UGA coaches looking to see who wins spring Dawg fights
Can Jakar Hamilton win back a starting job at safety? (Associated Press)
After one practice March 10 and then releasing the hounds to play on the beach in Key West and other fun locales, Mark Richt gathers his team back on the Woodruff Practice Fields in Athens today to get serious about spring ball.
Between now and G-Day on April 16, some veterans will be trying to solidify their hold on a starting position (a few looking over their shoulders at the new guys coming in August) while other spots have been left pretty wide open by departures, as we discussed back before the first practice.
The bottom line, Mike Bobo told the Athens Banner-Herald, “is there’s going to be competition, you want competition. There’s going to be competition at every position on either side of the ball. We went 6-7, we didn’t get the job done. We didn’t finish at the end of games last year. We’ve got to have competition.”
While in reality some players probably do have their position locked down, the coaching staff obviously is encouraging the idea that the hungriest, hardest-working players will start.
There are several key spots where spring competition should be interesting. Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, Ken Malcome and Carlton Thomas will be competing to be the man Isaiah Crowell has to beat out. Marlon Brown, Rantavious Wooten, Israel Troupe, Michael Bennett and Chris Conley are trying to join Tavarres King at wide receiver before Malcolm Mitchell shows up. Can Jakar Hamilton, Shawn Williams or Marc Deas win the other safety spot alongside Bacarri Rambo, or will a true freshman figure there come fall? And how about the battle for backup quarterback or the competition for a starting spot under a new coach on the rejiggered offensive line?
Which of the battles for playing time will you be watching most closely?
BACK AT FOLEY FIELD
The widely traveled Diamond Dogs return home to Foley Field to face rival Georgia Tech tonight, with first pitch set for 7:06 p.m. The game, the first of three scheduled against the Jackets this season, will be televised by CSS. Last year, the hapless Dogs were swept by Tech, but while this year’s team got off to a rough start, they’ve improved a lot the past couple of weeks and have competed well against ranked opponents. Here’s hoping …
Go Dogs!
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just sayin'
March 22nd, 2011
10:40 am
looking forward to the notes coming from practices…
258DAWG
March 22nd, 2011
10:46 am
On defense im looking for someone to show an attitude, relaying they intend on being a big hitter. expect domination and settle for nothing less.
On offense im looking for a stud to break out and be the big time WR. get out there and take the ball beacuse “it’s yours”
Go Dawgs – GATA!!!
Auburn is All in jail
March 22nd, 2011
10:58 am
1.) Avoid jail time like Auburn
2.) Avoid arrests like Barron at Bama
3.) Lemay-plan on using him 25-40% of the game based on Murray’s effectiveness.
4.) Emphasize running the ball first and work on it over and over
Let Auburn win the 2011 Fulmer Cup and don’t even appear in the Fulmer Cup rankings.
Dawg Dude
March 22nd, 2011
11:10 am
Bozo as offensive coordinator, smh
Dawg_Mike
March 22nd, 2011
11:12 am
No Fulmer Cup this year. This is a different bunch of kids. They are adding muscle and getting stronger not just physically but mentally.
Cant wait….
Vance Duly
March 22nd, 2011
11:13 am
I would like to see some competition at the play-calling position!! While our total scoring output was OK last year, our 4th quarter offense was weak, and we were too predictable and ineffective at times. While our underperforming offensive line and running game were parts of the problem, our play-calling was inexplicable at times as well…. If I had to choose one position battle to watch, it would be the entire offensive line. If we could find 5 dominant lineman, with a few key reserves, we can overcome any weaknesses our offense might have.
devildawg
March 22nd, 2011
11:18 am
As a coach, albeit in another sport, I have never understood how important competition is at positions until you have it. It makes everyone hungrier, sharper, and just more enthusiastic about practicing. Get after it Dawgs. While all the other teams are busy posting bail, you can get a big head start on what promises to be a very interesting and exciting season. Go Dawgs!
Mike
March 22nd, 2011
11:29 am
14-0! Then again, I say that every year.
DougsMugsCoffeeService
March 22nd, 2011
11:35 am
I am looking forward to some numbers on strength, weight and speed gains.
Coachdawg 2000
March 22nd, 2011
11:51 am
Runningbacks-
Difference between the chuck-n-duck type of offense last year and celebration with a trophy in the Dome in December.
Pago Pago DAWG
March 22nd, 2011
11:54 am
Everybody says when a rb gets 25 carries we win. Why can’t our coaches figure that out!
CPO Dawg
March 22nd, 2011
12:07 pm
I hope to see the defense improved. Coach Grantham finally has the the space eating nose tackle he needed last year along with more talent recruited in hopefully Big John Jenkins will be as good or better than advertised.. if he is, and stays healthy, the UGA defense will be much better than last year.
I hope to see the offensive line protect Murray better, and the running back competition will be interesting to watch as well.
Mike
March 22nd, 2011
12:08 pm
Bobo & Richt claim there’s a competition every Spring. There’s not. Richt puts in who he wants. It’s Murray. Period.
Remember last year all the talk from Richt about competing and how the QB might not surface “until the bullets were real?” What a luagh. Please. Mett desroyed Murray over Spring, outcompeting him by a mile, and Richt named Murray starter.
Here’s last year’s “we’re competing” hyperbole from Richt & Bobo:
http://blogs.ajc.com/junkyard-blawg/2010/03/04/richt-ealey-even-better-but-qb-may-not-surface-until-bullets-are-real/
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
12:18 pm
Pago Pago DAWG its most likely due to the fact that “everybody” is a bunch of bloggers who really don’t know crap about calling a football game..Really last year with our line how many games you think we would have won running the ball 25 times with any of our available backs?? And really we scored 30+ point in a record number of games…we have to get better on D.
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
12:20 pm
Mike would like some cheese with that whine??
GT is a 4th rate high school team
March 22nd, 2011
12:31 pm
Buma fans should go home and enjoy their piece at Toomers Corner. Aubum fans should pay their respect in those Toomer Jail House. LOL
Really?
March 22nd, 2011
12:34 pm
still talking about Rambo? That guy should be helping Bruce Pearl pack up his locker
Scooter McDoogle
March 22nd, 2011
12:37 pm
We definitely need some competition at safety. Rambo looks like he’s got the skills but the kid gave up on a number of plays. That needs to stop right now. We need a kid that’s going to go 110% every play. I don’t think they know just how much of a privilege it is to suit up in the red and black. Everybody in the state lives and dies right along side this team. Everybody that matters anyway. Running back is an obvious battle, nobody took hold of the job last year. Crowell may be great and I hope he is but Ealey and King should be miles ahead of him and they probably are not. @ Vance Duly, you got a point… I could pick out exactly when a run up the middle was coming, (usually 70% of the time) they need to take Bobo’s playbook and rip that page out.
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
March 22nd, 2011
12:38 pm
Pago Pago DAWG:
Who is everybody??? 25 carries a game does not necessarily win a game….No doubt the running game must get better…..
Minnesota Dawg
March 22nd, 2011
12:38 pm
It’s neat to see how Dawg fans come back home and have optimism that our guys will finally do it this year! It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog!!!
Mike
March 22nd, 2011
12:39 pm
Hey Bill,
—————–
is there’s going to be competition, you want competition. There’s going to be competition at every position on either side of the ball. We went 6-7, we didn’t get the job done. We didn’t finish at the end of games last year. We’ve got to have competition.”
————–
Bet Mettenberger and Gray are laughing their heads off at Bobo’s annual “There’s going to be competition at every position on either side of the ball” Spring rhetoric.
Bill, thanks for that quote, funniest I’ve read on a sports blog EVER.
BeachBum
March 22nd, 2011
12:40 pm
Yo Mike, I don’t necessarily disagree with you but, as I remember it, Murray didn’t get the final nod last year until after “Mett” had spent a little time in jail. I’m just sayin’, Met stays out of trouble, who knows who starts last fall.
Mike
March 22nd, 2011
12:42 pm
Here’s Bobo’s 2010 Spring “open competition” speech, if you’d like to compare:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/bobo-dogs-qb-competition-330342.html
Let’s see, Mett beat Murray over Spring games in:
yards, accuracy, td’s, and threw less int’s
And Murray was named the starter.
“open competition”, what a laugh.
Mike
March 22nd, 2011
12:46 pm
P.S. guys, I’m a loser and I’m trying to rile you guys up. My moms about to be home any sec though so I gotta go.
GT is a 4th rate high school team
March 22nd, 2011
12:53 pm
The important thing which most understand and agrees to, is if this season is not good to spectacular most of those coaches would be out or should be out from UGA
bullodg keith
March 22nd, 2011
12:58 pm
If BOTH of the lines of scrimmage improve, we will be fine especially with the schedule this year. If the lines do not perform, we will be looking at a bad bad year. Just like winning becomes a habit, losing can as well.
GO DAWGS!!
The joke by Coke still sucks.
Maconbulldog
March 22nd, 2011
12:59 pm
The two things I look forward to is the RB competition and the safety battle. I mean if i remember correct there was an article on ajc not too long ago talking to the running backs (well just King anyways) and King was saying how he was going to take Crowell under his wing (not that I like that idea too much) But what I really like in was they were going to speak to Washuan but he didnt even speak to the media……I enjoyed that because that shows me he is WORKING and not talking so freaking much. Also I think Jakar was not so much a bust he had 1 pick 6 (yeah I know against a weak team) but do not count him out . Rambo is good but he has not been the same since he laid that hit on AU in 2009. Well here is to a great Spring,Summer, and Fall ( with AU leading the Fulmer cup) Go dawgs
DawginLex
March 22nd, 2011
1:02 pm
Post my comments please!!
DawginLex
March 22nd, 2011
1:14 pm
Can’t wait to see Zach Mett carrying a clipboard at LSU.
Can’t wait to see Logan Gray fair catching punts in Boulder
Neither one of them will ever start at QB
Same ole...
March 22nd, 2011
1:22 pm
No Fulmer Cup this year. This is a different bunch of kids. They are adding muscle and getting stronger not just physically but mentally.
Who are are you kidding? These are the same illiterate morons and thugs as usual. The names may change, but Richt keeps recruiting the same kind of stupid jerkoffs who couldn’t pass a single legitimate college course if their life depended on it.
D A DoubleU G
March 22nd, 2011
1:23 pm
DawginLex,
Bill King has an absurd filter on this blog.
I cannot figure out why a very pleasant post I made about Athens in the springtime will not go through.
Troll Power Ratings
March 22nd, 2011
1:25 pm
Mike by a mile, so far. Next up he starts posting under a different name.
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
1:25 pm
Same ole… = Troll of the day award goes to you…funny how all these players were in many cases competed for by every team in the SEC..your also Moron of the day…
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
1:27 pm
Troll Power Ratings for today’s ranking I went with Same ole, for just dumbest drivel , but for sheer venom and volume I agree Mike by a mile…
DawginLex
March 22nd, 2011
1:29 pm
Yeah, nothing like typing a bunch of stuff that never shows up.
MarineDog
March 22nd, 2011
1:32 pm
@Mike
March 22nd, 2011
12:08 pm
Bobo & Richt claim there’s a competition every Spring. There’s not. Richt puts in who he wants. It’s Murray. Period.
I believe that the starting QB wasn’t named until Mett was arrested and consequently kicked off the team as a result.
Troll Power Ratings
March 22nd, 2011
1:33 pm
Dawg Gone, yep, “Same ol” posted before I posted the “standings”. Agree he is in the lead under “Moron of the Day” sub category.
GODAWG
March 22nd, 2011
1:37 pm
Bobo couldn’t coach a dog to chase a ball!
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
1:43 pm
GODAWG chances are pretty good he hung 30+ on your team last year….
Mike Bobo
March 22nd, 2011
1:51 pm
Hey! F- you guys. That run up the middle works man, I just can’t get anybody to block. It’s my thinking if I run it 80 times a game, the other coach will be like, “There’s no way he’s running it up the middle again.” It hasn’t worked that way too often but I feel it coming this year, I’m gonna run it up the middle whenever I want. So fart on my chest and call me Suzy.
GT is a 4th rate high school team
March 22nd, 2011
1:54 pm
Same ole, another vote for you as moron and troll of the day. LOL
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2011
1:54 pm
True Mike. Richt always plays the players he likes. He likes the players he thinks gives him the best chance to win.
GT is a 4th rate high school team
March 22nd, 2011
1:56 pm
Same Ole may be right, coz he is Chief Williamson. LOL
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2011
1:59 pm
speaking of which…….can SOMEBODY get ol’ Jimmy some season tickets?
Tide roll
March 22nd, 2011
2:02 pm
Bill, Competition?! Chris Burnette could be the next Mike Pouncey and he ain’t going to beat out Bobo’s boy, Ben Jones.
7576DAWG
March 22nd, 2011
2:10 pm
I hope this year will be different from past years when everybody knew that freshmen didn’t have a chance to play their first year and would be red shirted . It didn’t matter how good they were. Only a select few would get to play at positions that didn’t have any depth and it was the last resort. Since what the team does on the field means where CMR will get an extension on his contract or not I hope that practice is no longer in force. Even though a lot of the times since the recruit is not coming from a very complicated system in high school and the only have a month to learn the play book I agree most should be red shirted but a lot more could be playing at least by the 3rd game. CMR will be doing things a lot different this year.
McGarity IS WATCHING.
A few positive changes have all ready come about. Getting rid of the so called dreaded MAT DRILLS is one. Now it will be year round tough conditioning like it should be. Also CMR finally realized that every kid coming out of high school doesn’t have the discipline and maturity that he raised is kids with and don’t deserve to be given the benefit of the doubt. These are two very positive admissions and we will see huge improvements from last year.
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
2:10 pm
Tide roll stop your putting the entire blog to sleep….zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Michael Vick
March 22nd, 2011
2:13 pm
Did someone say “dog fights” ??
cmdawg99
March 22nd, 2011
2:15 pm
Even though its going to be great to see the change in the players emotions and attitudesand playing abilities. I cant wait til our first, 4th and 1 , inside the 10 yard line call to see how CMR has changed……..GOOOOOOOOO DAAAAWWWGS……..
Lagdawg
March 22nd, 2011
2:22 pm
Why is Baccari Rambo guaranteed a starting position? I didn’t see anything from him last year to warrant that. With a 6/7 record, no one should be guaranteed a starting job. All positions should be opened to the best player. That’s how you get them to compete harder. Bobo should be taking a look at himself and his choice of playcalling. Make or break season for CMR. Let’s see just how bad he wants to keep his job. UGA has a really bad recruiting effort going right now. We are way behind other top programs. Alabama brings in top players every year and there are no excuses about we can’t recruit because our previous class was so good. Bull Crap!!!!!
Poor, Poor Mike
March 22nd, 2011
2:23 pm
Hi. My name is Mike. my mommy didn’t hug me enough. I am gonna go home and cry now……………..
Gary
March 22nd, 2011
2:35 pm
No one earned a position this year based on last years performance. Everyone should be earning their spot. That includes the QB.
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
2:35 pm
Lagdawg news flash CMR and UGA don’t have 100 slots to fill so they won’t recruit 100 who do you think they are Bama? I agree with you about Rambo..not sure if he is really guaranteed a starting spot but there needs to be open completion for both safety spots.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2011
2:41 pm
Richt actually went for it on 4th and short more often than usual last year. Converted 5/8 to be exact. So going for it is not really going to be a change.
I personally wanted him to go for it on that (play you are refering to), but I understand where he was coming from. 6-0 when scoring first, 0-6 when not, had been widely talked about that week.
And even though the popular theory is that he sent the wrong message, I personally believe he was making a calculated point to the players hoping to challange them. It didn’t work.
His responce when asked what he told the players at that point:
“If you want a first down, how about do it right there. Don’t get stuffed on that 3rd and short, then run over here asking me to go for it. Do your job!” paraphasing.
Tide roll
March 22nd, 2011
2:43 pm
Last year it was JUJUAN JAMES from N. Gwinnett, a 6′6″340lb. freshman All American OT at TENNESSEE. This year it’s BRANDON GREENE, a6′6″ 300 lb. OT at Cedar Grove coming to BAMA! Be sure to read Chip’s article on him, including the comments of Coach Ray Bonner (who sent ya’ll Henry Harris back in the day). This is incredible. It’s an annual event, starting with JAMES CARPENTER(a 30 game starter for us), and Big CHANCE WARMACK,the offensive guard out of Atlanta Westlake. You can’t tell me Bobo doesn’t have a hand in all this. Pitiful, just pitiful.
wreckmaniac
March 22nd, 2011
2:49 pm
This is so much fun. Too bad GA has to play real teams in the fall. Life would be grand If they could just play themselves.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2011
2:51 pm
My bad, 2010 Richt attempted 15 4th down conversion. (made it 8 times)
That’s more 4th down attempts than: Miles. Saban. Spurrier. Chizik.
In fact, the 2 teams in the SEC game combined didn’t have more 4th down attemps.
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
2:52 pm
I’m getting sleepy all of a sudden..wait Tide roll is still about that explains it..
WE RUIN THIS STATE
March 22nd, 2011
2:55 pm
GT is a 4th.. etc. If great to spectacular is required this year, why wasn’t it required last year, or the year before or the year…….. What a crock. You guys accept anything and always have.
WE RUIN THIS STATE
March 22nd, 2011
3:00 pm
This is amazing ! Why all the rancor. Its spring. Remember this is when everyone says:
1. I predict 10-1 losing only to _______
2. Looks like another nat champ year. Oh yea.
3. The rest of the nation is scared to death.
4. The Gators are putrid
5. I predict a 15 point win over SC.
Come on, where is it ???
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
3:01 pm
WE RUIN THIS STATE we don’t accept losing to our in state rival 9 out of 10 …easy easy easy!
Rooster
March 22nd, 2011
3:47 pm
How many field goals did Richt kick last year? Too damn many, thats how many. Richt relies too much on the field goal unit than actually trying to score tds.
Lagdawg
March 22nd, 2011
3:47 pm
I didn’t say that UGA had 100 slots to fill but, you still have to recruit top players and I don’t see anyone running to commit to UGA. I know we are not UA because we haven’t won a NC in 30yrs and frankly to win one would be nice. If we get the big time players we need, then I will be happy, but until then we are still behind in recruiting.
Fritz
March 22nd, 2011
3:50 pm
I bet LSU has a blog to posts remarks about for Mike trying to mark out to his boy Mett. The spring game comparison you speak of is like apples to oranges, Mett played againist the 9th string defense while Murray was uo vs the 1st and 2nd teamers. Murray is the QB of now, not the past or what could have been. So ol’ Mikey boy either get on the ship and pull for our dawgs or start buying blue and yellow LSU garb and maybe your hero Mett will let you sniff his jockstrap.
Better Dawgs
March 22nd, 2011
3:54 pm
The Dawgs will be in good shape come this fall. We can compete with anyone and should be the underdawg in most cases. I like this. We do well flying under the radar. Recruiting is not the issue, it is development. We are on the right track again. The Junkyard D will be back in 2011.
Dawg Gone
March 22nd, 2011
3:54 pm
Lagdawg after the class CMR just delivered I think I’ll let him to the recruiting…sound fair?
Tampa BullDAWG
March 22nd, 2011
4:06 pm
To the creators of the AJC website. I would like to see a “Like” option under the comments right beside the Report this comment or something that would allow you to reply to a comment. There are a lot of good comments on here, but it would be much better if they were threaded like discussions.
Oh yeah I’m interested to see what happens on the Offensive and Defensive Line. That will determine how the season goes for the Dawgs. IT ALL STARTS THERE! Go DAWGS!!
D A DoubleU G
March 22nd, 2011
4:07 pm
Dear Tech trolls,
I think it’s hilarious that in your world, rushing for SO MANY yards against UGA and losing to them, makes your team better because UGA has not won a National Championship under Richt.
You follow that??? weird, I know.
My favorite philosophy learned this offseason……
“In a year when the only thing UGA has to brag about is beating Tech, the only thing Tech has to brag about is the fact that the only thing UGA has to brag about is beating Tech”
42-34
9-1
61-39-5
Tide roll
March 22nd, 2011
4:09 pm
STURDIVANT,6′5″ 310, GATES,6′5″ 340,BURNETTE 6′3″310, ANDERSON 6′5″340,and GLENN 6′5″340. Play ‘em and you win the East. Mess around with favorites, or who the fans and Alums want to see, and it’s going to be more of the same.
Tampa BullDAWG
March 22nd, 2011
4:10 pm
Oh yeah and Rambo shouldn’t be guaranteed a starting position for anything. I think he was one of the worst players on Defense and it showed game in and game out on blown coverages and quitting on plays. He has turned into nothing more than a “Domesticated House Cat” after that hit in the 2009 Auburn game. Too bad because he looked so good in his Freshman year, but he has seriously regressed. Maybe the off-season workout with help him put on some need weight and muscle that a Safety needs when hitting someone coming across the middle. Go DAWGS!
tampaBIGdawg
March 22nd, 2011
4:27 pm
I am most scared and interested in the safety play this year, especially since Ogletree is moving to ILB. He is a beast and probably showed the most improvement last year of any of the DB’s. Corner play scares me too and still the soft coverage that I thought we got rid of when WM walked the plank. Hamilton can lay the wood but rarely did it. Maybe having a beast in Ogletree to help on the run and underneath passes without having to rush the passer like Houston was primarily used will keep the safties eyes on the QB or sticking to TE or SE. The amount of 3rd and long plays given up where pittiful. Just think and look back at what the score would have been to the majority of the close games if we hadn’t. Our offense was actually clicking well except when bobo called a draw on 3 and 7 with little CT. That little guy is a speedster to atleast get him in space with a screen or over the middle dump of with Charles knocking heads while blocking.. Him and White blocked better than the whole O line on run plays. I will be content witht he Offense repeating last year for the most part but the lazy D has got to stop. A. Murray, Green, Durham, Dent, and Houstan were the only players that played 100% even though Murray would get anxious and out of whack in the 4th.
tampaBIGdawg
March 22nd, 2011
4:30 pm
Sorry for the miss spelling, and horrible grammar. I was trying not to get busted by the wifey. She thinks I get into the blogs to much during the off season.
Einsteindawg
March 22nd, 2011
4:55 pm
Jakar Hamilton = Bryan Evans
Lagdawg
March 22nd, 2011
4:57 pm
Sounds fair. Now let’s see can he get them to produce at a quality level. Seen this all before and heard it all before. Actions speak louder than words.
Timbodog
March 22nd, 2011
5:19 pm
And why exactly are we even discussing Tech here?
Who gives a crap that we have beaten them? They’re not on our level…
Let’s beat Florida. Let’s win a National Championship.
There are no excuses not to. Yet McGarity has already built in excuses by saying something to the effect of success this year isn’t necessarily winning the SEC East.
WHY THE HECK NOT?
If we can’t win the East this year, then Richt has GOT to go. Does anyone disagree?
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2011
6:05 pm
I do. If you were the actual AD you would never put that sort of an absolute on it. You aren’t. You can. That’s cool.
Now if we “can’t”, literally can’t, as in don’t have the ability, then yes. I think you are saying if we don’t. UGA won the east is a 3 way tie before, and a couple of the better teams failed to win the east. So it’s just not that simple
Richt has to show that he has the performance of the team headed in the correct direction, and also that the 2012 recruiting class is shaping up to meet expectation. That is the reality of what he has to do. Also I believe there is a side narrative going on about the defense stabilizing and the offensive staff being under closer scrutiny.
Oops, I should have asked first: where you asking that in the scope of reality, or are we just all patting each other on the back?
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2011
6:10 pm
Ok, Mommy bringin’ me milk and cookies, got to go, be right back.
Richt needs to run, tackle, and block well.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2011
6:18 pm
That’s a pretty simple question Rooster. 24. Or that’s how many he attempted, which I believe would be more to your point. About the same as Spurrier, and Chizik, some less than Saban, way less than Miles.
SHANKIT
March 22nd, 2011
6:22 pm
Football Dawgs, during the season, play most of their match play opponents with swagger,
but when they get to Jacksonville, it is like teeing it up in another venue,
like Augusta, Amen Corner, in the hunt, but somehow the roar of the crowd behind
them and ahead of them, makes them start to shank, three putt.
Just an Analogy, but it’s the same principle.
They really need a sports psychologist (aka Jimbo Fisher, aka Paul Azinger, Ryder
Cup captain winner,) to get their minds right.
Gator Gus
March 22nd, 2011
6:22 pm
Please keep Murray. He’s an outstanding QB.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2011
6:31 pm
I’m sure he will be voted preseason All-SEC by your coach Gus.
Hog Man
March 22nd, 2011
6:32 pm
Just got back from muddin’. Uh, yeah, Georgia does need a sports sykolgist, Saban has one of them “Mental conditing” companies. It’s like wrestling a hog, you just have to be willing to get in the mud and not come up until you hear people yelling “Hog Man, Hog Man”. Works for me.
SOUTHGADAWG88
March 22nd, 2011
6:58 pm
We must have better play from both lines in order to win the East this season.Garner and Friend both need to deliver the goods or we will be scrambling to win 8-9 games.There is hope…center and tackle are set… so Friend needs to find two starters from the 7-8 kids he has to work with.On the defensive side it can’t help but get better than last season…we gave up 21rushing tds in the red zone finishing 11th in the SEC.I know seeing Tripp and Wood playing inside in the 4 man front was hard to watch.Beef is on the way in Jenkins and they say Kwame has turned into a work out warrior and is expected to get heavy minutes.Simply not getting blown off the ball all the time should yield huge dividends for the defense.
I’m not that worried about the secondary…we finished 5th in interceptions and 6th in pass efficiency defense with a DL who got manhandled most games and a pass rush that only produced 24 sacks…9th in the league.So improved DL play should equate to tighter coverage.
T-DAWG
March 22nd, 2011
7:26 pm
Win the battle up front on the OL and DL and everything else will fall into place. All of the other battles are great but give me some studs up front and I will go to battle with you any Saturday and twice on Sunday.
tony
March 22nd, 2011
8:13 pm
The player whom I’m most interested in seeing play in Todd Grantham 3-4 defense is Quintavious Harrow. This young man is not afraid to put the BIG HIT on you and he doesn’t miss tackles. If anyone think Mr Richt used him to lure his best friend Isaiah Crowell better think again.
I got a name for him: THE HITMAN!
Dalles
March 22nd, 2011
8:46 pm
Why is Baccari Rambo guaranteed a starting position? I didn’t see anything from him last year to warrant that.
Rambo was the crappiest player on the team last year. He should have been dismissed so he could begin his career as a night fry cook at the Waffle House.
RP
March 22nd, 2011
8:50 pm
Red panties.
Red panties
Red panties.
Red panties.
Red panties
Red panties.
Red panties.
Red panties
Red panties.
Red panties.
Red panties
Red panties.
Red panties.
Red panties
Red panties.
Troll Power Ratings
March 22nd, 2011
9:12 pm
RP, weak effort. You’re not even moving the needle. Please try again.
Sven Ottke
March 22nd, 2011
10:59 pm
How about the Spring fight at Foley Field tonight? Joltin Jackets 15 Diamond Mutts 6. Lit up the Dogs pitching……..again.
WE RUIN THIS STATE
March 23rd, 2011
12:30 am
Looks like CMR has recruited and designed another team to beat Tech because thats all he’s ever done.
Jaydawg
March 23rd, 2011
5:26 am
When it comes down to it ,does it really matter what the names are?It’s still the same coaching staff that cant consistently win in Jacksonville or hold our biggest rivals under 30 points a game.Sad but true.
1962 DAWG
March 23rd, 2011
5:58 am
Some posts on this blog are unreal. Some of you act as though CMR puts players on the field that shouldn’t be out there. I’m sure he puts the players on the field that he thinks give us the best chance of winning. Same with CMB, he calls plays that he thinks give us an opportunity to get a 1st down or a TD. Because some plays don’t work out alot of you think he calls plays to lose.
None of these coaches goes out on gameday and plays to lose. No coach does, but to read some of you, you would think differently.
To those of you that say Murray shouldn’t have started over Mettingberger? Murray wasn’t announced as starter until Mett was arrested.
Also those of you that think Mett wont play at LSU, better think again. He’ll play.
Anybody thats ever played any type of sports knows that coaches bring up the competition thing to make players work harder, even though some players are already penciled in.
Hopefully everybody stays healthy and has a good and productive spring pratice.
Sopwith Camel
March 23rd, 2011
7:43 am
I keep mortified that the UGA coach(es) seem to always be behind even the fans in what needs to be done on the field…….from firing the defensive coordinator, to not playing someone based on favoritism but on competition, to not using silly gimmicks like dancing, sending the team onto the field, wearing different uniforms, etc., to needing more strength and conditioning, to needing new play calling on the sidelines, to not kicking field goals when you’ve driven all the way down the field, etc, etc. Our coaches need to be out front with all of this, but they never are. I’m hoping this year will be better than last year, but I’m not betting on it.
Dawg Squeeze
March 23rd, 2011
7:45 am
Do you guys realize Jimmy Carter was president when UGA football last won a national championship? Another bulldawg point of pride.
joey
March 23rd, 2011
8:12 am
LSU vs UGA for SEC title……LSU destroy’s Uga with Mett taking out all his anger on us.
Wonderlic Dawg
March 23rd, 2011
8:13 am
Judging from the spring football practice pictures on Georgiadogs.com looks like some players haven’t made any strides in the weight room in the off season. Oh well Richt is done after this season.
Bawbie
March 23rd, 2011
8:15 am
FIRE DAVE PERNO !!!!!!!!!!!
WE RUIN THIS STATE
March 23rd, 2011
8:48 am
Tide Roll: Your group sounds like a pile of fat on the O line. A group this overweight cannot possibly survive a season without major injuries.
Just saying
March 23rd, 2011
9:15 am
Rambo isn’t the same since 2009 injury vs. Auburn.
Just saying
March 23rd, 2011
9:16 am
Hitman? Where the heck were all of his BIG hits last year?
Pago Pago DAWG
March 23rd, 2011
10:05 am
Being the number 1 school in Georgia….so why isn’t UGA number 1 in All sports??? Come on people.
Mike Vick
March 23rd, 2011
10:41 am
I believe the title of the Blog is a form of entrapment to dog fighters like me.
Buckeye
March 23rd, 2011
10:43 am
PETA is on the way. Poor choice of words, especially in this town.
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2011
11:28 am
Good thing the Lady Dawgs weren’t depending on me too much. I guess I fell asleep or forgot to tune back in after the half. Lost track of the thing anyway.
Good for them. Way to go coach.
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2011
11:38 am
Camel, I wouldn’t be overly “mortified” about it. If in 10 yrs the list of thing that they are behind in is that small, it’ll be ok. Especially consider that list contained duplications, things that have been corrected, things that are not unique to these coaches at all, and a couple of things that are purely made up opinion.
Like all staffs, they learn from mistakes and hopefully bank the knowledge, right?
Dogwholikesgatortail
March 23rd, 2011
12:04 pm
Tired of false hopes, arrests, poor coaching, poor playing, and not beating any team from Florida.
7576dawg
March 23rd, 2011
12:28 pm
Dogwhollikesgatortail
That’s why McGarity was brought in , to address the lack of success against Florida.
In football Alabama has the same problem with us. It doesn’t matter how good both are Alabama has had a mental problem against us for quite a while now and will again in 2012 unless we see them in the play off in 2010.
7576dawg
March 23rd, 2011
12:29 pm
Sorry I mean in 2011 in the playoff.
Mettenburger
March 23rd, 2011
1:14 pm
I like girls in tight shorts at dark bars who say “no”……a lot.
Nesbitt
March 23rd, 2011
1:28 pm
I like big fat women who look like Coach Johnson and wear big floppy hats and oversized sunglasses and 1 piece bathing suits two sizes too small.
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2011
1:40 pm
Hopefully McGarity can help all the programs be more competitive, but I doubt he knows anything about beating UF specifically. Well he does, but any grad assitant working in the department can tell you what that would take…..bring a better team to Jacksonville. That has always been the answer to beating Florida (with very rare exceptions).
Duuuuuuhhh
March 23rd, 2011
1:47 pm
Hey AJ! How many feet are in 100 yards????? I’ll give you until Friday for the answer.
Montez Robinson
March 23rd, 2011
1:48 pm
Yep, Mett…does me good to slap em around.
FIFTEEN RUNS to your 6 runs
March 23rd, 2011
1:55 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Ed (The Original)
March 23rd, 2011
1:56 pm
Glad we have some horses coming in the fall, but until UGA upgrades at head coach, we will continue to be second-tier in the SEC.
tony
March 23rd, 2011
2:17 pm
@Just saying
Here’s some big hits for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxbFb_nl_vE
McDawg
March 23rd, 2011
3:08 pm
Diane Sawyer is kinda of hot
McDawg
March 23rd, 2011
3:08 pm
sorry thought this was the CSPAN blog
dawgfan
March 23rd, 2011
3:25 pm
I hope our guys had fun soaking up some rays on South Beach. Next time they are in the state of Florida they’ll be a little further north and they probably won’t find their surroundings quite as hospitable. I hope to God they’re ready. Reading crap like this makes me have serious doubts.
Thanks.
ChattaDawg
March 23rd, 2011
3:32 pm
Does any one know if the Athens cops are as easy on our football players?
The officer offered Barron multiple chances to provide more concrete details even calling Baron’s mother and grandmother at their home on Butts Street, Levy said.
Barron maintained his version of events and was told at that point the officer had no other choice but to arrest him and process him, Levy said.
Wow…you have to be really stupid to get arrested in Bama.
Aaron Zeir and Eric Murray are ......
March 23rd, 2011
4:35 pm
AM and EZ remind me of each other. Both played a game vs Florida and coulda/shoulda/woulda won it. Eric had the Dogs on the Gator 3 and his three passes into the end zone in a driving rain were dropped by Randy McMichael or another UGA TE.
Murray simply played horribly vs Florida in his one shot so far BUT did have a 50/50 shot but failed miserably. He CHOKED …………….IN his home state too. Not good. That OT pass was dumb and was FORCED. Dumb it was.
Both QBs have or will have some hefty stats. I do hope that Murray can make his count. He needs to have several big WINNING outtings vs the better SEC teams or he will forever be considered just another so so thrower.
This is his year to build that WINNING FOUNDATION. David Green, Andy Johnson, Mike Cavan and too many other UGA QBS had WONDERFUL soph years and were surrounded by less skilled talent.
Can Murray have that magic soph year?? Time will tell.
Goooooooooooooooooo Dogs.
VININGSDAWG
March 23rd, 2011
5:19 pm
Maybe new and improved talent but the same old coaching.
And as eveyone gets on Bobo’s back, why not Grantham? He came in at $750,000 and teams were scoring points in bunches against him. The choke sign and his stupid comments about the Auburn offense not being that good. (Dude they scored 42 on you in three quarters, Bobo’s group tried to keep up but your sorry play calling on defense couldn;t come close to stoping Auburn).
We are a ways away from being there.
SOUTHGADAWG88
March 23rd, 2011
5:21 pm
What’s the deal with all the Rambo hating?Fact is Bacarri was the only soph and under player in the top 20 in tackles in the SEC.Who said he was a big hitter to begin with?He’s a FS not SS….FS are you last line of defense run or pass.Considering our run defense was horrible AND our pass rush was weak(9th in SEC) it should come as no surprise that the kid may have bit too often on the play action pass.Just because he knocked himself out against AUB doesn’t mean he was some fearsome hitter to begin with…prior to that game he wasn’t known as some kind of a headhunter anyway.
ATLcracker
March 23rd, 2011
6:02 pm
Do the Falcons know Wes Durham ran a 4.43 forty at Dawg Day ? !
SOUTHGADAWG88
March 23rd, 2011
6:51 pm
Wes Durham doesn’t play at UGA
Bawbie
March 23rd, 2011
7:00 pm
Fire PERNO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MaxxDawg
March 23rd, 2011
7:24 pm
Bill- Is it just me, or is Hutson Mason the most underrated guy in Athens? This guy rewrites the Georgia HS record books, is not heavily recruited, then goes out and his first pass goes for a TD as a true freshman. His game reminds me of Sam Bradford. I think LeMay will have a tough time beating this guy out.
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2011
8:30 pm
Wes ran a 44.3 actually.
Brando
March 23rd, 2011
10:15 pm
It Uga on the diamond. I know you don’t care about baseball until you beat Tech or make it to the Series.
Dawg Tired
March 24th, 2011
9:40 am
If Rambo is the best we have at one safety position, we’re hurting big-time in the back on D. Ever since he got knocked out making that game saving hit against Auburn two seasons ago he has played hesitant/scared.
Joe
March 24th, 2011
10:08 am
Wow!!!! Has Samuel just disappeared in the plans? How old is he now just 20? What a waste of talent moving him around. UGA seems to have wasted a lot of talent in recent years.
edumacated
March 25th, 2011
2:48 pm
My two cents….
1. The S&C program “upgrades” will help in 4th quarter conditioning this year, but not so much in size and strength. It took years for the decline to take effect, so I think it will take years for the turnaround to take effect as well. Common sense.
2. Bobo and Richt still play favorites, no matter what they say. It is in their nature. Unless you are a total scrub, if you pay your dues to them, you will not get benched by someone younger who is only marginally better in practice. In Richt’s program, you gotta really stand out like AJ or Ogletree to get in the game early.
3. If Richt can’t beat Florida this year then…..what a minute, I said that last year. The truth is, Richt will never beat Florida, more than on occasion. If McGarity and the alumni want more, then they had better place an add in the paper.
4. This year’s team might be worse than last year’s. Yes, get used to that idea. They lost a lot of key players, whom we don’t need to name. Murray is a bright spot, but he is short of some weapons (yeah, I know Crowell is coming). The defense will rely heavily on how that JUCO transfer NT works out. If he can’t jam up the middle, then our inexperienced LB’s and secondary are going to be gouged.
5. Bobo is still the OC. Nuff said.
SOUTHGADAWG88
March 27th, 2011
8:02 pm
This team is a lot more talented over all than last year’s squad IMO.