P.M. Roundup: SEC East prediction, defending triple option
SouthernPigskin.com picks the Dawgs to finish second to Florida in the SEC East this season, heaping praise on Georgia’s offensive front (”perhaps the top offensive line in college football”) and saying that “a defense filled with veterans has the potential to be very good” though it “badly needs a pass rusher to emerge.” Their conclusion: “Expectations are down a notch after Georgia was preseason number one entering last fall. All things considered, that may be a good thing. With a little less pressure on the team, the Bulldogs could surprise this fall.”
Georgia Sports Blog links to a Navy football blog that examines Georgia’s failed defense of Tech’s triple option last year and concludes that Willie Martinez was using some antiquated defensive concepts designed to stop the old wishbone. However, the Georgia Sports blogger points out that film clips included with the piece show a bigger problem with the Dogs defense: terrible safety play and poor tackling. While I think the Navy blogger may have a point about some of the schemes Georgia used against Tech, I’ve felt all along that the Jackets weren’t doing anything that playing smart assignment football and good tackling fundamentals couldn’t handle. As LSU proved.
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uga_b
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
It is hard to evaluate schemes when people are both out of position and miss tackles. This seems to be a non-starter debate.
GT, where nerds get shot and robbed everyday
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
First
Blackberry Cobbler
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
First……………….
Dawgs should have a good year IF they can develop some type of offense. Offense worries me.
GT, where nerds get shot and robbed everyday
June 29th, 2009
4:33 pm
Damn.
chad
June 29th, 2009
4:39 pm
LSU also had over a month to prepare for it dumb ass. You think that may have something to do with it. How bout this Tech ran the same play on the nontackling mutts 35 times in the game. This year will be totally different except for the outcome.
Red Foreman
June 29th, 2009
4:40 pm
Toooooo effn bad………….
08fx4
June 29th, 2009
4:42 pm
So I guess Georgia had less than a month to review the seasons worth of tape on the bugs ? I’m a UGA fan and totally blame the loss to GT on Willie.
PTC DAWG
June 29th, 2009
4:43 pm
And here come the GT fans….it’s flattering they care so much.
POOPONAdog
June 29th, 2009
4:49 pm
OH NO WE DON’T CARE ‘BOUT uga!!! WE ENJOY AGGREVATING IGNORANT dog fan’s!!!! 45-42!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Dink
June 29th, 2009
4:49 pm
And here come the GT fans….both of them
Yep; it's official
June 29th, 2009
4:51 pm
Chad could not resist. Dipsh*t. It does not matter how long you prepare if you are unable to tackle.
Chad
June 29th, 2009
4:52 pm
Take it to the LSU blog. Or the Tech blog; oh wait. Tech does not have a blog.
Cuz
June 29th, 2009
4:52 pm
A Navy blog links to a Georgia football blog describing the versatile F-35 fighter that will replace the antiquated F-18 Super Hornet. One Georgia fan is quoted as saying it is a no brainer. “It is like comparing a modern pro-style offense with it’s various forms of attack versus some old high school offense.”
Jacket since 1997
June 29th, 2009
4:54 pm
georgia will be lucky to win 8 games this year, especially if they lose the opener at okie state……THWG, GO JACKETS!!!!!
Otto
June 29th, 2009
4:57 pm
LSU has been known for the DL under Saban and Miles. The DL stuff the holes allowing LB to make the tackles if they did not tackle themself. UGA’s battered DL was allowing GT’s OL to get downfield and make blocks. It was not planning LSU’s defense played better and was better built to win the game than UGA.
ROLL TIDE!
June 29th, 2009
4:59 pm
RE: “Georgia could surprise.”
Yeah, Georgia could “SURPRISE,” all right!
SURPRISE! You are now on NCAA probation.
T-Dog
June 29th, 2009
4:59 pm
you tech mites will get a certified beat down this Nov. by UGA count on it. They may even stick a gold plated protractor in CPJ’s bung hole after the game.
Otto
June 29th, 2009
5:01 pm
…and before someone gets on the tangent of not rapping up, UGA’s LBs and DBs did not rap up allowing 5 yard gains (that were a given as GT won the line of scrimmage) to go for more.
Joey
June 29th, 2009
5:02 pm
All of you fellow Dawg lovers out there who put much of the blame of UGA’s failure to win a SEC or BCS title since Van Gorder’s departure directly on Willie Martinez, take satisfaction that this will his last year as DC. We know numbers don’t lie and they show our defenses are getting worse and worse. Take heart though, because our AD was quoted after last season saying, “…all coaches are accountable, even assistant coaches.” I took that to mean that he will override Richt’s head-in-the-sand love for Willie, his former college roommate. The evidence is not only in the numbers, but in the lack of interest in Willie by any major football program, even his alma mater Miami in an offseason when just about every other UGA assistant received offers.
Otto
June 29th, 2009
5:03 pm
Irony…a Bama fan talking smack about probation.
Is Bama above 500 for the decade after vacating wins?
BankerDawg
June 29th, 2009
5:03 pm
I actually went to the Tech/LSU game with a Tech buddy of mine. It was more of a perfect storm situation than anything else.
LSU executed at a high level.
Tech basically did not execute at all.
Throw in some absolutely horrible special teams plays by Tech, and equates to the 38-3 beat down every saw.
I say all of this to make that point that I don’t think LSU and the rest of the football world have the blueprint to defend the spread option, or whatever it is CPJ runs at Tech.
Regarding the original paragraph in the blog, I think we finish behind UF in the East as well, and see us losing to LSU and Okie St. We just have too much of a gauntlet this year, but I do anticipate the D and O-Line being much better.
Go Dawgs!
Cuz
June 29th, 2009
5:10 pm
Otto if our problems are getting the LB’s and DB’s to “rap” up. What do you suggest. Some special work outs with Snoop Dog?
southgadawg88
June 29th, 2009
5:11 pm
…..10-2 season 11-2 after bowl game..no SEC title though…don’t think we get to SEC championship game..2 losses to AUB and TENN…I know…I know…But those are the two games I think we drop..It’s going to be a wild ride this year!
Cuz
June 29th, 2009
5:11 pm
Sorry Otto, I could not help myself.
Otto
June 29th, 2009
5:21 pm
no well done Cuz….4 hours of sleep is getting to me.
Rapping up would fit in at a GT half time show.
UGADawg16
June 29th, 2009
5:28 pm
southgadawg88 – if we make it through the rest of the schedule and lose to Auburn and UT then…I don’t even know. We play 5 to as many as 9 teams better than both Auburn and UT – down year for both. Wouldn’t surprise me to drop one of them but both…especially if you think we get over on Florida, Ok. St. and LSU – would be a serious case of “what if.”
Ron Roberts
June 29th, 2009
5:31 pm
Having enough healthy bodies and playing them in their correct positions and practicing in full-on drills from pre-season THROUGH the season would help, too.
tony
June 29th, 2009
5:33 pm
Start Aaron Murray at qb and we win the SEC the next 4 years.
This is the year dawg
June 29th, 2009
5:37 pm
All the elements are there. O line will dominate, DTs are as good as anyone’s. Yes, DBs have to prove themselves but I am certain the running and passing game will rise to the occasion. The schedule is tough (non conference, certainly) so if there’s a chance, this year is the one that can silence any critic. Let’s doit.
turkey
June 29th, 2009
5:43 pm
As long as Willie Martinez is DC Georgia will always be 2nd best.
Whopper Dawg
June 29th, 2009
5:46 pm
Willie had two weeks to prepare for Tech – the D is on Willie. There were 5 games last year that UGA gave up 38 or more points. In how many games did FLA, LSU and ALA give up that many points, COMBINED?
Only one game, LSU to the Dawgs.
You are not going to win squat with that type of D. Willie must go.
GO DAWGS!!!!
southgadawg88
June 29th, 2009
5:50 pm
…AUB is that rival game where the 0-10 team can beat the 10 team..They are due a win in this series..I can’t explain it from a matchup perspective it a gut feeling..coming off a big win over FLA and don’t be shocked if we get nipped in an upset.Tenn is also a real rival..I’m not getting caught up in the Kiffen blah..blah..They have a good ol…top notch running backs and should be good on Defense.Their kids have had success against UGA and I expect a tight close hard fought game same as with AUB.Thing is I expect going into both games we will be on a high and that makes these game a serious “trap” game.And NO I don’t think OK state is a serious threat.LSU has been favored to beat UGA 8 straight times and are a whooping 2-8..I’m just not feeling the LSU stuff..what exactly advantage do they have?They are LSU?The marque games I don’t worry about as much..it’s these expected wins against true rivals that worry me the most.
Cuz
June 29th, 2009
5:51 pm
Remember friends and neighbors, it is never too early to blame Willie Martinez for our troubles. Does anyone know Willie’s location when Michael Jackson started having breathing problems? And what about the failure of GM? I see Coach Willie’s fingerprints all over this one. So fire Willie today, think about your children’s and our Nation’s future.
jake
June 29th, 2009
5:55 pm
“schemes Georgia used against Tech, I’ve felt all along that the Jackets weren’t doing anything that playing smart assignment football and good tackling fundamentals couldn’t handle”
this bothers me because thats the whole point of techs offense, it exploits breakdowns in assignment football, it only takes one man to mess up, its like a deep pass on busted coverage or a linebacker making the wrong read on a guard on a counter play out of the I. Its not a gimmick offense, its a proven effective offense that when run correctly beats defenses. its football, kust like urban meyers spread or a shotgun passing based schem, when are people gonna relize this
SEC fan
June 29th, 2009
5:59 pm
It is a great day for fishing, the Nerd Turds are biting.
kneivel
June 29th, 2009
5:59 pm
Willie has alot to prove this year and I feel that if he doesn’t do his job that Damon Evans and Michael Adams need to move him just as they moved the sorry receivers coach last year. Looking forward to a great football season. GO DAWGS
Awwww Yeah
June 29th, 2009
6:04 pm
Few things are dumber than saying or typing BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I feel affected by just copying and pasting it.
It is fact that last year’s D played poorly and the scheme was poor. Richt took the fall for Willie, but he won’t be able to do that again.
Long Dawg
June 29th, 2009
6:04 pm
What an ugly reminder looking at that Navy blog. We sure made Tech look better than they were. Talk about poor defensive schemes and sleep walking safties….. Probably the worst effort by the coaches and players in CMRs time at Georgia.
How will we fare in 2009? Very good, maybe great offensive line, very good, potentially great receivers but big question marks at QB and running back. Very good interior defensive line but no pass rush. Good but not great linbackers and questionable defensive backs. Lots of ifs; if Cox is pretty good and Caleb lives up to his potential and the defensive backs learn how to cover and tackle we could win 10. If not it could be a long year.
We need Kiante Tripp and Rod Battle to step up at defensive end and Justin Houston to help when he is out of the dog house. We need Joe Cox to be the next D.J. Shockley and Caleb King and Carlton Thomas to run wild. We need Braden Smith to run back punts for touchdowns and A.J. Green and Marlon Brown to be uncoverable. We need Owens and Weston to plug the middle and Jones to live up to the 5 star status he came here with. We need BoBo to be less predictible and put in plays we can execute and Willie needs to prove he belongs in the job he has and he’ll have a chance against OK State.
Dawg man
June 29th, 2009
6:05 pm
Bill King,
If injuries don’t become an issue, even you could run thru the holes the offensive line will provide. Cox will do great at passing (fewer interceptions than Stafford). The whole season is gonna end up depending on the defense. Again, if injuries don’t rape the team, UGA should be very good this year. Should be interesting.
bank walker
June 29th, 2009
6:10 pm
Wow, LOL a knucklehead tide fan talking about someone being on probation. Your dad should have caught you in a rag. I’m sorry to hurt your feelings tide boy, but if Willie is ousted at Georgia, you know Kirby will be the new man.
cpdawg
June 29th, 2009
6:15 pm
With all the athletes absent for the Dawgs through-out the’09 season,it is a credit to our coaches that we won as many games as we did. All a coach can do is the best he can. And if our own fans can do their best, we can drown out the opposing team with some real barking. I DO believe I heard some barking at the Georgia Dome this past season during the CHICKEN FILET BOWL. Hey Joseph, you ever coach??
DirtyDawg
June 29th, 2009
6:16 pm
As Jim Donnan used to say, ‘all you gotta do is knock their d***s off’…that assume the Techies have d***s to begin with.
hmmmm.....
June 29th, 2009
6:16 pm
uga should be very good this year . the lines on both side will be healthy the questions are… Will they cut down on d flags, miscues in the secondary, getting a pass rush. and being ready to play they just come out flat sometimes or they come out get scored on quick and make mistake after mistake ie the alabama game. oh yeah and the dropped passes. Cox and Co should be solid
jj
June 29th, 2009
6:16 pm
Let’s see, Genius blogger figures out that the way to beat GT’s offense is to play better defense. Guess what? That’t the same way you beat ANY D1 offense.
UGA lost because Tech was better. You can study LSU tape until you are blue in the face, but GT was just BETTER than UGA so get over it mutts.
I suppose that Alabama’s first half against UGA gives everyone good game film on how to beat UGA?
It ain’t that simple folks. Football is move/counter move by the opposing coaches. GT may have lesser overall talent from top to bottom, but GT just has a better coach – period. UGA is loaded with talent and has been since 1980 and still doesn’t have a National Championship to show for it.
hmmmm.....
June 29th, 2009
6:17 pm
Did they get one of the best safeties in the country today??
haleydawg
June 29th, 2009
6:18 pm
south carolina may get us this year, coming back from ok st overconfidant, they will be tougher and meaner more than b/4 but not as talented as the dawgs and tech sux
Rebel Rouser
June 29th, 2009
6:19 pm
I got news for the bug fans….all preseason polls pick the bugs to finish no higher than fouth or fifth in the ACC. I predict they will lose five games and their fans will start the blame game….let’s face it your football program is irrelavent in the collge football world…Tech fans always have and always will have a major inferiority complex when it comes to Georgia. Your win last year was a fluke….and you know it. You will be pounded in this years game, order will be restored and you tech fans can go back to picking your boogers and playing with your slide rule. Go Dawgs!
FL DAWG
June 29th, 2009
6:20 pm
UGA has the potential to be a great team. Solid O-line and very strong up the middle on D. Look for UGA to be 10-2 or 11-1 for the year. I have said a number of times the real key for UGA is being prepared to play mentally for an entire season. The D is most worrisome as they seem to come out flat two or three games a year. This is why CMR will spend more time with the Defense this year to ensure they are prepared. CMR will also need to spend more time with the QB this year and making sure that they are coached up and ready to play. If UGA goes 11-1, it will be his best year coaching to date.
jj
June 29th, 2009
6:21 pm
Yep, one of the best safties according to Scout. However, he has a long way to go before he is near as good as Burnett or Berry.
chad
June 29th, 2009
6:21 pm
I’m a Tech tool and I like choade
Gdawg 82
June 29th, 2009
6:21 pm
Yes Cuz, we know. You believe Willie is a wonderful coach who is terribly underappreciated. You’ve supported this conclusion tirelessly with the, “In CMR we trust” defense. Not buying it. Willie is a huge liability. Open your eyes.
jj
June 29th, 2009
6:23 pm
hey, i like choade too. I was just kidding about CPJ being a better coach. I have Mark Richt posters all over my wall to prove it too.
haleydawg
June 29th, 2009
6:24 pm
hey jj, the dawgs would dominate the weak acc, you guys won the game last nov by 3, you beat a better team on that given day, move on, so move that bug campus out of the ghetto
hmmmm.....
June 29th, 2009
6:30 pm
hey fl dawg i all ready said that, the defense could be the best it’s been in years plus curran is a beast. look out ok st
AJC accounting dept.
June 29th, 2009
6:41 pm
Bill, After some careful expense review, we have decided that you need to go back to your old job of going for takeout for the staff and cleaning out the ink barrels. Thanks for trying, but this might be the dumbest column this paper has ever suffered, and that is saying a lot.
45ACP
June 29th, 2009
6:50 pm
The Bulldogs will be fine. They have just about all the injuries healed. Defense, Offense, everyone will be available. Joe Cox will be a leader and manager just like David Greene. Nothing fancy but he will get the job done. Running backs by committee. The “O” line fantastic. The “D” much improved.
richard cranium
June 29th, 2009
6:51 pm
Let me be the 1st to congratulate UGA on winning their 29th consecutive Pre-Season National Championship !!
Start drinking early.
NORRIS
June 29th, 2009
6:57 pm
2007 UGA 31 Tech 17
2006 UGA 15 tech 12
2005 UGA 14 tech 7
2004 UGA 19 tech 13
2003 UGA 34 tech 17
2002 UGA 51 tech 7
2001 UGA 31 tech 17
hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
TIGER TIME
June 29th, 2009
7:01 pm
LSU loves technonerd football.GO TIGERS 38-3 HAHAHAHA
BS Patrol
June 29th, 2009
7:03 pm
Nice try but no cigar,Rebel Rouser. Jackets picked to win the ACC & would be picked to win the SEC.
PTC Jacket
June 29th, 2009
7:06 pm
Wow, what on earth made UGA fans go from “This year is our rebuilding year” to “We’re going to win the National Championship this year!”? Can I have some of that Kool-aid?
DAWG13'
June 29th, 2009
7:12 pm
HEY
Hokie
June 29th, 2009
7:14 pm
Yeah, PTC. Just yell “Kool Aid” and your Mama will come bustin through the wall. Just not seeing any love for Tech in ANY of the pre-season rag mags. Guess you get your fix in by lurking on the UGA blog.
NORRIS
June 29th, 2009
7:18 pm
there is no way tech wins more than 8 games this year. It just aint happening. They do not have the talent. The option was new to the teams they were playing last year. Dwyer is a good back but not that good. Keep dreaming techies.
PTC Jacket
June 29th, 2009
7:20 pm
Yeah, we definitely didn’t get enough love to be put ahead of UGA in the ESPN pre-season ranks….oh wait, we did. See ya on the Flats Hokie
Rebel Rouser
June 29th, 2009
7:27 pm
BS Patrol…Y
Rusty Squidbillie
June 29th, 2009
7:31 pm
I bet my genuwine 1980 NC six pack & 1998 pre-season NC wal-mart cap them Dawgs win the real NC this year & go undefeated.
DAWG13'
June 29th, 2009
7:31 pm
7 straight years of beating up on nerds..football gods allowed bobby dodd to possess tech players the second half of last years game..i bet u nerds are praying he makes his presence felt around the campus these days..U fags seem 2 b easy targets lol 13 robberies gosh u guys need 2 stop walkin around with your purses!!!
Hokie
June 29th, 2009
7:32 pm
PTC, get over your fixation with UGA. You were shown enough love to be put ahead of many teams in several polls. Stay focused on your conference and your program may actually move the dial.
Rebel Rouser
June 29th, 2009
7:33 pm
BS Patrol …you must be reading the Tech newspaper for your prediction. All reputable publications don’t even have Tech in the top four in the ACC. What are you smoking? Gimmick offenses don’t work the second time around. I see Tech with at least five loses this year….get ready to go back in hiding.
The Truth
June 29th, 2009
7:38 pm
Jackets picked to win the ACC?….not in a million years! They will lose 5 games and get blown out by Georgia…count on it…The Truth has spoken!
PTC Jacket
June 29th, 2009
7:38 pm
Hokie
Where did I say that UGA has the majority of my focus for this year? No where. Just because I posted on their blog doesn’t mean that I have a fixation with UGA. Stop trying to figure me out, it’s creepy.
TechDan
June 29th, 2009
7:54 pm
PTC Jacket, you should know better than to respond to a VT fan on a Georgia blog.
He’s worse than Georgia fans, because he knows that the ACC will be decided in Atlanta on October 17th.
For UGA, a loss to us means nothing in terms of title contention, since we can’t play spoiler for an NC bid that just isn’t coming.
Dawg it for Me
June 29th, 2009
8:01 pm
You silly NATS. Cat fighting on a UGA blog with your ACC foes. And yes, PTC, you are fixated. Creepy little bitch.
chad
June 29th, 2009
8:08 pm
What is funny Tech ran for more than 400 yards by running the same play over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Just wait until they run just one different play and blow the bitch nations mind. Last year was no fluke and ass lickers know it. Blame whom ever you want but the results will be the same. Another win for Tech and it doesn’t matter one point or three points or 100 points a win is win.
aj
June 29th, 2009
8:14 pm
the title on the sports page is misleading. they make it sound like someone picked uga to finish 2nd in the country, meaning they would play in the championship game. but the piece is saying they are picked to finish two in the east. big whoop…that isn’t shocking! they’ll finish ATLEAST second in the east!
dawgstephen
June 29th, 2009
8:15 pm
Everyone knows that once a bee has stung someone, they die and dont sting again till another one comes along. ONCE EVERY 8 YEARS
BS Patrol
June 29th, 2009
8:25 pm
aj,
I think you meant to say AT BEST, didn’t you?
Hokie
June 29th, 2009
8:32 pm
LOL, now those silly NATS are correcting each others posts. Bet they can work those dangling participles as well. Dorks.
TechDan
June 29th, 2009
8:36 pm
Yellow Jackets aren’t bees, dumbass. They’re wasps.
dan
June 29th, 2009
8:37 pm
For the Ga. Tech loss: for the umpteenth time, UGA lost that game for 3 reasons
1.) They were totally deflated from the Florida loss and were essentially playing for nothing but a bowl bid, hence the lethargic play. Those guys on defense know how to tackle, they were just feeling sorry for themselves and didn’t care. They got lucky against Kentucky and Auburn and their luck ran out against Tech. The spead for that game was UGA -7.5, and I was like no way! I’ll put my money on Tech all day b/c UGA doesn’t give a damn about this game. And I won money that day even though my team lost. I might not be much of a fan for doing that, but if UGA is going to play half-ass and lose a game, then I’m not going to feel bad about making money off their sorry attitude.
2.) Turnovers: Two Tech scores came off of turnovers, a Stafford INT and a Richard Samuel fumble on the 20 yard line which led to a TD and gave Tech momentum. That’s 13 points!The Lesson: it’s not how many good plays you make but how many bad ones you make. Maybe one day UGA will learn this lesson.
3.) It was Tech’s time: Truth be told UGA got lucky against Tech in 2005 and 2006. Tech’s defense played good enough for them to win both of those year’s but the offense kept screwing it up for them. But this time, it was Tech’s offense that had their act together. Tech’s offense had a coming out party against Miami the week before and had the momentum. They were playing focused and inspired football and UGA wasn’t. Plain and simple.
As for the finishing second in the SEC East behind Florida, that’s not a bold prediction. The Dawgs can finish 9-3 or 8-4 and still be second in the East this year.
Hokie
June 29th, 2009
8:37 pm
And thanks to TechDan….the hits just keep on rolling!
K-Town Dawg
June 29th, 2009
8:39 pm
You Tech fans (and I use the term loosely) are a riot.
You haven’t won 10 games in a season since 1998 (with ineligible players I might add) and you’re predicting a team that AVERAGES 10 wins a season (under the current coach) will lose 5 games.
Maybe you should forget about calculus and start studying statistics.
stan
June 29th, 2009
8:41 pm
sLOBBER, LICK UGA, WHO CARES?
tHE FANS WILL ALWAYS BE UNREALISTIC, AND DISRESPECT EVERY
OTHER TEAM, BUT LOSING 4 SOUND GOOD TO ME.
Dawg Gone Mad
June 29th, 2009
8:49 pm
You are right about UGA being Number 2….. in Georgia. Tech will be Georgia Champs … Again!
Rogeriter
June 29th, 2009
9:02 pm
Why is everyone so worried about our QB and RB’s. If our offensive line is as good as everyone thinks it will be. Cox and Caleb (or whomever) will do great! With a great OL avg backs will look great!
Tom
June 29th, 2009
9:11 pm
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-8194.jpg
UGA_2001
June 29th, 2009
9:24 pm
The Navy guy’s criticism was flawed because many teams will throw a lateral out of that set and have one on one blocking if you play just one CB on the two WRs. You don’t have to be eligible to catch a lateral.
The problem with UGA’s defense last year was injuries and lack of physicality. The two issues went hand and hand as the coaches could not practice physically with the amount of injuries they had.
macrotech
June 29th, 2009
9:24 pm
Rebel Rouser, I see that you make stuff up over here, too! SHOCKER!!!
HH
June 29th, 2009
9:31 pm
Old Willie has been doing a lot of praying since last season that the offense is a “ball control” type offense this season. I bet he’s been awfully nice to Bozo.
What's a hokie anyway?
June 29th, 2009
9:49 pm
A turkey? Is it just another name for a turkey?
FL DAWG
June 29th, 2009
9:50 pm
UGA 2001: Is physicality a word? I don’t remember that one in any of my english classes. If it isn’t a word, we should make it one.
I do agree with you in principle that you need to practice the way you want to play and Richt even talked about changing practice as a result of injuries, however last year was a lack of effort on the defense. Way to many games with more than 30 points. Actually, UGAs defense needs to be measuring games in terms of games under 15 points. Time to get back to the Junkyard Dawgs!!!!
big dawg
June 29th, 2009
9:52 pm
everyone seems to think the d cost us against gt, and yes it was awful. but lets not forget that horrible 3rd qtr that our O had. this goes straight to coaching, coming out flat and contempt. every single game we’ve played over the last 8 yrs when leading have all started the same way in the 2nd half. now simply put, i for one, can’t and won’t complain about the coaching as we have one of the best in the college(the record speaks for itself). i even understand the philosophy. come out in the third and wear them down with the run game when they’ve been sitting for 15 min. we just got too lack-a-dasical in the third. should’ve,would’ve, could’ve won that game 60-42. hope we learned a lesson, which i think we did.
oh yeah, we will be playing texas for the NC. at least my 5 grand i recently put on it in vegas hopes so!!!
John
June 29th, 2009
9:52 pm
Tebow again for all of it. Ga. may have a very good team and to help it, they don’t have to play Alabama again this worr. I think Ga will lose 4 games.
big dawg
June 29th, 2009
10:00 pm
i wonder if all these techies even know where they got the name yellow jackets? i’ve got a feeling they don’t….
woodie
June 29th, 2009
10:01 pm
This blog always cracks me up.
dawes
June 29th, 2009
10:03 pm
georgia will go 12 and 1 this year finish no.2
the truth
June 29th, 2009
10:16 pm
Dawes,
Georgia will go 12-1 and finish #2. Surely you jest! That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while. You are kidding right? Please tell me you are kidding?
Calhoun
June 29th, 2009
10:17 pm
Georgia has alot of what if questions that will get answered as the year goes along. The SEC East will be down this year which helps the Dawgs. There is Florida and everyone else fighting for 2nd in the East.
I think the Dawgs can end the regular season with 4 losses if things go their way.
Denver Dog
June 29th, 2009
10:28 pm
What a laugh, Tech and VPI fighting on a UGA blog. bama fans talking about others being on probation. Engineers talking entomology, and Stan, at least UGA and others like us have fans.
I think the dogs will surprise us all. Whatever happens, we will really see what kind of coaches we have! We will burn down Grant field as Tech may be shut out there. Bumbiling bees gotta love em.