Should Mark Richt’s job ride on winning the SEC East?

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I have no life!

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CMR is a fine coach. He has had some bad luck. We never get blown out. Hopefully, the changes in the S&C program will turn the close game tide in our advantage.

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Richt needs to finish in the top 25 in the national rankings. That means 9 or 10 wins. Be nice to beat South Carolina to win the East, since Florida has that brutal October schedule of Alabama, LSU, Auburn and Georgia.

You figure Richt gets 4 wins against these losing teams:
Coastal Carolina, New Mexico St, Vanderbilt, and Ole Miss

Richt should win these 3 against unranked teams:
Georgia Tech, Kentucky, and Tennessee

Richt will just need to win 2 of these 5 against ranked teams:
Boise, South Carolina, Auburn, Florida, and Mississippi St.

Beat Florida, and go 8-4, Richt still should be fired.

Top 25 or Bust.

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He’d better beat the Gators this year — 2-8 against those guys doesn’t cut it.

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we got blown out last year by Auburn. We got blown out twice the year before by UT and UF. Blown out by Bama and UF the year before that. MR is not a fine coach – he’s a great offensive coordinator who lucked out by having a crappy SEC in ‘02 and an oppossing coach who can be just as suspect in the ‘05 SECCG.

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How many total games is that he was blown out? How many games has he coached? Also, injuries are bad luck.

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South Carolina’s schedule is easier than Georgia’s, they play 0 top 10 teams, Georgia plays 2 in Boise & South Carolina.

Georgia plays 5 ranked teams, South Carolina plays 4.

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I am refusing to buy into the doom and gloom until the results warrant it. Richt refuses to play everybody else’s game of cheating, lying and making promises to kids and then backing out of the promise later.

Maybe it is the way of the world but it is interesting to me how quiet it is in Athens this summer. Word I get is that the players are working their butts off and staying out of trouble and not listening to the naysayers.

All of the Richt haters and UGA opponents better hope he flops again because if he ever gets the talent to be disciplined and gets results from the S&C program, God help all of you.

To your blog topic Bill:

8-4 and beat Florida will keep him around
9-3 will do the same
10-2 and win the East and we have him around for another 5 years

I think SC will beat us. I also think we will lose on the road to UT.

If he is 2-3 after we play the Mississippi schools, he is done.

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Insider

How are we going to go from 75 scholarship football players to 60 in 6 weeks?

Bubonic plague
Boils?
Cancer?

I’m not buying it

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Admin just wants to see improvement in the direction. 7 wins is an improvement.

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Simple question, simple answer Mr. King….NO!

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These boys better get it done or it’ll be a long season

DE: Abry Jones
NG: John Jenkins / Kwame Geathers
DE: DeAngelo Tyson

OLB: Jarvis Jones
ILB: Alec Ogletree
ILB: Christian Robinson
OLB: Cornelius Washington

CB: Sanders Commings
FS: Bacarri Rambo
SS: Shawn Williams
CB: Brandon Boykin

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No he does not have to win the East. I can see 9-3 and not winning the East. If we go 9-3, beat Florida, and win the bowl game to finish 10-3 he stays with an extension. 10-3 = a finish inside the Top 10.

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I am really curious about the BSU game. I can’t wait. I hope I am happy with the results!

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Bill haven’t you heard that Richt won 2 SEC championships in 10 years, and he is the greatest coach that UGA has ever had. He also has beaten Tech 9 out of 10years. He isn’t on the hot seat and he never will be in some of these Ga. fans eyes. They don’t care if he has a .500 record in the SEC the past 3 years, or that he is 2 and 8 against Florida, which was the team he was hired to beat, and not Ga.Tech.Nor does it matter that he is the worst game day coach in the SEC, and that he has hired the worst offensive and defensive coordinators in the SEC. Nor does it matter that he has been at UGA 10 years and yet he has the least amount of depth of any of the top 6 or 7 programs in the conference. What matters to these UGA fans is that he is a Saint, and good ole boy, and he is a good spokesman for the school, and as long as he is competitve against Fl. and loses by only 2 touchdowns and he beats Tech, he will be their hero. Because UGA fans are different from fans at other SEC schools, they only want to have a program that is mediocre, because that is what they became accustomed to when Dooley was there, and that is the person they measure Richt to. So going 6-7 is no big deal to them, hell Dooley had several 6-5 seasons and he lasted 25 years. The way i see it, Richt has about 15 MEDIOCRE seasons left.

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What happened to all our linemen? Wasn’t it only a few years ago Mark Richt was basically saying he will never again be caught with low numbers on the O-line? regardless of injuries or attrition?
Whatever happened to that?
This is such a disturbing trend in his coaching tenure of lack of capable O-linemen.
Oh, he’ll go a couple years here and there when we supposedly have one of the strongest. Or maybe the strongest 1st 5 (until they get hurt) and then their depth destroys them.
And the D-line isn’t exactly what it once was with Seymour or Pollack along with others, were there.
Jeez, do we need to take every other year and devote 20 out of 25 scholarships to linemen?
Of course, the evaluation level has seemed to be a problem also. But that’s a whole new can of worms.
What ya’ll say…..

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Forget it. Richt goes 5-7 and gets the boot. Richt loses to every ranked team on the schedule, and Tenn pulls a shocker in Knoxville. Richt wins 5 out of 6 against the unranked teams. In other words, 2010 all over again.

Losses:
Boise State
South Carolina
Missisippi State
Florida
Auburn
Tenessee
Kentucky

Wins:
Vanderbilt
Ole Miss
Coastal Carolina
New Mexico State
Georgia Tech

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AV

I’ll take that bet

Richt loses to every ranked team??

Kentucky and Tennessee and auburn won’t be ranked.

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[...] here are some talking points as Media Days kicks off.3.  Should Mark Richt’s job depend upon him winning the SEC East this year?  (No.)4.  If you like blitzing, you’ll like Kentucky’s new defense.5.  [...]

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The truth is NO ONE knows what it will take for Richt to keep his job or lose it except for McGarity and Adams. If this constant bickering by the Dawg Nation keeps up, is it possible Richt decides to leave on his own? He would be a hot commodity at about 100 schools around the country.

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There five ranked teams, Boise, South Carolina, Aub, Miss State, and Florida according to ESPN. Richt will lose to all five. Tenn is unranked, but has home field advantage, which means the winner in last 4. Kent is unranked but will be that one Richt loses every year to a far inferior team, like Colorado last year or it could be Georgia Tech or Ole Miss, it will be either Kent, G Tech or Ole Miss to get that 7th loss.

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Richt is a victim of his own success and now he has to pay the price with wins or leave.

The question facing McGarity is what does it take to warrant a change?

The ESPN folks like May and Herbstreit will be all over McGarity if Richt’s team shows improvement and wins 8 games or 9 and gets fired.

The bigger question is “Who do you hire and what guarantee do you have that UGA will win with a new coach?”

A lot of this stuff is timing. Dooley never had to face Spurrier at Florida. I can tell you, if Spurrier had been around in Dooley’s time, Dooley would have been run out of town. Dooley faced a series of idiots in charge down at Florida, not a HOF coach like Spurrier.

Why was Dooley’s bowl record so bad? Because the top coaches were in the bowl games and he wasn’t facing the stiffs from the SEC that were there during his time.

Richt faced Tebow. Meyer won titles because of Tebow and ran for the hills after Tim left. Florida won’t win another title without him. He is their Herschel.

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No, Richt is a fine coach, but it’s his personnel decisions (players and coaches) that will simply lead to his down fall if they don’t rebound this year.

He doesn’t have the luxury of being a new coach anymore. Under his watch they went from average to very successful championship type of program back down to a below average team again.

I’m not sure he should be expected to win the east to keep his job, but maybe that is a good standard. It’s really been 5 years since they were a substantially good football team. That’s not acceptable.

I think he’s a fine coach, but he can’t continue to stay in charge of a program that loses to Colorado and UCF. Even though he’s a good guy, UGA isn’t a charity. His job is to win games as much as anything.

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Ultimately I’d rather see him keep his job. The dicipline has been an issue, but I think it’s worth giving him a chance to correct these systemic issues.

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1953Dawg

You should go talk to my UT friends who to this day regret running Phil Fulmer out of town.

Brought in hot shot Lane Kiffin and got crapped on by him.

Now left with hiring a coach from La Tech with a losing record and the program is years away from being where fulmer had it.

That could be us if McGarity isn’t careful in going about the business of making this decision.

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Since the thrust of the article is the SEC East, let’s take a look at what da Preacha Man has done in the last five years since he last won it. SEC East opponents 2006-2010: Won 13 – Lost 12. WOW. This is what UGA pays someone over $15,000,000 in a five year period to achieve? The picture with this article says it all, “I know what the hell I am doing” Yep. He sure does. Masquerading as a head football coach while ripping off UGA and laughing all of the way to the bank in his Ford truck and yelling out the window, “See ya later suckers”. What a guy. UGA fans and Richt deserve each other. Frankly, I hope you never fire him.

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“Richt faced Tebow. Meyer won titles because of Tebow and ran for the hills after Tim left. Florida won’t win another title without him. He is their Herschel.”

DawginLex,
Pretty bold statement. UF won in ‘96 without Tebow, had a shot in ‘95. Won in ‘06 with Tebow as nothing more than a role player. According to most Dawgs, Tebow was way overrated and an average QB at best. Was he as great as Hershel and that’s the only reason UF won or were those titles won by great teams with an average QB?
I say those titles were won by great teams with a great QB (in ‘08) and great coaching. The only times I’ve ever felt like one player was the absolute difference in a team winning it all was when UGA had Hershel and last year with Cam. Tebow was great, but so were his teammates. Think about it: Harvin, Spikes, Hernandez, Moss, Cooper, Dunlap, Pouncey(s), Haden, etc. Great TEAM.

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BMDPD said “CMR is a fine coach. He has had some bad luck. We never get blown out. Hopefully, the changes in the S&C program will turn the close game tide in our advantage.”

Never get blown out? So, the Alabama and Florida games in 2008 that I left at halftime for never actually happened? Because was got shelled.

Tennessee 2009? Tennessee 2007? Tennessee 2006? Florida 2009? LSU 2003 in the Dome?

Van Gorder was a good coach. Save for 2007, we have not been the same since he left.

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Something postive please, CMR is a great Coach and I’m proud we have him, WHO IN THE HELL WOULD YOU REPLACE HIM WITH

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What most fans really want, including pro-Richt fans like myself, is for UGA to beat five teams in the same year: SC, UT, UF, AU, and GT. That would pretty much mean winning the East.

That being said, in my opinion and apparently McGarrity’s, there is not necessarily a magical benchmark to meet. I think it is much more dependent upon the team is prepared and performing well in losses and wins. That is not to say that any needs to make excuses. Take the AU game last year, considering AU was the undeniable best team in the country, I thought UGA played admirably. I would never say that about the UCF game.

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gomdawg, you’re kidding, right?
1. Patterson at TCU
2. Peterson from Boise, maybe
3.Mullin from MS ST.
I could live with any of those.

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@ David Grangers post

Your #2- Actually look like they are prepared for the game.

That is so embarassing to read, but very true. After 10 years we have to wonder what UGA team is going to show up for the toughest games of the year. This is a huge problem. Do you think Bama, Florida, LSU or Auburn fans from last season had to wonder whether or not the team was going to show up and knock someones teeth in?

The issue at hand is the perceived softness of this team, a finesse team. UGA seems to lack a identity offensively and defensively. When was the last time we saw a UGA team lineup against a SEC top tier team and just dominate both sides of the ball in the trenches?

Your #2 post can really show in many different aspects the problems CMR has to address. Words can only do so much his actions on the field really need to show that he has found that edge he lost. The program has lost its edge as a result and no longer is held with the same esteem it was held at in his first 6-7 years in Athens.

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Bill, I thought the exact same thing with the news about Thomas. At least there won’t be any called up the middle plays on 3rd and long with our smallest back on the team.

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2007 was an outlier due to offensive prowess. They still lost several games that year in embarassing fashion. The team hasn’t been solid on offense and defense since 2005. The defense has primarily been a big problem since 2005 and the other huge issue is an average offensive line. Same time period.

Max Gene Gilles isn’t walking through that door.

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Aaron to Orson Charles is pretty lethal. youtube some of Murray last year and watch those two work. Charles will have to be double teamed which will open up some things. We do have a lot of positives this year, if fact more than negatives. If the OL can stay healthy, they will be fine. I do hope our DB’s hit and tackle better this year We have got to plug the middle with Jenkins and Geathers. The middle was a big hole last year for any RB to expose..

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Its time to get on board. This team will be much improved this year. 2012 and 2013 is a very real possibility to win a NC. Support your coaches and the team. Is that too much to ask? We are all Bulldogs FIRST. Support the team until changes are made and then continue to support them. Some of the so called fans on here definitely do not bleed Red & Black. Its pathetic.

Win with Richt. Go Dawgs!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QfSRUk0fuA&feature=related

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Why aren’t people vilifying Saban for the 3 losses Bama suffered last year? They were pre-season #1 and lost 3 times. To me, that’s horrible coaching.

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Hard evidence how Murray padded his stats in big games:

vs. East champ SC (1st real game of Murray’s career): 14/21/0 192 yds.
vs. #12 Arky (2nd real game of Murray’s career): 21/33/0 380 yds.
vs. MSU: 18/31/0 274 yds.
vs. UT: 17/25/1 260 yds.
vs. UF: 18/27/1 219 yds.
vs. #1 AU: 15/28/0 273 yds. (see video posted above)
vs. GT: 15/19/0 271 yds.

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Cantondawg: I agree. Saban should be on the hot seat, definitely. (and he lost to AU.)

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This years version of the Dawgs fb team has already started w/too many lows, woes and ???’s and they haven’t played their 1st game yet. BSU and SC are good teams and return most of their best players from last season. Kellen Moore is better passer than our secondary is at stopping him. Same w/SC Q!B and that big receiver they have. Its very possible GA comes out of its 1st 2 games 0-2. Unless the DC unleashes the Dawgs front of jenkins and Gathers to disrupt both opposing QB’s is going to play large for UGA to win either one or both of these 2 games.

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Come on DAWG Nation Beano Cook has us playing Oklahoma for the National Championship, why all of the gloom and doom!

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people keep talking about the past. its real simple: in today’s time, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTRACT, RECRUIT, OR SIGN ELITE PLAYERS, EXCEPT LEFTOVERS, if we continue down this half-way road. Is this UGA or Miss. ST. I am sick and tired of every surrounding state, except our own, winning with our players. players today want to win, win now, win big, and win it all. other than that, why go to UGA? just go to GA TECH (pun intended). 8-4 will not cut it unles it includes a championship. as far as who else will take this job: Charlie Strong, Dan Mullen, Gus Malzahn, Tommy Tuberville, maybe even Brain Van Gorder

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Gruff, I hope you are wrong. I also hope that if you are wrong that you will be man enough to admit it.

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Win totals since 2007:
07- 11 wins
08- 9 wins
09- 8 wins
10- 6 wins
11- 4 wins?
12- 2 wins?
13- 0 wins?

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PS Gruff: I like how it suddenly just that he padded his TD stats now that I have blown 90% of that argument out of the water. So here goes the rest: TDs per game is a bogus stat that cannot be placed all on one player. Maybe he didn’t get pass plays called in red zone situations. Maybe they relied on a FG or a running play. Maybe they didn’t trust him early in the season with passes into the end zone.

Also think about your latest statistical farce: Of course, offensive scoring went down with the departure of Stafford, Moreno, and Masoqoui. Duh. They also played better defenses. They also had fist year starting QBs in ‘09 and ‘10.

I am not saying you are 100% wrong. I am saying that you are fallaciously drawing some very specific conclusions from some very general stats to support your prejudiced view.

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hey, bill, why isn’t my heartfelt post showing up?

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The team has lost more games, 3 seasons in a row than the season before, from 11 wins down to 6, it’s an average drop of -1.6 wins per year since 2008. The team’s scoring against ranked teams under Bobo has decreased from 35 a game in 07 to 15 a game in 10′, an average drop of -6.7 points per game per year.

Whether your averaging -1.6 wins per year than the year before, or -6.7 points per game against ranked teams, it doesn’t bode well for the Richt’s future, that’s for sure. The team is heading in a terrible, terrible direction, and nothing Richt or Bobo has tried to fix it has worked.

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You know, I grew up in the state of Georgia, but I was a die-hard Auburn Tiger from birth. My family is from there. Great Grandpa owned a barbershop and cut hair in Toomers Corner. My father’s house is a shrine to Auburn football. We always had season tickets at Jordan-Hare stadium and had them during more than one undefeated season in Auburn.

All that said, I attended the University of Georgia. I love my school and I love UGA athletics. ALL of UGA athletics. Baseball, Tennis, Volleyball, Soccer, Softball, etc.

I’m a Dawg. I love UGA football. I will always be a Dawg because my heart is here in Athens and at UGA. This place formed me as a person.

So when I watch UGA football, in Sanford Stadium or on the television, I’m supporting a tradition that I belong to. I’m watching with pride. Win or lose, I watch with pride! It’s my school! It’s my team!

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Win total for Dooley 75-80:
75 – 9
76 – 10
77 – 5
78 – 9
79 – 6
80 – 12

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Joe Paterno’s win totals 86-91:

86 -

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Richt’s actually done the worst in the SEC in turnover against winning teams, 2 years in a row, finishing last place 12th in the SEC.
http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/911/team/offense/split09/category12/sort01.html

You think of the 4 to’s vs. Fla, 3 vs. UCF, red zone fumbles vs. South Caro/Miss St/Colorado. These turnover problems should have been corrected last off season but were not.

The defense isn’t helping with turnover margin much, 1 recovered fumble against good teams was 12th in the SEC. This should have been fixed too last off season.

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jopa’s

86 – 12
87 – 8
88 – 5
89 – 8
90 – 9
91 – 11

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For me, HOW we play this year is more of a key to Richt’s job security than the final won-loss record. Coach Richt will not be able to control the frequency or severity of injuries. If we lose 2 starting offensive linemen for any stretch of time, our offense may be sunk because we have VERY little depth. I believe Jenkins, Geathers, Jones and Ogletree will make a huge difference in our defense, so we should be better there. I don’t believe our defense will collapse from exhaustion again this year, thankfully.

My greatest lack of confidence is in Coach Bobo’s offensive game plan and play-calling. Even though our scoring AVERAGE was good last year, it was inconsistent. When we needed to compensate for weak defense, we failed too often. Coach Bobo is too predictable and some of his inexplicable play calls cause us to waste offensive possessions. Coach Bobo wants to run between the tackles after the vast majority of incomplete 1st down passes, leaving us with 3rd and long. Coach Bobo prefers using play-action fakes even on 3rd and 10, when everyone knows we should be throwing the ball (which limits the QB’s time to observe the field). Coach Bobo enjoys running the miniscule Carlton Thomas between the tackles at the most unusual times. When something is working consistently, Coach Bobo tends to stop it for the sake of “balance” (see Kentucky 2009 and GA Tech 2010 as specific examples). Perhaps, Bobo’s most “inspired” call of the past 2 years was Auburn 2009, when the bomb to Israel Troupe ignited a comeback victory. BUT, as he admitted the next day, Bobo didn’t even realize that Troupe was in the game, as AJ got hurt on the prior play. Even with AJ being double-teamed last year, Orson Charles averaged only 2 touches per game. Amazing!

Will Coach Bobo grow into his OC position? He seems much better suited to be QB Coach and a primary recruiter. It’s not about padding our scoring numbers against Coastal Carolina – it’s about scoring whatever number is necessary to beat Boise St, Auburn, the Evil Gators, etc. If Bobo doesn’t do a better job as OC, this could be a long season and could hurt Coach Richt’s future. Hopefully, Coach Richt will intervene in the play-calling if needed…….. GO DAWGS!!!

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Bowden 81-87 (pre-ACC)

81 – 6
82 – 9
83 – 8
84 – 7
85 – 9
86 – 7
87 – 11

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“the Evil Gators”

LOL! Why do we have to be thought of as evil? Truth be told, we’re no different than all the other SEC fans.

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Anyone who saw Caleb King’s farewell tweet understands very well that most of Mark Richt’s 4- and 5-star recruits should never have graduated from grade school, much less be admitted to college.

UGA has become a huge embarrassment to the people of Georgia. Just one more reason for slimeball Mark Richt to leave Athens.

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Vance Duly

I whole heartedly agree with you –YOU hit the nail of the head!!

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Truth Teller: “Richt is a moron who hires morons and usually recruits morons. Richt should stick to religion.”

The problem is… You can’t fix stupid, and Richt is plenty stupid.

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Did I hear it right? Mark Richt is going to have a Chair on the sidelines in the dome with fake fire under it. Well, whatever Gimmick works for the Dawgs I guess.

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Will not accept mediocrity

July 20th, 2011
1:53 pm
Coach K would have been canned early on at Duke by some of you posters “who will not accept mediocrity” since he did not have a winning in conference record until his 5th year at Duke.

Tom Landry would have been fired by you guys since he went several years before going above .500 at Dallas.

John Wooden didn’t come close to sniffing a NC until he had been at UCLA about 16 years.

Mark Richt is averaging an SEC title every five years. If he has another 6-7 record or does not win the SEC in the next 3-4 years, chances are good he will be out of Athens. At least let’s play out the 2011 season before giving up on him. (and I realize many of the anti-Richt posts are from rival schools who would like to see him gone.)

Great points. And don’t forget, it took Dooley 16 years to win a NC!

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Saban only gave up 11 td’s against winning teams in 07′ in his 1st year, Grantham 15 td’s in his 1st year (almost 40% more). Saban has only given up 5 rushing td’s a year in 08′, 09. 10′, against winning teams.

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schmeckdawg & Will not accept mediocrity

Coach K would have been canned early on at Duke by some of you posters “who will not accept mediocrity” since he did not have a winning in conference record until his 5th year at Duke.

Tom Landry would have been fired by you guys since he went several years before going above .500 at Dallas.

John Wooden didn’t come close to sniffing a NC until he had been at UCLA about 16 years.

Mark Richt is averaging an SEC title every five years. If he has another 6-7 record or does not win the SEC in the next 3-4 years, chances are good he will be out of Athens. At least let’s play out the 2011 season before giving up on him. (and I realize many of the anti-Richt posts are from rival schools who would like to see him gone.)

Great points. And don’t forget, it took Dooley 16 years to win a NC!

That all happened before the 24hr news cycle and football on the TV & Radio year round. That was a time when commercials were 1 to 2 min long and now they are 15-30 seconds. People don’t WASTE time on waiting on things to get better. People now want it All and they want it Now.

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Still@the Bar You make a very valid point!

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Embarrassment to the people of Georgia????? LOL. Since when is this penal colony of a slave holding state state been so frickin’ pious????? My family has been here since this miserable piece of swamp was just a buffer zone. Only a pretentious, preppy d-head would make such a claim. Probably a dang frat boy wannabe Virginian…

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Yes Gruff (your name this week). In his first year with assistants in their first year while installing an entirely new defensive scheme, he vastly improved the turnover margin and pressure on QBs. If you say otherwise, you are just a plain liar.

You have made your mind up. You are going to cook your stupid stats to back up whatever BS opinion you have and fart it repeatedly on this thread ad nauseum. I don’t know why I let my self get suckered in once again. Find someone else to stroke your ego.

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1 thing’s for sure at Georgia under Richt, 88% of the time, since 2002, Richt willl lose more games than the year before.

2002- 13-1
2003- 11-3
2004- 10-2
2005- 10-3
2006- 9-4
2007- 11-2
2008- 10-3
2009- 8-5
2010- 6-7

12% chance Richt goes 7-6 or better, 88% chance Richt goes 5-7.

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How many games does CPJ have to win this year? How about an ACC championship to make up for the one that was forfeited? Stop trying to run the UGA athletic department.

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100% chance that Gruff will post his same inane drivel tomorrow under a different blog handle.

WHEN WILL REGISTRATION BE REQUIRED FOR A BLOG HANDLE USING 1 IP ADDRESS??????!!!!!???????

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Murray will hopefuly get his 1st win against a winning team in 2011.

0-6 so far.

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Still@theBAR, And look what it is doing to our country, no morals, and on the verge of a depression, that will make the last one look like a picnic.

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A friend of mine came up with an idea to solve our problems in this country. Let men marry men. Women marry women. All the abortions you want. In 3 generations, presto, no more democrats !

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Why did Murray lose to 100% of the winning teams he played?

Auburn? Had a big lead, started good in 1st quarter, then fell apart.
Florida? Got the jitters and had a fumble and threw 3 int’s.
UCF? Another 3 turnovers from Murray.
Arkansas? 6 sacks, couldn’t make a decision.
Miss St? Couldn’t score a td until the 4th quarter.
South Carolina? Couldn’t score a td.

Better luck this year. Maybe he gets his 1st win against a winning team. Who will it be?
Boise? No. South Carolina? No. Florida? No. Miss State or Auburn? Maybe

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@gruff: How about some stats on Murray’s shortcomings (pardon the pun)? Your medication must be wearing off or a dosage adjustment is in order.

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ESPN doesn’t have Georgia in top 25 pre season:
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/20992/preseason-top-25-features-three-from-pac-12

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No Offense, Bill, but this topic has been microwaved a few times already!…Need a new topic?..here’s one…I see both Christian LeMay and Nick Marshall as being premeire “Mystery Backs”, which is what Hines Ward would’ve been minus QB Bobo’s injury in ‘95. Both LeMay and Marshall could successfully run the “Wild-Dawg”…FINALLY, and both could be plugged anywhere in the backfield, creating a slight panic in the defense! My question is this, which one’s jersey will you see more of?….someone else perhaps? Both Brandons are still in the mix as well! Go Dawgs!

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Only 8% believe Richt will win the SEC:
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/42007/sec-champion-poll

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you people seem to forget that the Auburn game was very close and Georgia matched Auburn score for score the first half. Georgia was to get the ball to start the second half only to have a now scared Auburn team pull the on side kick and score. Even so Georgia got the next kick off and scored a field goal. The now 10 point deficit as just to hard to catch up and this on Auburn’s field. Auburn loses Farley and Cam for this year and they just ordinary,, huh????

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I love Mark Richt; however, if he does not win the first two games or at least one of those, his job might be in jeopardy. His legacy will be the coach who “almost, but not quite was.” We’ll have to see how the young backs do and the offensive line holds up. I’m hoping he’ll be ok, but on the field results will dictate his fate.

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Most Bama fans say SEC East coach that will lose their job, by a long winner, is Richt:
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2011/6/30/2252258/poll-which-sec-coach-is-most-likely-to-lose-his-job-in-2011

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Vance….you are correct…lot’s of people rooting for him………But, at 3 mil a year, he can’t let this program slide anymore. I know of no one who gets to stay in a big paying job and not do what they are being paid to do. Notice, I said job.

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680 The Fan was reporting yesterday that Jenkins might be suspended for several games or forever for something done in Columbus. UGA supposedly not involved, but whatever went on might put his career in peril. Anyone know what is up with this?

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Dawgs be careful what you wish for. Just look North for your future. UT has Fulmer, top recruiter year after year, top active coach in wins, but one NC to which he got in 1998. Tenn fans got fed up with ok years, we wanted it all. Got rid of Fulmer, got Lame Kitten, who left us high and dry after 1 season, along with NCAA violations as the butt, then we get Dooley, while the jury is still out, UT still has several years to go before they get in the hunt again. We screamed, we got what we wanted, and now look at us. So again be careful for what you wish for

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After we beat boise, “gruff” will post under a new blog handle:

“Aaron Murray still has never beaten a team with a winning record.”

since Boise will be 0-1

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Trust me on this- Our AD has no ties to
this coaching staff and if improvement is
not very noticable this season whatever the
final record my come out to be- A change will
be made after the TECH game. We will all know
pretty quick if we have improve vs. Boise State
and SC who is loaded this year…. Go Dogs!

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Seriously, Bill?! His job is surely on the line and in my opinion, He shouldn’t even still be here at all. He can’t keep his kids out of jail, can’t motivate them to perform on the field and has to convince people of his worth by wearing his religion on his sleeve and in the pages of the Constitution. He’s a disaster as a coach. Winning the SEC East is the least he has to do. Even if if he doesn’t beat Florida or Tech, he should be gone. When he lost to that Florida junior college last year should have been the last straw. I don’t know, for the life of me, how he’s still employed here. And I’m a UGA alumni. My patience with this guy is gone!

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This again?? With what’s going on with players droping like flies in Athens, I’d say it’s 8 wins now and keep it close in loses. Be playing for something in November, and beat UF and the bugs. IMO UGA will have a 10 win season this year and will play for an SEC title, and finish the year in the top 5, after beating the crap out of some pac 10 team in the sugar bowl. 10-3 or 11-2 GATA GO DAWGS!!

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Richt should already be gone. If he continues, I’m sure I’m not the only one that will go to TV and cancel season tickets. It’s not much fun to see us beat a New Mexico State by a couple TD’s than get shocked by an undermaned Vanderbilt. Richt is not a winner, he doesn’t coach. Watch him during games, he walks the sidelines behind his shades and talks to no one. He’s not involved. If he was so honorable he would admit his lack of interest and go preach. But he’s not going to give up the money until we show him the door. I want some one who plays to win and for multi millions is willing to do it full time. He’s can’t coach, can’t produce balance recruiting, and can’t develop talent. He has ruined many a player that should have been great. As much as I love Georgia if I had a son currwntly being recruited, I would advise him to go somewhere else. This years recruiting is off to a very bad start, compare it to other schools at this point and we are not even in the game. Richt needs to go. I have no good feelings about this year at all, you folks expecting an east champion must be smoking something.

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Sadly, about half the Dawgs i talk to feel like Producer @3:44.

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Sorry but “SC is still SC” is hogwash. That team is loaded and they have superior coaching. That’s the way it is.

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This is where you guys laugh and smirk, but I have a friend who’s brother works for the Athletic dept in Athens and has told him , as all offices have gossip, but that McGarity wants Mark to turn it around, but has a list he is compiling, and has heard that Patterson from TCU is on the top. Probably BS, but I’ve heard that elsewhere also. Let’s hope we go 12-0

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There is a hell of a lot more going on here than Ws and Ls. Many of the detractors would be okay with paying Cecil newton six figures if it meant we could have and NC. That aint winning, folks.

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BMDPD must be a Tech fan.

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Dawgbreath- Not taking anything aways from SC, but Thay have one WR that’s good, and one RB, and good D, but its always a close game, Last year they were clearly better than us, wasn’t even close, but still the Dawgs were in it til the 4th. They lost to KY, were they better than KY? more tallent? but the game has to be played. And UGA has a chip on there shoulder, and looking to get a lil pay back, and like i said, better QB, and better at RB this year. IMO also, its in Athens. The better D wins this game 9 out of 10 times, and this year, UGA will have the better D, have faith and you’ll see. LOADS better Defense this year. GO DAWGS!!!

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It was fun Marky. Go coach at Liberty University

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9 wins he stays

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Of course, McGarrity’s compiling a list. He is a good administrator. He needs to be ready for any eventuality. Every AD in the nation had better be thinking it. What if Saban decides to split for the NFL again? He hasn’t stuck around long most places, and he backed out at Bama previously. You don’t think their AD hasn’t got a list just in case. If he doesn’t he is an idiot.

I think it would be hilarious if UGA went 12-0, and Richt told everyone to kiss his arse and left Bobo in charge. He wouldn’t do that, though. he is a better man than me.

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We all want the DAWGS to do well but not at the sacfifice of school spirit and tradition. We had some lean years at GA when I was there, but, winning all the time was not the true meaning. Sitting in the stands and watching your team run out made the hairs on my neck stand-up. Playing any sport at UGA is truly a privilege and not a given. Too many of these young men feel that UGA owes them something and they can act-up however they feel. It’s time to put away the attitude of “what are you going to do for me” and start asking “what can I do to earn this privilege of being called a GEORGIA BULLDOG?”.

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Finishing 3rd in the SEC East like I expect should show him the door.

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I lived in Alabama before and during the transition from Mike Shula to Nick Saban. During that time the blogs were much different than those here. Yes, there are detractors of CMR, but also many supporters and hopeful and wishful thinkers. In Bama, the fans had had it. They wanted Shula GONE and gone yesterday. No wishing, hoping, philosophising, and gosh he’s a really nice guy, etc. By God, Bama is a winner, it has a winning heritage, had one of the greatest coaches in college football history once in charge, and they were mad as hell and not going to take it any more. $4 million. $5 million. $6 million . . . . whatever it takes. And they got a real coach . . . one passionately and emotionally and heavily involved up to his eyebrows in every game. The kinds of problems with players and recruits that have become a regular occurrence at Georgia would never happen under a Saban, Miles, Chizik, Spurrier, or Meyer, or others? All the talk about the new recruits? Who knows how many will not be arrested, or put on probation, suspended, thrown off the team, etc. before they ever play a game? Anyone see a pattern here yet? Can he get really the Dawgs ready for super-quarterbacked Boise State, who will be chomping at the bit before a national audience and a chance to embarrass a top tier team? And then a trip to SC. Some say yes, and I guess they are seeing somehow that things have changed. Maybe they are right. CMR is a good man and no one wishes him ill, but maybe he is not in the right job. But, unless huge changes have taken place, Georgia’s “Mike Shula Moment” is sure to come this year. The Puppie Nation will not tolerate another year of mediocrity.

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CMR is a great coach. If I had my way he would have his seat as UGA head coach for as long as he wants. I think every year GA has the opportunity to play for the SEC title. Last year stunk, but in the big picture CMR has done great things for the Dawgs. If you don’t agree with that, just remember the Donnan years. Although I agree that this schedule is favorable because you miss some of the SEC West teams, it is still going to be hard. Boise State and SC will tell us a lot. If they lose those games it won’t be good but if they win it could be great!! GO DAWGS!!!

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UGA football has become a total embarrassment. Fail to score a touchdown against Central Florida!!

I don’t know what it will take. Only Greg McGarity knows that. If it were up me, this wouldn’t be an issue because CMR would have been gone a couple of years ago.

IMHO, win the East or he’s out.

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The usual talk from UGA fans. First place here, first place there. Get real folks, You suck.

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Win With will be a bust whether he wins the SEC Least or not.

Won’t be easy starting 0-1 against Steve Superior.

Richt goes down. LIke Obama, Isaiah anin’t the savior.

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Snoop

You are a moron. How is he destroying UGA football when he is the one that built it up? It took Dooley 16 years to win a NC. Richt is the best coach UGA has had in 40 years.

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captguitarman: shula did not win the SEC or produce several top ten teams including #2 and #3. As I said before, no self-respecting Dawg fan gives a rat’s arse about the state of Alabama.

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Moe, Larry, Curly and Bill King…

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If you can’t win the SEC in a year when South Carolina is considered the best team, you deserve to be on the hot seat. Just sayin’…

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Comparing Richt to Shula is not a good comparison

Comparing Richt to Fulmer is an excellent comparison

Fulmer was facing the wrath of Vol Nation heading into 2004 and won the East and almost beat auburn in the SECCG

2005, he went 5-7
2006-2008 were ok but ultimately he got fired.

Enter Layla’s husband(how did he hypnotize her and pull that off?)

Left their program in shambles.

Now DD from LaTech with a losing record was all they could churn up to take the gig.

They are years away from being where fulmer had them as recently as 2004

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Absolutely NOT. Vince Dooley himself had some pretty sub-par years and would, by the society of today’s microwave mentality, never have been with UGA long enough to win a National Championship. Change just for changes sake rarely works out well. You only have to look at the current administration for proof of that.
Richt obviously brings more to the table than your average coach or he never would have been able to net a class of recruits like he just did after such an awful season. He is a good man and a good coach, with the wherewithal to get this ship turned around. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Phil 4:13

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because richt does a lot of missions and charitable work, he should keep his job even if he wins only 7-8 games, since he is a good representative of the university.

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Things Richt must do to keep his job – First – GROW A SET! Second – find a time machine, go back to last year and beat the worst UF team they have had since 1989. Third – Do what ever it takes to get a DC as good as BVD who, by the way is responsible for the best years of UGA football since the early 80’s. And as always Altamaha dawg is an idiot.

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Richt KNOWS what he has to do. They need to get off his back. He knows what is at stake

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Bill…this was one of your better articles. Consider this: McGarity has already set the table for 2012 with a patsy schedule to make Richt appear better should he win the SEC East. Or, he’s made next year awfully apealing for our new head coach.

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Or will you just keep drinking the kool-aid?

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Georgia may or may not win the SEC East, but I think 11 wins and a bowl win would put him in pretty good shape. I’m not convinced that South Carolina will win enough games with their tougher SEC West schedule to take any tie-breaker for the East title, though.

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On the other hand, if Georgia ends up 6-6 and a tossup on the bowl game, it will be made clear to him that much more is expected.

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Are you kidding?? He is coming off a 6-7 season and lost most of his experienced running backs and offensive line. He has a good second year QB but if he runs alot, he is one tackle from injury. Richt should have a winning record with his schedule and the strength of the other teams in the SEC east, but to say he should be fired if he doesn’t win the SEC is like saying Bill King should be fired if he doesn’t start writing better columns. A number of Georgia fans (the rabid ones) believe both premises, but who would you replace Richt with? King on the other hand is more expendable.

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LETS USE SOME COMMON SENSE, WHO ELSE ARE YOU GONNA GET TO REPLACE HIM? JIM TRESSEL. I THINK NOT. HE IS AS GOOD AS ALMOST ANYONE. 10-4.

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and highly prejudicial

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poor jerry…..gotta call people names to build himself up

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I miss Larry !

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Jerry……you know that Richt’s religion is legit without ever meeting him, and you know I’m a liar and a Republican without ever having spent any amount of time with me. you make rash decisions based on little facts and huge assumptions.
Better to have people wonder if you’re a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

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thats just great Still@theBAR

Now I have that commercial stuck in my head….LOL

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JD, you’re rationale is a LOSER rationale. It’s akin to marrying a prostitute who’s good in bed and not divorcing her because you might not find a better lay. We are UGA, we do NOT and will not stomach mediocrity!!!

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To me its not about winning the East per se as it is about the “hunger”. Does Mark Richt have it anymore? From 2001-2007, Richt had it. B from 2008-2010, the guy has been on complete autopilot, and anyone who says otherwise is delusional. If you’re hungry, you don’t keep under-performing coordinators 2-4 years too late. When your team is hungry, they don’t get blown out in rivalry games. You can’t help injuries and players leaving early for the NFL,but that 6-7 record in 2010 was the end result of bad decision after bad decision made throughout the course of the last 5-6 years. Bad decisions in coaching, talent evaluation, player accountability, over-scheduling etc. When your head coach is hungry, these things don’t happen( at least not to the degree that they have happened in Athens). And when you have competent leadership from your AD, it doesn’t happen. It all stems from the top. If Richt can rekindle the fire he had back in 2002, he can turn this thing around. But is it too little too late for Mr. McGarity ? We shall see.

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And Sugar, hope you aren’t talking about your wife…… Let it go, dude.

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Well there is no “What if’ scenarios for me. I truly believe this team this year can go 11-1 and play in a BCS bowl game. The offensive line is a little thin but the starters are going to be solid and I believe one or two freshmen such as that Ward kid could come in and be ready if an injury occurs. Ken Malcome I think will be similar to what Musa Smith was for us and will be a hard running solid SEC RB. He will buy Isiah Crowell some time to become comfortable by the middle of the season. We have more weapons at WR than people realize. The defense is what we are going to be so impressed with as Georgia fans. John Jenkins is going to be a dominate. Just him on that line is going to do wonders for the defense. Now Deangelo Tyson who has been playing out of position is going to get to show the bulldawg nation that he once was a 5 star DE. I know Georgia has had great linebackers , but I dont know if I have ever been this excited about our Linebacker group. Our secondary will have an easier job stoping receivers that dont get as much time to get open. Remember Nick Saban tried to get Todd Grantham for his Defensive Coordinator. I have all the confidence in the world in Grantham. The Georgia Defense has not been the same in a long time and I am excited to see it back in Athens because I don’t care if we score 17 points a game as long as our Defense is holding teams below that. So go ahead and copy and paste, hell hang this up on the refridgerator. I have no doubt Georgia will win 10 or more games this season. DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE…That’s what winning Georgia football is all about!

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Wish they gave me 2 or 3 chances, geeze.

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its getting hot in here.

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Mark Richt’s job should ride on one thing…winning football games; winning the SEC and competing for the MNC, as that’s what he’s being paid $3M a year to do. All the other stuff (nice guy, man of faith, etc.) is secondary; however, these are the traits that get you hired. His record is 14-12 the past two seasons and he’s lost more games than Donnan his past five seasons. I’m thinking maybe we’re due some better results?

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Bean Counter………….but I called the liar “sir”. Doesn’t that count for something?

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Winning just the SEC East is pretty lame,
UGA needs to win the SEC Championship.

No stretch !

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@jerry…..that’s right. you did call me sir. You also called me a “Repulican”….whatever that is. that darned spell-checker…..

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The BSU game will dictate the season. Win and you will see a Georgia going for broke. Get defeated and the rest is jsitory.

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Joe: The entire SEC is counting on Georgia to not just beat Boise, but to blow them out of the dome. End all that “we get overlooked by the BCS and we are as good as any team in the SEC” talk.

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gods speed…sorry….we will win east

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Be careful what you ask for – maybe we should not have fired Fulmer and hired Kiffen!!!!!

Teams go in cycles – recruits do not always pan out – and there is turnover in the staff. If Fulmer was still HC at Tennessee – maybe, just maybe – Tennessee would have been good enough to win the SEC last year against an above average SC – an average Florida team – and a poor UGA team.

Instead – we had to flush the waste – and start all over – and now we have the NCAA to deal with to boot.

IF the VOLS can not win the SEC EAST – PLEASE UGA – do not let Spurrier or the GATORS win.

I have alway respected UGA – and loved it when Fulmer owned you. However, I have never hated UGA except of Donnan and his thugs dancing on our T at midfield before a game. Pretty stupid as we easily handled UGA that day.

Richt is a good man and a good coach – his record speaks for itself – UGA is caught in a down cycle with some bad recruits staff changes that needed to be made as the program was becoming stale.
UGA – please beat SC and the GATORS!

Go Vols!!1

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Win the East or the big donor $$$$$$ will speak. Who do you think runs these major athletics departments anyway?

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Don’t worry Dog fans, future’s in good hands, even if Murray loses the first 2, bring Murray’s record to 0 & 8 against winning teams, Lemay can come off the bench and finish with 9 wins. So it’s gonna be a good season, either way. But Murray knows right now, he better bring it, or Lemay will take his job, and never look back.

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NO!!!!! His job should ride on intent and perseverance. We could absolutly loose the first two games. Don’t be thinking we can’t. But what I am looking for is the intent of this team to go out each week and to actually play to the best of there abilities. EVERY WEEK!!! If that happens, the wins will come. By the end of the season, if we have lost any games early, you will have forgotten about them. Because, if the freshmen continue to get better throughout the season, we should be pretty darn good by then. I just don’t think we can beat Boise St. and South Carolina on talent alone and four short weeks of practice isn’t goining to make that big a difference vs. experience. But I truly believe that by the second half of the season this team will have jelled and become something very fascinating!!!!

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CMR identified the problems: poor coaching at DC and OL, strength and conditioning needed revamping and there needs to be more full contact at practice during the week. Hired a new DC last year and change the OL and Strength coach. We’ll be young and thin on depth this year. Anyone thinking the new recruits will make huge impact is being unrealistic.

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He should have been sent packing years ago.

Now we get to lie in our bed…

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But atleast I give insight on why I believe UGA can be that good murray county. I refuse to roll over and let people come in here having no clue about who we have on our football team and tell me were going 5-7 or 6-6. I remember last year people saying Auburn would go 6-6 or 7-5 and I was one of those people and learned my lesson very quick. Regardless if Auburn cheated or whatever you want to call it, they took a bad season the year before and won the BCS title the next season. Not saying Georgia will, but I def see us with atleast 10 wins.

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If the Dawgs have another losing season they might consider replacing M.R. Otherwise he is solid even if we win seven.I know for a fact that they are not looking at any other coach nor do they have any plans to replace M.R. So get over it!

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Plant:

That is a completely flawed assessment. Joe Cox was a 5th year Senior when he took over the job, Murray started as a freshman.

Joe Cox had AJ Greene for the Arkansas & South Carolina game, Murray didn’t. Murray started his first SEC game vs. South Carolina without Green, so you have to throw that game out IMO. The team came out flat vs. MSU, and the defense completely let the team down vs. Colorado and Auburn.

I think Murray is a good player. You can filter the entire offense through him. The same could not be said for Cox. I think if Murray had AJ the entire season, the team wouldn’t have gone 6-6, and probably would have beaten Arkansas and Colorado because the offense would have had continuity. The 2010 team was probably an 8-4 team that went 6-6, while 2009 was a team that probably deserved to go 6-6, but landed at 7-5.

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I was talking with my father last night and he made a pretty good analogy of what it takes to be a champion. He retired from the Insurance business and has won every award his company had to offer. He got as high as District manager only because we (the kids) told him we did not want to leave the great state of Georgia so he settled for the kids sake. But to get to the top you have to start planning it even before the end of the current year your in, and that senario NEVER STOPS. If you relax on your laurels and say wait till march to get started, your done, its over. As the top man you have to be the motivator, the inspiration. Thats what puzzles me the most about Mark Richt! How can you be such a man of GOD and not be a great motivator, the two go hand ‘n’ hand. If the Lord is truly your inspiration there is really know way you can be defeated. I think Mark Richt is actually separating himself between the two (meaning HC of UGA and Spiritual Leader of Followers) instead of bringing the two together and showing how God used teamwork by the Hebrews to win their victories and such. There is no other place in the world to pick inspirational stories from. And also you must remember this! One cannot win a battle unless there is a “clear enemy to fight” and a proper strategy to do so.

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Actually, the AJ Green thing is not accurate. UGA went 0-3 without AJ against ranked teams, and went 0-2 with AJ. AJ couldn’t win against Auburn or Colorado, and couldn’t score on UCF.

Murray to Cox is as fair of an assessment as you can get. Both were short, 1st year starters with an impressive high school resume. Both had the same offensive line, receivers, and running backs. Both played the same 5 teams. Cox went 5-0 against them, Murray went 0-5 against them. Both went against the 97th ranked pass defense, Cox set a personal best throwing for 5 td’s, Murray couldn’t score a single td. I am certain Aaron Murray was why Georgia went 6-7 and only scored 16 a game on ranked teams. Murray only had 1 good quarter in 4 games against ranked teams of Auburn, South Carolina, Miss St, and UCF. He just chokes under pressure. He’s terrible on 3rd down, 4th quater, red zone, 0 & 6 against winning teams, and 0 & 6 when the other team scores first.

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Based on watching Murray’s 2010 video against 4 ranked teams last year (Auburn, UCF, South Carolina, Miss St) here’s what you can expect against Boise, South Carolina, Auburn, Miss St in 2011:
1- 1 good quarter out of the 4 games
2- 7 interceptions
3- Not scoring more than 1 td in 3 out of 4 games
4- Not scoring 1 td in 2 of the games
5- Inaccurate on 3rd down
6- Inaccurate in the 4th quarter
7- Inaccurate & ineffective in the red zone

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Bill, it is evident that you are personally not a Richt fan.. You are entitled to your opinion but keep it to yourself. It does not need to be aired on a blog that only stirs negative attitudes. I really wish that you did not write for AJC as a UGA supporter.

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Hell No!

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Jerry, pull your head out of your dead ass and find a clue.

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It takes 22 players huh? Well, why did Richt pull Joe Terishinki Jr then genius?

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I agree with Plant. I was leery of Murray all along, but the UCF game did it for me. I don’t know why M.R. didn’t Hutson Mason play the second half, and I also don’t understand kicking Mettenberg out of school over a misdemeanor incident that took place away from the school.

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Bill, with all these super recruits, we should be National Champs the next 6 years, so lets get the trophies ready. How many schools do you think will forfeit rather than be run off the field by the dawgs?????

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What a stupid questions. Should Bill King be fired if he doesn’t win a Pulitzer?

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Sure is setting the bar awfully low. If he can’t do it this year, the future looks grim.

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Would you rather have Donnon Back? With his BS, Ponzi scheme, bankruptcy? Give me a break, He’s better that the yo-yo on North Avenue…and the other Zoob at Southern…Curry, has some class but the guy is older than my dirty tennis shoes…..HUNTINGTON — A lawsuit alleges that former Marshall University football coach Jim Donnan helped initiate and run a Ponzi scheme that defrauded GLC Limited and its investors of approximately $27.7 million…. Lighten up all you UGA fans.. and be thankful we have a coach

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I hope CMR does get fired, for his own good. He’s a good coach and a great person. He deserves better than UGA. Come on coach it’s time to give up the trailer park of college football. GO JACKETS!!!

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Plant, Murray was a first year starter. Making lots of mistakes is kind of what they do.

Now, if he were Stephen Garcia and he was making the same mistakes as a 4th year starter ok, but you’re analyzing stats for a rs freshman behind, lets see how I can put this kindly,…. and extremely average and overrated offensive line. We know the backs weren’t smart enough to pass block either.

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Richt will continue to underperform with the talent he has and continue to be outcoached. This is many years into a slow painful descent of futility. I realize that hope springs eternal for many but realism will set in and I hope it is sooner than later.

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Plant, Oh I get your game. You want our coach to play an inexperienced true Freshman QB (who didn’t play his senior year in HS) over a experienced QB who was the 14th ranked QB for passing efficiency in the nation last year- as a 1st year QB- so that we’ll lose a bunch of games and get CMR fired. Besides, how good could a QB be that threw 3 TD’s and zero interceptions against the eventual National Champs. Oh, wait, that was just one game though, right? Bad offensive line play, no running game, and defense trying to catch on to a new scheme= 7 losses.

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PMC add a blow blocking assignment at the end of the Arkansas game causing our QB to get crushed 3rd down. Plant’s is trying to pin the whole season on one player. I’d love to pin it all on Caleb King (a bunch of missed blocks in pass protection and fumbles in key situations), but WE ALL know this is a team game. Plant’s just throwing rocks. He must be LeMay’s dad, brother or uncle or something.

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Man let the games begin! We will beat Boise St. and we will beat a SC team that beat us last year in what may have been our worse played game besides the Bow game. Dawgs will be 2 and 0 and I really believe could be undefeated going into the Florida game. I heard Brantley say Muschamp has brought in discipline and kids weren’t getting away with things they got away with Meyer. That is why Meyer quit anyway. He was flat out tired of dealing with the problems.

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Some of you UGA fans are nuts. Richt beat Saban twice- once vs LSU and once vs Alabama. You guys think that was a fluke?

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Still@thebar….Forget me and the pipe, put down your bong. Hutson Mason is no Aaron Murray or Christian Lemay. Anybody can have great high school stats and be a disappointment. I have actually seen Mason play and although he is not a bad QB he does not have the ”it” factor Murray or Lemay has. Murray is going to be fine this year because he is going to have a stellar defense behind him. You all keep flashing Murray’s records against winning teams like you all know what your talking about but there were others to blame besides him in those games. He was a redshirt freshmen, in other words still just a kid who will be lightyears ahead this season from last. Murrays not only a great QB, but he is a natural born leader who has the intangibles. He’s tough and will do whatever it takes to lead a team to a victory.

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Experience at QB counts and makes a difference. Just watch Bama struggle at QB this year. Saban will have his hands full. Good thing our defense is outstanding.

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Mike- Not saying Boise’s not good, but they didn’t play that many ranked teams last yr. the last time I checked. What a joke! I know they probably played a few, but you make it sound like they played a lot of them.

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No. Only Paterno has as many 10 win seasons in the first 10 years as being a head coach. The others had 3 or less including Bryant, Bowden, Dooley, Saban. Richt’s record in the first 10 years much better than Saban, Bryant, Dooley overall also. Dooley did not do that much in 16 years before Herschel arrived. I mean I can put in more and more figures that show Richt as being in the top football in FBS history in the first 10 years of a coaches career.

Pick a coach, go compare his record to Richt’s and you will see Richt is better than 90% of them and as good as the BEST in history. None won a National Championship in their first 10 years as a head coach, not even Saban. Paterno may have I will have to check.

Bottomline the guy who wrote this article needs to be writing an article stating why it would seem to be th DUMBEST MOVE in NCAA history to fire Richt unless we win win the East or 9 games or 8 games or 7 games. Simply pathetic. I am not worried because we are going to be good unless our Qb goes down.

Last year was a fluke and UGA could have easily been 10-2 but hey everybody has those years. You guys are putting TOO much pressure on Richt, while some pressure is warranted, this MUCH is a bad thing and that includes the writer of this article who is supposedly a fan. He is adding to the pressure on the school, administration, coaches, players and head coach which is undeserved to this extent and when under pressure, bad things happen that would not ordinarily happen by the players or decisions by coaches.

I DARE YOU WRITERS AND READERS TO CHECK RICHT’S RECORD AGAINST ALL OTHER COACHES IN HISTORY, THE BEST COACHES IN HISTORY, THE IMMORTAL COACHES, AND SEE HOW RICHT STACKS UP!

THEN apologize, do an about face and PRAY that Richt NEVER leaves and SUPPORT him in the tough times like he DESERVES. YOU MORONS. You too writers! You MEN, are ignorant and WRONG!

Thank God the AD says Rchts record his first 10 years SPEAKS FOR ITSELF and he just wants to see progress. That is SENSIBLE AND CORRECT.

Last year was a FLUKE and expected to be down just not as bad but we shot ourselves. Sometimes TEAMS just dont know how to win and find a way to lose. It happens at ALL SCHOOLS AND COACHES INCLUDING SABAN, BRYANT, ETC.

The year before was EXPECTED to suck with Stafford and Moreno gone and Cox at Qb.

Fire Bobo maybe. Richt? NEVER. You got that you so called UGA fans? Compare Richt’s record to ANYBODY. If you dont say wow maybe I made a rush to judgement and could not see the forest for the trees. Yeah Richt is actually not bad at all. He is really as good as Paterno was in his first 10 years and that was damn good. He has been better than Bryant and Saban and Bowden. Wow. They you should say why have I been wanting him to not be the coach at UGA? Look at all these other coaches and man some of them had a couple down years too. Some won only 6 games multiple years in their first 15. Man Richt has done an AWESOME job when you compare him to all these great coaches! Why are there so MANY people who do NOT realize how good their coach actually is and insist on him being gone? You are a disgrace to UGA and to men everywhere.

Richt has put himself in position to win a National Championship at about the same time Saban did and he won his among the earliest, maybe the earliest, of any coach in history, 11 years.

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Columbus

What Have You Done For Me Lately?
You are talking about the past. Today fans want what they want and they want it NOW. For the money Richt is getting he should be better than tied for 8th, 9th, and 10 in the SEC ahead of only Vandy and Ole Miss.
In 10 years Richt has done great but it continues to go down hill the last 4 years.

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This kind of topic makes me sick! The man has won 96 games in 10 years, he is 9-1 against the most hated rival we have! The APR rating is 2nd only to Vandy, I know most of you bandwagon fans do not know what that is, it means grad rate! It is media types like you Bill that keep the “how many games should he win” storm going! I hate the way the media and litlle bloggers can create crap that does not exist! 96 wins in 10 years Bill, 9.6 wins per year! We are the 11th winningest program of all time Bill! We have a bowl record thats only beat by about 4 teams Bill! We have 12 SEC titles, onlly trail UT by 1, a then there is Bama. Coach Richt is fine and should be left alone! Oh here is the answer to the “we aint won a national title yet” crew. Bobby Bowden was at FSU 17 years befroe he won one, now what if FSU had fired Bobby?

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Ga will be lucky to win 5 games, and that will depend on most staying out of jail.

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Calling all Aubies….Looks like the NCAA has stepped up it’s investigation since Auburn’s idiot head coach started pulling on the vice prez’s cape in Destin, and according to what Finebaum was told, that they now think that that they have the bagman who was the link to Newton getting paid.

There is going to be a whole lot more to be sad about in Opelika than those oak trees before long.

Oh and by the way can’t wait to see all of you D.A. weagles in the Classic City in November, pick up where we left off kicking that tail.

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super 4 and 5 star players,millions in salaries and we lose to UCF! Made me sick to watch.With the money hes making and the players we got nothing less than an SEC east title should be expected. Anybody can see we are never ready to play in a big game like we were when Van Gorder was there.If we show up against BS like last year we’re gonna get pasted! CMR lost my support when he kicked that field goal and the players quit.Thats NOT UGA football.Bring back Van Gorder!!!!

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Bill — This isn’t directed at you.

However some of this “what so & so does to have to keep their job” — while it may pass the time is one of the primary reasons college football is out of kilter and isn’t as much fun as it once was. (And I’m not an old fogey)

Lewis Grizzard would write a scathing (yet funny) column calling out not just the NCAA and school administrations, but also a large majority of the fans. And he wanted to win as badly as anyone. Oh, Lewis, we miss you.

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Better be careful what you wish for. Teams changing coaches, usually do not fair too well for the first couple of years after the change. CMR has a proven record and I believe he has made a lot of changes this year to get back on track. We have a lot of inexperience on the offense, but the athletes are there. It is just how fast they mature and how well they use their skills for UGA.
The defense should be a beast and will be heavily counted on to control the game, for the first couple of games until the offense gets it’s feet under itself. The defense has some new DB’s and a couple that will have to step up their game, but I like the attitude of the defense and believe that the D coach will have them ready to go when the season starts. They have the front seven in place to control that line of scrimmage.
All any of us can do, is go by what our AD has said will be the guage for whether or not we have CMR as our coach next year. Information is that area has not been specific, but it does appear that he wants to see a better team both on and off the field. Off the field problems seem to have gotten under control, and UGA will be a force to be confronted with after a few games, I believe.
We do have a brutal two game opening but after that, the DAWGS, have a much easier schedule so, 8 or 9 wins is quite possible. A lot will depend on how well the players put in the effort and how well the coaches coach up the team. I sense, at least from what I can read, that CMR has a renewed sense of purpose and is going to do the job, to the best of his ability this year. If he does that, he is as good as any coach out there. I think the team is much more unified and although not experienced in a lot of areas, will play with heart, showcase their talents and surprise a few people. If Bobo gets some imagination then the offense, will work as well. If not, CMR I believe will step in where needed.
Any team that takes UGA too lightly might find themselves in some trouble. It will not be good for a team to fall behind UGA, one way or another, because the defense will make it tough for them to catch up.

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Adams and McGarity are both losers. Why would they want to fire a loser like Richt. That would be like firing themselves.

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Murray’s a Marino, he’s all about setting records for yards and stuff. But low on the TEAM thing, TEAM goals like WINS. What’s needed is a McElroy, what we have is a Marino. Some guys WILL their team to VICTORIES in BIG GAMES. Murray NEVER has. Murray lacks the TEAM orientation, and lacks LEADERSHIP. It’s PAST TIME for an OPEN COMPETITION N THE FIELD AT QB between Murray, Lemay, and Mason. If Murray’s good, he should win it, if not, time to make a change.

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Tanman + Bobo + Bagman + Chokesign = losing seasons

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363rd!

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It’s too early to be drinkin’ Lunchpail.
Murray is the best returning QB in the SEC…even the coaches agree on that.
So Bray won 4 out of 5, but your arguement for Murray isn’t the same for Bray as well??? Go back and look at the 4 teams TN beat w/ Bray.
ALL LOSING TEAMS!!!

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If Richt’s not afraid of Murray getting beat in a real game, why won’t he let Mason or Lemay start a game? It can’t possibly be that Murray gives him the best chance to win those kind of games, after all, Murray’s 0-6 against winning teams. It’s because Richt fears Murray will get beat in an OBJECTIVE TEST.

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You’ve got to be the only person who’s worried about Murray.
QB is the ONLY position besides center and tight end that most GA fans feel good about.
I would take Lemay or Mason over your beloved Bray though.

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What TEAM GOALS has Murray achieved yet? Beat Vanderbilt? Geez.

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Quick note to Columbus, who was trying to defend CMR (which I agree with); but stated Dooley accomplished very little before Herschel. Doole won three SEC titles and only had one losing season before Hershel. This during a time when Bear Bryant was not only dominating the SEC but all of college football. To the couple of posters hating on Murray- You guys must have some other hidden agenda; because everyone else in the country believes Murray is not only the best QB in the SEC, but one of the top 10 or 15 in the country and this is only his second season playing. How in the world you’ve concluded Christian LeMay (who I will have not complaints if he wins the Heisman someday; but has yet to play a single college football game) would come in and instantly be a better QB- I can’t figure out. Also, CMR will put the QB that he feels gives his team the best chance to win every week- you can bet that. Why don’t you pipe down and support the the coach and ALL the QB’s (if you are a UGA fan- otherwise, just pipe down).

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If USC wins the east it will be two years in a row. That alone is egnough to cost CMR his job. So yes he has to win, but on a dark note. It will be best for the program for CMR to go. HE IS DONE to much damage has been done to the UGA brand by CMR and his horrible staff.
Interestingly CMR will be the 2nd coach that that the evil genius has gotten fired at UGA.

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Considering Murray’s 0-6 record against winning teams, there is NO GOOD REASON ON EARTH to CONTINUE TO LET MURRAY LOSE GAMES. Whatever Richt’s reason is for ENTITLING Murray with a position he has yet to EARN due to his lack of ACHIEVEMENT OF TEAM GOALS, it’s a bad reason. Richt’s afraid of letting Mason or Lemay start a game against a winning team, because he fears they’ll beat out Murray.

Considering Richt started Joe T over Stafford, I’d guess Richt feels a loyalty to guys that have been on the team longer, even if they can’t beat a winning team.

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DawginLex, which winning team out of 6 did Murray lead his team to a victory? What’s Murray’s record as a leader against winning teams? What is Murray’s signature game so far? What TEAM GOALS did Murray achieve so far that impress you the most?

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Lunchpail, you just showed your ignorance (not that anyone doubted it). Richt start Joe T. because he had outperformed Stafford in training camp. What CMR values in a QB is leadership, composure and demonstrated good decisionmaking. Stafford, in his freshman season, was a typical hot-shot, big armed HS QB. He made poor decisions because he was new to the system, was inexperienced at the college level and hadn’t gotten used to the speed of the game. You see, throwing interceptions and not knowing when to “check down” are two game killers for QB’s. Stafford did a lot of that early in his first season. He tried to squeeze to many balls in tight spots because he had a big arm resulting in bad interceptions. He improved as the season when on and became a no.1 draft pick because he learned. Murray demonstrated the characteristics that CMR looks for. You keep sqwauking about TEAM GOALS. It’s a TEAM GAME and Murray was NOT the only PLAYER ON THE FIELD. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

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why are we having this conversation? Seems to me everyone is focusing on the negative.When Ga plays in the sec championship game in atlanta all of you negative people will dissapear.The bulldogs will be a major player this year and years to come.People forgit that aj green was out the first 4 games last year.Go Bulldogs.

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No response from Lunchpail. He’s no UGA fan and does not follow the program.

I win, you lose, end of argument.

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Lunchpail,Qville,gruff, whomever, you’re a Christian hater too, aren’t you. That’s sad.

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Christian hater? What? No way. Coach Richt sees something in Murray besides winning big games, because Murray has never won a single big game (0-6 against winning teams, 0-5 against ranked teams, Florida, South Carolina, National Champion Auburn, Bowl game, etc.). My guess is Richt’s impressed with either Murray’s performance in non-important games like Lafayette, or impressed with Murray’s similarity in values, and since Coach Richt’s an outspoken Christian, I would assume he’d be most comfortable among a QB who’s an outspoken Christian like Murray, in other words, someone a lot like Coach Richt in values. It really doesn’t make much sense otherwise, because 0-6 against winning teams, 0-5 against ranked teams, would get you on the bench on most teams, or in the middle of a major QB competition. Not so with Coach Richt. Something, besides winning big games, impresses Coach Richt about Murray. Maybe it’s Murray’s high school highlight video, Coach Richt’s also mentioned that.

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Hutson Mason is not in the conversation. 40% completion vs. Lafayette? 37% against Idaho State? He needs to be up around 70% completion to show the coaches what he can do better than Murray, and complete some bombs. If he can do that, he’ll get a shot. He has to sieze every opportunity. Mason started big wiht that td pass on his 1st pass ever, then basically faded out.

Lemay? Kid showed me something on G-Day with the go ahead drive in the last 2 minutes. He is so poised, nothing rattles him. I do think he’ll be rotated in some this season. It will be fun to watch how he does. He could give heavy rotation if Murray falters, and it could be like Brady getitng his chance.

Murray? He has to do something to earn leadership, Richt bequethed Murray the title, but Murray hasn’t earned it on the field yet. Murray needs to win some games against some big teams or his career is likely gonna be a short one at Georgia and he’ll then become yet another wash out story. Hope not. But it’s time for Murray to stop FAKING LEADERSHIP and BEAT A WINNING TEAM.

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Gruff,Plant, Lunchpail,Qville, Slick….. Here is a book suggestion that you’ll find an easy read.

http://www.amazon.com/Football-Dummies-Howie-Long/dp/0764550543

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If you really want to throw 30 td’s, just throw 25 td’s against unranked teams and you can get there. Looks like Murray has alreadfy figured this out since only 5 of his scores last year were against top 25 teams.

I’d rather the kid focus on getting more W’s. Means running the ball more.

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lemay will be the starting QB after the south carolina game—mark it down!

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