Richt is coaching through pain as SEC East title nears
Mark Richt has been coaching through pain of a hip that requires surgery. (Bob Andres/AJC)
ATHENS – Over the past several weeks, Georgia has lost three senior starters to season-ending injuries, accumulated various ailments that left other players without a full-set of functioning body parts and played four games without its projected starting defense because of four player suspensions.
As it turns out, Mark Richt also has been playing – or coaching – hurt.
Richt, a few days away from coaching his potential second straight SEC East-clinching game at Auburn, likely will have hip-replacement surgery after the season. He is often in excruciating pain, particularly after standing and pacing on the sideline for three-plus hours on game day.
The injury is something Richt has managed to keep quiet for the past year. Even athletic director Greg McGarity wasn’t aware of his coach’s condition until last week, and McGarity only became aware of it because he was trying to schedule postseason meetings with Richt and he needed to check on his availability.
There are two reasons Richt wanted to keep this quiet: 1) No coach wants to draw attention to himself when it’s a health matter, particularly when a “play hurt” mandate is stamped on every player’s forehead; 2) The genesis of the injury is rather embarrassing.
An old football injury?
“No,” Richt said. “ I think it’s a swing set injury.”
When asked to tell the story, he initially balked, then said, “I might as well,” in that I-know-it’s-going-to-get-out-anyway tone.
It was a Richt family picnic in Indiana. Richt said he was in his mid-20s. His wife, Katharyn, recalls it being in the early 1990s, which would put Richt in his early 30s.
We’ll side with Katharyn. She has no football or swing set injuries, therefore is less likely to have a concussion.
Richt was “trying to show off” for his wife.
“I was trying to show her what a good swinger I was,” he said. (For most people, that comment would have a completely different context.)
“I was swinging really high on a big heavy swing set with those big heavy chains. Sometimes if you go super high, on the way back you get a little bit of that lag. You’ve got those big S-hooks on top, and you’re swinging, and I swung enough to where the one on the left came out. So it comes out, but I didn’t know. I’m still on the swing. So when I come back down, the chain on [on the right] stayed taut and the other one just goes. I turned sideways and the first thing that hits the ground is my left hip. Just smashed it.
“It was traumatic. I mean, when I hit I was like, ‘I think I broke it.’ I couldn’t hardly breathe. Sometimes with an injury like that you get a full-body sweat and a little nauseous. But the pain kind of went away and I went about my business, until about a year and a half ago.”
When asked if the pain just suddenly came back, Richt paused before answering. (More humiliation coming.)
“P90x,” he finally said, referencing the DVD set of workouts. “I thought I just had a hip-flexor injury. But I said if I quit now I’m just going to get fat. So I just kept doing it.”
The pain grew. Richt couldn’t sleep at night. He finally went to a doctor and was presented with a surgical option: “They said to just go as long as you can stand it, and when you want you can get a new one.”
The story is still a source of humor in the Richt house. Katharyn Richt laughs every time she tells it.
“That was typical of him,” she said. “Mark always has to win at something. Even swinging became a championship pursuit.”
The Bulldogs have been on such a pursuit. Since starting last season 0-2, they are 18-1 in regular season games (13-1 in the SEC). They followed last season’s 10-game winning streak with an SEC title game loss to LSU. Should they beat Auburn as expected Saturday, they will be underdogs to Alabama in a few weeks in the Georgia Dome.
The regular season success has been helped in part by a schedule devoid of Alabama and LSU. But a team still has to win games, and Georgia has. Players still have to overcome adversity, and they have. A coach still has to be doing something right, and Richt has. And he has done so with a hip in need of replacing.
Those swing set injuries just don’t go away.
By Jeff Schultz
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Not Disappointed
November 6th, 2012
4:54 pm
That has to be painful! Once it’s done, Coach Richt will feel like a new man!
Ramblin Wreck out!
Stuart
November 6th, 2012
4:56 pm
1st?
The Grinch
November 6th, 2012
4:56 pm
I’m glad you beat me to that “swinger” comment. Injuries during that practice can be traumatic indeed.
Stuart
November 6th, 2012
4:56 pm
hope players and coaches are healthy for auburn..
mbrooks
November 6th, 2012
5:03 pm
Once question takes precedence over all others: How does this affect recruiting?
After further review...
November 6th, 2012
5:05 pm
Wish the best to him. Joint replacxements are no fun. Have known a couple of people – mostly oler than Coach Richt – who have had them and most have had a tough time. If he’s been prowling the sideline for a year needing the surgery, it tells you something about the grit of the man.
Bc
November 6th, 2012
5:06 pm
Beating the #2 team in the country isn’t a slouch win
joe jenkins
November 6th, 2012
5:07 pm
I hate that for richt…I feel bad for him
Smitty
November 6th, 2012
5:10 pm
I am still a Mark fan….lot of people are not but we win more with him than what we had before. Go Dawgs!!!
G-Dawg
November 6th, 2012
5:11 pm
I love that man! Selfless is a Christ like trait!
jaxdawgfan
November 6th, 2012
5:11 pm
This may explain his demeanor lately.
Voyager Dawg
November 6th, 2012
5:14 pm
Enter your comments here
Buckeye
November 6th, 2012
5:15 pm
There are plenty more Win With falls to come.
Buckeye
November 6th, 2012
5:15 pm
Hey Schultzy, blogging the returns tonight?
Voyager Dawg
November 6th, 2012
5:17 pm
I’ll enter my comments here…… Hopefully the entire coaching staff and team are focused on finishing the drill on the plains. Auburn has a lot of players from Georgia that would love nothing more than knocking them off and sending Florida to the SECCG. I think they need to get Auburn down early, which hasn’t really been this team’s m.o. this year. Work hard this week guys and come out with a solid game plan early. Go Dawgs!
Buckeye
November 6th, 2012
5:18 pm
Think I’ll drink early, snooze, drink more, pray.
Game Changer
November 6th, 2012
5:22 pm
Falling backwards off a 10m board into a pool can be dangerous.
Resident Georgia Fan
November 6th, 2012
5:22 pm
Buckeye … won’t you find a way to beat an SEC team in a bowl this year. Oh, shucks. I forgot that you are banned from bowls.
Freehawk
November 6th, 2012
5:24 pm
Check his wrists and ankles for the scars
ole dawg
November 6th, 2012
5:24 pm
And everyone says Coach Richt never gets angry!!! Just look at that above photo.
banshee29
November 6th, 2012
5:32 pm
Maybe while he is under they can tweak his medulla oblangata and convince him to let BOBO go?
kingdaddy
November 6th, 2012
5:32 pm
Schultzie
Great story on a very good coach and a good man. Give Lilly a pat on the head or scratch her belly for me. We love our Doggies. Thanks for the heads-up on Richt’s hip. Mustang Sally said she noticed a hitch in his giddy-up. I think she was just watching his swing-set, if you know what I mean…
Barry
November 6th, 2012
5:36 pm
Thanks to Coach Richt for toughing it out during the season. That has to be painful. We have always known he is wonderful human being and a fine coach……now we know he is a pretty tough guy as well! Best of luck with surgery, whenever it occurs.
Alabam
November 6th, 2012
5:38 pm
lmao Richt making excuses. Nick Saban will steam roll him
Roll Tide Roll
SSIgator
November 6th, 2012
5:47 pm
“That was typical of him,” she said. “Mark always has to win at something. Even swinging became a championship pursuit.”
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Well, at least maybe he can win the mythical Swinger Championship – it is the only NC he will get close to.
Nobody likes a crybaby
November 6th, 2012
5:47 pm
Does Richt want some cheese with his whine? What a freaking crybaby.
claytondawg
November 6th, 2012
5:47 pm
I may not be a huge Richt fan; however, I know several people who have gone through that pain. It is neither fun nor easy. Good luck with it, coach. This, too, shall pass. Now, thinking of “passing.” Let’s use our tight ends and running backs a little more on some swing passes to keep the opposing defenses confused. Sorry, coach, just had to say something. Take care.
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
November 6th, 2012
5:49 pm
How many dawgs arrested today?
1eyedJack
November 6th, 2012
5:59 pm
Had my left hip replaced in ‘94 at the age of 35. They wanted to replace the right one six weeks later. I’m still trying to make up my mind. That first one hurt like hell, and this from a guy who’s had about 20 assorted surgeries.
Music City Dawg
November 6th, 2012
5:59 pm
Obviously from some of the earlier posts on here, there are just some really nasty people who can’t appreciate that coaches are human and sometimes have physical pain too.
And as for you SSIgator…we’ll get there before you do. Remember who beat your gator tails this year and last you da*n lizard?!!!
Johnny
November 6th, 2012
6:01 pm
Thanks coach Richt for not walking around the sideline with a cane like Derek Dooley. Richt is the man!
DawgNole
November 6th, 2012
6:04 pm
jaxdawgfan
November 6th, 2012
5:11 pm
This may explain his demeanor lately.
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Yeah, no wonder he’s so solemn on the sidelines.
All kidding aside, hip ailments are pretty rough–especially given the size of the joint. But surgical procedures have been relatively successful in addressing the pain involved. Had right-hip resurfacing done a few years back, and the relief was dramatic. No regrets at all.
Danny Ford
November 6th, 2012
6:07 pm
Is this the same coach that everybody wanted fired a few years back?
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
November 6th, 2012
6:15 pm
Mark …just come on over to the Andrews Institue here in Bham and they will fix you!
OkieDawg
November 6th, 2012
6:25 pm
The complaints about Bobo have been substantially reduced. I sure hope that means another school will offer him a job. I was just livid when he said Murray and he didn’t manage the clock well at the end of the first half last week. Murray was not part of the equation in mismanagement…it is the coach who takes the blame. Even if it was Murray, a coach does not throw the player under the bus…NEVER NOT EVER! Do buses still come through Athens? IF so, some day I may sing thank god for Greyhounds Bobo’s gone.
Stinger2
November 6th, 2012
6:28 pm
There have been some insensitive and even nasty comments to this story. I won`t call
names because everyone can see for themselves. I read UGA blogs regularly because I respect Richt and the team. I wish Coach a successful surgery and a fast recovery.
NC_Dawg
November 6th, 2012
6:30 pm
Best of luck CMR.
Iceman
November 6th, 2012
6:32 pm
I would wait until after the game ………. I think Dr. Andrews is a big Auburn fan. lol
bamaguy
November 6th, 2012
6:34 pm
I can understand. When I was in my late 20’s and playing in a volleyball league l broke my foot. When people asked how I broke it I said, “going for a ball”. The truth was that I dropped one of those big Ivory Soap bars on it in the shower.
Of course, this bama fan will be on your side on Saturday!
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
November 6th, 2012
6:37 pm
The Bama players are fixed there as well with Dr. Cain…..They fix everyone matter of fact. You have never seen some many jersey’s on walls in all your life and I mean soccer,baseball,football, and basketball.
My wife as a back issue and we’re setup at 2PM on Wednesday. A great group of folks.
OkieDawg
November 6th, 2012
6:40 pm
HIP HIP HOORAY!!! Oh, wrong cheer. Go get’em CMR, hang in there and hope all is successful after the season. I know it is hard to play or work hurt so sending the best for ya. That’s dedication and you have my respect.
gowaydevil
November 6th, 2012
6:42 pm
I just like envisioning the coach swinging that high. Great story. Love and support to the coach. I hope you’re out of pain soon.
Ty
November 6th, 2012
6:44 pm
Had two hip replacements in 6 months. He will be able to move about like he is 20 years younger. Hope hie has not damaged the other hip joint by not having anything done already. Good luck with it. He should be up and back in less than two weeks. it is a whole lot easier than knee replacements.
Al
November 6th, 2012
6:50 pm
Watching Richt coach is causing me pain
jackie
November 6th, 2012
6:53 pm
I broke mine in 1981 watersking, nobody believes. I spent 60 days in traction.
Lance
November 6th, 2012
6:57 pm
I feel sorry for him. I know he’s in a lot of pain. Even though I’m not a fan of his, I am sympathetic. However, I still think UGA will not reach the next level with him as coach. Does anyone really think he’s on the same level with Saban, Snyder, Kelly, Miles, Meyer, and Spurrier?
Stinger2
November 6th, 2012
7:03 pm
Al @6:50: Not funny at all .Look the other way if it pains yo to watch him coach.
Al
November 6th, 2012
7:04 pm
It was not meant to be funny just telling it like it is.
DAWG IN NWFLA
November 6th, 2012
7:06 pm
GOOD LUCK COACH AND FINISH THE DRILL…REHABBING AFTER SEC CHAMPIONSHIP WILL EASE THE PAIN….GOD SPEED MARK AND FAMILY
dawftired
November 6th, 2012
7:08 pm
Do it coach. I did it over two years ago and feel great. See my man Dr. Yerasimedes in Louisville, KY. He uses an anterior approach. I missed only 12 days of work. Could not have gone better and will be traveling the 5 hours again for my other hip soon. Oh, and keep encouraging the dump off pass to the backs in the flat. Sooner or later Marshall or Gurley will take one to the house.
Hmmmmm
November 6th, 2012
7:16 pm
I hope winning makes it feel better. I had hip surgery last year, not a replacement but a repair.
One year later it was the best thing I have ever had done.
Hope he gets it fixed in Jan after enjoying an SEC chamionship.
jbirdawg
November 6th, 2012
7:36 pm
funny Jeff throws in a dig like the season success has been helped by not having to play Bama or LSU. Looks like we will get to play Bama. And LSU lost to UF. Almost to Auburn. They are a good team and played up to and maybe above their potential against Bama. Or, maybe Bama isn’t as impeccable as we are all led to believe. We will see. I am far from conceding an SEC championship to Bama.
ugab
November 6th, 2012
8:28 pm
Get luck with the hip. God Bless.
Auburn is not going to be an easy game. I know everyone has been beating Auburn. Auburn almost beat LSU. They have the players. CMR better have these players focused.
DawgNole
November 6th, 2012
8:33 pm
Wet Willie…keep on smiling
November 6th, 2012
6:37 pm
The Bama players are fixed there as well with Dr. Cain…..They fix everyone matter of fact. You have never seen some many jersey’s on walls in all your life and I mean soccer,baseball,football, and basketball.
My wife as a back issue and we’re setup at 2PM on Wednesday. A great group of folks.
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Don’t care much for your anti-Dawg rants, but you’re spot on about Andrews and his group. The best of the best. Good luck to your wife; she’ll be in good hands.
Neutral
November 6th, 2012
8:44 pm
Al = idiot = Techie (guaranteed not a Dawg fan….just an insensitvive moron)
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WTF
November 6th, 2012
8:55 pm
Good Luck Coach.
Al your a pain to have to read, so go fix your husbands dinner.
Snoop
November 6th, 2012
8:55 pm
Preacha Man’s slicker than Obama. Now he’s got everyone feeling bad about his hip. Gimme a break…
kingdaddy
November 6th, 2012
9:03 pm
Hang in there coach…
Al
November 6th, 2012
9:19 pm
@WTF
What a loser you are. We know how you roll now!!
@Neutral
wow you have me all figured out don’t you? Some of you are so stupid it’s sad!!
JB at home
November 6th, 2012
9:31 pm
Well, after tonight, football doesn’t seem that important. Just Damn.
DONNAN OF A NEW ERA
November 6th, 2012
9:35 pm
Obama is about to win another 4 years and you morons are all talking about football.
RedandBlackDAWG
November 6th, 2012
9:37 pm
Nobody likes a crybaby
November 6th, 2012
5:47 pm
It is comments like yours that let me know, that they still allow idiots to post on the AJC blogs no matter what the content of thier comments.
I would ask how many joint replacements you have gone through, but I doubt if you have had any considering you can’t hurt yourself with a ping pong paddle, which I would guess is the extent of your physical activity.
Fats G
November 6th, 2012
9:40 pm
I understand a sportwriter in Macon,GA announced GA will destroy Auburn. That right there will give Richt a pain in the kester. Thanks Mr. Shanks in Macon for lighting up the Auburn plainsmen,if they didn’t ALREADY want to kick our dwg tails anyways
Thomas Brown
November 6th, 2012
9:42 pm
Get Well Mark Richt !
On an evening so measured by the North vs The South – forget Hell No, keep winning doesn’t cut it because then # 2 now # 6 Florida has beat current BCS Ranked # 15 Texas A and M, # 8 South Carolina, and # 7 LSU and Georgia – well, we up and beat them to be # 5.
Consensus # 5.
Didn’t we ?
whiskey breath
November 6th, 2012
10:02 pm
Do you think he will get a set of crutches like Dooley and stand on the sidelines? Dooley thought it looked pretty cool. Not sure it didn’t backfire on Dooley.
bulldogbubba
November 6th, 2012
10:16 pm
@Stinger2 thanks for your support of a good coach and good man!I do wish baseball was starting soon. It will be a long 4 months.Happy Holidays to you and yours.
WTF
November 6th, 2012
10:18 pm
@al your wife doesn’t think i a loser. any time any place puss.
Al
November 6th, 2012
10:18 pm
My mommy is calling me to come home.
Thomas Brown
November 6th, 2012
10:24 pm
SSIgator October 26th, 2012 2:42 pm Friday afternoon before game
” ‘ Will Georgia seize the moment?’ Probably not, but it is likely they will “seize up” based their past recent history. Also, as history has proven, having St. Markus Rectumus and his merry band of coaching thieves does not bode well for UGA in a big game situation. But I guess even a blind hog gets lucky from time to time – and I guess I could win the Florida Lottery if I buy enough tickets.”
SSIgator November 6th, 2012 5:47 pm Now after HIDING for 2 weeks :
“Well, at least maybe he can win the mythical Swinger Championship – it is the only NC he will get close to.”
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He certainly BEAT YOUR BUTTS, didn’t he ? Leaving Will Muschamp 0-2 and TAKING your national championship from you with 6-forced fumbles and 2-forced interceptions, beating your crocodiles to 6 of the 8-forced balls up for grabs.
You really think you can HIDE for 2 weeks and come-back with this weak-butt crudola ?
You LOST again. Oh, and by the way, thank you for running your Full Page Ad in the Red and Black student newspaper telling us how bad we are, and giving our players the locker-room bulletin board material of how bad we are, and how great you are. Obviously, it HURTS giving us the best win compared to any of the top-ranked BCS teams.
You are sitting at HOME again for The SEC Championship I see. Mark Richt certainly got close to all this against Will Muschamp, didn’t he SSIgator ?
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GT Girl
November 6th, 2012
10:40 pm
Hope CMR’s surgery goes well. I’ve met him a couple of times, very nice man with a nice tan too!
Thomas Brown
November 6th, 2012
10:41 pm
And, he has certainly beat your butts, too, hasn’t he with his tan ?
BullDawg Rick
November 6th, 2012
11:01 pm
Git er Done Coach!! & GodSpeed to you in your recovery!!
Outer Banks Dawg
November 6th, 2012
11:08 pm
That is a great picture of coach Richt. I like the quote from his wife about how much he likes to win. When I saw him get fired up on the sideline of the Florida game, I got so excited. It was a welcome change, maybe a defining moment in Georgia Football History. think all the coaches were fired up, and that was one of the most intense college games I have ever seen. The hitting and tackling were incredible. Just a flat out war! And now we are playing for a championship Saturday vs. Auburn. Bring that fire with you Saturday night, Coach! Go Dawgs!
whiskey breath
November 6th, 2012
11:11 pm
If you mutts want to have a pitty party for a lazy coach that makes millions, , go for it.
But keep in mind, there are people out there with terminal illnesses , children that won’t make it to
adulthood, They won’t ever be reported by the media, they will just pass. But go ahead and have your boo hoo party.
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Thomas Brown
November 6th, 2012
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Lance November 6th, 2012 6:57 pm
“I feel sorry for him. I know he’s in a lot of pain. Even though I’m not a fan of his, I am sympathetic. However, I still think UGA will not reach the next level with him as coach. Does anyone really think he’s on the same level with Saban, Snyder, Kelly, Miles, Meyer, and Spurrier?”
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Snyder, hell yes. The rest of those ? Probably not, but he damn sure beat # 2 Florida ( now # 6 ) with wins over 3 of the BCS Top 15 teams, this season, hasn’t he ? I was the 1st blogger on these blogs to support Mark Richt’s extension long before Greg McGarity got it done. I wanted him extended this time last year. Notwithstanding the fact that with the 3 missing now through the end of the year, 2 of which end their career here at UGA on a high note to give him now only 64 scholarship recruits to play football against Alabama out of his allotted 85, he certainly has recruited as well as any of those coaches. And, like I said, he beat Florida.
You cannot wish away the win we all wanted more than anything over Florida. Now, we’re on to another such win and he has 4 of those type wins in his 12-year career. That might not seem like much, but he’s not sleazy, he’s not a cheater, he’s a good man, he’s won a lot of games, his players adore the Man – and, we really haven’t been blessed with a truly greatest of all coach yet here at UGA – never.
His staff has been put together out of a bunch no one else wants and that has hurt him.
His X and 0 has been poor on offense, defense and special teams.
But, give the Man his due – he recruits as well as if not better than any coach ever.
It’s great having all this talent through here.
All I ask is that he win big games. He did that. I’m happy.
Would I like to beat Alabama ? You know it. Watch Texas A and M 4 days from now; as I am calling for their victory with Johnny Football at the helm.
Ok, so he admitted on the radio today WSB AM 750 Mark Richt morning this morning, heading back from voting, that he had a down point against South Carolina. The pits.
He sits today # 5, and yes Alabama looming. He also has a BETTER WIN than Oregon, Notre Dame or Kansas State. He has another such opportunity. I have heard it said on this blog that he doesn’t even need to show-up to the Alabama game.
Notre Dame has no Aaron Murray, and plays no one.
Kansas State loses and still hasn’t beat anyone either.
Oregon has beat no one and with all the Southern California losses mounting every week, they are going to play them twice because UCLA loses all 4 of their last 4 games, even with all the losses by Southern California this season and lots more to come.
Logically, even with only 64 scholarship recruits left, Notre Dame is not a team of Destiny for beating a 4-5 team in triple over-time. Logically, with 5 of the top 8 BCS-ranked teams SEC teams, if Alabama could beat Texas A and M, which I certainly don’t see as any foregone conclusion although a redshirt freshman QB Johnny Football Oregon and Stanford gave scholarship offers to and wanted badly and obviously could really use – Mark Richt stands at the precipice.
If you want to know the truth of the matter – that is all I have ever asked of him.
After all the gloom of South Carolina 35 to nothing when Spurrier yanked his starters in a class move, this really is our best chance 2012 as I said all along every post.
We just needed to win that big game. We did and look where we are ? Is it wrong to insist that out of them, again, against Alabama ?
Do you really think with – let’s talk hypothetical here, ok – wins over # 6 Florida and # 1 Alabama that Mark Richt would not be viewed as having beat top teams this season a # 2 and a # 1 and instead they should send :
(1) Notre Dame having played no one
(2) Kansas State having played no one
(3) Oregon having played no one
And, leave him at Home ?
There are those, I presume actually limited enough in their God-Given smarts who size that up and say Undefeated 1, 2, 3 having beat no one between them should shut-out The SEC with Mark Richt knocking Alabama obviously to # 3 this year unlike # 2 last year.
I am not even welcome to offer that opinion about Mark Richt. There is the hey, they owe him too for 2007, and for 2002. And, should he do that I say # 2 Georgia, # 3 Alabama # 4 Florida and probably Notre Dame with their no top team even played # 1. Would I like that re-match Notre Dame with no Aaron Murray vs us ? You bet I would. The point, as I see it is that Kansas State loses anyway. And, Oregon is playing as their best opponent all season # 17 or worse – really same as Notre Dame.
Could they lock-out The SEC # 2 UGA, # 3 Alabama # 4 Florida # 6 LSU # 7 South Carolina ?
Get real folks. I am not that stupid to recommend that that is the only way it works out, if Mark Richt beats Alabama with all their freshman at all the key positions.
I wanted this chance. I insisted on this chance. We needed this chance. We maybe deserved this chance. And, despite whole lot of people saying we have no hope, we beat Florida who beat Texas A and M, LSU and South Carolina.
Go Mark Richt.
Defense wins Titles
November 7th, 2012
12:07 am
CMR By His Stripes we are healed. l plead the blood of Yahshua over you, your hip, your family, your staff, Our Time, Our Team, No regrets. Just Win Baby. Have surgery and recover. Get our recruits signed in Feb. You are the Man.
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
12:27 am
jbirdawg November 6th, 2012 7:36 pm
“funny Jeff throws in a dig like the season success has been helped by not having to play Bama or LSU. Looks like we will get to play Bama. And LSU lost to UF. Almost to Auburn. They are a good team and played up to and maybe above their potential against Bama. Or, maybe Bama isn’t as impeccable as we are all led to believe. We will see. I am far from conceding an SEC championship to Bama.”
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I was working my way through the posts. You and I made all the same points.
What he said.
Dawg
November 7th, 2012
12:51 am
Mark Richt is, at minimum, one of the 3 best coaches we’ve ever had at Georgia. Calling for his firing because, essentially, he never goes undefeated is ignorant, childish, and stupid. You want someone who can “take Georgia to the next level,” you say? Well, Georgia’s on a pretty dadgum high level as it is. There are a lot more “next levels” available below us than there are above us. That “next level” you want another coach to take you to isn’t likely to be a step up.
Dawg
November 7th, 2012
12:52 am
Fwd: Lance! Stop with that ” Richt needs to go mess”
Stinger2
November 7th, 2012
3:46 am
bulldawgbubba: You are right about baseball. But all is not lost. The GM are meting now and the Winter (Hot Stove) metings are in December. I believe Frank Wren will make a couple of good moves by trade or FA signing for Atlanta. Go Braves 2013!
Dawgie Doo Doo
November 7th, 2012
4:02 am
2010=6 wins, 7 losses
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
5:16 am
# 5 DawgNation 8-1 going 12-2, beat # 2 Florida (wins over 15 TAMU 8 SoCar 7 LSU) beat # 1 ?
It’s the beating of # 1 that is the question about 2012 now, not something that happened not this season, not last season, but Aaron Murray’s freshman year the season before that.
Watch as TAMU with Johnny Football beats Alabama this weekend, too.
54-54-8 vs Auburn after 2012.
All good. Great recruiting class lining up now.
BobbyDawg
November 7th, 2012
5:19 am
The main cause of the pain is inflamation as I’m sure coach Richt knows. After all these years battling arthritis I’ve found Mobic to be by far the best anti-inflamnatory. If anybody can get this message to coach Richt he needs to get Mobic from his Dr. It really, really makes a big difference in the pain, GO DAWGS !
Leftygolfer48
November 7th, 2012
5:25 am
Have you noticed most of the haters come from schools CMR has beaten the year? Well except for and they will be watching the championship game on ESPN.
legionaire
November 7th, 2012
5:26 am
Coach Richt needs to not try and rush back. Fired up to crush the turkey buzzards and have a another crack at bama. They are due to be taken down a peg. Good luck on the operation.
BobbyDawg
November 7th, 2012
5:50 am
I hope Arron Murray will remember the whipping Nick Fairley put on him in the 2010 game as he’s air mailing touchdwn passses to our guys in the end zone. Maybe Jarvis Jones will deliver a little pay back. GO DAWGS !
Gator Slayer
November 7th, 2012
5:58 am
SSI gator we beat you lizards,that is better than a NC to me. Just to ruin the gators year. We own you gators. GO DAWGS
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
6:48 am
amen
tell me again
November 7th, 2012
6:50 am
I didn’t realize Martinez was at Auburn. No wonder they suck this year. If he’s coaching the secondary Murray will have a field day.
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
7:05 am
Brian VanGorder hired Willie Martinez after signing day when Willie was forced to resign January from Bob Stoops’ Choklahoma as Chocklahoma’s defensive backs’ coach doing a very poor job there. They both were at Central Michigan together.
Dawg1
November 7th, 2012
7:22 am
Mark Richt will feel like a new man. 21/2 years ago I had the new Birmingham Hip surgery by Dr. Greg Erens at Emory. I was 52 and had severe arthritus from injuries, golf etc. Did not look forward to surgery but it was not bad at all. Dr. Erens and Emory were great, only one night in hospital and then a speedy recovery. Like new now with titanium ball and titanium socket. I was back to normal in several weeks with no pain. Even had made to order meals at Emory Orthopedic Hospital.
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
7:24 am
what did u eat ?
Why do the heathen rage?
November 7th, 2012
8:24 am
You never know if Richt is telling the truth or not.
eddie lee
November 7th, 2012
8:25 am
stick to diving in the pool coach
Taxi Smith
November 7th, 2012
8:33 am
I had a knee replacement this summer, and I’m a new man. Back golfing, walking, etc. I’m sure Coach will make a quick recovery. Good luck, Coach!
SEC FAN
November 7th, 2012
8:33 am
Poor Baby!!! Hope you don’t get hit on the sidelines while your looking in the mirror trying to fix your hair that the headset messed up!
AltamahaDawg
November 7th, 2012
8:40 am
Better get that hip replaced before January 20, or it might not be allowed.
RxDawg
November 7th, 2012
8:49 am
” can understand. When I was in my late 20’s and playing in a volleyball league l broke my foot. When people asked how I broke it I said, “going for a ball”. The truth was that I dropped one of those big Ivory Soap bars on it in the shower.”
LOL. I got a similar story. Except I didn’t break my foot. And instead of a bar of soap, it was a shampoo bottle. But that dang thing fell on my foot and split it wide open. I was amazed at how much blood there was and all I kept thinking was “this is going to be a funny story to tell…”
BMOC
November 7th, 2012
9:09 am
Anyone else notice that Schultz had to slip that ’suspension’ word in at the beginning of the article? Comparing coaching with an injury to playing with an injury, where does the suspension part come in to play??? Schultz… what a joke. I bet Richt rolls his eyes everytime he anticipates a question from this clown.
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
9:10 am
Not be allowed after January 20 ?
Why not just move to Colorado and learn how to get high all the time, and forget about everything ?
Waldy Butts
November 7th, 2012
9:20 am
If you were being paid what he is I think the pain would be tolerable.
Vince Love Joy
November 7th, 2012
9:29 am
To you Mr Cry Baby…Richt has living with this hip problem for years. You think he is a cry baby.?.Most of the people around him didn’t even know he had this problem.Just because you are probably a Tech fan . Don’t give you the right to call him a cry baby.If you were half the man he was u could see that he never thinks of himself in any situation.
So you go cry on somebody else ’s shoulder u has been.
WDE
November 7th, 2012
9:35 am
If we beat Auburn the trolls are going to start eating their own..just the idea that we are poised to REPEAT as SEC East Champs is already driving them round the bend…lets go Dogs !
If I Were Mark Richt, I’d Just Quit « The Grit Tree
November 7th, 2012
9:38 am
[...] mean come on! Then I see this article that the man is prolonging having hip surgery. If you really thought Mark Richt didn’t care about winning, would he be putting himself [...]
After further review...
November 7th, 2012
9:51 am
Thomas: you are really showing your ignorance. I admire your enthusiasm for your team, but you simply have no idea. Let’s put the cards on the table. Georgia’s schedule so far is against teams that are a combined 39-43 right now. Take out the loss to 7-2 Carolina (a 28 point thrashing, by the way), and the combined records of the teams they have beaten drops to 32-41. Not exactly world-class opposition. Five of the teams they have beaten currently have losing records, and two of them, Florida Atlantic and Buffalo, play for non-BCS automatic qualifying conferences, They have beaten one currently ranked team, primarily because they were handed six turnovers by that team. OF the three opponents left on the schedule, only one, Georgia Southern, has a winning record right now, and they play in the FCS, not the FBS,
You contend that ND has beaten nobody, but the combined records of the teams they have beaten is 48-34. Only two of those teams, Purdue and Pittsburgh, currently have a losing record. Two of the teams the beat, Oklahoma, and Stanford, are still ranked, Two of the three opponents they have left currently have winning records, and one of them is ranked in the top 25 and likely to stay there.
Look, 8-1 is a fine accomplishment, but bragging about other teams that were beaten by the one ranked team your team beat is really foolish, especially since one of the teams that ranked team beat cleaned your clock pretty thoroughly. And to have compiled that 8-1 against teams who are a collective 39-43, while saying that the 9-0 team just ahead of you in the standings that got there against competition that is a combined 48-34 hasn’t played anyone is really quite ridiculous.
Fair n Balanced
November 7th, 2012
9:52 am
Good article Jeff. But it wasn’t necessary to take a shot at the schedule.
My wife had hip replacement surgery in Athens. She endured the pain for a year before replacement. When you get to the point of needing that surgery……you are in a lot of pain. Our coach is in a lot of pain and I’m sure he has trouble sleeping. Glad he is going to get it fixed.
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
9:52 am
Well, Mark Richt says of course I want to win the national championship. He puts forth this today to tell us this. We ended up 2002 and 2007 where we are today. There are all kinds of scenarios for Mark Richt to take advantage of this 2012 opportunity with a better QB than Notre Dame has 2012 that’s for sure. And, 2012 we have a top 25 defense that just put it to Florida taking the ball away from them 8 times and coming up with 6 of the 8 take-aways. The offense put it in the end zone 2 times, once to begin the game and once to put the game away. Florida could not score a TD all day on our Defense. Kansas State is going to lose. Notre Dame, Kansas State nor Oregon have a win to match our win over # 6 Florida and we have a heck of an opportunity to draw even closer in our all-time record against Alabama, already as good a record against Alabama as any team ever.
This is the year because we beat Florida, or Florida would be playing for the national championship right now. They are not. We might be. Hang in there. If Kansas State loses, and they do. If we play Alabama as best as we can, Alabama has freshmen at their key positions on the field. We’re in very good shape already matching our Florida win judged far better than any team on the schedules of Notre Dame, Kansas State and Oregon. And, we get to play Alabama. I am thinking Texas A and M can beat Alabama. I don’t really think we will, but I like our chances. And, this is what we have all wanted, including Mark Richt.
GymJacket
November 7th, 2012
9:58 am
Coach, hope you can make it through the season. You are a good man for college football.
Blessings for a smooth recovery.
OrlandoDawg
November 7th, 2012
10:08 am
Good Luck CMR! Go Dawgs!
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
10:19 am
Thomas Brown
(aka Columbus) drop the national title talk it isnt going to happen
Dawglasville
November 7th, 2012
10:19 am
Wouldn’t it be great just to see him win it all once. I felt the same way about Dan Reeves and Jim Ferguson. Just to see a really good man win it all, to me, would be wonderful. I like Bill Curry a lot. I wouldn’t have been thrilled to have to listen to my Tech brothers, but I would have been happy for him if he had won it all. I can’t stand the Yankees, but it is nearly impossible not to love Jeter (especially after they added A-Rod, the anti-Jeter). Well, trolls, here is something to feast on. Go Dawgs.
Alphare
November 7th, 2012
10:24 am
“Since starting last season 0-2, they are 18-1 in regular season games”
That’s a nice way to swing it. Or you can say it nicely in another way: they started the season with 2 losses, and ended the season with another 2 losses.
SEC FAN
November 7th, 2012
10:28 am
@Vince Love Joy,
Your a joke! I’m not a Tech Fan but if I was i would probably mow his A$$ over for being on the sideline. You act like he’s the only person to ever have hip problems, get a life loser. He is NOT St Mark, he is coach richt at best and no he is not the only christian in athens – DUMBA$$!!
WDE
November 7th, 2012
10:29 am
@GymJacket classy comments thanks !
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
10:35 am
I am not Columbus. Aren’t you happy we beat Florida ? I am. Florida would love to be where we are. So would South Carolina. So would LSU.
WDE
November 7th, 2012
10:42 am
SEC FAN dude check your meds you need to calm down your going to blow a blood vessel even before UGA repeats as SEC East Champs, I mean we still have to beat Auburn and they are our oldest rivals so its anything but a lock …so deep breath and let it all out…there all better??
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
10:44 am
Yea Im happy we beat FL more than any person on this blog
But can we stop with the National Title garbage
Im mean when is that theme going to stop with this fanbase every year; every pre-season, every week;
We arent playing for the NC under this coaching staff much less win one
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
10:56 am
I hear you I-95. Now hear this. 2013 regular schedule plus LSU and have lost 15 seniors and 1 junior all who have started here off this 2012 team. Kansas State is going to lose. Ok, so are we to Alabama, but Alabama has freshmen all at key positions. Something sure looked to me like UGA can play with Alabama this season, looking at their Ole Miss game and their LSU game, for example. Neither of those teams has Aaron Murray, neither does Notre Dame. Oregon plays no one and neither does Notre Dame. I am sorry, but we CAN win the nc 2012 today. Sure have to beat Alabama. That’s why I and the rest of the DawgNation yanked on the team to go out there and beat Florida. So, you’re not happier than I about it, since I absolutely would accept nothing less. We gave the team and coaches hell to go beat Florida. Don’t tell me we cannot beat Alabama. And, don’t tell me if we do, that we don’t JUMP-UP 2012.
stomperoar
November 7th, 2012
11:01 am
I thought cmr could heal himself.
No, well he just needs to hang around his players more in the off season. You get free medical care in jail.
Dawglasville
November 7th, 2012
11:03 am
This national title thing is an odd deal. What would you do if we won a national title? Do the Bama fans or the Florida fans make it look so attractive? Do you want to get on the blogs and beat your chest and claim superiority because the18-23 year olds you cheer for are better than the 18-23 year olds they cheer for? Why the anger? You expect Richt to be the best in the country. If he is not, he has failed you some how. Are you the best in the nation, the state, your office at your job? Aren’t you getting paid good money? Should you get blown out of your position or have your faith called in to question? I really don’t know what goes through some of your heads. Hopefully, some of you will grow out of it one day.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
11:06 am
Yea Ive said we could beat AL with the talent we have but can the coaches and then can the coaches beat a decent team in the bowl game; I dont see that happening
They always have gotten up for a big game; win it then turn around and have game like WVU
I dont see three of the 4 unbeatens losing out; the only one I possibly see is ND losing to USC if USC decides to play ball but with 3 losses that is doubtful
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
11:10 am
You don’t need 3 of the 4 teams ahead of us to lose. What you need to do is to beat Alabama, which you say we could.
Robb Dawg4
November 7th, 2012
11:16 am
Richts wife said that he always wants to win. He doesn’t act like that on the sideline usually
WDE
November 7th, 2012
11:18 am
@stomperoar there are trolls and the there is you and you give trolls a bad name……dismissed.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
11:21 am
Thomas Brown
If 2 teams are still left unbeaten out of those 4 they will be playing for the national title and not UGA even if they win out and beat bama
I guess then the coaching staff will be wishing they took SC more seriously and did what Shawn Williams did and fired the team up to play
GABULLDAWG47
November 7th, 2012
11:22 am
Will keep CMR in my prayers. Go Dawgs!!!
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
11:25 am
That’s just not true I-95 and you know it. Say Notre Dame is undefeated and so is let’s say Oregon. Say Texas A and M does not beat Alabama so they are # 1 when we play them. Say Kansas State loses. That makes us # 4, and this year unlike last year, Alabama would drop to # 3 not # 2. Say 1 of the 2 unbeated is # 1 and Alabama drops to # 3 and we at # 4 beat # 1 and get BUMP-UP. All you have to do is go from # 4 to # 2.
Doable.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
11:30 am
Thomas Brown
Do you not watch ESPN or Fox Sports or any of the CFB radio on XM;
they have already talked about this scenario and they have all stated UGA would not even be considered 1. Because those other teams were undefeated 2. SEC fatigue. 3. UGA’s schedule was much easier and 4. The embarrassing beat down they recieved by SC
now Columbus; Sammy; etc or Thomas Brown imposter thats the reality of the situation
John boy
November 7th, 2012
11:33 am
Coach Richt, I feel your pain, seeing that I had my left hip replaced 3 years a go. I was in no pain when I came out of surgery and was feeling great in 3 months. Now when I am working out at the gym, I have to think which hip it was that I had replaced. Coach may the hip replacement be with you. Oh…Beat Auburn!
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
12:04 pm
Two 1-loss teams played each other last season, 2011.
TCU was undefeated the year before that, and did not play for it in 2010.
Boise State was undefeated in 2009 and did not play for it.
Utah was undefeated in 2008 and did not play for it.
LSU had 2 losses in 2007 and played for it.
Boise State was undefeated in 2006 and did not play for it, yet Florida had 1-Loss and played for it.
Auburn was undefeated in 2004 and did not play for it.
There is no rule that you have to be undefeated to play in the game. There is no gentleman’s agreement that you have to be undefeated to play in the game. It is not true that an undefeated team gets to play while a 1-Loss team must be out.
That is not how this works, and to blindly state that the 3 undefeated teams ahead of us have to have you say 3 lose. No, not 3. We really only need to BUMP-UP to # 2 from # 4 that week. Because Kansas State will have LOST, moving us up to # 4. Now you have to say that beating # 1 and # 2 as we would then have done will BUMP us up vs 2 undefeated teams whose best win is over already 3-Loss Southern California as their best win. By the way, that gives Southern California 5-Loss Season losing to Oregon 2 times and to Notre Dame once. And, that is the “BEST” win Oregon can muster and the “BEST” win Notre Dame can muster compared to AGAIN us beating # 1 Alabama and # 2 Florida.
Not only no way is your scenario the ONLY way it can work out, but HELL NO.
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
12:10 pm
Yeah, I watch ESPN. What does that mean ? If someone tells me to jump off a cliff, is that what you do ? Or, do you sit there and decide ? Nuremberg trials, we told all those men that THEY were responsible. And, by the way, you must not be listening to what the people on ESPN have been saying when they announce the games and what they say when they interview people at the games. Absolutely, no undefeated team has to play for the NC while The SEC has # 3 UGA in your scenario, # 4 Alabama, # 5 Florida, # 6 LSU and # 7 South Carolina.
OF ALL YEARS
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2012 IS NOT THE YEAR SEC GETS LOCKED OUT OF BCS NC GAME
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It’s not happening.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
12:11 pm
Columbus
ND K-State Oregon are considered better programs that play better competition than Boise St Utah and TCU
Thats why they didnt get a shot
Thomas Brown
November 7th, 2012
12:15 pm
No need call me Columbus. Columbus I ain’t. Notre Dame’s best win 2012 ? Name it ? Oregon’s best win 2012 ? Name it. Go ahead. It’s the same issue with all these UNDEFEATED TEAMS who did not play for the nc. They didn’t beat ANY top-ranked BCS Teams.
Last year a team who beat 3 teams who made the AP Poll Top 10 played a team who beat 2 teams who made the AP Poll Top 10.
Name me a team Oregon, Kansas State or Notre Dame has beat who makes the AP Poll Top 10 ?
Go ahead.
I’ll wait, while you SAY they played great teams.
Go ahead name them ?
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
12:17 pm
Columbus/Thomas Brown
Please be on this blog for an entire day so I can say I told you so; if UGA wins out and beats Bama and 2 of the 3 undefeated teams still remain undefeated and they get to play in the NC game and we once again get to watch
i cant wait to have fun if that scenario takes place which it wont cause whats going to probably happen is 2 of those 3 teams will lose allowing us to get to the championship game if we beat bama but unfortunately our ENERGY VAMPIRE coaching staff will get embarrassed on national tv yet again by a better coached team and not have the team motivated to play
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
12:20 pm
also
I dont need to name any teams;
what you dont realize is they play in a respected conference Boise St still doesnt Utah now does and so does TCU but at the time they did not when they were undefeated
keep living in delusion land
Obama #1
November 7th, 2012
12:29 pm
richt thinks he’s a tool when he is actually a bladeless knife with no handle.
auburn may not be MAN enough to beat the dawgs, but the dawgs are undiscplined enough to beat themselves!
waaaaaar eagle – 2010 national champions
Preston Thompson
November 7th, 2012
12:46 pm
A friend of mine had the hip replacement surgery. It was bad but my neighbor had knee replacement and that did seem to be so much worse. My buddy said the worse part was the muscles be torn away to get the joint in place. The rehab from that was the bad part. Richt has to be in much pain. My hat goes off to him to stick it out for the team.
Get after it Dawgs.
SSIgator
November 7th, 2012
12:48 pm
Thomas Brown -
November 7th, 2012 – 12:15 pm
No need call me Columbus. Columbus I ain’t.
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Maybe not, but whoever you are, you are certainly not Thomas Brown
Real Dawgs Fan
November 7th, 2012
1:01 pm
Do you not watch ESPN or Fox Sports or any of the CFB radio on XM
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Flat tire you just showed how dumb you are, How often is ESPN right about anything, they all said that we couldn’t beat FLA, Falcons weren’t going to make playoffs, plus a number of other way off base predictions. They get paid to run their mouths, and they change their minds every week.
I hate all the NC talk as well, but the scenerio is out there for the dawgs. DON’T B A HATER
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
1:08 pm
Real Dawgs Fan
I just showed how dumb I am
Really???
Well first I didnt just say ESPN was saying it dummy everyone is saying it
So you are delusional enough to believe a 1 loss UGA team who was embarrassed by SC will jump an undefeated ND K ST; and Oregon and cause 1 or 2 of those teams to be left out
wow
I guess its about time for your meds ;roll:
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
1:10 pm
dont be a hater???
How about dont drink delusion kool-aid
Rod and Todd Flanders
November 7th, 2012
1:12 pm
He seems as cool as our dad Ned!
Timmers
November 7th, 2012
1:32 pm
Auburn Tigers 24, Georgia Bulldwags 20
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
1:35 pm
Timmers
You must be in Colorado
DawgNole
November 7th, 2012
1:35 pm
Thomas Brown
November 6th, 2012
11:56 pm
I wanted this chance. I insisted on this chance. We needed this chance. We maybe deserved this chance. And, despite whole lot of people saying we have no hope, we beat Florida who beat Texas A and M, LSU and South Carolina.
Go Mark Richt.
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You’ve been as hard on Richt as anyone on these blogs, TB. The Dawgs’ victory over fla appears to have been a life-altering event for you–based on the abrupt reversal of your stance toward Richt in your posts. And that’s not a bad thing, because it certainly was disappointing to see a Dawg fan continually berate his team’s coach and QB.
Hopefully, UGA can thwart any temptation to become overconfident/complacent this weekend at desperate Auburn (where many a Dawg dream has died), and then take care of business with Ga Southern and Tech. Against Bama, who knows? We’ll be heavy “underdawgs,” and that’s not necessarily a bad thing either.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
1:37 pm
DawgNole
Thats not the Thomas Brown you are thinking of
its Columbus aka Sammy aka Columbus
DawgNole
November 7th, 2012
1:39 pm
BobbyDawg
November 7th, 2012
5:19 am
The main cause of the pain is inflamation as I’m sure coach Richt knows. After all these years battling arthritis I’ve found Mobic to be by far the best anti-inflamnatory. If anybody can get this message to coach Richt he needs to get Mobic from his Dr. It really, really makes a big difference in the pain, GO DAWGS !
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Mobic is effective–but costly (not that that would matter much to the coach). Its generic equivalent is Meloxicam; equally effective but at a fraction of the cost.
WDE
November 7th, 2012
1:42 pm
Anyone know if we were to win the SEC if anyone else can say they played and best the No1 and No2 teams in the nation at the time they played ? But we have to beat Auburn to have any chance of that ever happening so stay focused Dogs !
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
November 7th, 2012
1:54 pm
UGA has to beat Auburn and I hope you beat them by +50.
I am not sure Bama will beat A&M but we have a chance. Our QB has to make plays and we will need to score around 35.
DawgNole
November 7th, 2012
1:56 pm
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
1:37 pm
DawgNole
Thats not the Thomas Brown you are thinking of
its Columbus aka Sammy aka Columbus
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If that’s the case, you must be more perceptive than I am. I’ve tangled with TB before, and the writing style in those endless posts is all too familiar–although the harsh criticism of Richt, as I pointed out earlier, has stopped. And I must admit, I never thought I’d see that happen.
After further review...
November 7th, 2012
1:59 pm
Thomas, you are simply nuts. Let’s assume, for the moment, that the Bulldogs run the table, beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game. That makes them 12-1, and SEC champions. Unfortunately, their schedule has, so far, been against teams with a combined record of 39-43. Only four of the teams they have played so far currently have winning records, and one of those two, beat Georgia quite handily. They will only face, two schools down the stretch, Georgia Southern (not even an FBS school), and Alabama, that currently have a winning record. Beating teams with a losing record does not impress the computers, and that is one third of the BCS equation.
By contrast, Kansas State’s opponents to date have a combined record of 39-40, as do the teams Oregon has beaten so far this year. Not that impressive, to be sure, but more impressive than the 39-43 record your opponents have put up. IN addition both of them have beaten six opponents with winning records versus your four, and for the remainder of the season, Oregon has one game against a team that currently has a losing record, and Kansas State has no games against a team currently with a losing record. In my opinion, that give either of them an edge over Georgia in the final BCS standings if they both win out and stay undefeated. By the way, each of them has at least one win against a currently-ranked opponent, same as you.
Finally, Notre Dame’s wins have come against opponents who currently have a combined record of 48-34. Only two of their opponents to date, Purdue and Pittsburgh, do not currently have winning records, and two of the three opponents they have left currently have a winning record. Two of their wins, Oklahoma and Stanford, are currently still in the BCS top 25, and one of their remaining three opponents, USC, is as well.
So if you are looking at opponent’s schedules, any of those three will stand up quite nicely in comparison to the schedule UGA has played. Given that, I really don’t see the Bulldogs, even with only one loss and the SEC championship in hand, getting a national championship shot ahead of an undefeated team that is an automatic qualifier, and who has played a demonstrably tougher schedule than you.
DawgNole
November 7th, 2012
2:01 pm
Thomas Brown
November 6th, 2012
11:56 pm
Would I like to beat Alabama ? You know it. Watch Texas A and M 4 days from now; as I am calling for their victory with Johnny Football at the helm.
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You better hope A&M doesn’t beat Bama. UGA’s ONLY hope–however remote–to make it to the NC game is to win out in the reg season and cap that with a victory over an undefeated and No. 1-ranked Bama squad. And we’ll STILL need at least two of the remaining three unbeatens to lose.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
2:07 pm
DawgNole
Columbus aka Sammy has been spouting off the same garbage for weeks even after losing to SC
I can tell you it isnt the Thomas Brown your thinking of he just thinks its funny to use someone elses name so you and everyone else can think they are now on board drinking the Richt and Bobo kool-aid that he has been addicted to for years
Quite The Swinger, Richt Needs Hip Replacement
November 7th, 2012
2:39 pm
[...] to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, there is another name that can be added to the injury report for the Georgia Bulldogs. That name? [...]
DawgNole
November 7th, 2012
2:40 pm
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 7th, 2012
2:07 pm
DawgNole
Columbus aka Sammy has been spouting off the same garbage for weeks even after losing to SC
I can tell you it isnt the Thomas Brown your thinking of he just thinks its funny to use someone elses name so you and everyone else can think they are now on board drinking the Richt and Bobo kool-aid that he has been addicted to for years
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Columbus and Sammy were kool-aid drinkers–and much more concise in their delusional posts. TB was a relentless critic of Richt and Murray in thesis-length posts. There’s a distinct difference.
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November 7th, 2012
2:44 pm
[...] the last of Munchie Legaux? … Zach Maynard is day to day for Cal … and Mark Richt has what we’re probably all going to end up calling a swingset-P90X injury to his hip, which is all we have to say about that, except that at least he didn’t hurt [...]
WDE
November 7th, 2012
2:45 pm
@After further review… good points but has anyone beaten the teams that were the no.1 and no.2 teams at the time we played them? That does look good on a resume, how well we will have to wait and see. We have to beat Auburn before we even start thinking that way…
aladawg
November 7th, 2012
3:23 pm
Hey Bamaguy, were you alone when you dropped the soap in the shower.
After further review...
November 7th, 2012
5:01 pm
@WDE – I agree that beating both #1 and #2 (at least at the time of the victory) is good on the resume. I just don’t think it’s enough to leapfrog over, ptentially, two unbeatens with an automatic qualifier. I think this is especilly true when you look at the overall strength of the schedules. If Alabama wins out, Including the SEC Championship game, they will play for the national championship, and deservedly so. If Georgia runs the table, icluding beating Alabama for the SEC title, they will still have to overcome the loss to South Carolina, which was brutal, and they would still have to overcome a relatively weak schedule with teams like Auburn, Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, Kentucky and, to a certain extent, Georgia Southern, given their FCS affiliation. Kansas State, Oregon, and ND, if they all win out, would haved no such demon to exorcise, although K-State and Oregon both had a couple of teams from lesser confernces and/or from the FCS on their schedules, as well (Missouri State, North Texas, Arkansas State, and Tennessee Tech come to mind). That having been said, they all would have some quoality wins on their resumes, as well. Looking at Oregon’s schedule, I see four teams already bowl eligible, and three teams just one win away. K-State has four teams already bowl eligible with four others just one win away, and ND has five teams already bowl eligible, with four others just a win away. Compare that with the fact that Georgia has only two teams on theschedule that are bowl eligible, and two others that are one win away. Note, that I’m not ocunting six win FCS teams here as bowl eligible, or five win FCS teams as being a game away.
Mr. Georgia Football Returns
November 7th, 2012
5:21 pm
Get the Power Chair!
Really?
November 7th, 2012
5:57 pm
Anyone else read that yahoo article on CMR? The guy refuses to compromise his faith or dedication to God and helping others just to win a championship. What kind of selfish jerk do we have coaching my Dawgs?
ATLien
November 7th, 2012
6:18 pm
At the end of the day what has UGA done this season? They beat UF in a game that was a comedy of errors. Aaron Murray still stinks against top tier competition and their schedule was Super Soft. Runner up in the SEC title game is no consolation. Sorry. Not saying Richt has to go but let’s just know there’s no title on the horizon.
wastedyears
November 7th, 2012
7:18 pm
oh my god does any of you idiots remember s carolina ….please fire mark richt already!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Orange12
November 7th, 2012
7:20 pm
No wonder he’s so unemotional on the sidelines.
Shouldn't have done all that acid in the 70's
November 7th, 2012
7:30 pm
Wow! I have trocanteric bursitis (Hip bursitis) and it hurts like a MOFO when it’s cooking. I truly DO feel his pain. I’m probably staring at a new hip one day. Many is the time I’m limped my butt down to
the Hedges to catch the game, including last week, only to have to turn around and limp up Baxter and come close to fainiting from the pain and haveing people go hey, dude, are you all right. Fact is it gets worse once you stop moving for a while and the pain sets in. Hang touch, Coach. Be careful about those pain pills. They can “grow’ on you rather easliy even if you have the best of intentions.
Shouldn't have done all that acid in the 70's
November 7th, 2012
7:31 pm
Don’t think it has anything to do with all the acid I did in the 70’s except maybe the burst of pain are in color.
Festus
November 7th, 2012
7:54 pm
Bobby Petrino’s motorcycle injury was much more interesting. Instead of the X rays of Super Coach Mark Richt’ s before and after hip, how about some more pictures of Petrino’s companion on the motorcycle. Assuming that Auburn and Tennessee are shopping for new coaches, any chance they will be Richt’s DC Chaz Bono?
wastedyears
November 7th, 2012
8:00 pm
he will say or do anything to keep making 3 million a year and i dont blame him…now he is a nursing home patient ….we will never get to the next level….fire his ass and put him on rehab… and iv!!!!
dammitdog
November 7th, 2012
8:55 pm
Hope the hip problems do not interfere with his singing voice singing happy birthday to his gangsta recruits.
Sidewalk Techie
November 7th, 2012
9:06 pm
Get well soon CMR! You are a good coach and better man. God’s speed!
DwayneL
November 7th, 2012
10:00 pm
uga going to get crushed in sec championship game just like last year!
Thomas Brown
November 8th, 2012
2:26 am
“You’ve been as hard on Richt as anyone on these blogs, TB. The Dawgs’ victory over fla appears to have been a life-altering event for you–based on the abrupt reversal of your stance toward Richt in your posts. And that’s not a bad thing, because it certainly was disappointing to see a Dawg fan continually berate his team’s coach and QB. Hopefully, UGA can thwart any temptation to become overconfident/complacent this weekend at desperate Auburn (where many a Dawg dream has died), and then take care of business with Ga Southern and Tech. Against Bama, who knows? We’ll be heavy “underdawgs,” and that’s not necessarily a bad thing either.”
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I have maintained steadfastly that what is important is for us, not to just beat cupcakes, but that we must beat the teams who make the AP Poll Top 10. We’re a Top 10 All-Time College Football Program in wins, and we did not achieve that by losing 10 games in a row to SEC teams who put up a winning SEC Record. Starting with the Kentucky game in 2007, we lost every game against SEC teams who put up that year a winning SEC Record.
We did not achieve that by losing 8 games in a row to teams who made the Top 10 all the way back to beating # 9 Auburn in 2006. After Auburn in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, we did not beat the teams who made the Top 10 and in fact lost every game.
I do not know what is so hard for you to understand about the fact that ALL OF US crawled all over the players, Aaron Murray included who won zero of these games against the top SEC teams and against the teams who made the Top 10, crawled all over the coaches, and insisted that they in fact do something about losing all these games in a row for all these years in a row against the top teams.
But, it is apparent to all of us now looking back at the Florida win, that yes by God, giving the team Hell insisting they get off their duffs coaches and players and specifically the quarterback and specifically the then under-performing defense prior to Florida all 2012 season except for maybe Vandie only – was the proper strategy.
I do not subscribe, as former Bulldogs’ football player Ben Dukes so articulated, to patting their little bottoms, telling them everything is ok when it obviously was not, and not instead explaining to them as to you sir, that it is intolerable what we put up with for all these current years.
(1) I demanded that we beat the top teams, and while NO ONE thought that Florida was a juggernaut 2012, Florida did go out and beat # 15 Texas A and M, beat # 8 South Carolina and beat # 7 South Carolina 44-11 whom we lost to 7-35 with us having but 1 game in-between the 2 scores. Florida was # 2 and is now # 6 in the BCS Rankings. Unless they lose to ACC FSU and their bowl game now, they end up Top 10 in every poll obviously.
(2) Florida IS a great football team 2012, whom we up and beat because we as a DawgNation up and insisted that the coaches and the players GATA.
(3) There is NOTHING INCONSISTENT about telling you then, as now, that I am a greater Bulldogs’ Football Program fan than you ever can possibly grow into, and that I am not a Georgie tek fan despite your best efforts to paint me thusly by stating that I insist the players and coaches GATA and win the big game after years and years and years and years of losing those type games including specifically South Carolina 2012 too.
(4) Yes, I demanded as everyone in the DawgNation did BUT YOU, that we beat Florida, and that nothing less would be acceptable after the South Carolina 35 to nothing pits when at 10:45 mark Steve Spurrier in a class move, removed his Starters and emptied his bench allowing Aaron Murray to stay in the game until the meaningless TD at the 1:55 mark.
(5) Our approach of not cuddling their tushes and insisting they GATA was the approach of the entire DawgNation. And, it worked.
(6) It is not INCONSISTENT to state we MUST BEAT THE TOP TEAMS, do it, and have that ring-leader come in here and have the temerity to stand-up to the likes of you son and say : WE DID IT.
I am happy. That is what I wanted. Before the season I stated very plainly and clearly that we would go 12-2 this season, losing to South Carolina and to Alabama and that those would be the only 2 quality opponents we would play. I stated for all to know that we would beat Florida and that I like everyone else did not consider Florida a top football team 2012. They proved that wrong, and I alone stand-out stating exactly what it is that Florida has done 2012 that makes them a great team. No one else points out they beat # 15, # 8 and # 7 and lost to # 5. Just I make that point, too. So, we did beat a great team in 2012. I don’t ask we win all those. You cannot possibly begin to be considered my spokesperson, but I myself sir.
There is no correlation of your posts telling others they misspelled a word on the Internet or that you consider yourself a person with more than a single-digit IQ, and everyone else by direct comparison your lesser and what is in fact the truth that I in detail showed how we had lost every game in a row to the top teams in The SEC and in the Top 10 for years. You disagreed with that.
It is what in fact brought us the win over Florida.
I’m happy and you are stuck trying to figure out how my strategy is somehow wrong that I wanted what everyone in DawgNation stood-up and stated for all comers that they were all FED UP.
Some still are, and you read me carrying on conversations with them how they are wrong that our best shot 2012 as I have also said all along, is still at hand.
Now, if you will excuse me, I will return to discussing how Oregon, Kansas State nor Notre Dame can muster a win in 2012 which matches our win over Florida while you sit there with the unmitigated gall to say that I am somehow wrong wanting and demanding we beat a top football team, done that, and now I supposed to come in here according to you and say as I-95 that it doesn’t matter; it was a fluke; it was just 1 game; we will lose all the other games like that.
No, that’s not how it is. You seem to me to have enough issues with describing how your own agenda of picking on everyone who brought us this win by insisting we beat Florida, is now wrong and should have not done so as you said in every post at the time, and now return to post this after waiting 2 weeks to reply to me CONSISTENTLY MAKING THE SAME POINT.
I ask that we beat SEC teams putting up a winning SEC Record.
I ask that we beat teams making the Top 10.
We did that.
It is going to take a lot more than you can possibly imagine to make it stick that it is somehow now inconsistent of me to state boldly and loudly as I did and as everyone told you I did for all these years in here until the Sugar Bowl at the Georgia Dome that we must beat a top SEC team a top 10 team, and that now that we’ve done that that I presume you expect me to come in here and say oh well, that wasn’t important at all.
Yeah it was important and we did that. We don’t have to win all those. We just can’t lose them ALL.
What’s so hard to understand DawgNole, whatever that is ? Where is the inconsistency ? You have just failed to make your point again. That’s all. I have again to you. What’s different about that ? When you can grow-up and quit acting like your sh doesn’t stink to high heaven with your copying of posts and replying that they left out a letter in a word on the Internet or God Forbid, told Mark Richt that he has lost every game in a row to top SEC teams and top 10 teams, let the rest of us know, ok DawgNole ? My point of view, is, has been and will be consistent. Too bad you can’t see it. The rest of us ALL, do.
Thomas Brown
November 8th, 2012
4:22 am
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville November 7th, 2012 12:20 pm
“I dont need to name any teams”
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I hear you I-95. We’ve always enjoyed a good conversation, albeit, I did not always agree with every word you wrote. I think here too we have common ground, obviously, sir.
When you know you are speaking with whom it is you address, and know that I am not Columbus by any stretch, you either refrain from it and also cease with the BS that I am a fake Thomas Brown when you also know full-well the brunt of me is upon this conversation, then be man enough to admit it and speak with me in proper terms.
Ok, you’re on record that if Oregon and Notre Dame go undefeated and we do up and beat Alabama as you state is within the realm of possibility, could happen with these players if the coaches get out of their way or some such position espoused by you here today, that we would not jump up from # 4 to # 2 because well, you state clairvoyant as you are that well Oregon and Notre Dame have beat all these great teams that teams like Auburn in 2004 did not. And, you really think that you don’t have to name the great teams 2012 that Notre Dame and Oregon beat ? A dogmatic, if not pragmatic, position for you to maintain, sir. Is this because you cannot ?
Shall I sir, since that is the point ?
Auburn 2004 beat :
# 7 UGA
# 10 Virginia Tech
# 13 vols
# 13 vols 2nd time in SEC Championship Game
# 16 LSU
The SEC in 2004 only had 4 ranked teams, as you can see in the 5 wins Auburn put-up 2004 against teams who made the AP Poll Top 25, and The SEC had only 2 teams who made the Top 10, Auburn # 2 and UGA # 7.
This season 2012 :
The SEC is by far and away the strongest we have ever been in our entire history of history :
# 1 Alabama
# 5 Georgia
# 6 Florida
# 7 LSU
# 8 South Carolina
# 15 Texas A and M
# 21 Mississippi State
SEC is 250 % stronger in 2012 than we were in 2004 with 5 teams Top 10 (eight actually) I-95.
You DO have to list the greatest win by Oregon and Notre Dame 2012, while Kansas State loses.
Oregon 2012 :
# 11 Oregon State whom Oregon has not beat yet, loses 2 games to drop to # 23
# 14 Stanford whom Oregon has not beat yet, drops to # 21
# 18 UCLA whom Oregon does not even play, loses their last 3 games unranked
So, what you have you do not want to list, not that you do not have to – sure you do – is to state that Oregon is going to play in the NC game because of all these great teams they beat 2012 :
# 21 Stanford
# 23 Oregon State
Many football teams play their toughest games at the end of the seasons. vols for example, never have. vols make it to about game 7 of their season, and all the remaining are all cupcake-city.
In Oregon’s case 2012, they beat no one if they go undefeated and beat then a 5-Loss Southern California a 2nd time to get their BUMP-UP from their PAC-12 CHUMPionship Game. It does not matter one iota what Oregon does in this game, they will stand and watch as The SEC with 5 of the top 8 BCS-ranked teams sends our representative to the game.
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IF PAC-12 IS SO GREAT, WHY # 21 AND # 23 ALL OREGON BEAT?
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You’re damn right you have to answer this question you think I what ? Will not research for you ? You looked it up and decided that beating # 21 and # 23 as Oregon can claim as their “best wins” 2012 means that the PAC-12 with only 2 other teams in the entire Top 25 for Oregon to even play and they both barely ranked at all, if they are ranked, absolutely gets a team in the BCS Title game because of how just unGodly Great the PAC-12 is 2012. This is your argument. No, the PAC-12 is not even a good conference 2012, and in no way compares with the 5 of the top 8 BCS ranked teams SEC teams 2012. Obviously, we beat up on each other. We always do.
2012 more so than any other year.
That does not mean that the top conference is shut-out because Oregon played ABSOLUTELY NO ONE.
There is no rule or gentleman’s agreement that the BCS Title game is just between undefeated teams, and that the conference they played and the teams in said conference and their rankings is NOT RELEVANT.
It sure as hell is I-95.
Notre Dame 2012 :
# 21 Stanford who lost to 5-4 Washington already & not assured winning any of their last 3 games
Stanford could end up with 6-Loss Season including a bowl loss. That’s what Stanford is.
# 12 Choklahoma could easily end up a 5-Loss Season including annual bowl loss as always, Choklahoma could end up barely, if at all, in any top 25 poll. Choklahoma has played 2 teams and LOST BOTH, and has 2 more teams to play, both of whom could beat them obviously since they have no credence 2012 having beat no one – like we used to be before beating then # 2 Florida with all their 3 great wins # 7 LSU # 8 South Carolina and # 15 Texas A and M; but Aaron Murray punched the 1st drive in for a TD because he game-managed and let Todd Gurley run the football in for the TD and at the end of the FL win, tried Todd Gurley again, and that didn’t work, so he put the team on his shoulders, did what he is capable of and accomplished willing the team into the end zone for the passing TD to Malcolm Mitchell to BEAT Florida while Florida could muster not 1 TD against our defense by stark contrast all day.
And, this is the point, UGA has a win over now # 6 Florida as our top win, and when you look at the opponents Oregon and Notre Dame beat (and Kansas State who loses 2012 anyway even without a conference championship after 4 top Big XII teams quit the conference including # 15 Texas A and M and # 16 Nebraska, they do not begin to measure up.
Which is why you refused to answer the question.
Not because you didn’t have to.
Sure you did. It is the
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VERY ESSENCE OF YOUR POINT OREGON NOTRE DAME BEAT TOP TEAMS
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So, now I have listed the wins you bragged about without WANTING to name them for OBVIOUS REASONS and NO OTHER REASON which mighty PAC-12 Oregon has beat and mighty Notre Dame beat 2012.
The only other game for Notre Dame this season is Southern California who will have 5-Losses before their bowl game, if they are allowed to play in a bowl game with Lame Kitten.
By stark contrast, UGA beat # 6 Florida who beat # 7 LSU # 8 South Carolina and # 15 Texas A and M.
No, your scenario is not the only scenario for us, and since you said you are happier than anyone anywhere beat # 6 Florida 2012 again, you have to admit that despite your best efforts otherwise, UGA
IS IN THE DISCUSSION.
Do we beat Alabama ? Probably not, but we By God Above have done BETTER against Alabama than any team in the history of college football and well could with all their freshmen at key positions on their team. In fact Texas A & M redshirt Freshman offered scholarships by Oregon and Stanford, who could sorely use him, Johnny Football might beat Alabama 2 days from now and you heard that here 1st too.
There is a lot of football to be played, and pundits have written-off any win over Alabama by us; even though they have no excuse handy for how we then beat Florida, now do they ? Or, how much better that win than any put up by the likes of Notre Dame, Oregon or Kansas State.
Trust me, The SEC is NOT GETTING SHUT-OUT of the BCS Title game 2012. No way.
We will be # 4. If we’re playing # 1, we BUMP-UP to # 2 because we beat
# 1 Alabama
# 2 Florida
Thomas Brown
November 8th, 2012
6:06 am
It is not any life-altering event that up until Sugar Bowl Game 2005 at the Georgia Dome, I was the most ardent fan of our team and of Mark Richt, as you all have been told repeatedly by the old-timers on AJ-C here. As for if I will be back one day at a time, when there hasn’t been a day I have not posted for about 35 years here including Access Atlanta prior to these blogs back when – yeah, I will be back to remind you that The SEC will have a team play in the BCS 2-team Play-Off 2012 with of their own BCS Top-ranked teams SEC with 5 of the top 8.
Duh. The scenario is upon us and I was right all 2012 stating this is our best chance 2012, not next year. Will it happen ? No one said that. It is possible to jump from # 4 to # 2 by beating # 1, and this is possible because I look at the BCS Rankings, have all 16 years and am not confused by Choklahoma, Kansas State’s Bill Snyder who beats nothing but cupcakes forever, Southern California with their 5-Loss 2012 season ranked # 1 in the nation making PAC-12 great, or Notre Dame being a team of Destiny beating a 4-5 team in triple over-time.
SSIgator I already replied to you, and you chose not to reply to that reply for obvious reasons bragging about how bad UGA is 2012 when we damn sure beat your butts taking the ball away from you 8 times and grabbing 6 of the 8 take-aways, and bragging how Mark Richt and UGA cannot win the national championship, which we KNOCKED YOU OUT-OF 2012, sir.
“Thats not the Thomas Brown you are thinking of its Columbus aka Sammy aka Columbus”
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“If that’s the case, you must be more perceptive than I am. I’ve tangled with TB before, and the writing style in those endless posts is all too familiar”
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Thank you DawgNole. Yes, it’s called a writing style. It also reflects that what ? I do or do not have any knowledge of college football ? That’s what you mean by tangle, sir. When someone can begin to have the grasp of my writing style to the point anyone is confused with the writing style or the research behind my valid points on college football, you be sure to let us all know, ok ?
I mean it is, my hobby. And, sharpens my skills in my Life Calling, another topic I do endless research of, and have specific valid conclusions presented – not to sway – but to point out the salient.
I do so enjoy a good conversation on a topic and love watching folks squirm off-topic leaving my point just so absolutely crystal in everyone’s mind – exactly as Mitt Romney completely failed to do; but then again, he never was a politician, not that I understand politics – but, for the life of me I cannot see what is so wrong with foreigners, gays, ladies, unions, or General Motors. I like all those and have no issues with what any of them want to do with their lives. No wonder he lost. He had all those standing in line 5 hours after the polls closed, to vote him out. How was it again that the Republican Party put-forth this pious person. On the one hand, you have to admire him speaking how he really feels about them ALL. And, I do mean ALL. But, who died and put him in charge ?
Not us. We, the People, have spoken.
Hey Mitt ole buddy of yourself, sir, why can’t gays be gays ? What’s wrong with that ? You had this election handed to you ole buddy of yourself Mitt, and could not get out of your own way with ANY group in America – NONE. You get credit for speaking your mind to ALL in this great Nation ?
Well, it’s back to work to try to do something now in this great Country with the Economy and Debt and Entitlements, instead of telling everyone how they do not live up your expectations in this world Mitt ole buddy of just only yourself, sir.
I am certain that This Great Nation voted Mitt’s bestest of buddies in all this world OUT in a mandate. Now, there is a man who changed his viewpoint on EVERYTHING and never had a point, made it, said he made it, said he is a man who meant it when he said he wanted us to be the teams making the top 10 and when he said he wanted us to beat the teams who in The SEC put-up winning SEC Records that season too – and, then after doing it saying then :
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SEE ? SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BEAT TOP 10 TEAMS ?
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Whether the superstitious want to talk about it or not, there is this scenario.
Isn’t there ? Right now. Today. Us. We. And, why ?
Because what I said was important to me, is important to me and the reason is that is what is important – salient – and having now done it, you see it and say what to me again ?
I missed that ?
That I was wrong to say how important not to lose 10 games in a row to top teams ? That Aaron Murray just had to will us by himself into the end zone, game on the line, us with the ball 4th quarter, time winding down, having to have the score ?
I bet you he was thinking of me as he went from the sidelines, and thought about it.
You obviously did.
Know why ?
Because it is the Essence of College Football that the teams who beat the top teams that season PLAY EACH OTHER FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
It ALWAYS HAS BEEN, and always will be, in addition to being what is important prior to beating
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SSIgator
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despite his comments of superiority even now. Losers
Losers, no matter what events of this world are involved, are noted for their comments
AFTER the event.
If you said you wanted it, and you GOT IT
If you said it was important, and DID IT
That is quite different from saying this person or that person did NOT do it – and, saying you alone came in here 1st this time last year and called for his Extension 1st before anyone else did (only to have folks say it is some type of RUSE rather than see it for it is – namely a great guy whom the kids adore as I pointed out then and now, and that he should on direct questioning, be extended, because he recruited the guys we have now playing this game I could not possibly live without watching.
I love it.
I do NOT, however, love losing.
I hate it, not gays, ladies, unions, General Motors and foreigners.
They didn’t do anything to me.
Or Mitt, poor little guy – LOSER.
Take that poster :
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Tampa Gator
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LOSER.
I give Florida a lot of credit for their great 2012 season, in fact they stand to end up better ranked than my own team.
But, only because we’re playing # 1 Alabama ESPN knows we lose to when I and I-95 think it’s possible of all teams, UGA just might be able to up and beat them.
No. That doesn’t put us in the game. I will not discuss who the teams are whom mighty Notre Dame beat, mighty Kansas State beat, mighty Oregon beat in that Mighty Pac-12 with 2 others ending up barely ranked at all in any top 25 poll, if any.
Nah. I don’t have to name the top win of Oregon, Kansas State or Notre Dame.
While we beat then # 1 and # 2 and are SHUT-OUT.
Is this where my writing style says hogwash that is the only scenario ?
Yup. No. Not life-altering – instead, it is actually the very point all along, isn’t it ?
How did that work out, getting the team fired up ?
Was Shawn Williams also wrong in his statements pre-game too ?
Oh, I get it. Only you were right pre-game that the guys are great, never do wrong and the best coaching job of motivation in the 120-year history of UGA Proud Top 10 Football Program.
What Shawn Williams said of Early County & True Grit Award Winner. But, God Forbid me to, according to you. Uh huh. Hey, I was NOT WRONG. You were then, and are still today, again.
MarlonE
November 8th, 2012
7:14 am
Did you find it odd that Richt uses the P90X workout program when he has a paid Strength and Coditioning staff that can help him? What does that say about his faith in them.
Thomas Brown
November 8th, 2012
7:22 am
Or, what does it say to the players he exercises at home, and not with the players like he wants them to.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 8th, 2012
8:07 am
Fake Thomas Brown
If K State or Oregon is undefeated
If ND or K ST is still undefeated
If ND or Oregon is still undefeated
and
A one loss UGA team will not play in the National Title if the above is true sorry keep up the delusional dreaming
Gtanner
November 8th, 2012
8:26 am
I absolutely love this guy. Great coach, better person. Wouldn’t trade him for anybody.
Thomas Brown
November 8th, 2012
8:32 am
That is not the only scenario, now is it ? The other scenario is # 4 JUMPS to # 2 with a win over # 2 Florida and # 1 Alabama because NONE of the other teams have any wins remotely resembling us. But, I presume it meets your criteria that while you were happy we beat Florida, we were well not supposed to do that, and would not given the opportunity ever.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 8th, 2012
9:07 am
Thomas Brown
You forget that we moved to #2 in the BCS in 2007 and we still didnt play for the NC
Do you seriously think if those teams are still undefeated we are getting into the NC game? Keep dreaming
Paul Harvey
November 8th, 2012
10:23 am
Swing set? Phooey! He was riding on the back of a motorcycle operated by coaching friend Bobby Petrino and ended up in an Arkansas ditch. Bobby does swing….both ways. And now you know the rest of the story.
SSIgator
November 8th, 2012
11:26 am
Wonder what ever happened to the real Thomas Brown? He would probably be flattered that someone else would hijack his blog name.
After further review...
November 8th, 2012
1:36 pm
WOuldn’t it be funny if Texas A&M beat Alabama this weekend, dropping them out of number 1? THey Thomas’ whole scenario goes out the window even if Georgia does beat Alabama, because Alabama would no longer be number 1. Unfortunately, recent BCS history has lead Thomas to conclude that a one loss SEC champion gets an automatic bid to the BCS Championship game. That may be true if there is only one automatic qualifier team unbeaten, but if three of the four teams currently ahead of Georgia in the BCS standings, all of whom are automatic qualifiers, then that simply won’t be the case. Two of those teams will play for the National Championship, and the third will play in one of the other BCS bowls. Perhaps agains the Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl.
NOTE TO THOMAS: UCLA, USC, and Oregon can’t all lose the rest of their games. USC will play UCLA, and one of them has to win. The only team Oregon plays the rest of the way that you have not denigrated as terrible is Oregon State, and that icludes any opponent Oregon might face in the PAC-12 championship game. IF those teams are so terrible, how do you espect them to beat Oregon? If nobody does, how do you expect to pass them in the BCS standings?
B Fowler - Class of 87
November 8th, 2012
3:50 pm
Jeff: Take a look at this: Another Great article on Coach Richt.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf–georgia-s-mark-richt-only-interested-in-national-title-bids-on-terms-that-won-t-compromise-his-faith.html
This is what Coach Richt is all about.
100% on board!
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DawgNole
November 8th, 2012
5:54 pm
Thomas Brown
November 8th, 2012
2:26 am
I do not know what is so hard for you to understand about the fact that ALL OF US crawled all over the players, Aaron Murray included who won zero of these games against the top SEC teams and against the teams who made the Top 10 . . . .
Florida IS a great football team 2012, whom we up and beat because we as a DawgNation up and insisted that the coaches and the players GATA.
My point of view, is, has been and will be consistent. Too bad you can’t see it. The rest of us ALL, do.
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I see you’re back to lying. Obviously, I gave you too much credit.
First, you’ll never find a post in which I crawled all over any player.
Second, you spent most of the season before the UGA-fla game berating the gators as unworthy and insisting that they would “lose four or five games in 2012.” Now you want to sing their praises? By the way, how did that prediction work out for you?
So you’ve been consistent and “the rest of us ALL see it”? Better go back and review some of these posts. You’re consistent only in that you’re consistently among the most detested liars on here, and have been banned from the majority of AJC blogs for good reason. A disgusting psycho who gets his jollies by repeatedly calling out a coach’s wife’s illness and taking potshots at both coach and QB–and then compounds his lack of integrity by now slithering around behind them and pretending to be their supporter. A coward in the very worst way.
I don’t know who the “real” TB is–and could care less. I do know that the one I’ve repeatedly beaten down on these blogs for his lies, fabrications, and distortions is YOU. Like I said a long time ago, you’re way out of your league butting heads with me, mouth-breather, and you continue to prove it with every post.
Now go clench your teeth, ball up your fists, and stomp your feet for awhile. You need to release some of that sick-mindedness.
GP
November 8th, 2012
6:01 pm
Who cares?
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November 8th, 2012
7:02 pm
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wreckmaniac
November 8th, 2012
11:46 pm
If you think CMR is in pain just wait until he gets Tech in the kudzu patch. He will put that smile/smirk on his face and keep it on for the next several hours. Hey, he’s earned it but I would like to wipe it off.
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Upset Weekend for Da Dawgs
November 9th, 2012
5:59 am
The stars are aligned up for Auburn this weekend. Auburn holds the title for breaking up most championship Cinderella runs in the SEC and this weekend I believe they’ll add Georgia to that list. Georgia’s hot and cold and when it comes to playing on the other teams turf they’re almost ice water. Don’t look for the Dawgs to be very sharp this week and they’ll be many turnovers. If they do win it’ll be ugly as it was with Florida.