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I used to run a site called The Bulldawg Blawg. I always wanted to name it The Junkyard Blawg, but that name was taken at the time. Now? I'm gonna do what I want at Dawgs Central.

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Dawg on Top: Kirby's Contract Extension

Last week I talked about SEC Media Days approaching, how much things had changed, and what might go down. The funny thing is the biggest piece of news came down AFTER Kirby Smart and company had left Atlanta.  Kirby Smart agreed to a contract extension through 2031 that will pay him $10,250,000 in 2022 with increases that will eventually reach $12,250,000 in 2031. Ladies and gentlemen, Kirby Smart is now the highest paid coach in college football*. * This cannot be 100% confirmed since
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We're Getting Closer

We're now only 50 days to kickoff, and that means SEC Media Days are upon us! Beginning Monday the SEC's football coaches will bring three players along with them to Atlanta, GA to speak to gathered media. Kirby Smart will bring with him Stetson Bennett, Nolan Smith, and Sedrick Van Pran. It's pretty crazy to think about how much has changed in just one year (I suppose winning a national championship will do that). But think about these players again. I don't think anyone would be surprised to k
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Sometimes it Just Hits You

Sorry for the late entry this week. I’m on vacation with extended family on Fripp Island in South Carolina, but something just hit me and I had to share. We’ve been doing this same trip around the 4th of July every year for 17 years. We see friends, family, and friends that are family. We sit on the beach with our books and a drink in our hand. We go to the 4th of July parade. We play Kubb on the beach and take it a little too seriously. We all gather for burgers and fireworks. We’ve watche
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What Have We Done?

In 2010, I read a book called Death to the BCS by Dan Wetzel. In that book, Dan laid out a proposal to replace the Bowl Championship with a playoff in college football. He actually proposed a model with a sixteen team playoff. When he showed the playoff matchups, I have to admit they were very cool. He also explained how the Bowl System worked, and why the antiquated games didn't really make sense anymore. Finally, Dan pointed out how much more money college football could make from a playoff as
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Countdown to Kickoff: 71 Days

We have a Countdown to Kickoff thread in our Dawgs Central forum. Every day, we relate the number of days out from kickoff to either a player or play. Today we are 71 days out, and for me the number 71 means George Foster. George was such a huge part of Georgia's turnaround in the late 90's and early 2000's. His recruiting class was filled with talent, and during his redshirt sophomore year, Georgia ended the drought against Tennessee. Back in our first season of My God a Podcast, @Pow
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Happy Father’s Day

As we head into this Father's Day weekend, I wanted to give a shout out to all of you National Champion fathers out there. For me personally, I'm so glad that I got to experience the National Championship with my dad. I'm not sure I can really do justice writing how much that meant to me, so I'm going to refer back to what I said on My God a Podcast in our National Championship Review. Thank you Dad for instilling this love for the Georgia Bulldogs in me. It's been one heck of a r
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SEC 9 Game Schedule Model

In my last entry, I took a stab at who the permanent opponents would be for each team in the 3-6 schedule model. If you haven't read that yet, go check it that out first. I got some blowback on Twitter about the permanent opponents. The primary feedback was that I made Auburn's permanent opponents too hard. Based on that, I did make a change. So let's start with my new permanent opponents. Team Permanent 1 Permanent 2 Permanent 3
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SEC Moving to 9 Conference Games?

If you're a Dawgs Central subscriber, this is nothing new to you. We've been talking in our forum about how the SEC schedule should work once Texas and Oklahoma join the league. According to multiple reports, it sounds like the league has narrowed down the possible schedule formats to two. Both of these proposals will eliminate divisions, sending the two teams with the best record to the SEC Championship. But with no divisions, how do you know which teams a school will play each year? Optio
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My God a Podcast Joins Dawgs Central

It's official. We've taken our talents to Dawgs Central. When John Powell and I started My God a Podcast back in 2020, we didn't know what would come of it. Neither of us had done a podcast before, but we were excited to take our text messages to a new format that we could share with others. We had zero expectations, but we figured the worst case scenario was we'd get to talk about the Dawgs for an hour (ok a lot more than an hour) a week. Over our two seasons, we've had former players
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About the (2019) Offense

Note: I wrote this for The Bulldawg Blawg after the 2019 SEC Championship loss to LSU, but I never published it. It's kind of funny to read now looking back. Personally, I think everyone is putting too much stock into the poor offensive showing in the SEC Championship Game. Georgia rode a great defense to an 11-1 regular season. Sure, we all were wondering if the offense was good enough to overcome a complete team like LSU. Seth Emerson went so far as to say the SEC Championship Game was th
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