Bulldogs finish with Top 5 rankings in both polls

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
9:00 am

Sorry dogs.

Vampire Bill

January 8th, 2013
9:01 am

Go Dawgs !!

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
9:01 am

T5

clem

January 8th, 2013
9:03 am

notre dame is not top 5 in sec…..

jalex49

January 8th, 2013
9:03 am

Congradulations to Georgia and I hope this will carry into next year as a positive. I am really excited about this and coupled with Murray coming back and hopefully some other juniors that haven’t decided their status yet, it will be an opportunity for a good year. Please stay Malcome and Mason we need you!

I really would hope that some of those considering Georgia would come on board and maybe some that de-commited will reconsider? Say Derrick Henry?

Again congrads to the team and to the coaches. Also seems to be a great hire on the defensive line coach and to Coach Miller, welcome to Georgia and the very best as a “Dawg”.

Congrads to Alabama and coach Saban and we will be hopefully have a re-match next year? Go Dawgs!

double g

January 8th, 2013
9:05 am

Bittersweet finish. 5 yards, 5 seconds, 5 ranking.

Dodgers got nuthin’ on us! Wait’ll next year!!

59bulldawg

January 8th, 2013
9:05 am

Notre Dame should not have finished in the top 5 after their performance last night.

BuckshtWillie

January 8th, 2013
9:06 am

Go Dawgs!!!

jalex49

January 8th, 2013
9:06 am

I meant Coach Wilson. I was watching t.v. while typing and typed Miller instead of Wilson because of what was said on t.v.

Jeff in Calhoun

January 8th, 2013
9:06 am

UGA is legitimate #2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Texas A&M #3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then who cares who is below!

GeoffDawg

January 8th, 2013
9:06 am

Oh well. Georgia would’ve clearly handled ND last night if they had the opportunity. Bama made the play they needed to so they earned the right pummel the Irish last night. Let’s just all agree that we don’t need the BCS or playoff moving forward. The SEC winner is the national champ by default.

UGA Insider

January 8th, 2013
9:07 am

The pathetic schedule of Notre Dame really hurts them when they play against the big boys. You could tell they were not prepared phsically. Notre Dame along with Ohio State who has the easiest most pathetic schedule in the nation would be 7 win teams in the SEC and that is it. I will also go as far as to say that Ohio State would finsih 5th in the SEC East this year behind UGA, UF, USCe & Vandy. Notre Dame might be able to finish above Vandy.

Remarkable

January 8th, 2013
9:07 am

This Poll is a disgrace. To put ND in front of Georgia and to put Florida in front of Louisville is unbelievable.

Frank

January 8th, 2013
9:07 am

Notre Dame may not even belong in the top 10, but certainly not 4th. Georgia should be 2nd or 3rd, with Oregon being the variable.

ozzfest

January 8th, 2013
9:08 am

Oh yeah….NOTRE DAME is a better team than Georgia…let’s see….32-28 or 42-14.
Classic default on the notion of seperation of church and state.

DOGS ARE CLEARLY #3

Not really Top 5... but kinda

January 8th, 2013
9:09 am

Since A&M tied for 5th most points also, we can safely call Ga #6. A&M will be called Top 5 since they had the same record, but actually had wins over quality teams (including the Nat’l Champ) and the Heisman Winner

Frodo

January 8th, 2013
9:09 am

Another prime example of the biased, comedic system we call “college football rankings”. Not only does the SEC deserve an apology from all sports writers, but I’d like for T’eo to give back all of his awards. Jones deserves most. Its obvious after last night.

Jeff in Calhoun

January 8th, 2013
9:12 am

Congrats to Florida State and Clemson for finally having worthy top 10 teams.

Joe

January 8th, 2013
9:12 am

That ND fetish shows again. Bama slobberknocked ‘em, but they’re still “better than the dawgs”!!! Rumor says Kentucky’s trying to schedule ND for next year’s homecoming.

Columbia SC Dawg

January 8th, 2013
9:12 am

Notre Dame and Te’o are jokes. They are a blemish on college football. They are the affirmative action team of the sport.

Clowney is King

January 8th, 2013
9:13 am

SEC is King. Clemson rated ahead of Florida? You gotta be kidding me? Florida did look pathetic in loss to Louisville (bad play, bad coaching, abandon game plan way too early), but Clemson is not that good. LSU played like it did not want to be here (Atl) and of course Mad Hatters blind luck ran out. ACC blows, heck Tech may be top in ACC!?

icedawg

January 8th, 2013
9:14 am

No way ND finishes that high or higher than UGA or T A&M. The polls are a farce.

I bought my UGA gear at WalMart

January 8th, 2013
9:17 am

It’s so obvious that the Irish are not a top 10 team. 45 to 14???? They have always been overrated by the pollsters for whatever reason. They are the darlings of the media. Note Musburger’s homeboy comments last night. Georgia and any of the top 5 SEC teams would kick ND’s butt.

HPUCK

January 8th, 2013
9:17 am

You have got to be kidding. It should be Alabama, Texas A&M, Georgia. No way Notre Dame any higher than 6th

Jeff in Calhoun

January 8th, 2013
9:18 am

Alabama, Georgia and Texas A&M not necessarily in that order should be in the top 5 to start the 2013 season.

Pope UGA XXIII

January 8th, 2013
9:19 am

Interesting to see how all of the Buckeye parolees – excuse me, fans – are
yapping about their wonderful season. Let’s see, you beat Nebraska and
Michigan, # 24 & 25 in the final rankings and didn’t play # 17 Northwestern.
If your monthly TV rental payment was made on time, you saw what Bama
did to that “monster from the midwest” last nite. The same applies to you
that applied to N D. If you played Bama, UGA, Texas A & M, South Carolina,
LSU, and Florida, there would be no gloating about being undefeated.

Thank God for Reggie Ball

January 8th, 2013
9:21 am

I’m starting to think this is more of an Alabama thing than an SEC thing….

damngooddawg!

January 8th, 2013
9:22 am

I knew Jarvis Jones…Jarvis was a good friend of mine….and Te’o, you’re no Jarvis Jones.

dawgfan

January 8th, 2013
9:22 am

I don’t usually get bent out of shape about the rankings but ND at #4 is a total joke. They looked like a mid level SEC team last night. I think Vanderbilt would give them a game and I am in no shape or form kidding.

ARdawg

January 8th, 2013
9:23 am

Just more proof that the BCS doesn’t work. ND obviously wasn’t number 1 and based on that performance wasn’t top 15. I am highly disappointed that was given to us as a championship. Notre Dame is as overrated as Ohio St Bugeyes

Jeff in Calhoun

January 8th, 2013
9:23 am

I say ask Coach Saban what his top 10 should be and go with that!

Larry

January 8th, 2013
9:24 am

Notre Dame being in front of Georgia is just another in the endless examples of media bias in this country. Notre Dame doesn’t belong in the top ten!

Thank God for Reggie Ball

January 8th, 2013
9:25 am

Bama just played two mammoth defensive lines and steller linebacking corps and tore both of them up

DawginLex

January 8th, 2013
9:25 am

Georgia 4 yards short

Notre Dame 4 TD’s short

Yeah, rank them ahead of us. That makes sense

willdave

January 8th, 2013
9:26 am

I agree with the announcers last night who said that the true national championship game had already taken place when Alabama played Georgia back in December. The Bulldogs came within one big play of beating BAMA. Had that occurred and the Dogs ended up playing last night, they clearly would have blown Notre Dame off the field. Georgia ought to be number 2 in this poll. At the very least they should be ranked ahead of the Fighting Irish.

Anyway, congratulations to Coach Saban and the Crimson Tide. Three national titles in four seasons. That is absolutely astounding. No one team should dominate Division 1 college football like that. The time has arrived to consider moving the Tide to the NFL. Put them in the NFC South with the Falcons, Bucs, Saints and Panthers.

Stiffneck

January 8th, 2013
9:27 am

Notre Dame should rank somewhere behind Ole Miss. Way overrated. T’eo got how many awards? Too bad Pitt didn’t win it earlier this season. Funny how the dude on espn said the true championship game was held in Atlanta a month ago.

damngooddawg!

January 8th, 2013
9:28 am

Watch the BCS poll. Georgia looses to Alabama 32 to 28 and was poised to win when a Georgia receiver caught a deflected pass and cost them the SEC and defacto national title. They dropped from 3rd to 7th. ND looses 42 to 14 and drops to………..stay tuned.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
9:28 am

dogs STILL cryin’ and a humpn’

Bank Walker, Texas Ranger

January 8th, 2013
9:28 am

Te’o and Notre Dame are a overhyped farce. Every year, if ND has a winning team or a player that is good, they are hyped as the next great team or next Dick Butkus

CJJScout

January 8th, 2013
9:28 am

How in Hades did ND finish ahead of UGA?

@Remarkable hit the nail on the head.

Standawg

January 8th, 2013
9:29 am

All kidding aside, how awesome is it to have Texas A&M in the SEC…although, the rivalries haven’t really taken shape, yet, but what a killer program. Can’t wait to play them! Go Dawgs!

Sam Robards, Dawg Fan

January 8th, 2013
9:29 am

I don’t see how Notre Dame is still ranked in the top 10 after that performance last night. They were exposed as a mediocre team and lucked out in too many of their games to count. They needed multiple overtimes to beat Pitt? Ole Miss, a 7-6 SEC team, beat Pitt like a drum.

I also can’t believe the AP voters wasted votes on Ohio State. They were on probation, guys. This season didn’t matter for them.

And I’m not sure about us being tied with A&M. Don’t get me wrong, A&M’s a great team, but we won more games than they did. Yeah, they beat Alabama, but we beat Florida. And the fact that they have the Heisman winner on their team shouldn’t count because that’s an individual achievement: Baylor didn’t get a polling boost from having RGIII on board last year, did they?

But whatever, we finished in the top 5 and had a dang good year. Now I’m excited to play in Death Valley (both of ‘em!) next year.

Go Dawgs!

Righteous

January 8th, 2013
9:32 am

The only ranking that matters in #1 the dawgs didnt get that done this year so who cares where they are ranked

nobody

January 8th, 2013
9:33 am

Noone, not even Pollack, bless his heart, had the courage to speak up too much about Georgia…I fear we have become irrelevant…. all ND must do to receive undeserved national recognition is to go unbeaten against mediocre competition….USC, another pretender, almost beat them, as did Pitt, who suffered multiple losses… maybe we need to schedule the Naval Academy to play in Ireland….

JOHN

January 8th, 2013
9:33 am

BULL, BULL, BULL, THE DAWGS SHOHLD HAVE BEEN RANKED AT LEAST #4. AND OHIO STATE….LIKE THE COACHES POLL HAD THEM….UNRATED. THEY SHOULD NOT EVEN RECEIVE A RATING. BAMA DESERVES THE #1 RANKING. N.D. SHOULD BE AT LEAST 7 OR 8. IT ALL GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT THE MEDIA WANTED N.D. IN THAT BOWL GAME REGARDLESS. THEY ARE NOT A BCS TEAM!! DAWGS GET SCREWED AGAIN!

damngooddawg!

January 8th, 2013
9:34 am

Ole Miss whipped Pitt….It took overtime for ND to squeak by them…..I’m just sayin’.

beanster

January 8th, 2013
9:34 am

I am convinced more than ever now the Buckeye is a Special Ed student in 8th grade.

bubba4dawgs

January 8th, 2013
9:34 am

How can anyone put Notre Dame at #4? They can’t play with the big boys in the SEC and next year will be another step toward proving that. Surely the polls will favor them again with a high ranking and they’ll get another cream puff schedule and move up in the polls as they’ve historically done. Several teams in the SEC could beat Notre Dame…… Texas A&M, Ga., South Carolina and maybe even Flo-ri-duh. I don’t see anyone knocking off Alabama next year. Sabin just reloads and gets the players he wants! Interesting thing he said after winning this one: “Hard work, discipline and dedication”! Quite a formula! That’s what won it for Bear Bryant and Sabin has adopted the same formula. Not hard to understand, is it UGA coaches?

BILLY JACK

January 8th, 2013
9:35 am

GEORGIA IN GREAT POSITION TO KEEP SEC DOMINANCE NEXT YEAR.GEORGIA HAS STOCKPILED PLAYERS AND SHOULD WIN 2 OR 3 NATIONAL TITLES IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS NOW THAT GARNERS LAZY AZZ IS GONE.

Tech Nerd

January 8th, 2013
9:36 am

Lets see….The mighty Jackets finished…….oh, never mind…..

puff

January 8th, 2013
9:39 am

Bryan Kelly must be a popular guy. ND exposed itself as barely belonging in top 10.

74 Dawg

January 8th, 2013
9:39 am

Ranking Notre Dame in the top 5 is really a prime example of a new phenomena spreading through the so called elites in our society today: a ridiculous refusal to admit they were wrong. see major league baseball after the infield fly gate in the playoffs, Roger Goodell almost anytime, the administration after Benghazi, and the media after 4 years of policy and leadership failure. in the 21st century if you are self important you never admit you were wrong, you double down on your idiocy. I mentioned to someone last night that the voters in the polls who voted ND # 1 should hang their heads in shame. they put a team on the level with Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, maybe Vandy, into the title game. anyone who doesn’t think Oregon, Stanford, even Fla State or Clemson would not have made for a much better game. nD did not earn the spot. if they join a conference where they have to actually play somebody and win something to qualify, then they would deserve it. But the same people who voted ND #1 refuse to admit they were historically wrong. and anyone who follows college football knows it. all you sports writers, I got some news: the king ain’t wearing no clothes, everybody knows it, and it ain’t pretty:)

Just Asking?

January 8th, 2013
9:40 am

How is Florida and LSU ranked so high after the way they played their Bowl games?

HABDAWG

January 8th, 2013
9:40 am

Irish Still IRRELEVANT!!!

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
9:41 am

Righteous,

You are right (eous).

But dogs remain delusional about the final rankings.

dogs must think the AP is in cahoots with the Zebras from the 350 rushing yard beat down from Bama.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
9:41 am

habdawg,

dogs STILL IRRELEVANT!!!

Just Asking?

January 8th, 2013
9:42 am

I’m really just amazed that USC didn’t get any votes. Weren’t they the preseason No. 1 team? What cha want to bet that they are back in the top 20 before next season starts?

Mouth Breather

January 8th, 2013
9:43 am

HEY THIS IS #### ####.

We won the East, we beat Florida! We almost beat Bama and if we had a month to prepare we’d beat Bama.

WE SHOULD BE RANKED #1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dawg Tired

January 8th, 2013
9:43 am

Apparently, you must be required to flunk an I.Q. test to be allowed to vote in these polls. How could anyone watch the SEC Championship and then watch the National Championship and then conclude that ND is better than UGA? Answer: You are stupid.

Just Asking?

January 8th, 2013
9:44 am

Buckeye, do you really wish your team had been on that field last night to get the but whupping that ND got? Ohio St. wouldn’t have fared any better.

damngooddawg!

January 8th, 2013
9:45 am

Hey Buckeye, you guys know all about being IRRELEVANT don’t you?

AJ

January 8th, 2013
9:45 am

Let me see Alabama 33, GA 28………………..Alabama 42, ND 14…………how the hell does ND get ranked higher than GA.???? ND looked like a High School team last night!!

ARdawg

January 8th, 2013
9:46 am

beanster

I’m afraid Special Ed Buckeye’s safety helmet has fallen off

VinceVanGo

January 8th, 2013
9:46 am

Evidently since the game wasn’t that entertaining to watch the only thing Brent Musberger could find to keep his eyes on was McCarrons girlfriend. What a perv! Dogs should be very good next year but the SEC is loaded. The problem is that by the time the SEC teams beat up on each other there is only room for one to be in the top 4, and the “diaper dandies” slide up in the polls. I doubt the new playoffs will change that, but the SEC has proved many times(7 straight) that they are the best football conference in college.

OMG

January 8th, 2013
9:49 am

This whole ranking scheme for Notre Dame is simply to help them make money for a mediocre team. Notre Dame will go broke if the system is not tweaked to give them extra tv times and higher rankings. This so disgusting ranking them in the top five.

Andy

January 8th, 2013
9:52 am

I’m confused. Who did UGA beat to make them worthy of being top 5?

Orlando Dawg

January 8th, 2013
9:54 am

Bama 1, UGA 2, A&M 3….and that’s a fact…Lou Holtz probably voted ND #1…this is a farce….Go Dawgs!

That ND backer is just no good

January 8th, 2013
9:55 am

The LB for ND is lousy. ND reminds me of that Hawaii team that UGA stomped in the Sugar Bowl a few years ago. ND was so over rated and SLOW!

SEC OWNS college football.

trueblueeagle

January 8th, 2013
9:55 am

ND should behind Fla and Louisville ahead of Fla. This poll is a joke

Stiffneck

January 8th, 2013
9:58 am

I think Tech could have beaten the gold domers last night. Sad.

Dawgman

January 8th, 2013
10:00 am

Notre Dame would lose to UGA, Florida,Texas A&M,LSU, Ole Miss and probably Vandy. How they stay in the top 5 is ridiculous!

carbon

January 8th, 2013
10:01 am

ND is a team of sissy boys undeserving of a #4 ranking in the SEC much less nationally. Dawgs should be ranked ahead of them. But otherwise, good finish for UGA

James at Amelia Island , Florida

January 8th, 2013
10:02 am

A complete blow out last night of a SEC team vs Notre Dame ! The build up by some of the press for how ND would stop the run was bull. Lou Hotlz was pitiful speaking about how ND would win on ESPN before the game. So Lou how do you explain a complete blow out and your defense played so bad?
At least 4 SEC Teams would have beaten ND last night. Georgia and Texas A&M shold be ranked higher than ND.
Game was over at halftime. Congrads to Bama on another National Championship. 7 years in a row for SEC.
Hoping for UGA to wrap up some great prospects to close the year. Nice hire on the D Line. Look forward to 2013 at UGA.
GO DAWGS

wreckmaniac

January 8th, 2013
10:03 am

Notre Dame should not be in the top 10 and Ohio State should be excluded.

Dawgman

January 8th, 2013
10:03 am

Buckeye……………………………with your record against the SEC, I believe you would be smart to stay quiet otherwise you make yourself look kind of foolish!

Col AG

January 8th, 2013
10:05 am

I’m sorry Notre Dame 3 , 4, 5 NO WAY. All 5 SEC teams could have beat her last night, I agree Oregon # 2 but they have yet to play the SEC. My Rankings Alabama, Texas A&M, Georgia, Florida.

See you next year
Go Dawgs, GO SEC

Tuitts Momma

January 8th, 2013
10:06 am

Where was my boy last night ?

wreckmaniac

January 8th, 2013
10:07 am

To Tuitts Momma: Apparently, on his butt

observer

January 8th, 2013
10:10 am

The polls never made much sense to me. But ND top 5? That’s irrational considering last night’s debacle and then considering SOS. At the same time, UGA has no business being top 5. Who did UGA beat to deserve such lofty ranking. UF who laid an egg with Louisville? UGA’s best game was a loss. In the SEC you could argue 1-UA; 2-TAM; USC-3 UGA-4th

wreckmaniac

January 8th, 2013
10:11 am

The ACC dosen’t need Notre Dame.

Jon P

January 8th, 2013
10:12 am

BUCKEYE,

Better to be “IRRELEVANT” then to be INVISIBLE like Ohio State. Where are you guys in the final Coaches Poll? Nowhere to be found. Must hurt to be completely disregarded and ignored. Even your head coach wanted no part of Bama last night (he wanted to see Oregon play Bama, but not his Buckeyes).

wreckmaniac

January 8th, 2013
10:15 am

Definition of having a life: Not watching the second half of last nights laugher.

john

January 8th, 2013
10:18 am

Until ND officially joins a conference they should be lumped in with the other NON-AQ like Boise State.

OldFan

January 8th, 2013
10:19 am

Didn’t hear UGA mentioned once by the commentators last night when the discussion turned to next year. This good season is over, and the Dawgs still don’t have national respect. Until we prove it at the SEC Championship, we’re just another also-ran. ND’s ranking is a wash over from all the feel good, it’s just like old times, sentiment that the sportswriters love. 1980 was a long time ago. Need another one, Dawgs.

wreckmaniac

January 8th, 2013
10:19 am

The worst moment of this year for Oklahoma was not the egg they laid in their bowl game but seeing a team that beat them play in that farce we all saw last night.

JD

January 8th, 2013
10:22 am

Now you know why so many of us dislike ND. They are always rated higher than they deserve.

RedandBlackDAWG

January 8th, 2013
10:27 am

Notre Dame, would be the fifth best team if they were in he SEC, in this conference. Alabama, Texas A&M, UGA, and S.C. are superior to them. Florida and LSU might also be their equal although both, need offensive help.
If not for the media bias, Notre Dame, might not be considered even a top 10 team, as last night clearly showed.
Alabama is still clearly the cream of the crop in college ball, but the magic of what the SEC is, dictates that the other teams will still keep on pushing and the SEC champion each year, will most likely be the superior team in the college football world again next year and for the foreseeable future. Notre Dame will limp off to join the ACC in 2014, so they can be assured of a BCS bowl, even though, after the debacle of the competition in the games the last few years, the orange bowl will not be considered top flight in the near future.
Ohio State can brag about being undefeated in the big 10?, this year, in what has to be considered a pretty poor year from teams of that conference, and Alabama would have crushed them as well, if they had played last night. I don’t think I have seen a more dominating game, where one team was so superior to another in the championship game than I did last night, and that stretches back quite a few years. Alabama is simply the best team right now, in college, and presents a goal for the rest of college football to try and obtain. Congratulations to them, for a terrific championship game.

pikedawg

January 8th, 2013
10:29 am

article is wrong..UGA was 13-1 in 2002…finished in top 3.

DeezNutz

January 8th, 2013
10:32 am

Buckeye you don’t see the parallels between ND and Ohio State? They both played a bunch of pansies in the BIG10 (aka MAC-b) and barely beat the same Purdue, Michigan, etc. The only difference is ND played and beat Stanford and Oklahoma which are both certainly better than the cellar dwellers of the BIG10. As so many people like to say about the Bulldogs, Ohio State didn’t play anybody. Ohio State was lucky they didn’t get to go lose their bowl game this season and get exposed AGAIN! Ohio only matters once every four years and it has nothing to do with football.

RedandBlackDAWG

January 8th, 2013
10:32 am

wreckmaniac

January 8th, 2013
10:11 am

You are right, the ACC doesn’t need Notre Dame. As bad as they showed last night, once they start ACC play, they will most likely dominate the ACC. Not to mention the fact that the ACC will actually benefit momentarily quite a bit. by having a money draw like Notre Dame to feed off of. Just think, now Georgia Tech. will continuously be dominated by two teams each year, with both UGA and Notre Dame, having to play Tech.

Dawg Patrol

January 8th, 2013
10:37 am

R&B Dawg — You can go ahead and add the Seminoles to your list. They’ll dominate Tech too as long as PJ is there.

water dawg

January 8th, 2013
10:37 am

Notre Dame at 4th in the nation? They wouldn’t even be fourth in the SEC — sixth at best, behind Bama, Texas A&M, UGa, LSU, SC and Fla.

Bill

January 8th, 2013
10:38 am

Its just a poll..thats it!
Why all the crying…idiots run the polls, simple answer.

Bo in North Carolina

January 8th, 2013
10:38 am

Looks as if ND will be right at home in the ACC

Discount DoubleDawg

January 8th, 2013
10:39 am

Buckeye- I haven’t heard your SEC chant yet today. Can you please do it for all of us today?

VALDAWGSTA

January 8th, 2013
10:39 am

How is Notre Dame a spot ahead of UGA?

C’mon man!!

Jborodawg

January 8th, 2013
10:41 am

“…To put ND in front of Georgia and to put Florida in front of Louisville is unbelievable…”

I agree; it’s crazy. Seems like ND makes the rankings almost by default every year. They get a lot of pub from the talking heads even when they’re having losing seasons. So, ‘74 Dawg’, it’s not at all a “new phenomena”.

I’d have to put T A&M ahead of the Bulldogs only because they did beat Bama. Kudos to Vandy for making the rankings. How ’bout N Dakota St being ranked ahead of half the SEC teams? They do play some tough football up there.

I see the Bulldogs no higher than 10th in pre-season rankings; and ND a top 5…even though pre-season rankings don’t amount to a hill of beans. I wouldn’t mind even 15th and under the radar. I worry about the team’s mindset when they’re ranked too high right off the bat.

All that being said, How ‘Bout Them Dawgs?!! Great season!

Bill

January 8th, 2013
10:41 am

Dawg Patrol, it has nothing to do with CPJ..FSU has all the $$ and school don’t have all the rules etc GT does plus a big beautiful camps. FSU has more to offer..open your eyes.

Gorilla Biscuit

January 8th, 2013
10:42 am

I’m glad Bama took care of things early last night so I could go to be at halftime. I had to get up and go to work this morning. No doubt exists that if the Dawgs had been able to “finish the drill” against Bama they would be basking in the glory and hoisting the crystal football.

UGA Fan

January 8th, 2013
10:42 am

New BCS format.

The SEC representative in the National Championship game will be the team with the lowest BCS ranking and the other team will be allowed 22 players on the field at all times.

anonymous

January 8th, 2013
10:47 am

You left out the final 2002 ranking. UGA finished #3.

dap01

January 8th, 2013
10:49 am

Notre Dame is not a top 10 team. What a joke the polls are. Notre Dame could not beat Georgia Tech.

Basspro2150

January 8th, 2013
10:49 am

As a true Dawg fan this is going to be very hard for me to say. Roll Tide. There I said it. Now I have to go wash my mouth out with soap. At this point its all about the SEC winning the game though and proving once again that no one in the country can hang with the SEC football programs. Congratulations Alabama and Coach Sabin. You guys played one heck of a game. After what Coach Sabin said after the SEC championship about the Bulldogs should be in a BCS bowl you got a little more respect from me.

Top Recruit

January 8th, 2013
10:49 am

So Lou Holtz and Urban Meyer raved about ND’s D. ESPN’s acclaimed football gurus and top flight analyst. More like their paid cheerleaders for the Big 10 and ND. All season Holtz bragged about ND and its D.
23 minutes into the game, 3 possessions and 3 drives over 70 yards and the Tide had rolled ND’s defense. Just maybe ESPN could be honest and fair in coverage of the college football.
Let us Dawgs and SEC alums be honest. ND could beat two SEC teams…Auburn and Kentucky.
Here are your top 3 teams…Bama, Georgia, and A&M.
Even a female talk radio show host said on a cable network said the game was over in the first quarter and that ND looked and played like a Washington DC prep school.
And even a Pat Forde understands what is happening in D1 football. Pittsburg take ND to 3 overtimes and Ole Miss drills them.
Sportswriters and voters have to be honest with readers, the players, the coaches, and the conferences. Otherwise they should get forever from covering D1 football. First to go should be Holtz, Meyer, and Musburger…all have something in common other than their self indulgence and bias…football has passed them by and they never saw it…very similar to ND’s defense against Bama’s “grown man football”.

Tucker

January 8th, 2013
10:53 am

This poll reflects the idiotic process that will make the 4-team playoff a bigger mess than the current BCS. Georgia and Texas A&M belong in the top 4, not Notre Dame.

BMOC

January 8th, 2013
10:53 am

……And the REAL pole should be:

1 – ALABAMA
2 – GEORGIA
3 – A&M
4 – OREGON
5 – STANFORD
6 – SOUTH CAROLINA

You can shake the others up in a can & place them wherever.

WALDY BUTTS

January 8th, 2013
10:54 am

The worm will turn in 2013. Congra

HutsonMasonAdvisor

January 8th, 2013
10:55 am

A simple spike of the ball…..would have won Ga the Natl Championship.

As such, it is apparent the brain trust in Athens is not capable of winning it all.

GingoBulldog

January 8th, 2013
10:56 am

I am proud to be a graduate of the University of Georgia.

The Tide is Rolling and Nothing Can Stop it

January 8th, 2013
10:56 am

Hold your heads high Doggies…

Any mid-tier porgram should be uber proud of your season…

You can continue to scream SEC, SEC while the big boys take care of championships.

Dawg Patrol

January 8th, 2013
11:00 am

ND had the film. Bama didn’t do much of anything different against ND than they did with the Dawgs. It wouldn’t have made any difference what ND did. They were just overpowered. You can’t stop a tornado…………

McDawg

January 8th, 2013
11:01 am

Teo looked like he lost 15lbs

ND was was not ready

wow

January 8th, 2013
11:02 am

NOtre Dame gets blown out, completely dominated in every aspect of each play and they only drop to 4th. The dawgs played what is argued as the best SECCG in history and according to Chris Fowler and Desmond Howard was the faux NC and Notre Dame is ranked ahead of them? TexA&M beats Bama and they are ranked behind a team that was just embarassed on national t.v.???

Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg

January 8th, 2013
11:03 am

The Poll God’s are always kind to ugly dawgs. You gotta be kidding. #5 playing that weak schedule? Gotta love Bama and Saban 3 national champtionships in 4 years. Dawgs have had how many in Richt’s 12 years with Top 5 classes? Oh….that’s why they’re ranked #5. I’ve got it.

DeezNutz

January 8th, 2013
11:03 am

Buckeye some more food for thought. The Big East and ACC has the same number of BCS Championships as the BIG10, ONE. The MAC has as good a shot at winning a BCS NC in the next 5 years as the BIG10 does.

wow

January 8th, 2013
11:04 am

What was even greater was that TEo who is highly overrated played terribly. Don’t worry that Jarvis Jones had better stats than Teo in every defensive category other than tackles and ints. yet the national media can’t stop giving Teo a hand job.

joeschmo

January 8th, 2013
11:04 am

If Alabama had a month to prepare for UGA, you would have seen the same result as last night. All you idiots that pull for a “conference” instead of A team, are nuts. Why would you complain about the system when the SEC has won 7 straight? I know, because you’re dumb enough to think it will be SEC vs SEC every year in the NC. Playoffs will help all of the other teams be more competitive. With a playoff right now, you’d still only have Bama left in it, but without a month to prepare.

Discount DoubleDawg

January 8th, 2013
11:08 am

If the rankings are not accurate then all you haters can stop talking about Georgia’s record against teams who finish the year ranked.

If the rankings are accurate then we can enjoy a nice finish to the year. Either way, this will shut up reasonable and intelligent haters. Oh wait, there is no such thing.

MurfDawg

January 8th, 2013
11:14 am

Based on the AP poll, UGA played 5 ranked teams and defeated 3. South Carolina played 4 and defeated 2. So my question for SOS is, who had the tougher schedule?

Next Year

January 8th, 2013
11:15 am

Saban is wired differently than 99% of college coaches. He is a respected leader and expects excellence from himself and everyone he works with. Players know if they do what he asks that he’ll take them to the promised land and in the process, he’ll work harder than they do to ensure success. When asked what he’s most proud of after last night’s game, Saban said the way his team represents the school and football program both on and off the field.

Other coaches- including Richt- don’t have the same drive and passion to win NCs that Saban has. Saban showed more passion and moxy last night in the 4th qtr up 30 points than Richt showed all year.
Additionally, you rarely hear about off-field problems with Saban’s players yet Richt’s players find trouble at every turn. This shows that Saban’s players respect him while Richt’s players like him. Big difference.

In the end, Nick Saban is in a league that Richt and most other coaches will never know. While Saban seeks his 5th title, Richt still trying to connect the dots on his first. I’d be willing to bet that Saban could have won multiple titles with the talent Richt has had at UGA. Richt’s mismanagement of UGA’s talent is very similar to Cox’s mismanagement of the Braves in the 90’s. Difference being Cox lucked into one title.

4th and Long Gone

January 8th, 2013
11:16 am

Either one of two things: Either UGA should not have dropped after losing in the SEC Championship game, or Notre Dame should have dropped after losing the National Championship game. Personally, I could argue both ways, especially after how bad ND looked last night. But in general, I say that if you are good enough to make it to a championship game, whether conference or national championship, the worst you should come out is #2 in the conference or in the nation. I certainly didn’t think UGA should have dropped below FL (and out of the Sugar Bowl) after losing to Alabama, so I guess I have to stick with the same philosophy and stick with ND as #2. The same would apply if we go to a playoff. 1 vs 2 will yield #1 and #2, losers of the semi finals would be 3 and 4.

On a separate note, I think UGA would have defeated ND, but it it had been a rematch, Alabama would have rolled over UGA, not close like the SEC Championship game. UGA’s run defense would have done them in.

Lastly, I am really glad Tao didn’t win the Heisman. Johnny Football starred in his game, Teo was almost a non-factor. Jarvis should send him something, because he just insured that Jarvis will be the first LB taken.

Shep

January 8th, 2013
11:17 am

A&M is the best. Ga would have beaten Dame the same as AL.
Top 5 in country X 3 under Richt. Eliminate ONE C.J. PLAY and the dawgs get the champeenship. GET OFF HIS CASE SHEEPLE. I wdn’t trade Richt for anyone in the world. HA!!

danny

January 8th, 2013
11:18 am

The only time I heard Te’o’s name was when they pointed out another missed tackle. He should return all his awards. He is proof of the powerful ND hype machine. There are at least 7 or 8 players on the UGA defense that are better than him. An he seems to be very whiny.

GT Alum '83

January 8th, 2013
11:18 am

Even as a Tech fan, I don’t see how ND can be ranked ahead of UGA after the Dogs went toe-to-toe with ‘Bama while the Irish simply got bent.

The Bear

January 8th, 2013
11:18 am

Brent Musburger is a tool.Good thing Bama shot out of the blocks before the refs could get involved. The white hat looked like a cyborg.

Roll Tide

ARdawg

January 8th, 2013
11:22 am

All you jackwagons are PO’d about where ND finished in the polls, you should be PO’d about ND even being in that game. That was the worst NC game I have ever seen More proof positive the BCS formula doesn’t work. Crying about ND finishing ahead of UGA in a poll that doesn’t mean dic? This is the same BCS system that gave you ND in the NC game. All a farce. I’m mad that is what college football game us for a title game

Doug

January 8th, 2013
11:22 am

Notre Dame will always win a popularity contest even if they’re the ugliest contestant in the pageant. For them to finish ahead of Georgia, A & M, and Stanford is an insult to people’s intelligence.

Dawg Home

January 8th, 2013
11:22 am

I never saw a game where the Offense was constantly on the field. I swear, after Alabama was up by 35- 0, they looked deflated and bored after another ND 3 and out. ND had no business being around such powerhouse for a high stake game. Glad I got to watched the thrill of the SEC championship game.

BigDawg

January 8th, 2013
11:26 am

Just further points up the travesty in the current system and the SEC in particular where they allowed uneven officiating to decide the SEC Championship game and thus the BCS MNC game as well. Norte Dame was proven on the field and exposed by Bama as not deserving to be in the game in the first place. Oregon should have been there and would have provided better competition for the SEC representative. But until games are officiated evenly with the officials not deciding outcomes it is what it is. Dawgs still had a great season.

To Steve Spurrier: I would take your bet because if the SEC Championship game had been called evenly Alabama would not have been in the game. Terrible officiating decided the outcome of the game and nothing you can say or anybody else may say can change that. Anyways the Dawgs had a great season.

air of mendacity

January 8th, 2013
11:26 am

N.Dame in top 5 is joke – they were slow slow slow – as has been pointed out, the NC game was clearly the SEC championship game. Get over it the rest of the football world.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
11:29 am

dogs,

I am first to admit that Bama is the class of college football and has been the last 4 years. I’ve said they should join the AFC Central.

Yes, Bama would have beaten this year’s Buckeyes just as Alabama did (and would) beat everything but Johnny Football.

Saban has first dibs on the best players and he has demonstrated he is the best coach. Nice combo.

dogs recruit “special admits” who underachieve – at least according the the hype that precedes them ( See King, Ealey (the spitter) and Isaiah, The Anointed One who is facing felony weapon charges, Crowell.

The dogs gave up 350 rush yards to Bama, Who was the last team to give up 350 on the ground and win?

Except got my soft spot for Vandy, the SEC! SEC! chant is nothing but SEC! SEC! parasites invading the accomplishments of one team – Alabama. Not FL, not LSU, not USC, certainly not the dog – none contributed this year for the right to chant.

dogs beat FL. FL loses to Louisville. dogs beat Nebraska. Wisc beat Nebraska. Stanford beat Wisconsin. So what.

It’d be nice that of the dogs chanted ALABAMA! ALABAMA! instead of the coat tail riding

SEC! SEC! (That’s for you, discount)

air of mendacity

January 8th, 2013
11:29 am

T’eo stock dropped to late 1st or even as low as middle second round – depending on his combine – the guy just disappeared totally.

Dawg

January 8th, 2013
11:31 am

Notre Dame is a bag of wind ………………. they should be rated w/ Boise State and other “undefeated” team that never play anyone.

ND please join the SEC and find out if you win a single game next year. Vanderbilt would make it to the Championship playing Navy and the other football powerhouses that you sweated your way thru this past year.

flo-ri-duh

January 8th, 2013
11:31 am

Ohio State #3 – really? Similar to Notre Dame . weak schedule, over hyped by ESPN and over rated. Couldn’t beat Bama, UGA, LSU, Florida, S.C. or Teas A & M and don’t let me leave out Vandy and Missou.

Ace

January 8th, 2013
11:32 am

If you ain’t 1st, you are last.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
11:33 am

Lady Gym dog update:

0-1 Gym dogs at Arkansas Friday, 8PM

flo-ri-duh

January 8th, 2013
11:34 am

ESPN is already trying to change the subject – when asked what did this game say about Notre Dame they just try to change the subject. Notre Dame has deep pockets and influence and will be HYPED by ESPN again next year.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
11:35 am

dogs,

Enjoy your off-season rein at #1

flo-ri-duh

January 8th, 2013
11:37 am

Speed beat Notre Dame .. them Yankees are just big fat slow …… Golson scrambled, broke out and dashed through a wide open hole towards the 1st down – only to be smacked down three yards short.

SoGaDawg

January 8th, 2013
11:37 am

Now that ND has proven they don’t have a football team, maybe they can get back to training future choir boys and pedophil priest.

flo-ri-duh

January 8th, 2013
11:38 am

Buck teeth – you is butt ugly son…. go on back to mama now and this time don’t wet your bed.

Rambo Dog

January 8th, 2013
11:39 am

4th and Long Gone
January 8th, 2013
11:16 am

You are delusional. Bama ran for 350 yards in the SEC CG….I guess you think they would have gotten 100 more with time to “practice”? They ran same offense on ND that they did against UGA, with the month to practice. Get off of here and quit showing your football ignorance.

2013

January 8th, 2013
11:40 am

funny how ga fans have amnesia when it comes to the SC game. 35-7, a disgrace and even the announcers talked about how ga quit that night. So ND loses by the same margin to THE NATIONAL CHAMPS that ga lost by to a team that did not even win their division, but somehow they don’t deserve their ranking. You also think you are better than Texas A&M who ended with only 2 losses just like ga but was the only team that beat THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, and did it at THE NATIONAL CHAMPS own house while ga “looked good in defeat” while losing to to the champs.

You gotta love dog fans.

LarryW

January 8th, 2013
11:42 am

Two comments ….

Florida is not that good. Now if they could throw and catch a football they might have won their game and finished #2 in the polls.

Why do all the Dawg fans assume that that the offense would have covered those last few yards? Pie in the sky thinking.

air of mendacity

January 8th, 2013
11:42 am

buckeye – you are so full of it – when do you guys come off probation – then we will see what you are made of when you have to play real football – meaning speed – maybe Urban can work his gator magic with the yankees, but I don’t think he will be able to recruit same caliber of player as when he was at Florida.

'94 UGA Alumni

January 8th, 2013
11:47 am

Here’s what the whole BCS system boils down to……..

SEC Championship = National Championship

BCS Championship = just a boring formality game with SEC Champion winning

2013

January 8th, 2013
11:48 am

oh and i see the “refs cost ga the NC” crowd has already arrived today.

danny

January 8th, 2013
11:49 am

Enter your comments here

air of mendacity

January 8th, 2013
11:49 am

Rambo – you are right – UGA basically shut down bama passing game except for the one bad play – bama receivers on N Dame running free all night – the ND d-backs slow and pitiful

Dawg Tired

January 8th, 2013
11:52 am

I think Buckeye has taken the test to be considered a person qualified to vote in the polls ranking college football teams . BTW, he clearly meets the criteria.

2013

January 8th, 2013
11:53 am

watching ALA win another NC……………………………….fantastic
listening to uga fans whine about everything……………priceless

Discount DoubleDawg

January 8th, 2013
11:54 am

Thanks buckeye!

Look, Georgia is in the SEC. Living in the SEC means you play a different level of overall talent and competition on a consistent basis. Take your opinion and mine out of the equation and this is what intelligent unbiased football analysts say. Do other conferences have some good teams? Sure they do. It’s just that no conference consistently compares in football with the SEC. To argue otherwise is an exercise in futility.

You haters can’t handle the truth… and logic really throws you into a tizzy. This is a football blog not an academic blog although I have had those arguments as well here. All last night proves is that the ND would probably be the 4th, 5th or maybe 6th best team in the SEC.

Did you see their D-line dropping like flies after 1 SEC level game? Imagine the injuries (read- exposed lack of depth) and what that would do to Notre Dame over the course of a year.

No one is riding coat tails… If you believe in the rankings then give UGA credit and move on. If you don’t care about rankings then don’t ever bring up again what Georgia’s record is against teams who finish ranked. You can’t have it both ways and consider yourself logical. It’s impossible.

S E C! S E C!

TheTruth

January 8th, 2013
11:54 am

Notre Dame wouldn’t finish in the top 5 on the SEC. But these rankings, children, show the national media bias in favor of the Golden Domers.

Teams better than ND in the SEC…Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M, LSU, South Carolina, and Florida.

Jville Dawg

January 8th, 2013
11:55 am

Not really Top 5… but kinda

January 8th, 2013
9:09 am
Since A&M tied for 5th most points also, we can safely call Ga #6. A&M will be called Top 5 since they had the same record, but actually had wins over quality teams (including the Nat’l Champ) and the Heisman Winner

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We’re tied with them in the AP poll, and the press are the only ones who really care about that poll. The Coaches Poll is the only one that matters between the two. As far as I’m concerned we finished 4th. They dont’ give the Crystal football to the winner of the AP Poll, they give it to the winner of the Coaches Poll.

Jville Dawg

January 8th, 2013
11:57 am

Discount DoubleDawg

January 8th, 2013
11:54 am

Well said!

DP

January 8th, 2013
11:59 am

Good point 2013. South Carolina beat Georgia as badly as Alabama beat Notre Dame. The Georgia fans think the South Carolina game should be thrown out but the game last night proves Notre Dame can’t play, their entire season should be thrown out and they and shouldn’t be in the top 10.

I saw a funny thing on al.com. Aaron Murray hit on McCarron’s hot girlfriend last night by tweeting that she should become a Dawg fan. McCarron responded with the following tweet to Murray:

@aaronmurray11 u don’t win enough bud!! #15

Musberger’s gushing over McCarron’s girlfriend Katherine Webb and the numerous shots of her on the telecast caused her Twitter followers to jump from 2,000 to over 130,000 by this morning.

Ray

January 8th, 2013
11:59 am

Right now TAMU and Georgia should both be pissed. I’m happy for being in Top 5, but behind ND, and Ohio St(who would have gotten curb stomped twice as hard). I just don’t see how you can’t rank Bama, UGA, and TAMU not in Top 3.

I mean there really was no difference between us an Bama had Georgia and Bama played again it wouldn’t always be the same outcome like Stephen A. Smith(whom I am not fond of quoting at all) said “ND and Bama play 50 times it’s going to be same outcome every time”.

Still though I Congratulate Bama for beating the brakes off of ND.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
12:04 pm

air of mendacity,

Urban’s recruiting ok. We’ll have a higher ranked class than the dogs, AND, we won’t be delusional enough to call it a “Dream Team”.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Mike-Mitchell-133392

Old Dawg

January 8th, 2013
12:06 pm

This just in: Notre Dame’s application to play in 1-AA was revoked for inability to compete on that level.

Earlier, the Big 10 petition to participate in the 1-AA was also revoked for poor play, especially in bowl games.

7576DAWG

January 8th, 2013
12:07 pm

There was questions as to why Notre Dame wasn’t getting any love before the game except from Catholics and not all of them.
The answer is Notre Dame is living in the past and are the only team in America who is allowed “to have it’s cake and eat it too”. Meaning Notre Dame is allowed to NOT be a member of a credible Conference who has to play a Conference Championship and have the same consideration in the polls when their schedule turns out to be one of the easiest in the nation. The only team they beat this year who didn’t have 3 to 5 losses was Stanford and I will argue all day that Stanford scored on that run play and if the officials had gotten it right Stanford would have beaten Notre Dame. Notre Dame should have ended at number 6 or 7 at best but if they had to play any of the top 10 they would loss at least 7 to 9 of those game.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
12:07 pm

discount,

I did not watch one minute last night.

I do know, you are what your record says you are: a two loss team.

You did not win the SEC! SEC! championship nor the NC.

So, if you want credit……..

go dogs sic ‘em woof woof

Your only rightful claim is SEC LEAST! SEC LEAST!

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
12:08 pm

Funny, in the AP the dogs SHARED #5. They weren’t even #5 in their own right.

2013

January 8th, 2013
12:11 pm

dogs keep yapping about big 10, but forget MSU of the big 10 – 33, mighty sec east division champs ga bulldogs- 30

Dwayne

January 8th, 2013
12:15 pm

nuetered dame

gumbey10

January 8th, 2013
12:17 pm

Georgia should have at least a rank of 3rd in the country.. these other teams that are in front of them .. only alabama deserved the higher ranking….

Discount DoubleDawg

January 8th, 2013
12:17 pm

Buckeye- just so we know where you stand for future reference. Do the rankings have merit or not? Or another way to ask the exact same question is this- is Georgia the 5th best team in the country? It is a yes or no question.

Hint: It’s not a trick question but no matter what you answer, 1 of your 2 arguments are finished. You can only speak out of both sides of your mouth for so long…

7576DAWG

January 8th, 2013
12:18 pm

The BCS only cares about who is the best team in America. That is why we have never had a playoff. My contention is we need at least an 8 team playoff to get the top 10 as close to right as possible. It is just as important to expose teams like Louisville and Notre Dame . With an 8 team playoff Florida would have had something to prove and would have been more prepared because with a win they move to the next round. Notre Dame would have lost in the 1ST round and ended up ranked about 8TH to 10TH where they deserved. attendance for those games would be all sell out because until they lose everyone of the 8 teams would still have a chance to be National Champions. BCS suk for not realizing it.

copper

January 8th, 2013
12:19 pm

media politics, SEC Envy, and many just plain ignorant/stupid voters…

2013

January 8th, 2013
12:19 pm

funny how dogs keep repeating their mistakes. Against MSU of the big ten in the bowl game last year they had a big lead, lost it, had a chance to win and choked, and lost the game. Against Ala had a big lead,lost it had a chance to win the game, choked and lost the game.

Flyer

January 8th, 2013
12:20 pm

@MurfDawg– SC played 6 teams in the final AP rankings ( UGA, Fla, LSU, Clemson, Vandy and Michigan) going 4-2. UGA played 5 teams (ALA, SC, Fla, Vandy and Nebraska) going 3-2. Does that answer your question about SOS?

Strat Cat Dawg

January 8th, 2013
12:24 pm

I won’t argue about Oregon but how Notre Dame ends up rated ahead of UGA and TAMU is hard to figure. Body or work? Sure ND had one loss to #1 and Georgia had a bad loss to SC but- after UGA’s poor showing, they came back to beat UF and everyone else except a squeaker to Bama and A&M, well you know that story. So if the way you finish means anything, it’s 1) Bama, 2) Ducks, 3) Dawgs/A&M, 5) Irish.

sam

January 8th, 2013
12:25 pm

Wait till next year!!! For the 33rd time!

DawginLex

January 8th, 2013
12:25 pm

buckeye

You are lost in SEC wilderness here bud. This is a place where Buckeyes come to get exposed.

Meyer crapped his pants thinking he might have to face that next year once he slides through another fraud of a schedule.

Maybe he was thinking of his next “retirement illness”, so he can avoid the humiliation.

God help you if it is us playing you next January.

DawginLex

January 8th, 2013
12:27 pm

At least the coaches have enough class and character to exclude the Suckeyes from their poll.

DawgByte

January 8th, 2013
12:30 pm

Great season for UGA… something to build on! Well done players and coaches alike.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
12:30 pm

discount,

The only ranking that matters is who is # 1 today. The rest is smack, means nothing and give us s chance to show how smart we are, or not.

Playoffs (Playoffs?) will help put much of this to rest but the dogs will still be cryin’ and a humpn’ in 2014 on the outside looking in. Then again, it will be the refs fault.

Spence

January 8th, 2013
12:31 pm

Uh, what about 2002? I believe we finished 2 or 3 that year.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
12:33 pm

dawgin,

Come on, man, We cleaned house, no one on the field was involved and we paid our pittance to the NCAA. Coming out on the other end, we were 12-0. Congrats to self for getting back uo and dusting ourselves off.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
12:34 pm

dawgin,

Tell your not a SEC! SEC! coat tail dog.

AltamahaDawg

January 8th, 2013
12:37 pm

$100,000.00 bonus check. Nice.

Joey

January 8th, 2013
12:37 pm

Good thing the playoff is 4 instead of 8 teams.

This season woulda had about 4 or 5 SEC teams in it.

Buckeye, SMART, and GTBob woulda had to be medicated, or shipped to Milledgeville in a straight-jacket . . .

Joey

January 8th, 2013
12:40 pm

“Then again, it will be the refs fault.”
***********************************
Buckeye, don’t act like a Techie – making things up.

When have you read a comment criticizing refs by a legit UGA fan?

MT

January 8th, 2013
12:41 pm

how about this, give Saban a month off to prepare for the SEC Championship and then play it. My bet the score is 65-3, Alabama.

Georgia hasn’t given up 65 points in the history of football, remember Georgia would have a month to get ready also. You didn’t think Georgia would only lose 32-28 and come within 5 yds of beating Bama with only a week to get ready.BTW USC WANNABEE would not have beat us on DEC. 1.

7576DAWG

January 8th, 2013
12:43 pm

Buckeye
The AP poll should be ashamed of themselves for ranking Ohio State as high as they got or even giving them a ranking at all.. At best Ohio State should have ended around 8TH to 10TH The Big 10’s second best team was Northwestern who had 3 losses and they ended ranked 16TH in one poll and 17TH in the other . Since they did not play anybody out of their Conference rated in the top 50 and since they didn’t have to win the Conference Championship they lost the privilege of even being rated at all. Ohio State would have lost in the 1ST round in a playoff this year unless they had been lucky enough to have gotten Notre Dame .

Dawglasville

January 8th, 2013
12:44 pm

Trolls – according to the national media and the coaches of the NCAA there are only 4 teams in the nation more relevant than the University of Georgia. Just thought you should know that.

Bama trolls – great win. Another great season. The best team won the SEC and the BCS. You have been there before. So, for 2013 why not try to act like it.

Buckeye – I know that you are going to see the Clips play the Mavs tonight. If you sit at the top of the arena does that put you outside the 100 yard radius you have to stay away from Trey?

DP

January 8th, 2013
12:45 pm

Colin Cowherd was just talking with Ohio State alum Kirk Herbstreit who called last night’s game. Cowherd said Ohio State being 3rd in the final AP poll was absurd, that if you had watched them play they couldn’t finish 3rd in the SEC West. Herbstreit said his top 5 off the top of his head would probably be Alabama, Oregon, Texas A&M, Georgia and Ohio State. Cowherd said no way, he’d take LSU over Ohio State. Herbstreit said “you could probably make a pretty good argument for that.”

Urban Meyer looked a little ashen faced on the telecast at halftime last night after he picked Notre Dame to win before the game. I think he was having a flashback to the 2009 beatdown his Florida team took from Saban in the 2009 SEC Championship game that put him in the hospital and ultimately made his a$$ quit before heading on to the easier life in the Big 10.

danny

January 8th, 2013
12:46 pm

Buckeye, don’t you mean cleaned house again. The way osu used and disposed of Maurice Clarett is shameful on many levels. He should have never been admitted. tressell cheated from the moment he got there and Meyers won’t be far behind.

Jiggy Smaha

January 8th, 2013
12:46 pm

All the Richt haters should take note. Georgia has finished in the Top 10 six times in Richt’s 12 years–12 times in the other 80-90 years of the program. With Richt–Top Ten 50% of the time. Without Richt–Top Ten 15% of the time.

Joey

January 8th, 2013
12:46 pm

Sounds like you’re enjoying that bonus as much as Mrs Richt is.

Is there something you need to tell us??

MT

January 8th, 2013
12:47 pm

Your only rightful claim is SEC LEAST! SEC LEAST!

WELL WE CAN ALWAYS CLAIM OUR WIN OVER OHIO STATE AND KIRK HERBSTREIT.

Ohio St= Big Ten and Big Ten sucks

Goldenrod

January 8th, 2013
12:49 pm

That Urban Meyer made a fool out iff himselff last night! What a dork!!

Discount DoubleDawg

January 8th, 2013
12:49 pm

Buckeye- glad to hear you say that. Now you can never (with a straight face and dignity) again mention anything about Georgia’s record against ranked teams. You heard it here folks- buckeye says “The only ranking that matters is who is # 1 today. The rest is smack”

Why would he waste so much time and effort worrying about Georgia/Murray’s record against teams who finish ranked if the rankings are smack? interesting… seems like an agenda to me and one with no merit. Just an emotionally charged agenda void of substance, facts, and logic. What a fraud. Exposed.

Joey

January 8th, 2013
12:50 pm

danny, OSU treated Clarett pretty well.

http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/maurice_clarett_i_got_paid_more_in_college_than_i_do_now_in_the_ufl/12439528?linksrc=home_x_rg_head_12439528

DP

January 8th, 2013
12:50 pm

My 10 off the top of my head: Alabama, Oregon, Texas A&M, Georgia, South Carolina, Stanford, Clemson, Notre Dame, Florida, LSU.

tenn.DAWG

January 8th, 2013
12:51 pm

Notre Dame would lose to any of the top 15.Shows how lame that the mid-west dominated voting is.

MT

January 8th, 2013
12:52 pm

Buckeye, don’t act like a Techie

He is a Techie, You really think there is a Buckeye who really cares about trolling on a Georgia blog? Ann Arbor maybe.

Joey

January 8th, 2013
12:53 pm

You’re right, Goldenrod. Myer’s prediction was as laughable as your’s yesterday . . .

7576DAWG

January 8th, 2013
12:54 pm

The BCS only care about who end up number 1 but I argue that if we had an 8 team playoff then the top 10 would be relevant at the end of the year . Lets take a look at teams that ended this year in the top ten who shouldn’t even be there,
1-Ohio State- didn’t play anybody ,or a Conference Championship
2– Notre Dame –didn’t play anybody or a Conference Championship
In an 8 team playoff you would have the top eight teams giving it their all because any of them could end up National Champions .

DP

January 8th, 2013
12:55 pm

While I’d reward Notre Dame for their season with a #8 ranking and would rate Florida and LSU behind them because of their dud bowl game performances, I have to admit that in a game with both teams prepared and motivated I think Florida or LSU would whip them on both lines of scrimmage and win, though neither has the offense to beat them like Alabama did. But I think Notre Dame would beat Ohio State.

Joey

January 8th, 2013
12:57 pm

I don’t know, MT.

You can catch the little techies by asking them questions about “Team X,Y,or Z”.

Buckeye actually can discuss Ohio State’s athletics.

DP

January 8th, 2013
12:57 pm

It was interesting how similar Alabama’s beatdowns of Michigan to open the season and Notre Dame to end the season were. The enormous gap in talent, toughness and speed was evident in the first 10 minutes and left both Michigan and Notre Dame shell shocked. The only question in either game was how bad the final score would be.

Abnerish

January 8th, 2013
12:58 pm

I can’t wait until the playoffs start and these polls will be totally meaningless!! (because they already are!)

JB

January 8th, 2013
12:59 pm

NOT ROCKET SCIENCE::::: moving the ball and scoring has never been a problem for Richt and company in Athens. When and Whenever Richt gets a lock down defense, Dawgs will be in the hunt every year. Don’t know why ( I have to say coaching) this defense got pushed around on the ground by most they played. Grantham needs a package to convert to slow down and stop the run. Playing three down lineman and having both outside LB’s blitz wide and tricking the other 2 LB’s to pick up the TE and Short WR going out short leaves lot’s of BIG HOLES to run through.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:02 pm

danny,

Clarett did it to himself.

DawgDad

January 8th, 2013
1:03 pm

Notre Dame couldn’t finish fourth in the SEC, and possibly not fourth in the SEC East or West. Until proven otherwise, Oregon is — Clemson.

danny

January 8th, 2013
1:06 pm

Joey, not so much. Clarrett almost single handedly won them the championship. Once he couldn’t make it they left him out on his own. they basically disavowed any knowledge of his troubles before , during and after he left. Disavowed, isn’t that what tressel first did with the tatooes?

LawDawg

January 8th, 2013
1:07 pm

It really is too bad they give out the individual awards before the bowl games. Teo beating out Jarvis and going to the Heisman? Please. He wasn’t even the best linebacker in the game. That would be CJ Moseley.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:08 pm

discount,

I’ve evolved. Rankings do matter.

Murray being Murray against top ranked team Murray’s record still sucks.

P.S. It’s a spending problem.

Armchair Observer

January 8th, 2013
1:09 pm

If Oregon had not stumbled late in the season, they would have played Notre Dame for the championship and Alabama would have been ranked 4th behind Ohio State. What a joke!

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:10 pm

danny,

Ok, smarty panties, who was Ohio States leading rusher against Miami in the NC.

Hint: It was not Clarett. He did not ” almost single handedly” win the NC

7576DAWG

January 8th, 2013
1:10 pm

Think about this:
If Ohio State had not been on probation they would have played Notre Dame for the National Championship . Now that game may have gone to overtime . It would have been a great game but instead of playing for the National Championship they should have been playing for who ended up 10TH in the nation with the loser dropping out of the top 10. Alabama would have ended up ranked 2ND behind the winner. How pathetic would that have been?
BCS GIVE US AN 8 TEAM PLAYOFF , MAKE THE TOP 8 TEAMS RELEVANT, GIVE THEM ALL SOMETHING TO PLAY FOR.

Just In...........

January 8th, 2013
1:11 pm

WHEN your coach just finished winning the NATIONAL TITLE, and he’s still mentioning the fact that you were only five yards from being here, he respects you. Georgia, and A&M got SABANS attention. Notre Dame got his bullwhip. The real top Ten looks like this, ALA, TEX A&M, UGA,ORE, STAN,SOUTH CAR. ND,CLEM, FLA, and FLA STATE. The ND bias is in full effect. We’re you people on EARTH last night as they got crushed? Te’o, vastly overrated, running game not there, defensive line exposed, nobody picking up blitzes, and last, ut not least, your OC going after a top five corner cosistantly. Who’s up next? OSU,STAN,USC! People if you doubt the power of the SEC, look at the playoffs this weekend and you’ll see every team has at least two players from this conference that are difference makers, and if that doesn’t, there’s always the seven in a row effect that gets people’s attention.

stevespurrietsux

January 8th, 2013
1:12 pm

HEY LOSER SPURRIER USC THE FAKE ONE LOST TO FLORIDA BY 4 TD’S 33 POINTS-THEYRE IN TOP 10

RD

January 8th, 2013
1:14 pm

Think about this. If you have a head coach competent enough to realize he has one of the best quarterbacks in the country, Murry. He has him spike the ball. 12 seconds left. This quarterback then has the ability to look over a defense he has been picking apart and change the play called if he sees better match up. Not one but probably two chances to score. GA is playing ND last night!!!!! Not. Richt is the worst coach of any major team in college football in “critical” moments. Saben has proven to be one of the best. Don’t get your hopes up for this fall. More of the same. Close but no cigar…..

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:16 pm

For danny and other interested dogs.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130104/2003-fiesta-bowl-oral-history/index.html

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:17 pm

dogs,

The internet did not exist when you last won the NC.

How did little tom brown do his research then?

Discount DoubleDawg

January 8th, 2013
1:18 pm

Buckeye- If, and this is a HUGE if, you ever had any credibility it is now long gone.

P.S this is a football blog… although with the way you ‘waffle’ you should be in politics. Talking out of both sides of your mouth makes you a perfect candidate for our current administration.

captguitarman

January 8th, 2013
1:18 pm

The top 5 is total BS, but America’s romance with Notre Dame football, Knute Rockne, the Gipper, touchdown Jesus, the luck of the Irish, etc. etc. is longstanding, and that is not going to change now. Plus, the rest of college football has pretty much had it up to here with SEC dominance (but they need to get used to it.

Notre Dame got ran off the field and out of Miami last night and putting them in the top 5 is a complete joke after considering what Texas A&M and Georgia did against the Tide, but there they are. Over ranked all year, they should finally be getting their actual ranking of 9, 10, 11 or there abouts. But that ND love affair is strong and here to stay.

Just look at all the national hype they got before the game last night, and arguably, lowly Pitt had them beaten as well as Stanford, both missing field goals that would have won their games, and ND escaped others by the seat of their pants. The real top 3, Alambama, Texas A&M, and Georgia? . . . and then Ohio State and Stanford, who beat Oregon, fuggedaboudit . No way that the top 3 teams being SEC schools is going to fly, even if it is correct.

The one consolation is that Irish fans are now all being rudely awakened to the fact that suspending reality and ignoring and denying what they saw happening before their eyes all year, and then buying 100% into your own hype and BS based on the sentimental Irish legendary days of yore — well, that is going to lead to a lot of bitter disappointment. They may not have noticed, until last night, but the SEC is not the same league that it was whne the Irish squeaked out their 24-23 win based on a lucky play way back when.

And how about some more reality while we are at it? Your defensive “wonder” Manti Te’o would not even be a starter for Bama, A&M, or Georgia. He was obviously the most over rated guy on the field. By comparison, if Jarvis Jones played for Notre Dame, he would be Pope by now.

Oh well, the Irish can keep on drinking their cool-aid, along with big sports media types, and now there is even more reason to hate the SEC, but it won’t matter. Bama will probably do it again next year, and if they suffer any losses, it will be only to Georgia or A&M or some other SEC team. The college football world is looking forward to 2014 and the “play offs” so this SEC control can finally be broken. Prediction: 3 out of the final 4 in 2014, you guessed it, SEC teams. But please don’t hate them just because they are the best, despite this year’s idiotic final standings.

Joey

January 8th, 2013
1:19 pm

Who led Ohio State in rushes and yardage in 2002, Buckeye?

Um, this guy, Maurice Clarett:

“anything you can think of I did in my 13 months at Ohio State.” Drugs and women were two of the things. Cars were another—he owned three of them at a time, including a brand-new Cadillac and Lexus. “I was living the NFL life in college,” he says. “I got paid more in college than I do now in the UFL.”

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:21 pm

The most overlooked point in Murray being Murray in big games Murray was the fact he didn’t have the stones or confidence to spike it on his own, saving crucial seconds. Instead, he had to ask permission.
HUGE mental error on his part.

#thetruthhurts

#chokejob

#gagged

Take your pick, dogs.

Joey

January 8th, 2013
1:21 pm

“How did little tom brown do his research then?”
***************************************
He was the “town crier” back then Buckeye . . .

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:24 pm

discount,

It’s not a spending problem. It’s a revenue problem.

We need more blood from the .07% paying 40% of federal taxes.

The bottom 50% pay nothing.

That’s fair!

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:25 pm

Joey,

I’m talking v Miami. Not the entire season.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:25 pm

discount,

We need to continue to make investments in education so the teacher’s union can continue to invest in us!

Mr. Big

January 8th, 2013
1:26 pm

Too many dawg fans happy just to be mentioned in the top 5 for this program to go further. Do ever ask yourself after 30 years, “WHY NOT ME?

Vadawg

January 8th, 2013
1:26 pm

Georgia does not want #5….we want a dynasty???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:27 pm

discount,

In order to further our relationship and negotiations, please share the story behind “discount double” I want to get to know you better.

Alabama Dog

January 8th, 2013
1:27 pm

RD: Right on!!! Georgia has become the Chicago Cubs of college football. It’s always “wait ’til next year”. My question is: WHEN is next year going to be Georgia’s year?

Just In...........

January 8th, 2013
1:27 pm

7576, …..And if I was raking in high six figures, I’d be driving a PORSCHE PANAMERA. This isn’t hypothetical theory 101. The facts are there! OSU broke the rules, now they’ve paid there price, but here’s facts, not theory, OSU is 1-7 all time versus SEC teams, they fear this part of the country and DO NOT WANT TO PLAY TEAMS FROM THE SEC. People please except, theres the SEC, and all others. Clemson, Louisville, and NorthWestern, I give you credit for upset wins, but come roll 12 games like that and honestly CU would be the only ones that could last in conference. Ask them where they recruit, and you’ll see why,

Joey

January 8th, 2013
1:34 pm

Where’d you see a “wait til next year” post, Alabama Dog?

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:34 pm

just in,

Wait til next year!

(learned that from dogs over the span of 33 years)

Fed Up

January 8th, 2013
1:34 pm

CMR has 3 top 5 finishes in 11-12 years. Saban has won 3 National Championships in 4 years.

Bama wins National Championships. UGA wins recruitingchampionships.

But CMR can still do a back flip off of the high dive!

Erk

January 8th, 2013
1:35 pm

Hey Spurrier, you seem to have conveniently forgotten you also lost one game badly. Oh yeah, that Florida game…

Pitbull

January 8th, 2013
1:36 pm

In addition to Alabama, – Georgia, Texas A&M,and South Carolina would have all whipped Notre Dame decisively..

Notre Dame should have fallen to at least 10th place after last night and would have if not for the Midwest votes. They are a joke.

Blue

January 8th, 2013
1:38 pm

And ND would have clearly beaten UGA if UGA played like they did against USC. AL was DOMINANT in every way. But nobody from UGA has a leg to stand on as to YOU being ranked any higher. So you are saying a 28 point loss to SC is to be discarded because you gave AL a good game? You guys FAILED to show up for a game. And bubba4 and any other redneck with the “dawg” in their name; it’s funny how all of the SEC wants to claim A&M now…and last year EVERYONE on these blogs was saying the same thing you said about ND: “they can’t play big-boy football”, etc. So if A&M would have had a bad season, it would have been “see? TOLD YOU they ain’t ready for the SEC”. But now that they did, it’s “they’re one of us”. What a bunch of homer/dolts.

NoMoreRawDeal

January 8th, 2013
1:38 pm

Wow that list is BS. So Oregon, ND, OSU are ranked ahead purely on the basis of being 1-loss teams? Because in all honesty ND should be ranked somewhere in the teens. Oregon and OSU should be closing out the top 10, not in the top 5. UGA should be #2. Yeah, I said it. And Florida should be #3 despite their bowl game.

NoMoreRawDeal

January 8th, 2013
1:40 pm

@Blue: Go back north where you belong, yankee.

Blue

January 8th, 2013
1:40 pm

“Pay no attention to that South Carolina game…all that matters is that we played Alabama tougher…that’s all that matters”.

The Anti Insta - Toot

January 8th, 2013
1:40 pm

Didn’t see Tech listed in the final rankings and never will.

Techies, get used to El Paso. Its the new Boise.

Blue

January 8th, 2013
1:41 pm

no, staying here dude. I noticed no reference to the South Carolina game from you. Really? That’s all you got is “go back north”. You must have been on the debate team…I’m writhing in the grip of your reasoned argument.

Pitbull

January 8th, 2013
1:43 pm

Looks like Blue is felling kinda……..blue. Embarrassed too?

Alabama Dog

January 8th, 2013
1:45 pm

Joey: My point is I’m TIRED of waiting for next year! We, as Georgia fans, have watched 4 SEC teams win NCs in the last 7 years. It’s especially tough for me, being an Alabama resident whose team is ususally close, but never quite there. For better, or worse, teams and coaches are measured by championships won. Richt has 2 SEC titles in 12 years, while we have watched the rest of the SEC pass Georgia by. Sad to say this, but James Franklin, Vandy’s coach could win 10-12 games a year with the talent Richt has, but never seems to get the best out of. What’s worse, the Georgia fanbase as a whole, seems to be satisfied with this constant underachievement.

Just In...........

January 8th, 2013
1:45 pm

BUCKEYE, Like your school this year, you are MR. IRRELEVANT on this blog. I mean really? Terrell Pryor, Maurice Clarett, Jim Tressel and the disaster you call College football at OSU. Thank that other worthless scum sucking, child molesting, degenerate program called PENN STATE for getting eyes off ya’ll. I’ve got a BOWL for ya’ll: It’s called the I (Almost) Got Away With It Convict Cheaters Bowl. Fox will pick it up, they put losers on there news channel consistantly. Believe me, it would be news. One question? Who would be Starting at CENTER for ya’ll? We know SANDUSKY would be for PSU.

Jimmy

January 8th, 2013
1:47 pm

Require teams to win a conference and have an 8 team playoff.
Cut out the weaker conferences to limit to 8 only.
It is the only way to end the joke that is the BC$.

try losing TWO and STill ...

January 8th, 2013
1:49 pm

UGA lost TWO GAMES! One of course to the national champ and STILL ends up # 5.

THAT SHOWS THE POWER OF THE SEC BRAND.

Jimmy

January 8th, 2013
1:50 pm

A & M will not have this good a season next year.
Manziel is good, but teams now have the opportunity to adjust.
He will struggle this year and TAM will also struggle.

Atlanta_Mafia

January 8th, 2013
1:53 pm

Notre Dame shouldn’t be in the top 15

Jimmy

January 8th, 2013
1:53 pm

ND is not up to the standard of SEC teams.
Their own coach said so.
Saban says, “Georgia is five yards from being here.”
Obviously, ND is a blowout away.
No way they should be ranked higher than UGA.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
1:55 pm

just in,

Trash me all you want.

Trash the Penn State situation?

Disgusting.

danny

January 8th, 2013
1:56 pm

bucky eye, I am talking the entire season. Tressel was dishonest as anyone whoever coached. It must sad to have left the home you love and wacth the SEC (including Georgia) hammer osu year after year.

Just In...........

January 8th, 2013
2:02 pm

A Dawg Fan, but here’s GEORGIA’S reality. MIKE BOBO! Mike Smith the Atlanta Falcons Coach had to face that reality, and so far it’s paid off. The Talent is here, just look at the last two games, They used there T.E.’s alot, question is why didn’t you all year when they both came in in different years ranked #2 and #3 in the country. Why was Marshall not used more against Bama? I could go n and on, but last but not least, why did we wait to see Marshall could catch outta the bacfield in the last game, when he could;ve been a swing pass away from breaking many long runs, and freezing LB’s while on the field with Gurley. DAWG NATION, YOU GOT TO MUCH TALENT, and not ENOUGH ANSWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DP

January 8th, 2013
2:04 pm

“Just In”, you are incorrect about Ohio State being 1-7 against SEC teams. After their forfeit of their narrow bowl win against Arkansas because Tressel knowingly played several ineligible players including the QB Pryor, they’re 0-10 against the SEC in bowl games.

DP

January 8th, 2013
2:07 pm

And “Just In”, Georgia’s defense gave up 350 yards rushing and 32 points to Alabama and you think Mike Bobo was the limiting factor on this year’s Georgia team?

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
2:08 pm

dp,

Tell me something I don’t know. Please.

Another SEC! SEC! vs. a single team guy.

Tell me, dp. Are you Auburn, Tennessee, Miss State??

SEC! SEC!

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
2:16 pm

dogs,

Notice all the media outlets are talking Alabama dominance, not dog dominance.

ronhen24

January 8th, 2013
2:19 pm

Clowney the King, did you watch the same Clemson Tigers team. Clemson lost 2 games and they led in both of them to FSU and South Carolina. They defense cost them those two games. Clemson can score with any team in the country. They should of beat LSU worst than a field goal. They are a good football team with back-to-back 11 win seasons. With the recruiting class they have coming in, they will be right back in the thick of things. They beat 2 SEC teams, so what is the problem and they are by far the best conference in the country. Keep you r head up player, they just showed LSU who have the real Death Valley stadium team is.

Just In...........

January 8th, 2013
2:19 pm

BUCKEYE, Not Trashing U, but facts are facts. Your school cheated! More than once. PSU knew the deal and looked past it. That doesn’t make me disgusting for stating facts! Your program brought in a first rate coach, but he’ll tell you he has to recruit in the SOUTH if he’s to compete. The only way to beat these kids is with speed. Let’s look at it from this way, Your greatest Passer yards wise is from where? Miss, All time greatest rushers, SMITH, PEYTON from where? Fla, and Miss! Greatest receiver ever from where? Miss! Sack Leader (R.White) Tenn. Arguebly the greatest College RB’s WALKER, B. JACKSON, E. SMITH, DICKERSON, J.BROWN, R. WILLIAMS,just to name a few. Southern Boys BUCKEYE! This is how we do in the south,

te29wr

January 8th, 2013
2:27 pm

Happest man in Miami, Urban” Quiter” Cryer that he did not have to play Ala,UGA, S.Car.,LSU, Texas A&M and Fla. But he will not get to play them next year with a weak schedule and a bad Big 10 Good luck, Luck Eyes

Alabama Dog

January 8th, 2013
2:29 pm

Buckeye: know where I can swap Ohio St memrobilia for a tattoo, or should I ask Pryor?

graphite

January 8th, 2013
2:32 pm

They will do all they can to dilute the SEC. It started early with Sou.Cal.,then Oregon and K.St. Now that the best 3 are SEC,it’s obama time,tell some lies and rank little leagurers up front…. It’s good we (BAMA) won another one,the oysters,shrimp and beer tasted extra good last night ! One thing for certain,you good Dawg folks are #2 in our book..See you next Dec…… RollOn…

Just In...........

January 8th, 2013
2:32 pm

DP, I stand corrected, and “Thank You”, but I’m not talking one game with BOBO, I’m talking total performance. Do you remember the KENTUCKY Game? Fla Game were we didn’t even play a back(SAMUELS) that clearly gashed them last year. The Blowouts that we failed to have Backups get adequate time, and last but forever in DAWG LOVERS minds, the SEC CG, were your OC clearly should’ve told the QB to spike the ball. Did you see ALA’s OC last night? This is a guy that QB’d at Idaho. He had command of the “O”, Bobo didn’t in the SECCG, and he’s been there both as a QB nd OC. Still wanna question me?

BigGAdawg

January 8th, 2013
2:33 pm

The Fighting Catholics should be ranked out of the top ten NO DOUBT!!!
Bama #1, Dawgs #2, A&M #3, ND #12 or worse. They did NOT belong in this game, clearly!

WDE

January 8th, 2013
2:35 pm

Buckeye I noticed a ton of media talking SEC domination also…live with it …hey there is a reason your bunch never beats us in bowl games you don’t choke…. we are just better….

Jabo

January 8th, 2013
2:41 pm

Georgia a top 5 team in the nation is a joke. With the cupcake schedule they played they should be ashamed. I can name at least 10 teams that could beat them now. But we shouldn’t even care because no one will remember by next year. Wonder what their schedule looks like for next year. Gamecocks will destroy them again and after that the patsies are already lined up . If you want to be great try scheduling and beating great teams. They sure didn’t beat any great teams this year.

Just In...........

January 8th, 2013
2:43 pm

LSU VS UGA will be a CLASSIC in 2013. They both will be fighting for the right to stick there chest out, and ALA VS TEX A&M will be a Classic. Nick will remind them of this loss. Big ten Fans can you say any other gae outside Mich vs OSU that will be major? We Got Fla vs Ga, Ala vs LSU, S.C. vs UGA. People this is all PRIMETIME GAMES, hat’s your conference gonna do?

DP

January 8th, 2013
2:50 pm

Buckeye, I’m not an SEC guy, I’m an Alabama grad. When I was in school, Alabama drilled THE Ohio State University 35-6 in the Sugar Bowl, starting the long Ohio State bowl losing streak against the SEC which continues to this day. I think it was the following year that Woody Hayes assaulted a Clemson defender who intercepted a pass and ended his career in disgrace. National championships since 1960: Alabama 10, Ohio State 2

Just In...........

January 8th, 2013
2:52 pm

JABO,Clemson, South Carolina, N. Texas, and LSU in the first four, then A SEC schedule. Have you not noticed that Vandy, Fla, and even Ga Tech went bowling this year? Weak schedule? Ask Coach Saban who was bettr, UGA or Notre Dame! Ask his players if you doubt him. JABO, who you think goes first Ogletree or Te’o after the Bowls?

It never ends

January 8th, 2013
2:55 pm

Notre D would lose 3-4 games in the SEC East, probably 3-4 in the West. Bama, Ga, Fla, LSU, South Carolina, probably Vandy, this year, would’ve defeated ND. The Fartin Arsh were exposed, totally exposed as a media creation. The BCS rules are slanted toward them, and always have been. No other program is allowed to join a major conference such as the ACC, in all sports but football. I’m no Bama fan, I’m just pointing out a fact of NCAA life. Any other team loses a game by 4 Td’s and drops two spots in the polls?? Puhleeze.

It never ends

January 8th, 2013
2:58 pm

Jabo,
You gripe about Ga’s schedule, stating they shouldn’t be in the top five.. Ok. I’m guessing you also disagree with ND being there. Barely beat Stanford, Five OT’ s to beat Pitt? The fact that the Arsh only dropped two spots is beyond ridiculous.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:03 pm

dp,

Congrats. I have no issues with tour success.

I do have issues with delusional dogs.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:04 pm

alabama dog,

Ask Pryor. He’s made $400-$500K on the NFL this year.

What’s your W2 look like?

One of the 50% who pays zero in Federal Income taxes?

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:06 pm

dp,

We love Woody. Always have, always will. Sure, he made mistakes but most have no clue of the good he did off the field.

danny

January 8th, 2013
3:12 pm

Pryor only made 400-500k. that’s probably a pay cut from the bank of tressel. go home bucky. find the osu blog

marseilles mutt

January 8th, 2013
3:13 pm

Pretty darn good year and I look for omprovement next year predicated on experience; especially with AM coming back. This will be especially true in the month of September. Come out of there 3-1, and we should be in the hunt until the end!

What UGA should worry about is what the defenses of those September opponents will look like….if we can play only as well as the ‘12 underachievers, we should be alright.

Loved the bowl season: Tech, Louisville, ‘Bama and of course The Dogs kind of set things straight, although for the life of me, I cannot understand what happened to the ‘Lizards’…..and if they ever have an OL Hall of Fame, the 1st inductee is B Jones of UA!

Ain’t NOBODY whoever played in the line from peewee on up, who hasn’t wanted at one time or another to tell his QB to “FO and STFU” and then almost shove him on his ass; great and I loved it! To top it Jones should have gone over after the game and smooched up that AU cutie of McCarron’s!

Go Dawgs and as someone said sarcasticly, “Hope do spring eternal don’t it?”…yep!

Independent

January 8th, 2013
3:13 pm

You UGA fans cerack me up, you would be ranked above ND if your only loss was to Bama, but you dawg fans seem to have forgot about the 35-7 beat down in Columbia.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:14 pm

dogs,

How’s “Tub” Jenkins off-season makeover progressing?

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:15 pm

danny,

Perhaps.

Alabama Dog

January 8th, 2013
3:16 pm

Buckeye: nNce fallback position. Nobody’s talking about what Pryor’s making now. In all likelihood, probably a pay cut from his days as a Buckeye. Is that all you got?

Snoop Dawg

January 8th, 2013
3:18 pm

Looks like Defense is now UGA’s weak link. If Grantham can fix it next year, then we can go all the way. If not, then we need to fire him.

Woogie

January 8th, 2013
3:21 pm

Last nite’s game reminded me of SCar vs UGa game. Neither ND nor UGa shud have finished in top five.

Independent

January 8th, 2013
3:23 pm

As an ND fan, I have to say last night was a nightmare, but then I woke up and realized we were still ranked ahead of Georgia. Then I realized that after being humilated, we are still better than UGA

Dawglasville

January 8th, 2013
3:26 pm

Buckeye – “Tell me, dp. Are you Auburn, Tennessee, Miss State??”

Have you played one down of football for Ohio State? Because you sure act like you have somehow contributed to Ohio State’s success. I don’t see how these guys trying to make you feel small about your team losing to the SEC every year is any different than you trying to make them feel small about UGA not winning a title.

Jabo – please tell me all of the tough out of conference games you guys have played in over the last 10 years. You play your conference schedule. You play your in-state rival. Then you play a bunch of directional schools. You guys are going to play Clemson, just like we are going to play Tech, every year whether they suck or they are good. You don’t have a leg to stand on. Just live with the fact that the national media and the Div. 1 college coaches don’t see it the way that you do.

Fair n Balanced

January 8th, 2013
3:27 pm

These polls mean less and less. This final ranking smacks of politics. Thought we finished that in November.

Alabama Dog

January 8th, 2013
3:28 pm

Independent: as a ND fan, after last night, you should just lick your wounds, and shut your mouth! Better than UGA? Highly doubtful. The Fighting Irish gave up MORE points to Alabama in a little over ONE HALF than Georgia did for an entire game!

2-times on 3-year probation this decade coots

January 8th, 2013
3:33 pm

LSU seemed like they wanted to be there for 3 1/2 quarters then Clemson whipped em. Same thing they did against Bama, but I guess they wanted to be there against Bama. South Carolina is fnally beating Clemson, though they are still 6-8 against Clemson in the Holtz-Spurrier era. South Carolina has to sit and watch Clemson beat Auburn twice and LSU while Scarolina hasn’t beaten those teams since the 1930’s.. When does this 3-year probation end for South Carolina? Why don’t any SEC teams want to be there when they play Bama? THey seem uninterested or like they don’t want to be there when they play Bama.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:33 pm

dawglis,

Nope. Did not, But, I am not yelling B1G either,

I advocate for one team. So many of you dogs claim SEC! SEC! when it’s convenient.

What have the dogs done to earn the right to cheer SEC! SEC! in the NC game in the BCS era?

Nada, Zero, Zip.

DP

January 8th, 2013
3:34 pm

marseilles mutt, I like your comments on Barrett Jones. He had one of the great college football careers of all time: started at 3 different offensive line positions on 3 national championship teams, won the Outland Trophy in 2011 and the Rimington Award for the top center in 2012. Completed undergraduate and graduate degrees with a 4.0 GPA and won the NCAA award for top scholar athlete. And he worked to help the Tuscaloosa tornado victims and went on mission trips overseas during the summers. I don’t know if there’s ever been another college football player who can match Barrett’s list of accomplishments on and off the field.

Saban said in his press conference today that even as he has been leading his team and trying to be a positive role model he looks at Barrett Jones and wonders if he should be more like him. Saban liked the dust up between Jones and McCarron, said it was a reflection that they were focused on being their best every play for 60 minutes no matter what the score.

SteveW

January 8th, 2013
3:35 pm

So richt has finished #2,3,4 in 12 years? Not bad in this era.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:36 pm

dawglis,

We’re 1-3 in the NC in the BCS era. How many NC’s have you played in?

We’re 6-3 overall in the BCS era. You’re 2-1.

9 relevant games in the BCS era vs 3 for the dogs.

Dawglasville

January 8th, 2013
3:36 pm

Independent – Let’s see how long it last. A great year for a great school but I wouldn’t too excited. I don’t see a ton of confidence coming from your own school. You decided to be the shark in the kiddie pool by joining the ACC. I noticed they didn’t jump in the deep end. Just a side note, you do live in the state where the state school is the University of Georgia so… of course, you are going to hear a lot about the University of Georgia…you may just want to learn to live wth that.

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:37 pm

I bet Johnny Football gets McCarron’s girlfriend in the end. (honestly, no pun intended)

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:37 pm

dawglis,

Correction, 1-2 in the NC

Buckeye

January 8th, 2013
3:41 pm

steve w,

Yep, pretty good but never the best.

LogicalUS

January 8th, 2013
3:43 pm

“dawg fans seem to have forgot about the 35-7 beat down in Columbia”

Suspect the only real outcome will be to highlight to Spurrier NOT to call the beatdown off in the middle of 3rd quarter again but go ahead with putting the up the 48pts like he could have done against UGA. But who would have thought that pollsters would have kept a team beaten so badly in the Top 10, when they should have been dropped into the 20s. Then UGAs 86th ranked soft schedule would never have gotten them back anywhere near the Top 10.

Reality is that the SEC looks like they are going to need a separate division of football so that the other teams can compete for a Division 1AA title.

Dawglasville

January 8th, 2013
3:46 pm

Buckeye – I’ve played in as many BCS games as you have. I don’t control the fate of UGA anymore than you control the fate of Ohio State. I am a fan like you are. The only bad fan is the fair weathered one or a front runner. I am an Atlanta native and a Georgia grad. Those are my teams. That is why I am on these blogs. I just don’t know why you are on here everyday pestering people about being a fan of their team. It seems like a waste of time.

Douglas

January 8th, 2013
3:51 pm

What sux is the fact that the AP even considers Ohio State (a bunch of cheaters) in the rankings. It just goes to show that the AP writers are a bunch of liberal democrats who have no morals.

Douglas

January 8th, 2013
3:56 pm

To all of the South Carolina Fans: there is a reason you call yourselves “cocks”. You have such penis envy of UGA you cannot stand it. Do you really think you could have beaten UGA at the end of the year? You should have lost your bowl game. Once Spurrier retires, you will go back to being the same low-life losers you have always been. So enjoy your little time of glory until he retires. The only reason he came to USC is because UF wouldn’t hire him back.

Joey

January 8th, 2013
3:59 pm

Buckeye, funny memory – I was at the Gator Bowl that night of the Clemson/OSU game – my girlfriend’s dad was a Big 10 (and PSU) fan and took us. I was sitting about 30 rows behind the OSU bench, and naturally following the ball, saw Woody punch the Clemson LB (?).

He almost acted addled trying to hit his own players. I wondered if he got meds crossed up.

Anyway, great coach – shame he had to go out that way.

DP

January 8th, 2013
4:00 pm

Buckeye, with regard to the SEC dominance of college football, Pat Forde shares your sentiments:

“Alabama is in full-on dynasty mode, winning its third title in four years. Florida, LSU and Auburn have all contributed to the SEC’s crystal football haul as well.

(You fans of Tennessee, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas? Shut your mouths. Your teams have contributed nothing to this historic run. Stop bragging on other teams’ work.)”

DP

January 8th, 2013
4:06 pm

In my earlier gushing over Barrett Jones I neglected to mention he played the last 3 quarters of the SEC championship game and all of the BCS championship game with torn ligaments in his foot. He will undergo surgery in the next few days that will put him out for 3 months that include the NFL combine.

Independent

January 8th, 2013
4:08 pm

Alabama Dog you are correct. ND did give up more points to Bama in the 1st half, than UGA did in the entire game. However, 1 game doesn’t make a season, and if one game did make a season, y’alls would have ended in Columbia S.C.

danny

January 8th, 2013
4:09 pm

Joey and buckeye, i just read the espn the magazine story,Clarrett tells his side of the story. How cars and cash were a normal part of Tressel’s osu program. Read the article and then people may see how much power Delaney has. no way osu should have kept that championship

Former Georgian

January 8th, 2013
4:10 pm

AP voters clearly didn’t see the first 3 1/2 quarters of last night’s game!

Krystal Burger Cop

January 8th, 2013
4:19 pm

Live update from Miami…..

I just want to report that as of now there have been no reports of Alabama fans acting improper toward ND fans. We did find one ND fan passed out in Krystals but we quickly moved him to a safe location before a Bama fan came and sat on his head butt naked. Krystal is really trying to crack down on Bama fans no pun inteded, however we must protect the safety of other patrons.

Wait a minute… it appears we have a Bama fan dropping his droors. I will report back ASAP.

Athensdawg

January 8th, 2013
4:53 pm

Buckeye
It is simple playing in the SEC makes there champion that much stronger. Bama played TA&M, LSU, GA, MISS & Miss ST, All bowl teams. To be the best you have to play the best, playing against SEC competition is the reason that the SEC has won the last Seven BCS titles. Playing in the Big10 only builds you a resume but when it comes to the big stage your resume is exposed. OSU is very much like ND undefeated against average competition, no doubt OSU loses to Bama, GA, SC, TA&M, maybe LSU and FLA. So when we chant SEC it is because playing in the SEC makes all SEC teams stronger.

wins-by-a-link

January 8th, 2013
4:55 pm

I see at least 12 teams in the top 20 that could easily beat fhe Irish, This proves just how biased the Media is when it comes to rating teams outside the south, The media which includes AP, ESPN and most of the anouncers on ABC and CBS all show a bias against the SEC, My what they would give to see ND beat Bama, But its not gonna happen.

Alabama Dog

January 8th, 2013
5:06 pm

Independent: In Notre Dame’s case one game DID make the season. Georgia lost to South Carolina in the 5th game of their season. The Irish lost in the final game (not to mention the BIGGEST game in all college football) of their season. Sort of tough to compare the two. Georgia’s loss to South Carolina was overcome by virtue of winning the SEC East. There’s no overcoming losing in the BCS title game.

Joey

January 8th, 2013
5:10 pm

wins-by-a-link,

I think Vandy would give ND all they could handle as well . . .

Cannon Ball Butler

January 8th, 2013
5:31 pm

Teo was last seen with tire marks running up his back.

kerryb

January 8th, 2013
5:33 pm

How stupid is the media to rank a team 3rd that only played 12 games while teams like UGA had to play 13 and 14 games not to mention they were on probation. The media is really stupid .

kerryb

January 8th, 2013
5:35 pm

Does Manti Te’O mean “missed tackle” in Samoan?

Jborodawg

January 8th, 2013
5:42 pm

The playoffs aren’t gonna help that much, compared to the present BCS because…

Which teams get chosen…who does the choosing?

Jborodawg

January 8th, 2013
5:43 pm

Does any player in the NFL have a bigger neck-to-head ratio than Clay Matthews?

TERRY Y

January 8th, 2013
5:50 pm

you N D people. ha ha ha ha ….the media darlings got their a## beat..and BAD…..should be N. H….Nortre Hype! Ba ha ha ha…..any SEC shcool will whip yall….ha ha ha ha …lol…..hee hee…ha …..bunch a pretty boys…ha ha ha ..looked like little leaguers playing against a high school team!

padre

January 8th, 2013
6:20 pm

nd would lose to perhaps 4 sec teams

DP

January 8th, 2013
6:32 pm

I read a columnist who said that the best way for Te’O to record a fast time in the 40 at the NFL combine might be to have an Alabama offensive lineman throw him backwards 40 yards.

DP

January 8th, 2013
6:35 pm

Don’t know if I’ve ever seen a player’s reputation drop more in one big game than Te’O’s last night. From the Maxwell Award and talk of a first round NFL draft pick to somebody who looked like a less than average college linebacker who has no shot in the NFL. The last Notre Dame players I remember who was that overrated was Rick Mirer, a QB who was the second pick in the NFL draft and turned out to be a colossal bust.

zbulldawg

January 8th, 2013
6:40 pm

Agree ND couldn’t beat Fla. S.C. Texas A&M LSU or UGA. That’s goes for Ohio St. too. It’s going to be interesting to see how they pick the playoff teams in the future. The only team I see out there who might I mean Might match up with team speed Might be Ore. The SEC defenses are WAY above all in college football. Our young men are bigger faster & stronger. You don’t win 7 in a row on luck. NOW back to my Dogs. LET THE BIG DAWG EAT

GT75

January 8th, 2013
6:55 pm

Gotta love those delusional UGA fans. They start every year with “We will win the National Championship because we got the greatest recruiting class”. After losing one game, it’s fire Reicht, Bobo, and Grantham”. After beating up on a bunch of cupcakes it’s “we can still be National Champions if everyone else loses”. To finally declaring “we were almost National Champions because someone else in the SEC won the National Championship” I don’t like Notre Dame, but they only had one loss playing a much tougher schedule than UGA and performed better against ranked teams than UGA.

Buzz 2011

January 8th, 2013
7:04 pm

This is as close as Dogs will be for the next 20 years,
Good run for Dog Nation..

JACKETS23

January 8th, 2013
7:36 pm

I THINK GA IS THE 4 OR 5 TEAM IN THE SEC.

Buzz-off

January 8th, 2013
8:00 pm

You techies are really struggling!!!!! Obviously, you North Avenue Trade School dudes don’t agree with the rest of the nation. By the way, did you hear that AM is returning next season just to lay another 500+++ yard game on you guys. Remember, he is that dumb UGa QB who has completed an undergraduate degree, a masters and is working on his PhD……and as a sidelight he has thrown for 300+ yards 3 straight years. Kinda like your average GT QB (Reggie Ball and company).

Buzz-off

January 8th, 2013
8:01 pm

Is Tech off probation?

Buzz-off

January 8th, 2013
8:02 pm

Any more GT Coaches arrested recently? 2 in 2 years has to be a record!!!!

Buzz-off

January 8th, 2013
8:04 pm

Where does the ACC store confiscated championship trophies?

Buzz-off

January 8th, 2013
8:05 pm

Has the former GT basketball player been convicted of that murder?

Buzz-off

January 8th, 2013
8:08 pm

UGa has players accused of underage drinking……something none of us ever did!!!
GT has players accused of purse snatching…….dang, I don’t think I remember any DAWGS doing something like that!!!!

Buzz-off

January 8th, 2013
8:15 pm

OK, OK, I’ll stop if you obnoxious techies will shut the heck up and get off these UGa blogs!!! I’m fascinated how you think GT is so pure and holy. P.S. Vandy or Ole Miss could have beaten USC by 5+ TDs. Did you notice that in their last 2 games Vandy beat 2 ACC teams by over 10 TDs, but who’s counting!!!! Of course you tech fans mention #20 Vandy frequently when they talk about UGa’s easy schedule. You guys are morons…..total and absolute morons!!!,

Buzz-off

January 8th, 2013
8:23 pm

@GT75
some of the closest and toughest games ND had were against USC, OK, MI and Pitt (3OTs)
please my friend……..Ole Miss who UGa played annihilated Pitt, Texas A&M destroyed OK, Bama wiped out MI and GT beat USC (that truly proves USC sucks). ND did NOT play a tougher schedule than UGa….you are totally off base dude.

Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)

January 8th, 2013
8:29 pm

BUCKEYE rides the “short bus”!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)

January 8th, 2013
8:51 pm

@ Independent:

What your shallow mind fails to grasp is that UGA purposely allowed USCe to win and the reason is simple.

Spurrier will eventually self destruct if he keeps getting close and fails to win an NC at USCe. His health has deteriated to the point that 1 or 2 more finishes behind UGA and he will be headed for the “Looney House”.

LMAO

Sambo 4 Rambo

January 8th, 2013
8:55 pm

So we lost to Bama by 4 points, but lost to South Carolina by 28. South Carolina would roll past Bama by 3 TD’s and absolute demolish Notre Dame! South Carolina should be National champs!! Hahaha! Example of how dumb we are looking on this blog. Also, who gives a shit about the final rankings? Nobody will remember who finished 2nd in about 2 years, seriously. And Its sad to see other Ga. fans trying to “justify” or “argue” with other bloggers about this. Dont argue with these piss ants, man! UGA is at a point where we have turned the page and dont have to justify shit anymore…at 12 wins a year you dont have to. Its all good here in Athens, baby!

Don Parker

January 8th, 2013
10:53 pm

You Mutt fans see3m to forget that yu were beaten 35 to 7

officialdawgcritizer

January 8th, 2013
11:05 pm

The Dawgs can not run with the big dogs because of mid-level coaching. Tremendous talent every year but poorly coached. always a brridesmaid but never the bride. No NT with these coaches. That’s just the way it will be. Ga coaching would have let the team quit at halff time with that lead and take off the 3rd and 4th quarters until 3 min left in the game , then play like hell tring to regain the lead they had allowed ND to build up during that time. Sorry, folks that just the way it is and you knoe it.

Disgusted Dawg

January 8th, 2013
11:09 pm

SEC teams that would beat the poo piut of Notre Dame:

Vandy
Ole Miss
UGA
UF
SC
LSU
Bama
A&M

Other teams that would give ‘em a big problem:

Tenn
Miss State

Teams that might actually beat Notre Dame:

Mizzou
KY
Arkansas

Teams that wouldn’t stand a chance:

Auburn (sad, really, sorry but Auburn has hit rock bottom)

just sayin

January 8th, 2013
11:37 pm

Notre Dame is a FRAUD and a disgrace to college football. There are 7 or 8 teams in the SEC that would hand their a$$ to them. What a phony fraud! Another thing, if this linebacker for the phony Irish is so good…where was he last night. I never saw him make a single tackle, I did see him jump on the pile…when he wasn’t getting run over every other play. IF this guy was playing in the SEC he would be on the bench…another fraud. It’s a disgrace that players like Jarvis Jones, Alec Ogletree, Javon Clowney and the kids from Florida and LSU had to be second fiddle to this DUD. What a joke this sorry bunch from Notre Dame was to be on the same field with Alabama.

funny...

January 9th, 2013
12:16 am

Notre Dame should be ahead of Georgia, they only lost once.

Notre Dame didn’t get blown out by South Carolina.

funny...

January 9th, 2013
12:17 am

I would rather have watched Alabama play the Dolphins.

macaac

January 9th, 2013
12:39 am

No Funny, ND didn’t play have a conference championship game and they got blown out by Alabama. UGA would also blow out ND. UGA should be atleast 4th in the final rankings ND should be about 23rd, maybe.

BullDogMike

January 9th, 2013
7:31 am

The scariest thing of all this is that we were only one tattoo parlor away from having an Ohio St. Vs. ND nat’l championship game. Now that would be the biggest joke of all. Bama being left out because of one loss. BCS is a farce, polls are another joke too. Can we get on with the play-off system now Pleeeeze !

Jborodawg

January 9th, 2013
8:03 am

officialdawgcritizer@11:05 pm….The Dawgs can not run with the big dogs because of mid-level coaching. Tremendous talent every year but poorly coached…”
Rivals ESPN
2008 7th 5th
2009 6th 6th
2010 15th 12th
2011 5th 9th

Looks to me that finishing 4th or 5th (or even top 10) compares well with our recruiting. Bama’s been top five in recruiting every year under Saban. Heck, Flawduh has higher recruiting rankings than the Dawgs the last few years. So, coach Richt and staff have coached fairly well vis a vis recruiting. There are about 15-20 other programs that haven’t coached em up just as well…like Okey, Tex, USC, and even mighty Notre Dame.

peachy

January 9th, 2013
8:11 am

It’s not just UGA . Georgia Southern finished #3 in Division 1- FCS and Valdosta State is Div 2 National Champion.
Great football at all levels in the Peach State.

Jborodawg

January 9th, 2013
8:12 am

To say that any other SEC team would beat ND is an exercise in futility. We don’t know that.

But, so much for the “losing early is better than losing late in the season” argument. ND lost late and still maintained a high ranking. Go figure.

You wanta talk about programs not living up to preseason rankings…check out Okey, Tex, W Va, S Cal…yes S Cal in particular. In early Sep several pundits were falling all over themselves about W Va.

Jborodawg

January 9th, 2013
8:18 am

2012 Week one….AP Poll
1 Bama
2 USC
3 LSU
4 Oreg
5 Okey
6 FSU
7 UGA
8 Arkey
9T S Car
9T W Va
11 Mich St
12 Clemp
13 Wisc
14 Oh St
15 Va T
16 Neb
17 Tex
18 Ok St
19 Mich
20 TCU
21 Kan St
22 ND
23 Lewisburg
24 Fla
25 Stanf

Jborodawg

January 9th, 2013
8:31 am

How one guy in Macon voted in the final AP….

By Seth Emerson — semerson@macon.com
This is the ballot I just sent in to the Associated Press office:
1. Alabama 
2. Oregon 
3. Ohio State
 4. Georgia 
5. Texas A&M
 6. South Carolina 
7. Notre Dame 
8. Stanford 
9. Clemson 
10. Kansas State

Independent

January 9th, 2013
9:01 am

Alabama Dog, that one game we lost was to see who finished #1. ND is not #1, so you are correct that thier is no overcoming losing that game. That game decided who was #1 and it is Alabama. However, you losing in the 5th week of the season 35-7 and then winning the rest of your games, until the biggest game of your season (SEC Champioship), a good game for sure, but you still lost, does not merrit you being #2 (or even ranked above ND). I know it and deep down you know it! We (ND, UGA) are not at the same level as Bama, as was proven through not just Monday night but the whole season. Also, who in the hell is UGA ranked above SC, when Spurrier beat the dawgs 35-7?

Truth

January 9th, 2013
9:20 am

Alabama proved that Notre Dame really isn’t worthy of a Top 10 ranking. The Irish would’ve been blown out by any of the top 6 SEC teams. That’s just the truth. If you don’t like go have a cry!

Independent

January 9th, 2013
9:42 am

Your imploring that that is the truth, but it is not the truth. But let s just say it is the truth. You lost to South Carolina 35-7…..How is Georgia considering itself as one of hte best in the SEC? You lost one hugely lopsided game, the same as ND…..Georgia should not be in the top 10…..

Independent

January 9th, 2013
9:46 am

What about Lousiville? They dominated Florida, would they be considered an elite SEC team?

Fact Checker

January 9th, 2013
1:05 pm

Georgia has more than just 5 yards to go to surpass Alabama as a football program….consider this:

- Bama had more recruited scholarship players than Georgia on its roster (i.e., Bama had 80 recruited scholarship players to start the season; UGA had 67 recruited scholarship players to start the season [would have been 68 but Kolton Houston was ruled ineligible by the NCAA])

— Bama signed 135 players (avg. 27 players/yr) the last 5 years (2008-2012) while Georgia signed 108 (avg. 21.6 players/yr); bottomline: Bama had more recruited scholarship players to cull from and hedge against attrition

- Bama had more talent than Georgia (i.e., Bama avg. 3.83 stars per scholarship player; UGA avg. 3.62 stars per scholarship player)

- Bama had a better offense than Georgia (i.e., Bama had the nation’s #12 scoring offense (38.71 ppg); Georgia had the nation’s #19 scoring offense (37.8 ppg))

— Bama had a better offensive line than Georgia (i.e., Bama’s starting OL featured 3 All-Americans [2 First Team, 1 Second Team]; Georgia’s OL didn’t have any All-Americans or All SEC players)

- Bama had a better defense than Georgia (i.e., Bama had the nation’s #1 scoring defense (10.93 ppg) and #1 total defense (250 ypg); Georgia had the nation’s #18 scoring defense (19.64 ppg) and #32 total defense (357.8 ypg))

- Bama had better Special Teams than Georgia (i.e., Bama’s Net Punting (ranked #17), Punt Returns (ranked #44), Kickoff Returns (ranked #22), Bama held opponents to 6.5 yds per punt return; Georgia’s Net Punting (ranked #56), Punt Returns (ranked #74), Kickoff Returns (ranked #55), Georgia held opponents to 11.14 yds per punt return; additionally, Bama’s placekicker was 11 for 11 on FGs (100%) and 69 of 69 on PATs (100%) while UGA’s placekicker was 8 of 14 on FGs (57.1%) and 63 of 67 on PATs (94%))

- Bama is a more disciplined team than Georgia (i.e., Bama is the least penalized team in FBS the last 5 years (in 2012, Bama was penalized 104 times for 903 yds; in 2012, Georgia was penalized 186 times for 1,448 yds; thus Georgia provided its opponents 545 more yds than Alabama))

- Bama spends more money on its football program than Georgia (i.e., Bama spent $36.9 million on its football program while Georgia spent $22.7 million; in other words, Georgia spent $14.2 million less on its football program than did Bama…or if you prefer, Bama spent 62.6% more on its football program than Georgia did); moreover, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, and LSU outspent Georgia

- Bama employs a bigger Football Staff than Georgia (i.e., Bama employs at least 7 Football Analysts (in June 2012 they had 9 per al.com article) while Georgia employs none)

AltamahaDawg

January 9th, 2013
1:40 pm

So your point being that despite all that advantage, Georgia was still 5 yards away from besting them? Thanks.

Here are the facts.

January 9th, 2013
1:44 pm

South Crolina football program has hired three MNC coaches. Paul Dietzal, Lou Holtz and Spurrier. The best of them is SS and he only has ONE SEC title to show and nothi g else has U of SC EVER WON of football fame.

SC is a joke and has attended how many bowl games? 20? 23?

SC will never win big. history proves that fact.

Poor fact checker

January 9th, 2013
1:46 pm

Two facts that he overlooked:
1 U of A is in the state of Alabama
2 The U of Georgia is a far superior s-c-h-o-o-l.

OolteawhDawg

January 9th, 2013
1:54 pm

Would this be the right time to let ND players and fans know that the team that steamrolled them is the 3RD best offense in the SEC?

Flyer

January 9th, 2013
1:56 pm

@Here are the facts.– South Carolina has not won any SEC Titles. They did win the SEC East 2 years ago, but lost in the Title game to Auburn. The total number of bowl games for SC is 18 (6-12). However they have won 6 out of their last 10 bowl appearances. They have also defeated UGA the last three years.

Independent

January 9th, 2013
2:54 pm

OolteawhDawg: Where does that SC Offense that hung 35-7 on you rank? Where does UGA offense that put a whopping 7 on South Carolina Rank?

Independent

January 9th, 2013
3:00 pm

OolteawhDawg: I don’t think UGA has much of an answer for that 3rd best offense, if my memory serves me correctly. 350 yards rushing Bama had?

AltamahaDawg

January 9th, 2013
3:36 pm

Wow!. Independant, your need to slam Georgia is so great that you simply ignored the point of OolteawhDawg’s post?

Just insult Georgia. You don’t need to pretend that your random hating is making some point.

1969 Graduate

January 9th, 2013
9:46 pm

Congratulations to Alabama, Georgia, and the SEC.

Anybody that ranks Notre Dame ahead of Georgia or Texas A&M has something bad wrong with their understanding of things. Things like football. Things like reality. I wouldn’t advise them to place bets with rent money.

Ole Miss and Vanderbilt might beat Notre Dame. Georgia, A&M, South Carolina certainly would.

One of my favorite bowl games was the Ole Miss game. Those guys had a wonderful time whipping up on the team Notre Dame barely beat in triple overtime, and that was with a lot of luck.

Notre Dame is not a top five team in the SEC, and not a top 10 team by any standard.

Go, Dawgs!

godawgs82

January 9th, 2013
10:39 pm

ND was over rated going into the NC and are still over rated by being ranked ahead of UGA.
ND should not be in the top 10…..ridiculous!

basspro2150

January 10th, 2013
9:30 am

Whats the difference between the Notre Dame Irish and Cheerios? Only one belongs in a bowl.

Independent

January 10th, 2013
9:41 am

1969 Graduate: What are you congratulating Georgia for, when it was Alabama winning the National Championship? I really don’t understand why your congratulating your team, when another team won the national champioship…….I believe you are riding the Tides coattails

basspro2150

January 10th, 2013
9:46 am

We would never ride on the Tides coattails. we were 5 sec. and 4 yards short of going to the Championship. Just very proud of our team. Don’t understand why you just can’t accept that.

Independent

January 10th, 2013
9:46 am

1969 Graduate: my favorite bowl games were seeing Florida and LSU lose, to dare I say a Big East & ACC Team, and Carolina needing a last second touchdown to beat a BIG 10 Mighigan team. But Alabama did beat ND, so congratulations Georgia, Vandy, Ole MIss, Miss State, Arkansas and Tenn, foir being in the same conference. That is the company Georgia is in, you fools are just to blind to see it

Independent

January 10th, 2013
10:02 am

Basspro2150: You would never ride the Tides coattails? Yet you are because you chant SEC, SEC, SEC with so much pride, and are blind to the fact that the SEC is dominate, in spite of you, and not because of you! That is the truth, the SEC is dominate but not becasue of The Georiga BullDawgs…….

AltamahaDawg

January 10th, 2013
2:18 pm

At it for the third day huh Independant? Thats some rich you life you got going on there.

And BTW, we congratulate other SEC teams in spite of fans like you, not because of you.

rational dawg fan

January 11th, 2013
3:48 am

I love my dawgs, but come on… How much worse was the beatin nd took than ours in columbia? Both games were over in 5 minutes… And yes I think we’d have destroyed the irish… But an ugly loss is an ugly loss, just a lil more humiliating in january… I’m proud of the boys for responding well to ours and look forward to next year… Keep up the work til signing day, hope the young d and am get us to 4-0 and we’ll have a chance to say who gives a *:-# to the the polls like bama this yr

DawgFan

January 11th, 2013
6:57 pm

How about next year Sec just plays an end of season tournament? Top 8 teams get in. We call it the Southern National Championship. None of the other teams matter anyway. Tattoo State and the overrated Irish would have been lucky to have winning records in the Sec. Maybe Oregon could play with an elite team.

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