Not all wins over Tech are created equal
The best thing about this season for UGA: The development of Aaron Murray at quarterback. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Some more thoughts on Georgia’s 42-34 victory over Georgia Tech …
As anyone in red and black knows, any win over the trade school is a good win, but judging from the postgame conversations and chatter on the radio and online, Dogs fans left Saturday’s game without nearly as positive an attitude as after last year’s “I run this state” victory in Atlanta.
Part of that likely is tied to the overall frustration with a 6-6 season and the graphic evidence provided on the field Saturday that Georgia’s defense has a long way to go before it gets back to respectability. Any team running any semblance of an option running attack piled up the yards this year, with Tech being just the most notable example.
Also a factor in the postgame quibbling was the way Mike “Balance for the Sake of Balance” Bobo once again seemed to take his foot off the pedal once the Dogs got up a couple of scores. I realize that the play-action passing game is somewhat dependent on the defense thinking there’s a possibility of a run, but, really, was there any need for that pretense Saturday night? Al Groh’s defense had sold out against the run and doubled-up A.J. Green (which even then wasn’t enough to slow him down), meaning the pass was open nearly every play.
And yet Bobo insisted on trying those runs up the middle too many times, the worst case being when the Dogs got the ball back with 9:35 on the clock and a slim 35-28 lead and started off with two one-yard runs by Washaun Ealey before Aaron Murray got sacked, necessitating giving the ball back to a Tech offense that Georgia clearly couldn’t stop at that point. After the first play of that Georgia drive, you could hear the anguished cries of fans throughout the stadium, “Throw the ball!”
Thus was the game a lot closer than it needed to be. Had Georgia put Murray back in the shotgun and let him sling it downfield all night long, it’s doubtful Tech’s defense could have done anything to stop the onslaught. Why must it always be so difficult?
On the plus side, Murray again showed what a special quarterback he’s becoming. Aside from the fumbled snap on that last fourth-and-1, he put on an impressive display all evening long, scrambling out of trouble, completing 76 percent of his passes and making few mistakes. Kudos to Bobo and Mark Richt for another superior job of quarterback development. …
The most heads-up play of the night came in the fourth quarter when Brandon Boykin fumbled on a kickoff return and Marlon Brown picked up the ball without missing a beat. Give Marlon credit for his fair catch of a short kick to the 30-yard-line, too. Speaking of which. …
Brain fart of the night: Shaun Chapas letting a pooch kickoff bounce off the ground before trying to catch it, resulting in a fumble to open the game. Even rec league kids know better. …
Nice snag by Bruce Figgins in the end zone on the Dogs’ third score. I think we threw to him twice all year and both were TDs. And full credit to Murray there for finding the open man. …
What a strange experience it is for a longtime Georgia fan seeing a Dogs offense that can’t pick up the first down on fourth-and-inches. …
Good thing the Dogs didn’t need a timeout in the fourth quarter since they used them all up in the third, two of them while grinding out the final three yards for that fourth touchdown. …
For a rivalry game, the Sanford Stadium crowd was pretty dead for much of the game, no doubt because fans were stunned by Georgia’s inability to stop Tech on the ground. Finally, on the Jackets’ next-to-last possession, the crowd came to life on third and fourth down with 17 yards to go. I still say moving the Redcoats to the end zone, where they could be heard better throughout the stadium, would help keep fans in the game.
And while we’re on the subject of managing gameday Between the Hedges, how hard would it be for the folks in the booth and Richt to get on the same page so the Dogs actually take the field when they’re introduced? …
I have no idea what Samuel L. Jackson was doing on the field in UGA garb, but it was cool seeing him up on the big screen. …
Lastly, a shout out to Malinda Erwin of Oglethorpe County, who normally sits in front of me in Section 104 but missed Saturday’s game because of hip surgery. She usually is there at the games beside Mac Colvin, her best friend of 50 years. We missed you, Malinda!
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UGA season ticket holder since 1986
November 28th, 2010
6:03 pm
Yep. It was Giants-Eagles. I thought so.
In the last minute of a game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles at Giants Stadium on November 19, 1978, the Giants had the ball at their own 29-yard line, leading 17-12, with 31 seconds left. The Eagles had no timeouts left, and everyone assumed the game was over as quarterback Joe Pisarcik kneeled on second down. However, the Giants’ offensive coordinator Bob Gibson called for the next play to be a handoff to fullback Larry Csonka. The handoff was bobbled and fell on the turf, where Eagles cornerback Herman Edwards returned it for the winning touchdown
billy bob
November 28th, 2010
6:04 pm
oh yeah? nuttin bad blame on murray. he is perfekt. blame all bad stuf on da fence or specialty teemz.
layinlow
November 28th, 2010
6:05 pm
w
Damon Evans
November 28th, 2010
6:05 pm
Now that the season is over I feel it finally fair to comment of what is lacking this season from UGA: heart, discipline, toughness, consistency, and ability to play clutch… No doubt the statistics have improved from last year, but the team was worse. This is the result of coaching letting down the players by not coaching to the situation… I do want to applaud the work of Mike Bobo with Aaron Murray; he has proven he is one of the best QB coaches in the game. That said, he needs to be demoted and stripped of play calling responsibilities. Coach Searels needs to be replaced as OL under his tenure gets worse ever year… McClendon needs to be moved to focus just on WRs and recruiting… Ball needs to be let go along with Lilly… Garner please go…Grantham and the whole defensive staff need to be replaced. Grantham doesn’t look like he is effective teacher or play caller. Too many times this year he seemed to be out classed and did not make proper adjustments after halftime… I am not ready to scrap the 3-4, but I think that maybe a hybrid 3-4 like Stanford or doing a 4-2-5 may have been more effective this year… Next year with Jones and Samuels in the middle the 3-4 could be better, but we still need some good NT and DEs… I really appreciate what Mark Richt has done for the university, but I just feel like his message is getting stagnant and the program needs a fresh voice and more discipline to build on what he has done for us, which is a lot. Mark- you will always hold a special place for us, but I think the time to move on has come. I have no hard feelings or doubts that you can be successful somewhere else… I just think that we need a new system and new leader… I really want to look outside of the program (no Smart or Muschamp) for the next leader of the program… Obviously, Harbaugh or Gruden would be loved here… BUT, let us be realistic about that… it will not happen… I am not so sold on Mullen like many of you… I don’t really like his scheme… I really like Chris Petersen, Kyle Willingham, and Gary Patterson, but even they come with a warning… I guess if I had to choose, I would like to make a run at Bob Stoops first… then Jeff Fisher from the pros and then one of the coaches above… if not those 5, then Mullen or Venables… or maybe Bates from the Seahawks.
Bobby Joe
November 28th, 2010
6:05 pm
listen heer kluless ones. aaron murray flop, flop, fizz, fizzed on 2 different 4th downs.
billy bob
November 28th, 2010
6:07 pm
we all lik murray. he is reel gud. gud kid 2. nuttin bad is his fault. you boyz is meen here sayin murray does bad stuf. don’t blame anything bad on murray, he just a wee little freshman now.
2012 FEAR THE END
November 28th, 2010
6:08 pm
Are you OK Bobby Joe
Damon Evans
November 28th, 2010
6:09 pm
Also, Aaron Murray played great for the most part this year… BUT, watch out for him spending too many nights at frat houses… I know for a fact that he and AJ broker curfew more than once this year and were out partying the night prior to a game… shame on you boys… I am okay with the partying in the off season, but not before a game… also, don’t drink and drive… Trust me that it never works out well.
Bobby Joe
November 28th, 2010
6:09 pm
I thought aaron murray suposd 2 be some kind of super star runner like camera newtons. but shoot far, he just runs for 4 yards backs against the little bees. didn’t even gain a single yard all nite.
billy bob
November 28th, 2010
6:11 pm
you boyz are flat our rud talkin smak bout murray. he’s a week little kid. beat that great team idaho states.
Bill Cowher
November 28th, 2010
6:12 pm
UGA,
I will take your job, but you have to pay me 8 million a year and give me another 5 million for my assistants… PLUS, you have to get the crowd to actually show up every game and cheer all game… everyone knows that UGA fans are in the bottom of SEC fans… I would say 8th out of 12.
Paul Johnson
November 28th, 2010
6:13 pm
I know how to make UGA a 10-11 win team every year… move to the ACC.
2012 FEAR THE END
November 28th, 2010
6:13 pm
Damon;
September 19, 1987. Favre, despite suffering a hangover from the night before and vomiting during warm-ups, led the Golden Eagles to a come-from-behind victory with two touchdown passes,
He is in college let him have a good time
UGA season ticket holder since 1986
November 28th, 2010
6:14 pm
….and blocked field goals run back for touchdowns are too common to list.
I’m still waiting for a single Division IA game where the team won by giving up points and hoping for a touchdown plus two.
Paul Johnson was wrong when he said it was the only way to give his team a chance. The way he chose has NEVER been successful but I’ve already cited several instances where other theories were successful.
So, to pin it on Richt that he should have anticipated something that has NEVER been successful and worse yet to pin it on Ealey is just ……………………stupid.
billy bob
November 28th, 2010
6:14 pm
didn’t you boyz see that great 2 yard pass murray throed to that fast fella duram? gee whiz, that fella shure did run far afder that.
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 28th, 2010
6:20 pm
My Dawgs are the best .500 team in the nation!
Is there a special play-off for that occasion?
Anybody want a beer?
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
Bobby Joe
November 28th, 2010
6:23 pm
85% of Georga’s touchdowns were against unranked teams.
KNOWBODYYOUKNOW
November 28th, 2010
6:25 pm
Someone on this blog stated Tech cries everytime they lose about some call the refs make? R U kidding me. Thats the mutts M.O. I’m not gonna be gullable enough to say G.T. is a top program. But you smash face dog fans think because 30 years ago you won the National Championship you are the cream of the crop in college football. Come on, you’re getting beat by the majority of the SEC. If you nuts only knew how other fans see uyou.
2012 FEAR THE END
November 28th, 2010
6:25 pm
6 of those touchdowns were against Tech
2012 FEAR THE END
November 28th, 2010
6:28 pm
KNOWBODY,
What team do you pull for?
Northern Sympathizer
November 28th, 2010
6:37 pm
Reality check for the Bobo-bashers:
UGA scored 30+ over Florida, 30+ over Auburn, 40+ over GT. Wiped out Tennessee, Kentucky, and Vandy. Historically, that is as good or BETTER than UGA’s offense fares in the second half of any year. Yes Aaron Murray has performed well and has AJ, but otherwise, this is NOT the most talented UGA offense. The OL and RBs are mediocre by UGA standards. Isn’t it remotely possible his play-calling is decent??!
TDone is done
November 28th, 2010
6:44 pm
TDone: You said:
To Top Row Dawg, Tech is to Georgia as Georgia is to Florida. The fact of the matter is that we give you all a better game than you do Florida. As to your insipid 1990 National Championship comment, until your recognize it, you all will never win another one.
This thing will even out. Water reaches its own level eventually.
The fact is that UGA is 39-15 against you since 1957. 30-11 since 1970. You are drowning in that water!
52 W 11/30/1957 7 Atlanta, GA 0
53 W 11/29/1958 16 Athens, GA 3
54 W 11/28/1959 21 Atlanta, GA 14
55 W 11/26/1960 7 Athens, GA 6
56 L 12/2/1961 7 Atlanta, GA 22
57 L 12/1/1962 6 Athens, GA 37
58 L 11/30/1963 3 Atlanta, GA 14
59 W 11/28/1964 7 Athens, GA 0
60 W 11/27/1965 17 Atlanta, GA 7
61 W 11/26/1966 23 Athens, GA 14
62 W 11/25/1967 21 Atlanta, GA 14
63 W 11/30/1968 47 Athens, GA 8
64 L 11/29/1969 0 Atlanta, GA 6
65 L 11/28/1970 7 Athens, GA 17
66 W 11/25/1971 28 Atlanta, GA 24
67 W 12/2/1972 27 Athens, GA 7
68 W 12/1/1973 10 Atlanta, GA 3
69 L 11/30/1974 14 Athens, GA 34
70 W 11/27/1975 42 Atlanta, GA 26
71 W 11/27/1976 13 Athens, GA 10
72 L 11/26/1977 7 Atlanta, GA 16
73 W 12/2/1978 29 Athens, GA 28
74 W 11/24/1979 16 Atlanta, GA 3
75 W 11/29/1980 38 Athens, GA 20
76 W 12/5/1981 44 Atlanta, GA 7
77 W 11/27/1982 38 Athens, GA 18
78 W 11/26/1983 27 Atlanta, GA 24
79 L 12/1/1984 18 Athens, GA 35
80 L 11/30/1985 16 Atlanta, GA 20
81 W 11/29/1986 31 Athens, GA 24
82 W 11/28/1987 30 Atlanta, GA 16
83 W 11/26/1988 24 Athens, GA 3
84 L 12/2/1989 22 Atlanta, GA 33
85 L 12/1/1990 23 Athens, GA 40
86 W 11/30/1991 18 Atlanta, GA 15
87 W 11/28/1992 31 Athens, GA 17
88 W 11/25/1993 43 Atlanta, GA 10
89 W 11/25/1994 48 Athens, GA 10
90 W 11/23/1995 18 Atlanta, GA 17
91 W 11/30/1996 19 Athens, GA 10
92 W 11/29/1997 27 Atlanta, GA 24
93 L 11/28/1998 19 Athens, GA 21
94 L 11/27/1999 48 Atlanta, GA 51
95 L 11/25/2000 15 Athens, GA 27
96 W 11/24/2001 31 Atlanta, GA 17
97 W 11/30/2002 51 Athens, GA 7
98 W 11/29/2003 34 Atlanta, GA 17
99 W 11/27/2004 19 Athens, GA 13
100 W 11/26/2005 14 Atlanta, GA 7
101 W 11/25/2006 15 Athens, GA 12
102 W 11/24/2007 31 Atlanta, GA 17
103 L 11/29/2008 42 Athens, GA 45
104 W 11/28/2009 30 Atlanta, GA 24
105 W 11/27/2010 42 Athens, GA 34
mcgdawg
November 28th, 2010
6:51 pm
Billy Bob and Bobby Sue, I mean Joe, …you crack me up!
Tech Hater
November 28th, 2010
6:56 pm
The offense is not the problem, the reason we have a losing…sorry 500 record which is a losing record at UGA is the defense.
We get smoked by every decent team. we are one of the few that made the Gators look good on offense.
Gratham has no clue, next year will be more of the same from the defense which is excuses.
750,000.00 wasted dollars, the choke sign he gave in the UF game was the same one he sould do in the mirror all off season.
Gordon
November 28th, 2010
6:57 pm
“So…….I’m waiting. Please identify any Division IA game where giving up and hoping for a touchdown and successful two point conversion worked.”
Please identify any game at any level where running the clock out while leading has not worked.
Gordon
November 28th, 2010
7:00 pm
“I know how to make UGA a 10-11 win team every year… move to the ACC.”
No, we’ll drag you down like we did Miami and Florida State.
j
November 28th, 2010
7:03 pm
you guys won the game and are still a joke. HAHA
JOKE JOKE JOKE
Not to forget Bill King, haha! didn’t even mention end of the game being a low point, giving Tech a chance to win by not kneeling on ball. How dumb are you guys. Enjoy many more years of Richt to come! And even if you beat tech, you’ll still lose to the Fla’s, Tenn’s, Bama’s, you name it of the worlds. Major step back for the GA program last night, even with the win. HAHA! Bill King, JOKE! HAHA!
j
November 28th, 2010
7:06 pm
Gordon is correct. you play the game to win. team with most points at end of the game, time regulation, wins. Had UGA kneeled on the ball, you win! so simple to understand. your coaches are dummies! haha! if you can’t understand this little concept, how are you going to understand the x’s and o’s, bozo ga boys with stupid haircuts and redneck ford trucks? how you gonna do it?
PHIL
November 28th, 2010
7:07 pm
Northern Sympathizer you can no longer post on this blog. You make too much sense. What we want here are those like Damon Evans who blames the performance of players and their lack of effort and heart on coaches who drills in their heads on a daily basis the way the game needs to be played.
Time after time Ga players were in position to make tackles and didn’t do it. The coaches can’t do it for them. Damon you ever been at a football practice? The coaches tell the running backs constantly how important it is to not fumble the ball. A coach has yet to fumble a ball in a ball game at any level.
The OL was great two years ago and Coach Searels walked on water. You think he forgot how to coach?
You can’t MAKE a player block, you can’t MAKE him be in the right place. You can’t MAKE a player tackle someone. You can’t MAKE him not sell his jersey or not drive his scooter the wrong way. You can’t MAKE him go to school at UGA. You can pay them to go to school but that’s a different story.
The poor performance of this season falls squarely on the shoulders of the players and their decisions on and off the field. To say that all these things are ultimately the responsibility of the coach is true only in that he is held accountable for the mistakes of others. In a job situation you simply fire someone who can’t do what they are supposed to do or continually screws up. You have an endless supply of replacements at the ready. It’s not that simple in college football.
The funniest thing people say though is that we should have Kirby Smart or Will Muschamp as a replacement. Or the guy from Stanford. Stanford is a 6-6 SEC team all day any day. When did Kirby Smart ever even be the defensive coordinator in a game? He sure isn’t a head coach. Saban is the DC at Alabama, period, end of story. Muschamp? Are you kidding me? Do you see what his defense is this year? They aren’t even going to a bowl. ANYBODY can coach, even you Damon, with great players. Muschamp is fresh out of them and guess what? He’s not genius to figure out how to go about overcoming it. And yet are the UT fans calling for him to go? Nope. And did the SC fans call for Spurrier to go when SC did NOTHING AT ALL until this year? Nope. Do the UF fans want to run Meyer off even after they got waxed yesterday? Nope. GT is a really bad team and are the nerds calling for him to leave with his high school ideas? Nope. It’s the UGA fans like you Damon that have a patent on pure stupidity. Makes me ashamed to be an alumnus. However what is important is that the people that matter are not concerned AT ALL with what is said by “fans”, and I use that term loosely, write in some fish wrapper blog.
ScoutDawg
November 28th, 2010
7:07 pm
Your right billy bob, UGA hasn’t beat any good teams. Including the Nerds.
wishful thinking
November 28th, 2010
7:09 pm
Hire Mark Wipple please!
Sad j
November 28th, 2010
7:11 pm
my name is sad j…. when my team loses I call the other team dumb and mention the other teams that are better than mine cause as a tek fan I have been taught from birth to change the subject when talking about the UGA, tek game.. When we lose we change the subject. It makes us feel lots better. we are very good at it. Look at all the tek postings and you will see.
Richt Is Smarter Than You Think
November 28th, 2010
7:15 pm
You can stop screaming to FIRE CMR…..He’s already gone anyway.
He’s interviewing for the Miami job. He’s spent 10 good yrs between the hedges, with the first 5 clearly better than the last 5.
He’s watched things disintegrate before his very eyes at UGA…And he’s been powerless to stop it. He knows he made a grave error in hiring Grantham to run the 3-4 without the personnel to do it.
He knows he could stay at UGA and not win another SEC Championship for the next 10 yrs…..But he could go to The U and probably win the ACC within 2-3 yrs. The recruiting would be much, much easier for him too.
They’re prepared to line his pockets and give him the escape from UGA that he so desperately desires — and NEEDS. He’s had one foot out the door just waiting for the right opportunity. Now it has found him.
Richt will coach Miami football next season. Go ahead and get used to it.
Stupid J
November 28th, 2010
7:19 pm
I just changed my name to stupid j cause I really am a moron……UGA fumbled three time.. they tried their best to give tek the game. Those boys are dumb for fumbling They stopped us on a 4th and 2 when we could have kicked a field goal. They are dumb for stopping us. They let us run over 80 offensive plays and we still couldn’t score as much as them. Those boys are really dumb to let us run all those plays. They scored a touchdown cause we wanted them to. They were dumb for scoring a touchdown.
Oh by the way they can’t beat florida and alabama and we can’t beat… kansas, miami, virginia teck, NC State, oh…. we can’t beat UGA either…hardly ever I gradgeated #1 in my class at tek
Blaze
November 28th, 2010
7:31 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?
Get this hypocritical phony Christian out of the state now. Today. Miami is welcome to him.
Bob
November 28th, 2010
7:47 pm
The problem was with the formation on the series at the 9:35 mark, not the running plays. The problem was being in the shotgun with the backs on each side of Murray. We were at our best in the I-formation, either doing play action or running behind the fullback. Again, we were in a awful formation. Everybody always say play calling was bad but that is not true at all.
1986 season holding dog is a real football
November 28th, 2010
7:47 pm
smart guy. He knows all the angles.
Ty in Ty Ty
November 28th, 2010
7:52 pm
Richt is just a gang leader. Send the jerk packing.
voice of reason
November 28th, 2010
8:01 pm
Richt is smarter, you are dumb. First, Miami hasn’t identified richt as a canidate for the job. Secondly, Miami is a private commuter school lacking a real dedicated fan alumni base. They simply don’t have the funds of a big SEC school and will not be able to buy shannon out, then turn around and do a buyout of Richt’s contract with UGA, and then proceed to make Richt one of the highest paid coaches in America.They don’t have the money to do all of that.
John
November 28th, 2010
8:16 pm
Was Georgia’s offense good this year, or did they score a lot of points, on bad defenses?
La Laf–ranked #115 in scoring defense, give up 38 points a game
Vandy- ranked #91 in scoring defense, give up 31 points a game
Colorado- #84 in sco def, giv eup 30 points a game average
Kent- #80 in sco def, give up 29 points a game average
Tenn- #63 in scor def, give up 26 points a game average
Auburn- #59 in scoring defense, give up 26 points a game
How did Georgia do against good defenses?
Scored 6 on South Carolina.
Scored 12 on Miss St.
John
November 28th, 2010
8:17 pm
Georgia Tech’s Defense–#62 in scoring defense, gives up 26 a game average
bart
November 28th, 2010
8:18 pm
As much as I admire Richt as a person, I do not think UGA can win the big one as long as he is coach. The program has been on a downward slide since Van Gorder left. Grantham apparently is not the answer to resusitate the defense, and while Bobo is not a complete bust as an OC, he is not the answer either. The strength coach is a failure. A complete overhaul of the coaching staff is in order. That may save Richt’s job. He has got to have top notch people around him, because as a head coach he is lacking. Think about in how may games this year alone he has been outcoached. The think about the past seasons. He has been outcoached in most of the games. We have to face the facts. Richt is not earning his almost 3 million $ per year.
AltamahaDawg
November 28th, 2010
8:22 pm
“And yet Bobo insisted on trying those runs up the middle too many times, the worst case being when the Dogs got the ball back with 9:35 on the clock….”
Actually, both of those runs were to the outside, a play that had produced runs of 27, 13, 27, 10, 10 yrds, in that order, the last 5 attempts. I frankly don’t think he was counting on Murray getting sacked on third down either.
Tech had made some adjustments leaving AJ more open the series just before that, but it’s a near certainty that they brought the safety back over the the top of him at that point.
And once again Bill, you DO realize that Murray walks up to the line and decides if he is going to pass or run depending on what alignment he sees, right? We can at some point stop the silly critique that “Bobo called this play or that play …..” It’s a formation with options.
No way did he tell Murray…..”I don’t care what you see on the outside, run the ball up the middle for no appearant reason.”
Dawg 39
November 28th, 2010
8:24 pm
Based I what I am reading there is no hope for us Dawg Fans as long as CMR & CMB are still there..
However, If I am CMR & next year may be my last year, you can take it to the bank that Bobo will be my OC as I attempt to keep my job.
KNOWBODYYOUKNOW
November 28th, 2010
8:24 pm
I pull for MY TEAM!
KNOWBODYYOUKNOW
November 28th, 2010
8:31 pm
O.K. fans I’ll level with you. I’ve got a big family. Several are UGA grads. Some Tech grads. Some went to Auburn, some Tenn. One nephew went to Baylor. Ga. Southern. N. Carolina. A couple are at Flordia State now. I was too stupid to go to any college. So I fit in with most of you people posting. I usually pull for the underdog. Except I can NEVER pull for the gators.
AltamahaDawg
November 28th, 2010
8:39 pm
Also odd how all good plays are full credit to the player(s), but a bad play is always Bobo dumb call. Didn’t he also design and put into practice (even more so in that TE example, since he personally coaches Murray) the the good plays too?
voice of reason
November 28th, 2010
8:42 pm
I swear some of my fellow Bulldawg fans are delusional. I think the sports illustrated piece about UGA having one of the most delusional fan bases in America is true. Some of You act like every school would fall all over themselves to get mark richt. Well I have been reading Miami fan message boards tonight and they, news flash, DON’T WANT MARK RICHT. In fact I was laughing because some of their fans were actually saying they would rather have Mike Leach. OUCH. Plus the UM has had 1 arrest in 4 years and that is the mandate of the new president and AD. Thats right 1 arrest in 4 years. Do you think they want to hire a coach who has had a dozen arrest in one year? The new image driven administration at UM does not want Richt either.
John
November 28th, 2010
8:48 pm
Georgia’s defense, WOW, what a performance.
Held 8 of 12 teams BELOW their scoring average.
The other 4 teams each scored ONLY 5-7 above their average (Fla, Col, G Tech, Aub)
Georgia’s defense faced 8 teams that average 27-42 points a game.
Georgia’s defense held 4 teams to at least 14+ points BELOW their scoring average (Vandy, L Laf, Tenn, SC)
Georgia’ defense faced 4 of the top 30 scoring offenses in the nation.
John
November 28th, 2010
8:51 pm
Georgia’s offense did not face a single top 25 scoring defense.