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Posted Friday November 06, 2009, About: Georgia AD backs Richt

People in Athens might be frustrated with the way things are going and Richt right now, but I don't think anyone wants Richt to be gone. He is a great coach, just wish he would show emotion for once in his life, but that is what the defensive coaches should be doing... Willie Martinez might be the worst defense coordinator in the history of college football. How can you allow that many points with the amount of talent on that side of the ball? Willie needs to be gone yesterday, I would rather have a grad-assisstant coaching the defense right now.

Posted Thursday October 29, 2009, About: Georgia coach checking drivers licenses

So we worry about drivers' licenses while we hand out pilots' licenses for other teams to air it out on Willie's "Defense?"

Posted Wednesday May 06, 2009, About: Boras wants World Series changes

Really? Look at the miserably boring NBA playoffs, where half the teams in the league get in (even if they have a losing record), and have a day off between every game. NBA is the most boring $h*t ever, MLB should stay away from that brilliant idea. The best way to make MLB better is for the media to stop over-hyping the New York teams, so that when they don't get in the playoffs people can recognize the other teams. Putting national games on TBS didn't help either.

Posted Monday April 13, 2009, About: Santana blames teammate for Mets loss

This isn't a story, it's taking a quote out of context. I guess in New York it's best to just keep your mouth shut, even if you don't have anything bad to say. The real story from this game is that the Marlins are for real. Josh Johnson is finally healthy again and Florida might be the team to beat in the NL. I will always be a Braves fan and will always claim they are The team to beat, but if I had to pick a team after that it would be the Marlins. The Phillies have no pitching and the Mets have no offense (no is a relative term). Go Braves, let the media pick apart the clubhouse in New York.

Posted Monday February 23, 2009, About: Why Carroll and Meyers won't go to NFL

Well Atlanta is the biggest city in the southeast, and UGA is a top 20 business school which translates to a lot of rich boosters. To get alumni tickets through UGA, you have to "donate" at least $10,000 a year to the university, that could explain a lot of it.

Bigger question is how Auburn would be in the top 10, it's a back-up school for most students, but who knows, Forbes wrote the article, I just copied.

Posted Monday February 23, 2009, About: Spurrier: I'm nowhere near retiring

If Spurrier were to ever leave SC and go back to Florida, would he have to forgo his spot on the waiting list to become a member of Augusta National? If I were Spurrier that would be a huge incentive to stay at SC and not go back to the Swamp.

Posted Monday February 23, 2009, About: Why Carroll and Meyers won't go to NFL

Surprisingly, USC barely made the top 25 list and "only" makes $53 million per year; behind schools such as South Carolina, Arkansas, and Wisconsin.

Posted Monday February 23, 2009, About: Why Carroll and Meyers won't go to NFL

According to Forbes, in a "Most Valuable College Football Programs" article which ranked most valuable programs according to revenue:

1: Notre Dame at $101 million per year
2: Texas at $92 million per year
3: Georgia at $90 million per year
4: Michigan at $85 million per year
5: Florida at $84 million per year
then 5-10, in order: LSU, Tennesse, Bama, Auburn, Ohio St.

I think any of those schools can afford to pay their coaches top dollar, money wouldn't be an issue between coaches at any of those schools.

Posted Monday February 23, 2009, About: Why Carroll and Meyers won't go to NFL

As an UGA alum, and as much as I hate Florida, why would Meyer ever leave? He turned down ND when he went to Gainesville, why would he change his mind after winning two national titles? Recruiting at Florida is 10x easier than South Bend, he can stay in state for all of the recruits if he wants; if a high school player in Florida wants to stay close to home and play in state why would he go anywhere but Florida? Sure, some players from the state are always going to want to go to the USCs, Bamas, LSUs, and UGAs but Florida can do the same thing as those schools out of state.

Oh, and a response to a previous post about not being able to drink alcohol at college football games keeping people more sober; really? Everyone I know and knew throughout college and as an alum would sneak bourbon into games to mix with their drinks due to the fact that they couldn't buy beer in the stadium. Everyone ends up much drunker at a college game than a pro game. When I go to pro games I'll have 2-4 beers, you can't get drunk off of 2-4 beers unless you're under 150lbs, college fans get much crazier with their alcohol consumption than pro fans, plus if you have to pay $8 for a beer you're not as inclined to chug the sucker and get blitzed. Plus at most college stadiums you're close to where you need to go, if you're at a pro stadium you normally have to drive 30+ minutes afterwords, and drinking in excess could have very serious consequences.

Posted Monday February 23, 2009, About: Why Carroll and Meyers won't go to NFL

As an UGA alum, and as much as I hate Florida, why would Meyer ever leave? He turned down ND when he went to Gainesville, why would he change his mind after winning two national titles? Recruiting at Florida is 10x easier than South Bend, he can stay in state for all of the recruits if he wants; if a high school player in Florida wants to stay close to home and play in state why would he go anywhere but Florida? Sure, some players from the state are always going to want to go to the USCs, Bamas, LSUs, and UGAs but Florida can do the same thing as those schools out of state.

Oh, and a response to a previous post about not being able to drink alcohol at college football games keeping people more sober; really? Everyone I know and knew throughout college and as an alum would sneak bourbon into games to mix with their drinks due to the fact that they couldn't buy beer in the stadium. Everyone ends up much drunker at a college game than a pro game. When I go to pro games I'll have 2-4 beers, you can't get drunk off of 2-4 beers unless you're under 150lbs, college fans get much crazier with their alcohol consumption than pro fans, plus if you have to pay $8 for a beer you're not as inclined to chug the sucker and get blitzed. Plus at most college stadiums you're close to where you need to go, if you're at a pro stadium you normally have to drive 30+ minutes afterwords, and drinking in excess could have very serious consequences.

Posted Sunday February 22, 2009, About: Why Carroll and Meyers won't go to NFL

She'll be the only girl at the whole school.

Posted Thursday February 19, 2009, About: Mays helped M's land Griffey

That's Terrance Moore for you. He's always been a terrible writer, and now he's making false promises in the paper. They should have fired him five-ten years ago, but he's black and it would be racist if you fired the worst writer in all of sports "journalism."

Posted Monday February 16, 2009, About: Sources: Griffey to decide soon

^ the .265 18HRs and 65 RBIs that is.

Posted Monday February 16, 2009, About: Sources: Griffey to decide soon

He could make those numbers and would be a big improvement over Matt Diaz for the Braves. It would also allow the braves an extra year to develop Brandon Jones before having to start him as a regular. Starting Francouer so early obviously backfired.

The Braves should have a winning record, but probably won't be able to keep pace with Florida or Philly in the east.

Posted Monday February 16, 2009, About: Sources: Griffey to decide soon

He could make those numbers and would be a big improvement over Matt Diaz for the Braves. It would also allow the braves an extra year to develop Brandon Jones before having to start him as a regular. Starting Francouer so early obviously backfired.

The Braves should have a winning record, but probably won't be able to keep pace with Florida or Philly in the east.

Posted Sunday February 15, 2009, About: Is Manny his generation's best player?

Manny greatest of his generation? No, I don't think so. Great hitter, terrible fielder, but definitely a valuable asset to any team he's on. There are many people over Manny Ramirez though for best of this generation. First and foremost Ken Griffey Jr. is by far the best player of this generation and the best hitter in the past 35 years. Others that are better without being linked to roids would be: Greg Maddox, Frank Thomas (yes, the Big Hurt), Albert Pujols, Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Roy Halladay, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, and then I would put Manny in the mix with 10-20 other players after that. I would say as far as performance, that Manny is about where Jim Thome is; that is a great player, but not a sure fire first ballot HOFer.

Posted Sunday February 15, 2009, About: Why Griffey may stiff M's for Braves

The Braves definitely need another bat. Right now the only power hitters for the braves are Chipper and McCan, and while both are great players, they need another power hitter in that mix. Frenchy out in right obviously isn't the answer. I think it would be great for Atlanta to pick up Griffey and have him platoon out in left with Diaz and also play a few games in right. No reason he can't play 3 out of 4 games this upcoming season and hit around 30 homers. The Braves could definitely use that even if he only hits 250 or so.

Posted Thursday February 12, 2009, About: Richt deflects Kiffin's jab

"Maybe Richt can jump up and down in the end zone." Or maybe Meyer will kick a field goal as time expires during a route. Both would be acceptable in this case.

Kiffin is just pissed because the top two players in the state went to Athens to enjoy life and be on a good football team instead of playing in front of a sea of orange hunting vest.

Posted Tuesday February 10, 2009, About: Tennessee reports violations under Kiffin

Simulated entrances should be a major violation. It is the main thing SMU did to get the death penalty, besides paying players that is.

Posted Monday January 12, 2009, About: Spurrier 'no longer welcome' at high school

We used to play Tucker when I was in school. Ghetto area of Atlanta, yet the football team always stayed out of trouble. Tucker's coach does a great job with the young men growing up in that area, and I must say not knowing anything else on this, I would have to back Tucker's coach because of the character he has shown over the years and the character he requires of his players.

Posted Friday January 09, 2009, About: Georgia's new No. 1 QB will be...

Cox should and will be the starter all year. He was the #8 QB in the nation coming out of high-school and had to sit behind the future #1 draft pick. He knows the system and UGA will probably have less mistakes with him at the helm.

Logan Gray was the #6 high school QB when he came out, is a better athlete, but doesn't know the system as well. He'll get his day to start.

Richt needs and will redshirt both freshman QBs this upcoming year. UGA should be better, as long as they can stay healthy (19 were lost to season ending injuries this year). Murray will start sometime during his career at UGA, but he isn't Cox or Gray yet.

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