Dogs’ first two games could make or break Mark Richt

Ryan

April 21st, 2011
10:25 am

Firstttt!!!

chiefdawg

April 21st, 2011
10:26 am

First 0-2 for the Dawgs and Richt is in trouble

Bama in Atlanta

April 21st, 2011
10:27 am

That’s why they play the games……..settle it on the field.

chiefdawg

April 21st, 2011
10:27 am

miss it!

SouthSide Dawg

April 21st, 2011
10:31 am

It’s all going to come down to whether or not we have a full slate of players for these first two games. If we have 2-game suspensions to start the season, we’re hosed. Gotta stay out of trouble in the offseason.

jablonski

April 21st, 2011
10:31 am

He has to win them both for the sake of national rep and the SEC East Race. Boy o Boy, it will be bad news if he loses both.

Look at it this way. No matter what, it will get worked out this season. Win the games and fans will be happy, lose the games and he is gone. No matter what it will get taken care of this year.

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
10:35 am

I believe we will beat boise by more than 2 TD’s.

The SC game will be an all out defensive war. Both teams are going to have good defenses. Turnovers will settle it like always. Home crowd in our favor.

I could see it being 13-10 either way

Me

April 21st, 2011
10:36 am

Dear Mark Richt: The majority of the Bulldog Nation doesn’t want the Georgia/Florida game in Crack Alley, AKA the Georgia Dome. Stop making excuses for your football team getting beat every year! Shut up, play the damn game and just win. Thats all we care about.

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
10:37 am

As far as Richt’s demeanor is concerned:

He is competitive. Folks underestimate that part of him.

That being said, he is driven by his faith. That gives him inner peace and results in his calm demeanor. My guess is he is worried because he is human but he most likely is putting it in God’s hands. Richt will accept the outcome as being God’s will.

But I guarantee you he will go down fighting.

Bubba J. Dawgman

April 21st, 2011
10:38 am

It would definitely be better to win the SC game, but I see us winning both. Wishful thinking? Maybe, but it is possible. These kids are hungry. Don’t let Richt fool you, he’s feeling the pressure and he’s got these kids working harder than they ever have I hope. For his sake and ours.

dawgballs00

April 21st, 2011
10:38 am

Lose to Boise and that will be two games in a row that Richt has lost to a team with every last starter being a lower ranked prospect than Richt has across the line wearing the “G”. If that happens it can only mean one thing. He is being grossly outcoached.

Carew Rowell

April 21st, 2011
10:43 am

Unless we somehow learn to block and tackle, my Dawgs will lose both games. Our defense is still over pursuing and not wrapping. I’m hoping against all hope that it will change this year, but my heart tells me it will be the same.

Some people try to find things in this game that don’t exist but football is only two things – blocking and tackling.

Vince Lombardi

Go Dawgs

Blindog

April 21st, 2011
10:43 am

Considering what happened last year,Richt knows how important the first two games are and he will have the team ready,he must or sadly he will be gone by years end.I for one believe he WILL have them ready to kick butt!

JB

April 21st, 2011
10:44 am

The first two are BIG, and losing both would not be good, but the ten after that are bigger for HIM, because even losing those two, if he could have and nice run of 8 and 9 wins and one being Florida, he’ll be OK. Lose those two and let the press and the circus detract this team and they fall apart, he’ll be lame duck by mid season.

PB

April 21st, 2011
10:44 am

DawginLex…………. most of you, I said most of you dawg fans are realistic about the expectation when playing Boise = losing, and at best by not too much. The fact you think you can beat Boise when you can’t even beat a C-USA team is a complete lack of logic and football knowledge.

Let me put it to you this way…. Boise would have destroyed UCF(or whoever you lost to in the bowl game) by 3-4 td’s. If UGA is lucky, Boise will only beat the lil dawgs by 2-3 td’s and not by a realistic 3-4 td’s.

I’m predicting a 42-13 easy BSU win…….. UGA scores in garbage time after Boise backups are in around midway through the 3rd qtr.

The only reason UGA has a chance to not lose by 3-4 td’s is due to location, distance, home croud, etc. But you’re no, VT, Oregon, Ore St., TCU, and other teams we’ve beat. So enjoy the preseason, come game day, you’ll be wishing it was still preseason where anything was possible.

Cheers!

JB

April 21st, 2011
10:50 am

PB, I don’t believe that for one minute and the Team that got off the bus for that bowl will not be the team getting off the bus in Atlanta You hate the Dawgs, that’s fine. No one outside of Alum/fans give us a chance, and some of them don’t. I kinda like that. Dawgs win, in a upset. Boise plays a crap schedule. I like our chances.

bubba4dawgs

April 21st, 2011
10:51 am

Alright…..here goes……Dawgs will win both games and the naysayers will go off and cowl in their respective corners. Here’s how they will do it….DEE FENCE! First game…keep Boise State offense on the bench watching the game….eat up the clock. Murray and company will do the rest! They CAN do it! Boise is plugging holes on defense as it is. Offense is fine but can’t perform on the bench!
Second Game……Lattimore can’t run thru Dawgs big guys up front and the speed of the linebackers will shut him down. Dawgs are hungry and will be mean between the hedges. They are ready to showcase what they have. I see speed and strength on this team and the “Dream Team” hasn’t even suited up yet! The schedule is stacked in favor of the Dawgs for the first time in a long long time! GO CMR!! GO TODD GRANTHAM! GO BO BO! GO DAWGS!! SIC’EM!! GT Nerds, eat your hearts out! Get your table ready for the Dawgs to feast when they get there! They will still be hungry for your nerdy butts!!!!

chazzo

April 21st, 2011
10:53 am

Note to Dawgs: You will not win against Boise State simply because you are an SEC team. It didn’t work for Auburn win they got shallacked by Southern Ca. You are going to have to bring your A game and play hard start to finish.

swimdawg68

April 21st, 2011
10:56 am

You win with defense. I like what I saw at the spring game. “Tree” and Geathers are going to be a force, add Jenkins to the mix and we will be as strong inside as anybody. Jarvis Jones on the outside is a “beast”. We must get good safety play, we will be ok on the corners.

I like Murray at QB Mason appears to be a good backup. If we receive the infusion of freshman talent we are expecting UGA will contend in the SEC. Our OL must “step up” and perform the last two years were awful. We have the talent to play with anybody, to me the big question is how well will this talent be coached? I am not a fan of Bobo, some of the play calls in the spring reminded me of last year. Richt is placing his coaching career in the hands of Bobo, I think that is a serious error in judgement by Richt. I like Mark, and I hope it works out for him and UGA, but if he is beaten in the opening 2 games he will be replaced at the end of the year. Generally we have a fairly easy schedule when compared to years past. Anything less than a 9 win season will be unacceptable. We just have too much talent to expect anything less.

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
10:57 am

PB,

I disagree.

Boise does not have Pettis anymore.
they struggled in their own spring game.
We have better athletes
2nd year of defensive scheme-it will improve.
Murray-2nd year
Home crowd-7 points

34-17 Georgia

Carew Rowell

April 21st, 2011
10:58 am

Boise State will not win big…if they win, it will be by at most a touchdown or a mistake by us. just like UFC.

Go Dawgs!

Ryan

April 21st, 2011
10:58 am

Chazzo, how has the SEC done in BCS National Championship games the last several years? Yeah, shut up.

dawgballs00

April 21st, 2011
10:59 am

PB, I personally think the Dawgs will crush the Smurfs about like they did in ‘05. It’s a new year and Georgia’s just got bigger, stronger, faster players.

JB

April 21st, 2011
11:00 am

Tech has a thriller on the Flats that day against Western Carolina about 11. I know that will be a heart pumping nationally watched game. Wonder why these folks didn’t call Tech to play Boise. It’s right next door. Dawgs effected 6 games with other schools to make this happen. I’m sure Tech could have worked it out. Western Carolina. Really?

JaxDawg05

April 21st, 2011
11:00 am

The Boise State game is just like it was in 2005. You win, you’re supposed to and if you lose your program is a sinking ship. Boise State does well when they have 30 days or more to prepare like in the game this year and Bowl games. Trick plays don’t work on a 12 game schedule in a tough conference. Oh, except the jump pass of course.

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
11:01 am

PB,

and unlike you, if i am wrong, I’ll be here to admit it.

but if I am right, you will go hide and never post again.

and I’ll match logic and football knowledge with you anytime you want to

I have forgotten more than you ever knew I bet……….

Since I’m older than dirt as my kids tell me………….

McDawg

April 21st, 2011
11:06 am

i think our speed size is going to crush them and then we will play a game the following week where maybe 30 pts are scored by both teams

Carew Rowell

April 21st, 2011
11:06 am

How bout this quote from Vince Lombardi:

If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

Vince Lombardi

Richt better pay attention to this one!

Don’t get me wrong…I like Mark Richt. I hope he pulls it off this year.

Go Dawgs!

770

April 21st, 2011
11:06 am

Either way, gotta respect Boise for their second “Neutral” opener on the east coast the last few years. Ga Dome vs. UGA and in DC vs. Virginia Tech? Neutral field my arse.

JDawg1785

April 21st, 2011
11:07 am

Bottom line, a hungry Dawg team comes into the season with a chip on their shoulder and wins them both. There’s a new attitude in Athens; they know they have something to prove. CTG has worked wonders with the D and Murray will prove to be among the best QBs in the SEC, if not the country, next season. If they can figure things out at RB (I liked what I saw from Malcome and, at times, from King, in the G-Day game), the offense will be fine.

I agree with some previous posters that defense will be the key to winning them both: Kellen Moore won’t have time to complete many passes with Jarvis Jones in his face all night. Marcus Lattimore is going nowhere when he runs into a brick wall in big John Jenkins and Kwame Geathers.

Go Dawgs!!!

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
11:07 am

PB,

Since you are all knowing.

How do you compare a team in the current year to the prior year’s team?

Boise lost playmakers.
Georgia has improved defensively in key areas.

How many catches will Austin Pettis make in the GA Dome for Boise?
How many tackles will Justin Houston make for Georgia?

Who made the key plays down the stretch vs Virginia Tech for Boise last year?

How did Virginia Tech do in their bowl game? How did Virginia Tech do the week after the Boise game against a 1-AA opponent?

Other than VT, who did Boise beat last year to warrant such high praise?

Charlie Weis

April 21st, 2011
11:07 am

You’re a loser DawginLex

Innocent Bystander

April 21st, 2011
11:08 am

I’ve never wavered in my conviction that Mark Richt should continue to be our Head Coach. Amazingly it is his public comments that tempt me to waver. I think he could well be fired if the 2011 edition disappoints. I think the Liberty Bowl hurt us more than the 1-4 start. How could he not second guess the Field Goal decision in retrospect? How could he not be aware of pressure? I hope it really is ice water in the veins or faith in the heart. And I admire his faith tremendously unlike some who find it not so appealing while we’re losing. But it sometimes comes off as more of an Alfred E Neuman ‘What Me Worry?’ when he’s not sufficiently troubled over a losing season or overpraises certain coaches when we lose games we should have won. I guess I should appreciate his candor but I’m not sure it was wise to casually remark that “We had him as a tight end” in the midst of Cam Newton’s once a century season. Why admit how much better other programs pegged it? To answer your question I expect us to be 2-0 by week three and I expect Mark Richt to right the ship.If I’m wrong I expect he will finally feel pressure whether he admits it or not.

Alabama Jack

April 21st, 2011
11:08 am

least of the the east

Ryan

April 21st, 2011
11:09 am

You are fat Charlie Weis

Beast from the East

April 21st, 2011
11:09 am

UGA will need to pressure the QB against BSU. Do that and they win handily. If not then they will be in a shootout. I’m picking the Dawgs.
I can’t see the Dawgs beating South Carolina without having at least +2 in the turnover margin. I like South Carolina in that one.
The Dawgs start 1-1, but the schedule gets easier after that.

TallyDawg

April 21st, 2011
11:10 am

Dawgballs00 – Interesting about every starter on Georgia being higher ranked than Boise. Never thought of it that way. Is that true along the lines also? I know Boise has a senior line (can’t remember if it is offense or defense – I think defense?)

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
11:11 am

Shutup fatboy, destroyer of all you can eat buffets and college football programs.

Here’s hoping you do for Florida what you did for Notre Dame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

770

April 21st, 2011
11:12 am

@ Ryan –
He wasn’t talking down about the SEC. He was actually complimenting the SEC but also saying that being in the conference won’t guarantee you a win against these guys.

Its funny how UGA fans carry the National Championship banners of their rivals and tout it as some kind of accomplishment.

Bob

April 21st, 2011
11:13 am

I’m not sure how you can put Richt in the dog house if he loses two games where he will be the underdog. Even if he manages to get past BSU we’ll still be underdogs against USC. My dream is that we win 2. My hope is that we split. If we lose 2 it doesn’t end Richt’s tenure, but he’s got 0 wiggle room the rest of the season. If nothing else, it should keep the team motivated this off season. If it doesn’t, nothing will.

OldFan

April 21st, 2011
11:14 am

You don’t prove you’ve turned a program around by winning two games, and you don’t get run out of town for losing them. The only way to judge CMR is to evaluate the team’s play over the entire season with all the oddities, mishaps, injuries, undeserved loses, and upset wins thrown into the mix. The standard has to be what improvement we see in all the areas we’ve criticized the players and the coaches. It took some time to get where we are. It’ll take some time to move on. All that said, let’s start with those first two games!

SSIgator

April 21st, 2011
11:15 am

“None, I don’t feel any pressure. None at all.”

Why WOULD he feel any pressure. The last three years UGA goes 10-3, 8-5, 6-7 and yet he keeps raking in the millions each year that the KoolAid crowd feel he deserves for those kind of results.I guess you are right DawginLex – it must be God’s will or some other kind of devine intervention. What a con artist.

RxDawg

April 21st, 2011
11:16 am

I’m not talking trash during this spring. I didn’t really take any of the poisitive comments coming out of spring to hear (I’ve heard it before). I’m extremely cautiously optimistic about the season. For heaven’s sakes we lost to UCF and Colorado last year!

That said, I think we cream a very ovverated Boise St. Can we lose? Of course, it’s always possible to lose. But I just don’t think it’s going to happen so I’m not looking to that game to be very telling.

Now, South Carolina is a different story. I remember very much how they lined up and punched us in the face last year. The final scores didn’t reflect it, but the USC game was the worst beating put on the Dawgs last season. So if we win against them, or even better if we look good winning against them then I’ll really start drinking some koolaid.

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
11:16 am

I’m personally sick of hearing about Boise state blah blah blah.

Who did they beat last year?

va Tech? Big deal. They play 1 or 2 tough games a year and we are all supposed to marvel at how wonderful they are?

Put them in a real league and if they go 11-1 or 12-0, then I’ll be impressed. Until then, they play 1 or 2 tough games a year and make their press off of Nevada,Hawaii and New Mexico. big deal

BTW, I don’t claim anything for Georgia based on other’s national titles. I base my assertions on facts like

UGA 45
BSU 17

and Boise is 0-4 versus the SEC

TallyDawg

April 21st, 2011
11:17 am

If you look at Boise’s schedule next year, we are their ONLY game. They will prepare all season for Georgia – not for the season. That is scary. They can trick play all darn game if they want to.

DawgFan

April 21st, 2011
11:17 am

I have all kinds of respect for the Boise State program in their choice of season openers. Going all the way back to playing UGA in 2005. Last year they start with Va Tech. UGA again this year. There aren’t many big conference teams that would do things like that.

All of that said, this Boise team isn’t the same as last year’s Boise team. Same for Georgia. I wouldn’t be surprised if either team wins.

SOUTHGADAWG88

April 21st, 2011
11:18 am

The entire 12 game schedule will determine Richt’s fate.We could win the 1st two and still have a poor season

Rumbo

April 21st, 2011
11:19 am

Boise St lost half its starters, including the QB. The 2011 team will be just a shell of what it was in 2010. An easy win for the Dawgs. Why do you think Georgia chose to play them? The easy 2011 schedule sets the table for Richt. If he can’t win 9-10 games at the least this year, he never will.

wr29te

April 21st, 2011
11:20 am

I you think MR will be fired if he looses both games you are dumber than you sound. Also MR might feel some heat but I think not as he has other things to do later in his life or sooner if AD Mac chooses to let him go.By the way some of you need to know what you are talking about before you run your mouth full of errors/
.

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
11:20 am

SSI,

Only an idiot would say Richt is not on the hot seat. A con artist? He is doing his job and trying to keep it by improving his staff.

I have supported him because of his success and because of the type person he is. He won’t have anymore get out of jail free cards if he goes 6-6 again.

He will be gone.

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
11:22 am

Rumbo, Kellen Moore is back for Boise.

Otto

April 21st, 2011
11:22 am

Boise is 0-4 against which is all the more pressure on Ruicht not to be the team that gives Boise credit.

Boise is the most important game of the season.

Otto

April 21st, 2011
11:23 am

Boise is 0-4 against the SEC which is all the more pressure on Richt not to be the team that gives Boise credit.

Boise is the most important game of the season.

dawgballs00

April 21st, 2011
11:25 am

I think McDawg hit the nail on the head

chazzo

April 21st, 2011
11:25 am

PS What I meant to say is, leave that “our house” swagger crap in the locker room because BSU will be motivated, in fact, overjoyed, to whip your tails in “your house.” Talk is cheap. Do it with action. GO DAWGS!

1eyedJack

April 21st, 2011
11:25 am

Dawgs stomp Boise into mashed taters. Thousands of Smurfs left homeless as they bet the mushroom on it.
Dawgs dine on chickens….roasted and fried.
Revenge between the Hedges for SC, Missy St., and Awbun.
Coach Fishfry forfeits.

Bobby Jacktard

April 21st, 2011
11:29 am

Win or lose, Mark Richt will be the UGA coach until the end of time – the end of time which is sometime in 2012 according to the ancient Mayan calendar. I can’t wait! Goooooo Bulldawgs. And Goooooo CMR!!!!

Spike

April 21st, 2011
11:29 am

Just beat the damn Gators!

JaxDawg05

April 21st, 2011
11:30 am

What will your name be next year under this blog for Dawg Fans, Beast?

Colonel Reb

April 21st, 2011
11:31 am

South Carolina is your most important game.

Lose that one and the rest of us will run over you, like last year.

shankit

April 21st, 2011
11:32 am

Apparently a lot of “Dawg” fans are not concerned with creditibility.
Who had you rather have representing your school, Chizik?, Saban?,
Petrino?, Tressel?, Miles?. All but one of the forementioned are previous
SEC and NC winners?
I think I had rather have Richt, than have to cheat to get a title.

GinB

April 21st, 2011
11:34 am

Bsu?? Bsu?? Don’t forget these guys lost to Nevada last year. A look at bozo Sts opponents w/l records shows the “mighty” pack to be one of only a few bsu opponents w a winning record. We all know bsu schedule is soft.
If u don’t think Uga can beat a bsu team that got outmatched by Nevada you are eating some bad potatoes. Give the smurfs credit for trying to rectify this soft schedule, but the mt west w the departure of tcu, byu and Utah make it the WAC all over again in a different zip code.
As my good friend likes to say. “don’t serve me a white wine with a lime and tell me it’s a margarita”
Bsu’s one game per year does not a program make.

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
11:34 am

Colonel Reb, you trying out for QB in Oxford since Nathan Stanley fled???

UGA 35
Ole Missy 13

SSIgator

April 21st, 2011
11:36 am

shankit -

Have another glass of KoolAid. You are exactly the kind of supporter that Richt is counting on to continue the illusion.

PDX Dawg

April 21st, 2011
11:36 am

two things and Dawgs beat Boise.

1) The Defense must be much better than last year with the secondary being in good shape by fall.

2) UGA must be able to run the ball with success.

do both of those and we’ve got a great shot IMO.

Beast from the East

April 21st, 2011
11:37 am

@JaxDawg05,
Not sure. I even started to change ot this year beacuse UF was certainly no “beast” in football last year. We’re both fans of opposing schools living in hostile territory so how about a wager? If UGA beats us this year, I’ll change my blod handle to Dawgs Rule! (formerly known as Beast from the East). If UF wins, you have to change your name to Gators Rule! (formerly known as Jax Dawgo5). Whaddya think?

Keith

April 21st, 2011
11:38 am

Georgia schedules Boise State, and UGA Fan JB delivers this very intelligent quote…

“Boise plays a crap schedule.”

Couldn’t agree with you more!

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
11:38 am

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Probably what will happen is they will lose to us and to TCU and maybe one other game and the “experts” will say the only reason we beat them was because they were having a dwon year. Just like 2005. Funny thing how the down years happen when they actually play somebody……..

UGASlobberknocker

April 21st, 2011
11:42 am

needs to be 2-0 but if I had to pick one to win, it would be SC

even better idea

April 21st, 2011
11:44 am

@ Beast of the East..keep your name and just change blog boards and go over to the Gator site. Theyll lovya there.

Kirby Smart

April 21st, 2011
11:44 am

I got my bags packed already Dawg fans. I’ll be waiting on your call.

Colonel Reb

April 21st, 2011
11:45 am

Despite the players we’ve lost, our running game and defense are physical enough to bury your team in Oxford.

You have a physically and mentally weak team. Your road record and third down performance confirms it. Five fumbles in your spring game tells me nothing has changed.

We may not win many, but I am confident we will handle Georgia in Oxford.

Beast from the East

April 21st, 2011
11:46 am

@even better idea,
No nads?

Carew Rowell

April 21st, 2011
11:46 am

Amen…DawginLex

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
11:48 am

Ole Miss 2011 5-7 Nutt moves on to full time ministry

SOUTHGADAWG88

April 21st, 2011
11:50 am

The defense was the problem with UGA last year…plain and simple….been the problem going on 4 years now.Richt will produce enough offense to win games(he’s an offensive coach)you can gripe about Bobo’s play calls or the usuall suspect OL play but …..give Richt a good defense and he will win 10 plus games every year.

Dan

April 21st, 2011
11:51 am

Yes, Richt’s a really, really hot seat, no bones about it. http://cfn.scout.com/2/1065899.html I can’t believe McGarity scheduled Boise St with Moore at QB. That was not smart. But it’s not an important game, since it’s non conference. Lose the South Carolina game, and considering that Richt loses to Florida 80% of the time, it’s all over for Richt. There are only 2 games you must win–South Carolina & Florida. Lose either won, and you lose the SEC, and Richt’s got to go. I doubt Richt will make the right adjustments, after all, his teams lose more games every year, except 1 over last 8 seaons that the year before. Richt’s changes don’t work 9 out of 10 times. So, lose to South Carolina or Florida, and you got to get a coach that can compete in the SEC East.

I’d hire the old Texas Tech coach, Mike Leach, at the top of the list. I’d fire Richt immediately if he loses to South Carolina and get Leach before he signs elsewhere. I’d make an early season move.

Vance

April 21st, 2011
11:52 am

If we start 0-2, I think Richt will be under enormous pressure to leave. He is brave to take this own all things considered. If our offensive line does not develop and produce in these opening games, we’re in trouble. I hope for Richt’s sake things go well.

Dan

April 21st, 2011
11:52 am

The offense only averaged 18 poiants a game against ranekd teams last year, offense was 100% the issue.

Ben

April 21st, 2011
11:53 am

Bottom line, it’s put up or shut up time. I’ve heard every excuse in the book for the decline of the program over the last 3 years. The D has a full year under their belt with Grantham’s defense, they’re bringing arguably the best QB in the league back, and he got one of his best recruiting classes yet as head coach.

If it STILL doesn’t add up to wins, then a culture change is the only option left.

Colonel Reb

April 21st, 2011
11:54 am

William “Mack” Brown will be your next head coach.

You heard it here first.

Dan

April 21st, 2011
11:57 am

Scoring offense was ranked 8th in SEC against ranked teams. Scoring defense UGA was ranked 4th in SEC against ranked teams.

Matt

April 21st, 2011
11:58 am

I would hope that his attitude for the Boise game is to “leave it all out on the field”. Go for it on 4th and short. Take some chances down field. Rip out the “vanilla” pages. Let Grantham go wild on the sidelines. Try and block a punt. Try and return a punt. Light a fire up under his team. With all the build up of this game he can’t afford to come out on a nationally televised game like this and lay an egg.

aint conVinceD

April 21st, 2011
12:03 pm

Why should Rick be worried? UGA has paid him nicely through the years and he continues to lose to the gators or slip up against teams like Vandy,Kentucky and SC. Richt has a nice treasure chest for being a Choke Artist.

Dan

April 21st, 2011
12:06 pm

With South Carolina’s balance on offense with Jeffries & Lattimore, and then the best D-Line in college football, Clowney & the gang, I don’t think it will be pretty for Richt. Richt tout’s the 10th rush offense in the SEC and Lattimore ran for over 200 against Richt last year.

jWall

April 21st, 2011
12:06 pm

Dan, if the offense avg 18 then how much did the D give up?

Georgia | MrSEC.com

April 21st, 2011
12:07 pm

[...] any pressure at all,” The Junkyard Blawger knows that — as he puts it — Georgia’s first two games this fall could “make or break” the Dawgs’ veteran…Win both of those first two games (versus Boise State and then South Caroilna) and the Dogs, whom [...]

sammiamm

April 21st, 2011
12:07 pm

TallyDawg –

How many practices is a D1 team allowed this summer.

All season?

Ryan

April 21st, 2011
12:08 pm

Matt, I totally agree with you.

The only way to view it as a player is ..........

April 21st, 2011
12:09 pm

The kids must grasp the importance of the first two games. Now, if they stumble into the summer with car wrecks, stealing helmets, slapping their gals around and driving w.o. a license, speeding skooters in alleys, or DUIs ………….. then, they have exhibited a ” I could care less” attitude and must be terminated on the spot. If that happens, UGA could be a fractured squad by kick off in The Dome and with SC. It will be a repeat of 2010. Divided team of DUI thugs vs clean living kids.

On the other hand, if they are honed and focused ON WINNING and IN SHAPE, both games should be fun to watch. UGA should prevail. I see UGA in the Boise game trying to run and run some more, and then, quick dump off passes to our speedy go to men; as Boise is a quick score team. We will try to run the clock like vs GT two years ago, although GT then as now, was no good.

SC game will be a carbon copy of 2010 but we will stuff their running back and they will throw the ball much, much more vs UGA in 2011 for that one reason. We too will run the ball and then hit quick ones. This game will come down to the kicking game, period. Punting, FGs and special teams will win this game.

Go Dogs.

DS

April 21st, 2011
12:10 pm

NONE.. No pressure at all.. Thats what Coach Said… but the LIFE LONG FAN, just blatantly calls him a LIAR… wow.

What did you want him to say Bill?? “Im scared for my life”

Let him Coach!! and see what happens…. dont put the WHOLE SEASON on just 2 games… If he were to lose to SC AND BOISE but run the table the rest of the way and beat florida and win the east, i think i could somehow forgive him for starting 0-2… dont you???

Too Easy

April 21st, 2011
12:14 pm

DS

that sounds similar to what CFP did with VT last year….but a loss to BSU after all of the “SEC SEC SEC” talk and how BSU doesn’t play any competition (it will be game one for UGA and BSU, no excuse for being beat up for either team) how is the dawg nation/team going to recover from that and then go play the defending SEC East champs that beat you last year?

aint conVinceD

April 21st, 2011
12:15 pm

As Richt said in Savannah, the nationally televised game against the Broncos gives the Dogs a chance “to show the college football world we’re still a pretty good football team.” I remember Richt saying this after Alabama crushed Clemson as a reporter wonder how the dawgs would fare against the Crimson tide. Richt said UGA is not Clemson. Wow then UGA got blacked out too.

Honky Talkin'

April 21st, 2011
12:19 pm

I hope UGA enjoys the Boise State game because that will be the only time they see the inside of the Georgia Dome.

Twitter thug

April 21st, 2011
12:20 pm

yawls nid to lays off corch Richt cuz he is up wid da socials netwerks.

SOUTHGADAWG88

April 21st, 2011
12:20 pm

UGA set team records on offense last year in spite of being without Green in the 1st 4 games.That was a big deal with Murray starting as a rs freshman.Defensively?We finished last in opp 3rd conv pct and gave up more touchdowns in the redzone than all but 2 other SEC teams

1eyedJack

April 21st, 2011
12:22 pm

Colonel Reb, you sissies can’t even defend your own mascot.

JB

April 21st, 2011
12:24 pm

Relax everyone and don’t blog all your thoughts today. Between now and say mid November, there will be 250 -300 blogs about Mark Richt’s Job status on the AJC site alone. Plenty of time to lather it up…..And it’s all been said already. Just let them play the games and blog on facts rather than BS.

JB

April 21st, 2011
12:27 pm

And he’s right, he has no pressure. He has the Lord and 10 million bucks in the Bank and 5 or 6 mil more coming to him if he’s fired. And probably 2 or 3 ACC job offers the next year. Pressure. Nope.

funny...

April 21st, 2011
12:29 pm

0-2 in the first two still wouldn’t be as damning as a loss to Florida.

Mark Richt’s job hinges on Florida, I doubt this year will be like 2002 (which I think is the only way Richt can keep his job with a loss to UF)

MARK

April 21st, 2011
12:33 pm

THE GREAT COACHES HAVE’M AT MIDSEASON FORM FOR THE FIRST GAME EVERY YEAR,NOT JUST THIS YEAR

jasont13

April 21st, 2011
12:33 pm

Marcus….I mean Dan.. Lattimore didn’t rush for over 200 yards last year against UGA. He rushed for 182 not 200 as you say. Not sure where he got the 18+ yards you speak of. He even did that on almost 40 carries. 4.9 yds a clip is ok but not great. Look, Richt knows what’s going on. He plays to these journalists. He is not going to show you his cards.

JB

April 21st, 2011
12:35 pm

I’ll be in his corner until I see them making the same mistakes expecting different results. Example, running Carlton Thomas off tackle on 3rd and 9 for 3 yards. That just screams we don’t have a clue and we’re giving up. Once, OK, but 2-3 times a game every week?

Gatorhater

April 21st, 2011
12:35 pm

Starts 0-2. Finishes 6-6. Just call him Phil Fulmer and get your check book out. Richt will be gone and Georgia has to pay out and pay big to find someone to take over the program.

Judge Dawg

April 21st, 2011
12:36 pm

I think the first two games are more make or break for CPJ.

JB

April 21st, 2011
12:39 pm

I know Tech folks want him gone. 9-1 is pretty strong and the last two wins were against the greatest football coach in America…….LOL

jasont13

April 21st, 2011
12:39 pm

Before all you South Carolina fans talk about Alshon Jeffery lighting it up last year against UGA, you do know he only had 1 big play and it was a good catch over a defender for 50 yards. Other than that he did nothing.

edumacated

April 21st, 2011
12:39 pm

It’s true that Boise doesn’t play in a tough conference, and we hammered them back in ‘05. They do have a great coach though. No one can argue that. Lately Richt hasn’t done well against good coaches with established programs. That worries me. I would guess a close game only because of blown assignments on Georgia’s part. The talent level is grossly unbalanced.
One of the reasons you can out-coach Richt right now is because of his predictablity. He always defers to receive at the start of the half, he always fair catches punts inside the 10, he never pulls any special team fakes and hardly runs any trick plays. His offense hasn’t changed much at all in 10 years.
How much we paying this guy?

JB

April 21st, 2011
12:41 pm

Florida gonna run a pro set. Who do they have ( proven) at tailback? Notre Dame offense under him never looked special. Florida folks holding their breath. Lost 5 with Meyer and ALL that talent last year, just say’n

JB

April 21st, 2011
12:43 pm

Richt only strays from script when he’s down 2-3 TD’s, which has been a lot the last two years.
Pretty easy to game plan for no doubt.

gotta win the East

April 21st, 2011
12:44 pm

There’s no way we’re going to be ranked preseason. Sorry.

Richt has to win the East this year or he’s done (but if we go 10-2 and somehow don’t win the East, he’s probably back for another year). The schedule is fairly easy this year and Tennessee and Florida are down.

I wonder about him sometimes

April 21st, 2011
12:47 pm

MARK,

Great point. The great coaches don’t dick around in the spring and summer. They get ready the same way for the first game every single year.

Dallas Morgan

April 21st, 2011
12:48 pm

I love my Dawgs! I always read this blog…and when I’ve had my fill of sports I read Twenty-First Tycoon. It’s an awesome site and it’s based out of Georgia…which is better than supporting some stupid New Yorker!

papadawg

April 21st, 2011
12:48 pm

Boise will find out it’s not the champion they think they are when the DAWGS get finished with them and as always S.carolina will be another knock down smash mouth game that I wouldn’t bet on with your money

1eyedJack

April 21st, 2011
12:49 pm

edumacated, don’t tell the snotgobblers at tech that, they think they have a “great” coach.

Go Dawgs!

April 21st, 2011
12:50 pm

PB

April 21st, 2011
10:44 am
DawginLex…………. most of you, I said most of you dawg fans are realistic about the expectation when playing Boise = losing, and at best by not too much. The fact you think you can beat Boise when you can’t even beat a C-USA team is a complete lack of logic and football knowledge.

PB-What is a complete lack of logic and football knowledge is thinking that ONE loss or WIN the PREVIOUS season automatically defines a team for the next season.

First – anyone who knows this team knows last season the Dawgs had some bad eggs on the team, and more than one current player has alluded to that fact.

Second – most of those guys didn’t even want to play in that game and it showed in the effort.

If you think for one moment that it’s not realistic to think a team – especially a college football team can’t completely turn things around, you are sadly mistaken.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. With regards to Boise St, been there done that. Kellen Moore = Jared Zabransky. Zabransky was supposed to be a heisman front runner, and UGA was going to be his statement game. How was UGA going to handle the speed and finesse of the Boise Attack?

LOL!!!
I’m not sure if the Dawgs will start out 2-0, but I AM CERTAIN we will start out 1-0. You can take that to the bank.

Joey

April 21st, 2011
12:51 pm

“Lately Richt hasn’t done well against good coaches with established programs.”
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True, and he hasn’t done too well lately with good coaches at up-and-coming programs – UCF (O’Leary), MSU (Mullen).

Or for that matter, bad coaches at bad programs – Colorado (Hawkins)

icallbs

April 21st, 2011
12:52 pm

It’s true Boise has all summer to prepare and they basically have a 1-2 game season every year. What is different about this game is that they are not sneaking up on anyone this time and will likely be favored by many (though I’ll be surprised if Vegas favors them), and the fact that Georgia has all summer to prepare for them, too. Georgia has more at stake in this game than Boise, so motivation should not be a problem. I think Georgia crushes them. Then we’ll find out the next week what kind of team Georgia has.

Steve Superior

April 21st, 2011
12:52 pm

You are what your record says you are. UGA will be 6 – 6….. Bank on it!

icedawg

April 21st, 2011
12:55 pm

Lose both and they are in a deep hole. However, win the rest and I guarantee you the atmosphere would be different by the end of the season. Speculation man, mere speculation.

JB

April 21st, 2011
12:57 pm

And you can bank on South Carolina folding like a cheap lawn chair every fall…..And the trophy case in Columbia STILL sits empty. Carolina has never won ANYTHING. Talking smack on here is rich.

DIT

April 21st, 2011
1:00 pm

@DawginLex

Your 10:37am post was the best post I have ever read on one of these blogs.. Well said!

Old Gold

April 21st, 2011
1:01 pm

Both easy wins!

icallbs

April 21st, 2011
1:03 pm

SS: Georgia’s and everyone else’s record for 2011 is 0-0. Georgia stunk last year. It is important for the Richt era that Georgia have a good 2011. EVERYONE at Georgia or that pulls for Georgia knows that. You can just feel the anxiety of the trolls hoping Georgia won’t have a good year. Georgia will be back, next year or soon after, one way or another. How about your school?

Joey

April 21st, 2011
1:03 pm

That’s great news, Go Dawgs! I’ll call a bookie.

Wait a minute, you didn’t guarantee a bowl win over UCF, did you?

What we did in ‘05 has nothing to do with now. That team had a pedigree – from winning the East in ‘02 and ‘03.

Nobody on this team has won a big game.

Not one.

no matter what happens we'll have a great gameplan

April 21st, 2011
1:09 pm

rest easy dawg fans…..

uga’s coaching braintrust is busy coming up with a GREAT gameplan for both Boise and South Carolina. now, if the players will just execute it, we will be 2-0.

All Mark richt needs to do is to get players who execute his gameplans. He’s been looking for that and an offensive line for 8 years………

rduck

April 21st, 2011
1:11 pm

Funny how DA Double UG is nowhere to be found on a UGA topic but is always one of the first to blog on a Tech article. And he claims that he is not obsessed. Yeah, and I have some swamp property to sell in Nevada. Anyways, UGA faces tough teams in the first two games and if they were to win those, the sky is the limit. Do I think they will, probably not. But that is why they play the games. The talent is there, the facilities and the crowd support. The thing that has evaded the dawgs as of late is the toughness and ability to close strong in tight games. Fix these and the dawgs have a chance every week. If it’s the same ole Richt and Co, then a repeat of ‘09 and ‘10 are very possible…

NWGA Dawg

April 21st, 2011
1:14 pm

Very excited about the opening game at the Dome. Win or lose, it’s a lot better to see my Dawgs against a quality team. Games like this get the fans pumped up, and not to mention the recruiting advantage it gives UGA as seen on a major scene to open the ‘11 season!

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
1:21 pm

Thanks DIT.

NWGA Dawg-good point. We are already pumped about this game as compared to playing SW New Mexico Nuns and Teachers Preparatory college for girls

oh well

April 21st, 2011
1:33 pm

We typically do well in the first game of the season, and the game against South Carolina last year wasn’t as bad as everybody makes it out to be. We couldn’t score because I think Richt scared him with that don’t scramble crap. Poor kid was probably confused on what to do. They didn’t score the go ahead run until late in the game. I think we will do better this year. All I ask is we look good, even if we lose. Bobo does need to quit being so predictable. Or if your going to be predictable, just throw the slants. The fans need to start cheering more.

Mr. Phelps

April 21st, 2011
1:41 pm

It will be goodbye to CMR and to think his blind loyality to soft Willie Martinez cost him his job.

In the end things really do work out.

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
1:44 pm

Until we recruit faster blacks we stand no chance against any of the teams on our schedule in the SEC. They have superior african talent, and we are lacking. We need a win at all cost black for a coach. There, I said it.

Dawghater

April 21st, 2011
1:46 pm

Doesn’t everyone know that UGA is going to win the SEC and a Nat’l championship this time a year. By the time we get a chance to blog after the S. Carolina game the puppy dawg fans will all be calling for Richt’s firing! Another year for UGA. The blogs will get ugly early this year!

Dawghater

April 21st, 2011
1:47 pm

“Sleepy dawg” is an ignorant dawg!

Law Student

April 21st, 2011
1:47 pm

Richt has shown through the spring that he a different mentality then past seasons. This is a man who is making his team go all out in practice each and every day, with the 1’s going up against each other, and making a competition out of everything. Richt knows how important this season is, and for those out there who think otherwise are complete idiots. Boise St. does not worry me as much as South Carolina. Kellen Moore is a good quarterback against average talent. He is another Colt Brennan. Great against average talent in an average conference, but when he faced the speed and toughness of the SEC, he got smacked around. South Carolina will be a tough game like always, but last year if the ball bounced our way its a different game. Georgia’s defense will be much improved especially if Jenkins and Geathers are on the line at the same time.

This is a new season, with a new revamped Richt!! GO DAWGS!!!

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
1:51 pm

Trooper Taylor could win big here. He is not afraid to do a pay for play. This will be the only way we get the best african talent over the likes of UF, UT, and USCe. USCe is quitely recruiting the best blacks money can buy. If we do not move now and hire a colored fellow, we are all screwed.

Dawghater

April 21st, 2011
1:51 pm

“Law Student” – Kellen Moore did just fine against the Va Tech defense! And that’s not a WAC defense. I wouldn’t discount Kellen’s talent. The NFL’s hasn’t. Va Tech didn’t “smack him around”. And when did UGA’s defense become feared??????????????

Whopper Dawg

April 21st, 2011
1:52 pm

Hmmm, let’s see. Essentially the same players and coaches that Central Florida beat 10 – 6 less their best offensive player and only game changer and less their best defensive player and only pass rusher.

I see absolutely no reason to think they could win two, and 0 – 2 is the more likely scenario.

Dawghater

April 21st, 2011
1:52 pm

One more time “Sleepy Dawg” is IGNORANT! And for when he reads this blog it means your “Stupid”!

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
1:56 pm

Kellen Moore-returns

huge losses-Austin Pettis
Titus young

2 go to receivers who basically won the VT game along with the DL Winterzwyk who also graduated.

Dawgs win

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
1:57 pm

Whopper, can i have your tickets?

JB

April 21st, 2011
1:58 pm

Law Student. I to agree that the defense will be MUCH better. Jarvis Jones was on the field at Southern Cal as a freshman, now redshirted a year in the weight room, he looks awesome. We had not Jenkins or Geathers last year. Olgtree at LB and Arby Jones at end where he belongs. Dawgs defense will be the surprise of the SEC this year.

Joey

April 21st, 2011
1:59 pm

Sleepy Dawg = Nerd

JB

April 21st, 2011
2:01 pm

Joey, your are correct. Our SEC foes usually criticize in general football terms. Tech nerds just use hate and personal attacks. Easy to spot

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:01 pm

Hate me all you want, but I speak the truth. I don’t care if we have 30 arrests per season as long as we win. We need a coach who is tapped into the “thug life” mentality. Someone who understands that these boys do not care about christianity and religious nonsense. These new breed of colored athletes only care about women bling rap and money. The sooner we get a coach who understands this the sooner we win. Think about it

UGADawg83

April 21st, 2011
2:02 pm

The issue has never been talent….and the coaching stafff has not forgotten how to coach. Perhaps it has been lack of leadership or focus but their seems to be an intangible problem that has to be fixed. I’m thinking it is fixed and this could be a special year. Let me say it another way…a recruiting class like we signed this year doesn’t swim to a sinking ship.

JB

April 21st, 2011
2:04 pm

Yep, sleepy is a Nerd. Using race to talk about anything on this blog is not welcome or Accepted.
AJC, please ban him now from his Email ID, not his moniker name

NWGA Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:06 pm

Sleepy Dawg –

Seriously, tone that down a bit. If that is a point you are trying to make, then please show some class.

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:09 pm

You are all fools. I happened to be very knowledgeable of the black youth culture as I work very close with them. They tell me these things everyday. Sorry if offends the PC sector, but it doesn’t make it any less true

Jason

April 21st, 2011
2:11 pm

UGA will play Bosie close, but if Bosie is going to lose this game it will be because UGA is running the ball. I don’t know if that will happen and I don’t have any faith that UGA can start the year with 35 plus points, so if UGA is running the ball and they are successful, I think UGA wins 31-24.

The SC game will be different. Up front UGA feels they have gotten better and they will need to against this team. The way SC controled the game last year gives me no reason to think they won’t do the same this year. I know the dogs feel good about their front four, but depth is going to be an issue for them early in the year. I don’t like UGA’s chances against a very talented SC team. Coach Johnson (SC defensive cordinator) made mention that Lattimore had 41 broken tackles in the game last year. From what I’ve hear Lattimore put on more weight while also improving his speed. That combo along with UGA breaking in some newer players early on will spell doom. SC 38 – 20

JB

April 21st, 2011
2:12 pm

Sleepy, did you ever think the influence of Richt would enrich a young persons life forever, black or white?

JB

April 21st, 2011
2:14 pm

At Carolina last year, with a freshman QB, a new defense and an average team, that game was closer than you think. This year Dawgs, as most of the time, will beat Carolina in a hard fought game.

kb

April 21st, 2011
2:14 pm

PB , 42-13 it may be the score but the Dawgs will win. UGA is a horrible match up for Boise. I hope for your sake that you aren’t a gambler.

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:16 pm

No I do not. It is obvious the players tuned him out the past 2 seasons. They are tired of his religious nonsense, this does not win games. I have no faith in this coaching staff 5-7, no bowl appearance, and an extensive and embarassing search as we settle for a second tier scrubby coach.

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:18 pm

The south carolina game last year was not nearly as close as it seemed, so I am not sure why some are so confident that it is an automatic win. They are better on both sides of the ball then us. History will not win this game.

JB

April 21st, 2011
2:19 pm

Boise lives on the pass and Dawgs will blitz, with speed and size on just about every down. I think we get to them

JB

April 21st, 2011
2:21 pm

Sleepy, please don’t use the word “us” when blogging. Thank you

Dumbo

April 21st, 2011
2:22 pm

SSIgator….Pressure…Pressure ain’t no stinking Pressure…..oh my chest feels like s..t….Oh sorry about that…I lost my head & thought you talking Urban the Crier

tony

April 21st, 2011
2:23 pm

If Mr.Richt can’t get this team to the Superdome with all the talent that he has, I don’t think he can get it done. This team is loaded with talent. I hope he succeed but if he doesn’t, I would like to see Todd Grantham replace him because I like Todd’s fiery attitude, enthusiasm and his defensive philosophy. GO DAWGS!

Buckhead Bulldog

April 21st, 2011
2:26 pm

DawginLex – I’m with you on most all of your comments except for the Carolina Game. Dogs trash Carolina BIG!

VaBeachDawg

April 21st, 2011
2:29 pm

Huge and always optimistic Dawg fan here. Every year, I predict big things. Every year, I get disappointed. C’mon guys, let’s be realistic. Our O-line was bad and we lost guys to graduation and injury. They showed nothing this Spring. Kwame looks great because it’s our O-line that’s trying to block him. Also, our secondary was a glaring weakness last year and our safeties are horrible. It will take the recruits half the season to be able to step up. Boise State will abuse our defensive backfield. SC’s defense will abuse our offensive line. We’ll be 0-2. After that, the schedule gets easier. We could win or 8 or 9 games next year. But we won’t win the first two.

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:29 pm

I like the optimism, but you are all fools. We will lose the first 2 games by a combined 30-40 points. All of the koolaid drinkers will finally realize I was right all along, and bow to my superior knowledge of recruiting and football in general.

7576DAWG

April 21st, 2011
2:31 pm

The first game will be even bigger for Boise State than for us, make no mistake about it , they will be ready . Boise has a lot more to lose than we do. We used to see Hawaii mentioned every year as a Cinderella team and ever since we slaughtered them they have faded into obscurity. Boise State has kept their national ranking every year because they don’t have even close to as hard a schedule as the average SEC team. They schedule one to 3 hard teams every year and then the best team on the rest of their schedule may end up ranked 75th in the nation . If they win only one of those hard games they still end up 10-2. They usually pick another conference as their hard games and they schedule those games when the other team is rebuilding or projected to have a down year. Their is no way they would have pick LSU or Alabama this year. They hope that they have caught Georgia in a complete chaos year and it will be up to CMR to prove them wrong.

Tolishing a Purd?

April 21st, 2011
2:32 pm

0-2, 0-1 in conference play.

Gary

April 21st, 2011
2:33 pm

I think we will not only be ready for Boise State, we could literally embarass them on national tv with the way our defense is coming around. I have no doubt our offense will score points next season, so if our defense steps up, the season could be special. I know we are better than SC, we just have to play better. This could be the year we are back in the SEC title game, watch out!

FB Fan

April 21st, 2011
2:34 pm

Hard to answer this answer this question until August. The Georgia Bulldogs have had over 40 football players arrests in the last three or so years. Thus history tells us the roster will be quite different by game time. Heck it is so bad now the recruits are even robbing players!

Assuming a few “get out of jail” cards are used we will split the first two.

heyberto

April 21st, 2011
2:35 pm

Tough one.. I agree Richt can’t go 0-2, but I have no idea what a 1-1 would do. I will say that even with an 0-2 start, winning out from that point, would cool down the warmth of the hot seat significantly, but I’m sure he’d rather not have that pressure. So 0-2 wont’ doom him, but he’s going to have to mostly win out and no way he can lose to Florida. We’ll see.

schmeckdawg

April 21st, 2011
2:35 pm

Okay DAWG Nation, here it is!

DAWGS-31
potatos heads-20

Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bigdog007

April 21st, 2011
2:38 pm

really unsure, and really scared to start 0-2

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:38 pm

Gary – Explain how we are better than SC. At what postion are we better besides kicker and maybe slight better at QB. They are better on both lines. Saying things like this with no basis just makes no sense. I understand your optimism, but USCe is going to trash us in Sanford, and it will be an ugly site after the game. I believe most of you just think we are going to roll the ball out against BSU and USCe, and they will see the G on the helmet and give up. Sorry, those days where we intimidated by just coming out of the tunnel are over as sad as it is to say.

Russ, the Temporary Mascot

April 21st, 2011
2:40 pm

Don’t kid yourself. The first two games are BIG. McGarity has me on a diet and exercise program. Coach Grantham is eating sugarless doughnuts. We’d better be ready. If we can keep the running backs out of jail next season we have a pretty good chance of winning a few games. Coach Richt can’t use the phone in his F-150 so he is on edge wondering if he will miss a call from one of the recruits that needs bail money. It’s all a big mess but we are working through it.

schmeckdawg

April 21st, 2011
2:41 pm

We will be 2-0! If you don’t love it, leave it!

Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

7576DAWG

April 21st, 2011
2:41 pm

South Carolina will be a Dawg fight .They will have a very good defense and the team that wins will be the one whose offense checks in. Garcia is not a good leader and Spurrier knows that. That’s why Lattimore ran the ball 37 times last year. Stop Lattimore and double team their WR make South Carolina rely on Garcia or an inexperienced QB and they are very beatable.

dawgballs00

April 21st, 2011
2:45 pm

Dawgs sucked in ‘79, won it all in ‘80. Just saying last year doesn’t reall matter now.

jerry

April 21st, 2011
2:45 pm

UGA opens “against a high-powered offensive juggernaut”. Really?

schmeckdawg

April 21st, 2011
2:46 pm

7576DAWG

We’re not losing to those meat whistles this year!!!!!!!!!!!

Russ, the Temporary Mascot

April 21st, 2011
2:48 pm

With the demise of Big Bad Bruce I have been getting all the repetitions in practice. I feel that I am game ready. If the season began today I would not even require any ice to sit on. I am woring out and getting stronger and I plan to run the sidelines. No more sitting in the dog house on a block of ice. Now, if the players will get of their . . .

jerry

April 21st, 2011
2:48 pm

dawgballs00 …………..Dawgs sucked in ‘09; sucked again in ‘10. Could be a suck trifecta.

Joe

April 21st, 2011
2:49 pm

No, Boise isn’t make or break, yes South Carolina is.

Russ, the Temporary Mascot

April 21st, 2011
2:50 pm

Sure, I made a couple typos in the last post. Cut me some slack. I’m a dog. Still, better than 80% of the posts made here today. Nothing personal. I’ve been hanging around Coach Grantham and he’s grumpy without sugar.

Dawg Gone

April 21st, 2011
2:52 pm

Sleepy Dawg we are better than SC at tight end, nose tackle and with out doubt QB.If we can run the ball even a little against them we win…Boise will come out strong but unless we commit turnovers and penalties galore..by the 3rd quarter they will fold like a cheap suit.

Atkins

April 21st, 2011
2:52 pm

Whpo schedule Boise for opener? It’s a meaninglsss, non-sec game, doesn’t matter.

tell you what, lose to south carolina again, and i bet it’s the end for mark richt this time.

I’d call Florida a must win game also.

Real Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:52 pm

Russ, you are not a real dog. We can see threw that. This is a Georgia blogg.

Ellis

April 21st, 2011
2:52 pm

Win the East or get fired.

Dawg Gone

April 21st, 2011
2:52 pm

jerry = a suck trifecta.

Nuvo

April 21st, 2011
2:53 pm

No game is easy for any team. I think this is a great test for CMR and the Dawgs. I’m glad we’re playing these games. I will not surprise if they win both 1st two games or lose both games. when it’s all said and done, the Dawgs could be 12-0, 9-3, or 7-5. If they go 7-5, I say get rid of CMR and give someone else a chance.

I’m sure CMR feel a lot of pressure even though he doesn’t admit it. We all feel pressure in our work when things don’t goes as planned.

Real Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:53 pm

You are somebody acting like your a dog.

Stevie Ray

April 21st, 2011
2:54 pm

Whi gives a rip about Boise State???? Seriously. But I don’t see anyway richt survivies another year unless he gets to the SEC Championship game. Fans and everybdy else had had it with underachieving years. Get it done, or get some new bloood in here.

7576DAWG

April 21st, 2011
2:55 pm

ALL the best players need to make sure they do nothing to jeopardize them playing in the first two games. Any rule violations will get them suspended for the first game or two and we will need everybody.
I want to see one thing this year , a team that is all business. NO CHEST POUNDING, NO CELEBRATIONS , NO MOUTHING ACROSS THE LINES. We will all celebrate at the end of the year.

BH Bulldog

April 21st, 2011
2:55 pm

MARK RICHT HAS BEEN GIVEN CHANCE AFTER CHANCE. HE NEEDS TO STEP UP AND HAVE A HUGE YEAR WITH WINNING THE SEC EAST, GETTING TO A BCS BOWL. I REALLY THING IF RICHT FAILS TO DELIVER ON A TOP 25 FINISH, THE WHOLE STAFF WILL NEED A NEW JOB

Russ, the Temporary Mascot

April 21st, 2011
2:57 pm

Coach Grantham will be the next head coach. Mark Richt should beware.

BIgdawgcountry

April 21st, 2011
2:59 pm

For all the dawg haters go post on another site, after the first 2 weeks the big dawg will be standing tall and Richt is the coach and a damn good one at that, a couple bad years and everyone is on his case why dont you jackass’s look at his overall win to loss record. in the the SEC, not the WAC or the ACC The SEC. Gooooooooooooooo Dawgs

phil

April 21st, 2011
2:59 pm

Much as I hate to say it, because most Dawg fans are irrational looney tunes, we’re staring 0-2 right in the face….

I almost ran off of the interstate laughing when ESPN radio called our fan base the most irrational IN THE NATION in December. It’s true, of course, and one can’t take a thing a dawg fan says at face value. We stink and that remains so until we actually WIN SOME GAMES THAT MATTER. Talking about them means nothing…

And Richt is probably telling the truth. There’s no pressure on him because he doesn’t care if we win or not in the end. And that’s fine but not so fine if you want to coach this team.

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
3:00 pm

That is the problem dawg gone, we will not be able to run against them even a little. I think you overestimate how good Murray is too. He is not head and shoulders better than Garcia at this point, maybe down the road, but not now. Relying on a JUCO nose tackle is asking a lot. Just do not share your optimism, sorry. We can win 8 games if we get extremely lucky.

7576DAWG

April 21st, 2011
3:00 pm

Bill
I agree with you, win the first two games and we will be in the top ten by the 3rd game.

Bronco Billy

April 21st, 2011
3:05 pm

Just wait until the BIG BLUE comes to Atlanta. We are going to show you what REAL college football is all about!

raymond

April 21st, 2011
3:07 pm

No way we beat both. Two good teams and the Dawgs will have to bring their A game to both of them.

phil

April 21st, 2011
3:10 pm

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
2:38 pm
Gary – Explain how we are better than SC. At what postion are we better besides kicker and maybe slight better at QB. They are better on both lines. Saying things like this with no basis just makes no sense. I understand your optimism, but USCe is going to trash us in Sanford, and it will be an ugly site after the game. I believe most of you just think we are going to roll the ball out against BSU and USCe, and they will see the G on the helmet and give up. Sorry, those days where we intimidated by just coming out of the tunnel are over as sad as it is to say.

Can I get a few amens, please? Exactly…

Darrah

April 21st, 2011
3:11 pm

Now that we’re in the off-season, wouldn’t this be the perfect time to take an in-depth look at UGA and have a serious discussion about the problems at UGA and why the arrest rate of players is the highest in the country? it’s common knowledge that UGA is a party school, but have any dawgtard players every actually graduated with a real degree? Jan Kemp exposed the school and the coaches almost three decades ago, but there is no sign that anything has improved; if anything, the arrest rate shows that things are getting more outrageous every year while the clueless Mark Richt has absolutely no control over his players. And then there is the infamous “red panties” incident that will haunt UGA for decades.

UGA has become a major embarrassment to all Georgians, and we want some answers starting now.

gt

April 21st, 2011
3:11 pm

We have parity, which is a huge disadvantage for Richt. Only eleven players can play at one time, they will probably be the same as last year for the first two games, without Green, or some freshman getting his eyes full in the Georgia Dome. Remember BS played on this stage last year and won.

ugaclassof2004

April 21st, 2011
3:18 pm

I am convinced that there are 3 types of people on this blog:

There are the 40% that are the Blind Homers. These are the people who think that UGA is ALWAYS one player away from competing for a National Title and that Mark Richt can do no wrong despite 3 consecutive years to the contrary. Trying to argue with these kind of people is a worthless exercise.

Then there the Haters/Aka Trolls, which make up another 40%: These are usually fans of opposing teams who come on here and say things like “Boise will win 60-7″ or “AJ Green sucks” or “Murray is a midget”. It is also worthless to argue with these people.

Then there are the rest of us in the middle 40% like myself, who ultimately love UGA football but at the same time are getting REALLY tired of the subpar results. We praise the team and players when they do well, but aren’t afraid to get onto them when they lose. These are the type of fans that are worth talking to, and every fanbase has them.

I would love for the Dawgs to have a good year this year. At the same time, I have no illusions about our program being in a healthy state. This is not 2002, our program is not on the upswing, we are in neutral. We will either get worse or get better. And if we get worse, then our donors need to decide if we want to be the kind of program that is content with just going to a bowl game every year, or are we going to be the type of program that competes for championships every year. The lack of direction in this program from top down is astounding. If Richt can keep his job after going 6-7, then how bad does it have to get for us to let him go??? 4-8 or 3-9?? Is this something we can afford to have happen due to loyalty towards ONE GUY?

Brucerugby79

April 21st, 2011
3:19 pm

Bill do not even consider losing either game we will win and beat fla somebody may trip us up but this will be a great year!!

BYRDDAWG

April 21st, 2011
3:21 pm

ABSOLUTELY!!!

Sleepy Dawg

April 21st, 2011
3:27 pm

Bruce – Stick to rugby we will lose at least 2 of those games, 1 definitely being to UF. Some of the delusion on this board is insane. We could not beat one of the worst UF teams in 20 years last year yet we will definitely beat them this year. Man there are some fools in our fanbase.

2 field goals and a cloud of Bobo

April 21st, 2011
3:29 pm

A lot of work to do,
but at least both games are in the state of Georgia,

Reaper

April 21st, 2011
3:39 pm

What the hell is mid season form. You better play at a championship level from start to finish. His answers make him sound stupid. Just damn be a real coach for a change and get the job done. Leave Grantham alone and let him yell all he wants to if that’s what it takes to get the guys to do their job. The problem is the offensive coaching staff. Light some fire under their ass and demote anyone that can’t get the job done. Save the St. hood for Sundays and be a HC and win on Sat. You were the OC at Fla. St., lets see some of that offensive creativity that was displayed at Fla. St. or did someone else actually develop the offense and run it and you were just the figure head.

King Saban

April 21st, 2011
3:42 pm

Yawn. Georgia Bulldogs? Yaaaaaawn. Wake me up when they start talking about the top 2-3 ranked teams in the nation for 2011.

Rich

April 21st, 2011
3:43 pm

2-0 or bust for CMR. The Boise game is essentially a home game. Plus they lose a lot of firepower on their offense and their secondary is susceptible. South Carolina is at home and we should be able to contain Lattimore better because of Geathers/Jenkins. Both teams are very beatable given the situation so 1-1 or 0-2 would be disappointing to say the least.

JB

April 21st, 2011
3:49 pm

AJC should mark this as blog 1 of 300 on this subject so we can keep up. Nothing gets hits like Richt’s Status. Bottom line, McGarity see’s a lot of improvement and a couple of more wins this year, or UGA will seek a new coach. I like Richt, but that’s where we are. Let’m play and we’ll see.

Reaper

April 21st, 2011
3:49 pm

People can say what they want. As of now, recruiting stinks and we need something big to happen but, I know that recruiting will be based on the season that we have. The first two games are really important and we need to win.

JB

April 21st, 2011
3:51 pm

And if we lose Mark, I hope we don’t hire Peterson from Boise. Paul Johnson could win big in that league.

Mtn Dawg

April 21st, 2011
3:54 pm

UGA will beat USC in Athens, but do we have the defence to keep Boise off the field? Do we have the offense to stay with Boise because they will put up some points. I don’t know. Good chance we could go 1 – 1 to start the season.

LakeDawg

April 21st, 2011
3:54 pm

I think the schedule is great! It forces CMR to have his team ready early. He likes to ease into seasons, which means he usually wastes preseason practices that are vitally important to the development of the team and season. Whether he knows it or not McGarity did him a favor. If CMR can coach a lick, UGA goes 2-0 and is off and running with no tough games back to back after the first two. I don’t think CMR should feel pressure. I think he should view this as a huge opportunity to turn the program back around. He has already felt the pressure. Hopefully he’s breathing a sigh of relief for this opportunity at redemption.

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
3:55 pm

We may not win more than 8 or 9 games in 2011 but if that Bama bunch that I saw last week is the best team in the country, college football is at an all time low……………..

rocketfuel

April 21st, 2011
3:57 pm

To the Boise St.fan who posted earlier.The last time Boise came to Ga.they left with a loss.And some of the Boise Fans said after the game what does ya’ll mean.And we politely replied “It means as in Ya’ll got your asses handed to you.Look for more of the same .GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DawginLex

April 21st, 2011
3:58 pm

2011 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule
Date/Time TV Opponent Result Tickets
09/03/11
8:00 p.m. ET Boise State 1 Buy
Tickets
09/10/11
Time TBA TBA South Carolina Buy
Tickets
09/17/11
Time TBA TBA Coastal Carolina Buy
Tickets
09/24/11
Time TBA TBA at Ole Miss Buy
Tickets
10/01/11
Time TBA TBA Mississippi State Buy
Tickets
10/08/11
Time TBA TBA at Tennessee Buy
Tickets
10/15/11
Time TBA TBA at Vanderbilt Buy
Tickets
10/22/11 — Open Date — —
10/29/11
3:30 p.m. ET Florida 2 Buy
Tickets
11/05/11
Time TBA TBA New Mexico State Buy
Tickets
11/12/11
Time TBA TBA Auburn Buy
Tickets
11/19/11
Time TBA TBA Kentucky Buy
Tickets
11/26/11
Time TBA TBA at Georgia Tech Buy
Tickets
12/03/11
Time TBA TBA SEC Championship 3
***************************************************************

Looks like we have some other folks to play after the 1st 2.

Miss St-top 15
UT-on the road
Florida
Auburn-we must destroy them
Tech-in Atlanta

Can we trade schedules with Boise?????????

JB

April 21st, 2011
4:00 pm

Look at Auburn’s schedule this year. Boise wouldn’t get bowl eligible playing that. Gonna be a long year on the Plains this year. All that talent gone and most of the money boosters in Jail.

Charlie Weis

April 21st, 2011
4:01 pm

That’d be your only chance of winning more than 6 games there DawginLex, changing schedules.

p.s. I hate you

JB

April 21st, 2011
4:02 pm

Weis named Golden Corral man of the year……

UGA Insider

April 21st, 2011
4:04 pm

I have had some very, very interesting phone conversations today. Let me tell you what happens if The Dawgs go 0-2. The CMR era at UGA is over effective immediately after the USCe game. I guarantee it like I guarantee that ths sun is going to rise tomorrow. CMR and his staff have already been told by McGarity and that is it….plain and simple. Go 0-2 and you are out!

Also, McGarity is going to interview Chris Peterson for the HC job during that first week. Both parties have mutual interest for sure. Stay tuned on that one.

CMR’s unlitmate downfall will go back to the fact that he should have given Brian VanGorder a heafty raise when he asked for a little more. Instead, he let VanGordor go and promoted a man who NEVER should have been a D1 coordinator. And if you will note this decision by Richt is what led Kirby Smart ultimately to Alabama. He left UGA for that reason alone.

McGarity is about to clean house with Damon Evans and Vince Dooley remains folks…it’s just a matter of time. He is one tough SOB behind closed doors.

Charlie Weis

April 21st, 2011
4:06 pm

Whats that JB? I was busy polishing my Super bowl rings and counting my money. Take a little gander at what I did just last year. Then think about what I’m going to do to your doggies.

“Weis was named offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs for 2010. In Weis’ first year, the Chiefs improved from a record of 4-12 to 10-6 and returned to the playoffs after winning the AFC Western Division. With Weis as offensive coordinator, the Chiefs had the NFL’s best rushing attack, averaging an impressive 165 yards per game on the ground. Offensively the Chiefs ranked 9th in total offense, 11th in points per game, 1st in rushing, and 28th in passing. The Chiefs also sent three players on offense (WR Dwayne Bowe, RB Jamaal Charles and OG Brian Waters) to the Pro Bowl. Bowe and Charles will make their first ever trip to the Pro Bowl. Weis has also been credited with the improvement of QB Matt Cassel who had a career year throwing for 27 touchdowns and only 5 interceptions in 14 games.”

David Granger

April 21st, 2011
4:09 pm

It’s not necessarily the number of wins that I’m judging the team by, but a lot of other factors:
1. Are we still seeing Georgia players having all kinds of legal trouble off the field? (How much sense does it take to know that you don’t have a valid driver’s license?)
2. Are we still making a lot of foolish penalties at crucial times?
3. Are we playing to WIN the game, or are we just playing not to lose? (A draw play on third and long is a good call on occasion…but not five third downs in a row.)
4. Are we still playing “gimmick” football, or are the guys hitting the weight room and blasting the other team off the line of scrimmage during crunch time at the end of the game?
5. Are we still doing that “black out the stadium” nonsense, and wearing several different color combinations…like that makes any difference at all? (I swear…Coach Richt is going to have the team prancing out wearing capes and plumed helmets one day.)
6. Does Coach Richt EVER tell the team to deliberately break a rule again, even a minor one like “excessive celebration”? (He’s coaching GEORGIA now, not that FSU scum.)
7. Does the defense buckle down and STOP people when it counts?
8. No matter WHAT the band is playing, are we ever again going to see Georgia players dancing and shimmying on the sidelines in the late moments of a game we’re LOSING?

I’m glad we’re opening with good teams. I hope we continue to do that.

Dave

April 21st, 2011
4:11 pm

First, he could loose both, win the rest and win the East and all would be forgiven. Second, he could win the first two, lose the East, lose to Florida and be in big trouble. All this speculation is nonsense.

JB

April 21st, 2011
4:11 pm

UGA Insider……………Nope, you lost me there….It won’t happen like that. The University would look foolish and any prospective Coach with any credentials would frown on that as a place to work.

JB

April 21st, 2011
4:12 pm

But Charlie, you sucked as a big time college coach. Sorry.

Bean

April 21st, 2011
4:14 pm

I agree with JB, I don’t think there’s any way Richt gets fired after an 0-2 start. Mcgarity will wait til after the season and can him then. Then Charlie Strong, Dan Mullen, and Kirby Smart will be called in to interview.

WDE

April 21st, 2011
4:15 pm

Charlie Weis…..college football laughs at you…biscuits fear you!

Charlie Weis

April 21st, 2011
4:16 pm

What’s that JB? It’s kind of hard to read this driving in my Porsche. Maybe I didn’t do to well as the head man but I am a darn good oc if I do say so myself. We will hang 30+ on you this year, take that to the bank.

7576DAWG

April 21st, 2011
4:16 pm

UGA Insider
Everybody should have known McGarity was not going to come into Georgia and just clean house without evaluating everything including talking with the big time money boosters. CMR couldn’t win even one game last year from a ranked team and if he loses both of the first two games this year will continue that history.
Lose the first two games and I agree that CMR will probably get replaced . Win the first two convincingly and he will probably get a 3 year extension which would be important in recruiting.

UGA Insider

April 21st, 2011
4:19 pm

JB and Bean

I normally would agree with you guys. I am as as shocked as you. But that is what I am told from a very credible source. Lose the first two and it is over for CMR after USCe.

Dawg Gone

April 21st, 2011
4:22 pm

UGA Insider I always listen to what you say and most of it turns out to be pretty reliable. What floors me with this is that the AD plans on talking to another coach with a HC still on the payroll?? That’s a bitter pill for any body.

JB

April 21st, 2011
4:22 pm

Charlie, LMAO, you can’t fit in a Porsche

Dawg Gone

April 21st, 2011
4:23 pm

JB you haven’t heard Porsche now makes a cargo van!

JB

April 21st, 2011
4:24 pm

UGA will not fire Mark after two games. I would bet my house on it. That is pure knee jerk from any perspective around the country.

UGA Insider

April 21st, 2011
4:25 pm

Dawg Gone,

I agree but understand this….McGarity worked for Jeremy Foley who is the nation’s best athletic director and is always one step ahead of the game.

robodawg

April 21st, 2011
4:25 pm

0-2 would be rough. (And the S Carolina game is the more important of the two.) But it will be how we close the season that matters most. Sweep Florida, Auburn and Tech, and it will almost always be remembered as a good season. And coaches (usually) don’t get fired when they have a good season.

UGA Insider

April 21st, 2011
4:28 pm

JB,

I doesn’t matter because I think UGA will go 2-0. But you better listen to what I say about 0-2, because that is a fact.

Beast from the East

April 21st, 2011
4:41 pm

@ugaclassof2004,
40% are blind homers, 40% are trolls and 40% are like yourself? That’s classic!
You can’t make this stuff up….LOL!

GH-Phoenix

April 21st, 2011
4:42 pm

A few points: 2005 game–BSU’s quarterback was a head case and was personally responsible for 6 turnovers. What team wouldn’t get creamed? BSU has been a different team for several years, now. –In the NC last yr, how much did Auburn beat Oregon by? How did Oregon fare against BSU the yr before when they were out for revenge after being beat in their house the year before by a freshman QB?– didn’t get a 1st dwn until midway thru the 3rd Q, Blount held to minus 5 yrds for the game, and that was with BSU making a lot of first game mistakes and having a sophomore QB. –VT spent 5 months preparing for BSU game, hired someone to do an in-depth study of BSU’s “system”, had better recruits, had de facto home field advantage–how’d it work out for them? —BSU has enough starters returning on both sides of the ball, and back-ups for all positions got plenty of game time last year. Moore rarely played past the 3rd Q. –Don’t worry. There will be good receivers stepping up to replace Young and Pettis. — BSU plays good solid smash mouth football, and once in a while, they throw in a well-executed trick play. Schedule: Last yr, the WAC ranked ahead of the ACC and the Big East. I’m sure Richt and his staff and fans who know football are taking the BSU game very seriously. The 2,000+ mi. trip, the humidity, etc., will have an effect on the Broncos, but they’ll still have the edge. I hope it’s a good game.

UGA FRIEND

April 21st, 2011
4:42 pm

UGA will NOT lose two games during the regular season.
I see 11-1 easy. Maybe 12-0 if the can beat both SC and FLA. Dawgs are loaded.

icallbs

April 21st, 2011
4:44 pm

I call BS on UGA Insider. When was the last time a major football program fired its coach after two games into the season? Good grief. UGA Insider? How about TECH Instigator?

Beast from the East

April 21st, 2011
4:44 pm

JB,
UGA Insider is the same guy that told everyone a couple of months ago that UF was in trouble with the NCAA. Take all of his “inside” information for what it is……nothing. He probably knows a janitor with a drinking problem over there in Athens and thinks he’s getting top notch info for giving him a bottle of Old Crow.

Dawg Gone

April 21st, 2011
4:50 pm

GH-Phoenix the humidity in the Ga Dome is the least of Boise’s problems…the frothing at the mouth, we are sick if hearing we have no shot vs the Smurfs, Dawgs will be a big problem. I agree that CMR and the UGA coaching staff and players will be deadly serious about this game and that is another problem for Boise…..And all summer the Smurfs will hear how there are going to kill the Dawgs, and the Dawgs will be hearing the same…

UGA Insider

April 21st, 2011
4:51 pm

icalbs,

Didn’t Foley and McGarity fire Zook after the Ole Miss loss???

RR Rider

April 21st, 2011
4:52 pm

It’s time for Mark Richt to either win his div in the EAST, or let’s get a new coach.

Tired of the underachievement.

There’s too much talent to not win the SEC East right now.

bjohndawg

April 21st, 2011
4:53 pm

Just win the whole damn thing.

Silky

April 21st, 2011
4:53 pm

If Richt beat Florida & Spurrier, he can save his job, otherwise, don’t let the door hit ya….

Rev Critter

April 21st, 2011
4:57 pm

I think Dawgs win both. Their defense will be a beast this year, and will carry them thru the season.

Dawg Tired

April 21st, 2011
5:05 pm

Well, nobody really knows what’s going to happen. That is why you play the games. Having said that, I think the South Carolina game is the tougher of the two. I expect the Dawgs to beat Boise. That USC game will be very tough. Defense needs to redeem itself after very poor tacking performance last year against Lttimore. If they do, it win be a very close game unless either team gets turnover happy.

tell me again

April 21st, 2011
5:05 pm

All of you people who are so scared of Boise have OBVIOUSLY FORGOTTEN what happened to the mighty spud chuckers when they last came to Athens with their “Offense of the century”……it was a massacre. The Dawgs will be ready – they will TROUNCE the spud chuckers.

Dawg Tired

April 21st, 2011
5:06 pm

Of course the word is tackling- I think.

UGAfan

April 21st, 2011
5:08 pm

I’m more than willing to just wait until we’ve played these two talented teams before deciding who will win. Without any evidence to support such a forecast, prognosticating at this time seems both silly and pointless. I surely hope my beloved Bulldogs win; but, one can never tell about an event as dicey as a college footbal game and I’m pretty sure that neither witchcraft nor voodoo would do us even a drop of good. If it might, there would be lots of dawg fans looking for a local withdoctor. A great big ole dose of ‘good luck’ would be might welcomed though.

Josh Rosen

April 21st, 2011
5:12 pm

@ David Granger
re: Your 4:09

Yes, indeed.

I like Coach Richt, but he’s let some things get out of hand. And when that happens, it’s hard to regain control. I hope he can do it.

Einsteindawg

April 21st, 2011
5:22 pm

We can win both games. We can’t afford to play short-handed with player suspensions. If any of our guys have so little respect for their teammates, their coaches, their free education, and themselves that they break rules, then they certainly don’t deserve to represent UGA. Pull their scholarships and let them go. As a 42+ year Hartmann donor, season ticket holder, and Georgia taxpayer, I’m tired of seeing our money thrown away and the ridicule our fine university has had to endure.

DJ Schockly

April 21st, 2011
5:28 pm

Didn’t BSU already show up once in Athens….. oh yeah, I had 5 touchdowns.

Joe

April 21st, 2011
5:32 pm

Your first two articles of the season could make or break your job Billy King….I could only hope! Its losers like you that continue to stir the pot. Tell me MR. KING…….why not an article on what happens if we do lose this coach and DO have to start over…Please dear Sir…tell us how far it sets the program back…PLEASE you moron….tell us to take a look at UT……Please- tell me who comes in and starts over. It wont take you long to bash them either. You are a sorry excuse for a DAWG

John, the real UGA fan

April 21st, 2011
5:35 pm

You said just what I have wondered about- Have the tables been set against Mark Richt by scheduling Boise and SC at the beginning of the season????? Check other SEC teams first two games, if you can recognize them because they are sooooooo easy, which should be at the start of the season.. UGA’s schedule for the first two games seems to be a setup against the coach. I do like McGarity but wonder about his motivation. ???????

SOUTHGADAWG88

April 21st, 2011
5:48 pm

Geathers and Jenkins need to be better performers than Tripp and Wood.That’s a must

Snoop Dawg

April 21st, 2011
5:52 pm

If Richt isn’t feeling any pressure, he’s even dumber than I thought. Or it just confirms what a slickster he really is… This guy is in checkmate.

FB Fan

April 21st, 2011
6:02 pm

Based upon the past few years I believe we lose eight or so players each offseason to drugs, alcohol, arrests, academic suspensions etc. (maybe I am low). Any predictions for this year? Would Bonner count in this year;s total? Does that mean we have only seven to go?

If the answer is zero we split first two games.

lizard king

April 21st, 2011
6:29 pm

I think Richt has already been broken in—two——-by Florida——i guess we will never know the answer to that little riddle except—–UGA cannot get their s=======t ————together——and who is usually the problem when such things occur———coaching. Vince Lombardi didnt have that problem———he worked over time to make sure his guys were ready. Endlessly. So, never mind the excuses this year—if Rickity doesnt win the division he is out!!!!———————yea baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!——–Bring on someone who is mean and ruthless—–and wants to win.

the dawg fan FB

April 21st, 2011
7:01 pm

pb , if you are still around you suck and so does whatever crap team you root for . guarantee the dogs are gonna stomp mudholes in boise state and walk them dry with sc . go dawgs !!!!!!

DAWG with two bags over head

April 21st, 2011
7:28 pm

Dreading every minute of it. Expecting 0-2, hoping for 2-0.

John

April 21st, 2011
8:13 pm

Did Murray win the competition for the QB job this spring? I couldn’t tell by the spring game, the best QB looked like LeMay….but what do I know, I think Murray lost last year QB competition to the guy starting at LSU next year. This is the same coaching staff that wanted Newton as a tightend?…he beat the crap out of UGA rearend.

schmeckdawg

April 21st, 2011
8:22 pm

First two games could make or break Richt. Duh Bill REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lakedawg

April 21st, 2011
8:25 pm

Insider making those big predictions knowing that no way the Dawgs lose to Boise and SC at home with a tailback that does not fumble game away and #9 and #22 linebacking and big guys up front Lattimore gets half what he did last year.

Law Student

April 21st, 2011
8:40 pm

Dawghater = dumba**. Are you talking about the same Virginia tech who lost to james madison who plays in the acc? Thought so…Kellen Moore will not make it in the NFL. The best he can hope for is to carry the clipboard.

suwanee dawg

April 21st, 2011
8:41 pm

Nothing matters without OL improvement. After the spring, I am not sure we have that. Sure hope in the future our “dream teams” have many horses up front. With that, hope springs eternal – go dawgs and beat fla! If we beat Florida and finish strong no one will care about the first two.

USC GAMEC0CK

April 21st, 2011
8:45 pm

USC will be whipping the dawgs tween the hedges and georgia folks wont even be in the stadium by the 4th quarter so stop dreaming….USC will be top 10 after the georgia game and Richt will be feeling some serouus heat…and it is only gonna get worse for georgia in 2011….facts are facts folks

USC GAMEC0CK

April 21st, 2011
8:49 pm

oh yeah, if Lattmore breaks 100 yards rushing…USC wins…period.

georgia will hear this a lot….and there goes Lattimore for another USC first down…then under his breath the dude says…geez will somebody tackle that guy.

trupert

April 21st, 2011
8:54 pm

Boise St did not lose their QB, Moore returned for his senior season.

Richt will be fine and will have a good season, with the season being what will be the determining factor in his job status.

GA has had everything that a SEC and MNC team needs except for a top 10 defense and it looks like the only question about the defense is at safety. No team in the SEC has every position settled and established at this point. Ga has plenty of time to get the safety position settled and Ga will now have what’s been missing, with that being a real good defense.

Richt will be fine, Ga football will again be fine. Looking forward to a good season.

trupert

April 21st, 2011
9:06 pm

If Lattermore breaks 100 yds, SC may win but it won’t be easy this time.

SC and Lattermore had the luxury of playing a Ga defense that was just starting to learn the new 3-4 system, and that was using players at key positions that were not of the propper type to fill those positions, with nose guard being only one.

Lattermore better be looking to run outside this time around, because the middle will not be manned by an undersized player trying to fill a role that he is not capable of.

I hope Lattermore and SC takes this defense to be the same as last year because this will be one of the better defenses in the SEC and lattermore won’t be looking forward to playing against the dawgs in 2012.

SC better figure out how to get Garcias head in the right place because this Ga defense will be ready.

A Moveable Feast

April 21st, 2011
9:24 pm

Boise State will feast on the dawgs, and SC will pick the bones clean.

Another very grim year for Saint Mark and his goons.

Vol Luvver

April 21st, 2011
9:29 pm

Have any of you rocket scientists factored into your calculations how many players will be arrested and suspended, and how many games that Ealey and King will fumble away?

Just askin’…

Scott

April 21st, 2011
9:52 pm

The way I see it, Boise is irrelevant cuz it an’t a sec match up.

richt got to win vs. sc, vs. fla, lose those 2, and he is done.

no more excuses.

Lets Face it

April 21st, 2011
9:53 pm

Spring practice and the G day game revealed a mass rearranging of the deck chairs on the Titanic. I think Richt is toast after this season.

Jame

April 21st, 2011
9:54 pm

hOW MANY YARDS DID lATTIMORE PUT UP ON THE dOGS AS A FRWEHSMAN BUCK 88? PROBLY BREAK 200+ THIS TIME.

DOGS AIN’T GONNA GO FROM #10 IN SEC TO #1 IN 1 LEAP.

WAIT TILL THE DOGS MEET CLOWNEY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.

IF DOGS THOUGHT 2010 WAS BAD, 2011 D-LINE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA IS BETTER.

Lets Face it

April 21st, 2011
9:55 pm

I hope we get Mike Leach next year.

Eman

April 21st, 2011
9:57 pm

Sure, Richt gonna go from 0-6 against ranked teams last year to start out 2-0? Come on now…be lucky to win 1 game against ranked teams this year.

richt averages 7 wins a year, last 2 years.

Kool aid Drinker

April 21st, 2011
9:57 pm

The Dawgs Will win the SEC and MNC this year while the AJC will become a conservative news outlet.

frannie mae

April 21st, 2011
9:59 pm

hope and change means UGA is in BIG BIG trouble!

Nub

April 21st, 2011
10:00 pm

3rd and 9 during g day game and you call a lateral pass…. cmr is done!

frannie mae

April 21st, 2011
10:05 pm

I’m too stupid for words. It’s painful.

"Good People"

April 21st, 2011
10:14 pm

Richtopen up at 1 – 1 then he will lose to Dooley,Gators,Auburn and yes as much I hate to say a huge upset at Yech.

Bawbie

April 21st, 2011
10:17 pm

Lets go ahead and Fire Dave Perno too!

All in the Family

April 21st, 2011
10:20 pm

Mark Richt = Mark Fox = Mike Bobo = Jay Clark = Andy Landers = Dave Perno = CHOKE ARTIST

sports

April 21st, 2011
11:15 pm

Georgia will win both games. GA. 34-27 over Boise St. and GA. 24-21 over South Carolina.

runforit

April 22nd, 2011
12:13 am

Not much longer now:
“Kellen Moore won’t make it in the NFL”
“The Dawg’s players are more talented than BSU’s”
“Playing Boise State does not matter, only SEC games matter”
“It will be 2005 all over again”
“Kellen Moore = Jared Zabransky”
“Boise will find out it’s not the champion they think they are when the DAWGS get finished with them………..”
“Bsu’s one game per year does not a program make”
“Kellen Moore won’t have time to complete many passes with Jarvis Jones in his face all night”

September 2010………..Complete silence at FEDEX Field, 70,000 VT fans stopped talking, then the Boise State fans started chanting Boise State! Boise State!

If the Dawgs coaching staff or the players believe any of the statements above, history will be repeated in Atlanta.

Dawgs Roll

April 22nd, 2011
12:26 am

Boise st. lost a lot of talent—Ga should win that game easy with the home crowd. South carolina—dawgs win at home in an upset, even if garcia plays—mark it down.

PB

April 22nd, 2011
12:30 am

runforit…………..

ditto…………… it’s funny here where anyone can post under any name these dawg fans say anything, but when in a forum where they have to login, DAWG FANS ARE MUCH MORE HUMBLE AND REALISTIC ABOUT THEIR CHANCES.

I can’t wait for the first couple minutes in the game when however many yelling dawg fans will be silenced and… pause… gulp… and remember the good ol days(preseason) where anything was possible and their hopes of a win is still alive.

Gosh, I love being on the winning side.. remember dawg fans, the first few minutes you will be silenced. Good luck either way as good sportsmanship ppl would say.

PB

April 22nd, 2011
12:32 am

And if I hear one more ignorant fan say something about how Boise lost a lot of players i’m gonna! have to tell them that we are returning a lot, and a lot of players that got a lot of playing time because most our starters were out before halftime.

So quit telling yourselves that to try to make yourself feel better, it only makes you sound ignorant and uninformed.

Old Blind Dawg

April 22nd, 2011
12:57 am

Dawgs win them both……..next.

It Ain't Rocket Science

April 22nd, 2011
5:06 am

PB,

Why don’t you just give it a rest. Boise state did lose a lot of players and if you think Boise State is so great, why aren’t they playing a tougher schedule, instead of going the easy route to build up their record, year after year. Now they have joined a decimated conference where their biggest conference game is what? Are you trying to tell people that losing your two top receivers when you are a poassing team, is not a little problem? Don’t they also have to break in new people for the 5 defensive players that left also? Did those replacements play against a major college team? The answer is no, since by then, Boise state had already played their one tough team for the year. Your QB will get some yards but I bet he does not look like a world beater after the game. I am sure Boise State must have a blog somewhere, that you can go to to try to pump yourself up a bit. You can talk all you want on another teams blog but talk is cheap. That’s why they play the game.

AltamahaDawg

April 22nd, 2011
7:02 am

Dreading them????? Why would a person even bother to be a fan of a college football team if so???

It Ain't Rocket Science

April 22nd, 2011
7:30 am

DAWGS ROLL,
I hope Garcia does play for the SC game. UGA knows how to get him out of his comfort zone quick. Have the big D line control the line of scrimmage, and force Garcia to pass, when the running game is bottled up. That is a formula that is usually good for at least 2 picks from Garcia. We don’t know that much about the sophmore Shaw, I believe it is, so in this case, it is better to know your enemy. I don’t see Lattimore being 3/4ths of their offense this year, especially against a big line, that is strong and fast.

Tony31005

April 22nd, 2011
8:11 am

Win or lose the first two games, I predict the dogs to have a 10 win season.

Minnesota Dawg

April 22nd, 2011
8:28 am

Remember, it’s Boise State’s first game and also South Carolina’s first game! Anything can happen as you well know. I believe we can win both! Go Dawgs

DawginLex

April 22nd, 2011
8:53 am

If Insider is right, we all better hope that we don’t start 0-2. If we start 0-2 and he cans Richt, the program is instantly 2 years away from doing anything win/loss wise barring a $180,000 QB recruit coming our way.

That makes 2011 a throw away year.
That makes 2012 Year 1 of a new system
That makes 2013 the first year that realistically we can win anything.

It would be a lot better if Richt could pull this out of the crapper and build some momentum for 2012 by winning 9 or 10 games in 2011, finish ranked in the top 15 and head into 2012 as the favorite in the East.

But what do I know?

PMC

April 22nd, 2011
9:18 am

Of course he feels pressure, it’s the SEC and they’ve accomplished essentially nothing meaningful since 2005.

That said, I think they are going to be ready for a resurgence this year. I’m concerned about the OL, but the defense looks ready to play for the first time since 2005.

GR82BAG8R

April 22nd, 2011
9:19 am

Georgia wins over Boise State easily, after trailing at halftime.

Georgia and USC go into overtime in a low scoring game. The bounce of the ball determines the outcome.

dawgfan joe

April 22nd, 2011
9:32 am

UGA gonna blow Boise!!!!!! Home crowd and that SEC Defense gonna blow them out the Dome like that tornado a couple years back!! After this game, TCU will be thinkin about goin back to the Mtn West cuz playin with the BIG BOYS will SUCK for these MID-MAJORSA!!!!

Bronco05

April 22nd, 2011
10:19 am

Rumbo, we still have Kellen for one more year. We did lose our top two receivers, but we have quite a few in the stable that look to be ready. We only lost 2 on the O-line and one of the D-line. The Dawgs definitely have a size advantage over us. Murray will be without AJ Green, which is a shame. I was looking forward to seeing him play, but I don’t blame him a bit for jumping ship. It sounds like UGAs D is much improved, so it should be a great game for both teams. I don’t think it will be a blowout on either side. UGA is hungry, we know this. After a 6-7 season, it’s understandable. But, BSU is still a little upset about ‘05, (even though there wasn’t a single current player, on either team, in that game.) Should be a great game regardless! Go Broncos!

Seger fan

April 22nd, 2011
10:31 am

Can’t believe we’ve sunk so low as to be an underdog to (or even be worried about) blue-field Boise State in our own state. Wake up, Dawgs!

SLCDawg

April 22nd, 2011
10:36 am

i have to agree with some of these c0cks that clowney vs whoever is playing left tackle could be worrisome.

wolfman

April 22nd, 2011
10:43 am

I think MR will win both and UGA will have a good season, and be slaughtered in the SEC championship game (if it gets there).

kerryb

April 22nd, 2011
10:48 am

Mark Richt’s job is in trouble……blah,blah,blah. It must be a Bill King blog. Bill should rename his blog, “I’m hoping that Mark Richt gets fired blog”. It seems as though he has run out of topics and stays on this one all the time.

PB

April 22nd, 2011
11:14 am

Hey dawg fans! Insert everything that VT fans said about size, home crowd, humidity, all your awesome players(lol) etc…. and watch what happens.

Let me put it this way. Boise has better players, skill, strength, football knowledge, coaches, fans, and everything else.

This game doesn’t mean much, UGA is no better than a Fresno. Putting UGA on the schedule is better than Ole Miss. UGA would be the 3rd-4th best team in the MWC. This game means more to you than you all are willing to admit.

WHEN THIS GAME IS OVER, YOU’LL ALL BE TELLING YOURSELF HOW IT DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE IT’S NOT A SEC GAME……………just like VT did, LOL. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

PB

April 22nd, 2011
11:20 am

I know you all watched the Boise VT game. Here is a reminder of what you’ll have to to deal with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGmRfK5lDyE

Buckeye

April 22nd, 2011
1:57 pm

0-2 start for Win With…..bank.

Bronco

April 22nd, 2011
2:24 pm

Just a few things…..
Dawg Fans, Georgia will be a big game, and one I am not sure my beloved Broncos can win. With that said before you guys start going off on our talent level and that we return no one. Do a little research, i am confident that if you do you will not be quite as confident from your false sense of security you are pulling from 05. Few things to research……
1) Kellen Moore
2)Billy Winn
3) Doug Martin
4) Giraldo Hiwat
5)Byron Hout
6)DJ Harper
7) Kirby Moore

Just to name a few……………check it out and see how you feel

sofork

April 22nd, 2011
3:06 pm

Georgia should be favored in this home game, but Boise State isn’t chicken feed either. Those boys know how to play football. This isn’t 2005.

USC GAMEC0CK

April 22nd, 2011
5:00 pm

USC beats georgia….NEXT

USC GAMEC0CK

April 22nd, 2011
5:02 pm

Lattimore will get his yards even with a new big fat dude playing at nose guard…so what…Todd Grantham is still coaching the defense…right?? yeah, that’s what i thought…nuff said

USC 24 georgia 10

truedawg

April 25th, 2011
4:42 pm

the question..I’d rather loose to SC keep the respect in the SEC. But it will be a close game with SC, but unless they can pass on our secondary I see them heading back to SC carrying a butt whippin’ No way they are running up the middle this year. I think Bronco’s are headed a long trip back with a broken heart. They have a great offence but no D. They have a great plan, but everyone does til they get hit, and the “Junkyard Dawgs ” are gonna hit Boise in the mouth…HARD. by the halftime I look to see a very scared QB getting rid of the ball too fast, too early and looking up at the lights often.
With a a weak D line last year and learning a new scheme and a redshirt QB in his first big game…The chickens still barely won….If you think its 24-10 USC, your drinking the wrong water…DAWGS ROLL!! 17-10

PaleRider

April 26th, 2011
1:48 pm

Dawgs win the first two and all of them up to Jacksonville. The Dawgs will be undefeated and ranked in the top four going into the Florida game. Then they will lose because, well, it’s Florida.

Ron Smith

April 26th, 2011
1:51 pm

UGA will be trounced by Boise State and lose to South Carolina by a slim margin

DawgyDawg

April 26th, 2011
7:07 pm

Boise State is probably the best coached team I have ever watched play live. Kellen Moore is absolutely incredible and we will be lucky to keep it close against them. That being said…. I think we will win out in the SEC East.

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