1) I'm glad CRG is staying. He's done a lot for Georgia (more than Willie has ever done that's for sure). Him going to Knoxville would have been a major blow to our program. I still think CMR should give him a shot at DC but his blind loyalty to our current jackass DC will prevent this and at some point result in Garner actually leaving for a DC job. Yes once again, it's Willie's fault.
2) If we are in a depression, somebody forgot to tell Auburn and Tennessee. Both schools are spending money like "drunken sailors on shore leave" (PWD). Auburn is going to pay Curtis Luper, who coached running backs at Oklahoma St. $400,000 a year to be their running backs coach. That is absurd. Chizdik has also added Tulsa OC Gus Malzhan and Oklahoma St. co-OC Trooper Taylor to his staff and I'm sure they are getting paid more than Luper. Meanwhile Lame Kiffin is paying his dad a cool million to be DC, giving Orgeron $500k, and planned on giving Garner $400k. In comparison, that's about $150k more than Garner is making now. You just don't see salaries like this for assistant coaches but the landscape is changing and the prices will keep rising (and the sad part is Willie keeps getting a raise even though the defense gets worse every year). You can thank Alabama and Nick Saban for getting that ball rolling. The assistant coaches arms race has begun.
3) On the subject of Kiffin, he is certainly making a great first impression on the other SEC coaches. He hasn't coached a game in the SEC yet and he's already pissed off just about everyone. He has already raided SOS's coaching staff at Mitchell's alma mater. He won a bidding war with Les Miles for Orgeron's services. He tried to steal CRG from CMR. It has already become apparent that Kiffin's motto is "win at all costs" and I like that kind of attitude but he is burning a lot of bridges. You think Saban and Meyer are huge assholes (and they are), CLK may be the biggest asshole of them all before it's over. Hard to believe I know. CPC taught him better than this. He must have adopted this attitude in the League.
4) Georgia's 2009 schedule is an absolute BITCH. I think it is much harder than what the '08 schedule turned out to be. Opening up in Stillwater against Oklahoma St. won't be easy with our defense. Good luck there Willie. That should get your 2009 campaign off to an exceptional start (sarcasm). Aside from that, everybody in the East will be better with the exception of South Carolina. Tebow will be back. Tennessee can't be any worse. I'm not sure about Kentucky. I read somewhere yesterday that Vandy is returning 18 starters. As for our west opponents, at Arkansas in week 3 won't be cake walk, LSU will be much better on offense (Jordan Jefferson) and defense (John Chavis), and Auburn, like Tennessee, can't be any worse. Tech and PJ Chang proved they are not afraid of the Bulldogs any more. Thank God for Tennessee Tech.
5) I think people may be reading too much into the defense's performance in the Capit
al One Bowl. I know we had a ton of sacks and it was far and away our best defensive performance of the year outside of maybe Arizona St. but you have to consider the competition too. The only teams MSU played with a pulse this year, Penn St. and Ohio St., beat the holy hell out of them and beat them a lot worse than we did. Ringer didn't do shit against them either. Now don't get me wrong, I'm glad we shut them down like we did because God knows we could have come out flat like South Carolina did against Iowa and get steamrolled. It was inspiring and very encouraging. That being said, I don't think our problems on the defensive side of the ball are magically solved because of this performance and Willie still sucks as a secondary coach and DC. Give Garner a shot. He's earned it. Overall, I think the bowl game was a microcosm of the entire season. It was sloppy for most of the game with flashes of brilliance, teasing us as to what this team could have been.6) Since OIA's recruiting guru Pat McCarthy has limited internet access, I'll fill in for the time being. The state of Georgia's #1 prospect, DB Branden Smith committed to the Dawgs on national television at the Under Armour All American game Sunday night. It was a nice thing to see but I could have done without the overly biased ESPN sideline reporter who kept shoving Florida hats and footballs in his face seemingly trying to sway Smith's decision right there on the spot. There are a couple of guys on the board who I would really like to see us pick up: Marlon Brown and Greg Reid. Brown, out of Memphis, also played in the UA game. He caught a strike from Matt Barkley (USC commit) and ran by everyone 71 yards for a score. The guy can absolutley fly. Reid a DB from Lowndes intercepted 2 passes in the game and was named the game's co-MVP. The interesting thing about Reid is that he had been committed to Florida since last February but has recently decided to reopen his recruitment. Inside sources tell me Georgia might have the inside track now. In more good news from the AU game, Georgia OG commit Dallas Lee destroyed Florida's DL commit Gary Brown on just about every play they faced eachother. According to the transitive property, those ass beatings should carry over into the college game. I also got a chance to watch "the future" of Georgia football Aaron Murray on Saturday. With everything I had heard, there was really nothing he could have done to live up to my expectations. In all honesty though, I was not very impressed. His arm strength leaves a lot to be desired and I won't judge his mobility because he is still recovering from a pretty bad ankle injury. This obviously could have affected his passing as well. Whatever the reason, he didn't look very sharp. Luckily if he doesn't pan out, we still have Mettenberger, a big kid with a strong arm and a sense of Georgia pride (lives in Watkinsville). Both QBs are enrolling early for the spring semester. McCarthy I hope I did you proud.
Georgia WR prospect Marlon Brown...7) Some quick thoughts to wrap it up: They have until January 15th, but I think both Stafford and Moreno enter the draft, but if one does stay, I think it would be Moreno; On a related note, Caleb King will still be a bust; SOS will retire after next season, further proving that usc jr. is indeed a coaches' graveyard. After this happens, the first time I see Mitchell I will rub it in; Brooking cost the Falcons a playoff victory on Saturday and as a result Tech has directly and indirectly ruined 2 of my football teams' seasons; I know the national championship game has yet to be played but I think USC and Florida are clearly the best two teams in the country (sorry Utes maybe next year). This makes perfect sense too, seeing as that CPC and CUM are the 2 best coaches in the country; I have a good shot at winning the OIA bowl pool. After 2 heartbreaking and agonizing losses to Leaky Pete's grandson, winning College Bowl Mania would make me a lot like Georgia- lose the 2 biggest games of the season but win the bowl game and take some momentum into next year. I can live with that, for now; Last but not least, say what you want, but Muschamp saved Mack, Colt, and the Big 12's collective asses from becoming a huge embarrassing failure, once again proving that he is the real CWM and wherever Muschamp goes, wins will follow. Our loss is Texas' gain. That is all
In the words of Ari Gold, "that is what we call a bitch slap, a bitch slap for a bitch..."
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