This situation is about to get ugly. They are going have to run Bowden out of town before he retires. I blame the "U" for this. They just had to start back winning.
It is not just the fact that Miami and South Florida are winning. Both schools won in Tallahassee. This is not helping Bobby.
Bum Phillips, father of Wade Phillips and grandfather of Cowboy assistant Wesley Phillips, said it best.
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"There are two kinds of coaches, them coaches who have been fired and them coaches who gonna get fired."
Bobby Bowden fans must realize that the coach is in the twilight of his career.
You got to be kidding.
Aint no way Georgia is the 6th best program in the country. They aint consistent enough to be that. And if you look at history. They have always been like that. Even when Vince Dooley was coaching them, they had the same problem with consistency. Only difference was he could beat Florida where Richt can't.
Dooley's had one huge problem. It was in recruiting. He mainly recruited by need and did not or rarely recuited to get the best player available. For instance if Georgia needed linemen, most of their recruits would be linemen. If one of the best players in the state was a quarterback, Dooley might not recruit them. A lot of talent was passed over for quite a few years.
Now, Richt will go after the best player available as well as recruit for the team's needs. If Georgia needs linemen and one of the best players in the state was a quarterback, Richt may aggressively go after the quarterback.
With the exeption of 1975-76, when Georgia won nine and 10 games, and 1980-83, when Georgia won 10+ games, the Bulldogs won 7-8 games a year for the most part during Dooley's tenure.
Understand. Florida was not as good during the Dooley years as they are now. During some of the Dooley years, the HBCUs were still getting some top notch recruits. The SEC is stronger overall this decade than it was during the 1970s and '80s.
Also, it does not bother me that Dooley was not as consistent as some other coaches.
If you put UGA in any other conference they would finish no lower than a tie for first. USC is the only school outside the SEC that is clearly better than them. The worst thing that happened to UGA was when Dooley didn't take the Auburn job when they offered it to him after the 1980 season. Vince let too much talent get away. The one thing that Richt has done is to keep Tennessee, Auburn and Clemson away from the top recruits. Dooley was also a major supporter of the celebration rule that cost the Dawgs this past weekend.
I am not so sure that this UGA team would finish first in any other conference. They would have problems in Big 12. However, I do have an opinion on Dooley's recruiting. Say it. Keep saying it. It was not the best kept secret in the state of Georgia.
As for the celebration rule, LSU had one called on them too.
