Notebook: Nick Saban believes Georgia deserves to be in BCS Bowl
From all indications, Georgia will end up in the AT&T Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, after losing to Alabama 32-28 in the SEC Championship game on Saturday. But Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said the Bulldogs should be heading to a BCS bowl.
Georgia's Mark Richt and Alabama coach Nick Saban embrace after Saturday's dramatic finish in the SEC Championship game. (AP photo)From all indications, Georgia will end up in the AT&T Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, after losing to Alabama 32-28 in the SEC Championship game on Saturday. But Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said the Bulldogs should be heading to a BCS bowl.
“I’m going to tell you what, I think it’s a crying shame if Georgia doesn’t go to a BCS bowl,” said Saban, who will take Alabama to its third national championship game in four years. “They should get to go to a BCS bowl game. They played a tremendous game out there today … and could have won at the end just as soon as us. It came down to the last play. So, I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
Official bowl selections do not come out until Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. with the annual selection show on ESPN. But most projections have No. 4-ranked Florida, which finished the season 11-1 but to the Bulldogs, heading to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, one of the five BCS bowls.
But if anything, Saban believes the SEC should have three teams in the BCS mix.
“I watch these teams that are 7-5 that are talking about they might go to a BCS game because they won their championship?,” Saban asked incredulously. “Something’s not right here. I don’t know what people think of the SEC… . I just don’t think it’s fair to the Georgia players, coaches and their institution if they don’t go to a BCS game.”
Georgia coach Mark Richt was interviewed before Saban made his remarks in the main interview area at the Georgia Dome. He agreed, but was less emphatic in his stance.
“Well, it’s up to whoever is deciding and I’m not in charge of that,” he said. “But do I think we are worthy of a BCS Bowl? Yes I do. I do.”
Bowl destinations debated
Where the SEC Championship game loser lands is always a matter of great debate. The league put in safeguards a few years ago to make sure the its runner-up doesn’t drop below Atlanta’s Chick-fil-A Bowl.
In this year’s scenarios, it was coming down to the Cotton Bowl and the Capital One Bowl for the loser. Based on the SEC’s bowl agreements, the Capital One gets first selection among the non-BCS teams. Late word Saturday night was that the Orlando bowl had decided to go with Texas A&M and Heisman Trophy frontrunner Johnny Manziel.
If so, that leaves the Cotton to choose between Georgia and LSU. The Chick-fil-A desperately wants the Tigers to come to Atlanta to face Clemson. That would be a much more favorable matchup for the bowl and for the Bulldogs, who open next season on the road against Clemson.
BCS or bust
Had Georgia punched its ticket for the BCS Championship, a huge contingent of the Bulldog Nation would have gone along for the ride.
According to Tim Cearley, Georgia’s director of ticket of operations, the Bulldogs had already doubled their BCS bowl allotment. Applications for Hartman Club contributors – aka, the Bulldogs’ renewable season tickets – for Georgia’s possible bowl destinations went out shortly after the win over Florida. By Friday’s deadline, more than 35,000 tickets had been requested for the Jan. 7 matchup against Notre Dame, Cearly said. Only 17,000 tickets are available for the respective teams.
Between the demand for BCS tickets and those for the SEC Championship game, Cearley and UGA’s ticket office have been pushed to the brink.
“It’s been pretty crazy, but it’s been a fun week,” Cearly said.
Georgia is expected to have tickets available for both the Cotton and Capital One bowls. Call 706-542-1231 or go to georgiadogs.com for information.
Last game heroics?
It’s considered a foregone conclusion that Saturday was Jarvis Jones’ last shot of winning an SEC championship or playing for a BCS title. Though he’s only a junior, he has been projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NFL draft by several analysts.
“I don’t, man; it’s not decision time for me,” said Jones, who had six tackles and two sacks Saturday. “Right now I’m going to focus on the rest of our season. We’ve still got a couple more weeks.”
There are a few other underclassmen that will have a decision to make between now and the NFL’s declaration deadline in early January. Chief among them is junior inside linebacker Alec Ogletree, who led the Bulldogs with 11 tackles on Saturday, and junior quarterback Aaron Murray.
“I’m not thinking about that right now,” Murray said afterward. “That’s too far in the future. I can’t get this game out of my mind right now.”
They said it
“Hindsight’s easy. I definitely would if I had to do it over have him spike it. We work on that a lot where we get in a formation and try to get a play called really quick and try to give us three chances to get the ball in the end zone. It just didn’t work out that way.”
– Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo, taking the blame for the decision not to spike the ball after Arthur Lynch’s first-and-goal catch at the Alabama 8 with 15 seconds to play.
Etc… .
Alec Ogletree returned blocked field goal 55 yards for a touchdown to give Georgia a 21-10 lead at 6:31 in the third quarter. Cornelius Washington recorded the block; the second field goal blocked by Georgia this season and first returned for a touchdown against Alabama since Kentucky in 1997. . . . Georgia converted its first successful fake punt since 2005 early in the first quarter. Tight end Arthur Lynch, manning the up-back position, took the snap and threw a 16-yard pass to senior cornerback Sanders Commings for a first down at the Alabama 20-yard line. It was Commings’ first career catch… . Tight end Jay Rome caught his second career TD pass. … Murray moved past Peyton Manning into second on the SEC list for career TD passes with 90. . . . Former Georgia quarterback David Greene got the biggest ovation during the on-field introduction of “SEC Legends” shortly before kickoff.
COMPLETE COVERAGE OF SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:
Game story: Alabama delivers BCS knockout of Georgia, 32-28
Bradley column: Five yards short in bitter defeat a winning UGA effort
Schultz column: Georgia earns respect in defeat, but loss not easy to take
The final drive and play: An agonizing ending for Georgia
What they said: post-game comments from players, coaches on both teams
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Truth
December 1st, 2012
10:37 pm
Guess you GA fans will still hate the man even though he comes to your defense.
Tripp Bowden
December 1st, 2012
10:40 pm
Damn. Great game but damn.
JB
December 1st, 2012
10:50 pm
Truth….save it man. Not a good time. Unlike all the post this week that we couldn’t stay on the field with Bama, Been told Saban had to be taken to hospital to have his rear end reopened.
NORRIS
December 1st, 2012
10:52 pm
why does a team get penalized for not winning their conference championship. Florida gets to play in the sugar bowl and they lost to georgia. the two best teams played in the game tonight. it is not right to punish the loser. It is an extra game. it is not a schedule game. conference championship games define the champion and should not penalize a team that came in second.
Taco Meat
December 1st, 2012
10:54 pm
Gut-wrenching loss. Saban is right- the BCS is a complete joke.
UGA Grad
December 1st, 2012
10:56 pm
Why does the AJC even report this? We lost the game. We are a bunch of losers. Who cares what bowl we go to? We had our shot at a Nat’l Championship and blew it. We have to understand we are just a “middle of the pack” program. Since Richt has been coaching at UGA, Alabama has leapfrogged us. LSU has won 2 Nat’l Championships. Auburn has gone undefeated in 2 different seasons with 1 Nat’l Championship. Florida has leapfrogged us from the Zook years to win 2 Nat’l Championships and will probably win one under Muschamp before we can contend for a Nat’l Championship again. South Carolina has beaten us 3 years in a row. We need to stop worrying about consolation prizes and focus on taking care of business and winning championships.
UAGrad2003
December 1st, 2012
10:58 pm
To all the classy Georgia fans, great game! For all the spoiled brats who continue to talk smack..you know where you can shove it. Yes, we have bad fans, but current and former UGA players like Bucky Belue were talking smack all week. Not one Alabama player had anything nasty to say about UGA or its players. Forget the fan trash talking, especially when you retaliate with more trash and mud slinging
dryden
December 1st, 2012
11:02 pm
hey truth you say that because you won and prick saban is preaching because he won. UGA belongs in a lower tier bowl and I hope they get shutout at this point. There is nothng left to play for this season
Slim
December 1st, 2012
11:11 pm
Can you believe UGA lost??? I can. They were up 21-10 with six minutes to go in the 3rd and couldn’t get it done. Awwwww….Rambo and his big mouth are quite now. 8 NFL players on UGA’s defense and they allowed 350 rushing yards…
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
December 1st, 2012
11:17 pm
500 yards given up with all that NFL talent on defense.
Yep Todd Grantham is awesome.
See, this is why it’s 32 years. Fans who know football wouldn’t have stood for Grantham’s defense last year.
You idiots gave him a raise.
Dig your own grave.
NYC Dawg
December 1st, 2012
11:22 pm
Classy of Saban to say what he did. I appreciate it, and I agree with him.
He knows that it easily could have been his team that dropped out of the BCS, which would have been just as unfair as UGa not getting the BCS bid. The whole idea that Northern Ill, Rutgers, Louisville or even Ga Tech is flirting with a BCS bowl bid simply shows how flawed the system is.
NYC Dawg
December 1st, 2012
11:25 pm
Chris Fowler just said it was one of the best college football games he has ever seen. I agree.
dewnsav
December 1st, 2012
11:26 pm
tide rolling…congrats, you won…you want to trash our D but truth be told 10 more seconds and you wouldn’t be on this blog…Bama didn’t look like world beaters either…not sour grapes, just the truth…go dogs
KBP
December 1st, 2012
11:30 pm
The Tide is Rolling. . . you gave up the most yards you have given up this year also with your number one defensive ranking. Yep Kirby Smart is awesome too. Bama played great! Congrats and beat ND.
Captain
December 1st, 2012
11:31 pm
Tough loss. Hard to believe with all those rushing yds Ala was never assessed a holding penalty. Hard to believe they were only penalized twice. Penalties are part of the game, Dawgs had some untimely ones which hurt including 15 yd unsportsmanship on the kickoff following Ogletree’s TD setting Ala up at the 39 instead of 24. Shortened the field for the Tide.
Saban has surpassed The Bear. He is dominating the game in spite of scholarship reductions which supposedly have spread the talent. Saban is a far more dominating force than Bear. Question is can he do something Bear never could, Bear failed miserably each time when he played Notre Dame in a National Championship. Hard to see Saban failing.
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
December 1st, 2012
11:31 pm
Your offense is fine. Yet you want to fire Mike Bobo.
I’m not trashing your team.
I trashing the DUMBEST fans in college football.
Iloveuga
December 1st, 2012
11:32 pm
Chuck Oliver-you’re an idiot and so are most of the people that call your idiot show!
680 is off my radio-war eagle-haha.
Great game UGA!
You make Dawg Nation proud!
Bamafan
December 1st, 2012
11:36 pm
I agree with Saben . One play difference in playing for Championship and dropping out of BSC Bowl..sucks. UGA and Coach Richt deserve to play over Fla in bowl.
The idiot reporter that asked Coach Richt that stupid question after game showed no class.
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
December 1st, 2012
11:38 pm
An SEC championship for rushing yards given up…
NYC Dawg
December 1st, 2012
11:41 pm
The latest word is that UGA is going to the Cotton Bowl to play Texas. Seems awfully similar to playing in the Sugar Bowl against OU. Sounds like a reasonable consolation prize to me…much better than chik-fil-a bowl.
NYC Dawg
December 1st, 2012
11:45 pm
Bamafan, congrats. You guys have a great program…we are not quite there, but we will be. The O line is the difference.
I saw Richt at the press conference too. The reporter was a moron. When Richt called him out, the guy folded up like a cheap tent.
EPrivett
December 1st, 2012
11:49 pm
Once again Georgia comes up short, seems to be their destiny.
Just don’t have BMT, the team has great potential but a major handicap in the coaching staff.
Shame…
Blackoutanyone?
December 1st, 2012
11:49 pm
Just a great game. I’m one of the biggest crap talkers on these blogs but I truly feel bad for everyone associated with UGA tonight. Tough loss and Saban is 100% correct… you deserve better.
ROLL TIDE!!!!!
Ken in Alaska
December 1st, 2012
11:50 pm
Dawg fans, great game. I love the Tide but know that you have a great team and a classy coach. Thought you outplayed Bama most of the night, but Bama has a tandem of great backs that took that game on their shoulders. Heck of a game, would have been shouting Go Dawgs if they had won and faced ND. Easy to see why you guys were SEC East champs and good luck the rest of the way, maybe we will see you guys under similar circumstances next year. Go Dawgs and ROLL TIDE!
Frankly
December 1st, 2012
11:53 pm
UAGrad2003
December 1st, 2012
10:58 pm
To all the classy Georgia fans, great game! For all the spoiled brats who continue to talk smack..you know where you can shove it. Yes, we have bad fans, but current and former UGA players like Bucky Belue were talking smack all week. Not one Alabama player had anything nasty to say about UGA or its players. Forget the fan trash talking, especially when you retaliate with more trash and mud slinging
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The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
December 1st, 2012
11:17 pm
500 yards given up with all that NFL talent on defense.
Yep Todd Grantham is awesome.
See, this is why it’s 32 years. Fans who know football wouldn’t have stood for Grantham’s defense last year.
You idiots gave him a raise.
Dig your own grave.
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A lefthanded compliment and an idiot. Oh well, great game and I hope you beat ND.
jc_dawgs
December 1st, 2012
11:54 pm
Look at it this way….we were #3 playing the #2 team. The #2 team won by the skin of there skin. Thus…isn’t the #3 team worthy of maintaining the #3 spot in that case? Why should they drop when its an extra game. Oh and btw…the #3 team beat the #4 team head to head.
why not
December 1st, 2012
11:59 pm
680 Needs to get rid of Chuck. Chuck Chuck! I never liked his wiennie voice anyway.
Glad to hear the class statement by Saban. Glad to see MR stand up for his QB and himself.
A great game everyone should agree. Hate to loose it, but no shame loosing by 5 yards to the National Champs.
Ken in Alaska
December 2nd, 2012
12:00 am
Agree JC, I think Nick was being very sincere in his comments and I understand his point. There aren’t two other teams in the nation that could have beaten UGA tonite, and Bama was fortunate to come out on top. UGA has a great team and played their hearts out in what was the greatest SECCG to date. Be proud of the Dawgs and ROLL TIDE!
BMOC
December 2nd, 2012
12:04 am
Disappointed?? Yes. Still love my DAWGS, and we have a heck of a team, coaches included.
GO DAWGS!!!
BMOC
December 2nd, 2012
12:07 am
why not
I AGREE!!
This clown on 680 the fan is a joke.. Needs to have his clock cleaned (if you know what I mean)
Tom in Atl
December 2nd, 2012
12:10 am
It is amazing to me that a Tide Fan has the gall to come on here and trash talk after witnessing one of the best college football games of all time, a game they came within an eyelash of losing. We in the SEC may all hate each other during the season – and life vicariously through the success and dissapointments of the teams we choose to follow – but damn man – at the end of the day that was two great football eams leaving it all out on the field. I couldn’t be prouder of UGA, and I sincerely hope Bama beats ND 50-0 – despite the classless posters on this blog.
why not
December 2nd, 2012
12:11 am
MR has a lot of similarities to coach Bowden. He came close several times before getting over the hump and winning a couple of NC games. I think Coach CR will get his championship sometime in the future. I was hoping this year, but it is coming. Stay hungry and Go Dawgs!
dawggirl
December 2nd, 2012
12:13 am
I was initially very upset, but now after watching the video of the fans greeting the buses back in Athens I’m just proud. Proud of this team and the way they fought. Sometimes, it just doesn’t work out the way you want it. I’m glad we gave Bama, the gold standard of college football, all they could handle. I usually root against teams we lose to, but Roll Tide and shut up ND.
When you have a health crisis going on as I do, you learn to appreciate life and realize that things could always be worse.
Go Dawgs, always.
Fair n Balanced
December 2nd, 2012
12:14 am
Some people on these blogs will never be happy. I’m not happy to lose this game and I think in some ways we blew it and some ways we got beat. In truth, we just didn’t manage the time well at the very end. Bama is a great team, but we aren’t far behind. Richt is a good coach. Thankful we have him at GA.
why not
December 2nd, 2012
12:15 am
680 Chuck Chuck!
G8R8U2
December 2nd, 2012
12:19 am
Truth be told, Florida deserves better than just the Sugar Bowl themselves; they played more Top 15 teams than Bama, UGA, and ND COMBINED… so if anybody has a complaint, it’s Florida.
And Nick can give it a rest with the conference or division champions argument; only a hypocrite would say those things just 1 year after getting to play for and win a NC even though his own team didn’t win the SEC or Western division themselves.
why not
December 2nd, 2012
12:20 am
Dawggirl,
God Bless you in your struggles.
Glad to hear about a lot of fans greeting the team back home. Proud of our Dawgs and coaches.
flo-ri-duh
December 2nd, 2012
12:28 am
UGA gave up a lot of yards and so did Bama…….. the refs “no calls” was the difference in the game. Saw one blatant helmet to helmet cheap shot on Murray with the ref standing right there watching. Tide player Dial should have been kicked out of the game and Bama should have been moved back 15 yards. Instead the ref ignored the obvious and Bama ended up with a field goal.. Saw at least 6 blatant holding penalties by the Bama OL that were not called and several times pass interference that should have been called against Bama. Hopefully the cheap shot on Murray will be sent in to the SEC office and Dial will be suspended for the BCS champ game. The ref should be reassigned to high school games.
flo-ri-duh
December 2nd, 2012
12:34 am
Florida got out played and out coached by UGA and they ranked behind them and should still be ranked behind them next week. Florida doesn’t have the offense to stay with Bama. Georgia should not be penalized for losing a close game to #2. Florida is #4 and should still be #4 after this game. You lost to Georgia – you aren’t better than Georgia – and Florida should not be playing in the BCS game.
Iloveuga
December 2nd, 2012
12:37 am
Why Not-Amen!
Also glad to hear about real fans greeting the Dawgs!
They make me so proud and our future is great!
Thinking of you, Dawggirl.
Jimmy
December 2nd, 2012
1:00 am
Chip,
Who was that idiot reporter who asked Richt how he felt about him and Murray “not being able to win the big one??”LOL. While I agree w/ the media scribe (1-11 versus Top 10 comp says it all), it was definitely the WRONG time to ask it. And then the media guy has to hide behind “well I heard it was others who had been saying that..” What a tool. Richt even said to the guy, “if that’s what you’re saying I’ll answer the question, but if it’s what you hear ‘others’ are saying then I don’t care about that…” That was awesome. Richt finally showing some emotion out there. Even coming back after his presser was over and saying, “..if you guys think our guys weren’t playing their tails off out there, then you’re just crazy..” or something to that affect. Maybe if he showed that kind of fire during games they would be better than 1-11 over the past few years against top 10 comp and would have won todday. Of course he could have had Murray spike the darn ball and received at least two more chances to score. Unbelievable.
Russa
December 2nd, 2012
1:08 am
“Nick Saban believes Georgia deserves to be in BCS Bowl”
Saban is wrong. They had their chance at a BCS Bowl and they blew it
why not
December 2nd, 2012
1:09 am
Jimmy,
The tool is Chuck on 680 the fan radio in Atlanta.
What an idiot. The station should run him out of town.
It was a great game and someone had to loose. I hate it was the Dawgs. Every game has what ifs. No shame it going for it and playing hard. No use in all of that, just tip your hat and say good game and move on.
Go Dawgs!
ALABAMAFOOTBALL
December 2nd, 2012
1:18 am
Great Game. Still worn out. Hope the Dawgs go to New Orleans.
Jimmy
December 2nd, 2012
1:24 am
‘why not,’ are you serious?? That was Chuck that said that?? Wow. I would have thought he had better sense than that. I actually agree w/ his question, but like I said – you can’t ask that question then. You just know you’re not going to get an honest answer. Things are too emotional. Of course he should have stood behind the question and not hid behind “..that’s what I’ve heard others say…” I love his show w/ Chernoff. You know Matt is going to grill him on Monday’s show. haha
Dawg Tired
December 2nd, 2012
1:27 am
Russa thinks he knows more about college football than Nick Saban. What does that make Russa?
Eat Mor Chikin
December 2nd, 2012
1:39 am
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dawgfan
December 2nd, 2012
1:54 am
I understand that it was a poor time to ask richt about coming up short on big games but a 1-11 record against top ten teams pretty much speaks for itself!!! I guess we just do not have any luck when it comes to those big games. I am just so tired of seeing bama, lsu, or Florida playing for national championships and are left looking from the outside in!!!! What needs to be done??????
Eric C.
December 2nd, 2012
1:55 am
What did Chuck say???
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js_dawgs
December 2nd, 2012
2:28 am
dawggirl, could you post a link to the video of the fans greeting the buses?
Robin brown
December 2nd, 2012
2:41 am
i think the dawgs should be in the championship game against nd even though they lost to bama
Rationale
December 2nd, 2012
2:53 am
If you Alabama fans had the class of your coach there wouldn’t be so much distaste for Alabama.
SolSui
December 2nd, 2012
4:30 am
when will cotton bowl tickets go on sale? Can I buy them online at UgA?? I’ve got some clients in texas and will take them to the game.
marko
December 2nd, 2012
5:30 am
Georgia proved themselves a much better team than I thought they were.Though they lost,they’ve done nothing to be ashamed of. After Alabama puts an end to the Irish uprising, the Dogs should end the season as the second ranked team in the country. It seems obvious that they deserve a BCS bowl invitation.
Rich
December 2nd, 2012
5:33 am
Waiting to see if SEC fires the blind ref, Dial should be suspended but like in the Auburn deal SEC will say it did not happen.
Tndawgsfan
December 2nd, 2012
5:35 am
Dawg Girl is right! I suffer with a chronic illness and am I ever proud of the Dawgs. Can anyone explain how Florida will be chosen over Georgia for h Sugar Bowl? They lost to Georgia and Geogia lost by only 4 points to Bama. Can Slive make this happen?
Ghost of Sinkwich
December 2nd, 2012
5:37 am
This one hurts, but I told all of my friends that Alabamas’ O line would be the difference. I was right, but man I really wish I would have been wrong.
superDawg
December 2nd, 2012
6:05 am
The SEC championship game was one for the ages.I believe the two best teams in the country right now went head to head and put forth a great effort and proved to the football world that the SEC is the greatest conf. on the earth.Good luck to ALABAMA and GO DAWGS!
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Armchair Observer
December 2nd, 2012
6:25 am
Maybe Ga. should have spiked the ball, but still would have gotten only 2 plays off. They should have been two plays but for the flukey play that ended the game. Great hustle by the Bama player that tipped the ball and Conley was going as hard as possible to win the game. Should not have caught the ball, but that is hindsight, and would have gotten one more play with 4 seconds left. Seems that Saban mismanaged the clock himself earlier in the game, but all I can say is that I saw one of the best football games of my life last night and am really proud of the Dawgs. ND get ready for your beatdown as the SEC is going to win yet another national championship.
go Gator....
December 2nd, 2012
6:39 am
“Florida got out played and out coached by UGA and they ranked behind them and should still be ranked behind them next week. Florida doesn’t have the offense to stay with Bama. Georgia should not be penalized for losing a close game to #2. Florida is #4 and should still be #4 after this game. You lost to Georgia – you aren’t better than Georgia – and Florida should not be playing in the BCS game.”
And you’re an idiot… By your logic south carolina should be in a better bowl than UGA. they have the same record and smashed you head to head??? Shouldn’t they get a better bowl than UGA?? It’s unfair!! You’re not better than USC! Let’s see, florida beat TAMU on the road, LSU, USC and FSU on the road and BARELY lost a game to UGA while turning the ball over 6 times and twice in the endzone. but you think a team that went 1-2 vs top 12 BCS is more deserving of a BCS bowl? Based on what? Getting pounded for 350 yards on the ground by a Bama team that isn’t as good as last years? UGA ought to call up and thank the SEC schedule makers for getting them to that game in the first place. Just because you are gifted a schedule that includes 3 tough games and you win only 1 of them doesn’t mean you deserve a top tier bowl game… if you played florida’s schedule you would have had 3-4 losses….
JimfromBham
December 2nd, 2012
6:45 am
UGA should remain No. 2 in the BCS poll. They just barely lost the SEC Championship game, which is an extra game. They beat Florida, who is likely to move ahead of UGA because of the extra loss unfortunately.
BTW, ND had a big advantage in finishing No. 1 in the regular season and not playing a conference championship game: They got to rest their players longer, and avoid any potential injuries from the extra game. As I was watching Bama and UGA players go down, I was thinking that whichever team won, they might lose some key players and be completely different for the BCS Champioship game.
Roll Tide, but also Go Dawgs! UGA played a heck of a game – it was a shame that one of them had to lose. Best wishes to UGA in their bowl game, and hope that both teams are back here next year in the 2013 SEC Championship!
Shoulda,woulda, coulda
December 2nd, 2012
6:57 am
go Gator….
You are wasting your breath on these whining puppies————those big bad Gators took my lunch money, make them give it back.
As you said, the Gators played the toughest schedule in the country and were 4-1 against top 10 teams, UGA played the easiest and only went 1-2 against topp ten teams. BTW the Gators beat both teams that beat Georgia and Alabama-by that clowns’ logic, the Gators should be playing Notre Dame
ZinoDawg
December 2nd, 2012
7:01 am
Gators have no offense and the Dawgs proved it. Get back in your Jean shorts and STFU.
Yellow Fuzz
December 2nd, 2012
7:08 am
To the entire dog nation (AH’s too):
The fact is you controlled your own destiny. If you won last night, you play for the BCS Championship Game against Notre Dame and have a chance to win your first National Championship in 32 years. If you lost, you knew that you would fall behind Florida in the BCS rankings and not be eligible for a BCS bowl (no conference gets to send more than two teams). You knew this for over a week.
Everyone in college football knows that the BCS system is a crap shoot and that’s why it is being shelved in 2 more years. It sucks now, but it is what it is-an “everybody wins a trophy” type of system. While wanna bees like Louisville etc., get rewarded for underachievement, georgia needs to go to the Cotton Bowl, beat Texas by 30 and finish up a legitimate top 5 team! Think of where you came from just a few short years ago!
I could not be more proud of your players and coaches. They are top notch, though I think Grantham should have made adjustments and lined up Jarvis Jones in the middle instead of outside in the 2nd half. Same run defense, just more inside stunts and different looks for Alabama’s massive offensive line to contend with.
Nevertheless, Grantham is a great coach and georgia prepared for and played a tremendous game in the national spotlight. They won the hearts of many outside of the dog Nation (use Google and see for yourself). Coach Richt, Bobo, Grantham and company have brought you all the way back to national prominence. You can now compete NATIONALLY on the field and in the living room of the best recruits in America!
However, though I have gained a lot of respect for the Georgia program, I would not hesitate rolling one of you if you bark in my face in public.
Shoulda,woulda, coulda
December 2nd, 2012
7:16 am
ZinoDawg ——-the typical dawg fan DUMB–If you want to play in the BCS win the game , very simple. BTW didn’t Saban play for the NC after he lost the West and didn’t even play in Atlanta
A little too smug for me
Tim Scott
December 2nd, 2012
7:19 am
I just watched Coach Richt’s interview on ESPN I am a Gator but I have never been prouder of a coach in our conference. Coach Richt showed class and restraint in response to that reporter. I understand that Bulldog Nation is hurting right now, and I understand that they may not go to a BCS bowl and it sucks when the system works against you. But Bulldog Nation the system is what it is and it is flawed. Lets get the 6-6 teams out of the bowls , lets eliminate a bunch of the bs bowls that draw 10k in people,so that teams that deserve a reward at the end of the year get one.
This is one Gator that says hold your head up BULLDOG NATION you have a great coach,great tradition,great fans and you are in the greatest conference in America. Be proud of yourself your young men aquitted themselves very well tonight.
RedandBlackDAWG
December 2nd, 2012
7:24 am
Al;ways the nasty comments about UGA, posted by a lot of idiots for the most part, acting like little children.
You saw a great game for the SECCG and any DAWG fan. although disappointed by the end results, should be darn proud of this team.
The jerks making disparaging remarks about the players or coaches, obviously know very little about the game, and mostly exist to be like a fly in the ointment. Sorry for your sad life, and the disappointment you have with it.
I would have loved to see UGA pull it out in the end, but give Alabama credit as well. They played a great game as well, and the DAWGS have nothing to be ashamed of.
I am certainly not going to look back on this game for years to come, sadly, or think about what could have been. I have two reasons for that.
1. I think UGA will be back next year, and I think the ingredients are there, for the defense to improve even though two All Americans will most likely be gone. Coach Grantham will find a cure for our lack of run defense and we have a solid group of young player both on campus and coming in next year, to do it.
2. I am 63 years old, and if this were the greatest disappointment in my life, I would relegate myself to the same status as some of the negative bloggers on this site and I refuse to dip that low.
In the end, it is a sporting event but it is a small part of a person whole life. I am just so darn proud of these DAWGS and although I know they are down, because this was a tough loss for them, they can bounce back and trounce their bowl opponent and cap off a very good year that way. My guess, is they will finish in the top 5 when the whole season is over, and considering how many schools there are playing college ball, they have nothing to be ashamed of. The coaches, players and assistant personnel deserve the fans admiration and respect.
They have given us a lot of good games and thrills this year. I look forward to 2013, as I believe they will be right ion the hunt again.
GO DAWGS and GATA
14 Titles
December 2nd, 2012
7:44 am
Good game by Ga–Bama’s going to beat Notre Dame for title #15!!! RTR!!!
Tndawgsfan
December 2nd, 2012
7:48 am
go gagtor and shoulda, coulda, both of you need to remember one little teeny weeny fact: YOU LOST TO THE DAWGS! We ARE yo daddy! Shut up and leave the post! You had your BCS game against THE MIGHTY DAWGS. And you LOST! Ya shoulda coulda won but didn’t! And at the end of today, you are the ones that may be eating Chikfila’s baby!
go Gator....
December 2nd, 2012
7:54 am
“Gators have no offense and the Dawgs proved it. Get back in your Jean shorts and STFU.”
And yet Florida had more passing yards and first downs than UGA in that game… Only thing you really proved was that it took 6 turnovers(2 in the endzone) and a great play by Jarvis Jones in the end to barely win.. if you get 6 turnovers you should win by at least 21…
Be honest with yourselves UGA, you played 3 tough games all year and you lost 2 of them… what in god’s name makes you think you deserve a better bowl than capital one? Are you hanging your hat on the fact that you kept the score close against a good but not great Bama team???? You had 3 games to define your season and you lost 2 of them. Florida had 5 games to define their season and they won 4 of them. You had the easiest path to the SECCG and you got there and lost. Be proud you got there. And your beef shouldn’t be with Florida, Florida DESERVES to play in a BCS game. They are the MOST deserving team of playing in a BCS after playing the number 1 toughest schedule in the entire country. Your beef should be with the BCS itself for allowing teams that are slightly above .500 to play in BCS games.
JimfromBham
December 2nd, 2012
8:05 am
@ RedamdBlackDAWG
Great perspective. The commenters who “live and die” on their team’s successes or failures obviously have never been to interesting places like Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan, or owned a business.
Jimmy
December 2nd, 2012
8:07 am
Well I woke up and it’s grey outside and I see the same pathetic responses that I saw last night from you people. Proud of your Dawgs? Really? Seriously??
You all act as if this team has had no talent for the past few years and they hung w/ big bad Bama. While in truth your team had just as much, if not more talent than that team, yet your satisified with moral victories?? You morons are the reason why this team hasn’t won a NC in more than 32 years. 32 years!!!!!!! You accept mediocrity!
The team motto shouldn’t be “Our time, no regrets, blah blah” or “Finish the drill.” It shoul be “UGA football; doing less with more for over a decade!”
SPIKE
December 2nd, 2012
8:12 am
dawg fan… Here is a possible solution to your request of “what can be done”…have your coaches go to a football 101 class, part of the class is time management. LOL!!
DG
December 2nd, 2012
8:13 am
I think SEC 4 teams deserve to be in BCS games; Bama, UGA, Florida and TAM. I think they’re all better than ND.
NC Dawg
December 2nd, 2012
8:14 am
The bowl game at this point means absolutely NOTHING! While I agree with Saban, any bowl that isn’t for the NC is a disappointment, so why not play in the whatever bowl, it is completely irrelevant now. I would almost be for staying home and going to no bowl, so pointless.
dawgfan111
December 2nd, 2012
8:25 am
chuck oliver is a idiot he is the same guy back in 2008 on the radio that said after gt won that
paul johnson and gt would go on a roll and turns things around against ga..
CHUCK YOU ARE THE BIGGEST IDIOT ON ATLANTA RADIO…
Truth
December 2nd, 2012
8:31 am
My issue with GA fans has aways been the unending smack talk. This whole week I read on this site how GA was going to kill AL. I was seeing scores like 42-10. 38-0, 52-14, etc. Now i am not sure if you were trying to be funny or what. You come across to other fans as plain stupid. I’m here to say it was a great game by two great teams. Could have gone either way. JMO but GA has lacked the “KIller Instinct” for years. i’m not saying the problem is Richt but something is missing.
Andy
December 2nd, 2012
8:40 am
NC Dawg You are right After having a chance to to play for the NC and losing out Ga will not be to interested in playing in some minor bowl. Same thing happened Ala when they played Utah in the Sugar Bowl after losing out on a chance to play for the NC and having to play Utah it was a big deal for Utah and Ala played like they could care less about the game. Since they had big plans to play for another National Title and it din’t work out for them.
Ken
December 2nd, 2012
8:40 am
Georgia played the easiest schedule in SEC history. Why would the Cotton even think of taking them over LSU? By playing that schedule and going 1-2 against ranked teams, they DESERVE the CFA bowl.
ALABAMALOSESRESPECT
December 2nd, 2012
8:46 am
Alabama shows the country how classless they are!!! Nice hit #90!!! The world was watching!!! KARMA is a mean little lady!!! Go Irish!
someone who knows
December 2nd, 2012
8:57 am
Dial hit Murray with a legal shot…no suspension required…
ron
December 2nd, 2012
8:57 am
Alabama just wore Georgia’s defense down,’Bamas one man running game was a monster. The Dawgs played an exceptional game overall. I wish that I could say wait until next year but the possibility of too many players leaving early exists.
ron
December 2nd, 2012
9:04 am
To “someone who knows” a hit to the head is not a legal shot. I’m sure there will be ramifications, either a suspension from the championship game or the first game of next season. A lot will depend on the players classification status,if he’s of senior status he’ll miss the national championship game or possible early NFL entry as well.
Joey
December 2nd, 2012
9:15 am
Coulda, shoulda, woulda.
Yellow Fuzz is right – we knew where a loss in the SECCG would put us this season, so enough whining about it.
We beat UF, but they had a better season, same as our season was better than SC’s despite our loss to them.
Anyway, win the bowl game, finish near or in the Top 5, and it is a really good season.
4 more yards on the last play woulda made it a great season . . .
SimpleDawg
December 2nd, 2012
9:23 am
Agreed that the referee turned a blind eye to obvious Bama infractions…..
Unsportmanslike penalty on Murray was ignored as were several holding plays by Bama’s O-line.
My main question is: Why did we not clock the ball with 15 secs left and 1st and goal. Could’ve run 3 plays for a TD. Do not understand……
It’s a shame to have lost this game on a bad decision.
Miss Daisy
December 2nd, 2012
9:32 am
I’m not sure of contractual obligations for the other team to the Sugar Bowl; but is it possible that Florida and Georgia could play each other again?
Dawgs1
December 2nd, 2012
9:37 am
I love the Dawgs and will support them where ever they go but I am having hard understanding u giving up 300+ yards rushing. Was it just m or did i look like instead if tackleing our D. was trying to strip the ball? Just asking
Bama fan
December 2nd, 2012
9:38 am
The Dawgs played great and NEVER gave up ! Thats what makes a champion in my opinion.
DG
December 2nd, 2012
9:40 am
someone who knows … again you prove you know nothing… That was a blindside helmet to helmet hit which is NOT legal. Get real
DAW-GONE
December 2nd, 2012
9:41 am
Nick is just covering his bases so he can have it his way when he loses the SECCG to UF next year.
Daniel
December 2nd, 2012
9:42 am
I still don’t get all you guys saying this was a GREAT college football game, much less you deserve to be in the Sugar. You gave up 350 yards rushing, that is terrible. Jarvis Jones knew what was coming in Yeldon and Lacey and he nor the dogs could stop it. It was an entertaining game because it came down to the final play, but to say it was great come on.
Also, to the uga fans stating that these are the 2 BEST teams and the UF should not be in a bcs bowl game because they got beat by uga. Well go rewatch that game, came down to within 5 yards and then something stupid happened. Sound famaliar?
Jimmy
December 2nd, 2012
9:47 am
Miss Daisy,
No. Three teams from the same conference can’t play in a BCS Bowl game, which the Sugar Bowl is a part of. That’s why it’s been talked about all week, that the loser of yesterday’s game would fall from the national championship game to a lower tier bowl, because Florida was sitting at #4 and the loser of yesterday’s game is definitely going to fall below the Gators in the final BCS rankings. The BCS has never been about being fair for the young student athletes. It’s always been about making money for the bowl comittees and their respective cities. Of course if I hear what’s true – that No. Illinois could make a bowl game if Nebraska falls out of the top 16, that would be hilarious to whatever bowl has to take them. Even if they don’t, we’ll have an Orange Bowl matchup of Florida St. versus Rutgers. Good luck making money on that. Good riddance to the BCS system I say. Of course a 4 team playoff isn’t enough either. We should have at least 16 – 11 conf champs and 5 at-large bids. Every other sport, college or pro, has a true playoff. It’s time for the university president cartel to get w/ the times. They can make more money then they would ever dream of and it would be fair for everybody. Somebody or something needs to make it happen already.
johnnyvet
December 2nd, 2012
9:53 am
The SEC should start four bowl games. Let the top four teams in the SEC play the top four team in the other confrences. We have the money, let’s spend it. No matter who we invite they will go to another bowl to keep from playing SEC top four teams. The top SEC team will play the best of the rest. The second best team in SEC will play the next best conf. champ, etc.
Leg H U M P E R Fans memory is shorter than their Johnsons
December 2nd, 2012
10:00 am
Funny how the Humpers forget that in 2007 they lost to Tennessee in a blowout, then got beat by Carolina, didn’t win the East but jumped Tennessee to go to the Sugar Bowl after LSU beat UT in the SECCG. Pathetic whiners!!
MT
December 2nd, 2012
10:03 am
Yesterday at the Georgia Dome was the real national championship. If Bama goes to Miami and
blows ND out, and Georgia wins their bowl, Georgia should be ranked second in the final BCS poll.I’m sure though ESPN the world wide leader in cheerleading for the Florida Gators will say otherwise.
Rick
December 2nd, 2012
10:04 am
Awesome game by the Dawgs. Nothing to be ashamed of. Gutsy game they played.
But I will say this- SEC team getting at-large BCS bowl instead of SEC Champ loser is not unusual. The Dawgs got the Sugar bowl in ‘07 over the SEC Champ Loser (UT), Tennessee got the Fiesta Bowl in ‘99 over the SEC Champ user (UF). LSU got Sugar ‘06 over SEC Champ loser (AK).
Yes, a couple years back when #1 & #2 ‘Bama & Fla played in the SEC, the loser got the Sugar, but those two teams we’re far better than the rest of the SEC slate at that time.
It may not seem fair, but Florida had the same record as ‘Bama & UGA, tough schedule. They earned the Sugar bowl (if they get it).
MT
December 2nd, 2012
10:09 am
Funny how the Humpers forget that in 2007 they lost to Tennessee in a blowout
Funny that year they said we couldn’t play for the NC because we didn’t win our conference
or division, but last year none of that mattered with Alabama.Said Alabama was the best team,in 07
was widely reported Georgia was playing the best of any one in America.
CousinIt
December 2nd, 2012
10:16 am
Oliver asked the question ESPN had been talking about for the last 7 days, and right after, YET ANOTHER LOSS TO A TOP 25 RANKED TEAM, seemed like a legit question, kind of like the sideline reporters who ask the tough questions.
I wonder, what does Richt say to the fans who see him as INCOMPETANT and NOT ABLE TO BEAT A TOP 25 RANKED TEAMS more than ONCE out of the last 12 games?
Richt just can’t win more than 5% of those kind of game anymore. That’s the difference between a Mark Richt, and a Nick Saban.
CousinIt
December 2nd, 2012
10:22 am
Thought it was TELLING how defensive Richt got when Oliver linked the
1-11 vs. ranked teams record to Aaron Murray. Seemed like the thought had NEVER OCCURED to Mark Richt that his QB COULD BE THE REASON FOR THE 1-11 VS. RANKED TEAMS RECORD.
ESPN has put up Murray’s numbers vs. top 25 ranked teams, and Murray’s numbers vs. everybody else, and it’s a STARK CONTRAST. ESPN seems to think Murray’s OVERALL numbers HIDE Murray’s performances in BIG GAMES vs. top 25 ranekd teams. His td’s, accuracy, interceptions, are all so drastically different vs. top 25 ranked teams. Some QB’s just can’t hangle a big game pressure, Murray is one of those QB’s, 1-11 record vs. ranked teams, there’s no doubt about that.
I hope Murray goes Pro. It’s time for a new QB at UGA.
Mark
December 2nd, 2012
10:23 am
First of all, congratulations to Bama. I hope they crush N.Dame, and probably will. To Murray and Richt, I am very proud of you and will support GA win or lose. For the classy Bama fans, thank you, I have no doubt UGA earned alot of respect in a tough loss.Like Saban or not, he is a class act in victory. To the reporter who has no class, Richt could clean your clock behind a woodshed but you know that wont happen. This was an SEC war and I wonder what the N.Dame team is really thinking. Go Dawgs…..
fljacket76
December 2nd, 2012
10:23 am
Fun game to watch. But when you aren’t wearing blinders you can see a clearer picture. Florida played 5 of their 12 games against teams ranked in the top 10. Georgia, LSU, South Carolina, Texas A&M, and FSU. Record 4-1. (And using Bulldog logic, barely lost to UGA and should have won that game)
UGA played 3 of their 13 games against top 10 teams. South Carolina, Florida, and Bama. Record 1-2. UGA was the better team on a Saturday in Jacksonville (barely). But when you look at the total body of work, Fla is clearly the better team over the course of the entire season!
Now, the biggest BCS debate remains between Florida and Georgia | Saturday Down South
December 2nd, 2012
10:30 am
[...] Saban certainly lobbied for Georgia last night, and he said it’s ridiculous that Georgia wouldn’t get that second BCS [...]
Jimmy
December 2nd, 2012
10:38 am
I love these “I hope Murray goes pro” comments. He’ll be back next year for sure. He’s barely 6′0 tall. Ever think of WHY all those passes get tipped at the LOS?????? It basically cost them the game yesterday. I know everyone always brings up Doug Flutie or Drew Breeze when talking about shorter QBs, but those two are the exception to the rule. Short QBs just aren’t successful in the league for the same reason why the game was lost yesterday (besides a horrible coaching call not to spike the ball), tipped passes!!
Murray just isn’t an elite QB. I’ve never seen such hollow stats from a QB. He has all of these records, 9,000 passing yards, 80 whatever TDS, but what’s it gotten him?? A 1-11 record versus Top 10 teams??? He didn’t lose them that game last night (as he usually does in big games), but he sure didn’t WIN the game for UGA, which is something that big time QB’s do – take a team on your back and win the darn game!
mikebo
December 2nd, 2012
10:52 am
How can anyone say the dawgs shouldn’t be in a bcs game.Fix the damn problem and get it right.RTR.
Charie Stenzell
December 2nd, 2012
11:09 am
Great game and great players and coaches. Hats off to both teams.
jc_dawgs
December 2nd, 2012
11:21 am
If Murray comes back then Ga will feature 10 returning starters on offense. Ga will obviously be one of the best if not the best offenses in the country.
Ga Fan
December 2nd, 2012
11:21 am
@Truth…Actually, most of us Ga fans appreciate what he said, as it is the truth.
go Gator....
December 2nd, 2012
11:29 am
“How can anyone say the dawgs shouldn’t be in a bcs game.Fix the damn problem and get it right.RTR.”
You can say it because the BCS system says only 2 teams from 1 conference can go… And there isn’t a person in the country who can say UGA has a better body of work over an entire season than Florida. You can say UGA was better than Florida on one saturday. But you can also say USC was better than UGA on one saturday and they have the same record so shouldn’t USC get a better bowl than UGA?? You see where the logic starts breaking down?? Florida was 11-1 and 4-1 vs top 12 BCS teams. UGA is 11-2 and 1-2 against top 12 BCS teams. Florida and Georgia are Co-Champions of the the SEC east with UGA getting the nod because of head to head. UGA should have won the game. That’s the way it works and has worked for many years. Florida would’ve assume the risk of playing that game. They had already played 5 games against top 10 opponents. By luck of the schedule UGA slid by with a relatively easy schedule and won 1 tough game. They have beaten 1 single team in the top 25 this year. Florida is 4-1 against top 10 and has EARNED the right for a BCS. Your problem shouldn’t be with Florida, it should be with the system. Florida played the toughest schedule in the country and lost one tight game in which they turned the ball over 6 times… come on saban, you didn’t even win your division last year and still went to the national title game. you want to cahnge the rules now??
Rick James
December 2nd, 2012
11:33 am
Forget Notre Dame..Alabama got a rematch against LSU last year and Georgis derserves one too..The real BCS title game was played last night.
rd
December 2nd, 2012
11:37 am
Why does Alabama get the best of the calls in SEC games, year in and year out?
Bama delivers BCS knockout of Georgia, 32-28, in SEC Championship | UGA sports blog
December 2nd, 2012
11:37 am
[...] Notebook: Saban believes Georgia deserves a BCS bowl [...]
Rick James
December 2nd, 2012
11:40 am
@go Gator….
Florida played the toughest schedule in the country and lost one tight game in which they turned the ball over 6 times… come on saban, you didn’t even win your division last year and still went to the national title game. you want to cahnge the rules now??
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Florida didnt hand the ball over six times Georgia’s defense forced the turnovers..Based on your logic Florida should be playing for the national title.There were not co champions of the east Georgia won it because they won the crucial game.Honestly there are four teams in SEC that should be in BCS bowls..In fact Georgia/Texas A&M would make a great Cotton Bowl.But it wont happen.
SECHack
December 2nd, 2012
11:53 am
So correct me if your wrong, but you people want to use the convoluted argument that because Georgia beat Florida they should go to the Sugar Bowl over them even though they have 2 loses. Then SC should be ranked higher than Georgia they have 2 loses and punked them. You can’t have it both ways
Blackoutanyone?
December 2nd, 2012
12:06 pm
Gator fans….. You have a fine team but let’s not get carried away. You didn’t beat the same Texas A&M team that Bama lost to. You beat a team that was starting a freshman QB in his SECOND game. You didn’t beat LSU in Death Valley as the Tide did. You lost to Georgia on a neutral site and your best win was against the SEC’s 5th ranked team at home. I won’t even bother to recognize the highly overrated ACC team you beat. Bama will enjoy playing ND for its 15th National Championship in the state of Florida in front of many Florida prospects. ROLL TIDE
Rick James
December 2nd, 2012
12:07 pm
@SECHack
So correct me if your wrong, but you people want to use the convoluted argument that because Georgia beat Florida they should go to the Sugar Bowl over them even though they have 2 loses. Then SC should be ranked higher than Georgia they have 2 loses and punked them. You can’t have it both ways
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Not because Georgia beat Florida but because based on the process of elimination Georgia is the second best and second highest ranked team in the SEC. Right?
Nativebird
December 2nd, 2012
12:11 pm
Quit cyring Saban, Richt! this is NOT a playoff, it is the BCS. the SEC final was NOT a National championship semifinal game as much as you WANT it to be. that is not this system. if you want that…then you will get that shortly. soon to come. But stop trying to “lobby” your team to something that is not consistent with TODAY’s system. Not tomorrows.
1 4 GT
December 2nd, 2012
12:26 pm
1 January 1981…………………………………..and counting! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Crimson Pride
December 2nd, 2012
12:35 pm
Georgia belongs in a BCS bowl. I believe Florida deserves the Sugar Bowl, but it’s unfair to Georgia that they can not be an at-large and Wisconsin (7-5) can. That’s ridiculous.
Crimson Pride
December 2nd, 2012
12:39 pm
Some fans are so spoiled or think they are always right so they won’t ever give their team credit. They can’t say we lost to possibly the best team in the country and nearly won it. Gurley ran for 123 on the best run defense in the country, but yet all you can talk about is the negative. To the Georgia fans who are realists and appreciate their team win or lose, I respect you guys. Good luck in your bowl. I have more respect for Richt’s coaching ability and Murray’s game than I did before this game.
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
12:40 pm
Lol @ puppy nation. The gact that they have been relegated to a “we can play with anybody” school shows what they are……………………a second tier program. Now we get to hear what we do every year around this time from puppy nation, “wait til next year”.
MT
December 2nd, 2012
12:42 pm
1 4 GT
63-39-5 Georgia 42-10 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHA……
O Yeah, downsize 55,000 seat stadium down to 40,000 cause Tech can’t fill it up.
MT
December 2nd, 2012
12:44 pm
Hey Gators,ya’ll don’t really want to play Bama.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda
December 2nd, 2012
12:49 pm
@Rick James
Not because Georgia beat Florida but because based on the process of elimination Georgia is the second best and second highest ranked team in the SEC. Right?
Not after tonight ricky boy. And BTW the Gators played the toughest schedule in the country……..
they played #3 Georgia, #7 LSU, #9 Texas A&M, #10 SC and #12 FSU and beat them all save for 4 turnovers in Jaxs. Georgia is 1-2 against top ten teams and their schedule ranked behind 63 other teams
MT
December 2nd, 2012
12:51 pm
Hey Bama,
Congratulations on the win. Go rip ND a new one. I believe the true NC was played yesterday,we had
our shot,and ya’ll won it hands down. NO GEORGIA EXCUSES.Go Dawgs, Roll Tide and go SEC.
Stout
December 2nd, 2012
12:57 pm
I would be more than willing to see a Georgia/Florida rematch in Sugar Bowl.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda
December 2nd, 2012
12:57 pm
Just for Rick
1 Notre Dame (60) 12-0 1,500 1
2 Alabama 12-1 1,424 2
3 Ohio State 12-0 1,302 4
4 Florida 11-1 1,279 5
5 Oregon 11-1 1,250 6
6 Georgia 11-2 1,213 3
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Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/polls/ap/?eref=sinav#ixzz2DusCH4WJ
MT
December 2nd, 2012
1:02 pm
they played #3 Georgia, #7 LSU, #9 Texas A&M, #10 SC and #12 FSU and beat them all save for 4 turnovers in Jaxs. Georgia is 1-2 against top ten teams and their schedule ranked behind 63 other teams
you want some cheese with that whine? In case you didn’t know it games that are lost because of turnovers count just like losses that they are no turnovers. If you remember, Georgia had three turnovers in Jax themselves. On the schedule,we played the one that was given to us,can’t help who we drew out of the west, it rotates yearly,next time we play the exact same SEC schdeule Ole Miss and Auburn may be contenders.
Dirty Dawg
December 2nd, 2012
1:02 pm
Seems to me that since not all the Conferences that could have teams eligible for BCS Bowls don’t have a playoff…and since those that do – have a playoff – have generally already determined the ultimate ‘ranking order’ of their respective Conferences, that the final selection – other than the National Championship game of course – be made based on overall rankings before said playoff games. In other words, a team that loses in a playoff game should not fall below an idle team – particularly one that they have already beaten – this means you, Gators.
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
1:03 pm
MT…………….classy. Something usually not seen from puppy fans. Good for you
Superduper
December 2nd, 2012
1:03 pm
FIRE MARK RICHT!
go Gator....
December 2nd, 2012
1:12 pm
“Florida didnt hand the ball over six times Georgia’s defense forced the turnovers..Based on your logic Florida should be playing for the national title.There were not co champions of the east Georgia won it because they won the crucial game.”
Jarvis Jones forced 2 turnovers on great plays. Driskell made mental mistakes on the others. And yes, Florida is co-champion of the east. does anybody take solace in that fact? of course not but Florida and Georgia are co champions this year according to the SEC. Go check the SEC website if you don’t believe me. Both are number 2. I don’t agree with it but that’s how it works.
I love the comment on how texas A&M is a different team now then when florida played them…. i guess people forget that was Driskell’s first start too on the road in a loud stadium…. was USC a different team too when UGA lost by 4 touchdowns then when they played florida?
Number 1, UGA gave up 350 rushing yards last night. if they didn’t get blocked field goal for a touchdown that game would have been 34-17. Number 2, that’s not one of the better Alabama teams of the past few years. especially on defense. so the fact that uga is pointing to the fact that they kept it close, really speaks volumes. i don’t know if florida would have won last night, but they surely wouldn’t have given up 350 yards on the ground and 500 total yards… that game should have been won by 2 td’s last night…
Gordon
December 2nd, 2012
1:17 pm
As much respect as I have for how well UGA played, they do not deserve to go to a BCS game. The SEC has 6 elite teams: 3 from the west (Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M) and 3 from the east (UGA, Florida, and South Carolina). Let’s call these the Big 6. As much talk as there has been about easy and difficult schedules, it turns out every member of the Big 6 played 3 games against other Big 6 opponents, and no one lost out of conference or to anyone else in the SEC. There were 2 teams (Alabama and Florida) who were 2-1 in their Big 6 games, and the other 4 were 1-2. Alabama and Florida also had the two most impressive out of conference wins (Michigan and Florida State). So Alabama and Florida both deserve to go.
Even if you think the SEC deserves 3 BCS slots, you have to decide who amoung the 4 1-2 teams deserves to go. Head-to-head records against tied teams is how this is usually decided. In those games, LSU is 1-0, South Carolina is 1-1, UGA and Texas A&M are 0-1. So LSU would deserve the third BCS slot, but UGA shouldn’t even go above USC. USC won head-to-head, beat a better OOC opponent (Clemson) that UGA did, in addition to having a better record against the 1-2 Big 6 teams.
Nick Saban is wrong – UGA does not deserve to go to a BCS bowl. The do, however, deserve the respect of friend and foe alike for their outstanding performance yesterday.
go Gator....
December 2nd, 2012
1:19 pm
Richt and Saban should be thanking florida for beating texas am and south carolina for them which allowed them to actually make the SECCG…..
go Gator....
December 2nd, 2012
1:24 pm
“as much respect as I have for how well UGA played, they do not deserve to go to a BCS game. The SEC has 6 elite teams: 3 from the west (Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M) and 3 from the east (UGA, Florida, and South Carolina). Let’s call these the Big 6. As much talk as there has been about easy and difficult schedules, it turns out every member of the Big 6 played 3 games against other Big 6 opponents, and no one lost out of conference or to anyone else in the SEC. There were 2 teams (Alabama and Florida) who were 2-1 in their Big 6 games,”
good logic and florida was 3-1 in there Big 6 games – Texas AM, LSU, South Carolina and lost to UGA
Stout
December 2nd, 2012
1:25 pm
Of all the teams to whine about SOS. Really Florida? All you needed was ND to lose to USC and you would have back doored your way in the NC game. Who wants to see that? A boring Florida team with no offense lose to Bama 24-0?
I have to agree with Saban and the Dawg fans, the SEC runner up this year should go to a BCS bowl game. No question. However, not at the expense of Florida. I think they earned the Sugar Bowl, but I don’t think that a 7-5 Big Ten Champ should go to a BSC game. It cheapens the BCS and the Bowls. But hey, it not about the games is it? It all about the money.
brandonlee49
December 2nd, 2012
1:28 pm
Chick-fil-a Bowl gets LSU vs Clemson… should be a whale of a Game… Clemson should have played in ACC championship, GT was just Inferior all year Long… and Fla st… gimme a break ! Like Shultz said the “Seminoles are the Most Over-rated team in the Country !!!” ACC has better reps than GT or Fla St… LSU – Clemson will be a GAME to watch !
MT
December 2nd, 2012
1:28 pm
Superduper
FIRE MARK RICHT!
Hey Superduper, Im not a Mark Richt hater,however I’m not one that believes he can stay coach at Georgia as long as he wants no matter what he does, but man Richt doesn’t the critizism over this one, Bama just beat us fair and square. Yeah I know he should have probably had Murray clock it at the end and try for a couple more plays, but he rolled the dice and try to take advantage of maybe Bama’s defense getting caught on its heels and sticking it in the end zone before they knew what happened. Bama just won a hard fought game.
MT
December 2nd, 2012
1:33 pm
, but they surely wouldn’t have given up 350 yards on the ground and 500 total yards
Yes the would’ve, easily. closest thing Florida has played to Lacey and Yeldon is Georgia,had to that work out for them.
MT
December 2nd, 2012
1:34 pm
…how did that…..
sorry
GA Blew their BCS shot
December 2nd, 2012
1:43 pm
In their only 3 games this year against significant competition, GA produced:
1) a blow out loss by 28 points
2) a narrow win against a good FL team
3) a close loss to a more physical AL team
Sorry but ONE win against significant competitor does not = “deserves to be in a BCS Bowl”…..
Maybe Saban just being diplomatic, or maybe his ego doesn’t want him to come to grips that there a number of teams capable of beating AL this year…
Joe 12-Pack
December 2nd, 2012
1:49 pm
That 7-5 team that Saban was talking about is Wisconsin – who is now 8-5 after beating Nebraska in the Big-10 championship. They get to go to the Rose Bowl for beating Northern Iowa, Utah State, UTEP, Illinois, Purdue, Minnesota, and Indiana.
STFU
December 2nd, 2012
1:55 pm
DEAR LUNATIC SABAN,
IF DOG MORONS DON’T LIKE IT, THEY CAN GO DEFECT TO ANOTHER CONFERENCE. WHO THE BLANK DID THEY PLAY THIS YEAR ANYWAY? THEY ONLY BEAT FLORIDA. SC BEAT THE HE!! OUT OF THEM. IS BIG SEC WINS OVER AUBURN, TN, KY, OLE MISS SUPPOSE TO BE THE 2ND COMING? THEY HAD CUPCAKES ON THEIR SCHEDULE. WHO TOLD THEM TO PLAY THEM? WHY DID THEY NOT CHOOSE TO PLAY OUTSIDE THE CONFERENCE TEAMS THAT WOULD HAVE BETTER PREPARED THEM FOR BAMA INSTEAD OF BUFFALO, FLORIDA ATLANTIC?
STFU
December 2nd, 2012
1:57 pm
Better yet, realign your own divisions in the SEC and let Bama and GA play in the same one. See is Saban runs his mouth then
Saban Believes Georgia Deserves To Be In BCS Bowl : BamaFootball4Life
December 2nd, 2012
2:03 pm
[...] But if anything, Saban believes the SEC should have three teams in the BCS mix. “I watch these teams that are 7-5 that are talking about they might go to a BCS game because they won their championship?,” Saban asked incredulously. “Something’s not right here. I just don’t think it’s fair to the Georgia players, coaches and their institution if they don’t go to a BCS game.” Georgia coach Mark Richt was interviewed before Saban made his remarks in the main interview area at the Georgia Dome. He agreed, but was less emphatic in his stance. “Well, it’s up to whoever is deciding and I’m not in charge of that,” he said. “But do I think we are worthy of a BCS Bowl? Yes I do. I do.” [More] [...]
uga
December 2nd, 2012
2:07 pm
um yea usc was a different team…in case you missed lattimore’s injury.
Joe 12-Pack
December 2nd, 2012
2:09 pm
Enter your comments here
DZ
December 2nd, 2012
2:11 pm
@STFU, you need to get professional help.
Gdawg
December 2nd, 2012
2:13 pm
I think that was the single-best College Football Game I’ve ever been to in my life. I love my Dawgs but ‘Bama won it fair and square. Good luck in the game against ND…it won’t be anything as hard as this one was.
As for Chuck Oliver’s question, absolutely unacceptable. Alabama won the game. If not for the tipped ball in the final seconds UGA could have won and played for the National Title. I am taking nothing away from ‘Bama.
*****CHUCK OLIVER***** I was at the Georgia Dome for this SECCG. Your question was absurd! I will make it a point to go after all of the sponsors on 680 THE FAN to ensure you are not there. You simply went after UGA’s Head Coach because you don’t like his Christian Values. I hope you enjoy your unemployment. I will start with one of the SEC sponsors who invited me to the game. I will make sure the advertisers on your station are sent a very clear message.
GO DAWGS!!!
gcs
December 2nd, 2012
2:15 pm
Fire Mark Richt? Who would you like to hire?
Would you like to have Jim Donnan back? How about Ray Goof?
JP
December 2nd, 2012
2:18 pm
ESPN reporting Capitol One Bowl versus pitiful Nebraska!!! Barf!!!
SEC Headlines 12/2/2012 – Auburn – War Eagles
December 2nd, 2012
2:21 pm
[...] Late word Saturday was that Capital One wanted Texas A&M. Cotton Bowl to decide between Georgia and LSU. Are Tigers the [...]
LogicalUS
December 2nd, 2012
2:23 pm
“turnovers count just like losses that they are no turnovers”
This has to be the funniest post to date considering it comes from UGA fans who spent the past summer screaming about their SC loss from 2011 as not counting because “..we gave them 28 pts”…
Reality is that the SEC office gerryrigged UGA to the championship game for Richt to get his MNC shot and UGA could not get it done again. Now they will just have to take their earned spot as the third best team in East.
UF
SC
UGA
Vandy
MIZZOU\UT
UK
This was UGAs shot and they let it get away…time to move on.
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
2:30 pm
What’s all the vitriol directed @ “tha kang” for? Now if you’re saying he was a sissy for not owning it, ok, I agree. But if you’re upset @ the question itself…….you’re a homer. It was a completely legitimate question. Look at both murray and richts record in “big games”.
Chuckie Oliver
December 2nd, 2012
2:31 pm
Was it something I said in post-game presser?
Does anyone honestly think that Richt and Murray have earned a reputation for winning big games?
NO, I didn’t think so.
Blake
December 2nd, 2012
2:32 pm
I’m gonna say this right now… I’m dang proud to be a Dawg fan. I’ve always supported Mark Richt but will admit these last few years have doubted him some, NEVER AGAIN! This is the classiest man in football and I’ll stand by him until the end no matter what our record. The way he took up for his team and Aaron Murray after that IDIOT Chuck Oliver questioned his ability to win a big game after they played the best game I can ever remember him coaching was hands down one of the proudest moments I’ve had since he became our coach. To heck with you Chuck Oliver! I understand people trying to gain interest and boost ratings, but your question was ill timed and CLASSLESS! Why don’t you get a job where you belong….the national enquirer you stupid jerk!
Blake
December 2nd, 2012
2:38 pm
Another thing, if we had of played anyone else besides Alabama with that effort tonight, we would’ve won by 40! I feel really really bad for our Bowl opponent. It will not be a close game.
Eddie T.
December 2nd, 2012
2:39 pm
HEY THANKS NICK FOR A GREAT GAME , ALSO PROPS TO YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GA , AND YES WE DESERVE THE SUGAR BOWL BECAUSE WE DID BEAT THOSE LIZARDS CALLED FLA
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
2:40 pm
blake, cmon, you sound like a scorned little girl. This is he reason the rest of the SEC loves that cmr is still at jawja………………..they NEVER win a the big game. If the pups ever get a saban type coach, georgia will win multiple titles. As it stands, they have a good guy for a head coach, so they can hang their hats on that.
Gdawg
December 2nd, 2012
2:45 pm
Blake,
You are dead on. This guy Chuck Oliver is so low on the rankings of commentators he had to find a way to get his name out there. For those of you who simply want to make comments about vitriol, you can speak when you actually make it back to the SECCG. And by the way, if you make it to the SECCG, you should not be pushed down below those teams you already beat…like Florida….just sayin’.
** Chuck Oliver asked a pointed question…if he did it on his show on a weekday I probably wouldn’t be happy with it but so be it. Anyone with dignity and class wouldn’t stick a mic in a coaches face after a VERY heavily debated game and ask this question. I don’t expect some of you on here to understand that. If you are from the hood/trailer park you like your Jerry Springer/National Inquirer focused questions. 680 The Fan… Fire him or deal with lost revenues.
dave
December 2nd, 2012
2:46 pm
need a 8 team playoff using bowl games to decide national champs
Chuck?? Don't kill the messenger!
December 2nd, 2012
2:54 pm
So the tough fans of the toughest football conference only appreciate softball questions??? Cry me a river – Oliver asked the question that everyone was thinking before, during and after the game. WHY can’t GA win the big games?
Blake
December 2nd, 2012
2:55 pm
@GEAUX,
You can stick it too, you classless jerk. If I were face to face with you, you would see what a “little girl” I was after I stopped a mud hole in you and walked it dry. I’m so sick of little panzies like you who hide behind their screen names with no repercussions for their comments. You are on the same level as that idiot Chuck Oliver in my book.
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
2:55 pm
You’re right, gdawg, I wish LSU had actually not gifted the game to bama. A game inwhich we actually outplayed them and didnt give up 270 flippin’ rushing in the whole game, much less 2 quarters a la the pups. I dont think LSU wouldve shriveled against the mighty dawg defense. LSU had a last second loss to bama and a 14-6 loss to the gators. the pups had a close loss to bama and got emasculated against the ol ball coach. I think LSU wouldve done just fine against georgia. I wouldnt have predicted a blowout like we did to you last year, but LSU is better than georgia. STop living off of your title that was won when many pup fans werent born and then get back to the rest of the sec.
Gdawg
December 2nd, 2012
2:56 pm
Hey Geaux,
I have been all for hiring John Gruden or Mike Leach for the past few years. I don’t disagree with the assessment that our coaching has not been up to Les Miles or Nick Saban for the past several years. Our talent is as deep if not deeper than any SEC school, so yes we should have already won 3-4 national titles over the past 10 years.
I don’t recall you saying any of your comments after UGA won 10 games this past year. LSU wasn’t even as close as UGA was against ‘Bama and ya’ll played them at home. I didn’t come on here after the B-Tigers lost giving some classless comments to you.
Try having some class before you post crap like that. Weak son…weak!
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
2:59 pm
LOL. blake, youre a “BIG MAN” making idle net threats. Good Lord, this is why my comment holds water. what kind of loser wants to fight about internet discussion? you. take your loss like a man instead of being a web tough guy. this is why the country calls georgia fans “the trailer park nation”. Ridiculous threats by losers like you. get a life, bro.
Delbert D.
December 2nd, 2012
3:01 pm
Saban’s pointed contact is about the Big Ten champion going to the Rose Bowl.
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
3:02 pm
ummmm……..gdawg………..were you watching the same LSU/bama game as the rest of the world? they scored with less than a minute to win the game.
JustanOguy
December 2nd, 2012
3:02 pm
What a great game and If there would have been 30 more seconds on the clock, maybe nobody would even be caring what Saban thinks. As it stands though, UGA is going to get shafted and play in some bowl that does not even matter.
And that’s the only sad thing about the SEC championship game. BCS Game won’t even match it as Alabama will show Notre Dame how far luck gets you. Season is over and Alabama has won the National Championship as far as I’m concerned.
Gdawg
December 2nd, 2012
3:03 pm
Geaux,
You are living in dreamland. I’m over 40 and I am a UGA Alumn. How ’bout you? Have you ever stepped foot on the campus of LSU? Taken a class?
LSU versus UGA …coulda, shoulda, woulda… you didn’t make it to the game as I told some of your fans last year @ the SECCG when they started running off at the mouth. You guys did something last year that hasn’t been done in a while…you got SHUTOUT in the MNC game.
When you can make it back to the SECCG again, come on back and talk. You couldn’t even win the WEST. I know…I know, the WEST was so STRONG this year (AU, MS ST, MS, ARK, LSU,). That’s a tough schedule you got. UGA played SC (with Lattimore), FL, TN. East = West. It’s equal.
Blake
December 2nd, 2012
3:05 pm
@GEAUX
No, people like you are why this country is going to hell! You say whatever you want and get away with it because there are no consequences. I’m not mad at the loss, I’m mad at idiots like you who have no class. My name is Blake, I hide behind no screen name. I say what I say and stand behind it like a man. I don’t want to fight you because UGA lost, I want to fight you because you are a jerk that needs to be taught a lesson, because obviously your mama and daddy didn’t raise you with any common sense. You’re the problem, not me.
JP
December 2nd, 2012
3:07 pm
Media in Nebraska reporting they have accepted bid to Capitol One to play Georgia. I say again: Barif!!!!
A Riddle
December 2nd, 2012
3:09 pm
Q: What is the difference between Georgia’s Defense and Sand Castles?
A: They both crumble and fall when the Tide Rolls In!!!!!
Roll Tide Baby – Game should not have been close – UGA got lucky by:
1.) Blocking Field goal for a TD (10 Point Swing)
2.) Intercepting Bama in the End Zone (3 Point to 7 Point Swing)
3.) Fake Punt (I thought Jarvis Jones didn’t like Trickery… Let to 7 points and would have been 3).
This makes 16 to 24 points the Dawgs got as gifts…. Bama only got a 3 pt gift off the Murray interception.
If Bama plays UGA 10 times…. Bama wins 9.
Dawgs played the best they could and got the most critical turnovers.
ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDD for all the whining about “UGA would have won if it weren’t for bad clock management”……..
UGA would not have even had a shot if it weren’t for BAD Clock management by SABAN at the end of the 1st half.
BAMA was 1st and goal INSIDE the 5 and had to settle for a field goal because SABAN sat on his timeouts.
Had SABAN not done this, UGA would have been down 8 even with all the GIFTS…..
Get over yourself UGA and the “Moral Victories”….. you are not in the same league as BAMA.
The ONLY REASON you were there instead of the GAYTORS is because the GAYTORS had 6 turnovers….. heck VANDY could have beat FL if they knew they would get 6 turnovers…
Just face it, you have to have the game given to you in order to beat a quality team. BAMA almost gave it to you, but in the end you were just too dumb to take it.
Roll Tide….. take the fight out of the Irish…..
Gdawg
December 2nd, 2012
3:12 pm
Geaux,
YOu called Blake “a scorned little girl” and then you are amazed that he went off on you? This is what is known as a reaction. This is probably your life though. Do you really have nothing better to do than pick on people and when they react you pull the Old surprise act? Come on … you’re not really from Louisiana are you? You’re a Techmite! And yes, I did watch the same LSU/AL game. They won the game in the last second because they were finally tired of playing with your sorry butts! UGA gave up a ton of yards all season between the 20’s. Even FL Int’l ran for 300 yards….it was between the 20’s. Only an idiot would tire their defense out by making them stress on EVERY down. That’s why LSU lost..at home…
I am going to be sick
December 2nd, 2012
3:17 pm
They are announcing we have been pushed down to the Capital One Bowl to play freaking Nebraska?????
I just threw up in my mouth…….
Dang you Richt….. Dang you Bobo…….double dang you Grantham.
I was a UGA fan all year for this…. a trip to the capital 1 bowl game to play the corn huskers….. yee freakin haaa!
Gdawg
December 2nd, 2012
3:19 pm
Riddle,
I am surprised @ your comments. I was at the game last night and the ‘Bama fans were pretty cool. None of the people who were at the game around us said anything close to what you’re saying. ‘Bama won and deservedly so. UGA is every bit as good as ‘Bama. Last night proved that. Unless you are totally brain-dead you know that AL could be just as disappointed as UGA this morning. There is not a single starter from last night’s game that is walking normally this morning in the hotel. I guess you’d know that if you were actually at the game.
I’ll be pulling for ‘Bama against ND. I really can’t stand to hear fans talk trash after a close game like this. It makes your organization look like crap.
Tampa Gator
December 2nd, 2012
3:19 pm
I think everyone believe Georgia should be in a BCS bowl…..but the stupid rules for playing in BCS Bowls and the stupid bowl alignments….make that impossible. Thank goodness we only have to put up with this…….BULL CRAP S – - – - for one more year.
But….if it was 2014…….the top four teams would not include Georgia….and would include Florida…..and that would really get Dawg fans mad. There is no perfect system. But you can’t make both SEC championship teams get in…..or the SEC Championship game would be worthless. So you will have to look at the SEC title game as part of the playoff system in the future…..or get rid of the SEC Championship game and have a East and West Champ…..and the one team going further in the playoffs would be awarded the SEC title….or both would share it if both lost in the first playoff game. I think that process should be the process starting in 2014…
Warner Robbins Dawg
December 2nd, 2012
3:21 pm
GDawg,
Just zip your little mouth and don’t give the LSU fan (Geaux) any more air time – can’t you see that is what he wants?
You sir do appear to be a genius though…. UGA’s strategy all year is to not try so hard between the 20’s, but then start trying real hard outside the 20’s?
Please don’t give us REAL DAWG fans a bad name by showing such football ignorance.
I love my Dawgs, but some of you so called fans are just a joke!!!
Warner Robbins Dawg
December 2nd, 2012
3:30 pm
Tampa Gator,
Agree with your assesment. The system is not fair, but much of this is due to the greed of the SEC and other conferences.
Yes we can say we beat Florida, but Florida can point to strength of schedule and say they had to play LSU while we played an 0-8 SEC record Auburn team. USC could say that they totally demolished UGA and should go to a better bowl and the only reason they aren’t is because they lost in the last seconds to LSU…. again a team that UGA did not have to play.
The only way to fix this russion roulette of scheduling is being talked about now.
For each SEC division champ to be determined only by they team with the best record against teams in its on division…. so that everyone is measured against the same stick.
Unfortunately for us UGA fans, that would have kept us out of the championship game the last 2 years.
Also unfortunately for us is that if this is implemented, it won’t be until the 2015 season…. as has been well documented, our cupcake schedule blessing is going to be a curse with tougher schedules the next 2 years.
It is a crying shame….this was our best chance in many years. Just hope I am alive to see our chance again (I’m 54!)
Delbert D.
December 2nd, 2012
3:31 pm
I guess it might be a good game if Georgia spots Nebraska 70 points.
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
3:40 pm
gdawg……..92 alumni. played baseball for skipper from 89-92. didnt play much after 90 (hurt elbow) but do have a 91 title ring (year after pups won in 90) and a diploma. I didnt call blake a scorned little girl….I said he was acting like one. There is a difference and his continued rant kind of proved the comment to be dead on. I will say this………I have lived in marietta since 2000 and I have to tell you that while all fanbases have a lunatic fringe, the pups take the cake. Now, admittedly, a lot of that may be because I live here, but I’ve lived in knoxville as well and their fans arent this bad. as far as georgia vs LSU goes, I think it would be a good game but georgias defense have shown me nothing to think theyd stop us and I think we could stop them enough to win. I have to go, gotta go hit a bucket with my 6 year old boy, but I will come on later (6ish) to continue and try to have intelligent discusion with anybody that cares to do so. blake, as far as you go, it’s a game and acting like a spoiled child *note….”acting like a spoiled child”* if youre over the age of 12 is silly. if the comment hurt, my apologies. The fact is georgia was outplayed overall last night and that is why they lost. good defenses dont give up 350 on the ground. cant wait for the fighting tigers to come to athens next year. see y’all in a few hours. GEAUX-
Gdawg
December 2nd, 2012
3:40 pm
Warner Robbins,
Ever played a down in your life? You don’t wear out your guys between the 20s. I didn’t know you were the guru of football. Please tell me which team you’ve coached.
Real Dawg fans with educations from UGA can actually speak with knowledge.
Warner Robbins, eh? If you’re not in the Armed Forces the only reason you live down there is because you can’t make it in Atlanta.
REAL DAWGS FANS can afford to live closer to the school.
Blackoutanyone?
December 2nd, 2012
3:48 pm
Dawgs in Capital One Bowl? If so that means Texas A&M vs Texas in Cotton. I would love to see A&M spank Texas. It’s fun to talk trash but like always, I’ll be rooting for every SEC team.
Roll Tide
23 SEC Championships 14 National Championships and counting….
daddo
December 2nd, 2012
4:05 pm
Oh Sammy, where r u? I want to hear you quote some more stats.
Ted Dibiase
December 2nd, 2012
4:05 pm
EVEN MOR MORAL VICTORIES FOR THE DWAGS!!!!!!!!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JustanODawg
December 2nd, 2012
4:10 pm
This Blog needs to change it’s comment system to a Disqus style comment voting format so the stupid comments don’t show up at the top.
Regardless…. this was one of the best SEC Championship Games ever and it is a CLEAR shame that UGA will not be in a BCS bowl. It’s stupid that a team UGA beat Heads up (Florida) is going to be going to a better bowl game then Georgia.
STUPID.
JustanODawg
December 2nd, 2012
4:14 pm
@ Warner Robbins Dawg,
How can you call yourself a Warner Robbins Dawg and not even know how to spell Warner Robins? Must be a Northside High product. Lol..
JustanODawg
December 2nd, 2012
4:18 pm
@ A Riddle,
A clear Florida fan still bitter about LOSING to Georgia. Excuses, excuses… whatever. You lost and this article is about Georgia being shafted and not going to a BCS bowl game while Florida gets to go.
Be thankful you classless loser.
FootballTopFan(c)
December 2nd, 2012
4:19 pm
CONGRATULATIONS to the Georgia Bulldogs and Head Coach Mark Richt for a sensational 2012 football season. The DAWGS played great and fell just a few yards short as time ran out in a bid to play for a national championship against Notre Dame.
Football Top Fan eagerly await the start of the college bowl games.
We Love College Football !!!
FootballTopFan@Yahoo.com
PetroDawg
December 2nd, 2012
4:27 pm
@ Gdawg –
You seem to be directing frustration at the wrong people on this blog. Why are the truly football-saavy GA fans not talking about the REAL reason for the loss.
When was the last time a team rushes for 350 yards in the SEC and lost??
GA may have the better passing attack, but the ground game controls the clock and allows the running team to pound the other team until the defense tires out.
Why was Grantham’s D so unprepared. Could GA not load the box more in the 2nd half? The run defense was terrible and NOT typical of top Tier SEC Teams.
Buckbaloweme
December 2nd, 2012
4:30 pm
Stop all this Bitching about 680 the fan
They give UGA more love than the girl from deep throat. You wouldn’t even know any other colleges existed listening to this am radio show.
JustanODawg
December 2nd, 2012
4:36 pm
@I am going to be sick,
A Dawg fan for one year? Some of us have been Dawg fans all of our lives and will be Dawg fans until we die. NO MATTER what kind of season they have. Heck… I went to school at UGA during the Ray Goff days when all of the MAJOR talent was there and had to live through that fiasco.
Would you rather have Gene Chizik as a coach? He won a National Championship. Maybe Richt/ Bobo/ Grantham have not won a National Championship but at least they are not an embarrassment to SEC football.
Saban, Miles and Meyer are not going anywhere. Chastising Richt and Bobo is pretty clueless in the big scheme of things. Like somebody better then Richt and Bobo is out there and available?
Clueless.
Don’t be a hater of Richt/Bobo and Grantham just because UGA is getting screwed by the system and playing in the Manure bowl.
Maybe you should be a Notre Dame or some other “we only show up when they win” fan.
GotWinBowlGame
December 2nd, 2012
5:02 pm
Don’t care if we get shafted to the PapaJohn Bowl. Dogs need to compete and finish things the right way with a W. Last thing we need are bunch of Lizards and Techsters laughing at us b/c we lose to some inferior team at some crappy bowl.
We owe ourselves and the SEC more than that so let’s quit all the complaining about not going to a BCS or other marquee bowl game.
Is the dawgs starting lineup still in the Athens jail?
December 2nd, 2012
5:03 pm
I want to compliment Mark Richt and Bobo on teaching the football team each year how you can try real hard and still not be a winner. This is a valuable life lesson for all those who hold the worthless degree from Georgia.
Southern Cal Dawg
December 2nd, 2012
5:04 pm
Great article and very classy of Nick Saban..
UGA plays a great game and the National Champs get through by the skin of their teeth to now play against a team in the BCS championship game that is SO LUCKY to even be there.
All of the Florida fans and Richt haters need to go troll somewhere else… It was a great game and Bama won. The point of the article is that now UGA is getting shafted and will end up playing in a Manure bowl.
Far as I’m concerned…. UGA should be in the Sugar Bowl playing Florida even though they already played and UGA won. Barely losing to the National Champs is no reason to be penalized so severely.
Southern Cal Dawg
December 2nd, 2012
5:07 pm
@Is the dawgs starting lineup still in the Athens jail?
Congratulations to earning the distinction of having one of the stupidest comments ever made on a blog article.
Is the dawgs starting lineup still in the Athens jail?
December 2nd, 2012
5:18 pm
Thanks, and enjoy flipping burgers at Wendys
Southern Cal Dawg
December 2nd, 2012
6:08 pm
@ Is the dawgs starting lineup still in the Athens jail?
Yeah… that’s what we do with our Degrees from UGA and MBA’s from USC (Trojans) to afford our homes overlooking the Pacific. Flip burgers at Wendy’s …. Lol…
david kidd
December 2nd, 2012
6:43 pm
well, uga got the screws again. we get a chump bowl against a team that wisconsin just put up almost 3/4 of a 100 spot on after hanging with bama to the very end; all the while the lizards sit on their butts and do nothing and get to go to the sweet bowl. how unfair is that!! i will so glad when the bcs is over and done with. the sweet bowl should be uga’s after their battle with the tide. of course the reptiles think they earned a right to go to orleans. well, its just like the crap in washington, what can you do but sit back and suck on it!!
abnbamafan
December 2nd, 2012
6:44 pm
I was at the game and am a Bama fan. It was an absolute travesty that either team lost. That is the best college game I hve been to and I was at the 2011 BCS game against LSU. It is shame Georgia has been so good the last two years and made it to the SECCG only to face LSU then Bama. A few plays and eeryone would be talking about Georgia defending a NC. Great game, great fans and congratulations on a great year!
Now go take care of Bowl Business BULLDOGS!!!!
SEC, SEC, SEC!
harold
December 2nd, 2012
7:20 pm
Great coaching won this game for Bama and stupid coaching lost it for Georgia.
Take two shots at it…Spike the football or throw it into the end zone.
Those UGA dudes on the UGA defense will soon be making “big money” in the NFL.
And Saban is just so business like. What a coach Alabama has!
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
7:38 pm
gdawg……………where are you, buddy? I’m ready to talk sec football and let you educate me on the greatness that you think georgia football is. what is it, 7 or 8 national titles that the conference has since richt has been at the helm? How many of those belong to him and the pups?
Crimson Jarhead
December 2nd, 2012
8:03 pm
Georgia Fans….man, what a game! I had prepared myself several times to be pulling for UGa against ND but we just got a couple of breaks and won what might be the best football game I have ever watched! Congrats on a great effort and really think you guys are getting hosed in the bowl games. How any voter could drop you even one spot after that game is beyond me….congrats again on a great effort!
go Gator....
December 2nd, 2012
8:15 pm
BCS is a travesty……….. Looking forward to that NIU vs FSU matchup…. Can we get rid of this stupid system that punishes conferences that do well and rewards mediocrity? UGA, UF and BAMA all deserve BCS bowl games…. what a joke…
someone who knows
December 2nd, 2012
8:27 pm
UGA is a two loss team…what did you expect Saban to say? He almost got beat by a mid-pack SEC east squad, so he had to talk them up…did 1980 even happen? Is anyone alve still who remembers 1980?
someone who knows
December 2nd, 2012
8:30 pm
35-7 is why Florida is going to the Sugr Bowl and Georgia goes to some generic “not quite good enough” bowl in Florida, playing a team that just had 70 planted on them…the ultimate loser bowl…
Coffee Bluff DAWG
December 2nd, 2012
8:50 pm
go Gator…. Yes, the BCS is a joke. What a great gameI watched that was separated by the slimmest of margins.
I’m at least looking forward to a playoff in the future – should be more than 4 teams but at least that’s a start.
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
9:08 pm
I will say this…………after bama you can throw the other 5 top 10 sec teams in a hat and take whatever comes out and theyll roll whoever they play in a bcs matchup, save the irish. oregon? lmao! really? has everybody already forgotten what LSU did to all of that “speed” last year? its the sec and then everybody else. like the last 6 yaers.
GEAUX may-retta
December 2nd, 2012
9:08 pm
years. lol
football fan
December 2nd, 2012
9:18 pm
dont hate the players hate the rule makers. NIU did what they had to do, Wisconsin same thing.
The Big 12, SEC, PAC 12 and Big Ten should just set up their own championship at the end of the season. They dont need the NCAA to mess it up for them.
Bill Savage
December 3rd, 2012
12:06 am
This is the ultimate proof on how screwed up the BCS is, Florida rated ahead of Georgia and getting a B C S Bowl
av8rdawg
December 3rd, 2012
1:08 am
I guess all I can say now is Go all you great SEC teams !
I will watch them all, except the Sugar… no offense FLA, It’s just a hugely boring bowl mismatch against a no name team, I still hope you guys crush them 80-0 and the T.V.’s across the nation get turned off in the first 5 minutes!…..BCS is full of BS.
oh, & Roll Tide !
GATiger
December 3rd, 2012
8:00 am
I don’t get the logic behind Saban’s and Dawg fans’ argument that UGA deserves a BCS bowl game. It focuses on one game – Florida – and ignores a 28 point loss to USC. Yes, you lost to Bama by just 4 points. So did LSU. And A&M beat them – at their house. The Dawgs have one quality win and fans think that should translate into a BCS invitation. Preposterous.
Funtime 77
December 3rd, 2012
8:13 am
Georgia needs to be in the Sugar Bowl instead of Florida. Who won the game against Florida? Sorriest matchup of bowls ever. Northern Illinois, Louisville, should not be in these good paying bowls instead of Georgia.
wrong....
December 3rd, 2012
8:57 am
“Georgia needs to be in the Sugar Bowl instead of Florida. Who won the game against Florida? Sorriest matchup of bowls ever.”
can you even begin to start to see how flawed your logic is?? i’ll make it very, very simple for you. The SEC has 6 teams that are all very good and that all played a pseudo round robin tournament with each playing a minimum of 3 games vs the other 5 teams. Bama and Florida went 3-1 vs the other 6 teams, LSU went 2-2 and USC, TAMU and UGA went 1-2 vs the top 6. Does that make more sense to you? Can you now see why Florida would get a BCS bid over UGA? 3-1 vs 1-2? Its the BODY of work, not just one saturday. Now I can make an argument that UGA deserves a BCS bid but that gripe is against the BCS system. What you can’t make an argument on is that UGA deserves a BCS bid over florida based on one game and ignore all the other games that were played. Is this making sense to you?? Also notice that Bama and UGA actually got very lucky this year in not having to play any of the top 3 teams from the opposing division which gave both teams an advantage to get to that game in the first place?? Which is why Florida is 3-1 vs the top 6 and UGA is 1-2 vs the top 6 even AFTER playing the extra game. The top 6 of the SEC are all pretty similar this year and UGA had its shot to win the conference and play for the title. They lost. If anyone has a gripe its Florida at the scheduling that allowed a team like UGA to not play the top 3 in the west and virtually giving them a 1 game season to make the SECCG where UF had to go 5-0 to get there vs top 6… making sense now?? Body of work, not 1 saturday….
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Madoc55
December 3rd, 2012
10:55 am
Alabama and Georgia played a game for the ages. Agreed the Bulldogs should be playing in a BCS bowl. That said, blow the Cornhuskers back to Nebraska with the “SEC” logo on their fundaments. Go Dawgs!!!
GATiger
December 3rd, 2012
12:18 pm
If you really think Saban “believes” UGA should be in a BCS bowl, you’re naive. Saban doesn’t give a rat’s @$$ about Georgia, Richt or anyone but himself. It was a patronizing comment by a coach with questionable ethics and Georgia fans should be insulted by it. He’s only trying to make his narrow win look better.
Bamagrad001
December 3rd, 2012
1:08 pm
Great game…one of those games where both teams and fans should hold their heads high. I watched the game at the Roswell Taco Mac and Bama & UGA fans had the place rocking. To the UGA fans dogging Richt, your crazy. The guy is a top 10 active coach in my book. Secondly, if you fire him who would you hire?
Roll TIde ROll
UGA all day!
December 3rd, 2012
1:14 pm
@slim: Yeah, our NFL defense was being held and blocked in the back on every play so that Alabama could get all of those yards! The officiating in that game was the worst I’ve ever seen! They wanted alabama in the National Title game so they made sure it happened! If the refs would’ve been calling that game equally, GA would’ve beat Bama by 3 touchdowns!
Basspro2150
December 3rd, 2012
1:30 pm
Here’s to Coach Richt. Thank you for a great season. Wish you would have b&^%* slapped that reporter though. He must never have played the game. Thank you Coach Sabin for your coments after the game. I don’t dislike you as much now. Bulldog till death.
Game
December 3rd, 2012
2:35 pm
First off, YES, it was a great game. But Bam is not that good this year! Their defense is nowhere near what it has been in years past and they really have no passing game to speak of. Like UGA, Bama benefitted from not having to play ANY of the top 3 teams from the other division this year. And by all accounts UGA should’ve been blown out of that game by 2 touchdowns. They had a blocked FG for a TD which is essentially a 10 point swing. That doesn’t happen and that game is over. So STOP UGA fans talking about how great of a team you are because you kept it close against a decent Bama team that was beat at home by TAMU a few weeks ago. Your team went 1 and 2 against the top teams in the SEC. You benefited from the easiest schedule and 1 one game to get to SECCG. Give me a break! 1-2 vs top 5 teams in the SEC and one of those losses was by 28 points!! What else did you do this year?? WHAT?? Beat a decent Florida team that pretty much handed you the game on a silver platter and you could barely beat them? Please, every UGA and Bama, stop padding each other on the back at how great you are. You’re not, you both had easier schedules than LSU, TAMU, USC and florida. All 6 teams were pretty close this year and could have dropped any game. UGA slipped got EXTREMELY lucky in not having to play ANY of the top 3 teams in the west. That was the ONLY reason they made the SECCG.. and if you think otherwise you’re blind or dumb..
smlarsen
December 5th, 2012
1:04 pm
Someone who Doesn’t no obviously. Talk us up. Ha, are you kidding me? He said that because his ass hole was just settling back into place from being squeezed so tight during the whole game. It was a great effort by both teams and could have gone either way. I mean really guy talk us up. In case you forgot yall were 2 we were 3 (1&2 respectively because ND sucks). The only up we had to go was one place. come on buddy get with the program here
smlarsen
December 5th, 2012
2:26 pm
Game we were one and one agaisnt top five teams we beat florida and lost to bama good try though