Two hot topics from UGA Athletic Board meeting

either a playoff or go back to the bowls the way they were

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Playoff!!! The four highest-ranked conference champions. Screw Notre Dame.

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do we still have the 5′11″ QB who has a problem performing to high standards, in big games?

—————–just saying, money well spent!!!

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Finally! But you know, the biggest obstacle is who gets the most $$$. Unfortunately, when the big wigs talk about $$$, they are not talking about compensating the Student-Athletes.

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Quit spending millions on facilities and UPGRADE THE COACHING STAFFS AND RECRUITING BUDGETS. Men’s Basletball is a disaster because they do not have the right mix of assistants and budget necessary to attract top tier talent! Prospects don’t come to Georgia because the concession area of the Coliseum is nice! Get Mark Fox what he needs you slackers!

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I’m a man! I’m 50!!!!

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We need an 8 team playoff or everything will be arrange so a conference will only have one representative . The SEC is so strong you have to leave open the possibility for the SEC to make up 2 of the 4 team in a 4 team playoff or at least 3 team’s in an 8 team playoff.
In the past the Big Eight has been that strong . Like everything else these thing’s go in cycles. The SEC dominance will not last for ever so even though an eight team playoff may help the SEC the most right now if set up fairly it will be the best thing for everybody because eventually another conference will have 2 or 3 representative.

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4 team playoff is a plenty. Georgia Southern and 1-AA teams have now got too many playoff teams….THE SEASON IN 1-AA GOES ON FOREVER….

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Not the right place, but it’s interesting that NBC has quickly through investigative reporting has found out that the Israeli Secret Service was behind the bombing that killed the Iranian Scientist…….But in 3 years can’t tell us nothing about Obama…………

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I’m totally opposed to a playoff. It will make the regular season virtually irrelevent just like it is in the NFL and college basketball. Does anyone really think the 9-7 Giants or UConn (a team that lost 9 conference games in the regular season) are the best teams? The BCS does need some adjustements, howver. I’m against rematches like this year, I think only conference champions should have the right to play for a National Championship, and I’m against AQ for BCS bowl games.

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So Dawg fans, if Richt gets the extension — are y’all cool with that?
Gotta remember, it’s easy to get rid of a Coach — not so easy to find a good replacement.
If Richt got clipped, then you’d be looking @ the following
Kirby Smart, Gus Mahlzan, James Franklin, maybe Steve Sarkisian……….or maybe even the “sweater vest”!!!!

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Yep, afraid so. you lost at home to LSU. You did not win your division. You did not win your conference.

You got to have a mulligan versus LSU

In my system, you aren’t in the playoff

Sorry, not everyone thinks you should have been there

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Understand…..but the fairest system should put the best teams on the Field at seasons end, otherwise why even have a playoff.
The Big East & the ACC have not had teams of recent worthy of playing for a national title.

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Basketball has a playoff and Butler & VCU made the final four. That’s a good reason not to have a playoff.

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Tech Troll 13

February 9th, 2012
1:20 pm

thats actually a great arguement to have a playoff, so the non AQ schools can quit crying about not getting a shot.

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Ron

February 9th, 2012
1:27 pm

This is by no means affecting recruiting. Not even a little. They went ahead and announced the extension so that Richt could assure the recruits that he will be here for their entire 4 years. they wanted to focus on recruiting not finalizing the extension. So the fact that it isnt done yet doesnt hurt us one bit.

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I agree with Lex in that I have no desire to see a 2 loss team play for the National Championship. Please do not make the regular season irrelevant. I also agree that only conference champions should play for the NC. That regualr season LSU-Bama game should have meant something this year (and it did not.) Guess what (any team that is ever in Bama’s shoes), that was your playoff game! Also Stinger.. I do not agree with reducing Bowls. These are college kids that do not get paid and that is their reward. Just don’t watch them if you don’t like them.

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8 team playoff is exactly what we need! Everyone knows it! we should still have the conference championships also to give teams without a shot a chance to play for something.

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First get CMR’s contract done and then bring on the playoff….the only thing better than having two SEC teams playing for the NC would be after we crushed the OK St’s of the world and then play each other. for the title..

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I know a 80 team playoff would help Tech…………………..Sorry, did you say 8?

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Pattern after the NFL or MLB where teams earn spot based on their standing not based on being selected by votes. Start with 10 or 12 teams and decide true championship. Current BCS concept has little merit.

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bigcrimson75

February 9th, 2012
1:56 pm

I have to disagree with them being the best. I think at seasons end USCw and UGA were the hottest 2 teams and should have meet up in a BCS game or the NCG if it werent for the lousy buckeyes.

UGA got hosed that year watching LSU jump from 7 to 2 while UGA dropped from 3 to 5. Its all about what ESPN wants though as we saw this year. They said UGA didnt deserve it but Bama deserved a second chance???

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A four-team playoff will be fine, unless your team ends up being ranked 5th, 6th etc. Then there will be mortal hell raised – still. I know if UGA was ranked 6th, won its bowl game and had the same record as #3 or #4, and didn’t get invited, I’d be sick.

On the other hand, I agree with JB, so that scenario is not bound to happen. Too many average teams giving us fits, and no wins over quality teams in years.

Our D will win 9 or 10 games a year as long as we keep Grantham happy. I’m resigned that that’s as good as it will get.

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8 team playoff. The best 8 teams. The first 4 games are played @ the rose, sugar, fiesta & orange bowls. The semi’s are played @ the highest seeded teams home stadium. The bcs title game is played at one of the big four bowl game sites on the same rotating basis, same as its done now.

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DawginLex

February 9th, 2012
12:59 pm

Totally agree with most of your post Lex except for Conference Championship concept. I would rather see an 8 team playoff with them picked by a committee of former AD’s with all the BCS conferences represented and with the votes public. If 2 teams happen to have already played, so be it.

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TDF anything is possible with Richt the HC. He tried to give it away against Vandy and did against Mich St, even with your vaunted DC.

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The Preacher and the Choker.

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ga gator

February 9th, 2012
2:05 pm

I for one would hate to see every BCS conf represented. That means that one of the 8 slots would come from the big east. Thats not fair to other teams that are actually good. One of the top 8 teams would get screwed over by this.

ACC for that matter as well. I dont want to see them get in if their best team is outside the top ten.

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Jb….of course politics & such play a part in picking who gets into bcs games….but really dude, did you think okie st deserved to be in the game over bama?

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TDF, only the selection committee represented; not the teams themselves. Similar to the NCAAB selection committee.

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bigcrimson………Good points, but the saying of ” on any given Saturday”…………Like LSU beating ya’ll in round one, and you guys killing them in round two………….Taking it to the field leaves no doubt.

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DawginLex,

Richt needs an OC(like the DC he currently has) to win the SEC

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F 16 team confrences, eight division winners qualify for a playoff. Keeps the importance of regular season. keeps confrence championship game for confrence money. My idea FWIW

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TDF. nice rebuttal

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Mark

February 9th, 2012
2:24 pm

The importance of the regular season and conf champs wont be deminished by a playoff that doesnt give every conf champ a slot.

If you think about it, it puts more importance on them. If you had to be a top 10 team to make it into the discussion then every game would count. And the conf champ game would become huge bc it would allow a team that might be borderline top 10 a chance to jump up with the extra game.

when you make it so every champion gets in all that does is make teams only care about conf games and OOC games just become a distraction. You could have teams that are 8-0 in conf play but 0-4 OOC make it into a playoff.

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JB

February 9th, 2012
2:30 pm

Bama might have been one of the best teams but when you have already gotten a shot why get a second??

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TDF — it was the Big 12’s turn to get burned by the BCS. They had it go their way too many times in the past. Nebraska in 01 — played in bcs title game w/o winning their conference. Oklahoma in 04 got in after losing the Big 12 title game. Both of those teams LOST in the title game as well. So, There has been precedent set that you can get into the big game w/o winning your conference.
The Auburn team in ‘05 is still the biggest tragedy of the bcs era. Going un-defeated in the best conference in the Country, only to see Oklahoma(AGAIN) get slaughtered by USC.

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I would like to see an 8 team playoff but there are 2 obstacles: 1. the presidents of the universities claim they don’t want to add any more games and a playoff would would make it a 16 game season for the 2 finalists (12 regular season games + a conference title game and 3 playoff games) and 2. the BCS bowls.

I just don’t see the big bowls with all the money and political pull behind them allowing a playoff system that makes their bowls irrelevant.

I think a 4 game playoff involving the bowls has a much better chance of being put in to place.

Geaux Tigers
SEC Champions

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Big Crimson 75

February 9th, 2012
2:44 pm

I can see that, but none of those instances are where it ended up being a rematch of a game earlier in the season or two teams in same conf. Had yall been away and lost to LSU I think you would have a better arguement, but the fact that you lost at home is what really stings ppl.

who was behind OK and Nebraska those years that could have taken their spots??

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I’m not blind to the politics of college football. If Oklahoma or TX had 1 loss in the big 12 instead of Okie St — then we get left out.
Believe me, I thought we were finished after Nov 5th.
Okie St just doesn’t have the pedigree to jump ANY 1 loss SEC team.
I like their Coach, a colorful character to say the least, but they haven’t been relevant in decades & probably won’t be for another string of decades.

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Big Crimson 75

February 9th, 2012
2:53 pm

Sad but very true.

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Big Crimson, I don’t know, old T Boone’s $165 Million donation to Okie St might last a decade or two.

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Believe it or not — Joey Harrington actually got hosed in 01. The Ducks finished 3rd if memory serves & drilled whomever in the Fiesta Bowl b/c the big one(Miami & Nebraska) was in the rose that yr.
‘04 was the yr Auburn got hosed….USC finished the reg season #1 & Oklahoma finished #2 with the Barn #3.
USC beat Oklahoma something like 55 – 10 for the title.
Auburn may not have beaten USC, but the Trojans would not have hung a double nickel on the Barn.

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Big Crimson 75

February 9th, 2012
3:01 pm

Yea I would agree Auburn has gotten the worst hose in college football history. But that was before the SEC dominance got the nod.

this current system just has to go. The only time its ever right is when it gets lucky.

The good thing though about bama getting in, is it is forcing the playoff system to become reality. They other presidents were not happy seeing an all SEC final and it got them to change their minds about a playoff system.

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Butler was one of the best “TEAMS” in the tourney the year Duke beat them.

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Wait and see what happens to a 12-1 Georgia team this year with their only loss being to LSU in the SECCG. If they come in at #2 and lose to LSU, they will drop like a rock to say 6 or 7 and will be kicked to the Sugar Bowl against who knows who.

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the SEC has been calling for a playoff for years. We were the first to bring it up & forced our little sister, the ACC, to go along with whatever we told them.
It’s another reason TDF, the big 12 didn’t deserve the nod this year — they voted against it along with their buddies from the big 10 & pac 10.
Betcha they don’t vote against one now!!!!!!

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Not so fast my friends on that LSU to the SECCG next year……
We may have a little something to say about that!
LSU is in shambles right now….. Miles is under heat again, they are losing better juniors to the draft than we are, Russell Shepphard, Jarrett Lee & the Hebert posse are taking shots at Miles.
Plus, LSU has a big un-known @ QB next year.
This was their year & they blew it.

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TDF

I want the best team to win the NC and the larger the playoff the less chance that happens. That’s my point about basketball. Anymore than four teams is a bad idea. Just because you’re a conference champion doesn’t mean you belong. The ACC has not had a team worthy to be in a playoff in years. As much as I dislike the SEC, if they have the four best teams, so be it.

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ugakev — USC & Aubie played a home & home in ‘02 & ‘03 —- the Trojans slammed em both times, however — Auburn’s team may have been the perfect medicine for USC that year…..Cadillac & Ronnie Brown on the ground, plus it was Jason Taylor’s only good year out of 4 he had @ the Barn.
I tend to agree though that USC would have beat AU.

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Yes, there’s no way Auburn would have beat that USC team that squeaked out wins against average at best Pac 10 teams for most of the season. That 2004 USC team might be one of the most overrated of all time. I have never seen anything like it. You would think they beat everyone with an average margin of victory of 60 points the way they are talked about. They were good and very talented, but Auburn was too. It would have been a helluva game. The real villain in that mess was the overrated Chokelahoma Sooners. They had no business being in that game.

Thanks.

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Big Crimson 75

February 9th, 2012
3:28 pm

LSU is in trouble bc Les Miles screwed his team over in the NCG. Not much is getting out about it. but he flipped out on the players and the OC that came up to him saying Lee should start and play most of the game bc he was their best chance. Then he benched the players and fired the OC, and caleld the plays himself. the players that night showed they were more important than he was and played half a$$ most of the game. Their OL barely blocked for jefferson. Mett is a great QB and will do well there.

As for Bama I am predicting a 3rd place finish bc of the loss of TR and the guys you lost on D. West will be a toss up this year.

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who did GA lose those 2 games to in ‘07??
Was that the year they beat FLA & danced after the touchdown?

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Yes. Crimson. I think our only loss was Tenn.

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JB, I just wonder what Franklin’s passion would have been that day or what would Grantham have done that day. Georgia fans passion for their team takes second to no one. There just seems to be a disconnect between Richt and the fan base when it comes to that emotional passion we all have.

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Jim Delaney is simply grown tired of the fact that the Rose Bowl is now an after thought to the National Title scene and outside of the big 10 and pac 10 has become irrevelant to most of the country. Delaney has been in bed with the BCS boys all these years and only now that he realizes all roads to the national title lead through dixie does he want to better position his teams to have a shot.

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An eight-team playoff would be great; it wouldn’t remove the “bubble team” issue (and that would always be an issue, no matter how big the field), but it’s a reasonably safe assumption that a team ranked 9 or lower would, in back-to-back-to-back games, seldom if ever knock off three different teams rated above it so recently. As for non-playoff bowl games and non-playoff teams, I’m not anti-bowl — so long as cities and sponsors are willing to have them, that’s fine. They can still serve a “reward” purpose, an “extra practices” purpose, etc.

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JB

February 9th, 2012
3:52 pm

Blame searles not richt. He was the head recruiter and OL coach. Friend is much better OL coach and evaluator of talent. Searles but us behind big time by being late with evaluations, which our coaches have to have before they will ever offer a player.

Searles is at Tenn now and you can see his trend continuing with 0 OL recruits this year.

FYI UGA just offered a Samoan out of JUCO in cali. Bigger and stronger than Chester.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/511613/

Link to his highlights.

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Why did Searles leave Texas?

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If Playoff teams consist of Conf Championship teams only I’m for it
If making the playoffs is based on any kind of polls I’m against it.
Coaches have no clue other than teams they play, and the media is bias to their darling teams.

If by polls, picking top two teams is easiest as it is now
But when you start picking 4 or 8 teams it gets a lot harder. Most years you could have about 5 teams saying they should be ranked 4th, stuff like team A two losses are better than Team B’s one loss.

I say NCAA Div 1 needs to be 4 major conferences of 16 teams (64 teams). Those teams can only play each other.

Winners of those 4 conf go to 4 team playoff. Rest get bowl games.

Have a Sub division below Div 1 like European soccer
At the end of the year the 2 teams in each conf with the worse records move down a division and 8 team with the best records in that lower division get to move up to play Div 1 Ball.

would be fun:
Gives smaller school something to play for.
Don’t have to worry about weak conferences

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With the resources Georgia has should be the Texas of the SEC. For Georgia to get to the top, there has to be a philosophical change with its offense. The must become more physical across offensive front, develop a punishing backfield. Last two years Georgia’s run to pass is like 30/70. Offensive lineman end up just rubbing bellies with the defense. Grantham must improve his x’s and o’s by that I mean show the offense a set back off, show them something else. Multiple defensive formations prior to the snap especially with the 3/4 set can weaken the best offene. See MSU game regarding my last comment.

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@TDF

Agree, but what would be cool is to have southern Conf Div 1 and Div 2, 16 team in Div 1, 16 Teams in Div 2.

The 11 game schedule, you could only play those team in the Southern Conf. No lower teams.

Say you took the top 16 teams from ACC and SEC, they would only play each other, then chamionship game at the end of the year. UGA scheduled would be like:

Auburn
Alabama
Florida
Va Tech
Clemson
Tenn
Miami
LSU
Ga Tech
South Carolina
North Carolina

That would be awesome and every game would be huge. But also every other team has to play same type of schedule. Finish at the bottom then you go down to Div 2 with Teams like East Carolina, Duke, Ole Miss, Southern Miss, NC State, Vandy, South Florida. Still would be pretty nice because all those team would be playing for shot at Div 1 the next year.

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There should also be 4 weeks of spring practice with an actually game at the end. Call it a preseason game. Doesnt go against your record. But gives you an opportunity to play everyone. In game day settings. Call it SEC vs Big Eight Week. A game every night. Can you imagine a week of Alabama vs Oklahoma, Georgia vs OSU or Auburn vs Texas. What a way to spend your spring evening. This dead period is murder.

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@TDF

I agree, I’m for anything that will improve but I think one of the biggest issues is there are to many teams in Div 1. The difference from top teams and bottom teams is huge.

Like Houston, they had nice team this year, but you really don’t know how good because week by week they did not play very good teams. Then they are compared to team, lets just say Georgia. UGA lost 4 games but almost every week they played better teams.

Not saying Houston is not good, but just saying you will never know.

Also as Tech fan, Tech may be a team that really has to earn it right to stay in the upper league each year, but that would make it fun, even if they were 4-5 after 9 weeks they have something to play for.

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BigTimeTechFan

February 9th, 2012
4:51 pm

Yes way too many teams.

Agree 100% about teams like Houston. Yea they finished with a great record, but who really tested them this year? Southern Miss and Northern illinois as well. All finshed with better record but who did they really play??

If we went to the 16 team super conf, tech would get better recruits with only 64 D1 teams.

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ruining

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WHY CAN’T UGA HIRE A SPECIAL TEAMS COACH? WTF. 4 MILLION AND MORE MENTORS.

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Not so sure about that, but I for one can’t wait to see DGB in action!
Will he be as good as AJ or Julio??

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A playoff system is coming because the other conferences hated seeing two SEC schools playing for the national championship and want to prevent it from happening again.When SEC commissioner Mike Slive suggested a playoff four years ago they didnt want to hear it.

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It’s there own fault Rick……The SEC has been saying playoff since Auburn got hosed in ‘04…..but we are the “slow” ones.

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Test – to see if my post actually shows up

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I like Mark Richt but I only think he gets an extension if he does two things: gets rid of Bobo as his OC and hires a full-time special teams coach. We already have a great defensive staff…it’s the offense and special teams that is the problem.

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Who Cares if you are a Bulldawg Fan! With year after year of undersigning and 77 scholarship athlethes when you could have 85. 70 if you reduce the 77 number by the 7 walk-on’s awarded by Richt last year.

DO YOU BELIEVE WE CAN COMPETE WITH 70 QUALITY ATHLETHES, when the rest of the SEC has 85?

Wake Up and Smell The Roses!

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I firmly believe that our conference Leaders( not the School Presidents) such as Mike Slive and his more than ready staff will not vote for a playoff that requires the participants to “WIN” their conference. The final rankings and post bowl rankings would have placed 2 SEC members, 1 Big 12, and 1 PAC 10 team( post bowl records) or 2 SEC teams, the same Big 12 team and a different PAC 10 in the playoffs, with Arkansas barely missing out on the top 4 teams.

In other radio interviews and speeches around the south Mr. Slive has stated that if it was a requirement that conference champions were only eligible it would not be something he would be interested in. He went on to say that others “wished” they had the history and depth of our conference( and he is absolutely correct) in the BCS Championship game.

The funny thing is that the Big 10 and Mr. Delaney would have been shut out of the playoff picture this past season based on the rankings.

This is all about money, and splitting money up among the conferences. Money Grab. Now practically every college fan is wanting a playoff, however from the poll taken at the senior bowl it looked pretty apparent the players are not so thrilled about it. I think some of them see the money grab and see it as another level of some people taking advantage of their amateur status.

Best of luck to your teams this spring practice and hoping all of our teams come out healthy for the fall season.

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NCDawg- Can’t type Gamec**ck as won’t get posted. Just tried it. Some words are banned, I guess?

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Why not have all the conferences that want to compete for the NC go to 14 teams. Have them play 10 games within their conference and one game out of conference, and send the top two to the 8 team playoffs and not have a conference championship game. The conference champs would be the one with the best conference record like it used to be.

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It will be really nice if the Final 4 are ALL SEC teams but that won’t happen. It will be just like it is now. No matter how good a team is one conference will not get more than 2 into an 8 team playoff. Remember this past season???

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Two SEC teams in the BCS championship and the domination by the SEC the last few years is the reason other conferences ar considering a playoff. A playoff is definitely the way to go.

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Hmmmm. Richt gets extension. And why should we expect a different outcome? Einstein called this “insanity.” Sad situation for the Bulldog Nation.

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I think the point is to GET two SEC teams in the 4 team playoff if they are ranked in the polls high enough. Not many conferences can put two teams in the top 4 each year due to the way the scheduling is done. If a team in any conference loses early in the season then goes on a run while the team they lost to early goes undefeated it becomes more likely. Look at Oregon this year, were they that good or were they the benefactors of others falling late? LSU whipped them pretty good early , they lose to USC and beat a good Stanford team, then they watched others lose throughout the year until they were in the top 6 again. In average years they would be somewhere around 9 10 or 11 in the rankings. Look at it this way, if UGA loses to Boise, then pulls out that game against USC, they would have been ranked in the top 10 just as Oregon, probably higher, but Oregon got some major exposure on ABC on Saturday nights against USC and then wore out a weak weak UCLA team that UGA would have put 40 on the board and not allowed those 20 plus point the Ducks gave up to UCLA. It is all about perception. Look at Arkansas, they lose to Alabama early, then LSU late and they dropped late in the bowls. It is all about when you lose as much as it about how you lose. Ask OKSU, losing late to a pitiful Iowa team on National Television on Friday Night is like finding out your wife is cheating after your neighbor has shown you a video of her at a swingers club. Either way you are not getting invited to the big dance.

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This football season will tell us all that we need to know about our program. We have the core talent and SENIOR leadership on D that maybe I have not seen in 35-40 years or more and we have some spot recruits lately that supposedly can provide depth and infuse talent in key areas and a QB from TPA (and a back up all world QB) that we were told is all world ……………..so let us tee it up. Let us play ball.

If we cannot compete with LSU or Alabama is the SEC CG then, we never will and that will be all that we need to know about CMR. The SC game is huge …………….it needs to show a turn around in that game lately. If not, then SS is a better man in his old age than CMR ever will be.

UGA man, class of 71 & 73

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Great blog with really good opinions for a change. 71 & 73 this should be a fun year and I agree on that. Were you at the 1976 Bama/ UGA game in Athens? We beat them and a fan stole Bears hat as he left the sidelines. They were ranked very high that year. Athens was one big party that weekend. Bama stayed at the Holiday Inn behind the KA house and Eli the band was playing and turned the speakers around. The players has to sleep
In the hallways with all the noise. I remember Matt Robinson lining up on a goal line play behind the guard. Al Pollard our fullback moved him under center. He was pretty jacked up at the time. Too funny

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Big Crimson 75

February 9th, 2012
3:28 pm

“Not so fast my friends on that LSU to the SECCG next year……
We may have a little something to say about that!
LSU is in shambles right now….. Miles is under heat again, they are losing better juniors to the draft than we are, Russell Shepphard, Jarrett Lee & the Hebert posse are taking shots at Miles.
Plus, LSU has a big un-known @ QB next year.
This was their year & they blew it.”

Obviously what you just spewed out shows you know nothing about football. First of all LSU has 5 returning starters coming back on the OL. Mettenberger or really anyone will be an upgrade over Jefferson.

LSU basically only loses Reuben Randle on offense and all of the 4 running backs are back plus Jeremy Hill coming in. The Tigers have alot of talent at wide receiver and we have alot of players coming back on defense.

You are losing Trent who was pretty much your offense as well as losing Maze and Hanks.

You seem to have forgotten that LSU beat the Tide in 2010 and in 2011. And yes Saban did out coach Miles in New Orleans but anyone that knows anything about football knows Miles out coached Saban in November 2010 in Baton Rouge and in Tuscalooser last November.

We know it’s a bitter pill to swallow you.

This isn’t to say LSU will win next November but I like our chances with what we have coming back and what the Tide has returning,

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Where is Mark Richt’s EXTENSION for Heavens’ sake ? And where is Todd Grantham’s EXTENSION. And, where is Mike Bobo’s pink slip ?

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BobDawg February 9th, 2012 11:44 pm

“Were you at the 1976 Bama/ UGA game in Athens? We beat them and a fan stole Bears hat as he left the sidelines. They were ranked very high that year. Athens was one big party that weekend. Bama stayed at the Holiday Inn behind the KA house and Eli the band was playing and turned the speakers around. The players has to sleep In the hallways with all the noise. I remember Matt Robinson lining up on a goal line play behind the guard. Al Pollard our fullback moved him under center. He was pretty jacked up at the time.”
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Yeah, I was here. After the game, I went down to the locker-room. They waited a few minutes, then opened the double-doors. The reporters went in. I gravitated toward Matt Robinson’s locker. He took off his pull-away jersey # 17. He hung it on the hook. It fell. At my feet. I picked it up. Everyone talking to him. I just walked out with it. Alabama was # 1.

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SOUTH LA. – why did you guys stay in the option all night against Bama in the NC??? We gave Bama the blueprint on D during our 1st half against you guys in the SECCG and with Bama having a month to prepare, not sure why your Sr. did not get in for some snaps and a change of pace , etc….

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Georgia ended up # 10 AP Poll Alabama ended up # 11

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I agree it’s time the UGA Athletic Board get serious about bringing a championship qualities to the Basketball Program and do whjat is necessary to get this done. There is absolutely no reason why Georgia Basketball should ever be last in the SEC with all the talent in our state. I believe Mark Fox is the right guy to lead the program but he needs to upgrade his assistants and hire a top recruiter who knows the High School Coaches and is familar with the Atlanta AAU Program. Regarding the facilities that are in decent shape but also get the final upgrades and expansion completed to Sanford Stadium even if it needs to be budgeted in stages like Tennessee did with the rennovations to Neyland.

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As long as Richt and Bobo are at UGA I don’t really care about what the playoff format is because we won’t be in the playoff anyway. We have not beat a top twenty team for years so being a top four team is not going to happen. The gutless, balless board will continue the tradition of mediocrity and congratulating themselves about recruiting and then saying “next year could be the year”. Georgia is miles behind the elites in both coaching and recruiting. Yea we get a few prizes but the depth is nowhere close to the top tier and besides we will coach them down anyway. The yes man board at UGA needs replacing.

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an 8 team playoff as a minimum but i like at least 16 teams.

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UGA HAS JUST PROVED AGAIN THAT THEY ARE HAPPY JUST BEING A 2ND TIER TEAM.

KEEPING RICHT NOT DEMOTING BOBO JUST PROVES AGAIN THAT UGA IS STUCK, STUCK

BEING FOREVER 2ND TIER. THE DEFINATION OF DOING THE SAME OLD THING AND

EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS; CRAZY!

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TDF (and others) how about an 8 team playoff with the 6 conference champs plus the 2 highest ranked “at large” teams ?

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Jim

February 9th, 2012
8:13 pm

Well you clearly have no clue what you are talking about. Learn something then post.

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dawginduluth

February 9th, 2012
10:06 pm

He got the extension to secure recruits.

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BobDawg

February 10th, 2012
6:49 am

Les had a meltdown before the game. Players and the OC came to him saying they wanted Lee to start and play most of the game bc he gave them the best chance.

Les lost it, told his OC to find another job, and benched the players that confronted him. (starting OL and RS) So Les called the plays all night. And you could tell his players gave up on him, and made a point that they are more important than him.

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short memories

February 10th, 2012
8:14 am

Wow another that has no clue what they are talking about. Run along little troll you certaintly are no UGA fan.

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Marv

February 10th, 2012
9:01 am

Wow yet another moron that has no clue what they are talking about. Must be the weather constantly flipping turning more and more posters into idiots.

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@Marv, that insanity quote is so overused (and not even remotely accurate for the matter). Stop listening to the Stu’s. They are bankrupting your originality.

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O’L TIRED DOG

February 10th, 2012
9:28 am

Good for you some of us have time to kill at work, thanks for your concern

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CEPH……..I am in total agreement. He doesn’t have it. If he did, we would already have one. He was the only one who couldn’t see the problem with Willie Martinez’ defense when we had Stafford, Moreno, Green on offense. Now look……it’s flipped flopped. Bobo is holding back the offense when we have a top 5 defense.
We are in desperate need of OL and he doesn’t sign 1 from the state of GA, including one who dreamed of being a bulldog his whole life. Richt just can’t put it all together.

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Adams sniffs out money with the nose of a bloodhound, and most of it ends up in Adams’ bank account. If Adams supports a playoff, there is something in it for him.

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Dr. Phil

February 10th, 2012
9:57 am

how could there be something in it for him??? Dont get me wrong I hate Adams but the only way he would even remotely benefit would be if the playoff games happened at home stadiums

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ugab

February 10th, 2012
10:07 am

Its not time for a new HC. Richt is here to stay. If you dont like it…… WE DONT CARE. As you are a tech nerd not a UGA fan.

Name one good replacement for Richt?

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1 replacement for MR would be our current DC. TG don’t have coaching experience,but he has the fire the dawgs have missed for a LONG TIME.

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ugab

February 10th, 2012
10:14 am

hahahahahhaha man you are dumb. BVG had nothing to work with in Atlanta. He had no DBs, so of course he is going to have LBs help in coverage. Until the Falcons sign some solid DBs (and get rid of that waste Dunta) the def will always struggle in pass defense.

As for his time at UGA, he was one of the best DCs in the country and we would have never won the SEC without him. So once again I say you are not a UGA fan and some techie loser posing as one.

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ugab

February 10th, 2012
10:16 am

Like you just said 0 experience. So you would want to start from complee scratch with another guy with 0 experience???? good call moron

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Include in the contract that he has to send his QB’s to the Manning QB Camp each year. Other top schools do it and apparently with good results. It is the least he could do for them and the rest of us! He and Boblo sux at coaching QB’s!!!!!!!!!!

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TDF…….You are a MORON. People like you are the reason we will never win a NC. David Greene IMHO actually cost us a NC if you want the truth of it. Bet you don’t like to hear that though do you????? Just keep drinking Richts kool-aid there buddy.

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TDF……Bobo sux, any comment from you on that?

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danny

February 10th, 2012
11:13 am

hahahahahahaha yea after that comment im the moron ahhahahahahaha.

Greene cost us a title???? please enlighten us with your garbage you clown.

FYI if you dont like Richt go find another team bc he will be here for a while.

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Willie Martinez

# 80 Pass Defense nationally at OKLAHOMA 2011-2012 season

He SUCKED.

Duh.

So, they let him go to be replaced by Bob Stoops

Defensive Secondary Coach

http://www.crimsonandcreammachine.com/2012/1/13/2705565/oklahoma-finally-announces-mike-stoops-return-willie-martinez

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DawginLex

February 10th, 2012
11:44 am

Is it official yet?

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Who cares about a play-off, can the DAWGS just win maybe the SEC EAST and THE SEC and maybe, just maybe a bowl game!!!!! Gessh..

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My response to TDF will not print…something is wrong here….

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YES to a playoff, 1st choice is a 8 team playoff but could accept a 4 team. 8 team would have auto entry for SEC, Big 10, Pac 12, Big 12. After that it is a matter of choice. I think the second 4 would be up for grabs by other conferences but not automatic. This leaves a way for conf. like Big East, etc but not auto. Some question on whether or not a team from say Big Ten, could get in if they were not already the league champions. I think not but possibly.
The 4 main bowls could serve as the first round of 4 against 4 and then have 2 vs 2 and then 1 vs 1 for the winner. Sounds simple and keeps the bowls in the picture. Cullowheedawh

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D FENCE: I totally agree with you about Delaney and the Big 10 (or whatever they are) now wanting a playoff because they are jealous and looking at the SEC. For years they had this air of superiority until they got throttled by UF for the 06 Title. The Big 10 has been irrelevant on the national scene for the last 6-8 years. I love it.
Go SEC!

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Dangerous

February 10th, 2012
12:20 pm

Did I say just points??? Nope there are about 25 stats that are compared in the article im talking about. But yes bobo puts up more points on average than Richt did. And its not just a one year analysis. It spans 4 years I believe

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TDF all you do is throw out numbers without any basis. Do you think everyone on this blog is stupid enough to believe the garbage you are espewing. You try to come across as if you have inside information that everyone else is not privvy to. But if it trips your trigger go for it, because obviously you don’t have a live audience (or a friend ) that will listen to you. Van Gorder left on his own volition (because he knew he wouldn’t learn anything under Richt) it wasn’t because everyone was trying to hire him away. But just keep talking TDF because you apparently love tol hear yourself (obviously you are clueless.) The great thing about stupid people is that they just have to keep talking so that everyone can find out.

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BVG saved a lot of CMR inept offensive outputs to win games. Coaching in the SEC went down for a while, but now it is super strong across the board and Bobo is struggling with the better D’s…and lesser ones out of conference .pts on the board at the end of the game matter and how you pursue them as an O coach matter too. My 12 year old daughter isn’t as naive as you….sorry.

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Dangerous

February 10th, 2012
12:45 pm

Did I ever say anything different. did I not point out that Richt was much better at calling plays in the big games than bobo is????

Have I not been defending BVG as a great DC for us????

Learn to read , maybe your little girl can teach you that.

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Buck Strickland

February 10th, 2012
12:55 pm

Good point no one should

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Hurry up and get that contract done!!! We all have the champagne on ice and are ready to pop the corks! We’re looking to celebrate a long term deal all over the South!!

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SEC Fans for Richt

February 10th, 2012
1:08 pm

hahahahah celebrate what losing to UGA for 4 extra years??

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Dangerous

February 10th, 2012
1:14 pm

that much is evident. Call me whatever you like it doesnt bother me.

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BVG left for money and that is a fact that I know to be true….you sir do not know everything that YOU portend to to. Saving face…little troll…we are back to FU and don’t have a good day.

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Dangerous

February 10th, 2012
1:23 pm

hahahahahaha of course he got more money to go along with it. He wanted a shot in the NFL saw a chance and took it.

I dont pretend to know anything. I am a huge dawg fan and follow them very closely. Sorry for knowing things

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Robert N. visiting Athens this weekend

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Okay everyone, lets all in unison give TDF a robust round of applause acknowledging that he is the brighest,most articulate,smartest yada,yada, yada and the most knowledgeable UGA football expert that has ever posted on this blog. That is all he wants and needs. Lets show him a little love people, he needs that assurance from everyone. I highly commend him for his tireless and relentless effort to make sure that we are all informed and that he is unselfishly passing on this knowledge so that we can quit thinking on our own. All we have to do is read his posts and we can be assured that we are reading the truth and nothing but the truth. If McGarity were to read this blog i’m sure he would love to welcome him aboard as the new title of UGA football expert. I hope not though because then we would lose him on this blog and boy would we (the fans) suffer without all that information. Everyone keep their fingers crossed that McGarity doesn’t stumble on to this blog.

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CEPH

February 10th, 2012
2:00 pm

hahahahah awwwww did someone get offended that I bashed their stupid opinion???? awww you want a tissue little guy???

i dont care if you dont believe a single word I post. but I wont allow your garbage to be spewed on here you little troll, and have a fan actually believe it as the truth, or think that all UGA fans are just little whinny babies like you.

Go cry in the corner, until you learn some things about football.

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Groundhogday

February 10th, 2012
2:08 pm

The number one player in the country Robert N. but yea i think he is very close to athens.

I dare not even try to spell his last name.

Doubt we really have a shot at him, but its good he is at least continuing to visit us. Bamas to lose (His HS coach went to Bama and is pushing him that way)

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dangerous

February 10th, 2012
2:12 pm

Was clearly mocking you calling me whimp clown.

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Groundhogday

February 10th, 2012
2:17 pm

Yea, he is def a reason to hope. Any team will be lucky to have him. Guy is an absolute beast. imagine having him, JHC, The Rev, Jordan Jenkins, foster (Will be a dawg!), and tray Matthews out on the field together in 2013!!

Now that would be one of the best defenses of all time.

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CEPH

February 10th, 2012
2:26 pm

hahahahhaha actually no I win bc I destroyed your crying moaning post and showed how little you know.

Didnt say you had to stop posting just stop spewing garbage and crying. But most trolls stop when they get embarrassed enough, so be my guest and keep trying if you want.

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TDF is the follower that leaders love. He equates loyalty with not questioning anything. Anyone who is a critical thinker and disagrees he states that they can’t possibly be a fan. In frustration for not being able to refute the facts he resorts to namecalling. He is typical of why UGA is destined to continue its path of mediocrity. I am sure the cults would love to have you. In the years to follow you can continue to defend mediocrity and live for hope.

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TDF your last post just confirms what I said. I said you were the winner and you still had to post again. This is my last reply to you. I have no interest in sitting here point counterpointing with someone who really doesn’t understand football as well as he thinks he does(especially UIGA football) Saban, MIles, Myers etc, etc are great football coaches not Richt, and that is the fallacy in your makeup because you think he is> As long as the UGA fan gets in the line you are in and follow that road of mediocrity things will never change. Frankly that isn’t good enouigh for me!!!!!

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What should we expect from the Bulldogs with a new contract extention for Richt? Is anyone excited about the future?

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How many more years they extend Richt’s contract is how many more years they don’t get a dime more out of me. For the record, I contributed every year since 1973 when I graduated from the Medical College of Georgia. Even during the twenty years I did in the US Army.

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hey, Tim. How long did it take you to write this article – must have been a real ball-breaker ???

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I have bashed Richt a lot the last few years, and with good reason. That being said, you don’t fire a coach who wins 10 games in a row with a young team. Give him a 3 year deal and be done with it. I agree with other posters that McGarity will fire Richt if he goes 6-7 again, but if he’s going 10-3 or 11-2, you can’t justify firing him. Now, we’re NOWHERE near where Bama and LSU are, and we’ll probably never get there because Richt just doesn’t have the drive and determination it takes to propel his team to the top. Richt is, and always has been, guy who is content to let the cards fall as they may. He’s content with being good, and good is what we’ll be as long as he’s our head coach. We may at times be VERY GOOD, but good nonetheless.

As far as a playoff system, I’m quite frankly tired of this whole argument. College football will probably at some point have a plus one, but anything other than that is a stretch. At this point, I just don’t care anymore.

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with that sec east title, richt saved his job–the board will be forced to give him a new long term contract and huge raise. He’ll be at UGA for years!

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Crimedog,
Let it rest. One only has to look at the Gainesville, Fla papers during Buckeye Urban’s tenure, or Saban’s at LSU or ‘Bammy to see that the supposed ‘double standard’ goes on at all schools. Look at the way court cases are adjudicated…double standards apply in every walk of life. Right? No. Restricted only to Richt? No. By the way, witness who picked the girl up (drunk) in the middle of the night from downtown Athens says the young lady had no marks on her at the time of her being picked up. Let the system play itself out before judging Sanders C

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I would like to see two rules implemented in NCAA football. Rule #1 – if a team goes more than two weeks without playing a game – their season is over. If a team is idle for more than 14 days they are not allowed to play another game until the following season begins. This puts an immediate end to the ludicrous and completely indefensible gap between a team’s last regular season game and a bowl game. Rule #2 – if a playoff is implemented it must include at least 16 teams. I am in favor of the playoff format used in Georgia High School football with 32 teams, but make 16 the absolute minimum.

Then sit back and watch with amusement as the parasites that rule college football whine and moan about their having to go out and get a real job.

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I like beer! http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/4151/30285560.gif

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