| Georgia Bulldogs football tickets are as cherished | | | | college football players of all time, Herschel |
| as any sports-related items in the state. The | | | | Walker, was busy tearing through opposing |
| Bulldogs truly are the state's preferred team, as | | | | defenses at a breathtaking pace. Walker is |
| their tradition dates back longer than their in-state | | | | perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime player, and he led the |
| sports cohorts - the Falcons, Braves, Hawks and | | | | team to their last national championship as a |
| obviously the Thrashers. Athens isn't far outside | | | | freshman in 1980. Georgia Bulldogs football tickets |
| of Atlanta, and it seems that the whole state | | | | were never harder to find than during the Walker |
| shows up for every Georgia game. Given all this | | | | era. |
| support and fervor, you'd think Georgia would | | | | No player since has come close to the |
| have a dominant football team. | | | | transcendent talent Walker brought to the field |
| However, here's the deal - they don't - they have | | | | every week, and it seems as though Georgia has |
| a very, very good football team, but not a | | | | been searching for his replacement for more than |
| dominant football team. They've never had a run | | | | 25 years. Unless/until another Walker comes |
| of supremacy that the likes of USC, Nebraska, | | | | around, and assuming Georgia signs him, Georgia |
| Miami and Notre Dame have all had over time. | | | | may not be able to get over the top. |
| They are always highly-ranked, and it seems that | | | | Competition |
| they're always in contention for the SEC title, but | | | | Although many feel that the SEC is down a bit |
| they haven't played for or been in serious | | | | this season, year in and year out, the SEC is one |
| contention with the voters for a national | | | | of, if not the, toughest conferences in the United |
| championship in some time. Below we'll look at | | | | States. The teams mentioned above - USC, |
| what separates Georgia from national dominance. | | | | Miami, Nebraska, etc. - usually had to win just one |
| Geography | | | | or two difficult games in their national |
| Georgia has a plentiful harvest of high school | | | | championship seasons. Georgia faces a full slate of |
| football talent every year, but it's nowhere near | | | | SEC teams every year, including Florida and |
| the volume or level that Florida, its neighbor to | | | | Tennessee. It's become almost impossible to |
| the south, produces. Therefore, Georgia always | | | | come through the SEC undefeated, which is a |
| faces stiff competition from nearby competitors | | | | near-prerequisite for a shot at the national |
| such as Florida State, Miami and Florida, all of | | | | championship. |
| whom seem to load up every year with a bevy | | | | Overall |
| of five-star recruits. | | | | Coach Mark Richt has done everything possible to |
| Georgia always has a bit of trouble going into | | | | maximize Georgia's potential. The Bulldogs are |
| Florida recruiting, and some of their old standby | | | | always prepared, always play hard and recruit as |
| states are also not panning out the way they | | | | well as they can given their inherent limitations. If |
| have in the past. South Carolina, another neighbor, | | | | everything comes together for the Bulldogs in a |
| has basically put up a brick wall around its state | | | | given year, they could make a run at a national |
| boundary because of Steve Spurrier at South | | | | championship. However, they are not a team that |
| Carolina and Tommy Bowden at Clemson. That | | | | appears ready to dominate the college football |
| basically limits Georgia's geographic reach with | | | | landscape the way their fans want them to. |
| recruiting. | | | | Regardless, Georgia Bulldogs football tickets will |
| The Herschel Walker Syndrome | | | | always be hard to find, and they will remain a |
| Every Bulldogs fan old enough remembers the | | | | "very good" team for years to come - just not a |
| early 1980's. That's when one of the greatest | | | | "dominant team" any time soon. |