Early scores to decide Dogs vs. Gamecocks?
Hope you’re having a good Labor Day. I’ll be off on Tuesday, but the Blawg will return on Wednesday.
In the meantime, feel free to continue the discussion of where the Dogs go from here.
After seeing what their respective offenses did in their opening games, I’ve heard several fans say a score like 7-3 or 14-9 wouldn’t be surprising in the South Carolina game.
And on Sunday morning’s “Bulldog Brunch” on WSB Radio, Kevin Butler made the observation that if either the Dogs or the Gamecocks gets a couple of early touchdowns, that’s probably the game, as neither offense looks capable of coming back from 14 points down.
What do you think, too harsh or on the money?
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Saint Simons
September 7th, 2009
7:05 am
((((( 24 10 ))))) hahahahahahahaha
god and greyhound
September 7th, 2009
7:13 am
But Bill!! @hat happened to all the preseason bravado, the talk of Cox’s leadership, the talk of the monstrous O-line, the talk of SEC and national championships, the chest thumping over some website’s top 5 ranking??? Now the great DAWGS have been relegated to praying for early miracle scores against lowly SOUTH CAROLINA so they aren’t in a position where they may have to come from behind!!!
And speaking of Cox… weren’t all the mutt fans saying that they didn’t need cox to be any good, that they were so loaded with talent that he merely needed to manage games? Wasn’t uog simply going to reload and win the national championship like UT after Peyton left? Didn’t they have the best O-Line in the country, as well as all these superstar freshmen that were all going to be the next AJ Green at their respective positions??
An ugly, pathetic effort by a group of overhyped knuckleheads against a very average OSU team. There are mutt fans who are trying to puff OSU up as a “top 5″ team now that they’ve dominated mighty uog. OSU will prove over the course of the season to be another 8-4/9-3 type squad that can’t beat the best teams in its league. They were nothing special on Saturday… but then again, uog was something else entirely.
Are you ready for it uog fans???… 6-6 regular season, loss to TULSA in the independence bowl
RomeDawg
September 7th, 2009
7:52 am
If there is any good new from the loss to OSU, it gets fair weather fans off the band wagon. God and Greyhound probably has several UGA flags in the trunk of his car now and is pissed only because he spent his hard earned money bagging groceries on them. What kind of loser goes on another teams blog to write about them at 7 in the morning? A PATHETIC LOSER! God and Greyhound, that is what you are – A LOSER!
nuetral observer
September 7th, 2009
7:53 am
24-17, dawgs sip to oh and 2, and St Mark begins to prepare to fire a scapegoat ala Phil. Could be a tough year to be a dawg fan. Quick, everyone start thinking up alaibis. Rebuilding, Martinez, Cox, Bobo, or we let them win, feel free to use one of mine.
1958dawg
September 7th, 2009
7:55 am
So we lost to a top ten team. So we have problems with our play calling. So we had problems with a sick quarterback. The Dawgs will get better and their offense will come to life. I know it really bothers you bees but the SEC is much better than the ACC. Sure Tech has a good coach and I feel that he will give you some good wins but don’t let it bother you so much when we beat you. It’s only a game and we will try not to rub it in so much anymore.
1958dawg
September 7th, 2009
7:58 am
I bet we see more Logan this week. I still like Cox and I think that the flu caused more problems than people realize. Sure his arm strength isn’t what we are used to but his timing and accuracy are usually much better than we saw Saturday.
1958dawg
September 7th, 2009
7:59 am
Thank you RomeDawg.
DawgDoo
September 7th, 2009
8:08 am
Can U say Oh for 2 Dawgies? Count on it . All the pre-season and pre-game whoof whoof in Stillwater crashed and burned saturday afternoon. All the dawgies yelling at the orange fans entering the stadium “enjoy being in the top 10 for another 3 hours” uh ah ..pathetic, delusional dawg fans look forward to football season from the second the previous season ends with the same hype every year. this team is just not that good, period. Deal w/it puppies.
Bama Dawg
September 7th, 2009
8:15 am
I agree with 1958dawg, thank RomeDawg. It just pisses me off when the fair-weather fans get on here and start bad mouthing a college kid who has worked and practiced for four years and then looses to a top ten team on the road with a case of the flu. I keep forgetting that all of these bloggers were undefeated during their four years as the starting QB at and SEC school.
If you are so unhappy with the team and the coaches, why don’t you move on over to the Tech bandwagon and be happy with big wins on J-State, Duke and the other high school teams they play.
Tough loss, but that is why they plan the games. Hopefully we can rebound and make some noise in what looks like should be a strong season for the SEC.
Oh, no...
September 7th, 2009
8:41 am
…I said those words after the first scrimmage about how we looked a lot like last year and a lot of folks on here gave me grief. Now, it looks as though I was right, especially now that deja vu has hit and Sturdivant is lost again for the season.
So, where does this team go from here? Yes, we lost to a top 10 team, no shame in that. It is HOW we lost that is forebodiing. When I look at the D never making a crucial stop and getting ZERO turnovers, I cringe. Heck, if we can do as well as last yeat then Richt should be the coach of the year.
But, if we lose this week then I am afraid we are staring straight at a 3-9 season, and probably a 1-6 start. With all other SEC teams playing like SEC taams and blowing out who they should when they should (when was the last time UGA scored 63 points on another team, or beat someone 42-0 or 45-0?
And, what the heck was Rennie Curran doing playing on special teams?
1958dawg
September 7th, 2009
8:43 am
Kudos to the loyal dawgs. Sure it hurts to lose but man I love it when they win and thanks to Coach Richt that happens about 10 times a year or more. Yeah I want a national championship and the SEC ring everyyear but lets be realistic here. The SEC is the toughest conference in the country and not even Florida has gone undefeated. Coach Richt may not get in front of the cameras and spit and cuss or humiliate his players if they struggle but he does take care of issues behind the scene.
Fleischman in Chattanooga
September 7th, 2009
8:48 am
Who let the dawwwwwgs out?
24 – 10 …. way to represent the SEC mutt nation.
Mort
September 7th, 2009
8:51 am
Dawgs bounce back and beat USC. Saturday was not the end of the world. Not close.
Dawg'em out!
September 7th, 2009
8:58 am
if the dawgs offense sputters like this all season, i expect CMR to make OC change at UGA. the talent isnt lacking, gotta be able to mesh it together though.
GO DAWGS
SC Dawg
September 7th, 2009
9:02 am
I can’t wait to beat the crap out of the N. Ave trade school in November…..we will be fine next Saturday and take care of darth visor yet again, no worries.
DawgsWin
September 7th, 2009
9:06 am
South Carolina barely beat a terrible NC State team. Georgia will beat them like a rented mule–mark it down! Richt needs to really pour it on against Spurrier to make a statement! Georgia 40 South Carolina 20!!!
1958dawg
September 7th, 2009
9:07 am
Please, someone call Corso and tell him to pick S Carolina.
SC Dawg
September 7th, 2009
9:23 am
This loss hurts, but it was to a legitimate top 10 team and anyone who watched the game saw that despite some poor coaching and offensive execution, we killed ourselves with 3 turnovers, 2 of hich were inside our own 25…..you simply cannot win when you make monumental mistakes like that and the other team protects the ball and has 0 turnovers.
To all of you who are calling for the coaches heads, give me a break. We’ve won 2 SEC championships in the last 7 years under CMR and it had been 20 since our last one before that. We lost a lot of talent, we are breaking in some new starters and had to do so on the road against a top 10 team…….remain cam men, we’re going to be okay!
Do we need some more fire in our belly’s? Based on Saturday, the answer is yes. But this loss is exactly the kind of thing that will breed that…….just wait we will be fine.
mutts R Stinky Losers
September 7th, 2009
9:28 am
Mutts will not score on SC, but they will give up 21 points. Fire Richt NOW.
SC Dawg
September 7th, 2009
9:30 am
mutts r stinky losers…..really? What are you 5? Why do you want us to fire Richt NOW? What do you care? You’re obiously not a fan and certainly not an alumni, so what do you care?
mutts R Stinky Losers
September 7th, 2009
9:32 am
Yo Stupid SC Dawg, what do you call a graduate of the “N. Ave trade school?” All UGA fans call them BOSS, because you work for them. Hopefully not for long, as soon as you are identified as a UGAY fan, you will be fired, with cause.
savannah dawg
September 7th, 2009
9:32 am
Dawgs 31 SC 3!
DirtyDawg
September 7th, 2009
9:36 am
Clearly OKState was a better team than I thought they were gonna be. They had some truly superior athletes that got the job done when they needed to. I too am concerned for how we’ll fare for the rest of the season. I mean it’s gonna be a sad sight to have to see us bragging about a GA – GA Tech score from November to next September, so let’s ‘hunker-down’, or something.
Pumpdawg
September 7th, 2009
9:38 am
We lost and no,Yellow Fuzz,I don’t have any exscuses.I have a friend goin thru chemo for leukemia and I found out Saturday that this is the last treatment they can give her.If it don’t work,There’s nothing they can do.So the game didn’t really matter a helluva lot.Y’all excuse me if I don’t banter back and forth for a few days.But I will be back.With a vengance.
joel
September 7th, 2009
9:39 am
yessa boss im a stupid nuckle dragger
coach smith
September 7th, 2009
9:44 am
Everyone is looking AT THE FIRST GAME against a top 10 team on the road and thinking that everything is going to happen the same way in every game!
Good grief! Does anybody realize that football is about making changes, adjustments, AND PROGRESSING!
The DAWGS WILL BE BETTER IN THE LONG RUN FOR PLAYING THAT GAME!
They will progress and still go 10-2/9-3
CHARLOTTE DAWG
September 7th, 2009
9:47 am
I really don’t care if Joe Cox was sick. If he was sick, 2 things should have happened. 1; we should have put Gray in. 2; if Cox is such a leader, he should have been honest with the coaches and his team and said “I can’t go today”. I understand being competitive and wanting to play but if you HAVE THE FLU, you should know better. And the coaches should have seen it. Can someone tell Mark Richt that college football is a business and he’s the CEO for this “company” when it comes to football.
One play with Logan Gray. ONE! Any other SEC coach would have ranked him(Cox) after half time! Even Cox’s TD pass was a floater that was late and could have easily been picked off. He’s also lucky he didn’t have a Quincy Carter day as several of his passes should have been picked off. But Logan Gray just sat on the sidelines…..maybe he had the flu too?!!!!!!!!!!
And we need to recruit 10 offensive lineman a year b/c we know once they put on the Georgia uniform, half will get injured. What is going on with that? Does this $hit happen to any other school on such a regular basis(injuries?).
The defense played decently but they will not make up for the issues that we now have on offense. It would seem that the talent level at DE is seriously under par from what we are accostomed too. This could be the second year in a row with no pass rush whatsoever.
Nothing encouraging or positive at all for the Georgia Bulldogs at this moment. Nothing.
Back to Richt. Again, he is the “CEO” of Georgia football. And the last time I checked, when an organization continues not to reach their goals over and over again, continues to poorly execute, and continues with the status quo only to expect different results, the CEO is usually held responsible.
I am no longer blaming the assistant coaches. I’m blaming Mark Richt. This is a business and we are in the business of winning. If he doesn’t realize that, his days in Athens are numbered. Time for him to be a CEO and make the necessary changes for us to achieve our goals and potential.
Some Sense
September 7th, 2009
9:49 am
Bad news first:
Joe is just not the guy at qb…we know that.
Seymour doesn’t pick his feet up…the king of the three yd. gain.
CMR MUST appt. a special teams coach…we stink.
Carlton Thomas can’t run between the tackles in the SEC.
Two turnovers.
No sacks or picks.
Herky/Jerkey play calling.
Two HORRIBLE officiating mistakes…14 pts. for the ‘pokes.
Good news:
We are the Georgia “BY GOD” Bulldogs.
There IS a good qb on the roster.
O-Line is good and deep.
Receivers are top drawer.
We will knock the snot-boogers out of you.
No team improves as much from their first really competitive game to their second.
Lots of young performers will be much better next week.
Drew Butler.
Guys…either be a “By God” Georgia Bulldog or stay off the net.
SC Dawg
September 7th, 2009
10:04 am
mutts r stinky losers…..I own my own company, so I guess I’ll be employed for a while longer. What’s funny about your comment is that it’s the complete opposite of the truth…..I actually employ you slide-rule, periodic table carrying dorks o crunch numbers for me whil I put the deals together with the research you prepared for me…..you see, at UGA there is a social element to university life which prepares us for success by teaching us how to read people and negotiate with them…..for example, you are clearly a no-talent ass clown. Now, go back to work son before I fire you!
Alpharetta Dawg
September 7th, 2009
10:04 am
If Cox plays the whole game UGA will lose. SC’s D is far better than OSU. If CMR did not rip Bobo a new one after that performance he is asleep at the wheel. Loyality is great but blind loyality and a lack of accountability is not! We had a bad game plan, bad personnel packages, and poor execution. For goodness sake get the best players on the field even if it means putting seniors on the bench!!!!
baydawg
September 7th, 2009
10:05 am
While the majority of teams opened up with cup cakes UGA, lost a tough road game. We still don’t know a lot about the Dawgs. If that was there best effort it will be a long season. But, I believe the coaches are professionals and the players want to win. There is not a lack of talent and UGA will fight. Fair weather fans find another band wagon. I don’t think we have seen the best of the Dawgs but we may have seen the worst. The first drive was great but the rest of the game looked like so many past first games, lack luster and sloppy.
As for GT fans I guess betting Alabama’s number 1 high school team by 20 gives them you something to brag about but your season really starts Thursday.
Go Dawgs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Murray County Mystic
September 7th, 2009
10:13 am
I questioned the dawg fans have been saying for weeks that the pups would be better without Moreno and Stafford..now, the real question is, better than who??
GATORSTUD
September 7th, 2009
10:17 am
Can’t wait until Tebow passes H. Walker on the all-time rushing TD list. That will stick in the craw of many a bullpup fan for a loooooong time. GO GATORS!!!
Herschel Talker
September 7th, 2009
10:22 am
CHARLOTTE DAWG SAYS EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. PERIOD. END OF STORY. THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING THAT SO WELL.
dwdawg
September 7th, 2009
10:24 am
somebody pass it on to Joe Cox and coaches
learn a pump fake
learn a side step
throw the darn tater before you step out of bounds
Harry Dawg 73
September 7th, 2009
10:30 am
SC HAS A PHYSICAL D. THEY will manhandle UGA’s over rated O line. Why worry about TS when he is done, through. Over. Too bad. SO, he gets a first class education. He can become an MD or attorney or exec or PE coach. Life goes on. When he went down, the O line caved in badly. You could sense it gang. Disgusting ……..lack of leadership by all.
The UGA D is not very physical and our safety play is just awful. QB? We do not have one apparently. The special teams are horrible. One nice punt and one nice field goal.
In 2008, we were told that “because the starting DEnds and Jeff Owens being out is why we were losing” to Bama and tech and Florida. Really? These guys played and we lost. UGA is 2-3 in OUR last 5 games and this is one ugly trend that will not stop in 2009.
The Bulldog Brunch radio show on Sunday had Butler and Jeff Dantzler and you could hear the resignation in their voices for the ENTIRE SEASON. Next year they kept saying or year 2011 is when we will be good.
with 4 or 5 NEW COACHES in the SEC, they ALL SCORED in the high 40 to yes, small school. UGA did not lose to anybody. OSU will be around 8-4 at season’s end. UGA?? 6-6 IF we are lucky.
Changes have to be made now to make a statement and after the SC game, we will hear an out cry. it is coming.
UGA class of 73
IslandDawg
September 7th, 2009
10:35 am
Show me the fire power Dawgs, Please. Logan Gray – Get ready!
http://islanddawg.blogspot.com/
Dee
September 7th, 2009
10:36 am
I’m all Vol, but my fiancee is a Dawg. Heed these words carefully. CMR reminds me of Phil Fulmer. A lot.
Justafan
September 7th, 2009
10:43 am
Coach! Give the ball to Murray! We’ve trashed Stafford for leaving early. We’ve trashed Cox after one game. Give the ball to Murray! Oh!! Murray doesn’t want the —- ball?
Gary
September 7th, 2009
11:01 am
If the performance in all aspects of the game is what we see the rest of the year, this is going to be a long year for Bulldog fans. What idiot said the without Stafford( #1 NFL pick) and Moreno(#12 NFL pick) the Dogs would be better. Those people should stop drinking so much. How crazy can anyone be.
T-Rav and the Eastside Grainger
September 7th, 2009
11:07 am
Dudes, OKlahoma St. is not a legitimate Top 10 team. If they were, your game would’ve been laughable. Moreso than it was.
BAMA STAN
September 7th, 2009
11:07 am
12 NATIONAL TITLES – 21 SEC TITLES!!!
Although it was the season opener for all teams – some things are very clear:
1. Bama has definately passed UGA as a program – coming out of our self inflicted wounds – in two years with SABAN. We looked mid year form and ready to rumble. Kudos to VT for absolutley bringing it – and their fans are awesome!.
2. UGA is a program that is SEC mid-level at best. Stafford and Moreno kept you ahead of the KY’s, Vandy’s and Auburn. But not so anymore. This program may be in trouble.
At best – UGA goes 6 -6 this year – and could pull a Fulmer or Tuberbville and go 5-7:
1. OSU – OSU WON
2. SC – UGA should win – 55/45 – but not surprised if UGA chokes
3. ARK – ARK wins
4. AZ STATE – UGA wins
5. LSU – LSU wins
6. TN – TN wins big – has passed UGA as a program – winning 4 of last 6 games.
7. VANDY – UGA wins
8. FL – FL humiliates UGA – total beatdown showing how far UGA has dropped from TOP 10 teams.
9. TN Tech – UGA wins
10. Auburn – 50/50 (UGA lucky to win last year)
11. KY – 50/50 (UGA lucky to win last year)
12. GT – Tech rumbles – and has passed UGA as a program.
As stated on another blog- SEASON is YOUNG. BUT UGA is showing same issues as last year:
– Special teams kickoffs – horrible!
– Stupid Penalties at critical times (see both UGA punt returns)
– Inept coaching – horrible offensive game plan – defense actually looked good – and the call on #9 Jones for hitting the receiver was a HORRIBLE CALL.
However – UGA was playing OKLAHOMA STATE!!!. A team that a Medicore UGA team should beat – even if this is the best ever OSU team.
UGA team peaked under Richt in 2005. Very inconsistent since.
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dawggirl
September 7th, 2009
11:21 am
Not much to really say. I’m certainly not a bandwagon fan, being alumni and all, but that was a really pathetic and poor display of football. I was expecting so much more of a fight. Joe Cox will not cut it in the SEC, so get someone in there that can. Hell, USC is starting a true freshman.
I was downtown at STATS for the Bama/Va Tech game, so it was hard to really see what was going on in the second half (not a whole hell of a lot, it looks like). However, when the tape is reviewed, the coaches better come up with a plan to change things. How is it possible that our special teams coach still has a job??
One thing though, no excuses whatsoever. We had a chance to win after the opening drive, and then nothing from us.
Even though all the rest of the SEC minus Bama and maybe LSU or SCar played cupcakes, they won convincingly enough to tell me that there could be major trouble ahead. I hope Damon Evans lets CMR know that this non-offense is not acceptable for the UGA football program.
Denver Dog
September 7th, 2009
11:28 am
Bama Stanky,
thanks for the usual criticism of the dogs. Are you Darwin Holt’s son? Another fine example of the Alabama traditon. The secret for teams in college football is to keep improving. The Tide stopped last year, UGA never did. I was impressed with UA victory over VT. I think VT has some of the same play calling tendancies that UGA uses.
UGA season will depend on this week coming up, see if they win, they are not out of anything. They have a tough schedule, and alot tougher than UA, UF, LSU, UT for sure, and most of the rest of the teams in conference. UF plays one potentially tough out of conference team. Last game of season. You played yours, we hav two left, plus the SEC schedule. I am kind of befuddled about why you spend so much time on a UGA blog, if you are a Bama Fan there Bama Stan. You dodged another probation just a few weeks ago, you klansmen over the line there better be careful, you will ge the death penalty next.
CHARLOTTE DAWG
September 7th, 2009
11:29 am
Dee, I think you are right. Not CEO material. Not even close until he proves otherwise.
I wonder who will get injured next? Probably another lineman…..this time he’ll get injured on the way to the dining hall….he’ll try to dart into the pizza line and will tear his ACL. Give me a freaking break! Our players are like glass! Sick of this crap!
Start Logan Grey; start Caleb King. If King does this whoosy ‘leave his feet before contact playing scared kind of crap’, put Ealey in as it can’t get any worse. Richard Samuel should be on special teams and stay there! I don’t give a rat’s a$$ if he got 86 yards against osu. Any back worth his salt would have gotten 150 with cuts, vision, and balance as the holes were there. Moreno would have had a field day with that defense. Samuel is a linebacker “playing” running back and the honeymoon should be cut short….like now! DID THEY NOT SEE THIS IN FALL PRACTICE? I doubt he started that peculiar style of running in Stillwater!
Is it just me or is Aaron White hell bent on continuing the recent butterfinger tradition for Georgia TE’s started by Trip Chandler. Did he not drop the same kind of pass during the spring game? COME ON SON! If you are undersized as a TE and add dropping the ball to your resume, I don’t see you helping the team out.
And many thanks to the selfish players, Justin Houston and Bruce Figgins. For being punks, you are suspended. Your team could have used you but you are “punks” instead of team players obviously.
You think Marlon Brown is re-thinking his decision to go to Georgia? I do! What good is he and AJ Green if we don’t have a QB to get the ball to them? OSU dared us to throw deep and guess what…we couldn’t…so excellent coaching on their part.
Disgusting and embarrassing! For all the fire Willie is getting, I actually think the worse assistants/coordinators are Bobo and Fabris. I said right after Moreno and Stafford declared for the draft that we would see if Bobo is the real deal or if he’s had success b/c he’s had superstarts. At the moment, it is the latter and that is not good news.
Tired of this crap!
Denver Dog
September 7th, 2009
11:39 am
Charlotte Dawg
Are you a shcizophenic, the two entries that you mad contradict each other.
We have a good team,
We will be in the top of the SEC
We will beat Tech, LSU, and UF.
We lost 3 skill players to the top 33 draft choices in the NFL.
We played a real team our first game.
We played a top10 team for our first game
Play calling was awful, We never saw thier defense before Saturday. No films, no tendencies
See how they are at the end of this week, and then we can say how good or bad we are.
GO Dogs.
Fort Worth Dawg
September 7th, 2009
11:45 am
I don’t make many UGA games but drove up for this one. My thoughts and those of the OK State radio post-game I listened to (haven’t had time to ready any game commentary so apologies if any of this is repetitive):
OSU radio comments
1. OSU was very scared after the initial series of both teams. In the words of the OSU commentator, “If I’m Mark Richt I never pass the ball again.” Which was my thinking. Obviously OSU knew to run the ball late to eat up the clock. I thought going Dooley on OSU would have worn down the defense, eaten up the clock, and eventually led to long runs. But who knows,
2. OSU felt that it was better conditioned than UGA. They felt that they ran the ball and stopped the run much better than UGA in the second half. They also thought OSU was better conditioned than prior OSU teams, and credited a new workout program.
3. OSU was surprised at its own defense. They felt that they had had a string of guys who thought they were going to revolutionize defense. They replaced the DC’s with an old-school guy who simplified things and emphasized the fundamentals. I wish I could remember the exact quote: “defense is (a) athleticism, (b) wrapping up, (c) reading schemes, and (d) hitting hard” – something like that.
4. One commentator was extremely harsh on Joe Cox – “a hole at QB”. Another pointed out that UGA got into obvious passing situations and that made it too easy on the OSU defense.
5. Possibly ESPN radio … UGA misses Asher Allen.
My thoughts.
1. I thought there were too many times UGA’s defense looked confused – always looking towards the sidelines. I did not get the sense that UGA’s defensive players could read schemes or knew what they were doing.
2. Everyone in the UGA section nearly fell over laughing when the new attendace record of 53,000 was announced. “Valdosta has a bigger stadium.”
3. OSU was higher ranked and predicted to win. Better to lose to them than, say, Vandy. However, fan confidence is obviously low right now.
4. As I recall, OSU threw one long ball (for a touchdown). #1 Dez Bryant only had 3 catches but 2 were TD’s. As I recall, UGA only threw one long ball and Aaron White almost caught it. My thinking was that in those 2nd and 2 situations why not air it out long.
5. Overall, I didn’t think Joe Cox did that bad. However, I also had zero confidence in the offense with 7 minutes left. When OSU was up 17 – 10 my initial thought was, “Man, we’ve got to score 3 field goals to take the lead.” The OSU announcers thaought the OSU QB did not have a great game either. Opening games are supposed to favor the defenses – I’ll give Joe Cox a pass for now.
6. That block in the back penalty cost us 74 yards, a 1st & goal on the 2 and 7 easy points. I think it ended with a fumble and an OSU TD. If I’m right that needless penalty cost us a tie game at that point.
7. There were a lot more UGA fans present than I thought – especially given the economy and the gouging on the ticket prices. Charging $100 minimum for tickets (and boundling them into season packages) was over the top. There were more UGA fans tailgating. In the words of an OU co-worker “it’s not SEC football” – on the plus side, it was infinitely easier to get into and out of Stillwater on gameday.
8. UGA cheer leaders gave out fistfulls of red pom poms to the UGA section. This may be standard for away games but it was good thinking on someone’s part.
9. Don’t know if the “Big 12″ chants at the end made the TV broadcast.
Johnny Test
September 7th, 2009
11:50 am
Well one thing is for sure, these type of situations seperate the real fans from the fair weather fans. There are two weays to look at this game. Oklahoma state is an average team and we played terrible against an average team so forget about the rest of the season. That is for the immature fair weather bunch.
Or you could say that we lost to the #9 team in the nation who has a senior laden team with three of the best skill players in the country and an improved defense playing in the most important game in their schools history. Also, like it or not we are a young inexperienced team in many key positions and we made critical mistakes that changed the momentum of the game. If we had played perfectly we could have won that game but we didn’t. The defense played good and will continue to improve. The offense looked great on the first drive then did not adjust to Oklahoma State stacking the line to stop the rush. That was both a coaching and execution issue.
We will get better and we will beat South Carolina and Arkansas. Then the tenor of this conversation will change.
All-Vol
September 7th, 2009
11:51 am
Tough loss, dawgies. Don’t panic, good to see y’all take it on the road outta the SE US for a change. Now you know where the problems are and can still have a good season.
But you gotta come to Knoxville. We’ll be looking forward to it. Buh bye.
Kendawg
September 7th, 2009
11:54 am
The OSU game proved once again that a team cannot have crucial turnovers and win a relatively closely matched game. When will our defense have some meaningful turnovers? I think never, with our “read and react” method of playing defense. The SC game should give some indication of whether Cox is going to last the entire season as the QB. I said before the season that he’s a lot better than Joe T., but he didn’t prove me right Saturday. It will be an interesting game Staurday against SC, and I for one plan to be at Sanford Stadium as I am not a bandwagon fan. I’m an alumnus and a Dawg fan for life.