2005 gave Miles losing record to Richt 1-2 ended # 6
UGA 2005 beat Miles but ended up # 3 team SEC at # 10
42-16 LSU 2005 through today SEC (43-16)*
37-20 UGA 2005 through today SEC (37-21)*
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74-17 LSU 2005 through today all games (75-17)*
64-25 UGA 2005 through today all games (64-26)*
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.81 Win % 2005 through today Les Miles
.71 Win % 2005 through today Mark Richt
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NOW WHO THE HELL IS THE BETTER COACH

TampaDawg ?

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Not to take anything away from LSU, but LSU played Arkansas in Baton Rouge this year. Contrary to the article, they did not take a trip to Arkansas.

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Alabama shouldn’t play in the BCSCG, because they already lost to LSU.

Likewise, Georgia shouldn’t play in the SECCG, because they already lost to South Carolina.

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They are excited TODAY because today is 4 days from when they have NOTHING to say about anything AGAIN.

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@Dontavius Supremo

The SEC Championship is less relevant, because the rules force the SEC to allow an undeserving team to compete simply because of the division in which they play. That works most of the time, but in the past two years, the SECCG has meant very little. Neither Georgia, nor South Carolina have been the second best team in the SEC for the past two years, and everyone outside of Georgia and South Carolina understands that simple fact.

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Anybody that thinks Les MIles will rest players is crazy. The BCS game is 6 weeks away. They are coming guns a blazing and the Dawgs better have their A game to have a chance. But they DO have a chance if they play like they did against Auburn. Even if LSU loses, they deserve to be in the BSC game. I don’t feel the same way about Alabama though. A LSU loss, lessens the “quality loss” for Alabama and I think OK State deserves a shot if they take care of OK. But only if LSU loses.

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Look at LSU. How can you play a more meaningful schedule. They have done the exact opposite of Georgia and that is one of the reasons the country is perplexed with a system that allows the fourth best team and I am not sure it wouldn’t be the the fifth best to play for the best conference championship in the country against a really remarkable team that has proven beyond a dealt how good they are. Oregon was in the national finals last year and unlike Auburn has some resemblances of a team the year before. We are being cheated out of what could be a significant game by a system that has allowed this. And Georgia is faking the results like a questionable catch hoping to fool the refs with huge help from the local press who are trying to help out the local promoters of the SEC Championship game. We will have two SEC teams in the NC game, which is maybe what caused this injustice in the first place. Maybe that was the results the clever people in the SEC wanted, and more power to them for having three great teams in one conference. If Alabama had to play LSU in Atlanta one would be totally eliminated from the championship game that really counts. Let em play Georgia, local flavor, sparing partner that probably can’t win, will draw interest and money,at a local level then the SEC rakes in the money with two team in the NC. Nobody can be that smart but it sure works well for the SEC, and the rest of the country is duped or maybe Alabama is not penalized for playing in a top heavy conference, and maybe teams like Georgia get a strong tailwind for being associated with these great teams.

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Mark Richt is ranked # 5 in the polls of just SEC teams, and this is supposed to be a GREAT YEAR for Mark Richt ?

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Exactly.

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That’s not true.

The vast majority of real Bulldog fans know exactly where we are today and where we will be 4 days from now.

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about that

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Now that we’re done wrecking Tech,.us dawg fans love this time of year when we get an extra game to watch and have a shot at going to Sugarland! Don’t get me wrong, the dawgs definitely have a shot, but this LSU team is something special. They are the only team i’ve seen who doesn’t bring up safeties to stop the run. They are a special defense. The dawgs are back on defense but this will be all on our offensive line. I believe we can slow their offense way down, but the O-line will tell the story,if we can run it, Murray will throw it around enough for us to have a good chance. LSU is not unbeatable, but Mr. Richt needs to get them believing!! Maybe Herschel could come in and give em a pre- game speech. Gooooooo Dawgs! Sic em!! Woof Woof!!!