Hello from Athens, Georgia! I thought I would take a few minutes to let you nutty football fans know that life in the UGA Athletic Department is going just fine. Oh, I was like you at one time. If the football team lost to that nothing-happening-self absorbed-worst school and fan base of all time-Florida, then I was pretty bummed out too. But then I started to pay attention to the other sports on campus. The soccer team upsets Florida, goes to its second straight SEC Championship game and is edged out by Tennessee. They then advance to the NCAA Tournament. The volleyball is having a fine year with a recent upset of the Gators, then is making strides in the SEC and has one of the talented and youngest teams in the conference. Both the men's and women's swimming and diving team are ranked in the top 10 in the nation, and their head coach, Jack Bauerle, is one of the finest ever. He was also the coach of the U.S. Olympic Women's Swim Team in Beijing. The golf teams are ranked in the top ten, and now that a successful fall season is behind them, they are looking ahead to the spring. The baseball team just finished second in the college world series and had one of the best recruiting classes in the nation. Look for great things from the Diamond Dogs. The equestrian team is defending national champion. Coach Manuel Diaz and the men's tennis team are two time defending national champs. Coach Jeff Wallace and the women's tennis team are coming off another SEC Championship season and another year of being one of the top programs in the nation. The softball team is coming off a 46 win season and a berth in the NCAA Super Regionals. In track and field, Coach Wayne Norton continues to mold some of the top athletes in the world. Distance runner Natalie Picchetti was SEC Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year. The Men's Basketball team is young and talented and coming off an amazing run in winning the SEC Tournament and going to the NCAA's. Andy Landers just secured one of the top five recruiting classes in all of women's basketball, and has, year after year, one of the top programs in the nation. And the UGA gymnastics team under Coach Suzanne Yoculan is going for another national championship, and if successful that would be FIVE titles in a row and 10 overall! So...here's the cold, hard fact. This is not only a great school, but it has one of the top athletic programs in the entire nation. The next time the football team gives up more points than you would like as they make their way to yet another 10+ win season and another top level bowl game, just remember this is the UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA! The greatest student-athletes in the nation go here.