agentoranj1990

Sounds like we should have a really good offensive line this year. Injuries seem to be the biggest risk.

that's terrible. I saw the news and the way the story read you could tell it was a very serious accident. ATVs are so dangerous. prayers for his recovery.

It seems like he could transfer to one of those academies in Florida or any other boarding school in some other state unless there are some transfer rules about that too. Nolan Smith went to my HS in Savannah and then he transferred to some academy down in Florida. It sounds like he may need to transfer out of state. Dylan Raiola went to 4 different high schools so I'm sure he will figure something out.

quote:

---

Erk was absolutely offered the job. He was a friend of the family. Actually him and my dad won the member-guest tennis tournament on Amelia Island. My family’s condo was a couple floors below Vince and Barbara’s. Erk said he “couldn’t make a four year commitment to Georgia, Georgia Southern, or anybody else.

---

Yah, Erk retired one year later from Georgia Southern. It would have been interesting if Dooley left for Auburn in the early 80's what would have happened had Erk taken over.

I haven't seen any poll numbers, but the Bottoms vs Jackson race should be real tight.

quote:

---

because everyone that's against it, which is pretty much all of America taht actually watches the sport, don't make the decisions. TV money and league bosses make the decisions and the only only only only only thing they care about is money. Literally nothing else. If CFB morphs into a 2-conference super structure with 30+ teams in each one and we play half our games at neutral sites before going to a 28 team playoff that's what they'll vote for, as long as it keeps the money rolling in.

---

that's a grim outlook. I think the schools will gain more power if the season ticket sales start to drop. I think so far there are enough gen-x alumni that are buying into season tickets. If the overall alumni support and season ticket season revenue starts to fall the schools may push for more things to make the fans happy. A big thing that makes college football great are the regional rivalries.

quote:

---

I was there in 1989. Everyone was certain that the reason for the falloff after the Herschel years was because Vince and his staff weren’t putting the energy into recruiting. Goff had backing of influential booster group in Albany who vocally asked for Ray. We needed a young energetic recruiter who knows the Georgia people and the Georgia high school coaches.

During the Goff era, WayneMcDuffie was the de facto head coach in many ways.

---

man, some interesting information from way back. I think Dooley agreed with the decision because as someone said, it was similar young HC like he had been hired; a UGA guy, and a guy that could stay there for 30 years. Ray was a great recruiter - Zeier, Hastings, Hearst, Edwards, and Hines Ward. That's serious talent. I assume the Albany guys figured if Ray had a serous X and O guy like McDuffie he could make it work. The game had really passed Vince - real smart decision to step back and he was already AD.

Yah, interesting to look back. Dick Sheridan had won a NC af Furman. He had really turned NC State around. He was a great coach. He only staid at NC State 3 more years and then I think he went into real estate. I think he would have had a lot of success. It's suprising looking back that we only had one coach we targeted before going internally. My cousin and another friend were on the 79-81 team. They did not like Goff at all. Be interesting to know what the thought process was on that hire.

quote:

---

Yeah this shite sucks man. At least we got two Natty's before they completely ruined it.

I've said it before but just rip the bandaid off at this point and make this version of "college football" a pro league, and set up a volunteer football team made of students that can play other, local universities at the club level and stream the games on YouTube. I would watch that over this bullshite at this point. Make them sign a waiver that they can split the YouTube money evenly to avoid this happening again I guess

---

yah, thanks the heavens we got 2 Natty's before the landscape changed. Kirby did a great job w/ the last 2 seasons winning the SEC but we didn't have the right mix to be successful in the playoffs. I'll be interested to see how Indiana does in the next few years - if they can repeat the formula that won it for them.

I don't think there's anything the SEC, NCAA, or Congress can do now the floodgates have been opened. It's basically a pro league now with open free agency.

I'm just going to try to enjoy the season and rivalry games.

quote:

---

I doubt it would happen because there are so many SEC schools that care about basketball now, and the NCAA would just kick the SEC out of March Madness. Florida and Aubrn both get super gay for basketball. And then there's Kentucky that's always been about basketball and to a lesser extent Arkansas.

The NCAA would also kick the SEC out of the baseball World Series, and that'd piss a bunch of SEC people off too.

---

yah, I think Kirby and the SEC are just talking big. The NCAA would definitly kick us out of the college world series and basketball. They may try to come up with something where it's football only but just doesn't seem realistic for football only.