This is the week Georgia’s defense needs to step up
Georgia defenders tried to psyche themselves up during warm-ups last year but still got rocked.
ATHENS — This isn’t about losses. This is about humiliation.
Losses come by a field goal or a touchdown. Humiliation comes when an opponent regularly rolls up point totals in the 30s and 40s and is so comfortably ahead so early that the opposing quarterback is waving a towel and leading cheers in the third quarter.
The problem with the Georgia-Florida “rivalry” is that scores like 45-13, 52-17 and 49-10 don’t scream rivalry — they just scream, like the creepy Edvard Munch painting of the same name. That pale-looking creature with his hands on his face and his mouth hanging open resembles the average Bulldogs fan traveling home from Jacksonville.
The Bulldogs have a chance to change that this week. They go into the Florida game with the better quarterback, the better running attack and certainly the better recent results. But Saturday may be less about Aaron Murray, Washaun Ealey and the contrasting directions of the Dogs (three-game winning streak) and Gators (three-game losing streak) than it is about this: defense.
This guy just came from the last Georgia-Florida game.
Florida has won the last two meetings by scores of 49-10 and 41-17. They have won 17 of the last 20 meetings, scoring 30 or more points 12 times, 40 or more six times and 50-plus twice. In only three of the last 20 meetings has the Georgia defense held Florida under 20.
During and since the Dogs’ four-game slide, coach Mark Richt has stressed the need for his team to be more aggressive and physical. He brought in defensive coordinator Todd Grantham in part to help that cause. Too often under Willie Martinez, Georgia was too easy to play against.
If the Bulldogs truly want to end the humiliation, it starts on defense.
They’ll never have a better chance. Urban Meyer doesn’t have Tim Tebow any more, and his offense has tumbled to 89th in the nation. The Gators are looking up to Kansas, Louisiana-Lafayette and Eastern Michigan.
Mark Richt hopes Todd Grantham has the right plan this year.
Mississippi State held Florida to seven points. That’s 34 less than Georgia held it to last year.
Cornerback Sanders Commings said of that 41-17 loss, “It was sickening, really.”
His lingering memory from the last meeting wasn’t a Florida touchdown but Tebow leading the Gators fans in cheers.
“He was running up and down the sideline, pumping the fans up after they got a big lead on us,” he said. “It was like the third quarter and they were already celebrating.”
Most of Grantham’s background is in the NFL but he was aware enough about Georgia-Florida history to bring it up to players when he arrived in Athens.
“He brought up Florida even before we had played our first game,” Commings said. “He brought up Florida at our first meeting back in the summer.”
What did he say?
“It was, ‘If you want to kick Florida’s [rear], you better start working now.’”
The Dogs were run on by South Carolina (189 rushing yards) and passed on by Arkansas (380 yards). They allowed 11 touchdowns in the losses to Arkansas, Mississippi State and Colorado.
The defense has improved since. What we can’t know is to what degree Tennessee’s and Vanderbilt’s ineptitude impacted the lopsided wins of 41-14 and 43-0. Some concern returned last week when Kentucky converted nine of 15 third-down situations and rolled up four touchdowns and 353 passing yards.
When asked about Florida’s struggles, Richt wouldn’t bite. Allowing 90 points in two meetings would make any coach gun shy. He even called Florida a “great football team,” words not being spoken these days in Gainesville.
“Florida has won the East I don’t know how many years in a row,” he said.
Actually only two, Mark. It just seems longer.
Richt again: “They’re still a team that controls their own destiny. There’s no doubt we need to step it up [defensively]. The bottom line is we need to continue to improve. The last three weeks our goal has been to play better, to play more physical and practice more physical.”
This is the week to show it.
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Previous two Georgia-Florida posts
♦ Dogs’ key to beating Gators: QB, defense or something else?
♦ Early Georgia-Florida primer (and why Meyer is catching heat)
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The Wild Dawg
October 26th, 2010
4:28 pm
Time to put up or shut up, Dawgs!
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
4:36 pm
Meltdown time in JAX.
GaGator
October 26th, 2010
4:36 pm
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.
Old School
October 26th, 2010
4:39 pm
The week off will help the Gators and surely Urban will add a few wrinkles this Saturday. Should be one of the better (or at least more competitive) games in recent years but maybe a lower scoring game than some think. Dawgs 20 – Gators 16
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
4:44 pm
Is Bobo getting any sleep this week? Between all the children at home and all the Gator players images running through his mind I doubt he is gettin much sleep.
SECWasteManagement
October 26th, 2010
4:45 pm
Dawgs put down a sh*t stomp of 35-10 with Florida getting that “one big play” out the backfield that Meyer wants and a before the half field goal. Florida’s motto on Saturday…”Bend over and grab the ankles!”
SECWasteManagement
October 26th, 2010
4:46 pm
*field goal before the half*.
Jeff
October 26th, 2010
4:46 pm
hey Jeff….Understand this is of late but seems like the shoes has been on the other foot before…actually more times than 3-17…..understand this needs to change NOW but really think its time for the ajc so called sportswriters to quit blasting and talking like UF has always owned this series…funny….as many as UF has won “lately” and UGA still owns the series by double digets….tell me who has “OWNED” who?
dawgfan
October 26th, 2010
4:47 pm
Too many missed tackles against Kentucky for my liking. Fortunately Florida sucks something awful. Some think they are just going to turn on some switch because they are Florida. Not happening. We’re 8 weeks in to the season. If they haven’t found an offense by now its probably because it is freaking there.
Athens Mike
October 26th, 2010
4:47 pm
Lets hope they do show it.
I was on the sideline in ‘07 and it felt like the dogs had it from the beginning. 08 and 09 felt very different. If they come out strong and stay strong they can finally overcome some mental hurdles.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
4:57 pm
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
dean
October 26th, 2010
4:59 pm
If our very good rook QB can get through the 1st quarter without anything disastrous happening I think we have the game sewed up.
If #2 plays for FL he cannot be allowed to run wild.
Dawgs
October 26th, 2010
4:59 pm
We own Florida!
Honolulu Dawg
October 26th, 2010
5:01 pm
I’m tired of all the hype of this game every year. Let’s just do the d@mn thing and beat the Gators.
SOUTHGADAWG88
October 26th, 2010
5:03 pm
Their defense has held us in check in the majority of games.We turned the ball over and struggled to score in most games.That’s the biggest factor in the Gators edged over Richt.
The kids playing now don’t care about what happened 5 years ago…if we win sat the series will be at 2-2 over last 4.There is no mental block with the current bunch.The seniors and RS JR have already won in Jax.
SouthGaDawg
October 26th, 2010
5:03 pm
@GoGator
Nice cut and paste from Chris Lowe’s article on ESPN. If you couldn’t come up with your own original idea, you should have at least attributed your “post” to its source.
Regardless, Florida is going to get a beat-down this weekend by UGA. UGA is absolutely humming on offense, and two weeks of practice by UF isn’t going to make a bit of defense. The sheer fact of the matter is that Florida doesn’t have enough playmakers, and neither Brantley or Burton can properly run their offense.
Finally, Georgia is hungary for a big win over Florida. They smell blood in the water, and after the stunts UF has pulled the past two years, Urban Crier and his reptiles better hold on. You know what they say…payback is he l l…
Bull
October 26th, 2010
5:04 pm
Jeff Schultz should know a few things about public humiliation. He’s about the journalistic equivalent of a Jersey Shore cast member
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
5:04 pm
Dawgs
You sure haven’t been collecting many taxes from Florida in the last 20 years.
Dawggie
October 26th, 2010
5:04 pm
This is ALSO the week that Georgia Tech “fans” vicariously live through the Florida Gators most years.
Tech “fans” would give ANYTHING to have a run against us like Florida is having….. but until they drop that “Heisman Candidate” QB with his incredible throwing arm, and that “Genious” fish-fry lovin’ coach….. Tech “fans” wil have to get used to being the Thursday Night JV team of the State of Georgia.
THWGT
tdawg8
October 26th, 2010
5:06 pm
Until I see Georgia with more poinys on that scoreboard than Florida, I’m not saying a word. Had the better team in 02. Lost. Better team in 03, and 04. Lost. So forgive me if I’m not the most optomistic Dawg out there.
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
5:06 pm
Im not gonna talk smack and neither should any uga fan until we prove we can beat them. CMR is 2-7 against the team down south. He needs this win more than any he has ever needed. Im sure he will be praying alot this week. Good luck coach and go dawgs.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
5:06 pm
Uga VIII may smell blood in the water but Big Bad Bruce can’t swim. That fat dawg will sink like a rock.
tdawg8
October 26th, 2010
5:09 pm
Very well said, rincon dawg.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
5:09 pm
Dawggie
You better ease upon the Thursday night JV game crap. The SEC has a huge contract with ESPN and you can bet UGA will be playing on Thursday Nights too. Wait UGA has been playing a lot of pee wee league games this year. you know those noon kickoff on ESPN3.com.
Paddy
October 26th, 2010
5:10 pm
5150P>O>A>D> I agree that Fla will melt down this weekend. That melt down though is almost complete before we get there. I am with you 5150…Go Dawgs!!!
Moonlight Mile
October 26th, 2010
5:10 pm
Totally agree. Defense is the key. UGA offense will score some points on Saturday.
kevin
October 26th, 2010
5:15 pm
Tdawg8,
I am with you–until I see it, I am not talking trash. UGA has had 4 losses under Richt when UGA had the better team.
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
5:18 pm
All I know is when John Cooper coached Ohio State he was 2-10 against Michigan but had a great overall record but it cost him his job. Coach knows he better step it up this year.
Dawggie
October 26th, 2010
5:18 pm
A couple examples of Tech “fans” being hypocritical:
IF UGA beats UF this weekend, Tech “fans” will still be on our blogs next week saying things to the effect of “Florida still owns you” or “That’s only 4 wins in the last 21 years against Florida, you thugs still suck!”…… But when Tech beat UGA for the first time in 8 years back in 2008, they apparently “OWNED” us……
Also, when we make fun of Tech for playing Thursday nights (LOL), they claim it’s GREAT National exposure, and they wouldn’t have it any other way. But you watch, if UGA is chosen to play a Thursday night game (and after our record this year, yes, it’s possible), they will point and laugh at us as if it were a disgrace and a punishment.
Hate runs thick between UGA and Tech….. Jealousy only runs thick at Tech.
Urban Meyer
October 26th, 2010
5:24 pm
I will have my team ready and we will do what we always do to UGA——Stomp the dog mess out of them. Mark Richt is my little bitch. He knows it and so does the entire country. Our season may not be the best so far but there is no doubt in my mind that we will totally dominate UGA as usual. Take a look at the record and you know I am right.
wxwax
October 26th, 2010
5:30 pm
I still don’t trust the defense. But the Dogs have a keeper in Aaron Murray.
And man oh man would I love to see four losses pinned on Urban Meyer, the man who says he doesn’t call a bad play (I still can’t his arrogance in saying that, this week.)
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Norm's Panties in a KNOT
October 26th, 2010
5:33 pm
Is that a painting of Richt after last years game standing on a bridge on I-95 getting ready to jump?
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
5:34 pm
I never played football but I consider myself an expert…
Old Dawg
October 26th, 2010
5:34 pm
Just win, baby, win!
SatillaDawg
October 26th, 2010
5:36 pm
Go Dawgs!
Kick Gators!
perk
October 26th, 2010
5:36 pm
this is the one year I have no idea what will happen. You know that Meyer will have them fired up and beaming with confidence against us. We need to hit ‘em in the mouth 1st – just like spikes hit Moreno a couple of years ago.
Bulldog Win For Sure
October 26th, 2010
5:38 pm
http://pricezack.wordpress.com
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
5:38 pm
Dawggie
You are right we will laugh when UGA plays on a Thursday night because you have been spewing that crap for years. We will also be laughing at the few fans in Sanford. Dawgs will have to leave for the game at 2 pm to get to Athens in the 316 traffic. A Thursday Night game in Athens may be the Soberest Fans ever to attend a UGA game.
Jeff Schultz
October 26th, 2010
5:38 pm
Jeff — Pretty sure people know the context of Florida owning Georgia. Much like people were of context of Georgia owning Georgia Tech (wasn’t the case decades earlier).
Jeff Schultz
October 26th, 2010
5:39 pm
Bull — So you’re telling me you watch Jersey Shore? Guess that’s all we need to know.
Jeff Schultz
October 26th, 2010
5:42 pm
To the guy posting as P.O.A.D. who’s not really P.O.A.D. — You’re close to getting banned. Stop please.
Mike T.
October 26th, 2010
5:43 pm
Yeah, Urban’s had an extra week to get ready,but Richt ,Grantham and Bobo need to keep on their necks, that the team that wants it the most will win it. Georgia needs to go down there fired up, in recent years, it has ben apparent that Florida was much more ready to play than the Dawgs were.
Vain Jangling
October 26th, 2010
5:44 pm
Congratulations! Careful research back to the time of Grantland Rice and Red Smith confirms that you’re the very first sportswriter to reference Edvard Munch in a column! History has indeed been made! What’s next; recommending Bobby Petrino as the lead in Moliere’s The Misanthrope? And you’re right about the Dawg D. Individually, there’s been some good efforts. Overall, however, it’s been really disappointing. Grantham gets a get-out-of-the-doghouse free card this year, but that was KENTUCKY
Whopper Dawg
October 26th, 2010
5:45 pm
Sometimes, results can be miss leading. Fla has lost some very close ball games to some good teams. GA has beaten some bad teams badly and had KY basically give them a ballgame they almost blew.
FLA corrects all the misconceptions on Saturday and breaks my heart once again. FLA by 10 at least.
Vain Jangling
October 26th, 2010
5:45 pm
that is . . . that was KENTUCKY hanging up those big numbers last week.
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
5:45 pm
Im just tired of CMR getting outcoached every year. He needs this one bad!!!!!!!!! So do the players and the program and the fans. Go dogs.
Mike T.
October 26th, 2010
5:45 pm
Take a look at the record and you know I am right.
The record 47-39-2 Georgia.
Goooooooo GEORGIA BULLDOGS!
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
5:45 pm
Fake POAD you never played football? Too bad it is such a fun sport. Summer Workouts and Practices sucked but it was still fun to play. Fake poad you really sould hug and cuddle with your mom she will not be around forever. My mon is finally finishing her chemo in the next 3 weeks. We hope she will enjoy Christmas and Thanksgiving. I spend Saturdays with my dad at the Tech games and Sunday with he and mom at church and all afternoon.
SatillaDawg
October 26th, 2010
5:48 pm
Georgia vs Florida since the series began in 1904:
Georgia leads 47-39-2
Georgia leads 40-37-1 in Jacksonville
Go DAWGS! Sic ‘Em! WOOF, WOOF, WOOF!
Correction
October 26th, 2010
5:48 pm
No, Jeff, you’re wrong. You also need to know that Bull is gay, but has somehow manifested an Oedipus complex.
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
5:49 pm
Who cares POAD why dont you go cheer for your team on your blog. Yall have enough problems to worry about then ours. CLEMSON hahahahahaha
5150 P.O.A.D The Richard Head
October 26th, 2010
5:50 pm
Kansas hahahahah
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
5:52 pm
hahaha
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
5:52 pm
I hear crickets
Dawg_Mike
October 26th, 2010
5:55 pm
UGA 26
UF 10
Print the posters now.
SatillaDawg
October 26th, 2010
5:56 pm
Big Bad Bruce is UNDEFEATED!
Let’s keep it that way!
Go Dawgs! Go Uga VIII!
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
5:59 pm
I think this is a JEFF SCHULTZ BLOG not a Bulldog blog. Didn’t I read Jeff S on the byline? Yes, Yes I did. Jeff wrote about the Dawgs but it is still Jeffs blog.
Richard Head I never said I watched rape porn you need to read better. And Jeff had the Cheetah add on his article page a few days back.
Clemson is not a bad team. Ask Auburn. Auburn escaped with a no call on interference on the last TD play by Clemson. Auburn escaped the Dome with a close win. That was a game full of big hits.
I don’t go to church every Sunday with mom and Dad, but I do a good deal. Didn’t Christ preach to the hookers and down troden of the city back in his day?
We have NCSU and Kansas.UGA has Colorado and Miss St
GaTruth
October 26th, 2010
6:00 pm
What the heck does 5150 POAD refer to? Assuming you are a Tech Geek, I’ll start with a deep meaning – 5150 is converted to roman numerals LIL – then POAD Piece Of …
LIL Piece Of…..
LIL Piece Of Alligator Doodoo?
OK, if that’s how you roll, it’s your handle. Good luck with that.
DaWg
October 26th, 2010
6:01 pm
Please….Please…Please get it done this weekend DAWGS.
Captain Obvious
October 26th, 2010
6:01 pm
Georgia needs to win the points battle. Points scored is really the key stat in each game.
52-17, or 7-6, it’s either a W or an L. Just win, baby. No more excuses.
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
6:03 pm
Hey POAD again if you read the headline what does it say. Its a article written about UF vs UGA. I thought you tech nerds were supposed to be smart?
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:03 pm
Jeff Schultz did you see what SECWasteManagement about Urban Meyers daughter? That was a little over the line. Nicki Meyer has nothing to do with UGA v UF football game.
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
6:04 pm
teacher teacher he said a bad word
Ed
October 26th, 2010
6:05 pm
“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.”
So watch the tape of the three teams that beat Meyer’s teams and copy what they did. Or show up wearing Ole Miss uniforms. Georgia had the bye week last year and got pounded, so if we lose I hope there’s a better excuse than that.
Duckie
October 26th, 2010
6:06 pm
I think UGA’s O will score enough points to win, and it will be up to the D to force the 3-and-outs to keep UF’s offense on the sideline. Our secondary worries me. They can’t “bite” and get burned deep like they’ve been doing. This Saturday will tell us if Grantham has made an impact or not. The D better be ready because you know Meyer’s offense will be. Go Dawgs!!
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:06 pm
rincon
It still ISN’T a UGA BLOG it is an article on AJC.com by Jeff Schultz. Don’t you see the balding bearded guy with glasses on the top of the page? I don’t think that is a Big red and black G now is it?
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
6:07 pm
You still cant admitt that your on a uga conversation. You need help.
Jeff Schultz
October 26th, 2010
6:08 pm
Vain — Thanks. I can cross it off my bucket list.
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
6:08 pm
we all know who wrote it but whats the topic say?
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:11 pm
rincon yes UGA Waste did say a bad word about a nice young lady. I hve meet her only 2 times and I do see how one of your UGA brothers can question Nicki’s character.
The Dawgs should win a close game. I still think it will be a Big Special teams Play that decides this game. A real long FG, a great Kick/ Punt return to give a team excellent field posisition. Maybe a fumbled punt.
Larry ht frogjuice
October 26th, 2010
6:12 pm
Bobo should be hc and let Richt go on somewhere. Hardyharhar.
Ed
October 26th, 2010
6:12 pm
Florida had about 26 extra weeks (from Spring Practice) to get ready for Miami (OH), and their offense looked terrible. I think in some years the off week really helps in this series, but right now Georgia is on a hot streak and needs to keep playing and Florida isn’t all of a sudden going to show up with Tebow and Harvin in the backfield because they had an extra week off. It’s time for Georgia to drop the excuse-making and defeatist attitude in this game and get after Florida for four quarters. Don’t quit like we did early in the 3rd QT in ‘08. If we lose, fine, but at least go down playing hard and loose and having fun. Skip the endzone celebrations, please.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:13 pm
Ok rincon now you said it right. It is many UGA people having a conversation, but this is not a UGA BLOG. Those are the Junkyard Blog of Tim Tuckers Blog. Now do you get it.
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
6:14 pm
whatever all you do is talk crap about georgia constantly. Dont try to kiss and make up. I dont respect you whatsoever. I know that every one is supposed to support their team but what you do is constantly trash our program on every article written and enough is enough. Be a fan and support your team by not trashing ours. End of discussion.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:18 pm
Ga Truth
I will explain it for you as best as I can without making Jeff S mad.
5150 is the police code for a crazy person. Usually they are put on a 72 hour hold.
P i$$ On A Dawg. So I am crazy enought to …..on a Bulldog. Do you get it now? Not sure you reall wanted to know but now you have it.
The chant goes:
What is the Good Word
To Hell with Georgia
How bout them Dawgs
P…on them
Dr. Phil
October 26th, 2010
6:20 pm
Meyer is a self-anointed saint and hippocrate. Meyer’s daughter is not fair game. Jeff should erase that comment and bounce the jerk who posted it.
Mark "Crimson Crier" Ingram
October 26th, 2010
6:21 pm
The Dawgs should wear their black helmets and take the penalty and the whole team dance in the endzone again!
GTDog
October 26th, 2010
6:21 pm
Yes, I agree Cpt. Obvious! I have found (in my VAST experience) that the team which scores the most points usually wins the game. Are you and I the only people who have figured that out so far?
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:23 pm
Does the Boykin kid return punts now too or is Logan “Fair Catch” Gray still the punt returner?
GTDog
October 26th, 2010
6:29 pm
POAD, how’s the waste bidness treating you? Still working in ‘bama alot?
Correction
October 26th, 2010
6:30 pm
rincon, the Schultz, Bradley and Barnhart columns are NOT UGA blogs, even when their topic is UGA. Point to P.O.A.D. If you can’t take the trash talk, don’t participate. REAL end of discussion.
Thomas
October 26th, 2010
6:35 pm
Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde defense, who’s showing up Saturday? GO DAWGS!
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
6:37 pm
correction if its a article refering to georgia its a blog about georgia it doesnt matter who wrote it. or should I say poad.
Beast from the East
October 26th, 2010
6:37 pm
Not sure that the extra week will help our offense at all. The playcalling has been suspect (a kind way of putting it). Until I see UF play 4 quarters of football, then I won’t predict a win against any team we have left on the schedule. I don’t mind losing….I just hate losing because we played so poorly. It’s one thing to get beaten by a better team. It’s another to self-destruct. That’s what has happened to my Gators all year. Sure hope we can come out and play solid, mistake-free football for an entire game for a change.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:38 pm
GTDog
No not much in Bama the contract was not worth the wear and tear on trucks. I didn’t find good drivers closer to the locations. Well, you win some and you lose some.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:40 pm
rincon that was not me postin as correction. You can believe me or not but that was not me.
rincon dawg
October 26th, 2010
6:42 pm
yeah it was just your other split personality
Thomas
October 26th, 2010
6:43 pm
Bad snaps near endzone could create an advantage to either team.
GTDog
October 26th, 2010
6:43 pm
Shoulda caught me about ten years ago, I could’ve gotten you all the textile waste your heart desired….
Thomas
October 26th, 2010
6:44 pm
A solid kicking game is good attribute, A good return team can offset it.
Thomas
October 26th, 2010
6:45 pm
Don’t know if it will be a close game?
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:48 pm
GTdog thanks I wish. Where in N Ga?
Schultz
How runs the Sports, Gt, and UGA vents? Can you talk to them to get it updated more often. Maybe they can stop the Tue. & Wed. sports, gt, and uga vents but Run those vents On Thursday-Monday.
jimmy
October 26th, 2010
6:52 pm
5150 P.O.A.D… can’t quite figure you out? except there is one thing for sure, you sure do troll on blogs. Do you have a job? If so, can i get an application where you work. You have done me a favor though, i no longer read past the article because i am a little sick of seeing your post. Take a breather pal and sit a few out…..
bart
October 26th, 2010
6:53 pm
I cannot see where Grantham is earning his money as one of the highest paid DC’s. In fact, I’ve been told that people within the program say he is clueless. I obviously do not know if that’s true or not. I hope it’s not.
GTDog
October 26th, 2010
6:54 pm
No offense POAD, but I make it a policy to NEVER reveal detailed info to people who know what “5150″ means….lol
GTDog
October 26th, 2010
6:55 pm
But nowhere in N Ga anyway….all south of Newnan, but we had a few locations in the Carolinas and Tennessee…
But we best quit, we’ll get yelled at soon because we’re not killing each other over who’s going to win in November…time to start hating again…
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
6:58 pm
TY GTDog.
Really does the Boykin kid return punts too or just kickoffs?
dagadawgs
October 26th, 2010
6:59 pm
5150 P.O.A.D you have to be the biggest troll on this board. You are an absolute ass!
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
7:05 pm
TY dagadawgs glad I could make your day. Don’t worry I shold have to be on the road for a few hours tomorrow for sure. I know I will be gone most of the day Thursday as I do have a few scheduled appointments as of right now.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
7:06 pm
Wahoo 1st on the second page.
Nesbit for Heisman
October 26th, 2010
7:08 pm
Does GT even still have a football team?
Steve
October 26th, 2010
7:10 pm
5150 POAD “Wahoo 1st on the second page.” Wow what a dork!
Norm's Panties in a KNOT
October 26th, 2010
7:11 pm
I have a great idea. Why don’t all the UGA and GT fans that like to post on the AJC.com meet at the Atalnta Community Food Bank the Friday after Thanksgiving to help sort food, help the poor, and talk crap the day before the game. It would let all of us meet and drop some of the Behind the Screen hatred.
GTDog
October 26th, 2010
7:13 pm
Hmmmm, that’s an interesting idea KNOT…
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
7:20 pm
That could be fun KNOT. I don’t know if the Food Bank could survive it though. They would have to keep the fans from the caned foods I think.
Captain Obvious
October 26th, 2010
7:27 pm
Thanks GTDog, I’m also known by my other monker, Ed. Whenever I hear a talking head ask an analyst what the “keys to the game” are, my first though is always “score more points that the other team.” Instead, we get the usual banal chatter about “controlling the line of scrimmage,” “establishing the run to set up the play-action passes” and “converting on 3rd down.” Blah blah blah. Truth is, no one knows how a game will turn out or what factors will push one team over the top.
GTDog
October 26th, 2010
7:33 pm
I agree, that’s why you’ll never hear me talking trash, I’ve been on both sides of upsets before…
I really like that AFB idea, I might seriously do that, the day before the game…
GatorHater27
October 26th, 2010
7:42 pm
Georgia needs to take a play from Florida’s book. SCHEDULE AN OFF WEEK BEFORE THE GA-FL GAME. It’s no wonder the Gators have been so lucky even when the Dawgs had better talent. They are always well rested and prepared. We also need a defensive coordinator the likes of Erskine Russell.
superDawg
October 26th, 2010
7:45 pm
the uf defense is not good UGA needs to control the clock with the running game and hit #8 or #16 when needed.the D needs to be balls to the wall and make every one pay at point of impact.GATA DAWGS!
Bull
October 26th, 2010
7:46 pm
Schultz, that’s the best you got ? Wait…I forgot…no I didn’t…don’t even bother answering with your deductive logic. You’re even connected via brew, bros, hoes…how I love the paradox
Norm's Panties in a KNOT
October 26th, 2010
8:09 pm
UGA likes the week off before the Tech game so the players can really study hard for their real tough exams. They have to learn how many points a 3 point shot in basketball is worth.
jerry
October 26th, 2010
8:11 pm
Who cares, they are both 2010 football nobodies.
Norm's Panties in a KNOT
October 26th, 2010
8:23 pm
Man I would hate to be a fan of Boise St and have to watch them play home games on TV. Damn that is making my head hurt with the Blue uniforms on the Blue Turff.
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The Nature Boy
October 26th, 2010
8:25 pm
It’s not rocket science…the dawgs need to “man up”…and NOT play scared..we have the talent…our LB’s are “crazy” good they’ll be playing on Sunday soon…we have AJ on offense…and a decent O-Line…the sad thing is that there are very few players that can talk to our squad about how fun it is to win in Jacksonville…I guess my favorite win (excluding 1980) was when Robert Edwards put the team on his back..late 90’s…I loved that game….Good write up Jeff….I agree our D will be the key….(I love the over) but wouldn’t touch the 3pts…the Gators have had a week off….and Georgia has hurt me too much…
The Nature Boy @ Norm
October 26th, 2010
8:32 pm
Everytime I go to the bathroom Boise scores…..I feel like I’m watching a class AAAAA team playing an A team…the blue field annoys me….Idaho annoys me…..the age of consent in Idaho is 14….I’m just throwing that out there….in Georgia it’s 16….(and people call us rednecks)
You see POAD…I aint so bad….I just don’t like being bullied….
Norm's Panties in a KNOT
October 26th, 2010
8:34 pm
It better not be ROCKET SCIENCE we are talking about UGA after all.
Boise St 7 La Tech 7.
The Nature Boy @ Norm
October 26th, 2010
8:54 pm
Nice punch…you drew blood…POP Quiz..what Bowl did Ga Tech play in and got stomped on that blue field..???
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
9:03 pm
I would never travel to that bowl game for sure. I don’t snow ski and I see no other reason to go freeze my buns off to watch a football game.
OldTimer
October 26th, 2010
9:19 pm
This game reminds of a Sadie Hawkins dance.
OldTimer
October 26th, 2010
9:20 pm
Or maybe a Beyonce concert.
OldTimer
October 26th, 2010
9:22 pm
It’s nice to see Richt riding the wave, he’s back on his boogie board, this time it’s in the kiddie pool.
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Jeff Schultz
October 26th, 2010
9:57 pm
POAD – SECWasteManagement comment is out (as is yours that referenced it).
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
10:03 pm
Thanks Jeff. Even I thought that was over the line. Nicki has nothing to do with football. I go to meet her and all the girls when my neice went to Tech Volleyball Camp this past summer.
GT Girl
October 26th, 2010
10:32 pm
5150 POAD – I knew what the POAD meant (I went to Tech). As for the 5150-I just thought you were a Van Halen fan! When did you graduate from Tech?
BTW Tech has a great volleyball team. Go Jackets!
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
10:37 pm
My father is a 60 ME grad. I went to North Georgia College and Kennesaw State actually.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 26th, 2010
10:38 pm
God I think my head is going to explode watching the Boise St team in Blue playing on the Blue Turff.
Gen Neyland
October 26th, 2010
10:42 pm
I’ll give Florida’s offense this : They’ll be a bigger challenge for UGA’s defense than UT, Vandy and Kentucky’s offenses. I’ll also say the Florida’s defense should be a bigger challenge for UGA’s offense than UT, Vandy and Kentucky.
VolsRule
October 26th, 2010
11:03 pm
No dog in this hunt – but I think the Gators will absolutely destroy Georgia. Game will be over late 3rd.
Nurse Rachet
October 26th, 2010
11:33 pm
Fla 27-17
Ga finishes 6-6 for the year
Shreveport in December- lighting strikes twice
NashDawg
October 26th, 2010
11:52 pm
28-10…..Dawgs win!!!
NashDawg
October 26th, 2010
11:54 pm
Dawgs finish 7-5 with a close game at Auburn. However, do not be shocked if the Dawgs beat Auburn. It can happen and usually does when the team is not suppose to win.
Just a thought from a nobody
October 26th, 2010
11:54 pm
I think this is a POAD – Schultz blog! Since Schultz gave POAD the ok to post anything he wants,,,, he will not stop ragging on the dawgs.
Norm's Panties in a KNOT
October 27th, 2010
12:06 am
Just a thought
maybe POAD works for Schultz just trying to get blog hits. I think I read where he said the dawgs would win this game. I could be wrong but I think POAD said Boykin has a return for a TD.
d
October 27th, 2010
2:06 am
Enter your comments here
drbasic1
October 27th, 2010
2:08 am
NURSE RATCHET
Get this straight before you speak…SHREVEPORT is NO LONGER a SEC bowl; but is now an ACC Mtn West bowl game….thus…………TECH will be there….get it???
kingsx7
October 27th, 2010
2:27 am
JUST WIN BABY !!!!!
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Eric C.
October 27th, 2010
3:56 am
GaGator, meyer is 16-1 in many situations at UF, not just after byes.
Eric C.
October 27th, 2010
4:00 am
Gen Neyland, no way dude…UF offense is absolutely NOT a bigger challenge than the UK offense. Agree with you on the defense.
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October 27th, 2010
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Eric C.
October 27th, 2010
4:02 am
Vols Drool, not sure where your logic is…UF could certainly win, but destroy? Like they destroyed MSU?
Eric C.
October 27th, 2010
4:04 am
Btw, which team beat the Vols worse?
Eric C.
October 27th, 2010
4:07 am
Meanwhile, Meyer tosses and turns in his sleep…should Rainey play? Ha, yeah right – he’s not losing a bit of sleep over that decision.
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Inbred Dawg
October 27th, 2010
6:04 am
I thank we needs to change the name of hour teem to the “UGA Possums”. We always get killed on the rode.
Jeff Schultz Fan
October 27th, 2010
6:18 am
Jeff: Looking forward to your Friday predictions for this week. Since this
is UGA`s year to beat UF, I am thinking you will write some extra funny stuff.
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John
October 27th, 2010
7:11 am
The Dawgs played the 2008 game emotionally burdened with CMR’s shame for the 2007 end zone dance.
After the 08 drubbing by the Gators, CMR felt the need to seek motivation by Grambling-izing UGA’s uni’s – you’d have thought the 08 results would have been motivation enough.
Mementos of both games will always have a conspicuous place of display in the lobby of the UGA Hall of Shame.
It’s 2010 and CMR can’t seem to muster recollection of the contest’s recent history – UGA won in 2007 Coach.
Coach Urban’s regal robes have been soiled a bit this year. No Tim Tebow – no Charleston Southern or Troy or Florida International on the schedule, either. But he’s still Coach Urban; it’s still mid-Autumn; it’s still Jacksonville, it’s still the Gators and the Dawgs; and it’s still Meyer v Richt.
Does anybody really believe that UF will lose four in a row? After a bye week? And to a team led by CMR?
Tech Sucks
October 27th, 2010
7:15 am
GaGator how about the stat where Meyer is 8-8 without Tebow at FL. Your team sucks. The past doesn’t mean anything.
MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
7:15 am
Grantham-Stop the Gaytors and you will be the toast of Athens for many days to come. Many have tried before you and failed. Failure is not an option this year. We must get this monkey(Gaytor) off our back !!
South Georgia
October 27th, 2010
8:00 am
I agree. The pass defense must improve immediately, but the run defense has already come a long way. Our special teams are much better this year.
South Georgia
October 27th, 2010
8:05 am
Boise State would impress me if they played and beat Missouri, Clemson or Kentucky. Think about Kentucky. They have several losses, but beat South Carolina and lost to Auburn by 3 points. I have more respect for Kentucky than Boise or TCU. The computers and experts don’t have a clue with these BCS (Boo-hoo corrupt system of fantasyland) polls!!!
John
October 27th, 2010
8:05 am
The Dawgs played the 2008 game burdened with their coach’s shame for the previous year’s win – it was sullied by the end zone dance and all.
Seems the drubbing of ‘08 wasn’t motivation enough for the 2009 game, so CMR deployed Grambling-ized uni’s to give the fellas a pre-game boost of enthusiasm.
We know all-too-well the results of those games. Mementos for each occupy the display case in the lobby of the UGA Football Hall of Shame.
Now it’s 2010. Coach Urban’s regal robes have been soiled a bit. It’s a different time. It’s a tougher time. The Tim Tebow era is no more. And this year’s schedule is missing the Murderer’s Row of Charleston Southern, Troy and Florida International.
It’s 2010 and CMR can’t seem to remember the last time the Dawgs won at the World’s Biggest Outdoor Party. It was 2007, Coach! Put your guilt over the dance to bed for crissakes!
UF has lost three games in a row. They’re coming off a bye week. Coach Urban’s got something to prove. CMR seems to be struggling with memory issues. It’s still another mid-Autumn Saturday in Jacksonville. It’s still Gators v Dawgs. It’s still Meyer v Richt.
Does anybody really believe when this Saturday ends, Florida will have added one more loss to their streak? Does anybody really believe this Saturday in Jacksonville will be any different from 17 of the last 20?
Russ, the Deposed Temporary Mascot
October 27th, 2010
8:16 am
Well, I won’t be there, but I’ll be rooting for the Dawgs. I’ll be roaming in Sonny’s back yard while that all-white weirdo rests on his ice bag. The key to the game, in my opinion, will be trying to keep any of our players from being blinded in a tackle pile. If all of them can emerge on every play with both eyes functioning, we’re a shoo-in.
Joey
October 27th, 2010
8:24 am
I feel better about the D than I have in years. Bobo needs to help the D by being aggressive and scoring lots of points.
The 3-and-outs that result from Bobo’s I-formation plays (that gain little or no yardage) put too much pressure on our D, from too much time on the field, to giving the D poor field position to work with.
So, yeah, the D has to play better, but Bobo has to keep attacking UF. I would like to see a few more passes in the end zone when we get to the red zone, instead of the run, run, pass, sequence of plays he usually calls.
Go Dawgs!
Fake P.O.A.D. Sacks Shultz ?
October 27th, 2010
8:31 am
The Dawgs let Kentucky back in the game last week. Good teams bury opponents not let them almost come back and win after holding a big lead. I can see Rambo missing tackles on receivers scoring in my mind. Scary…
Fake P.O.A.D. Sacks Shultz ?
October 27th, 2010
8:34 am
Boise State should even be in the National Championship conversation. When you play only 2 tough teams every year instead of 6 to 7 like SEC teams do then you have no dog in the fight for the NC. Play an SEC schedule Boise St.
Wally
October 27th, 2010
9:03 am
Dawgs get all pumped up for this game every year, only to feel Florida’s hobnail boots grinding into their neck. Some things never change.
Florida 45, Georgia 24
GA D Rules
October 27th, 2010
9:05 am
Fortunately, the Ga D gets to play against maybe the worst offense in the SEC. Grantham’s 3-4 D will be harassing Brantley all day—look for 2-3 INTs and a bunch of sacks. Their running game is terrible, so I don’t see UF putting more than 13 points. Ga wins easy: 37-13.
Buzzzzzzz
October 27th, 2010
9:08 am
Does GT even still have a football team?
Yes. The thing is… Tech alumni and fans have lives that don’t depend entirely on what a bunch of kids does on Saturday afternoons. College sports are fun to follow, but the biggest reason for going to college is to get an education.
UGA fans don’t seem to care about anything but football, and they don’t care if their players are enrolled in silly majors that no parents who are paying the bills would send their kids to UGA for. The very few football and basketball players who graduate have no job opportunities and end up unemployed or working in menial jobs that hardly require a college degree.
Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is practically worthless.
Jan Kemp exposed the crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or self-discipline.
The bottom line is that most Tech fans have very good jobs and productive lives that don’t depend on Tech’s football record for their happiness in life. It would be great to beat UGA more often, but when you put scholar-athletes up against dummy-athletes, it’s usually no contest.
It’s pretty pathetic to see UGA fans who typically have never been within miles of a college classroom and who live or die with UGA’s weekly results on the football field.
So keep on posting your “30-24″ all you want, especially since you’re home with plenty of time on your hands. I wish you well, maybe you’ll get lucky and get your old job back at the Waffle House before your unemployment checks stop coming.
I'm Gumby, Dammit!!
October 27th, 2010
9:30 am
When’s Washaun’s court appearance??
clay
October 27th, 2010
9:43 am
Its so funny to see people predict the game like they know. Put it like this folks this is a RIVALRY game. Anything happens in these games. Predicting these games is like winning the lottery. ANYTHING can happen.
May
October 27th, 2010
9:57 am
Anything happens in these games. Predicting these games is like winning the lottery.
Oh really? I would love to win the lottery 17 out of 20 years.
Dawgtards go down as usual, probably by 20 or more points.
Gatorhater
October 27th, 2010
9:57 am
Two inept teams, but going in opposite directions. The dawgs will win, but don’t get your hopes up about winning the Eastern Conference of the SEC. Even if that does happen, Auburn or Alabama look to destroy the eastern winner, (can you say winner at 4-4????)
Urban cries some more this week and the natives in Gainesville really begin to look at the program.
Mobile Dawg
October 27th, 2010
9:57 am
Quotes:
CTG “It was, ‘If you want to kick Florida’s [rear], you better start working now.’”
CMR “The bottom line is we need to continue to improve. The last three weeks our goal has been to play better, to play more physical and practice more physical.”
I’m tired of CMR’s worn out cliches. The last three weeks for the love of football? This football team should have gotten down to business long before this season started. Our start this year was pathetic, abyssmal, unacceptable ! ! ! Remember three years ago when we beat the Gators? Urban Meyer had his team on the field that next Sunday morning, for a year the Gators were punished, pushed for that loss. Reminded of it daily. Look at the results he got. Have you ever seen anything like that happen in Athens during the CMR era. Yeah, we stop two a days. Why do you think this team has “a lack of toughness” about it?
The Gators are down this year, but I’ve got a feeling they still have a bite.
King Gator
October 27th, 2010
10:08 am
Dawgs celebrate TD’s (with silly dances!) and have blackout’s, red thong games, etc. Gators simply beat the pups down and celebrate SEC titles (they should rename that place in Atlanta – the Florida Dome, it’s not like Georgia Dome is very reflective of anything) and National Championships. We’ve won 3 since the Herschel days in Athens. Go Gators! Beat Georgia!
gdawginkalamazoo
October 27th, 2010
10:08 am
Oh please. Florida is still loaded with a ton of talent. This week might be the week that talent comes together. IF so, look out. And if we do win this week don’t worry about Urban his job is safe. All the gators have to do is keep working hard and they will be back next year.
They just have to find that right combination on the field to click. One thing for sure is the dawgs better come out playing their best game this year, anything less than perfect and we will get chomped again.
Mobile Dawg
October 27th, 2010
10:12 am
Zoo, I’ve got a feeling if we get “chomped” again CMR may be history in Athens. When all his baggage is put together in one box and not allowed to be masked by the kool aid it’s a sizable pile. Anyone who thinks UF rolls over please change your glasses and put down the kool aid.
bruce mac
October 27th, 2010
10:16 am
Bla Bla Bla, I’ll believe it when I see it. This ain’t Vandy, they will come loaded for bear and they have the players to back it up. Gators in another romp as far as I can tell. This weekend will be more arm tackling, turnovers, penalties and bad play calling, the staple of UGA football in Jacksonville.
King Gator
October 27th, 2010
10:17 am
Bet the over on points and cocktails! I just signed up for a new liver. Go Gators!
Mobile Dawg
October 27th, 2010
10:18 am
Let’s hope not bruce mac. CMR has asked his team to “play better” and “become more physical” the last “three weeks” preparing for this game.
bruce mac
October 27th, 2010
10:21 am
On a brighter note, after the JAX annual beat down, the Dawgs continue to confound as they beat the number one undefeated Auburn Tigers by 21. Mr. Newton turns the ball over three times and pulls himself out of the game with cramps late in third quarter.
McDawg
October 27th, 2010
10:24 am
Kwentucky rolled up some yards last wee but what i saw for 3 quarters was a defense that dictated the game and that is what we will need to do against Florida
Devil's Advocate
October 27th, 2010
10:25 am
CMR needs to turn Grantham loose and jack the D up and beat those Gators like a yard dog. If CMR plays nice, he will pay the price………and we all know what that means.
zeeeee Nachos aka the "Living Legend"
October 27th, 2010
10:26 am
Florida vs UGA …… a great reason to TAKE A NAP this Saturday.
Hope Verne and Gary don’t fall asleep during the game.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 27th, 2010
10:33 am
McDawg, I believe that in order to play a full four quarters for this game that you need to play a full four quarters every single game on all three facets of the game. I don’t think we have done that in a few years now. Maybe the Sugar Bowl against Hawaii. We have something to prove this weekend and we better play like it. I think they are capable with Murray leading the way and Houston taking care of the D.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 27th, 2010
10:37 am
Where’s General Neyland at today? I heard he got promoted to Field Marshall this past weekend and wanted congratulate him. I need to ask him why Tennessee list 60 players at the SS postion. Who needs 60 strong safeties these days? Or is something else going on at UT?
MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
10:39 am
zeeeee Nachos,
Verne is always asleep-He is the worst commentator ever!
MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
10:41 am
gdawginkalamazoo,
Those 60 SS at UT are all mediacl redshirts! After all Dooley is a Saban desciple. LOL
King Gator
October 27th, 2010
10:42 am
Verne sucks and I think you can tell Gary feels the same way as he humors him whilte teetering on the edge of being annoyed throughout the game. I felt this way when he was crushing on Tebow too. Go Gators!
gdawginkalamazoo
October 27th, 2010
10:48 am
King Gator, I wonder who’s butt Gary and Verne will glue their lips to this weekend? Last week it was Cam. I don’t know if it will be a gator or a dawg. For the dawgs it might be Houston, Murray or AJ. Who could the gator be?
Nothingness
October 27th, 2010
10:48 am
You hurt many of our feelings down here below Macon. I hope you get a ticket in Lowndes County.
King Gator
October 27th, 2010
10:50 am
I’m predicting either Murray or Brantley .. which ever has the better game; they’re all about the qb’s; and the Fast n the Furious – Bama’s not so dynamic duo this year.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 27th, 2010
10:52 am
I was passing through Knoxville last week and stopped at the beer hall off of Kingston Pike. Some young charismatic guy named Dooley was on the table giving a speech. I thought to myself he may make a great football coach someday. What a motivator. Us against the world type of speech.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 27th, 2010
11:01 am
King Gator, you think we see more of Brantley or Burton? I’m thinking Burton with the off week.
My Concern - Facts
October 27th, 2010
11:01 am
My concern, as it has been for the last 20 years, is UF having an open date and fresh legs before our meeting. Dawg fans, here is a reality check. The reason we owned UF for all those years wasn’t that we were that much better or even better at times but that prior to 1990, WE either had an off week before the UF game like they have now or we were playing Vandy when they were really bad. During those days, UF was coming off an annual war with Auburn and was tired and it typically showed in the 2nd half. ENTER STEVE SPURRIER: Spurrier knew this was a huge advantage for UGA and had the schedule changed so they now have had the week off before the GA game 17 of the last 20 years. I not saying UF wouldn’t still have a lead over us the last 20 years as nobody was better that Spurrier during the 90’s – but it would not be 17 wins out of the last 20 years.
Russ555
October 27th, 2010
11:06 am
Georgia should win this one, How come everybody stops counting at 1990 and never talks about the sixties, seventies and eighties -i.e. the Dooley years before the Spurrier years) when Georgia won about every years as nature intended. Dooley is now gone,but so is Spurrier. So are the nineties.
MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
11:07 am
We will see a ton of Burton and Rainey together in the back filed.We will also see alot of mis-direction type stuff just like Miss St ran on us.
MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
11:07 am
*filed-field
MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
11:08 am
Russ555,
The 2000’s havent been kind to the Dawgs either.
Norm's Panties in a KNOT
October 27th, 2010
11:13 am
Big Bad Bruce gets to enjoy his first trip to Jax. Not sure how fun the ride back will be but he will have Dinner or he will Be dinner. I hear Bulldog tastes just like Chicken.
Delbert D.
October 27th, 2010
11:16 am
“Florida has won the East I don’t know how many years in a row,” he said.
Sometimes I can’t remember where I put the car keys, but that statement stunned me.
MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
11:16 am
Big Bad Bruce gonna be eating at the Gaytor buffet.He will be first in line at 3:30
Russ555
October 27th, 2010
11:17 am
Murphy – that’s true, but not as bad as Steve’s years. I count three wins in ten years. Nothing to brag about, but better than zero.
Russ555
October 27th, 2010
11:18 am
Delbert D. – statement stunned me too. Shouldn’t a coach be keeping up better than that.
Norm's Panties in a KNOT
October 27th, 2010
11:18 am
#200
MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
11:19 am
Russ555
Yeah I see your point.
HotDawg
October 27th, 2010
11:19 am
It doesn’t come down to Offense, Defense or Special Teams. Both teams have studs for players, both teams have accomplished coaches, both have successes and struggles to deal with on and off of the field. Come Saturday at 3:30, whichever team is tired of the talk, the finger pointing, the critics, the on and off again fans is the team that will man up and do something about it. I say its the Dawgs for the simple reason that losing the past 48 out of 50 by an average score of 40 points (Exagerrated) would get on my Damn nerves to the point to where I would say enough is enough. Prime opportunity to do something about it come Saturday. Put on your pads, helments and buckle your chinstraps extra tight and go make some dang plays and before you know it a new streak will begin.
Go Dawgs!!! 31-14
MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
11:19 am
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MURPHY
October 27th, 2010
11:25 am
If you want an indication how this game will turn out watch the Dawgs get off the bus on Sat. Look at their faces and thats usually a pretty good indication of how they will play. A facial expression will tell you the mindset a person is in at that moment.
Dawgs Take Control!
October 27th, 2010
11:35 am
The florida run is over—the Dawgs will win this game easy and take control of this series for a long time. Meyer can’t win without tebow–their offense is probably the worst in the SEC. Brantley’s terrible and the Ga D will eat him alive. Dawgs 40 fl 10!!!!! Dawgs–back on top!!!!!!!!
Mobile Dawg
October 27th, 2010
11:49 am
Anyone heard who Richt is flying in to give a speech before the game? If anyone special?
Mobile Dawg
October 27th, 2010
11:50 am
Vince, along with a letter from the Legend of Erk would be appropriate….
Kenai Ocelata
October 27th, 2010
11:55 am
The Gators will not only destroy the dawgtards this year, they will humiliate them by stripping them and dressing them in red panties for millions of viewers to see.
It’s going to be so much fun!
Rowlf
October 27th, 2010
11:58 am
Gators 45, Dawgs 17.
666 P.O.A..J.
October 27th, 2010
11:59 am
P.O.A.D., 5150 fits. You wear it well. By the way, keep clicking on articles about UGA. The click-through metrics the AJC accumulates will encourage more articles about UGA. But you’re a super smart TECH guy and probably knew that.
JB
October 27th, 2010
12:27 pm
Georgia is not the same team they were the first 3-4 weeks and I hope Florida doesn’t pick this weekend to wake up…. The National media ( not AJC or bloggers on here) have all said this team is horrible. These Bulldogs will bring out their best, But they are struggling and won’t have all fixed by Saturday…..We have a chance…..A good one
5150 P.O.A.D
October 27th, 2010
12:41 pm
666 POAJ
My hits don’t make more UGA articles happen, but I have no problem commenting onthe dawgs. I read the Jacket articles and post too. I have really enjoyed Ken S covering the Ga STATE. I read thoes too and comment sometimes too. I do Live Braves and Falcon game blogs but I don’t posst on Braves and Falcon daily articles all the time.
If only HITS on AJC.com were the factor on how many articles are written about UGA then how do you explain all the UGA articles when is was just a print medium?
JP
October 27th, 2010
12:43 pm
As a Gator fan, I just don’t see a Gator win this year. The Gators have not performed well in ANY phase of the game this season. Even when the Dogs were struggling, UGA had a few guys that were going all out and playing well (A. Murray comes to mind). Look for UGA to go up early, like 17-0 in the first quarter and cruise to an easy victory. Only way UGA loses is if the team of the last 2 years shows up. Good luck Dawgs.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 27th, 2010
12:44 pm
Back to the GAME
I still think a BIG special Teams Play makes this game. Please answer me this. Does Boykin return punts now or is Logan “Fair Catch” Grey the punt returner?
bruce mac
October 27th, 2010
12:45 pm
We have had a good chance before, we have had the mental edge before, we have had the open week before, we have had all us Bulldawgs running off at the mouth before. Result is always the same: Gators win and all us Bulldawgs sleek back to ATL, tail tucked. Woof friggin Woof, at least their is always Georgia Tech to whoop up on after the Big Turkey.
gdawg84
October 27th, 2010
1:01 pm
Pretty clear that POAD is more obsessed with UGA than even the biggest UGA supporters-that and he has a curious amount of free time.
Jeff, We get that it’s all about page views but you’ll have to rely on POAD as I’m the latest to be driven away. These boards could be great fun but instead they become completely childish (at least by page 2 or 3).
5150 P.O.A.D
October 27th, 2010
1:09 pm
gdawg84 look at the time of page 2 posts. They were after work hours and during the Boise St v La Tech game. Not much traffic on the blog for that game.
Since you refferenced me can you tell me for sure if Boykin is now the punt returner or is it still Logan? I hear at one time AJ would try punt returning but I don’t think that has happened yet. Has AJ tried Punt returning?
DAmn the rain is coming down. The deer in the front pasture just crossed the drive to lay under the lean too shelter. I think I would take a shot but I might hit the riding lawn mower and it just ins’t fair. Well, I don’t hunt really. I let friends hunt the property as long as I get some of the meat.
What?
October 27th, 2010
1:10 pm
Why not just ingnore 5150 P.O.A.D?
No one loves the sound of his voice more than him. It appears JS knows him and the POAD man gets off on this.
What?
October 27th, 2010
1:21 pm
5150 POAD, I’m sure you are a nice guy but you “bark at the moon” too much.
Urban Meyer slammed again for Chris Rainey decision | Jeff Schultz
October 27th, 2010
1:28 pm
[...] ♦ This is the week Georgia’s defense needs to step up [...]
robodawg
October 27th, 2010
1:36 pm
Yep, kicking their [rear] starts with D. We can’t get pushed around, we’ve gotta not blow assignments, and we’ve gotta show we can tackle the guys who don’t go down easy. I think our rushing defense stats are deceiving in that regard. The KY RB had a pretty good game against us. We haven’t quite filled the shoes of our 3 DTs who graduated and went to the NFL last year.
Stuff the run, don’t give up big plays on broken assignments, and force some turnovers. That’s how we’ll turn this series back the way it’s supposed to be!
robodawg
October 27th, 2010
1:43 pm
5150, Boykin doesn’t return punts, I don’t know why. Branden Smith is supposed to be back for this one and that’s been his job. AJ has returned a couple and Richt said he may get some looks there this week. Logan Gray calls the fair catches when the punt is expected to land inside the 20 and no return is on.
I don’t think it will matter for this one. The Florida punter has maybe the best hang time in the nation. Nobody returns punts against him. A good kickoff return is more likely — hopefully the Gators won’t score much and there will be few opportunities there.
Equal
October 27th, 2010
3:29 pm
This year’s rendition on the Georgia-Florida series is as even as it gets. The Gators are a little better defensively across the board but the Bulldogs offset that by being better offensively, especially at quaterback and receiver. In factoring offense and defense, UGA gets the edge but when all is factored in, meaning Meyer is simply a better coach and schemer than Richt, you have as even a game as this series has ever seen.
Nick Rails
October 27th, 2010
4:02 pm
No doubt about the defense stepping up but the
main reason for the Dawgs shortcomings in Jax
under the CMR regime, has been the Gators defense,
handcuffing the Dawgs offense look at ‘02,’03,05,’06
It was pretty much the lack of offense that did the
Dawgs in. And most of those yrs Charlie Strong was
the Gators DC that had the Dawgs number. He’s not gonna
be on the sidelines this yr and it’ll be huge factor
in the Dawgs offensive success vs. the Gators!
cadawg
October 27th, 2010
4:21 pm
you’re right on, schultz. if we win this game it’s going to be because our defense controls the LOS and doesn’t allow big plays.
History Major
October 28th, 2010
8:54 pm
I would like to think that the Dawgs will break through this week against the Gators, but after the game UGA’s once-insurmountable lead in wins will have dwindled to 47-to-40.
‘Way back in the early ’90’s, some wise head came out in print saying that Florida would be the S.E.C.’s king in future years, for a variety of reasons. They would displace Alabama as the perennial top of the heap. That has pretty much happened, even though LSU and Tennessee have a look-in every now and then. I fear this Saturday will be more of the same.