Hope it’s a great one for all of you.
Meanwhile, let me share a number with you: 5,310,507. That’s the number of hits recorded at the blog in 2014. It represents better than a 25% increase in traffic over 2013. That kind of increase is great in the early years, when you’re in the process of establishing an audience, but to record that in the eighth year of a college football blog? Don’t know about you, but I’m well and truly impressed.
And grateful, of course. It’s wonderful to have the traffic, but I’m also most appreciative of what a stout commenting group GTP enjoys. Agree with me, disagree with me – it’s all good, because it’s the give and take of intelligent discussion that makes this such a great place to stop at and keep up with Georgia football and its surrounding environment.
If I don’t say it enough, you guys are the best. Long may you run.
Get The Picture 
I usually get my UGA info from this site. If I get information from another site this is the first place I come to get your insights and the comments of the posters. I only wish you had more time or staff to get more news quickly. Thank you.
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Thanks for all you do Senator, this site is like crack for me, all the best in 2015
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GTP – Reigning champion year in and year out. Best UGA blog on the interwebs!
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Amen
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No argument here!
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Keep up the great work – can’t say enough good things about this site.
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It’s seriously the best place to get vetted info. Love this blog.
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Thank you sir. Happy New year to you as well!
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Have had a blast reading your site. I’ve sent many of those 5 million your way. Keep on truckin’ in 2015!
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Thank you Senator, and Happy New Year to you and yours too!!!
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My first read daily. Thanks.
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Quick read, insightful, and good thoughtful (most of the time) discussion about the Dawgs and college football in general. I appreciate what you do here.
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Great Job. Now give me some names to rattle the cages with the McGarity issues other than Morehead. I’ve already written him and McGarity twice.
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You do a great job!
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Been here pretty much since the start. Gets better every year.
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Intelligent? Us? Wow, wait until I tell the ‘Nesian.
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Remorseful about the high hijacking hijinks. It’s just that my sexagenarian years have become septua too early.
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TMI about your sex life, but I agree…in over 5 million hits, when has there ever been an intelligent comment? BUT I’M ALWAYS RIGHT, DAMMIT!
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You still have sex–at your age?
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Have and desire are two differing observations. I told my wife she was a sexagenarian and she threatened me with a “Filipino haircut”. It’s done with a knife and below the waist. But it’s her pointing and laughing that really kills it.
Plus, the dogs wanna watch.
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Senator, you are the best. You make my day every day. There’s something special about someone who devotes so much time to accurately bringing us the day to day news of our precious Dawgs. May God bless you and keep you in the years to come. Shalom! 🎋
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I blame Bobo
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Run the Dang Ball…!
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Damn good blog, thank you.
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Thanks for all the time you put in to this thing, here… The cast of characters is as diverse as the Dawg Nation… One thing though, I wish you would back off being a constant apologist for Greg McGarity and Mark Richt.
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Love GTP, I never miss checking out your posts. Keep up the great work.
Happy New Year!
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I can’t understand how this blog keeps the hits right on coming. We have so little to discuss when it comes to Georgia football, and then again there’s the obvious reluctance on the part of DawgNation to offer opinions on the few matters that do surface.
Seriously, Senator, congrats on THE forum for UGA FB, and I’m betting the 30M number appears this time next year. Well done, sir!
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That’s an astonishing number, but well deserved. Like many others, this blog is my first stop every day, and I appreciate the perspective you and others bring. And the music!
Happy New Year! Go Dawgs!
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Congrats to you Senator and to all those on this board. We may not all agree on the direction we are going but we all agree on the goal. I wish you and everyone on here a very Happy and Healthy 2015.
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If things keep growing here maybe the SEC network will offer big bucks to turn GTP into a TV show.
“And now, from the center of the Blogoverse….Senator Blutarsky and his cast of thousands of grumpy Dawg fans….”
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The one and only CFB/UGA blog I read. Thanks to you Senator for all you do! Thanks also to all the readers/commenters. You all have managed to educate and amuse me on a regular basis. 2015 is going to be a great year to be a Georgia Bulldog!
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Well played, Senator. Everything about the blog is excellent. I especially enjoy the witty post captions. Good health and continued prosperity in 2015.
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Happy New Year Dawgs.
Thanks Senator for those 8 years. Want many more to come.
Watched the Ole Miss vs TCU and the MSU vs GT games.
Were both of those SECW teams vastly over-rated at the end of the season. Think so.
Were both of the QBs on those teams vastly over-rated and hyped. Hell yes! Now how did ESPN and the sports news world do that.
Just could be the entire SECW is over-rated. Dawgs kicked the hell out of Auburn and Arkansas.
MSU and Ole Miss should drop below the Dawgs in polls. Ole Miss and Bo Wallace were a disaster. How many pics did Wallace give up this season. Was too many for a guy who has played 5 years. Wallace and Garcia should write a book on QB fundamentals.
Perhaps McGarity woke this morning thinking his darling Mullen is no longer the genius coach he thought he was. Always felt this was the coach he wanted at UGA.
DCs. Les Miles needs to take a hard look at 2 DCs in the ACC. Roof at GT and Clemson’s. He could even conside Louisville. Grantham travels if the $s are right. Collins departure from MSU hurt that defense, but then his former HC bitched about him publicly after Ole Miss loss.
No one is talking football in the state of Mississippi this morn.
Calculus is a big deal for ESPN. Trying to figure out their joy camped in the French Quarters. Is that some holy grail spot for them. Oh, I forgot the only coaches are Saban and Meyer.
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Spread offense. No 2 teams do as poor a job as Ole Miss and MSU. First they do not have the QBs. And more important the RBs.
GT will miss those 5th year seniors next season. And everyone on their schedule will put a little work into it during the season. More so those teams down the line.
Dawgs prep for them with Georgia Southern.
Is Napier coming to UGA? Or will Lilly get the upperward mobility package.
PS. Ring in the New Year by mailing in, or faxing, or emailing, or calling your local AD about your thoughts on the Dawgs. Just do not sit back and post here. Knock on the AD’s door.
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The one thing that I am never skeptical about is your site. Thank you for all of the time and effort! Like many others, GTP is my first click of the day.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, please click an Ad to start the New Year for the Senator. It’s the right thing to do.
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Been reading the site since the beginning. Love your work and hearing from others through the comments. I’m not going anywhere. Happy New Year!
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Mark Richt has lost control of GTP and the Senator! Senator, you da bomb!
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Good Senator, I will tell you what legendary Dallas Cowboy running back Tony Dorsett told a group of reporters. When legendary coach Tom Landry stepped down as coach of the Cowboys. Dorsett was asked what he thought of Landry, after a pause he answered “He’s as good as the best and better than the rest”. Good Senator, You are as good as the best and better than the rest. PS my esteemed feline sidekick, ClydeBoogie who reads GTP with me everyday concurs!
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Good job on the year, thanks.
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Thanks for all you do to make this blog go, Senator. Happy New Year!
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Congratulations Senator, well deserved.
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Thanks for all you do Senator! Hope 2015 brings you great joy!
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Long may you run. Happy New Year!
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And I’ll just throw my Happy 2015 right in here too, as well as a similar tip-o-the-cap!
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As with every year, I claim about a million of those hits. 😉 Now don’t get all uppity and leave us Senator for bigger and better things. I’m already suffered the loss of Colbert (the pundit version) this year.
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I pay for more than one UGA fan site but I visit this site more than any other. My hats off to you for all your hard work over the years.
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Enjoy the site. Thanks for your efforts!
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Truly the most amazing accomplishment of all….a unanimous sentiment about the blog as indicated by the above posters. That tops the hit count. Not sure how you do it all and still get the work done for your part time job but I am grateful. Let’s all enjoy a happy and healthy 2015!
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Thanks for the great site, Senator. You deserve all the success.
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Congrats Senator and Happy New Year! It was great to meet you at the Clemson game.
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Congrats Senator and thanks for the great insights, musical interludes,etc.
And thanks to some of the posters on here who seem to have only one agenda in mind no matter the subject of the post- you guys make me look much better than the asshole I am.
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Oh, you ….definitely not an AH. Gonna send you a real nice Red Cup for the New Year. 🎈
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Happy New Year and thanks for your hard work.
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Congrats and thanks.
Hope it continues to be as fun for you as it is for us.
Happy new year.
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There are many things I appreciate about this blog, but one that I don’t think anyone has mentioned is that you keep the place clean. 🙂
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Thanks for your enjoyment for our enjoyment.
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