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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Todd Grantham
October 15th, 2011
7:52 pm
Maybe its that pink arm band he’s wearing
Chipper is a Redneck
October 15th, 2011
7:52 pm
Can we PLEASE FIRE MARK RICHT after this horrendous performance? You can’t move the ball on freaking Vandy? Are you kidding me?
PITIFUL.
JerryG
October 15th, 2011
7:52 pm
Inept offiense! Is it play calling or execution? Either way it’s on our subpar coaching staff
DeepDiver
October 15th, 2011
7:52 pm
Keystone.
5150 UOAD
October 15th, 2011
7:52 pm
The DAWGS are so ready for BAMA…………………HAHAHHAHAHHA…………………..Richt and BOBO have Killed WALSH………….he is lost in his own head cause YOUR COACHES SUCK.
LOB Braves
October 15th, 2011
7:52 pm
Walsh continues to suck almost as bad as Richt.
Buckhead Bulldog
October 15th, 2011
7:52 pm
The Blair Witch missssed a chipper.
VandyBrainPower
October 15th, 2011
7:52 pm
Rev. Mark Richt, the king of coaching players down. Unfortunately Spurrier had it right
TeeJayy
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
I want to see what Hutson Mason could do.
zzggyy
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
When you said this q’back is awful, who were you referring to?
Jeff Schultz
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
Walsh is now only 9 for 17 this season.
Herry Perry
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
What a Joke. Blair Walsh must be partying all Friday night! I told yo there would be no touchdown.
GIVE ME A BREAK!
Vain Jangling
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
I can only hope we’re lulling them into some sense of complacency, at the expense of making the Vandy D look like Bama.
UGA: Give me one good year of football while I'm a student.
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
@Jeff: Not like Murray is doing much better tonight. He ALWAYS overthrows receivers on plays where it’s a sure catch.
And Blair Walsh misses again! He needs to be benched for a game.
Middle East Dawg
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
What in the hay deez? Walsh kicked better as a freshman?
UGA / Vandy
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
thanks again Walsh, maybe you need to rethink being a kicker
BiggdawgK
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
Murray is flat so far. Dawgs will tighten up though
SCDawg
October 15th, 2011
7:53 pm
Do we have another fg kicker? They certainly couldn’t be any worse than Walsh this year.
JerryG
October 15th, 2011
7:54 pm
Watching Ga play is extremely frustrating! Poorly coached team!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 15th, 2011
7:54 pm
The Bobo offense looks very prepare this week
Dumbo
October 15th, 2011
7:54 pm
Now I remember why I can’t wait to move to Hiawassee and the lake….I will not be able to recieve UGA games unless they are on a national network and I will not have to watch silly play calling from Mike “I hate the name BooBoo” Bobo…..why can’t Richt and his silly OC just line up and knock em backward…quit calling finese plays, quit trying to out cute your opponent and line up and knock em down……
Richt the Preacher Man
October 15th, 2011
7:54 pm
If we lose to these goofs will that mean Richt will go.
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
7:54 pm
Our Offensive line is looking terrible. Murray is looking terrible. If we were playing anyone else we would be toast.
JDawg1785
October 15th, 2011
7:54 pm
What an ugly game so far… C’mon, Dawgs!
G
October 15th, 2011
7:54 pm
Can Butler kick?
san antonio dawg
October 15th, 2011
7:55 pm
who is our backup kicker? Walsh needs to be bench. this is a trend all year.
The Professor
October 15th, 2011
7:55 pm
We now have the complete list of courses that Isaiah Crowell is taking for the fall semester. It’s a pretty ambitious schedule for the lad, but I’m sure he’ll be up to it.
1. Know Your ABCs – Part I (A-M)
2. Fun With Dick and Jane – The Coloring Book
3. Life Studies: Put the Mojo on Your Teammates While Emptying Their Lockers
4. Law 101 – Know Your Miranda Rights
5. Dress for Success: The Inspiring True Story of the Fabled Red Panties
6. Arithmetic 1 – Multiplying by One
7. Psychology: Getting Along With Your Cellmate
Antidepressed Dawg
October 15th, 2011
7:55 pm
Guess I’ll go ahead and take my antidepressant now….usually wait til bedtime but Saturdays this fall call for early dosage…
Mike
October 15th, 2011
7:55 pm
Bobo is a Dodo. Three field goal attempts?
Dawg '85
October 15th, 2011
7:55 pm
Walsh goes from the Lou Groza watchlist to the Lou Holtz watchlist… meaning he may need psych help!
Duck
October 15th, 2011
7:55 pm
5150 UOAD ——>>>>>>>24-21
Kenny Powers
October 15th, 2011
7:55 pm
What happened to the OL…
Joe
October 15th, 2011
7:55 pm
“Vanderbilt’s got swag”? Isn’t that still at felony?
Dirty
October 15th, 2011
7:55 pm
I like Murray seems like a good kid, but he is not THAT GUY like he seems to be spoke about. He is average at best. He certainly is not a game changing talent. For UGA to be successful with him, he is going to have to let the other playmaker do it without making the routine mistakes. Riding his back won’t take you very far.
Jeff Schultz
October 15th, 2011
7:56 pm
Jordan Rodgers, Aaron Rodgers’ little bro, is in the game for Vandy. If he pretends he’s facing Falcons’ defense, he’ll be fine.
jerry
October 15th, 2011
7:56 pm
Georgia is sic’kening them allright.
MarineDog
October 15th, 2011
7:56 pm
Mark Richt is clearly not happy with Murray or Walsh. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a QB change before this is over. You can’t keep giving a team chances that you should beat.
Dumbo
October 15th, 2011
7:56 pm
The Professor…..How ’bout UVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Duck
October 15th, 2011
7:56 pm
G, ofcourse Butler can kick.
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
7:56 pm
I remember back to Rex Robinson, Butler etc. we have always had good FG kickers. Walsh much be hitting the booze hard!!
Herry Perry
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
We might have gotten away with one there.
7576DAWG
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
It looked like Conley but on 3rd down Conley was wide open on a slant over the middle. If Murray is too short to see or too timid to make a quick decision CMR needs to put Mason in.
So far our offense looks terrible and Murray is the problem not Vanderbilt’s defense. Murray is taking way too long .
rogeriter
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
Fire Bobo! FIRE BOBO! HE IS TO GA FOOTBALL WHAT OBAMA IS TO THE USA!!!!
UGA / Vandy
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
the SEC East just needs to go ahead concede the SEC Championship to either LSU or Alabama. There’s no way the 3 crappy teams in contention are going to beat them.
Bobo is Not the Problem
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
You Bobo haters…I don’t like any of these coaches, but our players CAN’T EXECUTE. Period. Can’t execute a screen, can’t execute a dive, can’t execute a toss sweep, can’t execute a slant, can’t execute a go. They just can’t execute. I blame that on Richt, then Bobo.
JB
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
PITIFUL. Are we this bad?
Buckhead Bulldog
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
Does anyone else’s sound seem like it is coming from a submarine? I’m on AT&T U-verse.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
Can we score this time Booboo
Dawgs65
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
I say we take four shots at a field goal.
Herry Perry
October 15th, 2011
7:57 pm
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We get another field goal attempt!