http://www.dawgsonline.com Serving the Bulldog Nation since 1995 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:03:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While we wait for the Diamond Dawgs to get going in their doubleheader this afternoon, the ABH looks ahead a bit to next week's SEC baseball tournament in Hoover, Ala. Only eight teams make the double-elimination SEC Tournament each year, and reaching Hoover is often, though not always, a ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/16/the-worlds-most-meaningless-playoff/ You almost have to pity Gamecock delusion because, well, reality isn't a very fun thing to consider. When a moment of clarity arrives for the Gamecock fan, it isn't pretty. This screed is what happens when a Gamecock reaches the breaking point. If you ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/16/it-beats-the-alternative-2/ The NCAA membership has maintained an odd duality when it comes to the 1-A football postseason. On one hand, they disclaim any role or even influence in the process that determines the BCS champion. True enough. On the other hand, the NCAA is granted some oversight such ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/15/why-should-bowls-require-winning-records/ I've put my two cents in about the one-and-done rule before, and I know it's easy to tell David Stern and Myles Brand that the chickens have come home to roost. But the NCAA isn't the only party that "would rather have the money the Mayos of the world can generate." ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/14/a-word-about-oj-mayo/ Our friends at the Atlanta Sports Council are at it again. They've already arranged for one Alabama game to be played in Atlanta against Clemson in 2008, and they're currently working with Duke to move their 2010 home game with the Crimson Tide to the Georgia Dome. ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/14/legion-field-east/ In a move that should surprise no one, the ACC has decided not to add a ninth conference game. In the end, fears of additional losses and fewer bowl bids won out. The value of a bowl bid is more than money - there's ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/14/bowl-eligibility-however-you-can-get-there/ Though the season series was already decided, the Diamond Dawgs got the final word in against Georgia Tech last night with a close 3-2 win at Turner Field in front of over 22,000. With postseason seeding at stake, Georgia prevented a sweep by the Yellow Jackets and won their ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/14/thats-more-like-it-2/ When Brandon Coutu was selected late in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL draft, he became the 40th Bulldog from a Mark Richt team to be drafted. Since 2002 Georgia has had as many as eight and no fewer than four players taken in each ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/13/georgias-40-draft-picks-under-mark-richt/ Highly-regarded and outspoken Florida 2008 signee Matt Patchan was shot in the shoulder over the weekend at a Tampa-area park. The injury fortunately is not life-threatening, and he is out of the hospital. Though there aren't many more details, it looks for now like a case of wrong ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/12/gator-freshman-patchan-shot/ Terry Bowden commends the ACC for considering a 9-game conference schedule, and I agree with him. If we're going to keep the college football postseason unchanged, the one title a team has complete control over is its conference championship. Yet as conference ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/12/nine-conference-games-a-good-idea/ Fresh on the heels of a basketball SEC tournament title and a gymnastics national title, the Georgia baseball team wrapped up the 2008 SEC championship on Sunday in dramatic fashion at Vanderbilt. Georgia jumped out to a 12-4 lead on Sunday but had to hold on before Joshua Fields ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/12/if-we-only-had-a-football-team-we-just-might-have-something/ David Pollack talks about his decision to retire. His plans for the future? He wants to finish out the two semesters required to complete degrees in history and education at Georgia. He wants to explore the possibilities of a career in broadcasting and could surface on the sideline or in ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/08/breaking-my-neck-is-the-best-thing-thats-ever-happened-to-me/ It's a strange question given the win-or-lose nature of sports: is the team with the best record the best team? In the context of a conference or league where teams play all or most of the others, that conclusion is more than reasonable. But ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/07/why-should-we-have-to-beat-all-the-one-loss-teams/ First, let's get the good news out of the way. Georgia came out just fine in the APR numbers released on Tuesday. In fact, it was better than good: Georgia was among the SEC's top three in football and men's and women's basketball. The football team ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/06/apr-numbers-and-penalties-not-surprising/ Consider the news that has come out of Georgia Tech in the past two days: First, the cause of the tragic death of baseball pitcher Michael Hutts was determined to be "accidental morphine toxicity." In other words he overdosed, though the exact drug is not known yet. Former star quarterback Joe Hamilton ... http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/06/how-controversies-get-started/