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Selective memory at it's finest. Didn't UGA also beat the UK team that beat LSU? Oh, that's right, it didn't count as much because it was in OT....did Les Miles write the book that includes that rule? Didn't UGA crush the AU and UF teams that LSU needed to go to the final seconds to beat? Is that not part of the "body of work"? A loss is a loss, but no one was claiming that South Carolina or UT would have beaten UGA in the 2nd half of the season. Hard to say that in LSU's case since Arky laid 51 on them at home in the last game of the regular season. When the pressure was on, LSU choked...and still backed there way into the title game.

That's okay, I'll be in Baton Rouge to see the Dawgs walk over LSU just like we have the last two times we've played. 45-16 and 34-14 in the SEC title game(then we got to hear LSU and the rest of you coon's whine about how tired you were). 79-30 UGA over LSU in the last two meetings. No wonder you're upset that UGA would have the audacity to call LSU the frauds that they are.

The Georgia argument was worth debating no matter how many knuckleheads don't want to think it through. The fact remains that the voters thought enough of UGA to put them at #4, then they don't play and 2 teams in front of them lose. 99.9% of the time, they move up to #2.

Georgia lost two conference games, same as LSU...and LSU lost two conference games since UGA last lost. They even lost their last regular season game...at home. LSU accomplished NOTHING over 8 regular season SEC games that UGA didn't. They just happened to play in a division that didn't have another team with a 6-2 record. So, Arkansas beating them in the last regular season game wasn't enough....Arkansas had to beat them and tie them in division, consequently knocking them out of the SEC title game. What does that have to do with the comparison between LSU and UGA? The consensus among voters was that UGA was the better team at the end of the year by rating them higher(until the politicking by ESPN and others began). The results prove that point. When two teams have the same record, the team that has been playing better recently always(until now) got the benefit of the doubt. UGA was 7-0 in the last 7 games while LSU was 5-2. UGA beat AU and UF by a combined 37 points while LSU was escape in the closing seconds at home vs both of those teams.

Why is winning the SEC title the deciding factor instead of judging the better team by looking at the entire season? Look at a conference that doesn't have a title game. IF USC had the same record as another Pac-10 team during the regular season(as UGA and LSU did) would that be looked at by the national media as a reason not to play in the title game. Of course not. The national media chose to focus on one point instead of looking at the entire body of work and using common sense. Let the voters make up their own minds instead of force feeding them with what you think is right. Is it really that clear cut that a team that lost to Kentucky and then lost at home to Arkansas on Senior Day was entitled to play for the national championship? To hell with the BCS. Settle it on the field.
Jon Richt did not choose Clemson over UGA. He never even considered UGA because it would never have been a good situation. If he played, it would have been because his dad is the head coach. If he played and screwed up, the fan base would be in an uproar because he was only playing because his dad is the coach. If he sat on the bench(which is likely with the quality of qb's Richt has been able to bring to Athens and Tallahassee), his dad would feel bad because he could have gone somewhere else and started or at least gotten more playing time.
Oklahoma overlooked them....just like Boise "supposedly" overlooked East Carolina a couple of nights ago. Don't count on UGA doing the same to Hawaii, but that is Hawaii's only hope.
Unfortunately for us, we have the toughest schedule that I can ever remember in 2008. Even with a very much improved offensive line, we'll have trouble avoiding a few losses. At Arizona State, at LSU, at South Carolina, at Auburn, at UK, UF in Jax, Tennessee, Alabama and Ga Tech in Athens. Just brutal...those who think we are going to make a national title run then just haven't look at the schedule. No way we survive that guantlet with anything less than two or three losses.
The mid-season swoon was primarily due to our offense, not our defense. Averaging 4 or 5 turnovers per game and giving the opponent numerous short fields to work with put way too much pressure on the defense to win those games. The offense didn't play that much better in the last 3 games in terms of moving the ball, they just quit turning it over at a record pace.
This is his opportunity to make more in 5 to 10 years than most of us will make in a lifetime. Every UGA fan tries to rationalize why someone should stay in this situation because we want them to, but CJ can't let those thoughts enter his mind. He knows we want him to stay, but that shouldn't have any impact on his ultimate decision.
There's certainly no guarantee that Charles Johnson would be elevated to first round status if he stayed another year. In fact, I think what has happened to Quentin Moses has negatively impacted his decision. Moses would have been a mid first rounder last year and he'll be something less than that now after what many considered to be a disappointing Senior season.

Johnson is doing the right thing in evaluating the talent coming out this year and where he might fall in the draft. If he's not certain that he can significantly enhance his position by staying another year, he won't stick around and risk injury.

Best of luck to him whatever his decision.
I think Ware's decision could have something to do with seeing Knowshon Moreno practice on a daily basis and hearing about what King can do as much as whether or not Thomas Brown will redshirt.

Even without Brown, you've got a loaded backfield with Lump, Moreno and Caleb King. Ware's got some skills, but Lump passed him by this year and Moreno and King are way more explosive than him.
Assuming he's recovered from the knee injury(and I think he will be....Sean Bailey was close and his happened later in the year), then why would Thomas Brown elect to redshirt when you indicate that Danny Ware likely would NOT do the same thing because the backfield would be even more crowded in 2008? If Brown doesn't play next year, he's opening the door for Moreno and/or King to come in and do big things...then, where does Brown fit in the following year?
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