Disparity on display in SEC East standings
ATHENS – In the top-heavy SEC East, the bottom has fallen out.
The division’s top three teams — Florida, South Carolina and Georgia — are a combined 12-2 in league games. The bottom four teams — Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri — are a combined 1-14 in the league.
The division’s disparities are displayed in Saturday’s Georgia-Kentucky matchup. The rested Bulldogs (5-1, 3-1 SEC) are a four-touchdown favorite on the road against the injury-ravaged Wildcats (1-6, 0-4).
The Wildcats are on a five-game losing streak. They trailed Arkansas 42-0 at halftime last week. Their top two quarterbacks are injured. Their coach’s job is in jeopardy. They’re facing a fourth game in five weeks against a ranked opponent.
And they’re playing a sport that has no room for compassion.
“We’ve got our own problems, you know,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said. “We’ve got enough problems of our own.”
Georgia’s problems stem from its 35-7 loss to South Carolina, a loss that reinforced the gap between the division’s upper and lower echelons. (The Bulldogs had rolled past Missouri, Vanderbilt and Tennessee before stumbling on South Carolina.) But Georgia’s problems pale in comparison to the plights of Kentucky and several other SEC teams.
The SEC gets much acclaim for its top teams — teams that have won the past six national championships and occupy the top two spots in this week’s BCS standings. But the league’s claim of top-to-bottom strength is thrown into question when four teams are winless in league play — one in the West (Auburn, two seasons removed from a national title) and three in the East (Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri).
Georgia vows to take nothing for granted against Kentucky, which, according to three computer rankings, has faced the nation’s toughest schedule.
UGA players note that Kentucky led South Carolina 17-7 at halftime three weeks ago (before losing 38-17) and gave the Dogs a tough game last year (losing 19-10). They don’t mention that the Cats have been outscored 152-38 in SEC play this season, lost to Western Kentucky and last won Sept. 8 (vs. Kent State).
“In the SEC … you really do have to have a good game, no matter who you are (playing), the best team or the worst team in the conference,” Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray said. “Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri — those are still very talented teams. If you don’t come with your ‘A’ game … any team has a chance to beat anyone.”
Florida coach Will Muschamp said that in his experience as a player, defensive coordinator and head coach in the SEC, “week in and week out there are no gimmes. That’s what I would say separates our conference from a lot of conferences.”
Yet the top three teams in the SEC East are 9-0 this season against the division’s other four.
Kentucky was picked to finish last in the East in a preseason media survey, and that was before injuries wrecked the team.
“That’s just football. We understand that. Our motto has been ‘next guy up,’” Kentucky coach Joker Phillips said. “A lot of times, the next guy has been a true freshman.”
Starting quarterback Maxwell Smith is out for the season with a torn ankle ligament suffered early in the South Carolina game. Another quarterback, freshman Patrick Towles, suffered a high ankle sprain the next week and hasn’t played since. Freshman Jalen Whitlow, seen as possibly a wide receiver when the Cats signed him, is expected to start at quarterback for a third consecutive game.
“You go through two or three quarterbacks — it’s got to be tough,” Richt said. “I can’t imagine what that would be like.”
Kentucky also lost two tailbacks and two safeties to season-ending injuries. Four other defensive backs have been injured, resulting in three freshmen starting in the secondary last week.
Asked if he has gotten to the point of wondering what else could go wrong, Phillips laughed. “We got to that point about a month ago.”
Richt was asked if part of him feels for Kentucky. The question sounded familiar to the Georgia coach, who was asked something similar a year ago when his team started 0-2 after going 6-7 the previous season.
“My answer was, ‘I don’t expect anybody to feel sorry for me. I expect everybody to hook it up and play the very best they can. I expect everybody to watch film and get the best plan possible and try to exploit whatever you think can be exploited,’” Richt said. “I’m sure that’s how all the coaches around the league feel.”
– Tim Tucker
Staff writer Chip Towers contributed to this article.
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Mtn Dawg
October 19th, 2012
7:28 am
First!
The Ballad of Poor Joe Cox
October 19th, 2012
7:33 am
man i love the dawgs
Same story...different year
October 19th, 2012
7:34 am
I have no doubt we will make KY look like a great SEC team- we always have a knack of making poor teams and players look great when they play us. Buffalo drove the field on us 3 times- KY will likly do the same. We also have a knack about making QBs look like Heisman Candidates. Look at Eric from UT a few years back………UGA 31 KY 24
Raul
October 19th, 2012
7:34 am
Florida 45, Georgia 17
No Mercy
October 19th, 2012
7:37 am
Nothing more than a tune up game, wish it was against FL Atlantic or Vandy or scout team, somebody to give 1st and 2nd team a better look, KY is a disgrace. Hopefully Spurrier will wear Florida down some before reality strikes us hard next week. Go Dogs, stay healthy this week!
Jeff
October 19th, 2012
7:39 am
I dont care what anyone says- this team and coaches are clearly looking ahead to UF….KY will give us fits because we are NEVER ready to play a team like we should play them. UGA SHOULD win this with no problems, but as history has taught us, it will be closer than it should be and would not be a bit surprised if KY pulls off an upset. UGA 24 KY 21
JB
October 19th, 2012
7:44 am
We win by about 40 or so. UF beats SCe. We hopefully squeak by the crocs, next week, and Spurrier has an epic meltdown.
HBTD!!!
Jeff
October 19th, 2012
7:44 am
Floriduh: 38 “No Regrets”: 10…………..no way Richt can win two in Jacksonville especially against a team in the top 10. Yet another disappointing season comes to a close in jacksonville. We likely finish 10-2…losing to the best 2 teams on the schedule and feeling all giddy that we beat 10 teams most of whom will have at best a 500 record, though most will have losing record. Another contract extension???? why not, we won 10 and how can we be mad at winning 10 games??????
Buzzzzzzz
October 19th, 2012
7:44 am
Results from the 2011-2012 season for the Big 3 men’s sports:
Football: UGA 1, GT 0
Basketball: GT 1, UGA 0
Baseball: GT 2, UGA 1
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Total: GT 3, UGA 2
In other words…
GEORGIA TECH RUNS THIS STATE!
Vampire Bill
October 19th, 2012
7:55 am
Dawgs win but cat score wayyy to many points.
Jeff
October 19th, 2012
7:59 am
Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……Football UGA10 Jackettes:1 (includes a 51-7 spanking) nuff said nerd!
Browndog
October 19th, 2012
8:05 am
Don’t believe game will be close at all. UGA will run the ball all day cause they will have to run against the Gators.
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October 19th, 2012
8:14 am
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old dog
October 19th, 2012
8:42 am
Kentucky..ho-hum. But, next up is Florida. Muschamp has passed us in two years…….they got hosses up front, our weakness.
“Attention top high school linemen: Pleeeeeeeze give UGA a look! We will never step up until some REAL O-LINEMEN come on board!!!”
Octoberdawg
October 19th, 2012
8:47 am
I hate it for Joker. I think he’s a really good ball coach. Trying to coach football at a school that really doesn’t care much about football is always a challenge. Toss in some unlucky injuries and it’s a nightmare. I’m sure he will be fired at years end and Kentucky will bring in the next victim.
Dawgs roll this weekend….52-10.
joe jenkins
October 19th, 2012
8:48 am
kent could very well get the upset…we all know how richt does’t like to put final nail in the coffin on coaches on the hot seat
Pulpwood Smith
October 19th, 2012
8:59 am
Enjoy the last 10 win season we’ll see for a while. Hopefully next year will be Richt’s last after the beat downs we will get with tougher schedule. Maybe McGarity will grow a set by then.
Mobile Dawg
October 19th, 2012
9:03 am
Maybe we get to see the top dawg, Richard Samuel some?
RiffRaff
October 19th, 2012
9:12 am
Wonder what Georgia team shows up a week from Saturday……
Goat Man
October 19th, 2012
9:17 am
It’s a night game at Kentucky, that alone should put caution at the head of the table. I’ve been watching UGA games since the mid ’50’s and if you think this will be easy up there you’d better pour yourself a strong drink. Looks boring on paper but Kentucky recruited a lot of Georgians and any team that has nothing to lose is dangerous. I predict that this is going to be harder than it looks.
garydawg
October 19th, 2012
9:23 am
Mobile Dawg, maybe we’re saving Richard Samuel for the Florida game, where he won it for us last season. Can’t wait for some good college football this weekend: USC at FL, K State at WV.
SimpleDawg
October 19th, 2012
9:31 am
Playing Kentucky at night, at home, has always been difficult for the Dawgs……
But, this year’s game will be a rout of epic proportions……
Dawgs need to hone the running game and will wear out Gurley, Marshall, and Malcome running all night long….. Murray throws no more than 20 passes.
I love biscuits and gravy
October 19th, 2012
9:42 am
Here is what I see happening and sadly it has been wrote on the wall for a while.
1. UGA wins this weekend
2. We lose big to Florida next weekend (I do not want this but I feel it is going to happen)
3. That Monday Richt is being told he is not going to be brought back next year and can finish the year out.
4. Outback bowl against Michigan State.
Buckeye
October 19th, 2012
9:45 am
SEC!SEC!
Sick and Tired
October 19th, 2012
9:46 am
The Dawgs will come out and look good beating a injured Kentucky team. Then the stupid Richt/Bobo supporters will come back on the boards talking trash about how great we are and how we are going to beat Florida to go to the SEC championship game. Totally forgetting/forgiving the embarrassing beat down on a national level to South Carolina and the pathetic 2-14 record against ranked teams since 2008. Keeping the horrible coaching staff around for the next embarrassing blow out. Awesome! Can’t wait!
funny...
October 19th, 2012
9:47 am
Buzz, what is the football record over the last 11 years? How about 20, 30, 100?
Also, expect Murray to have a banner day against a crap defense.
He’s breaking records against the dregs of college football and losing to the elite.
Aaron Murray is awful, worse than Tereshinski, worse than Cox.
Murray is the Richt of college QB’s
DawginLex
October 19th, 2012
9:50 am
Kentucky can’t stop the run. If we are smart, we will use this as a chance to get our OL and RB some confidence.
Whitlow and Newton are both running QB’s, which should help in gam eplanning for Driskell. Problem is, we have had problems stopping the running QB.
If it goes like it should, we should cover. If we show up uninspired and going through the motions, it will be a 14 point win which will be embarrassing.
I’d love to shut them out. Our defense needs to get some confidence too
UGA Insider
October 19th, 2012
10:01 am
I saw on Sports Center last night that the computer rankings all averaged UF #1 in the country. Bama was 3. Looks like UF has surpassed us again with yet another different coach. Congrats to the Gators! If Adams ever gets his mits off our program we will be back, but until then we will always be average.
old dog
October 19th, 2012
10:03 am
Muschamp leaped over us so fast….they wanted his head, remember? Lets see what happens this week with their S.C. meeting, then us next week. If he pulls them both off, then we will KNOW that coaching is a factor! And yeah, Spurrier went to a program with NO HISTORY AND NO VIABLE RECRUITING and over time (less time than us) turned it into a powerhouse. We already had the recruiting and resources and are a middle-of-the-pack team. Let us not think that Florida and S.C have not passed us; they have.
Dawg Tired
October 19th, 2012
10:29 am
If we even come close to struggleling against KY, we obviously have serious discipline problems. Of course, those who call themselves the “real Dawg fans” will continue to defend both the coaches and the players. It would seem that the real “real Dawg fans” just might be those who refuse to accept mediocrity and want, even demand, that we be at lest as good as USCe and Florida. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case. Sadly, it does not even appear to be the goal.
DawginLex
October 19th, 2012
10:37 am
Aaron Murray is awful, worse than Tereshinski, worse than Cox.
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Dumbest statement ever made on these blogs.
Tereshinski was a fraternity QB. Cox was a interception machine. Murray behind LSU OL? LSU is undefeated and #2 in the country now.
You really are funny. In an idiotic sort of way
JRW7
October 19th, 2012
10:47 am
DAWGS are so unpredictable as to the intensity in which they play each game, seems to come from the top down. DAWGS beat KY, Gators beat SC, then the big game, DAWGS vs Gators. DAWGS lose, CMR can’t win the big games anymore. Wait for next year, same old stuff.
Joey
October 19th, 2012
10:51 am
old dog, I think the difference in the UF and UGA programs lie in the qualities of the coaching staffs. Since Spurrier, and right on through Muschamp, UF hires assistant coaches that wind up as successful head coaches.
Stoops, Mullen, Strong, and I’m sure I’m missing some. And you know it won’t be long til Brent Pease gets a big-time job.
Contrast that with the fact that apparently, in that same time frame, no assistant at UGA has even gotten offers, at least of a promotion. Hell, Richt’s DC of 5 years can only get DB jobs at other programs. Grantham, who seemed to be headed to bigger things, is losing stock with every poor showing this season, and when half or more of his D get drafted next April, he will look even more inept. Bobo’s offense looked good for 5 games, but inevitably got shut down (as always) when facing a good defense.
LakeDawg
October 19th, 2012
10:58 am
The Dawgs will beat KU comfortably, but for those still holding out hope for the UF game, they will be troubled by UGA’s D giving up a lot of yards and too many points.
Joey
October 19th, 2012
11:05 am
“Wait for next year, same old stuff.”
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JRW7, that is something you won’t hear about ‘13. There are at least 5 teams on next year’s schedule that will be highly ranked, and well, given the total lack of success vs ranked teams, the real possibility of losing them all.
If we can’t get to a BCS bowl this season, with having playing only 2 ranked teams, next season will end Shreveport again.
NoGaGator
October 19th, 2012
11:06 am
Just enjoying the ride and Foley’s “reach”in hiring Muschamp being validated!
Big Dawg Too
October 19th, 2012
11:09 am
The SEC East Disparity results from recruiting………….it is obvious that Florida,Georgia and South Carolina have done much better jobs recruiting Blue Chip Players and also coaching up non-bluechips to be very effective on the field!
Big Dawg Too
October 19th, 2012
11:13 am
I guess Missouri and Kentucky can say they have better Basketball teams than anyone else in the SEC…………it’s a pity their Basketball coaches don’t recruit for their Football teams!
See You Later from this Gator
October 19th, 2012
11:16 am
It is clear that Florida has the Best Football team in the SEC East………you all will see after the next two weekends!
DirtyDawg
October 19th, 2012
11:18 am
As much as it hurt to have to live with that SC debacle for an extra week, we’ll see if the coaches and players took it seriously enough to actually do something about it. I don’t believe our O-line is as bad as we looked in Columbia – at least I surely hope it’s not – and with better execution, and most of all toughness, they’ll get the job done from here on out. And speaking of getting tougher, the defensive line better start living up to the expectations – along with the rest of the D – as well. I don’t think we’re out of it by a long shot…first Kentucky then ‘them’.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
11:22 am
This is pretty much a model for how the SEC works. A few good teams at the top and a bunch of bad teams below them. This is the proven recipe for convincing everyone that you are a great conference though.
Eddie Haskel
October 19th, 2012
11:29 am
As I see it the Dawgs have 2 choices- Ditch the Florida game (smart move) or get embarrased by Bama in SEC title game.
NoGaGator
October 19th, 2012
11:38 am
Big Dawg Too
October 19th, 2012
11:13 am
I guess Missouri and Kentucky can say they have better Basketball teams than anyone else in the SEC…………it’s a pity their Basketball coaches don’t recruit for their Football teams!
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You also need to add UF to that on the basketball part (as in most other sports). Both Donovan and Muschamp are doing quite well, thank you.
Been There
October 19th, 2012
11:47 am
UGA has carried Richt four years longer than we should have. In additionb to weak coaching and a weak schedule, we now have a weak AD. I’m always a Dawg, but I am not a Richt regime supporter and haven’t been for four years. It’s time for new blood and someone with a burn to win. With the money our program generates, we can afford the best in the land so let’s GATA!!
MS. Bully
October 19th, 2012
11:48 am
The SEC West still rules College Football!! Mississippi State is 6-0 and counting!! Hail State!!
Bring on Alabama!!
Cdpridg
October 19th, 2012
11:51 am
Bob…i was mistaken earlier…with the rise of Carolina it is now the Big7 instead of 6. Arky not withstanding. You gave them too much credit and now look a fool….but whats new
Cdpridg
October 19th, 2012
11:52 am
Bully…slight improvement but still nothing
funny...
October 19th, 2012
11:59 am
Tell me how Aaron Murray is any good?
Who has he beat? What big games has he risen to the occasion? Tell me his stats against big teams?
Take Richt’s junk out of your mouth “DawginLex” and see that you’re the idiot.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
12:02 pm
Bob…i was mistaken earlier…with the rise of Carolina it is now the Big7 instead of 6.
It is still the big 2. Nobody really thinks the teams from the SEC East are that great. UGA, Florida, and SC fall into the above average category at best. You are right though. Arkansas without Petrino is now a nobody again.
Rick James
October 19th, 2012
12:08 pm
@I love biscuits and gravy
Here is what I see happening and sadly it has been wrote on the wall for a while.
1. UGA wins this weekend
2. We lose big to Florida next weekend (I do not want this but I feel it is going to happen)
3. That Monday Richt is being told he is not going to be brought back next year and can finish the year out.
4. Outback bowl against Michigan State.
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Can you give us this week’s winning lottery numbers too?
Cdpridg
October 19th, 2012
12:14 pm
Historically..6 teams make up the aura of the SEC…the programs that hold the Championships…Arky was nothing with Petrino…no hardware to prove otherwise. Carolina the same story but Spurrier now has many folks believing they have a chance.
Dwayne
October 19th, 2012
12:16 pm
I have never thought Aaron Murray was that good against good, above average or great teams. The proof is in the won/loss record. Does that mean pro scouts are not high on him?
Rick James
October 19th, 2012
12:18 pm
@GTBob
It is still the big 2. Nobody really thinks the teams from the SEC East are that great. UGA, Florida, and SC fall into the above average category at best. You are right though. Arkansas without Petrino is now a nobody again
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I beg to differ.How many SEC east teams are in the BCS top 15? Yes,we all know that polls mean nothing to you.Just like your opinion means nothing to us.Same arguments,bash the SEC and make excuses for Tech.Duke is gaining on you.David Cutcliff is ruining your argument that “academic institutions” like Tech cant recruit and comepete in football.I’m still wondering how Spurrier won that ACC champioship at Duke without being able to recruit.
7576DAWG
October 19th, 2012
12:21 pm
Kentucky needs a better head coach with his staff. The nutrition emphasis at Georgia plus the improved Strength and Conditioning program has really helped Georgia cut down on the injuries. Remember in 2008 we had 18 to 22 starters out before the season got started. Maybe Kentucky needs to take a page from Georgia’s playbook and I bet the injuries decline.
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12:24 pm
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GTBob
October 19th, 2012
12:27 pm
I beg to differ.How many SEC east teams are in the BCS top 15?
Yes, we all believe that Miss St, a team that was very close to losing to Troy is one of the 15 best teams in the country and that Oregon St would destroy FSU, Oklahoma, and USC. Yeah, the rankings are very meaningful.
David Cutcliff is ruining your argument that “academic institutions” like Tech cant recruit and comepete in football.
He is 20-35 at Duke and hasn’t even made a bowl game yet. Yeah, he is really showing how to create a powerhouse team at an academic school.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
12:28 pm
Kentucky needs a better head coach with his staff.
Kentucky needs a new school if they are going to try to compete in football. It has nothing to do with the coaches. Mark Richt couldn’t win 4 games at Kentucky.
NKYDAWG
October 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
DawginLEX are you going to the game tomorrow?
Dawgs 73
October 19th, 2012
12:40 pm
It’s really sad that under this regime now, we have to “hope” other teams do what should be this staff’s job to do…win big games. The schedule has been quite favorable for Richt over the past two years and if he can’t get to the SEC championship this year, then I just don’t see anything changing in the very near future.
As much as I want to “buy in”, I just am pretty much over Mark’s inability to have his team prepared to compete at the highest level needed.
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
12:42 pm
NKYDAWG
He said he would be near the band NKY. He has an early Christmas present for that idiot topdog( who btw won’t show) Good luck at the game…
Raul
October 19th, 2012
12:43 pm
Gators are the most ever over-rated team in recent history!
old dog
October 19th, 2012
1:05 pm
7576DAWG,
Well said, but back in the day (I assume you were around in ‘76 like me) we might get beat, but we would not often get out-physicalled, if I may. Florida, even if we pull the game off, will out-pound us up front. I just hate it that we cannot see that we do not have an SEC line, and we have not done a frickin’ thing about it.
Neutral
October 19th, 2012
1:44 pm
@GT Bob @11:22 and other comments
Since you appear to be the expert on this issue, please explain how the SEC differs from the ACC. My take is the ACC has 0-1 teams at the top (possibly FSU), 1-2 teams in the middle (possibly FSU and/or Clemson) and all the rest are bottom feeders Of course there is a difference in being a bottom feeder in a weak conference vs. A tough conference like the SEC…..wouldn’t you agree?
GimmeAbreak
October 19th, 2012
1:46 pm
Unfortunately, SS…DY, you are spot on! The dawgs make the bottom-dwellers of the SEC look like they belong in the BCS top 5! I too expect that KY will drive on us all day (nothing new there)and the Dawgs get another close “W” against a non-ranked opponent. Then they travel (I said they because we are not going after 11-straight trips to Gainsville)to Gainsville to play a REAL team and OMG it ain’t gonna be pretty. Tell me again who and when was the last time we beat a ranked-opponent?
Rick James
October 19th, 2012
2:02 pm
@GTBob
He is 20-35 at Duke and hasn’t even made a bowl game yet. Yeah, he is really showing how to create a powerhouse team at an academic school
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How long did it take you to goole that information? He’s having a much better season than CPJ.Of course the overall record isnt great he’s building.CPJ has better overall record but he should get fired after this season.He wont becasue Tech cant afford to..
Miss St came close to losing to Troy which means what? South Carolina nearly lost to Vandy and Kentucky so what? Its not like they lost to Middle Tennesee St.
Rick James
October 19th, 2012
2:09 pm
@Neutral
@GT Bob @11:22 and other comments
Since you appear to be the expert on this issue, please explain how the SEC differs from the ACC. My take is the ACC has 0-1 teams at the top (possibly FSU), 1-2 teams in the middle (possibly FSU and/or Clemson) and all the rest are bottom feeders Of course there is a difference in being a bottom feeder in a weak conference vs. A tough conference like the SEC…..wouldn’t you agree?
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Bob is a closet SEC/UGA fan he just shows his love by bashing both.He’s like a little boy with a crush on a little girl who shows his affection by pulling her hair.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
2:18 pm
How long did it take you to goole that information? He’s having a much better season than CPJ.
The best team they have beaten is Wake Forest. Their next 6 games are against UNC, FSU, Clemson, GT, and Miami. They more than likely wont win another game this season.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
2:21 pm
Since you appear to be the expert on this issue, please explain how the SEC differs from the ACC.
You were fairly accurate in your assessment. The ACC usually has 2 good teams, a few average teams and a few bad teams. The SEC usually has 1-2 great teams, 2-3 above average teams, and the rest bad teams. The SEC really leans on Alabama and LSU to carry on the SEC domination myth.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
2:24 pm
Bob is a closet SEC/UGA fan he just shows his love by bashing both.
No, trust me. I hate both and wouldn’t be all that sad if every school in the SEC disbanded and shut down their athletic programs. Just about every team in the conference is a mockery of real collegiate athletics.
Mike S.
October 19th, 2012
2:37 pm
Missouri also beat Arizona St. Tennessee demolished N C St. Auburn was a play or two away from beating Clemson. Vandy nearly beat a good Northwestern team (2-1 in Big Ten, 6-1 overall) on the road.
Meanwhile, UGA, Miss St., SC, LSU, Bama, and UF all sit in the BCS top 12 with Texas A&M just on the outside of that. That’s half the league. No one outside of the top teams in other conferences are going to have a chance of beating these teams.
Kentucky is the only SEC team truly struggling. All the others would be mid-level teams at worse in another conference.
Mike S.
October 19th, 2012
2:41 pm
@GT Bob – SEC Champs since 2004…Auburn in 2004, UGA in 2005, UF in 2006, LSU in 2007, UF in 2008, Bama in 2009, Auburn in 2010, LSU in 2011. There hasn’t been a repeat SEC champ since the 90’s. All these teams have played multiple BCS ball games during that time frame + Arkansas was in the Sugar bowl in 2010. Keep telling yourself this league is just leaning on two teams.
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
2:41 pm
GTbob,
F***ing clown as usual. It’s not a domination myth when you win the national championship every year. It’s just domination. Your school and its football program are a joke, your coach is an arrogant asshole that can’t recruit and runs a pop Warner offense. I’d be bitter too if I was a Tech fan. Bitterness, Delusions of grandeur and excuse after excuse. Such is the life of a Gtech fan/AJC blog troll. You think the genius Pj still thinks recruiting doesn’t matter? I’m not sure who’s more delusional, tech fans, mark Bradley or Paul Johnson. You guys are just one big happy family of failure and mediocrity. I suppose having your ass handed to you Georgia 17 of the last 20 years is mythical domination as well. Oh the delusional mind of a tech homer.
doug dawg
October 19th, 2012
2:44 pm
you know, i am sooooooooooooo tired of this. be a bulldog or not. none of you have any answers at all. just couch coaches. living your pitiful lives through a football team made up of 18-21 year olds. and hating, and condemning, and judging, and spewing venom at coaches and boys. this is NOT an nfl team, or any pro team. could you be a better coach? i seriously doubt it. i could not care less if we lose three more games, as long as we put up our best. hope that if we do it won’t wreck your trailer park,
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
2:45 pm
Missouri also beat Arizona St. Tennessee demolished N C St. Auburn was a play or two away from beating Clemson. Vandy nearly beat a good Northwestern team (2-1 in Big Ten, 6-1 overall) on the road.
Northwestern is not a good team. They lost to Penn St and barely beat Syracuse. NC St is not a good team either and Tennessee should have beaten them much worse then they did. Arizona St showed you how good they were last night. Oregon could have beaten them by a 100 if they wanted to. Missouri needed a miracle at the end of the game to beat them. As for Clemson/Auburn. It was closer then I expected but it was the first game of the season and Clemson didn’t have their best player so they get a bit of a pass for that horrible performance.
JC
October 19th, 2012
2:48 pm
Im sure as hell glad we figured out the nutrition thing to help prevent injuries.. Now if we could just figure out how to get our kids and coaching staff to compete in big games.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
2:49 pm
F***ing clown as usual. It’s not a domination myth when you win the national championship every year. It’s just domination.
Winning a national championship only means that a conference had one really good team. It doesn’t say anything else about the conference. In fact, it is a bit of a slap in the face to the SEC that they seem to be the only conference that produces undefeated teams every year. It further proves the extremely top heavy nature of the conference.
Mike S.
October 19th, 2012
2:50 pm
@GTBob – NC St. just beat FSU didnt they? That’s not bad. Arizona St. getting whipped by Oregon just gives them something in common with all but maybe 10 teams in the nation. Oregon would blow the doors off pretty much anyone outside of the top 10. We are talking about 4 SEC teams that have combined for ONE conference win. They are beating teams that have had far better success in other conferences.
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
2:54 pm
Bob,
You’re delusional. It’s not just one team. Have you seen the bowl win loss record for the SEC over the stretch of this run. We’re winning the vast majority of those too. We have 5 teams in the top 10. There is no other way to view it other than domination. Not even with twisted Tech fan reasoning
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
2:57 pm
@GTBob – NC St. just beat FSU didnt they? That’s not bad.
FSU has to lose to a terrible team every season. Its just what they do. Usually its Wake Forest. This year, NC State got their turn. If anybody needs to fire their coach more than UGA it is probably FSU.
JC
October 19th, 2012
3:00 pm
@DougDawg You have the right to accept mediocrity and getting humiliated in front of a national audience because the kids were not prepared to play.. I have the right to be pissed off about it and to voice my displeasure with it. FU
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
3:01 pm
Have you seen the bowl win loss record for the SEC over the stretch of this run. We’re winning the vast majority of those too.
Yes I have. Its about average. Since 2000 the MWC has a much better bowl record than any other conference. Should we just crown them the best?
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
3:03 pm
We have 5 teams in the top 10.
The SEC would have 5 teams in the top 10 no matter what happens on the field.
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
3:19 pm
No you dumbass. We shouldn’t crown them anything. If you can’t see the difference between the 2 then you’re more delusional than I thought. They’re about average? What does that even mean? Average compared to what? The SEC has 12 more bowl wins over the last 10 years than any other conference. That’s a 49-31 record in which SEC teams had 32 wins over ranked teams. 13 more than the next closest conference which was the big 10. From 2000-2009 SEC was 12-3 in bcs games. 2 different SEC teams have won a national title since then. BTW the MWC is 2-1 in that same span. The proof is in the pudding dip shit
NoGaGator
October 19th, 2012
3:25 pm
Y’all just need to not even respond to GTBob – aka M. Circular Logic. He just bounces from one branch to the other spouting his specious blather, contradicting himself along the way.
It’s not worth it.
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
3:31 pm
“The SEC would have 5 teams in the top 10 no matter what happens on the field.”
You are more delusional than I thought. That is the most ignorant thing you’ve said so far. So what you’re saying is no matter how many losses an SEC team has, they will still be in the top 10? the BCS uses the same formula for every team and conference. There is no extra SEC variable in the equation. A tech geek like yourself should be familiar with the concept of equations. I’m just going to chalk that last comment up to you trying to get a rise out of me. You can’t be that delusional but them again you are a Tech homer.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
3:33 pm
The SEC has 12 more bowl wins over the last 10 years than any other conference.
They more teams playing bowl games every year because the SEC in general rarely schedules decent OOC games ensuring that just about the whole conference has 6 wins. Percentage wise they are rarely ever the best postseason conference.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
3:37 pm
the BCS uses the same formula for every team and conference.
The BCS is almost completely derived from the human polls which are controlled by ESPN and its pundits. As long as ESPN has a huge interest in pushing the SEC the longer the SEC will continue to get overrated.
Rick James
October 19th, 2012
3:38 pm
@GTBob
No, trust me. I hate both and wouldn’t be all that sad if every school in the SEC disbanded and shut down their athletic programs. Just about every team in the conference is a mockery of real collegiate athletics.
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I look away from things that I dont like not keep up with every stat on every team.You cant believe any of the things post.I think you’re just a glutton for punishment.I the SEC disbanding is the wet dream of every ACC fan.Tech stinks and you hate everybody that doesnt.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
3:45 pm
I the SEC disbanding is the wet dream of every ACC fan.Tech stinks and you hate everybody that doesnt.
If the SEC disbanded and the athletic programs of the schools involved were dissolved then it would benefit the students of those institutions greatly. Schools like UGA, Mississippi, and Alabama would be forced to form some identity other than a minor league football team. That combined with the way the conference in general treats players, would be a good case for starting over and trying to remember the real reason their colleges exist.
JC
October 19th, 2012
3:52 pm
@GTBob
If Im understanding your arguement correctly, the SEC has a few really good teams at the top but overall the conference is over-hyped and not that good?
Just out of curiosity.. who do you think is the best conference year in and year out?
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
3:53 pm
God you’re an idiot. You’re not overrated when you continually beat the best teams from other conferences.
Espn currently has a first tier tv deal with the big 12 worth 2.6 billion, acc 3.6 billion, big 10 1 billion. CBS has first tier rights with the SEC. The SEc is te only major conference that does not have a first tier deal with ESPN. The second tier deal they have is worth 2.25 million. Which is still less than the big 12 and acc deal.
What interest does ESPn have in pushing the SeC harder than its other bigger partners that give them first rights to broadcast their games?
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
4:02 pm
What a bunch of sad comments fromthe bug-faithful. We have our own problems hete at UGA we need to address. We can’t fix your problems too, but we can add to them. I don’t want the Dawg fans becoming anything like you techies. We have a lot of things to improve, but at least we aren’t GT…
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
4:07 pm
We have a lot of things to improve, but at least we aren’t GT…
Yeah, it would be terrible if your school was relevant in something besides football. Oh wait, you aren’t relevant in that either.
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
4:10 pm
Kingdaddy,
Theyre Bitter, angry and delusional. That’s what a life of mediocrity does to these people. Sad group of people. I actually have good friends that are tech fans and they actually see things for what they are. This GTbob is the worst kind. Gives them a bad name. F***ing geeks, dweebs and losers
NKYDawg
October 19th, 2012
4:10 pm
@kingdaddy
Didnt understand if you were joking earlier or not… trying to find some dawg fans to tailgate with tomorrow who are coming up for the game…
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
4:15 pm
God you’re an idiot. You’re not overrated when you continually beat the best teams from other conferences.
Quick question. Who is the best OOC team that the SEC has beaten this year?
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
4:16 pm
Hey Bob,
You haven’t responded to my tv deal question. Is it because you know you look like a big f***ing idiot? Why would espn push the SEC over your Acc when the acc has a much bigger deal with top priority to show games of their picking? You’re a loser, your program is almost non existent, your athletic department is a joke, so is your coach. Your fan base doesn’t even come to your tiny little stadium. Probably for the best since you’re getting blown out by D2 schools. The came to town, pockets $800,000 and kicked the shit out of you. Keep up the delusion buddy. It’ll get better… Probably not
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
4:21 pm
Gives them a bad name. F***ing geeks, dweebs and losers
Awe somebody got their feelings hurt. Go cry to your imaginary Tech friends that I am ruining your day.
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
4:21 pm
NKYDawg
I read where Lex said he was going to be sitting near the band at the Kentucky game. An idiot named topdog(not a Dawgfan), said he was going to “pop, pop & drop” Lex at the game. Lex would drop a bomb on him if he showed, but he won’t. I tried to get him to come see me last friday night. He’s a bag of hot-air and needs to shut his piehole before global-warming gets any worse, lmao. Lex will probably be in here later. If I see him, I will tell him what you said…
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
4:23 pm
Who cares who the SEC has beaten ooc this year? I’m talking about the last 14 years your f***ing moron! When bowl season told around this year we’ll play ranked teams from other conferences. Last year LSU whipped Oregon’s ass. The year before Auburn did. What other ooc team has even been relevant in the last 3 years? Delusional!
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
4:27 pm
Why would espn push the SEC over your Acc when the acc has a much bigger deal with top priority to show games of their picking?
Because the ACC does not generate as much revenue as the SEC in general. Seems like you would be able to figure that out. And ESPN does overrate the ACC. The ACC is actually worse then the media gives them credit for.
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
4:27 pm
Lol. You’re not ruining my day F***bag. You realize that the stereotype about tech fans is that you are delusional, unsupportive geeks right? Do you think your comments are helping with that? Why Fo you think my friends are imaginary? Is that hard to believe that I befriended gatech grads? Did you even go to tech? You’re probably a fat fu**ing virgin geek with glasses who sit in front of their computer all day jerkin off and being a all around slob. Company computer guy maybe? Loser
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
4:28 pm
DawgFaithful
You are wasting your time arguing with Bob. He likes the pain we inflict. Helps him to forget about the rest of his sad life. I like Bob, but he is very contrary. Isn’t that right Bob???
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
4:30 pm
Who cares who the SEC has beaten ooc this year? I’m talking about the last 14 years your f***ing moron!
Sorry, I thought that someone who was trying to prove how dominant the SEC is over top teams from other conferences might be interested in who the SEC has actually beaten. My mistake.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
4:33 pm
You realize that the stereotype about tech fans is that you are delusional, unsupportive geeks right? Do you think your comments are helping with that?
Sorry but im not very concerned with the stereotypes that UGA fans have created about Tech fans, and im even less concerned with how I am influencing anything. You are the one going crazy right now, cussing up a storm and throwing every insult that you can think of. Think about how you look.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
4:34 pm
He likes the pain we inflict. Helps him to forget about the rest of his sad life.
What do you envision my life is like kingdaddy?
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
4:35 pm
You’re a fu**ing moron
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
4:38 pm
What good OOC teams has the SEC lost to this year? What is the best conference?
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
4:47 pm
What good OOC teams has the SEC lost to this year? What is the best conference?
Clemson. That is the only good team the SEC has played OOC this year. Louisiana Tech is decent and Texas A&M barely squeaked by them in a shootout. Ill give you guys credit for that one. The best conference this year is easily the Big 12.
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
4:52 pm
Clemson is decent. Plays no defense. They beat the worst Auburn team that I’ve seen in my lifetime. They’re the worst team in the SEC and Clemson is the cream of the crop of the acc and the game was very close. Is that the best you’ve got?
You’re just showing more and more your level of delusion. I’m not even going to waste my breath on the big 12 comment. Texas tech just beat WV and WV beat Texas. Texas tech sucks
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
5:04 pm
They’re the worst team in the SEC and Clemson is the cream of the crop of the acc and the game was very close. Is that the best you’ve got?
Nope, thats the best the SEC has. If Clemson is terrible then the SEC has not played a single team out of conference currently in the BCS top 25. Think about how embarrassing that is.
You’re just showing more and more your level of delusion. I’m not even going to waste my breath on the big 12 comment.
70 percent of their conference is in the BCS top 25 and they aren’t afraid to play quality competition out of conference. They have the same amount of ranked teams as the SEC with 4 less members. Consider the unranked teams also. Do you really think Arkansas, and Ole Miss could beat Oklahoma St and Baylor?
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
5:09 pm
Bob
I imagine you live alone and are trying to atone for some past transgression against a close friend or loved-one you did wrong. You punish yourself because of guilt brought on by your weaknesses. I see an intelligent man who has conquered anger problems so you come onto a UGA blog to be humiliated and chastised by strangers. Are you trying to prove something to yourself? You seem like a nice guy who enjoys taunting Dawgfans on a Dawg-blog. Then you endure the “slings and arrows” as a form of pentence. I sense you don’t hate the Doggies near as much as you hate yourself. I don’t hate you, but many fans you intentionally goad, don’t pay enough attention to you. If they did, they would see through your pain and they would pity you like I do. You asked my friend…
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
5:17 pm
You seem like a nice guy who enjoys taunting Dawgfans on a Dawg-blog.
Well, at least you got this right. The rest was a little over the top but entertaining.
JC
October 19th, 2012
5:19 pm
Bobbie,
Here’s a stat for you my friend.. 50% of the football teams in the BCS top 12 are from the SEC. The BIG 12 has 2. The SEC has the top 2 teams. You might be a moron.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
5:26 pm
Here’s a stat for you my friend.. 50% of the football teams in the BCS top 12 are from the SEC. The BIG 12 has 2. The SEC has the top 2 teams. You might be a moron.
This is some nice selective statistical analysis. Im not sure I have ever heard anyone talk about the top 12 before.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
5:30 pm
The SEC has the top 2 teams.
Just to add onto this. If Florida played Oklahoma on a neutral field tomorrow then who would be favored?
JC
October 19th, 2012
5:30 pm
What would you like to analyze? Top 5?, Top 10?, Top 2?, Top 25? You have no arguement for the Big 12 anyway you want to analyze it?
Athens
October 19th, 2012
5:31 pm
GTBob enjoys playing opposite day, every day. The rest of college football analysts, many who played at a high level “outside” of the SEC, think one way about the SEC and Bob always thinks the other way. Now that’s credibility. Wait, did Bob play the game at a high level to recognizre what the experts who did play, missed?
G-dub
October 19th, 2012
5:31 pm
I got Kentucky by 2 touchdowns!!!!!1
JC
October 19th, 2012
5:33 pm
Do you really want to get into what ifs? If youre asking me who I think would win UF or OU.. The answer is UF
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
5:35 pm
Do you really want to get into what ifs? If youre asking me who I think would win UF or OU.. The answer is UF
Im not sure anyone would agree with you but you are entitled to your opinion. It is almost a certainty that Oklahoma would be favored.
GTBob
October 19th, 2012
5:38 pm
The rest of college football analysts, many who played at a high level “outside” of the SEC, think one way about the SEC and Bob always thinks the other way.
I think the SEC is a good conference. I would rank them number 2 right now. They aren’t the 14 best teams in the country like SEC fans like to pretend though. They are a collection of good and bad teams just like most conferences.
Athens
October 19th, 2012
5:40 pm
Stoops, Beamer, M Brown etc, like MRicht have the same disappointing capability of losing a big game when they can least afford.. Richt has good company, unfortunately. So, like some other traditional powers, we have a good coach, not at great coach. Richt has the 2nd highest # of wins in the SEC over his 11 1/2 years (112 wins, only slightly behind LSU). Stadiums are built to coaches like this outside the SEC. A statue of V Dooley is on our campus and Richt has a consideraly higher winning %.Oklahoma blogs look just like UGA blogs much of the year.
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
5:41 pm
GTBob
LOL, that’s the least I can do for you. Glad it made you smile…
JC
October 19th, 2012
5:53 pm
Yeah, But Im sure you saw the record against ranked teams since 08.. I will give Richt is a good coach but like Jeff Dantzler said on the radio after he Carolina debacle, “all the pieces are in place at UGA” referring to facilities, alumni support, $, talented recruits,etc.. There is no reason we should be getting blown out of these big time games.. I ask you where do you draw the line with Richt? At what point do you make a change?
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
5:58 pm
JC
LSU barely beat the cocks at home. LSU has an awesome team. Should they think they should have beaten SC better than they did. Maybe SC is pretty good at home. No excuse, we stunk up the joint, but everybody needs to chillout. Gotta go…
Athens
October 19th, 2012
6:00 pm
@JC
Great question, but we really need to be careful how it is handled. UF game will be the biggest in Richt’s career. A win and much of the discussion goes away particularly if they beat SC. A loss and even the alum with start to hold back $. ESPN would hammer us firing a coach with112+ wins. HS coaches in GA would be leary as Richt is also such a great role model as no one can doubt. If he was an ass it would be a little easier.
D-MAN
October 19th, 2012
6:06 pm
Are ya ready for the annual Beatdown in Athens Douchbag Bob!
JC
October 19th, 2012
6:16 pm
Athens, Im not so sure I agree with you about ESPN’s opinion on firing Richt. Herbstreit and the graphic the producers chose to put up on the screen at the end of carolina game made it pretty clear how ESPN felt about Richt. I would love to sit down with David Pollack over a beer and ask him if he honestly thinks CMR and company can get the job done today.. I feel like he would say no off the record. As for the HS coaches and the mentor thing… I guess we are caught between a rock in a hard place if we get blown out by UF.. In my opinion I would rather take a step back in order to go forward if thats what it would take. I dont think we can leave CMR in place just because he is a good mentor meanwhile we continue to not be competitive in big games.
SEC Fan
October 19th, 2012
6:20 pm
Heh heh heh…
At least UGA has Tech to look down on.
JC
October 19th, 2012
6:43 pm
Would also question Richt’s ability to mentor and lead kids.. Too many of our boys getting in trouble
Beast from the East
October 19th, 2012
7:27 pm
GTBob,
The thing you always fail to realize is that the SEC gets it done in big games. The teams that the SEC places in BCS bowls are usually so much better defensively than their opponent, it is ridiculous. Auburn in 2010 was the lone exception. They did it Big 12 style by being unstoppable on offense. LSU, UF and Bama have all shut down some of the best offenses to grace the field in the past BCSCG games. OSU with Troy Smith, OU with Jason White, OU again with Sam Bradford, UT with Colt McCoy. Hate the SEC all you want, but the proof is in the trophy cases. Stop by Gainesville (2), Baton Rouge (2), Tuscaloosa (2) or Auburn (1) and see for yourself. Sorry I can’t direct you to Athens, but they haven’t figured it out yet.
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
7:50 pm
Beast
Ouch…that hurt my funnybone…
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
7:57 pm
Topdog/ Smith & Wesson
I’ll be back at the Dew Drop Inn in Savannah in about an hour. I didn’t see you there last Friday. Waited until about 2:00 am. Sorry you couldn’t make it…
Beast from the East
October 19th, 2012
8:20 pm
kingdaddy,
What’s your prediction on UF and SC tomorrow?
kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
8:29 pm
Beast
Hard call. Head says SC,heart says Gators…going with Gators to set up showdown with UGA. UGA in a win win situation. Going to the DEW DROP INN, SEE YA THARE…
Rick James
October 19th, 2012
9:23 pm
@GTBob
If the SEC disbanded and the athletic programs of the schools involved were dissolved then it would benefit the students of those institutions greatly. Schools like UGA, Mississippi, and Alabama would be forced to form some identity other than a minor league football team. That combined with the way the conference in general treats players, would be a good case for starting over and trying to remember the real reason their colleges
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How do the teams in the SEC treat its players that you think is so bad.Are they forced to pick cotton in the off season? I wonder why the NCAA is not aware is your mistreatment allegations
Beast from the East
October 19th, 2012
9:46 pm
Rick James,
We keep them all caged up and only let them out on gamedays. Didn’t you know?
Paul in NH
October 19th, 2012
9:55 pm
DawgFaithful
October 19th, 2012
4:38 pm
What good OOC teams has the SEC lost to this year?
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Dang – I can’t believe GTBob let that question past.
I’ll bite – do Western Kentucky, UL-Monroe, Northwestern & Texas (last seen losing by 6 TDs) count as good teams or bad? Louisville and Rutgers appear to be solid.
Paul in NH
October 19th, 2012
9:56 pm
Beast
I hope you were talking about the mascots in your last post.
Rick James
October 19th, 2012
10:10 pm
@Paul in NH
How cold is it tonight in NH?
Kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
10:13 pm
At the Dew, no top-dog …
Kingdaddy
October 19th, 2012
10:41 pm
Wussy ….
Beast from the East
October 19th, 2012
11:34 pm
Paul,
Hopefully, you could detect just a touch of sarcasm.
Paul in NH
October 19th, 2012
11:53 pm
Rick James
It isn’t too cold in NH tonight – although it has rained heavily. Had a hard frost a couple of mornings ago though.
Paul in NH
October 19th, 2012
11:54 pm
Beast,
My sarcasm detector was working – I hope your wise-ass detector was working.
sic dawg
October 20th, 2012
12:21 am
Enjoy Ky Fla will kill the mutts
Kingdaddy
October 20th, 2012
12:32 am
Damn
Dew is Rocking like a broken rocket. Dawgs will be ready for Kane-Tuck-ee…
G Marmalard
October 20th, 2012
2:52 am
Take Kentucky and the points.
Dog4Life
October 20th, 2012
8:54 am
Here is an interesting football anecdotal reference. My father and his first cousin were boyhood chums, inseparable hunting fishing and carousing around. Cousin went to Ga Tech and Dad went to UGA. Edwin was a math guy and wanted to be an engineer; good for him he was very successful. Dad went on to Law school in Athens and also was very successful–God rest both their souls. Cousin Edwin’s claim to fame is that as a senior, he intercepted a pass thrown by Roger Staubach–now to the crux of the story. Edwin and tech people used get fighting mad when told they were an academic institution that happened to have a football program–after all they desired to be the Notre Dame of the South. Since that time for over 50 years they have bragged on being an academic institution because their football program became irrelevant to a large degree with small bursts of success here and there (Ross, btw was a good coach). Cousin Edwin’s grandson also attended Tech and played football. Merely a second teamer–still he was there. Different story from an insider; once Tech instituted the general studies category (they actually call it something catchy–cannot remember), they were able to recruit better athletes especially under Ross and O’Leary and even Gailey–Cousin grumbles that it isn’t fair that at Tech if you are a good athlete (football, basketball, baseball even in women’s sports) you are in a different academic category and many do not take Calculus or have the difficulty of curriculum that many tech students have to suffer through regardless of status. Its laughable because Cousin went to school with hamilton and played on the same team–said he was an ignoramus, but was a good athlete. Again, no disrespect to Tech and its academics, but athletes at any institution are treated differently–so please stop alluding to the education or academic path of athletes at tech, or any school for that matter. All institutions are credible if you measure their true student body, not athletic program–second teamers have a difficult path, but others not so much–told to me a by an insider who knows and even made extra money as a tutor to the athletes. People are so delusional about college sports–all of them are mostly factories–some better than others. I quote Bear Bryant and Bobby Dodd here, “hard to rally around a math class!”
Dog4Life
October 20th, 2012
9:01 am
When I stated regardless of status, obviously I am referencing the normal student body not athletes (business etc … all take a rigorous curriculum).
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catlady
October 20th, 2012
2:27 pm
When I was a grad assistant at FSU in the late 80s, we had a player who was labeled dislexic, disgraphic, discalculic. He could not read, write, or do math, but he could run very well. He had a stable of “student assistants” who took notes for him, attended class with him, read to him, etc. Laughable.