No guarantee, but Richt sees possibility of ‘tremendous’ season
Bacarri Rambo drew praise from Mark Richt for the speed with which he picked up Georgia's new defensive scheme. (Associated Press)
College football head coaches have to walk a fine line when talking to booster clubs.
On the one hand, the fans who gather in the spring and summer to hear the coach preview the forthcoming season are looking to get revved up.
But there’s always the danger of getting expectations too high, as Jim Donnan found out when he said before the 2000 season, “I’ve been waiting 55 years to be the head coach of a football team that has this much potential. And I guarantee you that we’re going to get it done.”
Mark Richt usually is a bit more circumspect, sort of in the Vince Dooley mode, though he did fire up one booster gathering earlier this spring by saying, “Are we going to beat Florida? You’re dadgum right.” To be fair, of course, he didn’t say it would necessarily be this season.
Richt walked the line on Wednesday night when he talked to the Georgia Bulldog Club in Albany. As reported by the Albany Herald, the coach said he believes that if his coaches can sign all the “Dream Team” in-state talent they’re after, those players will win a national championship before they leave UGA. As for the coming season, Richt said, “I think a lot of the ingredients are there for a tremendous season. We’ve just got to go out and do it.”
So, no Donnanesque guarantee, but a pretty optimistic outlook.
In other comments to the Albany club reported by the Herald, Richt said he nearly tried to hire Todd Grantham as defensive coordinator a month earlier than when he finally did make the offer. But, he said, “I’m not sure we would have gotten him then. I’m not going to say why, but circumstances changed.”
Discussing some of the southwest Georgia players on the team, Richt offered a couple of appraisals that should ease the minds of folks worried about the Dogs’ retooled secondary. He praised safety Bacarri Rambo, who said he might have picked up Grantham’s new 3-4 scheme the quickest of the defensive players. “He’s got a great understanding of what to do.”
And he said he thought cornerback Vance Cuff “was the most improved player in the spring. He’s fast —might be the fastest guy on the team.”
As for quarterback Aaron Murray, Richt kept expectations in check in Albany. He said he wants the redshirt freshman to have a “healthy respect” for the ball (don’t turn it over like Joe Cox, in other words). His advice to the inexperienced Murray, who has 10 returning offensive starters around him: “You don’t have to be the hero.”
An enthusiastic but safe outing for the coach, I’d say.
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bobby
May 27th, 2010
11:11 am
First?
samuel
May 27th, 2010
11:14 am
Does this mean a NC? It’s been over a generation and how much longer do we have to wait?
Gen Neyland
May 27th, 2010
11:19 am
If CMR can manage his QB like Saban did McElroy in 2009, there will still be blunders (yeah, McElroy made a few) but the personnel is there to overcome them. For some reason, I still see Murray being responsible for at least one loss, ala the Crompton enigma, before he settles into a groove. The JAX event may actually be a fun game to watch this year…
Gen Neyland
May 27th, 2010
11:21 am
bobby : It ain’t like winning the Powerball but congrats…
TuckDAWG
May 27th, 2010
11:27 am
I can realistically see a 10-11 win season GATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill King is a............
May 27th, 2010
11:30 am
I’ve seen CMR a couple of times in Valdosta, once in Jax and once in Albany on the tour. As much as I like the man….he always says the same things. Its more like a robotic script. I would suggest sending Grantham to do most of these speaking engagements. He’s the one everybody is wanting to talk to anyways. We had Garner come to Valdosta 3 years ago and I enjoyed hearing his spill more than MR’s. Nothing against Richt……but the assistant coaches are more frank and energized in their gigs. One funny note from an Albany bulldawg club meeting several years ago…..Mark Richt says, “Two more questions.” One guy asks about our tightends. Then for the last question, Richt calls on a lady two rows behind me and she asks, “Coach, when is picture day?” LOL Thank goodness Richt took one more question after that.
SouthJaxBeachDawgFan!
May 27th, 2010
11:31 am
I like the fired up attitude of beating those gators! BTW, when is the Bulldog tour headed to Jacksonville? I only hoped that I didn’t miss it!
Bill King is a............
May 27th, 2010
11:36 am
Look guys……the biggest problem over the last couple of years has been the turnover margin. I’m banking on Grantham and Lakatos will fix that on the defensive side of the ball. With Murray being a Redshirt freshman…..hopefully we will keep the ball on the ground more and when he does throw it….hopefully he’ll be smarter than Cox or Stafford. Yes….as much as some of you all thing Staff was the greatest, he still had a big bag of ints. If we can take those possessions and put points on the board vs. giving the other team those opportunities….we’ll be in good shape. 11 wins is very possible!!!!! I’d say damn likely. If we can win the turnover battle….we’ll win the games. plain and simple
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Villa Rica DAWG
May 27th, 2010
11:37 am
I’m looking forward to this season. I think everyone’s expectations have been tempered a little better than two seasons ago and I think we look a whole lot better than this time last year.
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KUCHAR
May 27th, 2010
11:46 am
without Bama or LSU on the schedule, how hard can it be? I don’t really think your going to get the rest of the country to drink the Koolaid on what an effort it was if you go undefeated and if you drop 2 games, you fans will turn on CMR faster than lightning.
One, two, free, fo, fi, dem der Gator don't take no jive!
May 27th, 2010
11:47 am
I agree that UGA could have a great season. But they could also have another season like last year. Coaching (discipline), the new D and QB play will dictate how the season goes.
Look forward to the WLOCP in October!
4U2PNB4I8U
May 27th, 2010
11:50 am
I SEE ALL DOG FANS ARE DRUNK AND THINKING OF THE ANNUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN MAY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
George G.
May 27th, 2010
11:57 am
Georgia will be a seven- or eight-win team in 2010.
Rodney Holloway
May 27th, 2010
12:00 pm
Look, I am the only one who will tell it like it is: 5-7 at best with CMR as Head Coach.
Fire Richt!
OldFan
May 27th, 2010
12:02 pm
Well, I feel better now. “We’ve just got to go out and do it”? Kind of hard to imagine that hasn’t been the lead-in for every season. It’s the “just” part that seems to trip them up. UGA has always had the talent. It has it this year. The fundamental question remains: Is the coaching staff good enough to exploit the talent it has and to overcome the challenges it has where the talent and experience are thin? So far, despite all the success CMR has undeniably had, this program is not placed among the elite in the SEC or nationally. It hovers in that gray space between mediocrity and excellence. This could be the year, with the schedule favoarable, for CMR to make his big move. But like in most years, if UGA loses to Florida because it’s expected to, loses another game because it’s out-coached, loses another because bad things happen to good teams, and maybe a fourth because it panics and gets stupid, then we’re right back saying “just” for 2011 and looking up at the elites again. CMR is a fine man and a good coach. This team has the players. Does it have the coaching?
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Saban
May 27th, 2010
12:03 pm
Great Season coming up.
5-6.
With more dawgs in jail than on the field.
DCJohn
May 27th, 2010
12:03 pm
When we had Knowshon and Matt, it would have been hard to believe those guys would have left without an SEC or National Title. That was the half full side of that glass, which was the offense. If the NEW defense holds up their half, our glass should be full within the next few years. Sooner rather than later.
One of your better updates Bill.
bwell
May 27th, 2010
12:06 pm
If Murray play within the system and try not to do-it-all on his own. Ga can go far, if Bobo call a game and mix it up like he did last yr against South Carolina. Bobo has to come out and set the tone; not being so conservative. Hand the ball off, plus new recruits coming in, yeah Ga can win the SEC championship 3 of the next 4 years and three Nat’l, C’ship
Daniels Dawgs
May 27th, 2010
12:08 pm
Some of these comments are a joke!!!! 5 and 7 come on really. We have the longest streak of 8 plus win seasons in all of college football. 5 and 6 I am still trying to figure out that on since we play at least 12 games.
Me
May 27th, 2010
12:15 pm
Beware of the coach overselling his program. Must be anticipating a little bit of a heat wave in Athens this fall.
U R Right
May 27th, 2010
12:16 pm
@ DD You can’t argue with stupidity. Just let them pass with out commenting.
I think we win all the games we are supposed to struggle with, but there will be one trap game.
Not sure who that will be. Not yeck or UF but some one we should handle out right
Gator Nation
May 27th, 2010
12:18 pm
Yes indeed Gen Neyland, the Jax event will indeed be a fun game to watch AGAIN this season. Of course it depends on what side of the stadium you’re sitting.
Rodney Holloway
May 27th, 2010
12:20 pm
I am not too stupid, just realistic. We have no shot at winning another SECC with Rict as coach.
gtfanfrom1951
May 27th, 2010
12:22 pm
maybe 9 wins no more including the Bowl against a 6-6 team
One, two, free, fo, fi, dem der Gator don't take no jive!
May 27th, 2010
12:26 pm
U R Right,
How can you call others stupid when you say:
“I think we win all the games we are supposed to struggle with”.
Now THAT is a stupid statement. Maybe, I “hope” we win those games. No one can honestly say they SHOULD or WILL win these type of games. Folks like you are why so many others teams call Dawg fans delusional. That’s like me saying UF should beat Bama this year on the road. No we shouldn’t. Hope we do, but it will be an upset.
Learn the difference between thinking and wishing/hoping!
Gator Nation
May 27th, 2010
12:29 pm
So exactly when did this guy Grantham turn into Vince Lombardi?? Based on dynasty defenses he built in the NFL? Because he came from the Cowboys? Because he worked with Nick Saban? Sure, I understand that he could well be an improvement from the last guy but exactly when did this guy become a defensive guru and the answer to all of Georgias problems. Sorry, don’t see it and probably never will.
brooks
May 27th, 2010
12:29 pm
Georgia is very capable of winning 10 games this year. Don’t think we will underestimate anybody. Pgrantham will have the d eating raw meat by september. Ealey is a special back and boykin and rambo will anchor the secondary. Columbia trip will tell early on. Need sanford to be rockin and to beat the dang vols. Already got recruits coming in that can help immediately. Big recruiting class for us coming up. All the bandwagoners will be jumping back on soon. Go dawgs
brooks
May 27th, 2010
12:34 pm
Gator nation. I would worry about your new coordinator considering your first one left.
Sam
May 27th, 2010
12:36 pm
The defense has to be way better. I think Chris Low did a piece on the SEC champ and where the defenses ranked. Worth looking at.
BobDog
May 27th, 2010
12:39 pm
It’s going to come down to Murray at QB and the defense. The defense caused the 2008 season to go bust.
Gator Nation
May 27th, 2010
12:41 pm
brooks, doesn’t matter. He wasn’t even around long enough to have a cup of coffee. Yep, we are having to replace Charley Strong and its always a concern when you have to replace as an accomplished coach as Charley was. But the D line and secondary coach are still there, so there is alot of continuity. Don’t you worry about the Gators, this program has been built on alot more than any one guy leaving. Even a Steve Spurrier.
SSIgator
May 27th, 2010
12:43 pm
the coach said he believes that if his coaches can sign all the “Dream Team” in-state talent they’re after, those players will win a national championship before they leave UGA. As for the coming season, Richt said, I think a lot of the ingredients are there for a tremendous season.
Sounds like last year – and the year before that and the year before that and the year before . . .
Dawg 39
May 27th, 2010
12:44 pm
The Talent is there. Still young & inexperienced. Therefore the “Possibility” is there. I expect a great 4 year run begiining this year but I am an optimist. Also, I think AM is the real deal. Who Knows?.
Spike
May 27th, 2010
12:49 pm
I’m already taping my ankles and putting eye black on.
BIG JIM
May 27th, 2010
12:49 pm
Last year for Markus Richt at the DawgHaus. DawgNation as usual
is considering themselves to be better than they really are. Do teams
Jawja,Gayterville,Tuscaloosa Tech, and Knoxville State expect the guys
who are top flight talent to compete in the classroom? HELL NO, and it
doesn’t matter to them.
SickandTired
May 27th, 2010
12:52 pm
If Richt doesn’t beat florida this year. he should not be allowed on the team bus to the airport in Jax. His record against Florida is not only bad it is pathetic and he’s way overpaid for the job he does. Fire him this year, or fire him next January. He needs to go.
Georgia: The Wisconsin of the SEC
Gerogia deserves better.
anotherdawg
May 27th, 2010
12:53 pm
To guarantee either a NC, or no more SEC championships is like guaranteeing Petrino will remain at Arkansas forever. No one knows for sure what’s going to happen, but unless you are a pessimist or a hater, there is alot to be excited about. Heck,if anybody really knew for sure, they could literally win the lotto. But, if you are a real Dawg fan, there is alot to be excited about!
jacketbacker
May 27th, 2010
12:55 pm
hey all you sorry puppies.Tech has took over this state. Paul J is the man by by markie markie.
BAMA STAN
May 27th, 2010
12:56 pm
13 NATIONAL TITLES – 22 SEC TITLES!!!
Agree with Richt’s assessment – I am thinking 9 wins minimum for the Dawgs – could win 10 – could win 11.
I predeicted a bad year for UGA last year – and got hammered by other posters – thought UGA would win nly 6 or 7 regular season games for three reasons:
1. Losing Stafford, Moreno, and MOMass
2. Decline of Defense was obvious
3. Schedule was tough – and the Tennessee loss was easy to predict as it followed LSU – Tennessee beat UGA a few years ago in a similar set up after UGA hammered LSU – a mediocre TN team beat a flat UGA team led by David Green
I think UGA bottomed out last year – Richt made the changes he needed to make on his staff – and are positioned well with a potentially great O-Line, good skill positions – and I think the QB will play well and improve as the season progresses – just got to stay healty.
Defense – very very atletic – set up nice for 3-4 and nickel will be no problem for this athletic unit – they just need to gel – and could easily revert back to a 4 -3 to mix it up.
A lot of If’s”
– South Carolina will be a great test
– Arkansas will be a scoring machine
– Have to take Miss State and Colorado seriosly – can not be flat in Boulder
– Tennessee, Vandy and KY should be No problem – if UGA is focussed.
– FLORIDA should be the favorite – they have the week off to prepare and have a great record against UGA when they have an open week before.
– AUBURN – will be very interesting – I think AU will be imprved and this is ALWAYS a game that has it’s history of surprises.
– GT – rivalry game – UGA should win – but a rivalry game can be unpredicatble – UGA will get a great effort from GT – they need to be ready to go!!
RECAP – UGA is positioned well for what I think will be a very good season!
Hope to meet up in the DOME!!!!!!
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!
anotherdawg
May 27th, 2010
12:59 pm
Bama Stan, that’s actually a pretty intelligent post!
SSIgator
May 27th, 2010
1:00 pm
BAMA STAN -
Sorry, but we will see you in the dome once more.
1eyedJack
May 27th, 2010
1:00 pm
Boy, Vince Dooley’s tour stops must have been REALLY boring.
Gdawg84
May 27th, 2010
1:01 pm
After the last 2 seasons, I’m hoping for a big season, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
It will take a great season to wash away the following:
Going 2-2 against KY in the last 4
Being outscored by UF 90-27 in the last 2 (17-3 sucks beyond belief)
Being outscored by UT 145-62 and going 1-3 in the last 4 against some of the worst Ut teams in memory
Assorted other indignities whereby we’ve lost most every big game we’ve played over the last 2 seasons
Tech Sucks
May 27th, 2010
1:01 pm
Dawgs will surprise everyone and win the SEC this year.
Will
May 27th, 2010
1:03 pm
UGA over the past 3 years has stockpiled an amazing array of talent, size and strength. Many predict our offensive line to be the nations best and we finally have coaches on defense who know how to coach. Look out folks, if we eek one out in Columbia and Murray gets a little confidence the sky is the limit folks.
1eyedJack
May 27th, 2010
1:03 pm
Bama Stan
That last post was like deja vu all over again. I read pretty much your whole post in Athlon’s football magazine.
SSIgator
May 27th, 2010
1:03 pm
Tech Sucks -
In gymnastics right?
Dan
May 27th, 2010
1:05 pm
The early schedule has a couple of interesting games. South Carolina and Arkansas are not givens and Miss St looks to me like they’re gonna win a few games no one thinks they will. Tennessee Vandy, and Kentucky should all be wins. Florida looks like a loss. Idaho St is a gimme. Then Auburn and GT are both swing games. My guess is 8-4 or 9-3.
There are about 6 games that should (should!) be automatic – LA-Lafayette, Colorado, Tennessee, Vandy, Kentucky, and Idaho St. The almost definite loss is Florida. The other five games are toss ups. I would guess 2-3 or 3-2 in those five.
reality
May 27th, 2010
1:06 pm
UGA will win it all…just like they do every year…..
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
May 27th, 2010
1:06 pm
should be a great year. hopefully Murray can catch on fast and turnovers/penalties are kept to a minimum.
Dorsey Hill
May 27th, 2010
1:09 pm
Bama Stan,
Can you tell us whether a team can be terrible, even lose to U La-Monroe at home, play in Shreveport, and all of a sudden go 12-0 and play for the SEC Championship? I don’t know, but I’ve think I’ve seen that before…somewhere.
Obviously there are both tough and trap games on the schedule, but I truly believe that Georgia meets Bama in the ATL.
SSIgator
May 27th, 2010
1:09 pm
Yo, Patrick. Get the KollAid machine and start copying and pasting your famous stats in here now. The boys are thirsty and getting that “we are #1″ fever again.
83 Grad
May 27th, 2010
1:09 pm
Samuel: It’s been more than a generation. We last won the MNC when I was a 17 year old freshman. I recently celebrated my 47th bday.
I’d argue 2 generations, as I’ve seen children of my contemporaries graduate from UGA already.
Damn Good Dawg
May 27th, 2010
1:15 pm
SSIgator, You must be lost in a sea of red down there in SSI, most folks I know from there are die hard UGA fans.
SSIgator
May 27th, 2010
1:17 pm
Damn Good Dawg -
If you only hang out with UGA fans when you are here then you would not know how many Gator fans there really are.
Eisendawg
May 27th, 2010
1:18 pm
Yo, SSIgator, so if it’s silly for real UGA fans to be excited about their team, what does it say for fans of other teams to be on a UGA blog with all their incredible insight?
SSIgator
May 27th, 2010
1:20 pm
Eisendawg -
I need a little humor this time of day. It helps take the edge off.
Damn Good Dawg
May 27th, 2010
1:20 pm
SSIgator,
Thats true, but I used to live down there for the better part of my life, and I didn’t know many. Guess I’m out of the loop now-a-days
How2fish
May 27th, 2010
1:20 pm
SickandTired of you we are !
Concerned Bystander
May 27th, 2010
1:23 pm
Fun fact: Seems like a long time between the MNCs of ‘42 and ‘80?
Another 8 years and this drought will equal that 38 year span.
SSIgator
May 27th, 2010
1:23 pm
Damn Good Dawg -
You should consider moving back. With the real estate market in the condition it is there are some incredible buys all over and in particular East Beach.
KimZ's Package
May 27th, 2010
1:23 pm
UGA has the easiest freaking schedule possible. They should win every game on talent alone, but you have to remember Bobo is the OC and dawg players are drunks. The first 3 ooc teams didn’t win more games combined as TECH did. 6-6 La Laf, 3-9 CU, 1-10 IS, Tech 11-3. UGA playing the BIG BOYS for sure. I thought the I Da HOE State game was UGA playing the UGA Soroities.
How2fish
May 27th, 2010
1:26 pm
SSIgator
May 27th, 2010
1:20 pm
Eisendawg -
I need a little humor this time of day. It helps take the edge off.
Really hang a mirror in your office that will be good for non stop side splitting fun !
Eisendawg
May 27th, 2010
1:26 pm
SSLgator, Is now a good time to invest in beach land? I mean, you may soon be looking at oil slick black gators.
How2fish
May 27th, 2010
1:29 pm
KimZ’s Package we also have to remember your a moron…and one of the reasons stomping buggish azz never goes our of style for the Bull Dog Nation is the constant drivel the Bug village spews forth..have a great holiday.
Damn Good Dawg
May 27th, 2010
1:32 pm
SSIgator,
I went to visit a couple of weekends ago, I have a condo down there still, its just the water scares me, I forgot how muddy it is. Hell, Lake Lanier is more clear than the marsh water! I do love that place though… ahhh, the memories.
reality
May 27th, 2010
1:35 pm
Alot of anger from how2fish….we’ve seen you trolling the GT blogs also…
Evansdawg
May 27th, 2010
1:39 pm
Richt, to me, seemed very apprehensive before last season. I saw him on the coach’s tour last year and this year. He is certainly more upbeat, and seems to be in a great place mentally for the coming season. I look forward to each and every game.
Tim Tebow's Tears
May 27th, 2010
1:39 pm
New quarterback, unproven defense, new scheme
What is the Reverend Smoking?? Puff Puff Pass, Mark!
SSIgator
May 27th, 2010
1:39 pm
Damn Good Dawg -
With every major river in GA dumping into the sound it is easy to see why it is so muddy. When we take the boat out it is hard to see more than a foot down. You always wonder what you will pull up on the other end of the line.
59bulldawg
May 27th, 2010
1:40 pm
Dadgummit I can’t wait for the season to start!
St. Richt
May 27th, 2010
1:42 pm
Its groundhog day again in the AJC. Good work Bill- I look forward to the same article next year after another disappointing season. You guys would have some serious hardware in Athens if championships were won on preseason hype. It would be the dynasty of all dynasties.
Have you guys ever tried shutting your pie hole until the season actually starts? You might actually surprise yourselves.. What has taken place in the last few years to make you think you are world beaters?? Getting your 8th choice as DC? Having what would have been your starting QB get convicted of sexual assualt? Starting a freshman QB? Bobo calling plays? Richt being a leader of men?? Richt’s WWJD bracelet??
give me a break. This article is hilarious.
How2fish
May 27th, 2010
1:43 pm
reality..really last time I remember being on a Bug blog was to give condolences on the lost of the young man who was killed in a car wreck he played football for Tech a couple of years ago..sorry his name escapes me.
Eisendawg
May 27th, 2010
1:46 pm
Maybe Bill should do an article on ” Will GT ever win another bowl game”?
St. Richt
May 27th, 2010
1:46 pm
You’re kidding me!!! There were “no guarantees” on a National Championship after playing in that big bowl game in Shreveport last year? Even after watching Aaron Murray’s high school highlight tapes again? What a delusional fanbase.
St. Richt
May 27th, 2010
1:48 pm
Bill King should actually write an article on how stupid he looks in that picture. Or why he chooses to wear the Sally Jesse Raphael glasses.
UGA XX
May 27th, 2010
1:52 pm
I wish any of our QB had actually taken a snap!
Dan
May 27th, 2010
1:56 pm
UGA XX, I’m a Tech fan but just because Murray’s never been in a college game doesn’t mean he won’t be good (I expect he will be and also I think he’ll probably stay for four years – plus the redshirt). Plus, if that running game looks like it did against us, it won’t matter if you or I was the QB. It can’t be that tough to hand off to King or Ealey. The issue for y’all is whether or not the defense can force turnovers, which they have not done at all the past couple seasons.
How2fish
May 27th, 2010
2:02 pm
St. Richt just got to ask is it better in your Buggish mind to go to a “good” bowl and lose or go to a”bad” bowl and win? Cause you have in the last few years gone to both you just haven’t won either kind. Thanks for playing! Dan you make a good point turnover will be very key.
G.P. Burdell, Ph.D.
May 27th, 2010
2:10 pm
Good luck to the Dawgies this year…and I mean it….represent Georgia well in the SEC. The whole state gets their shorts in a wad when things don’t go well.
With that said….GO JACKETS!!
St. Richt
May 27th, 2010
2:14 pm
How2Fish, I’d rather win my conference and lose to a good team in a BCS bowl than get a win in Shreveport against a hapless opponent. Thats a no brainer. Sure, we’ve got to get better in bowl games but I’d rather we do it against quality teams than cupcakes like Texas A&M.
ken
May 27th, 2010
2:24 pm
New QB, New def. coordinator, inexperience at wide receiver, replacing 9 players drafted in the NFL draft. losing 6 starters on defense. Florida has a few questions to answer.
ken
May 27th, 2010
2:27 pm
St. Richt , This is a football discussion Tech is irrelevant. Acc champs, overrated , playing in a conference that doesn’t deserve a BCS bid. How many BCS bowl games has the ACC won. 1
1eyedJack
May 27th, 2010
2:31 pm
Well, I see KimZ’s Package still hasn’t learned to walk upright yet.
Ugaman15
May 27th, 2010
2:31 pm
BOYKIN! BOYKIN! BOYKIN! HE’S THE KEY!!! WATCH WHAT I SAY FOLKS!!!!
I trust Kevin and Buck when they say
May 27th, 2010
2:37 pm
Both Belue and Butler have said recentlythat “UGA always looks so small” when compared to a Alabama or LSU, or maybe even UT and Florida. These are the things that bother me about UGA lately.
We knew about the dead pan D side attitude under CWM & Co. or lack thereof a + attitude and we knew about MS and NM and their mechanical or robot like approach to the games …………. size vs the BIG BOYS in the SEC bothers me.
Butler and Belue are right on with their assessments of UGA’s size. Maybe our overall team speed can win some that we should not win. We need to win the BIG GAMES and stop the too frequent losses to KY. Low point in UGA history are those terrible KY losses.
2010 season will be here soon enough and will it be the start of a new UGA winning BIG era? I sure hope so.
Gooooooooooo Dogs.
murfdawg
May 27th, 2010
2:38 pm
Now is the time for joyous, unbridled optimism. Until we actually kickoff the season, I think everyone is entitled to shout loud and proud that their team is going to be the best. As a lifelong Dawg, I think UGA will have a good season. After all, we gave up more points than any other team in the conference last year. We have to be better!!! Don’t we?
Nate
May 27th, 2010
2:40 pm
I guess if a terriffic season means 8-4 over 7-5, then yeah. I will save this article and compare at the end of the season.
Bulldog59
May 27th, 2010
2:41 pm
Dan….an articulate, intelligent post, with valid points. We aren’t used to that from Tech fans. Thank you.
Dawg Whisperer
May 27th, 2010
2:42 pm
If all else fails, we sure can punt and kick!
Bryan
May 27th, 2010
2:43 pm
@ SC Loss
@ Miss St Loss
Fla Loss
@ Aub Loss
GT Loss
Yep looks like a tremendous season.
Lookout
May 27th, 2010
2:43 pm
Georgia isn’t going to lose for a Long, Long, time. That’s right, that means they get through this season without a loss, and load up with talent for next season and the years following. It’s called “going on a run”, a la’ USC.
If Richt can figure out how to build confidence early, with some dominating early wins, and some early game play (dominate 1st 2 quarters), look out.
Defense:
Grantham is very good. The best in the SEC, perhaps the best in the nation. Let’s oput it this way, Saban tried to hire him, and Muschamp endorsed him for hire to Richt. Grantham is superb. And the Belin and Lakatos hires were brilliant. The defense will be back to a top 20 defense.
Special Teams:
Punter, Kicker, best in nation. Kick off returns terrible last year (gave up 30 yards a return), and directional kicking was a bust.
Offense:
Best O-Line in nation, best RB trio Ealey/King/Smith, Best WR–Green, Best TE trio–Charles/White/Lynch. QB play was horrendous. Need efficiency in td to int ratio.
Bottom line:
If start 3-0, will ride momentum to win SEC and National Championship.
Bud Fox
May 27th, 2010
2:45 pm
8-3, with another Tech ass-whoopin’ to close out the year…
1eyedJack
May 27th, 2010
2:45 pm
Bryan
Check back and repost your last post at the end of November.
1eyedJack
May 27th, 2010
2:46 pm
Bud Fox
Ditto my last post.
Dan
May 27th, 2010
2:49 pm
Bulldog59, thanks. I’d be interested to know your expectations for y’all’s season.
Dawg Whisperer, don’t underestimate the value of special teams. Butler can flip the field for y’all’s defense.
how2fish
May 27th, 2010
2:54 pm
St. Richt you haven’t beat any oppoent in a bowl game in so long one had to ask the question. You’ve managed to lose to some bad teams from bad conferences…badly.
The Big W
May 27th, 2010
2:55 pm
Richt’s right about Murray. Jury is out, and he’s on a short leash after his Spring interception-a-rama (Murray threw more int’s than td’s in 3 srping games—3 int’s—2 td’s). If Murray falters, Gray or Mason will be more than ready.
The offense and special teams has to carry Georgia for the 1st 3 games until the defense learns the 3-4. If Georgia can inch by South Carolina & Arkansas, the defense will be ready to carry the team by the Florida game. And Richt dominates South Carolina & Ga Tech head to head.
The schedule sets up for Richt—not too many years Richt will see an offense this good, a punter/kicker combo this good, and a defense this strong.
Tron Jackson
May 27th, 2010
2:56 pm
Installing a new defense? Many of the same defensive players who struggled last year? A freshman QB who’s never taken a snap in the SEC? I don’t see this being a great season
The Big W
May 27th, 2010
2:58 pm
Richt is so right about this year’s recruiting class. We need Lemay to lead, and lasso em’ in. He’s the QB in the country, he needs to bring the talent with him, raid that ESPN TOP 150.
Note:
Georgia ALREADY HAS 7 of the ESPN TOP 150. And it’s only May. Dream team in route. Grantham, Belin, Lakatos, Garner all need to get there dream guys too.
Anyone can get lucky 1x, but it takes greatness to sustain it. Richt’s the man for the job, if anyone can set a new record for consecutive wins, it’s Mark Richt.
samuel
May 27th, 2010
2:59 pm
Looks like another boring 10-2 or 9-3 season. Can’t win the big ones.
Eisendawg
May 27th, 2010
2:59 pm
Nate, Bryan, and all non-believers – Why waste your time knocking UGA on here when you can go to Vegas and bet your home, or life savings against UGA. You can’t lose right? Here’s an opportunity for you to win sure money instead of gambling with the lottery. Go ahead, don’t miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime. Bet it all!!
Blackberry Cobbler
May 27th, 2010
3:02 pm
The ingredients have always been there.
The results haven’t.
That’s why CMR has 2 more years max to get things turned around.
The time for excuses is long gone.
The Big W
May 27th, 2010
3:12 pm
Cynics will always see the glass half empty, no matter how good the future looks.
we have heard that before
May 27th, 2010
3:15 pm
The cynics and pessimist all came out of the woodwork in 2001 & 2006. Said Richt’s future next season wasn’t bright. They were WRONG!
Richt finished #3 IN 2002, and #2 in 2007.
The cynics are ALWAYS wrong when it comes to Mark Richt because they don’t understand what makes him great.
Joe
May 27th, 2010
3:24 pm
Here we go again……you dont hear this kind of crap from UF, Bama, Ohio State, UC+SC., Texas……that is our problem- we talk so much smack in the spring/summer, the players start beleiving they are great and then the fall is a bust….why dont we just shut up and prove it on the field this year. We always tell everyone how great we are but the players never back it up. Before I really beleive and buy in to what Coach Richt is saying- I am gonna wait to see if his boys really do man up this year.
Bulldog59
May 27th, 2010
3:27 pm
Dan, my 2 cents…. I left the G-Day game with an uneasy feeling about Murray. He got a little rattled. But, bottom line, I agree with you on O, we will probably run the ball down a lot of team’s throats in 2010. Murray won’t resemble Stafford in any form or fashion.
On D, lots of good things coming….emphasis on fundamentals, better tackling, DBs playing tighter, not worrying about crossing boundries, pressure, pressure, pressure, etc. We’ll make some mistakes early, but the D should show a pattern of sustained improvement over the season. Grantham, Belin, and Lakatos are a huge improvement on our staff.
SC, Arkansas, Florida, and Auburn will be very tough SEC games for us this year. We win the rest of our schedule. UGA goes 6-2 (or better) in the SEC and wins the East. Conventional wisdom says you lose a couple with a freshman QB.
silly uga fans
May 27th, 2010
3:27 pm
big w,
Richt is 1-1 against the current GT HC, that is not dominating. I know UGA beat GT all day long with Gailey so stop fuming over my post but those days are done and I don’t expect either team to enjoy long winning stretches as things currently sit. This year will be interesting with both teams new Ds and UGA with a new QB and GT with a new line and deep threat.
HBTD
May 27th, 2010
3:30 pm
I sense another fun season to be a dawg!!
DirtyDog
May 27th, 2010
3:32 pm
Wow, this article is rich…..hey Dawgs: Why don’t you focus on beating KY. first before you go making any conference championship rings for 2010. Keep building that “Dream Team” CMR, “Dream” being the key word here.
AceDawg
May 27th, 2010
3:33 pm
Richt says the same thing about every quarterback these days. Some figure it out, some don’t. Murray gives me the feel of a “winner” for what it’s worth. But I was pretty high on Cox before 2009 started, and he only turned out OK… and was fine with Tereshinski before the season started…
Eisendawg
May 27th, 2010
3:34 pm
The two biggest criticisms I’ve heard about UGA football over the last few years have been the directional kick-offs and the soft zone prevent defense, and in spite of these, we still won a bunch of football games. Unfortunately, having talented players isn’t enough when you play other teams with talented players. An offense normally has a big advantage because it should know what it’s doing, but the defense doesn’t. The best way to counter that is to confuse the offense at to whats coming and where it’s coming from. With the new scheme and personel, I can see how Mark Richt is excited.
Jeff
May 27th, 2010
3:37 pm
Let’s see….hmmmmmso if we sign the dream team here, they will win a NC before they leave UGA. How funny- that’s the same thing that was said when Matthew Stafford came….he was the savior that would lead us to the NC.
The Most Interesting Man Alive
May 27th, 2010
3:42 pm
With Murray performing like a Heisman Trophy winner at G day, I smell National Championship. Wait that was Mettenberger wasn’t it?
Dawg 3/20
May 27th, 2010
3:43 pm
Just like 2008 Coach Richt?
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/2008/0812_large.jpg
The Most Interesting Man Alive
May 27th, 2010
3:44 pm
we have heard that before, what makes him great; the fine young men he is building minus of course the 30+ that have been arrested in the past 3 years.
1eyedJack
May 27th, 2010
3:45 pm
Stafford was just a hired gunslinger. I never got the impression that he bled red and black.
Guess Who
May 27th, 2010
3:48 pm
Georgia SUCKS!!!!!
The Most Interesting Man Alive
May 27th, 2010
3:49 pm
Sweet Dawg 3/20, A partyboy, babydaddy and a dancer. All me players.
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce
May 27th, 2010
3:53 pm
Hey Georgia boys, don’t forget to pack those cute little black pants and black helmets for your annual whooping down here by the St. Johns.
dogsbite
May 27th, 2010
3:55 pm
Talk, talk,talk, your bite is always big in the summer, then in the fall, your bite has no teeth. Wonder why that is?
South Ga Dawg
May 27th, 2010
3:55 pm
I see 3 losses this season. Auburn, FL, and Tech.
DAWG DAZ
May 27th, 2010
3:57 pm
Keep in mind that some day you’ll need Murray to bring you back, so all you people who want to run a conservative game and hang on to a lead and hold your breath until the buzzer rings should be preparing yourselves for a loss or two. CMR teams tend to not blow anyone out, rather they allow people to stick around to the very end, and some times things just don’t work out. Hopefully the defense will be holding the other teams down, and the offense can score and get a few scores up. What’s wrong with attacking and putting the other team back on their heels. You have all of these great receivers and you’re still talking about the next coming of a Herschel Walker type of running game. Keep with that style of play and UGA will be finishing behind the same teams. Open up the offense and if Murray can’t get it done, then dial it back. Better to be aggressive and make the other team work, than to be predictable and just hanging on like it has been the past few years. Just an opinion.
Dawghater
May 27th, 2010
3:59 pm
Would CMR mean a year like the one UGA was on the cover of SI ranked #1. How did that work out?
The Ghost of Wally Butts
May 27th, 2010
4:00 pm
My wish list for 2010 Season:
1. Cut the hair.
2. Don’t dance.
3. Stay out of the Clark County Jail.
4. Speak the English language clearly in interviews.
5. No gansta rap over the stadium loud speakers.
6. Jimbo Fisher at FSU? 0 and 12, to spite the anti-Bowden crowd.
7. Lame Kitten at USC? 0 and 12, to the enjoyment of all.
8. Bobby “Pig Sooey” Petrino? Drop letters in the lockers and move on.
9. Expand the SEC to include Clemson, Tech , FSU – drop Vandy.
10. Boo Michael Adams the minute he steps on the field.
Billy Jack could fight
May 27th, 2010
4:01 pm
South Ga Dawg..??!! Tech you gotta be kidding….we’ll rush for 400yds
ThreeSheets
May 27th, 2010
4:06 pm
You all wish. Where is Whitegoat when you need him.
1eyedJack
May 27th, 2010
4:06 pm
I knew a Billy Jack once. He was red-headed with freckles and couldn’t whip an egg into an omelet. Some folks said he was retarded.
Hayseed Dixie
May 27th, 2010
4:07 pm
UGA has National Championship caliber facilities, recruits and money.
And they’ve had it for several years now.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 27th, 2010
4:08 pm
Here is my great season FL win, Tech win
everything else I could care less because I know there isnt a chance for NC with all the changes that have been made
BS Patrol
May 27th, 2010
4:10 pm
Oh yeah, this should keep everyone grinning over the MD weekend.
“We will run the ball down our opponents throats with our stable of RBs (Ealey & King)” .I’m killin’ me.
chazzo
May 27th, 2010
4:13 pm
Last season was just a few turnovers and/or calls away from being a heck of lot better than it turned out. Not blaming things on the schedule, but the last two have been brutal. Not so much the teams but the arrangement. There was a season or two under Green and then DJ, that a lighter schedule seem to hurt. The guys didn’t have to overcome that confidence building hurdle or two. The Gators suffered from that last year. The timing of big games and rivals is crucial. This year’s schedule looks ripe for UGA. Enough challenges and enough breathers. It is not insurmountable; it is not a blow over.
The year UF won the NC with Leak and Tebow, they fielded one of the best teams in college football history, and they played a the tough schedule. I will give them that. Ron Zook had put together won helluva team. The second NC was all Tebow and Charlie Strong.
chazzo
May 27th, 2010
4:14 pm
make that one helluva team. wish there was an edit function.
St. Richt
May 27th, 2010
4:16 pm
How2fish, I’d agree we’ve been terrible in bowl games the last 2 years but give me a break with the bad teams in bad conferences stuff. LSU was one year removed from a national championship and plays in the SEC, which even I can admit is the best conference hands down. And Iowa had more future NFL players on their roster this year than any other team in the country. Look at all of the players they had drafted this year and all of the players who stayed who are projected to be picked on the first day of next year’s draft. I can tell you that I didn’t give them enough credit and went to Miami expecting to steamroll them. But I came away with a different point of view- that Iowa team was loaded. Seems like the entire defense will end up playing on Sundays..
For what its worth, I think Georgia will have a good season. I would just think by now the Dawg nation and CMR would have learned to shut his pie hole. You have more offseason NC’s than any team in the country.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 27th, 2010
4:17 pm
The Ghost of Wally Butts good list
I like 2,3,5,7,and 10
The SEC doesnt need a highschool size fan base in TECH it already has Vandy but I do like FSU and Clemson
I would add beat FL
Destroy Tech then show The GREAT AND MIGHTY Paul BUYNAN Johnson the last 5 mins of the game on the big screen instead of the game. (just want to see how those fish will turn out)
Oh did I mention no more uniform changing crap or even talk about it
BEAT FL RICHT
RICHT TAKES FL GAME SERIOUSLY AND DECIDES TO THROW THE PLAY BOOK AND BEAT THEM
BEAT FL
and of course
BEAT FL just want to make sure Richt understands fans are tired of losing to FL
Timmy Dog
May 27th, 2010
4:20 pm
God bless, why do we fall for this EVERY SINGLE YEAR???? We have a retooled D that lost a ton of personnel introduced to a new scheme that couldnt’ create a turnover if he HAD to. We have a midget QB that hasn’t taken a snap in a game in almost 2 years, much less an SEC game. We set ourselves up for the fall every single year. Here’s some more: Preseason Natl Champs in 2010, 2011 and 2012. And please, stop with this Dream Team talk. The last few were 3 star kids and we always recruit strong. Coach Richt and Bobo just coach them down.
2_dawgs
May 27th, 2010
4:21 pm
what about those punts in the G-Day game? Yikes!
chazzo
May 27th, 2010
4:25 pm
Dirty Dawg,
You are absolutely right about UK. The thing is, they are the dark horse in the East. Nobody is talking about them. USC, UF, and UGA could knock each other out of the picture. I know UF has all kinds of talent, but I this is the year to beat them. They have a brutal schedule, a new QB, and a shake up on D. Nobody is talking about Florida vs. UK. UK has a couple of warm up games. UF plays UT the week ahead and Alabama afterward. Stranger things have happened.
Groundhog Day
May 27th, 2010
4:27 pm
Here we go again with the NC talk. Yep, its that time of year again. All bark, no bite.
UGA Me Lo Mama
May 27th, 2010
4:28 pm
UGA will suck this year !!!! Come On Jackets!
KimZ's Package
May 27th, 2010
4:31 pm
This Year for the dawgs is a killer. I want to bet the dawgs to win every game, but I have to keep twice the money I bet in the bank to BAILOUT the players. What to DO? 1EYEDJACK I don’t walk upright I am a UGA fake blonde bimbo. Daddy gave me Kneepads the day I go my acceptance letter from UGA. Mom bought me Blonde in a Bottle and dropped me off at the Phi Mu house. WEEE HAW I can be a HOTDOG HALLWAY for any UGA MAN now.
GT3O
May 27th, 2010
4:35 pm
BAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Drinking the kool-aide in May will surely have you dawg fans nice and drunk come September. Yeah right! Tremendous year with a new defense, new coaches, new starting QB who wasn’t good enough to beat Cox? I think not! 9 wins at best.
kevin
May 27th, 2010
4:48 pm
Tech Fans,
It’s interesting you all come to the UGA blogs and talk so much trash about how UGA football is no good. Georgia Tech is a great technical school and presumably its fans possess excellent math skills. Yet, 8 out of 9 somehow eludes them. Get serious.
There is at least one intelligent UGA fan
May 27th, 2010
4:55 pm
Joe
May 27th, 2010
3:24 pm
“Here we go again……you dont hear this kind of crap from UF, Bama, Ohio State, UC+SC., Texas……that is our problem- we talk so much smack in the spring/summer, the players start beleiving they are great and then the fall is a bust….why dont we just shut up and prove it on the field this year. We always tell everyone how great we are but the players never back it up. Before I really beleive and buy in to what Coach Richt is saying- I am gonna wait to see if his boys really do man up this year.”
Thank you to the one Non-delusional realistic UGA fan.
Georgia is starting a Freshman QB, Implementing a brand new defense without actually having the opportunity to recruit the right players to fit the system, have the same offense that struggled to run the ball last year until the last 3 games against mediocre teams. All this talk about UF being down is ridiculious and only proves the obsession that UGA fans have with UF. The problem with Georgia is that your success is dependent upon whether UF or other programs have a “Down Year”. Pathetic if you think about it.
Coach Small Johnson
May 27th, 2010
4:58 pm
Im not drinking the Kool Aid never have never will
I said for years Willie the dream Martinez was a mistake
What many dawg fans dont know is who really is calling the offense.
I know Richt gives Boo Boo several plays that must be called
I know there are many calling for BOO BO to leave but I dont know about that because Richt still has a hand in the play calling
The reason I say that is because the offense hardly ever seems to function on all cylinders and we seem to stay stuck on certain plays all the time instead of changing it up. Its like there is a tug of war going on with Richt and BooBO during the games
I feel though we will have at least 4 losses this year one being FL since Richt seems to think FL is not that big of a deal
Bulldog59
May 27th, 2010
5:06 pm
Off the subject, but check out the video of former UT player Nu’Keese Richardson stealing clothes at Wal-Mart while his friends video it.
http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b4hAp
Dawg Daily 28May: Leather Helmet Blog
May 27th, 2010
5:12 pm
[...] Wow! That's pretty strong for CMR: Richt walked the line on Wednesday night when he talked to the Georgia Bulldog Club in Albany. As reported by the Albany Herald, the coach said he believes that if his coaches can sign all the «Dream Team» in-state talent they're after, those players will win a national championship before they leave UGA. As for the coming season, Richt said, «I think a lot of the ingredients are there for a tremendous season. We've just got to go out and do it.»(emphasis mine -ecd) [...]
KimZ's Package
May 27th, 2010
5:15 pm
Bulldog59 check the Clarke county website with all the UGA MUG photos. hahahahah looks the same to me.
GaGator
May 27th, 2010
5:36 pm
Does Richt think this is 2008 season with a #1 pre-season ranking–ups.
that didn’t work out too well.
Actually, even Richt’s very best teams lose to the Gators, both the 2002 and 2005 SEC champions lost to the Gators————-just be happy winning 1 out of 7 games.(that would
include this years loss, to put the dawgs at 3 for 21)
bugsquacher
May 27th, 2010
5:38 pm
Bryan, you’re an idiot.
Coach Small Johnson
May 27th, 2010
5:57 pm
Start Beating FL Richt
Then you can talk about expectations
Reality Check
May 27th, 2010
6:09 pm
Embracing the truth for most Georgia fans usually involves letting go of many delusions. Quotes like this are perfect examples: strongest most athletic OL in the country, deepest most talented stable of running backs in the country, running back by committee, the 3/4 is a superior defense to the 4/3, a tremendous season ahead. Nobody serves up the optimism better the Dawg writers and noone laps it up any faster than Dawg fans.
tremendous’ season
Pre-season Dawg fans
May 27th, 2010
6:15 pm
Talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk……….
Post-season Dawg fans
May 27th, 2010
6:17 pm
Walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk……………….
Billy Jack could fight
May 27th, 2010
6:17 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpkSqtDtZS4
one-eyed jack…..I’m not red headed nor do I have freckles
HOTDAWG
May 27th, 2010
6:36 pm
The spell checker named TRUTH recently caught a crucial spelling error in one of my on-line comments. He quickly and accurately noted that “intertainment” is actually spelled “entertainment.”
Since he (or she?) has apparently had English at the Atlanta Trade School, AJC blogs will no doubt be scrutinized with a careful eye. I’ve had my admonishment. It’s someone else’s turn to take a reprimand! Bill King, you could be nest! Oops!
Hypocrite Mark Richt
May 27th, 2010
6:52 pm
and dumb redneck Georgia fans been playing that same broken record forever.Stop talking about it, do it mutts!!!!
Gillislee
May 27th, 2010
7:06 pm
This is a funny one :
“Not only can we compete with Florida, all signs point to our domination of Florida. We’ve got the best freshman quarterback in the country a great O line, 5 star backs and a new built defense which will easily be one of the top 10 in the country next year. You need to brush up on your facts.”
chazzo
May 27th, 2010
7:07 pm
I don’t see anyone talking NC except the naysayers who want to say we’re talking NC in May. Winning the East is possible. A 10 winner is possible. Beyond that we will see. Of course, none of what we schmos talk about here or what Richt may talk about on the booster circuit amounts to a hill of beans. Do you guys honestly think that the players are huddled around their laptops, hanging on every word of this blog? It’s got nothing to do with it. We fans like to talk about our team even in May. A few low rent chumps from other schools talk smack. That is all.
Gratefuldawghead
May 27th, 2010
7:12 pm
GO DAWGS!
BEAT FLORIDA
May 27th, 2010
7:33 pm
last year’s UF-UGA game:
Tebow/Cooper-2 TDs-14 points gone: 27-17
Tebow running-2 TDs-14 points gone: 17-13
Brandon Spikes-INT TD-7 points gone: 17-6
Cox/Moore-TD 7 points gone: 10-6
those are all playes who are gone thus their points are gone and subtracting those the final score is 10-6 UGA
its simple mathematics my friend
Greensboro News & Record
May 27th, 2010
7:43 pm
………….NESBITT for HEISMAN………..
BEAT FLORIDA
May 27th, 2010
7:46 pm
as a player myself I can vouch that no matter what the preseason says the expectations are that inside the locker room and in preseason workouts and practices the goal for all 120 football teams is this: WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
right now as we speak, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia Tech, and all others’ coaches are feeding to the players that the only acceptable goal is the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP yet 119 of them will be singing a different tune at the end of the year. so Florida fans, Alabama fans, Tech fans, and all others, THAT is why UGA fans like myself ask for and expect championships EVERY SEASON. because the ONLY acceptable goal is a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
minnesota dawg
May 27th, 2010
8:51 pm
SEC Championship is either Georgia or Florida vs. Alabama or LSU. Don’t be surprise if Auburn sneeks in.
Time
May 27th, 2010
8:59 pm
I see the Techies still have nothing better to do than come to UGA blogs and pretend like they matter. Let me remind you clowns, Tech had it’s one in every ten years good season, best they’ll have for a while. While UGA had a down season. And you still got beat. You’re going nowhere, the wishbone has been exposed now that people have had time to prepare for it. You won’t even finish in the top half of the ACfreakingC next year. Book it.
And kudos to Richt for putting the goal where it needed to be all along. Winning a NC. The talent is there and with a new DC and no more soft zone coverages all the time, they’ll be much better. Murray will be solid and any QB with a reciever like AJ Green has the opportunity to have a monster season.
??????????
May 27th, 2010
9:04 pm
BEAT FLORIDA – This comment is exactly why UF fans do not take UGA seriously. Probably the dumbest comment I have ever read. Please tell me you weren’t being serious. I guess you could have made this same ignorant statement 17 out of the last 20 years….right? Or did Tebow play all 17 years and NOW that he is finally gone UGA has a chance? You guys are Preseason SEC & National Champs every year, so that is something to be proud of.
last year’s UF-UGA game:
Tebow/Cooper-2 TDs-14 points gone: 27-17
Tebow running-2 TDs-14 points gone: 17-13
Brandon Spikes-INT TD-7 points gone: 17-6
Cox/Moore-TD 7 points gone: 10-6
those are all playes who are gone thus their points are gone and subtracting those the final score is 10-6 UGA
its simple mathematics my friend
waiting moderation
May 27th, 2010
9:08 pm
No way we will ever win a NC with CMR. No way in hell. I’m sorry Buck and Hershel are all we have at the point.
ugafan
May 27th, 2010
9:10 pm
all you low down sorry losers that type on here that aren’t uga fans can shut the heck up this is none of your buisness. and this does not go to the one that aren’t uga fans that wrote something good on here about georgia. oh yeah this will be your buisness when uga plays you. GOT THAT?
TigerT
May 27th, 2010
9:22 pm
Does “tremendous season” mean UGA will eke out a win over Kentucky?
Richt is drinking the kool aid again if he really believes this bunch of drunks and miscreants will threaten Florida and Alabama for the SEC title.
Bulldog59
May 27th, 2010
9:24 pm
chazzo….well said. 6-2, winning the East, 10-2 overall. Attainable goals for us. 10-2 doesn’t put us in the BCS Title hunt, but it’s a big step in the right direction.
Delusional Dawg
May 27th, 2010
9:28 pm
7:33 post by “BEAT FLORIDA”…beyond dumb.
Bulldog59
May 27th, 2010
9:34 pm
KimZ, watch the video first. Surely you don’t rate underage drinking the same as the blatant THEFT committed in this video.
Isn’t this the same kid that was involved in the armed robbery fiasco at UT? The only difference here is, he didn’t have a gun this time.
By the way, when UT turns over their students and/or athletes to local authorities for prosecution for underage drinking (as UGA does) then you have a comparison, right now you don’t.
Tom
May 27th, 2010
9:34 pm
CMR should speak along the coastal area too! As far north as hilton head to jacksonville!
BS Patrol
May 27th, 2010
9:39 pm
ugafan,
How did you get on line from your cardboard box?
Kramer
May 27th, 2010
9:54 pm
Hey fellas. That Tebow pic is still staring us in the face each and every time we sign on to this link and if I’m not mistaken, that story is a month or two old. A little help here.
Bulldog59
May 27th, 2010
10:00 pm
Kramer….I don’t know why they don’t get the message.
jojatek
May 27th, 2010
10:02 pm
Richt is sounding a little desperate right now, but Bulldog nation will believe anything at this point. Bottom line: He’s got a freshman QB and a new DC who will be working with the same overrated, underachieving talent that will lose to Tennessee (yes, Dooley’s Vols will take that game) and Florida. The final nail in the coffin, however, will come between the hedges in November, where Tech will avenge the cheap shot on Nesbitt in Atlanta last season and win comfortably, sending Richt into early retirement and Paul Johnson to his second BCS bowl game and another step toward the return of Tech football to national prominence…
Tru Dat Dawg
May 27th, 2010
10:22 pm
Whoa! Way too much Gloom and Doom. We have a great Head Coach and Staff. BAMA STAN thanks for the good word! I am a true DAWG BELIEVER! WE will be back on track and better this year….GO DAWGS!
Delbert D.
May 27th, 2010
10:23 pm
“its simple mathematics my friend”
Well, the premise is pretty strange. The absence of scorers from a team from the past affects the reality of a future game without considering all components of the future teams and the game situations.
I’d say that is more than mathematics my simple friend.
BamaBill
May 27th, 2010
10:25 pm
It’s unreasonable to expect the defense to be outstanding, or even good. Any time you bring in a new system on offense or defense, there are growing pains-sometimes severe. The offense has a chance to be good, but if Murray doesn’t step up and do much better than he has shown so far the the Dawgs are in for a long year. Defenses will stack the box and make him beat them through the air.
As far as a “Dream Team” recruiting haul, it could happen (but I doubt it), and unless CMR and staff start coaching up a “team” then it doesn’t matter who is signed..
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chazzo
May 27th, 2010
10:33 pm
Tiger T,
Everyone better watch out for UK. Granted the Dawgs gave away a stout victory over the Cats last year by turning the ball over four times. But, UK is a team that can beat you if you take them lightly. UF has them between UT and Bama. We’ll see.
Bulldog59
May 27th, 2010
10:41 pm
chazzo, UF would be a HUGE victory for the Joker, if he can pull it off.
As for UK, we both know one team that will not take them lightly in 2010.
BS Patrol
May 27th, 2010
10:54 pm
BEAT FLORIDA,
I have had more calculus than most Ph.Ds. But by your logic there must be something below ‘rithmatic.
BTW, where did you learn that stuff? ga? You might have played pee wee.
Bulldog59
May 27th, 2010
10:56 pm
Bama Bill, you should “dream” on with your predictions. UGA must be doing something right. How else do you explain all of the attention from all of the fans of our competition? Seriously, I read, but certainly don’t waste my time commenting on articles about other SEC teams.
I truly believe, in December 2010, a lot of UGA-haters will be drinking a big tall glass of SHUT THE HELL UP.
Chuck Uga
May 27th, 2010
11:00 pm
Florida will not win the SEC East. Close, but won’t win it. Their schedule is too difficult. So Georgia or South Carolina will win the East, and you have to believe it is Georgia’s to lose because SC also plays a very tough schedule. Georgia could lose to Florida yet again and still win the East. I’ll say this, I would not want to play Georgia, Florida OR Alabama at the end of this season. All three are going to be better by then. Jury is still out on Auburn and SC. Arkansas is also a mystery, but not going to be surprised if they win the West and freak out everyone. Arkansas will likely beat Georgia in Athens if I had to point to one game that sneaks up on the Dawgs. The one game that I HOPE is a blowout 9and could be really ugly) is the Tennessee win.
Crimson Crush
May 27th, 2010
11:01 pm
Big LOL at the guy who said Jawja would run through the SEC and National Championship for an undefeated season and the start of what he termed a “USC” style run . He has certainly bought lock ,stock and barrel into the “Dream” part of Richt’s equation
I too expect a “USC” style run from the Dawgs as long as Richt is allowed to hang around Athens . Of course the USC I am referring to is located in Columbia
Crimson Crush
May 27th, 2010
11:12 pm
[b]Bulldog59[/b]
[quote]UGA must be doing something right. How else do you explain all of the attention from all of the fans of our competition? Seriously, I read, but certainly don’t waste my time commenting on articles about other SEC teams. [/quote]
Let me clue you in … fans of other programs usually end up here because they are following the flood of high profile recruits their schools are taking out of the state .
I wouldn’t read about or remotely care about a word printed on this left wing rag of a newspaper if Saban wasn’t cherry picking the state talent . I’m sure that is equally true for many Gators as well
savannadawg
May 27th, 2010
11:28 pm
Look. Murray will be fine. It’s going to take some luck in certain situations to go undefeated. But, it can be done! Richt and Bobo have to stop calling plays that are too conservative and get a bit more aggresive. They think too much some times and don’t let nature take its coarse “so to speak”. Perfect example was with M.Stafford. The guy had more ability w/ the football than T.Tebow had in his pinky. Why we didn’t kill UF while he was with us will make your head spin if you think about it too long. UF would have never been able too figure me out if I was the coach and had that talent. But give Meyer credit. He didn’t have too think too hard when it came to us. He knew what we were bringing to the table. To whip someone you have to know them. It’s called homework, not preaching. CMR has got to get his priorities in the proper order when it comes to the profession he has chosen. i love what he is doing for young men with needs, but football in the sec is it. Passion is it. God never said, “don’t be passionate”. CMR can say what he wants. But this team will go how He wants it too go. Period. He is the Capitain of the ship. It took five years to see that CWM was not the guy he should have had as DC. Lets hope this is a well learned lesson, because 10 years in there are no more excuses that can be used.
Clarification
May 28th, 2010
12:34 am
UGA is not going to win the division with a freshman QB and a new defensive scheme. This is probably an 8/9 win regular season. Let Murray take his lumps, let the defensive changes settle into place, and make a real run in 2011
mark
May 28th, 2010
12:52 am
chuck, how can you say that florida will not win the sec east??? especially when florida has had the number 1 recruiting class the past 2 years…… florida is reloading, not rebuilding
For what its worth
May 28th, 2010
4:19 am
Mark, Don’t think for one minute that just because Florida’s had the number 1 recruiting classes the last two year that there is not going to be a decline in your team. Yes, you have the same position coaches, but any time you have a turn over with a coach that’s as good as Charlie Strong its going to make a difference, so don’t be surprised if your number 1 recruiting classes don’t live up to expectations.
For what its worth
May 28th, 2010
4:28 am
Florida though they were going to go undefeated to, but they had their butts handed to them by Alabama and that was with Charlie Strong and company.
Delusional Dawg
May 28th, 2010
5:30 am
Unfortunately, if the Dawgs go 8-4 or God forbid 7-5 again this regular season, that supposedly “Dream Team” of recruiting will become the “In Your Dream Team” and a literal nightmare. If there were further staff firings (see:Mike Bobo), guys like LeMay could decide to take their skills elsewhere. And you can bet that if that happens then the Richt talk will heat up dramatically and create doubts for 2011. That would set back recruiting and the program that much more and allow Florida to put even more space between them and the East as I don’t see Tennessee doing anything for a couple of years. South Carolina will be the wild card in the East this year…maybe.
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
6:50 am
Crimson Crush,
It is funny how sheepishly quiet and humble you Bama fans were before Saban got there. Certainly there is a rich history there, but there were several years of moving vans between NCs for you guys. The thing is my Bama friends were a lot more tolerable before Saban. Just remember, it all comes back around. It all comes back around.
Stanfield
May 28th, 2010
6:51 am
How about this? WILL SOMEONE FROM AJC PLEASE GET TIM TEBOW OFF, I REPEAT,OFF OF OUR SPORTS PAGE PLEASE?!!!!!!!!
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
6:57 am
People are right to point out the Frosh QB and new D. It is important to keep things in perspective. The most important thing is that we support our team through thick and thin one game at a time. I think 10 wins is achievable. I also think that UF, having a tough schedule, a Head Coach on Xanax, a no name DC, and a new QB … well let there expectations be through the roof. Go Gators. Brantley is incredible. The talent pool is unheard of. The Gators will win the NC in 2010. In fact, the NFL will then invite them to play in the Super Bowl afterward. They are so good, that everyone down there should spend the whole summer smoking Gainesville green. Bama, too, those guys don’t need to practice anymore. Let’s just give them the Crystal and not play any games.
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
6:58 am
their, darnit.
James T. Kirk
May 28th, 2010
8:04 am
For a Powder Puff team that routinely losses 5-6 games every year, I think it’s safe to say St. Richy is on the juice.
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2010
8:05 am
59, you are incorrect. Trolls like KimZ DO consider any offence, beers or scooters, the EXACT same as armed robbery. Because his criteria is the same. He doesn’t like Georgia.
Kramer
May 28th, 2010
8:09 am
While it remains to be seen whether or not UGA will win the SEC or the NC, it is clear that we win the prize for having the most rivals troll our blogs and spew gloom and doom. Don’t go away mad. Just go away. Please!
Bulldog59
May 28th, 2010
8:09 am
Crimson Crush, exactly my point, I read articles on other schools as well, but DON’T spend my time making childish and derogatory comments about other schools.
Kramer
May 28th, 2010
8:11 am
Yo Kirk. We play 12-14 games a year and average 10 wins. Kind of hard to lose 5-6 games. Brush up on your math son.
AltamahaDawg
May 28th, 2010
8:12 am
Delusional (not a dawg). I would be willing to bet that the vast majority of the heavy recruiting, and probably decisions will be over by the time the results from this season are tallied.
BTW, how is recruiting coming along at your school so far this year? Now which team was that again? Say it proud now, go ahead.
samuel
May 28th, 2010
8:47 am
Let’s cut out this racism talk and play DIXIE. The fans will love it!!!!
Dawg Daily 28May10: Leather Helmet Blog
May 28th, 2010
8:57 am
[...] Wow! That's pretty strong for CMR: Richt walked the line on Wednesday night when he talked to the Georgia Bulldog Club in Albany. As reported by the Albany Herald, the coach said he believes that if his coaches can sign all the «Dream Team» in-state talent they're after, those players will win a national championship before they leave UGA. As for the coming season, Richt said, «I think a lot of the ingredients are there for a tremendous season. We've just got to go out and do it.»(emphasis mine -ecd) [...]
How2fish
May 28th, 2010
8:57 am
Kramer Kirk is a Bug he has no math skills…..he is too busy in the hot tube with all the Tech hotties to be bothered with going to class. St. Richt you forgot a couple of recent bowl losses to bad teams from bad conferences 2007’s lost to Fresno State in the Humanitarian Bowl comes to mind as well as the 2001 Seattle Bowl lost to Standford and we will tell CMR to shut his piehole when he starts telling our fans to punch Bugs in the face…however got to agree your right about the Iowa D they really were stout.
1eyedJack
May 28th, 2010
9:01 am
James Tiberius Kirk, how are you and Mr. Sulu getting along these days? OHHH MYYYY!!
obama sin laden
May 28th, 2010
9:26 am
good thing richt is the coach and not any of you idiots
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
9:38 am
Samuel,
Go look up the lyrics to the song, “Dixie,” and then explain to me why any African-American alumni, fans, players, or coaches would feel in any way pumped up about it.
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
9:39 am
Samuel,
Add administrators, regents, and political representatives…
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
9:48 am
Anyone who thinks UGA is not solid on the Offensive side. I am not going to say best that and five star this, but I will say the O can play with anyone in the country even with a new QB. The D while questionable has some gems, and some of those gems have yet to emerge. The D will be more aggressive and more fundamentally sound, that goes with out saying. I am not promising an NC or SEC championship, but winning the East is a plausible consideration. I don’t think anyone should lose their mind and send moving vans to the Richt estate if the Dawgs drop a game early. All things considered, this is a crucial year for the coaches and the program as a whole. Win the East, and UGA solidifies a whole lot of big time recruiting.
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
9:49 am
BTW, A.J. may be the best receiver in the country (at least top five), but Durham is the most valuable.
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How2fish
May 28th, 2010
10:47 am
chazzo what’s not to love… this is the only version I ever heard now I’ve seen others but growing up this is what the radio stations signed off with and was played at sporting events.
O, I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Look away! Look away!
Look away! Dixie Land.
In Dixie Land where I was born in
Early on one frosty mornin’
Look away! Look away!
Look away! Dixie Land.
Chorus:
O, I wish I was in Dixie!
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
Away, away,
Away down south in Dixie!
That being said while the song in itself is not offensive, However I understand that since it is related with images of soldiers in grey and hence to many an image of Southern Heritage and Pride it also triggers images of the KKK and civil rights violations that make many Americans Black and White uncomfortable, so I can understand and agree with the decision to not play it. However as a song itself it’s a catchy tune and fun to sing along with. IMHO
The Truth
May 28th, 2010
10:51 am
Joshua Nesbitt for Heisman!!
npgator
May 28th, 2010
11:31 am
Beat Florida!? In what sport?
npgator
May 28th, 2010
11:32 am
Richt could be fired for a gross mis management of the Booster’s expectatations by saying he will beat Florida.
Delusional Dawg
May 28th, 2010
11:45 am
Beat Florida?? Well, anythings possible I guess. Think I see snow.
Delusional Dawg
May 28th, 2010
11:48 am
Hey, after all, he DIDN’T say THIS year. Looks like coach has been attending the Johnny Cochran Memorial School of Speaking.
How2fish
May 28th, 2010
1:11 pm
npgator he will beat UF AGAIN, and it may very well be this year..hey has CUM gotten out of rehab yet?
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
1:40 pm
Countless lyrical variants of “Dixie” exist, but the version attributed to Dan Emmett and its variations are the most popular.[4] Emmett’s lyrics as they were originally intended reflect the mood of the United States in the late 1850s toward growing abolitionist sentiment. The song presented the point of view, common to minstrelsy at the time, that slavery was overall a positive institution.
Dixie:
The pining slave had been used in minstrel tunes since the early 1850s, including Emmett’s “I Ain’t Got Time to Tarry” and “Johnny Roach”. The fact that “Dixie” and its precursors are dance tunes only further made light of the subject.[12] In short, “Dixie” made the case, more strongly than any previous minstrel tune had, that slaves belonged in bondage.[13] This was accomplished through the song’s protagonist, who, in comic black dialect, implies that despite his freedom, he is homesick for the plantation of his birth:
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
1:43 pm
Let me put a fine point on it. It is a slave who is supposedly singing “I wish I was in the land of cotton” because the lyricist(s) felt that’s where he belonged. Any further questions as to why the SEC did away with playing it as a symbol for the schools.
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
1:47 pm
I would much rather talk about the receiver corpse than the bugle corpse, if we could.
How2fish
May 28th, 2010
2:41 pm
chazzo good to know all I know of and I would think most folks that know anything of “Dixie” is the lyrics I posted and not the background thanks for sharing… the folks I know of that sang that song were wearing Grey and they were homesick..or their descendants. it was a song of home and not slavery…and I would be willing to bet most folks have never heard of the back story… I can’t imagine the armies of the South marching to a song if they knew they were singing from the view of a slave..could you?
chazzo
May 28th, 2010
6:33 pm
Nobody marched to the song except SEC bands. Sorry to break it to you. I used to believe in the Moonlight and Magnolias preserve the history stuff, too. Fact is though much of these “nostalgic” things like the rebel flag we all know and love were taken out of context and promoted as an overt protest of desegregation. Once I found these things out, I changed my tune. There is much in the South and of the South worth celebrating and preserving.
Crimson Crush
May 29th, 2010
1:46 am
chazzo I find your revisionist history on the supposed behavior of Bama fans even funnier than you claim to find yourself . ALL I heard and saw during the time that Bama was having down years was how ARROGANT Tide fans were because they refused to accept it . In fact it wasn’t just bumble head fans of other programs pumping that crap … the spectacularly unimaginative press followed suit as well .
A blizzard of “The Bear is Dead” and any gleeful b******t commentary that could be hurled WAS hurled from EVERY direction and frankly it only SLIGHTLY died after the Tide stomped their way through an undefeated season .
Yeah … Bama fans were “arrogant” during the program’s slump because they refused to accept it . “Arrogant” because they refused to believe a competent coach would never take on the high expectations in Tuscaloosa . “Arrogant” when they hailed Saban as the Man his first day on the job.
And you are now trying to sell that Tide fans were “sheepishly quiet and humble” before Saban came to Bama ? Get the f*** out of here
You are either being willfully ignorant of just WHO and WHAT Bama fans have ALWAYS been good times AND bad … OR you are still in your teen years and trying to remember back further than 3 seasons ago predates your arrival into puberty .
You certainly aren’t the only one I have seen trying to peddle that broken bicycle down the street . I just find it funny to think back to the same clowns who were calling Bama fans “arrogant” and “living in the past” for nearly a decade right up until the start of the last season are now claiming Bama fans were “no where to be found” or “sheepishly quiet”.
katmando
May 29th, 2010
2:03 am
could not even take a wounded cat team at home….commonwealth will be rocking as we roll to SEC east title!!…go cats
Roll Tide
May 29th, 2010
12:18 pm
Its as simple as this Richt. Left tackle- Trinton Sturdivant, Left Guard- Cordy Glenn Center-Chris Burnette, Right Guard Bean Anderson Right Tackle- Josh Davis. Equals = SEC Title. Otherwise, you are going to have plenty of time to enjoy the Lake house.
chazzo
May 29th, 2010
1:15 pm
Crimson Crush,
Okay I’ll revise my “revisionist history.” You were arrogant when you were losing. Now your just boring. Get a life.
Just saying
May 29th, 2010
1:58 pm
UGA Football 8-5 (4-4) Shreveport Bowl
UGA Basketball 14-17 (5-11)
UGA Baseball 16-37 (5-23)
Go Dawgs!!
Crimson Crush
May 29th, 2010
11:31 pm
Well at least you are consistent and somewhat intellectually honest . Consistent in that you tried to make up one extremely weak argument that Tide fans were “sheepishly quiet” . When that goes bust you try to replace it with a petty little 7th grade ad hominem reply …. “Get A Life” . LOL
Of course if you really want to work on a little self improvement you would just try and stick to being consistent in areas that matter . You could start by formulating stories that match up to begin with but I am happy that I could help you get at least halfway there
chazzo
May 30th, 2010
10:17 am
Hey, CC,
I guess my main point is: Why are you Bama jagoffs showing up on this thread talking smack about the Dawgs? BTW, what’s with the little smiley faces, powder puff? Are they going to put those on your ugly arse helmets next season for good plays?
sturm7
May 30th, 2010
6:58 pm
rodney holloway cmon come out of the closet….youre really a Ga Tech nerd……aren’t you??
'94 UGA Grad
June 2nd, 2010
12:10 pm
Hey BAMA STAN,
I found your post on 5/27 at 12:56 pm to be very insightful and objective (unlike 95% of the other posts on this blog) and right on the money imo. Thanks for the great post and good luck next year. Maybe we’ll meet in the SECCG this year.