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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Washaun Ealy
November 29th, 2010
1:46 pm
I think Richt WANTED to lose this game, so he could be put out of his misery in Athens:
Going for it on 4th and 1 instead of kicking a FG to go up 4.
Not kneeling at the end, risking a botched handoff, or a fumble, or a quick TD.
Not going for 2 points to make the lead 9 (and seal the deal).
Either he WANTED to lose, or he was playing checkers instead of chess.
Washaun Ealy
November 29th, 2010
1:50 pm
I sho was stunned when all dem tekkies dint try to tackle me…but all i wuz thinkin about was my TD dance, whose car i wuz gonna borrow 2night, and where i wuz gettin the liquor…not necessessarilly in that order
Anthony
November 29th, 2010
1:59 pm
Get out the tar and feathers and run Mark Richt out of town on a rail. We’ve had enough of his phony religion, the two-bit punks he recruits, and his cluelessness about coaching.
collegeballfan
November 29th, 2010
2:10 pm
UGA scored 35 points, 28 by the offense. Why is everyone down on the offense? On the other hand, the GT offense scored 34 points on the UGA defense. GT only scored more against S Carolina St, 41 and Middle Tenn,42 than UGA. Folks, GT only scored 23 points on that ACC defensive powerhouse Duke!
If UGA has a problem it is the defense, not the offense.
And, I just ran the numbers from Scout.com on recruiting for the 2006 classes through the 2010 classes. This covers all players on the field Saturday. The UGA classes were ranked 21, 4, 5, 17, 4 for an average of 10.2 for the 5 years. The GT classes were ranked 41, 32, 37, 15, 49 for an average of 34.8 for the 5 years.
The question on the table is why was GT even in the game?
And I ran the scores for the same time period, 2006 – 2010. UGA averaged scoring 32.0 points a game against GT. The UGA defense gave up 26.4 points a game to GT. And for the last 3 years the UGA defense has given up an average of 34.3 points a game against the GT spread offense.
Again, the problem is not the UGA offense. The problem is the defense.
Happy Dicks
November 29th, 2010
2:28 pm
Washaun Ealey (The one just posting) YOU are a moran. If you go for two and don’t make it Tech can drive the field and WIN with a TD and a conversion and tie with a simple (for everyone not named Scott Blair) PAT. If you are so enamored with Paul Small Johnson, hell, pull for Tech. I’ll take our dumb coach who scored 42 points Saturday night and has beaten Tech 9 times in 10 tries over your genius who scored 34 Saturday night and has won once in 3 tries.
I have had season tickets at Georgia since 1970 and have lived through a lot of ups and downs. We have had more ups than downs with Mark Richt. He is well aware that our players have to get stronger and will institute a different weight program this off-season. He knows we need more beef up front and will try to recruit a couple of game-ready JUCO players. I too am amazed that our linemen couln’t let us gain a single inch several times Saturday night and if all of us can see it, he can too—-and he will correct it. We lost to Wake Forest in 1979 and signed a kid out of Wrightsville the following Easter and Georgia fans have been expecting national championship seasons every year since. Things can change quickly.
Washaun Ealy
November 29th, 2010
2:37 pm
Happy: do you honestly think Richt was even thinking about going for 2? He was so shellshocked that he had trouble figuring out what foot to put in front of the other walking down the sideline.
If he goes for two and gets it, he ENDS THE GAME. Going for the PAT leaves to door open. Idiot.
Washaun Ealy
November 29th, 2010
2:39 pm
If Small Johnson scores a TD and ties it up, Richt would be run out of town. Not to mention look worse than a peewee coach.
Richt’s job was saved because Tech’s QB, in his 3rd start, couldn’t complete a pass in their last two drives. Richt owes Tevin Washington his job.
JaxDawg
November 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
Washaun Ealy
because your high school offense is not build for the 2 minutes drill!!
Foreigner Tech Student
November 29th, 2010
3:25 pm
I can’t believe we’ve just lost another game to Georgia. What’s that now 9 out of the last 10 games and 5 in a row at Bobby Dodd. I’m from Syria and even I can tell when the camel has been flogged too much. Perhaps we should take Georgia off our schedule until we can hire a coach that doesn’t use a High School offense and can find a DC under 103 years old.
Thug UGA Student
November 29th, 2010
3:48 pm
Thank god we won, white girls are easy when UGA wins!
wildbill
November 29th, 2010
5:17 pm
1. I wonder how Damon Evans court date went today.
2. I wonder when CMR will wise up and let BoBo go.
3. I also wonder when the fitness coach will get the football players in top shape.
4. Also, what will it take to ‘encourage CMR’ to quit.
Mark (another one)
November 29th, 2010
5:36 pm
For those that read the columns and blogs back in the summer, you remember that most people were worried about a new defense and QB. The QB panned out but the new defense struggled.
That said, there were reasons, and those were even discussed. We need some bulls in the middle, both at Inside linebacker and Nose. Our starter, Tyson, was playing out of position. He is undersized for Nose, and is much better at end. In the preseason the coaches said he should start at end but was willing to show leadership and play the Nose. I applaud his effort and leadership. Out inside backers were also light. They fought hard but this weakness was pounded on game after game.
Another year will allow the defense to continue to develop, and it will allow some of the recruiting to occur to fill out this defense. You can scream all you want and call for the coaches to be fired but I disagree. I see a very competitive team next year.
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
5:53 pm
Let me try this one more time. PJ says that giving up points to the other team was the ONLY way to win. Accordingly, his universe of possible ways to win is inhabited by one possibility (giving up 7 points). Then Tech fans jump all over this site and say that 9-1 Richt is an idiot and so much dumber than their 1-2 coach that he should resign and Washon Ealey should go and kill himself for being so stupid as to score a touchdown. I pointed out, correctly, that PJ’s theory has not been successful in Division 1A football a single time but gave several examples of OTHER possible alternatives that have actually been successful. Fact. Irrefutable, metaphysical fact.
Attaboy to PJ for trying something that has never worked before in Division 1A. But don’t say that it was the ONLY way and everybody else is stupid because they don’t recognize your manifest brilliance in knowing the ONLY way. I gave plenty of examples of other ways that games have been won in that position without having given up points.
But don’t come on a Georgia blog and say that our 9-1 coach is an idiot for playing the odds correctly (even if there was a way to have done better (getting a first down and taking a knee)). Richt congratulated PJ for trying something that had never worked before. If Tech had stripped the ball or UGA had fumbled the snap (something that had just happened a few minutes earlier) or if Tech had blocked the field goal, Richt would have said the same thing. Good for Richt. I applaud him for his sportsmanship.
It is the most basic proposition of deductive reasoning that if somebody posits that “This was the only way to do X,” all the contrary position has to do is come up with ONE other example to do X in order to refute the argument. I gave at least four, real life, examples and thus the theory that this was the ONLY way to win stands as refuted. Pretty simple idea really.
If PJ had said “I thought it was the best way to get the ball with the most time on the clock,” I would have said “Fine. Good try. Enjoyed the game. Better luck next year.” But he didn’t. He said his was the ONLY way and you Techroids did him one better and jumped all over this site saying that the guy who has beat you 9 out of 10 years was an idiot who didn’t know anything about coaching football.
But, hey, if you love your 1-2 coach and think he is the greatest thing in the world, I say God bless you and have a nice life. Likewise, I’ll just enjoy my 9-1 coach and UGA having beat Tech for 16 out of the last 20 years and savor the next 365 days.
Agsin.
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
5:59 pm
Hey Happy! I was there at that Wake Forest game. Thanks for posting. You have some sense.
KimZ'spackage
November 29th, 2010
6:06 pm
ahhahahahahha
5150 P.O.A.D.
November 29th, 2010
6:28 pm
No dawgs crying about Auburn this week?
LawDawg
November 29th, 2010
6:33 pm
All UGA wins over Tech are great!!!! The excuse making of the nerd fans is what sux! They simply think their team is better than everyone else but THEIR mistakes is what is holding them back. Their fans are the worst, most bitter fans. I was sitting in the upper deck Saturday night and F-bombs and other rude comments from Nerd fans were flying all over the place. They have the most classless fans in the US.
LawDawg
November 29th, 2010
6:35 pm
P.O.A.D
quit crying about the game this week.
You typical Nerd who has to live vicariously through other schools to be big. 365 days brother!!! Get used to it- WE RUN THIS STATE!!!!!
LawDawg
November 29th, 2010
6:37 pm
Hey Everybody,
The Dawgs defense will be fine!!! All 3-4 D’s have struggled in the first year- ALL of them. Our stats are better than last years also. What till Jarvis Jones hits the field next year. He is a B.A.
LawDawg
November 29th, 2010
6:38 pm
“Wait”, not “what”
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
6:42 pm
Caption of some AJC photo is “6-6 is no reason to celebrate.” I disagree. 1-12, as long as the one was Tech, would STILL be a reason to celebrate.
I’m going to enjoy UGA beating Tech for 365 days.
Again.
Barney Fife
November 29th, 2010
6:55 pm
AJC headline: UGA editor resigns after alcohol-fueled visit with Nathan Deal, Sonny Perdue
#1Party School
Perennial winner of the Fulmer Cup
Sleaziest head coach in college football
Football team full of illiterate morons and thugs
The Cesspool of the South
The most grotesque embarrassment in the State of Georgia
kybodawg
November 29th, 2010
7:20 pm
to all that wants to fire richt, see how good a coach urban myer is without t-bo. wait till next year when chizx looses his offensive line and newton.
Dawgtards ruin this state
November 29th, 2010
7:20 pm
@ slawdawg – you are no lawyer and everybody laughs at your handle. Get a JOB! You get out posted just like Richt getd out coached.
Extra slaw on that dog , BOY!
Dawgtards ruin this state
November 29th, 2010
7:28 pm
@ slawdawg X2 – Your defense will be OK? You stupid dawgtard. If Tech doesn’t fumble, you lose by 14 and your great defense gives up 500 rushing yards. Only a thUGA fan would be happy with the D after that game. Good luck with your off season delusional thoughts of being over .500 next year. Please go get drunk and drive, you’re one of Damon’s boys (with panties!)
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
7:43 pm
Georgia has the worst defense in the State..except for Tech.
Georgia has the worst defensive coordinator in the State…except for Tech.
Georgia has the worst head coach in the State…except for Tech.
Georgia has the worst fans in the State…except for Tech.
Georgia has the worst football team in the State..except for Tech.
Tech is the worst of the worst (and it will be that way for the next 365 days). Get used to it.
Come to think of it, Tech was the worst of the worst last year too. How Sweet it Is!
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
7:46 pm
Hey Barney, you forgot Perennial winner of the Governor’s Cup.
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
8:10 pm
Georgia gives up the ball on the opening kickoff inside their own twenty and Tech comes away with zero points. Yeah, I’m pretty satisfied with the defense on that. (Not happy with the kickoff team but plenty happy with the defense).
Georgia defense creams the pitch man, scoops the fumble and scores a touchdown. Yeah, I’m pretty satisfied with the defense on that.
Georgia defense intercepts a pass to kill Tech’s last chance to win the game. Yeah, I’m pretty happy with the defense on that.
Does what it takes to beat Tech two years in a row. Yeah, I’m pretty happy with that.
Beats Tech for the sixteenth time out of twenty games. Yeah, I’m pretty happy with that.
All in all, it must feel really lousy to be a Tech football fan right now.
And it will for the next 365 days.
Again.
sammiamm
November 29th, 2010
8:31 pm
from AJC tech blog:
Georgia’s decision to keep seven men in to protect redshirt freshman quarterback Aaron Murray frustrated Georgia Tech’s blitz in the 42-34 loss to the Bulldogs on Saturday.
The decision gave wide receivers A.J. Green and Kris Durham, and tight ends Orson Charles and Bruce Figgins plenty of time to find holes in the Yellow Jackets’ coverage.
In a video-game like performance, Murray completed 15 of his 19 attempts for 271 yards and three touchdowns. He was sacked once by Jeremiah Attaochu.
Tech defensive coordinator Al Groh said Murray was the Bulldogs’ most impressive player on Saturday.
“I thought the quarterback made the difference in the game today,” he said.
The Yellow Jackets surrendered four passing plays of at least 20 yards in the first half.
Tech said before the game that Green was going to get his receptions, and he did. Green caught eight passes for 97 yards, but many of his catches were flanker screens. He did catch three consecutive passes on Georgia’s touchdown drive that gave the Bulldogs a 28-21 lead in the third quarter. Johnson credited Green after the game, saying he made several great catches.
somebody tell Marcus LeMay
Glenn
November 29th, 2010
9:25 pm
Well it’s time to start thinking next year. Surely win number seven will come in a bowl game. We have to be the most talented 6 and 6 team in the country. Hum who will we play.
woodie
November 29th, 2010
9:33 pm
Georgia 6 wins and 6 losses…we are awesome baby !!
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
9:48 pm
Woodie – the only record that matters is 1-0. All the rest is noise.
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
9:55 pm
Wonder How Tech has made out the last five years in Bowl Games?
L 12-29-2005 Emerald Bowl Utah 10 38
L 01-1-2007 Gator Bowl West Virginia 35 38
L 12-31-2007 Humanitarian Bowl Fresno State 28 40
L 12-31-2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl Louisiana State 3 38
L 01-05-2010 Orange Bowl Iowa 14 24
You’ve got to be kidding me! They got stomped in the Humanitarian Bowl? How funny is that?
I’m REALLY going to enjoy the next 365 days.
It’s funny. I really didn’t hate Tech until Gordon showed me the light. Thanks Gordo.
Washaun Ealy
November 29th, 2010
10:09 pm
UGA Season Ticket Holder:
You say letting another team score to get the ball and win the game has never happened in D1 ball ever. WHERE is your proof that it has never happened? Dumb. So dumb.
Now you are going to say “well, prove to me that it HAS happened”. Neither one of us can do that. So neither one of us can be proven right.
But what I DO know is that beating a team in victory formation is nearly impossible. But driving the ball 70 yards in 90 seconds, then getting a 2 pt. conversion happens every Saturday.
Don’t be a hardheaded dog. Bill Belichick has done it before, CPJ and Belichick are close friends that talk football almost weekly. See, smart people hang with smart people.
Dennis
November 29th, 2010
10:11 pm
I hope your widdle QB is okay this week –whiners! Are you gonna try and get those big bad Tech running backs suspended for running all over your widdle defense.
Washaun Ealy
November 29th, 2010
10:21 pm
And no, I don’t blame Washaun for not taking a knee at the 1 yard line. He’s an idiot who barely graduated HS.
RICHT should have know that this was a possibility; he had a timeout prior to the play to think about it for christ’s sake.
And no, I did NOT see it coming. Then again, I don’t get paid 3 mill to coach.
Washaun Ealy
November 29th, 2010
10:51 pm
Ask any D1 coach in America is CPJ outsmarted CMR on that call, they will say he did.
But I suppose a UGA Season Tickey Holder is smarter.
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
11:09 pm
To the false Washaun Ealy [sic]. You want proof that it has never happened before in Division 1A? How about the fact that it has never happened before in Division 1A. They keep pretty good records, you know. Kind of like proof that nobody has ever walked onto a football field in Division 1A and shot a quarterback in the face with a bazooka with 1:35 left in a game. We know that it’s never happened before because we have good records and there is no record of it. Jeez Louise.
Once again (again) giving up points is not the ONLY way to win a game in desperate circumstances. It is one way. PJ might have even believed that in his opinion it was the best way. But it was not the only way. In fact, it is my position that there are an infinite number of ways to win a football game even in desperate circumstances (some of which have occurred and some which have not) and it doesn’t make somebody stupid or a bad coach not to be able to enumerate each and every one of them. And the current Head Coach at Georgia who happens to have the highest win percentage of any Head Coach in the history of football at the University, and the only Head Coach at UGA to win two Sugar Bowls and on and on and on is not stupid or a bad coach. Again (again) attaboy to PJ for trying something that has never been used successfully to our knowlege (there, are you happy now?) in Division 1A football. But given Georgia’s history and Tech’s lousy passing game, that was not the ONLY way to win. In fact, reasonable minds can disagree as to whether it was more likely that Georgia would fumble the snap (again) than that this Tech team could pass its way down the field with no timeouts. Again (again), we’ll plan better for that next time. But all these know-it-alls saying that Richt is an idiot weren’t thinking it before the fact either (heck, as I said, I thought about it bunches of years ago at the Georgia Arkansas Liberty Bowl (but it would have been unsuccessful then as well and Georgia won the game anyway without doing it).
Attaboy (and thank you) to you as well for your one shining example of honesty in that you admitted that you didn’t think of it BEFORE hand either.
I will NEVER admit that it was the ONLY way to win the game simply because that is not a true statement. Period.
Again (again), attaboy to PJ for trying the unproven and if Techroids are happy with him being 1-2 against Richt, God bless them for it, live long and prosper. But Richt is 9-1 against Tech and that’s a fact. A cold hard, provable, metaphysical fact. And as soon as Tech can get a coach with a winning record against Richt, we’ll probably justifiably get rid of Richt for it.
But until then I’m going to enjoy the fact that UGA beat Tech for a whole year.
Again.
monty
November 29th, 2010
11:10 pm
Tech did us a favor by not running the ball late in the game. They probably could have broke a long run for a TD. Smart coaching, as the QB looked like a highschool thrower and not a very good one at that. Thanks CPJ! You sly fox you!
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2010
11:19 pm
Ask any D1 coach in the country whether an opposing coach outsmarted him on any number of plays within any game and every single one of them will say, “Yep, he got me on that one.” but it doesn’t mean that the outsmarted coach is a moron or incompetent. Any number of coaches get outsmarted by runnning blitzes into screen passes in any number of games, for example.
Again (again) (again) attaboy to PJ for trying the unproven (and as far as we know untested in Division 1A) in desperate circumstances but if he’d teach his players not to fumble so much he would have (percentage wise) had a much better chance to win the game than by voluntarily giving up points. Jus’ saying.
And any coach that is 9-1 against his in-state arch rival isn’t a moron or incompetent.
Rudy
November 30th, 2010
5:34 am
focus people the score was 42-34 Georgia.
Whiny Dan Magill
November 30th, 2010
8:37 am
Thank God my beloved Dawgs were able to avoid being “that” team. You know, the one that lost to TWO of the THREE teams that lost to KANSAS!
Whiny Dan Magill
November 30th, 2010
8:44 am
STH86, I agree….Mark isn’t a moron or incompetent. He’s merely standing somewhere in-between that line of demarcation and the coach who was on the other sideline Saturday night.
Whiny Dan Magill
November 30th, 2010
8:48 am
Mark Richt is simply an example of that which has always been known in every team sport ever played……
Talented athletes can both benefit from AND overcome coaching.
Whiny Dan Magill
November 30th, 2010
8:51 am
http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/in-georgia-smart-football-and-not/?src=twrhp
Washaun Ealy
November 30th, 2010
10:51 am
UGA Season Ticket Holder:
Yes, there are an infinite number of ways to win the game:
1. Let UGA score, then drive the ball 75 yards, score a TD and get the 2 pt. conversion. 10% chance of Tech doing that.
2. Fumbled snap in Victory Formation, Tech recovers. Let’s see, how many fumbled snaps LOST by Aaron Murray this season? Maybe 2 in 400 plays? 0.5% chance. Then Tech drives 75 yards scores, etc. at 10%. So this scenario has a probablility of 0.5% x 10% or 0.05% chance.
3. Washaun fumbling (he probably fumbles 1 in 100 carries), so 1%, then Tech drives for the TD (10%), so this scenario has a probabilitiy of 0.1%.
4. Blocked FG. How many kicks were blocked this year? maybe 1 in 25 attempts? 4%. Then Tech drives, scores, etc., but this time with maybe 10 seconds on the clock assuming Richt was smart and ran clock before kicking on 4th down. 1% of Tech scoring in 10 seconds. So this scenario would be 0.04%.
So clearly 10% is higher than 0.05%, 0.4%, and 0.04%. CPJ realized all of this and let UGA score. It was a genius move.
Maybe Richt isn’t an idiot, but compared to CPJ he is. And don’t confuse top 10 recruiting class talent with coaching smarts. CPJ has inferior talent and yet he won one game and the other two came down to the last drive against UGA.
CPJ overachieves, Richt underachieves. But if you’re happy with that, then be happy.
Washaun Ealy
November 30th, 2010
10:54 am
By the way, Richt IS an idiot for not kneeling the ball. He gave the ball to Washaun!?! Didn’t Washaun have a fumbling problem earlier this season?!?
1:38 on the clock, 2nd down, GT no timeouts, 40 second play clock, 4-5 seconds for the refs to set the ball between plays, All aaron had to do was stand around for a few seconds before kneeling and GAME WAS OVER.
Maybe Richt isn’t good at math.
Washaun Ealy
November 30th, 2010
10:58 am
Oh yeah, since we are considering incredibly unlikely ways to win the game, let me give you the probability of lightning striking the entire UGA sideline, on a clear night, causing them to not have enough players to kneel the ball, thus forfeiting the game: 0.0000001%.
You are right UGA Season Ticket Holder. So many ways to win other than letting UGA score…
Washaun Ealy
November 30th, 2010
11:02 am
Classic article Dan McGill! http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/in-georgia-smart-football-and-not/?src=twrhp
Even though no one cared about this game outside of Georgia this year, UGA stupidity somehow DOES get publicized nationally!
Ron Smith
November 30th, 2010
11:23 am
Thank God Richt is staying!
Please recruit some DEFENSIVE coaches and players. Right now UGA’s only hope is to outscore their opponents as they have very little in the way of defense