Can Dogs still have a winning season?
I’ll be off as usual on Tuesday and the Blawg will return on Wednesday.
In the meantime, I wanted to leave you with a topic I thought might spark some interesting discussion. Like our revised expectations for Mark Richt’s 2009 team.
Loading ...While still mathematically possible, that’s not very likely.
Over their past dozen games, the Dogs are 7-5, and after Saturday’s loss to Tennessee, that matches the most optimistic predictions I heard of what Georgia’s record is likely to be this season.
But, frankly, a lot of folks I’ve heard from don’t see Georgia winning four more games. I’m hearing quite a few 6-6 predictions or even 5-7.
The only remaining games the Dogs are flatly expected to win are Vandy (which just lost to Army) and Tennessee Tech, this season’s jabroni.
Kentucky and Auburn? More difficult to predict. I think the Dogs can take the Wildcats. Auburn looks tougher, though not as tough as the Tigers’ record so far would indicate. I mean, they made the Arkansas defense look decent!
As for Florida, well, it doesn’t look good barring another injury to Tim Tebow. (By the way, did you see those CBS shots of Urban Meyer seemingly trying to rub noses with his quarterback Saturday night in Baton Rouge? Creepy.)
Georgia Tech definitely looks like a potential loss right now, but keep in mind that they don’t appear to have any defense. If Georgia can get back on the offensive page it occupied against South Carolina and Arkansas, that game could look like Tech-FSU. Last team standing wins. Only hopefully our team wouldn’t run out of steam like Bobby Bowden’s did.
So how do you think the Dogs will finish? Share your predictions in the comments, vote in the poll or both.
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Dawg Tired
October 12th, 2009
4:00 pm
5 and 7.
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
October 12th, 2009
4:01 pm
5 and 7
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
October 12th, 2009
4:01 pm
and a possible loss of a lot of recruits
RedandBlack
October 12th, 2009
4:07 pm
When is Coach Richt going to be addressed about the problems of this season? Who is going to hold him accountable? When will the solutions start? How about asking some tough questions, now?
jsmuga
October 12th, 2009
4:08 pm
5-7 You think Tenn game was embarrassing wait until this team plays Florida…….
BlackSmoke
October 12th, 2009
4:09 pm
We have 3 very winnable games left on the schedule against Vandy, TnTech, and UK. The remaining games of UF, AU, and GT are what will decide this season. I’m guessing me have 2 losses remaining on the schedule against UF and either AU or GT. I don’t think we will lose to all 3, although it is very possible. But I’m guessing for a 7-5 season, and a bowl win to be 8-5 overall
RonnieGarDner
October 12th, 2009
4:11 pm
Why is eveyone surprised that the Vols beat UGA? They have decent athletes too. And to say Monte Kiffin over Bobo in this pro style offense is a mismatch doesn’t know football. Anyone with half a brain could see Monte taking Bobo to school (3 offensive points, not penetrating the 34 yardline)would vouch for that. Give the Vols a little bit of credit. Yea, UGA played bad…….(or did UT help them play bad along the way?)
tim
October 12th, 2009
4:14 pm
The mighty Gators will be rubbing the puppies noses in uga’s poop on halloween…when are you going to realize that Brantley is head and shoulders better than any qb you’ve got and did you see the D in red stick….my, my, my you thought last year was bad Spikes and Dunlap will turn Cox’s hair brown…I’ll bet all you puppie fans will be leaving about midway through the 3rd–just like last year.
Dave
October 12th, 2009
4:15 pm
If Richt and his staff act quickly to solve some of the offense’s problems, it’s still possible to salvage the rest of the season and go 8-4. That’s the best we can hope for. Five and seven would be a disaster.
Coach Mark Richt
October 12th, 2009
4:15 pm
What problems? Look, football wasn’t invented in this state like you redneks think.
Dont worry pup followers, I will get them boys DANCING again!!!!
CMR Wins the 2009 George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open
October 12th, 2009
4:17 pm
What’s a good theme to put on paper bags to wear to the games?
(aside from the obvious/easy “Dawggie Bag”?)
Denver Dawg
October 12th, 2009
4:18 pm
Right after the Dawgs lost to #4 LSU, I thought our chances of beating Florida actually improved. I remembered past Dawg seasons, and historic patterns of over-achieving in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, when almost every season we’d win a game or two we had no business winning. Remember Florida ‘85? Alas, the Tennessee debacle proved we are in a much different UGA era now – not sure I’m gonna like what it brings…
UGASlobberknocker
October 12th, 2009
4:18 pm
7-5..Dawgs will lose to Fla of course; that score depends on Meyer’s mood. (lets hope it’s good). Malzone (sp?) at Auburn is licking his chops at facing the Dogs D in Athens, where Auburn has a winning record. We will lose that one 50-49.
Then a fun filled trip to the Weedeater Bowl.I am so excited. I hear Shreveport is really nice in mid December.
FREE WILLIE
David
October 12th, 2009
4:19 pm
3-3; and everyone seems to be jumping ship. Give me a break people. You beat a very good Arkansas team as well as South Carolina. The loss to UT was indeed disappointing, but take into account that UT played the best they have ever played. I don’t think Florida will have as great a game as UT did.
Real fans should stick with your team when you have a bad year out of 10. Stop the calls for personnel changes… you do that at the end of a season, not in the middle of it. You’ve got the talent, keep rooting on your kids, they can pull it together.
A Tech fan that is rooting for UGA win
Bubba
October 12th, 2009
4:21 pm
6-6.
Pago Flyer
October 12th, 2009
4:22 pm
At half-time in Jax….FL40…UGa..6
Saint Simons
October 12th, 2009
4:23 pm
45 – 19 !!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Saint Simons
October 12th, 2009
4:26 pm
UGA will play in carpets of Dalton bowl !!!!!!!!
Supes
October 12th, 2009
4:26 pm
6-6 at BEST.
I also hope they don’t go to a bowl game. Being 6-6 will be humiliating enough, but I don’t wanna see us get punked at some blue turf bowl 2 weeks before christmas!
Maybe that’s what it will take to put CMR, his staff and his philisophy on the HOT SEAT.
YoungDawg
October 12th, 2009
4:33 pm
Why hasn’t CMR fired someone yet?!? What happened Saturday in Knoxville is unacceptable! We’ve been out coached the last two games & continue to have the same issues! My wife wasn’t able to watch the game but after hearing what happened & seeing the highlights. She says “someone needs to be fired for that!” Now that’s from a woman born & raised in Athens whose family all have some sort of direct connection to the university. She knows some football but knows enough to know changes are needed NOW! My take on it is if play a good game but loose then the other team was just better than us that day. BUT when we get out coached & keep making the same mistakes then something needs to change! I love CMR & thinks he’s the right man for the job BUT if he won’t make the changes that are needed then he needs to go! I can see that happening in Evans demands changes be made. If Evan won’t demand changes then he needs to go too! I’m willing to see if Bobo & CMR can correct the O. On D keep Garner for recruiting, if needed move him to TE coach. Fire the rest of the D staff & as part of the new hires should be a special teams coach! He found BVG so if we can’t get a big name then go hire a up & comer that will be able to do the job! The new DC needs free reign to bring in guys to implement his style D. If CMR won’t make changes how about Charlie Strong?
PMC
October 12th, 2009
4:33 pm
7-5 with an outside shot at 8-4. They are better than the body of work so far this year and the bloodletting after Tennessee should galvanize them. It’s not like they have anything left to lose.
Jeff
October 12th, 2009
4:37 pm
Way to pick a team up…..what a bunch of losers. Thank God my son doesnt play for UGA-
Todd
October 12th, 2009
4:38 pm
Winning season? It’s gone from back in the Spring on this blog, the Kitty is an idiot…..
to 45-19.
It’s gone from Stafford and Moreno were distractions and Coxy is the 2nd coming of DJ Shock. to 3-3, 49 yrds at half agaisnt LSU, no red zone visits against Tenn.
What is next Dawg Nation and I’m one of you.?
DMR
October 12th, 2009
4:40 pm
DIDN’T YOU HEAR? Georgia fired the equipment manager right after the game in Tennessee; He left all the DAWG’S BALLS in Athens.
Dawg Drool (BaseballVol13)
October 12th, 2009
4:40 pm
Oh well, not much I can say to make you “pups” fans feel worse! Can’t wait to see the Yellow Jackets your asses SILLY!!!! No need to even mention the Florida game, Vandy is a loss, Kentucky and Auburn likewise! Only game that SHOULD be a definite win is Tennessee Tech, and to beat it all, Arizona State and South Carolina beat themselves, the “pups” didn’t win. At least ya’ll got Marlon Brown!
SatchelBuzz
October 12th, 2009
4:41 pm
When you got nothing,…you got nothing to lose. Those dreams, you’d better pawn ‘em,….you’re not confused,…yes,..your season is going to hell.
THWG!
Boise Dawg
October 12th, 2009
4:42 pm
GarDner, I don’t think anyone including GA fans are surprised we lost to UT. Heck UT was favored. It is the way we lost that …. well surprising isn’t the right word, but incredibly disappointing. I expected the game to be a back and forth nail biter against two mediocre teams that could go either way… no UGA fan expected to get embarrassed like that.
Dawg Drool (BaseballVol13)
October 12th, 2009
4:45 pm
NEVER, not once did you “pups” get inside the 35 ALL DAY long, except to cover a kickoff!!! “3″ measly points on a 53 yard field goal, now that is downright disgusting if you’re a ball-licking “pups” fan. Where are all the Lame Kitten comments now? King Kiffin and crew whipped ya’ll worse than Michael Vick EVER thought about whippin’ a dog!!!!
Bigboy
October 12th, 2009
4:45 pm
9-4
obvious dude
October 12th, 2009
4:47 pm
Saint Simons, you must know all about that Dalton Carpet bowl. Didn’t your silly team go to frickin’ Idaho of all places to play on that blue field? UGA would rather break a bowl streak and not play then travel to stickin Idaho. Oh, and you got embarrased on the blue field too….
SuperB
October 12th, 2009
4:48 pm
Praying for 7-5, thinking 6-6. Somebody’s gotta go!
Boise Dawg
October 12th, 2009
4:50 pm
7-5 sounds about right…. but it could just as easily turn into 5-7. I’d like to be able to think the schedule sets up nicely for the rest of the season if we can get some confidence back. Perhaps this team can find an identity next week and then take advantage of the two weeks to prepare for Florida. Call me crazy, but I actually think our defense may be able to stop Florida this year…I don’t think it will matter though… given our lack of running game I can’t see how we are going to score on that Florida defense and I suspect their defense will even put some points on the board.
smack talker
October 12th, 2009
4:50 pm
Saint Simons = pimple-faced weakling, just like the average Tech student.
SuperB
October 12th, 2009
4:51 pm
Hey Saint Simons– how were things at school today? I mean with recess and coloring, etc. At least we OWN Dalton Carpet Mills. Maybe we’ll employ some of your “Industrial Engineering” grads. Somebody’s gotta clean our bathrooms. Now, go do your homework.
golden boy
October 12th, 2009
4:51 pm
Saint Simons is a dork!
dumbdog
October 12th, 2009
4:53 pm
3-9
Virginia Dog
October 12th, 2009
4:57 pm
I have no idea what is going on behind the scenes in Athens and, quite frankly, nobody else does either. But I trust that Richt will get it together in due time…..probably not soon enough for most fans, including me, but it will come. “The darkest hour is just before dawn!”
SOOHSO
October 12th, 2009
4:59 pm
Given the money, facilities, publicity, salaries, why has UGA become a 2nd tier football program??? Absolutely NO excuse.
Kanedawg39
October 12th, 2009
5:00 pm
5-7
Dawg Drool (BaseballVol13)
October 12th, 2009
5:00 pm
I have no idea what is going on behind the scenes in Athens and, quite frankly, nobody else does either. But I trust that Richt will get it together in due time…..probably not soon enough for most fans, including me, but it will come. “The darkest hour is just before dawn!”
^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^ is what we were saying in Knxville in 2005! Better get ready for 2-4 years of misery.
Ryan
October 12th, 2009
5:01 pm
UF will beat UGA 56 – 0. If Tebow is injured and can’t play UF wins 53 – 0.
Ryan
October 12th, 2009
5:04 pm
“Given the money, facilities, publicity, salaries, why has UGA become a 2nd tier football program??? Absolutely NO excuse.”
Umm, when was it a top tier team? 28 years since the only national title doesn’t quallify you as top tier. They have fallen from being a second tier team to the tier of South Carolina, Clemson, and Kentucky.
dny1979
October 12th, 2009
5:04 pm
Tennessee is pretty awful. How UGA lost 45-19 to those guys is beyond puzzling. Seems like an unfocused bunch and internal changes should be made. Now way Tn won that game like that because they were just better, bc they’re not. UT is plain terrible. Crompton is arguably the worst QB the SEC has seen in the past decade and he looked like a Heisman candidate. UGA has some internal issues that need to be corrected..
TanaTime
October 12th, 2009
5:05 pm
5-7. Tennessee Tech is the only one I feel good about, but they have scored 50 points before and coming off a loss to Florida big or little may deflat our team completely. We lose to either Kentucky or Vandy but beat the other. Aurburn and Georgia Tech eat our defense despite what our offense does or doesn’t do. We actually make a game against Florida to make people think we aren’t so bad, and Dawgs fans will wonder how we did not get slaughtered. And there we are at 5-7 to finish the season.
superDawg
October 12th, 2009
5:05 pm
No prediction here.It will take a lot of motivation to get UGA on the right track.The next two wins mean nothing it is the florida game that will change hearts and direction.With that said I do think willie needs to go.A good D makes a avarage O look good.
Dawgtime
October 12th, 2009
5:06 pm
Shhhhhhh. Listen. Do you hear it? Listen. I can hear the screaming and shouts of joy in Atlanta. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell has been repealed by Obama. Can you hear the celebrating at GT? Put your rainbow GT bra back on mister. Is Johnson trying to kiss Nesbitt in the picture on the AJC sports page? We will win at least 7 games this year. Write it down. I’m the one that stated at the beginning of the year that Bama was the best team and all this people questioned it. I was right. Speak up GT fans we know you are reading all the UGA blogs.
BigDawg
October 12th, 2009
5:07 pm
Ugliest game I’ve watched since Kentucky beat us 31-0 at homecoming in 78. Need top resurrect ERK and let a young QB play this thing out.
Tim
October 12th, 2009
5:08 pm
I think Georgia needs a new coaching staff because this team has too much talent to be playing this way.
JDW
October 12th, 2009
5:09 pm
This conversation reminds me a lot of 2007. Blistered by TN in a game we were to have won, everyone running around like the sky is falling, and dire predictions for the future. One problem we have is FL is better than they were in 2007…I think we pull it together and go 8-4. That said there is no question that we need to address the defense and special teams coaching postions in the off season. These problems have lingered for too long must be corrected. Bobo gets another year to pull it together.
FlaDawg
October 12th, 2009
5:09 pm
No changes 5-7 and the program will be in even worse turnmoil.
Big changes 8-4 plus a bowl victory
Finish the year in the top 15 and a lot of momentum for next year
Changes That Need To Be:
Ritch takes over play calling and OC responsiblities immediately
Martinez is demoted or let go completely (begin the process of replacement)
Discipline restored to players (no dancing during the game; penalties and turnovers dramatically reduced)
No more directional kickoffs
Gray or Murry playing a lot at QB
Ealey and Thomas splitting time at RB…put Samuels on the bench until he reaches 20 years of age
AJ and Rene must become team leaders and motivate team mates
Ryan
October 12th, 2009
5:10 pm
Maybe UGA needs to wear black jerseys or have the entire team run on the field to celebrate their first TD against Tenness Tech. That would surely get them on track.
DamntheButcher
October 12th, 2009
5:11 pm
It still pisses me off everytime I hear somebody say that Georgia doesn’t have the tallent that the other schools have. We are in a state that produces a lot of tallent. Georgia has gotten most of the AJC top 11 every year. Nick Saban has had 2 recruiting years and he is kicking ass with Mike Shulas players for the most part. FIRE that sorry SOB WIllIE MARTINEZ and hire somebody that knows how to coach. All I heard at the first of the year was how Georgia’s offense was going to play smash mouth football and now I hear the tallent isn’t there. WTF is up with that?
Bill Lumberg
October 12th, 2009
5:12 pm
5-7, let’s withdraw from the SEC and join the ACC where we can be average and win 8 or 9 games a year like Ga. Tech.
Here we go again
October 12th, 2009
5:13 pm
7-5
Dogs will defeat Vandy by 14 next week
Then get blown out at FL.
Then will dominate TN Tech, but the score will make it look much closer (offensive stalls in the red zone, turnovers)
Then they will win in a thriller against Auburn (probably will be helped out by a terrible key penalty thanks to the karma of the football gods to make up for LSU). This will help get everyone off Richt’s back.
They’ll beat KY comfortably by double digits, and before you know it, UGA will be riding a 3 game win streak, Dawg nation will have some swagger back, and Tech fans will be getting nervous.
Tech will then pull out a W on The Saturday After Thanksgiving in a close game that goes down to the final play, simply because Tech will have more to play for and is a better coached, hungrier team.
Where do they play the papajohns.com bowl again?
Dawghater
October 12th, 2009
5:16 pm
Hey, “Dawgtime” that’s all you got. Did’t you notice what UGA never brought to Knoxville. Their game! And what’s your point about Bama. UGA’s simply lucky that’s not another team on your schedule to spank UGA. OK, I’m speaking up and UGA’s team has no heart! Why don’t you put your money where you mouth is and bet in Vegas on those 7 wins! I’m reading your blogs and all I read is a bunch of whiners and fans that think their program is better than it truly is. Sorry, your not Bama, your not FL and not Texas!
WildBill
October 12th, 2009
5:18 pm
Bill King, you didn’t give us a choice for 4-8. I vote for 4-8.
Dawg Drool (BaseballVol13)
October 12th, 2009
5:21 pm
NEVER, not once did you “pups” get inside the 35 ALL DAY long, except to cover a kickoff!!! “3″ measly points on a 53 yard field goal, now that is downright disgusting if you’re a ball-licking “pups” fan. Where are all the Lame Kitten comments now? King Kiffin and crew whipped ya’ll worse than Michael Vick EVER thought about whippin’ a dog!!!!
^^^^THIS^^^^^ for those of you that didn’t read it before making a comment!
Denver Dog
October 12th, 2009
5:22 pm
So big dawghater, why don’t you state your team instead of running down ours. We are so bad why are you on this blog. Why aren’t you on the one for your team. Oh maybe you don’t have one big boy. What team did you bet on big boy? There is only one team ahead of us the decade in wins and in SEC championships, and it is sure not Bama, for sure not Tech, and for sure not Texas. Man up big mouth?
BuLLdawg
October 12th, 2009
5:23 pm
Now see what the Dogs have done for the Tennessee football program……from the Birmingham paper:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton, Tennessee safety Eric Berry and Tennessee return specialist Dennis Rogan were named Southeastern Conference players of the week.
Crompton complete 35 of 40 passes for a career-high 410 yards and six touchdowns in the Volunteers’ win over Alabama.
Berry had 11 sacks, a career-best four interceptions and a fumble recovery in Tennessee’s win at Alabama.
Rogan had two kickoff returns for 200 yards and two touchdowns in Tennessee’s victory over Alabama.
Tennessee center Cody Sullins was offensive lineman of the week, while defensive line honors went to Tennessee’s Wes Brown. Tennessee safety Janzen Jackson was freshman of the week.
Denver Dog
October 12th, 2009
5:25 pm
Dawg Drool, I guess your school, if you have one surely doesn’t have a blog either, and your team must not be very good if you have to try to spend your time running down another one. We may not win, but unlike you we are never losers. Drool on that leg licker
jason
October 12th, 2009
5:26 pm
Ryan, Im still laughing at the Tenn Tech “black out” and endzone dance comment. That was a classic….. and 5-7 with a Big “L” after turkeyday.
Tombo
October 12th, 2009
5:27 pm
I figured out the problem…we’re using the wrong players on the wrong side of the ball. If we just change it up a little bit, we’re going to sweep the rest of the season! Here’s how:
If we let our defense play on offense, we’d be unstoppable because our defensive players constantly bounce off people rather than a tackle occurring and are always yards away from the opposing team on pass plays.
If we let the offense play defense, we know there would never be a hole to run through and we’d always have somebody in the backfield.
Quick…call CMR and tell him the plan!
DBalcer
October 12th, 2009
5:27 pm
Go DAWGS!
Neyland Stadium Groundskeeper
October 12th, 2009
5:31 pm
We have recovered most of azzes UGA players left on the turf at Neyland Stadium on Saturday. They will be boxed up and shipped to Athens. Hopefully it won’t be too hard to determine which is which as UT did kick them pretty good and most are severely bruised. Damn….that had to be a lonnnnnnng bus ride home!! Rocky Top Tennessee…….Wooooooooooo!!!
Christopher Walken
October 12th, 2009
5:31 pm
I believe that Georgia will, indeed, once more, become a force to be reckoned with in the SEC and the current situation is nothing more than a temporary hiccup, if you will, and Georgia will, in fact, once again, beat the pests on North Avenue in November. That should bring the universe back into balance, don’t you think?
Tombo
October 12th, 2009
5:32 pm
Dawg Drool…get your facts straight before you go off on the dawgs…we haven’t been inside the 35 covering a kickoff all year.
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
October 12th, 2009
5:32 pm
I thought before the season 8-4 was about right, with 9-3 being over achieving and 7-5 being under achieving. I didn’t consider 6-6 or 5-7. And I still am not willing to consider 6-6. I’ll take 7-5 for $200 Bob
General Neyland
October 12th, 2009
5:33 pm
dny1979,
Dude….Denial isn’t just a river in Africa.
UT has several all-SEC players, and a coaching staff with a plan to extract the maximum results from the team. We’ve had our issues this year; Crompton’s erratic play, and our lack of depth among them, but we are a team that is on the rise.
UGA got trucked on Saturday not because they had lesser talent, but because their coaches didn’t put the talent they have in positions to execute. AJ and Rennie are top notch, but I rarely heard their names called. Get the most out of what you have….or the pipeline will begin to dry up!
Freddy
October 12th, 2009
5:34 pm
What happens to CMR if they lose to the Jackets?
Gordon
October 12th, 2009
5:36 pm
From a Tech fan:
You will beat Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Tennessee Tech. You will lose to Florida. You will beat either Tech or Auburn, but not both, and finish the regular season 7-5. Right now it looks like that team will be Auburn, but Tech/UGA is always an emotional game. Tech has either beaten or nearly beaten UGA many times when they shouldn’t have been in the game.
Remember UGA fans, things are rarely as bad as they seem (right now), or as good as they seem (at the end of 2007).
benadawg
October 12th, 2009
5:37 pm
I must say this is hard for me to do, But i hope Alabama beats smokies nuts off and then the orange clad people can go back to picking up trash on the side of the road.
45ACP
October 12th, 2009
5:38 pm
Dawg Drool – most of us saw the game.
We know what happened.
superDawg
October 12th, 2009
5:44 pm
dawghater you are careful not to mention your team,are you scared of VIRGINIA TECH.
Brian
October 12th, 2009
5:45 pm
Here’s guessing and hoping that 8-4 is the call. We SHOULD beat Vandy, UK, and Tennessee Tech. That’s 6 wins. I don’t think UGA offense is as bad as it showed on Saturday, nor it’s defense as bad either. Whether we get those two more wins depends on Richt and his motivational skills as a coach. A couple of years ago, the Dawgs were staring a similar season in the face, turned it around, beat Auburn, GT, and Va Tech and finished 9-4. I think they can do it again. The talent is there. The coach needs to give them something to get up for.
GO BIG ORANGE
October 12th, 2009
5:47 pm
Hey GN, its good to be a Vol!!! Saturday was a great day to be in Neyland. I still dread AL but who would have ever thought Crompton could ever be SEC Offensive Player of the Week?
Educated Fan
October 12th, 2009
5:48 pm
Sorry, Damnthebutcher. Talent is not spelled TALLENT, Ignorance is bliss, I guess
Georgia will win maybe 2 more games. Vandy or Kentucky will be a loss. Tenn. Tech will be a Win.
Auburn, Florida and GT will be losses. If we are lucky, we will win both at Ky. and Vandy making us Bowl eligible. Let’s see, the Blue Carpet Bowl or maybe te Toilet Bowl in Buffalo, NY.
General Neyland
October 12th, 2009
5:50 pm
And somewhere, deep in the bowels of hell….Satan just shivered.
Seriously, well played, Jonathan…keep executing the gameplan like you did and there’ll be more games like this in your future.
.
Dawg Dude
October 12th, 2009
5:51 pm
Freddy
If we lose to the Jackets this year we will realize we have won 7 of the last 9 contests and build for next season. The UGA/Tech series under CMR is not an issue at this point.
GaCracker
October 12th, 2009
5:51 pm
As bad as they are they should beat all but Gators. Remember 2 years ago and how bad they were at Tennessee. They then beat Vandy, Kentucky, Florida, Auburn (easily), Tech, and Hawaii. Deja Vu!
rawdog
October 12th, 2009
5:52 pm
UGA can be last year’s Notre Dame and play in the Aloha bowl in Hawaii against the locals there if they are lucky. Or maybe the toilet bowl would be a good one for us with all the sorry players and piss poor coaches we have. Vandy is notorious for giving UGA a hard time. We win one more game the rest of the way and finish 4-8. No bowl and another sorry year ahead on the horizon.
Mark Richt
October 12th, 2009
5:52 pm
We will be fine for the rest of the season because we are going to practice the week of every game from now on. We did not practice prior to the TN game. My bad.
GT
October 12th, 2009
5:52 pm
Winning year, things over there are never what they seem bad or good. They will lose to Fla. maybe Tech. Notice when the pressure is off them they play lights out. They beat a pretty good Auburn team two years ago in Athens when no chips were on the table. The choke is over now they will go about playing over their heads messing everybody else’s season up.
Bobby Houseman
October 12th, 2009
5:56 pm
4 – 8 season at best
Bill Fan
October 12th, 2009
5:58 pm
Agree with General Neyland. UT has some very good athletes, and UGA’s loss wasn’t solely becauwse the Dawgs sucked. As CMR admits, UGA got out-coached and out-played. However, most of us are over-reacting. The staff will be intact until at least the end of this season, so let’s hope for the best. 7-5 seems likely, but strange things do happen.
ugaaccountant
October 12th, 2009
5:59 pm
This team could beat anyone left on the schedule, even Florida. That’s what is so disapointing, the talent is there. The loss to Tenn should be enough to shake up the staff and get them to either start performing or start sending out their resumes.
UGA 77
October 12th, 2009
6:09 pm
6 and 6 with any luck.
newguy
October 12th, 2009
6:10 pm
UGA will win the FL game.
old dawg
October 12th, 2009
6:15 pm
Vanderbilt is calling for a blackout Saturday, urging Commodores fans to wear black to the homecoming game against Georgia. .That almost guarantees a dawg win, I say 7 and 5, not great, but could be worse.
risky biz
October 12th, 2009
6:16 pm
dawgs win vandy and tn tech, that’s it. 5 and 7, pathetic puppy performance from the under achievers
Belue
October 12th, 2009
6:18 pm
we go undefeated the rest of the way, count on it.
sorry, I’m a homer made famous by Herschel what the hell do I know, have u heard my radio show?
GR82BAG8R
October 12th, 2009
6:18 pm
Georgia has the talent to finish 8 – 4. Does it have the coaching?
Denny
October 12th, 2009
6:18 pm
Need to start Gray. Maybe manage a 6-6 season and get started on next year.
SSI Dawg
October 12th, 2009
6:18 pm
7 and 5 for the dawgs, maybe 8 and 6 if we beat tech.
REAL FANS???
October 12th, 2009
6:18 pm
I’m getting sick and tired of hearing people say that a real fan will support their team and coaches throughout the season no matter what. While that is partly true, it doesn’t make it wrong to criticize enept coaches that don’t have a clue.
Well, to all of you that say that those who criticize are not real fans, “I am a real fan!” A real fan wants their team to be the best that they can be. I’ve been a fan for 32 years. It doesn’t bother me one bit to bash a defensive coordinator that has been working at Georgia for 9 years. Willie doesn’t have a clue what Georgia is about, he doesn’t represent our team well, and he doesn’t have a clue what is going on during the course of a game. He must go, and this is coming from a REAL FAN. Bobo, on the other hand, played at Georgia and has a lot of connections to the program. However, you can’t give a free pass for being loyal. He is not cut out to be a OC, and he must be demoted as well.
Anyone who thinks someone is not a REAL FAN for saying things like this needs to just shut up! Many of us said these same things last year, and many dawg fans thought we were being to harsh and weren’t true fans. Well, look at our team now! Would all of you real fans want Ray Golf back? I don’t think so. Real fans want the best for their team, and Richt must make changes to make this team better. If not, we will continue to fall in the years to come.
MississippiDawg
October 12th, 2009
6:20 pm
OK Stop the Madness…remember when we thought it was the end of the world after losing to “gasp” Vandy and Kentucky back to back (after surviving MS State)…then we go and beat Ranked Auburn #5 and Tech and Va Tech in the bowl game…this was just 3 years ago…GT, Brian and Denver Dawg have it right – we will win a game or 2 that we have no business winning – because that is what Richt does.
Red Elephant
October 12th, 2009
6:23 pm
8-5 (win over Clemson in Chicken Sandwich/Peach Bowl)
Florida = L
GT = L
Bob Brown
October 12th, 2009
6:33 pm
I’m embarassed. Something is wrong with our coaching and players game enthusiasm. For some reason(s), we never seem to win the key games. UT was a pivotal game for season success and it appears to me that the team was simply not prepared to play and WIN notwithstanding the tough schedule. I will not, however, forsake the “Dawgs” at this time, or ever.
squeaky
October 12th, 2009
6:35 pm
FL and AU are the only two teams left that UGA will struggle with. FL will win big. If I had to bet today I’d say AU will win easily, but their team is really a mystery cause their schedule has been so soft.
MountainDawg
October 12th, 2009
6:37 pm
6-6 at best & 5-7 at worst. CMR needs to 86 soft Willie asap & let Garner finish the season as interim.
chazzo
October 12th, 2009
6:37 pm
I am not so sure Vandy is gimme. I do believe there will be gradual improvement.