Do the Dogs have to win for you to stay a fan?

I graduated from Georgia and will always be a Dawg. Not happy about what’s transpired this year or the slide into mediocrity. But I love the red and black. Interesting however in your article – mostly painful under Donnan? 40-19 was mostly painful? Wow – I thought my expectations were high…

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I Love my Dawgs but its time do somthing every Sat. I havea party at my house to pull the Dawgs out 15 to 20 people we eat, drink and then it happen where is our coaches , players what the hell is going on , I dont like losing but I know you don’t win them all but when we lose the way we lose thanks what kills us my friends and I. The women know what going on on offense know that src.

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I’m a die hard bulldawg fan and will be loyal no matter what. I have to be. I’ve got that dang G on almost everything I own.

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If you’re unhappy about Georgia’s performance, than it’s completely warranted. As a dedicated fan, we should all be unhappy about the way this team has played and lost. The offensive line needs to perform better, and the receivers not named Green really need to step it up. And sure, Murray has made a few mistakes, but it’s up to the coaches to try and mitigate those, so the coaches really need to find it in them as well. But you’ve gotta look at the facts too… we’re transitioning to a new defense, and we’ve got burned a few times. That’s bound to happen, but when you look at it, we’ve done an incredible job of holding our opponents to less points scored per game than last year. We’re without our best player (although there’s much to be said about a team not revolved around one player, but don’t remind Florida about that.) This team has also played two of it’s most difficult opponents early on in the season. Fact of the matter is, Carolina and Arkansas have lived up to the pre-season hype. If you’re a fan, then support your team through thick and thin. If not, then please jump off the bandwagon.

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All I can say is why are we not reloading like other programs not rebuliding same coach 10 years.

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I love my Dawgs in the good and bad.

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I’ll be in the student section every game, but I can still see problems and I can only hope for change. Richt either needs to call plays himself or hire someone else who can. If not, Richt’s job is going to be on the line very soon. I just want a decent year before I have to graduate…these least 2 years have sucked.

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Pure entertainment seeing UGA “fans” soiling themselves over this loss.

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guy:

it wasnt #2.

it was #3 which is washaun ealy.

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My level of fanhood doesn’t change but my level of participation wanes a little bit when we have bad seasons. Probably don’t make the extra road trip or two.

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I missed a handful of games under Goff and remained a fan, I am a fan now too. However you can be fan while hoping for change in the program. Continued procedure penalties must stop, and IMO talent especially on offense must be used better, the verdict on the new defense will take atleast a season to come in.

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I’m an Athenian and I will always support the Dawgs no matter what. My parents had season tickets back in the 60s thru 80s. Been to my share of games. Actually played on the field as a YMCA youth football player back during the days of Koburn Kelly (Remember Bill?) when the ‘Y’ was at the corner of Lumpkin and Broad where the hotel and parking lot now stand. The Y youth football used to always play before the games at Sanford Stadium. Yep. If you’re a real fan, once a Dawg always a Dawg. WOOF WOOF!!!!!

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The coaches have to win in order to keep their jobs, or at least keep the program moving in the right direction. Over the past few seasons, Richt & Co. have not moved the program at UGA in the right direction.

My loyalty is to the University of Georgia, not Coach Richt and his staff. Coaches come and coaches go, but there will always be the University of Georgia. If your loyalty is to Coach Richt, follow him when he goes.

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Despite the fact that I did not attend UGA, and whether or not I am entitled to be a fan because of that, I will always support the Dawgs. Win or lose, I’ll still be cheering them on. The Athletic Department doesn’t seem to mind that I didn’t go to school there when they cash my donation check, so why should anyone else?

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Graduate and Season Ticket Holder…….And I will always be a fan in good times and bad, but you get tired of watching a team commit the same mistakes (play calling) year after year. It’s frustrating.

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We could lose every game we play, and I will still be a fan. However, I don’t have to be a fan of the coaches. Especially Bobo, and possibly Richt if things continue this way.

His total disregard for the obvious problems with his assistant coaches is nothing new. I believe it will be the downfall of his head coaching career.

I will always support the team, and what is best for the team, but Bobo is obviously not it. I’m not affraid to throw terrible coaches under the table.

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I am a fan and stay til the end of the games. The last couple of years the stands have been filled with spectators who only cheer when we win. I long for the days that the fans stood behind their team and gave them their energy. It was great to see the heart of this team in not giving up when obviously most of the fans were walking out in the 3rd quarter. We have a QB that doesn’t quit and a schedule that is getting easier. I see things looking up. I believe in Richt and know the rest of the season will get better. It hurts our program when recruits see the comments of fans about coaches. I do believe most of the really negative posts are by Tech fans posing as DAWGS.

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I’m a native Athenian and graduate also so as far as I’m concerned there is no other team I could or want to pull for. That’s what being a fan is all about for better or for worse. I work with a lot of fairweather fans who gave me a hard time after the dogs recent losses and it still boggles my mind that they call themselves Georgia fans. I guess you find out who is a true fan during the low points.

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AMEN HOUDAWG!

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SEASONS OVER – PACK IT UP AND GO HOME.

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Bill, just wondering if you’d like to amend the article you wrote earlier this year about Richt not being on the hot seat?

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No doubt I will remain a fan. The late seventies when I attended UGA were full of games that were just comple embarrasments. And we had Erk and Vince then. I was disgusted with the 31-0 loss to Virginia at Homecoming. But I was back at the next game cheering on the Dawgs. I will have friends and family over this weekend cheering on the Dawgs versus Dogs. The coach does not have to sell me on being a fan.

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BLA BLA BLA – CRY CRY CRY – WHERE IS THE GOOD OLD UGA PRIDE AT, 0-2 IN SEC? ‘HUNKER DOWN’ IS RIGHT – ‘HUNKER DOWN’ AND GET YOU A COACHING STAFF. BOBO IS A NO NO.

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10/29/2005 #4 UGA vs. #18 Florida 14-10 Loss
11/12/2005 #9 UGA vs. #17 Auburn 31-30 Loss

We still went on to win SEC Championship in 2005 despite these two huge losses. The next game is all that counts – Go Dawgs!

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I think we should clearly define what it means to ‘abandon a team’. Yes, if someone badmouths the team overall and says, “the season is over,” I would question their loyalty. But to point out patterns in coaching and playcalling deficiencies or an increase number of player arrests and place the blame on the coaches, who are PAID to be there and who are IN CHARGE of running the program, that is fair.

I don’t criticize the team as a whole, and I never will. But criticizing coaches DOES NOT mean criticizing the entire team. If Richt wants to lump criticism of HIM into criticizing the team, then he is HIDING BEHIND THE TEAM AND NOT OWNING UP TO HIS OWN CRITICS.

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BILL-

Will you please find out if Mark Richt was calling plays in the 4th quarter of the game on Saturday? I could have sworn I saw him with Bobo’s sheet. Nothing would make me happier, and those last two scores seemed to come out of no where. Please respond.

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YOU GUYS WILL BE LUCKY TO GO 5 – 7 THIS YEAR. IF NO BOWL – NO JOB!

09/25/10 at Mississippi State
10/02/10 at Colorado
10/09/10 vs. Tennessee
10/16/10 vs. Vanderbilt
10/23/10 at Kentucky
10/30/10 vs. Florida
11/06/10 vs. Idaho State
11/13/10 at Auburn
11/27/10 vs. Georgia Tech

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Of course not, Bill. Honestly, weak article. No one likes to lose the first to SEC games – certainly not Georgia. We like to win, and it will dampen the enthusiasm for the rest of the season, but I am still huge fan and all true Dawgs are. I think the core problem started by us not having a solid option at QB last year, and now we have a freshman starting. In hindsight, Murray should have played last year and gotten the experience. One bad year would have been ok, but having two in a row is not acceptable.

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I ain’t going anywhere, win or lose.

I still believe this team is going to be really good by the end of the season.

I’m still with them.

Bobo needs to get with the program and start putting some of the blame on himself and quit throwing Aaron Murray under the bus.

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Anyone that thinks blind loyalty makes them a “true fan” has drank too much of the kool-aid. True, a true fan does not have to be “sold” on the program by anybody. But to sit back and remain silent as we watch our beloved Dawgs wallow in the mire and muck of mediocrity and less isn’t a true fan either. There is no sin in calling them like you see them. We’ve got some problems and the general consensus is it’s an offensive play calling problem. I’d say it is pretty “offensive”. The problem is Richt. Until he decides to correct it, he is held accountable for it. We give him everything and he gives us more turd sandwiches. I’m tired of the turd sandwiches

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@ATLBUZZ: You must be a Jacket fan cause you don’t know jack about the Dawgs. Maybe you think this is going to be your year. Forget about it! We’ll see who will have the last laugh in November. Dawgs all the way BABY!

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Everyone needs to get off of Bobo’s back. He is a solid play-caller. Fact is, the offensive line hasn’t blocked well for the past 10 years.

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I got was a freshman Ray Goff’s last year and graduated a week or so after Donnan got canned( I wasn’t in real big hurry to leave Athens! LOL!).I know what being mediocre looks and feels like. And this ain’t it. We need to keep some perspective. I graduated from UGA and sat in the rain in ‘96 to watch us finally win a game in sqeaker over Texas Tech. I was there in 2000 to watch the geeks get their third win in a row. Jim Donnan was a good coach but we are lightyears ahead of where we were. Some of yall need to go follow pro sports or go pick another bandwagon. It is embarassing how patheitc some on you are when you ask our coach to sell you on being a fan or you show up late and leave early.

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That fan that called in and asked for CMR to “sell” him on being a fan is very typical. The band wagon fans always jump off when times are hard and on when times are bad. I remember not too long ago that you couldn’t find a true Bama fan in Alabama. Now, they’re everywhere. Same goes for UGA right now. Those of us that are true fans hang on in the tough times. When you do, it makes the good times seem even better! Go Dawgs!!! It’s still good to be a Georgia Bulldog!! No matter what our record is! I love the Red and Black and always will!

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They could loose every game and I would still be a fan!! Not a happy fan but still a fan. Bulldog born,Bulldog bred and when I die I will be Bulldog dead. Im very upset a the situation this football program is in right now and over the last 3 years.Im very discouraged by the way this team and coaching staff competes week in and week out,as is all other UGA fans.We are very passionate fans and will always support our Dawgs,but we are not going to stand for being non-competative. Some changes must be made to restore our once proud program.

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I am frustrated and have voiced that on these blogs. But I love my Dawgs and always will!!! I hope we don’t have any fence-jumping, band-wagon fans on this blog!!!

GO DAWGS!!!!!!

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Testicle

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I would like to see richt do one of the following:

1.) Demote Bobo and go back to calling plays now. This would salvage Bobo’s job as QB coach.

or

2.) Do # 1 and next year, switch to more of a zone read, spread like SC did. That is the formation that would take the most advantage of Murray and LeMay.

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Stick With Richt, Bobo Has Gotta Go!!!

Richt needs to start calling plays again…

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If you’ve had any experience dealing with young people then you know that you can tell them and show what to do, then have them do something else. Do yall not think that all of the coaches are angry/dissapointed/frustrated by our record? They work 20 hour days 7 days a week to win these ball games. Every coach will tell you that the highs of the wins pails compared to the lows of losing. NOBODY, AND I MEAN NOBODY, HURTS MORE OVER THIS THAN THE COACHES! You cannot blame a man because his personality is not to be animated. Do you want somebody like Jerry Glanville? A clown who draws attention to himself. Do you think CMR saying bobo is an idiot on monday night would change the score from the previous Saturday? Or would it make him jerk who throws his assistnats under the bus. Maybe we should go talk to some of your bosses/wives to see if they are always pleased with your efforts/results at your job.

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Do the Dogs have to win for you to stay a fan?

No but it sure would make me happier! I’m starting to lose a little faith in the coaching staff for the first time but in no way am I clammering to fire them all. (Just Searels).

What kills me is people become so outraged about this, and while I completely understand and I am a never-say-die Dawg fan, I’m not about to go calling for heads to roll and lives to be uprooted because they don’t win every single game.

You don’t know what you got until it’s gone, and while the last few seasons have been less than stellar and a bit underachieving, it could always be worse. Talk about being at the bottom, fire Richt and his entire staff, then have to bring in a totally new system and philosophy, new recruits and some “rebuilding” years, and you’ll be at the bottom.

I know all the older fans appreciate this as I do; the fact that there’s been way too much turnaround over recent years with coaching staffs. I’d love to get back to the good old days when coaches actually stayed put for decades. I mean if UGA’s finishing 2-10 every year, then yeah, something’s gotta give, but come on, stability can only help at this point. And I don’t think the wheels have exactly come completely off.

You can’t and won’t win every game. No team can. I ain’t making excuses for anybody and I am overly disappointed in their play the last 4 years and especially the last two games, but it’ll get better. It has to.

You still have my support, Coach Richt.

Go Dawgs! GATA!

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Bill, Richt was protective of Willie, too, even though everyone else knew he was not DC material. Bobo is not OC material, but, he is a Dawg and I’m just for demoting him back to QB coach.

Richt is not an offensive whiz anymore and certainly doesn’t need to call his plays himself.

Richt needs badly, to get new blood at OC.

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I’m a fan, win or lose. I graduated right BEFORE Herschel enrolled, so for my senior season I got to endure Vince Dooley’s worse- struggling with Jeff Pyburn, having no real offense, losing on Homecoming 33-0 to Kentucky in front of Prince Charles, etc. This was only 2 years after Ray Goff and Matt Robinson won the SEC and Erk invented the Junkyard Dawgs, and ONE year before a National Championship.

Success is great but if they aren’t your Dawgs, win or lose, you are not a fan and you should go away. I suspect that a couple of months from now we might realize just how good SC and ARK really are. Aaron Murray will be a star. If MR will take over the play-calling this season can be salvaged. We can beat anybody left on our schedule.

Be a man, be a fan, or be gone.

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Well said, John Galt.

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If our team and coaches would show the same passionate emotions that our fans do this program could be turned around in a hurry.

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If CMR demotes Bobo it will be disasterous! Remember Tuberville in 2008 and the Tony Franklin debacle? If he were to demote him it would send a message to the team that things are out of control. What he could do is exercise some veto power on playcalls. But if you start a season you’ve got to trust your guys until it is done.I truly believe our problems are the Jimmy and Joes and not the x’s and o’s. In other words it is execution not playcalling. If Ealey blocks on the 3rd and 4 maybe we hit a big play and win that game.

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I said last year when everyone was saying get rid of CWM that this team would be 9-4 or 8-5 if nothing fell our way and guess what nothing has fell our way so far. You just can not get rid of your whole D staff and think things will change overnight when you are totally revamping one side of the ball. It takes a while for the coaches to gt the right personnel in and for the remaining players to adjust to a new system. You add a new young QB and you are looking at a bad year. That is realism and that is what we are looking at here. What was Saban’s record his first year at Bama or at LSU? Now if we have this same type year next year then I will be on here saying we need to take a closer look at CMR.

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Dawgs are 2.5 underdawgs to Mississippi State.

Enjoy the ride puppies.

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This was the same conversation ajc.com had going in early 2007 before the streak and the #2 finish.

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Coachdawg2000

I agree with alot of your comments.These coaches know football and it is the players that must execute,but you will agree that you must find a way to get these players to focus and play to the best of thier abilities. This is where I think Coach Richt is behind the times.I remember Donnan not being happy with the intensity of his team and he drove a steam/pavement roller/tractor onto the practice field and telling his team this is what we are gonna do to Miss St this week.Remember it worked-We smoked them! He needs to find a way to get into their heads-ala Erk!

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bobo is a boo boo

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more losses to come boys

(((((((((((((((((41-17)))))))))))

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Uh, last time I checked football was just a game.
Folks………..get a grip.
Get a life………..I mean a real life.
To worship this stupid football “God” is beyond ludicrous. Live and die with each win or loss. Why ?? To what end ?? What’s the point ??
I mean really.
Go outside, take a walk, and start to ask yourself some relevant questions like “What’s really important in life” ??
Then go out and do something GOOD for someone you hardly know.
Start to live.

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No, we dont have to win for me to be a fan. Ive gad season tix for 36 yrs. The question becomes:am I a happy fan or an unhappy fan?

Right now, I’m not a happy camper.I can live with mistakes and inexperience..but uninspired play and bad coaching is hard to take. I’m not a Richt basher usually, but I do know he better get this ship turned around pretty quick or he is going to be “Tuberville-ed”

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and Bama, KY, and S Carolina, all three, beat the little mutts the last time they played you.

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Northern Sympathizer, you’ve lost your mind if you think Bobo’s play calling is anything but horrible. He needs to quit calling plays. Will someone please find out if Richt was calling plays in the last quarter on Saturday?!!

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OOOoooohh no….all I had in life was GA football. It’s jus not worth livin. If I had a job, Id qwit and just watch TV

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Nothing irks me more than the whole “we have the best recruits argument.” Don’t forget that those recruit rankings are formulated from people who have never played a snap of college football in their life. I think it’s time we stop referring to any analysis provided by a 40 year old pop warner has-been with thin…ning hair that salivates over exploiting 16-17 year old kids to fuel subscription sales on his circa-1997 developed recruiting website.

At the end of the day, rankings are speculated by people who have NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. You want to see something interesting… look at who else has offered the recruits we have enrolled in the last 5 years. Now take off your blinders and look at everyone we have offered nationally in the last 5 years and missed on. It is about break even. We are losing a lot more in the recruiting war than most people realize, so I don’t buy into the talent argument.

Now before we all call for Garner’s head… let it be known that we are the ONLY SEC school that does not practice over-offering. So what’s the big deal, that’s only 4-5 schollys per year… you ask… Well if you buy into the college recruitment rankings… we have several “busts” every year. A program like Alabama or LSU would simply cut these players after 2 years, in lieu of fresher legs and greater potential. UGA will keep them around because we have made a promise to these young men to give them an education whether they are able to contribute between the hedges or not. Sit on whatever side of the fence you want to on that argument… but I admire the morals Richt and company has instilled in our program and the commitment to these 18-24 year old kids.

A part of me wants to be Alabama, see quick results and have our coach bolt in 5-6 years. But another part of me wants to be a Penn State… have 2 or 3 “down years” each decade, win an NCAA or four the right way, and have a well respected program that is a cornerstone of D1 athletics for the next 40 years.

At the end of the day, I want to be proud of my program and more importantly my school…but the last 2 weeks the “fans” more than anyone are making it harder and harder to do so.

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To quote Louis Grizzard “. . . Bulldog born, bulldog bred, and by God when I die, bulldog dead!!!!!!”

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The Tax Jerk

Now there’s a smart quote for the day

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Good points wild bill. In addition, there is a big difference in being a fan and a blind follower. I believe most fans want to support the Dawgs through thick and thin, but when it is very clear that the current coaching staff doesn’t want to stand up and take responsibility for much of anything, therein lies the problem. They are not upset enough with losing apparently from CMR’s most recent comments, and they have blamed everyone but themselves. Bear Bryant and Vince Dooley and every coach out there have had or will have off seasons now and then. But you will never find where the Bear or Coach Dooley laid the blame on anyone but themselves publicly when they lost, and when they won they praised the players. They also usually made good and swift decisions with personnel, not being so loyal to underachievers or not ready for prime timers like Willie Martinez and Mike Bobo. CMR is a good person, but he is on the wrong seat in the bus.

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No, not a sellout fan. It’s easy to kick people when they are down but how about some encouragement instead. Go Dawgs!

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I will always love the Dawgs no matter what. 14-0 or 0-12 I will still support my team! GO DAWGS!!!

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Mr. Richt, I think that you should call U-haul and reserve a truck!

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So this year is the fire Bobo campaign. You guys are sad!

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John Galt,
You are definitely a good UGA fan but if you think UGA is headed in the right direction I’m afraid you are delusional. They are a mid level SEC team and headed towards lower level. What player does UGA have that could start for Bama or Florida. I don’t know if AJ Green could crack the Bama lineup. They have a stable of incredible receivers with more on the way. How does anyone think UGA can compete or will compete if they don’t have players with the ability (not to mention the coaching staff)?

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Hey bandwagon dawg fans! Let me speed up before you jump off. BTW! My wife and i are going to COLORADO next week to slapabuffalo. We still need tickets to that game, and i know some of you bandwagon fans have some that you wouldn’t dare use, so give em up. Be a real fan.

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My family has had season tickets for over 35 years and have sat in the same seats the entire time(sec.335 row 8 seats 11,12,13and 14). I started going to all the home games and some of the away games around the age of 7. Some of my fondest memories have included UGA football games. Not once in that time have I ever given up on my DAWGS and will not start now. This past sat. I was very disappointed about how many “fans” left before the third quarter was even over. One thing I can say is through thick and thin I have ALWAYS stayed untill the last second ticked off the clock. I am now and always be a Georgia fan. No I’m not real happy with the way things have turned out this year so far but, I will never give up being a fan. It has been a family tradition not only going to the games but, to the scool there as well. I have started my children going almost at the same age. With that being said no people aren’t happy with the way things are going now and as I said I am not to happy myself but, now is the time for “EVERYONE” to pull our selves up and “HUNKER DOWN”. Win or lose I and my family will always support the Dawgs untill the final second ticks off the clock and hopefully other fans will fill the same way.

GO DAWGS SIC EM the rest of the year. Time for every one to man up this includes the team and the fans.

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papadawg

Unfortunatley the transmission is broke, and the shade tree mechanics on the sidelines dont know how to fix the problem

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No Bill, I’ll never give up on the Dawgs. It’s just frustrating watching Richt letting the program fall as far as it has. CMR needs to improve or be shown the door.

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I love the Dawgs, win or lose, but fans have to get based in reality. UGA has a redshirt freshman QB, are implementing an entirely new defensive scheme and just played and could have won against two Top 15 teams in the country. That’s really not that bad. Our “D” blew a couple of coverages last week and we lost. Yes, I think the playcalling can be more aggressive and I think the team needs some swagger and all, but I’m here to tell you, when Alabama came to town and beat us down on Blackout Night, UGA has not been the same since, and look at Alabama’s rise since then. All it takes is that one breakout game and the entire program can change. It will come for UGA in time. It won’t be this year and it may not be in the next 5 years, but this program has the support and the resources to put a team on the field season in and season out that can compete with anyone. There are a lot of very good football teams in college football and sometimes the cards don’t fall in your favor. We are a goal line fumble and a couple of blown coverages from talking about being a SEC and national title contender. Trust me, it’s not as bad as it may seem. GO DAWGS!

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Fire the “O” line coach. The great aj…..kick him off the team, he’s NOT a team guy.

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This may be the smartest thing Bill King has ever said. I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment. I graduated from Georgia Tech and owe to it everything that I have. Whether we are 0-12 or 14-0, I will have on my gold and have my rear end in Bobby Dodd on Saturdays to support my school. As a fan, college sports about way more than wins and losses. College sports are about tradition, and having good times with old friends. You don’t have to win all the time to enjoy that.

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Here is my love letter to Jeff Shultz today. Take from it what you like:

I love the way the media now tries to create controversy and “stories” so that they can attract readers. Actually I hate it.

We lost a couple of games to 2 good SEC teams. We are not at the top of the heap. BFD.

In every game someone has to win and someone has to lose. Some teams just have better teams some years than others. That is reality.

I have a lot of confidence in CMR. He has won 90 games in 9 years and will probably win 100 games in 10 years. He runs a stable ship.

I hate the media for trying to hold a football coach responsible for their players’ mistakes off the field when the coach has had them for 2 or 3 years and their parents had them for 18 or 19 years.Hold the parents accountable or would that not be politically correct for you.

Its always the teacher or coach. It never is the kid or his parents. The crap gets old.

Vince Dooley won 201 games in 25 years and for you non math majors that averages out to approx 8 wins a year – and colleges started playing 11 games during the regular season and a bowl game in 1971 which was 8 years into Coach Dooley’s 25 year career. Based on that, he would be run out of town by today’s unreasonable media jerks and jerks that call themselves fans.

Real fans stick by their team and a good coach through thick and thin. But today’s media writers and younger fans do not have the class of those 25 years ago. I mean lets face it Jeff, you are no Jesse Outlar.

So Jeff, quit pandering to the negative. There are plenty of wonderful things to write about the Bulldogs including graduation rate compared to the rest of BCS schools, GPA’s, the success that former players find as a result of their experience at UGA and oh yeah the 90 victories the football team has over the past 9 years which puts them towards the top of the list as one of the most successful BCS programs in the country.

And Jeff -by the way – go soak your head and shut your trap while you are doing it.

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It’s never too early to panic.

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UGA does not seem to have direction in what they want to achieve. They recruit a pro style QB in Mettenberger and a dual threat QB in Murray. Now they seem to want to change Murray into a pro style QB which is not his strenght. You can make this same argument at running back, defensive end or nose tackle, you name it. You build a team based on your needs with respect to talent, size, speed and purpose. It appears that Georgia recruits good players but with no intent on strategy

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Richt is a good head coach–I think he has just lost a little of his own personal talents. Not everyone is going to the promised land anyway and in Athens you can always say we made a lot of money, got close, and had fun and a few of our players got arrested

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Bill, good article. I am a true red and black bleeding bulldog fan. Always have been, always will be. I will not jump ship no matter what. I,like you mentioned, retain the right to criticize when I see something I think is wrong. I continue to stand by and behind Mark Richt. I may not agree with everything he does or who he has for coaches, but I do believe he will right the ship. The article is a good one. After reading some of the responses to your article, I feel as though I am not alone.
There are still a lot of people who are going “overboard” with their criticism. Please, at least try to tone it down a little. If they are that unhappy with the dawgs find another team to whine about. Go over to the yellow jackets. They could use your type of support.

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Honestly….about 9 more losses would be great for me.

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an interesting piece I ran across over on Chuck Oliver’s Website regarding Richt’s situation right now

http://chuckoliver.net/?p=6595

for the life of me, I do not see why Richt will admit Bobo is unfit to call plays

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Are people concerned that the rate of graduation has gone down among Ga. football players? No. We don’t know whether it’s gone up or down and we don’t give a damn. This is pro football where everybody gets paid big bucks except the morons playing the games. This will be Richt’s final season at Ga. This team is awful and all we care about is winning. We need to hire some new players and get a real pro coach in here!

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Bill, why has one person not said anything about running back rolling at the ends feet on 3 and 4 play. This is same crap as tackling by diving at people. How about basic chest to chest block and Murray has another 7 seconds to throw. The whole game could have been saved by 1 fundamental block. Would any coach teach an 7 year old to roll on ground to block? I can not believe this has not been mentioned one time.

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CMR’s good times at Georgia are becoming a distant memory. How can Nick Saban take over a program 3 years ago and turn it from a has been into a national champion and we flounder around in disarray. Let’s all look at our options and maybe we spend the money and bring in a proven winner. Jon Grunden is the answer and we all know it!!

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Definition of a ‘TRUE FAN’: My (ex) father-in-law loved the Atlanta Falcons (from their inception until his untimely death) and watched every Sunday, religiously, (no pun intended) win, lose or draw. The majority of the Falcon’s early years meant only one thing, lose after lose. This man would watch the game with an enthusiasm that rivaled the Falcon’s owner and after each successive lose would merely go into his back yard, gather his collection of knives and spend an hour or so (alone) throwing them into his target. Afterwards he’d put away his knives, totally change his demeanor and later at dinner would extol the virtues of the Falcons (or his perceived glimmers of hope for them) and begin getting himself and us excited about the next game. Story’s moral: (1) a fan is a fan no matter the team’s successes or failures (or organizational affiliations for that matter), (2) find a personal, quite, legal but effective method for dumping your frustrations and (3) ultimately get yourself emotionally ready for the next game. GO DAWGS; with you to the end, wherever that might lead!

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Perhaps what this team and coaches need is to walk in to a silent stadium. Right now there doesn’t seem to be a lot of motivation in the team. One thing fans do is to motivate their team. And one way to motivate is to show how unmotivated the fans are. Next home game, when the team comes on, maybe they should be met with SILENCE. Let their accomplishments be met with cheers.

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Sam: You really don’t want to question the love of Georgia with regards to whether people actually went to school there, do you? Because I can GUARANTEE, while I was in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iraq I was cheering as loud as ANYONE. I left the Athens area when I was 18 so this isn’t an ALUMNI ONLY issue. Also, you really want to be taken seriously when you say The only thing that would stop me is if the football program sinks to the lows of the Harrick football program. If Adams fired Richt and brought in someone of the Kiffin/Nutt ilk then I might turn off”? Give me a damn break…

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I suffered thru the 20 years between SEC titles this is a mere bump in the road. We have had chances to win both games so far…people can point/blame/snivel all they want but as of yet we haven’t given up or gotten into a we have a half to play and no way to win scenario. As long as the players keep trying to get better every week I’ll keep barking…at least we didn’t lose to the Jay Hawks. And yes we have been punched in the mouth..now its time to counter punch!

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I HAVE SAID BEFOE AND WILL SAY AGAIN, MARK REITCH REFUSING TO ADDRESS PROBLEM WITH MIKE BOBO WILL COST MARK HIS JOB. BOBO NEEDS TO GO-GO. SEC FOOTBALL IS ABOVE MIKE’S COACHING ABILITY.

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Oh no!!! UGA lost 2 games in a row!! Wait a second, let me look outside. Yep. The sun is still shining, the earth is still rotating and revolving. Looks like life goes on after all.

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Kind of a stupid comment that caller made. As Richt (and you Mr. King) put it, either you are a fan or you aren’t. I am.

Certainly it’s painful to watch 2 losses in a row, but it happens. On one hand, we talk about how tough the SEC is from top to bottom and then whine when we lose a close game or two in that same tough conference. It happens.

i for one, while sad about the losses, am still reassured by how good this new young QB looks. I see good things coming. We could easily go the rest of the season and not lose another game. 10-2 that would be sweet. Or how about Going 10-2 and S.Carolina stubbing their toe and we go to the SEC Championship game? It could happen…………. might not be LIKELY lol but it could happen. I will still be watching every game and rooting for the Dawgs, win or lose.

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We are asked to support our beloved dawgs and be loyal thru thick and thin. If Bobo would love UGA as much as all of us, he would resign for the good of the the team and not have to be fired. Please put us out of our misery and do something for your team and school Bobo and resign.

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College football is the best game in town especially when you are tied to a team through everything. I graduated from UGA and have been a fan since I was a youngster so I can’t change my colors even if I wanted to so Go Dogs!
Also, for all you Tech fans on the blog, I am at the highest tax bracket so a UGA education means other people call me Boss.

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And you wonder why colleges cheat? Listen to everybody on here. A couple of losses and everybody complains. You are the ones putting pressure on coaches and athletic departments. You people won’t be happy unless you win every game 49-0.

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No, but it sure would be cool if they did.

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Keep drinking the Dawg Kool-Aid, mediocre at best. Won’t be long before the puppy fans are crowing about pre-season rankings LOL

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Bill, Are you kidding all of us??? Of course I will ALWAYS BE a DAWG!! Athens is my home away from home! I was there this weekend and I want my kids to go to school there! It’s GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG!! No matter the record, I will ALWAYS support the DAWGS! Always have and always will. Go Dawgs

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I will stay a fan, although a very disappointed fan.

Bozo(Bobo) the Clown should have been relieved of his duties from calling plays like 3 years ago. He’s over his head. I know he has 10 kids and all that, so instead of firing him, just put him back as QB coach and bring in a top notch Offensive Coordinator. Anybody that calls that play on 3rd and 4 needs to be fired right there on the sidelines!

Richt did the right thing getting rid of Wille(although I can’t tell much of a difference right now). Bozo is not qualified, it’s as simple as that.

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I will always be a dawg fan thru thick and thin but I hate when we lose and I’m not on here calling for coaches heads what they need from the fans is support not drilling them in the ground they lost to 2 very good second team the dawgs will be fine,richt will be fine, the D will be fine and they have a damn good QB…. Bank on it people!! this is one guy who will always be yelling GO DAWG NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!!

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I think it’s Richt’s nonchalant response that irks me the most. Then subsequent weeks it’s the same story, same chapter, same result. Here ARdawg, eat this turd sandwich and wash it down with this Kool-aid. I am as big a fan as anyone, anywhere. No, I didn’t attend UGA and I don’t make yearly contributions other than the 4 years I paid to send a kid there or the tickets I buy to attend the games. Other than that I probably pay more taxes than 95% of the yahoo’s on this blog. That’s enough financial support in my way of thinking. I have been a fan since early childhood because I liked them why, because it’s GEORGIA.. I still do and I have been a fan for over 40 years. I wanted to play football at UGA but wasn’t good enough. I will recognize and discuss the big pink elephant in the room. Right now, Mark Richt is that big elephant and he is due some shots over the bow. Fix it Richt

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I am a Dawg til I die! 12-0 or 0-12. Its only natural to be upset but we are young and hopefully we’ll turn this around. Hope that the O line mans up and plays their potential. For all the “bandwagon” fans sitting in Sanford on Saturdays, I will gladly take the tix off ur hands so the TRUE fans can be there to cheer on the Dawgs.

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I don’t think you can ever truly excel if you’re satisfied with mediocrity. Tiger Woods was driven to be the best by never being satisfied with prior accomplishments. To me, Richt seems all too willing to focus on minor accomplishments and areas where his teams have shown improvement. I don’t believe that’s a recipe for long-term success. Maybe it’s just his demeanor, but I want a coach that hates to lose more than he loves to win.

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Basically Norman, you want me as a coach because I am an absolutely miserable human being but I will out coach your guy 10 out of 10 times.

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Any Bama fan can feel your pain. Any Bama fan can tell you that no matter how dark the days are, never lose hope in your team. Things will get better.

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Roll Tide! Well said that is the mark of the true fan..

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UGA can lose every single game and I will be a DAWG, I was born one and just grew bigger! That caller needs to go be a bandwagon fan somewhere else!!! GO DAWGS!

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I didn’t hear the program, but I am speculating that the fan wasn’t so much asking why he should continue to support the football team as much as much as he was ask why he should continue to support Richt and the coaching staff.

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Larry did

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Lowcountry

heh heh it’s redundant, redundant.

I didn’t get past the first paragraph the first time around. The hoity toity mamby pansies make me want to puke.

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Very well said! Why isn’t Bobo being held accountable? Here is The Case For A New Play Caller At UGA

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I am a third generation UGA graduate and have been attending games since 1964 so I have seen the good and the bad. I am troubled by the direction that the program is headed. Its not so much about losing a game. Its about playing solid, fundamental football and leaving it all on the field. We can all live with that even if we don’t win. What has really bothered me is the way we have been losing lately. Is there any dispute that we got humiliated by Tennessee in 2007, humiliated by Alabama and Florida in 2008 and humiliated by Florida again last year, not to mention inexcusable losses to Vandy and Kentucky over the past two years? The frustration comes when one sees the same mistakes being made over and over again, i.e. personal fouls and penalties in 2008 and 2009 and off the field arrests year after year. This is embarrassing. I am not advocating firing Mark Richt but the direction of our program is troubling and we seem to continue to replicate the mistakes of the past (keeping Willy Martinez for too many years); see Mike Bobo. Can anyone point to some part of our program over the past three or four years that has dramatically improved other than the punting game?

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All you fake Dawg fans who want to fire Coach Richt & Bobo, just who are you going to replace them with

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I heard Saban wants to Coach at Georgia so he can win a national championship with three different SEC teams. Do you really think he wouldn’t jump at that chance

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Freddie

No I don’t buy my tickets from the guy on the corner in a trench coat. I do in fact purchase them from the university. But if I did, does that somehow lessen me as a Dawg fan? It’s a pretty safe bet I have sent more money to the university than I will ever receive Saturday afternoon pleasure. I pay taxes and yes plenty of cokes and every other licensed garb the university sells. You missed the point that being. You don’t have to have a UGA degree or be an alumni or big contributor to be a fan. We’re all fans because we choose to be and that’s enough without measuring pedigrees of who has a right and who doesn’t to belly ache and moan when a coach is getting side railed.

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http://pricezack.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/will-georgias-woes-continue/#more-156

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Bill,

Is it a coincidence that Richt’s won/loss record began to slide with the arrival of Miles, Meyer and Saban? Frankly, I don’t think he can out coach them. Give Spurrier the talent Richt gets and Spurrier will beat him every time or 9 out of 10. Look at the SEC West, LSU, Auburn, Arkansas, and Alabama are better coached than UGA. Look out for Miss State when Mullin starts attracting better players. Mullin will give Richt the 8 and the break.

Richt’s wonderful person status is not what you need in a head coach, you need someone with fire in their belly who will dicipline the team on and off the field.

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Stop erasing my posts

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Georgia fan born and bred – and I will die a Georgia fan!!! If I can support the Falcons all of those years when they sucked, which is most of them, then I can certainly weather a few bumpy starts. I do, however, think it is cowardly to hang your freshman QB out to dry – just saying…

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I love reading these boards and have noticed some trends…
First off, yes the athletic department cashes my non-alumni check just like they do everyone else’s. No biggie. Now if I make observations and state my opinion, does that make me less of a fan? I think not. I am just frustrated with the multi-year rebuilding that has been going on (other than the tail end of 2007, but with that said how did 2008 turn out?)
I’ve noticed on here there are four groups:
First off the bugs from the Joke by Coke who don’t know squat about football who are rubbing it in that we are 1-2 and 0-2 SEC. Who cares? We still run this state!
Second, those who say remain patient and see what happens. These people are a lot of old-time fans and they have my respect. They remind us the Bear and even St. Vince had bad years. I agree and I remember some bad years and bad losses for both programs.
Third, there are those like me who want some effective RB’s who are big and can run over folks and block. We also want an OC who, unlike Bobo, can actually CALL effective plays that the folks up in section 604 can’t predict. Give CMR another year and a new OC and see if that doesn’t improve. If we can recruit a big healthy back, he is certain to start over Ealey, especially with his performance the last two games.
Lastly those calling for Richt’s head. I don’t think that it is time to let him go just yet. I mean, who would replace him? Kirby Smart? You think he’d come? or would it be the disaster it was trying to get him to be DC? Muschamp? I don’t think he would, but it is possible. I think we should just get an OC or let Richt call the plays.
On another note, don’t fire Bobo….just let him work with the QB’s. He did a good job with Shockley, Greene, Stafford, etc… the man just can’t call an offensive game.

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Good post there Jay from VA

But I disagree with the end. Nothing really indicates that AR or SC is really a good team. Those were not “big games” in the sense of a Florida, Bama or LSU. We have nothing now on which to hang our hat. Sure, in the last 5 years we’d lose most “big games”. LSU and 1 Florida game being the exception. We we play good teams, we get beat. Now, playing mid-level teams we are getting beat. The future isn’t doesn’t look favorable. I’m not calling for anyone to be fired. My mantra is Richt needs to fix it and fix it now. Why does he have to be on the perverbial “hot seat” before reacting?

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UNLIKE MOST OF THE SELLOUT FANS, HELLLLLLL NOOOOOO!!!!!!

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just going to ask a hypothetical question here, What if we run off 6, maybe 7, wins in a row? then what will we be talking about??

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jack bull, you’re talking 7-2 or 8-2

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jack bull

Good point. But, if the last two are any indication of the next 6-7 those postings will never take place. We are an underdog against MS ST. I suppose it’s time we can actually come in under the radar and hope for a 7 win season?

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I’ll be a fan of the Dawgs no matter what, but they have to win for me to have a better quality of life. When Georgia loses to teams they should beat, and they consistently underachieve, then I find that I’m in a bad mood much more often. Needless to say, I’ve been angry since that 2008 loss to Alabama. I can’t take too much more uninspired, soft play before I will spontaneously combust!

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Dawgs could lose every game from now until the end of the world and I will always be a fan. It’s in my blood and for this I will always be a Dawg.

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Damn blogs turned into guys having to stand in line wait there turn and then step forward to say, “yes I support the program” and then fall back into place. Laughable.

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Coachdawg 2000, it’s obvious you’re a Dawg fan and a passionate one. I admire the players working their you know what’s off. What aggravates the pure crap out of me is the lack of coaching imparted upon these individuals while they are working their cans off. This staff is doing them a disservice IMO. Everyone is agreeing we’re getting our share of talent. Winning with good atheletes is directly proportional to good coaching. I fear we will continue to have these discussions a bit longer before things change.

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That was a silly question in my opinion. They could lose to Hellen Keller school for the Blind and I would still be a fan. After last season I have chosen not to place my opinions in public forums, i.e. blogs, or call in shows, when they are negative and aimed at a particular individual. No matter how correct I may think my opinion is. We can do a great deal of harm with our words. Im sure Mcgarity does not need my two cents just to realize that the Dawgs are underperforming, and I would think that he is smart enough to deal with the situation when and however he deems appropriate. I will just do my part and remain a fan.

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jack bull

September 21st, 2010
4:26 pm
just going to ask a hypothetical question here, What if we run off 6, maybe 7, wins in a row? then what will we be talking about??

You would be talking about how nice it is on MARS!

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I am not happy with the way things have gone since the start of the 2008 season, but if you have to be “sold” on being a UGA fan, then you are not actually a UGA fan. If the person saying that is an alumnus, they should have their degree repossessed.

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ARdawg: There is more indication so far that SC and ARK are good teams than UF and, especially, LSU. Both were without a doubt big games, and while they may not be traditional powers, AR has arguably the best QB in the country and SC has one of the best running backs. Also, both teams are in the top 15…what more do you need?

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Lowcountry asked “If you are an Alumni you are the superior fan for the University?”

Answer: YES. Anyone else has decided to be a fan of UGA and they can decide not to be a fan anymore. Going to the school gives you a lifelong connection that goes beyond “rooting.” Sorry to disappoint, but this is not a GT attitude.

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Droopy, I don’t think that’s what Lowcountry asked. But, thank you for letting us know how you feel about it.

Mobile Dawg asks, Do you have to be an alumni to be a superior fan of the UGA?

I know many tax paying citizens of GA who contribute to the scholorship fund at UGA. I bet that makes some of the North Avenue bunch stay awake at night.

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Hmmm. I did not know John Galt graduated from UGA.

Stop SHRUGGING MAN and get underneath this TEAM!!!

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Richt is going to continuously defend Bobo because he’s his guy and he’s calling the plays the way Richt wants them called.

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I did not attend UGA, but i am a huge fan. With out fans like me UGA would not be as great as it is. So get over over it yoiu people who think at you have to be an allum to be a fan.

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I support the University of Georgia. I do not support Mark Richt. I will continue to support the University long after Richt is gone— God willing. Hopefully ,as far as I am concerned, that will be in the near future. So far as criticizing Bobo is concerned, when has that mealy-mouthed Richt been critical of any one specific staff member since he has been head coach? It would probably precipitate a nervous breakdown.

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DONT LIKE LOSING ANYMORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE BUT IM A DAWG FAN, BELIEVE IN MARK RICHT, AND WILL SUPPORT THE DAWGS NO MATTER WHAT! ESPECIALLY NOW..!!!! GO DAWGS UGA 1970

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Dawgs go 7-5 this year. Sorry about that, fans. Also sorry about Richt, Bobo and Grantham. Losers. Seasons will remain the same (especially since the Hogs and Chickens will just get stronger) until a change is made. UGA should go after the Boise State coach – that guy is relentless in coming up with ways to win a football game.

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Alway’s a fan, but knew not to expect much this year, I firmly believe a coaching change is in order. CMR deals with or should does not deal with the same problems all sec coaches deal with. He does not have the troops respect

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The question should be will you stay a Richt fan if UGA loses? You AJC sports writers are more cowards than Richt and Bozo! It’s disgusting.

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I will be watching every game win or lose. I am tired of the years of “Bogus Hype” that has been spread by the Mark Richt Apologists and am not going to put up with it. I like Coach Richt and I think he is a excellent and passionate coach. However, the UGA faithful are clearly tiring of all this talk and no walk.
There is a difference to the way Saban had his team prepared for PSU and how Richt has his team prepared for South Carolina and Arkansas.

The Dawg Nation is like me, we saw it under Goff, Donnan and now under Mark Richt. We know when the team does not look “well coached” and we don’t need an apologist to interpret mediocrity and placate to us.

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loosecannon61, yeah but Mark Richt is a good guy. He’s a nice man. Mark is a real class act. Yeah, Richt is a gentleman. Now tell me – how does that equate to winning football games? I’d much rather have a no-nonsense coach like Saban who demands perfection from his players. Wouldn’t you? Time to jettison this Richt guy I think.

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Fan if we were 0-12 every year….but not everybody is that way. I suffered with the Braves thru the 70’s and much of the 80’s, the Falcons for most of the franchise history, the Hawks for forever – so I’m a Dawg for life I guess.

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Boise State Coach = Jim Donnan, except Donnan was a better coach. Be careful what you ask for guys. Way different preparing for the weak sisters of the poor 10 times a year and a couple of nice games to whine and cry about being National Champs, and playing at a high level 10 times a year with a couple of breather games. Mark Richt is a National Championship Caliber coach. Finished #2 one year, #3 another, top 6 four times in 9 years.

Remember the last whining play nobody team we faced wanting a championship – named Hawaii, who we crushed.

Remember how good Boise was when they opened with the Dawgs a few years back? 45-7 if my memory serves me correctly. Furman, App. St. etc. can all get up to play a big game, so can Boise. But until they go thru an SEC or Big 12 schedule and the toll it takes on your kids weekly – I don’t buy it.

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Boise plays the Dawgs schedule – Smacked at SC by Spurrier and Co. Lattimore still running thru those puny players – then Boise on 7 days rest playing Ryan Mallet? Give me a break, Ark would crush them. Then at Miss. St? Colo? Tenn? Vandy? UK? Fla.? The Boise players would quit football. And that’s before they see Auburn on the Flats and GT. Their rival game we call a breather – Idaho State – pathetic.

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It’s like family. Get it?

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59bulldawg, me and my pops have been saying the same thing since CMR got here. 10-2 or 9-3 is unnacceptable. I don’t care how many 10 win seasons CMR has had at UGA. If we’re not playing for an SEC title or a NC, a winning season is only in the eye of the beholder!

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ALWAYS A DAWG FAN NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Is Billie King an idiot or what?

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Bama – man,

Spurrier says a lot of things, talks a lot of sh#@. That is his MO. He may just be up under your skin too this season.

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Love the picture of Richt, Bobo and Murray. Great body language, coach. I’ll always pull for UGA, have since the 1977 Sugar Bowl when I was finally old enough to pay attention. But I’ve soured big-time on Richt. I think he mentally checked out awhile ago, and it seems to me that he recruits the bad boys and runs a program with a permissive culture. Basically, he tried to remake Georgia into the modern version of the outlaw Florida schools from the 90’s, and he has, only with less success.

His use of hip-hop language to a caller on the show certainly supports those who think that Richt tries to relate to this players and be their friend, rather than their coach and disciplinarian. Whatever his issue is, it’s obvious that Richt lost the ability to motivate the team years ago.

I wish we get back that young, dynamic head coach who lead Georgia during the Green and Pollack years. You know, the “knock the lid off” and “finish the drill” guy. He seems to be long gone (as are the stories of brutal matt drills). At some point he was replaced with the guy that can’t control his team and who tries to motivate the team with crazy endzone celebrations, uniform changes, and high dives.

Maybe Richt has simply burned out on the UGA. No shame there, it’s not his alma mater. But if Richt wants a change of scenery, I hope the admin. figures that out sooner rather than later.

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Spurrier has sucked for a decade now. His barbs have no more sting. He’s reduced to zinging a defensive assistant who held his offense to 17 points. I guess the Ole Ball Coach’s standards have slipped considerably since his UF days now that he can’t just out-athlete everyone (except FSU, which usually beat him back then).

His team will end up with 5-6 losses this year, as always. After that, maybe S. Carolina will finally put that old goat out to pasture.

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If you stop being a fan of your team because they aren’t winning, then you were never really a fan, just a bandwagoner.

Georgia will recover. They have too much talent. Sometimes it takes a while to gel. I expect that by the final game they will have a punishing running game and a deceptively sharp passing game.

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Anyone wanna take bets on what play Bozo will call first on the first offensive possession sat night?

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I’m going with the I-formation, play action bomb because it’s against Miss. State.

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SonofaDawg, it’ll be a pass.

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What kind of program would it be if the UGA fans did not get upset? I a a bulldog no matter what. With that being said we should expect more from a program with the resources this program has. Mark Richt in my opinion has lost the fire and drive needed to compete in the SEC which is dominated by Saban and Meyer. Go get Muschamp now.

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Georgia football is not life and death to me. It is far more important! I graduated from UGA although most who know me and most of my family can’t believe it. Any Georgia football game is the most important sporting event in the world. The second most important sporting event is Georgia football recruiting. I firmly believe that the defensive coaches are gonna get their act and side of the ball together or hair lip every hog in Hart County doing it. Now let’s get the offensive guys working this program. I don’t want a team that is respected by granny Holtz or any talking head. I want one feared by the team across the field. I want this ship righted or new leadership. But I want these guys to succeed. As the great great great Erk Russell decreed that is the plan. There is no other plan. Real dawg fans should demand more.

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hey does anyone have espn insider there is a blurb that says Murray in hot seat I just wanted to know what the whole article said

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Great writing you hit the nail right on the head with all you points. Bandwagon fans have made me sick over the past two seasons, these are the same morons screaming how bout them dawgs after we beat Tech that are now screaming for CMR head they need to get a clue. I still think the dawgs will be just fine this year after all we do have a redshirt freshman starting at Qb who by the way is doing a great job I just hope that Bobo wont get him killed with his crappy play calling also the defense is still learning a new system and have been much improved over CWM old system. Bobo’s play calling is the biggest issue i have . He almost cost us the Tech game last year with that screen pass on third and short when we had been running up and down the field all night. Saturday we had third and 4 near mid field with a little over a min. to go with 2 time outs why on earth we did not run the ball to try and get a first down or at least eat up the clock and send the game to ot. Come on Mike the boys in red and black deserve a better effort from you rather than throwing your young talented qb under the bus. Go dawgs true fans are there through thick and thin

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firemarkricht.com

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If you can’t be loyal to your team in good times and bad, you don’t deserve to call yourself a FAN. I lived deep in enemy territory (Atl) during the reign of the dawgs and remained a true fan even though GA kicked our butts in the 80’s. The black & red will rise again, and where would FLA be without its most revered/hated rival?

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I am a fan til I die. Yes I may gripe and complain but that is part of it, if I didn’t then it would mean I didn’t care enough.

“Sam” early on made a comment about how many actually attended UGA. I did not. Is that supposed to make me not a fan? I have been a fan ever since I can remember. I grew up a Falcons fan and a Dawgs fan, even pulled for Tech to win as a home town team, but never followed them. I admit I was more of a Falcons fan as a kid in the late 70’s early 80’s. But along in the late 80’s and early 90’s I realized the passion and tradition of the college game and really became a hard core Dawg fan some where along in there. I dont even care much for the pro game anymore. So anyway my point is I’ve been a fan for 30+ years and is the fact that I never attended UGA supposed to make me less of a fan? I appreciate and respect the fact that the alumni take pride in their alma mater. I just dont see what it matters if I went to school there. I have pulled for the Dawg’s for a long time and plan to for a lot longer. If that makes me not a fan then I know a very large fan base that are not fans.

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“Fire Mark Richt!!! If we lose on Saturday I am giving my season tickets away to anyone who wants to cheer for a loser!!!!”

To late. eBay is being flooded with them.

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We have all been waiting years for the old FL State OC to work his magic. When he arrived in Athens there was a buzz about all sorts of creative offensive plays and such….things that Old Ga teams never had. What happened instead was a steady and oftentimes explosive defense that scored points, won games and carried the team. Yes, that was the way it was. Sorry Musa and David but the truth is the truth. 10 years past and still with NFL hall of famers everywhere….no offense… where did it go on person asks? We have yet to see it and so here we are at the depths of the SEC! Sorry Coach…its time to leave this fairy tale…which happens to be the truth! Love….a UGA fan

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CAN YOU UGA FANS PLEAAAASSSEEEEE READ PAUL JOHNSONS INTERVIEW PART 2, AND HEAR WHAT A REAL FOOTBALL COACH SOUNDS LIKE AND HIS KNOWLEDGE….. NIGHT AND DAY FROM RICHT … PLEASE READ UGA FANS… IVE LEARNED MORE IN 3 YEARS READING HIS INTERVIEWS THAN I HAVE IN RICHTS 10 … NIGHT AND DAY

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Hobnail boots. Get used to the feeling of those boots grinding into your throat.

Relax and enjoy it, dawgtards.

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Dooley was middle of the pack, some good years and some bad but mostly okay. Dooley managed to get a great back and rode that for a few years until, you guessed it, an agent shows up and screws things up. Three good or great years with a smattering of okay out of twenty five or so. That is what UGA is and always will be. When CMR won those titles the conference was down. Now, everyone is back at full strengh and it really is any given Saturday. You cant look past UK, MSU, USC like you could even three years ago. UGA has got to get the best talent in the state and the best coaching. They also need to throw away that old stale counter, draw, sweep, and get a mobile QB that can do with his feet as well as his arm. There are many freshman QB’s across the country making an impact and not being treated with kid gloves like Murray is. No excuses.

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Dog fans will never turn their back on their team. I just bought tickets for the Idaho State game when the returned tickets went on sale. Don’t forget, we’ve got wins over TN, FLA, and Tech to look forward to. GO DOGS!

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Bill:
You mentioned having gone through the Ray Goff and Jim Donnan years at UGA. Well, that is exactly what UGA fans want to avoid. Yes, Mark Richt is a good man. Yes, Mark Richt started fast at UGA and got the ship turned around. However, is he the right guy to get us to the next level? One thing that has to be considered in all of this is “where is the program headed?” Here are some RED FLAGS that fall sqarely on Mark Richt’s shoulders…
1. UGA is ranked preseason No.1 in 2008 and goes 10-3. In reality, we were 3 plays away from going 6-6. Take into account game saving plays against South Carolina, Kentucky, and Auburn. As we all know, 2009 was a DISMAL year, going 8-5. This year is looking like it is’nt going to be any better. In short, we are losing the battle on the football field. UF is elite, AL is elite, LSU is elite, ARK is coming on, AU is coming on, and even Miss State looks to be improving. UGA is stagnant at this time.
2. We are losing the recruiting battle. Last year was the first time in a long, long time that the State of GA had more Blue Chip prospects coming out high school than Florida, Texas, and even California. You would think that with all that in-state talent, UGA would have had a ligit shot at having the No. 1 recruiting class in the country. Instead, we have one of the worst recruiting years under Mark Richt. We are losing the recruiting battle.
3.) Off the field instances are on the rise. As you well know, the arrests of UGA football players has become laughable. Every year we seem to all hold our breath and hope none of the UGA starters are arrested. Every year we seem to start the season with a few players unable to play due to arrests. We are losing the team decipline.

If Mark Richt wants to save his job 2 things need to happen immediately. 1) He needs to take over the O-Coordinator job and put Bobo back at full time QB Coach. 2) He needs to find a way to keep his team motivated. why to they look like they are going tbrough the motions out there?

If Richt can’t make these “CEO” type decisions, then lets move on. Jim Harbaugh would be an excellent coaching choice for UGA right not. He is doing a great job at Stanford and will probably win the Pac-10. Harbaugh would be my choice because:
Peterson – only thing he has proven is that he can occasionally get his guys up for a big games. Otherwise, he is great at beating up WAC teams. No thanks,
Muschamp – great D-Coordinator, but unproven as a head coach. Plus he came out of the Goff era (like Bobo) and I don’t want anyone with the Goff stink on them coaching UGA.
Kirby Smark – great D-Coordinator, if he is actually calling the plays. Again unproven at the head coach job

Bill, you tell me…What has Mark Richt done right (in the football world) in the past 3 seasons?

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I’m like Lewis Grizzard and his friend, Weyman C. Wannamaker Jr. (a great American), I’m Bulldog born and Bulldog bred and when I die I’ll be bygod Bulldog dead!!!!!!

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Mr. King,

I would hope in the future you would not merely listen to ESPN commentators before you accuse of Coach Richt of being a liar.

Please view this replay of the 3rd and 4 your article referenced: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60ooNaGSjQ. You can fast forward to the 7:12 mark to the play in question. Watch the second receiver from the top break down his route just past the first down marker to come across the middle, thus giving one of the short outlets you state are not apparent from the replays.

I do not know why you would want a short outlet route to be any shorter, because you need the receiver to get past the first down marker.

The fact that Aaron Murray did not have any time in the pocket to find an open receiver is not a play calling issue. It is a blocking execution issue.

In the future, I would hope that an employee of the largest journalistic organization in the state would do some independent research before he blindly follows the statements of someone on television, just to merely pander to those who know little about playcalling and think Coach Bobo does not know what he is doing.

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What is “supporting the team” ?

Denying that we are 1-5 the last 6 SEC East games ?

Or, saying that that it totally unacceptable ?

Running on here like

AltamahawDawg

&

RED DOG 77

saying how GREAT Coach Richt’s coaching staff is

2-6 vs last 8 SEC teams ?

Or, saying that Coach Richt fired all but 1 defensive coach, and now after this season, surely must fire all the offensive coaches – which of course means that Coach Richt gave our men NOTHING – not 1 coach to coach them.

What is a fan ?

Someone who BRAGS how great we are when we are anything but

or

Someone who sees the OBVIOUS and demands MORE of the # 11 program All-Time in wins ?

Because we sure as hell, have not been the # 11 program after 2005.

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Another point

I don’t give a crap if Coach Richt is viewed as successful because I care about this University and our Football Program, not lies that Coach Richt is so damn great because he is a Christian.

This is NOT about his character or Nick Saban’s either. It is about NOT BEING ARRESTED every month for 10 years, while winning only 3 meaningful games in 10 years and even with each of those 3 great wins, we lost 4 games those 3 seasons or we lost 3 games those 3 seasons : beat # 4 vols 2001 lost 4, beat # 6 LSU 2005 lost 3, and beat # 9 Auburn 2006 lost 4 games.

How freaking great are we ?

I am FED UP with the Bible-Thumping Crowd who run in here to BRAG to me that Coach Richt is a BETTER MAN than Nick Saban and prefer him over Nick Saban BECAUSE OF THAT.

There is supposed to be a SEPARATION of CHURCH and state, and THOSE FANS have stepped OVER THE LINE.

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You cannot say that.

RED DOG 77

AltamahawDawg

will NOT allow you to say that here.

Never mind they are BOTH hiding behind their keyboards BOTH of the last 2 weeks.

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The difference between coaching up and coaching down:

Petersen v. Richt

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1129276

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I’m hiding? I ask you direct questions a couple of days ago that you dodged. What a surprise. But its fair to say that I don’t feel like spending quite as much time bantering with the lunitic fringe right now.

Can we assume that we have seen the last of captain 12-2? You put that cardboard mask and bedsheet cape in the drawer.

Care to compare what we both actually said coming into the season? As opposed the stuff that you completely make up that I have said.

Because I would really enjoy that.

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Wait now, did I just read that correctly. I have been running on here saying how great Coach Richt”s staff is? and nobody else can say anything differently? is that what you said?

Ah, Ok, now I see the problem.

Quote me big boy. Go ahead.

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[...] routes with the Bama train- a while back. As Coach Richt pointed out in his teleconference, and as Bill King said so well, if you’re a real fan you’re on for the long haul regardless of your [...]

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I think the level of hate that appears on these message boards when we lose is sickening. Quite frankly, IF you are all real true fans of this team, you should all be ashamed of yourselves. Only one or two teams each year manage to go undefeated. People have been trying to temper your expectations for 8 months. Nobody in the world thought we’d get by USC and Arkansas without a loss. I HOPED we would but never realistically thought it would happen.

The bottom line is if you are a true fan you will support you team no matter what. I grew up in Athens and Watkinsville and grew up on the dogs. I loved this team when they had losing records just as much as I loved them when we went 13-1.

Getting on these message boards and spewing venomous hatred (and don’t fool yourselves, reread your posts) does absolutely nothing to support this team. Al it does is drag the entire Bulldog Nation down.

If you harbor this much hatred toward a coaching staff and a couple of 18 and 19 year old kids…….you need to get a life.

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hahaha, worst fans in football. Always bragging about how big and full your stadium is, let’s see how many empty seats there are after a couple of 7-8 win seasons…losers.

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I will be a dawg fan,no matter what their record is. I would rather root for an 0-12 UGA team, than root for a 12-0 Bumblebee team.

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http://pricezack.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/can-georgia-win-a-championship-with-mark-richt/ I am a Dawg until I die, but this article really does make you think about the future of Georgia football. Not sure who the author is, but it is an interesting read

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Plenty of us remain fans but as fans, we can be vocal about the decline of the program. And we should. Way too much talent to waste with a coaching staff that under develops these kids. Play calling that is suspect, missed tackles and so on. Absence of discipline on and off the field, etc., should all be scrutinized. Look, I appreciate that CMR prioritizes the development of good citizens but at 3.5 mil a year, we ought to be getting more than just a mentor to these would-be good citizens. Jus sayin’. As fine a man as CMR is, he’s a pathetic manager. If you haven’t the nads to fire friends for poor performance, don’t hire friends. Hanging on to CWM until pressured to make a change is happening again with CMB. CMR is no Saban and UGA deserves better.

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Joe- read your post. I believe your perception that our expectations are for an undefeated season miss the mark completely. Instead, I expect to be consistently competitive. However, we all too often get blown out or look like a doormat team with excessive penalties, clock mismanagement, miss tackles, etc. Consistency has been absent for years. Few of us get upset with a couple loses; the SEC is tough. It about the level of performance. Rightfully though, we should be upset with sloppy play that is becoming the norm. This program has been in decline for several years. If true, not acceptable. And THAT, is a true fan talking.

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Let’s see how the tone changes when we finish in CowBellHell. We are the laughing stock of the whole country. Our coach makes millions for mediocrity. Our players, for a large part, come to Athens to party-playing football is a side DUTY. Watch and see how many of our commitments start falling off as their parents become aware of what happens under the watchful eye of ST Richt!

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Bill King this is one of the dumbist ideas for an article I have ever seen. Run out of things to write about?

There are Dawgs and then there are fans. Dawgs will always be loyal and fans are simply that, they go with what is hot and leave when it is not.

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Plenty of tickets available for remaining Dawg games.
Free Hot Dogs and Cokes to purchasers.
Please fans, do not send us any more tickets,
the supply has exceeded the demand.
Buy a large block and we can schedule kickoff
for your attendance.

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a program in decline doesnt get top 10-15 recruting classes like UGA gets. now take tech for example. they are in decline as they are signing tons of div 1aa talent these past two years.

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Mark Richt is a fucin pansy, not enough heart or fire to lead a team to a national championship. why cant he see that Mike Bobo “the fucin clown” is causing us games. Fire the Clown CMR!

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Never attended UGA but have been a near lifelong fan, and will continue to be so. I wish for competitiveness and accountability, as well as talent, but I won’t back out of being a fan if those qualities are found lacking. I think the same fans on here crucifying the team and threatening to leave or are always pessimistic are the same fans you see on DOB’s Braves blog doing the same thing. No life. Go Dawgs!

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I support CMR. The talent level has slipped. Without Moreno/Stafford, ‘07 would not have been a good year. I feel that getting AJ back will make the offense click. He is a gamebreaker whose loss cannot be underestimated.

I am willing to give CMR time to get the talent level back up and to now get the right people for the 3-4. GO DAWGS, GATA!

To be a contender, you need at least one special player at each level – o-line/d-line, linebacker, defensive backs/safety, receiver/tight end/ running back, and the QB needn’t be the most gifted athletically, but he needs to be smart and a solid game manager.

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UGA “Breaking Hearts Since 1785″ But Always a Dawg.

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I’m a lifelong UGA fan. I met my husband at UGA and my daughter is now there in the Redcoat Band. I’ve been a fan since I was old enough to know what football was. Vince Dooley’s seasons weren’t always great. Things do need to change especially with the offensive line and defense. I will never write off my Dawgs. As the Redcoat Band says at the end of every game – “Once a Dawg, always a Dawg – How sweet it is!”

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