Dogs’ key to beating Gators: QB, defense or something else?

Not First!

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Running game. Keep that UF defense on the field and get it tired. Hopefully build up a lead of a touchdown or two and make Brantley have to beat you with his arm in the 2nd half.

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Dawgs win this game 17-13.

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would love to see the dogs beat the gators …hope it happens…..defense is the key…keep them gators off the field and do not turn the ball over to the reptiles

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I’m expecting a last-minute end-around pass by our big tight end, Richard Appleby, to the speedy wideout Gene Washington . . . Wait . . . What? . . . That was in 1975? . . . Sorry. My bad. . . Well, my other choice would be steady quarterback play on the part of young Mr. Murray.

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Long Gator, none of this really matters anyway. Urban will never be happy again since he lost his one true love to the Broncos. No more tears to share or hugs to embrace. Love lost, never to be rekindled again.

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QB gots to spread the ball around Green, Durham, King, Brown, Wooten, Charles, White, hell even Figgins, Chapas, King and Ealey and he has to make a play or two with his feet……..

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Hey Long Gator,

What was the score of that MSU game again? Right now I think Vandy and SC would give you guys a run! Delusional?? Your coach decides that a psycho like Chris Rainey deserves to be reinstated??

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Yea Bob Didier how close did you cum to beating MSU? We missed a field goal with our punter kicking it.

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The running game. If its hitting on all cylinders, Georgia should control the clock, and control the score board.

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Since we both suck so bad, can’t we agree that talking smack is a little silly? My bad team is better than your bad team, blah, blah, blah…

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I say running game. If you look at UGA’s up and down offensive year, it all came down to running the ball. If we can’t run, our offense sputters and it’s that simple.

Defense is massively important, but our defense has been a lot more stable than our offense. Also, Florida has a pretty good D-line and so I say if we can have success running the football that is the key to a win in Jacksonvile.

Now you have perfect football analogy from Rx free of charge.

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i don’t think the off week this year is a big deal with the way the teams are playing i would rather not have an off week

QB is going to be huge can’t give up any INTs and for once i think our team speed matches up w/ UFs

need to get in Pouncey’s head early-blitz right off the bat over center

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tell both Boykin and Smith to wrap up the ball on kick and punt returns-Boykin carries it like a loaf of bread

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Tater,

The proper protocol is to say “My team sucks less than yours.”

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Long Gator seems angry.

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Defense- since AJ has come back our offense has been nearly unstoppable. Look at the Colorado game, x amount of series he’s on the field produced 400+ yds of offense, x amount of series he wasn’t on the field (hammy problem) produced -19 yds of offense. Having AJ on the field opens up the running game. There is no more excuses for them not being able to run the ball.

Defense has to play better. Houston and Boykin can’t do it all.

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The team with less turnovers will win, period.

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Tater Salad- I completely agree. As a UGA fan I’m not making any bold statements. Gun shy I guess…

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Its all mental with the Dawgs. If we can have success in the first half like the last 3 weeks we will win in dominating fashion.We do not handle adversity well at all in Jax. We must believe we can win.

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The Dogs put points on the board and come on strong. But, in the 4th quarter, they start dancin’ and hi-fivin’, and Ealey fumbles. Florida pulls out a last-minute win. Richt says that his team played well, and he is proud.

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How we handle an early mistake or an early big play by the Gators will tell the tale. If they get in the Dawgs’ heads ( like they usually do in J’ville) we are in trouble. The mentally tougher team will win.

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I agree with McDawg. They have lost 3 straight, then go into a bye.

We have won 3 straight, no need for a bye, just keep the thang rollin.

And yes, agreed that the running game is key. Our O-Line is finally playing well and Justin kinda took over that game last week. If he comes out with that same fire like last week, it’s over, Brantley is gonna look like an astronomer.

I say the key is PLAYING WITH FIRE

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GA by 11.

Let it be written. Let it be done.

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http://pricezack.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/who-is-ready-for-a-cocktail-party/

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A.J. Green will be the key. He alone will open up other receivers and the tight ends to make plays. Bobo needs to use this to our advantage.

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Murphy, very true. If we get a lead, we need to stay focused and save the celebrating until after the game. Too often we’re dancing on the bench way too early. We can’t do that Saturday. We must keep pounding and grinding it out for 60 minutes, because you know darn well Meyer and the Gators will be trying to do the exact same thing. I didn’t like the mental lapses our D showed at the end of the KY game at all..

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Run Lindsey….err….AJ !!

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While Richt is shaking Meyer’s hand in the picture above, do you think Meyer is thinking, “Man, if we win, I’m going to rub it in any way I can. Maybe I’ll call timeout at the end of the game to extend the pain for as long as possible.”

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If our Dawgs take care of the ball, I believe that we will win by a touchdown+. Turn overs will be the difference maker. Defensive Dawgs, psi Brantley and he will cough it up twice. Murray and staff, continue doing what you are doing. I believe Durham will have another big game because of fl’s concern over Doc Green. Carve um up AJ. Prediction Georgia by 7.
Go DAWGGGGSSS!

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Defense is the key for UGA, not just in this game, but going forward. It must continue to improve. This series had gotten back to close games until Martinez’s defense collapsed the last two years. Tough defense was a trademark of Richt’s success prior to 2008.

Grantham’s D has done a much better job, but there is still a lot of improvement needed. Yes, UK put up a lot of yardage and 31 pts, but 14 of that came in the 4th quarter after it was a 41-17 ballgame. When it mattered, the D was there and forced 4 UK turnovers. They cannot get lax against UF and allow them a break out game.

I would also like to see Mike Bobo open up the offense more and stay with it. If Bobo bottles up the offense in a conservative play-action gameplan again, it will struggle against UF’s D. UGA has been at its best offensively this year when Bobo doesn’t bottle it up.

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One thing about this team is that they kept talking about sticking together as a team throughout that 4 game losing streak. I think that has made this a more complete team. It is getting better every week. I don’t care who the competition has been the last three weeks the team has taken care of business in a pretty darn good fashion.

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It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited this year (just like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.

Sit back and be grateful for the six or seven wins you’ll get every year. Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 8-4 or even 9-3 occasionally, but Florida will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 10 final ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.

It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans need to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.

Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside Dawgtard Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many blue chip high school players go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in Athens.

Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and irrelevance. 

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Redfern: who is YOUR team? NERD Tech by chance?

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Redfern, your coaching has been phenomenal the last three games. How about coaching your team on how to complete a successful snap. You are in danger of losing four in a row but you are saying “Florida will still win the SEC..” That’s funny. You were exposed in the SEC CG last year and your downfall is just continuing..Good luck Saturday, you’ll need it.

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The better coached team will win this game. Come on CMR, make me eat every word I’ve said about you….

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Florida Gator don’t take no jive! Go Gator! Too bad Percy Harvey left, but at least we still got Urban Meyers

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Defense: The only aspect of the Dogs that still looks weak. The secondary is too soft, and needs to improve the most. I hope Grantham can coach em up, w/out his head exploding on the sideline.

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A Miss. St. fan bowing up and telling everybody else they suck..that’s hilarious.

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Fritch,

The Gaytor Q.B. can throw from his butt! We must get pressure on him all day!

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…only it will be AJ throwing the end around to Durham at some point in the game…

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Fitch sorry,

cant throw from his butt

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Tucker T,
Tucker Tigers??

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We started out 1-4. Resigning yourself to the mediocrity is a defense mechanism.

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…FIRST…

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Just beat Flo-ri-duh and if winning the East happens than so be it. I personnaly want to just see us dominate the GAYTORS!

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No Gimmicks in this game, No Charlie Strong, No Tim Tebow.

UGA 42-10.

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97

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Long Gator, we’re ready for the beatdown…

Beat down that gator a$$, that is!!! Looks like we’re having fried gayturd tail Saturday night and the likes of you and your jort wearing, bleach tipped idiots are a bit uneasy…. as you should be… so just keep thumping that chest.

What has Georgia won? No more than the Gayturds have. WHich signature win are you pinning up your ego with??? Oh thats righ, you don’t have one…..

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…FIRST on the second page…

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Didn’t it appear that Clemson played with a huge chip on their shoulder last week? Well, we should have one the size of Stone Mountain on our shoulder. That hasn’t meant anything in the past. Hopefully it will this time. Oh, and defense is the key.

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The difference will be where it usually is…the line of scrimmage. If UGA gets a push in the run game and penetration on the D line, then they will more than likely win.

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Turnovers- UF is struggling offensively so we cannot give them a short field to generate offense. Defensively, we need to create them to rattle JB’s confidence and get moment heading in our direction. Control the turnover department, control the game.

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Turnovers have made the difference in the last three games. Turnovers (in our favor) will make our offense look better than it is and will hide our defensive issues. They will also provide us momentum and CONFIDENCE, which in this series is no small thing. Winning the turnover battle allows us to only have 123 yds passing and score 44 points. It allows us to give up over 400 yds of total offense and still win the game.

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Rainey is going to play ? when was that announced
i dont doubt it i just hadn’t heard it yet ?

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I think the biggest key is expecting to win. The way this game has been going, sometimes you’d think the only logical explanation is that there’s a curse on us. Things that never happen, happen. Will Aaron Murray throw 5 picks? Will AJ drop TD passes? Will Brantley have a career day? Will Butler shank every punt?

The biggest key is mental. If we play our game, play physical, and don’t turn the ball over, we shouldn’t have trouble getting the win.

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Win the turnover battle and slow down Demps and we win.

GATA DAWGS!!!

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Urban essentially announced that Rainey would play for the Georgia game the day that he let him back on the team. Like most football coaches, Meyer would rather win than do the right thing. What Rainey did trumps ALL of the arrests by Georgia players over the last two years. Even the Mettenberger thing was just unwanted advances toward a woman (i.e., no Big Ben situation there). I think the University is as much to blame as Urban Meyer, though. The University should have stepped in and kicked him out of school and taken the responsibility away from Meyer. If Rainey does make good on his threat, the University of Florida will be sued faster the Jeff Demps can run the 40.

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Murray throws 3 TD passes, Ealey and King get one more each and the Dawgs get a late field goal. This game will get ugly early. GA 38 Fla 14

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Secondary playing lock down coverage and hitting somebody in the mouth is my has to be my key for the Dawgs. Only facet of the team that has not shined in a game yet. Remember folks…Florida girls do the chomp, but give the clap!

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I will risk the time in the grey bar motel to run on the field and give him a hay-maker before getting wrestled to the ground by security.

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And yes i do know what the final score was in 2008. My point is that Wagers makes a call here or there and it blasts UGA every time. Games like this are won or lost on one or two plays. Momentum swings are huge.

He needs to go do the Vandy game this week.

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If he’s there Lex, line up our number three defensive tackle, and give him Mr. Wagers number….For every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction, right?

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Turnovers are the key to this game every year.\
2009 UGA-4 UF-0
2008 UGA-4 UF-0
2007 UGA-1 UF-2
2006 UGA-6 UF-2

The team that has won the turnover battle has won the last 4 meetings.

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The key for UGA will be the play of UGA’s defensive backs. If they can cover UF recivers then UGA will win the game. Also the entire team needs to play hard for 4 quarters not just a half like the Kentucky game. That falls on the coaching (Richt) to make them play hard the entire game.

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My name is…
Too bad Richt waited for 4 losses to start taking over the team. They could be undefeated and ranked # 1.

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U aint got no bite Dawg Mike…

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Ealey will run for 100 and 2 tds.

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Auburn is # 1 and the Doggies are unranked. How lovely…

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They will be wearing covered( gator skin/scale) looking helments

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Some people compare Derek Dooley’s hiring at UT to Abraham Lincoln getting invited to a play.

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Pass rush and pass defense must improve especially the backfield where no one seems to be able to cover anybody. Little Red Riding Hood and Little Bo Peet could complete passes to anybody on the UGA defensive backfield which has sprung a leak after being so highly touted in pre-season. Georgia also needs to throw and complete passes to their heralded tight ends and also to running backs out of the backfield which are normally covered by a slower linebacker. Bobo needs to start mixing up his offensive play calling as Florida will be ready to stop the run and the swing passes to AJ so run his routes long this game, fake the swing pass and hit the fly pattern from there.

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Defense wins games…. but a good offense is the best defense. Running game is most important. UGA needs at least 150 yards rushing and ZERO turnovers to win this game.

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I don’t think either team has much to crow about this year…I think we “can” win most definitely…but, with Fla always positioning itself with its bye week specifically to beat Ga, and the fact the game is an away game for Ga every year…even with a down Fla team…its not gonna be easy. (and for those who say it is a neutral site…what state hosts the game?)

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Amen dawgforlife on the neutral site crap. Lets do home and home or Jax and ATL!

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JEFF- This is a rivalry game. It comes down to passion and heart in games like this one. We’ll need to match Florida’s intensity from the start if we want to win. They’ll be desperate and fired up early, and we’ll need to come out and set the tone. If I had to choose one of your five, I go with running game all day. It’s all about setting the tone, hitting hard, fighting for extra yards, and running that clock. GO DAWGS!

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Put me in coach! I don’t want to wait another three years to play one year!

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TT
I want so of the Lawn Turff you engineered at UGA that you must be smoking if you think it will be UGA 41 Gators 17.

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If your a dog fan and your going to Florida I suggest you download this song for the trip.

http://www.jfareal.com the song is called Go Dawgs by j. fareal or you can just google him.

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Always more than 1 Key to any game… Need to get a little more sophisticated in the polling AJC ….

Can usually count on winning the game if you win the turnover by +2. So that is important.

However that alone will not win this game for us. Gotta have a balanced attack on O (BoBo) that utilizes all of our strengths …. AJ, tight ends, and a good dose of running WE and CK that keeps the UF D somewhat guessing and off balance. A one deminsional running attack with our 3-4 basic running plays and I am afraid the UF D will eat our lunch. Mix up …Open up the Offense.

Our D also has to tighten up and play smart, especially in the secondary. We all know that UM has studied our weaknesses and found a number of plays that will try to exploit each one. Gotta man up on D and limit the breakdowns.

We can win the QB battle IF the O line protects Murray.

We win the special teams so long as we dont try to suprise UF with going back to the short kick offs.

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THE KEY: It’s a tie for red-zone efficiency and 3rd down defense. When we get the ball inside their 20, we need to come away with TDs 75% of the time, and FGs the rest of the time. And for God’s sake, get off the field on 3rd down. Early in the year, teams were converting too many on the ground. Now that we’ve shored that up a bit, they’re converting too many through the air on 3rd and long. We need to hold them under 40% on 3rd down. And it wouldn’t hurt if we had some help from “old lady luck.”

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The biggest key to Ga. beating Fla. is for the Bulldogs to score more points than the Gators.
If they can do that, then the Dogs should be fine, and they will probably win the game.

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“The biggest key to Ga. beating Fla. is for the Bulldogs to score more points than the Gators.
If they can do that, then the Dogs should be fine, and they will probably win the game.”

Did John Madden just blog that? Funny though.

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I hope the announcers really do their homework before this game. With all the players wearing Orange jumpsuits with their Inmate # on the back it is going to be a nightmare knowing who is who.

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I beg to differ on the rushing, Demps, Rainy and Gillslee will out rush King and Easley just like they did last year. Defense and turn-overs will determine the winner.

I will make 1 prediction, the dawgs fans will be so estatic that Georgia is favored by 3, they will flood the bookies with bets and run the line up to 6-7 points. Should the Gators win, there will be alot of poor Georgia bookies.

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5150, I see you on here a lot so I wish you were funnier, but you’re just not.

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The key to UGA winning this game is to scrub the football program and just call it a day. Losing 17 of the last 20 is an embarssment to the state of Georgia and only galvanizes the fact that Florida owns this program.

Nothing that UGA can say, do or even try to predict removes the fact that Florida, LSU, Alabama, Texas, and even Miami are superior championship programs.

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Turnovers will make the difference between two relatively equal squads. It’s all about emotion and preparedness, and somehow, the team with the most usually wins the turnover battle.

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Shutup interceptionn idiot. No one on here cares anything about reading your crap.

You don’t know enough about college football to fit into a thimble. Your hatred for UGA blinds your ability to watch anything and actually take anything from it. All you know is that you want UGA to lose.

I watch the games and get to go to a couple every year and I pull for the Dawgs. We win some and we lose some but my loyalty remains. You spend all of your time waiting to bash UGA. What a miserable existence you must lead.

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Long gator, WHO HAS FLORIDA BEAT?? UK? UT? USF? wow BIG wins right there

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Florida has already their statement with national titles, what has UGA done since 1980? Nothing, that’s right, absolutely nothing.

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What’s wrong with Florida? How about losing Charlie Strong and Dan Mullen…..Its clear that Meyer is a lousy coach…he always has been….he NEVER gave any credit to Strong or Mullen when they were coaching at Florida..Meyer is a pompous assh_le and always has been….I can’t wait to hear his excuses after Saturdays loss to the Dawgs…I’m sure he’ll point fingers at everyone except himself…always has….Can You Dig It!

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Herschel Walker giving our pep talk?
Hell, at 48 he could still suit up. he does have one year of eligibility left, right??

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Here is Tebow’s motivational pre game speech for Saturday. Better cross off the undefeated season yet again ……

“To the fans and everybody in Gator Nation, I’m sorry. I’m extremely sorry. We were hoping for an undefeated season. That was my goal, something Florida has never done here. I promise you one thing, a lot of good will come out of this. You will never see any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of the season. You will never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of the season. You will never see a team play harder than we will the rest of the season. God bless.”

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Dawginlex, you must be a Terry College Special Needs Student, therefore, I will tend to curve you.

Miami, 5 national titles in the last 25 years, more and more recent than UGAY. Boise has nothing to do with the conversation, we need to focus on the special needs of your tanked football program. Fix your own house, then you can toss rocks.

Typical ignorant UGA fan….please everyone curve Dawginlex speaking from his single-wide in Oconee county.

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Update: Caleb King passed his Jim Harrick exam, so he is moving nicely towards his degree. Caleb is definitely the brains of this footbal operation.

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UGA has been playing scout squad for the past 3 weeks, now they are back to a normal schedule. I recall some media outlets indicating UGA was going to run the table this year due to their easy schedule, which just shows how horrible this program really is.

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Ask Steve spurrier about that scout team from Lexington that just beat his team.

You are too stupid to even realize how dumb you really are.

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Steve has his title, and let’s talk 1995 between the hedges. Spurrier is a great coach and doing a good job at USC.

He beat Alabama, unlike UGA getting throttled by Alabama 2008 at home, College Gameday, do you want to talk about that ass kicking?

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Bobo 17 INT,

Im not one thats happy with our program,players,coaches or anything else at this time.Im smart enough to know that its not going to be addressed mid season.The Dawgs are playing well right now while the Gators appear to be in decline.I dont wish that on any SEC program it weakens the conference but I aint gonna lie when I say Im laughing hard at you and your team at this moment.You are right your program has been dominate over UGA in last 20 years but it appears the cycle may be turning back in our favor.Only time will tell but Saturday at 3:30 I do believe the Gators have more to prove to the nation than the Dawgs do.It will still take a dominate performance by my Dawgs to get me drinking the Dawg kool aid again this year.

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SECWasteManagement

You are one sick SOB————–get a life loser.

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Florida 42 Georgia 13. Does the sun rise in the East?

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Gators end up in Boise by seasons end. At least you get to ride snow mobiles in the days leading up the the bowl game!

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Yes, the sun does rise in the east, but you might want to increase that Florida score by a field goal.

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GA Gator,

How many of those recruits are in school yet? NONE! That recruit ranking doesnt mean anything untill you get them enrolled. Look back and do some research-Flo-ri-duh has a tough time getting a good part of these kids into school and keeping them there. By the way where is CAM”LAP TOP” NEWTON ATTENDING SCHOOL RIGHT NOW?

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Recruiting is not everything, it is what you do with recruits. UGA can recruit because the low academic standards (i.e. Caleb King). I know for a fact that Caleb would not be able to get into Gwinnett Tech, but he got into UGA to tote the rock.

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UGA goes on the road last year against OSU, gets a beatdown, thus proves they cannot open on the road against a competitive program. Therefore, UGA has to point toward Charleston Southern and other small schools for confidence builders.

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Well Vince, that’s 3 things UF can’t do this year. They finally have their place kicker back though.

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Haha don’t even talk to me about confidence builders and Florida’s past schedules. Isn’t immitation flattery?

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gdawginkalamazoo,

KNOCK ON WOOD-DONT JINX US!!

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Sorry MURPH!

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SECWasteManagement
How do you know Nicki Meyer? She is a sweet young lady. She plays Volleyball at Tech. How do you know she is of questionable character.

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Most of you are correct in that the main key is a lack of turnovers. I would also add SEC calibre offensive play calling and CMR getting in the ref’s face on questionable penalties. Why does the SEC have such poor officiating with all the money they rake in…could it be to make sure the “higher ranked team” gets the benefit of the doubt? Just my opinion, and you can look for Urban Crier at Notre Dame in 2012 after a year off next year.

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Edawg71, you made good points. It took Urban about 5 minutes to quit after his one true love’s eligibility ran out. He could have stayed retired and been thought a genius for all time, but now he must face the future without one of the most dominant players in college football history. We’ll really see what the Crier is made of now. So far, 4-3 post-Tebow.

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MURPHY

I agree that Florida opened with 4 easy ones, including UT and KY, which confirms the fact that UGA is only on a short winning streak due to weak opponents. What I am driving at that UT goes on the road against Cal and UCLA and loses to so called weak Pac-10, now Pac-12. UGA goes on the road and gets drilled by OSU in Stillwater.

This is not about Florida, but about UGA and their lack of confidence and winning percentages.

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Need your child support payed for? He is the man for the job!

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Despite their prior successes, the Gators had never been considered a national power, having never officially won a conference championship in eighty-three seasons of play

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Even Oregon stepped outside of their conference and scheduled UT in Knoxville, kicked their ass then moved on and now they are at the top of the BCS. Point is, UGA needs to schedule a Big 12 or Pac 12 on the road, win decisively, then maybe, just maybe they will get some style points.

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Don’t bet against a winning streak.

Even though the Las Vegas oddsmakers say Georgia is a 3-point favorite against Florida this weekend, there are more than a few things working in the Gators’ favor.

The most obvious one is how they’ve dominated this rivalry. Florida has won 17 of the last 20 meetings.

But Florida coach Urban Meyer has a few things working in his favor, too.

The Gators are coming off a bye, and Meyer is 31-3 (.912) in his career when having more than a week to prepare for a game, and that includes a 16-1 record at Florida.

Also, he’s 16-1 against Florida’s traditional rivals (Florida State, Georgia, Miami and Tennessee) with eight consecutive wins. His only loss came to Georgia in 2007 when the Bulldogs won 42-30.

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Didn’t the Vols play Michagan a few years back?

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They settled for ZOOOK! Great job!

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GaGator

I will gladly take Florida and 3, just tell me where to escrow my money.

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Come on Bobo 17! Let’s have at it! You wanna run that mouth don’t you! Lets have at it! O little does of humble pie? Little humility now? Get outta here you flipping loser!

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Charlie, just back up the Dogs losing program with some stats or titles? Everyone wants anyone who attacks this program off the site, typical Athens.

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Charlie Pell 107

A little testy friend——let’s just have a little fun——–it’s free.

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Here’s an idea for getting the mental edge on UF – show up Saturday wearing an Ole Miss uniform.

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BOB 17 INT,

I agree with your post at 4:36. I for one like playing games against a good opponent at the start of the year. To be the best and get respect you must play and beat the best.I was one Dawg fan bummed about us dropping the Oregon series.I believe it was our new AD(from flo-ri-duh) that decided that,said he wants to do it like the Gators always do,so thats how we got Charleston Southern.Sound FAMILIAR?

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No, tired of this loser coming on here every week running his mouth thinking he is this and that. Hey Bobo how about the Florida 1911 South Carolina state champs!

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Urban Meyer’s daughter is promiscuous??? Should have plenty of options at GT.

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They didn’t like Gainsville in 1994 either—–52-14 woooooooooooo

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Alot of L’s on the schedule…

http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/61/georgia-bulldogs

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GaGator, Dogs could never handle going to Gainesville, they want everything at home. They are all now screaming that the Gators are tanked because they do not have Tebow. LOL!!! Like Florida never had a defense or running backs…..the Dogs were beat by Florida players they cannot even remember.

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Boycott Jacksonville, move the game to Athens

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It is a must for us to play well defensively no matter the circumstances. It is also imperative the we do not turn the ball over. I think we can win the game but we have to play well and essentially outsmart them. Murray can throw three touchdown passes and Ealey can run for 100+ yards but if we do not keep their offense off the field by making stops, it doesn’t matter.

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CMR was on tv a few minutes ago. Man, I believe he is tearing his hair out, or it may be just falling out. You know worry can do that to a person, hair loss. I think CMR might be doing the what ifs? about now. What if this, and what if that. Maybe the game plan just might have a few holes in it. Like, what if he has to go to the Duval County jail to get a player. What if the bus driver gets lost looking for the “Gator Bowl”, what if his hair spray doesn’t work in all that humidity, what if he is out tanned by Urban Crier. Wow, the world is full of uncertainties just before a big ball game. What if the spread of 3 points works out for the dawgs?

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DEFENSE WINS GAMES.

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You Dawg fans crack me up. The Gators will win again this year 28-17.
Why does the Saint Johns River flow North?
Because Georgia suks. Ha, ha.
Go Gators beat Georgia!

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Remember me? I almost got the Gators the “Death Penalty” in 1990, and got UF its second NCAA Probation in just 6 years.

Me and Charley Pell! UF class all the way . . .

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I always love when Dog fans go off the deep end and get angry…..it will probably come down to the score.

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How about me? Starting cornerback for Ga Tech and yes, I got caught with 100 LBS (yes pounds, not ounces) of pot.

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“Nov 17, 2005 · The NCAA placed Georgia Tech on two years of probation Thursday for using 17 academically ineligible athletes in four sports.”
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Wow! Not Ga Tech?

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Then my mighty tide will lose again to SC . . .

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Yeah, Norm’s whatever . . . .,

UGA is fearing the only team we have beat consistantly for the past 4 years. We’re wringing our hands about that game . . .

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Well, Norm’s drawers, those posters doing the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or hahahahahahahah things are Ga Tech nerds. Pay attention.

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So, chazzo, you mean, it’s not over til it’s over?

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Hey Norm’s Panties in a KNOT,

Go back and looked at where AU was ranked when they played UGA in 2006! UGA is not afraid of AU.

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Talk at yall later. Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1. No trash talking (fans or players) neither has deserved it.
2. defense(especially 3rd down & 4th quarter.
3.offensive line needs to show up big time.
4.let it all hang-out what the h— we are 4-4

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We will score points if Boo Boo doesn’t get cute. Just keep the UF D off balance..pass on first down, play action etc..Also do we have ANY trick plays? Might be a good time to pull one off. I think the key to the game is whether or defense can do ANYTHING.

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yo dawg fans will that bus be back @ the dawgpound this yr. ? love the music play some SKYNYRD BECAUSE WE WILL BE IN SKYNYRDVILLE,GEORGIA 4REAL. live in bradenton,fla. but i’am a dawg fan 4life family lives in houston,brasselton,ga. seats are with the gators but thats a ok with me & my family GO DAWGS OSCAR IS A HOTDOG 4SURE !!!!!! get the seats from my mother the best lady in the world love you nana thanks so much too !!!!!!!!

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Ealey owes them 5 td’s for the Spikes gouge.

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GEORGIA 41
Florida 17

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If there’s any year that we can beat Floriduh it should be this year. I think it could be a blowout if we play like we have the past few weeks. If not UF will find some way to win because we always seem to be snake-bit when it comes to the gayturs. I hope we win, but 3-17 is an ugly record against them.

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of the south

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dawgs whoops some gaytor ass….bring it, dont sing it….gators suck!

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Boy this game is a really gripper. They better get some blowup manikins to put in seats if they want to
look “full” at Jax this week.

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Off subject but ESPN is now showing a 3hr Boise St infomercial trying to get them momentum to get the BCS championship game.

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For real tho ……turnovers…I will be there and the Dawgs have never been beat when i go…..of course i have never been before?

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Uh, the 3 hour infomercial from ESPN was trumped by Miami Heat vs Celtics. Nobody cares. Really, why is BOI above TCU anyways and why not go independent and start playing fluff schedules so as to ensure you’re in position with a few sympathetic BCS spoilers to play for a national title game based not only off a win against a lousy and historically lousy VaTech team and really primarily off beating a team 5 years ago that everyone beats in big bowls and who didn’t even want to play but had beaten BOI minus a few trick plays run at the end of the game to make up for sharp talent differential. BOI might be good, probably would’ win the SEC East this year when UF, UT and UGA all suck, but the means by which they are trying to get to the NC game should be ridiculed and have them leapfrogged by even 2 loss teams.

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On defense…dont give up the big play…let Fla make mistakes.

On offense…OL must win the battle up front.

Also….I get the feeling there is going to be a fight between players before the game. This is not in Ga’s best interest. Dont give Florida any reason to change there overall psche as a team. There not playing well so lets keep it that way.

Prediction Dawgs 31 – 23

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There is no key needed as there is no lock on the door. The winner will run through the wide open door with creative offense, the loser will try to run “cute” plays looking for the key. Final score Winner 41, loser 40.

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It hasn’t been that long since the Dawgs owned the Gators…the pendelum will be swinging back that way

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Eric C…

It has been 20 years….and that IS a long time….and a 4-4 record does not indicate a pendelum swing. Neither does the young talent on the Gators…and the recruiting class they are putting together again this year, expecially with the nations top QB who CAN run the spread extremely well on his way to Gainesville. Yep, the Dawgs better win this year or it might be a REAL long time before they win again.

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Dean and Dawg Mike, YOU ARE SOOOOO RIGHT. YOU GUYS ROCK. Time for UGA Bulldogs, to kick some gator BUTT. Born in Jacksaonville. Raised in Georgia. Have ALWAYS,been a fan of the Georgia Bulldogs. After Saturday, UGA VII, will be 3& 0.

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RUN lindsey run”, ?? when can i stop running, im tired, 30 years of running is to long, im getting to old to keep running!!

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tampagator and gatormeatball, so you think that this is our first and “ONLY” chance year of beating your gators? Assess that position, really. Look who we have coming back next year with experience and look who you have coming back/particularly at QB!. The mystic of your gators not losing is gone. Once that mindset takes place you become vulnerable. For how long, no one knows. We DAWGS are definitely in the building mode right now on OFFENSE and defense, while, it may be a while for fl, in my opinion, to bounce back. I predicted last year in mid-season, you may remember, that fl (minus Tebow) would lose 4-5 with Brantley this season. You and other gator faithfuls implied that it was nonsense and that Brantley would bring a more pro-set, balanced approach to fl’s offense. Hopefully, Georgia will do its part in bringing a 4-5 lost season to fl INTO reality. Turnovers will tell the story. Here’s hoping we win that area of battle. Houston, dial Brantley up, and dial him often. I do expect Brantley to release the ball though repeatedly within 2 sec.s of snap underneath. Coach Grantham plan accordingly. Make him be looking for 7:00 PM and the game finally over. Go DAWGS!!!

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Psst. UGA all the way…
UGA VII is no longer with us.

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If you need a score prediction here you GO:

Dawgs 28
Gators 17

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All comes down to corching!

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This dawg’s heading down to St. Simons tomorrow for 4 days of hard partying baby!!! Ga’s getting a blowout win on Saturday and we’ll be celebrating all night long. Next up: an upset of Auburn and the SEC East title! Mark it down—these Dawgs are for real!

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I would like to see UGA:

- Come out with no uniform gimmicks
- Give 110% effort ALL four qtrs on both sides of the ball and win soundly.
- shake hands and simply walk off the field ,,,no last second funny stuff. Give Coach Meyer a lesson in class.

GATA !!!!!!

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