Talking the talk: Bulldog week in quotes
Mark Richt on A.J. Green: "He's as good as I've seen." (Associated Press)
Thanks to a newsy week in the Bulldog Nation, including SEC Media Days, there were quite a few quotes that caught my eye or that I particularly enjoyed this week. Check them out, and if any of them inspire you, have at it in the comments section. …
“Never.”
— A.J. Green when asked if he’s ever been to Miami
“Hahaha. This talk about A.J. is hilarious. That country boy ain’t never been to Miami!!! You can put those rumors to rest.”
— Former teammate Michael Moore on Twitter after reports Green is the subject of an NCAA inquiry about the infamous “Agentgate” party in South Beach
“You know, with me being a veteran and helping Aaron out, I believe I can instill that confidence level that he needs to throw the ball and just to know that he has that primary receiver out there. Whenever he’s in trouble, he can just throw it. It don’t have to be a great ball, it can be whatever, and I can make a play on it.”
—A confident A.J. Green on playing this season with an inexperienced quarterback in Aaron Murray
“We’re going to play with a lot of energy. If we can do that and find a way to keep from beating ourselves, which I think we did to a certain extent last season with our turnover ratio and our penalty count, if we could find a way to keep from beating ourselves, I think we’ll be a pretty good football team.”
— Mark Richt summing up the Dogs’ 2010 prospects
“I think there’s a chance to have a great complement of run and pass and keep people very honest with it.”
— Mark Richt on how double-coverage of Green can help Georgia’s running game
“I think he’s been a good blocker, not a great blocker. I think he needs to get better at really becoming a factor as a blocker. I can’t hardly say much about his ability to run routes and go after a ball and get it. He’s as good as I’ve seen. He’s special in that way.”
— Mark Richt on how star player Green can get even better
“When the protection is there, the route is open, put it on ’em. If the protection is not there, let’s throw the ball away, let’s hit a check down, let’s take a sack if you have to. Let’s make sure at the end of every drive we kick the ball, an extra point, field goal, or punt.”
— Mark Richt on his advice to his young quarterback
Speaking of punting …
“Quite frankly, we struggled offensively. When he was punting there was a lot of grass in front of him. Too much grass. But he changed field position for us in a big way last year. This year, my guess is, he won’t have quite that average because I think — I hope — he’ll be punting with less grass in front of him. Hopefully he punts a lot less.”
— Mark Richt on having the nation’s top punter last season in Drew Butler
“Opening question is about my mother. Doesn’t matter where I go, that’s the question I get. … So she’s certainly a great personality. Everybody loves her because she subscribes to the theory speak first, think second, the exact opposite of my dad. So hopefully I try to take that little portion of my dad — think first, speak second. But I do have a lot of her in me, too.”
— Former Georgia coaching assistant Derek Dooley, son of Vince and Barbara, in his first SEC Media Days appearance as Tennessee’s head coach
“I wouldn’t trade my four years at Georgia for anything.”
— Wimbledon legend John Isner on ESPN2 after moving on to the semifinals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships
“Fred Munzenmaier”
— Mark Richt showing his quick wit when asked on camera at SEC Media Days by the Dogs’ Shaun Chapas who is his favorite fullback
BULLDOG BITES
UGA legend Dan Magill practically helped raise Greg McGarity, so it’s not surprising he’s backing the Athens native to be Georgia’s new athletics director. If you want to know more about McGarity’s Bulldog bona fides, check out Magill’s latest column in the Athens Banner-Herald. …And happy birthday wishes go out today to two great Dawgs: Jonathan King, my brother, a UGA grad and loyal fan who’s never predicted anything but a Georgia win, and Kevin Butler, father of Drew, an entertaining broadcaster and one of the most beloved Bulldog heroes for many reasons, including that unforgettable kick against Clemson. Many happy returns, guys!
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rogeriter
July 24th, 2010
10:22 pm
Burroughston Broch –you are an idiot! A coach has more responsibility to a player and his parents than just making sure the team wins. And you obviously don’t know anything about Christianity. It is not a religion! It is a relationship that exist between a person and his Lord.
Christ himself commanded that all Christians put that first (even over football) and He himself didn’t just associate with “good people”.
But when it comes your final days and you go before Him, just tell him that your team won a lot of football games and see where that gets you. And you WILL go before him some day!
Richt does that plus win!
Richt Sucks!
July 24th, 2010
10:36 pm
The Dawg Nation loves Will Muschamp and Kirby Smart!
Christopher Hitchens
July 24th, 2010
10:38 pm
Religion poisons everything!
Mr. Georgia Football Returns
July 24th, 2010
10:43 pm
Mark Richt: “And hopefully we’re winning games and we’re still educating young men”
Mark Richt does it again! He is being absurd and not living in the real world. He acts like he is not aware of being on the hot seat. He speaks absurdly about his character, integrity and the lord. Then, at the end (at last) he says:”And hopefully we’re winning games and we’re still educating young men”. Well thanks a pant load Mark for finally getting around to “winning”! This guy is getting paid $2.8 million a year plus bonuses and endorsements and he says “hopefully we’re winning games” ??????? “hopefully” !!!! Somebody please get the net! He is not in touch with reality.
1eyedJack
July 24th, 2010
11:39 pm
I haven’t heard anyone with any credibility say that Coach Richt is on the “hot seat”. Anyone?
Mr. Georgia Football Returns
July 25th, 2010
12:40 am
Ching
“The program is backsliding,” say his critics.
“The team is undisciplined.”
“He needs to win this year or he needs to go.”
Now which SEC coach was he talking about?
RED DOG 77
July 25th, 2010
1:53 am
I don’t know about anyone else, but all these “red panties” comments are so creative, and unusually clever and funny ! Gosh guys, keep it up, you have me in stitches everytime you make those hilarious “panty” jokes !………..Oh “red panty ” this and “red panty ” that………..stop ! you’re killing me ! Please ! just too darn funny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GT BABY
July 25th, 2010
1:56 am
hello…
GT BABY
July 25th, 2010
2:01 am
Hey bill, I love how you block all the tech fans that blog on your stories. Thats really cute of you. Whats the problem bill, cant take that uga is the laughing stock of college football? Hey bill, hows Georgia’s off-season going? hahahahaha….oh man, yall Georgia fans really give us something to laugh at every day. Man it must suck to be a dawg!
GT BABY
July 25th, 2010
2:04 am
Oh yeah I forgot the best part……..
1980
r@pe
zack mettenberger
kentucky
damon evans
shereveport
7-5
tenn. beat down
blackout against alabama
team full of blue gum criminals
GT BABY
July 25th, 2010
2:06 am
dont worry I have more….
45-42 in samford and son
the biggest bandwagon fans I’ve ever seen
fans that have s@x with their sister
AJ Green is a cheating thug and doesnt even compare to Calvin Johnson
and UG@Y SUCKS!
GT BABY
July 25th, 2010
2:17 am
Bill, you can go ahead and kick me off now, you ewok! Nobody gives a shi$ about your stupid a$$ dawgs. When are you going to write about all the wonderful things that have happened to UGA over the past couple of months? Quit down-playing everything that has happened and quit your crying about what the paper says in Orlando. Nobody wants to hear you stick up for a team full of thugs. Mark Richt a Christian my a$$. If he’s such a Christian, then why does he recruit all these players with character issues? Have a nice day bill, do*che-bag! and F$ck all you Georgia fans, I’m out! PEACE LOSERS!
Have fun in Shreveport!
Beast from the East
July 25th, 2010
7:48 am
GT Baby,
Very classy. I’m sure your fellow Tech fans are really proud to have you represent them. Were you denied admission to UGA or what?
GaDawg
July 25th, 2010
8:21 am
Sounds like someone has a lot of bulldawg envy, It’s great to be a Georgia BULLDAWG
AltamahaDawg
July 25th, 2010
8:32 am
“nobody cares about UGA” he says in his 5th posts at 2am.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
July 25th, 2010
9:40 am
Whats the matter “GT Tech Baby” That beat down you girl took last year still not sitting well, i guess i would have alot of hate towards UGA too if we had only won one football game in nine years. The best part is ou guys have got destroyed in both of your bowl games. Also your glory coach can’t get a decent player to commit to that highschool of stadium ya’ll play at, yeah it doesn’t suck being a Bulldawg, we get to own our rival GT every year.
tony purvis
July 25th, 2010
10:55 am
Richt Sucks!
July 24th, 2010
10:36 pm
The Dawg Nation loves Will Muschamp and Kirby Smart!
Do you really think that Will Muschamp, Kirby Smart, or any other credible head coach would want to risk his career by coming to UGA? There are way too many “so called” Dawg fans who throw fall down in the floor, kicking, screaming, infantile temper tantrums because they can’t have what they want, and have it RIGHT NOW!!! If you are a season ticket holder, and feel that way, turn in your tickets. Until empty seats appear in the stadium due to a lack of ticket sales, Coach Richt is our Man; and if someone else grabs up your vacated seat, you didn’t deserve it in the first place! In all fairness to you fit pitchin’ crybabies, who grew up in the “spare the rod to spoil the child” generation of unearned entitlement, it’s not your fault. Your Daddy wasn’t man enough to take a board to a$$ in order to teach you the value of patience; furthermore, your snot nosed attitudes do more harm to our program than our opponents, players, and coaches combined. MAN UP!! If you really want change, do it through the ticket office; if all you want to do is complain, take it home to parents.
they’re the ones who created you li’l monsters; they’re the ones who need to reap what they’ve sown!
1eyedJack
July 25th, 2010
10:58 am
Amen!
1eyedJack
July 25th, 2010
11:01 am
Mr. Georgia Football
And who’s Ching? Unless he’s the new Georgia Athletics Director or he just replace Michael Adams, his “opinion” means squat.
Mr. Georgia Football Returns
July 25th, 2010
11:23 am
Ok, that’s it! I am putting my foot down. STOP CALLING BILL KING AN “EWOK”!
mcdawghna
July 25th, 2010
11:31 am
GT BABY, It cracks me up, your pathetic little digs aimed at UGA…..Yes, we’ve had our fair share of off the field issues, and if you think about it, you’ve had your fair share as well…..Last years 8-5 record was truelly a bad year at Georgia, which if you look at history you will notice that 8-5 for the most part is a great year for you guys……but what I laugh at most is that you still post a 45-42 score from 2 years ago as your most heralded achievement against your biggest rival in years……and on top of that you had a ring made with the score…..pffffft……how many dog fans post the last time we beat Fla on here……but if your happy with 1 win every 10 yrs then you go girl!…..Richt is a good man and a good coach, and I’m sure you’d be very happy with the record he’s put up at UGA at your school…….the difference though between UGA and GT is that were not happy with just a good record…..we set the bar a little higher than you guys do
tony purvis
July 25th, 2010
12:28 pm
GT BABY
July 25th, 2010
2:17 am
When I played Gray Y football in 6th and 7th grades, our coach would sometimes take the team down to the flats to see GT practice. When my soon to be brother-in-law heard me talking about one such visit, he told me “you just hold on a minute boy.” “If anyone is going to expose you to college football, you’re going to go with me to Athens, so you’ll learn what the sport is really all about.” I will be forever grateful to, James D. Killingsworth, for rescuing me from a fate worse than death by introducing me to UGA football in 1960.
After I read your first post, I was all set to come on here and tell you about how much joy and laughter “whippin’ up on Tech” had brought me over the coarse of my lifetime, however, after reading all of your successive posts, I just didn’t have the heart to kick a man when he is down. those posts showed me the spirit of a broken man full of bitterness, hatred, disillusionment, and disgust in himself as well as his team. I realized that “but for the Grace of God there go I.” It almost makes me want to apologize for the fact that my team of choice has caused you such grief in your lifetime, but better you than me. May it always be you and not me; I don’t know that I could bear it. I almost wound up in your place, but escaped with my life. How grateful I am to be able to truly exclaim the fact that “It’s Great to be a Georgia Bulldog.”
mcdawghna
July 25th, 2010
1:23 pm
Oh, GT BABY, If you want to throw up old scores, look up your last 5 bowl appearances, they all ended in losses, including being 0-2 against Fresno St……You say Shreveport, I say Boise Idaho on the blue rug……..
AltamahaDawg
July 25th, 2010
1:40 pm
Oh now, he only called King an Ewok because his computer desk is right beside the shelf with all his Star Wars stuffed toys looking at him. It was in his field of vision.
It’s like if I suddenly called somebody in here a “smoking hot wife”, or a “man of the year trophy”.
1eyedJack
July 25th, 2010
2:08 pm
To be fair, Ewoks don’t wear birth control glasses. He does remind me though, of my Great Uncle Harold, who ran a booth at the flea market and smelled like cabbage.
Love ya Bill, and I’m sure you don’t work at the flea market.
1eyedJack
July 25th, 2010
2:15 pm
His head just looks big ’cause he’s leaning forward.
South Ga Dawg
July 25th, 2010
2:30 pm
Get ready to strap em up dawg fans!!! Gonna be a magical year!!!!!
We Drink This State
July 25th, 2010
2:30 pm
Great event. Great quotes. Great off-season. And leading in the “Fulmer Cup” competition, to boot. All those off-season arrests bode well for the season. Great job!
GT BABY
July 25th, 2010
2:57 pm
I’ll stop calling bill an ewok, when yall quit saying PJ has “man boobs”. Have a good day do*uche-bags!
shane#1
July 25th, 2010
3:28 pm
1eyedjack, Like holding up a fish for the camera, huh? Make that crappie look like it weighs 10 lbs. Don’t worry Bill, guys like us need a big head for our big brains. Besides, my weight has gotten up to 240, so I would look funny with a little head. Let’s put our big heads together and see if we can BUY the Dawgs a break this season, they are damn sure due a break.
I will not be the next head coach at Alabama. I am the head coach of the Miami Dolphins
July 25th, 2010
3:40 pm
Burroughston Broch –A football coach is a football coach–yes. However, a Christian is a Christian, regardless of his/her career choice. A truly sincere Christian will share and talk about his faith, because that is who he or she is. Just like your friends and coworkers know what football team you cheer for, because that is a big part of your life. A Christian’s friends, coworkers, and others that he/she comes in contact with know it because it is a big part of a Christian’s life.
As a bulldawg, am I pleased with the off field issues?? Of course not. Do I agree with the discipline CMR administers?? Not always, but then I don’t know all the details. Am I glad a man of faith is leading young men at UGA?? Absolutely.
Yes, CMR’s job is to win ballgames and educate young men. However, that does not exclude him from being a Christian and living as such.
AltamahaDawg
July 25th, 2010
4:27 pm
So if we don’t stop making fun of your football coach for having manboobs, you are going to keep forcing us make fun of you for using the the term Ewok. Hmm, thats a toughie.
Burroughston Broch
July 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
I have read your replies and am not convinced.
Regardless of whether the coach is a religious person or not (and I have no reason to suspect that the coach is not a religious person), his religion is not the prime job requirement. The prime job requirement is to win enough games to keep the faithful giving large sums of money to the Athletic Department. It is not trying to save thugs while they play football and play pretend students.
The coach is directly responsible for the character of his recruits and players. He selects every one and they serve at his pleasure. He should know the character of potential recruits and not bring known problems into his program. When one proves to be a continued problem, he should be sent packing.
I know that this sounds simplistic to apologists, but it is just this simple.
GaDawg985
July 25th, 2010
6:50 pm
I will not be the next
head coach at Alabama.
I am the head coach of
the Miami Dolphins
July 25th, 2010
3:40 pm
Burroughston Broch –A football coach is a football coach–yes. However, a Christian is a Christian, regardless of his/her career choice. A truly sincere Christian will share and talk about his faith, because that is who he or she is. Just like your friends and coworkers know what football team you cheer for, because that is a big part of your life. A Christian’s friends, coworkers, and others that he/she comes in contact with know it because it is a big part of a Christian’s life.
As a bulldawg, am I pleased with the off field issues?? Of course not. Do I agree with the discipline CMR administers?? Not always, but then I don’t know all the details. Am I glad a man of faith is leading young men at UGA?? Absolutely.
Yes, CMR’s job is to win ballgames and educate young men. However, that does not exclude him from being a Christian and living as such.
This was such a fine post I thought it deserved a reprint!!!
GooooooOOOOOOOO Dawgs!!!!!!!
college is forever
July 25th, 2010
7:20 pm
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I will not be the next head coach at Alabama. I am the head coach of the Miami Dolphins
July 25th, 2010
7:33 pm
Burroughston Broch — we agree on a couple of points. 1) A coach’s primary role is to win games. 2) He should not bring known problems into the program. 3) A continued problem should be sent packing. I pretty much agree with these 3 points.
“Knowing the character” of each potential recruit is another story. I agree every reasonable effort should be made to determine if a recruit poses a character issue. Keep in mind that you are talking about 16,17,and 18 yr old kids. Could anyone project what you would and wouldn’t do at age 20, 21,or 22 when you were 17? Could even your parents? I know mine could not have. Yet, you want CMR or any football coach to be able to forecast the actions of dozens and dozens of recruits. And, use this ability to forecast behavior as a prerequisite to being offered a scholarship.
Let me reiterate, I am very disappointed at the off field issues the last several years. Have we had more than our share? Perhaps. Receiving a scholarship for any reason is an honor and comes with responsibilties. When a player fails to live up to the off field responsibilities, he should be dealt with accordingly. Do I think at times CMR has been too leinent? Perhaps. I would much rather do what I could to turn a young person’s life around than to ” send him packing” at the first error in judgement.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone……
GT BABY
July 25th, 2010
7:36 pm
IM SURE BILL KING IS A NICE GUY, BUT ALL OF HIS ARTICLES HYPE UGA UP LIKE THEYRE THE BEST FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE NATION. BILL IS UNREALISTIC AND SO ARE ALL THE GEORGIA FANS THAT FOLLOW HIM. I LIKE MARK RICHT TOO, BUT IT’S ALL HIS LITTLE UGA FOLLOWERS THAT ARE ANOYING. NOT ALL GEORGIA FANS ARE BAD, JUST 80% OF THEM. GEORGIA FANS ARE REALLY STUPID AND OBNOXIOUS. I BET I CAN NAME MORE UGA FOOTBALL PLAYERS THAN HALF THE GEORGIA FANS OUT THERE. IT PROVES MY POINT THAT UGA FANS ARE BANDWAGONERS.
I will not be the next head coach at Alabama. I am the head coach of the Miami Dolphins
July 25th, 2010
7:46 pm
GaDawg985—-thanks for the kind words.
Go dawgs indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GaDawg985
July 25th, 2010
9:19 pm
Burroughston Broch
July 25th, 2010
6:31 pm
Lets go back and take a look at your post. I think you have proven yourself to be a blind leader of the blind who has stumbled into a ditch!
First of all, I quote your comment: “The prime job requirement is to win enough games to keep the faithful giving large sums of money to the Athletic Department.” I think you have to agree that Coach Richt’s record speaks for itself. I don’t know of anyone who has discontinued or returned their ticket orders, but we will see how many consistently empty seats there are in the stadium this season. Now, I want you to be at each home game this season and provide us with the accurate number of empty seats per game. Please provide documentation.
Secondly, I quote you as saying: “When one proves to be a continued problem, he should be sent packing.” If you had been paying any attention to current events, you would have known that is exactly what Coach Richt has been doing. I can think of at least three players that he has “sent packing” as you put it, and at least one who chose to leave on his own to prevent being told to “go packing” Now, I want you to start your research over. You need to go back through the archives and identify those student athletes and document them for us.
Next, I reference your statement: “He should know the character of potential recruits and not bring known problems into his program.” I would like for you to submit to me a detailed essay on providing character analysis on potential recruits whose identities are protected by law until they reach the age of eighteen. I know for a fact that Coach Richt has, on occasion, withdrawn scholarship offers when something has been discovered that might be a potential problem. You can identify at least one such occasion if you are willing to do the research. Now, if my requests are bit more effort than you care to make, I think that it is safe to say that you are asking more from a very busy head coach than you are willing to demand of your self.
Finally, for your information, religion is practiced by people who sit in church pews, who never read their bibles, and are expecting a man behind a pulpit to preach them into heaven. It just doesn’t work that way. True Christianity is reality! A daily walk of your faith in all aspects of the life path that God has set before you. If you study his word, you please him. When you please him, he uses you, as in Coach Richts case, to sow seeds of life, truth, and victory into the lives of the young men that God himself has sent his way.
gerald c clemmons
July 25th, 2010
9:56 pm
DIT classy post my man amen, go dawgs. woof woof.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR
July 25th, 2010
10:05 pm
Burroughston Broch, SO……….I guess that would be NONE???
Yeah, thought so…Class act you are…..
gerald c clemmons
July 25th, 2010
10:16 pm
GaDawg985, preach brother preach, go dawgs.
HOUDAWG
July 25th, 2010
10:55 pm
Little GT BABY punk ……… ya just can’t help staying at a UGA blog can ya ? Kinda like a 6 yr old still sucking on mama’s nips …….. I wouldn’t waste the sweat of my ba**s on a Tech blog.
You pathetic POS ……..
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
July 26th, 2010
7:34 am
blah, blah, blah…..same ol GA, talk talk talk….
(((((((((((((((41-17)))))))))))))))
ugag is irrelevant
July 26th, 2010
7:52 am
cow college braggadocio … all for naught
dap01
July 26th, 2010
9:03 am
Burroughtbostone (strange name and strange person): You must have a sad and bitter life to get all of that from a blog about UGA.
You can not feel good about yourself.
ugaclassof2004
July 26th, 2010
10:29 am
“That country boy ain’t never been to Miami!!! ” Michael Moore
Hilarious
“If we can do that and find a way to keep from beating ourselves, which I think we did to a certain extent last season with our turnover ratio and our penalty count, if we could find a way to keep from beating ourselves” Mark Richt
Yeah well tackling on defense and compentent play calling from the coordinators would be nice too!
“I think he’s been a good blocker, not a great blocker” Mark Richt
Does anybody really care whether or not the BEST WR IN THE NATION is a good blocker? That is what you have TE’s and OL for.
“When the protection is there, the route is open, put it on ’em. If the protection is not there, let’s throw the ball away, let’s hit a check down, let’s take a sack if you have to.” Mark Richt
So in other words, be the anti-Joe Cox!
GeorgiaDawg84
July 26th, 2010
10:54 am
For some odd reason I never go to ajc.com and scroll to Tech blogs and spend my time trash talking on their blogs. I don’t get it?
BAMA STAN
July 26th, 2010
11:06 am
13 NATIONAL TITLES – 22 SEC TITLES!!!
The success of UGA this year depends on the DEFENSE.
I think your offense will be stout enough to be top 10.
I think A. Murray will be a very good QB for UGA.
It’s the DEFENSE that will go through some growing pains and will be the difference maker if UGA is catch up to Florida.
As I have said many times – UGA is poised for a very good year.
But until they beat Florida – I have to go with the Gators as UGA has not even been close to competitive the last 2 years.
Still think a 10 win season is very doable – and who knows – with Bama /FL playing reg season this year – which my lean is toward BAMA due to all the changes at Florida – Florida could lose in an upet to LSU or SC – you just never know. That’s why we settle it on the field!!
At any rate – I am pulling for the Dawgs in the SEC East this year.
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!
I will not be the next head coach at Alabama. I am the head coach of the Miami Dolphins
July 26th, 2010
11:30 am
BAMA STAN– You may be the most level headed, humble UA fan I have ever encountered. I didn’t know you existed. I couldn’t agree more about your analysis of our year. Assuming Murray stays healthy, I think we may have one of our most productive offenses in many years. Should Murray get hurt early, life will get real tough. Defensively, we have lots of talent, new coaching staff, players changing positions, and a new formation. Lots of uncertaintly, yet lots of excitement.
As far a beating UF, I think we have a better chance than the last two years. UF simply had better teams the last two years, as has often (not always) been the case the last 20 years UF has dominated the series.