Looks like it’s going to be a looooong season
Brandon Boykin's return for a touchdown was one of the few bright spots for Georgia. (Associated Press)
Play-action.
Bootleg.
I just thought I’d throw out a couple of basic offensive football terms that Willie Martinez apparently isn’t familiar with.
As a result, Georgia made Jonathan Crompton look like an all-conference quarterback Saturday as Tennessee repeatedly ran the same basic plays over and over again to great success in a 45-19 butt-kicking.
Not that the loss can be pinned entirely on Georgia’s defense. Because the Dogs’ offense put on one of the most toothless, inept performances since … last week’s first half. No running game to speak of. And this week precious little passing game. You remember all the talk about how Georgia’s offensive line was terrible at run-blocking but good at pass protection? Today they weren’t even good at that, as Joe Cox repeatedly had to throw the ball away or had it batted down. Volunteer defenders spent more time in Georgia’s backfield than any of the three tailbacks the Dogs used in vain. The Dogs basically took the third quarter off.
Backup quarterback Logan Gray did finally get to play quarterback … and showed us little. He did complete his first pass as a Bulldog, to Marlon Brown (who finally got to make some catches), but generally threw poorly.
The only Bulldogs unit that had any positives in this game was, incredibly, the special teams, which accounted for most of Georgia’s points thanks to a 102-yard kickoff return by Brandon Boykin, a blocked punt for a safety by Zach Renner and a long field goal by Blair Walsh in addition to the pick-6 by Bacarri Rambo. Even then, the Dogs still had a terrible kickoff return that saw the Vols begin a drive in Dogs territory.
What else? Missed tackles galore. Tennessee receivers continually wide open. Poor play calling by Mike Bobo. And, again, Martinez appeared to be clueless.
And the dean of SEC coaches was outcoached by Lane Kiffin, who now has the right to say whatever he wants to when it comes to the Dogs.
Kirby Smart, please come home!
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SRS
October 10th, 2009
7:56 pm
dawgster,
I doubt recruits are reading this blog as you say. Even if they are who cares? Did you watch the game today? Why would a top recruit want to come to UGA? The top programs (USC, Texas, Florida etc…) NEVER get blown out the wasy UGA did today. Truthfully, UGA is good for 1-2 blow-out losses every season. If you want top recruits then you have to earn them.
Army Vet
October 10th, 2009
7:57 pm
At least ARMY won !!!!!!!! UGA can still make a bowl appearance…the TOILET BOWL !!!!!
kneivel
October 10th, 2009
7:57 pm
WELL WELL WELL the dawgs have doen it again. Ive been a dawg since 1970 and its been a long hard road. there are ups and downs all sround, don’t get me wrong im not a sympathizer, im a pissed off ga dawg girl. damn it im tired of not being able to say , oh yeah we will win, I’ve not been able to say that since i don’t know when. I am in need of a dawgs team that can click both offensively and defensivly and kick some ass. come on why are we the dregs of college football why are we not ranked? its because we do not have LEADERSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!! we have not had good leadership on offense and defense since Greene and Pollack. what happened to that kind of recruiting? What happens to the guys that are supposed to be Blue Chips when they get in the GA program. Its time for those questions to be answered, come on GA fans its time to rally together, the dawgs sure arent gonna do that, so lets do that and get some results. LIFE TIME DAWG FAN AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!!!!!! I LOVE MY DAWGS but i can and feel like i have the right as a season ticket holder to criticize BAD COACHING AND PLAYING.
Mutts R Dirty, Filthy Scum
October 10th, 2009
7:58 pm
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georgia87
October 10th, 2009
7:58 pm
What happened to the fake reverses, the receiver traps for Smith and Boykin on offense? What happened to trying something different with Logan Gray? I am OK with running a pro-set offense. But couldn’t we have just a bit of unpredictability? Why can’t we execute screens? Is it possible that we practice on 20 hours and the rest of the country goes over, as evidenced by the Michigan player’s comments? Is there any excuse for us to look this woefully unprepared?
Mutts R Dirty, Filthy Scum
October 10th, 2009
7:59 pm
Ah do believe Smokey has done mounted Guv Sonny of the purty pink panties….
111111
October 10th, 2009
8:00 pm
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DawgJones
October 10th, 2009
8:00 pm
Why is all of this on BoBo and Martinez. I put Rodney Garner on the line too. I am sorry, but the quality of player is not there and by the way he coaches on the defensive side of the ball. That D Line looked great today.,,,yeah and by the way he punkd Georgia by flirting with UT last off season
tcdawg
October 10th, 2009
8:01 pm
http://www.firemarkricht.net/
And the rest of em!!!
Mutts R Dirty, Filthy Scum
October 10th, 2009
8:04 pm
All those 5 Star players at UGAY just lost any chance of being drafted or playing in the nfl. They are now five star rejects, players who are less in college than they were in high school. Look at your two pretty boys from recent past, both out of the nfl, one too stupid to play, and one with something busted in he head region. At least quincy could blame drugs…
tcdawg
October 10th, 2009
8:09 pm
I am sick and tired of this mediocre coaching and playing!
ROCKYTOP1970
October 10th, 2009
8:12 pm
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S SWEETER–TN WINNING OR GA LOSING!!!!!!
mansup01
October 10th, 2009
8:12 pm
You UGA guys are idiots. Richt has been there for 9 seasons and when things are going good, you speak of him as if he is a saint. I’d be ashamed of my fans if I were a UGA fan. Ya’ll have always been a bunch of fair weather fans, but this even surprises me. And where in the world do you get off calling the Tenn fans “toothless rednecks”? Don’t you realize that the image of the UGA fan is a mullet wearing, NASCAR watching, redneck? Geeeez….you guys are something!
jwilli120
October 10th, 2009
8:13 pm
I like CMR alot but, if he were gonna lead us to the promise land
it would have happened in his first 5 years, it hasn’t happened
and it’s not gonna happen, thanks CMR and this staff, Urban Crier,
Slick Saben, and Les Mileage, all won in 4yrs upon arriving @ thier
new schools, CMR 9yrs and not even a BCS championship game, yall
tell me.
MadDawg
October 10th, 2009
8:13 pm
http://WWW.FireMarkRicht.com
ROCKYTOP1970
October 10th, 2009
8:20 pm
OMG— I’M OUTTA HERE YOU UGA FANS ARE THE SORE-EST LOSERS EVER!!!!!!!!! YOU CANT ADMIT FOR THE LIFE OF YOU THAT YOU GOT $#@%#%#@ BEAT!!!!!! AND BEAT BY A BETTER TEAM !!!! GIVE IT UP AND JUST ACCEPT IT!!!!!!
MadDawg
October 10th, 2009
8:29 pm
Richt needs his A$$ out here.
Looks like it’s a 6-6 season boys.
Mutts
October 10th, 2009
8:29 pm
Hey ripped again you are correct. It is entertaining to say the least listening to Buck take up for the coaches. Trust me Buck give this talent to Saban and Meyer and they would win or at the least be more competitive
savdawg
October 10th, 2009
8:33 pm
Everyone is welcome at FireMarkRicht.net
MadDawg
October 10th, 2009
8:35 pm
New Head Coach: Will Muschamp
O/C: Eric Zier
D/C: Kirby Smart
zino
October 10th, 2009
8:37 pm
At least we have a good shot at beating Tennessee Tech…………
Ed
October 10th, 2009
8:45 pm
Give me a coach with a little fire in his belly. Is Jim Mora still around?
Reed
October 10th, 2009
8:46 pm
Week after week our opponent’s receivers seem to be open with no one in the same zip code defending. The offensive coordinator doesn’t seem to realize Stafford is in the NFL! How about designing the offense around the talent you have instead of trying to make Cox in to something he is not. Can we not run the football? We have some talented ball carriers that get too few touches. Can we coach up the players on when it’s appropriate to fair catch and when it’s best to let it go? What the heck is going on? Obama getting the Nobel prize makes more sense than our game planning!
kneivel
October 10th, 2009
8:49 pm
rocky top you did win today but i bet you and your faithful bloggers, ofh wait do yall know how to blog or even have a blog. why are you on our blog. the ga fans are pissed because we do not accept medeocrity. no wait that word was too big for you, we dont like losing!!!!!!!! and we have great recruits and they are not being coached to their potetial and we actually have brains t think and see those things. Soory rocky top that you and your fans dont have a blog to talk about yourselves.
AugustaDawg
October 10th, 2009
8:50 pm
I’ve been trying to defend the coaching staff, but I can’t do it anymore. The SEC is not the place for “on the job” training. (Bobo, 1st time coordinator, McClendon 1st time coach). We’ve got a coach with no experience coaching a group of inexperienced players with McClendon. My vote would be to get rid of every coach with the exception of Ball, Searls and Garner. Everyone else gone and start over before its too late. We still have enough talent to recover next season, but we have to get the right coaches in place. Hopefully CMR will realize that it will be him getting new coaches or the powers that be replacing the entire staff including him. I know a good “captain” goes down with his ship, but hopefully he’ll make the right moves and keep the ship form sinking
revgig
October 10th, 2009
8:52 pm
Time to start thinking about next year. We’re two games behind Florida already in the east, and Tennessee has the tie-breaker advantage now. So I say get those heralded recruits on the field this year instead of “rebuilding” next year. We can’t handle 2006 and 2009 again in 2010. That would be three out of five down years, and in my book, one down year too many in Athens. Today was a wake-up call!
GoGators!!!
October 10th, 2009
8:52 pm
Well UGAa and FSU playing a bowl game on the smurf turf in late November is all that bad…..
toga
October 10th, 2009
9:01 pm
Maybe Richt will win the Nobel Peace Prize next year. He would fit in great with Obama, Carter, Gore and all the other weak ones who make others look strong.
ROLL TIDE!
white base coat!!!!
October 10th, 2009
9:02 pm
this all stems from that idiot UGA kid with the “whiiiiiite baaaaaaase coaaaaat” video who is such a great representative of the school. And you puppies call the GT kids nerds….
Mutts R Dirty, Filthy Scum
October 10th, 2009
9:11 pm
Terminate Mark Rectum….
Dogforever
October 10th, 2009
9:13 pm
Martinez is one of the finest DC in the country. To fire him would be a terrible mistake. Bobo knows Richts offense and is imaginative in his play calling. They both should be retained by Richt. Fabris is doing a fine job with the DE and today was a great example at what an outstanding Special teams coach he is. Go Dogs!
ugakev19@aol.com
October 10th, 2009
9:13 pm
There are basically two different groups of georgia fans right now. Ones that think there need to be coaching changes and ones that hate on georgia fans for demanding the most out of the coaches and teams. I demand greatness from great talent. Its time for a change so Piss on all you georgia fans that say we are not true fans . I went 14 hours to stillwater to watch this team play. I was born a DAWG and will die a DAWG. For all the fans that believe we deserve better than this i am with you all. also close that end zone in in the west end zone we need sanFord Stadium to become a intimidating place to play.
Reality
October 10th, 2009
9:15 pm
Discipline! THis team does not have, and has not had in years, DISCIPLINE! Look at ALA, FLA, GT, and SC….they ALL have DISCIPLINE! When the thug-type players run the show—this is what you get. The WINNERS—Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, Les Miles, Spurrier, and even Paul Johnson RUN THEIR teams…you have NO doubt who is in charge—-NOT Souljah Boy!!!
Scared Puppy
October 10th, 2009
9:15 pm
I, I just hope GEORGIA TECH does not beat us too badly in November…
Scared Puppy
October 10th, 2009
9:19 pm
Tommy Bowden would make a good coach for uga….
TN VOLS GUY
October 10th, 2009
9:26 pm
This is not meant as a trolling response. We already got rid of our Phillip Fulmer. Maybe it’s time you guys do too. Fulmer was blindly loyal to his staff and would make changes only when his job was on the line. Fulmer, consistently, recruited well but failed to get the guys to play up to their potential. Sound familiar? Keep your heads up Dawgs.
SOB
October 10th, 2009
9:27 pm
What the hell was that?
Al Gore
October 10th, 2009
9:28 pm
Look on the bright side mutts….there’s probably not 70 tons of trash on your campus this week.
Luv Dem Dawgs
October 10th, 2009
9:37 pm
This game was a lot closer than the score. TN did not drive on us and we were our own worst enemy. Our defense played great, but all the bad calls killed us. Cox is a much better QB than Crompton, but I think he was sick with the flu today. We will win the rest of our games and will play Alabama in the SEC Championship game.
kneivel
October 10th, 2009
9:39 pm
Let’s hire Charlie Strong!! Let’s go dawg fans unite Charlie Strong would have more fire and determination than what we have now..
Sorry Dogs
October 10th, 2009
9:41 pm
Hire Bill Bilichick.
Second choice, Tony Dungy.
Third Bill Cowher.
In a pinch – John Gruden.
Bwaaaaahaaaaahaaaahaaaaa!
Delusional poodles!!
UGA Rules
October 10th, 2009
9:43 pm
The mid pack of the SEC
LOL
Tennessee hawg-dawg
October 10th, 2009
9:44 pm
With all the criticism of the coaching staff, lets not fail to notice one thing. At the beginning of the year John Fabris was named by ESPN as the best position coach in the SEC. I think we saw why today. It appears he was given time to coach this week and Special Teams is the one area of we saw improvement. They were not perfect but at least improving. He seems to care about winning and Georgia performing. On the side lines he looked engaged and obviously made adjustments this week. Go John Go Dogs
renee campbell
October 10th, 2009
9:44 pm
yeah when all else fails BLAME THE REFS, THE BAD CALLS, THE FLU, whatever else you want to BLAME, but you need to face reality YOU LOST !!!!!!! PLAIN AND SIMPLE –ELEMENTARY MY DEAR
woof woof
October 10th, 2009
9:45 pm
Tennessee just scored again!
Minnesota Dawg
October 10th, 2009
9:46 pm
We might be shocked at what this season ends up like. Don’t give up yet ye discouraged of heart. We are in a fight till the end!
Buck B
October 10th, 2009
9:48 pm
maybe I should come out of retirement, oh wait, never mind, Cox is better than me.
Dawg Blawg
October 10th, 2009
9:49 pm
please put an end to this misery, dawgs suck, we know it, enough already, I’m out.
O V E R R A T E D
October 10th, 2009
9:52 pm
at #50
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Go Vandy! make the puppies OH 4 Tennessee
Troof
October 10th, 2009
9:52 pm
Maybe UGA and GT can switch conferences. Bring Tech back to the SEC!