LIVE: Another win keeps Georgia in SEC East hunt
Another "partial sellout" flows through the gates at Vanderbilt Stadium.
NASHVILLE — If I’m a little slow getting this live blog started, it’s because I just ate about 27 pounds of barbecue — the combo plate of ribs, pulled pork and brisket — at the Wildhorse Saloon. Seriously, it’s some of the best Q I’ve ever had — and I’m sure I’ll be sweating it out in the middle of the night.
PETA did not endorse my lunch. But I will.
Most of you probably have been to Nashville at some point. For those who haven’t, I highly recommend it. Watching Steve Spurrier and South Carolina almost blow a game at Mississippi State is about the only thing that prevented this from being a perfect day. That is to say, they didn’t blow it. The Gamcocks got a touchdown pass from Connor Shaw to Alshon Jeffery with 3:50 left and escaped Starkville with a 14-12 win. A South Carolina loss and the door to a division title would’ve blown open today
Elvis, Elvis, everywhere. (How much BBQ could he put away?)
for the Bulldogs.
South Carolina already has endured turnover at the quarterback position (Stephen Garcia was kicked off the team) and Saturday saw running back Marcus Lattimore suffer a sprained knee in the fourth quarter. After the game, Spurrier told the media Lattimore’s injury “could be serious. He could be out a while.” The Gamecocks are off next week before resuming Oct. 29 with consecutive SEC games against Tennessee (road), Arkansas (road) and Florida (home).
The Opryland grotto. The river is completely natural.
So going into tonight’s game against Vanderbilt, the Dogs (3-1) trail South Carolina by (4-1) by a half-game in the SEC Eastern Division, with the Gamecocks still holding the tiebreaker edge. Florida (2-2, 4-2) kicks off against Auburn tonight at the same time as the Georgia game.
For Georgia, this game against Vandy really is about making the Florida game mean something. Losing the first two games of the season to Boise State and South Carolina basically left the Dogs with little to no room for error.
That's my wife on the left, posing with Steve Spurrier, I think.
It’s understandable if you’re still not sure what to think of this team. Since starting 0-2, the Dogs have won four straight over Coastal Carolina, Mississippi, Mississippi State and Tennessee by a composite score of 130-35 The three SEC wins have come over schools that entered the weekend with a combined conference record of 0-7.
If Georgia struggles tonight, something is wrong. The Commodores have lost their last two SEC games (Alabama, South Carolina) by a combined 55-3. Their offense is awful, their defense decent. It shouldn’t take a lot of points to win this.
For what it’s worth, Georgia is 51-18-2 all-time in the series and has won 15 of the last 16 meetings. The Dogs’ have won nine straight in Nashville since their last loss in 1991 (27-25 under Ray Goff).
OK, that’s it for now. I’m going to do some laps. I’ll be back shortly for the duration.
By Jeff Schultz
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The Natue Boy
October 15th, 2011
7:33 pm
Tom Rathman just called Russ…”Uga”
Jeff Schultz
October 15th, 2011
7:33 pm
On Crowell — I can only tell you that if you visit message boards you’ll see rumors of an academic issue. But we won’t know anything official until Richt speaks after the game, assuming he says anything (and I suspect he will).
SCDawg
October 15th, 2011
7:33 pm
Wow…lousy tackling so far tonight.
7576DAWG
October 15th, 2011
7:33 pm
Murray, King was not open . Are you capable of watching more than one receiver?
The Natue Boy
October 15th, 2011
7:33 pm
I just called Bob Rathman …Tom Rathman
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 15th, 2011
7:33 pm
Anyone heard from GT Joe
I hope he is ok
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
7:34 pm
I missed the first few minutes, has Ga. gotten a first down yet??
5150 UOAD
October 15th, 2011
7:34 pm
Uga is dead so RUSS is Uga. he is in the house and wearing the sweater and collar. Russ is Uga
dawg555
October 15th, 2011
7:34 pm
Can anyone answer the Crowell question?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 15th, 2011
7:35 pm
GT Joe
How are the national championship plans comming
Do you need any recomendations for hotels
Kenny Powers
October 15th, 2011
7:35 pm
Richt will be taking over the play calling after that Wild Dawg B.S. Way to get a rhythm started with your QB and his team Bozo errrr…I mean Bobo
Demon Evans
October 15th, 2011
7:35 pm
You can actually see the sleaze dripping off Richt.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 15th, 2011
7:35 pm
coming sorry
VandyBrainPower
October 15th, 2011
7:35 pm
Gt Joe is recovering from powerhouse Techs tragic loss to powerhouse Virginia
7576DAWG
October 15th, 2011
7:35 pm
Murray throw it to our least reliable receiver again. Vanderbilt want’s you to throw it to king. Why is Bobo throwing more than a 5 yard slant?
Todd Grantham
October 15th, 2011
7:35 pm
There’s been some terrible officiating today. Looks like this crew is vying for worst
5150 UOAD
October 15th, 2011
7:36 pm
Flat tire still better than your MNC plans.
Jeauxseph
October 15th, 2011
7:36 pm
Flat Tire, this just in, Yellow Fuzz is atop the a small building in Atlanta ready to jump. GT Joe prob w him. Can’t confirm however….
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
7:36 pm
Better Defense now
Alphadawg
October 15th, 2011
7:36 pm
Where’s the rush defense.
The Natue Boy @ 5150 UAOD
October 15th, 2011
7:36 pm
I’ll give you that..I sit corrected
MarineDog
October 15th, 2011
7:37 pm
The defense started lights out on the first possession. Since then, they are missing tackles left and right. Not sure what’s going on with Crowell. Samuel has been running okay. Not sure why they keep passing the ball if the running is effective. Hopefully Crowell is not hurt or being held out for something else.
UGA / Vandy
October 15th, 2011
7:37 pm
you’ve rushed for almost 30 yards rushing in your first 2 drives Georgia, don’t get fancy just keep running at them until they can stop that
Antidepressed Dawg
October 15th, 2011
7:37 pm
Looks like the D had too much bbq….I missed the D lineup – is Gilliard starting? (35)
Joe
October 15th, 2011
7:38 pm
Can we please have a moratorium on the Wild Cat?
davidinloganville
October 15th, 2011
7:38 pm
message boards where all good reporters go for their stories!
Jeff Schultz
October 15th, 2011
7:38 pm
No huddle . . .
Bj fussell
October 15th, 2011
7:38 pm
Heck just keep running why pass
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
7:38 pm
Carlton Thomas-what a power house runner!
Ursula
October 15th, 2011
7:38 pm
This needs to be reposted frequently to remind dawggies what an embarrassment they are.
Georgia Tech had the nation’s best average SAT score for football players, 1028 of a possible 1600, and best average high school GPA, 3.39 of a possible 4.0. But because its student body is apparently very smart, Tech’s football players still scored 315 SAT points lower than their classmates.
Many schools routinely used a special admissions process to admit athletes who did not meet the normal entrance requirements. More than half of scholarship athletes at the University of Georgia, the University of Wisconsin, Clemson University, UCLA, Rutgers University, Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University were special admits. . . At Georgia, for instance, 74 percent of athletes were special admits compared with 7 percent of the student body as a whole.
The link is:
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/paper-trail/2008/12/30/athletes-show-huge-gaps-in-sat-scores
Antidepressed Dawg
October 15th, 2011
7:38 pm
Is anybody else fantasizing about what Crowell would do with these holes? Hope the O line keeps it up
MarineDog
October 15th, 2011
7:39 pm
The picture quality of this broadcast is not very good at all.
jason
October 15th, 2011
7:39 pm
WTF is Crowell?!?
Jeff Schultz
October 15th, 2011
7:40 pm
Thomas had 4 straight carries of declining gains: 9-5-3-0.
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
7:40 pm
Murray is a much better runner than Thomas
Dawgfan
October 15th, 2011
7:40 pm
We are looking flat on offense so far
Alphadawg
October 15th, 2011
7:40 pm
I’d like to see Murray run a bit more.
VandyBrainPower
October 15th, 2011
7:40 pm
Thomas the terrible
Buckhead Bulldog
October 15th, 2011
7:41 pm
Ursula – yawn!
5150 UOAD
October 15th, 2011
7:41 pm
ACC looks more evenly matched than the SEC. There is Bama & LSU then the joke just uneducated colleges left to find a turnip in the bottom of the bucket.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 15th, 2011
7:41 pm
GT Joe
Woo hoo
I’ll have to say
Middle Tenn
Western Carolina
Kansas
Were tough opponents and that led to the team being worn out right GT Joe
That tough schedule can really bring a team down
Joe
October 15th, 2011
7:41 pm
Ursula,
I’m wondering how old that data is since the SAT is out of 2400 points now and has been for quite a few years.
#JealousDouche
Todd Grantham
October 15th, 2011
7:41 pm
Don’t tell me Jeff that Crowell is a latter day Pulpwood Smith
Jeff Schultz
October 15th, 2011
7:41 pm
Dawg555 — Answered the Crowell question above.
Russ
October 15th, 2011
7:41 pm
What’s with FSN, can they not get the yardage right or what?
bigcalidawg
October 15th, 2011
7:42 pm
Hey Ursula………sounds like y’all lost today.
Herry Perry
October 15th, 2011
7:42 pm
Playing to Vandy’s level…………………………….SHOCKER!
VandyBrainPower
October 15th, 2011
7:42 pm
If by evenly matched you mean all of the Acc teams are at the same level of mediocrity, than yes, you are correct
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
7:42 pm
Thomas obviously can’t run over anyone nor can he break a tackle. He looks like a freshman in highschool playing out there. I just don’t understand.
Jeff Schultz
October 15th, 2011
7:42 pm
Crowell is in the game. It was a first quarter “thing”. You may speculate if you wish.