Richt: “It’s time to go back to old school.”
A lineman went down in the first tackling drill.
A lineman went down in the second tackling drill.
“You start thinking, ‘My gosh. We’ve lost two guys in the first 45 seconds of practice,’” Mark Richt said Monday. “That’s sort of how the whole year went for us. You think about things like that and, yes, I’ve got to say it was a reflection on how we prepared for games. I put that on me.”
This is how Brandon Spikes defines motivation.
It has been over two months since Georgia’s last football game. It will be six months before their next one. Sometime between now and then, the Bulldogs need to relocate their edge, toughness and resolve, which Richt now concedes was so obviously missing last season.
He blames himself.
On the eve of spring practice, the Bulldogs coach said Monday he erred by running softer practices last season after the team began accumulating so many injuries so early.
“When a lot of guys get hurt and you’ve got bodies on the ground, you start thinking, ‘If we lose one more guy, our game plan is shot,’” Richt said. “Then you have to re-invent the wheel on Wednesday or Thursday. You start making decisions based on that. It affected our defense in particular. Defensive players need to practice with an edge. When you don’t do that, you can lose some of that team speed and attitude. We had three scrimmages in the fall. But by the second scrimmage we weren’t going at full speed.’ That’s just not football.
“You make those calls in the interest of the team. But in hindsight it probably wasn’t the right thing to do. It’s time to go back to old school.”
We will never know to what degree Georgia underachieved last season. But we know the Dogs were a pre-season No. 1 and never looked the part. We know when a team lacks such mental toughness that it allows 135 points in three losses, and it struggles to beat two teams (Kentucky and Auburn) that went 4-12 in the SEC, there clearly are issues beyond bones and ligaments.
Their heads never were right.
Reality began to set in for Richt following the home loss to Georgia Tech. He decided to go back to full-contact practices before the Capital One Bowl game against Michigan State, and it’s probably no coincidence the Dogs won, 24-12, holding the Spartans to two field goals until the fourth quarter.
“I think we had more contact before the bowl game than we did the whole season,” he said.
“I’ve learned a lesson. There’s a balance between keeping guys healthy and keeping them ready to play.”
The first game is in six months. But the tone needs to be set now. Richt called it “crucial.”
“This is when you set the expectation level,” he said. “This is when you start to learn who your leaders are. You learn how far people have come, or how far they have to go.”
Florida had more than talent last season. It had the memory of a 42-30 loss to Georgia in 2007.
That game was the focal point of the Gators’ off-season workouts. Players were forced to do 188 push-ups or crunches, one for each yard of Knowshon Moreno’s rushing total. They did 42 repetitions at weight stations, one for each point allowed in the game. Coaches called them “soft.” Pictures of the Bulldogs celebrating in the end zone were stuck to their lockers.
“I think everybody does things like that,” Richt said, with a laugh. “And the team that wins gets to talk about it.”
Does he have similar motivational techniques for his players this off-season?
“Those are the kind of things everybody likes to keep private.”
No matter. Richt says he has learned a lesson, and the result of that lesson next season will be public enough.
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P-Man
March 16th, 2009
4:36 pm
I would be more concerned if he DIDN’T learn from last year. Every team is different, and reacts differently to situations. The trick is knowing when to push and when to back off. Richt pushed all the right buttons in 2007, but the wrong ones in 2008. I believe ha and the coaches will get it right again in 2009.
DawginLex
March 16th, 2009
4:39 pm
Rambler,
This is a nerd free blog zone. Back off………………..
I’m glad Richt realizes that changes need to be made in attitude and effort. Being underdogs will only help. It is easy to get knocked off the perch when you aren’t ready to be up there. Tech will discover that soon enough.
Truth-serum
March 16th, 2009
4:54 pm
Richt needs to go all right, go somewhere else and underachieve.To quote you Shultz the measure of a coach is how he manages to get the most out of the team he has. I agree. Ive grown so disappointed in a top 5 recruiting class every year for 10 years running, being ranked in the top five in every major publication and sport organization(last year preseason number one by everybody!),only to FUNK out on a losing note and end up as a “also ran”. Playing for Georgia means you’ll never win a National championship or compete for one because Mark Richt CANT COACH!!! Each year all you can hope for is that someone will invite you to a bowl worth watching.
Georgia under Richt is a launching pad to the pro’s. USC,LSU,Ohio State,Florida even Alabama have all won 1 or more national championships with LESSOR TALENT!! in the past ten year. Richt hasnt even come close. Rather than go back to old school I have another place id like the coach to go, somewhere where it very hot and people pay for there sins. Like the sin of underachieving. A place where theres a devil with a pitch fork, no Jeff, Im not talking about Arizonia.
Make sure you judge Richt by the same coaching standard you judge Woodson by. How much he gets out of the talent he has.
Truth-serum
March 16th, 2009
5:02 pm
Jeff Schultz
March 15th, 2009
9:10 am
Truth-Serum — Everybody wants winning teams. The way a coach is judged is he is getting the most out of his athletes. You can’t expect a great coach with bad players to win a championship. The way he and this team ultimately will be judged though is over the body of work Would you agree?
Thanks
JS
Jeff, should a good coach with a good team win a championship?
Wes
March 16th, 2009
5:04 pm
Sounds like UGA will be pretty well versed in the art of the pushup thanks to Roddy Jones
SECFootballRocks
March 16th, 2009
5:16 pm
The Dawgs need to work on 4 areas for improvement:
1 Wrap arms when they tackle rather than trying to bump people to the ground. When you score 42 points and lose a football game to a team you know is going to run, it is time to teach players how to tackle rather than bump.
2 Punish players for penalties. Run laps, do pushups, run the stadium steps, etc. There were so many personal foul and false start penalties last year. Get their heads in the games.
3 Recievers need to look the ball into their hands. So many of them turned their heads to start running before they had the ball. If I can see it the the coaching staff should be able to see it too.
4 Make the team quit waiting for a “playmaker” like Stafford and Moreno to win the game for them. It is like the rest of the team just goes through the motions waiting for a playmaker” to do something. Get every player motovated to make a difference.
Bottom line:
If Mississippi can beat Florida in Gainesville, we can beat them in Jacksonville.
If Utah can beat Alabama, then we can too.
If your offense scores 42 points on Tech, you only have yourself to blame for losing the game. You beat LSU in Baton Rouge and LSU beat Tech 38-3 in the bowl game.
Otto
March 16th, 2009
5:28 pm
UGA has a new receivers coach which I am glad to see. Dropped balls have been a chronic problem. Stafford was the QB and going for the big play that often killed drives. I’m glad to see Cox in. The defense will be better for it. I bet we see fewer penalites and Kiffen sees the yellow flag alot this year. You don’t make headlines in the SEC by ticking off the SEC front office.
Jeff
March 16th, 2009
5:34 pm
Truth-Serum needs to get a life. Just like all of the “fringe” dawg fans out there that don’t know what they are talking about. They bark the loudest, but know the least. The dawgs faded last year because of a lack of leadership on the defensive side of the ball. Jeff Owens was their leader. He was hurt early and Ellerbe failed to step up at all. The Offense was the #1 offense in yards in the SEC. Our defense could not get ANYONE off the field. Richt is “manning” up to the fact that he controls what edge the team has, and he is saying that they lost their edge due to a lack of preparation. I agree(not that it matters), and I am proud to be a UGA grad(which I am quite certain Truth-Serum is not). 09 is a new year and a new team. Both lines are stronger. Lastly, Mark Richt is the best thing to happen to UGA football since Herschel Walker. He has given us an identity and a consistent Top 10 team. He has one 2 SEC championships in 8 years and played for one more. He has accumulated a staff of desired assistants across the nation. He has loyalty and resolve. Our 02 and 07(and 05 if Shockley doesn’t go down) teams could have easily played for the BCS title. UF backed into the game in 06 as did LSU in 07. UGA could have easily been in their place. So, stop the Richt bashing!
SECFootballRocks
March 16th, 2009
5:36 pm
Oh, did I mention that we should actually kick off into the other team’s end zone rather than letting it bounce out of bounds inside their 10 yard line which gives their offense the ball at the 40 yard line?
Other teams kick off into their opponents end zone. Why don’t we?
Dogs #1 in baseball, #2 (in Georgia) in football!...for a full year!
March 16th, 2009
5:43 pm
That is how much they under achieved.
Jeff Schultz
March 16th, 2009
5:45 pm
Truth — Well, there’s a difference between “good” and “great.” But generally — yes, good coaches with good teams should be contending for championships and win one once in a while. Richt has contended most years he has had good teams (he’s been in BCS bowls). But there’s no question last year’s team underachieved. Two first-round draft picks on offense? You’ve got to do better. I think we have common ground there.
SECFootballRocks: I’ve seldom seen a worse tackling team or one that committed more dumb penalties than last year’s Georgia team.
Jeff (no relation, I think): I agree that Richt’s body of work has been impressive at Georgia. But that doesn’t mean last year’s didn’t underachieve, and now we at least know part of the reason why. If the man is saying himself he did something wrong, I don’t think fans are off base by saying the same thing. That doesn’t make them “bashers.” It just makes them objective.
I’ll check back in later.
Jeff
Jeff
March 16th, 2009
6:17 pm
Jeff(brother from another mother)- I am not making excuses for last year’s team. I am agreeing(I typed it above)that we had ZERO edge of Defense last year and that is why we underachieved. That is a result of motivation and coaching. I am tired of people like Truth-Serum who says that USC,OSU, UF, LSU, and Alabama(didn’t win a national championship) have “Lessor(sp)Talent” than UGA and won national championships. All of those teams have had Heisman Trophy winners and multiple first round draft choices. These fans call for good coaches heads as they are building a STRONG program underneath them. UGA has a chance to win the SEC EVERY year with Mark Richt. We have NEVER had that from a coach. Coaches like Richt can be a program maker. Same with Bob Stoops in OU. I bet I could get on an OU blog and find some idiot fringe OU fan ready to call for Stoops’ job because they haven’t won an NC in 8 years and they keep losing BCS bowl games. To write that Mark Richt “CAN’T COACH” is moronic. Look at what he did with a team like our 05 Dawgs that won the SEC. No dominant players that year. Just a solid team built by a solid man. Also, a statement like that makes them bashers, not objective.
Ralph
March 16th, 2009
6:25 pm
All that is fine and good but IS IT POSSIBLE THAT GEORGIA COULD, JUST ONE TIME, HAVE LESS THAN 10 PLAYERS ARRESTED OR SUSPENDED FOR THE OPENER??? THIS YEAR IT IS AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE AND IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A COMPLETE TEAM FOR A CHANGE.
Seriously, is is THAT HARD to not get arrested or suspended during the summer????
FLDAWG
March 16th, 2009
7:18 pm
I’ll throw my hat in the ring with Richt above any other coach. He knows football, he consistently has us in a position to win the SEC, he has had us in position to play for the NC at least twice and he is solid man. Under Richt, we have two SEC championships and multiple 10 win seasons. The team needs to get their edge back as Richt said and I feel certain they will. Second, UGA needs to get a few breaks and we are in. In 07 we got half a break (all the teams lost that needed to)at the end of the season and the pollsters voted us out of the championship game (part of the game). UF got their breaks in their NC seasons as well as LSU and every other NC team. UGA just needs to keep putting itself in the right position and we will win a NC.
Sautee Dawg
March 16th, 2009
7:19 pm
Nice read Jeff.
Truth-serum
March 16th, 2009
7:29 pm
Jeff
March 16th, 2009
5:34 pm
I appreciate your EMOTIONAL reation to the facts presented. Reality is reality. You did furnish a lot of reasons why the puppies did not compete nor win. Your explanation and breakdown may be correct. The bottom line minus the reasons,excuses and cop-outs is they did not compete once again.
Mr. Shultz. I call competing coming down to the wire with the decision in waiting. Competing is not knowing 3 games before the season is over that you are out of the running or hoping some one else loses so you can fall in the consolation spot…..thats not competing.
If I have a top 5 recruiting class, every year, I want to be competing for a national title not just the SEC, as glorious as it is. Neither you Shultz nor Jeff addressed the reality that USC,LSU,Ohio State,Florida even Alabama have all won 1 or more national championships with LESSOR TALENT!! lower recruiting classes, in the past ten years. Any time you count finishing 2 or 3 games out of the SEC title game competing, I must ask at what level. I would expect a superior coach to win 1 or 2 national titles and 4 or 5 SEC titles with the kind of recruiting classes that Georgia has had. Jeff(not Shultz) Im sorry if I hurt your feelings by telling you the truth. Ive been a Georgia fan all my life. I dont however allow my emotions to overrule my judgement. When you get past the hype and glamor Mark Richt is just an average coach at best.
SECFootballRocks
March 16th, 2009
8:00 pm
Truth-serum = Tech pathetic loser
south ga boy
March 16th, 2009
8:31 pm
look jeff, truth serum may be a little strong but not off base. i have been a fan for all of my 46 yrs on this earth. i love cmr as a person and he’s a better than avg. coach but im afraid he will never be a good coach. every year there is more on the job training. it took 6 yrs for him to understand that he cant be the off coord. and head coach. to many games were mismanaged, too many discipline prob (which is still the case), and now he realizes his team lost its edge from lack of full contact during the season. he’s nearly 10 yrs in and still learning the basics. he could be ok with a hard-nosed def. coord. like Van Gorder, but he wont make the hard choice of letting a friend, like martinez, go. at this pace he will be a good coach by the time he’s ready to retire. again, i think he’s a great man, but just an avg. coach. and that truth serume is hard to take for life-long ga fans like myself, but i am afraid its still the truth
Jeff Schultz
March 16th, 2009
8:39 pm
South: Surprised it took this long before somebody mentioned Willie Martinez. And the floodgates are now open . . .
patricksulley
March 16th, 2009
8:42 pm
UGA will win 11 games this year including the one in jax. BANK
Georgia Dawg By Way Of Las Vegas
March 16th, 2009
8:51 pm
Exactly! Teach the Puppies how to be Dawgs! Make them learn to wrap up and close the tackle like they were supposed to do and get the stops for no yards gained instead of 50 and 60 yard touchdowns! There was no fire in their hearts when they got blasted by Alabama early and it was no joke when Urban and his Gators basically slapped the Bulldogs silly in what should have been a classic Georgia /Florida game. Instead the Bulldogs cried about what could have been if a couple of things had gone right. I love our Bulldogs but enough is enough! Get your heads and ***** in the game and tackle like Dawgs that have bite and not little pooches when it comes to playing real teams like Florida and Alabama. The Georgie Tech loss was sickening! They score 42 points and give up more than 400 yards rushing. No more talk. Just get it Done!
Cuz
March 16th, 2009
8:54 pm
Truth, time to take some more serum. Alabama has not won a national championship since Gene Stallings in 1993 for the 1992 season. I choose to believe you are just mistaken and not a liar with an agenda. If you are so sick of the program under Richt, become a Tide fan. If you have been a Dawg fan all your life, it must be a short one because there were times in the eighties and ninties when I and alot of fans thought that an 8-3 season was pretty good. We had no illusions of winning a National Championship. We just wanted to see a good game.
After the latter years of Dooley, the Goff and Donnan years, I will take an average coach like Mark Richt. And I respect and admire all three previous mentioned coaches. I am just glad that Mark Richt is our head coach. I feel every season that we have a chance to win the SEC. I never felt that way with the three previous coaches.
I may be in the minority of fans, but I don’t think that winning a National Championship is the only thing that matters in being a head coach. Character, concern for the student’s welfare, leadership and accountability, all count as much to me as wins. We went 10-3 last year and you want Mark Richt to burn in he11 and you call Jeff emotional? I guess a firing squad would be your choice if he ever had a losing season.
Another of your misconceptions is Georgia finishing 2 or 3 games out of the SEC Championship. In 2008 we finished one game behind Florida for the title game. In 2007 we tied Tennessee, they had the tie-breaker by their victory over us. In 2006 you are right on the money, three games behind Florida. In 2005 we won the SEC, I guess you have no problem with that, just the bowl game. In 2004 one game behind Tennessee. In 2003 we won the SEC east but lost the Championship game. In 2002 we won the SEC east and Championship and the Sugar Bowl too. I guess your problem with that year is that we did not make it to the National Championship. In 2001 we finished two games behing Tennessee in Coach Richt’s first year. We finished the season 8-3 with the notable game being the “Hobnail boot game” at Tennessee. I guess you wanted Coach Richt fired that first year.
According to your logic Mr. Truth. In eight years Mark Richt should have won two National Championships and four or five SEC titles. The only one I can think that is close to that is the Urban Legend with two National Championships and two SEC Championships in four years. Good for him. I will still keep Coach Richt.
I get past the hype and glamour. I know a good coach when I see one. And I see one in Coach Richt.
SamoanDawg
March 16th, 2009
8:58 pm
Glad to hear coach is going back to old school.. especially on D. We need to get back to hardnose physical football. We were too datgum soft last year, too many datgum penalties & too many datgum missed/arm tackles. We will come into the season with a chip on our shoulders. Coaches and players and me too, had bad taste in our mouth from last season. I can’t wait!
Go Dawgs! GATA!
south ga boy
March 16th, 2009
9:04 pm
jeff, the thing is martinez is a good guy and an ok position coach, but not a def. coord., quick- can you see him head-butting his players with their helmets on aka,(well, you know who). just once i would like to see him or cmr himself get after a player on the sidelines (say, maybe after a dumb penalty) like saban or meyer. but its not their personality and leopards and spots come to mind. richt, on the sidelines, reminds me of looking at glavine on the mound, you have no idea whether you are 40 ahead or behind. that fine for a pitcher, maybe even preferrable, but not for a college head coach. thank for the reply, jeff. your commentary is always insightful. well, at least, that is what your mother told me to say. lol
Bobby Bowden
March 16th, 2009
9:23 pm
I can’t stand it if someone misuses my words. That’s dadgum not datgum and you said it three times……dadgummit.!!
Snoop
March 16th, 2009
9:29 pm
Adams giving Richt and his assistants a raise for a 9 and 3 regular season is like Bush saying “Heck of a job, Brownie” after Katrina. Richt will continue to recruit great talent, six of whom may not graduate from high school, and post winning seasons, but he is not a championship coach.
dawgfan1911
March 16th, 2009
9:33 pm
The fact of the matter is that Rict will be good enough to stay at Georgia for as longg as he wants. He will never be fired and I cant see him taking another job anywhere else. Is he good enough to out coach Meyer, Saba, Nutt, Petrino, Spurrier and company,,,, I dont know, but the guy is a asolid coach and maybe Georgia will be able to get some breaks and win it all.
Bama Stan
March 16th, 2009
9:50 pm
31-0 at the half?!!
It’s mark of a good coach that continuew to reflect and learn from his own experience – and try to learn from others. This is what is so impressive about Saban. Each year – he critiques himself as a head coach and his coaching staff on how effective they were as teachers, recruiters and motivators. And adjustments are made to be a better coach.
As for Richt – 2008 was a bad job of coaching. Football is a contact sport – and he became a soft coach. Hey, I understand the injury situation – but Dooley had Bloody Tuesdays – regardless of injuries. Stallings and Coach Bryant understood that injuries happen – but to play and practice to avoid injuries – is a disaster.
When it came down to it – UGA was just not “MAN ENOUGH” in 2008. Balme injuries – but by going soft – Richt did not prepare the replacements – and it showed physically and mentally.
31-0 at the half!!
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GW
March 16th, 2009
9:53 pm
Even with the OLine injuries the offense was pretty tough last year but the defense was soft. I’m glad Richt is admitting that the team was soft but I fear the “be careful” philosophy on defense lends itself to a soft team. This approach has to change for the team to have an edge. A defense can’t let an opponent nickel and dime their way down the field and face first and goal the whole game long. The AJC is as easily offended as Richt when the defensive coach is criticized. Nothing personnel but I don’t see a defensive “edge” in the making playing a soft TOO-Deep zone and the opponent reading it like a book. Find a way to create some turnovers. Break on the ball and intercept a few passes and then see how tough the team looks.
GW
March 16th, 2009
9:58 pm
I know…personal, not personnel.
Bama Stan
March 16th, 2009
10:07 pm
CUZ – enjoyed your post. Iagree with you admonishing your fellow Dpg fan ….. my take is that if you are a UGA fan for life – and want to jump ship – don’t come to the Tide – because you are a loser not to back your team when your team needs it the most. Do something like petition or be vocal about your concerns – but by jumping ship – you are a loser or a Tennessee fan!!!!
How about 9-4 Florida in 2007? Would you bale???
Also Cuz – you actually explained to me why UGA will never win a National Title under Richt. UGA wants to talk the talk – but they are wannabes when it comes to winning National Titles. It’s a mental attitude, a swagger , that creates the “luck” and to make that additonal play that is in Alabama’s DNA and Saban is reviving – and Florida and LSU also have that attitude. They are not playing for the SEC Titles – these schools are playing for National Titles in the biggest baddest league in the land – and a SEC Title is merely a stepping stone.
UGA just does not have that in their DNA. Richt hopes for a chance to play for a National Title. Saban, Meyer and Miles play to win the National Title and are disappointed and consider themselves unsuccessful unless that win it – more than once!!!
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE SUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
glassceiling
March 16th, 2009
10:10 pm
Richt was schooled by the old master in disciplineless football. Bobby Bowden. I think CMR has a very impressive resume and has certainly stacked up some wins in the SEC east but to have the talent that he has access to and often nets in the state of georgia and not have a title ??
I agree that without a playoff its based alot on luck and the bounce of the ball but he always seems find a way out of the mix.
I am not saying fire him. He is far too successful for that but I cannot honestly say that I feel we will compete with UF over the next 5 seasons and that is where it all starts.
Bama Stan
March 16th, 2009
10:21 pm
31-0 at the half?!!!
Truth-Serum – excellent post – you get it!!
Richt’s goals are to try to win the SEC East – and that is what he is playing for – and that attitude is why he will never win a National Title at UGA. Florida, LSU and Alabama’s goals are to win National Titles – big difference mentally – which carries onto the field.
Richt will win his share of games because he CAN bring in the talent and he is a good coach – but he is shy of being a National Elite Coach.
I am not the only one the feels that way. We thought UGA had something in Richt 6 years ago and again 4 years ago – but UGA became soft and Urban has come in and totally kicked butt. Look for Tennessee to quickly pass UGA in the mental edge department as well – UGA is soft mentally and physically can’t hang when the game against a top tier team in on the line.
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PTC DAWG
March 16th, 2009
10:27 pm
Can the idiot aka Bamastan not find his own blog? Seriously, what a tard.
truth-serum
March 16th, 2009
10:33 pm
Cuz
March 16th, 2009
8:54 pm
My bad. I CAN ACCEPT CORRECTION! You guys are right. What I meant to say is that Alabama got to the championship with less talent.
Georgia has had world class talent. Georgia is in the top four team for sending player to the pros…and Georgia has 0 national championships. Yeah They participated/competed in the SEC….So did 11 other teams. The bottom line is they have very little to show for so much talent.
I some times begin the season feeling like even Mark Richt Will eventually win with all that talent and top 5 recruiting class every year…but every year i get the same results and people like Jeff-march 16th, 20095:34 pm and SECFootballRocks March 16th, 2009 abusing me for realizing the bottom line while they live in denial and try to paint one disappointing year after another as a banner season.
8:00 pm
FLDAWG
March 16th, 2009
7:18 pm
Being good means you dont have to pray for a hail mary or a break. Being good means you make your own break. You so called Dog fans have come to accept losing! you even convince yourselves that losing is winning. What ever!!
intellibird
March 16th, 2009
10:59 pm
Uh, didn’t I just watch Alabama get blown out by Utah? Mark Richt is an excellent coach. As Truth-serum said, UGA has top 10 recruiting classes each year…that by itself makes Richt an excellent head coach because top recruits want to play for him and it also guarantees that Georgia will continue to be contenders for the SEC and BCS titles.
And I am unbiased since I did not attend an SEC school.
Shane
March 16th, 2009
10:59 pm
Bama Stan Mark Richt owns Alabama 3-1 record.
Shane
March 16th, 2009
11:00 pm
BTW Bama Stan when is Bama’s next probation coming. This year or next lol
Minnesota Jacket
March 16th, 2009
11:01 pm
PTC DAWG your a Georgia fan and all of your fans are the tech blog’s bashing Tech sooo I think its only fair someone else comes to your blogs.
intellibird
March 16th, 2009
11:01 pm
Also, I would look for Florida to take a couple steps back after Saint Tebow leaves next year.
jacketbacker
March 16th, 2009
11:01 pm
i just love to read about that ” home loss to Georgia Tech”……that just NEVER gets old!!
45-42!!!
THWG
Shane
March 16th, 2009
11:03 pm
Lose to Utah ?!?!?????
Priceless. Guess Saban cant coach with the big boys like Utah
Shane
March 16th, 2009
11:03 pm
45-42 enjoy it while it lasts
Shane
March 16th, 2009
11:08 pm
Nick Saban Record 110–50–1
Mark Richt Record 82–22
Ill take Richt
Which of Sabans season were most impressive
The 8-5 LSU Tigers in 2002
The 8-4 Tigers of 2000?
or maybe the 6-6 Michigan State Team
Saban has basically had a couple good years coaching and was a total bust in the pros.
Shane
March 16th, 2009
11:10 pm
In other words Richt could go 28 and 28 over the next 56 games and he would tie the great Saban.
jacketbacker
March 16th, 2009
11:11 pm
45-42!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!….it hurts doesn’t it big boy!!
THWG
S.E. Dawg
March 16th, 2009
11:20 pm
Truth-serum, it sounds like you’re trying to bend time and space so I think you need to find yourself a wormhole.
Your logic just kills me. You should start hanging out with Ray Goff.
Sister Bessie
March 16th, 2009
11:29 pm
The AJC sure swept that Moody/Ealy/ECI blog under the rug in a hurry! Must be be juicy.
BravesAreDone
March 16th, 2009
11:31 pm
Truth-Serum
You say…”USC,LSU,Ohio State,Florida even Alabama have all won 1 or more national championships with LESSOR TALENT!! in the past ten year. Richt hasnt even come close.”
That is just such a stupid comment even for the standards set on these blog responses. Do you remember the 1-loss season a few years back?? LSU won the NC with a 2-loss season here recently. The Bulldogs were way way better than that LSU team the year the Bulldogs lost just one game. It comes a lot down to luck and how other teams do during their great years…but to say Richt hasn’t come close is stupid and ridiculous.
ed
March 16th, 2009
11:33 pm
why does everyone talk about the defense, blame the offense thats is going to have two high first round picks and a second rounder in Mohamed Massaquoi.
SamoanDawg
March 16th, 2009
11:37 pm
I’m confident Richt will eventually win the big one. It takes luck to get there sometime. So, this year, we need every luck we can get. It won’t surprise me if this GA team makes it to SECCG this upcoming season. That’s right! all you Dawg haters can bash me all u want.
Rebels should be the team to represent the West. Gators could be the East representative, but the Dawgs are saving up their time outs, TV time outs, a red-flag challenge and some cocktails to celebrate in the end zone: )
Rosie O'Donnell
March 16th, 2009
11:48 pm
I see 2 absolute losses for the DAWGS with 5 toss-ups. All we need is a little luck we should be playing for the NC.
SamoanDawg
March 17th, 2009
12:12 am
**Mr ed**, I ain’t worry about our O. I think we’ll have a better team without those two future top picks. The **O-LINE** will lead the O this year. We don’t have mega star backfields, but I like the young talents we have back there. Joe Cox & Logan Gray will have pockets to operate in. Richard Samuel, Caleb King & Carlton Thomas will see some gaping holes. The O-LINE has vowed to carry and take a lot of pressures off our QBs. Searels will have his guys ready.
FLDAWG
March 17th, 2009
12:55 am
Truth,
The breaks I am talking about are outside of play on the field. Voting of Pollsters for example. Oklahoma for example did not win their conference, yet they were voted in. In UF’s first NC, certain teams had to lose for them to get a shot at the championship. You are right that breaks and luck on the field are induced by a competent team, no qualms about that. However, all teams get a break to some degree based on who wins and loses in other games. UGA has to take advantage of those type of breaks by winning games on the field. You have to have both.
Jeff
March 17th, 2009
6:23 am
CMR falls on the SWORD for CWM !!! I hope this is the LAST time!!
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AltamahaDawg
March 17th, 2009
7:25 am
Minnesota Jacket, you are telling us that your aspiration is to behave no worse than the childish UGA fans that get on the tech blog? Congrats to all.
BILLY JACK
March 17th, 2009
8:09 am
Truth serum Alabama has not won a national championship in 16 or 17 yrs.You keep saying 10-Im not sure why.
F.G.
March 17th, 2009
8:14 am
Richt is the right fit for Georgia. What he should do is fire all of his coaching staff and hire these fools on this blog.
Mark
March 17th, 2009
8:27 am
One thing is becoming familiarly apparent over the course of season after football season –Mark Richt always has an excuse. He’s learned his lesson –great. What will he ba saying next year?
MoDawg
March 17th, 2009
8:38 am
Nice picture. If I recall, this is the play where Knowshon slipped and Spikes basically crawled over him. The picture makes it look like it was some massive hit. If you want to see one of those, watch Eric Berry hit MoMass and Knowshon in last years’ game.
It’s like they say – it’s all about editing.
The Gators were motivated due to the way the media and Urban Meyer blew the whole endzone celebration out of proportion (admittedly after the whole team mistook what Richt wanted to happen) and they were the better team, and won the game. However, and any self-repsecting Gator will admit that until we started shooting ourselves in the feet (both of them) it could have gone either way. The fact remains that it went WAAAAY the wrong way for us in the 2nd half, but still…
Richt is an awesome coach, and awesome person and UGA will be fine for years to come with him at the helm. He does what he thinks is best for the program and for the kids, and that’s what “we” pay him for, isn’t it?
Techsters, your jealousy is becoming more funny every time you post your little 45-42 score. How many months has it been? It is reaching pathetic how tight you folks are holding onto that. Repeating that score won’t earn you any respect. In fact, it is having quite the opposite effect. Grow up!
Phil
March 17th, 2009
8:50 am
WOW! Mark Richt finally learns that football is about being physically tough. It’s about time – he’s fifty years old and been a HC and OC for a long time. Truth is he’s just an OC still, masquerading as a HC at UGA. He’s underachieving as a HC – he just does not have the toughness and discipline that NSaban and UMeyer, the great ones have.
williebkind
March 17th, 2009
8:54 am
No matter how good you coach the offense and no matter how great your run may be, you must have a championship defense. FIRE MARTINEZ! Only then will the dawgs challenge the better teams.
After reading some of your blogs, it seems most of you are content winning against mediocre teasm. I just do not understand that!!
BR
March 17th, 2009
8:54 am
Bama Stan–didn’t Georgia score 31 points in ONE QUARTER against your team? By the way… what happened in the bowl game to your mighty Tide!?!?!? HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
K
March 17th, 2009
8:57 am
Poor Tech nerds… still hanging on to that pitiful win over an average GA team. You geeks really have nothing else to live for all season do you??? I guess wins in the big bad ACC (HAHAHAHA) aren’t really a big deal. Makes me laugh every time a nerd brings up the pathetic three point win over a crappy GA team!!! And as always, on the UGA blog. Do you dorks not have your own blog?? Oh yeah, you’d have nothing to talk about!
gdawginkalamazoo
March 17th, 2009
8:58 am
Amen Cuz, amen. Truth you need to find another team to cheer for. When I was a UGA we had to worry about beating Vandy year in and year out. And this was before they went all intramural and got rid of their athletic dept (much improved since they did that I might add).
Looks like the Moody kid will end up at Florida. More likely Kiffin is on a plane to Georgia with paperwork.
Music City Dawg
March 17th, 2009
9:00 am
Really? It took him until the Tech game for ‘reality to set in’? If that’s true, what the heck was going through his mind when we were getting pounded by Florida? Which combo meal he was going to order from Wendy’s on the bus ride back? Jeez.
RAMBLE ON!!!
March 17th, 2009
9:09 am
Wow, Schultz open the door wide open for us State Champions on this one. Since it’s St. Patty’s day, I’m going to cut you fleabags some slack.
But don’t get carried away, or I’ll have to come back and lay the smacketh down.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 17th, 2009
9:11 am
Ramble On! Funny man funny. Please enjoy the green beer and the year of smack talking allocated until November. Drive safe.
Mark C.
March 17th, 2009
9:15 am
Bama Stan
31-0 at the half, is that really what you’re hanging your hat on from last year? A halftime score from September? Bama finally beat Auburn, went to the SECCG and the Sugar Bowl, Tuberville is out, Fulmer is out, but a halftime score is what gets you fired up? Get a life.
Ryan
March 17th, 2009
9:24 am
Cuz- There is no doubt Richt is a good coach, but to say you would take him over anyone is a bit silly. Meyer, Saban, Spurrier hell maybe even Les Miles are just a few names I’d take over Richt. Meyer And Saban are great coaches, and Richt is a good coach. It’s all about the crystal baby.
Jborodawg
March 17th, 2009
9:25 am
Truth: get a life. You, like far too many, put too much emphasis on recruiting rankings. They hardly mean anything. A “sort of” gauge, but not completely accurate. To suggest that CMR be fired begs for a suggestion on who would be better; and available. There are about 115 schools each year that don’t win the NC. Also, as I recall, The Evil Genius had winning the SEC as his goal each year. Win the SEC and there’s a chance to play for the NC; but it’s not guaranteed. I won’t repeat all the “pros” that have been offered for keeping CMR; but they far outweigh the “cons”. All the coaches know the failures from last year: poor tackling, penalties, poor kicking (I think we had fewer dropped passes than in ‘07). Stafford was good but not great (great only in spurts); a few clock management “episodes”. CMR has said he and the staff will do things differently this year. We’ll see how it translates on the field.
Still amazing: only a couple bashings of CWM so far! Good; it gets old; he’s not going anywhere.
Go Dawgs! Beat OSU!
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March 17th, 2009
9:25 am
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Otto
March 17th, 2009
9:26 am
Cuz well said.
Bama Stan what was the final score? Bama didn’t finish the game or the season well.
Bobo deserves just as much of the blame as CWM. How long were the drives in terms of time off the clock, how was red zone offense, and how many drives were killed with long passes that didn’t connect? 2007 could be blamed on Bobo in place of CWM, Bobo just called another screen against S. Car. I think we’ll stick with the running game against Tenn.
As long as Richt is winning SEC titles he has a chance at the National title. We’ll see how Urban does once Tebow leaves Gainesville. Richt looked great with Greene and given a few breaks which the past 3 national champs have had could of played for a Title.
FalconDawg
March 17th, 2009
9:40 am
Hey maybe GT will take Dexter Moody they get are left overs anyway! I’m so ready for next season. One thing richt can do is rebound from a bad year! Check 2006-2007, I know deep down we will be greater next year without all the hype and having more talent. The D will shut up all of are rivals. And offense has the ability to be better than last year. A much improved O line,AJ Green, Caleb King J Cox Dawgs will make a statement early by playing a great talent in OSU as the opener. GO DAWGS!!!!! the rest can kiss my A**
Huh?
March 17th, 2009
9:41 am
Ryan, Urban Meyer has two subpar 9 win seasons under his belt at Florida. And if you don’t think there are more to come you are smoking crack rock. Nick Saban has had more mediocre seasons in his college head coaching career than I can count. 8 or 9 wins was the norm for him at LSU. Look it up. He went 6-6 last year at Alabama. Les Miles? Are freaking kidding me? Richt has absolutely laid the wood to this guy every time he’s faced him. The games have hardly even been close. These are all great coaches but you idiots act like they are completely infallible and win all their games by 30 points. You are shortsighted and, quite frankly, not that bright. Thanks.
Truth
March 17th, 2009
9:46 am
RIGHT ON HUH! Richt owns Les Miles, in fact Richt has beat just about every coach in the sec a great amount(check his record just in case it speaks for it’s self) Or how about his on the road record, or his record against non SEC teams (yeah he rocks you guys are just haters) WE WILL GET THE NATIONAL WITH RICHT! you can bet like the sun comes up partner GO DAWGS SIC EM
Dawg Fud
March 17th, 2009
9:48 am
thanks for the pardon today, RAMBLE ON!!!
Bama Stan – Bama is a great program and i certainly respect the job Nick Saban has done. but before you come on here bashing Richt and the Dawgs…please tell me what Bama actually won last year…besides the SEC West? gained a lot of confidence and had a GREAT season but no hardware to show for it. pipe down there chief.
Huh?
March 17th, 2009
9:52 am
“Bobo deserves just as much of the blame as CWM. How long were the drives in terms of time off the clock, how was red zone offense…”
Georgia was 2nd in the SEC in time of possession and 6th in red zone offense. Not bad. I’ll take it. The red zone ranking is skewed because alot of our scoring came from OUTSIDE the red zone. That is what we call a good thing people. Yes, we had a big play offense last year that sometimes would strike fast and get off the field. I fail to see how this is a bad thing. I do not understand the Bobo criticism at all. I think he’s doing a great job, especially considering the offensive line troubles.
jo-jo
March 17th, 2009
9:54 am
“Also, I would look for Florida to take a couple steps back after Saint Tebow leaves next year.”
riiiight. so instead of a 39 pt win, maybe only a 3 TD win?
Tebow is backed up by the Gatorade POY, John Brantley. If the pups couldn’t beat the Gators with their 2008 Pre-season #1 Greatest team of all time, good luck next yr and thereafter. Gators are getting deeper on defense, and now have 4 top 5 recruiting classes, so it’s back to the Spurrier days.
Mark
March 17th, 2009
10:00 am
hey mo dawg; 409
Doc 54
March 17th, 2009
10:10 am
Mark Richt is one of the finest human beings in the game today. He is an excellent offensive coordinator, and a better than average head coach. However, he lacks the one thing most offensive minded successful head coaches have: a first rate defensive coordinator. Urban Meyer, Mac Brown, Les Miles, and others all have a great defensive coordinator working for them because even in this era of more offense, defense still wins championships. Florida shut down Oklahoma’s scoring machine to win the title. Georgia’s defensive players spend too much time trying to make the “big” play rather than making the play. If you tackle properly, good things will happen. The fumble at the end of the Tech-FSU game was caused by a player making a proper form tackle and the ball popped out. You may make some big plays when you tackle the ball, but if you tackle the ball carrier, you will make more plays for your team.
reality again in '09
March 17th, 2009
10:10 am
oh just look at ‘em. look at all the dawg fans getting ready for the ‘09 season –beat OSU ..i don’t think so. The reality of ‘09 for the dawgs will be 4-5-6 losses. stop whining at the tech fans for giving you guys crap –you deserve it.
UGA went from pre-season #1 to giving up 409 yards and 45 points to GT. think about that –you were pre-season #1 and tech was nowhere on the radar. in ‘09 tech will be better and UGA will not be as strong. tech will then be even better in ‘10 –the ‘11 game is @ BDS. getting the picture yet? UGA fans better be prepared for 3-4, perhaps more, straight losses to the nerd school. sign o the times gents –sign o the times.
but no, here we are yet once again. another off season and the dawgs are already barking –but you’re barking up the wrong tree if you think your team is even remotely going to have a great season. 8-4 at best, 7-5, 6-6 more likely. now bark.
GATORZONE
March 17th, 2009
10:19 am
Music City, good point. What did he think after alabama? Or how about the previous year against Tennessee? Richt is a good coach, and a great recruiter but he is lacking something. He looks out coached in really big games too often. Also, he does set his sights too low. The goal every year should be to win the National Championship, not the SEC.
That being said, I do think Richt will get the breaks eventually and win it all. It may take 10 more years, based off of the fact that he is still learning the basics but it will eventually happen.
GO GATORS!!!!!
There is no National Championship in College Football
March 17th, 2009
10:20 am
I would like to take a moment and remind everyone AGAIN, that there IS NO NATIONAL CHAMPION in Division 1A college football. It does not exist. There is the fruadulant BCS. And before that, several beauty pagent polling system winners. But the governing body of college football, the sanctioning entity, does not award OR RECOGNIZE a national champion and never has. It would be akin to Doritos awarding the Super Bowl trophy, with no recognition from the NFL, and no playoff to legitimize the occasion. You have two teams paired together, that didn’t play any of the same teams, may or may not have the same credentialing, etc, playing in an arbitrary game. So, evaluation a team based on whether they are coincedentally in a game at the end of the year which isn’t even recognized by the NCAA, and to further have the audacity to call it the “National Championship” is beyond rediculous. Now, the SEC Championship and the Pac 10 Championship, and the Big 10 Championship ARE won on the field and ARE recognized by the body that sanctions them. The SEC trophy is awarded by…………….The offices of the SEC. Novel idea I know. Florida deserves much praise for winning the SEC in 2006 & 2008, as does LSU for winning in 2003 & 2007. Those four teams all lost at least one game, the 2007 LSU team lost 2, but played in the beauty pagent. The 2004 Auburn team won the SEC and went undefeated, and the 2002 & 2005 Georgia teams won the SEC with one and then two losses, but neither played in the beauty pageant. Results should be judged by on the field results, and since Richt has been at UGA, Georgia has beaten every single team in the SEC, except Florida, more than vise versa. And by that notion, Florida deserves to crow for that and only that, because that’s what matters. Tech deserves to crow about 45-42, but nothing beyond that because the subject above, Mark Richt, is 7-1 against the Jackets.
Otto
March 17th, 2009
10:21 am
I didn’t ask time of position but the average time of the drives. UGA was a big play offense that had a hard time making a 5+ minute drive to put the game on ice. The Auburn game last year atleast 3 drives were killed by long pass plays that did not hit. What was Stafford’s completion percentage for passes over 20 yards? If the offense could convert on more sure shorter passes, UGA would not have had to survive a last minute Auburn drive. The result is the defense is given a short field which skews time of possesion. I’ll still take both coaches especially with Stafford gone. Was Richt and Van Gorder better than Bobo and CWM?.. without a doubt yes.
dbc
March 17th, 2009
10:22 am
The first thing CMR needs to do is get tougher himself. It seems that the DAWGS lack that killer instinct. CMR plays not to lose, rather than to beat an opponent into submission. The Tech game last year is a perfect example. Coach, keep the foot on the pedal and don’t let off for a second! Hopefully CMR realizes this now.
Also, I’m excited to see Cox and the offense move the chains systematically down field, rather than rely on a long pass that connects less than 20% of the time. I, for one, won’t miss Stafford one bit. He had his chances…
Unbiased
March 17th, 2009
10:27 am
The SEC was absolutely horrible in football this past year.
There is no National Championship in College Football
March 17th, 2009
10:31 am
Georgia finished 2008 with a better record than Oklahoma State, against better competition, and beat the shat out of the Pokes that last time the two played………..and based on that OSU should beat UGA next year? OSU may win, but to try to draw in any trends to make the argument is stupid.
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
10:35 am
JO-JO,
You are kidding yourself if you think Brantley is anything like Tebow. He is not as athletic, big or strong not to mention the competitor Tebow is. Yes Fl will take a step back once Tebow leaves you can bet the house on that!!! I see them trying to get a big time qb next yr to replace Tebow. Brantley wasn’t even the #2 QB behind Tebow. The other kid was I forget his name but he came from Westlake High school in Atlanta. So spare me wit the Brantley talk he can’t even run so he is not a double threat.
DawgGirl32
March 17th, 2009
10:37 am
Great article in ESPN today by Bruce Feldman. He ranks the top ten teams that he predicts to win a National Championship in the next 5 years. The dawgs are #4. The nerds? “Just missed the cut.” Ha!! Don’t they always just miss the cut?? Face it, nerds. You’ll always be the red-headed stepchild.
http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3986102&name=feldman_bruce&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fespn%2fblog%2findex%3fentryID%3d3986102%26name%3dfeldman_bruce
GATORZONE
March 17th, 2009
10:39 am
DBOY, you do not know what you are talking about. Brantley is a great pocket QB and has been the number 2 since he stepped onto campus. Cam Newton was penciled in as #2 Brantley’s first year, but on gameday when UF got ahead it was Brantley getting the PT.
Also, UF has a kid named Trey Burton coming next year that is built just like Tebow. Big, strong and fast!
Huh?
March 17th, 2009
10:41 am
“I didn’t ask time of position but the average time of the drives.”
I think they get at the same thing. You claim that we were always swinging for the fences and if we didn’t connect we were unproductive. That simply is not true. Again, look at the stats. They don’t support your argument. We were 2nd in the SEC in 1st downs and 3rd in third down conversions. All of the stats that I have cited suggest that we were moving the ball and not just doing it with 50 yard bombs and 60 yard runs by Knowshon. What was Stafford’s completion percentage of throws over 20 yards? It was probably better than any other SEC quarterback, if not the entire nation. This guy has a rocket arm and you want to waste it with dink and dunk crap to jack up his completion percentage, the most overrated statistic in all of football? I could not disagree more. I saw absolutely nothing wrong with our offense last year other than an offensive line that sometimes had trouble asserting itself. That’s a personell problem, not an X’s and O’s coordinator problem. Again, Bobo does a great job working around that and calling plays that play to our strengths. I personally think he is alot more imaginative than Richt was. Just my opinion.
Totally agree on BVG over Martinez though.
There is no National Championship in College Football
March 17th, 2009
10:42 am
………….and never has been. Evaluating a teams performance based on whether they won a beauty pagent that is neither sanctioned or recognized by the NCAA is beyond comical. The SEC Championship is won on the field, so is the Big 10, the Pac 10 and every other conference. The 2006 & 2008 Florida teams, the 2003 & 2007 LSU teams played in the beauty pagent game because of dumb luck. Auburn in 2004, Georgia in 2002 & 2005 had the exact same credentials as either of the those schools, Auburn arguably had more because they were undefeated. It would be like Doritos sanctioning a game and awarding a Super Bowl trophy when the NFL neither sanctions the event NOR RECOGNIZES it. The two teams paired together didn’t play each other, any of the same teams, may or may not be equally credentialed, were party to no playoff system, and didn’t necessarily win their own conference (Nebraska 2001, Oklahoma 2003) but they are in the beauty pagent nonetheless. So to use the Beauty pagent as some sort of gauge for the success of coach is lunacy. And for the record, Richt has a winning record against Tech and every team in the SEC except Florida. And for that Florida has the right to crow, but not because they were coincedentally fortunate to be selected to play in a trumped up exibition game.
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
10:46 am
You guys that say his goals are too low don’t know how coaching works. You set your goals that you have control of 1st or shall I say your short term goals 1st. The short term goal is to win your conference. In high school your goal is to win your region 1st then after that is done then you set your goal to win the State Title and in College the National Title. Once Richt wins the East then he can concentrate on winning the Conference and once he wins the conference then he can win the National Championship with a little bit of luck and votes. You guys place to much on this dumb a** college system on awarding national champions. Its not a true system to determine the best team in the nation.
williebkind
March 17th, 2009
10:46 am
Then we all agree…FIRE MARTINEZ…
Give Martinez some bail out money and a new college.
Music City Dawg
March 17th, 2009
10:49 am
CMR, can we address the kicking situation? Blair Walsh needs his scholarship yanked. Period.
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
10:51 am
GatorZone,
Cam Newton was in Urban’s dog house for things other than football. We all know that Cam was a better athlete than Brantley. He can run and pass. Brantley is a pocket passer in Urbans spread option offense. We will see how that works out. With no escapability the dogs should have no trouble with him. Plus Percy Harvin was the best threat that Fl had on offense. Percy just broke down defenses. To much credit was givin to Tebow anyway. Percy should have been the MVP of the National Championship game. Also to all the critics and Gator Fans Tebow won 1 Championship. Chris Leak won the other one damn it!! Stop giving him all this credit.
GATORZONE
March 17th, 2009
10:54 am
There is no National Championship in College Football… Spoken like a true fan of a team that cannot get over the hump.
I would bet your perspective would change if UGA won it all, or even made it to the Championship game.
Music City Dawg
March 17th, 2009
10:55 am
I don’t know, Dboy, that Demps kid is no joke. He’s like Percy 2.0.
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
10:55 am
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Otto
March 17th, 2009
10:57 am
Dink and dunk sets up the big play and keeps the defense out of being stuck with a short field. IMO all to often Stafford went with the big arm when the short play would have kept the chains moving and a wounded defense off the field.
CWM is a great recruiter and who was complaining and calling for his head at the end of ‘07? Get the DL healthy again and UGA will be just fine.
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
11:00 am
Music City,
No he is not. He doesn’t have the running ability like Percy. Yes he is faster but I played ball for 15 yrs and I know talent and the different kinds of talent that a kid possesses. Percy was a hard nose running back type of athlete that played receiver. Demps is a runner who doesn’t have the tackle breaking ability nor the vision Percy had. He usually falls after 1st contact and is only good if there is a creese in the defense to were he can hit the whole and out run everybody.
GATORZONE
March 17th, 2009
11:00 am
DBOY, again, you are mistaken. Anyone who watched Newton play realized he was not accurate. That is fine though, you just keep selling the Gators short. It is funny, last year all dawg fans said Tebow wasn’t a true QB and was not that good. Now, he is the only reason UF wins. Okay, play it both ways.
Also, in 06 Tebow was instrumental in EVERY game. To deny him credit for winning that championship is stupid. He was a member of that team and played quality time in EVERY game that year.
jw
March 17th, 2009
11:00 am
truth-serum – goodness how times have changed. Seems just a few years ago the Dog nation wouldn’t bark in public – begging for 8 win seasons and winning records was all you asked for. Now you have a guy that AVERAGES 10 WINS A SEASON and it’s back to the harping. Seems Richt can’t win for losing. It was hard watching Dawg nation lose to the techsters (remember, every dog has his day – it was Tech’s day) last year, but the big picture is – all the other Great Dawg Trainers (that’s coaches) had an unexpected season or two in there. Dooley whined about every year being a letdown – he won 200 of those Dawg Fights – Being in contention is what GA football is all about – if all the planets line up just right, then a 2007 season pops up! Richt puts you guys there EVERY year – don’t run him out of town because YOU can’t handle not winning the championship every year! Stop reading all those magazines and internet sites and don’t lose the forest for the trees! You will NEVER get another coach like Richt – plus he likes the place (don’t you think he could have already packed up the kennel and left by now) and likes what he has rebuilt – don’t run him out of town – you all have something special with him, don’t mess it up!!!!!!
Music City Dawg
March 17th, 2009
11:02 am
It’s true the BCS is complete BS and it should change. However, I do think Florida earned their spot. Personally, I would’ve chosen TX over OK, but they still would’ve lost to Florida anyway. Even if there was a playoff system, FL would’ve rolled, more than likely. That being said, in order for us to get to that game, we have to consistently beat the big 3 – FL, UT, AU. I can’t remember the last time we beat them all in the same year. When we get that done, then we can talk about titles and such. I think we CAN get it done, we just don’t for whatever reason.
Mr. Skynyrd
March 17th, 2009
11:02 am
Hey Dawg Girl,
We’ll just have to take solace with this I guess.
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html
I can live with that.
THWG! 45-42.
GATORZONE
March 17th, 2009
11:04 am
People said Harvin was too small to run between tackles his fresman year too. He bulked up. Saying UF is a 1 or 2 weapon team is totally irrational. It is impossible to debate irrationality.
Music City Dawg
March 17th, 2009
11:04 am
And we’re all kidding ourselves if we think that Florida won’t be as good this year as they were last year. It’s pretty sorry that we have to wait for Florida to be ‘bad’ before we can beat them.
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
11:08 am
GatorZone,
Again you are mistaken. Cam was just a freshman and what freshman comes in throwing the ball wit a high grade of accuracy and without the reps to improve? Again Brantley is not the future QB of Fl. He is a backup at best. Tebow is not a QB that will translate to the league although he is a great COLLEGE QB. He has a intangible that other guys don’t have and that is the will to win not to mention all the athletes he has around him but he is the key cog to the program I will give him that. But what I won’t give him is credit for that 1st national title. You said he played a key part? What part was that? Making 1 yrd runs for 1st downs or the 1 yrd td runs. OR maybe that ugly jump pass for a td from the 1 yd line? That is not hard to do at all!! IF it wasn’t for Chris Leak the gators would have not been there or won the National Title period!
Music City Dawg
March 17th, 2009
11:11 am
I love how Tech people are forced to reach outside the scope of the discussion to bring anything to the table. Let’s stick to football here. The bottom line is that Tech may squeak out a few wins every now and again, but statistically, it is very unlikely for you guys to consistantly have a winning team with the mediocre recruits you get. Enjoy your 45-42 while it lasts. It was a great game, and you guys earned it. But let’s not get carried away.
GATORZONE
March 17th, 2009
11:14 am
DBOY, this will be my last comment to you. I think your BIAS has overtaken your common sense! If you do not think 1st down conversions, short yardage TD’s, and jump passes were critical to winning than you are irrational!
GATORZONE
March 17th, 2009
11:16 am
Chris Leak was obviously the reason Florida made it to the Championship game, he was the starting QB. Giving Tebow credit for his play in no way diminishes Chris Leak.
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
11:16 am
Tech fans doesn’t even deserve responses to their silly comments. They are just looking for attention. Tech fans need to hush when grown folks are blogging about their competitive teams. If your not a GA fan, Ala, FL, Lsu or anybody that competes for a champtionship of some kind year in and year out then you need to just hush and read our blogs not comment
Music City Dawg
March 17th, 2009
11:19 am
Since UT is sneaking up in the rankings, I guess we should be worried about them as well. I think we can beat them, but it is important to take them seriously. Kiffy knows what he’s doing.
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
11:20 am
Gator Zone,
This is my last comment to you. Yea they count but I would give him no more credit than a fullback who does the same thing for his team. My point is he didn’t win a game or loose a game that year but the fans and media hyped him up like he was just the man. I’m not bias, im just a very smart football critic and a hard critic at that. Percy that year played a bigger role than Tebow did that year. Percy is/was the best player on the Gators team!
GATORZONE
March 17th, 2009
11:26 am
I suppose Percy is the Reason we beat Alabama in the SEC championship game too.
DawgGirl32
March 17th, 2009
11:29 am
Mr. Skynyrd- Your inferiority complex is showing. Just stick with the 45-42.
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
11:33 am
1 game does not make a players whole body of work GatorZone come on you better than to throw that out there. Some people say Tebow is the best player to ever play in college. I say yea right!! Tommy Frazier will have say so in that and a host of other players. Tebow is just the media darling with the other stuff he does off the field that contributes to his on the field persona. If you want to throw out one games then I suppose Tebow won the National Championship game too huh? I recall Percy getting them out of all kinds of jams deep in there own territory
DBOY JONES
March 17th, 2009
11:35 am
Don’t get me wrong Tebow is a fine QB and a even finner young man and deserves credit but lets not get carried away with it. Percy was just as important if not more important with the big plays he made throughout his career
Scott
March 17th, 2009
11:58 am
Richt will never be a good enough coach to beat out LSU, Florida or Alabama on a consistent basis.
He will win 8 or 9 games a year, almost always not win the division and not win the SEC championship.
He’ll take the dogs to a bowl and maybe win it, maybe not.
Get used to it, it will be the same every year.
It already has…..
RxDawg
March 17th, 2009
12:25 pm
LOL Dawg Fud. Good point. But I wouldn’t pay too much attention to a fan hung up on a first half score in September.
Bob
March 17th, 2009
1:34 pm
To read the comments on these blogs you would think that college football is the most boring and predictable sport on earth. Everything is etched in stone. Nothing ever changes. There are no upsets. No surprises. Everything pretty much sticks to the script. That’s not the college football that I know. Florida could go 7-5 next year for all anyone knows. Crazier things have happened in college football.
tom
March 17th, 2009
1:44 pm
I don’t understand the whole underachieving tag being placed on all CMR. I think we all know we did not live up to expectations last year but when you start number 1 you are being set up for it. Losing Sturdivant and Owens so early when the LOS on both sides were already questions made it a very difficult road. Plus, it is hard to play with the edge they had at the end of 2007 when everybody tells you that you are great.
Let us all remember that since CMR has been at UGA, they have won more games than any other SEC school. That includes UF, LSU, TENN, and AL. Yeah UF and LSU have titles but if we want to believe that the SEC is the best conference in America, then we have to give credit to the team with the most wins. If living up to your ability is only about winning the title then, there are 117 teams that fail every year. There is too much luck involved with winning the whole thing.
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March 17th, 2009
1:44 pm
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There is no National Championship in College Football
March 17th, 2009
1:51 pm
Gatorzone….I graduated from The University of Southern California. I also have a degree from The University of Georgia. My brother played for The University of Florida and I grew up a Dawgs Fan. I have seen both teams that I support win mythical championships in my lifetime. And the bottom line is that the BCS is a fruadulent sham. Actually “it” really isn’t anything as there is no credence to the BCS whatsoever. The University of Florida or UGA or USC has never won a “national championship” because there is no such thing. The only governing body that exists that the aforementioned universities belong to is the NCAA, and the NCAA neither sanctions nor recognizes a National Champion in college football. That’s not my opinion, my sentiment, whatever, it’s a fact. You won’t find a single gold plated wood plaque in Gainseville, Athens, Norman, Tuscaloosa, South Bend, or LA for football. You will however find one in Statesboro, in Youngstown, Ohio, etc.
I’m sorry if it hurts your feelings. You should be proud of Florida winning the SECC, because that is a real championship and you can be proud that Florida beat Oklahoma in the BCS Championship, whatever the hell that’s good for, and you can be proud that Florida certainly whipped Georgia this year and most years in the last 20.
And Scott…….Mark Richt has been good enough to win 10 or more games 6 of the 8 years he’s been at Georgia. He beat Florida & Alabama last year, & LSU this year…….your comment is without thought or merit. He has a winning record against every team in the league save Florida, and that includes Alabama and LSU.
Otto
March 17th, 2009
1:53 pm
Texas barely beat a Ohio St team that was not as good as the previous 2 seasons. If Mack wants to moan about the national title win big. I hope he gets in next year against the SEC champ and gets steamrolled. The Big 12 tie breaker and BCS format worked last year. The SEC should use the same rules.
Otto
March 17th, 2009
2:01 pm
I want to keep the system as it and yes UGA could have a gripe about a title or 2 just as Auburn and USC does. However, March madness has turned into a bore for the most part and who cares about the regular season? Nobody does… until they don’t get an invite (Auburn).
I will take the system as it stands. The SEC, Big 12 etc teams play tough games in their conf. We do not need to reward teams that play an easier schedule and don’t take the injuries caused by a tough schedule and in turn are made into Bowl Darlings.
There is no National Championship in College Football
March 17th, 2009
2:04 pm
Gatorzone….my perspective has nothing to do with what exists or doesn’t exist. I grew up a Georgia fan. I am a graduate of both UGA & SC. I’ve seen both win mythical national championships in my lifetime. It is a fact that the NCAA, the ONLY association for which SC, UF, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, etc are affiliated through, does not recognize a national champion for division 1A football. The BCS is nothing more than an exibition game. The winner may be the best team in the land, it may not. But again every other competition at any level, that boasts a champion, does so legitimized though their shared organization. That does not exist in college football and that is not my opinion, nor is it determined by my “perspective”. I’m sorry if that hurts your feelings. With that in mind……….Me, Coca-Cola, and Leroy’s Tire Outlet would like to recognize the Trojans of Southern Califonia as the 40 time National Champions won in years 1947-1998.
Zoomie
March 17th, 2009
2:04 pm
Things Coach Richt kept mostly under his hat during the season are now coming to light — and he’s taking responsibility. I think that’s great. He is answering quite a few of the questions we’ve had over last year’s team (especially defensive) performance. I’m not going to get bent out of shape about a national title run. Too much luck involved. I want to see the Bulldogs dominating in SEC competition, featuring the “junkyard dawg” defenses of old. Maybe this season’s prep formula will get it done.
GATORZONE
March 17th, 2009
2:21 pm
There is no National Championship in College Football you certainly did not hurt my feelings. It is just humourous to hear such a rant on your behalf when everyone else in the country recognizes the winner of the BCS championship as the “National Champion.” Mythical or not, that is the only option a fan has. If you have such a problem with it, why do you follow D1 football at all?
Oh, and nice contradiction of your lame rant with the recognition of USC.
DoggieDiaper32
March 17th, 2009
2:56 pm
3 to 1 DawgGirl32 wears ’sensible’ shoes.
DawgGirl32-
I think I speak for dogs, jackets and gators when I say….shouldnt you be blogging about recipes or soap operas right now?
Thats awesome though that you are excited about a magezine article that speculates that uga will be good with all their talent. yet another preseason accolade you can add to your trophy case next to last years SI cover. Very telling that you are bragging about being mentioned in some hypothetical article written by bruce feldman…whose opinion we all know is much more important than actual onfield accomplishments.
nothing like an angry chick blogging about football…
you sound hot….i mean really hot.
Huh?
March 17th, 2009
3:45 pm
I suppose GATORZONE also believes in Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, and that Elvis is still alive.
Music City Dawg
March 17th, 2009
3:50 pm
Wow, Doggie Diaper. You really classed it up with that last post.
Chris Broe
March 17th, 2009
3:50 pm
Sic ‘um! woofwoofwoofwoofwoofwoof! My daughter learned how to get Uga to go full UGA during the first few minutes of freshman orientation in front of hundreds of startled parents back in 2002. Just where is Uga on that Dog IQ list? I know he’s at the top on the hustle list. O.K. Brittany Spears has a 102 IQ. Where would 102 land among Dog Peers on the list of smartest to dumbest dogs? Actually, a graph of the Dawgs’ IQs would conform to a bowl shaped curve. (So it really is a dog-eat-alpo football world).
Why does basketball get to have a three point shot? Why cant football get a three-point-shot? That’s not fair.
But this is not about UGA football. (Or four point field goals from sixty yards out). It’s about speech class. The orientation was presented by one of the best senior-class speech majors I’ve ever seen. I could not believe the poise of this young man in front that throng. Folks, hire UGA speech majors! Jimmy Carter’s building homes as fast as people realize their civic duty to volunteer. Help them find find revenue sources right where they are. Assume every posture of concern for other citizens. We are all citizens first. That’s what the Pledge of Allegiance implies about our prime directive as citizens concerning liberty and justice: the Flag.
“Give me Liberty or give me death” is the slogan of justice over the flag. That’s why we would take death rather than see anyone harmed simply for using the flag like a cottonelle wet-wipe. (the dollar then was not worth a cottonelle). Our constitution allows for no abridged justice. Cheney is free because he has classified immunity. Cheney’s Iraq risk-assessment was “cool-aid heads will prevail”.
They say if you want to get into show business, get a puppet. Look how far cheney got with his….
Soon after the civil war, The Old South rose again when the South volunteered their civic duty to jury-peer-nullify any law or poll that they felt needed nullifyin’. They used President Andrew Jackson as the legal precedence. Lincoln could never have stopped that. Civil rights would have to wait, with or without Lincoln.
The south was what it was: Rebel Interrupted. One hundred and fifty years later, we still have to remove the vestiges of slavery that still exist in our contract law and upon which rests most current risk assessments. Guided by the grotesque carbon footprint of human bondage, every corruption of justice that can be formed on a slave contract evolved into the determined monstrosity we see foiling risk assessments today.
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SmyrnaDawg
March 17th, 2009
4:28 pm
Somethin definately has to change! but it has nothin to do with the offense. all these folks on here sayin that were just gonna be some 6-6 team youre greatly mistaken or just talkin through your ass! first of all, Cox has been here for years patiently waiting for the waaaay overhyped Stafford to leave. And I for one am glad to see him go. What did he produce for us?? a sugar bowl win over the douche-run colt brennan?? Cox has the touch and the leadership to take this team by the reins! hes not some freshman with zero knowledge. and just for some info, he was chris leaks back up in HS and after Leak set every school record and went on to UF to win the NC, Cox came right behind him and shattered those same records. so he has the ability! if anything were going to be BETTER than we were last year. with a healthy D and an experienced Oline and reciever corp. So please bama, UF, and these god awful Techies!! please keep underestimating what the dawgs will do. See ya in 6 months.
GO DAWGS!!!!
DawgGirl32
March 17th, 2009
4:53 pm
Wow DoggieDiaper- What year is it again? I’ll go back to blogging about recipes and soap operas if you go back to playing with your blow-up doll. Your lack of experience with a member of the opposite sex is painfully obvious.
DoggieDiaper
March 17th, 2009
5:00 pm
Music City Dawg-
I am glad to hear it because that is my main focus – to be “classy” on a uga football blog. Thank heavens I seemed to have achieved that end. Many a sleepless night I have spent worrying about how “classy” I appear to the ‘dog nation’.
But hey, I wont bore you. I know you want to get back to Feldman’s article. My guess is you may have already sized the frame to memorialize this article for all eternity. Its quite an honor. I think the entire college football community tips their collective hat to another banner acheivement my the bulldogs.
Hows this riddle for “classy”-
What is brown and wadded up in Coach Richts pants?
Answer- the turd he eased out in his 3 biggest games of the year.
CMR for preseason coach of the decade!!!!! yeah come on!!
sick them…wooof woooof
Pitbull
March 17th, 2009
5:39 pm
Truth-serum = DoggieDiaper = Tech pathetic losers
LOL
March 18th, 2009
12:00 am
UTAH WHO???
DoggieDiaper
March 18th, 2009
9:06 am
Enter your comments here
Pitbull
March 18th, 2009
1:34 pm
Gatorzone, I have a hump you will not get over. You need to change your name to Ben Dover.
Truth-serum
March 19th, 2009
5:54 pm
Its funny how the Bull puppies can accept mediocracy and call it great. I guess youve grown accustomed to losing out on the things that matter like…a national championship and theyve grown complacent with saying we be Tennesse or Vandebelt or some division II school. Its sad.
Top five recruiting class for 8 or 10 years running no national title. No. Not one. Not even close. No I dont count being not technically mathematically elimanated as being close. Yeah, Right. close.. hahahaha.
10 years of consolation prizes, trips to the peach bowl or some off brand like a bluebonnet bowl. Dude. Be for real. There are serious teams out there that produce. No hail mary’s or I hope florida loses so we can mathematically still have a chance! Dude! How about winning a national something..What a loser Richt is! So much talent, so little results. One of his two sec titles was because of default. Spare me. Look as USC or Florida or LSU Or Ohio State. Champions and recognize as such. Most national championship contenders think of the puppies as a joke. The puppies will bow down and weakly fumble away their season. They do it all the time. Richt is a loser as a coach. You can argue all you like,but at the end of the season well be waiting for an invitation to a bowl that wont be a national championship bowl. What I cant understand is how can Georgia rank in the top 4 f or players in the pros but not be close to an national championship under Richt. Yeah right, Whatever!
Truth-serum
March 19th, 2009
6:07 pm
Pitbull
March 17th, 2009
5:39 pm
I guess you dont understant. I am a Dog fan and Have been one all my life. Im just tired of losing. You can accept being an also-ran but I cant!
Lets deal with reality, DoggieDiaper, is right. Be man enough to admit it. The only way to get better it to deal with the truth. Truth is Mark Richt did blow those games and he is a lame coach. My hope is that we get someone here who can help us win championships not glamor or popularity contest. How about a national championship…Thats WHAT WE PLAY FOR!!!. How about setting higher goals than ocassionally winning (backdoor) a sec divisional championship and lets do like a real college team and get a national championship or two. How about 2 every 10-12 years? That would make us a dominate team and a team worthy of national respect. Just keeping in real. Stop whinning and stand up like a man. Only accepting the truth will make us better. Calling another also-ran season as a banner year fools nobody but you! Well Maybe Shultz.
Truth-serum
March 19th, 2009
9:57 pm
There is no National Championship in College Football
March 17th, 2009
2:04 pm
Your point is so irrelevant. Who care what is called! The bottom line is one team is crown the Champion for college foot ball each year. Everything outside of the championship game and the conference championships is a consolation prize given so some team can feel good (like Georgia)for losing. Who cares whether its call a national championship or BCS Championship. Duh! The point is there is only one championship for college football on a national scale. What Ever!
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