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Good evening. Want to say to all or most of you that I have enjoyed my stay on this board. Most of you have been true to the UGA Football Program, and I take great pride in that as do you.

Comes a time when all of us have to look inward and decide what our next step will be.

I wish all of you well, and hope that many remember that this board for the most part should be about UGA Football. Don't let it move too far off into the NFL world, regardless of your team of choice.

I feel this must be said, and it is not the first time I have said it. The corporate world is ruining College Football. As you get older and play in the adult world you will look back and say "What Happened". It is a lot like age, just slips up on us.

Best wishes to all, and all a good night. Buc

Georgia football !!!

Right on, big brother! I don't mind the Falcons references, as long as we were talking about Coordinator moves and how that might affect UGA, but UGA is what we are about. Good idea of you to remind us all, Buc!

Right on Buc.

I look to you and the Dawgs from the "ol'school" for knowledge that I never had the opportunity gain on the "junk yard" days that I vision we will have some day.

When I see pictures or hear people say "1980", I want to live that very soon. Then I say to myself "Why has it been so long? 1980? Really that long ago?" My first thought is embarraasment that it's been that long.

Everyone here lives and breathes UGA football. We all expect more since 1980. I know I do when our SEC rivals have accomplished so much more in the past decade.

Thanks for all of your wisdom my friend and I only hope that someone within the UGA coaching staff would take your wisdom to advance the the young pups.

I was thinking of how "stagnant" our program has become, and then I decided to look up our "storied" history. Keep in mind that I still vividly recall the Sun Bowl we lost to Nebraska more than 40 years ago, so it's not like I haven't lived a lot of school history. I will hate Nebraska forever for that whoopin'. And I was in the stadium when Prince Charles himself witnessed the complete dismantling of our team by, of all teams, Kentucky. I was almost trampled to death in 1974 at the rain-soaked-35-degree tail kicking we suffered to Pepper Rogers and GT. Yes, I experienced 1980 (my freshman year at the hallowed ground in Athens), but I have also got terrible memories that make this year's Outback Bowl seem like a pep rally. Pepper Rogers, 1974, AAAARRGH!

When I looked up our history, I realized something - everyone on this board would have fired every single coach we've ever had, period. Pop Warner had one excellent year, one not-so-excellent year. Wallace Butts had many good years, and many SORRY years (went 2-5-2 one year . . . talk about FIRED). Coach Mehre, honestly, stunk it up. Dooley himself, while quite an upgrade over literally any other coach we ever had, certainly had some "disappointing" seasons.

I'll get toasted for just pointing this out, but Richt is truly - by FAR - the best coach we've ever had. Dooley benefited from the presence of one Herschel Walker - other than that, he had some good years, but did not compare to Richt.

I'm not starting an argument here . . . I want Richt fired just because he's married to Bobo-Gotta-Go-Go . . . but results-wise, he has pushed our program to its highest level. The only coach that compares is, oddly, Jim Donnan.

I only posted this for growl to understand that even if you didn't get to experience 1980, you have to remember that you also didn't experience those other nightmares. Like the 1976 Sugar Bowl against Pittsburgh, or the failed Shoe-String in the Cotton Bowl against Lou-Holtz-Coached-Arkansas. growl, you may have missed one heck of a party, but you also missed a bunch of other people partying at our expense . . . like when Todd Blackledge hit that bomb in the Sugar Bowl, when Dan Marino nailed us on 4th and forever in another Sugar Bowl . . . oh, it hurts too much to recall . . .

Thriller, I am very glad you pointed it out. I did a similiar comparison a couple of years ago. Funny thing was always this, these replacement hires everyone wanted, Their resumes didn't compare to CMR's unless they were from a Mid Major.

We have won 2 NC's in the history of our program. Yet, we talk about them like the tradition was for us to play in them every year. CVD did play in 3 consecutive NC's, which was unbelievable, and yet he still gets ripped on occasion.

My question is why does everyone believe CMR/Bobo are joined at the hip? Now, go back and look at UGA's losses from when Bobo has been OC. How many were his fault?

Bulldawgs36869, I would respond to your post earlier, but I usually don't respond to coat-tail jumpers. Honcho, calm down buddy. No matter what bulldawgs36869 has to stay, he is free to say it.

GO DAWGS.