Offseason Sucks

Every year some dumb ass gets arrested. Every year some dumb ass gets in a fight. Every year some dumb ass gets in some sort of trouble that gets him kicked off the team...and if it isn't that...it's a good player through no fault of his own getting hurt.

This has become the way of the Georgia Bulldogs football offseason.

My interest in the Bulldogs is selfish. It is limited to performance on the field. While I hope that these kids learn from their mistakes and become better young men and all that nice stuff..that is the job of the parents, coaches, and mostly...the player.

I agree with Mark Richt for booting the kid. I can't imagine the head scratching going on among the coaching staff in general. It ain't like they haven't talked about it.

In the meantime, I look forward to watching the progress of Murray. I'm pulling for him. Until then, I'm hoping that nobody gets hurt. Ugh.

Go Dogs.

G-Day 2010

I don't really know what to take away from a spring game. I'm not really there to break down the x's and o's. This isn't really that type of blog. I'm not that type of fan. I go by gut, by instinct, by the irrational, emotional response to what I witness when my favorite team on the planet is on the field.

Here are a few thoughts:

-our stadium is better than your stadium. ONE - it's on campus. That matters. TWO- it has a dramatic approach. It's an impressive structure...especially the first time you see it from the bridge. THREE - it makes sense to get in and out. FOUR - we have hedges.
-a perfect spring day in Athens is the right time to get your football fix when the season is 5 freakin months away.
-I'm constantly grateful that I attended and graduated from the University of Georgia. Great campus. Great town. Always will be.
-We have loyal fans that know football and are honest about our team and our state of affairs. We aren't the jackass fans that think we're going to win a National Title every year and if we don't we should fire everybody.
-Our second team, the BLACK squad, squarely beat the first team, RED.
-Logan Gray is probably a nice young man and a tough customer. He should not be our starting Quarterback. Should not. No, thank you.
-Aaron Murray looked...O.K.
-Zach Mettenberger was by far the most outstanding player yesterday. He stood tall in the pocket, made good decisions and had great stats. He looked way more comfortable than the other two QBs. A really nice surprise.
-We didn't really see the defense that we'll see in September. The coaches have hinted that we saw a skeleton version.

Other than that, nothing really stood out in my mind. I'm just glad the secondary didn't get burned.

Go Dogs...Start Zach. The campaign begins today.

Recruits

Ok...so another recruiting day came and went and a bunch of kids got to sit at a table and grab one of the three or four hats in front of them on the table and then a dude that you only see once a year comes on TV to tell you why this kid is the next coming.

Then you see rankings for who is doing the best and so on and so forth. Georgia started the day somewhere around 4th and will end up somewhere in the Top 10. Florida, Alabama, and a bunch of other SEC teams loaded up too. No surprises there.

You try to track your team or at least check in and suddenly you realize that you have to sign up for some lame report from some lame website. Hold up a damn minute. I don't care that much.

I did at first but as the day wears on...ugh...so what if some kid ditched us for Tennessee? Screw 'em.

All I care about is how we coach these kids. We always finish high in recruiting. I understand and appreciate the importance of landing great prospects..but geez. Pick the best kids you can find and let's get them in class and on the practice field already.

Every year we have good talent on the field and sidelines. When can we get the best out of that talent with the best possible coaching? That's my question.

Teach 'em how to take care of the ball. How to block. How to tackle. How to hand the ball to the ref after a touchdown. How to not commit stupid penalties. This is the year of coaching...not recruiting.

Until Then

Until there is news of note in the world of Bulldog Football...I leave you with this. Hopefully, Wed. Feb 3rd will be a happy day for the dogs. Stand-by for details. Looking good so far. Florida is, of course and unfortunately, looking incredible (and not because of our girlfriend pictured above). Geez. Hats off to Dog recruiters though.

Todd Grantham

Ok. We hired a new Defensive Coordinator. Good. His name is Todd Grantham. All I know is that he came from the Dallas Cowboys and that some Cowboy fans were mad about this. Anyone who angers a Cowboys fan is a friend of mine. Welcome to the team Todd. Go Dogs.

My Playoff System

Ok...so a few posts ago I proposed a new system with realigned conferences. Under my system this would have been a possible scenario:

SEC - Bama

Big 12 - Texas

ACC - Ga Tech

Big East - Cincy would have had to win one more game for conference title. Let's assume here that they win.

Pac 12 - Remember...I had Boise and TCU in that conference. This means that only ONE would come out undefeated. Let's say it would have been Boise because they actually won the head to head bowl game

Big Ten (Mid Twelve) - Ohio State.

So that means we could have had:

Orange Bowl - Ga Tech / Florida

Sugar Bowl - Oregon / Ohio State

Fiesta - Cincy / Texas (2 v 3) - THIS IS A PLAYOFF GAME

Rose - Bama / BSU (1 v 4) - THIS IS A PLAYOFF GAME

BCS TITLE GAME @ The Rose Bowl

Only two remaining undefeated teams play each other. In fact, who cares if they're undefeated at this point. It's compelling and decisive if an unbeaten #1 loses to a one or two loss team.

This leaves ONE team as the clear winner.

Couple Final Thoughts

Ok...so during the year I got (to this point) 2,254 page impressions on RTDB.

That's awful. It's horrible...and I love it. I got paid exactly...this is no joke..$0.25 for my thoughts. Ever hear the term, "A penny for your thoughts"?...well I got 25 of 'em. Boom!

Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Three more years and I turn a dollar. Suck it.

Not sure what I'll do during the off season. I hate to disappoint the 4 people that accidentally stumbled across the blog that will be clamoring to hear more about my expert insights on a college football team.

Anyhow...perhaps I'll take the offseason to up my game. I might add multimedia eye candy such as "pictures" next year. I may add "links". Jesus man...look out.

Go DOGS!!!!!