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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1,818 comments Add your comment
dawg555
October 15th, 2011
8:12 pm
Holy crap. This could be a long night
Orange11
October 15th, 2011
8:12 pm
Why can’t UGA dothat?
TXDOG
October 15th, 2011
8:12 pm
Goodbye Mark Richt. You’re telling me you couldn’t have predicted this. You are the worst coach in the SEC
Dumbo
October 15th, 2011
8:12 pm
5150 UOAD…how come you ain’t watching Auburn pound on Gaiters
5150 UOAD
October 15th, 2011
8:12 pm
WHAT? Who? Where? Why? When? What? Who? Where? Where? Why?……………………………………………………………………………………
Bobo is Not the Problem
October 15th, 2011
8:12 pm
We must have 5 times the talent Vandy has. Yet it’s 10-7. And Richt has lost to Vandy, what, twice already? Meanwhile, schools like Florida and Alabama haven’t lost to Vandy in over 20 years. But wait, we accept mediocrity at Georgia.
FIRE MARK RICHT.
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
CMR and his assistants are being “out coached” again!! It is getting old!!!
Jeff Schultz
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
Dogs defense suckered in by that fake from outset. 87 wide open. Got behind Rambo.
Middle East Dawg
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
Man….. You guys REALLY don’t like CMR. He’s not going anywhere this season though. DANGIT!!!!!! Just got burned
FIRE EVERYBODY!!!! (lol)
Buckhead Bulldog
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
Nice…real nice. Time to get all nervous, Mikey, and start slinging it down te field.
Abdullah The Butcher
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
I think for all of us that want Richt fired we need to pull forVandy. That may just do it. Then Florida will give UGA it’s annual beating and I know for sure he will be fired.
JB
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
We’re screwed….. and being out coached from a rookie making 400K
Indian Dawg
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
Seriously are trick plays all Vandy has?
Bj fussell
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
Boy we can’t handle a dam trick play can we
kerryb
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
You people are funny. The team has won 4 games in a row but the other team pulls a fake punt and you won’t to fire the coach. Idiots.
5150 UOAD
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
UGA might still make it to the SEC CG but do you really want BOBO showing how bad the dawgs suck? Really? Really?
Vain Jangling
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
Not good. If Bobo was watching, now he thinks the tailback can pass the ball.
Russ
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
On side kick?
We suck
October 15th, 2011
8:13 pm
Vandy should run their punt formation on each down! Seriously Richt????
You are done my friend, even if we win. DONE!!!
Herry Perry
October 15th, 2011
8:14 pm
Georgia. The only team that can make Vanderbelt look like a top 20 team!
kerryb
October 15th, 2011
8:14 pm
Vandy will NOT win this game. I dont care what they do.
Alphadawg
October 15th, 2011
8:14 pm
We need to be in their backfield more.
Not even wrong
October 15th, 2011
8:14 pm
So all of the naysayers on this board (and I am definitely not a huge Richt fan) who is your choice? I was hearing Mullen was the guy earlier this year but guess that went by the wayside. Let’s see what happens, Bobo does need to go for sure but I think let’s see what happens this season before we have to start over. Especially with Florida and Tenn down with such mediocre coaches and Spurrier about to have a heart attack sending USC back to the bottom where they usually are.
Indian Dawg
October 15th, 2011
8:14 pm
Hahahah their cheerleaders’ sign says “yell”. Just yell.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 15th, 2011
8:15 pm
Bobo
Please run the clock out; its time
Bobo is Not the Problem
October 15th, 2011
8:15 pm
@ “this dawg want hunt!!!” — well said, sir.
dbc
October 15th, 2011
8:15 pm
It’s………just time to gut this program and find coaches who can coach. This team plays on talent alone. I can’t stomach this crap any more. I think I also said this about this time a year ago. I hope McGarity is watching.
Abdullah The Butcher
October 15th, 2011
8:15 pm
The 4 teams that UGA has beaten are awful. Look at the records of those teams.
Dirty
October 15th, 2011
8:15 pm
That sideline chick is annoying.
kerryb
October 15th, 2011
8:15 pm
I think Vandy hung in the game with Bama in the first half.
JB
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
kerryb………..you really think we have beat any good football teams
Abdullah The Butcher
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
Fire Somebody
A miserable future
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
Vanderbilt: players are scholar-athletes who will graduate and have fine careers in high-paying jobs.
UGA: players are 75% “special admits” who do not possess the intelligence to pass legitimate college courses; most will never come close to graduating, and those who do will have silly degrees that are worthless in today’s job market. Most will live in trailer parks, drink cheap beer, and be a burden on society.
davidinloganville
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
SOAD Mike Bobo shows who sux everyThanksgiving!
Will
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
Sure the coaching is bad, but your only as good as your players right? Richt can still coach if the players are good and visa versa
If Richt is gone, you all realize that a replacement coach is not going to solve things overnight it may take a season or 2 of losses even
Herry Perry
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
Strategy. We’ll throw our worst running back at em’.
Bj fussell
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
I say Georgia run a trick play if bobo had the mind capacity to come up with one
F. Sinkwich
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
Dawgs are as gullible as Charlie Brown.
The ST coach should run steps ’til he pukes his lungs out.
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
Vandy has more offensive yardage than we do. This is a joke right?
Bobo is Not the Problem
October 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
I get sick of people who say we’ll have to “start over” if we fire Richt, that it will set us back years. Did it set Florida back when they brought in Urban Meyer? Did it set Alabama back when they brought in Nick Saban? Did it set LSU back when they brough in Les Miles? Did it set Auburn back when they brought in Gene Chizik?
That is a ridiculous assertion. We can only move forward by firing a terrible coach.
FIRE MARK RICHT.
kerryb
October 15th, 2011
8:17 pm
Dont care. We won when we are suppose to. You can’t control how good the teams on your schedule are.
Herry Perry
October 15th, 2011
8:17 pm
FIELD GOAL POWER!
Derobb
October 15th, 2011
8:17 pm
Maybe everyone on Vanderbilt’s team can throw the ball but the quarterback! Vanderbilt knows they are over-matched! So they are going to do the ‘trickery’ stuff… That kind of stuff will not last!
Joe
October 15th, 2011
8:17 pm
@Dirty – She’s a Florida grad. We all know what that means…
Vain Jangling
October 15th, 2011
8:18 pm
This just in – In the last two weeks, South Carolina and Alabama outscored Vanderbilt 55-3.
Abdullah The Butcher
October 15th, 2011
8:18 pm
Florida will score at least 21 in the first half on these turds.
5150 UOAD
October 15th, 2011
8:18 pm
Vandy might not win but UGA will not be top 25 after this weak showing.
Old Dawg Fan
October 15th, 2011
8:18 pm
Since Crowell is running well watch for Bobo to bring in Thomas!!!!
devin
October 15th, 2011
8:18 pm
Has UGA ever stopped a fake punt? I do not remember it if so…
SCDawg
October 15th, 2011
8:18 pm
4th and short from here on out should be automatic go for it…no more Walsh.