Fortunately, Dogs aren’t about impressing pollsters anymore
Let's assume Blair Walsh and Drew Butler were not declaring, "We're No. 1" after the win. (AP photo)
ATHENS — If after one game you were convinced that this would be a dreadful season, and after two games you figured maybe the quarterback wouldn’t be so bad after all, and after three games you once again were ready to catapult Willie Martinez out of Athens, out of the state and out of a job, well, guess what? They’ve come full circle.
Maybe it’s best to just not assume anything about Georgia this season — certainly not an easy victory.
Blair Walsh kicked a game-winning 37-yard field goal as time expired Saturday to give the Bulldogs a 20-17 win over Arizona State at Sanford Stadium. And that’s really all you want to know without a bottle of Tums.
Given that this is a bottom-line business, the Bulldogs will try not to think about how they got there. There was an offense that committed three more turnovers, leading to 14 of the visitors’ 17 points and left the team at a minus-9 in turnover differential this season. There also was an offense that produced only two field goals (and the three turnovers) in 10 possessions after two early touchdowns.
Joe Cox completed only 12 of 23 with two interceptions after the first quarter. (Brant Sanderlin/AJC).
There was bland and unimaginative play-calling and a stunning decision by coach Mark Richt to pass up a potential winning 45-yard field-goal attempt earlier in the fourth quarter to go for it on fourth-and-one (and the play was stuffed).
Good thing nobody is paying attention to polls this season.
“You’d like to think you’re progressing over the last three weeks,” Richt said. “It’s almost like we’re that record that gets stuck and the same things keep happening over and over again. The good news is at the very end we’ve been winning. We’d like to remove some of the drama if possible.”
The defense was strong. That would be the good news. But somewhere it is written that you should not be tied with Arizona State in the fourth quarter on your home field, particularly after leading 14-3 in the first quarter.
Haven’t figured this team out yet? Stop trying.
It was far different circumstances when these teams met at this time a year ago. The Bulldogs still had national championship aspirations. They won in Tempe 27-10. It was one of their best performances of the season, setting up meteoric expectations for Alabama week.
Then came the blackout. Then came the knockout. Bama jumped to a 31-0 lead and it was over. Neither the Dogs nor expectations were the same the rest of the season.
That wasn’t an issue Saturday. The season-opening loss at Oklahoma State smothered the rankings talk early. The wins over South Carolina and Arkansas were fun to watch, much like cartoons are fun to watch. Great offense, no defense, too many penalties and turnovers and exploding body parts.
The game was tied 17-17 when Georgia got the ball back with 5:40 left. But on first down, Joe Cox threw behind A.J. Green right into the hands of safety Jarrell Holman (who earlier returned an interception for a touchdown). This one he brought back to the Dogs’ 20. But the defense held again, and a 38-yard field goal attempt was blocked — by A.J. Green.
Green also caught a 56-yard touchdown earlier in the game. On the ensuing Dogs’ possession after the blocked field, he made a third-down 22-yard catch at the Arizona State 22. That ultimately set up the winning field goal. Pretty sure he was player of the game.
It looked for a while liked Georgia might have an easy night. Didn’t happen. Maybe we should all just assume at this point that there won’t be any easy days or nights.
First the offense stalled, then it started dropping engine parts on the highway (a fumble set up one touchdown and an interception was returned for another score). Suddenly, ASU led 17-14. The Dogs came back to tie it. After forcing ASU to punt, the Dogs drove into Devils’ territory again. But Richt elected to go for it on fourth-and-1 from the 28 — passing up a potential go-ahead 45-yard field goal. Result: fullback Fred Munzenmaier ran into a wall.
They seemed destined to lose. But at this point we should just assume they’re not destined for anything. Except maybe to keep us guessing.
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WestOfAthens
September 27th, 2009
9:30 am
One word describes this team: RESILIENT.
aladawg
September 27th, 2009
9:31 am
Enter your comments here
We all know A.J. was not out of bounds…touchdown. Are you all REALLY Dawg fans? If so, why are you always so negative? Some people predicted we could possibly be 0-4 at this time. We’re winning, young players are learning…making mistakes but learning…and winning! We could have a coach like Meyer that wants to get style points so badly (because they didn’t beat the stew out of Tenn.last week)that he wants to make it all up this week and beat Kentucky for the 28th straight time, Tebow still pounding the crap out of’em and gets hurt. I hate he’s hurt, but hope it cost the GREEDY “AH” (meyer) A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP this year. Go Dawgs!!
WestOfAthens
September 27th, 2009
9:33 am
I am at the point now to expect a win the moment the Bulldogs fall behind. They are not attempting to impress the polls, because simply put, the polls are BS, and those who participate in said poll are only of equal quality.
With all of his effort and being a HUGE part of this offense….AJ Green is the MVP of the team.
Heisman in 2010?
Gator68
September 27th, 2009
9:37 am
We always play to the level of our competition or worse. Fla had Kentucky 31-0 b/f they knew it. Have we ever done that? We would be tied or up by a field goal if we played Valdosta High school. No Killer Instinct, not now-not ever.
WestOfAthens
September 27th, 2009
9:38 am
I agree with you aladawg. A win is a win. Some folks would percieve non conference games as producers of brownie points. Keep winnin’ Dawgs!
GR82BAG8R
September 27th, 2009
9:44 am
Old Dawg, the “nothing but mouth” Techsters beat you last year, when you were heavily favored, up by 26 at the half, and they were playing with a ragtag group of leftovers from a previous coach you used to beat like a drum. You used to simply out-talent them. That is no longer the case. With lesser talent, their coach appears to do more than Georiga does with the blue-chippers.
Georgia is consistently one of the top-10 recruiting programs in the country. You should NEVER have a “young” team. Mark Richt is a fine recruiter and runs a clean program. He is able to convince the nation’s best talent (and almost as important, their families) to come play for him. His staff needs some serious re-examination. Past Georgia teams were known for their defense and their tenacity. Look at the points you have given up in recent years.
There is simply no excuse for Georgia not to be a perennial top-10 team. Florida is able to do it. Why not Georgia?
Sanford Drive
September 27th, 2009
9:45 am
Just wait until Cox & Co play a real defense. It’s going to be ugly. Our running game stinks, our QB stinks, and our secondary stinks.
Wins = 3 Losses = 1
September 27th, 2009
9:46 am
All of the smart bloggers calling for UGA to fire Richt find another football team to chear for since UGA fires you as a fan! We have completed 4 games against 4 BCS teams and are 3/1. What do you retards not understand about this??
Richt is the best thing to happen in UGA for a long time. I hope that he will stay with UGA until he decides to retire!
Frank Wren
September 27th, 2009
9:52 am
Damn youd think we lost LOL
Oh BTW Mark Richt improved his record to 85-23 since he became head coach. Thats better than any other in the SEC last 9 years.
Ill take that
Frank Wren
September 27th, 2009
9:53 am
There is simply no excuse for Georgia not to be a perennial top-10 team. Florida is able to do it. Why not Georgia?
Umm dummy we are a perennial top 10 team. Weve finished there 6 of the last 8 years.
Richie
September 27th, 2009
9:56 am
This is fun football.The thing is to win baby win.The young players are coming around.I love it.Enter your comments here
Dawg in Tennessee
September 27th, 2009
9:56 am
Mark it down—Georgia upsets LSU next week in Athens! Ga 29 LSU 24!!!
chazzo
September 27th, 2009
10:01 am
WTFs of last night’s game: Who can a defensive player push a ref into the offensive line disrupting the play and get a no call???? How can an announcer be so biased that he not only gushes over ASU and makes comments about UGA losing the game in third quarter, he calls UGA’s win unfortunate at the end of the game????? And, as much as I make it a point not to be negative about our team and coaches: How can Bobo call virtually the same play in every short yardage situation even after it had been given away by the ref pushing incident, and has the offense ever worked on what to do when the ball gets intercepted (they looked completely baffled)?
I have made it a point to be incredibly positive and back my team, and as frustrated as I got last night… as many times as I said to my wife we can’t do this crap against LSU, UT, UF, Auburn, Tech, et al (I didn’t really say et al to my wife)… The best thing about our team is they keep doing something right somewhere when they need to to get the W.
Our pass rush looked better last night. UGA made some mistakes, but they never folded. A.J. is stellar, and his damn toe hit the grass I swear it.
Ramguy
September 27th, 2009
10:01 am
4th and 1……Bobo should understand that if I knew what was coming the other teams coaches and players knew what was coming. They had this play set up. Earlier at the a the goal line after plunge into the line by the fullback, they tried going wide with Samuels. No misdirection, no fake into the line. Of course it failed. Now back to the 4th and 1. A fake into the line with the fullback, which everyone knew was going to get the ball, then a pitch or just a QB run around the right end might have worked. It couldn’t have been any worse than the call they made.
Matt Norris
September 27th, 2009
10:03 am
How can people say we need to commit to the run when Samuel is fumble prone and lacking of any ability to break a tackle and King while showing some flashes fumbles the ball as well.
George P Burdell
September 27th, 2009
10:06 am
Another crushing victory! We should be ranked number 1 again. We are still “The Harvard of the South” as my elites from South Georgia tell me. Oh, excuse me, I am late for my Parks and Recreation class. We have a tough test today on jump rope.
chazzo
September 27th, 2009
10:07 am
No one with any brains, guts, or heart would ever, ever, ever, EVER make fun of an injured player or wish them ill will, even if they are the best player for your biggest rival. NEVER. Some folks just need to go out and buy some class.
Preacherskid
September 27th, 2009
10:07 am
I’m sick of making excuses for this team. Last year it was easy to do that. In the immortal words of Larry Munson “We’re decimated by injuries.” However, there are some trends that cannot be ignored. Penalties, we had 6 penalties for 45 yards in the first half and we’ve been one of the most penalized teams in the SEC over the last 2-3 yrs. That screams a lack of discipline, intensity and fundamentals. Turnovers, this bug showed up last year and hasn’t gone away. Again, shows a lack of discipline, intensity and bad fundamentals. Protecting the ball is not a new concept in this game. Lack of execution. Lately the Defense has been the brunt of this and well deserved if I may say so. However, don’t forget that the offense has always shown potential and from time to time lives up to it but cannot be called consistent. All of this points to one thing. Coaching. Yes we’ve been averaging 10 wins per season under Richt, yes we’ve won some SEC championships, yes we’re recruiting the top level talent in the South and all over the country. So why is it that our team never seems to live up to it’s ability?
Fair or not, it always comes down to coaching.
BuLLdawg
September 27th, 2009
10:07 am
dg,
It IS a valid argument because Washington DID beat Southern California.
LSU beat Washington. Don’t give me this LSU is “suspect” and UGA is NOT.
When Coach Richt could have gone and gotten Chief from the vols, he let Les Miles sign John Chavis instead. Now, who do you prefer as DC ? John Chavis or Willie Martinez ?
Vanderbilt has a football team that is not horrible either, not when their Defense has not given up 24 points in any game this season.
Mississippi State obviously is not horrible either.
Pete Carroll was complaining before the NFL Draft that Mark Sanchez was HIS quarterback for this season, and Pete Sanchez is obviously a better quarterback than Matthew Stafford. Right ?
Pete Carroll put that quarterback in the game, and Washington promptly drove down the field and scored and score and scored and scored. Finally, Washington scored the winning points when once again Southern California did NOT STOP them.
Last time I looked, Mark Sanchez nor any OTHER Quarterback of Pete Carroll was out there on that defense stopping Washington from SCORING THE WINNING POINTS against their DEFENSE.
Pete Carroll played Matt Barkley against Ohio State Suckeyes, and he threw 1 interception and no touchdowns.
Southern California made 2 field goals against Washington. Washington was 21 of 35 passes for 237 yards against Southern California DEFENSE, who by the way did not intercept Washington quarterbacks. Washington made 3 field goals.
Washington also had a RUSHING TOUCHDOWN against Southern California’s DEFENSE.
After Arkansas got 1 TD all day long yesterday total against Alabama’s DEFENSE, don’t come in here please with this LAME LSU is suspect and UGA is NOT when we gave up 5 passing TD alone against Arkansas. In addition, we gave up 2 more field goals against Arkansas, but Alabama alowed only 1 TD all day.
South Carolina scored 37 points against UGA. North Carolina State held South Carolina to 7 points total. And, Ole Miss held South Carolina to only 16 points. But, UGA gave them 37 points.
Georgia is clearly MORE suspect than LSU is.
Arizona State is SUSPECT because they haven’t played any one.
Our wins over these teams are SUSPECT. LSU is LESS SUSPECT than UGA.
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atmdog,
No sir. I would not have preferred to have played a perfect game and LOST. What I am saying is that our “Coaching Staff” SUCKS. Try to keep up.
Sorry.
GaCracker
September 27th, 2009
10:08 am
Let’s erect a monument to A.J. Green – he almost singlehandedly won the game for us. Great individual performance on a night where the team was schizo!
Stinger
September 27th, 2009
10:09 am
The SEC is a pathetic conference. You only have 2 decent teams, Florida and Alabama; and Florida has to play it’s starters the entire game to run the score up on hapless teams. Auburn and Tenn struggle to beat two high school teams, UGA lucks out to beat a horrible Arizona St team, Kentucky is Kentucky, LSU barely beat Missy St , Ark was crushed by Bama, Ole MIss looses to a horrible South Carolina team, and Vandy is Vandy. What an over-rated conference.
Don
September 27th, 2009
10:15 am
I say fire the flying piss out of Mark Richt ..never liked him other then him being a Christian ..he is weak and a pure JOKE .he wouldn’t last five minutes in Oak Park Georgia .The red necks here would be all over him like a lion on fresh meat.He is weak people and defies Logic.Willie Martinez needs to swim back over the Rio Grand or back to Puerto Rico or where ever in ht e hell he came from ..also WEAK and Stupid to boot.BOBO needs his ass on the field and not in the tower..Arizona’s OC was right there on the field in the rain while BOZO was in his Ivory tower..He had no play calling in the rain at all and could NOT get this team up..we looked like a high school team that didnt have a clue..Tebow with a concussion could beat our ass on shear GUTS alone..we have no GUTS people and are making a generation of gutless players at Georgia ..we wont ever get over that Stigma.Hire a new Coach demote Richt to Quarterbacks coach or OC fire Martinez and Bozo the Clown,and the next rain game make all the coaches roll in the mud to get em a little dirty in more ways then one..Screw the DOGS
Drew
September 27th, 2009
10:15 am
Jeff, I know you are supposed to be columnis but you are constantly bashing the Dawgs. If it’s that bad go write for a paper in Florida. But I’m sure you’d find something negative to write about!
lifer dawg
September 27th, 2009
10:17 am
The whole program has run full circle since Richt arrived!!!! We are now back to where we were when Goff/Donnan were king!!!! Yeah the UGA program of the past decade where we had the talent and the fans but NOT THE COACHING!!!! Does ANYONE on this board think we are a SEC contender like we were in Richt’s first four years??? We are NOT and won’t be anytime soon. The blackout Bama game was our fallen angel game and I am afraid it will stick with all of us fans for some time. That was the night when the “Real” coaches took control of the SEC again. When will we beat Urban and his nasty Gators again??? Maybe by chance in another 6 years? Lets face it folks the train has left the station and our Coaching staff is right where UGA likes em long term which is the leader of the 2nd tier SEC teams!!!!!!!! God help you Coach Richt cause by sticking with Martinez and all of this mediocrity while having NC caliber teams your ship has sailed my man!!! You had 2 teams that were the NC teams we all longed for but you misplayed your hand (got outcoached when it counted) and you will be hanging onto your last 2005? SEC championship when it finally hits you that its tougher than you first thought to stay on top!!! Richt won’t be coaching another Div I program after UGA rids themselves of you after so many more mediocre seasons. Richt used to have the fire but has lost it and I blame that on sticking with the WORST DC not only in the SEC but maybe in the nation!!!!!!!!!!!! UGA back to the king of SEC 2nd tier where they have lived for WAY TO F****ING long!!!!!!!! Give me a coach with fire !!! Look at Saban’s D and what he has done!!! Its night and day compared to watching the high school inept Willie D. Look at Myer, if you get called for flags he grabs you yells and pulls you out of the game. Look at Spurrier almost beat us at home with 1-3 star players vs. our 4-5 star athletes. For fans that can’t see it, enjoy the “tight” games against crappy teams and then act surprised when UF, UT and other top programs smoke our ass year after year. This is horrid to watch from greatness in 2002-2005 to total mismanagement since with Willie at the helm of our proud traditional UGA D that has turned into a hunker down joke of a unit!!!!!! The fact the Richt stands by his man through this leads me to believe we are not gonna be top 10 material again until the bring in a new coach with fire and lead fists!!!! Oh yeah Adams and his crew will blow the new coach search in 2014 and get us some lackass again like Ray Goff!!!! SEC championship in the next twenty years???? I bet humans are on mars again before we revisit the dome. Our program has come full cirlce and it makes me want to ask the Gator nation for forgiveness from our Bulldog sins back in the days when we used to make em pay. One day someone at UGA will wake up and go get the Saban or MEyer of the day and we will rise again but I might be 75 then up from 35 today!!!! HAve fun fans enjoying our crummy team keep the cheap teams tight!
HH
September 27th, 2009
10:18 am
Maybe one of these days, SOMEBODY THAT COUNTS in the scheme of things that is UGA football will realize that the problem really ain’t Willie, nor is it Bobo’s inconsistency, but that the REAl PROBLEM lies in the fact that Richt is a MEDIOCRE, OVERPAID, OVERRATED football coach, and that if they want to be in the same league with Meyer and Saban, then they are going to have to HIRE someone with Meyer’s and Saban’s ABILITY.
Hope Springs eternal.
Frank Wren
September 27th, 2009
10:20 am
Good one Stinger. That was funny.
Meanwhile the ACC got hammered again in out of conference games.
Thats to be expected from a tech fan though I guess. Tough being a mediocre program in the worst BCS conference in the country
chazzo
September 27th, 2009
10:25 am
Wait a minute… Who said we were going to go 13-0 and win the BCS? When over the summer did anyone say UGA was going to be awesome and beat everybody? The predictions were 7-5 and 8-4. UGA is doing fine, doing what it needs to do to get a W. As I have said many times, there are going to be a lot of nail biters, and nobody is beating the Gators. (Well… I have a feeling that somebody’s going to beat the Gators). UGA has played four solid teams, 3 of them actually pretty good. Next week, we will all find out if UGA can rise to the occasion against a big time team.
Eric
September 27th, 2009
10:30 am
Most teams need some level of pure luck to have a successful season, but this is ridiculous. If Lady Luck turns her back on the Dogs, they’re in deep do do.
michael
September 27th, 2009
10:31 am
Enter your comments hereHow many more times am I going to watch Bobo call a delayed handoff on 2nd and 10. Trust me, our 2nd down play calling continues to handcuff our talent. Bobo continues to put his players at a disadvantage with his calls on 2nd down-think about it!
Martinez finally decides to unleach our talent on defense and look what happened. Hopefully he will learn from this.
And obviously this officiating crew should be banned from any post season bowl games.
ckgator
September 27th, 2009
10:33 am
Congrats Dawgs on a big win. Way to represent the SEC!
FUHaterz
September 27th, 2009
10:34 am
HH – I think you are confusing Richt with Donnan and Goff. By the way, who should we hire to replace Richt?
FUHaterz
September 27th, 2009
10:34 am
Enter your comments here
ugagrad
September 27th, 2009
10:34 am
A.J. is the most exciting UGA player since Herschel!
BuLLdawg
September 27th, 2009
10:37 am
laurenzo,
The Defense was GREAT ?
Our Running Backs had 31 rushes for 92 yards and 1 fumble. Our Quarterbacks had 2 interceptions and 1 TD.
We have had a grand total of 42 yards on 8 punt returns, all season long now. We had 3 kickoff returns against Arizona State for a grand total of 41 yards, that is 13 yards per kickoff return against Arizona State.
Dimitri Nance had more yards rushing against our Defense by himself than we had against their defense, in total. The entire Arizona State team did not fumble the football once. Arizona State did better on kickoff returns and better on punt returns than we did as well.
Arizona State’s QB had 1 TD pass the same as did Joe Cox, but while Joe Cox had 2 interceptions, that twit of a QB for Arizona State only had 1 interception by our great and wonderous Defense.
What the hell is this our Defense was great laurenzo ? It was AJ Green, WR, who blocked their winning field goal, after Coach Richt inexplicably from his 28-yard line in the 4th Quarter with the score tied, DID NOT EVEN TRY the winning field goal.
Our “Coaching Staff” is suspect.
Sanford Drive
September 27th, 2009
10:39 am
Bulldawg,
Our coaching staff WAS suspect. Now, it’s obvious to everyone with an ounce of sense that they’re friggin clueless.
coastal dawg
September 27th, 2009
10:40 am
Another win,not pretty but another win.Quit the bi****** and accept the fact that we are a young team and are going to make mistakes,the bottom line is the team is finding a way to win.Next week should be a good game go DAWGS!!!!!!
1eyedJack
September 27th, 2009
10:44 am
I’ll take the VICTORY!
I think we played much better than we looked.
Coach Richt is definitly “living right”.
Turnovers should be a major concern at practice. We have dodged some bullets but pick 6’s cannot be defended. Cox hopefully just had an off game.
I think our running game is missing big Trinton more than we could have hoped.
We are major young at the skill positions but major talented. Wait until the light bulbs come on. AJ is the master at getting position on the defender.
You don’t lose 6 draft picks to the NFL and immediately become better.
Much better pass rush. Thank you Justin and Geno. I wish Curran could stay eligible forever.
LSU looked extra “ordinary”.
UT looked extra “ordinary”.
Tebow woke up in wonderland. Maybe he will gear it down the rest of the season. At least think about it.
Go DAWGS!!
FUHaterz
September 27th, 2009
10:45 am
Lifer Dawg,
I can’t stand fans like you. You are nothing but a hater who can’t enjoy a win. Go cheer for another team. My school doesn’t want fans like you.
Office Space
September 27th, 2009
10:51 am
Yes, it’s going to be one of those years to watch and see. I base that on the way the game is being played out there week to week. Yes, one week it’s definitely the defense, then the offense is penalized so much you question what went on in practice the week leading up to the game. Special teams have been consitant with just a couple of costly mistakes, good nonetheless. Instinctively as a fan you don’t want to be critical because of the won loss record in a rebuilding year. Well it’s not a rebuilding year for Joe and Bobo needs to unleash the talent on offense even if its to give experience for the pups and the defense a break. C’mon,use those tight ends and AJ’s going to get open more often.
Sorry but the plays are way too predictable. The fans are going to hate me for this but WTF! Bobo’s play calling is like Dooleys playing not to lose but HELLO, Irk’s not back there to cover your posterior!
Honestly, it’s tough love early in the season and I hope you Dawgs make more of an ass of me than I just made of myself. Go Dawgs.
dan
September 27th, 2009
10:53 am
The bad news: UGA, except for AJ Green, is playing a lousy brand of football. With the way they’re playing they’re due for a loss in the next few weeks.
The good news: Except for Alabama, everyone else in the SEC is pretty suspect. Florida is vunerable right now with Tebow being hurt, Tennessee won’t do anything until they can find a QB, South Carolina is mediocre at best. Vandy and Kentucky are playing like Vandy and Kentuky. Ole Miss got exposed. LSU and Arkansas won’t win anything until they find some defense. Mississippi State plays hard but isn’t where they need to be yet, and Auburn hasn’t been tested yet. So the SEC is there for the taking. If the Dawgs decided to play real football like they’re capable of, they could be a darkhorse contender for the SEC title.
Bottom Line: Dawgs have the talent and the conditioning to win games. What they lack is the attitude and the killer instinct that championship teams have, like they exhibited at the end of 2007.
Atlanta_Tiger_Fan
September 27th, 2009
10:54 am
My LSU team isn’t performing as expected either, but next Saturday with UGA will be biggest test for both teams. The team that turns over the ball the fewest times will win in close one.
shane#1
September 27th, 2009
11:03 am
Man! Some of ya’ll stayed on the blogs late last night! I just made a couple of smart a$$ed remarks and went to bed. I figured this team would go 10-2 or 9-3 before the season and nothing I see has changed my mind. I am going to enjoy each win as it comes and suffer through the losses. I would suggest that the rest of you Dawg fans do the same.
RDM
September 27th, 2009
11:03 am
What is the problem with the O line? Everyone kept talking about how this was the strength of the offense this year and the best O line in the SEC heading into the season. Yes, they lost Sturdivant but he’s only one guy. They are not pushing anyone back and not opening any holes for the RB’s. In fact, they are playing terrrible!
mike
September 27th, 2009
11:03 am
Third
outkasted
September 27th, 2009
11:05 am
speaking of arkansas against alabama i saw arkansas wrs drop alot of wide open passes its funny how the gr8 alabama needs trickery to score….lol
I'll Pass On The Kool-Aid
September 27th, 2009
11:05 am
Hmmm…so our soon to be drafted wide-out pushes off a defender, without getting called for obvious pass interference, makes an acrobatic catch of an underthrown ball…
…and we survive a contest with an unranked opponent from another time zone on our own home field…
…sorry, but I will still pass on the Joe Cox Player of the Week Kool-Aid…
I’ll just wait and see what happens during the LSU, UT, FLA run of games.
I do agree with earlier posts that contrast the attitude of these kids with the teams of Dooly. There would have been no premature celebrating over tied scores, no media interviews telling fans that their QB could care less about what they think.
pollywannacracker
September 27th, 2009
11:05 am
Anyone who asks for the coach’s head after any game (a win or a loss), I don’t know if you really think things thru intelligently. You want to fire people for something that will occur every now & then, a loss. It’s not going to be the last time UGA scores 20 points & get the win, it won’t be the last time they give up 40 points, no matter who the OC or DC is. But I don’t know why I’m trying to use common sense on a senseless bunch, why you’re the same people screaming “We want our country back from Obama”, & “get those darn Mexicans out of our country” when technically they’ve been in this country probably longer than you. I digress, it’s just frustrating being a UGA alum & watching a mob mentality fan base huddle & talk senseless about firing a staff that has been exceptional & for a few games underwhelming. I just pray to Allah yal don’t break the hoods back out (thank Allah gas is not cheap anymore) & break those crosses back, Martinez better break back to Florida if that happens b/c those times won’t be nice.
That70sGAdawg
September 27th, 2009
11:08 am
To all you that think that the defense did great: That was a weak Pac 10, unranked team, with 3 out of 4 offensive linemen out with injuries!!!
Free Willy NOW, don’t wait for the end of the season. Make a statement that this is NOT Junkyard dog defense and it’s not acceptable !
UGA65
September 27th, 2009
11:09 am
Face it Richt it’s past time for Bobo and Willie’s dismissal. To be a continding team the Dawgs need top of the line coaches – the afore mentioned are not that. The team, the fans and alums and the University of Georgia deserve that. Just do it!
Office Space
September 27th, 2009
11:13 am
No offense pwc, but try to leave politics out of this. Sherman came through here before the Mexicans thank you very much. GOD Bless.