Monthly Archives: January 2012

Final Blawg of Season

After six-win and eight-win seasons over the past two campaigns, it is nice to see the SEC East Champion Georgia Bulldogs back in the final AP poll at season’s end, finishing in the Top 20 no less at #19. UGA was #20 in the coaches poll. No doubt, Georgia suffered some tough losses that could […]

UGA Football: Top Sports Product in State

Before the start of the college football season, in writing I called for the Georgia Bulldogs to win exactly ten games and the SEC East and it be somewhat disappointing. I called for Georgia to beat Florida and Tennessee and stressed the importance of beating the four biggest rivals (4-0 for the first time under […]

Ranking Richt’s Teams

1. 2nd year: 13 wins, SEC Champs, won Sugar Bowl, #3 in NCAA 2. 7th year: 11 wins, won Sugar Bowl, #2 in NCAA, beat Florida 3. 5th year: 10 wins, SEC Champs, made a BCS bowl 4. 3rd year: 11 wins, SEC East Champs, won bowl game 5. 4th year: 10 wins, won bowl […]

Coaching To Do Lists

1. Retain Todd Grantham as defensive coordinator. He simply does not have the calm enough demeanor of a good head football coach, yet he is perhaps the hottest D strategist in the NCAA. The Junk Yard swaggering D will have so much talent coming back in 2012. What’s missing? Only a ball control running game […]

Another Bowl Debacle

Last year was worse. Last year was the worst. We lost to Central Florida, our seventh loss. We finished below .500 and scored only six points. But this was at least as gut wrenching, considering. On a day when the Big 10 won no games in regulation for the second New Year’s in a row. […]