Ranking Our Rivals: UGA Has Plenty
Founding voice HAN VANCE annually ranks the Georgia football rivalries, and the list always has some fluctuations. Here’s the post-pandemic 2021 iteration, folks: 1. FLORIDA – Don’t recall a time when Florida was not the single biggest rival. When Tech…
12-Team CFP Imminent
Han Vance on college football: the expansion I’ve been loudly calling for since before the ineffective current CFP started won’t happen this season or next but should be approved for the 2023 American college football season. This system seeks to…
UGA: Status of the Football Program
Han Vance on Georgia football. Usually around this time of year, I like to give an overall status report on the Georgia program as a whole: We’re in good shape, as you’ll read. I also included my 2021 NFL Draft…
“All College Report” (new show)
On G-Day weekend, we will be filming my new show: ALL COLLEGE REPORT. All College Report focuses on all of college football and men’s college basketball, with a special emphasis on the winningest programs at each of the two, by…
New Beginnings in Athens, Ga.
Han Vance on Georgia athletics: When Josh Brooks officially accepted a promotion to become the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics following the announcement of the professional “retirement” of Greg McGarity, a decade of Dawggone difficulties and dreams turned to…
Fallacy of Fling
Next year’s champions since January 2nd of 1981, the day, in the morning after Ol’ Georgia’s only undisputed national championship. Here we are again, friends. Looking at a (NY6) New Year’s Six big non-championship qualifying bowl, probably the Peach Bowl…
Todd Monken Experiment Failing: More than Just QB
Han Vance on Georgia football: Walking out of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium after another outdistancing and yet another loss in the SECCG, Georgia fans were chanting for Mike Bobo, the once-vilified quarterback and offensive coordinator, who left UGA on top of…
Comparisons Continue
Han Vance on Georgia football: Kirby Smart can someday cease these constant and/or annual comparisons to his former boss Mark Richt, by outperforming the retired coach by a wide margin. It just hasn’t happened. The once all-time leader in school…
Georgia Offense Has Failed
Atlanta, Ga.—-You want to become big time instead of gloating about your SEC East “championships,” you have to win in The City. And, I don’t mean the Classic City, where Kirby has only blown — and I do mean blown…
How Jamie Newman Outsmarted Kirby
Han Vance on Georgia football: You got played, Coach. It is as simple as that, and your annual Athens’ apologists – who called for Jamie Newman to win the Heisman, the freaking HEISMAN!, c’mon, y’all, you have to be smarter…
‘A Tale of Two Programs’ -Johnny Vance (Guest Columnist)
My Eldest Younger Brother Johnny Vance’s BHB Debut Here’s Johnny on Georgia ~ A Tale of Two Programs: Hey Dawgs fans. This is it. The BIG one. This year’s “Game of the Century.” Georgia and Bama tee it up in…
The World’s Most Powerful Conference
Han Vance on SEC football: Greg Sankey sits atop – as figurehead – the most power allegiance in the history of amateur sports. The Southeastern Conference has won 10 of the last 14 national championships, benefitting greatly in league-wide reputation…
Loser of Saturday’s Game Has Clear Path to Natty
Han Vance on SEC football: Less is at stake than you may think in the Saturday night big game, on the capstone. In fact, taking one loss, especially one out of division, in-conference in the mighty SEC, has actually never…
The Unstoppable Kirby Smart Defense
Han Vance on Georgia football: Defense used to win championships in football at all levels, remember that? Defense wins championships. The long-told maxim. Kirby is credited for two primary strengths: He is undeniably amazing at defense and known to be…
Championships Speak
Han Vance on Georgia football: Man, I miss my Georgia game day friends. Feature photo of Face and I at his place in Athens. There is no real and true to the South on-campus tailgating at all this season in…
World Capital of College Football Chronicles
Han Vance on American college football: Georgia’s soon-to-be breakout true freshman George Pickens goes high for a snag in the front of an ATL end zone, as junior Jake Fromm has just thrown his last in-state touchdown, the 22nd of…
College Football Playoff: My Picks + Systemic Scraps
Han Vance on American college football: Scrap the sucky system. If the relatively ancient American team sport of pro baseball can quickly change, there is no excuse left for college football carrying on with this charade. Sad as it is…
Long Break Between Season & Bowls Creates Opportunity
Han Vance on American college football: What I haven’t heard people say is that the inordinately long break between the typical college football season, which ends in late November or early December, and the too-long bowl season, which does not…
Could Powerful SEC Go It Alone?
HAN VANCE on American college football: Peril. Peril, peril, the season is in real and immediate jeopardy, with the Big 10 (of the Power 5 conferences) meeting immediately on a Sunday – not insignificant in and of itself – to…
SOS Tumble is Big Issue
Han Vance on Georgia football: Slippage. While the TCU upset I predicted over an overvalued Texas, who peaked not began current program assent point by upsetting Ol’ Georgia in the, ahem, sUGAr back in January – where the Bulldogs, an…
