United States Football League cost Georgia a national title and Heisman.

Dooley was a 7 win a season coach without Herschel.  Dooley generally won the games he was supposed to win, threw in a big upset every couple of years and beat tech most years.  That was good enough for Georgia fans at the time. 

(6 hours ago)Replying to JC-DAWG83 Dooley was a 7 win a season coach without Herschel.  Dooley generally won the games he was supposed to win, threw in a big upset every couple of years and beat tech most years.  That was good enough for Georgia fans at the time. 

Sounds very Richt’ish.

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(6 hours ago)Replying to JC-DAWG83 Dooley was a 7 win a season coach without Herschel.  Dooley generally won the games he was supposed to win, threw in a big upset every couple of years and beat tech most years.  That was good enough for Georgia fans at the time. 

Sounds very Richt’ish.

Richt was almost the anti Dooley.  He won more games but generally managed to shit the bed at least once a year against a team he should beat and that bed shitting usually cost Georgia a shot at a championship.  He also had some sort of mental block when it came to UF, who Dooley dominated.  Richt turned things around against AU and UT though.  I think Richt was better than Dooley.  

It's really hard to compare the two because the game and Georgia fan expectations changed so much between Dooley and Richt.  Richt had the burden of Georgia fans expecting another NC every year and college football becoming the big money thing it is now.  Dooley could keep the fans happy with 7 or 8 wins, victories over UF and tech and a bowl trip.

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(6 hours ago)Replying to JC-DAWG83 Dooley was a 7 win a season coach without Herschel.  Dooley generally won the games he was supposed to win, threw in a big upset every couple of years and beat tech most years.  That was good enough for Georgia fans at the time. 

Sounds very Richt’ish.

Richt was almost the anti Dooley.  He won more games but generally managed to shit the bed at least once a year against a team he should beat and that bed shitting usually cost Georgia a shot at a championship.  He also had some sort of mental block when it came to UF, who Dooley dominated.  Richt turned things around against AU and UT though.  I think Richt was better than Dooley.  

It's really hard to compare the two because the game and Georgia fan expectations changed so much between Dooley and Richt.  Richt had the burden of Georgia fans expecting another NC every year and college football becoming the big money thing it is now.  Dooley could keep the fans happy with 7 or 8 wins, victories over UF and tech and a bowl trip.

Richt didn't have Urban and Saban's luck needing teams to lose.  And no I'm not talking about every Bama natty run  under Saban.  The one Iowa St downed Okie St to catapult  fBama into the BCS.  Meyer had a 5-6 UCLA beast #2 USC.  Methinks if Bama were in our position in 2007 they prolly WOULD have gone.

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(6 hours ago)Replying to JC-DAWG83 Dooley was a 7 win a season coach without Herschel.  Dooley generally won the games he was supposed to win, threw in a big upset every couple of years and beat tech most years.  That was good enough for Georgia fans at the time. 

Sounds very Richt’ish.

Richt was almost the anti Dooley.  He won more games but generally managed to shit the bed at least once a year against a team he should beat and that bed shitting usually cost Georgia a shot at a championship.  He also had some sort of mental block when it came to UF, who Dooley dominated.  Richt turned things around against AU and UT though.  I think Richt was better than Dooley.  

It's really hard to compare the two because the game and Georgia fan expectations changed so much between Dooley and Richt.  Richt had the burden of Georgia fans expecting another NC every year and college football becoming the big money thing it is now.  Dooley could keep the fans happy with 7 or 8 wins, victories over UF and tech and a bowl trip.

Richt didn't have Urban and Saban's luck needing teams to lose.  And no I'm not talking about every Bama natty run  under Saban.  The one Iowa St downed Okie St to catapult  fBama into the BCS.  Meyer had a 5-6 UCLA beast #2 USC.  Methinks if Bama were in our position in 2007 they prolly WOULD have gone.

That is true, but Richt always seemed to manage to put Georgia in the position of relying on some highly unlikely scenario where a team above us would have to lose to a huge underdog for us to advance.  The classic Richt/Bobo bed shitting games always torpedoed Georgia's chances for playing in the SECCG or having a path to the NC game.