Barbara Dooley on son Derek: ‘That’s my baby and I’m pulling for Tennessee’
Barbara Dooley, pictured with her husband of 52 years, Vince Dooley, makes no bones about it. She will be wearing orange and pulling for the Tennessee Volunteers Saturday at Sanford Stadium. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
ATHENS – Make no mistake about it. There are no split allegiances or conflicted emotions for Barbara Dooley. The longtime First Lady of Georgia Athletics will be decked head-to-toe in orange on Saturday and rooting for the Tennessee Vols.
More specifically, she’ll be pulling for her youngest son, Derek Dooley, who at this moment happens to be Vols’ head football coach, and a beleaguered one at that.
“I’ve never been conflicted about it,” said Barbara, Vince Dooley’s wife of 52 years and Derek’s mom of 44. “That’s my baby and I’m pulling for Tennessee. If the Georgia people don’t understand that then I just don’t get it.”
At this point, most of them get it. This is, after all, now old hat for the Dooleys. Derek is in his third season as Tennessee’s coach. So they’ve done the road trip to Knoxville and, after Saturday, will have twice endured the awkwardness of seeing their son on the opposing sideline at Sanford Stadium. They’ve developed sort of a routine for dealing with it.
Vince, the Bulldogs’ head coach and athletic director for a total of 41 years, won’t come anywhere near Sanford Stadium on Saturday. He’ll watch the game on the television in their Milledge Circle home, where he can twist and kick and cringe in private. And Barbara will dress in resplendent orange and go to the game like always. She said she’ll sit in the same UGA press box suite she has for a half-century.
“It’ll be my routine Saturday of entertaining and getting to the game,” Barbara said. “We’ve got a house full of company. I plan on eating, making people happy, then going to the game and sitting in the middle of a bunch of Georgia people. like always.”
As for her husband, she said, “I can understand how Vincent really and truly can’t go into that stadium that he worked in for so many years. It’s such a part of his life. He can’t just go sit in there. Plus, he could never have any privacy and just watch the game.”
As for her son, these are difficult times for him. The heat has been turned up in Knoxville, where he’s 14-15 overall and 3-1 this season. At issue is Derek’s record against ranked opponents. He’s 0-11 coming into the Georgia game. The Bulldogs are, of course, ranked No. 5.
“I don’t have any illusions of grandeur,” Barbara said of Saturday’s matchup. “I just hope Tennessee plays the very, very best they can play. Then we’ll see what happens.”
It’s not likely to get better for Derek if the Vols don’t start winning big games such as this Saturday. He inherited a tough situation, following the failed one-year experiment that was Lane Kiffin. But patience is not generally equated with modern-day college football.
“I think Derek went to Tennessee and the cupboard was really bare. It was bare, bare,” Barbara said. “So I think he’s done a really good job of recruiting his own players in there. But it’s just going to take time. I hope the fans realize you can’t snap your finger and do it. They look at [Nick] Saban, who had tremendous success at LSU and tremendous success at Alabama, but the cupboards were full there. They just needed somebody to point them in the right direction. This is a whole different situation and I think the Tennessee people realize it.”
Barbara also thinks the Vols have been a bit unlucky. She referred to last year’s game in which quarterback Tyler Bray broke his thumb on the helmet of Georgia linebacker Christian Robinson. She became friends with Robinson as they both rehabbed injuries in the Georgia football training room.
“I’m telling Christian Robinson right now to keep his hands and his head to himself,” she cracked. “He killed our season.”
Barbara was asked if she was concerned about her son’s job security.
“Of course I’m worried,” she said. “I was worried when Vince was coaching. Are you kidding?”
She reeled off stories of Georgia fans hanging Vince in effigy, having an airplane drop “Dump Dooley” fliers all over Athens and coming home from vacation to find a for-sale sign in the front yard.
“Come on, I’ve been there,” she said with a laugh. “I got sick from it. Literally I was a nervous wreck. But we knew it was like that when we took the job. I remember Vince saying, ‘just keep a suitcase ready because we never know when they’re going to throw us out of here.’ So I didn’t clean the house for 25 years. I kept thinking we were going to move.”
Alas, they never did. She hopes Derek can stay put as well.
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dean
September 27th, 2012
2:04 pm
Thanks Chip. Mrs. Dooley is a momma first. Just as it should be.
GeoffDawg
September 27th, 2012
2:06 pm
If Barbara really wanted to support her son, she’d make him get rid of those orange pants.
CL
September 27th, 2012
2:06 pm
UT will lose, sorry
da' rick
September 27th, 2012
2:09 pm
what a skank.
SC Old Dawg
September 27th, 2012
2:10 pm
You just have to love Barbara and Vince – just great people.
No Beans Just Grits and Gravy
September 27th, 2012
2:13 pm
Nothing like a TRUE MOTHER’S love. It can even make you a trader to the man paying your bills all your life.
da' rick
September 27th, 2012
2:15 pm
jump off a bridge bubba
oHm
September 27th, 2012
2:15 pm
UGA can’t win. UT has the best coach in America according to Babs.
CHDawg
September 27th, 2012
2:17 pm
Pretty funny! We better look out. TN has a chip on their shoulder because we are 5, and they aren’t ranked. They also have a lot of kids from Georgia. Some probably feel like they got the cold shoulder from Athens and have something to prove. At the very least, they want to win in front of their friends and family. TN was ahead of Florida late in the third qtr. This is a perfect setup for an upset over the Dawgs. Let’s hope we can come out strong and ready, and get stronger! Go Dawgs.
ZinoDawg
September 27th, 2012
2:17 pm
A parent should always put their kid first. And please remove that inexcusable comment from da’rick.
GATA!
7576DAWG
September 27th, 2012
2:19 pm
The bad thing about Derek’s situation is he may lose 6 games this year and get fired where nobody else could have done better. Then next year the next Head Coach come in and wins 10 or 12 games only because Derek did such a great job recruiting the last three years which includes 2013 class. It will be a shame if someone else gets credit for what he did.
Same thing happened at Georgia when we hired Grantham. It has taken 3 complete years for HIS recruits to make an impact.
No matter what Tennessee’s record end up this year I hope he will be given at least one more year. Next year will be the year to really judge how good Derek is as a head coach.
bob
September 27th, 2012
2:21 pm
A “trader.” Really?? We are on a University’s blog, talking about the UNIVERSITY of Georgia, and we have people on here that don’t know how to spell the word traitor? English 1101 at UGA? Go get on the Atlanta Falcons blog.
Chip Towers
September 27th, 2012
2:23 pm
Bubba J: I’ve never banned you or anyone else for correcting spelling errors. However, I will ban folks for using multiple names, using expletives, being vulgar or just plain mean and antagonistic toward others on the board. You’ve used a few different ones, so be warned. But be kind and courteous and respectful of others and you should be fine. Thanks for posting.
MarkRichtHasGirlHips
September 27th, 2012
2:26 pm
Babs has it right. Vols rule! Rocky Top Baby!!!
bubba king
September 27th, 2012
2:27 pm
Well, on the bright side…this is prolly the last year she’ll have to go to Athens cheering for Derek as UTs head coach….
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GoBigDog
September 27th, 2012
2:34 pm
@bob — Excellent point!!! The ridiculously ignorant grammatical errors in this blog are so frustrating. Come on, No Beans. Are you really that uneducated?
Dawg Fud
September 27th, 2012
2:37 pm
Barbara, we understand and no explanation needed. Derek is your son and you should support him. Would not expect anything less.
This should be a great game and I am hoping we are prepared to play well. Get after those Volunteers!!
GO DAWGS!
Rick James
September 27th, 2012
2:37 pm
Will somebody please te me what happened with Derek and his childhood freind Chuck Smith.It terrified me when he got that job at Tennesee because I thought he would sign whoever he wanted in Georgia.Then he has the sidewalk press conference and he’s gone..
WDE
September 27th, 2012
2:40 pm
Mrs Dooley is a lady to ride the river with..Go Dogs !
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Buddy Landel
September 27th, 2012
2:43 pm
Chip Towers
September 27th, 2012
2:23 pm
Bubba J: I’ve never banned you or anyone else for correcting spelling errors. However, I will ban folks for using multiple names
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I wish the folfs over on the Braves beat blogs would use these guidelines. Kudos to you, Chip.
St Simons
September 27th, 2012
2:43 pm
As it should be – she’s a good mama. We still love you, Barbara.
maybe he’ll coach back at home after Mark retires
Buddy Landel
September 27th, 2012
2:43 pm
folks, not folfs
rhbDAWG1
September 27th, 2012
2:45 pm
No Beans Just Grits and Gravy – I think you mean “traitor”. Of course she is a “trader” in where her loyalty lies because of her son. I have a son and I understand completely but I hope the Dooley family is very sad at Saturday’s score.
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Class of '98
September 27th, 2012
2:48 pm
The funniest thing in the world is to hear either Barbara or Derek pronounce the word “bank”. As in those radio spots where she claims to love “Georgian Boyank”. I don’t it’s even possible to spell it the way she pronounces it.
Blue Ridge Dawg
September 27th, 2012
2:53 pm
Mama’s boy!… But that’s ok i guess?? This isn’t gonna be an easy win people. Dawgs better be ready, and I am sure they are! I still remember 2004. GO DAWGS!!
Frank Lane
September 27th, 2012
3:01 pm
“so I didn’t clean the house for 25 years.” What a hoot she is.
truedawg
September 27th, 2012
3:01 pm
Mother’s love…Well I wish him well every weekend but this one. I’ll bet you money though Ol’ Coach won’t be wearing Orange at home..lol I do think UT is moving in the right direction, but not there yet. I can handle Bab’s cheering UT if she can handle me booing her son, his team, and the state of Tenn..lol UGA 42-UT13 …GATA..GO DAWGS!!!
JoeFann
September 27th, 2012
3:09 pm
Trouble is, this is Georgia’s trap game–after a great game against Vandy and already eyeing the showdown with USCe and the HBC next week. UT is not without talent, especially on offense, and if the Dawgs aren’t ready they could get popped in the mouth. Even so, the Dawgs have the weapons to respond. UT will be ready. I hope the Dawgs are. Still think UGA’ll win, but maybe from behind.
As for Barbara, we’d expect no less and hold no ill will. Still like her. Vince wins, either way.
Go Dawgs!
Dozer
September 27th, 2012
3:09 pm
This story is old – we get it – do we have to hear this every year?
James
September 27th, 2012
3:10 pm
I can only imagine Vince Dooley watching his old team play his son’s team. Who do you root for? That has to be conflict. I would root for my son and feel dissappointed if UGA lost, but happy for my son.
If you put a webcam on him, that would be serious reality TV.
Barbara, I like your son as my alma mater’s head coach. I hope he stays at UT for a very long time.
Layinlow
September 27th, 2012
3:10 pm
Frankly, I could care less if she pulls for her dumb son who will soon be the ex ut coach. However, She could be a little more tactful about it. Go to the game wear your orange and pull for your son but you could have done it without running to the press to try and antagonize Uga fans with it. Plus you make your son look foolish by calling him your baby boy in public when he is the head of a major sec program. He is now a punch line because of you. And one more thing the dooley’s wouldn’t even have A legacy at Uga without Herschel.
Bring back Barbara's wardrobe, fire Derek
September 27th, 2012
3:14 pm
No problem….but when he gets fired, she better give up all that orange crap….and both her and Vince back at the stadium cheering for the Dawgs every Saturday.
Indian Dawg
September 27th, 2012
3:15 pm
Just a reminder that this Saturday’s game is a RED OUT! Come loud and proud! I don’t want a repeat of 2007. Cost us a shot at the title.
Here’s the official event, hosted by UGA Spike Squad, which I helped create.
https://www.facebook.com/events/333150966780012/
Go Dawgs!
Don'tsufferfools
September 27th, 2012
3:19 pm
Let’s say Derek survives 20 years as UT head coach. Will this subject still be discussed when they play UGA? Of course Barbara should support her son, especially after Adams back stabbed her husband. We should all remember Derek was man enough to go his own way. He played for Virginia when he could have walked on at UGA and tried to ride his dad’s coattails but he didn’t. Give him credit.
JRHD
September 27th, 2012
3:21 pm
Man I just love me some Babs. She is a classy lady. She would have done this state proud as a senator, but then again D.C. wouldn’t have known what hit them when she got there and started shaking things up w/ her down home sensibilities. Anyway, I hope UT gives Derek a chance after we beat the orange of the vols on Saturday.
MJ
September 27th, 2012
3:29 pm
Since 2009:
Derek Dooley is 0-11 vs teams that finish in the top 25.
Mark Richt is 0-9 vs. teams that finish in the top 25.
What a pair!
Ed
September 27th, 2012
3:34 pm
And if the Dooleys were at liberty to be honest, they’d probably admit to pulling for Auburn against Georgia every year since Vince Dooley retired from the Athletic Department. Remember the “War Eagle” Dooley gave during a radio interview in 2010? That’s their alma mater, after all. So that makes them like the rest of us.
This is a silly non-issue that somehow keeps getting raised every year.
On another note, you have to love Barbara Dooley. A pretty, funny, outspoken Lebanese-American with one of the deepest southern accents you’ll ever hear. They don’t make many like her.
441North
September 27th, 2012
3:35 pm
Tennessee’s Derek Dooley is Alabama’s Mike Shula.
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CaliDawg
September 27th, 2012
3:44 pm
Adams never backstabbed Dooley…Dooley played the Favre card…”I’m gonna retire..no I’m coming back”…holding Adams, the AD, and University hostage one too many times. Bottom line…IMO Dooley’s ego and selfishness hurt the University during those last years as AD (look at the head coaches throughout the ADept and the lack of changes that needed to be made). It was only after they held him to his retirement that VD showed his true political savvy style and hurt UGA in many ways – dividing the University. Is that a true UGA man? Not once did he as AD walk up through the crowd back to the press box until AFTER he wanted the crowd (literally and figuratively) against Dr. Adams. I’ll never forget the day Dooley held up a picture a kid colored and asked for Ron Jirsa to be the head basketball coach at UGA…and then actually stated during the press conference, that is what made him decide Jirsa was the right man for the job. Just sad.
GT
September 27th, 2012
3:44 pm
Barbara Dooley is great! I got a daughter, two grown and married, and they are still my baby girls. It’s what life is all about even trumps football. (one is a Georgia grad, and made me wear all red and black to the Sugar Bowl when it was here). Now that is love.
kingdaddy
September 27th, 2012
3:51 pm
Sorry Barbs, you just lost all cred in my book. I understand Tn. is a nice place to live, lol. I lived there 22 years, but I was Dawg the whole time. Look how the state of Tn. turned on Spurrier and he wasn’t even born there…
kingdaddy
September 27th, 2012
3:52 pm
Poor Vince…
Long-time Dawg
September 27th, 2012
3:53 pm
Barbara–Trailways is ready when you are.
78Dawg
September 27th, 2012
3:54 pm
Vince and Barbara will always be number 1 in Bulldog history
VolstudentfromGA
September 27th, 2012
3:55 pm
Tennessee won’t fire Dooley unless they fail to make a bowl game this year. His buyout is 5 mil this year, so it wouldn’t be good business canning him at this point unless they truly lose to somebody they shouldn’t, like Troy, vandy, and Kentucky. They’d be paying 3 coaches if they fired Dooley as they’re still paying fulmer’s contract.
UGA wins 38-24. Tennessee will score a decent amount but they won’t stop UGA.
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Or, as Barbara once told Vince...
September 27th, 2012
3:59 pm
…”Bubba J: I’ve never banned you or anyone else for correcting spelling errors. However, I will ban folks “…
Then how come you deleted my story on Barbara demanding that Vince “play or trade”? You know it is a true story and it was not vulgar, yet you banned it anyway…
441North
September 27th, 2012
4:02 pm
CaliDawg, couldn’t agree more. VD thought he was bigger than UGA. He signed a 6 month contract extension as AD, thinking he could get more when that expired. But when that didn’t happen, and Adams stood up to him, he showed his rear end. Very sad way to end a career.
Layinlow
September 27th, 2012
4:02 pm
Calidawg, I’ ll go one step further. He was an absolutely horrible athletic director. The decision to hire ray freakin goff and sticking with him way past the time he should have been let go. Then he goes out and tries to hire Glenn mason who was a mediocre coached at Minnesota and then Kansas to come south and coach a major sec program. Really Vince? Then after getting burned by mason and Uga being humiliated he has to make a last minute hire of Donnan to save face. And while I don’t particularly care for Adams he played a big role in landing richt regardless of what the revisionist historians say. Like I said he wouldn’t have much of a legacy at Uga without Herschel. Personally, I think the dooley’s are bitter at Uga and probably pull against the school every week.
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Don Abernethy
September 27th, 2012
4:16 pm
Well somebody has to root for them. Jobs are hard to come by and I am sure they are interested in their son staying employed.
AltamahaDawg
September 27th, 2012
4:18 pm
Right on, Mama Dooley. As would we all.
Joey
September 27th, 2012
4:20 pm
I just with she would have said, “no comment.”
And to think I bought her book and got her autograph it for me at our chamber banquet.
I think I’ll have a private book-burning . . .
Disgusted
September 27th, 2012
4:20 pm
I can understand the Dawg Nation reactions, but most people would appreciate a mother being a mother and let it go, while cheering for the Dawgs. CaliDawg, however, you are the “SAD” one. Anyone with a brain that has truly loved and followed UGA football knows Michael Adams was and is a total jerk. His determination to not recognize Vince Dooley is pathetically small and petty and just a result of having a huge ego for no apparent reason.
Vince Dooley has every right to have an ego for what he accomplished over many years, not just limited to when Herschel was there.
As for coaches, CaliDawg, I guess you conveniently forgot Adams hiring of Harrick! Nice.
Ga/Fl.Stillman dog
September 27th, 2012
4:22 pm
Do you Babs, I would cheer for my son every year we played. Family first, all else can run a never ending Marathon.
Joey
September 27th, 2012
4:25 pm
“They look at [Nick] Saban, who had tremendous success at LSU and tremendous success at Alabama, but the cupboards were full there.”
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Whew! Spin, spin, spin, Barb.
Um, LSU was 3-8 and 4-7 the two years before Saban got there – really full cupboards . . .
Ckgator
September 27th, 2012
4:26 pm
The bigger question is why UGA has allowed the Dooleys to loaf around the program for 30 years?
His winning percentage in non-Herschel years is under .600.
Hardly the stuff of legends.
1Dog1
September 27th, 2012
4:26 pm
this may be derek’s last year at UT–he can’t coach a lick and may have to move in with barbara and vince when he runs out of money.
Chris Snow
September 27th, 2012
4:29 pm
At MJ, add a couple wins to CMR. Auburn last year, and GT in 2009.
hit a single
September 27th, 2012
4:31 pm
Why even bring this up? Damn it is her son, you better believe she should pull for him. Anybody with any family values would do the same.
hit a single
September 27th, 2012
4:34 pm
Oh yea, that is a big part of what is wrong with this world. Family values are not there with many.
You want to fix education, you fix the family!
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Disgusted
September 27th, 2012
4:35 pm
Hey Ckgator, since you are so into stats how about his record versus Florida? Go back to the swamp!
hit a single
September 27th, 2012
4:36 pm
Sorry didn’tmean to get on soap box. Go Dawgs! Barbara, I would be disappointed if you didn’t pull for the Vols.
Dawg1
September 27th, 2012
4:37 pm
Really… This is a shocker… If it were my son, I would be pulling for UT too…
next…
Joey
September 27th, 2012
4:37 pm
Don’t get me wrong. I love Vince Dooley. Butts, Dooley, and Richt are the coaches who put UGA on, or back on the national sports map.
Dooley had more SEC success than any coach in his time, other than Bear, and beat UF and Tech like a drum and sent UGA all over the country to major bowls.
And everybody knows Barb’s gonna pull for her son, but why say it? She coulda laughed it off from now – til “her baby” gets fired next year, and nobody would care.
If I were her, I would pull for my kid also, but nobody could have got me to admit it – thereby spitting in the face of the program that made me rich – the very program that provided me a free house that I still live in.
I bet Vince will wish he had stuffed a sock in her mouth when he reads this article . . .
Grantham's The Man!
September 27th, 2012
4:38 pm
Just as long as I don’t have to see Vince Dooley dressed in Orange!
Ckgator
September 27th, 2012
4:41 pm
Disgusted-
There are 3 recent SEC coaches who easily surpassed Dooley’s accomplishments in a fraction of the time (Spurrier, Saban, Meyer).
If coaching today, Dooley would be just another coach – sitting firmly on the hot seat.
But if you guys like seeing him in car commercials and think his wife’s opinion matters, have at it.
hit a single
September 27th, 2012
4:41 pm
What I will always appreciate about Coach Dooley is that he built a total athletic program. He made sure we were competitive in many sports. He made sure we had nice and clean facilities in a time when the money was there. Also his teams were well disciplined and he expected class to be shown. I bet one of his players never got in the face of an opponent without regretting it. That is what I like about this years team. Character is there and it shows.
hit a single
September 27th, 2012
4:42 pm
I meant when the money was not there. You didn’t have these spoiled big time boosters like you do today.
hit a single
September 27th, 2012
4:44 pm
ckgator- I am sorry that Charley Pell and all those other Gators couldn’t beat Coach Dooley. Gator Bowl victory, what a way to end a career. He owned the Gator Bowl.
DawginLex
September 27th, 2012
4:45 pm
ckgator
Don’t be mad just because Vince owned y’all for 25 years.
Don’t be mad because Aaron Murray left the state of Florida to play at UGA and y’all could use him
Don’t be mad because Richt owns Muschamp and will for 2 more years until Foley fires him
Don’t be mad
Devil's Advocate
September 27th, 2012
4:48 pm
The reason most UGA fans love Dooley is because no matter how good or bad his teams were you knew there was always a good chance of beating our rivals. Beating rivals keeps a coach employed.
Joey
September 27th, 2012
4:49 pm
Ckgator, it’s a little unfair to put Dooley’s career down as average. He was here a long time and a coach is bound to have ups and downs in 25 years – those guys you mentioned haven’t been anywhere near that long.
And to those who mention the “Herschel years,” didn’t every coach Ckgator mentioned have a Heisman Trophy winner involved in most or all of their best teams also?
slydog
September 27th, 2012
4:51 pm
She’s not rooting for Tennessee, she is rooting for Derek to keep his job.
ARdawg
September 27th, 2012
4:55 pm
Ckgator is a tool errrr troll. Well both. He is a bitter man but I hear an excellent fry cook
Devil's Advocate
September 27th, 2012
4:56 pm
Spurrier > Meyer
Gators are back where they belong…just pretty good.
Ckgator
September 27th, 2012
4:57 pm
Devils Advocate – you are correct sir. Other than that, a .715 winning percentage when so many of your wins are “gimme’s” is mediocre at best. Objective Georgia fans agree because I’ve seen them say as much on these forums. which is where I got the idea
DawginLex – not mad ‘ol chum. Just thankful to have had 2 coaches who brought us 3 titles in less time, had us pounding our rivals, and candidly love where we are headed.
Have a great evening all!
DawginLex
September 27th, 2012
4:59 pm
Joey
Yeah I love how the trolls say “take away the Herschel years”
OK, I’ll play along
Auburn-Take away Cam and Chizik is pathetic
Florida-Take away Tebow and Meyer does nothing
USC-Carroll-Take away Bush and Leinart-Nothing
Texas-Brown-Take away Vince Young and he is probably unemployed
dawg dude
September 27th, 2012
5:09 pm
Love Mrs. Dooley and her love and support for her son. I hope they give him another year to try….very hard to turn a program around in a few years.
SM9
September 27th, 2012
5:10 pm
Go Dawgs!
Ckgator
September 27th, 2012
5:13 pm
It’s a PROGRAM that produces the consistent results you see over time at Florida, LSU, Alabama, etc. Show me another impressive Dooley stretch other than the Hershel years and I’ll listen. It’s not there – not even in his time as AD, which is even more of an indictment.
You may not like it, but the Gators are 4-0 and 3-0 in the SEC. The Dawgs have a great shot at the East (nothing beats that schedule) but the biggest games are ahead of all of us.
Oh, and you guys will crush UT.
Orlandodawg
September 27th, 2012
5:13 pm
All I got to say is any Dooley is a friend of mine…Go Dawgs!
Joey
September 27th, 2012
5:20 pm
Exactly Lex.
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Couple more –
Florida-Take away Wuerffel and Spurrer does nothing
Alabama- Take away Mak Ingram and Saban does nothing
Truth is, there’s a Heisman winner or top 3 in the vote, to go along with nearly every Title.
I said “nearly,” cause Saban didn’t need one last year.
Devil's Advocate
September 27th, 2012
5:31 pm
Ckgator,
Programs provide the resources and culture for success, coaches realize it. It’s laughable that you include Florida with LSU and Bama if you want to talk about history and bang on Dooley.
Florida had a pretty good 20 year run but outside of that they were above average at best. They had zero SEC Championships before Spurrier and only won them under Meyer because of Tebow and Leak. Florida is 5th in SEC Championships behind Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and LSU (in that order). Like I said before, Spurrier is legit and the best coach Florida ever had. He would have won 4 BCS Championships in a row with the talent Meyer had. That man knows how to create some offense. Heck, he has South Carolina playing at a respectable level. So yeah, I’ll give Florida 1990 – 2010 but the glory days are over for the Gators. You guys are back to where you belong and that’s just pretty good.
If you want to look at all-time wins, the same order applies with the top 4 but add Auburn, Texas A&M, Arkansas, and even Georgia Tech before you get to Florida.
How about all-time win percentage? Florida .630, UGA .645, LSU .647, Tennessee .687, and Bama .710.
Yeah, Florida is elite alright…
Joey
September 27th, 2012
5:33 pm
“Show me another impressive Dooley stretch other than the Hershel years and I’ll listen”
*******************************************
That’s my point, ckgator. He didn’t have “stretches,” but had many great teams in his career. Even the year AFTER Herschel left, we lost by 6 points to Auburn, before beating #2 Texas in the Cotton Bowl.
Plus:
‘66) 10-1 and SEC Champs
‘68) 8-0-2 and SEC Champs
‘71) 11-1 and late season to Pat Sullivan’s Auburn kept UGA out of National Title game
‘76) 10-1 and SEC Champs, and played Tony Dorsett’s Pitt for National Title
6 SEC titles, 1 Undesputed National Title, lost another National Title by 3 points to Penn State, 3 unbeaten regular seasons, numerous Top 5 and Top 25 final rankings.
Joey
September 27th, 2012
5:43 pm
I bet if Richt saw this, Mr Jackson wouldn’t get back on the Dawg’s practice field:
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/09/27/samuel-l-jackson-asks-voters-to-wake-the-f-up-support-obama/
matt
September 27th, 2012
6:26 pm
We need to keep this woman away from our players, She has no business in Athens anymore.
Snoopy
September 27th, 2012
6:28 pm
What wonderful role models they both are.
Woofy One
September 27th, 2012
6:28 pm
Barbara get him out of those Orange pants !!
Mark from Augusta
September 27th, 2012
6:36 pm
Barbara: I’m an 83 grad from UGA. I think your son is a class act. I despise Kiffin for leaving a great SEC program. I hurt for the Razorbacks this year. I have stayed behind Richt through all the bad times. He’s the right man for the job. Your son is the right man for that job. I wish him the best of success (just not against the Dawgs). I really wouldn’t mind your husband attending the game in Sanford stadium in orange. It’s what we do down here–it’s about family. Please tell Vince to get over it. I have and would give you and him both a hug whether he was wearing orange or Red.
flo-ri-duh
September 27th, 2012
6:37 pm
Dooley’s have no loyalty…… Vince should have kept his word and stepped aside for Erk Russell who was the real brains behind UGA’s greatness during the Herschel Walker years.
BigDawg
September 27th, 2012
6:46 pm
Who cares? Pull all you want for the UGLY ORANGE, you losers are going down, 3 years in a row! Dawgs Rule, woof woof woof
icedawg
September 27th, 2012
6:58 pm
A no brainer for momma.
59bulldawg
September 27th, 2012
7:05 pm
I’ve got no problem with Barbara pulling for the Vols. And I hope Tennessee does well except for this one game. DD is a class act and is rebuilding the Vols the right way. The only question is whether or not he can do it quick enough to suit the alums.
MagicUnderpantsWillard
September 27th, 2012
7:07 pm
UT – 53 UGA – 47
DawgFan1
September 27th, 2012
7:20 pm
Dawgs better bring it!!!
MeanDog
September 27th, 2012
7:32 pm
Georgia runs the table this year, plays Bama in the SEC title game. Bama’s overrated, Ga pulls the upset. These dogs are the real deal!
Walt
September 27th, 2012
7:33 pm
To **** with bib mouth Barbara…the only reason anyone knows who she is she owes to UGA and she has forgotten that. There are several ways she could show support for both schools…I wish would have divorced her ugly *** a long time ago
GreggJones
September 27th, 2012
7:33 pm
Nothing surprising here…..same old story. Of course they are supporting their child!
Jack
September 27th, 2012
7:34 pm
Dooley’s last year at UT….mark it down.
LakeDawg
September 27th, 2012
7:38 pm
I love Barbara and Vince. Alas, their son decided to take the job at UT. I will always pull against UT no matter who they’re playing. Don’t care if Derek is the coach or not.
Cobb Dawg
September 27th, 2012
7:49 pm
I don’t blame Babs. If it were my son I’d do the same. Probably won’t be for much longer though and she’ll root for the Dawgs again.
Cobb Dawg
September 27th, 2012
7:56 pm
Case any of you Vowels get the big head about this for some reason, if Arkansas hires him next season she’ll be yelling “woo pig sooie”. And Babs can again wear red instead of the popsicle orange that she has been forced to endure.
GA Girl
September 27th, 2012
8:04 pm
Precious! Isn’t that what Mama Dawg calls Derek?
Wild Dog`
September 27th, 2012
8:32 pm
Mrs Dooley:. I can see how ‘you would support TN when your son plays another team other than UGA, UGA supported you and your family many years. But to expect UGA to appreciate your Burnt Orange in the UGA stadium. No way shame on you. Your son would understand.
FisHERMAN
September 27th, 2012
8:46 pm
I don’t blame Vince for staying home, especially with those Champion Windows!
FisHERMAN
September 27th, 2012
8:50 pm
Folks,
It’s a game! Have fun!
It’s more serious if it’s your job.
Mybulldawgs
September 27th, 2012
8:52 pm
Barbara Dooley and her loud mouth has always been an embarrasment to her husband and to the University. She needs to remember that it was the University of Georgia, not Tennessee that gave Vince his first head coaching job at a major University and at a very young age.
This same University kept him employed his entire career when many other coaches, especially those of today, would have been fired any number of times for many of the mediocre teams he coached. This same University eventually made him the A.D. of this major University and kept him employed for 41 years before a final encounter with Dr. Adams (who nobody likes anyway).
By this time Vince was well beyond the age where most men retired anyway. This same University paid them well, enabled them to buy a beautiful home, give parties and allowed ‘ol Big Mouth to be the toast of the Athens socialites. This same University provided the income to raise her family, educate them and live a happy, financially liquid and a socially productive life.
Now, she embarrases one more time by waiving the flag (the orange one), in the UGA suite. Time to lose this one, Vince. Yea, I’m a parent too and I love my child. But Barbara could support Derek without making the usual fool of herself. For the record, I like Derek too, and I hope he is successful. But not against UGA. I’ll be at the game, but not in her suite (thank goodness), but I will have on red and black.
LutzFLdawg
September 27th, 2012
8:58 pm
Barbara, you’re dead to me.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
9:29 pm
The responses from UGA fans to this article better sum up the attitude of UGA fans better than I ever could.
To those Dog fans that want to give Barbara a hard time for supporting her son, I would just say that your love for the school you root for has reached a level of ridiculousness. Of course the Dooley’s are going to support their son, and all of you would do the same. Football is a game…I know it’s exciting, and can be a big part of all of our lives in the Fall. However, get over youselves. Family should always come first, and UGA is not the only game in town.
Jomps
September 27th, 2012
9:40 pm
I love Barbara and she is a good host and mom but she should wear her awful orange and watch it from home with Vince.
Maitland dawg
September 27th, 2012
9:45 pm
Barbara go to bed enough UGA checks cashed by the Dooleys
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
9:46 pm
….and there you have it.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
9:48 pm
Stay classy UGA fans…stay classy.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
9:53 pm
Crazy as ever. I wonder how she feels about her boy paying Cord. Patterson. Worst kept secret from this past class.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
9:55 pm
Huh…what you fail to realize is that many of us UGA folk have long since considered Babs a laughing stock. She doesn’t have a lot of fans in and around Athens, and it has nothing to do with her pulling for UT.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:01 pm
Charles…fine…but many people have posted on this blog about how she shouldn’t be pulling for her son in an “outwardly” way…like it’s a sin to wear any other color into the stadium. Whether she has fans or not has nothing to do with the fact that most people I think would understand that she is pulling for her son.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:02 pm
Charles…waiting for your scoop…I’m not a TN fan, but if Dooley paid Patterson, and it’s the worst kept secret, what facts do you have?
Charles
September 27th, 2012
10:05 pm
I just gave you the scoop. Tennessee paid Cordarrelle Patterson after he committed to UGA…our coaches couldn’t reach him the last couple of days and he went radio silent. Lot of people know…it’s not exactly scoop. This stuff happens pretty frequently with programs like UT and Auburn.
KOOL
September 27th, 2012
10:09 pm
Dear Barbara,
Who you root for doesn’t change who I root for… so, clear thinking, intelligent UGA fans really don’t care.
Sincerely, KOOL
lamar
September 27th, 2012
10:13 pm
That’s Fine…Put her in Section 600 wth the rest of “em !!
Layinlow
September 27th, 2012
10:17 pm
Uga fans expect her to pull for her son but she doesn’t have to run to the press every year and make a big ordeal out of it. I respect Vince for staying home and not putting himself in that situation. Does this big supporter of her son and ut football attend all the home games in Knoxville? I seriously doubt it. Me thinks this lady is looking for attention. And read the last paragraph were she was quoted, does that sound like a lady who appreciates what this university did for her family? She sounds bitter to me.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:19 pm
Charles…yeah I know what you announced….I’m asking for more than the fact that a recruit when radio silent after changing his mind…that happens all the time. I’m also looking for more than “lots of people know…” It’s too easy to claim something like that without facts…so where are they?
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:20 pm
layinlow…Barabara did go to the press…they came to her and asked her. I think it’s great that she isn’t running from it, and is proud of her kid.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
10:26 pm
Huh – you obvioulsy don’t understand the meaning of the word ‘fact’. The fact is that Patterson was paid. To your point, or complete lack thereof, how would I provide you ‘proof’ right here? You really think every kid paid by UT over the years has been uncovered by the media? What ‘facts’ would you like me to present you with? Believe me, there are even many UT fans who would admit what happened with Patterson, and they don’t care. It’s common knowledge.
And a point on your comment about her in the press…she heard some guys on 960 last year talking about the UGA/UT game and literally drove to the station and busted into the booth…she’s a joke and all of Athens knows it. And, by the way, there’s proof on that one…go listen for yourself.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:31 pm
Charles…I know all about what Barbara did on 960. I also know what she did (or didn’t do) concerning the press this time around about the upcoming game with UGA and how she responded when the press ASKED HER about her son.
I know what the word fact means…I also know what proof means. Just because you claim it to be a fact doesn’t make it so. It’s the first I have heard of it. Give me a link to the story where it was reported. Point me to an ESPN/Fox Sports/etc. audio clip. Give me ANYTHING other than you speaking it. As a matter of fact, give me a link to where any UT player has been paid.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
10:33 pm
There is no story on it nor will there be. If you’re naive enough to think that means there’s no way it could have happened, well sweetheart, we’ll have mom come up and read you a bedtime story here shortly.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
10:34 pm
And, Huh, don’t you think most classy folks would just say ‘no comment’? The answer to that rhetorical question, by the way, is no.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
10:35 pm
lol, excuse me, that would be yes.
boots
September 27th, 2012
10:36 pm
Of course she should pull for her son. Here’s the deal, Barbara: we won’t fault you for it, but just please burn everything orange if Derek ever leaves. Frankly, you will class up the Tennessee fan-base more than a single person ever has. Go Dawgs!
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:38 pm
Charles…I don’t know of a single Southern mom with her weight would issue a “no comment” regarding supporting her son as a head coach at an SEC school.
So Charles, regarding the Patterson deal, it sound like you and some of your UGA brethren have sour grapes regarding Patterson, and it’s turned into a “UT paid him” story. It’s sad. Believe it or not, players might just actually choose to go to school somewhere other than might “Georgia.” Until you can come up with something other than “radio silence” and “others know it,” you might want to stop. It makes you sound childish.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:39 pm
I’m also waiting on any story of UT playing a player….
Kyle
September 27th, 2012
10:39 pm
She is just like all the other people in this town who live here and pull for other teams. My hometown would be so much better if these people would live where their teams are located. I’m sure old Babs can afford a home in Knoxville and like the Amityville house said ……GET OUT!!!
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:40 pm
Hey Charles…have you heard the story about how UGA paid Gurley and Jarvis Jones? Yep…it’s a fact. Everybody knows it.
kingdaddy
September 27th, 2012
10:41 pm
@ Buddy Landel, 2:43 pm
Are you the same Buddy Landel that wrestled professionally? I met you while I was a “bouncer” at Taps in Johnson City Tn. in 99′. You were pretty tanked, but we were one of the last bars in JC, you hadn’t been barred from, lol. You were a hell of a nice guy, just misunderstood while you were drinking. That was a great place…
Charles
September 27th, 2012
10:44 pm
Huh – why a southern mom? It could be any mom…and how often do we read comments from coach’s mothers? Oh, that’s right…it’s basically never…because most folks don’t crave the spotlight. You don’t see Vince commenting…they’d kill to have his comments. He’s a southern daddy, right? Your comment is stupid and without logic.
And that story on Cord isn’t created. It’s true. Childish as it may sound…here in adult-world, a lot of cheating takes place in our league. UGA isn’t immune, just not to the level of some of our rivals. This was a particularly blatant case.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
10:47 pm
UGA is blessed to have Jarvis but he definitely didn’t get paid…Gurley didn’t either – great kid. We do have a few that got handshakes, thought. Cord Patterson got seriously paid, which is different. And his juco coach got a job. Some things are on a different level.
01HAWK
September 27th, 2012
10:51 pm
They look at [Nick] Saban, who had tremendous success at LSU and tremendous success at Alabama, but the cupboards were full there. They just needed somebody to point them in the right direction. This is a whole different situation and I think the Tennessee people realize it.”
Sorry Mrs. Dooley…………………………………..But the cupboards were bare at LSU and BAMA when Nick Saban arrived at each school.
WDE
September 27th, 2012
10:53 pm
Hey its one game a season and its her child..Mrs Dooley has lived in Athens and been a huge supporter of the Dogs since what 196? Lighten up ! For over 20 years she was as big of a plus for the UGA “brand” as anyone in the state not named Vince..and she deserved the Bull Dog Nations respect as does her husband.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:57 pm
Charles…you are wrong…Gurley and Jones got paid. Dude, you don’t know that? Everybody does. I mean, I can’t prove it, nor do I have anything to go on other than what I am saying…but it’s a FACT.
On the Southern mom thing…it’s an expression Charles. Like “no self respecting Southerner…..” kind of thing. The point is, Barbara didn’t go to the press. About this time every year, they go to her because of the history. She has said the same thing every time. Which most moms (goegraphically agnostic of course) would. You guys expert her to say “no comment” for what? To save the feelings of some out of touch UGA fans? Good grief. Again, UGA isn’t the only school in the world. If a mom can’t be proud of her son and support him, then something is wrong with football…and the world.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:57 pm
Whew…thanks WDE…you are correct.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
10:58 pm
So explain her busting into a radio booth in Athens and showing her tail? She’s a joke. She absolutely craves the attention.
LAX Dawg
September 27th, 2012
11:01 pm
Like Archie Manning said….whoever thinks I am wrong (when he rooted for the Colts over the Saints in the Super Bowl) must not have children.
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
11:02 pm
Charles…I’m not saying she didn’t do that…I’m not saying that she should have. What I am saying is that it doesn’t prove that she called a press conference to announce the support of her son. Good grief. It’s her kid dude…It doesn’t matter that Vince coached at UGA. I promise you that Archie Manning pulled for his son when TN played Ole Miss…and I remember him saying as much to the media. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your children…and supporting them. As WDE said, Barbara gave UGA a lot…for many years. So now she wants to pull for her son? Get over it already.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
11:05 pm
I’m over it brother. Been over Babs for ages, as have been most folks around Athens. But your little spiel about ’supporting your kid’ doesn’t hold water here. Barbara has gone out of her way, in a very public manner, to attract attention on this. She busted into a booth in Athens totally unannounced and made a fool of herself. If she had a grain of class, she’d follow her husband’s lead…that’s how an adult acts in these situations.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
11:07 pm
And for the record, huh, to your last point. I agree with Archie and Vince, if he does indeed pull for his kid. What I don’t agree with is Babs’ amateur hour, one-too-many martinis approach. If you do, you’re lost.
WDE
September 27th, 2012
11:16 pm
@Charles if I remember right Babs wasn’t announced but was baited by that radio host and showed up to defend her wearing of the orange..not sure if that is the truth or not just what I heard . Let me be clear I respect the Dooley’s all 3 of the ones we are talking about here..couldn’t have been easy for Derek growing up in Athens as Vince’s son..however I would love to beat the son’s team badly enough to cause momma to shed a tear…after all it is football in the South.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
11:19 pm
WDE – individuals in high profile positions are constantly ridiculued by know-nothing radio personalities…those with sense laugh…those that are completely insane drive to the station. Make sense?
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
11:22 pm
WDE…you are correct. Finebaum defended her on that (which is saying something for him)…she got baited. Charles just doesn’t like Barbara, so it doesn’t matter what you say…he’s going to disagree.
funny...
September 27th, 2012
11:23 pm
Good for her.
bardawg
September 27th, 2012
11:24 pm
Cut Barbs a little slack, she’s doing what any of your mothers would do, and that’s standing beside her baby. No matter the age of young Mr. Dooley ,that’s still her baby boy ,and don’t you forget it. Apparantly, folks posting on here don’t have a clue about being a parent. That motherly instinct outweighs any supossed loyalty to UGA or any other college. But I still hope we whip his a$$ like the proverbial red-headed step-child that would’nt cut the grass! GO DAWGS&GATA!
WDE
September 27th, 2012
11:25 pm
@Charles I’m in no way defending her actions in that case anymore than I am ignoring her past years of contributions . Do you really think she is pulling for other teams over UGA than the one one her son is coaching? Do you think she ever has? And please I’m not wanting to start a fight with you just my two cents..Go Dogs!
funny...
September 27th, 2012
11:26 pm
I think it would have strange if she said she was pulling for Georgia.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
11:32 pm
I don’t care if she pulls for UT…never have…what makes me laugh is her making a public spectacle of it every year. Hell, she should pull for UT…but going out of her way for five years now to make it known to everyone and their brother is hilarious.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
11:34 pm
Huh – of course Finebaum defended her…he’s the most prolific UGA/Richt hater there is. He will defend anything that isn’t aligned with UGA.
Strange Murphy
September 27th, 2012
11:36 pm
Vince needs to put his woman in her place.
Charles
September 27th, 2012
11:40 pm
WDE – No, I don’t think Babs pulls for any other UGA teams. Not for one second.
WDE
September 27th, 2012
11:41 pm
@Strange Murphy I take it you either sleep alone or pay for companionship..
WDE
September 27th, 2012
11:44 pm
@Charles I never really thought you did and have a great night…man I’m hoping for a win this weekend it won’t come easy I fear..
babs
September 28th, 2012
12:17 am
after Ga delivers a beatdown over UT, babs needs to comfort her little boy after the game. UT fans are ready to run him out of town—he can’t coach at this level.
Huh?
September 28th, 2012
12:30 am
Charles…nope…Finebaum hates Auburn…have you ever listened to his show? His absolutely does not hate UGA. Now, he pokes at all SEC schools except for Bama, but he hates Auburn.
Huh?
September 28th, 2012
12:33 am
Anyway, it’s clear that you dislike Barbara for whatever reason. You can say it’s because she makes a spectacle of it (she doesn’t…she just says she is going to pull for her son when she is asked), but that’s not really it. You just can’t stand the fact that someone might pull against UGA…especially someone with ties to UGA. I think most people understand why and are on her side.
Tdawg
September 28th, 2012
12:51 am
Sorry but you will have to forgive me if I’m not buying the Barbra Dooley BS. I wonder if Benedict Arnold’s mother was rooting for him when he decided to change uniforms. How can a person be a fan of a team for god only knows how many years and all of a sudden root for another team, especially a conference team. I can understand her being a fan or Tennessee every game except for the one game she should be a Bulldog fan. It only tells me one thing about her. She was never a god to honest Georgia Bulldog fan I don’t care how many games she attended or how much time she donated to the university. She was a Vince Dooley fan and that was all. She was only doing her husbands bidding. If I had a son that was the head coach of Tennessee and I had 5 other son’s that was also playing for Tennessee. Sorry my sons. Kill Em dawgs. Crap if my wife was a Tennessee or Florida fan we would have to sleep in seprate bedrooms for a week. If her team won, then 2 weeks. You are either a dawg fan or you never were. I supposen is one of those fair weathered fans.
Tdawg
September 28th, 2012
1:00 am
Charles not wishing any bad luck to Derrick because I actually like the guy, but do you think ole Babs will be a Tennessee fan if they were to fire her son. Of course she won’t. She’s a fair weathered fan plain and simple.
Huh? Sorry but I don’t think so. Maybe the mama’s understand, but the real dawg fans, the papa’s don’t.
Huh?
September 28th, 2012
1:15 am
Tdawg….Of course Barbara wouldn’t pull for TN if Derrick gets fired. That’s because she is a fan of her son, not the school.
As for you pulling for UGA even if you had 5 sons playing for TN…well, you are the very fans that give UGA a bad name. Sorry…but most people understand why Barbara is pulling for UT. If you don’t, then I think your priorities need to be checked.
UGA Alum
September 28th, 2012
1:21 am
I think she should stay home like Coach Dooley. Her choice, and I respect her for rooting for her son, but I don’t understand going to the stadium.
Whiznot
September 28th, 2012
1:22 am
I’m a Dawg who has hated Vince Dooley since 1968 when he lied to his team, chickened out of trying for a national championship and consequently lost Jake Scott to Canadian football. My last two years at UGA I boycotted every game. Every Dooley can go jump off a Tennessee mountain as far as I’m concerned! Go Dawgs, sic ‘em!
indianman
September 28th, 2012
6:35 am
that show just how sorry taste barbara dooley had
Craig
September 28th, 2012
7:02 am
If my son was the head coach at Tennessee, I would be pulling for them also…same goes for Florida, Auburn, etc etc……Barbara is correct, anyone that doesnt get that has a problem…..GOOOO Dawgs!!! (Thankfully, my son isnt a coach at any of the above haha!)
obamaSINLADEN
September 28th, 2012
8:05 am
no s… sherlock! this is a story? does anyone really give a rats toot what bd thinks or does?? not really. does anyone really give a rats toot about vd? not really. get the w .
hammerhead
September 28th, 2012
8:07 am
Anyone who doesn’t understand Barbara (and Vince’s) position on this doesn’t have children. When it’s your kid, loyalty to a school, team or anything else goes out the window. I appreciate the way the Dooley’s are handling this… Vince Dooley is a legend in Athens and always will be… pulling for his son to succeed doesn’t change that at all… Now, with that said; Derek ain’t my son, BEAT TENNESSEE!!
Go Vols
September 28th, 2012
8:13 am
Even before Derek came to UT I was a big fan of Vince and Barbara. Classy people and the accents remind me of great Aunts and Uncles who lived in Alabama when I was a kid. I could listen to them talk for hours. Funny, classy people that unfortunately are part of a generation that the clock is ticking on. You tell’em Ms. Dooley.
coachx
September 28th, 2012
8:38 am
I see Tennessee as a 7-5 Chick-fila Bowl team this year. With a little luck they are 8-4 and maybe creep into the Capitol One Bowl.
That is a big improvement from where UT was after the Fulmer / Kiffen debacle.
chiefdawg
September 28th, 2012
8:39 am
I don’t mind Barabra supporting her son, but don’t you think Derek could get her a seat for this game.She should have enough class not to sit in the seats that UGA supplied. I was in the same positiion with my son and I like Vince stayed at home.
Bucknfl
September 28th, 2012
8:59 am
D Dooley – Come on mom your embarassing me in front of the guys.
Mayo
September 28th, 2012
9:16 am
Any loving mom would pull for her son–and of course she’s not a real bonafide UT fan. If they fire Derek, she’ll hate UT more than anyone on the planet. Same ole story, and I knew we’d “hear” this every year as long as Derek is at UT and his mama is alive. No biggie to me.
That said, there is nothing “resplendent” about orange, Chip.
bucket
September 28th, 2012
10:09 am
This was a story the first time UT visited Athens with Derek Dooley as their head coach. It’s really old news now and I hope this is the last year we have to endure another rehashed article about what Barbara Dooley is wearing to the UGA/UT game and where she will sit and where Vince will be.
RxDawg
September 28th, 2012
10:21 am
I like Dooley. I like his press conferences. I don’t have a lot of love for UT… but whatever. That said, Dooley has been there 3 years. That’s long enough to fill the cubard back up. If I’m a UT fan, I’m wanting another man for the job.
ga gator
September 28th, 2012
10:41 am
My wife asked me to put on here if anyone would be interested in buying an extra ticket we have for sale. If interested I will give you my email address and we could meet at the ATM machine at the Tate Center.
ga gator
September 28th, 2012
10:43 am
I am interested to see how many times Jarvis Jones hits Bray in the mouth. UGA 37- 17.
ga gator
September 28th, 2012
10:52 am
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ARdawg
September 28th, 2012
11:05 am
Derek is a good coach and I don’t blame Babs one iota for cheering on her boy. However, in doing so, she does relinquish the “UGA first lady” moniker. No one that ever cheers for the opposition against UGA she be allowed such a title.
That said, am I sick or is Babs kind’a hot?
Dawgingatorville
September 28th, 2012
12:00 pm
I have no problem with Mrs. Dooley supporting her son and wearing orange. However, If Derik ever parts ways with Tennessee then Mrs. Dooley should never come back and wear red and black again. Once you leave there is no going home so to speak..
McDawg
September 28th, 2012
12:09 pm
this is the time of year when i kindly tell the Dooleys to SHUT THE EFF UP!!!!!
McDawg
September 28th, 2012
12:09 pm
Babs kinda is/was hot
DP
September 28th, 2012
1:00 pm
Please, enough of the annual articles on Barbara and Vince Dooley as the Georgia-Tennessee game approaches. A column on Derek Dooley’s job status at Tennesee that included talking with some UT people and looking objectively at his body of work would be much more interesting.
Salem West
September 28th, 2012
1:07 pm
As a Die Hard Vol fan i don’t think Dooley should be/or is on any hot seat…. win or lose. I like what he is teaching the kids… respect and accountability …
TDale
September 28th, 2012
1:15 pm
da’ rick, that’s uncalled for. The Dooleys are among the finest people you’ll ever know.
Italian_29
September 28th, 2012
1:17 pm
I don’t blame Barbara for supporting her son’s team, I also agree with some earlier posters that said, Derrick’s record at UT isn’t indicative of the job that he has done at UT, he was left some very bare cupboards and has done a GREAT job getting some talent to Rockytop. I still hope that they will give him a chance to show what he can do with his players. However, he LOSES this weekend. Go Dawgs and GATA!
steve
September 28th, 2012
2:09 pm
“Barbara, I love our son too, but at 3:30 this saturday, he aint our son”
-Vince Dooley
NACSDAWG
September 28th, 2012
3:19 pm
Tell me again why I care who Barbara Dooley is cheering for….
Randy Allred
September 28th, 2012
5:06 pm
Who cares if you are pulling for him or not. He has about 4 games to turn it around or he can come home and live with you!!
UTVolsFan
September 28th, 2012
5:10 pm
Tennessee will spoil Georgia’s season. Vols will beat Dawgs between the hedges. V!! O!! L!! S!! V-O-L-S!! GO!! VOLS!! GO!!
REMINGTON
September 28th, 2012
5:30 pm
GOD BLESS YOU MS DOOLEY!!!!
I REMEMBER MEETING VINCE BACK IN THE DAY….WHAT A CLASS GENTLEMAN!!!
I BELIEVE DEREK IS THE SAME!!!!
harold
September 28th, 2012
5:46 pm
TENNESSEE HAS THE SECOND MOST SEC TITLES IN THE SEC AND IS SECOND IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
YOU HAVE TO WIN AT TENNESSEE AND DOOLEY “IS NOT” GETTING THE JOB DONE.
GRUDEN IS YOUR NEXT COACH AT TENNESSEE. HART WILL PULL OFF A MAL MOORE–NICK SABAN LIKE DEAL. HASLAM HAS THE MONEY TO FUND IT!
Beast from the East
September 28th, 2012
6:58 pm
Anyone that would put their allegiance to a football team over their son should not have the right to breed. A few of you on here have fallen into that category.
REDRIDERat59
September 28th, 2012
8:40 pm
Lets not forget that the game is played by 18 to 23 years old young men who play for the love of the game. The difference is which Coach can get his team ready for the slugfest of SEC football. After watching fla.beat up the VOLS in second half,I hope they realize it is a war, no holds barred, fight and play accordingly.If they do sorry about UGAs luck. GO VOLS
leithel1
September 28th, 2012
10:33 pm
Vince Dooley was my football coach when he was quarterback at University of McGill High School in Mobile in 1950. We were a Mobile “all star team” selected from the Catholic school teams to play a like team from Chicago in Birmingham on Christmas. The game was called the Toy Bowl. Vince’s team won 27 to 13 in a freezing rain. Boy what I would give to be able to do that again.
Vols35
September 28th, 2012
11:12 pm
Derek is the best thing that has happened to UT in many, many years. Colonel Neyland has been rolling in his grave saying ” what have you guys done”, especially thru the Lane Kiffin days. Finally on the right track. Not there yet but heading the right way. Go Vols !
Boola Boola
September 29th, 2012
8:40 am
As much as I despise the Dooleys, I’m with Barbara on this one. GO VOLS!!!
DawgNole
September 29th, 2012
8:42 am
ARdawg
September 28th, 2012
11:05 am
Derek is a good coach and I don’t blame Babs one iota for cheering on her boy. However, in doing so, she does relinquish the “UGA first lady” moniker. No one that ever cheers for the opposition against UGA she be allowed such a title.
That said, am I sick or is Babs kind’a hot?
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You’re sick. Although I do agree with your take on the “first lady” tag.
DawgNole
September 29th, 2012
8:49 am
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
9:29 pm
The responses from UGA fans to this article better sum up the attitude of UGA fans better than I ever could.
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“Better better” than you? That’s not saying much–obviously.
DawgNole
September 29th, 2012
8:57 am
Huh?
September 27th, 2012
10:39 pm
I’m also waiting on any story of UT playing a player….
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“playing a player”? There are stories like that out there every day.
See what I mean about it not saying much to be better than you?
gt4ever
September 29th, 2012
9:57 am
Number 5 my arse…. How in the world does UGA get to be number 5 in the country. They haven’t beat anybody in two years…
Mary A
September 29th, 2012
10:00 am
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Mary A
September 29th, 2012
10:02 am
Sorry @ kingdaddy but Steve Spurrier was born in Tn. He graduated from science hill high school in Johnson City, Tn. The high school field is named in honor of him. Just letting you know!! The
svsteve
September 29th, 2012
10:22 am
SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!! She is a great lady and yes, he is her baby boy!!
Wear your orange, still love ‘ya Babs
80DAWG
September 29th, 2012
12:09 pm
Family is always more important than anything. Old story. To the guy bashing coach Dooley… To be fair Jim Harrick was Napoleon’s man. Did not work out. Michael Adams is a dictator. Period.
80DAWG
September 29th, 2012
12:16 pm
Really, keep politics out of it. I don’t care who you vote for…. Just vote. Truly, you assume every dawg votes for Mitt? Let people think for themselves. I don’t thing Samuel gives a rip if he isn’t asked back.
heyberto
September 29th, 2012
12:18 pm
This Dawg fan doesn’t blame either of them one bit. Family first. I like that Barbara has made the situation kind of fun, and i also love her devotion to it, by continuing to watch with UGA fans and endure whatever may come along with it. Would we feel the same about Vince? He may have his own reasons but outwardly, how much more respectful could he be? Love them both.
lakesidegator
September 29th, 2012
12:58 pm
Derek: “Maaaahma, Maaaahma.” [on his way out of Knoxville]
Beast from the East
September 29th, 2012
1:10 pm
“Sorry @ kingdaddy but Steve Spurrier was born in Tn. He graduated from science hill high school in Johnson City, Tn. The high school field is named in honor of him. Just letting you know!!”
Mary A,
You might want to do some reasrch before you start correcting people on a public forum. SOS was born in Miami, FL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier
Trent
September 29th, 2012
8:29 pm
No Barbara doesn’t get it. If she wants to put her son first, fine, we get that. But She doesn’t get when she should just stay at home and act with class like her husband. Here she is using UGA’s training room? She has no shame.
Btw Chip, go write a real story about UGA.
indianman
September 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
barbara dooley what about georgia beating tenneessee vols way to georgia
indianman
September 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
barbara dooley what about georgia beating tenneessee vols way to georgia
Fats Johnson
September 29th, 2012
9:21 pm
A tip of my hat to Mrs.Dooley. I would do the same if me boy was the head coach aty TN
air of mendacity
September 30th, 2012
10:44 am
Dozer – I agree it is old story – told every year. Give it a rest please. Babs says the same thing – cupboard was bare when son got there. yes it was – but from the game last night, it looks like their O line is shaping up pretty well
BG
September 30th, 2012
12:24 pm
Has anyone checked on Barbara today? LMAO