Richt's Record at UGA

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Early last month the guys over at GatorCountry put together an article about the first 5 years in the SEC for Richt, Spurrier, Fulmer and others. (scout.com membership required to read it)

Richt stacks up nicely to some of the all-timers in the league when looking at his first 5 years in the league.

Although, I disagree with the writer's conclusion that Fulmer's first 5 full years are more impressive than Richt's. Richt has won more games, more head to head matchups, more SEC Titles and more SEC East titles than Fulmer won his first 5 years. Richt even beat the Gators once in his first five years. Something Fulmer didn't do in his first full five years.

A further look at Richt's first five years (With apologies to Kyle King who usually covers this ground):

Richt overall: 52-13
At home: 27-4
At a neutral site: 6-7 (Jacksonville, SECC and Bowls)
In an opponent's home stadium: 19-2
In the SEC Championship Game: 2-1
In Bowls: 3-2 (Dooley was 8-10-2 in bowls)

If he stayed at it for as long as Dooley did (25 years) and maintained this pace, he would finish with a career record of 260 wins and 65 loses with 10 SEC titles and 15 SEC East Titles.

Obviously, this pace won't continue like that. But it's nice to think about.

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