After Saturday upsets, Georgia can get national title shot by winning out
And just like that, Georgia controls its own destiny for a national title shot.
Same for Alabama. That’s the end result of Saturday’s BCS chaos.
Loading ...No. 1 Kansas State (52-24 to Baylor) and No. 2 Oregon (17-14 in overtime to Stanford) went down in major upsets. That means No. 3 Notre Dame will move up to No. 1 in next week’s BCS standings and No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 Georgia should slide up right behind at 2 and 3, respectively.
If the Bulldogs (10-1) and Crimson Tide (10-1) can get to the SEC Championship game unscathed — each must survive rival games against Georgia Tech and Auburn, respectively, next Saturday — it will turn the Dec. 1 Georgia Dome classic into a BCS championship semifinal. The winner advances to the title game, giving the SEC a shot at a seventh consecutive national championship.
ESPN college football analyst and BCS expert Brad Edwards predicted that Notre Dame, Alabama and Georgia would take over the top three spots when the new rankings come ouot at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Notre Dame has never been ranked No. 1 in the BCS era.
Georgia’s players were paying attention and took to Twitter to share their feelings.
Shortly after Stanford pulled off the second upset of the night, quarterback Aaron Murray sent out this tweet from his Twitter account, @aaronmurray11: “Yesssssssssssss!!!!!! The Murray household just went crazyyyyy!!!!!! #dawgsontop” Murray lives with teammates Dustin Royston, Artie Lynch, Ty Frix and Christian Robinson.
A short time later, All-American outside linebacker Jarvis Jones, aka @SacManJones_29, tweeted: “TURNT up.. Leggo BULLDAWG NATION!!”
Others:
- “Thank you Baylor thank you Stanford.” — Cornerback Sanders Commings (@SandersCommings)
- “I just did have a heart attack.” — Wide receiver Chris Conley (@CCon_TreUno)
- “Let’s take care of business! Playoffs start now!” – Wide receiver Rhett McGowan (@KinG_WooT_17)
Georgia defeated Georgia Southern 45-14 Saturday to improve to 10-1 on the season. The Bulldogs have already secured the Eastern Division’s berth into the SEC Championship game. But first they have to get by archrival Georgia Tech (6-4), which visits Athens next Saturday for a noon kickoff.
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Blackout Tech
November 18th, 2012
9:25 am
Unify as one Dawg fans and Blackout Tech!! http://www.facebook.com/events/456145551114274/?fref=ts
OLD DOG
November 18th, 2012
9:25 am
It sure is fun to talk and write a lot of ________ but it is more fun to watch the game and enjoy the results. Bama has issues just like all teams but the dawgs are peaking at the right time. No team can stay up for 12 straight weeks unless you play in the LITTLE “10″ even the Cathlicks dodged a bullit or two. Remember back when USC was ranked #1 (not South Carolina) to start the season. To end the season they want be ranked. I wrote 4 weeks ago that the play off had started well it is still going ONE AT A TIME DAWGS THE ROAD IS LONG AND FILLED WITH POT HOLES BUT THE TRULY GOOD TEAMS WILL SURVIVE GOOOOO!!!!!!! DAWGS!!!!!!
Neutral
November 18th, 2012
9:28 am
ONE GAME AT A TIME……..JUST ASK KANSAS STATE AND OREGON. GT will play lights out so we had better be ready to hit them hard, fast and often. GO DAWGS!!!!
RMikel58
November 18th, 2012
9:29 am
Given what happened Saturday nothing is impossible in losing an inner state rivalry. Ga Tech has never had a better football program than Georgia but does have a better basketball program.
That will always be a given.
But this isnt about basketball or I.Q. its about football. Where the Dawgs have and will always dominate Tech its a given.
Alot of Tech Fans get sick for a full week in anticipation of their game against the Dawgs, fearing the worst of being blown out yet again.
They wont admit this to us in the Dawg Nation, they’ll growl and bark with little inuendos of a great victory over Georgia but deep inside theyre just praying to compete and not lose big.
Ever see a Yellow Jacket try to bark instead of Buzzing?
None of us know the outcome cause here you have a yellow jacket team where their coach is on the bubble and havent had a great season to brag of.
But this is a game where any team can get beaten by a lesser foe. So yes, i can concede that anything is possible with any game but alot of those Tech players arent from Georgia and really dont care about that its Georgia their playing.
Its the Tech Fans who are all hyped up to play us and spout off like theres no tomorrow begging for just 1 Win against a better team.
I’ll just say that Tech better hope that the Refs are Tech graduates and call blatant penalties to ease the pain of those Techies in the stands.
It’ll be Georgia beating itself and looking ahead past Tech is the only way they can win. When you Tech Fans think of the game then think about Tech playing Georgia in basketball and youll see why were more dominate than you.
Georgia chances against Tech in basketball is like Techs chances against Georgia in football. NON EXISTANT.
I know using LOGIC is hard for Tech Fans because their so smart that their stupid but once you can cross that threshold of realization then youll begin to understand the differences in each schools programs.
Tech just sucks in football and always will. Coming to that realization will help to lower your blood pressure and cholesterol levels by 75%.
USMC DAWG
November 18th, 2012
9:33 am
Could Mark Richt have the last laugh at all of us Georgia fans who have criticized him for blowing through talent and not coaching his teams up to their talent level???
Stranger things have happened, BUT Georgia has to win ONE game at a time.
If Georgia ever had a chance to win the BCS, this is it. It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3….
1) TECH
2) BAMA
3) ND or whoever is left
Now, we have to go win it on the field. Go Dawgs!
alpharetta alice
November 18th, 2012
9:33 am
if america wants to end the sec dominance of the national title, just send uga to miami…guaranteed to be the sec’s biggest loser…joke of a program, joke fanbase, joke state…wait, what am i talking about…BAMA 45 uga 13…roll tide!!!!!!!!!!
RedandBlackDAWG
November 18th, 2012
9:41 am
Tech. will probably get some running yards, although not like they get against very poor teams like Duke and Maryland. The problem with Tech. is their inability to stop the other team from scoring. There can’t be a lot of pride when you beat a lowly team by scoring 60 points and giving up 40 something to that team. They still aren’t any better with or without Groh. They just do not have the athletes to compete on the defensive side of the ball, and are lucky to be playing in a league where defense is mostly forgotten.
The AJC blogs will light up this week, with anti-UGA crap from a stinger-less Tech. team’s fans, at least the 20 or so fans they do have, and then after next Saturday, we will have a day of excuses by them, followed by either them getting into a championship game in their conference (?), and after losing that, another trip to sunny El Paso.
Joey
November 18th, 2012
9:41 am
You probably have the score right, techie (9:33).
UGA 45 – alpharetta alice’s team 13
Black-N-Red
November 18th, 2012
9:42 am
To ALL the HATERS all year long and the naysayer’s — YOU CAN ROYALLY SUCK IT… That is all and please keep up the hating it makes me laugh hard as the season keeps progressing!!!!!!!! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH
RedandBlackDAWG
November 18th, 2012
9:43 am
Sure worked well against Texas A and M, didn’t it?
Under The Bleachers
November 18th, 2012
9:46 am
TrishaDishawareagle
November 18th, 2012
12:20 am
It would be super hillarious if you lost to tech, then beat bama and knocked both of you out of a shot, but more than likely, you will beat Tech and be steamrolled by Alabama and play Wisconsin in the capital one bowl
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Your True Class shows up! You need to worry about multiple things….coaching staff but bigger issue of what the NCAA is going to gift to Auburn in the form of probation, and do not believe it is not coming because it is. Grow up and get back on the fry line.
After you get royally spanked by the folks at Bryant Denny next week and upchuck your Turkey you can crawl back into your hole and wait for something not negative to come out of Auburn.
As for Alabama and Georgia, I do not see any problems with either opponents next week. I just see Alabama putting a ton of pressure on Murray and limiting( not stopping) Gurshall, and winning the game in the 2nd Half.
DawgFan
November 18th, 2012
9:46 am
Go Dawgs. A chance to erase 32 years of not quite getting there. Still a mile to go and first step this Sat at noon against the despised bugs. Time to ramp up the hate for Tech to new levels. Arrive early and in a bad mood, verbally abuse any yellow turds unlucky enough to sit next to you and bring home no voice. BEAT TECH!! BEAT THEM VICIOUSLY AND BEAT THEM SILLY!!
alpharetta alice
November 18th, 2012
9:47 am
redandblackdummy, how about 35-7….
Turkeyneck
November 18th, 2012
9:49 am
RMike …..impressed with your spelling. As a Techie, I pull for the Mutts to win all year long just so we can spoil their party. You Mutts are partying well already. Last year Clemson came to Atlanta and all of Atlanta was all a party of orange and white as they were riding undefeated and favored by 21. The Bees had their party after the game.
Just hope the Mutt team looks to next week as a “given”. They have good reason to do so. No doubt UGA is the better team, but the Bees are in an excellent position to spoil the party!
Under The Bleachers
November 18th, 2012
9:49 am
RedandBlackDAWG
November 18th, 2012
9:43 am
Sure worked well against Texas A and M, didn’t it?
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Hate to tell you, Murray is not Manziel and is a little more slow footed than most of Alabama DL’s and Linebackers.
GIGO
November 18th, 2012
9:49 am
Haters gonna hate…not sure why Alabama is even talking…they haven’t won the west yet or the right, honor, and privilege to face UGA in the SEC Championship game. Win the west, then come back and talk trash. We’re still waiting to see who our real opponent will be in the SEC championship game.
To Tell the Truth
November 18th, 2012
9:50 am
AINT’T GONNA HAPPEN!! You will not beat Bama!!!
LMAO!!! NC, YEAH, RIGHT!!!
USMC DAWG
November 18th, 2012
9:51 am
Listen, I have a HEALTHY respect for BAMA, but they got whipped by a Texas A&M team that Florida beat ON THE ROAD. We physically punished Florida and kept them out of the end zone.
BAMA is a great team, but let’s face it, they lost a ton of talent after last season.
SO if there is any year that Georgia has a chance to beat BAMA and go to the BCS NC game, this is it.
Let’s hope Mark Richt comes through.
“IT” is right there in front of him. Go get it DAWGS!
joe
November 18th, 2012
9:52 am
Congrats to UGA-now I will root for you. Sorry to see my graduating school “the Ducks go down”. Just remember UGA fans if you lose any of the next two-you will alllllllllllllllll be back on the fire everybody train..
ARdawg
November 18th, 2012
9:52 am
Trishadisha
I’m surprised you would even show up here. You’ve lost any sense of cred to post on a Georgia blog. Now quietly turn around, leave and take that 45-7 and 38-0 with ya
GIGO
November 18th, 2012
9:52 am
@ To Tell the Truth…. try winning the west, then we can talk.
alpharetta alice
November 18th, 2012
9:53 am
hey gigo, sthu loser….
USMC DAWG
November 18th, 2012
9:53 am
BAMA has not played a defense as good as Georgia’s!
BAMA is better coached, but BAMA gets unhinged when they play less disciplined teams like LSU and A&M. BAMA plays a little tight. Georgia has a good chance to beat BAMA, just sayin.
ARdawg
November 18th, 2012
9:57 am
USMC
Don’t underestimate your Dawgs. Bama is good but they are not the 800 pound gorilla. They’ve been exposed. UGA has more talent. The question here as I see it is, can Richt out coach Saban. The pieces are in place for Richt to get the NC funk off of him. Can he?
Make no mistake, murder Tech this week. The only thing worse than losing the SEC would be to be beaten by our little step sister. Stay focused
Johnny Ringo
November 18th, 2012
9:58 am
There is now way that a team should play for a National Championship if they lose by 35 points in October….NO WAY!
Red_Elephant101
November 18th, 2012
10:01 am
Nohing like arrogant upity dawg fans, we have won the SEC more than the next two schools have combined, the Elephants also have a healthy knack for showing up for the big tent events in style.
Just remember to bring us some peanuts and hold down that barking ankle biters….
Under The Bleachers
November 18th, 2012
10:02 am
USMC DAWG
November 18th, 2012
9:53 am
BAMA has not played a defense as good as Georgia’s!
BAMA is better coached, but BAMA gets unhinged when they play less disciplined teams like LSU and A&M. BAMA plays a little tight. Georgia has a good chance to beat BAMA, just sayin.
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LOL….Still laughing at that opening statement. LSU is much much better than UGA is defensively and UGA is Good on defense. I do not see how you think Alabama gets ‘unhinged” or plays “tight”.
I guess playing 3 top 15 teams in a row who all run different style offenses that try to either spread you out or have a mobile quarterback has much more affect on the game than anyone in the game today. You are a fan of UGA, I get it, but come on man, use some facts not opinions.
alpharetta alice
November 18th, 2012
10:03 am
They’ve been exposed. UGA has more talent.
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what an incredibly stupid statement…sober up before you hit the blogs boy!
alpharetta alice
November 18th, 2012
10:04 am
intelligence ain’t your strong suit is it private pyle…
Under The Bleachers
November 18th, 2012
10:08 am
Just as I and everyone expected, the polling results is more like a Christmas wish list than what mommy and daddy can really afford. 38% win them both, then play NCG, 30% win Tech, lose to Alabama, Even a blind man would know the results before the “view poll results” were announced.
BigDawg
November 18th, 2012
10:10 am
Nerds: you lost to Middle Tennessee & BYU @ home, & gave up 50 points to N. Carolina, why would you think you can come into Athens & compete? Dawgs will smoke the insects & put up 50+ easily against you’re vaunted D lol, CMR calls off the Dawgs like he did yesterday & wins 51-17!!! & YES we can beat Bama, so buzz off Nerdies
How bout them BEES!
November 18th, 2012
10:14 am
Tech has UGA right where they want them! It would absolutely make my year to see Tech knock UGA out of a chance at the NC.
GIGO
November 18th, 2012
10:16 am
I think I hit a nerve!
USMC DAWG
November 18th, 2012
10:16 am
“LSU is much much better than UGA is defensively and UGA is Good on defense.”–Under the Bleachers
LOL!
I guess “Under the Bleachers” forgot that Florida scored TWO touchdowns against LSU and ZERO touchdowns against Georgia…
Georgia had ONE bad game this season where they didn’t “show up”…
ARdawg
November 18th, 2012
10:17 am
alice
You’re either and idiot or in complete denial. Pound for pound UGA’s talent well exceeds Bama’s. Doesn’t mean much though, it exceeded SCe’s too. Takes coaching
SmartDawg
November 18th, 2012
10:18 am
The reason we scheduled Georgia Southern is to prep for Tech’s triple option. They don’t have a friggin chance. 60-17.
graphite
November 18th, 2012
10:18 am
There has never been a team with 3 losses in the National Championship game….Sorry puppies,that’s the way it’s going to be…..RollOn…
Ken fuller
November 18th, 2012
10:21 am
DAWGS WIN OUT…WIN BCS CHAMPIONSHIP!!! THEY HAVE THE RIGHT LEADERS…MANY OF WHOM DELAYED THEIR NFL CAREERS JUST FOR THIS CHANCE. JARVIS JONES AND COMPANY WILL NOT LET THIS CHANCE SLIP AWAY. GO DAWGS, SIC ‘EM !!!
GIGO
November 18th, 2012
10:21 am
Good luck Alabama…hope you make it to the SECC game…then you can talk trash without looking like a complete idiot. And alpharetta alice, the truth hurts, doesn’t it? Go Dawgs!!!
USMC DAWG
November 18th, 2012
10:21 am
“Just as I and everyone expected, the polling results is more like a Christmas wish list than what mommy and daddy can really afford. 38% win them both, then play NCG, 30% win Tech, lose to Alabama, Even a blind man would know the results before the “view poll results” were announced.”–Bleachers
Spoken like a true fool. No one is saying that Georgia is guaranteed to beat Bama and win the BCS, Knucklehead. BUT Georgia still has a chance.
1) Tech
2) Bama
Texas A&M showed that BAMA isn’t invulnerable. LSU and BAMA are both GREAT teams that I respect and like to watch, but both are beatable.
USMC DAWG
November 18th, 2012
10:23 am
The only person that can really spoil Georgia’s chances is MARK RICHT. This is his time to shut us up. Have the team ready to play, Mark, and everything falls into place.
Orlando Dawg
November 18th, 2012
10:24 am
How much fun is it going to be next Sat. in Athens exploding in cheers when the Dawgs take the field! God almighty, we are blessed, the road is paved for us…take no prisoners! Go Dawgs! All you recruits, come to Athens, come to Athens! You have a home here!
Georgia Fan
November 18th, 2012
10:24 am
1-Notre Dame loses to USC. 2- Florida beats FSU. 3- Georgia beats Bama … Result: Georgia vs. Florida in BCS title game. (In Florida.) Wouldn’t that be a dream scenario!!
USMC DAWG
November 18th, 2012
10:26 am
“There has never been a team with 3 losses in the National Championship game….Sorry puppies,that’s the way it’s going to be…..RollOn…”–graphite
Proof that BAMA has a great football team, but their fans can’t ADD.
Orlando Dawg
November 18th, 2012
10:26 am
I feeeel the Larry Munson Spirit soaring around Athens! OMG! It is good to be a Ga. Bulldawg!
Gorilla Biscuit
November 18th, 2012
10:28 am
Got to suck to be a Techerhead right about now.
ARdawg
November 18th, 2012
10:29 am
You nerd trolls are hoping to hang your hat on Bama. Thats quite funny but whatever you need to do. Your beat down and thorough drubbing is coming this week.
Bama is one brainfart blown coverage by LSU from having 2 losses and not even in this conversation. They are not the Goliath you’re praising them to be. The SECCG is going to be a good game and Georgia has as much chance to beat Bama as they have to beat Georgia. Keep your head in the sand if you wish. Whatever helps you get through the 12 of 13 smackdown coming your way
Pitbull
November 18th, 2012
10:30 am
I remember TrishaDishawareagle from college.
They used to graze her along with the Auburn homecoming queen in Jordan Hare stadium.
That cow can still produce a lot of manure.
Tarryuga
November 18th, 2012
10:30 am
GO DAWGS!! BREAK THE STINGER OFF AND SHOVE IT UP THEIR BEE-HOLES!!!!!!!!!!
SIC’EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARdawg
November 18th, 2012
10:31 am
Georgia fan
The trolls are laughing but, that is a very real scenario. As long as FL wins, nobody can leap them