If Georgia’s schedule weren’t tough enough, the Bulldogs now have an added obstacle this season: the Sports Illustrated cover jinx. Ranked No. 1 by the magazine, Georgia — with tailback Knowshon Moreno, quarterback Matthew Stafford and linebacker Dannell Ellerbe featured — is one of five football teams on the cover of the college preview edition. [...]
Dawgs Nab Sports Illustrated Cover
Dawgs fans — Don’t forget to pick up today’s issue of Sports Illustrated, featuring your Georgia Bulldogs on the front cover!!! Sports Illustrated is the latest publication to name the Georgia Bulldogs #1 in their Top 20 rankings.
Sports Illustrated Ranks Dawgs #1
The Bulldogs are No. 1 for the second time. Sports Illustrated will rate Georgia as the top team in college football when the magazine hits the newsstands on Wednesday. Among the excerpts in the magazine: “Go ahead. Try to find a weakness. … Look closely for the chink in the armor of the team that [...]
Some Fans Think Georgia is Overrated
Georgia Tech freshman Brent Thomas grew up in Valdosta drowning in a town full of Georgia fans. So he said when the calls start jamming up his cellphone after Friday’s news, he will repeat what’s been chanted by thousands of Tech fans at games for dozens of years: “To hell with Georgia.” Georgia debuted No. [...]
Famous UGA Fans Talk About No. 1 Ranking
Justice Robert Benham, Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Law, 1970. — (His general reaction:) “I’m thrilled about the No. 1 ranking, excited about the upcoming season and confident the performance will equal the ranking.” — (On whether he’ll wear Bulldogs paraphernalia under his robes:) “I don’t think we’ve come to that point yet.” Chip Caray, [...]
Bulldogs Claim #1 Spot in “AHN Top 10″
Mike Easterling – AHN Reporter We had Georgia on our mind, the University of Georgia that is, when it came to choosing the top college football team in the land for the “AHN Top 10″ preseason rankings. The Bulldogs have a top quarterback, stellar running back and loads of confidence after finishing last season [...]
Bulldogs #1 in AP Coaches Poll
It’s official: Georgia is No. 1. To date, the tremendous expectations for the Bulldogs in 2008 were mostly, well, just expectations. But with Friday morning’s news that Georgia took the top spot in the USA Today coaches’ preseason poll, the notion that the Bulldogs should contend for a national championship this season is tangible and [...]
Preseason rankings have Dogs from one to nine
Courtesy of the Red and Black: As the college football season approaches, so does the anticipated release of the preseason college football rankings. Since Georgia is slated to be ranked anywhere between No. 1 and No. 3 in many publications, being placed any further down will certainly raise a few eyebrows. When Phil Steele [...]
