All of the information in this thread is about as accurate
as Quincy Carter throwing against SC in 2000.
1) I didn't see a lot of bold UGA championship predictions in 2007, 2006, 2003, 2001, 1999....
I saw some in 2000 when we brought back a lot of talent. Same thing in 2004.
But there are NUMEROUS seasons when most of us UGA fans know that it is not in the cards for us. Every year at the rivals.com UGA site they do a poll on predicting the record for the upcoming season and there are usually several thousand responses. In the past two (06 and 07) polls the majority of picks have been in the 9-3 / 8-4 range.
The notion that the majority of UGA fans pick UGA to play for a NC every year is completely inaccurate / false / unfounded.
2) I have not seen a lot of UGA fans calling for Richt to be fired under any circumstances. I have seen grumblings here and there about his play calling over the past few years (before he turned the offense over to Bobo). That happens everywhere. But no uproar from a lot of fans to have Richt fired.
I am not going to claim that NOBODY has said to fire him. There are always a few fools after a loss that talk like that, for EVERY team.
3) Mark Bradley has taken as many shots at UGA as he has made positive remarks. He has no ties to UGA and is a University of Kentucky graduate (I believe).
4) Interesting how we as fans only tend to remember the comments from writers or sports talk hosts that incite our inner hatred.
Or we hear one fan of an opposing team make a bold prediction and run with it, generalizing it as the sentiment of the entire fanbase.
Regarding Mark Bradley's comments, I personally would have waited until after the Sugar Bowl to print such a prediction. If UGA gets beaten by HI the hype will die down a little.
I will say this, though....
The potential of this UGA program right now is scary. The talent it is assembling is sick. I have confidence in saying that on talent alone UGA will be on the same level as NC contenders like USC, LSU, OK, OSU, UF. If not in 2008 then definitely in 2009.
Am I predciting that UGA will play for or even win a NC? Nope. There's more than talent required to do that, and so far Richt's staff has not proven that they can lead a team to a NC game. Nobody proves it until they do it.
I am taking a "show me" and "believe it when I see it" approach.
But like I said, the talent will be there. There's more talent being assembled at UGA than I have ever seen.