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As you can see by our cover, this issue of Bulldawg Illustrated is a trib-ute to the Greatest Bulldog of them all, Dan Magill. And after the demoraliz-ing loss to South Carolina this past Sat-urday, I would like to think I’m work-ing my way through it, the Magill way.

Without question, there’s been some feisty anger, accompanied by some swearing. But gradually the love of the University of Georgia is slowly helping me lick my wounds from an-other Steve Spurrier lashing.

Coach Magill always called Tech the eternal enemy. Maybe that’s the case, but the enemy has company now and he’s one bad, visor-wearing dude, who relishes in beating our beloved Bulldogs. Nonetheless, just as Dan Magill did during the Tech drought, we must all forge ahead with our allegiance to UGA never wavering.

On page 11, Jeff Dantzler begins our tribute to Coach Magill. And while you’re sure to have tears from it, I encourage you to keep reading. That way, you won’t miss any of the 20 remembrances made about Coach Magill. From his family to University dignitaries to UGA tennis legends to his friends, the legacy and love shown for Coach Magill is incredible. And on page 17, Loran Smith concludes our tribute by declaring that Coach Magill should have been Athletic Director at Georgia at some point. Here, here!

Even though my time with Coach Magill was limited, his determination that things be done the right way is what I probably took most from him. And I’m hopeful that our tribute will

get stellar marks from his watchful eye from high above.

I must give credit where credit is due by saying this tribute came to fru-ition because of all the hard work of Cheri, JD and Murray Poole. Also, we are extremely appreciative to everyone who participated. And a special thanks goes to Mark Maxwell, who supplied many images, including the incredible Steve Penley painting for our cover.

One final raise of the glass to the greatest Bulldog … Dan Magill!

Now as Bulldog fans, it’s time to focus on the next opponent on the Bulldogs schedule and that’s Troy. Yes, it’s going to take some time to heal, but the 2014 season is only lost, if you al-low it to be. We must support our play-ers and coaches. And the best way to do that is to turn the page to the next opponent. However, you will find some gory details from the South Carolina game inside this issue. Like always, our sports guys are true professionals in giving the facts.

The only thing I will say is that I’m ready to see our head coach get a grasp on what his team’s identity is during the major moments of a football game. And then there’s the old, bugger-bear, clock management that allowed South Carolina to get a field goal before the end of the half. If our offense would’ve simply ran some clock, Spurrier would’ve never gotten the extra posses-sion in the second quarter (a field goal) that wound up being the difference in the final score. And there also was in-decision with timeout calls in the final minutes of the game.

Okay, I’m truly turning the page now, with some final housekeeping.

Beyond all the work for the Magill Tribute, Cheri also has put together a Red and Black fashion spread on page 18. It’s always imperative to look your best at the next game, so enjoy some of the selections she has rounded up.

Also, we would like to introduce a new sports contributor, John Frierson. The Athens native has returned home after several newspaper stints and we’re thrilled to have him included in BI this season. His first print article (page 8) delves into how the new College Play-off is sure to have Bulldog fans cheering for some longtime rivals, whether they like it or not. Yes, we sort of need Flor-ida and Tech to have good seasons. Oh gosh, pure nausea!

That will do it for me. Let’s shake the cobwebs off by Saturday at kickoff. Winning every game left on the sched-ule starts with Troy. See you there and Go Dawgs!

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The Georgia Bulldogs traveled to Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina once again this past weekend, and once again a familiar long car ride home occurred for Dawg fans that made the trip.

And for the third consecutive trip to play the division-rival Gamecocks, Georgia played like a team that was afraid to lose, as opposed to a team that was hungry for a win.

This notion has become all too familiar on the sidelines when head coach Mark Richt takes his boys on the road. No longer do the road-Dawgs look like the teams that only lost to six opponents over Richt’s first nine years on the job. Instead, nine times over the last 19 road games, the team with the elongated G on their helmets have sung the blues while hostile stadiums broke erupted into an all-out, rabid pep rally.

The feeling was no different in South Carolina Saturday, as the Game-cock student section hosted a debauch-erous party for a little over three hours as the Bulldogs never seemed to grasp the concept of stepping on the gas. And while Gamecock fans reveled in Georgia miscues, penalties and lack of aggressive play calling, the Georgia

bench only appeared to be shocked by the moment.

Noticeably, after South Carolina took an 11-point lead with five min-utes remaining in the third quarter, the Georgia sidelines looked on in shock as 80,000 fans danced to their signa-ture techno music. The offensive line sat around each other, making no eye contact or communication about what they were about to do in the near min-utes when the ball would be kicked back their way. The defensive second-ary who had just been marched back-wards down the field against their will sat in a straight line on a bench with eyes wide as they too only admired the spectacle of white towels waving and bleachers shaking in the joy of their misery.

This Georgia team played scared most of the game, and looked every bit like their recent predecessors who have transitioned from bullies on for-eign playgrounds to nothing more than scared new kids on the block.

Over the last four regular season games away from Athens the Bulldogs have allowed a very bad Florida team to nearly erase a 20-point halftime lead before barely hanging on in the end, let an Auburn team manhandle them for three quarters before chipping away at an almost miraculous comeback, have

gone down 20-points in the blink of an eye before somehow beating Geor-gia Tech in double-overtime, and then allowed four 75-yard touchdown drives to a South Carolina team who knew that Georgia was in near-panic mode.

So many Georgia fans used to en-joy flying their car flags across state lines as they knew their Bulldogs were going into hostile territory on a mission. But instead, fans these days only count the miles on their odometer in fear of each one seeming like 3 or 4 as they return with their flags reluctantly still flying in a near-flat line show of support for a team that once again never stepped on the gas.

With a stretch of three consecutive games in Athens coming up, Georgia needs to get some confidence going, and in a hurry. There will be nothing easy about upcoming trips to Missouri and Arkansas next month as Dawg fans will be asked to travel an accumulative 2,646 miles (there and back) to see if the disturbing trend of road compla-cency either continues or miraculously disappears.

But if my view from the sidelines this past Saturday evening in hostile territory is of any indication, the ex-tra-long trips home will only be that much longer in the very near future. Travel with caution.

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By Jeff DantzlerBulldawg Illustrated

How in the world do you get up for Troy and try and refo-cus the troops after the devastating heart-break of last week in Columbia?

The playoff? The SEC Championship? Gotta win out. Over Georgia’s last 17 games, bookended by the heart-break-

er of heart-breakers against Alabama and then this past week at Williams-Brice, the Bulldogs are 10-7, with six losses coming by less than a touchdown. That is hard to swallow.

It is an especially bitter pill considering how many self-in-flicted wounds have led to these painful Saturdays. Like it or not, the popular conjecture for savvy followers of the Bulldogs, be they Georgia loyalists or not, members of the media, former coaches, or just keen students of the game is: ‘If Georgia could just get out of its own way . . .’

You don’t have to go back but a few days in the “Way Back Machine” to find another episode of that oh so cruel game of what might have been?

Big picture, simple statement of the year, Georgia has to start winning these games, or stop losing them. Doing the latter first would certainly assist the former.

The simple fact right now is that Georgia has an incredi-ble stable of running backs, led by the sensational Todd Gurley. But the rest of the team is filled with as many question marks as solidified positions. Attrition and injury have played a part in that, but this is also where not reeling in enough of the top players in the Peach State, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, in recent years is showing up. This was as obvious as a bolt of lightning and rumbling clap of thunder in Columbia, as the South Carolina offense had a monster performance against the Bulldogs defense.

But now to delve deeper. And caution, this may Jack Nich-olson “A Few Good Men” hit at places that are uncomfortable.

In this past National Football League Draft, 17 – that’s a bad number for the Bulldogs right now, just like it’s a bad hand in the other Clark County – natives of Georgia were selected. The University of Georgia signed one, Zach Mettenberger, who never played in a game for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs recruit-ing class of 2013 yielded just two of the top 15 players in the state. You don’t have to be the keenest of recruiting fan to list off some of the big time defenders from Georgia who aren’t playing for the Bulldogs.

When Georgia went 12-2 in 2012, just missing out on the SEC title and a shot at the whole enchilada with that afore-mentioned heart-breaker in the Georgia Dome, the Bulldogs defense was by no means dominant. But it had some big-time difference-making players. One of those Jarvis Jones was se-lected in the ensuing draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was the first Bulldog defender to go in the first round since David Pollack and Thomas Davis in April of 2005.

Pollack also represents the last Bulldog lineman, offensive or defensive, to be selected in the first round.

Defense and the trenches. Let’s just say that over that stretch, the SEC schools that have won national championships have had a significantly higher number of selections.

Georgia is the school in one of the most talent rich states for high school football in all the land. It is a fierce recruiting ground, be it in Atlanta or small towns that just may reside clos-er to an enemy school’s campus than Athens.

Understanding Georgia can’t get them all, but has to get its fair share, even for those few eye-rolling fans out there who don’t quite get that a top ten class in the SEC is relative, seeing that it may only be sixth best in the league, you will give me that one out of 17, two out of 15 and no linemen picked in the first round since 2005 isn’t cutting it, right?

Here is a dose of good news. The Bulldogs are putting

together an outstanding crop of defensive talent for the class of 2015. Saturday showed there will be an opportunity for early playing time. The new defensive staff, featuring coordinator Jeremy Pruitt and line coach Tracy Rocker, the Auburn icon and one of the great Peach State defectors ever, certainly appear to be having an instant impact on this front.

So now Troy. If Georgia is going to achieve its goals, the Bulldogs need this to be the first of 10 in a row. That would be an 11-1 regular season. That’s a long way from 10-7 in the last 17.

Is there any way the Dogs can do it? It will have to go through the backs. This is the best stable in the country and the best Georgia

has had since 1988 with Rodney Hampton, Tim Worley and Keith Henderson.

Georgia coach Mark Richt played at Miami, coached at Florida State, was a quarterback and a quarterbacks coach.

Many longtime Bulldog fans revere those great running games of days gone by, especially in the 1980s.

Sometimes the DNA doesn’t inherently and necessarily match. But what is most important for Georgia’s head coach, now in his 14th season, is to see the forest for the trees. Don’t get too cute, as the Bulldogs did on the South Carolina four, and let the strength of this team, the area that opposing defenses fear, carry Georgia. The defense is a work in progress, and the special teams were great and then poor in the first two. The offense has no margin for error. That unit is going to have to score a lot of points. May I humbly suggest putting yourself into the shoes of future opposing defensive coordinators and asking, who do I not want to see with the ball?

In three of the Bulldogs biggest wins of the Richt era, LSU in the 2005 SEC Championship Game, and Florida and Au-burn in 2007, the Bulldogs threw less than 20 passes but had great success through the air, while leaning on a strong running game. But those running games, as great as Knowshon Moreno was in 2007, were not nearly as potent as this one.

Putting the game in the hands of the best, most explosive and most feared player and players on the team, especially when the game is on the line could go a long way towards ending this excruciating run of heartbreaks.

To the Georgia people who were hurt, devastated, sad and mad after Columbia, whose Earth did stop spinning, and who’s sun didn’t come up, I say bravo! When those kind of Saturdays stop hurting as much, losing has become too acceptable.

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THE BIG FIVEBULLDAWGILLUSTRATED O N T H E F I E L D

By Murray PooleBulldawg Illustrated

After still another major disappointment at Williams-Brice Stadium this past weekend, the 1-1 Bulldogs (0-1 SEC of course) are bound to be down somewhat as they move against the light-weight Troy Trojans this Saturday at high noon at Sanford Stadium. But still, from all appearances, this game against the Sun Belt Conference team looks to be an easy tune-up for Georgia as it regroups and gets ready to head back into SEC warfare next week against the invading Tennessee Volunteers. But although the Trojans of Coach Larry Blak-eney have undergone some rough days the past few seasons, they are a team that, down through the years, has risen up and knocked off − or either thrown a scare into − some highly-ranked football teams. And Mark Richt’s Bulldogs should know full well that this day and time, when everybody has the same scholarship limits, it’s best not to take any-one for granted on any given Saturday. So the Bulldogs being properly forewarned, let’s swing into our weekly Big Five factors that Georgia will have to overcome to chalk up a comfortable victory over the visiting Trojans come Saturday:

1. Everything to gain for TroyThe Bulldogs simply being flat and allowing heavy underdog Troy to stay in the football game and think it has the chance to upset the University of Georgia. As everyone knows, the longer the under-dog keeps the score close, the more confidence it gains to maybe pull off a miracle at game’s end.

2. Troy’s capable offensive lineJeremy Pruitt’s defensive unit can’t be lethargic in this game because the Trojans have arguably the top offensive front in the Sun Belt Confer-ence, led by all-conference candidate Terrence Jones (6-3, 322, Sr.) (No. 75) at right tackle. This is a veteran bunch that feels it can come be-tween the hedges and move the ball on Georgia.

3. The Trojans’ good duo of running backsIn junior Brandon Burks (5-9, 203) (No. 32), the team’s leading rusher, and sophomore Jordan Chunn (6-0, 234) (No. 36), Troy has two fine backs to run behind its capable offensive line. Again, the Bulldogs’ defensive front and line-backing corps can ill afford to let Troy control the football and eat clock, while at the same time achieving its goal of keeping Georgia’s potent offense standing on the sidelines.

4. Mr. Roberts and the Troy defenseYes, the Trojan defense has given up a whole bunch of points in Troy’s three outings to date but they have one football player on defense that could be disruptive to the Bulldogs’ offense. That would be junior end Tyler Roberts (No. 44), a 6-2, 230-pound junior who has a unique ability to sack the quarterback and cause general havoc off the edge. Georgia’s offensive linemen will cer-tainly have to neutralize Mr. Roberts on Saturday.

5. Fast start for the Trojans?You can certainly bet that Troy University is thinking the Georgia Bulldogs will be looking ahead to Tennessee next weekend and just, somewhat naturally, taking this game against a heavy underdog for granted (See factor No. 1). That said, the Trojans will be primed to get off to a fast start to give Georgia something to think about. The Bulldogs need to put their foot on the gas from opening kickoff and quickly squash any upset thoughts the Troy players might have in

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Mark Richt’s leaders: Murray, Burnette and SwannMark Richt’s leaders: Murray, Burnette and Swanneorgia's young and rebuilding defense drew ac-colades from both head coach Mark Richt anddefensive coordinator Todd Grantham thisspring, as the Bulldogs on that side of the ball im-

pressed the staff with their willingness to work, their athleti-cism and a combination of quickness and speed that maybeeven last year's veteran unit didn't possess.

But until this new-look defense takes to the field againstClemson's high-powered offense in the Aug. 31 seasonopener in the Tigers' Death Valley, no one − Richt, Grantham,the other UGA coaches or fans − can say exactly how the Bull-dogs will perform in 2013. After all, 10 or more of those 2012regulars could be playing in the NFL this coming fall.

That's why, when asked to name his primary four lead-ers of his upcoming 13th edition in Athens, Richt could tabonly one player on defense ... junior cornerback DamianSwann. Like everyone else, he's waiting to see who's going tostep up in the heat of battle, in their first season as a full-timestarter, and grab the leadership reins.

"On defense, Swann definitely," said Richt. "And really,besides him, I don't know right now.

"Swann has been there and played a bunch and is verytalented and very motivated to have a great year. It's going tobe interesting on the defensive side of the ball this season. ButDamian had a really good spring and it helps to be a pro-ductive player and a veteran player."

Swann is the unquestioned leader of the Georgia sec-ondary. The 5-11, 189-pound product of Atlanta's GradyHigh started all 14 games for the Bulldogs in his sophomoreseason while receiving the Most Improved Player award. Hetotaled 53 tackles and two sacks and came up with four in-terceptions, two coming in Georgia's win over Nebraska in theCapital One Bowl.

"You know," said Richt, still referring to potential defen-sive leaders, "a lot of our guys, you've got guys like even RayDrew, Sterling Bailey, even Garrison Smith. Garrison's a sen-

ior but Garrison was always under the wing of ... whether itwas Abry (Jones) or someone else. He was never really theveteran guy until now so he's got to learn how to be that guy.So it's going to be interesting to see what happens this sum-mer, to find out just who emerges because, right now, I could-n't tell you, to be honest with you.

"But Damian's got to be a leader there in the secondary,"said Richt. "There are some very young talented, really tal-ented players back there; safety in particular, those two guysare very talented. Tray Matthews has a lot of good leadershipqualities. I don't know if as a true freshman he'll lead the wayor not. But he plays, practices and approaches the game verymature so he's caught everybody's attention pretty quickly."

On the offensive side, however, where the Bulldogs bringback 10 starters from 2012's record-setting attack, Richt does-n't hesitate in singling out senior quarterback Aaron Murrayand senior guard Chris Burnette as his two team leaders.

"Obviously, Murray would be one, and I would sayChris Burnette is the other," Richt related. "Aaron obviouslyhas been doing it for a while. I've been saying it for the longestbut he's a 365-day-a-year leader. He loves ball, he works at itall the time. Like I talked to him (after spring practice), at leastMaymester you've got to get out of town but he's 'nah, I'mgoing to be here.' But I told him you don't need to throw, justrelax and do something besides throwing the ball. Give your-self a break," said Richt. "So he said, 'maybe I'll throw once aweek.' But he just can't take it, not doing something to try toget better on a daily basis and he spearheaded our off-seasonlast year. He's got a really good formula ... we had a great off-season last year, a great summer and he's going to organizethat again. Aaron's such a high achiever, so competitive andit really rubs off on everybody. It gives you a lot of confidence,when your triggerman knows what he's doing, it's a big deal,"said Richt of Georgia's four-year starter at quarterback whohas thrown for a career total of 10,091 yards and 95 touch-downs and surely rates as both an All-America and Heisman

Trophy candidate in his final season in Athens. The 6-2, 322-pound Burnette was a 12-game starter for

the Bulldogs in both the 2011 and '12 seasons and is as-suredly one of Coach Will Friend's ringleaders up front asGeorgia returns every single offensive line starter from lastseason's 12-2 team.

"Burnette has been very productive," said Richt. "He did-n't participate in the spring (after shoulder surgery) but thatdoesn't disqualify him from leading because he's already beena leader. He's one of the best examples of a student-athletethat you could have, you could hope for. I think the offensiveline in general, they are really, really close and I think who-ever's leading that group I don't know if he necessarily has atough job because all those guys work hard. They knowthey've got to work hard to have a chance to be good. They'renot like these prototypical monsters − they're good, very goodfootball players but they know they've got to work to really bespecial. Chris just has a lot more, we call it punch. If you canmove somebody when you strike them .... some guys justdon't have much punch. Some guys are bigger looking andbetter looking and they just don't move people like Chris can.And he's a good pass protector, too. But he's just smart.

"One thing about our O-line," Richt added, "they're re-ally a pretty smart bunch of guys. They know what to do andit gives us the ability to change a lot of plays at the line, theability to change who the Mike linebacker is at the last secondand everybody will know who to go to, because you can'thardly just call a run play and expect it to work. You'd beguessing for it to be right so sometimes you've got to come tothe line and make some changes and they're really good atthat."

And if another really good leader emerges on defense tocomplement Damian Swann and offensive cohorts Murrayand Burnette, these 2013 Dogs could find themselves back onthe road to the SEC Championship Game, for a third con-secutive year.

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THE BIG FIVEBULLDAWGILLUSTRATED

By Logan BookerBulldawg Illustrated

After starting the second consec-utive season against two ranked opponents, and coming out with an-other 1-1 start, the Georgia Bulldogs are in dire need of doing what the rest of the SEC has already done: play a proverbial cupcake game.

And with no disrespect for the Troy Trojans, who will be making the trip to UGA from southeast Alabama this coming Saturday, Georgia and its fans should look forward to a stress-free day of watching the scoreboard light up on a Saturday in Athens.

But before you go on and order your score tee shirts, there are still five things that will remain key to the Bulldogs enjoying their day, and allowing you to enjoy yours.

1. Hutson Mason Needs A Coming Out Party

Georgia is a run-first team this sea-son, and that will not change. But in order for this team to remain even remotely balanced, Hutson Mason will need to gain some serious confi-

dence in his passing game. Don’t be surprised to see Mason pass the ball, a lot, as there is simply no need to risk getting the running backs hurt in a game they should be able to win without them.

2. The Secondary Needs Some Confidence, Too

After a very poor showing in South Carolina, the UGA secondary needs something to feel good about. Troy runs a balanced offense, but has thrown the ball 38 and 34 times over its last two games, result-ing in losses to Abilene Christian and Duke. While there have been glimpses of good things coming for the future of this very young group of Dawgs, Saturday would be a great chance to make some big hits and get some confidence heading into what will be a major test when Tennessee comes calling next.

3. Freshman RB Nick Chubb

It is time to see what Chubb can do in a bigger role, as you can bet the farm Todd Gurley will not see as many carries this week due to the unnecessary risk of injury. Chubb has dazzled in limited action during the first two games, and will likely

take the majority of snaps in the second half as Georgia plays out what will likely be “garbage time.” The future of the program may be wearing #27 on his back, and an extended view should be on tap Saturday.

4. Tight Ends Jay Rome and Jeb Blazevich

During the first half of the game, as Hutson Mason is slinging the ball around as aforementioned, it is overdue to have the tight ends play a bigger role while Georgia contin-ues to wait for the injured deep-ball-threat wide receivers to get healthy. Jay Rome caught a touch-down against South Carolina and Jeb Blazevich made a spectacular acrobatic catch in the second half, but they need to play a much bigger role. Saturday should be a chance for both of them to get more ac-quainted with Mason in a competi-tive setting.

5. The UGA Students

The students have created a very bad reputation in recent years for not showing up for the “smaller”

games. And coming off a deflating loss to South Carolina, the students need to realize the team needs them now more than ever. Sure, Geor-gia could probably win this game handedly if Sanford Stadium were filled with 92,746 Troy fans, but the team surely feels as bad as the stu-dents do at this point. With a bunch of really tough SEC games on the horizon, it is time the students show up for one of these games as if it were the SEC Championship game. They’ll miss this one day. They just don’t realize it yet.

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By John FriersonBulldawg Illustrated

Are you prepared to cheer for Clemson? What about root-ing for Florida, Auburn and Georgia Tech? Did you just break out in hives?

Welcome to the new world of the College Football Play-off, where the only enemies you can afford to have are the team on the other sideline each Saturday and every team in the country you don’t play.

During SEC Media Days, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said folks in the SEC with a team in the hunt for one of the four playoff spots — to be determined by a 13-member selection committee — may not need to worry about it “until the SEC championship game is probably over. So that would be the time to say, Hey, maybe we can make that last four teams and go from there.”

Of course asking SEC fans not to worry is like asking them not to mock the present state of the Big Ten — impossible.

One thing I never understood about collegiate sports, es-pecially in the SEC, was how fans rooted for other teams in the conference when those squads were playing teams from the op-posite division or another league. Just never made sense to me.

I get wanting your division or conference to look strong, but I’ve always had a different view: it’s us versus them (mean-ing everyone else), today and always. The enemy is not my friend when not going head to head, but neither is the enemy of my enemy. They’re all wearing the wrong colors.

My way of thinking is now dead. Gone. Impractical and obsolete.

Now, given the preciousness of those four playoff spots, you not only have to hope that your team has a phenomenal season, with, as is now the case with Georgia, no more than one loss (and it better be to a good team), but you have to hope and pray that the teams you beat, especially out of conference so that the committee rewards you for playing good teams,

have phenomenal seasons, as well.

One critical metric that the playoff selection commit-tee will use to determine who makes the four-team playoff is strength of schedule. Georgia, which early in the season was a popular pick among national pundits to make the fabulous foursome, might be able to overcome last week’s 38-35 defeat to Spurrier’s squad and still be one of the four. But two defeats and the Dogs are done.

Perhaps just as importantly, the Dogs, like every team hoping to stand out from the crowd, needs for every win to sparkle like a spit-shined boot.

Georgia and its fans pulling for Clemson to win at least 10 games? You better do it. Georgia and its fans hoping that Georgia Tech (always referred to as “the enemy” by the late, great Dan Magill) is among the ACC elite heading into the regular-season finale? Ignore the rash and do it.

As we enter the fourth week of the college football season, the first FBS season ever with a four-team playoff waiting at the end, there are surely some schools and conferences already suffering from postseason panic. Looking at you, Big Ten.

But an early stumble like Georgia’s, just like in the old BCS system that largely relied on poll voters, still leaves time for a recovery. That is if there aren’t too many cupcakes on the menu.

The Dogs face Troy this week in a game that should be neither a challenge, nor do anything to boost the UGA re-sume. But so early in the season, with most teams playing at least one weak opponent, schedule strength means little. That comes later.

Also coming later, the selection committee will release its first top 25 on Oct. 28. Then, in the midst of the cool and comfortable fall weather, the sweating really begins.

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By Jeff DantzlerBulldawg Illustrated

As the first baby born at Athens Regional Hospital, the mold was truly broken with Dan Hamilton Magill Jr.

At one point in his astounding, amazing, incredible, unbelievable career at Georgia, The Greatest Bulldog Ever single-handedly performed the tasks that over 40 full timers in the athletic association do now.

A true renaissance man, a Leonardo Da Vinci, a Ben-jamin Franklin, Dan Magill was no mere jack, but a master of all trades. When Georgia was going through its darkest of athletic days in the 1950s, Magill founded the Georgia Bulldog Clubs in over 100 towns, communities and cities throughout the state. He kept the Georgia people unified. He was a Hall of Fame Sports Information Director. He was a hall of fame marketer and promoter, going back to his days of youth and the Great Snake Fight. He is twice in Guinness as the World’s Fastest Two-Finger Typist and for playing the longest Ping Pong point in history. He was a master linguist, world-class writer, incomparable story-tell-er and yarn-spinner. He was a master of history, most nota-bly that of University of Georgia athletics. He was a unifier, an up-lifter, a presence.

All the while he found the time to become the winnin-gest coach in collegiate tennis history, turning Georgia into a national powerhouse, king of the Southeastern Confer-ence, and two-time national champion. It was Magill who oversaw his beloved hometown and alma maters becoming the home of the NCAA tournament. He was the father of the NCAA Tennis Team Tournament Format.

He received love, admiration, adoration and respect from more people than most who ever walked the Earth.

He was of the rare breed that he didn’t ever have to ask his players to play harder, or his workers to work harder. Nobody wanted to disappoint him. Ever.

He was a damn proud Marine! The only time he was ever far from Athens was when he was in the Phillipines during World War II – at the end preparing for the inva-sion. Thank God for the bomb, it saved his and millions of other lives.

He leaves behind an amazing wife and wonderful great children who were kind enough to generously share this treasure with so many of us for so long.

Whether you were lucky enough to have known or met or only heard of him, if you love Georgia, Dan Magill had an enormous impact on your love of the Bulldogs.

His started while anticipating his first, when Georgia beat mighty Yale 15-0 in 1929 to christen Sanford Stadi-um. The 2014 season-opening victory over Clemson was the first game ever played in Sanford Stadium when Dan Magill was not with us.

He was a champion tennis player up into his 90s. At age 18, he won the Athens City Doubles Championship. At age 68, a half century later, he won it again while team-ing with his partner and proud protégé, Allen Miller, Geor-gia’s first ever four-time All-American and head professional at Athens Country Club.

He won USTA championships in the 35s, 40s, 45s, 50’s, so on and so on and so on When he won the 75s, he won as a 71, 72 and 73 year old. He then said the younger whipper-snappers at age 71 knocked him off when he was 74 and 75. Same story with the 80s, and so on.

He was my hero. He was the hero of so many others. And a second father to every player who ever donned the red and black.

He was loved by so many generations. Coach Magill introduced me to a remarkable young man named Hous-ton Gaines, another of his (along with Allen’s and mine’s – hey two out of three ain’t bad) protégés. Coach Magill was Houston’s best friend from the time the latter was 11 years old and they walked to the games together. I think Houston will be President some day. At his inauguration, he will recount his career, which began with raking the yard of his neighbor, the great and wonderful man Dan Magill.

Spending many, many, many days and nights with him is one of the greatest things that has and ever will happen to me. I also got to spend a lot of time with two of my other heroes, Liltin’ Larry Munson, the greatest college football announcer ever, and the incomparable Erk Russell, a truly amazing man and coach.

Coach Magill made the call for Georgia to hire Mun-son.

I never will forget listening to the 1980 national cham-pionship highlight audio cassette tape over and over and over again. It was Coach Magill introducing Munson making the calls.

I can recite to this day, in his unique fast paced south-ern style….”September the 6th, 1980 marked the debut of the most sensational halfback in the history of American football.” Then came Munson. Then came Herschel.

Coach Russell had a great passion for tennis and used to let me hang around with him at the Forest Heights Country Club courts in Statesboro. I asked him, as about a 13-year old, if he ever played with coach Magill.

“Several times a week for years, we would play two sets.”

I asked Coach Russell if he ever beat Coach Magill, he told me he got a set off of him once.

Several years later when I was a student in the Sports Information Office for the great Claude Felton, I recounted that story to Coach Magill.

“Well Jeff,” he said with his marvelously unique deliv-ery, “I remember it like it was yesterday. I had a hurt foot. I’ve never lost a match when I wasn’t hurt … or cheated,” he finished with a big grin.

When the news came out on the morning of Sunday August 24th, I wept and sobbed, even though all who loved him so dearly know he is in a better place. What finally first made me smile later that day was thinking about him upstairs with his old friends, and playing tennis with Coach Russell, while Munson was hooking a big bass, and Coach Bill Hartman was “hangin’ ‘em high.” Then they all shared stories, and played cards and drank cold beer amidst a cloud of cigar smoke and fretted about that young, inexperienced secondary.

His love for Georgia was unmatched. His hand-picked successors, Manuel Diaz and Claude Felton are the very best tennis coach and sports information director in the business. He was as proud of these two and what they have done and become.

He has taken so many young men and helped mold them into great men.

Whether you were a player who won a pair of NCAA Singles Championships and led the Bulldogs to the 1985 national title (Mikael Pernfors), an alumni who went on to become Lt. Governor of the great State of Georgia (Pierre Howard) or president of the United States Tennis Associ-ation (Gordon Smith), or a lowly scribe and pontificator who simply thought he was the greatest thing ever, Dan Magill made you feel like an incredibly special person.

One of my fondest memories came from the 2007 NCAA Tournament. Georgia had won the team cham-pionship, and watching John Isner play a singles match from his box atop Court No. 1, was Coach Magill, national champion Bulldog All-American George Bezecny, and an-other of his proud protégés, the great Jack Bauerle, the best swim coach ever. And me. No doubt who was out of place in that quartet, but not for one second did it feel that way. Ever.

Being with the bright center of this Universe illumi-nated all.

Like countless others, I will forever be grateful for all the unforgettable gifts he daily gave.

Farewell Coach Magill. “From Tallapoosa to Tybee Light,” the Georgia people, “The Chosen People of the Western World,” have lost our greatest champion, but the memories and stories forever will continue to spread the legacy and legend of The Greatest Bulldog Ever.

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“My dad taught me not to be a ‘Big Ike.’ I also inherited a love of music from him and growing up, after dinner, he and I would listen to every Broadway musical on the old 33 1/3 records. We memorized and sang every song by heart.”

“Coach Magill was the greatest ambassador and the ultimate communicator and from him I learned how to carry myself, how to treat others and how to maintain successful lifelong relationships. I feel very lucky to have been given the opportunity to learn so much from him.” What I learned from dad was, ‘Never surrender!’”

“One of the things I learned from my dad is not to take yourself too seriously. His dry wit, his great sense of humor and his ability to make people happy will stay with me forever.”

Mollie Magill Sloandaughter of Coach Magill

Houston Gainesneighbor of Coach Magill, UGA Honors Student,

former Athens Academy student body president and tennis captain

Ham Magillson of Coach Magill

Sharon Magill Browndaughter of Coach Magill

Compiled by: Murray Poole, Jeff Dantzler and Cheri Leavy

Our team at Bulldawg Illustrated learned so much from this fellow friend of the fourth estate and we asked others to share their lessons from the legendary mentor Dan Magill.

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“I learned from Dan the love of Georgia, the art of promoting, the drive to compete, the joy of research and learning, and the loyalty to a cause.”

“Dan Magill was a selfless and loyal servant of the University of Georgia. Alma Mater, in Latin, means ‘nourishing mother.’ No Bulldog ever sought to give back to his nourishing mother more than Dan, the greatest and grandest Bulldog to come our way.”

“Dan Magill was a mentor who consistently preached the values of hard work, discipline, honesty, loyalty and love for the University of Georgia. Mr. Magill led by example, and those of us who were fortunate to learn from him over the years are truly blessed.”

“That dreams can come true. This man I grew up reading, listening to, studying and idolizing was even greater when I got to meet him and become his friend. My hero. The time I spent with him, the stories, the tales, the jokes, the lessons, the memories … are amongst the greatest treasures of my life. He was the most special man ever.”

“Dan was the standard bearer of the Bulldog Nation and taught me volumes about the history of the Georgia Bulldogs, the Georgia Tradition, and a lot about the Georgia people. For that I’m eternally grateful.”

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“Coach Magill was a true legend and icon, and having the honor and privilege to play for him I learned about strong leadership and passion, especially for the Univer-sity of Georgia! I witnessed firsthand what is possible with his superhuman work ethic, and he is Bulldog unparalleled!

“To achieve greatness it must be done for a greater good. We learned to win not for us, not for him, but for Georgia. He taught this selfish tennis player how to be a teammate.”

“He was a great support to me, not only during my college career. During my pro years, and even on the Senior Tour, he kept up with my results. Every time we talked he had a little coaching tip.”

“It is impossible to narrow down the one thing I learned from Coach Magill. Simply put, I observed his hard work ethic, dedication, loyalty, competitiveness and wonderful communication skills, all of which were greatly enhanced with a one of a kind sense of humor.”

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“Simply put, Coach Magill taught me to love Georgia and how to get the most out of each individual for the betterment of the team.”

“Before coming to UGA, I already held a strong love for the university, having been a huge Bulldog fan from a very young age. However, after becoming so much closer to Coach both during and following my collegiate years, UGA has occupied a deeper place in my heart than I ever imagined possible, as there is no one who represented the spirit of UGA more than Coach – and if you loved Coach (which I surely did), then you loved and wanted to give all you had for UGA as well.” “He taught me the value of making a great first

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There are strange things done In the Athens sunBy the Bulldog warriors boldThere are Georgia tales Of wins and failsThat would make your blood run cold.

The Athens nights have seen great sights But the greatest was not untilThat night June ‘Neath the grinning moonThat they “coronated” Dan Magill.

Now this coronation was a celebration They’ll talk about for yearsWhen the young and the oldReturned to the foldFor food and fun and for cheers.

Yes, Dan Magill was from old Ag Hill The story has oft been toldOf this Bulldog bredFrom his toes to his headThis foe of the White and the Gold.

Only once did he roam from his Athens home To serve the proud MarinesThere he learned to drill (And with a bit of skill,To raise with a pair of queens.)

When the war was done, he had a run At a big city writing career.With Danforth and Tiller, The grind was a killer,But he ran the course without fear.

And he waited for the day When the UGADid sound a clarion callAnd he ended the yearningBy again returning To the garrets of Memorial Hall.

With a Coke in each hand And a loyal bandHe toiled through the so-so yearsWith a frequent taste of gloryTo go with the sweat and the tears.

Now Bulldog fortunes are rising And the enemy is in retreatThe White and The GoldLie silent and coldUnder sturdy Bulldog feet.

And riding the crest of victory With his Cokes and tennis clothesIs Dan MagillFrom old Ag HillA Bulldog from his head to his toes.


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“I learned the value of hard work and dedication from Dan. He worked hard and had fun doing it, and he got me through college and got me a job as a sports correspondent with the Atlanta newspapers.”

“I learned from Coach Magill that a passion for performance balanced by a wicked sense of humor reflects a life well lived.”

“Dan Magill was an amazing man. He had such a strong vision and was so forceful in achieving his goals. How-ever, unlike many others with this drive, he was always so warm, charming and witty. He is the type that books are written about and will always be remembered by those who were fortunate to know him.”

“What I learned from Coach Magill was that if I had chocolate candy in a dish on my desk, I would definitely have a visit from him every day! I played tennis with Coach for years before I started working, too, and he always won!”

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In the aftermath of the recent death of Dan Magill, I thought about his many accomplishments and the legacy he leaves behind. While he was not perfect, there were literally no failures in his professional life. All missions were accom-plished even when he was running three jobs—sports infor-mation director, Bulldog Club Secretary and tennis coach—which at other schools required three different individuals.

His times were not always the best of times, when it came to football. The eight year losing streak to Georgia Tech happened early in his career which began when he left the Atlanta Journal to become Publicity Director for the Bulldogs in 1949.

Something he wanted to do when he returned to Athens after becoming the most successful prep editor in history of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (and a national pace setter) was to promote all Georgia sports. That was the agreement he had with Coach Wallace Butts, athletic director, but it did not turn out as planned. The fifties were a dark era for Georgia football. The annual loss in the big game to the arch rival brought on depression, dissention and damn near financial default. Butts became so preoccupied with football shortcomings and surviving that he had no time to worry about other sports.

Basketball was deplorable, winning in some years no more than three games, playing in old Woodruff Hall which was more suited for storing hay. Baseball enjoyed intermit-tent success under Jim Whatley, but not enough scholarships to consistently compete with the best in the Southeastern Conference. Track experienced modest success with a schol-arship budget that would not equal the average housewife’s grocery bill today. Swimming was competitive under Bump

Gabrielasen and tennis was on the way to preeminent status only because Magill would soon be the head coach.

Austerity prevailed. Much of Georgia’s success came about by volunteers—from athletes to game officials to coaches. Red Lawson coached basketball for a small sup-plement while he was a full time teacher in the Physical Education Department. Whatley and Spec Towns, track coach, were full time employees in Physical Education. They just happened to be varsity head coaches in baseball and track respectively.

I’ve often wondered what might have been—had University officials had the good sense and judgment to have made Magill the athletic director. He knew everybody in the state. He had an indefatigable work ethic. His rap-port with the Georgia people was legend. His loyalty was unquenchable. (He came close to getting in fist fights with dissenters when it came to supporting the Bulldog leader, Coach Butts). He was skilled at promotion, organization and leadership. He would have taken advantage of his Ma-rine training and with his remarkable creative instincts. He would have been innovative and creative in ways that would have cured a lot of ills.

But, the University never looked his way when it was time to hire an athletic director. I think he would have been a model AD. He would have pulled the Association up by its bootstraps just like he did with the tennis program.

Joel Eaves was the perfect man for the job when he was hired at, perhaps, the lowest time for Georgia athletics, but what would have happened had Vince Dooley not been the right man for the football head coaching job? Nobody

knows. Dooley would become a fine administrator when Eaves retired. Dooley had vision, he was a respected leader and helped Georgia become a pacesetter in many areas, par-ticularly women’s athletics.

Today, Georgia has a director, a Magill protégé by the way, Greg McGarity, who has more good qualities than most ADs in the county, mainly because he is about Georgia and not about himself.

As a Georgia graduate, I appreciate the good work of all the aforementioned athletic directors, but I also strongly hold the view that had it worked out for Dan Magill to have be-come the AD in his prime, Georgia might not have suffered some of the down times which came our way. The reason I feel that way is that everything done and directed would have been focused in moving Georgia in the proper direction without personal gain. He would have given of himself, even working without pay, if that had been what it took to make Georgia No. 1.

Dan Magill had all the ingredients to make Georgia the best. Timing was never in his favor with respect for being tapped to run the show. Unfortunately, those making per-sonnel decisions were too shortsighted to make him the boss.


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Share a favorite memory from your time at UGA: I was on a date at a football game and saw John Nixon at a party that night. The next morning I asked my roommate to set me up with him…we are still together…years…

Band you heard while living in Athens:REM at the abandoned church.

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A favorite Athensrestaurant:Taco Stand.

A favorite shop in Athens: UGA Bookstore.

Favorite Books: I am reading Robert Gate’s book now, Duty. Favorite of all time is Atlas Shrugged and Gone With The Wind

Describe your typ-ical Bulldog game day:An early departure from Augusta, stopping in Lexington for boiled peanuts, tailgating with friends from across the south, Bulldawgs win, and a long line of cars back to Augusta.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. – When a Georgia football team that looked so dominating in the opening 45-21 win over Clemson goes on the road and stumbles again to 6-point underdog South Carolina, the Stats That Matter are going to clearly reflect why the 6th-ranked Bulldogs came undone in a gruel-ing 38-35 loss to the Gamecocks here Saturday.

Whereas the crucial statistics that decide wins and losses looked all glowing in the belting of the Tigers on opening day between the hedges, they looked something way less in a contest that will likely forever leave Bulldawg Nation scratching its collective head.

Without further ado, let’s quickly see why Georgia stands 1-1 today instead of the 2-0 it was expecting to be when it crossed the state line into South Carolina on Saturday:

Plays of 20-Plus Yards, offense and defense

The Bulldogs had five plays to gain 20 yards or more but maybe the biggest, a 54-yard touch-down jaunt by Todd Gurley late in the first quarter, was wiped out due to a holding penalty on guard Brandon Kublanow. South Carolina, in contrast, dented the Bulldog defense for six plays of 20 yards or more.

Untimely Mistakes (turnovers, penalties, clock management, miscues, etc.)

A whole bunch of these plagued the Bulldogs Sat-urday. There was Kublanow’s holding call that nul-lified Gurley’s 54-yard TD jaunt, there was a killing pass interference call on Devin Bowman, after he had intercepted a Dylan Thompson pass, another roughing-the-passer call that hurt the Bulldogs, Hutson Mason’s costly intentional grounding pen-alty near game’s end, Brendan Douglas bumping into Todd Gurley on the kickoff return team when Gurley was finally going to be able to run one back, with the result being the Gamecocks pinning the Bulldogs back at their own 15-yard line and, fi-nally, an inexplicable timeout by the coaching staff

in the first quarter just after Gurley had ripped off a 13-yard run for a first down.

Special teams Wins vs. Miscues

The Bulldogs got the two field goals from re-cord-breaking Marshall Morgan but he also missed two crucial ones, including the 28-yarder that would have tied the game in the final five minutes and an earlier 44-yard attempt in the second quar-ter. Georgia’s kick coverage was generally good with the exception of two late kickoff returns by the Gamecocks, which went for 42 and 24 yards. Colin Barber kicked well for Georgia, punting South Carolina dead once at the Gamecocks’ 15.

Missed Tackles

Senior safety Corey Moore whiffed on a tackle on a Carolina 8-yard touchdown pass, freshman DB Dominick Sanders also missed a tackle in the open field, and senior corner Damian Swann missed one sure tackle in the Carolina backfield and also couldn’t make the stop on another Gamecock touchdown pass. Swann, however, did redeem himself somewhat with his 18-yard interception run

to the South Carolina 6 in the late going … only to see the Bulldog offense waste the opportunity to cash the winning score.

Yards After Contact

Gurley broke three tackles on a 40-yard run from scrimmage, freshman Sony Michel kept running after pulling away from a couple of would-be tacklers on a first down run, and then Gurley came back to keep a fourth-quarter touchdown drive going by breaking a full five tackles on a brilliant 9-yard scamper … the same Gurley who didn’t get the football on Georgia’s first-and-goal at the Car-olina 4 late in the game.

Third Down Conversions

Big story here as the Bulldogs converted on only 5-of-12 third down opportunities. But South Car-olina was even worse as it went 2-for-9 on third downs against the Bulldog defense. But then, the Gamecocks made many of their 27 total first downs on first and second downs.

Turnovers (gained/lost)

The Bulldogs didn’t fumble the ball away any but did have to recover two of their own bobbles, which prevented possible gains. And UGA fresh-man Lorenzo Carter did recover Carolina’s only fumble. Georgia also got the big interception from Swann but, as mentioned, couldn’t cash in on it.

Red Zone (offense/defense)

The Bulldogs went a good 5-of-6 on scoring chances in the red zone with one of the scores being Morgan’s 26-yard field goal in the second quarter. But, oh, the one they missed on from the SC 4-yard line! In contrast, South Carolina went a perfect 5-for-5 scoring inside the Bulldogs’ 20.

Run/Pass Attempts

Not a bad ratio again here for the Bulldogs as they ran the ball 38 times for 217 yards and passed it 22 times for 191 yards. This time, however, all the statistics accumulated by Georgia went for naught on another wet, dreary night in Columbia, S.C.

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Kevin Butler, former University of Georgia legendary kicker and a member of the Georgia radio broadcast team, will each week during the 2014 football season select his offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week for Bulldawg Illustrated. Here are Butler’s selections and reasons why for the Bulldogs’ 38-35 loss to South Carolina on Saturday.

OFFENSE – Junior fullback Quayvon Hicks, who gave the Bulldogs a boost with his running late in the game when Geor-gia was attempting to make a comeback. Hicks rushed for 30 yards on just three carries and scored the Bulldogs’ final touch-down on a one-yard run.“From this week forward the offensive player of the game will be called ‘the Todd Gurley Award,’” said Butler. “He is the best running back in America and can win this award every week, so I will honor another player this week. Quayvon Hicks had 3 car-ries for 30 yards and an outstanding day blocking for the many different running backs. Much of the success in UGA’s running game starts with great blocking and Quayvon might have had his best game. He is silent but deadly for defenses.”

DEFENSE – Although the Bulldog defense experienced a rough night in Columbia, senior inside linebacker Ramik Wilson returned to his All-SEC form by ringing up 13 tackles, including 2.5 tackles-for-loss.“Ramik Wilson had a typical great effort against South Caro-lina,” said Butler. “His 13 tackles with 9 solos were tops on the team once again. Combined with 2 tackles for loss, it showed good position from Ramik. He had to make too many tackles outside the ends and downfield, which was proof that Ramik hustled throughout the game. His teammates need to step up their game to match his intensity.”

SPECIAL TEAMS – Junior punter Collin Barber, who aver-aged 40.5 yards on the Bulldogs’ only two punts of the game, including booting a 41-yarder that went out of bounds at the Carolina 15-yard line.“Really not much special happened with the UGA special teams, but Collin Barber punted to the best of his ability by pinning the Gamecocks inside the 20 once and netted 40.5 yards,” said Butler. “Eliminating a big return in an opponent’s stadium is a great accomplishment with high punts and disci-plined coverage.” - Compiled by Murray Poole

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Georgia’s underdog Wonderdogs trailed LSU 17-7 at the half in Baton Rouge. This Bulldog team won a slew of tight games throughout the season, but it looked like a second loss of the campaign just may be in the cards. But the Bulldogs grabbed control of the game when strand-out freshman Lindsay Scott, from tiny Jesup, Georgia and Wayne County High School, raced through the Cajun night with the second half kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown to swing momentum in the favor of the red and black. The game pitted the best pair of tailbacks in the SEC, Georgia’s Willie McClendon, from Brunswick, Ga., and Charles Alexander of LSU. In the second half, the “Junkyard Dawgs” defense shut the Tigers. Down. Standout linebacker Ricky McBride, a native of Savannah, controlled the middle of the line and helped stymie the Fightin’ Tigers potent rushing attack. He wound up with an unbelievable 18 solo tackles and six assists to tally 24 stops. Sophomore rover Chris Welton, who had moved from quarterback to defense the previous game (“I just hit anything in a white shirt”) recounted, “They kept running Alexander on the lead and he kept stuffing them. Ricky was yelling across the line into the huddle, daring them to keep coming his way. They did and he kept turning them away. It was awesome!” Alexander wound up with 81 yards, while McClendon wore the Tigers down, slashing through the LSU defense for 145 yards. The eventual SEC MVP, McClendon would punch in a touchdown behind the Bulldogs strong offensive line that featured Ray Donaldson and Mack Guest. All-SEC kicker Rex Robinson was true on a field goal and the Bulldogs were on top 24-17 to the disbelief of 78,000 at Tiger Stadium. The second half was all Georgia and the Bulldogs would hang on to win by the 24-17 margin. Georgia would follow with a 17-16 victory over Kentucky, 22-20 triumph over Florida in Jacksonville and 29-28 heart-stopper over Tech between the hedges. The Wonderdogs came up just short of the SEC title, but while posting a 9-1-1 regular season mark with a slew of white-knuckling wins, this will always be one of Georgia’s favorite teams. And at the top of the list, was that magic night down on the Bayou when McClendon and McBride dominated and Lindsay Scott would make the first of his iconic dashes into Georgia lore.

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Things were looking bleak for the Bulldogs before a rocking packed house at Williams-Brice Stadium, as the Gamecocks raced to a 16-0 first half lead. South Carolina’s defense did most of the scoring. The Gamecocks got a 2-0 lead on a safety. All-American safety Ko Simpson returned an interception 57 yards for a touchdown to take a 16-0 lead. The offense finally got going, but Georgia settled for a couple of first half field goals, as the Gamecocks defense held in the red zone. In the second half, the Bulldogs passing attack struck and the talented defense shut South Carolina down. The trigger man of the Georgia offense was one of the best quarterbacks in Bulldog history, the lefthander, David Greene. Georgia’s first touchdown came on a 12-yard pass from Greene to Tyson Browning. Trailing 16-13, the Dogs finally got on top, as Greene hit Reggie Brown in stride on a sideline route for a 22-yard touchdown, putting Georgia on top 20-16. The Bulldogs held on to win by the count of 20-16. Greene would end his career at Georgia on top of the record book in numerous passing records, and the Bulldogs sported a 43-10 record with the lefthander behind center. One of his top performances came while leading the comeback charge in the second half at South Carolina.

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1. Oregon – There was no letdown for the Ducks as they blew away Wyo-ming to make the record a perfect 3-0. Marcus Mariota is some kind of special quarterback. It’s off to Pullman to take on Mike Leach and disappointing Wash-ington State.

2. Texas A&M – Easy pickings for the Aggies against Rice. Kenny Hill is some kind of outstanding quarterback. The SEC West is just so brutally tough and the Aggies are right in the mix. Their non-conference schedule is a job. They will blow out SMU in Dallas this week.

3. Alabama – The Crimson Tide will have a tough test with the Gators in town. There will be some big time de-fenders on the field for this one. It was easy pickings against Southern Miss, which isn’t close to what it was. Bama is loaded at running back.

4. LSU – No problem for LSU vs. Lou-isiana – Monroe. The Tigers have had a couple of breathers since the come-back win over Wisconsin. Conference play cranks up Saturday with Mississip-pi State coming to town. The Maroons have some juice.

5. Oklahoma – West Virginia hosts the Sooners this week. The Mountaineers pulled it out against Maryland with a last second field goal, and that travel won’t be easy for the Sooners. This could be Oklahoma’s most talented team since they fell to Florida for the BCS title.

6. Florida State – It is a big test for the Seminoles as Clemson comes to town. Florida State’s biggest challenge will be handling the Tigers’ outstanding defensive line. That Seminole defense will have to be ready for two very good quarterbacks.

7. Auburn – The Tigers figure to have their hands full Thursday night in the “little apple” to take on Bill Snyder’s always tough Kansas State Wildcats. Auburn really has the offense clicking. If the Tigers can pull this off, they figure to be right there in the insanely tough SEC West.

8. Baylor – The Bears are cooking right now and may be the best team in the Big XII. Baylor blew out Buffalo and have this off week before tangling with Iowa State. Art Briles is an out-standing coach and has kept it rolling after RGIII.

9. Ole Miss – The Rebels are cooking and Bo Wallace is coming off of one of his best performances. That high-ly touted recruiting class, they are all sophomores now. The SEC West is absolutely loaded, but the Rebels may have something to say about it.

10. UCLA – The Bruins are a perfect 3-0 with a narrow trio of wins, includ-ing this past weekend at Texas. Brett Hundley is a very talented quarterback and his Bruins are certainly a team to be dealt with in the PAC-12 South. Next up is a Thursday night big one with Arizona State.

11. Arizona State – The Sun Devils held off improving Colorado for a 38-24 win and sit at a perfect 3-0. Arizona State is off this week, then has a massive Thursday night showdown with UCLA in Tempe.

12. BYU – The Cougars held off Hous-ton and try and make it a perfect 4-0 by taking on suddenly tough Virginia at Lavell Edwards Stadium. The Cavaliers just pulled off a big win over Louisville that certainly got BYU’s attention.

13. Notre Dame – The Fighting Irish held off Purdue’s upset bid as they dominated the second half to make it 3-0. Next up is one of those pseudo ACC games with Syracuse. Brian Kelly has another good team in South Bend.

14. Wisconsin – The Badgers return to action against Bowling Green on Sat-urday. They still have to be smarting from that slip-away against LSU. Mel-vin Gordon is a heck of a tailback and Wisconsin will ride him. Gary Anderson will be hard on his troops to avoid the MAC upset.

15. Mississippi State - There was no look-ahead for MSU, as the Maroon Bulldogs smoked South Alabama 35-3 in Mobile. Dak Prescott is a stellar quarterback and gives MSU a big time duel threat. Now comes LSU in Baton Rouge. LSU has always had State’s number.

16. South Carolina – The Gamecocks had to have it and they got it. Steve Spurrier, who has beaten Georgia like no coach in history, led his team to a fourth victory in five seasons against the Bulldogs. South Carolina is back on track.

17. Michigan State – It will be an easy blowout win for the Spartans against lowly Eastern Michigan. Mark Danto-nio’s crew has probably been getting salty, sitting around for a week after Oregon ran away from them.

18. Pitt – The Panthers are an impres-sive 3-0. Pitt’s win over Boston College looks even better with the Eagles win over Southern Cal. Pitt is favored at home to make it 4-0, as the Panthers host Iowa, which just lost to Iowa State.

19. Boston College – The 2-1 Eagles lost to Pitt, but came back to beat Southern Cal. This set up perfectly for Boston College and they showed that they can be a factor in the ACC. For B.C. to beat USC is a big deal anytime.

20. Southern Cal – Last Saturday was a nightmare for USC. Coming off a physical, emotional victory at Stan-ford, the depth and cross country trip to Chestnut Hill wound up doing USC in. The week had plenty of distractions as well.

21. Stanford – After suffering one of the all-time most painful losses in school history, the Cardinal came back and took care of Army. Stan-ford has no margin for error after let-ting that get away. They will have to win out, most likely, to make it to the PAC-12 Championship Game again.

22. Missouri – The Tigers, despite all they lost on defense and at the skill positions are right in the thick of the SEC East race. The big reason is Maty Mauck, what a start he is off to. He may be the best quarterback in the SEC.

23. Georgia – The Devil is in the de-tails. One busted or wasted play can doom a team in the brutal SEC. In its last 17 games, Georgia is 10-7, with six of the losses by a touchdown or less. It will be a big test to see if the Bulldogs can recover from this loss at South Carolina emotionally.

24. Clemson – The Tigers will have their hands full in Tallahassee against the defending national champion Seminoles. If Clemson can pull off the upset, the Tigers are in good shape for a shot at the ACC Championship Game.

25. Florida – So much was hanging in the balance, but the improved Ga-tors found a way to handle the im-proved Kentucky Wildcats. Florida heads to Tuscaloosa and will need to be at its best to have a shot.


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A View From ... Troy, AlabamaBarry McKnight, the voice of Troy Athletics, does an excellent

job lending us his thoughts on Saturday’s game between the Bull-dogs and Trojans and college football in general.

Who are some Troy players that Georgia should keep an eye on?

A senior WR, Chandler Worthy (a Georgia native), is small but has great speed and big-play capability; Troy’s senior right tack-le, Terrance Jones, is the Trojans’ most likely NFL prospect-- terrifi-cally strong (check out his Youtube account of an 810-pound squat from the summer); defensively, MLB Mark Wilson is physical and a real leader, and DT Lonnie Gosha (an Arkansas transfer) should hold up well in trying to plug up UGA’s run game.

What does Troy need to do to pull the upset? They need big plays, for sure. The idea that Troy can match

Georgia’s physicality on defense for four quarters is probably a false idea, so they need to strike deep a few times with success. The hope, as well, is that Troy’s offensive pace will take some toll on the Bulldog defense late in the game, so Troy would love to be able to stay close until then, with a chance to sneak out a win late!

Do you have a Final Four picked out for the playoff?I like Oregon, Florida State, Alabama, and UCLA. Georgia,

Auburn, and Baylor are my secondary candidates.

What is it like playing in the same state as Alabama and Auburn?

It’s been a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that we com-pete in a state where college football is very, very popular and im-portant, and Troy has been able to capitalize upon that. The curse is that they’re such behemoths that fans feel an obligation to pick a side, even our fans. Look, we’re not trying to compete with Auburn and Alabama and overtake them; we’re just trying for our fair share of attention in this football-crazed state. I would guess that a large majority of our fans also claim an allegiance to one of those schools as well, and that’s fine, as long as they’re Trojans, too.

What do you see as the big picture near-future for Troy? To compete for the Sun Belt title and get back to New Orle-

ans and a bowl game! We’ve been the most successful program in the Sun Belt Conference, but none of our players now has shared in the bowl experience, and we need to change that!

What are some changes you would like to see in college football?

A - I’m actually okay with the new playoff system, and I like the idea of better serving the student-athlete, in terms of a cost-of-living stipend and increased access to cafeteria services. All in all, I’m one of the happy college football fans out there!

Are your fans excited to come to Sanford Stadium? Without question! They love the Athens nightlife on Fridays;

it’s very eclectic and exciting, more so than most any of the places we go (and we’ve been to a LOT of places). The funny thing I remember is when we came up there in 2007, when Omar Haug-abook threw for 300 yards and our freshman WR, Jerrel Jernigan (who now plays for the Giants) had a big day. I grew up in a Gator family and went to school at Florida, so I know of the passion of Georgia fans; when we were down 17 late and driving, I told our radio crew “Watch these fans if we score.” There was a huge chorus of boos when we scored with seconds to go to pull to within ten, and the place rained boos. My guys didn’t know why --the out-come wasn’t in doubt-- until I pointed out (off the air) that Geor-gia wasn’t covering! To me, Sanford Stadium represents passion, unadulterated allegiance, and the love of the game. It’s what’s good and right with college football.

What is your take on Georgia? I’m like a lot of people in that I would’ve picked Georgia in

the Top 4 if we didn’t have questions about the QB, and he looks as though he’s answering some of the questions. Key losses on defense won’t matter, because they’ve got talent, but they’ve also got the transcendent player in college football in Todd Gurley. It’d surprise me not one whit if Georgia is still playing with three other schools at the end of the year.

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