David Hale had a really nice post this morning about the potential coaching changes that may happen at Georgia. Here is the link:
http://dawg-extra.blogspot.com/2009/11/latest-on-coaching-rumors.html
The biggest thing about this article that got me going was Rodney Gardner. Gardner seems to me to be more about himself than Georgia Football. If Georgia has offered you a contract and you decide not to sign it then that is your fault. Gardner is always looking for something else every year. Yes, I will admit if we lose Gardner we might take a hit in recruiting this year, but the class we got last year has made a huge impact on our team this year. I would probably say that 90% of those recruits are not going to follow Gardner to another school. Gardner might be able to bring top recruits every year, but he obviously is not a great coach or he would have schools knocking down his door to offer him a position. What is the point of bringing in all these top recruits if we can not coach them to there full potential. If Gardner does decide to leave we should promote John Lilly to recruiting coordinator.
Damon Evans seems to be a little timid in wanting to shell out the cash for a top DC. I hope that he reconsiders this and makes the right decision. Georgia can go two ways right now we can either stay as a 5th or 6th place team every year in the SEC or spend them money and bring in good coaches and get as back in the hunt for the SEC championship and a National Championship.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Game Time for Georgia Tech is set
The game against Georgia Tech has been set for 8pm est Saturday the 28th on ABC. This should be real test of Willie Martinez's ability as a DC. Everyone knows that GT run the option, so lets how he does to stop it. We all know the outcome of last year's game.
The Auburn vs Alabama game is set for 2:30 est Friday the 27th on CBS.
The Auburn vs Alabama game is set for 2:30 est Friday the 27th on CBS.
Rambo and Green out for UK
Bacarri Rambo and AJ Green will not play against Kentucky this weekend. Rambo suffered a concussion against Auburn but has been released from the hospital. Green suffered a separation in his left shoulder but will not have to undergo surgery. Rambo is expected back for the Georgia Tech game, but Green's status is uncertain at this time.
Two Volunteer's Kicked off Team
Lane Kiffin has decided to dismiss Nu'Keese Richardson and Mike Edwards from the Tennessee Volunteer football team after they were charged with attempted armed robbery. The third member Janzen Jackson has been suspended from all team activities until Kiffin gets all the facts regarding his involvement in the incident.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Three Volunteer's Arrested
Three Tennessee Volunteer freshmen football players were arrested and charged with attempted armed robbery early Thursday morning. The three players were WR Nu'Keese Richardson, DB Janzen Jackson and DB Mike Edwards. The three players tried to rob two people sitting in their car in a gas station near the Tennessee Campus. When the officers arrested the players they found a pellet gun, drug paraphernalia and a plastic bag with what appeared to be marijuana.
On a up side this should really help on the recruiting trail. These were three of Lane Kiffin's recruits. Glad to see that Kiffin cares about character in his players also.
On a up side this should really help on the recruiting trail. These were three of Lane Kiffin's recruits. Glad to see that Kiffin cares about character in his players also.
Friday, November 6, 2009
New Recruit
I am thinking that Georgia should go to New Mexico and look for some new defensive recruits. The womens's soccer team looks meaner than any body on the current Georgia defense. Look at this clip from the match between BYU and New Mexico State. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNmPybFK2_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNmPybFK2_o
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Two Streaks that in jeapordy
This season as all Georgia fans know has been a huge disappointment. I was looking through some Georgia records lately and found two things out. There are two streaks that are in jeopardy of being broken this year if we can not pull out at least three wins in the last four games.
1. With a 7-5 season regular season Georgia will tie the record for most consecutive winning seasons. Currently Georgia has had 12 consecutive winning seasons. Starting with 1997 season. The longest streak of consecutive winning seasons is 13 from 1964-1976.
2. With a 7-5 season Georgia is pretty much guaranteed a Bowl Game. Georgia currently has been to 12 consecutive bowl games which is the longest streak in Bulldogs history.
1. With a 7-5 season regular season Georgia will tie the record for most consecutive winning seasons. Currently Georgia has had 12 consecutive winning seasons. Starting with 1997 season. The longest streak of consecutive winning seasons is 13 from 1964-1976.
2. With a 7-5 season Georgia is pretty much guaranteed a Bowl Game. Georgia currently has been to 12 consecutive bowl games which is the longest streak in Bulldogs history.
Monday, October 26, 2009
SEC officiating? Will it ever be correct?
I really do not know what to say anymore. I never thought that the SEC officiating crews could be in bed with Florida and Alabama but it seems more and more like that. Lane Kiffin and Dan Mullen were both reprimanded by the SEC today for speaking out against the SEC officials. Both of them had very good arguments.
In the Mississippi State vs Florida game, Florida intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. This TD sealed the game for Florida, however when you look at the replay Dustin Doe, of Florida, was stripped of the ball right before he scored. If this had been overturned the touchdown would have been negated and Mississippi State would have had the ball at the 20. Mullen spoke out about this after the game and stated that the replay official should be suspended. The SEC did not see it the same way and reprimanded Mullen instead.
Next, in the Tennessee vs Alabama game, after Alabama blocked a field goal by Tennessee Terrence Cody of Alabama took off his helmet and threw it in the air. The game had not yet ended. This should have been a personal foul for unsportsmanlike conduct. Lane Kiffin spoke out about this and was reprimanded by the SEC also. When Kiffin was asked Sunday about him maybe being fined by the SEC Kiffin replied with "I'm sure we'll get one of those letters that means nothing, that Bobby Petrino got last week, but Florida and Alabama live on".
This is now two weeks in a row that Florida has had to been bailed out by the SEC officials. Lets not forget that LSU had help from the officials when they were a top 5 team. I am really starting to wonder now, do the SEC officials just really want a SEC team in the BCS National Championship? Do they want Alabama and Florida to meet in the SEC Championship game? Are they placing bets on the game and making sure that their teams win? Are they just that bad at there job?
I am not sure which one it is if any. I do know one thing though SEC commissioner Mike Slive has his hands full. It is not just the fans anymore that are in an up roar about the SEC officiating now he has SEC coaches becoming very outspoken about how bad the officiating has been. I hope that Slive knows that even the media is all over this now. He better do something or the NCAA is going to start an investigation if they have not already.
In the Mississippi State vs Florida game, Florida intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. This TD sealed the game for Florida, however when you look at the replay Dustin Doe, of Florida, was stripped of the ball right before he scored. If this had been overturned the touchdown would have been negated and Mississippi State would have had the ball at the 20. Mullen spoke out about this after the game and stated that the replay official should be suspended. The SEC did not see it the same way and reprimanded Mullen instead.
Next, in the Tennessee vs Alabama game, after Alabama blocked a field goal by Tennessee Terrence Cody of Alabama took off his helmet and threw it in the air. The game had not yet ended. This should have been a personal foul for unsportsmanlike conduct. Lane Kiffin spoke out about this and was reprimanded by the SEC also. When Kiffin was asked Sunday about him maybe being fined by the SEC Kiffin replied with "I'm sure we'll get one of those letters that means nothing, that Bobby Petrino got last week, but Florida and Alabama live on".
This is now two weeks in a row that Florida has had to been bailed out by the SEC officials. Lets not forget that LSU had help from the officials when they were a top 5 team. I am really starting to wonder now, do the SEC officials just really want a SEC team in the BCS National Championship? Do they want Alabama and Florida to meet in the SEC Championship game? Are they placing bets on the game and making sure that their teams win? Are they just that bad at there job?
I am not sure which one it is if any. I do know one thing though SEC commissioner Mike Slive has his hands full. It is not just the fans anymore that are in an up roar about the SEC officiating now he has SEC coaches becoming very outspoken about how bad the officiating has been. I hope that Slive knows that even the media is all over this now. He better do something or the NCAA is going to start an investigation if they have not already.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
SEC Player of the Week
Geno Atkins was named the SEC defensive player of the week. Atkins recorded 8 tackles and one tackle for a loss. Atkins currently is tied for the lead on the team with 17 quarterback pressures.
SEC officials have done it again.
Anybody who watched the Florida vs Arkansas game and saw the personal foul call on Malcolm Sheppard of Arkansas knew right away that the SEC officiating crew had blown another call. I am very tempted to watch the game again and count how many times I saw Tim Tebow do the Gator Chomp after running for a first down, but as everyone knows there is no official that will ever throw a flag against "the best player ever in college football", according to some people in the media. I am sure that most SEC fans know now that this was the same officiating crew that called the Georgia vs LSU game. There are quite a few things about this that I am pretty fired up about.
1. How many times is the SEC going to come out and admit that there officials made a mistake when calling a game and not do anything to penalize the official or officials that made the mistake?
2. The SEC has come out and stated that there definition for "excessive celebration" is when a player directly makes a gesture towards the crowd or an opposing player. If this is what they are trained to call then why do only certain players or teams get this called against them?
3. Why would an officiating crew that blew a major call in a nationally televised game against two highly ranked teams be assigned to another game of the same magnitude? They should have been calling the Mississippi State vs Middle Tennessee State game last week. Supposedly this week they are calling the Tennessee vs Alabama game. You probably would not want to be the Tennessee Volunteer's this week. With the reputation the crew is getting if Tennessee is about to upset a top 5 SEC team they will make sure that it does not happen.
As many SEC fans know, we do have the worse officials in the NCAA, which I think is pretty sad considering that the SEC is year in and year out arguably the best conference in the NCAA. You do have to start asking yourself questions after the calls this year. Are there things going on with the SEC officials that people do not know. I have been reading some pretty interesting conspiracy theories over the past two days as to why the SEC officals are so bad but more importantly why nothing is being done to correct these errors. Perhaps the NCAA should be in charge of all officals and the conference no longer has a say.
1. How many times is the SEC going to come out and admit that there officials made a mistake when calling a game and not do anything to penalize the official or officials that made the mistake?
2. The SEC has come out and stated that there definition for "excessive celebration" is when a player directly makes a gesture towards the crowd or an opposing player. If this is what they are trained to call then why do only certain players or teams get this called against them?
3. Why would an officiating crew that blew a major call in a nationally televised game against two highly ranked teams be assigned to another game of the same magnitude? They should have been calling the Mississippi State vs Middle Tennessee State game last week. Supposedly this week they are calling the Tennessee vs Alabama game. You probably would not want to be the Tennessee Volunteer's this week. With the reputation the crew is getting if Tennessee is about to upset a top 5 SEC team they will make sure that it does not happen.
As many SEC fans know, we do have the worse officials in the NCAA, which I think is pretty sad considering that the SEC is year in and year out arguably the best conference in the NCAA. You do have to start asking yourself questions after the calls this year. Are there things going on with the SEC officials that people do not know. I have been reading some pretty interesting conspiracy theories over the past two days as to why the SEC officals are so bad but more importantly why nothing is being done to correct these errors. Perhaps the NCAA should be in charge of all officals and the conference no longer has a say.
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