Is it tough to get excited about a 6-6 Georgia team’s bowl trip?

Since I live in Memphis, I’m pretty excited. Wouldn’t be otherwise.

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Well I do like Memphis, but won’t be at the bowl game. I’ll be watching it from Taco Mac or somewhere with cold beer and TVs. Go Dawgs!

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Any bowl where you are going to lose money should be turned down. 6-6 and lower end bowl is a good place to start.

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There were a lot of things for the dawgs to celebrate this year. Let’s see…

1. A drunken, whoring athletic director.

2. Twelve players arrested.

3. A player suspended for violating NCAA rules.

4. Winning the Fulmer Cup for the most players arrested.

5. Winning the title of #1 party school (i.e., the most drunken student body in the USA).

6. A sleazy assistant coach who razzes opposing players, unethical coaching conduct in violation of NCAA rules.

7. A super sleazy head coach who thinks he’s a saint, but recruits thug wannabes, gangbangers, and illiterate morons.

8. A 6-6 record despite having a team full of 4- and 5-star recruits.

Really something to be proud of!

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Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside Dawgtard Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many blue chip high school players go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in Athens.

Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and irrelevance. 

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I for one, am glad we are in any bowl. Sure, we all wish it were a better one, but take the experience and enjoy it. All the complaining in the world will not change it.

For players like Marlon Brown, who is from Memphis, the chance to go home and play in front of family and friends is huge.

I am sure the player will be doing some type of charity work while there, i.e. visiting a Children’s Hospital or something, like all bowl teams do. So instead of complaining about us being there, look at it from the children or other organization who is VERY thankful we are there.

Bowl games are MUCH more than showcasing your team. It’s a chance to do some good deeds, boost local economy, and give the senior players one more chance to play. Look at the lower tier bowl as a less-stressful environment if you so chose, letting the players leave it all out on the line.

I am excited to be able to watch my Dawgs on NYE. I will not be rumbling and grumbling like a lot of people. I will sit back and enjoy what I love to do….. cheer on the Red and Black.

GO DAWGS!!!!!

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Anybody watch the falcons game Monday night and wonder where Georgia might be if Van Gorder were still standing on the sidelines at UGA?????

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Dang Auswehr, that took some time and creativity…. butthurt much?

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Emphasis on trying to win a Bowl game, detracts form time in the field in December recruiting. Some of Richt’s assistant coaches have tried to get Richt to be more strategic and use the time for:
1) recruiting
2) getting reps for 2011’s players

But Richt keeps doing the same old thing he did before, hoping for different results.

Richt’s dead wrong, beating UCF isn’t better for recruting than letting Grantham hit the trail.

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Even if Ealey runs for 180 yards and scores 5 td’s, Bobo the Dodo will go back to being a pssing team (see last year’s Tech game, or this year’s Kent game).

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Reduce the number of bowls and require 7 wins to be eligible.

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Jerry, I beleive we won both those games.

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I bought my 4 tickets direct from the Liberty Bowl and I am very excited about watching the DAWGS one more time. OLE COACH MAN BOOBS lost another one yesterday!!!

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I think it’s a part of the Richt smoke & mirror trick, to try and go out on a positive note, instead of having the fans stew all year n a 6-6 season, following the 7-5 season.

But the smoke & mirror trick won’t work, 2 bad seasons f mediocre performance won’t be overshadowed, or forgotten by recruits or bloggers.

Not being able to sell 10,000 tickets for a Bowl game, doesn’t bode well for Richt’s future. It’s the end if he doesn’t have a big season.

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*a significant amount of time*
That’s what happens when you write a comment immediately after waking up…

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1. Using Bowl’s to reward Seniors instead of get experience for next year’s player didn’t work last year
2. Using the weeks in December to try and win 1 game, instead of recruit for the upcoming season, didn’t work last year.
3. Not running the ball well didn’t work this year, or last, or the year before.

Insanity is repeating the same junk, but hoping things will change.

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Georgia’s problem isn’t recruiting, they got great talent, it’s the coaching is all wrong.

Georgia is one of the few SEC teams still trying to win games with the passing game.

Just doesn’t work in winning the SEC.

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This season was a complte bust.

6-6, with the likes is Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, AJ Green, Charles, experienced O-Line?

It’s unreal, I think the fans are still in shock at how you can only win 6 games with those 6 future NFL stars on your team.

Colorado? South Carolina? Miss St? Florida? Arkansas?

These wern’t great teams this year.

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Are you kidding me??? You want me to fly around this “stadium” in front of about 7,000 fans, land on my balding trainer’s arm in the middle of it, eat some mice guts and then stick around to watch Georgia Tech’s pathetic excuse for a Military Offense get beaten by a bunch of airplane pilots??

NO THANKS!!!!

I am off to check out the quality of female fowl in the Metropolis of Shreveport.

DUECES!!!!

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Hard to “get excited” about the game, but it is another opportunity to see some football from a program you care about (regardless how you feel it’s being run). So how can that be a bad thing. Some people take all this stuff WAY too seriously. Unless you suit it up for the team or your family’s financial livelihood is affected by the success (or failure) of Georgia football maybe you need to reassess your life’s priorities and find another passion. One that actually matters.

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Georgia’s problem isn’t recruiting, they got great talent, it’s the coaching is all wrong.

I agree with this and I’m a tech fan. Unlike some of the UGA fans who hope Tech fails at everything, I do like to see our boys from the state of GA do well. I am amazed at the talent that UGA has, and then they end up with a 7-5 season. You guys have been beastly at the running back / WR positions for the past couple of years. If you guys had a better offensive coordinator, I feel confident you would’ve snagged at least one national title this decade and probably competed for at least another.

Good luck to you in your bowl game.

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I would like to see the bowls go in ascending order- bad teams play first – ranked teams play last. That makes it so much more interesting for the couch potatoes like me.

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Auswehr, you make excellent points. But…we have a new Athletic Director who I fully expect to get things turned around and going in the right direction. Just give him a little time.

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I don’t think 6-6 teams should make bowls, but since that is the way it is, the Dawgs should accept the bid and get another win under their belt. The practice thing is mainly for our defense.

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Part of the problem is the ticket allocation to the schools from the bowls. They send the schools the “crappy seats” as far as tickets. Every time I have purchased bowl tickets through our athletic dept. I get crappy seats. I sit in the club section in Sanford Stadium on about the 35 yard line. My total contribution level is in the upper 5%, and yet I am sent crappy tickets for bowl games. I don’t blame UGA it is the bowls that send these lousy seats to the schools. When I decide to attend a bowl game, as I have attended many in the past I now purchase my tickets direct from the bowl or online, I no longer purchase from our athletic dept. If I’m going to pay $100 for a bowl ticket I will not sit on the 10 yard line. At least when purchasing online you may select your seats. The NCAA needs to address this with all the bowls, the loyal supporters of the schools are being screwed with lousey seats when purchasing tickets allocated to the schools from these bowls.

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I see both sides of the argument, but I’m in favor of whatever makes the 2011 Dawgs a better team. I’ll be with them 100% of the way, win or lose, but these last two seasons have been insulting. Good luck in Memphis, Dawgs!!

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To all those who spout off about our defense being a little better this year, I would like to point out the AF held the vaunted Bees to 7 points. They were a bunch of undersized,non athletic, disciplined, white boys, who played their positions, stayed home, and filled the holes they were suppossed to. UGA with all our 5 star athletic, but poorly coached, undisciplined guys, did not do as well.

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“Colorado? South Carolina? Miss St? Florida? Arkansas?
These wern’t great teams this year.”

We were not a great team either

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The fallacy in that argument is that Georgia’s players are not trying to lose any game. Telling them that only winning teams play in bowls won’t make them want to win more and in fact will be used against them in recruiting.

You want to send a message then go to Memphis and destroy Central Florida. That will get the mindset right right leading into next year.

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Maybe we should just create the Dawg Bowl and play it in Athens since teams like New Mexico State already do it. I personally can’t believe how the fanbase manages to lower their expectations year after year. If you’re seriously looking at a trip to Memphis, Tennessee as something to hang your hat on this season after you had to win your last game just to get bowl eligible, then you’re grasping at straws. What’s the trophy for this game? A Duralast car battery held up with 4 spark plugs? The problem is UGA is too scared to turn a bowl bid down because of what the SEC would say about it. Mike Slive is nothing more than a money hungry prostitute that plays backstage politics and manipulates which SEC team goes to which bowl. 2 examples of bowl manipulation: how come Auburn gets in the Outback Bowl last year over UGA, yet an SEC East team can’t play in the Cotton Bowl. Then this year, Kentucky and Tennessee go to better bowls over UGA with similar records, yet both lost convincingly heads up to UGA. Just because you sent 10 of your 12 teams to bowls this year doesn’t make you the best conference…not when 30 percent of those teams were .500, and Florida was 1 loss from making it 4. The SEC…where being average is rewarded with trips to Memphis, Birmingham, Nashville, and Tampa Bay.

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Boring. Just as boring as Tech’s bowl. Both teams are loser teams. The only reason they’re in bowls is that there are too many bowls. If people would quit watching these useless games, the NCAA would take a hint.

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No & No!!

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Personally, I don’t think any 6-6 teams should go to bowls. However, it’s not UGA’s fault that the system is set up like this. But to say that they should have turned down the offer is just plain stupid! Not even worth debating IMO. What other school turned down their bowl offer? That’s what I thought…

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@ Jim Mora Jr: You are an unemployed a$$ clown!

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Well said bill, I thought the same thing last night when I watched the Tech game. Our defense must really stink. I doubt we can stop UCF as well.

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I’m excited to watch football. Any football will do. I’ll watch practice if they’ll air it. Bad football is better than “great” basketball.

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Yes, very tough. Especially after Air Force (which doesn’t start a single player on defense that would be recruited by Georgia) schooled us on stopping Georgia Tech’s triple option.

I like the way Scott thinks, and I agree with him 100%.

“OK, I’ll concede that point. But in the end I’m still in favor of Georgia accepting the Liberty Bowl despite a 6-6 record for one big reason: It kept the Dogs’ bowl streak intact. I would have hated to see our streak broken while Tech kept theirs going.”

I don’t get your point of view. Bowl invites are handed out like candy at Halloween, there’s really nothing special about them anymore. Anyone with a pulse and a decent fan following gets an invite. I couldn’t tell you about anyone’s “bowl streak” – I’d rather my team have a two-season streak in meaningful bowls that a long streak filled with minor bowls with strange names against second-tier competition. Most of the games up to this point have been unwatchable. Toledo, FIU and UTEP have played in bowl games this year. We get UCF. Big deal.

I’m opposed to any team going to a bowl when that raises the possibility of a losing season. Let’s face it, historically this would have been a losing season for Georgia. Today, we play the likes of La.-La. and Idaho State, so only the worst teams actually end up with losing records. Back in Dooley’s day (when Clemson would have subbed for one of those patsies), this is probably no better than a 5-6 or 4-7 team. Not bowl worthy.

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THE ISSUES THAT THE PLAYERS HAD IS OLD NEWS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. NOW WHAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH IS THE BOWL GAME, AND WHICH TEAM WILL SHOW UP, THE BOTTOM LINE IS I COULD GIVE A CRAP WHAT THEY DID AS LONG AS THEY WHEN THE GAME. BUILS A BRIDGE AND GET OVER THE PAST!

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Ask any coach and athletic director and they will tell you that the extra bowl practice is paramount to success the following season. The same for lower division schools who make the playoffs.

I’m not excited about the trip to Memphis but I am ready for one more chance to watch the Dawgs this season on New Year’s Eve.

I don’t like all the negative references etc about the program. They all have up and down cycles, and this is one of them.

Happy New Year to all the Dawgs and Dawg fans everywhere. Bill, thank you for your blogs through the years. They are always enjoyable to read!

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That Scott could’ve been me! I think it’s totally unacceptable for any 6-6 team to go to a bowl. If they stopped accepting these bids and got serious, it might help turn things around. And it might help turn things around for the NCAA and their silly “we can’t have a playoff.” Did you see the stands in Shreveport last night? Pitiful. How many more people would’ve been there if it were two teams with really good records actually playing a meaningful game? Why can’t the NCAA figure this out? No, no bowl games for 6-6 Georgia team. Simply put, they did not earn the reward.

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Be careful, DAWGS. What happened to Tech could happen to you.

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Can anyone explain how OSU lost money after splitting $18 million eleven ways? Maybe Gordon Gee’s bonus was too big?

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Actually, The Pizza Bowl…TOL vs FIU was pretty exciting, it went to the final second….and…..you buy beer and wine.

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If the Dawgs don’t like playing in this type bowl, they have it within their power to change that.

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The bowl is a reward for kids who often don’t get to travel with their families. Just look how excited FIU was to go to its first bowl in school history. Be thankful that we won enough games to qualify.

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CMR has NOT been offered an extension and the Maryland job is still open. Could this be the last game of the CMR era at UGA? Stay tuned.

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@ T-Bob: If they were handing out bowl invites based on your name calling, you wouldn’t have even been eligible.

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UGA Insider: Stay tuned? As if there are not more glamorous positions out there available other than Maryland. Maryland. Who wants that job? We have a couple of down years and you say because Richt has not received an extension this may be his last game? Get real.

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I really have no opinion on whether UGA should accept a lower bowl bid. I’m sure the SEC governs all of that anyway and it may not be in the hands of the University. Notre Dame refused to accept bowl bids for many years, of course they were not in a conference.

As for me, I am a third-generation UGA alum, 25 year season-ticket holder and in addition to all home games, made the trips to Colorado (lost) and Jacksonville (lost). I am not spending the money to go see a losing team play a nothing team in a nothing bowl. Maybe the fans can have more to say about interest in these games.

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UGA Insider: And since when has Maryland ever had a top ten recruiting class, much less four out of the last five years? If all comes to fruition UGA will have a top five class. And you want to fire Richt?

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Go Dawgs: Notre Dame did not accept bowl games many years ago because the priests running the school would not allow them to do so.

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tony..uga defense was on trhe field for 90 plus plays becasue uga scored in like 2 min just about every play. plus if you notice paul johnson ddnt run allen as much instead he chose to run tevin more. uga would kill air force. uga defense shut down tech plenty of times and even got them to turn the ball over. tech fumbled 2 punt returns, thats 2 poss that tech could have scored or put up yardage. please kepp the crazy talk about uga defense compared to air force. uga has better players end of story.

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take the bowl game and kill conf usa champ and get some work for the youg guys fr next year, 7-6 record is better than 6-6 or even 6-7..

your pal scott has no clue. did he even play football higher than a pee wee level? its never good to quit or back down from a challenge no matter what.

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also check out how many srs are on the air force defense. there guys have to stay four years and thus are more experience with all the games they have played. ga tech should still have the talent to beat them like UGA does, but because PJ recruits div 1aa players tech struggled and gave the air force a chance to win.

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Gaors fans are ashamed at 7-5, we feel we did not deserve a bowl game and we beat UGA, I tell you what, let this new guy lose like Mark R. and we will show you how to get a rid of average coach.
UGA has no pressure in the state of Georgia, Tech sucks so they can be bad that state, Florida has to compete with the big dogs in this state, Miami, FSU now USF and look at UCF getting ready to play Georgia enough said about real pressure in this state, Mark Richt could not coach at any of these schools in Florida.

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Bowl Games should be for the best teams, teams with winning records, not for conferences or schools that get invited “just because…”

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I knew Georgia owuld be bad this year with Murray, but 6-6?

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Jerry and Destin Dawg make good points. Me, personally — I’m boycotting the game. The UGA Athletic Department needs to see ticket sales dropping (including season tickets) before they will turn the program around. This season was an absolute embarassment and coaching had a huge role in that. I’m also very scared that we won’t be able to stop UCF’s running game (like against Tech) and will get embarassed by the Golden Knights. If that happens, our recruiting will take another hit. I’m pessimistic but here’s hoping for the best. Oh, by the way — one piece of advice for Georgia’s coaching staff — open things up — it is a bowl game. Go for the punt blocks, fake kicks, and run a lot of trick plays — something we didn’t do all year. Unfortunately none of the coaches read these blogs. I know this because if they had read my post prior to the Florida game — we would have won. My predictions about what Urban Meyer had up his sleeve turned out to be spot on.

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Did Caleb King ever pay his speeding ticket in Walton County?

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I wouldn’t go to Memphis even if I had a bunch of $. Georgia should be playing in Nashville

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Bomber 52, Caleb is a 4 star. He made a mistake for not meeting his court date so does that make him undisciplne on the football field?

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First of I am in the US Air Force and I have not seen the Dawgs play in 5 years while stationed in Japan, so I am thankful that I will get to see them in Memphis. Scott can keep his opinions to himself. Anytime you get to take the field you do it no matter what the bowl. Scott should realize that every team plays in bowls from the lowest to the BCS types, just look at Alabama,, which played in Shreveport but eventually played for the big prize, Lastly for those of you that do not want to travel fine but as one who serves his country and has had no chance to see them play in years I am very happy that they are in the liberty Bowl no matter what record they have! MSgt Joiner

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Football games are supposed to provide entertainment and lure fans to watch.

True Dawg Fan, if you live up to your self-proclaimed namesake, then you should know that the criticism of Richt concerns more than his recent record. He is predictable and he comes across as just plain tired.

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tony – four star five star, whatever; discipline is a quality which should be displayed on and off the field. If CK had made it to the hearing he would not have been suspended for two games. If CK had made it to his study halls, he would not be suspended for the bowl game. The basic fact is he let his teammates down by not being disciplined to accomplished what was required. The same for all the rest who failed their teammates and the Bulldawg nation. It is a honor to play at any school; athletes should remember they represent the school. By failing to be disciplined off the field; they affect the outcome of the on-field results. CMR should take a harder line with undisciplined players; like he did with Zach Mettenberger. Any player, no matter how good he is who puts self before the team; is not worth having on the team.

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Just arrived in Memphis. Met Gred McGarity and Durham, Murray and a couple of other players at a press conference. Will be at the game and pull for the Dawgs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Turning down this bowl would look arrogant.

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Maybe UGA should start to recruit better (smarter) student athletes. Maybe UGA should remember that it was not until the last game of the season that they became bowl eligible. Maybe the SEC has too many ties to bowl games. And maybe UGA should be afraid of UCF, #24 in the nation, C-USA Champions (second time in 4 years), a top rated Freshman QB, C-USA Defensive Player of the year (2 consecutive years) from Canton, and many other players from the Metro Atlanta area who are fired up to play and beat the team they grew up loving and were not recruited by. Can you say MOTIVATION??

GO KNIGHTS!!

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Scott is an idiot like the rest of the people you ask to help you write your articles. Write them yourself. I am betting a that Scott never played a down of major college football. If he had he would see how important it is to a player to go to a bowl game. It’s not about Scott, it’s not about the fans, it’s about the players, let ‘em go, jeesh.

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I completely agree with your friend Scott! He nailed it and I think he speaks for the majority of the Bulldawg Nation! They don’t deserve to go to a Bowl game. Not after the last two seasons! Richt doesn’t have the B-zalls to do something like that. He’s too much of a let’s hug and pray about type of a coach which is why UGA is in the situation it is in now. He is a great man there is no doubt about that, but he is not cut out for the long haul in the SEC. He needs to go back to the ACC where he belongs.

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The majority of y’all are embarrassing. Seriously.

ANY time I have a chance to watch the Dawgs play, I’m excited. Will it mean anything if we win? Not really…but there’s nothing I enjoy more than watching Georgia football.

And this Scott guy that the whole friggin’ article is about…get over yourself. So the players will hypothetically play harder ’cause we turned down this bowl game? REALLY?

With a bowl game, you get gift packages from the bowl, a chance to bond with your teammates in another town with new things to do, a final chance for seniors (and AJ) to play for Georgia….I mean if the latter isn’t reason enough to thank the seniors for 4 years of hard work (not necessarily reaching expectations, however) and want to watch one last Georgia game this year, you’re not a fan.

Scott isn’t a true Georgia fan. Tell Scott not to watch this Friday if we shouldn’t be in the bowl and it’s such a joke.

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In my opinion it would take a courageous and creative head coach to refuse a bowl after a dismal 6 -6 season………………..Mark Richt has neither of these qualities in coaching this team.

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Bill, your friend is crazy.

This is college football. Who doesn’t want to see another game for our Bulldawgs?

The fans crave college football 24/7. We crave any update you can drip on down to us. We scramble to watch replays of the spring game. We check multiple blogs and message boards on a daily basis for any new nuggets of information on our favorite team..
Why in the heck would we refuse what our fanbase craves? More football.

If your friend doesn’t like it, tell him to vote with his wallet and not go to the game. Or better yet, don’t even watch it at all. Ignore the blogs. Change the topic at the breakfast diner to the Thrashers. Pretend that all his alma mater means to him is the diploma on the wall.

I’ll gladly take more college football. Thank you.

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OMG, As an Auburn fan I’ve been so preoccupied with worrying about the Oregon Ducks I didn’t even realize you guys were in a bowl game this year. I think that’s great. I think you guys should try your best and play real hard and just keep slugging and maybe one day you’ll get to play for a big prize too, but then again you are Georgia, and Florida is still your daddy, so……..
War Eagle King you dweeb. Nick Fairley sends his regards.

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And Babs…I have Family that are Auburn Grads with more class in their pinky finger than you do. You forget this is the first time you actually have had the opportunity to play for a ring so shut your fat face. When you’ve been there more than once like we have…then you can crow!

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Hey dawg, I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings. Do you play football? I don’t either. (But I bet you lift weights what with all that tough talk.)

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-I agree with swimdawg68…I’ve been a ticket buyer for 40 years and I looked at the tickets available from StubHub compared to the “other” sections and saw that I was gonna get shafted once again….so I said screw it,I’m not even going if that’s the best they can do…the whole bowl idea needs to be re-examined…I also think we should consider not going at all if we are only 6-6…send a message to the players coming back next year…

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If Murray was ranked #75 or worse in ALL these areas in passing accuracy, Georgia wouldn’t be 6-6:
1) 3rd down
2) 4th quarter
3) 1st quarter
4) red zone
5) 3rd and 10+
6) against teams with a winning record

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sorry about the typos

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Too many bowls is causing a dumbing down effect of the whole bowl season now. The NFL is more interesting right now. This bowl string is not really a thing to be proud of when you consider the last 2 that GA has been to. I mean, with 35 bowls it means that you only have to be in the top 70 to make it to a bowl now. A string of BCS bowls is a record worth talking about, but alas, GA has no string going here!

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Another month for a HORRID COACHING STAFF to continue to play the wrong guys as their FAVORITES and to NOT TEACH ANY OF THEM, a damn thing correctly.

And, to get yet another win over yet another cupcake in Mark Richt’s 10 year history of doing NOTHING but that.

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Hate to say it , but evidently , judging by sales of tickets , not many dawg fans feel that we need to be playing in a bowl game . ith such a lackluster season , can’t say I blame’em !

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It doesn’t matter whether or not the worst team in the history of UGA football goes to a loser bowl or not. It doesn’t matter whether the players get to practice or not. It doesn’t matter which players might jump off the sinking ship to the NFL or what type of recruiting year we will have. No none of this matters as long as we have the worst coaching staff in the NCAA at the helm. As long as CEO Mark Wrecked remains at the helm with his assistants like Bobo and Garner and Searles etc, the program will sink deepeer and deeper. When the revenues from empty seats hit the balance sheet, then even a dull blade like Adams will surely pull the plug on da Preacha Man.
Have any of you ever wondered why nobody on the UGA coaching staff gets offers to accept positions at other competitive schools? What does that tell you?
All you Richt Apologists, better get your tickets to the Toilet Bowl in Memphis because unless we get competent coaches you will not even get invited to a bowl next year. Next year is going to be an complete unmitigated disaster of historic proportions.

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Murray should have been benched at 1-4, and should have benched in the Florida game after his 4 turnovers.

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It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited about next year (just like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.

Sit back and be grateful for the six or seven wins you’ll get every year. Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 7-5 or even 8-4 occasionally, but another team will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 10 final ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.

It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans need to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.

Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside Dawgtard Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many blue chip high school players go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in Athens.

Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and irrelevance. 

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Murray is, as we all now know, a lot like Brantley, good in high school (due to good teammates and poor competition), and terrible in college. Both went either 6-6 or 7-5 as a starter and gave their coaches their worst year ever.

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Richt’s only hope is to make a change at QB, going with inexperienced Lemay or Mason, and to somehow transform into a potent rushing offense under Bobo that gets 215 to 280 yards rushing a game, like all the other SEC winners have last 3 years.

The D-Line has to suddenly find a way to stop the run, and a way to get pressure on the QB, without Houston.

Richt hates change, so he won’t make the needed changes.

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I’m not sure which is worse:

Rush offense (ranked #71 in NCAA)
Rush defense (ranked #60 in NCAA)

How do you fix both in 1 season?

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How long has Alabama been great lately? is it two years or is it three? One NC and then two other fair years. Remember the ugly Sugar Bowl stomping at the hands of Utah ? or was it Utah State??THAT was only three years ago, clown. WHat happened to Alabam this year and with a HEISMAN???

My point? Well, um Alabama had been “down” for MANY years prior to Sabin. THAT is why he got that job. ALabam had at least 4 coaches or 5 since they won the NC in 91 or 92.

I got your point that lately ( two or three years ) Alabama has had some talented coaching but beyond last year, what have they done with it and ALL of the ALL WORLD RECRUITING???

Over the last 10 years compare their w/l record with UGA.

Florida? They just LOST their coach. AU? When the FBI gets done with AU they will be out of sports entirely with all of the dog track gambling and such. UT? Two more years away, but with a nice QB however. ARK? Mallet is gone. Ole Miss is Ole Miss and LSU is LSU. SC is SC and will not be any better in 2011 and will lose about 4 or 5 games.

SEC in 2011 is wide open.

Go Dogs.

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There is something in between elation over a good season and “fire the coach” after a mediocre season. Try being “humble” and enjoy football. Your team is not the only team and you are not the only fans.

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HAHAHAH Check out this article: http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/29/news/companies/college_football_dollars/index.htm

UGA had the 2nd highest revenue / profit in all of college football…..and they had an amazing 6-6 season. LMAOLOOLOLOL

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Jerry:
6 FUTURE NFL STARS? WASHAUN EALY, NFL??? ONLY GREEN HAS A CHANCE, THERE ARE NO OTHERS….JERRY, WHAT YOU SMOKING, BOY?

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Stone:
THIS AVERAGE QB IS SETTING ALL THE GEORGIA RECORDS…YOU ARE EITHER A TECH GUY OR THE STUPIDEST GEORGIA FAN ON THE PLANET…

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TECH:
WE SURE DON’T WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AFTER YOUR YELLOW JACKETS THRILLED THEM IN SHREVEPORT WITH THE FULLBACK DIVE FOR 4 QUARTERS….LET LITTLE AIR FORCE STUFF THE VAUNTED PAUL ” SCHULTZIE’S GENIUS” JOHNSON’S TRIPLE OPTICON OFFENSE TO THE TUNE OF ALLOWING ONLY 7 POINTS…AND MAKE NOTES OF THE 2ND ATTEMPT AT A 2 MINUTE OFFENSE IN THE PAST MONTH…NOBODY RUNS 2 MINUTE FROM UNDER CENTER EXCEPT TECH, EVERYONE ELSE IS IN THE GUN….

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STONE:
MURRAY MUST HAVE TAKEN YOUR GIRL FRIEND…THIS GUY IS THE BEST QB GEORGIA HAS PUT ON THE FIELD SINCE DAVID GREENE, AND HE IS ALREADY BREAKING ALL THE RECORDS…AND TO MENTION PUTTING THIS GUY ON THE BENCH AND STARTING MASON OR A ROOKIE, BOY, YOU ARE A REAL FOOTBALL MAN TO PUT THAT KIND OF KNOWLEDGE ON US…GET BACK IN MCDONALDS FROM YOUR SMOKING BREAK AND SUPERSIZE THOSE FRIES….

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When do the jackits play? Is it fourth down yet?

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Watching the Dawgs play on TV is always a bonus so yeah one side of me is gald they are in the bowl. I much whether watch UGA than Florida AIU, Cincinnati, Texas El-Paso etc.

In all likely hood accepting this bowl bid hurt UGA’s “bowl value/likeability” in the future. Our fans are not willing to drive a day to see their team in a bowl game. What does that say to prospective bowl committees the next time UGA is 6-6 or 7-5?
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If tech had UGA talent we would be able to play in BCS bowls! The Air Force can not be compaired to Texas A&M last year. UGA is an under achiving football team! Coach Dooley would have them winning most of their games. The only thing this team wins is number of players in jail!!!!

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I am excited any time the Dawgs play. I wish we had a better season, and I wish we had a better bowl/opponent, but I’m very excited about watching the game on Friday afternoon! It’s the perfect start to New Year’s Eve!

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Vad Lee named AP NC prep player of the year. Next years QB for the Yellow Jackets.

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gtfanfrom1951, Coach Dooley had more losing seasons than Coach Richt, go sell that crap some where else.

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we’re playing in the LIBERTY BOWL

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Hmm, I like the points your friend Scott makes. But keeping the streak alive is enough for me. Not mention moving up in all time bowl wins list… I hope!

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No 6-6 team would make a playoff and therefore does not deserve to “go bowling”. Bill, your “tail wagging the dog” comment was right on. I’m a playoff supporter, so I believe that at least half the bowls need to be commited to playing out a regional playoff scenario with the lesser bowls going to the also ran’s who have better records. So here goes …

11 conference champs + 5 at large (still determined by best BCS ranking)

second weekend in December
Insight.com bowl – Big 12 vs. Pac 10
Champ sports – ACC vs. SEC
Little Caesar’s – Big 10 vs. Big East
Maaco – MWC vs. WAC
R-L Carrier – Sunbelt vs. MAC
Beef O’ Brady – CUSA vs. at large
Humanitarian – at large vs. at large
Advocare – at large vs. at large

Third weekend in December
New mexico bowl – Insight winner vs. Maaco winner
Texas bowl – R&L carrier winner vs. Champ sports winner
New Era – Beef O’ Brady winner vs. Little Caesar winner
Alamo – Advocare winner vs. Humanitarian winner

New Year’s Day
Semi final – rotation between Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Orange
Matchup of best teams not included in the playoff – rotation as above

First weekend of the new year
A REAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME! (rotation as above)

Everyone else fills in the remaining bowls = no 6-6 teams invited to undeserving bowl games!
Go DAWGS beat the Knights!

IMHO this would make the shreveport game much more enjoyable as well as some of the other games played under the current scenario. Who cares about two unranked 6-6 teams meeting in mid December? I believe everyone would make more money and have better participation. Let’s face it how many tickets would UGA have sold to the Humanitarian Bowl? 1200 maybe? But as an at large for the title how many would they sell? All of them!

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“As many as six current Georgia players are projected to be drafted in the NFL draft. We know this because Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay recently met with six Georgia players to discuss the NFL draft,”
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Thank goodness for our NFL caliber players. Hate to think what our record would be with average talent . . .

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Blah blah blah…playoffs would solve everything…and UGA would be done with football for the year.

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i’m very excited to always see Georgia play, maybe those losers at georgia tech should tune in…they might learn something from a winner and leader!

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Jusy had to get the dig in on Tech, didn;t you Bill? What an a**…of course….you’re playing to your audience

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Know what Bill? I personally don’t give a dam about Ga Tech and their bowl matchup, streak or location. Comparing UGA to Tech’s misfortune is a clear indication of where the football program is…mired in MEDIOCRITY. Guess what Bill? NO ONE WANTS TO SEE CENTRAL FLORIDA. If UGA had been sent to play Pitt or North Carolina, regardless where the game is played, TICKETS WOULD HAVE SOLD. I am sorry Greg McGarity and the UGAA are that delusional to think the opponent does not matter. Just amazing to me. I am sure some of the neanderthal fans we have will flame away in anger, but I have better things to do with my time that to watch what will be a boring matchup. SEC versus Conference USA? Are you kidding me? Richt is going to have his hands full in this one. I smell an upset coming, especially with so many players worried about their draft status. One thing I feel certain about…UGA will have a new head coach in 2012 if Richt does not make more staff changes after the Liberty Bowl. And by the way, I AM a season ticket holder for the past ten seasons. I’ve just seen enough of the “state of denial.”

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P.S. Did I mention that ESPN is the evil power in collge football? It is all about money now. Diluted bowls, horrible matchups that totally lack drama, and all about the dam advertising they can rack up each night with bowl after bowl after bowl. never mind the matchup, just throw two teams out there. College football is doomed if the NCAA continues the relentless pursuit of checks from ESPN and the like.

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ARdawg paid too much for his tickets and will be seated in the Liberty Bowl

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I see you do not refute the fact that Aaron Murray is 6-6 as Starting Quarterback, nor that the opposing quarterback was better head-to-head than he in all 6 losses this season.

# 48 Aaron Murray 3rd Down Conversions

# 48 Aaron Murray Total Offense

# 59 Aaron Murray Sacked

34 of 54 for only 62 % Red Zone converted for touchdown

# 74 Aaron Murray First Downs

6-6 as Starting Quarterback in the most unfulfilling season of the Mark Richt era.

Aaron Murray beat 6 cupcakes

Aaron Murray lost to 2 cupcakes and lost to all 4 real opponents he played against

61 % completion rate 188 of 304 attempts. His passes are not accurate.

He is very slow back there getting to what he is going to do

He is poor at checking out of poor play calls at the line of scrimmage

He did not win enough games

He played a weak soft strength of schedule and made hay vs only cupcakes

SOS # 45 and he lost to 2 bad teams and beat only 6 bad teams.

He is our best football player all season long. What does that tell you ?

He did not take charge on the field or off the field as our Leader.

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the 3 division 1 teams that did not make bowls are jealous!! only thing more laughable than 35 bowls is bull-c-s

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Man, when you go 6-6, MASSIVE CHANGES better be made, especially at QB, the rushing game, and even the run defense.

BIG CHANGES MUST BE MADE FAST, or this ship is going DOWN.

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Hey Mako, Im a Tech hater, too, but lets face it, Memphis isnt exactly Glendale,AZ. and we could be looking at 6-7 as well if we dont start covering somebody on D, So, I’m keeping my mouth shut til after the game at least.

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Scott has it dead on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I agree, reward what??????????????? It’s time for Coach Richt to get this program and players under control.

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I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?

As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.

Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.

UGA, perennial winner of the Fulmer/Richt Cup and The Cesspool of the South.

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It’s December 30th…Have the Bowl Games started, yet?

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Attention, everyone, especially dawgtards. With the last game coming up, we will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by slimeball Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, them tossing them out like garbage, are still going on, but at least the world knows what’s happening in Athens now.

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Why do we get stuck with this nostalgia piece. Why don’t we ever get a bowl matchup against those great coordinators and ex-UGA coaches that are at other schools? Oh, wait…

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BoWeevil is crazy.

Murray played very well and he is on track to be one of the best qbs to ever play at Georgia. He did outstanding considering he had NO rushing attack in his offense plus the defense was terrible.

Its not Murrays fault that Georgia has the crappiest defense $750,000 can buy.

It’s not Murrays fault that Washout fumbled the ball on two game winning drives that more than likely would have led to UGA wins.

It’s not Murrays fault that the Georgia defense got toasted by Ryan Mallet on that passing play to choke in the Arkansas game.

It’s not Murrays fault that idiot Bobo called a HORRIBLE set of plays in overtime of the Georgia/Florida game.

It’s not Murrays fault that he passed for THREE touchdowns in the FIRST QUARTER against #1 Auburn ON THE ROAD but his defense let them come back.

This season’s failures have nothing to do with quarterback play. Look at Murrays stats, the kid is breaking school records as a freshman. Murray didn’t have a running game, or defense this year and if you don’t have neither of those ANY qb will struggle in the SEC.

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