by Ezekiel Stone

Created on: January 03, 2009   Last Updated: January 08, 2009

The Georgia Bull Dogs showed a lot of achivement in 2008.

With the regular season complete, the 17th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs now wait to learn where they will be invited for their 44th bowl game in school history. Georgia finished the regular season with a 9-3 mark including 6-2 in the Southeastern Conference. The Bulldogs will be making their school record 12th consecutive bowl appearance somewhere this January.

On his Sunday conference call with the media, Georgia coach Mark Richt said the Bulldogs may not know until next Sunday where and who they will play in their bowl game.One possible bowl opponent for Georgia is Michigan State. A Bulldog-Spartan contest would feature two of the nation's top running backs that are among the three finalists for the Doak Walker Award. Bulldog sophomore Knowshon Moreno leads the SEC with 1,338 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns.

MSU senior Javon Ringer ranks third nationally with 1,590 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns. Richt said a matchup of these two teams would be wonderful if it happens. A very wise man said "It's important to finish strong, and it would be nice to get that tenth victory," said Richt on what's at stake in the upcoming bowl game. "We'll get one more opportunity to play on national television, and we want to have a good showing. We want our seniors to have a victory in their last game. It's important to win period, we all know that.

Overall, Georgia is 24-16-3 in bowl games including 5-2 under Richt. Georgia's current postseason bowl streak began during the 1997 season under former coach Jim Donnan as the Bulldogs capped a 10-2 season with a win over Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl.Georgia will take the first part of the week off and hold its first practice on Thursday. Richt, along with the coordinators, will run most of practice with some coaches out of town recruiting. On Saturday, the full staff will be back and the team will practice again. Richt said the bowl practice schedule has not been set yet, and he indicated the team likely would have a five-day holiday break before reporting to the bowl site.Richt reflected on the regular season and said it has not been an easy one and that the bar has been raised at Georgia. He said he wants Georgia to be in the hunt for a championship every year.

They may not be the most liked team, but they raised their standards last year. They showe how bad they wanted it, and went for it. You cant kill a spirt that is invincible. The finished with a 24-12 season. Thats why the Georgia Bull Dogs were the best team of 2008.

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