Georgia-Florida was basically even … except for the coaching

I TOTALLY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO SCHEDULE AN OFF WEEK THE WEEK BEFORE THE FLORIDA GAME. LOOK BACK OVER THE PAST 21 YEARS AND HOW MANY TIMES DID THEY HAVE AN OFF WEEK? THE FEW TIMES WE HAD THAT AS A OFF WEEK, WE WON. WE DON’T NEED AN OFF WEEK TO WHIP TECH, CHANGE IT TO THE FLORIDA GAME EACH YEAR AND WE WILL BEGIN TO OWN THEM AGAIN!

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“And also to wonder whether the best choice of all might have been to just run it three times and kick the field goal.”
Bill-no wondering about it-it would have been the best choice for sure.
Playcalling in OT was horrendous. Bobo did a good job in the second half.
Not sure why we abandoned the run. It was working. Sick of the panicking.
I was ready to get rid of Coach Richt right after the Colorado loss-now I think he deserves another chance.
HOWEVER BOBO NEEDS TO GET FIRED ASAP
Despite the turnovers, Aaron is the man. I am looking forward to having him in our camp the next few years. He is a player….he shook off the first half and was all world in the 2nd half-

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Shouldn’t CMR just do the right thing and resign right after he fires BOOBOO?

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How in the hell did Meyer outcoach Richt?

That one is just baffling. The players lost this one. But if it makes you feel better to say they were outcoached…ummm…OK.

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@ Gatorbait

2 out of those 3 wins UGA had a bye week… Just sayin.

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Grantham improved on 3rd down defense, Florida only converted maybe 4 or 5 3rd downs the whole game. The 3rd and 19 one hurt.

Georgia shut down the Florida passing game in the red zone–held them to 0 passing td’s. Only have up 3 plays more than 20 yards, and no touchdowns, big improvement.

DB’s finally did a good job of playing deep first, didn’t let a single guy by them all day. Big improvement there too.

Gave up a lot of rushing yards, but only 1 big rushing play, the 50 yard run by Burton.

Nice defensive adjustments at half-time, really shut Florida down in the 2nd half, helpd them to just 10 points in the 2nd half, Florida’s gimmicks didn’t work anymore.

Defense missed 3 takeaways, didn’t fall on the 2 fumbles, tried to run, and missed the int that went right through the hands.

But holding Florida to 34 points in the game, was better than 49 or 41 last 2 seasons.

The 3 interceptions by Murray and the 30 yard fumble by Murray put the defense in some bad situations, and Murray lost the game.

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The Reporter: Mr. McGarity, is it true that you have a new conditioning program for the team ?

Greg: Yes it is, we are taking them to ST. Simons and let them pick up the ten tonnes of trash that our fans leave on the beach. Then they can run twenty miles a day until they sober up. Much like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-7Vu7cqB20

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I don’t see how Meyer out-coached Richt. Where specifically? It was a 34-31 game. Florida seemed surprised by Durham and Charles’ pass catching and wasn’t preapred, those 2 were mjis-matches all day. Tavarres caught them unpexctedly a few times too.

Murray just was too tight in this game, I think everyone knows this one was pretty much on him. The 4 TO’s were too much to overcome, especially the 4th one, which was just a bad choice.

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I know what will solve some of UGA’s problems, let’s go to Raiford Prison in Fl .& recruit some of the outstanding residents there to play for us. Me’thinks that Coarch Urbane Meyers has filled the bill that way ( just got all his gaytors in cognito )

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We have the week off next year before the game – though I doubt it will matter

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Also 8 home games next year – not sure that will make a difference either

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Give the devil his due, Meyer knows how to make use of an off week and outcoached Mark Richt. Again. …

And… some things will never change.

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Bill,
I hate 2 say it but Coaching is the problem. I at first liked what Grantham was selling about the 3-4 defense. But I have to say if it ain’t working then its easier to change for the coaches not 11 players. The 3-4 is meant to confuse a offensive line and to do that the linebackers would have to move around prior to the snap. But we still are rushing 4 all he has done is take a lineman out and put a linebacker with his hands on the ground. I don’t want to hear about wait till he gets his guys to run his defense. Is our athletes on defense worse than Mississippi state? Manny Diaz is in his 1st year there and what is his defense doing? Yes once agin Richt has hired the wrong guy!!! He could have had Diaz!!!! Bobo 2 predictable always!!! 2nd and 10 is always a run!!! Always!!! Check the games!!! Second down is why we lost that game!!! We put Murray in 3rd in long in a due or die situation!!! There is still no way we would have won if we had just got a field goal!!! Brantley would have thrown a touchdown to somebody just like evrybody else has thrown it on us all year!!! SORRY BUT RICHT HAS GO!!! He said it himself he was hired because when at FL State he beat Fl. Well now he can’t do that!!! ENOUGH SAID!!!

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I thought by far we had the better team but we did get out coached. Aaron was really off bad in the first half and the run was working but as usual the play calling is going to stay the same (we never adjust to what is working). Lets don’t tweak the offense to Aaron strength, let keep him in the pocket and handing it off up the middle 50/50 balance although there was a couple of nice runs dialed up for the qb.

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“Nice blog Bill…..one of your best….you nailed it.”

Yes, he did.

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To Fellow Dawg Fans…..PLEASE stop talking about how turnovers are killing us. It makes us look like idiots and sore losers. It is ok to say that the better team won the game. This year, we have turned the ball over 12 times to our opponents 17!!!!!!!!! We are +5 in the turnover battle so stop it! Our biggest problem isn’t turnovers, it’s the fact that we cannot OVERCOME mistakes. We lost to Colorado for God’s sakes and everybody wants to blame a fumble. Step back and see the forest for the trees…we need to get better as a team!

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Forgot to say this: If we had actually taken the time to at least regain possession with plenty of time to spare in the first half and, at worst, just tried for a field goal – with the best place kicker in the country – UGA would have won by 3.

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as far as firing Richt, I don’t claim to be smart enough to make that decision, nor are any of you,but i will say this, if he has to go, please don’t hire a cry baby like Meyer, Saban or Spurrier. sure, they can coach, but i can’t stand to watch those guys on the sidelines crying like they do. i do like our coach showing poise during the storm….

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“If Richt were an honorable man, he would quit tormenting the fan base and ripping off the university with his obscene unearned salary and resign at the end of the season.”

You are correct, of course, but Richt is not an honorable man. He cherishes the money more than anything else.

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Ga. should have and could have.

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DawgTired: Considering regulation ended in a tie, the 3 points = win. At best, we would have won. At worst, we would have still had the same result. Either way, it’s completely moronic of our coaches to have thought it was okay to go into the half, down 21 TO 7, without at least trying to score with 1:30 left.

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“…run it three times and kick the field goal?” Are you serious? If you lose the toss and have to go first, MAYBE run it three times if you think that is the best way to get a first down and eventurally a score, but no coach in his right mind would take the field planning to run it three times and kick it when the other guy hasn’t even had his turn yet. Do you really think Florida’s play calling would not have been determined by the points needed?

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UGA Mark…yeah I can add and subtract…you miss my point.

You cannot simply take out your eraser and wipe out some play, replace it with what you would like to have seen, and therefore change the score. It’s not that simple. What if FL had blocked the field goal attemtp and ran it back? What if one of our players got hurt on the kick? etc. etc. We can all sit around and play the “what if” game from now until hell freezes over. However, if we “fix” our mistakes, then I’m sure FL would like to “fix” some of their own.

We have major issues in Athens right now…the main one being that we are not good enough to overcome a mistake. We have to play near-flawless football to win, or have the other team completely melt down. I am too proud of a UGA fan to sit back and blame a fumble, turnovers, etc., as the reason we lost. We are better than that…or need to be.

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These coaches make tons of money. If they cannot get the job done find someone else that can until we can match up w/the elite in the SEC. The current ugastaff just ain’t cutting it. Could be the reaSON WE can’t get our jr’s to stay one more season.

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There are no simple reasons for why Georgia is where it is and why we keep getting snake-bit in Jacksonville. Discipline is certainly a word that comes to mind when analyzing failures. Mental toughness is another one. Grantham must stop rewarding players for loafing. Bacarri Rambo is the worst example of slothness I’ve ever seen in a Georgia uniform. He has talent, but takes FAR TOO many plays off during a game. There’s no room on a Championship team for players like Rambo, Cuff, Hamilton, Gamble and others. Yes, I’m calling them out!

Lets focus on beating Tech and hope Richt makes the right decisions going into 2011, starting with a new recruiting philosophy and ending with more player accountability.

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We couldn’t even beat the worst florida team in a long time yesterday, and without AJ Green next year this team is doomed for another bad year. Coach Mark Richt do yourself a favor and resign

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I have to disagree on us being out-coached as the key factor. The D did OK given the fact they were sent back on the field so many times on turnovers. When you’re up against players of star caliber like Rainey, you will give up some big plays if they have enough chances. We had our share of them. Really, it was remarkable we were able to be in the game up until the final play. That’s a tribute to our grit and refusal to give up. This was a game we could have won and that’s different from times past, too. I believe the program is heading in the right direction- the Tech and Auburn games will prove whether I’m right.

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Look back at the games that UGA has lost. They were close games and a mistake at the very end of the game cost the win. None of them runaways.
The true fans have to support the dawgs, not try to coach them from their blogs.
Come on UGA fans, GGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOO, DAWGS!

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UGA Mark…I don’t totally disagree with your last statement….however, I think Richt was more interested in stopping the bleeding and making adjustments at the half.

I’m not playing any card…I was simply stating that you cannot say that if we kick the field goal in the first half, that we win by 3. It’s not that easy.

I think, sitting at 4-5, that we need to as proud Dawg fans, stop trying to go back and figure out why we should have won or were the better team. We should be prouder than that. I heard for weeks how we were “3 fumbles away” from being a one loss team. Now, it’s “if we kick a field goal we win by 3.” Over time, we are getting a black eye from looking like sore losers. I heard the other day, on a national football radio show, the HOST of the show say “you never beat Georgia…they just somehow fail to beat you.” That is embarrasing.

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I think I’m on your side…what did Zack do…grab a girls buttt…?? he had a 50-50 shot there…..right..?? just sayin….

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We had the best athletes, we had 4 turnovers, they should have beaten us by 21 points.What coach goes for a 2 point conversion when the score is 21 to 16? Makes you wonder what the offensive and defensive schemes were?? We did not get bet by a better team we got beat by a coach who took inferior athletes and kept his team in the game with good coaching. When you do that you win. WE (CMR) does not do that.

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Um…Bill…. No Coach Richt coached well enough to win you know it. So stop with this non-sense. What is needed is two things 1. Right after the end of season bowl or not. Next years Seniors need to establish control a. EVERYONE works hard winter workouts,spring practice, summer workouts. b. no one…no one …NOOOO ONE…gets arrested. work and work and work some more!!! WHAT Coach Richt and rest of the staff needs to do is realize they have got to…absolutely have to… coach like their very lives depended upon it not their jobs. because contrary to what you and alot of folks think Coach Richt’s phone would be jumping off the hook with job offers. He is the Right guy for GA he needs to finish the drill himself!!!

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Pro style offense just is not going to win a National Championship these days. Draws and screens and quick outs just can’t overcome these super fast defenses that are built to stop those spread offenses with fast and athletic QB’s. UGA is morphing into an obsolete Big Ten offense that tries to ground it out and hit a long one every so often. Where is the offensive genious that was hired? He is stuck in 1999.

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Dennis…if the Pro-Style offense doesn’t win, then why is it still the predmoninant offense of the NFL? Are the atheletes in NFL slower?

Fads come and go…but the basics never go out of style. Games are won and lost on the lines of scrimmage. If you can run the football, and play defense, you win…period.

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Now for the simple answer to the question of how to handle Florida, go back and read Big Bob !

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Wonder what the Auburn line will be? Newton does look pretty much like he does whatever he wants, whenever he wants. Will be very difficult to hold them under 42-45 points based on what they have been doing.

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Don’t know if it was the mental pressure of the opportunity to beat Florida but Aaron Murray started the game being off the mark. I was proud of the way he came back though. Let’s not forget, he is still a redshirt freshman. He is also going to be one of our best. While I can quibble with some of the playcalling, I don’t think that is what got us beat. As far as Richt not have a drive to win, well, no one was saying that when we were winning.

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This talk about UGA not having a off-week before the UF game isn’t true…unfortunately, we take an off-week evey year when we play the Gators! Going to the mountains next weekend, passing up on an exciting UGA-Idaho St battle…hope we win.

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Re the bye weekend: Normally, I totally agree with most of you – that we should have a bye week prior to the Florida game (and before Auburn, while we’re at it–why we always need a bye week before lowly GT is beyond me). But this year, I actually think it was more to our benefit not to have it. We just won 3 games in a row, our team was getting better overall, and our injuries were minimal (at least, I think). We had a lot of momentum going into this weekend.

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It is always difficult to accept losing. However, it is close to impossible when that losing is coupled with poor discipline.

For the last few years Coach Richt’s teams have been the most penalized in college football. We improved this year but fell back into the trap of off field problems.

Do the players not fear Coach Richt?

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Buzz,
I agree on Murray. It could have been that they didn’t have him throw at game speed enough last week. He threw very little against UK. I thought that was a mistake–keep him, throwing, growing and in synch. It could have been that he was a little awed by the Gators, since he grew up in FL. Maybe, he watched the film of Jenkins, realizing he is one of the top cover men in the country and he will go in the first round. And, when Jenkins jumped his curl to AJ, perhaps he got intimidated a little bit, and didn’t want to go back his way. (Man, do I wish he would have pumped that one!) I think that was one early and predictable call btw. We often open with a curl or a quick throw over to AJ. Bottom line: he appeared stone cold at the start of the game. He did go back to playing like the real Aaron Murray in the second half. I DVRd the game, and I saw several wide open receivers that Murray didn’t see, so I would be interested to find out how many he thought he missed after looking at the film. All told, though, he is doing great against some pretty good teams–I think he is going to be a great one, if he stays healthy. The Fairley guy from Auburn looks dangerous; we will have to have a great performance out of our O line to win that one, and Bobo better enter that game planning to score at least 50 if we want to have a chance against Cam Tebow.

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I changed my offensive philosphy- you did not.

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Bill, you are wrong. Mistakes by players on the field and missed opportunities had us down by 14 at half. It is Richt’s style not to force a mistake with seconds on the clock, especially with Murray’s play to that point.

What a great comeback to get to OT. It is all about turnovers. Dawgs will regroup and stay the course. We were not out coached.

I enjoyed seeing my school’s head coach calm and cool on the sidelines.

Urban looked herky, jerky all night.

I felt it was our game to lose. UGA lost because of the turnover margin.

I like the coach, the D, and A. Murray is a talent.

GO DAWGS!

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The offense lost this game. Not the players, but the idiotic play calling by Bobo and the lack of adjustment to what the defense will give you. We finally have a defense, thanks to the change in the defensive coordinator position. Well past time to do the same with the offensive coordinator.

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Aaron Murray lost that game for Georgia. You need to find a QB that plays within the offense and protects the football. That’s how you win in the big boy league. Maybe you guys can move over to the ACC…

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Mutts whine and speculate and blame and make excuses.

Gators chuckle and roll eyes.

Situation normal.

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Yall need to lay off Murray. Yes he turned the ball over, but he also kept us in the game. He is a freshman and he has put up better numbers than, stafford or green. Give the kid a break. He is a winner and he will prove so. Bobo puts the kid in terrible situations and he has all year.

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Not sure what to say anymore, but objectively as a Georgia Grad, I simply chalk this game up as a loss on the schedule until proven otherwise. Not much left to say other than we’re not going to make a change this year, so we can probably expect another lifeless year unless some changes are made. We knew the 3-4 transition would be rough this year, because if Saban has serious issues in year one of his 3-4 installment than we know we will. Obviously the defense will get another year to get together. Many will blame the defense as losing the game, but many of us are forgetting how atrocious the offense was in the first half.

Others have noted absolutely correctly in stating that our coaches lack a killer instinct that Meyer and Saban possess. 2 timeouts with 1:30 left and a chance to get the ball back with the talent we have on offense and the best wideout in the country?

Richt will definitely get another year and I supposed he’s earned it. The defensive staff will have an entire off-season to get better and I think Grantham probably will be better. Richt should get a new offensive coordinator or take back over play-calling. To think that our offense is good just because we came back from a 14 point deficit against Florida hasn’t been watching all the games this year. We have underachieved across the board with the talent we have. Perhaps Richt can get it together next year, but to be honest I really don’t see it happening. If you can’t even get to the SEC Championship game with Stafford, Moreno, and Massaquoi. And with the best WR in the country and returning 10 out of 11 starters, please explain how we will next year. If absolutely nothing else happens in the off-season we MUST get a new strength and conditioning coach. Van Halanger has been coasting for years and years.

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I don’t understand that first play called. Why throw that quick screen to open the game? It’s the equivalent to a run play, usually picks up a few yards. This was Murray’s first game in Jax. Open the serious with the running game. And let the 19 year old settle his nerves a little. He’s a good good player, but everyone in that game had nerves going in it.

Bobo should know better. And should have known enough to keep the ball on the ground in OT. I f^cking hate that first down play calling in OT. Wasted play to the back of the end zone to Durham. That should have been picked off.

Just move the ball toward the end zone. It didn’t need to be won in a single play in OT. But if you’re gonna try and put it away, that means you’re almost accepting that you’re going for 3 if you blow the end zone shot on first down. F^ckin’ 3rd down in OT and you throw the ball over the middle? Really? Don’t wanna at least get a shot at a field goal?

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(((( 34 – 31 ))))

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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There ya go, Bama Stan; slam the ACC. If you haven’t noticed, the SEC sucks too. Ultimately you can’t spell insecure without S-E-C.

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Bill, I hope you’re wrong. I hope Richt doesn’t get another crack next year. I thought I would never say this but I hope UGA loses out — it will guarantee Richt’s departure. UGA football being a laughing stock has got to end. We need a coach with the killer instinct. UGA won’t be getting any more money from me until they correct the problem. I’ll be the guy at the Idaho State game holding the “Fire Coach Richt” sign. This embarassment has got to stop!

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Great point Bill, 34-31, Meyer was MILES greater than Richt, right? So obvious.

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I implore all of you to go back and look at the schedules Georgia andRicht have played the last 10 years. Look honestly and assessthe games whereGeorgia andRicht had CLEAR and DISTINCT talent advantages. Makea judgment about thegames wheretalent differential was not blatant but Georgia had the edge. Add up all those games and then honestly comeon hereand say Richt’s wins per year is something special. Also considerthe games where there wwas virtual parity–or close to it–and figure his record in those games.

Mark Richt is a DOG and I don’t mean a good one.

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an FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points, FORY NINE POINTS to your ten points….
18 out of 21
8 out of 10

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

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You Mr. King are an idiot. I didn’t even waste my time getting past the title of this horrible thing you call an article. You clearly know nothing about football and I have no idea how you still have a job. Coaching does not cause 4 turnovers. Because of those turnovers, we gave their offense a short field to work with and they capitalized with 14 points. Coaching did not cause a freshman QB to be slightly rattled playing his first game in his home state. Coaches did however make second-half adjustments and other in-game adjustments that helped the Dawgs rally back from a 21-7 first-half deficit. Coaching helped hold their offense to 10 second-half points in regulation and helped us score 24 points in the second half. With budget cuts and everything considered, I am shocked that you and Mark Bradley weren’t the first ones to go. I graduate from UGA in December with a sport management degree. Maybe I should attach a resume with this comment. I might not know as much about journalism as you, but I promise, it isn’t hard to know a hell of a lot more about football. You might be better suited for the Tech blogs.

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If Im not mistaken I had the bye week last year and got blown off the field anyway. I thought for sure the black helmets would help and the week off and I still got outcoached. Pay me my money.

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Im not even going to live up to my title this year. The best I can hope for is fourth place in my division.

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What about Florida’s entire team running on the field in OT? They should have been flagged. Then they would have been starting from the 40 instead of the 25. Just sayin’

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Oh and by the way McGarity is not going to fire me cause I got him in the palm of my hand. I whipped out my bible, poured a glass of Jesus Juice and we prayed on this loss. All is well.

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there ya go Perro, like a true GA fan—-BLAME THE REFS!!!!! If you had scored, and held FLA it wouldn’t matter!!!

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Heck maybe UGAVIII ate the wrong food yesterday maybe that was it.

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Last time I checked the priests at NOTRE DAME dont coach football, so why does UGA let me? I run one of the biggest churches in the country.

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Bobo is my scape goat.

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“Richt outcoached by Meyer.” – Now there is a news flash. Richt and his staff are routinely outcoached. Talent and shear athletic determination are the only reasons they have won a game this year. Might not win but one more.

As for Auburn, I hate to even think about it. It could be real ugly. Now we know why Todd Grantham was our fourth choice for DC. He sucks. Say what you want about the new scheme. Week to week there is no sign of progress. If Auburn doesn’t put 50 on our defense, I would be shocked. It’s not that we don’t have players. We don’t have coaches.

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Runner up Richt, the whole coaching staff is the scape goat. Name for me a single coach on this staff that is worth keeping.

They should have been fired prior to the post game news conference. That way, we would have plenty of time to find replacements. And, the replacement should not be a coordinator wannabe head coach.

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P Bull Terrier, Did you not watch the game? Did you not hear all of the discussion surrounding the fact UGA has one of the best kickers in the country and FLA has been struggling with their back-up kicker. Advantage UGA — you play to your strengths. Unless of course you like losing.

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Welcome to toast town doggies. This UF team is younger and more talented than the previous bunch. They are going to be outrageous for the next 3 years. You guys had your best shot and blew it. You guys had 10 returning starters on the offense and had only 10 points by the end of the 3rd quarter. A,Jersey and Kris and the o line and Caleb etc. will be gone. Murray will be running for his life next year and those receivers will be dropping those passes like a bunch of high schoolers. Burton is gonna school you classless idiots and then we have the #1 QB recruit coming in behind him. Eat my dust you delusional rednecks. Herschel left 30 yaers ago and he will not be coming back until you give him another new car. BWAHAHAHAHAHA

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I’m tired of losing this game every year and dealing with all these obnoxious florida fans at the landing every saturday night! McGarity needs to move this game back to athens, ASAP. Ga can win a lot more in athens than jacksonville, which is a dump.

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Lots of silly comments from UGA outsiders as usual… Aaron Murray is why we were in he game. Next to AJ Green, he is the UGA offense. Anyone watching the game and this season knows that. He will probably be All-SEC next year. Alabama could only wish to have the talent of Aaron Murray as their QB. Reading absurd comments from gator and bama fans has become the norm. Bama wasn’t good enough to join the ACC before Saban!

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AFDawg, the reason I’m coaching at the MS level is because I’m still in college and don’t graduate until December. You are exactly the kind of person that reads this blog, the kind that get their information and opinions about football from commentators and color analysts. I didn’t agree with the play calling in OT. I didn’t agree with taking a shot to the end zone of 1st down and then trying to run when they knew it was coming. You don’t just settle for a FG on third down. You QB has been money all year, you as a coach have no reason not to believe in him and let him try to win you that football game. Why don’t you just keep listening to Vern. According to him, Cam Newton transferred from UF because he didn’t want to sit behind Tebow. What a joke.

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Dawgs with ball in a tie game with a minute left. Play for overtime. Meyer won’t let them. He wants the ball back and even calls timeouts to get it back with 25 seconds left so he can try to win the game.
This fact in spite of the fact that we had momentum (just stopped UF), and we had the much better FG kicker. Speaks volumes to me about what is wrong with our program.

Should have easily won both the Ark and CO games; both there for the taking and games other staffs win. SC and Miss St should also have been wins but Lattimore too much for UGA before we got personnel straight.

Speaking of defensive personnel. We gave CWM hell for giving up 30+ points in games. We’ve done that a few times this year including yesterday against the worst UF team in >20 years. They scored 7 against Miss St. When we had all the momentum yesterday in the fourth quarter, we again let UF go down the field like Sherman through Georgia.

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Richt coached a fine game. It was a good game–could have gone either way. To say that the offense and defense has not improved is a bone headed statement. Dramatic improvement. Richt’s job is secure through his contract and by that time he will have turned it around. Not giving up on CMR. He is talented, young, experienced and a proven winner. Richt is here to stay—thankfully.

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Sorry Bill but this was a total waste of space today! 4 turnovers, not coaching lost the football game. But wait, you said that didn’t you? Which was it, turnovers or coaching? Let me tell you that it damn sure wasn’t coaching that lost that ball game. And to ask for 3 runs and then a field goal….this comes from the same people that say we need to have a killer instinct and step on someone’s throat???? Even my little girl knows that the first team to have the ball in OT has to put as many points on the board as possible, which means TDs not FGs. Just curious at this point, what position did you ever play that makes you an expert on any of this because your insight has been pathetic this year.

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TheItalianDawg, you sound like a loser! Until our coaching staff and players lose this “look for excuses” mentality we’ll always be an also ran. Playing in Jax wasn’t a problem in the 80s now was it?

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I doubt any othewr defensive coach in America could have adjusted to that QB shift thing the way Grantham’s D did in the 2nd half.

Great move by Meyer to use something innovative, but great counter by Grantham in the 2nd half to shut it down.

Learned Meyer’s pretty good when he has 2 weeks to prepare, but Grantham’s awesome at halftime adjustments.

We got ourselves a winner in Coach Grantham folks, superstar.

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I was there…. and AJ was being covered one on one, but he was not running deep routes despite floridas safeties crowding the box….

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Would have loved it if Georgia had called a double move on that 1st pass to AJ, anticipating the Florida DB jumping the route, would have been a different ballgame.

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The Georgia Possums – Play Dead at Home, Get Killed On the Road

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dont worry folks we’ll be second next year I promise.

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Except for a few rare rational posters the AJC boards are populated by the biggest collection of jacklegs outside of the Georgia Tech forums.

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i’ve been tough on Murray not only because of the fumble and int’s, but rather, during the game, i felt like he was missing some open guys pretty bad, and after watching the replay today, he did (a bunch).. he threw 2 passes in OT, both of which were awful. we can all second guess the play calling in OT, but the fact is, if we play it safe and kick a FG and they score a TD, well, we all know what would be being said then….

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blah blah blah. I know one thing I still get paid

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Why does Georia suck so bad!!!! 34-31 Mutt Losers

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My fault thats 700,000 per win. Things dont need to change huh? Puts things in perspective a little now.

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Dear Lord I hope no one important, who can actually make decisions, reads and listens to these comments.

Urban Meyer didn’t outcoach Mark Richt. And its pretty dumb to think so. They won a close game because their player made a play and our players didn’t.

Meyer had 2 weeks to fix his TERRIBLE offense coming into this game. They threw more looks at us than they had against MIss. State or any of those other teams. Watch, Florida’s offense will pick up a lot of steam in the coming weeks. They had a healthy Demps back and a healthy Rainey. You don’t honestly think Miss. St. would have held them to 7 points with both of those runningbacks healthy and available do you?

Of course Bobo didn’t run the ball as much, we were down by 14 points most of the game, we needed to score and score quick. If the game had been closer I promise we would have run more. Bill, please, just think through things before you write something that you know everyone will agree with, like, “I Still don’t understand why Bobo did this……”

And yes, I guess Mark Richt was dumb for having a freshmen quarterback kneel with the ball on his own 5 with 30 seconds left in a tie ballgame. He should have had his qb, who had thrown 3 int’s that game and fumbled, chuck the ball downfield and hit the wide open reciever that of course would be there since UF would never have deep safeties ready to get the turnover, then kick a field goal and win the game in regulation.

Georgia fans need to realize that we’re having a down year. It may be Mark’s fault that we’re here, but that game wasn’t. stop sounding so whiney. Geez.

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There is no doubt in anybody’s mind that Bobo has to go at the end of the season but getting rid of him now would not be a mistake. Richt could always go back to coaching the QBs and calling the plays. I do think that we should be looking for a OC now and not after the season. This should not take over a month to find a highly qualified OC. The guys played a hard fought game and the inept coaching still continues to show up on both sides of the ball. Grantham’s defense should be a whole lot better, especially on the pass coverages. We are not very physical in the secondary and it shows in our tackling and not being in the proper place on each play is just poor discipline and should have already been addressed. We have to start making changes for next season now and not later because I think this one is over. We have to play better for recruiting purposes.

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Bill-

Tell me again why your bringing Mark Richt back again next year?

Kirby Smart, Will Muschamp, Chris Peterson, Gary Patterson, John Gruden

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McGarity will earn his pay this winter. The problem UGA now has is recruiting. A looming coaching change always does that. McGarity has a short window of oppotunity to make a change. If he pulls the plug right after the season, recruiting is hurt for next year only. If you keep Richt another season that only prolongs the pain if next season is a repeat or even an 8-4 kind. It is now a cluster F— in Athens and McGarity has to keep the big hitter contributors coming back. Coach Richt is a fine man but 10 years in the SEC pressure cooker is too long. It is time for a change.

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I think you are right about the secondary. Key play: Rambo sets up for the big hit instead of breaking up the pass then struts around like he’s done something great after giving up a key first down that led to a score. He also dropped another INT. 3rd and long is just atrocious.

I was a little disappointed early on when Murray was needing to settle down and Urban was trying to wear out our D wiht the hurry up that didn’t run more. The RBs were picking up 3 and 4 yards a carry. Keep the D off the field, and give Murray a chance to settle in.

I thought both teams were just so bad. I hope Richt does not get fired still. Even though I was shouting it at halftime. After cooling off, I think that if Richt goes your going to have at least two years of transition if not more. That’s a waste of some of these kids whole careers all because we want bragging rights. It also may be the loss of some recruits.

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MARK RICHT GAVE UP WITH 54 SECONDS LEFT IN REGULATION! His (or his and Bobo’s)refusal to play to win is the reason they should absolutely not be back next year. It’s time for a desperately needed change in coaching – offensive and defensive.

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Dawgs stand tugether. Roff, roof, roof. We gon be allrite. Com on dawgs, how bout them dawgs. we stilll love gorga, and aj is the best player ive ceen sinse i dont no when.

gorga grad–nine tee ninter nine

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Some people complain because Richt has never beat Tenn. and Fla. in the same year,but since he is 2-8 against Fla. HE’S ONLY HAD 2 CHANCHES TO DO THAT.

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1-4 in turnovers. That was THE difference, the ONLY difference.
You are an idiot.

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THWG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It is the same story every year and that drive home from JKVL is sooo awful.

We beat a TN, Vandy and KY over the last few weeks and it seemed like the old GA was back but those teams only have 2 SEC wins between the 3 of them. They are the dregs of the SEC. I want to do more than beat the bottom feeders.

Yes, we will kill some 3rd rate Idaho ST team next week and I sure some will think the program is back on track. I just can’t believe it. I can’t see us beating Auburn. I don’t see beating GT as a the big deal like some do. We are in the SEC and to be relevant we have to win those games.

This program used to be elite. We get the best talent coming in every year but I don’t feel that our coaches can develop that talent. Realistically, we can only say we are in the middle of the SEC pack. I know we have better talent that SC, ARK and MST yet lost to them all. That says bad coaching to me.

I want to contend for SEC championships every year. I want to at least be mentioned when they talk of the National Championship. The last one was 30 years ago!

To be that SEC power and therefore a National power, we have to beat AL, AU, LSU amd most especially FL. Does anyboby really think we will start beating FL on a regular basis under CMR???

One more year of what? If we beat SC next year and we get 7 or 8 wins does he get another?? Look what happened to AL when they hired Saban. They went jumped back to elite status. We have a great fan base and the program has $ for a great coach. Why can’t we expect the best?? Ask yourself WHY NOT GA?

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Richt is the laid-back non-chalant coach. UGA will never play with the passion needed to win a Championship while he is the coach. Cut your losses now and go get a proven winner like the TCU or Boise St coach. Somebody with fire in the gut that won’t accept mediocrity.

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Bill – I respectfully disagree that we were outcoached. That open week is tough to overcome on the preparation level. We lost because we turned the ball over. I don’t blame the coaches for that. As for those who are criticizing us for passing in OT, I call BS. Remeber Alabama in Tuscaloosa? Those same “fans” (I use the word loosely) thought that was a great call. The ball was tipped. Stuff ahppens during a football game that you can’t control. Anyone watching Saturday knows the best team lost, but it happens.

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I hope UGA doesn’t accept a bowl invitation as a .500 team. They will play in the Toilet Bowl if they do…

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All right enough is enough we can settle this once and 4 all!!! Richt should be told now he will be given 1 MORE SEASON TO WIN THE SEC OR HE IS HISTORY!!!! I agree he is a fine coach BUT he fails to make the tough decisions. He knows what is wrong but he fails to make a change!!!! With our schedule next year and Murray with 1 season under his belt it should be ripe for the picking. Tennessee is struggling. Florida is struggling and will have a new 1st year QB!!! Our defense will have plenty of time to know how too execute. Even though Miss. State didn’t take a year to learn Manny Diaz defense. I also think Richt blew that call by not hiring him BUT!!! NO EXCUSE FOR NEXT YEAR. The reason to give Richt 1 more year is the schedule and no new coach can come in 1year and run his system to a championship. The reason Richt should be gone next year is this!!! 2-8 against Florida. But most important is 2 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 10 YEARS!!! 0-10 NATIONAL TITLES!!! This program deserves better as us the fans!!!! 1 More year Richt and NO EXCUSES!!!! GATA OR GET OUT THE DOOR!!!!! That should make the WHOLE BULLDAWG NATION HAPPY WITH COMPROMISE!!!! ENOUGH SAID!!!

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Hey Bobo, I hear Thomasville High School needs a new offensive line coach. You are qualified for THAT job.

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Bobo’s A Dildo:
SCORED 31 POINTS AGAINST A GOOD FLORIDA DEFENSE….SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO WIN….YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT FOOTBALL….YOU, MY FRIEND, ARE THE DILDO…..YOU SAY NOTHING ABOUT THE DEFENSE….ONLY ABOUT BOBO…GO ON AND GET BACK IN THAT DEER STAND, RED NECK….YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE GAME….

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I’ll get back in my deer stand if you promise to walk under my tree ?

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31 POINTS NOT ENOUGH FOR YA, OLE BOY….HOW MANY YOU EXPECTING, ABOUT 60….I WOULD WALK UNDER YOUR TREE STAND, CAUSE IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO SHOOT A GUN ANY BETTER THAN YOU KNOW FOOTBALL, YOU COULDN’T HIT A BULL IN THE BUTT WITH A BASE FIDDLE…..

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I also agree that Richt and his staff were outcoached, but this talk about how we clearly had the better team is being way overplayed. We had the edge at some of the skill positions, but I can’t say Florida is better on defense. And on offense they have much more speed. Speed, and coaches ability to use it, continues to be the main difference in this series the last 5 or 6 years. UGA has a few players with speed but offense and defense don’t use it effectively. Meyer on the other hand has it top to bottom on his roster and he take full advantage of it. Rainey and Demps this year. Percy Harvin the last 4 years and their were others whose names I can’t remember. Big plays result from speed and good playcalling, UGA is short on both. If Richt want to save his job he better bring in a OC from outside the staff that can get it done. And on defense he better hope Grantham is better than he has shown because that ship has sailed. I agree with the earlier poster Manny Diaz was out there for the taking but Richt passed on him. Most fans would probably have complained, but that was bad decision.

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The Bulldogs did not get out coached. If Rainey doesn’t play in this game then the Gators lose. Everyone attacks Richt for his lack of discipline but what about Meyer?

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@ Macclenny “Dawg”

Florida will still have Brantley and Burton Next year you moron. UGA may take a step back with AJ leaving, the other leading reciever leaving, and still having Mark Richt on the sidelines.

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Dawgs just gotter hunker down, i mean we shuld uh wun that game. im still proud too bee a georga fan, and graduate. i love coach richt and think hes got us on the rite trak.

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I don’t think Mark is a horrible coach. I think we just need a change. Fresh start. New ideas. New hope. New energy. New schemes. New accountability…… See Auburn 2 hours south.
Tuberville is still a good coach…..and Mark will be successful somewhere, likely an ACC team, where 7-8 wins get you voted Governor.

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Do you actually get paid to do this?

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ConeDawg…..Richt doesn’t have two year to correct this. We go 6-6 ( maybe) this year and next year will be about the same, maybe 7 wins. Follow the money. This off season will be bad, but we are in a holding pattern with this staff. The whole sports world see’s it, but will howl at firing a coach with a .760 winning percentage. But, he’s like 13-24 during this span, and throw in another defeat this year and 5 or 6 next, he’s toast I’m afraid. His reward for his success is next season, plus another 3 mil off the current contract.

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so, after all the complaining in years past about how Richt plays for the field goal too much, now all of the sudden it’s what he should have done. Really?? Had he done so and UF scored a td on the next possession everyone would be screaming for his head because he’s not aggressive enough.

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Let me give you my unique perspective: I’m a UF graduate, living in Gainesville for the past 24 yrs and working at UF, but I’m a diehard DAWG fan…always will be. I’m not a fair-weather fan and have taken a lot of hits the last 24 yrs from my friends and coworkers about GA losing so much to the Gators. That’s okay, I’m a big girl and I can take it because I bleed red and black.
But this game was TOO much. We should have won, plain and simple.
All that said–The Gator fans down here pretty much expected GA…they told me so! I expected GA to win…there’s NO reason why GA didn’t win…except for the horrible coaching. Sorry, but Bobo has long overstayed his welcome.
As for Richt–yes, he’s a fine man, but he’s just not doing it as a coach. We need someone with some spunk, some fire, and a desire to WIN!!!! He needs to stop trying to be the players substitute dad/reverend, and light a fire under them!
Frankly, I’m tired of making excuses for the Bulldogs, and I will ALWAYS be a Dawg fan because I grew up in GA…but enough is enough! Heads need to ROLL!!!

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Can some please explain with the best receiver in the country we almost totally ignore him till late in the fourth quarter. There does not seem to be any imagination with Georgia’s offensive it is run, run pass or pass, pass, run. I think all of Georgia’s opponents have figured out the offensive game plan. It like coach’s are phoning it end this year!

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Richt is being retained because he’s a wonderful human being. We’re in year 3 of this slide.
Call it what you want to. 2011 will not be a lot better if you study this roster. We we got the ball in OT Saturday, you get 3 chances to score or make a first down or you HAVE to kick a field goal. Bobo/Richt choose to run off tackle on second down and gave up 33% of our chance to score. I’m sorry, but that was a big blunder, and exposed this staff…………….If you’ll notice when Florida got the ball after not scoring on the interception, Meyer threw into the end zone on threr second down. Compare…..Bobo should have thrown the Ball to AJ 3 times in OT…….We got out coached !!!1

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Just for full disclosure. I do coach football and I can tell you if you go 2-8 in region against you’re biggest opponent then you will be looking for a new job. I have been on here for weeks defending CMR. But we can’t beat Florida and that’s what got Ray Goff (who was a True Dawg). I respect Mark Richt,the man and the coach, immensely but I no longer believe he can get us where we want to be. I know we have new regressed to below where we were in 2001. We are two games away from worse than 1996.

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Nice post Gapeachdawg. That was one of the best Ga/Fla games I’ve seen in awhile. I just wished the the outcome would have been different. Congradulations to any Gator fans that are on this site right now or that will read this. Its truly sad to have the record we have with the talent of players that we have on this football team. I know the players are the ones playing in the games and either making the plays or making the mistakes, but coaching really does have alot to to with. There are some serious problems with the Georgia program and its sad because anybody and everybody that watches or follows the team,(especially the last two to three years)knows what the main problem is. Now I’m really interested in knowing with the new AD in place,what is going to be done about it and how long will it take to make this change. Love my Dawgs always will,Go Dawgs!

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The good thing about ya’ll losing is it keeps the da’s off the Tech blog. With that said, I thought ya’ll played your hearts out.

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In OT UGA was looking for the homerun ball like they did against Bama in that OT game when all they needed were 1st downs, another recycled game plan.

UGA still wins if TEs/WRs hang on to the ball. UF had the UGA ground game under control and I do not blame Searles the one coach on the offensive staff proven outside of Athens for that.

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OK, are all of my sensible fellow fans ready to admit now that the Dawgs, despite all the 4 & 5 star players, are just not a very good team? Beating UT, Kentucky, and Vandy obviuosly erased the start of the season for some fans. This loss to what is by far Meyer’s worst team ever at UF should make people wake up. Then again, a loss to Colorado didn’t so maybe I expect too much.

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This team needs to learn to just jump on a loose ball and not try to pick it up. Hard fought game but a disappointing ending. I think Murray was a little nervous starting off the game. A lot of high throws in first quarter. He played great in 2nd half. One too many interceptions in overtime. This team didn’t quit. If they had quit I would be screaming for a new coach but that isn’t what happened. Lets win the next 3 and win a bowl game and go out on a good note. Go dawgs!

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Bill-you are not qualified to comment on this game in a major newspaper. To comment in such a forum you should ATTEND the game. Junk this column and lets get a true fan that will actually GO to the Florida game, (the Florida game for crying out loud, not a game in Starkville) to write this column. Bill this is a disgrace.

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conedawg, two years is too long. One year only. A team mindset of losing has set it. And it stinks, to high heaven! If you have been directly involved in athletics for a long time, and I have, and have witnessed this mindset with other programs, regrettably,it is very hard to change without a change at the top. ?to ask. Would Les Miles lost this game if he had been the HC of the same players for the entire game? Sobering, isn’t it?

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didos, obviously, cantondawg.

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Is there some animosity between Murray and AJ that I am unaware of? Murray literally would not even look to his side of the field for the first three quarters. I actually went back and watched the first half, and if you identified the side of the field AJ was on during a pass play, over 90% of those plays, Murray did not even scan that side of the field off the snap. It was also weird how often he targeted Charles (even though they were HS teammates) considering that Charles drops about the ball about 75% of the time he is targeted and does little even when he does catch it.

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I thought Urban’s coaching without STrong and Mullen
was not all that great. Both teams were up tight.
The difference in the game was Florida’s luck in
winning the coin toss, and electing to see what
Georgia did. I also thought Richt threw Murray
to the wolves in his play calling, after Ealey scored
five TD’s the previous week. He put too much
pressure on Murray…

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What gives you comfort in the play calling of Coach Bobo? Has it ever occurred to you that Bobo’s success has been almost totally dependent on the talent of our players? Not on his strategy. My wife normally can call the correct play that Coach Bobo will be calling. Granted, she has been around football players and coaches all of her life. So, one may conclude if my statement is true, our opponent’ coaching staff certainly are not having a difficult time planning for a game with our DAWGS! Now, in defense of GAPeachDawg ,who sounds stupid?

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One thing that i hate about our offense is that it is so predictable and easy to read. When we run the ball, you know exactly who’s getting the ball. There are no fakes. If we pass on first then we run the ball up the middle on second. After watching Florida and Oregon, i would like to see us go to some kind of spread offense. With those teams, you don’t know who’s getting the ball.

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As Bill Parcells says, “We are what we are…” Just glad I was there for our one NC “back in the day,” and hope we can get competitive with Florida again this decade.

Until Leeburn & money guys want a change, what you see is what you get.

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standingonthesidelines, I would doubt that Coach Richt would be repeating the “finish the drill slogan” on the Sunday recap when asked by the moderator what, “what needs to change next year, Coach?” Surely, he wouldn’t would he?????????

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THANK YOU CAM NEWTON FOR NOT GOING TO UGA!

THANK YOU ERIC BERRY FOR NOT GOING TO UGA!

THANK YOU CHUCK SMITH AND JAMAL LEWIS FOR NOT GOING TO UGA!

THANK YOU DEION BRANCH FOR NOT GOING TO UGA!

THANK YOU SHANNON AND STERLING SHARPE FOR NOT GOING TO UGA!

THANK YOU CALVIN JOHNSON FOR NOT GOING TO UGA!

THANK YOU RONNIE BROWN FOR NOT GOING TO UGA!

YOU REDNECKS WITH YOUR BIG MOUTHS RUN ALL THE TOP TALENT OUTTA THE STATE OF GEORGIA!

KARMA FOR YOU EVIL HICKS WHO THINK THAT THE TOP BLACK PLAYERS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU HILLBILLIES,NOTICE ALL OF THESE PRO FOOTBALL PLAYERS FROM GEORGIA,THAT DIDNT GO TO UGA!

YALL MIGHT AS WELL HAVE YOUR KLAN RALLIES,NOW I SEE WHY THE BLACK PLAYERS ARE GETTING LOCKED UP IN ATHENS,GA! THAT PLACE IS RACIST!

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Maclenny_dawg & takedowndawg~ Thanks!! You’re obviously real DAWG fans who’ve watch Bobo and know what I’m talking about. I think Bobo’s coaching SUCKED this game as it has in the past…apparently FURMAN PALADIN DEATH DEALER isn’t a true DAWG fan at all who watches all the games…he’s just some creep that enjoys flopping from one blog to the other trying to stir up crap, just take a look at all of his past posts..oh well, some people have no life
Kinda have to feel sorry for them

GO DAWGS!!!!!!

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The heck with all of the x’s and o’s guys. Are you stupid as hell? ANother reflection from our misguided leadership. I love Coach Richt as a human. As a leader and head coach he has done nothing to impress me at all. Our off the field issues are detrimental. From the AD on down to the towel boy in the locker room. No off the field guidance and the leash is way too long and loose on the entire program. Richt needs to retire, Ouit. Why is UGA not three deep at every position? Why dont we play with any heart as a team? No heart!!!!! We recruit players that are 5 star athletes and have no heart. And have no one to fill their shoes when they are arrested. Give me a blue collar player all day long with heart and I will take that over any 5 star player anyday of the week. No heart on this team and is Coach Richt’s ticket to a retirement party hopefully.

Who do we hire then, someone that will coach some heart and will enstill in the recruitees that this is a opportunity of a lifetime, not a way to get 26 inch spinners on your uncles ride….

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Lets not kid ourselves. The turnovers and a bad game by Aaron Murray lost us the game. I love UGA and I am all in when it comes to the DAWGS. aaron Murray had about 10 – 12 passes that were poorly thrown by a wide margain. You can’t turn the ball over 4 times, put your D in that situation and expect to win against any team in the SEC (except Vandy and Tenn). Take away the points off turnovers and we win EASY, but we did not. It is what it is. I believe CMR will have next year to right the ship or else…Someone at work today asked me if Nick Saban would still have his job if he was 2-8 vs. Auburn? Something to ponder.

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What y’all need is not a off-wek. Y’all need an off year. Oh wait. This is one.

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Just thankful that the dawgs will be clean shaven for their next round of mug shots.

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“the only way to get out of that mind-set is to win a game like this one. Georgia didn’t do it, unfortunately, and that’s going to make Richt’s job even harder next year.”

I have to disagree. The fact they didn’t fade after 21-7 is something to build off of. This was a darn good game, mostly well-played by both teams.

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FIRE MARK RICHT, THE 3 MILLION DOLLAR MAN,LOSER . I HOPE GEORGIA LOSES TO AUBURN AND GEORGIA TECH A5-7 RECORD SHOULD GET HIM FIRE.

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An off-week before the game is not going to do any good if you use it to take them swimming or dress them in Halloween uniforms.

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The 4 teams UGA has beaten this year have won a total of 10 games; 3 of those teams have lost 75% of their games, and the sole team with a better record than 2 wins vs. 6 losses (Kentucky) has won fewer than 50% of its games. ‘Nuff said.

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hahahaha, how are you enjoying mediocrity mutts? Couldn’t happen to a better bunch of people. For those of you who are saying this was a good game and something to be proud of, did you actually watch the game? How many times can one team fumble the ball to the other team only to have it immediately fumbled back. This game was a comedy of errors between two overrated, crappy teams and played out as exactly that. Can’t wait until Auburn pounds you losers by 40 points. Suck it losers!!!!

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UGA is to football what I was to the Presidency.

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Just so you guys know……UGA is NOT our biggest rivalry of the year. It is no longer a rivalry when one team pounds the other team year after year. As far as the bye week goes……before playing us you guys had only won 4 games…..do you really think an off week would have made a difference? STOP WHINING!!!

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gbal.We are all very proud of Aaron Murray and the job he has done this season. What we are not proud of is the lack of creativity displayed by our OC. Vince Dooley used to run the halfback through the # 4 hole the first play of EVERY game! “Just testing the waters”, he’d say. I thought that it was idiocy then and I think that it is idiocy now. No other SEC team has to worry about Mike Bobo fooling them in his play calling. He seems to be stuck back with Vince Dooley, who had the fortune of one, Herschel Walker and a defensive coordinator named Russell. If you are not old enough to live through those times, we understand, but if you are. Observe. The similarities of Bobo and Dooley and his OC are glaring.

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Frustrated:
YOU MUST HAVE SEEN ANOTHER GAME THAN THE GA/FLA GAME I SAW….GEORGIA COMES OUT AND HAS 450 YARDS OFFENSE, 31 POINTS EVEN THOUGH THE YOUNG QB HAD A BAD FIRST HALF…..AND YET YOU SAY THE FAULT LIES WITH THE OFFENSE….THE FACT IS WE GAVE UP 34 POINTS TO AN OFFENSE THAT HAS STRUGGLED MIGHTALLY THIS YEAR….HAPPENED AT COLORADO…WE GIVE UP 29 POINTS AND SCORE 27…COLORADO HASN’T SCORED 29 POINTS SINCE THEM ALTOGETHER…..ONLY 450 YARDS AND 31 POINTS POINTS TO AN OFFENSE THAT COST US THE GAME.;….WHAT ROCK HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING UNDER?????

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jimbob, ?????why or why, did urban myer let CAM NEWTON(Heisman Candidate) get away to the auburn tigers that you just spoke so fondly of just now? Doesn’t that make you feel just peachy while you are gloating!

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takedowndawg:
VINCE WON 200 GAMES AS A GEORGIA COACH RUNNING THROUGH THE “4″ hole…..WE DISPLAYED ALL KINDS OF CREATIVITY….WIDE RECEIVER SCREENS, HALFBACK SCREENS, ALL TYPES OF RUNS, REVERSE WITH AJ GREEN, QB KEEP AND GIVE ON ZONE READ PLAY….WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT, SOME REC LEAGUE DOUBLE REVERSE PASS….COME ON, takedowndawg, CAN’T YOU DO BETTER THAN THAT…TELL ME WHAT CREATIVITY YOU WANT TO SEE…..WE’LL GET IT DIALED UP JUST FOR YOU….

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Gator:
GATOR FANS DISTURB ME…THEY JUST LIKE ALL FANS, INCLUDING BULLDOG FANS….IF THEIR TEAM DON’T WIN, THEY POUT AND ACT LIKE CRYBABIES, AND WANT TO FIRE SOMEBODY….IT TOOK ONLY 3 LOSSES TO GET THE GATOR FANS TO FORGET THE GREAT THINGS THAT URBAN DID AND THE WHOLE GATOR NATION TURNED ON HIM….SHAME ON YOU, IN THAT RESPECT, YOU JUST LIKE THE DAWGIE BAG BANDWAGON FANS WHO NEVER QUIT WHINING IF THE DAWGS DON’T GIVE THEM A WIN SO THEY CAN BRAG TO THEIR BUDDIES AT WORK…..GET A LIFE….

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Wrong about everything. If we had run 3 times and kicked a fg than florida wouldn’t have played so conservative in the overtime. UGA made the halftime adjustments. I thought the coaching was fine. Not jumping on a fumble and defense letting up the 3rd and 20 were the difference in the game. If you lose the turnover battle 4 to 1 you are probably going to lose. Go Dawgs

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“Even Except For Coaching.” It is clear what AJC writers want to do to Coach Ritch. You guys are full of BS.

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GApeachdawg:
YOU ARE SO PITIFUL, JUST GOT TO CALL YOU OUT…CAN’T BELIEVE I’M EVEN ANSWERING YOU UP, BUT GOTTA DO IT…OLE DEATH DEALER IS A DIE HARD BULLDOG WHO PLAYED AT ONE TIME FOR THE DAWGS….WHEN YOU SAID YOU WERE A FLORIDA GRADUATE, I SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD…BUT FOR YOU NOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT 450 YARDS, 31 POINTS, AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THE OFFENSE DID AND THE GREAT PLAY CALLING THAT WENT WITH IT, AND YOU COME DOWN ON BOBO….THEY MUST HAVE ALREADY LEGALIZED CANNABIS IN FLA. LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IN CALIFORNIA..BELIEVE YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTO SOME OF THAT…..YOU HAVEN’T TOLD ME ONE THING YET THAT BOBO COULD HAVE DONE SATURDAY THAT HE DIDN’T DO…YOU ARE SO FAR OFF BASE TO CALL BOBO OUT WHEN THE OFFENSE PLAYED GREAT….IT IS THE DEFENSE, MADAME, THAT GAVE 34 TO A FLORIDA TEAM THAT SCORED A TOTAL OF 6 PTS. VS. MISS STATE…..FLORIDA’S OFFENSE IS TERRIBLE….

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U guys need 2 understand Rick is no good as a caoch. Hes ruiend the story UGA program with his lack of disciple of his players and his worst paly calling. The resaon the Digs are loosing games is Mark Rick.

Nuff said!

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Everybody on here seems to be looking to “blame coaches”, “blame players”, etc, etc..The reason for all the frustration, I believe, stems from fans who continue to buy into the idea that uga is really a good team, has “all that talent”, better than UF, and on and on. Every blog after every GA loss this year says they “lost to a lesser team”. Sooner or later better face the reality that for last two years the uga talent level is just not very good. Seems most uga fans are buying into class rankings by recruiting services and assuming that translates into on field performance. Fact is, it doesn’t. Against UF uga lost to a team with better football players…as example, would any of the uga fans here actually turn down a trade of Murray for Burton? If you would turn that down you don’t know much about football. Also, look at UF running backs vs. King and Ealey..uga backs are not comparable.

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Dan Reeves 4 UGA coach!

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I am going to start a movement to target EVERY top high school football player that will be attempted to be recruited by Georgia and strongly encourage them NOT TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA UNTIL BOBO AND RICHT ARE FIRED!!!!

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This was a Zook era loss. You know the drill, UGA goes into the game with the better team, yet screws up in ways they dont in other games. They gave this game to UF with stupid turnovers. Murray looked like a kid that hadnt thrown in a year. Which brings me to the offensive coaching.

Bobo’s offense looked totally unprepared for this game. Give them credit for coming back in the second half, but this offensive unit just doesnt hit the field ready to play anymore. They spend half the season sleepwalking and not until November do they decide to show up in the first quarter. Its pathetic.

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Myers still has it, UGA don’t.

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If Meyer was 2-8 against us and won only 2 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS in 10-years would he still be coaching FLA??????
If Saban was 2-8 against AUBURN and won only 2 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS in 10-years would he still be coaching FLA?????
AND THESES COACHES HAVE WON A NAT. TITLE!!!!!!!!
IF YOU RAN A UNIVERSITY AND HIRED A COACH FROM THE SEC WHO WOULD IT BE??
IF IT AIN’T SABAN OR MEYER U R CRAZY!!!
AND FOR THAT FELLOW DAWG FANS IS WHY IF U R NOT ON TOP U HUNT ANOTHER LEADER!!! AND REMEMBER RICHT WHEN HE CAME HERE DIDN’T HAVE ANY HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE!!!! ENOUGH SAID!!!

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Coach Richt will be given one more year to figure things out, get over it. Lets beat Auburn and the Yellow Jackets and move on. Two bad years in a row is a trend, three is a pattern.

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Darn it, meant to type to Bill, not myself.

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I hate this loss, we lost to a inferior team. I thought the D made the adjustments it needed in the 2nd half and there was NO quit in our guys. No tears and no excuses move on..but our D is going to be better next year they could have folded their tents but didn’t . We moved the ball in the 2nd half on a pretty good D and overcame a 14 point deficient. We lost it hurts but we can play with these guys any day of the week! And last year I couldn’t say that. So congrats Gators you won as good a game as I’ve seen in a while.

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Why in the world would you think UGA would beat UF with an extra week to prepare! And, some of you guys really need to look up what a “paragraph” is..geesh. Use them…

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The head coaching is the biggest problem. He’s in charge of the whole program, including the players, the OC, and the DC.

FIRE MARK RICHT.

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Why this late in the season are they FINALLY throwing to Orson Charles?

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The bye week we had last year really helped.

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Not really proud of that record and it definately is no excuse for loosing to Co , Miss St, SC or Arkey

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Every one of you blind homers are boobs. Aren’t yo the same losers that were saying UGA wins the SEC east and plays in the SEC Championship. You boobs have nothing to say to us who want this program to excel. You boobs are the same ones who are championing a coach who is 2 and 8 against our most hated rival. The little JUCO schoo doesn’t count!

STFP! you’re a bunch of toothless morons who wouldn’t know excellence if it bit you in your behind!

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Snake Doc you sir are moron of the highest order. I’ll STFP whatever that means when and if I want to now what do you say to that tough guy?

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i dont want to hear about manny diaz. that fool came from the same place as willie martinez. Todd’s stats speak for themselves. 34 pts is the most scored on these dawgs all year. last year, sc had 40+, arkasas had 40+, Florida had 40+,kentucky spanked our butts, tenn scored all over us too.

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Grantham is doing a heck of a job, its his first year installing a completely new scheme. Give CMR and Grantham one more year to beat So Carolina, Tenn, UF, Aub, and GT all in the same year. If they cant do that next year then so be it.

I know about the turnovers and the no huddle and all that stuff. but IMO, it came down to our pass rush disappearing after the first quarter. Besides that sack which was negated by a BS false start at the end of the game, I dont remember us getting any pressure at all after the first quarter. If we had we would have won….

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Until Tressel showed up michigan owned Ohio State. Since not so much. Chris Peterson please come to Athens there is no barrier to the BCS here, but I do warn this ain’t the WAC or the Mountain West either. So pack your lunch and prove your a genius. CMR thanks for the memories and good luck you’re a great man and helped us to take a step.

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“As we noted Saturday, turnovers by Georgia — compounded by the Dogs’ failure to take it away when the Gators gave them the chance — really were the difference in this game.” Deep into your piece you admit the truth of the matter…so why start out saying the teams were even excepting the coaching? The defense played a decent game for having the Florida offense start on our side of the field so often. I am the first to admit that the coaching for the last two years stinks overall, but this particular game cannot be chalked up to coaching. Several Dawgs just choked in the clutch…the ever present specter hanging over the Florida game every year now. Gators just have to get on the bus and get to the stadium; the Dawgs will manage someway, somehow to beat themselves.

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When a QB doubles his interception total for the season, it isn’t coaching.

And you can rag the D if you want, but our O set the up the Gators several times. And if Florida had this O all year, they would have only entered the game with 1 loss. You will see when the pound SC and FSU and the SECC is really close.

I thought the Dawgs played great, but the breaks didn’t go our way. Case in point, 2 of Florida’s false starts were late calls afer we had stopped them on 3rd down and come up with a sack to puch them to 3rd and 20. Both times they converted on the next play.

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Hindsight is always 20/20. We weren’t out coached we were just the victim of bad breaks. I thought the playcalling was fine. What are we gonna do? Fire Bobo and spend all next season getting used to a new offense. I say stick with what we got and Murray and our offense will be fine. Bobo is a True Dawg who don’t deserve all the blame this season.

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The players lost this game, the coaching was better than Florida’s in my opinion. The breaks didn’t go our way. It was a competitive game that we should’ve won, but again we didn’t. I am curious to see the day that we start winning this series again…I just hope it’ll be in my lifetime

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Snake Doc
You are correct. Problem is, how2fish, and others like him, want to give CMR more time.
More time= wasted time. Fire CMR today. CMR is not a good judge of talent, CMR is not a good on-field coach. CMR has lost all respect.
UGA fans and alumni deserve better than this JOKE.

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I sat thru the game on Sat. and thought ” I can never get these 3+ hours of my life back”…What a total waste of a great tradition!

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Wrong Bill – Difference was 3 firstt half turnovers buy UGA and two missed turnovers (fumble recoveries) Two of those eliminated or go our way and we win this game…. in regulation — No Overtime. If you folks want to blame coaching for those 5 plays not going our way you are about as assinine as Jeff Shultz. If you want to bash AM for having a bad half…. Fine….. Go find another team to support.

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dogs sayin they lost to a lesser team….DUH! You guys play again and that three QB “O” would fool you guys again.

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There as been a report that the real CMR is in Africa doing missionary work. The report stated that he appointed Bobo OC back in 06 because he was leaving country before the Peach Bowl game against VT & what nobody knew was that CMR has a twin brother that took his place as our Head Coach. This would explain why the person who is acting as our Head Coach is clueless.Will the real CMR PLEASE COME HOME–WE NEED YOU

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one other thing, coaching didn’t lose us this game, the QB did. i’ll give him credit for winning us 3 games(not the Kentucky game), therefore, he gets some blame for losing us at least 3 this year, also…

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LakeOconeeDawg-
I’m right with you, dude. The offense certainly played good enough to win. AM played like a freshman in the first half but in the 2nd half he let all of DawgNation know what they can look forward to. Kid played his heart out. Bobo blew the OT with his idiotic play calling. Should have run it on 1st down. Yardage gained, or not, should have dictated the next move. They new we were gonna throw it. Guys in that sissy orange were all screaming PASS! I was close enough to hear some of them. Bottom line, we never should have come away from that first possession without at least a FG. Also, a lot of people were pointing the finger at CTG for giving up 34. That may be a valid point, but nobody can honestly say our defense is not greatly improved from the WM era. We will only become a more stingy defense once we have the new schemes down better. IMHO

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BufordDawg. Well said. Cultist who defend Mark Wretch are, well, cultists! They defend the man who is quickly destroying the Univerisity of Georgia football program. I have no vendetta against the truck salesman and former bartender but I plainly see the direction the Bulldogs are headed under his, ahem, leadership. The Florida game was painful in so many ways. It was painful to see Gator coach filled with enthusiam, fire and raw emotion. Wretch stood motionless. Again. Gator leader WANTED to win. Wretch focused more on Sunday School message for next morning. It is long past time for Wretch to go. If he was a true Christian he would resign honorably. He is not! No one at UGA has guts to fire his uncaring a$$! Bulldogs will be SEC bottom feeders for many more years to come under this loser. Looking up at Mississipi State? Erk Russell just turned over in his grave. Sigh.

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stendek, I don’t follow you. I do have two questions: How many varsity letters do you have and in what sports? Curious.
Second Q: Do you have a jersey?

God, why did you allow blogs?

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Stendek……I guess the boys at the retard school left the computer room unlocked tonight.

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Bear Bryant -Alabama 1st 10 yrs had 4 -10 plus wins in a season, Pat Dye-Auburn 1st 10 yrs had 4-10 plus wins in season, Tommy Tuberville had 2-10 plus wins in a season, Steve Spurrier-Florida had 8-10 plus wins in a season, Philp Fulmer Tennessee had 6-10 plus wins in a season, Johnny Majors had 1-10 wins in a season, Vince Dooley- Georgia 1964-74 had 1-10 plus wins in season, Mark Richt 2001-08 had 6- 10 plus wins in a season. Bobby Dodd- Georgia Tech 1945-55 had 3- 10 plus wins in a season.

These are all legendary coaches at their perspective schools when they 1st started coaching………. Mark Richt hasnt seen his best years nor has the fans.
Also note that the SEC has expanded and athletes are much better which makes it harder to repeat as champions.

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We cant blame the coaching for everything that happened, basic fundamentals were disasterous and these kids have been taught this all their lives. Fall on the ball” Is the fumbles from coaching? Is the penalties from coaching? Is not executing the coaches fault? Is the interceptions the coaches fault? Yeah i cant stand Bobo to me he’s way behind as an O.C. but he did do one of his better coaching jobs i thought against Florida.
Murray threw the interception not Bobo. I hope and pray Coach Richt demotes Bobo and finds a new O.C. in the off season and im sure they gotta be feeling worst than we do about the loss. Mark Richt will make things right at Georgia.
All of ya’ll are so spoiled and expect everything to go your way, yeah i hate Florida as much as anyone in this room does but im being realistic. We kept sorry Ray Goff what 8 miserable years before he was fired.
Vince Dooley recommended him for the job too.
Georgia has a new QB and not a Stafford as of yet, this kid is gonna be great 1 day and it takes time to mature and also i think it’ll take 3 years to learn the 3-4 Defense so be patient.
Its o.k. to vent and give your opinion cause im feeling the same way as you are. We see Saban at Alabama win the BCS Title and cant understand “hey why cant we do that” ? They dont play Florida and Tennessee and S. Carolina every year as we do. Might just be the ghost of Bear Bryant i dont know but over in the West they just have to beat LSU every year and maybe now Auburn.
This is just a hiccup and we’ll bounce back but youre stupid if you want Georgia to fire Mark Richt ppl.

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Richt: Stay / Bobo: Go. We have Grantham; now let’s get a decent OC.

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The bye week didn’t seem to help UGA last year

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You know, the way this year has gone for and to the dawgs, maybe they ought to consider the Jerry Springer Show instead of a bowel game.

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Bill,

Have to diaagree. Coaching was not the reason we lost the game. The UGA coaches had us in position to win the game. It was the turnovers (and failure to get the turnovers we had in our hands) that killed us. People aren’t even counting the fifth turnover we had when we missed the first two point conversion attempt. And the one turnover we did get was no better than a punt with no return yards.

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