Georgia’s problem is direction, and that falls on Richt
Here's a common sight: A Tennessee receiver (Gerald Jones) making a catch in front of a Georgia defender (Bryan Evans) Saturday. (AP photo)
KNOXVILLE — The problems just became big picture.
This isn’t just about the quarterback looking overmatched or the coordinators looking lost. It’s not about the schedule or the injuries or maybe some conspiracy theories about SEC referees having an agenda because the team got too excited with an end-zone celebration in Jacksonville two years ago.
Plug in, folks. Georgia just lost to Tennessee like no team should lose to Tennessee (45-19). The offense didn’t score a touchdown. The defense just made Jonathan Crompton look like Jonathan Unitas. Lane Kiffin just schooled Mark Richt.
Six games and they’re going backward. Six games and they’re 3-3, their worst start in 13 years. And you begin to realize: If not for those late wins over South Carolina and Arizona State and surviving mayhem against Arkansas, we could be talking scorched earth at midseason.
This is when you wonder about direction. The same coach who two years ago we were toasting for finishing the season with a No. 2 ranking is now walking off the field and into news conferences looking like toast.
On Saturday, Richt was asked a question one never could have imagined two Januarys ago: “Are you worried about the state of the program?”
His answer: “We didn’t play very good today. We haven’t had a game this season where we played a really solid football game. So I’m concerned about that.”
Is it just me, or did he not completely shoot down the premise of the question?
Let’s make this clear. This is not a “Fire Mark Richt” column. His body of work speaks for itself. But Florida and LSU and Alabama have boat-raced Georgia in the SEC, and of maybe even greater concern is the lack of separation between the Bulldogs and everybody else.
This isn’t a former No. 2-ranked team that has maintained its level of excellence. It’s a program that has regressed. Significantly. Whatever Richt was doing before is not working now. Either the wrong players are being recruited, or the right players are being coached the wrong way.
Blame Mike Bobo for the offense. Blame Willie Martinez for the defense. Blame Stacy Searels, the vaunted offensive line coach, who, by the way, hasn’t done bupkis. Blame anybody you want.
But it starts with Richt. It’s his program. He sets the tone and establishes direction. He is the one coaching at a school that hadn’t started a season so poorly since Jim Donnan’s first year in 1996 (3-5 on the way to 5-6). Richt is the one whose team committed three more turnovers against Tennessee and ranks as the worst in the conference and among the dregs nationally with 16 giveaways and a minus-11 turnover ratio.
Volunteers quarterback Jonathan Crompton threw touchdown passes on three consecutive possessions in the second quarter and finished with four. He had been largely lampooned in Knoxville and had never thrown more than two in his career. Well, with one exception. He threw five against Western Kentucky.
So that’s where Georgia’s defense belongs: in the Sun Belt.
Asked what he would think if he was a Georgia fan watching this game on television, Martinez said: “Well, I am a Georgia fan. I’m not happy. We just got whipped.”
Things are no better on offense. The Bulldogs have failed to score an offensive touchdown in 10 of the past 11 quarters. Against Tennessee, the offense (field goal) was outscored by special teams (nine points, off a kickoff return and a blocked punt for a safety) and the defense (interception return).
Didn’t Richt make his bones in offense at Florida State?
He somewhat came to Bobo’s defense: “I like his play calling.”
When asked if he felt quarterback Joe Cox was regressing, he said: “I’ve got to look at the film before I start making comments like that.”
Just as well. This isn’t the time to be throwing anybody else under the bus.
“We’ve got a long way to go before we become a good football team,” Richt said.
And he should know. He’s the one driving the bus.
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King Dawg
October 11th, 2009
2:15 pm
Spot on Jeff! Martinez has no idea how to adjust his tremendous athletes. The flats have been open since his arrival. Bobo, I hate to say, apparently doesn’t watch what happens to the Dawgs defense. I few tosses into the flats might have taken some pressure off Cox Saturday. Richt is responsible for their actions and inaction. I know he doesn’t want to consider cutting his friends, but if Florida State can question Bobby Bowden’s usefulness to the school—nobody is safe.
jason
October 11th, 2009
2:16 pm
CMR feels the heat. That is why he was trying to get the ball back at the end of the first half. How mnay times has he done that? He usually lets the half run out with out trying. He also dialed up the block punt, When was the last time he did that. He also had Prince Miller fielding punts inside the 20. When has he done that last. I think CMR more than feels the “Sense of Urgencey”. He feels the heat coming from a pi$$ed off DAWG Nation.
No. Ga. Bob
October 11th, 2009
2:17 pm
Mark your dog journal, FSU will fire their couch and hire MR. This is sad that he can’t find peace at UGA. Also sad that we don’t have a decent QB!!!!!!!!!!!! Bad QBs and couches make for a terrible football team.
jason
October 11th, 2009
2:18 pm
Another thing. We have no teachers on this team to develope the talent we have. The coaches rely on talent and atheletic ability to over come making adjustments. Hell, who needs adjustments when we have TOP 5 after TOP 5 recruiting classes the past 9 years.
Jeb
October 11th, 2009
2:23 pm
Coach Chris Peterson is coming in from Boise State. We will soon be, Peterson’s Pooches.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 11th, 2009
2:25 pm
Maybe they should move the Tech campus out of the “hood”. Two more college students robbed again, (early this morning). If Tech students are so smart, why are they so stupid to STILL continue to go out in the “hood” at night.
Rogerfladawg
October 11th, 2009
2:28 pm
new dawg to the blog!!!!! I have been watching college football for many years and a dawg fan at 60 years old. My problem with the dawgs is the offensive and defensive lines. Are they good? Yes. Are they excellent? No. Our scouting for excellent linemen must get more prononced. Every year it’s QB’s, tailbacks, WR’s. The skilled postion players are only as good as Excellent Linemen.
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
2:29 pm
The latest AP Poll
“Who let the dawgs out”?
LOL.
I think we would all agree that georgia is the best 61st ranked team ever.
Florida , 1498
Alabama, 1430
Texas, 1395
Virginia Tech, 1283
Boise State 1199
USC 1161
Ohio State 1048
Cincinnati 1038
Miami (FL) 970
LSU 947
Iowa 919
TCU 917
Oregon 776
Penn State 597
Nebraska 576
Oklahoma State 559
Kansas 551
Brigham Young 490
Georgia Tech 453
Oklahoma 432
South Florida 330
South Carolina 319
Houston 192
Utah 76
Notre Dame 75
Pittsburgh 58,
Auburn 55,
West Virginia 46,
Mississippi 28,
Wisconsin 27,
Missouri 25,
Arkansas 16,
Central Michigan 6,
Arizona 5,
Michigan 5,
Oregon State, 4
Navy, 3
Idaho, 3
Stanford 2
Texas Tech, 2
UCLA, 2
Boston College, 1
Baylor, 1
Clemson, 1
Colorado 1
Colorado State, 1
Florida State, 1
Minnesota, 1
East Carolina 1,
Air Force 1,
Illinois, 1
Rutgers, 1
North Carolina State, 1
Northwestern, 1
Southern Miss, 1
Vanderbilt, 1
Nevada , 1
Troy, 1
Tennessee 1
Georgia, 0 tied with 58 other schools
John
October 11th, 2009
2:33 pm
True, Alabama has not had the program the past 10 years that Georgia had, but Saban has them closer to a National Championship this year and last year than Richt has ever truly had UGA. I have said it before, I think Richt is a very good coach that took advantage of the SEC being a bit down when he first arrived in Athens. UF was down, UT was a bit down, Bama was way down, so the only competition true competition year in and year out during UGA’s little run was Auburn and LSU. I don’t think Richt needs to go but he needs a major overhaul of his staff.
kentucky dawg
October 11th, 2009
2:35 pm
Bobo couldn’t call a bingo game muchless a football game. How long is CMR going to defend all those losers he has hired. He had better know that the BULLDAWG NATION IS PI$$ED OFF>
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
2:35 pm
May bad. Make that # 60. I miss counted. After the top 25 they stop numbering them. LOL.
1. Florida , 1498
2. Alabama, 1430
3. Texas, 1395
4. Virginia Tech, 1283
5. Boise State 1199
6. USC 1161
7. Ohio State 1048
8. Cincinnati 1038
9. Miami (FL) 970
10. LSU 947
11. Iowa 919
12. TCU 917
13. Oregon 776
14. Penn State 597
15. Nebraska 576
16. Oklahoma State 559
17. Kansas 551
18. Brigham Young 490
19. Georgia Tech 453
20. Oklahoma 432
21. South Florida 330
22. South Carolina 319
23. Houston 192
24. Utah 76
25. Notre Dame 75
26. Pittsburgh 58,
27. Auburn 55,
28. West Virginia 46,
29. Mississippi 28,
30. Wisconsin 27,
31. Missouri 25,
32. Arkansas 16,
33. Central Michigan 6,
34. Arizona 5,
35. Michigan 5,
36. Oregon State, 4
37. Navy, 3
38. Idaho, 3
39. Stanford 2
40. Texas Tech, 2
41. UCLA, 2
42. Boston College, 1
43. Baylor, 1
44. Clemson, 1
45. Colorado 1
46. Colorado State, 1
47. Florida State, 1
48. Minnesota, 1
49. East Carolina 1,
50. Air Force 1,
51. Illinois, 1
52. Rutgers, 1
53. North Carolina State, 1
54. Northwestern, 1
55. Southern Miss, 1
56. Vanderbilt, 1
57. Nevada , 1
58. Troy, 1
59. Tennessee 1
60. Georgia, 0 tied with 58 other schools
Bobby Houseman
October 11th, 2009
2:36 pm
OK, we’ve had nearly a full day to gripe and lick our wounds from yesterday’s beating by a mediocre UT team. I said some harse things about CMR and his assistants and I stand by them. UGA NEEDS A CHANGE! I’m amused at the Techsters comments, however. Will be an interesting game at Grant Field.
jason
October 11th, 2009
2:37 pm
Bobo couldn’t call a bingo game muchless a football game. How long is CMR going to defend all those losers he has hired. He had better know that the BULLDAWG NATION IS PI$$ED OFF
Tyhe reason is because he hired and promoted them. To do abything else would be to destroy his credibility as an evaluator of talent.
chazzo
October 11th, 2009
2:38 pm
We and the media have all been critical of the dawgs running game. But, look at the box score: 22 ruches for 89 years, roughly 4.0 a carry. Take away a couple of big runs, and it aint that great. But, maybe the problem is not running enough. UT ran it 37 times and had a little more than 4.0 a carry. I think this may well be the key. You establish the run by pounding the D and wearing them down. UGA seems to give up on the run if they aren’t getting 10 yard carries every time they hand off.
jason
October 11th, 2009
2:38 pm
This team QUIT on CMR and they QUIT on UGA. That was plain to see in the 3 QT. I honestly feel that the players have no confidence in the schemes they are running. Not on offense, defense, even STs. I think they know the play is a bust when it is called in the huddle
techster
October 11th, 2009
2:39 pm
Ga pretends to be a better program than UT…..really? The facts are hard for dog fans to come to grips with. Just look at the history. UT leads the series 21-16-2…Ga has never lead. UT has more trips to bowls. AND…..UT has even beaten Ga 3 out of the last 4 times…and has demolished them each of those 3 times. They hired a coach that has them going in the right direction…so get ready for more beatdowns guys…and get ready for your beatdown with Tech…it’s going to be fun!
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
2:39 pm
Has Damon Evans returned any of your emails?
LOL.
Leave it to the arrogance of the dog nation to solve problems.
LOL
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
2:41 pm
Jason,
Which of the 8 plays that georgia runs were you referring to?
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
2:45 pm
Jason,
Trouble is many dogs here really believe its a real “pro style” offense.
It is if you call
1. Toss sweep outside tackle
2. Toss sweek inside tackle
3. Throw it real high to Green
4. Punt
a pro style offense
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
2:46 pm
((((( November 28th ))))) hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
2:46 pm
November 28th = “pound the hound”
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
2:47 pm
Hey, where did everyone go? lol.
Professor Frink
October 11th, 2009
2:48 pm
This from a recent Bobby Bowden article…
“Others said they were saddened by the very public controversy that erupted last week over whether Bowden should retire. Jim Smith, chairman of the FSU Board of Trustees, called for Bowden to step down at the end of the season. Facebook groups started forming on either side of the issue.”
My question: Does UGA even have a Board of Trustees? Who are they, and can they make something happen?
The Truthsayer
October 11th, 2009
2:48 pm
CMR? More like CPR. Y’all don’t need a new coach, you need a priest.
jason
October 11th, 2009
2:49 pm
Yellow Fuzz wannabee, No it really is a prostyle offense of the CLE Browns. No, the funny thing is that you have to scale back on your play calling for a fifth year SR, who on top of all things has a noodle arm. But hey, you can’t expect a FROSH or a Red Shirt Soph to know all 8 plays the Offense is running. It takes 5 years + unless of course you are Matt Stafford.
Mike T.
October 11th, 2009
2:49 pm
42-45 a fluke 59-36-5
Dawg Insanity
October 11th, 2009
2:49 pm
We’re #60!
LOL
Dylan
October 11th, 2009
2:50 pm
At the beginning of the season, I knew that if the defense didn’t improve, it was Willie’s time to go. We’re halfway through the season now, and our defense is giving up 31 points a game. This is not my idea of improvement. After yesterday’s train wreck against Tennessee, I’m actually starting to think it’s Mark Richt’s time to go. I’ve never seen a Georgia team so bad as they did yesterday with the exception of the Florida game last year. Offense= Fail. Defense=Fail. We have the atheletes, we just don’t have the coaching.
jason
October 11th, 2009
2:50 pm
I hope we lose every game the rest of the way. The best loss would be to Tenn Tech. Maybe that will turn some heads and light some fires under some A$$e$.
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jason
October 11th, 2009
2:52 pm
We have the atheletes, we just don’t have the coaching.
Interesting line. The atheletes, maybe what we need are players, not atheletes. Maybe players who played a single position throughout High School. With atheletes that requires teaching, something CMR and co. lack.
arthur house
October 11th, 2009
2:55 pm
Embarrassed. To lose to ateam that is starting over is pure ineptitude. CMR is paid millions to win not to say that we are in the arena and people who have not been there do not understand. Everyone is in some arena everyday. Most make a lot less money than he or his coaches make. We have the right to speak out. Either the coaches are not coaching the players up or we are recruiting the wrong players. take the responsibility CMR. Either do better or quit or get better coaches or players to come to GEorgia. Last year you wer embarressed by Alabama, Florida, and Tech. This is much worst than those games. No fire, no passion, no nothing. Change something. At least now that we are out of the race play another quarterback to get ready for next year. How to get better someone asked. Put players in who have pride in playing for Georgia. Recruit better. Rodney is obviously not the recruiting guru that we have been led to believe. Get someone else. Replace Willis. Defense is passion and I see very little. Bobo may be okay if we had players but who is coaching these guys to get better? Its not happening. CMR, your work has been an embarrassmednt his year. Last year was just alittle better. Millions for good coaching not embarrassing the University.
Glenn
October 11th, 2009
2:55 pm
I’ve given it a full night to sink in; even had a chance to catch the GA Tech game to have something to try to use to compare notes against, and to me I noticed a couple of stark differences.
First of all, no excuses from the Bulldog nation about the young team or a lack of talent – we have been recruiting top shelf players for years and the guys we had on the field were higher ranked than most teams playing ball on Saturdays.
We can’t complain about injuries – I heard that GA Tech has 5 defensive starters out for most of the year and had an offensive lineman out for some of the game last night; even their star running back; Dwyer has been playing hurt all season. The same thing can be said about maost other programs – every college teams have to deal with adversity; they just seem to be able to handle it better than UGA.
It has been mentioned on this blog, but the lack of passion from the Georgia coaching staff was astounding as compared to GA Tech, LSU, Alabama, etc. If our coaches can’t get into the game, why should they expect the players to? They take their lead from the coaches.
It’s great to try to maintain some poise on the sideline, and lord knows, a head coach doesn’t have to go around acting the clown, like Dabo Sweeney of Clemson, but when something happens on the field that needs to be addressed; dang, show the kids you’re into the game; don’t just sit there blinking, shaking your head.
I would also say that while GA Tech gave up a ton of points to FSU, at least they made some halftime adjustments and after giving the Seminoles over 400 yards of total offense and 35 points in the first half, they held the to less than 150 yards and only 9 points in the second half, giving their team a chance to win. I didn’t see Georgia making any adjustments – EVER.
I think the players exhibit the will of their coaches, and frankly, Georgia rolled over and died whereas GA Tech never quit. In fact, towards the end of the game, their QB, Nesbitt, fumbled the ball and FSU recovered it and tried to return it, but then Nesbitt wrestled the ball back away from the FSU defender to reclaim the ball for GA Tech. He was NOT going to let FSU take the game away from him. That, my friends, is something we have not seen from UGA over the past three seasons.
Finally, just a personally observation; Georgia has always been renowned for its running game, yet this season we are averaging less than 100 yards per game rushing. Let’s be honest, we haven’t played but one decent defense, and that was LSU; this statistic is appalling and I think goes to the heart of the problems for the Bulldogs.
If we could rush the ball consistently, it would open up the play action pass and we would be able to have sustained drives to give our defense a blow and even make adjustments as needed. This isn’t rocket science.
Defensively, whatever we’re doing isn’t working, so we may as well try something else – right now. Go with a 3-4-4 then switch to a 5-2-4, use zone blitzes; anything. WHAT WE’RE DOING ISN’T WORKING AGAINST EFFECTIVE OFFENSES.
ralph
October 11th, 2009
2:58 pm
UGA–Thug is as thug does.
Settle
October 11th, 2009
2:59 pm
Richt will not let this go on. Willie and a few others will be demoted. He won’t fire them. Dooley lost 4 or more 11 times during his 25 years. Have faith.
Settle
October 11th, 2009
3:00 pm
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DBCOOPER
October 11th, 2009
3:03 pm
You find out who the REAL fans are when it’s not going so good. Hire Gruden? …What a damn joke!!!! Richt is a good coach the program is in some disaray obviously, but this bullcrap about firing the coach is stupid. Go be a Tech fan or something. SEC football is not instant gratification now,now,now. It could get even uglier with Auburn , Florida, and Tech on the horizon. A loss to Tech could be the ultimate “bandwagon” check. Never , ever, ever give up
Lou Vales
October 11th, 2009
3:06 pm
The ONLY Reason The Reverand mark Richt can recruit is that he utilizes religion to get kids . He will talk about the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at georgia, he gives the impression that his program is above others in closeness to God. this is how Thomas Bowden got CJ Spiller of Lake Butler, Florida to trek up to Clemson. He gets clsoe with the grandmas and the mommas–just like Bobby used to–and he is able to seal the deal. I wonder if that is how he got Tampa Plant’s Orson Charles to trek up to Athens. Surely, Charles could not have been that close to Murray that he felt the need to follow him like some puppy.
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
3:11 pm
“You find out who the REAL fans are when it’s not going so good”.
My point exactly. 99% of the big talking, big barking dog nation are no where to be found right now. LOL. Glad they get a taste of what every Tech fan has had to deal with the last 10 years (excpet for 45-42). Not in their nature to grow a pair and gut it out. Nope, when the going gets tough, the dawg nation gets going (deer hunting).
Dip Stick
October 11th, 2009
3:11 pm
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
Next Saturday against real competition is looking pretty good.
Hopefully Pauls’s Small Johnson can keep you guys in the ball game the first 4 or 5 minutes with that middle school offensive scheme
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
3:12 pm
Dip Stick,
Did you not learn ANYTHING this weekend?
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
3:14 pm
We may lose to Virgina Tech, but we will not look like a sixth grade team in a practice game. And we won’t cow down and quit either. Bank on it.
DBCOOPER
October 11th, 2009
3:14 pm
So what’s your point Lou? Maybe we should pay them? Like Jim Harick. Maybe we should tell them they will end up pumping gas if you go to SC. Maybe we should provide them with COED’s like Colorado did for 20 years. Sounds like sour grapes to me what’s the matter UGA upset to many of your Saturdays? To question someone’s Intergrety of a natural perennilal loser.
jason
October 11th, 2009
3:14 pm
Glenn, well thought out and valid points. They all seem to go back to coaching. We read the posts of better coaching or recruit players that fit. It is obvious to me that CMR is not a evaluator of talent. Look at the coaching. He put to inexperienced coaches into 2 very important jobs as OC and DC, and at around the same time. As far as recruiting. He recruits atheletes, not football players. If you don’t have the coaching in place to teach and develope these kids, how are you going to transform them into football players. Again on the recruiting, how can we go years at a time and ignore our OL. We have the most overated OL in all of Collage Football. Searles has to coach with the players he is given. Alot of people bashing on Searles was praising the job he did last year. It is the same players. Maybe it wasn’t Searles job, but it was Staff and Knoshown. This UGA is overated. From CMR and his staff down to the players he and Garner (whom I think is overated as a recruiting coordinator) recuits. To sum it all up, I think that if you are bashing the coaching, or bashing the types of recruits, then it all falls at CMR’s feet. CMR does not need to make coaching adjustments in the offseason, he needs to be FIRED in the off season for the reasons above.
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
3:15 pm
It could be worse, you could be ranked 61-119.
rainmaker
October 11th, 2009
3:16 pm
I take back what I said. UGA is young. See if these names sound familiar to you:
Mark Ingram- So.
Julio Jones- So.
Trent Richardson- Fr.
Greg McElroy-Jr.
Kareem Jackson- Jr.
Marquis Maze- So.
Darius Hanks-Jr.
Everybody on that list was on the team last year with the exception of Trent Richardson. You’re aware we went 13-0 including going to a “blackout” in Athens that turned out to be your own, yes?We’ve got twelve Sr.s on the team (which means they were all Jr.’s playing in the SEC championship, and you were the preseason Number 1). They were leading the Gators in the Fourth Quarter with five minutes left. I haven’t even taken into account the kids from our Number 1 recruiting class last year besides Trent Richardson, who are getting plays here and there.
See, the difference is coaching. Our coach doesn’t put up with the garbage. Ask Jimmy Johns. You don’t think CNS didn’t know about that? Drop ‘em and let them hang themselves. Kirby Smart isn’t going back there to rebuild your program. For what? To spend a year changing the UGA culture that’s going to take two years to fix AFTER CMR quits or gets fired. How come a coach can’t motivate any of the guys there right now? Did you see those after the game interviews yesterday? “We’ve got to go back to the drawing board.” ???? Is it that hard to scheme against TN? Is this the game that sticks in your craw that you’ll be looking forward to avenging next year? The Vols???? Incredible. Get fired up. I’m a Bama fan but I’ve lived here most of my life. You get ranked preseason number one and finish in a heap, you get fired. Ask DuBose (I can’t believe he was our coach in the first place). You get Top Ten Recruiting classes and finish 7-6 a couple of times, you get fired.
My UGA friends say, well it’s not the end of the world. Granted, it’s not. But just go ahead and tell me it doesn’t mean anything. Please go ahead and concede to being a mid level, inconsistent bump on a top tier team’s schedule and leave the blue chippers to somebody else. I think it means something else and the only way the situation is going to correct itself is for the people to get fired up about it. Don’t keep saying CMR is a good, Christian guy. So is my neighbor (and he’s a Bama fan), he’ll never be a candidate for HC at Bama. You have a couple of good years as a coordinator? Great. So did a long list of other recognizable names that never panned out. Now’s the time to figure out what you want to be, because next year is another year with the same old, same old. It’s another QB that’s never taken a snap. It’s the same RB’s that you’ve got now. It’s a rebuilding year on an OL that should, by all accounts, been more than serviceable this year. It’s a year where you won’t have AJ Green to score lone TD’s against teams that are whipping you up and down the field. (Please—don’t kid yourselves into thinking AJ Green’s coming back to “win one for the Richt-er).
Please tell us to watch what happens to UF next year. You know what? They’ll reload and they’ll still be UF. They might finish four or five instead of one. Know what else? You’ll still be UGA and about this time next year, Central Michigan will still get 6 more votes in the Top 25 poll than you. Just like today. But if you don’t start making changes soon, it will be a longer climb to number one, because blue chip athletes don’t waste their time trying to get exposure playing for good Christian guys and rivalries at South Carolina and Kentucky. Time to get fired up boys and girls.
Dip Stick
October 11th, 2009
3:17 pm
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
And were right here
unlike you dorks we won’t put up with it for 10 yrs as you can see
so mozy on back to the library and finish your waste management engineering project entitled how clean up the poop UGA has left in your stadium for 45 years
Yellow Fuzz wannabee
October 11th, 2009
3:19 pm
If it makes you feel any better I think your the best damned 60 ranked team ever. I expect our game in November to be close (until the second half).
GaGator
October 11th, 2009
3:19 pm
Things are going down so fast; Georgia may be only seen on pay-per-view TV
in the near future. OUCH! Oh no, homecoming is getting that ball rolling.
jason
October 11th, 2009
3:20 pm
rainmaker, Amen. Again this from a DAWG fan.