Monthly Archives: January 2010
Why Georgia is doomed in 2010, ctd.
Phil Steele gives the pundits something else to ignore, returning starters: SEC OFF DEF ST TOTAL Arkansas 9* 7 2 18 Georgia 10 6 2 18 Mississippi St 7 8 2 17 South Carolina 8* 7 2 17 Auburn 7 … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, Stats Geek!
Sunday morning buffet
Cold day, warm menu: Burger King brings new meaning to “have it your way”. I’m hoping it starts a trend. “In the span of three years, Alabama spent more on football recruiting alone than it had previously spent pursuing athletes … Continue reading
Moving on, a long way from home
The AB-H is reporting that Willie Martinez has been hired as the new secondary coach at Stanford. (Although I doubt it’s for his expertise in defending a Lane Kiffin-coached offense.)
Filed under Georgia Football
For the cost, those cupcakes ought to taste good.
They may be easy games, but we can’t call them cheap wins at Auburn anymore: Auburn will pay $2.425 million for three of its four non-conference home games in 2010. That sum includes $1 million payouts to Arkansas State and … Continue reading
Filed under Gene Chizik Is The Chiznit
Picking up the gauntlet
I guess this is what happens when you can’t get a health care bill passed. The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said in a letter … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs, Political Wankery
When memes collide
I know it’s a little inside-ballish, but in light of my earlier post about Mark Bradley’s Chicken Little post concerning Mark Richt, this is an amusing read.
Filed under Georgia Football, Media Punditry/Foibles
If I had a hammer…
Some snark writes itself. “We look for something that holds to Alabama standards — classy, something fans are looking for,” (director of marketing and trademark licensing for the University of Alabama Jennifer) Martin said. Admittedly, the faux football grip is … Continue reading
Filed under Whoa, oh, Alabama
Why Georgia is doomed in 2010, a continuing series.
(About that header: I’m going to presume you’ve switched on your sarcasm meters.) After my post yesterday about the statistical anomaly of Georgia’s 2009 turnover margin number, I thought I’d look for other statistical or situational nuggets that might suggest … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
Recruiting roundup
Nah, as your uneasiness rises over the doings in Calhoun, this isn’t one of those “I heard from my best friend’s sister’s grocer who knows somebody who lives down the street from somebody who’s married to a teacher at…” posts … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting
One of these numbers isn’t like the others.
Georgia’s turnover margin during the Richt era, per the NCAA stats site: 2009: -16 2008: -3 2007: +9 2006: -1 2005: +11 2004: -2 2003: +11 2002: -8 2001: +1* (*regular season only) Richt has never coached a team that … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, Stats Geek!
