Crowell

I do love mean and nasty players. One can be a good sport and then beat down and opponent like Ike Turner.

I want other teams to fear playing us the way teams used to fear playing the Ravens when their defense was at its peak. You just knew people were going to get beaten up.

Tina is my favorite of all time. Ike was the stuff that toilets were made of.

Also remember the Raiders in years gone by. They were nasty to the core. They not only played offense, they were butt kickers on defense.

Like MEAN - nasty might get us in trouble

Yes Buc/KD - I think we are headed that way

I'm hoping that we come out and show NO mercy on those poor cajuns - just cremate them - play everybody

Buc wrote:

What I’m hearing from quite a few fans is that they’ll be pleased if Georgia comes out of those two games with a 1-1 split. Beat them both, and it could be a special season for the Dogs, but a lot of fans are skittish about openly voicing that thought.

The above was gathered from Bill King.

This Dog refuses to give a victory to anyone we play. If we do that, why the hell play the game. My two cents.

I don't care if we are playing the New England Patriots.....I expect to WIN.......period!!!!!

Found this article by David Paschall to be interesting. Coach Saban showing a lot of class. Fulmer seems to still carry some resentment over his release. Appears so to me anyway.

With kickoff to the 2010 college football season a little more than a week away, Mark Richt is about to embark on his 10th year as Georgia’s coach.

Alabama’s Nick Saban believes such longevity at the same Southeastern Conference school is worthy of recognition, yet recent history shows that SEC coaches who reach the decade milestone are on the verge of trouble. Of the past eight coaches in the league who lasted at least 10 years at one school, only Steve Spurrier left without being shown the door or under significant duress.

“He may have been the wisest of everybody,” former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said Monday. “It’s human nature to think you can fix everything where quite often you may have become a product of your own success. I had two or three chances to leave and do other things, and it’s one of those things where loyalty doesn’t seem to go both ways sometimes.”

Fulmer and former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville are the two most recent cases, as each went 5-7 in 2008 and did not return in ’09. Tuberville resigned after 10 seasons with the Tigers and now is in his first year at Texas Tech, while Fulmer was forced to resign in his 17th season with the Vols.

Even Spurrier’s announcement after the 2001 season that he was leaving Florida for the NFL was far from cheery, as he repeatedly pointed out that 12 years at his alma mater was long enough.

“I think it’s harder to last now than it’s ever been, because of the scrutiny and the pressure to win consistently,” Fulmer said. “You’ve got a guy (with a restless fan base) at LSU (Les Miles) who’s won more than 10 games a year, a lot like we did, and it’s the same thing with Mark Richt at Georgia. It’s almost — I shouldn’t say this — it’s almost silly to expect the same program to stay on top year in and year out.”

Richt enters his 10th season with a 90-27 record and two conference championships, but he already is sensing the warning signs. The Bulldogs slipped to 8-5 last year, Richt’s worst, and wound up in the Independence Bowl.

Three defensive assistants, including coordinator Willie Martinez, were casualties of Georgia’s slide, which has been followed by Richt appearing on several “hot seat” lists entering this season.

“I understand the business,” Richt said. “I understand just how things go, so I don’t worry about it. My goal is to focus on the important things and the things I can control.”

To make it 10 seasons at the same SEC school often requires a fast start or continued improvement. Ed Orgeron recruited well in his three seasons at Ole Miss from 2005 to ’07, but he was fired after the Rebels went 3-8, 4-8 and 3-9.

Others, such as former Alabama coach Mike Shula and former Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom, showed improvement for three or four years only to backtrack sharply and pay the price.

“You don’t have time to build a program,” Florida’s Urban Meyer said. “That’s well-documented. Those days are done. You have to go perform and win some games immediately, or else you’ve got a problem.”

Meyer had no such problems, winning SEC and national championships in his second (2006) and fourth (2008) seasons with the Gators. That also wasn’t an issue for Richt, who ended a three-year losing streak to Georgia Tech during his first season in 2001 and won the league championship the following year.

Georgia’s ’02 SEC title was the program’s first in 20 years.

“I didn’t know what it was going to take,” Richt said. “I just knew that I was going to go about my business in a certain way. My goal was to represent the University of Georgia with the utmost integrity and try to coach in a first-class manner within the rules.

“I’ve always relied very heavily on God, on my Lord and savior. I know that I don’t have all the answers.”

Richt is the dean of SEC coaches by a healthy margin, as Meyer, Miles and South Carolina’s Spurrier are next with five seasons each in the books. Richt doesn’t consider himself the dean, however, pointing out that Spurrier and former Arkansas and current Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt have been in the league longer.

Still, reaching the decade mark is cause for admiration.

“Anyone who can have a consistently successful program for 10 years, I think, deserves a tremendous amount of respect in terms of what they’ve been able to accomplish,” Saban said. “It’s because of the challenges of the league itself, the great competition and the other great coaches that you compete against. There is no doubt in my mind that anyone who coaches for 10 years deserves some kind of special medal of honor relative to this league.”

And from this point forward?

“Keep winning, brother,” Fulmer said. “That’s the best advice I can give.”


Another clip from an article by Jamie Newberg that caught my attention. . . .
The Hokies' top recruit to this point is four-star defensive tackle Kris Harley from Indianapolis (In.) Warren Central. Harley is a bit undersized at 6-1 and 265 pounds, but he makes plays and moves well. Last season, he recorded 91 tackles and five sacks. As a sophomore, he won the indoor state championship in the shot put.

"I knew where I was going the minute I stepped on campus," Harley said. "It's just the right fit for me and a place where I know I can live for four years. I love their defense. I love the attacking style of defense. Everybody makes plays on that defense."

Sounds a bit like Coach Grantham, of course he played for VT. Exciting.

Thanks Buc

GREAT article's