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Trevi
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Actually nice classy move by the Bulldogs
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/arkans...f-upcoming-georgia-fan-support-231927975.html
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/arkans...f-upcoming-georgia-fan-support-231927975.html
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alexhortdog95
Eye to the future, honoring the past
As I'm currently going through this with my wife (just had a masectomy on Tuesday, and is recovering) and I lost my father from cancer, I will always support people supporting those going through cancer or having lost someone to cancer.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Georgia fans honor Arkansas State coach's late wife with 'pink out' to raise awareness for breast cancer
Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...ink-out-to-raise-awareness-for-breast-cancer/
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Inside Georgia's $200 million quest to take down Alabama
During the previous two seasons under Georgia coach Kirby Smart, the Bulldogs won 24 games, one SEC championship, the Rose Bowl, and came within a whisker of winning one national championship and playing for another.
The Bulldogs still haven't won a national title in 39 years, but it sure feels as if they're closer than they've been since freshman tailback Herschel Walker led them to the 1980 championship and had them in contention for two more.
After two near misses under Smart, Georgia's motto this past offseason was "Do More."
"We're just trying to get over the hump," Bulldogs quarterback Jake Fromm said. "Trying to do more."
In many ways, the motto might as well be "Spend More," because Georgia's administration seems determined to leave no stone unturned in the program's quest to end its long and frustrating national title drought.
"As Kirby has mentioned a number of times, the difference in a lot of these games is a matter of inches," Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said. "With his goal of doing more, we're trying to make up whatever that little difference could be."
Long regarded as one of the biggest underachievers in college football because of their geographical location, fertile recruiting area and deep pocketbook, the Bulldogs now seem fully committed to doing everything they can to reach the sport's upper echelon and remain there.
The Bulldogs are ranked No. 3 heading into Saturday night's game against No. 7 Notre Dame at Sanford Stadium. Georgia's 20-19 road victory against the Fighting Irish in 2017 helped propel the Bulldogs to an SEC title and a spot in the College Football Playoff. It also gave Smart a stamp of approval after a so-so 8-5 record in his first season as a head coach in 2016.
"I think what it did, with so many people there and everybody watching, it did jump-start our program," McGarity said. "It provided us an opportunity to play an opponent that was a national brand on the road for the first time ever, and I think it injected a level of excitement and believability that we could compete on a national level and hopefully in a consistent way."
Soon after that victory, Georgia donors opened up their wallets.
From $174 million in facility upgrades, to spending more money on recruiting than any other FBS program, to paying Smart and his assistant coaches more than $13 million per season, the Georgia athletic department is making the financial investment many believed it needed to compete with Alabama in the SEC and with other traditional powers nationally.
"I think the investment that you're starting to see right now is really an effort to catch up," said former Bulldogs quarterback Eric Zeier, who now works as an analyst on the school's radio network. "I think it will begin to normalize as we get caught up. Was it needed for the University of Georgia to get up on the elite stage? I don't think there's any question it was."
In only three seasons, Smart, a former Georgia defensive back and longtime Alabama defensive coordinator, has transformed the program into his vision of what it should be. In most cases, the administration has given him everything he needs to do it.
"I talk about commitment to excellence and commitment to building a strong program, and [the administration] has committed to that," Smart said. "When you're talking about taking a job at the caliber of Georgia, there's not a lot of negotiating power. It's a great job, and I wanted the job. They talked about a commitment to excellence, and that's what I want and that's what they've done."
Georgia's financial investment is already paying off. In Smart's second season, in 2017, the Bulldogs won their first SEC title in a dozen years and reached the College Football Playoff National Championship, where they lost to Alabama 26-23 in overtime. Last season, they won their second straight SEC East title and lost to the Crimson Tide 35-28 in the SEC title game.
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...inside-georgia-200-million-quest-take-alabama
During the previous two seasons under Georgia coach Kirby Smart, the Bulldogs won 24 games, one SEC championship, the Rose Bowl, and came within a whisker of winning one national championship and playing for another.
The Bulldogs still haven't won a national title in 39 years, but it sure feels as if they're closer than they've been since freshman tailback Herschel Walker led them to the 1980 championship and had them in contention for two more.
After two near misses under Smart, Georgia's motto this past offseason was "Do More."
"We're just trying to get over the hump," Bulldogs quarterback Jake Fromm said. "Trying to do more."
In many ways, the motto might as well be "Spend More," because Georgia's administration seems determined to leave no stone unturned in the program's quest to end its long and frustrating national title drought.
"As Kirby has mentioned a number of times, the difference in a lot of these games is a matter of inches," Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said. "With his goal of doing more, we're trying to make up whatever that little difference could be."
Long regarded as one of the biggest underachievers in college football because of their geographical location, fertile recruiting area and deep pocketbook, the Bulldogs now seem fully committed to doing everything they can to reach the sport's upper echelon and remain there.
The Bulldogs are ranked No. 3 heading into Saturday night's game against No. 7 Notre Dame at Sanford Stadium. Georgia's 20-19 road victory against the Fighting Irish in 2017 helped propel the Bulldogs to an SEC title and a spot in the College Football Playoff. It also gave Smart a stamp of approval after a so-so 8-5 record in his first season as a head coach in 2016.
"I think what it did, with so many people there and everybody watching, it did jump-start our program," McGarity said. "It provided us an opportunity to play an opponent that was a national brand on the road for the first time ever, and I think it injected a level of excitement and believability that we could compete on a national level and hopefully in a consistent way."
Soon after that victory, Georgia donors opened up their wallets.
From $174 million in facility upgrades, to spending more money on recruiting than any other FBS program, to paying Smart and his assistant coaches more than $13 million per season, the Georgia athletic department is making the financial investment many believed it needed to compete with Alabama in the SEC and with other traditional powers nationally.
"I think the investment that you're starting to see right now is really an effort to catch up," said former Bulldogs quarterback Eric Zeier, who now works as an analyst on the school's radio network. "I think it will begin to normalize as we get caught up. Was it needed for the University of Georgia to get up on the elite stage? I don't think there's any question it was."
In only three seasons, Smart, a former Georgia defensive back and longtime Alabama defensive coordinator, has transformed the program into his vision of what it should be. In most cases, the administration has given him everything he needs to do it.
"I talk about commitment to excellence and commitment to building a strong program, and [the administration] has committed to that," Smart said. "When you're talking about taking a job at the caliber of Georgia, there's not a lot of negotiating power. It's a great job, and I wanted the job. They talked about a commitment to excellence, and that's what I want and that's what they've done."
Georgia's financial investment is already paying off. In Smart's second season, in 2017, the Bulldogs won their first SEC title in a dozen years and reached the College Football Playoff National Championship, where they lost to Alabama 26-23 in overtime. Last season, they won their second straight SEC East title and lost to the Crimson Tide 35-28 in the SEC title game.
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...inside-georgia-200-million-quest-take-alabama
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cjmik_75
Legend
Playing for another? What because they lost 35-28 in the SEC title game that makes it a whisker away from winning the CFP!?!?!!
Gimme a fucking break.
They were within a whisker of winning and choked.
Saying they were within a whisker again without even making the playoff is just more SEC jerk off BS
Yeah and Oregon was within a whisker of winning the CFP too but, then there was that whole kick off and football game still to play too.
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