Dog vs. Dog: Battling to emerge from SEC’s loser’s bracket
Russ may be the interim mascot, but he's still going to be top dog in Starkville. (University of Georgia)
A coworker came up to me this week and said, “Mississippi State a favorite over Georgia? Really!!??”
OK, so it’s only a 1-point spread, which basically means a toss-up, but yeah, as Georgia prepares to enter Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in Starkville Saturday night for one of those rare SEC battles of the Bulldogs, there’s no denying it: Things have gotten ugly. It’s a match between the only two teams in the conference to both have two conference losses already, battling to keep from being declared irrelevant in their division race before September is even over.
Still, I’m always up for a little good-natured smack talk, so I asked my friend Harvey, the only Mississippi State grad I know, for his take on this week’s game.
As Harvey noted, since the two schools don’t play all that often, “there isn’t the kind of venom” between the two fan bases that you get with a division rivalry. But we’ve got that whole who-are-the-real-Bulldogs thing going. Although bulldogs have been part of MSU’s tradition since early in the 20th century, the bulldog didn’t become the school’s official mascot until 1961. Before that they were the Maroons. (My high school team also was formerly known as the Maroons but switched to the Trojans. Seems no one wants to be called a Maroon.)
Bully, the MSU mascot, better get ready for Russ marking his territory at Davis Wade Stadium. (Mississippi State University)
I asked Harvey how it felt to be the “other” Bulldogs in the SEC.
His reply: “Actually there are no other Bulldogs other than MSU. To this day, when I hear Bulldogs I don’t think of UGA first. It’s like Carolina trying to call themselves USC. Any true SEC fan knows there’s only one group of Bulldogs and they where the maroon and white. Gooooooo Dawgs, Sic ’em!”
Aren’t delusional college football fans fun?
As for the game itself, Harvey first tried to blind me with science by predicting, “We’re going to win because I predicted after looking at the schedule we’d be 2-2 after facing Memphis, Auburn, LSU and Georgia, and Georgia is our last hope to make that prediction come true.”
Yeah, well,my preseason prediction for Mark Richt’s Dawgs was 10-2, and so there’s no margin for error left on our side, either.
Anyway, Harvey continued with a summation of where the Maroon Bulldogs stand: “Even though our record may not see improvements this season, the team is a much better team, veteran O-line, one of the best young defensive coordinators in the country and even though they’ve struggled, the QBs are the best we’ve been a that position in the last 6-8 years. The atmosphere is going to be wild. The game sold out about 2 weeks ago and the cowbells will rule.”
It’s not all blue skies, though, for MSU fans. “Quarterback is the biggest worry,” Harvey said. “Five interceptions last week. The best thrower is a redshirt freshman and the starter can’t throw that well especially down the middle of the field. They don’t turn the ball over, we win. Dogs 24, UGA 16.”
Sorry, Harvey, but I think that score’s more likely to be flipped. True, MSU has a pretty stout secondary, but they’re susceptible up the middle, Georgia’s getting Caleb King back and the UGA offensive line is overdue to finally put it all together. Plus, State has only gotten four sacks so far this season, so Aaron Murray’s likely to be able to stay upright and with his helmet on.
I will admit the prospect of Todd Grantham’s unpredictable troops facing Dan Mullen’s spread option offense worries me a tad, especially when Chris Relf, the running quarterback, is taking the snaps. But they don’t have a big, punishing tailback, MSU’s offensive line also has been disappointing so far, and they don’t have much of a downfield passing attack, so Georgia can pretty well load up the box to stop the run. And then things can get interesting, as both Relf and State’s other QB, Tyler Russell, have shown a propensity for throwing picks. Georgia has the decided edge in special teams, too.
So when the last cowbell has clanged Saturday night, I think the true and proper Bulldogs will be victorious.
Over a bunch of Maroons.
Woof woof!
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176 comments Add your comment
lastgrad
September 24th, 2010
10:43 am
Great game to start new again. Let’s all cheer our Dawgs to victory.
snotbubble
September 24th, 2010
10:54 am
Go Georgia……The REAL Bulldogs………Sic ‘em.!!!! 27-13 Georgia Dogs.
H DAWG
September 24th, 2010
10:58 am
There’s only one BULLDAWG !!!!
Bugs Bunny
September 24th, 2010
11:05 am
What a Maroon!!
Olivia
September 24th, 2010
11:09 am
heres to hoping Bobo gets hit in the head with a cowbell
Valdosta DAWG
September 24th, 2010
11:12 am
http://KeepMarkRicht.com/
1eyedJack
September 24th, 2010
11:22 am
Valdosta DAWG, I’ve got a perfect position for a man like you…It’s just that I’m too busy to do any digging right now. Tool!
Left wing tactics.
Delbert D.
September 24th, 2010
11:23 am
Bully looks more like a regular bulldog than the later versions of the UGA line.
Mark "Crimson Crier" Ingram
September 24th, 2010
11:41 am
Michael Vick suggestd they let Russ and Bully fight during halftime.
1eyedJack
September 24th, 2010
11:53 am
Russ is a lover not a fighter….but don’t get the wrong idea.
Red
September 24th, 2010
11:54 am
GT played a home/home series with Miss St and averaged over 40 points and won by an average of 20+ points. Wow has UGA fallen so far that this is considered a big game? If UGA can’t easily defeat MSU, they are worse than mediocre. At least all the fans know where to eat in Shreveport. MID LEVEL PROGRAM
Buckhead Dawg
September 24th, 2010
12:04 pm
Defense!!!! Where have you been all year?? The dawgs do know this is not flag football. I wish we had another headhunter like Greg Blue who made receiver/QB’s think twice about throwing high over the middle. I wish Rambo lived up to his last name
Come on Dawgs!!!! Turn it around.
ps
Bobo your playbook is the most boring playbook in the history of college football.
RxDawg
September 24th, 2010
12:10 pm
The Dawgs turn it around and knock off the imposters this weekend.
Dawg 39
September 24th, 2010
12:17 pm
This Is the week we find out about the DAWGS.
IF the Dawgs can win & IF USCe & ARK. play well against Auburn & ALA.,then maybe we will know more about our team. This game is huge.
My concern is mainly our D against the Spread, not our O. We Still have to have the passing attack to open up the running game but I think that will work. If we lose this will be my last comment this season, mainly because I disagree completely with those who blame our losses on CMB & not on the execution of the plays that were called. Hasta Luego ?.
jrmdvm1
September 24th, 2010
12:21 pm
The FIRST SEC Bulldogs win this one.
This is for all Miss. St. fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Kh7nLplWo
ABBA DAWG
September 24th, 2010
12:23 pm
Mark Richts “waterloo”. Hire Jim Harbaugh at seasons end !!!!
New Low
September 24th, 2010
12:30 pm
Battle of the cellar dwellars. UGA is orse than Vandy. pathetic!
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
12:31 pm
Caleb King is back? Really? Well then, I guess we are going to win!!!
Hey everybody, did you hear? Caleb King is gonna win the game for us! Yay!!
What? Our offensive line still sux? Oh yeah……we are going to lose.
jacob hunter
September 24th, 2010
12:33 pm
UGA WILL LOSE! No doubt about it. Richt is incompetent and Vanilla as they come. UGA fans Gotta learn their place in college football.
Speaking of the "real"...
September 24th, 2010
12:43 pm
…”USC” or “Bulldogs”, etc., you need to enlighten your friend Harvey that there is only ONE “Carolina”, and it ain’t South…
Mike Bobo
September 24th, 2010
12:45 pm
New 3rd and 4 play this week if the game is on the line again:
Send everybody 70 yards deep and Murray throws up a Hail Mary!
I’m starting to get the hang of this Offensive Coordinator stuff…..
Coachdawg 2000
September 24th, 2010
12:50 pm
Red-
Even a moderately intelligent fan would know the Indy bowl is no longer an SEC bowl.Maybe you just suffer from dyslexia and your name is actually DER!!!!!
Coachdawg 2000
September 24th, 2010
12:52 pm
Dawgs defeat the imposters and punish them just to shut up the lunatic fringe idiots on this blog.
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
12:56 pm
Lunatic fringe idiots proven right by season’s end. Coachdawg 2000 changes mind about Richt and his staff.
Coachdawg 2000
September 24th, 2010
12:57 pm
Dawg 39-
I have found another person that seems to understand that coaching gives way to execution at some point. You actually use reason. I am very apprehensive about the fact that our is facing the 3rd completely different attack in 3 weeks. We need to play tough “D” and use controlled passing and running to keep the defense off of the field.
I hate to say it, cause I have a GA one...
September 24th, 2010
12:59 pm
…but Bully is a much better looking Bulldog than is Russ, the Temporary Mascot (who, unfortunately, looks more than a little in-bred) – let’s hope that Sonny has the new Uga VIII that looks like a real BullDAWG and not an in-bred like his cousin Russ….
Coachdawg 2000
September 24th, 2010
1:00 pm
edumacated-
I have said that we need to reserve judgement until the end of the sseason and we need to understand that making a change flushes at least one season on the field and multiple seasons in recruiting. Coaching make you go backwards way you go forward.
Don't Matter
September 24th, 2010
1:04 pm
Both are losers this season. It makes no difference who wins. If UGA wins, so what? Another trip to Shreveport in the offing? They still have to play FL,AUB,TECH, and a win at KY should be rated 50-50 at best. So probably 3 more loses and possibly one more. Call that a successful season? That’s definitely worth 2.8 million a year. By the way, what’s the payout at Shreveport?
As you say, Don't Matter...
September 24th, 2010
1:07 pm
…it ‘don’t matter’ what the Shreveport payout is this year ’cause no SEC can play there – can you not READ?
DawginLex
September 24th, 2010
1:07 pm
Don’t matter,
What is the payout in shreveport?
It doesn’t matter to us. Better ask Paul Johnson since the ACC is the conference tie-in this year to the bowl.
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
1:08 pm
Coachdawg 2000, the season is already a disappointment. Richt is already getting beaten in recruiting by everyone that matters. UGA has lost all respect and importance in the SEC over the last few years with losses to Kentucky, S.C. and Vandy as well as annual beatdowns by Florida and Tennessee. The team has problems off the field as well as on.
How bad does it have to get before you would be willing to give somebody else a shot at being the coach?
Coachdawg 2000
September 24th, 2010
1:18 pm
edumacated-
Who do you think would want to come here? Petersen isn’t leaving Boise’s cream puff schedule to deal with the gantlet of the SEC. Harbaugh isn’t leaving the PAC 10-2 good teams versus murder’s row of SEC sked. Do we want another coordinator Kirby Smart is just Saban’s belt-loop boy(Saban does all of the coaching and Kirby just stands at Nicky’s hip and signals in the play).Muschamp isn’t leaving almost $1 million to be skewered by the our delusional fanbase. IF we are in the Market for a HC then we should go after Gary Patterson at TCU. But I think the best coach for UGA is already here.
TheTaxJacket
September 24th, 2010
1:20 pm
*** Nesbitt for Heismen ***
(((( 45 – 42 ))))
Sammy Head
September 24th, 2010
1:21 pm
Jock Sniffer!
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
1:26 pm
Coachdawg 2000
There are lots of coordinators out there that guys like you and I have never heard of. Most people had never heard of Richt before he came to Georgia, and by the way, he had no experience as a head coach before he landed here either. As far as saying guys won’t come, never say never. Just ask Alabama. Why wouldn’t someone want to come when the salary is so high and the resources so unlimted? Muschamp could come.
Sad, sad, sad.....
September 24th, 2010
1:29 pm
How low can the program go??? Underdog to Miss. State??? Riding the cellar in the SEC East??? Bobo, you’ve been holding onto the playbook a little too long. Give it up.
Coachdawg 2000
September 24th, 2010
1:33 pm
Look I don’t want to play this game when should be supporting OUR team. We still have 9 ballgames left. I will however, say that I thought we should gone after the “D” coordinator at Air Force Deruyter instead of Grantham. But since we didn’t I’m in his corner 100%. I will also say this IF we do have to start over, then I don’t want another “offense guy” I want a defensive guy(inherently more disciplinarian than QB-types).
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 24th, 2010
1:34 pm
Tech fans say UGA fans live in the past? Hell a Tech fan just commented what Tech did 2-3 years ago in a series against Miss St! WOW! Who was the coach then? WOW! Good job in beating them 3 years ago. Proud of ya, you can hang on to that for another decade or so. Good luck against the ACC Player of the year as he smokes you.
Coachdawg 2000
September 24th, 2010
1:36 pm
Lowcountry-
Taxbug is still using st.simon’s 45-42 score. I guess he was in comma when we spanked them last year(just like we have for 16 of the last 20) at the joke by coke.
reebok
September 24th, 2010
1:39 pm
…so if UGA is playing well, they will win because they are on a roll…and if they are playing poorly, they will win because they are overdue to put it all together…?
i like it!
Paul in RDU
September 24th, 2010
1:41 pm
Neither Russ or Bully would last long against Tuffy
http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news/story/55340/sports-nc-state-tries-out-live-wolf-like-mascot-with-tuffy/
And Tuffy...
September 24th, 2010
1:44 pm
…would not last long against “Mike” or “Bevo”…
James Taylor
September 24th, 2010
1:44 pm
Bill – Tell your buddy that “Going to Carolina” is not about the state with the capital in Columbia
Browndog
September 24th, 2010
1:45 pm
I have watched UGA football for a very long time and have seen some bad teams, good teams and great teams but there was always fan support for the players regardless. We need a lot more of that right now and let the year play out. If changes need to be made they will be made and not because of what is written on this blog. Best of luck to the team Saturday night.
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
1:46 pm
Hey, if Richt manages to beat Florida this year, then I’ll start singing a different tune, no matter what the season record. Promise.
Now, who on this site thinks Richt can beat Meyer this year or next? Seriously.
Nor is the sky...
September 24th, 2010
1:47 pm
…Carolina Garnet…
Ralph
September 24th, 2010
2:02 pm
It became clear this week that the Administration fully supports Richt and sees him as the man to lead the dawgs for at least the next 10 years. This will dismay many of the Richt haters but for folks who know the game there is a sigh of relief. Coach Richt brings experience, youth and vision to our program. Couple of bad years but 8 out of 10 good years ain’t that bad. Will win on Saturday and the rest of games. But even if we lost the rest it is not clear that Richt will lead this program into the future. For that we can all be glad.
Freudian slip, Ralph...
September 24th, 2010
2:26 pm
…”But even if we lost the rest it is not clear that Richt will lead this program into the future”, or an unintended prophecy?
Old Dawg
September 24th, 2010
2:30 pm
The SEC is the only conference in the country with two teams sharing the same nickname. For branding purposes it’s problematic. I’ve often wondered if the conference got together, offered Miss State and one of the Tiger schools a million or 2 to change their nicknames if they’d take it.
I know it’s a long shot but what do y’all think?
ca dawg
September 24th, 2010
2:32 pm
hahaha, reebok, you understand the way we dawg fans think. i’m as guilty as anyone of that kind of thinking, so whatever.
i’ve said this the last two weeks, but i’ll say it again: i think we win the game this week. what i’m hoping to see is better coverage, continued improvement with tackling, and continuing to open up the playbook. my guess is that we’re going to have to throw to set up the run, and that MSU is going to blitz a lot. i hope we see a little less play action on downs where the threat of a run isn’t viable and little more in terms of rolling murray out on waggles and bootlegs. i wonder why we haven’t seen more of that this year, to be honest.
this is a game we should and have to win, but i’m less worried about outcomes than about seeing improvement across the board every week. outcomes will take care of themselves if we do that.
go dawgs!
ApopkaDawg
September 24th, 2010
2:39 pm
CoachDawg:
Even you have to admit CMR committed a HUGE error in response to a caller on his call in show. “Its not like we got shilacked” was a HUGE mistake. Basically he is saying that its OK to lose as long as you don’t get shilacked. What the hell is that? That is soft, lax, and tells me that he is WAY too comfortable. I hope he wakes up and can ralley the troops. We lost TV coverage for this week. Bad for revenue and bad for recruiting. Start hurting the bottom line and McGarity is going to have to get involved.
how2fish
September 24th, 2010
2:43 pm
Dawg 39 good post..bad execution has hurt us on offense and defense.
ca dawg
September 24th, 2010
2:45 pm
edumacated: i hate to give a serious answer to a rhetorical question, but i’ll go on record as saying we have a very good chance of beating florida this year (don’t know about next–too early to say). it isn’t because we look good, but because they look about as bad as us. all they have right now is demps, and we’re playing without our best player. if they had played our schedule up to this point, i’m not convinced their record would be any better based on what i’ve seen.
i guess you could call me a kool-aid drinker if you wanted, and i would own that i’m reasonably optimistic and think we can still have a good year. going into the season, i think most dawg fans had some concerns about these early games bc we knew our team would have some growing pains. but i also think most of us felt we would improve as the year went. i think florida will also improve as they year goes, and it’s going to be a close game in jacksonville.
Russ
September 24th, 2010
2:49 pm
So it’s become so bad in Athens we’re dogging the dog?
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
2:59 pm
ca Dawg, I hope you are right about beating Florida, but I don’t think you will be. Florida’s offense will be much better by then, and the defense right now looks as good as ever. Meyer showed everyone in Tenn that he can stop an opposing team’s momentum on a dime. I don’t think we are playing anywhere near those guys level anymore (as the last two games have shown). It shouldn’t be even close.
Mike Bobo Jr.
September 24th, 2010
3:03 pm
It’s 27 to 27 with 1 minute to go in the game. It’s 3rd and 4 from the 50 yard line. I’m going to send everyone long and have Murray attempt a drop kick for 3 points. I think I might be getting the hang of this OC gig!
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
September 24th, 2010
3:05 pm
edumacated and ca dawg,
I hate to rain on your parade, but the dawgs are in big trouble in Jax. Meyer is undefeated in the regular season when he has a week off before a big game and they do. Yes the offense is coming along slowly but will be fine by Jax. The defense is already light years ahead of Gratham’s def.
The Gators lead the nation in INT’s and in turnovers gained.
I must agree that this is year you could have gotten the Gators, but it’s just not going to happen. I would bet the dawgs have 4 losses heading into Jax and will be complete disarray, while the Gators should just have one (Ala) , but that’s not completely certain.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
September 24th, 2010
3:09 pm
edumacated
You are right about the Tenn game. Tenn’s lead the SEC in rushing with 170 yards per game.
They were held to 23 yards on 29 carries by the Gators. Yes the defense is as good as ever and that’ what wins games.
Corninmypooh
September 24th, 2010
3:18 pm
The one good thing about this season… now that we’re pretty much out of it, we can just sit back and relax. For some reason I have a twinge of hope that these Dawgs can turn this U-boat around in time not to smack into an iceberg the size of Australia.
Corninmypooh
September 24th, 2010
3:21 pm
Gator Jean Shorts -
Mark May and Lou Holtz both have predicted you guys won’t make it past Kentucky this weekend. I smell a Joker Phillips upset of the over ranked Gators. Your offense sucks and your defense hasn’t been challenged by a competent offense yet. Georgia and Florida are going to have identical records when they meet in Jacksonville. Your reign as the leading buttheads of the conference is about to end.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
September 24th, 2010
3:31 pm
Corninmypooh
Dream on or are smokin.
So, Corninmypooh...
September 24th, 2010
3:34 pm
… you said (speaking of the Gators) “Your reign as the leading buttheads of the conference is about to end”. Does that mean that if UGA wins that THEY will be the leading buttheads?
Corninmypooh
September 24th, 2010
3:38 pm
Gator Sausage -
Don’t count your chickens until they’ve hatched. You guys think you’re all that… just wait until Alabama teaches you another lesson in football 101.
Corninmypooh
September 24th, 2010
3:40 pm
Corninmypooh imposter -
No it means that your arrogance is about to be knocked down a peg or two with out Tebow. Knowing Gator fans you’ll still rank up their with UT fans as major buttheads.
Michael Vick
September 24th, 2010
3:40 pm
Bully is a fine-looking animal. Russ obviously comes from a line that has been inbred far too many times.
I could do a lot with those dogs.
Cuz
September 24th, 2010
3:43 pm
Our Dawgs by 14. Murray finally learns how to hit Durham in full stride.
Ralph
September 24th, 2010
3:44 pm
Got me on the slip. Intended to say that with the now obvious support of the administration Richt will certainly lead this program into the future regardless of the record this year. Thanks for the catch. Dawgs 24 Dogs 17.
ca dawg
September 24th, 2010
3:45 pm
@edumacated: i hope i’m right, too. not sure how much money i’d bet on it, but hope is all we’ve got to hang our hats on right now.
@gators 17 dawgs 3: i forgot florida had a bye week the week before. that actually is significant, because meyer does seem make great use of his bye weeks. you had a bye before the 2008 debacle, if i recall correctly.
having said that, i think it will still be a close game and that we’ll have what we haven’t had in a few years– a real chance to win in the 4th quarter. if you rock us again in jax, make sure to remind me that i said this. but i think you may be too down on us dawgs; 4 losses? nah. sorry but i can’t get on that train just yet. if that’s drinking kool-aid, then give me another glass.
one more thing: i wouldn’t read too much into stopping UT’s running game (even though they moved it pretty well on the ground against oregon). that’s a very young and untested OL. however it’s hard to ignore numbers like 23 carries for 29 yards. knoxville is a tough place to play, too, so it’s doubly impressive.
Michah3
September 24th, 2010
3:45 pm
Carolina trying to call themselves USC? The University of South Carolina was founded in 1801. When was the University of Southern California founded? Oh yeah, 79 years later. There is only ONE USC, and that is the one in South Carolina.
Dafne Duck
September 24th, 2010
3:49 pm
Dogs 24, Dawgs 17.
This will officially end all the pie-in-the-sky baloney around winning out and going 10-2 or 9-3.
Selah.
Russ 2
September 24th, 2010
3:53 pm
“So it’s become so bad in Athens we’re dogging the dog?”
That’s correct, but the dog is so butt-ugly he deserves it.
Why
September 24th, 2010
3:54 pm
would someone state that UGA and MSU are the only teams with two losses, as to make some point? Only two other teams have played two sec games (LSU, Vandy) two have played none (UK, ALA) and the rest have only played 1. Seems like a true but irrelevant statement.
Has any other team faced back to back conference tests as stout as UGAs?
Seeking help!
Go Dawgs, GATA
Macon
September 24th, 2010
3:56 pm
Mississippi State 31, Georgia 24.
No More
September 24th, 2010
3:58 pm
Couldn’t we just leave AJ Green in Athens if all he’s going to do in Starkville is walk the sidelines sending his stupid tweets and looking like a thug?
Smart like a Fox
September 24th, 2010
3:58 pm
god this is funny……..
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
September 24th, 2010
4:06 pm
Enter your comments here
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
September 24th, 2010
4:12 pm
ca dawg
I pretty much agree with all you said, a honest fan—nice to see.
Gators 17 Dawgs 3
September 24th, 2010
4:14 pm
ca dawg
BTW, it was 23 yards on 29 carries-more impressive.
Otto
September 24th, 2010
4:20 pm
Todd Grantham doesn’t bother me, the defense is slowly but surely improving if they wrap up the scheme works.
What does bother me is predictable play action Bobo.
If UGA does win it will be the offense putting up just enough with the defense making a big play or 2.
Coachdawg 2000
September 24th, 2010
4:22 pm
Micha3-
Are you serious. Nobody in America thinks of the chickens when someone says USC. Wake up, They’re barely relevant in South Carolina everybody knows Clempson has been better since the time of the chicken curse. “Yeah, our entrance is really good but its our exit that needs some work!” -Lou Holtz,Head Coach Univ.South Carolina
TheTaxJacket
September 24th, 2010
4:28 pm
Mississippi State 51, UGAg 0
Murray sacked 6 times, suffers season-ending injury.
(((( Glory, glory to the Jackets, their truth is marching on! ))))
Plain Ole Dawg
September 24th, 2010
4:29 pm
We got deeper problems other than who is the “real’ Bulldogs, like winning the game! The team that screws up in the 4th qtr will lose. So there you have it! Keep bobo in Athens and we will win.
Plain Ole Dawg
September 24th, 2010
4:33 pm
If we somehow lose let this be a house cleaning season and clear out the trash; Richt, bobo and the DC 4th choice guy. Bring some thirty something hot OC from within the SEC and suround him with the best assistant coaches the budget will allow. The watch out next season!!
Alphare
September 24th, 2010
4:34 pm
I predicted an at most 10-2 season with Green on the team. I’d say my 10-2 number is swayed heavily by dawg fans.
After Green is out, I changed to 8-5.
Now, it seems even 8-5 is too generous.
Plain Ole Dawg
September 24th, 2010
4:36 pm
Question: Has any SEC head coach been fired this early in a season? Just make sure if Richt goes that Bobo also goes. DO Not let him be interim head coach!
drzlstrangelovejr
September 24th, 2010
4:39 pm
I will never pull for a Georgia loss. May we win all our games starting Saturday and continuing to infinity. I DO pull for a firing of Coach Mark Richt. In my opinion he is by far the most inferior coach that UGA has ever hired. In every way.
GT76
September 24th, 2010
4:39 pm
Do Not Fire Richt or BoBo! THWG!
GT76
September 24th, 2010
4:42 pm
Jr: You must be pretty young or have forgotten Coach Goof and Donovan
GT76
September 24th, 2010
4:47 pm
uga dreamers: green is good but no good enough to make much of a difference. Oh, how is the dream tream 2010 coming? Oh wait, we on to wait until next year for the last 30 years. How many SEC teams have Nat Chp since 1980?
MURPHY
September 24th, 2010
4:49 pm
Plain Ole Dawg,
Im thinking Kentucky let a coach go before the season ended-Mumme-Im not sure though
MURPHY
September 24th, 2010
4:50 pm
GT76,
You mean Donnan-Soory had to pick at ya
Alphare
September 24th, 2010
4:50 pm
UGA plays 8 SEC teams this year: SC, AR, MSSt, TN, Vandy, KY, FL & AU.
Among the remaining 6, my guess is UGA winning 2 or 3, so UGA lose 5-6 SEC games. If you lose one of the CO/Tech game, you’ll have a 6-6 season.
OK, I’ll give you a 7-5 regular season.
MURPHY
September 24th, 2010
4:53 pm
GT76,
Isnt it strange Donnan never got any more offers to coach? I was for sure he would be coaching again.
drzlstrangelovejr
September 24th, 2010
4:54 pm
GT76, Unfortunately not young. Experienced and old. I am very much aware of all coaches starting around 1960. I stand by my previous statement.
SatillaDawg
September 24th, 2010
4:57 pm
Go Dawgs!
It’s Now or Never!
Kick State Butt!
Major T. J. "King" Kong
September 24th, 2010
5:15 pm
Well, boys, I reckon this is it – combat toe to toe with Missy St. Now look, boys, I ain’t much of a hand at makin’ speeches, but I got a pretty fair idea that something doggone important is goin’ on here. And I got a fair idea the kinda personal emotions that some of you fellas may be thinkin’. Heck, I reckon you wouldn’t even be Dawg fans if you didn’t have some pretty strong personal feelin’s about UGA at MSU. I want you to remember one thing, the folks back home is a-countin’ on you and by golly, we ain’t about to let ‘em down. I tell you something else, if this thing turns out to be half as important as I figure it just might be, I’d say that you’re all in line for some dawgbones and some apologies when this thing’s over with. That goes for ever’ last one of you regardless of your race, color or your creed. Now let’s get this thing on the hump – we got some football to play.
1eyedJack
September 24th, 2010
5:18 pm
Let’s kick some names and take some assss!!!!
wildbill
September 24th, 2010
5:19 pm
1. Hasn’t Green been prohibited from traveling with the team while he is suspended?
2. Maybe Bobo will lose his high school playbook during the trip.
3. I wonder if Ealy took any blocking lessons this week.
4. I dread hearing those dang cowbells on my tv.
5. Gonna be a close one for sure, State by 4.
Gen Neyland
September 24th, 2010
5:20 pm
Attitude becomes the 12th man in this matchup…Here I say with equanimity, Go Bulldogs. Beat then dang Bulldogs
1eyedJack
September 24th, 2010
5:25 pm
Well General, don’t go out on a limb there.
bdawg
September 24th, 2010
5:25 pm
How in the world can you be a straight male from georgia and pull for Tech…lol
1eyedJack
September 24th, 2010
5:29 pm
bdawg, the secret is to be from Asia or the Middle East or just out from under Mama’s apron strings.
1eyedJack
September 24th, 2010
5:31 pm
There must be a lot of lost cows in Starkeville.
mark twain
September 24th, 2010
5:34 pm
well while going down the mississippi i saw on tv where they just arrested two GA TECH PROFS for fraud, OH MY, could this be true. also did you know you can now MAJOR IN VIDEO GAMES at tech, OH MY. when will these tech people ever learn to keep their mouths shut. now let me fix a mint julip to celebrate those arrests.
Hartsfield
September 24th, 2010
5:46 pm
Just one example of how stupid dawgtard fans are:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/06/national/main503151.shtml
59bulldawg
September 24th, 2010
6:34 pm
Here’s one definition. Maroons were runaway slaves who lived in hard to access places like swamps and islands and jungles in slave societies during the 17th-19th centuries. Places such as the Hispaniola and Jamaica in the Caribbean, and Brazil, Guyana, and Surinam in South America. In this country they were sometimes found along the swampy lowland areas of Georgia and South Carolina, the Dismal Swamp in Virginia,and in Florida when that territory was owned by the Spanish. They were probably also in the swampy low areas of Mississippi and Louisisana. They were cunning, hard to find, and extremely dangerous to anyone who threatened them. Just finished reading a book that documents maroons in South Carolina. Don’t know if this is the intentional meaning for Mississippi State but it’s one meaning. Now back to football!
Ralph
September 24th, 2010
6:38 pm
Just the opposite from what the, obviously very inexperienced writer said, Richt is probably the best coach in UGA history. I loved Dooley but Dooley is no match for Richt. Richt will retire from GA with lots of SEC championships under his belt and a few NC’s as well. Dawgs 24, Dogs 17.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
September 24th, 2010
6:41 pm
UGA has far more talent than Miss. State. They SHOULD be able to win this one. We shall see.
Vance Duuley
September 24th, 2010
7:10 pm
UGA fans gotta learn their place in college football.
With a nickname “The Cesspool of the South,” I think they know their place.
Teresa
September 24th, 2010
7:13 pm
Ralph has had waaaay too much of the Kool-Aid.
Saint Marco
September 24th, 2010
7:14 pm
In the 1986 Jan Kemp trial, O. Hale Almand Jr., a lawyer for UGA, offered a justification for the favorable treatment accorded the athletes, citing a hypothetical player. “We may not make a university student out of him,” he told the jury, “but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbageman when he gets through with his athletic career.”
That trial exposed UGA for the football factory that it was, and exposed Vince Dooley as a fraud and a sleazebag. It also derailed Dooley’s plans for a political career. That’s why we see the decrepit old fraud doing TV commercials even now.
Mark Richt is just the latest in a line of sleazy UGA coaches who coddle athletes and discard them after four years of football. He recruits illiterate morons he knows aren’t smart enough for college, but he doesn’t care, as long as they help him line his pockets with millions of dollars each year.
Suntanned Saint Mark isn’t all he appears to be, is he?
Ralph
September 24th, 2010
7:24 pm
Teresa, no cool aid. 49 years of knowing UGA football leads me to my conclusion. The UGA administration is solidly behind Richt. #1 He represents the University well. Not a liar like many big time coaches. #2. He is a fantastic coach. Amazing SEC record in 10 years and road record as well. Team has had a tough couple of years but that is normal in any program. Look at VT this year. They will not be firing ole Beamer. Richt is one of the best coaches in the nation. My opinion is that he needs to call all of the plays though. So all you Richt haters–get used to it. CMR is here to stay.
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
8:00 pm
Ralph, I agree that Richt WAS a great coach. He sure got off to a great start winning a lot of big games and a couple of SEC titles. The last 3-4 years, have not been anything to brag about. UGA has lost to teams like Vandy and Kentucky ( when was the last time Florida lost to Kentucky or Vandy?) as well as lost almost all marque games. If you think that Richt can continue to lose to Florida every year and hang around, I suggest you look up Coach John Cooper from Ohio State and see how he was treated after losing to Michigan year after year.
By the way, if Richt loses to Kentucky for a second strait year, nothing else he does will help.
Mark
September 24th, 2010
8:13 pm
Georgia’s hopes fading in the East if they don’t win this game. Really, Bill? Georgia is not going to win the East this year so let’s move on right now and concentrate on becoming a better team. This year is now about next year so whatever that means to the coaching staff in terms of preparing players do it now. I’ve got a better chance of becoming president than Georgia does of winning the East. Not a hater just reality check.
BeerDawg
September 24th, 2010
8:16 pm
Ralph, are you Richt’s mother in disguise? He’s had a .500 SEC record since ‘05. He’s been here 10 yrs and hasn’t sniffed a NC. And you think he’ll have “several” before he retires? His players have had more arrests than FLORIDA for criminysakes!
Get Harbaugh or Petersen from Boise. Do NOT get Smart or Muschamp! Make a bold change McGaritty, or we’ll be battling MSU for the conference cellar title for years to come…
Ralph
September 24th, 2010
8:59 pm
No one with knowledge of UGA football wants Harbaugh or Petersen. Perhaps you did not understand. The folks who hire and fire are solidly behind Richt regardless of this year’s record. One more time…Richt is the UGA coach for the next 10 years. Richt has one of the best (maybe the best) road percentage of any coach in the nation and has an outstanding bowl record. There is no argument to be made that stands up against Richt’s record, character and representation of UGA. Richt is here to stay. Not sure about Bobo and doubt TG will stick around long–seems to be a mover and the DB coach–don’t think he will stick around the south very long either. Richt is our coach. You can take that to the bank. He will not be fired this year or anytime soon.
Ralph
September 24th, 2010
8:59 pm
My only plea to CMR is PLEASE call the plays.
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
9:22 pm
Ralph, a great road percentage doesn’t mean a whole lot when you let Bama score 31 on you in the first half at home. Why did they score so much? Yeah, the defense reeked, but the offense could not score either, and there is no excuse for that. Richt had the best QB and RB in college football that year and he wasted it.
You are wrong. Richt will be gone either next year or the year after. Mark it down.
Mobile Dawg
September 24th, 2010
9:35 pm
Ralph is related to RIp Van Winkle obviously. And he just woke up from 5 years of sleep.
BeerDawg
September 24th, 2010
9:41 pm
Educamated, don’t bother with Ralph. He’s a member of the delusional Richt fans who think you can do the same thing over and over and get a different result.
Richt’s current contract expires in 2013 at roughly $2 mill/year. A subpar season is a given for this year, and again likely for next year. Two subpar season in the SEC got Fulmer and Tuberville fired. It will happen with Richt. I’m sorry, but the fan base of THE MOST profitable NCAA football program will not tolerate it. The question is, will the administration be proactive in replacing a coach whose glory days are behind him rather than reactive and wait until he runs this program into the ground. That’s where McGarrity comes in……one can only hope.
Ralph
September 24th, 2010
9:50 pm
Beer Dawg, you have had too many beers. You would have to be drunk to fire Richt. Fulmer nor Tuberville are in the same category as Richt to begin with. You are a typical fan–team has a few bad years and its time to fire everyone in sight. Guarantee VT will not fire Beamer nor will UGA fire Richt before his contract is up and then they will likely renew it. You are having a tough time with this news my friend–but Richt is at UGA for a long long time.
Ewok Killer
September 24th, 2010
9:54 pm
Miss State will OWN the mutts tomorrow night
BeerDawg
September 24th, 2010
10:01 pm
Ralph, while I admire your loyalty, it is to a fault. We will agree to disagree about Richt. Being patient for 5 years is enough. He underachieved with Stafford, Moreno, Massaquoi. His coaching is suspect. His players have no discipline on or off the field.
Mark my words, another bad season next year, he’ll be doing full time missionary work (not that there’s anything wrong with that…)
BeerDawg
September 24th, 2010
10:02 pm
Ralph, “Fulmer nor Tuberville are in the same category as Richt to begin with. You are a typical fan–team has a few bad years and its time to fire everyone in sight’
btw, Fulmer won a NC, Tuberville went undefeated in the SEC, has Richt done either?
dawgs01
September 24th, 2010
10:05 pm
The O-line is not overdue. All of the blind bulldog fans thought we had this great line but there reason we ran the ball so well the last five games of last season had nothing to do with our running backs or our o line it was due to the fact we were playing horrible defenses all of them ranking 90th or worse on total defense. We will struggle running the ball against a very tough D-Line. Murray can win us the game with his legs and his arm but it is up to our Offensive Coordinator to make some good calls. We can pass on them but running on them is going to be tough we are going to have to pass to set up the run. I love the GA bulldogs with all my heart but i am sick of the excuses like to many injured, to young, our best player is out. Every yr it is one excuse or the other. Guess what all college teams lose players to graduation and the NFL so all teams are young plus nowadays freshman and sophomores are taking over teams so we are young is just an excuse for someone who cant coach very well in my opinion. We are injured well guess what every team has injuries it is football how about we coach up the younger guy. Our best player is injured well lets see Bama’s heisman trophy winner and their best defensive player missed the first two games and they beat the hell out of a penn state team that UGA probably could not beat. Our players are not getting better after high school we should be in the top 15 every yr but you still have to coach these kids and i am sorry but something in Athens is not working and Mark needs to do something. I think Bobo, Searels, and the Strength and Conditioning and the Running backs coach need to go
Mobile Dawg
September 24th, 2010
10:06 pm
Beer Dawg, in reference to Ralph, “you can’t remove with logic what logic didn’t put there in the first place”.
BeerDawg
September 24th, 2010
10:07 pm
And yes Ralph, I am a fan. I love my beloved Bulldogs too much to let a bunch of old, decrepit, back slappin good ‘ol boys to ruin the potential of this football program
BeerDawg
September 24th, 2010
10:11 pm
dawgs01, you’re right. Oh how far Georgia football has fallen where we are wondering what we could do to “squeak by” mighty Miss St. Pathetic……Just be glad we’re not playing Alabama this year. Could you imagine what Saban would do to us, compared to what he did to us 2 years ago when we had all those NFL stars???
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
10:13 pm
BeerDawg, I’m glad to find someone else out there who isn’t smoking crack.
Ralph, you really need to sit down and look at the results that Richt has produced over the last 5 years. If this guy was working any run of the mill job out there, where current performance matters, he would be in the supervisors office getting ultimatums. I suspect that McGarrity will not waste time, because his performance is under scrutiny as well. Richt needs to right the ship. I hope he does..
BeerDawg
September 24th, 2010
10:22 pm
My first hint of Richt lack of judgement and coaching discipline was in ‘07 when he finally beat Florida and Meyer. Somewhat lost in the euphoria of that game was Richt decision to send the whole team to celebrate in the end zone after the first touchdown. Football is about discipline and fundamentals, what kind of message does that send to the team? Not only is it totally classless, it further encourages the chest-thumpin, look-at-me shenanigans that many UGA players exhibit after any ROUTINE play.
Say what you will about Saban, but you rarely see his players exhibit that type of behaviour on the field. I guess that’s why Saban has 2 NC’s and Richt has none.
edumacated
September 24th, 2010
10:29 pm
I gotta admit that at the time, I thought that the end zone celebration what a good thing to break them out of the Florida funk. I wanted any thing to beat those creeps. In hind site, it WAS classless, and Meyer paid Richt back in spades.
BeerDawg
September 24th, 2010
10:34 pm
Edumacated, yes it did seem cool at the time. But if those kinds of antics are required to get your team up to play your biggest rival, what does it say about your coaching and motivational skills? Makes you wonder.
And no, I’m not piling up on him as a person. He appears to be a good, if not a great, man. He’s just not turned out to be the kind of championship type coach we were hoping for.
Pago Pago Dawg
September 24th, 2010
11:12 pm
We think we should put June Jones on the coaching list. He does have a fun and interesting offense.
Paul's Johnson
September 24th, 2010
11:16 pm
Maroons 38- Red, Black ‘n Blues- 14. Up and coming coach gets signature win; established but threatened coaching regime gets schooled again.
Ed
September 24th, 2010
11:39 pm
It’s hard to dislike a team that calls itself the Bulldogs (especially when they don’t beat you up on a yearly basis), but when you hear that mascot name in the SEC, no one thinks of Mississippi State.
I got this feeling that the other Dogs are going to nick ours in a close one, 17-16. Georgia as much talent as anyone in the conference, maybe even the nation, but has an absolutely incompetent coaching staff, with the possible exception of Grantham.
col fot
September 24th, 2010
11:42 pm
Hey Red!
Your forgetting one thing, Georgia is still reigning ACC champions, remember we handed your @sses to you last November…don’t forget that!
Old Dawg
September 24th, 2010
11:49 pm
Saint Marco: As you mentioned, the trial was 1986. Reagan was president then. The Berlin Wall was still up. Things have changed since then. Geez, get a freaking life … Mamie Eisenhower’s died in the years since 1986, and she was immortal.
AFDawg
September 25th, 2010
1:12 am
Gator 17-3, Speaking of an hosest fan — why don’t you own up to everyone hat the only reason a Gator fan is trolling our blog is because you are actually a Tech imposter.
MST8DAWGNGA
September 25th, 2010
6:26 am
Look even the MSU Bulldogs Looks better that the UGA dog, Uniforms are prettier, atmosphere will be better than in Athens, Looks Like a win for the Maroons, or the Whites, Oh Yeah wait till you see the split in Maroon and White in the stadium MSU 24 UGA 20
Harry the Hat
September 25th, 2010
7:41 am
You non-alumni, non-contributing, non-ticket holding sidewalk fans are really funny. The replacements you are suggesting for Richt are unreal. Georgia has never hired a coach with head coaching experience.
June Jones, a strong Christian who spoke at many groups while in Atlanta, joining with Adams and McGarity. Never happen. Harbaugh could possibly leave for a strong, well run program. Never a thug operation.
You people keep entertaining us with your wild thoughts that no one in authority will ever listen to.
mark twain
September 25th, 2010
8:07 am
well i am docking my riverboat in starksville after a long journey down the nile, at least my hs won 37-7, so at least PACE ACADEMY is unbeaten, i wish the DAWGS were but REMEMBER every dawg has his day. now let me fix my first MINT JULIP to get game ready.
Gatorbait 17-3
September 25th, 2010
8:30 am
Sorry you are wrong, but if the AF stands for Air Force, I will never argue with our service men and
women. I just repect what they do for our country too much. Go Air Force!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
edumacated
September 25th, 2010
9:27 am
@ Harry the Hat,
“Georgia has never hired a coach with head coaching experience”
You forgot that Jim Donnan was head coach at Marshall you nimrod.
kydawg
September 25th, 2010
9:47 am
Any true SEC fan knows there’s only one group of Bulldogs and they where the maroon and white. I think “where” should be “wear”…hello?
dagnabit
September 25th, 2010
9:58 am
Edumacated. You live up to the second syllable of your name.
edumacated
September 25th, 2010
10:23 am
dagnabit,
That the best you got? My screen name is a play on words for being stupid, and you tell me that the second syllable means I’m dumb. How long did it take you to come up with that one? All night?
Dirty Dawg
September 25th, 2010
10:25 am
I don’t know who the ‘firemarkricht’ people are – alums, non-alums, trolls, whomever – but we’re gonna have, proudly, Mark Richt as our head football coach until ‘he’ decides that he’s had enough of puttin’ up with our s**t and packs his whole family up and heads to Central America for a permanent ‘mission trip’…and who could blame him, at least he’d be doing stuff for people that appreciate it…all of ‘em would appreciate it.
As for tonight’s game, we very well could make it 0-3 in the Conference and the season headed into the crapper like we haven’t seen in fifty years…and if it happens we can thank young Mr. Green and whoever knew that he was selling stuff that he knew, and they knew, he shouldn’t have. These first two losses could have gone our way with a play or two from ‘the best WR in the country’, which we all know could have, and likely would have happened. Without him we lost and may lose again tonight. Seems to me the NCAA should weigh the impact of their penalty on the program and give Georgia a ‘pass’ for the next twenty years.
Beast from the East
September 25th, 2010
10:29 am
Dirty Dawg,
Why be angry at the NCAA? Green broke the rules and he put his eligibility into question KNOWINGLY when he did. It’s his fault, not the NCAA’s. Those rules were put on the books because of the UGA players that sold their SEC rings after the 2002 season. It’s absurd to even think that any player for UGA was not informed of that every year since. That being said, UGA should not lose today. Better at almost every position. If they do lose, then that is squarely on the coaches.
History Rules
September 25th, 2010
11:18 am
I wonder if any of the books about UGA football include the perspective of someone speaking for the late Jan Kemp? The perspective that “student” athletes like Lindsay Scott were playing years without taking college level courses? That the proudest moment of the football program was earned by players who never earned a single college credit?
Dawgtards love to return to 1980, but their memories are really short when it comes to remembering an earthshaking event that happened a few years later that showed the world what a joke UGA athletes were and what a scam artist their beloved Vince Dooley was (and is). So for all those dawgtards with short memories or who think their athletes are actually taking real courses and trying to graduate, here’s the quote that broke the trial wide open and showed what a slimeball Dooley is:
O. Hale Almand Jr., a lawyer for the defense, offered a justification for the favorable treatment accorded the athletes, citing a hypothetical player. “We may not make a university student out of him,” he told the jury, “but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbageman when he gets through with his athletic career.”
Nothing has changed at UGA, they just do a slightly better job of keeping things quiet, but that’s hard to do when 45 of your player-thugs have been arrested, isn’t it?
UGA: WINNER OF THE FULMER/RICHT CUP AND THE CESSPOOL OF THE SOUTH.
1eyedJack
September 25th, 2010
11:24 am
I admit that I fall into the “old fart” and “blind homer” category and wear those mantles proudly. As the previously poster stated there should be no doubt Georgia should win this game. If they don’t this is “the first” loss that should be pinned on the coaching staff entirely. You cannot underestimate the impact that the AJ suspension has had on this “team”.
Selective Memory
September 25th, 2010
11:33 am
History Rules appears to be in denial about their own program or attends a school without one. Didn’t Kemp end up in a psych ward?
UGA is missing AJ Green, King, Chapas…. All with a RF QB and a new DC.
Caleb is the starter because of his pass protection (or Ealey’s lack thereof) and because he’s not as likely to fumble as much as Ealey (see SC’s gift). I don’t see his injury mentioned often. FL and AU will not be facing the same team that SC and Ark had the luxury of facing. Along with all of the key players returning, Murray, for all practical purposes, will no longer be a RF either. Should be fun… GT should be REAL fun.
Someone tell Spurrier to score more than 17 pts. before he pops-off about his offense. ML was impressive but he’ll have tougher games.
LHardingDawg
September 25th, 2010
11:33 am
The “cesspool of the south” is in “history rules” very small brain. It’s obvious he has no life, no football team worth a crap, and probably lives in his Mother’s basement.
I do have a life and I’ll see y’all next week!
Let them go
September 25th, 2010
11:46 am
ealey and Green need to be let go. AJ will make tons of $ come February with the NFL draft and he will be fine and ealey can work in a junk yard for wrecked cars ……….mostly his wrecked cars or those of his friends.
This team is damaged goods ………the players are lazy and lack intellect to play SEC football. Ealey refuses to block and the corners and safeties are out of the game like rambo was in the LA-LA game and last week vs Arkansas on that faked run, then TD pass by Mallett.
I have had enough ……….need to clean house and if recruiting suffers ……….it will anyway IF we keep the current staff because good players want to win like at Alabama and Florida and frankly, ALL of the SEC teams except UGA.
Clean house now…………UGA will recover nicely by 2012 and 2013.
Go Dogs.
UGA calss of 71 & 73
ARdawg
September 25th, 2010
1:27 pm
Green made a bonehead and terrible mistake. He was caught and now paying the piper. A dance many a young lads have learned. To infer that the last 2 losses are a result of him not playing is just about one of the dumbest posts on ajc blogs this year. Admit it, you are a bughead for real or in spirit, aren’t you? Ealey is young and still learning. He’s going to make mistakes. We win as a team and we lose as a team. IDIOT
GT76
September 25th, 2010
1:50 pm
The Dawgs have talent and green is a future NFL receiver but you got other weapons to use. you should be 3 – 0. It’s not the team, its the coaches. something is wrong with Richt the last few years and a change is needed. Please just don’t change before we play in Nov.
GT76
September 25th, 2010
1:57 pm
Let them go : It is ALWAYS the head coach! They select the players, hire the other coaches, set up the play book, work the practices and run the team at game time. So, a bad player or two should not kill a season unless the Head coach lets the team go to pot. The players for the most part a young been catered to since their talent first surfaced and come from tough backgrounds. These are reasons, not excuses. A jersey for $1,000? Yes, I’d say about 99% would do that. Don’t blame the kid, blame the coach that put him on the team and taought him the rules and is suposed to keep him legal.
Xenophon
September 25th, 2010
3:06 pm
This game will mark the beginning of the end of The Mark Richt Era. By season’s end, the Urinal will start calling his ability into question and that will only encourage the restless fan base. My mid-season of next year, he’ll be gone. You read it here first.
Vance Duuley
September 25th, 2010
3:23 pm
UGA’s season ends tonight in Starkville.
I love it!
Larry
September 25th, 2010
3:28 pm
UGA folks can brag all you want to about beating Tech in football most years, and that’s perfectly fair. What’s also fair is to point out that with a history of Jan Kemp (Vince Dooley days), Jim Harrick, Damon Evans, and 44 arrests, UGA is truly “The Cesspool of the South,” and is richly deserving of that title. No one outside of Georgia has any respect for UGA or its athletic department, and that is a fact. It has been said many times: “Tech people are proud of their school, Georgia people are proud of their team.” What a legacy to be proud of!
UGA fans can now return to your mobile home parks and resume waiting for your unemployment checks.
And watching those red panties falling from the sky, always a good time-killer for thUGA dawgtards. :-) :-) :-)
Larry is a tool
September 25th, 2010
5:29 pm
Wow Larry. Mobile home parks, red panties, and thUGA dawgtards…you really know how to stick it to dawg fans. By the way, thanks for caring so much about UGA that you come trolling on our boards.
Let "Let them go" go
September 25th, 2010
5:31 pm
I love how everyone was berating Caleb King and yelling for Washaun Ealy to start at the beginning of the season. Now those same people have jumped off the Ealy bandwagon and want Ken Malcome. Next year they will hate Malcome and call for the next guy on the depth chart to start.
Dostoyevskiy
September 25th, 2010
9:56 pm
UGa rode Joe Cox outta town on a rail. (Murray makes Cox look like an All-American.). I guess they’ll just lynch Murray, since UGa doesn’t have any rails left. How will CMR get outta town?
stendek
September 25th, 2010
10:09 pm
The UGA football Bulldogs have hit rock bottom! It simply does not get any worse than this shet. Time to fire not only Mark Wretch and Mike Dodo but the whole bunch of clueless losers! This was a total embarrassment from start to finish. What is it with that idiot #3? The football was less than a foot from him. All he has to do is make one football play, one, for a touchdown! How did this ignoramus get into college. Oh. I forgot. It is UGA also known as Thug U! Completely unspirited debacle. Enough to make every true Bulldog fan outraged. I AM! Very much so. This cannot be tolerated. Firings are long past due. Bulldogs are official laughingstock of Southeastern Conference! Truly sad. I am too utterly disgusted and nauseated to comment further. Damn this!
DawgByte
September 25th, 2010
10:24 pm
Welcome to the Ray Goff era part II.
Baz
September 25th, 2010
10:24 pm
Dogs are really bad. This IS Mark Richts fault. HE has to go. A few weeks ago I was so excited having a new defensive coordinator. Now, I don’t think we have anything but a punter and place kicker. No defense, no offense. Both lines of scrimmage are terrible. I cannot watch any more of this. Alabama wouldn’t take it. Florida wouldn’t take it. And we shouldn’t take it. Fans, call in on Monday nights show at 8 pm and tell the coach how you feel. I feel abandoned. His niceties just aren’t enough. Alabama and Florida have firey coaches. We need a firey coach to put fear into the players.
DawgByte
September 25th, 2010
10:26 pm
Both our OL and DL’s suck. I’ve never ever seen a UGA team where both LOS are so weak. That’s a result of poor recruiting and coaching. This is the worst UGA team I’ve seen since the Goff era. Our program is in total chaos.
Pitbull
September 25th, 2010
10:47 pm
Listen, this year is a waste. I thought we might could beat Fla and still have some good come out of it. But I don’t think we can beat Fla. Our play calling sux. Richt made a bad decision when he gave Bobo a job. He should have taken a proven commidity. Ga is too big a program to be hiring unknowns. To big a program to be a learning on the job situation. Now it has come back to bite Richt big time. Like the saying “you make your bed, you have to sleep in it”. Richt is tossing and turning in it lol.
hahah
September 25th, 2010
10:48 pm
What a joke. phaggots
Pitbull
September 25th, 2010
10:50 pm
Lets talk about something that is FUN. Like ‘RED PANTIES”!
Stephen Garcia's Parole Officer
September 25th, 2010
10:50 pm
Jeez Ralph, if Richt is a “fantastic coach”, what would a mediocre one look like? Other than Ray Goff, that is.
Pitbull
September 25th, 2010
10:54 pm
People quit talking about Ray Goff. He was a damn good hard nosed player and he Coached well enough. He just came up against Spurrier in his prime. Spurrier was beating everybody, not just the dawgs. If he stayed to long it wasn’t his fault! He didn’t hire and fire himself!
Baz
September 25th, 2010
10:59 pm
Pitbull, you are wrong. Ray Goff’s record at UGA was 46-34-1. You too, would have fired him!! Now, Mark Richt must go!
Wow, uga pups really suk
September 25th, 2010
11:15 pm
0-3 in the SEC! You butt sniffin ball lickin pups really suk!
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September 26th, 2010
7:05 am
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Ewok Killer
September 26th, 2010
10:22 am
I TOLD YOU SO!
What a freaking disaster in Athens…. it couldn’t of happened to a worse bunch of trash talking delusional drunken losers like you people.
I LOVE IT
Bill
September 26th, 2010
11:29 am
Mark Richt is a great coach and a good man. All of his former players have great regard for him. Ask David Pollock, David Greene and Matthew Stafford what kind of coach and man Richt is. People who know Richt, who have played for him or coached with him will tell you the same. He is a great coach and a better man. If you Richt haters get what you want it will be 10 years before GA will even be on the radar again. It is totally foolish to think of bringing Boise or TCU or SMU coach here. Richt is having a tough couple of years. He will be fine. Team will be fine. He is going to lead us through this. I am confident that the AD and President will strongly support CMR. I hope that you Richt bashers do not get what you want. To lose Richt would hurt UGA. What a lack of vision you, “what have you done for me lately” fans are. The sad story in UGA’s losses is not the coaching staff but the fair weather fans who when the going gets tough have one answer and it is to fire everyone in sight. Sad. Sad. Sad. Grow up. Get a vision. Support our coach. Lets not lose CMR.