Spears

1966 was the year that we beat Steve Spurrier into a pulp during his Heisman season. It was also Vince Dooley's second win over Florida. (The real) Coach Dooley would finish his career with a 17-7-1 record against Florida.

Our own Mr. Sanchez responded to some questions from the guys over at Red Cup Rebellion. Mr. Sanchez and I don't see eye-to-eye on everything, but his answers to all of RCR's questions are right on the money. (Well, that final score prediction may be a tad optimistic for some, but he did temper it with a "mak[ing] the score seem a lot easier than the game will actually be" disclaimer.) Go check it out, and Go Dawgs!

Tryin' to get our two boys ready to carry 'em to the golf tournament 'fore practice, right? Twelve cats live 'cross the road. Our door's open. Screen's broke—we need to get a new screen door—but the screen's broke, so you can come in through the screen but you can't get back out of it. I turn'n look; there's a little kitty cat in our—in our kitchen. So I said, "What're you doin' in here, little kitty cat?" By that time, [indecipherable cat noise], the cat turns, tries to get back out, but the screen won't go that way. Cat starts goin' "MEEOOOOW!" All crazy! And I told our players: we need to have more dogs. Beau's barkin' in the back, I have to go shut Beau up, Mel's like, "What's goin' on?" I say, "There's a cat in the house." "Cat in the house?!?" I said, "Yeah, there's a cat in the house!" So I told our players, I tried to let it out the front door—"MEEEOOOW!"—the cat's still goin' crazy in there. And I told our players: you need to be more like a dog! We don't need a bunch of cats in here—"meeeooow!"—lookin' in the mirror. "I look gooooood, I got my extra bands on, I got my other shoes"—Be a dog! We don't need no meows, we don't need no cats. We need more dogs. - Coastal Carolina HC David Bennett

I think we're officially the trendy, football hipster pick to win the East.

It's not totally fair to blame this 4-star decommit on the recent optimism here, especially since CJ apparently made his decision 6 weeks ago. I'm just sayin' that his call to Mark Richt coincided with tempting the fates.

Phil Steele confirms what we already knew about last year.

NERDALERT NERDALERT NERDALERT Are any of y'all playing NCAA 12? Have you found any good Georgia rosters? The (linked) Operation Sports roster at least has all of the players' names right, but the numbers just seem off. For example, they had BBJ at a 79 overall, 2nd string behind 81 overall K. Geathers. I thought BBJ was our clear #1 NT, with Geathers playing 1st string DE or 2nd string NT. (They also have Carlton Thomas as our best RB... sigh.) Anyone know of a reasonable roster doesn't go shameless homer or OMGWESUCKSOHARD?

ESPNU has released its list of its top 150 players in the nation. The State of Georgia has a strong showing with 13 players. Although UGA does not yet have any top 150 commits, 7 of the 13 players from Georgia are still uncommitted. Let's GATA. PS - It might be more important than usual for us to beat Florida this year. The State of Florida has 33 (!!) of the 150, more than Georgia and Texas (20) combined. (California has 17.)

Here's Phil Steele's preview of Georgia. He has us ranked #9 in the country, winning the SEC East, and playing Ohio State in the Capital One Bowl. (The magazine went to print before Tressel resigned.) I don't want to spoil anyone's Steelemas, but be sure to check out his oddly numbered lists of best players and units. Georgia is well represented.

Boise State was the topic of round table discussion tonight on ESPN's College Football Live. When it came time to talk about the Georgia game, Craig James said that he expects Boise to win. The other three commentators agreed. The question presented was even whether beating Georgia would do enough for Boise -- not whether Boise can win. (The kickoff game discussion starts around 3:47.) If I'm Coach Richt (or Coach T), I'm playing that clip over... and over... and over, all summer long. Let's put in some work over the next 103 days and remind the country who we are. Go Dawgs!!!

With AJ Harmon gone, we are dangerously thin on the line. It looks like our starters are now Bean Anderson at right tackle, Chris Burnette at right guard, Ben Jones at center, Kenarious Gates at left guard and Cordy Glenn at left tackle. Do we even have a 2 deep at this point?

Mama is apparently calling CMR. He was also mentioned for the Colorado job. Say what you will about the last couple of seasons, but the fact these two programs want him should give the "Fire CMR" crowd pause.

But college football is different and special and its playoff would never, ever expand to permanently cheapen the regular season we all love so dearly...