Dogs need to erase memory of a woeful effort

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I like Grantham telling it like it is. We need more of that. Call folks out who don’t perform. Make them accountable.

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Yet another ‘energy vampire’ aritcle by Bill King. Hopefully the Dawgs will have changed….unlike the Junkyard Blawg.

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D IiiI

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The playcalling could also be described as “coming out flat” at times, also. Hopefully, Coach Bobo has studied his own past performance and will make adjustments. He tends to overlook our TE position in the passing game, yet it’s our deepest receiver position this year. So, that will be a good test for Bobo. If Charles averages 2 touches per game again this year, it will be a very bad sign!! Bobo has a lot of other frustrating tendencies, and hopefully those disappear this year as well….. We need to attack the defense on every drive – 60 minutes. GO DAWGS!!

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“Richt talked during the offseason about how distressing it was to sometimes see his team outplayed”

Well, talking does seem to be his strong suit. Same song year after year. The more blather he spreads the more the UGA lemmings line up behind him. What a con artist.

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If you ask me, the 2010 Bulldogs were a better overall team than the 2009 edition. They never got blown out (we were neck and neck with Auburn into the 4th quarter: that isn’t blown out) and they were better than their record indicated.

The problem was consistency. At the start of the year, the offense was lagging and the defense was great. Then, at about Kentucky, things switched around, and the offense was firing on all cylinders while the defense was lagging. Then, at the bowl game, they switched again, with the defense playing great and the offense having no rhythm.

I have a feeling we’re gonna have both sides of the ball playing in synch every game this year. No reasoning behind it: I just have a feeling.

Go Dawgs!

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Love the fact that SSIgator still trolls the UGA blogs. University of Florida football, the tradition of Wake Forest and arrogance of Notre Dame. Maybe SSIgator and Beast from the East could go hang out and tell each other how awesome the Gators will do this year under a Gator blog at the Gainesville Sun website?

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Pup Fan -

“How about that con job Urban put on Gator Nation?”

Yeah, he really conned us with two NC trophys and a Heisman winner in a six year span. We feel so taken advantage of.

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the biggest con is Richt while UGA pays him 3 million a year for crap.

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In evaluation the downward slide of our Dawgs the past few years, I have concluded that Coach Richt has addressed some of the issues such as: (1) cleansing the program of some of the players that were “me” guys instead of the leaders that they were supposed to be; (2) addressing the lack of physicality by adjusting our strength and conditioning program as well as hiring a new OL coach committed to being physical instead of one that emphasized finesse; (3) a renewed focus on recruiting top players that will enhance our program and provide players who truely want to be Dawgs and team players. Of still a concern is the consistency and predicability of our offense since Coach Richt turned the offense over to Coach Bobo. I believe that Bobo is an outstanding QB coach, but he is mediocre as an OC. My hope is that Coach Richt will step back in a take more control of the offense now that McGarity has a system in place that will allow Coach Richt to focus more on our football team than other “outside” responsibilities. It will not be long until we see if the new formula for success works.

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Long-Time Dawg -

I guess you didn’t hear the news. Richt has been studying “cutting edge football” since the first of the year. Lord only knows why he waited ten years to get in step with other football programs. But, as someone once said, “a man must know his limitations.”

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SSIgator –
I don’t remember last year going too well? (Insert the ‘but we beat the Dawgs comment’ here…) Overall, for Gator Nation it was a lost year…and all because Urban couldn’t decide to crap or get off the pot.

Mike_Dawg –
Bill is probably a good guy. We at least have our love of the Dawgs in common! But when I go to The Junkyard Blawg I want to be fired up about my Dawgs. Heck, I can hear all the problems with Georgia from the guys in my golf group.

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On another note. I am shocked that Florida told Jordan Watkins they didn’t have any space for him in this recruiting class. There has to be more to this story. I don’t follow FL recruting that closely, but this is one of the very top players in Georgia and a 5 star rated guy by Scout.com

Obviously, FL was interested in him at one point when they offered him a scholarship, but he narrowed his choices to UGA and Stanford when Florida told him they had no room for him in this recruitig class. It doesn’t look like FL has that many DE DT types on their committment list for Feb 2012, so I just don’t understand it? I’m not sure I have ever heard of a team turning down a 5 star recruit.

I don’t think Saban would do this. Anyone know any scoop about this?

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Lex, thank the Lord that Cam got shipped out of Gainesville. He would have stepped into Myer’s offense after Tebow, and the Gators wouldn’t have missed a beat. As tough as it is to hear “War Damn Eagle,” it’s infinitely more palatable than listening to SSIgator and Co crow.

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The team has definetly questionable effort this past season and some before. CMR cant coach effort, that comes from players and leadership amongst the players. They have to hold each other accountable. The team rid themselves of some bad seeds and replenished them with yes some young kids, but kids that wanted to play together and for the University of Georgia. Lets hope that translates into onfield results.

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@SSIgator and what is your insight today for the Gator program? What is the latest from Gator Nation ?

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All the talk about last year and even this year is just talk.In less than two weeks we wil find out if the Dawgs are serious about winning.It’s put up or shut up time! Go Dawgs.

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This Dawg isn’t as confident about the BSU game as most. I don’t think we will be blown out, but it can go either way.

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Looking forward to season, rally up dawg fans.

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*****PLAYERS*****

(not the coaches)

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If we want to see change, one thing needs to happen that obivously wont happen this year. Take the headset from Bobo and send him packing. Unless Richt has a coming to Jesus talk with him, and tells him to stop calling the wrong play time after time, our woes will continue.

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…isn’t …

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Intensity will be there. Focus will be there. 4th quarter will be much improved. Look for the O to struggle against Boise and SC but the defense will keep UGA in those 2 long enough to have opportunities to win it late in the game

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I just think Mark Richt needs to show more confidence in his players and let them see that he trusts them to go make the play. Look at how LSU performs under Les Miles because he gambles so much. He only gambles because he trusts his players’ ability to go out and execute the plays called. 9 out of 10 times they’re successful on it. When Richt didn’t go for it on 4th and inches on the goal line vs. UCF in the bowl game, I feel that the players gave up trying. Because I guarantee you somebody thought “He doesn’t trust us to get 4 inches?” How is he going to trust us to win the ball game? There was no energy out there. TRUST your players Richt. They’re playing for you, put the game in their hands and just go for it.

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SSI

Who did you take with you for the 2 for $10 mullet cuts at Cost cutters?

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The ghost of seasons past keeps me from getting too optimistic on the dawgs upcoming season. The memory of Lattimore running over our defense still haunts me and others brave enough to mention it. Same for the late TD by Ark to win last years game, et al.

Those “ghosts” are difficult to erase from memory and as much as I try too I see no proof on paper that this years team is any better than last years. Kellen Moore is as good a QB as the dawgs will see this season and Lattimore as tough as ever barring any injury against East Carolina.

If the dawgs can keep both Moore and Lattimore in check while the offense does its job it’ll be the biggest turn around in bulldog history. Go 2-0 out the gate and stay focused and injury free it could be a great season for the dawgs and erase for many a dawg fan the ghosts of last season.

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Dawgs will be ok,especially on defense and defense wins championships,all of the opposition fan base likes to keep living in the past for some reason,anyone with any football I.Q. knows that trannsitioning from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense takes time,we have the pieces in place on defense now,they will be fast and always in attack mode now because they know their assignments GO DAWGS GATA!!!!!!!!

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Come on SSIgator, you don’t think Richt has had success at UGA? He hasn’t ever got us into the Big Game, but with a little luck, could have won it had we gotten in.

He has let the program slip, but we’ll know soon enough if he can get the Dawgs competing for the East again. If he can’t, it will be time for U-Haul.

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I’ve seen more than a few things written lately that somehow confirms we are going to be stronger physically this year. Where is everyone getting the positive feedback about our new strength and conditioning program Bill? The eye test? That doesn’t count for much. We won’t know how Joe T’s program works until we face USC in the second game. If promising means that they changed coaches, well then ok.

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That may be the first time I have ever seen one assistant coach call out another assistant coach before. Richt needs to control that a little better.

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@dawginlex: I for one think you should sit by the phone and wait for Leno’s call! That is some funny stuff. As for you SSI, I think you have a little dawg envy… At least you’re not alone, there are many in your shoes.

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I think Richt needs to stay outta Granthams way….cut him loose. They can agree to disagree..they are big boys. I for one love Granthams intensity!! We need more of that. I also agree w everyone on here speaking of past lacks of effort. I have felt that for at least 5 years about these guys. Not always of course….but there are games where they just seemed to have their heads in the clouds(Bama in Athens opening a can ..31-0) or get frustrated(remember all the flags 2 years ago) or just plain thought they SHOULD win(Liberty Bowl). Yes I think Richts conservative play calling didnt help….but that game should not have even been close…no matter who calls the plays.

I dont know where it comes from. The players?The Coaches( hated to see Richt calming Grantham last season)? But there does need to be some heart.

Watched the youtube highlights from the Hawaii Sugar Bowl….Mark May had to eat his words after picking against the Dawgs saying,”Georgia just wanted it more” They sure as h*ll did!

I am always gonna root for these guys….I will root harder and harder if I see these guys giving it there all. They have to want it. They have to want it as a team! FIGHT DAWGS FIGHT! GO DAWGS! GET MEAN AND UGLY!!!!!!!

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One of the worst Dawg performances I’ve ever witnessed. If I hadn’t gorged on ribs in memphis, the
trip would have been a total waste of time.

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Jay, I agree, but Louisiana Monroe beat Saban and Bama so anything can happen. Dawgs win the first two, I can see them going 11-1

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Grantham came from the NFL, he should have a chip on his shoulder when running his defense. Now if you are going tohave that chip you better make sure you are coaching these guys up enough to get off the damn field on 3rd down. Teach these kids how to play fast, aggressive and get some turnovers for the offense. Help the offense help themselves. Short fields would be a welcome addition this year.

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I see where Tebow is way down the chart at QB. Since he basically only took snaps from the shotgun, he has no experience at snaps over center. That’s not a very good endorsement when a Heisman trophy winner is battling a walk on free agent for 3rd on the chart.

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MR hired Gratham to be aggressive. His D looked like WM’s D to me last year. We have to blitz more often. Watch some of Alabama’s D. The 1st two games is going to set the tone. The offense has not stood out yet this preseason. We need consistancy in the running game to beat Boise and SC. Murray is going to be hung out to dry this year. Murray needs a running game to open the pass. MRs offense is set up off the running game, which is so predictable.

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Oh yes you can coach effort. I(t is either you give all effort or you do not play.South Carolina is going to be the real test with Marcus Lattimore possibly the best running back in the country, except maybe mr Crowell.

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Grantham was correct in taking up for his defense against UCF. Our defense had a hard time last year changing to the 3-4 and aloud a lot of easy touchdowns because a lot of the defensive back’s hadn’t learned all of their responsibilities yet. But by the UCF game they played a very good game . They may have bent at times but didn’t break and the progress the defense made deserves our praise.
The reason’s we lost that game was :
1- Poor play calling
2- Driving down the field and on fourth and inches we kicked a field goal on a 1-AA team. Against Alabama maybe okay but not UCF. Offensive line gave up after that lack of confidence move.
3- Murray’s worst game of the year. Very poor execution. He has got to be able to play in front of his home state people without panicking.
That loss was definitely all on Bobo and the offense. It was definitely our poorest effort I can remember. NO pride at all. Just didn’t want to be there.

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spelling check with allowed. Should have proof read it.

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By the way Urban Meyer did not recruit Tim Tebow. Ron Zook recruited Tebow.Meyer inherited a nc team from Ron Zook.

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iowa dog, I hate to correct you my friend and I do not and did not care for Meyer, but it was him who closed the deal on Tebow not the Zooker.

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As I have mentioned before – I think UGA is a potential monster if they can jell.

However – coming out of the gate – there is going to be some inconsistency and growing.

For that reason – I see BOISE STATE winning a hard fought game against UGA?
– Boise is rolling in terms of high level team play, consistency, motivation, strategy and game day preparedness, game day play calling.
The consistency factor is how we prepare and the type of players we are getting. Overachievers that are extremely athletic – but not at USC or Oregon.
- UGA has underachieved, gone through the motions, players goldbricking off season workouts.

Now – I think UGA is on the upswing with the changes Richt has made.
Must of been humbling to look in the mirror and determine what and where the deficiencies are.

Congrats to Richt for the changes he as made – after a few games – this team will jell.

Predictions for UGA:
Losses: Boise, USCe
Probable Losses: Mississippi State, Florida
Potential Losses: Tennessee, Auburn
Wins: Coastal Carolina, Ole Miss, Vandy, New Mexico State, Kentucky, GT

After that bowl loss to UCF – it would have been justified to make a coaching change. That was a pathetic effort and really showed a lack of pride.

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You kicked a field goal vs. Middle Florida on 4th and short. You attempted a fade route to Durham in OT vs. Florida when they had a punter tying to kick field goals. You’ve replaced Tanner Strickland and Boling with Bean Anderson and Chris Burnette. Instead of trying to make it work with Munzemeir at fullback,you now have Figgins and Zander “Stump” Ogeltree. Substantial upgrades at OT,OG, and FB. Now when faced with these decisions, Richt/Bobo go for it vs. C. Florida,and make it, and pound it down the Gators throat in OT. It’s all about personnel, especially on your offensive line. Better stay healthy though, because your OL backups don’t belong in the SEC. Signed for one reason and one reason only.

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I love “The Hump Nation” I think we should adopt that as our battle cry. I still believe tebow was a product of the zooker.

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Happy Hump Day to Hump Nation.

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we went 5-6 in ‘77, we went 6-5 in ‘79, in ‘80 we went 12-0, before the start of the ‘80 season there were a lot of unknowns….dooley was getting hammered, this season is starting very similiar , I think it has the signature of great things…. the dawgs understand their past mistakes, they are focused, they again have the drive in their guts…..

Get ready …… the big DAWG is about to eat again!

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Have to say DawgInLex that is some of the funniest posts I have seen on a blog in some time.
I don’t question the fact that UF has owned us for some time, but I do question why SSIgator is always on a UGA blog? Last year none of our teams fared well. Not sure why you are so worried about what is going on in the UGA world when you will have more than enough issues down there in Gainesville.

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Mark Richt is a heck of a coach, but patience is wearing thin. I just read a piece, earlier today, at http://www.thedailyhattrick.com about 10 college coaches on the hot seast and guess who was NUMBER ONE?!? Richt!

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@ JAXDawg05

I totally agree with you on SSIgator, but welcome the comments of Beast from the East.

Unless I’ve missed some posts to the contrary, I feel he just talks football, and I don’t remember him demeaning UGA.

Just my opinion. .. Go Dawgs!

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Yep, Beast is a good guy. Talks football and will give Georgia credit when due. He’ll take a friendly poke now and then, but he is not a hater.

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Hey SSigator – time to drop some more fries.

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Look for Arby Jones to be all world this year. Back at his normal position, he will make plays, especially if Geathers and Jenkins are blowing up the middle.

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I check the Boise paper every morning, and they have a great section on Boise St. football, but have not talked about us at all. Maybe it’s too soon, or they think they have bigger fish to fry??????

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I support Grantham calling out Bobo. Tell it like it is. And CMR at least has and idea of what the problem is. Check out the blog at Lady Sportswriter. The article’s got to be talking about Bobo. I think Grantham will do OK. Either that or the Kool Aid is good!
http://theladysportswriter.blogspot.com/2011/08/georgia-bulldogs-richt-is-assessing-his.html

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Bobo didn’t get along with Searels, and your head coach didn’t care enough to manage the conflict. It culminated with your offensive line, led by Ben Jones, quitting vs. Central Florida. And that my friends, epitomizes UGA football.

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@ joey…. who else held UGA to 6 points last season?

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I know that being anything less than supremely optimistic in the preseason is taken as a sign of being a traitor, a troll, or a fan of another team in disguise, but this article summarizes exactly what’s been bothering me for years about this team. We’ve seen this inconsistent effort since the ‘06 Sugar Bowl, really since the end of the Green/Pollack/Van Gorder era. Even the ‘07 season was marred by lackluster efforts against Tennessee, South Carolina, and Vandy – we lost 2 of those 3 games and should have lost to Vandy, killing our conference and national title chances.

I hope Richt proves me wrong, but I’m not holding out much hope for that. He’s simply not a motivator, for whatever reason. I suspect it’s because the players don’t respect or have that healthy fear of him. Not playing 100% on each down does not appear to have consequences.

I’m reminded of the definition of insanity.

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Big scrimmage tonight for the litter of dogs.

Dress rehearsal for Boise.

Better hope they can hang.

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Finer, Better hope Garcia and his position coach can stay sober until we play you guys.

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Ace, no effort that night from team or coach’s……and they have admitted that more or less.

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JB – Don’t forget the money he gets from Vince and Barbara. After all, his wife is Barb’s neice! His job is to protect the Dooley legacy. An incredible conflict of interest, yet it’s allowed to continue. And that my friends, epitomizes UGA football.

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Boise is definetly better than UCF, without a doubt!

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One of the problems we have is that we have 4-star athletes with 2-star cajones. Georgia football has gotten soft in recent year, especially on defense. We haven’t had a single player on defense that can touch David Pollack or Thomas Davis, or old-schoolers like Eddie Weaver, Terry Hoage or Scott Woerner. They were playmakers who laid on the line, every play.

These are the kinds of plays that used to define Georgia football, especially the defense:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V4cqxq_Tic

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Derek Dooley’s 5 year contract will pay him more than Vince made his entire coaching career at UGA. It’s about 11 mil over five years. I think Vince’s first contract was 12,000 per year. I think he finished at like 600K per. Amazing

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Richt still has a few shots left in his proverbial gun should things not go according to plan this season. Grantham is a proven commodity in the coaching ranks. Given a few seasons to really build up the defense and depth, I think you will see signs of the old Junkyard Dawg mentality.

Bobo, to me, is still the wild card. 3 and 11 at midfield…draw up the middle to Carlton Thomas….falls flat. A.J. Green is gone and the offense will have to find new heroes. We have been deplorable up front the last few years. Granted injuries have been an issue, but depth through recruiting and just a whole toughness has been missing.

Richt is in charge. However, his head may not necessarily be the one that roles if things don’t work out.

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BILL: YOU DO TELL IT LIKE IT IS AT THE AJC AS DO ALL OF THE GREAT REPORTERS THERE.
GEORGIA HAS UNDERPERFORMED AS A FOOTBALL TEAM. THE FANS DESERVE BETTER.
CONSIDER THE FACTS:

FACT:NO SEC TITLE GAME IN SIX LONG YEARS!
FACT: RICHT GOES 5-7 LAST YEAR WITH A LOSS AND NO TD’S TO A UCF?
FACT: RICHT DID WELL WITH DONNAN’S PLAYERS—-NOT HIS OWN!
FACT: RICHT RESORTS TO DREAMS WHILE LSU, FLORIDA, BAMA & AUBURN LIVE THEM!
FACT: KIRBY SMART “REJECTED” GEORGIA TO COACH AT A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM!
FACT: PRACTICALLY EVERY SEC PROGRAM HAS A BETTER STAFF THAN THE DOGS!
FACT: FLORIDA “OWNS MARK RICHT!”
FACT: BOBO SHOULD HAVE BEEN TERINATED AFTER DISMAL UCF GAME!
FACT: GRANTHAM DID POORLY TOO! WE SHOULD HAVE HIRED CHAVIS 2 YEARS AGO!
FACT: PLAYING GEORGIA BETWEEN THE HEDGES DOESN’T MEAN A THING TO OPPONENTS
FACT: IT IS TIME FOR RICHT TO GO!

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If the UGA offensive and defensive coaches are (were) at odds about which unit was to blame for a poor performance,
I would say there was plenty of blame to go around and they are both guilty and call it a draw.

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Richt fails to go for it on 4th and inches on the Cental Florida 2 yd.line in the 1st quarter. TALK ABOUT AN ENERGY VAMPIRE. Give that tinted hair, part down the middle, fake-tan preacherman some FANGS ! And I mean NOW!

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I don’t know about the Central Florida game, but what is Grantham’s excuse for the d against SC last year? Nobody had as much trouble with Lattimore as the Dawgs did. Granted, it was the first anybody seen of him, but you think you’d figure it out by the second half.
Bottom line, hopefully the entire team will come out ready to bust some heads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmAy4quJVtw&playnext=1&list=PL57CA9058179AB32F

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UGA<S.Spurrier

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Gramtham couldn’t establish an effective 3-4 in DALLAs with D. Ware and J. Ratliff……so it probably doesnt look good for ya’ll.

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hey JB—-go get in your time machine and go back 31 years—the last time UGA was relevant……let me know how that nothing feels when Lattimore knees your linebacker in the head.

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With the dream team of talent that Richt has built up–this is the year! Florida and Tennessee will be way down and SC is overrated. Ga can win the SEC east with an upset over SC! Ga’s D will be one of the best in the SEC with Grantham’s scheme in place. Look for 10 wins—GA plays alabama for the SEC title! The Dawgs are back.

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Ooooh the fangs are out now and the team hasn’t even lost yet!

While the vampires are sniping and playing dress-up, the rest of the SEC teams are working on their fundamentals and timing.

I see another trip the pool in the near future!

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If we beat you by 30 points or more—can we have your “MUTT”? lol

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USC FAN……………..come on here slinging mud, you;ll get some on you. We are not worried one bit about you guys having a good year or two. Certainly two out of 100 does not make a trend. I think if you look we have won an outright SEC title recently, but you would have to Google that to look at one.
See you in Athens….

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@USC fan we are going to beat you and the Visor, your drunken QB and his drunken QB coach like rented mules. And when we are done we are frying that war chicken a delightful crispy golden…..see cretin anyone can play this game now finish your snack you have home work to do.

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Last year, blah, blah, blah. It’s a new season and there are signs for optimism. We shall see on Sept. 3rd.

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hey JB—I’ll be there in Athens but you will probably be gone at the half!!! Maybe we could meet up b4 kickoff…. Let me guess–you will be in the red truck with mudders? Let me know how all those past stats are working out for you when Spurrier is sticking it in you again this year…UGA fans only talk about the past bc that’s all you have—let me tell you—you will be a long way away from 1980 when Lattimore is running over you homeboy!!!

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Short and sweet Bill King, you hit the nail on the head. Dawgs lacked effort and intensity, read a comment way back that you can’t coach effort. Those kind of statements make me boiling mad and that’s where CMR has failed miserably as of late. As the head coach, of a bunch of kids, you demand it. You don’t ask people to follow you, you lead by example, and hold those accountable around you, coaches and players. I liked CTG’s input. Things are looking better from the outside in, let’s hope the results show it.

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Bill,
I gotta say, you sure have a totally different tone this year from years past. I’m sure everyone can undertsand your concerns, but now that the season is just days away how about start getting your fellow fans fired up? The entire SEC is behind you guys and hope you represent us all well in the Dome. At this point in time, negativity helps no one. Save it for AFTER the season if the results warrant it. Just my 2 cents.

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Friends, the day I become a troll convinced that my cornball humor isn’t all that embarrassing……….please, shoot and put me out of my misery.

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Will do Altamaha

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if Dooley has a big season, do you hire him in Athens?

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Looks like the energy bus just had a flat.

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“@If Grantham really had a pair instead of choking again,

August 24th, 2011
1:44 pm
He would have called out Richt for kicking it on 4th and inches inside the 5 on the first drive of the game against UCF. That is where the team quit and it was not Bobo’s decision it was the Preacher Man!!!”
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Heard the same thing from members on the team…everyone was trying to talk CMR into going for it, and he just snapped at them and said that they couldn’t get it in the first time and to go sit down; everyone was shocked at the outburst and just looked at each other…

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Did the members of the team tell you that they quit?

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for uga to turn around their fortunes it has to be a team thing it ain’t about one person or player.

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Todd Grantham is right, the defense did well enough to have won at least 11 games if the offense did it’s part. Remember, South Carolina didn’t score but 3 points in the second half against a new install defense.

Defense Rank under Grantham: Rush 56th, Pass 17th, Total 23rd
Offense Rank under Mark Richt: Rush 73rd, Pass 40th, Total 56(Same offense under Richt)

Richt’s offense hasn’t been ranked in the top 20 in total offense and rush offense since he became the hc but yet he gets a pass.

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Central Florida?? Univ of Florida?? .. I’m surprised the team bus doesn’t break down at the “Florida State Line” on thier way to Jacksonville… did they really lose to UCF, what a nightmare for the Pups. Go Gators!!

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Remember, South Carolina didn’t score but 3 points in the second half against a new install defense.
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They didn’t need to. It was all about ball control with Lattimore.

Remember?

LOL

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except……That’s not what Grantham said. He said they gave full effort. He never said they played well enough to have won those game. He saw the games.

And doesn’t everybody think that was as much of a blanket statement of expectation, as it was an evaluation of last year?

Although I am all for him calling out the offense.

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Was that funny? LOL’ing yourself? Come on man, how old are you?

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Dear Bill,
This is why i think your a complete idiot; Coach Grantham did not throw the Offense under bus, he defended his guys. There is a big difference between blaming and defending. Plus you can’t possibly know if holes have been filled or if the weight training program has improved the teams physicality. You are going off of hear-say. This is why I rarely read your article and its really unfortunate that a writer that jumps to conclusion as quickly as you do has the platform that you have.

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Beast from the East I agree with you; The entire SEC needs to be pulling for the Dawgs against the Blue Rug Salesmen. If the Dawgs go down it will make us all look bad. Go Dawgs!! I will be sitting behind the bench on the 5th row with my beautiful DAWG wife!!!

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I’m still betting on used cars and trucks. No way that I will bet on the dawgs as long as CMR and Bobo are around.

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DREAM ON!

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@ Beat Boise St.: The disappointment stems from the solid recruiting with mediocre results. CMR has lost control of his players and needs to go.

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hey,hey,hey…none of that

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Boise in Atl…..Roll Tide is an idiot. Everyone around here just laughs at the little fellow.

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Well, we know that Richt has been studying to be on the “cutting edge” of coaching as evidenced by his brilliant “energy vampire” program.

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Effort starts withe Leadership and Character of players.
The players on the 2010 version lacked either one or both.

Effort also reflects the discipline of the head coach and the fear he cast over a program.
CMR seemed to lose that a few years ago.

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SSIgator is a lonely old man who’s wife left him for another man, give the guy a break, this is the hi-lite of his day. Yes, I know it’s sad, but its true.

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SSIgator ……. you really ( really ) need a life ….. the never-ending trolling of the UGA blogs i simply, punkish. Idiot ……

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As usual, Grantham puts his foot in his extremely big mouth.

Nothing is going to change for the better until Richt and the entire coaching staff are run out of Athens and replaced with competent people who care about more than just picking up their large paychecks every month.

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Boise State 41, Georgia 17

Same score against South Carolina.

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One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.

On that basis, Mark Richt is insane and should be sent away to a place where he can’t hurt himself or anyone else. Or any football team.

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I am truly hoping for big things out of the dogs this year. i have always been a huge supporter of M.R., but that bowl game last year was the worst game I have EVER seen played. how can you have the best receiver to ever play at UGA not have 1 freaking touchdown catch??? Heck, he is making pro corners look bad already! If we don’t win 8 games this year, it is time for some new blood.

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@Midland…with our schedule this year, if we don’t win eight games, it’s time to replace Richt and Adams.

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I am starting to get a picture of just how dysfunctional the UGA program is.

I worry that by the time the first BCS polls come out, our win will mean nothing.

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Wow Bill!

You’ve uncovered the likely fact that Bobo is a total failure and has been carried by Richt for a few years!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Alert The Media!………….Oh sorry, YOU ARE PART OF THE MEDIA !!!!!!!!!!!

Grantham has not turned out to be the quality DC I thought he would be either.

I gotta tell ya DAWG Nation………….It’s more lilkely The Dawgs will play more like last season (and the season before) than a BCS contender – or an SEC contender for that matter.

But we can all hope for the best…………bring it on Boise State……let’s see what ya got and let us see what we’ve got.

FLA DAWG
Class of “79

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This quote from an article on the Boise page on BR.com:

“As is the case with most SEC teams, Georgia has quality athletes and will put up a fight, but the sense of urgency lies with the Broncos. Boise always seems to step it up on national television and never seems fazed, so look for a win over the Bulldogs to start the season.”

Looks like BS is counting upon a lack of effort. I think with the rotten eggs out of the basket, they will be in for a surprise.

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Glad to see Grantham calling out the offense

Arm tackling Bill, yea your right but when they were taught that by Slick Willie its going to show every now and then until Gratham can break them from it.

Finally a coach with some spirit on our sidelines

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I agree LHarding Dawg, it’s better to remember Goff as an SEC-winning quarterback. Something his coaching nemesis, Steve Spurrier, will never be.

I love the way No. 32 came roaring up to stop that Gator back. Erk must have had a great halftime speech because the Gators got blanked in the second half.

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If a team takes on the personality of its coach, no wonder we can’t beat Florida. Richt soils his pants every time he enters the Gator Bowl (or whatever the hell they’re calling it now). That’s really my biggest issue with Richt – he can’t beat Florida even when he has the better team. Mississippi can beat them. So can Auburn and Miss. St. Hell, the whole SEC West save Arky beats them about half the time. But not us. It sticks in my craw. I had different expectations from a Bowden disciple.

My feeling is, let’s try someone else. Ohio State got rid of John Cooper, let’s get rid of our version. There’s plenty of coaches out there who can lose 8 out of 10 against Florida, for much less money.

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Bronco Billy,

Every one knows Boise State is a paper tiger, I plan on seeing them get thier @sses handed to them like they did last time we saw you sorry saps.

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Hasta Luego Pedros!

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War Dang Dawg

Richt has had the better team every year except 2 yrs. He just doesnt really care that much if he beats FL. Until someone does we will continue to lose to them

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CTG defense was horrible last year and he has the nerve to call out Bobo. I am no fan of Bobo either.

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someone draw fangs on bill king.

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Can’t wait uintil 9-3-11.Ready for the season to start.GO DAWGS!!!!!

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UGA fans are so funny. What in the world gives you the right to say you will beat boise? Richt has produced only two 1000 yard rushers in 11 seasons and you expect people to believe that Crowell is going to come in and make a difference and pass block? You guys are going to get lit up by a much more sound and well coached team. Stick a fork in richt. He is done. Even with a favorable schedule uga will struggle all year. If you think a team takes on the personality of their coach I think the uga fans should take responsibility too. You guys are the most arrogant people and that also trickles down to the players and gives them big heads. There is no evidence you guys will be any better and losing green, a player that kept you in games is gone. Saying you think you should be 2-0 and already talking about winning the east is just laughable.

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paul: i didn’t realize we needed your permission to be enthusiastic. i’ll be sure to consult you in the future about this kind of thing. however, that garbage isn’t going to take itself out, and you ARE on the clock…

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The fire has been lit, the weak and bad apples have been discarded the 2011 DAWGS are ready to roll, Boise State will walk into a buzz saw on Sept. 3rd The Big Dawg will eat, and GEORGIA will return to Glory THIS year: GO DAWGS

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Shut up dawg fans. I speak the truth. You don’t need my permission to be enthusiastic, just trying to give you a dose of reality and to call your bs. How pathetic are you people talking about strength coaches and a better nutrition program? Ha. Now that is reaching. You guys are desperate. Desperate for any kind of respect but how can anyone respect a program that thinks the can win the national title every year while simultaneously ignoring you only have two conference titles in 30 years? I mean I will give you that you might beat boise in a close one but you guys will get tossed by the conference teams. Bunch of cowards. Hey we are uga, we cancel a home and home with oregon and schedule boise in atlanta. You want respect? You earn it, not by taking the sissy way out. Ahh uga fans, so funny, how does it feel to not have a national title like the others and have losing head to head records against every decent team in the conference. I asked you a fair and legitimate question about how uga has some issues and your answer is to call me stupid and operate with this “because we are uga” mentality. That’s exactly your problem. Until your fan base admits you are a mediocre program you will never rise up and win. Bunch of whiny babies with excuses every year. Groundhog day. Who will you blame this year?

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There were a number of games last season when the defense ran out of gas and allowed the opponent to score at will and win the game. Florida and Auburn game to name two. The offense kept putting scores up but the defense kept allowing the other team to do the same which indicates that they were worn down. They caved in.

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What is the death of Yasser Arafat related to the famous family members who raise UGA?

Find out by searching “scopolamine” and “island”.

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Ironic how the weakness of our O Line has been left out of the sportswriters coverage the last couple of weeks. All I read is how good we look except for yesterday’s scrimmage against the Scout Team.

I remain skeptical about Richt as a Head Coach and have even less confidence in Bobo as OC. Richt & Bob have proven themselves as failures at this level of SEC football in my opinion.
This is Grantham’s year to prove he is worth the money he is being paid or he’s out too.

So, despite improved talent this season we still have a weak O Line and below average coaching. This does not instill alot of confidence going into these first two games but it will hopefully result in a final answer about the coaching staff staying or going at the end of the season.

Let’s bring it on and get this season started!
I’m drooling like a Dawg for 9/3/11!!!

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Paul,

Break time is over. Get ready for school now and eat your cheerios. Perhaps your english class can teach you a couple of new words today. One would be respect, as in, to call fans of other teams dummies and stupid, is very easy to do behind a comuter screen, but only when one is really ready to confront those same people in the real world. Reality also is a nice word for you to learn. You are on a blog called the “Junkyard Blawg”. It is a UGA blog, so you should expect to see DAWG fans cheerings for their team. Although the journalist seems to go to great lengths most of the time to be negative about the DAWGS, the topics are still geared to have a decidedly slanted point of view about UGA. It is obvious that you do not care for UGA but the tech. blog is also available for you to cheer on your team. That is where you belong, not on a blog about UGA. And you might want to check in with the S and C coach over at tech. while you are at it. If you accidently use that mouth of yours to tell a fan of UGA that he needs to shut up and is stupid, out in public, you will need to know how to run or at least defend yourself and your point of view without the benefit of a protective computer screen to spout off behind. In other words, you might need to be a man and mature a little bit. Now go get your book bag and hop on the bus.

GO DAWGS and GATA

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It’s the red panties. It’s always the red panties.

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Paul is bringin’ it…mostly right in his assessment…we need to look in the mirror boys. Uga is what it is…you are what your record says you are…

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Fact is that the D can only bail you out so many times. It doesn’t matter how good of shape they were in; everyone has tank and eventually it gets low and eventually empties. You cannot coninually ask the D to bail you out over and over and over again. The lack of offense took it’s toll plenty last season. Was the O solely to blame, no but they were the problem more often than not.

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Hey Columbus Dawg…not exactly unique to Alabama. Seems to me it’s exactly what happened with the carpet guy, his son and Day-Rick Rogers that ended up at Tennessee. In fact in that case the ‘dad’ may have gone so far as becoming Day-Rick’s ‘guardian’…now that would be, if not unique, at least a new low…see that way he can funnel all the money he wants to his ’semi-adopted’ kid, just so long as UT keeps his ‘other son’ on scholarship – no matter if he plays or not.

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That’s a given..

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If they “quit” because they disagree with the coach going for a high percentage score (after they all spent the week in the paer talking about how important it was to score first)…..they needed to turn in thier uniforms as soon as that game was over. You don’t quit becasue you don’t agree with a play a call.

And That wasn’t his response “about his team” when asked, that was what he said directly to the players, to make a point to them. “I said to them, if you wanted to make the down, you should have done it there (2nd, 3rd) down, when we ran the play. Don’t get stuffed and then run over here wanting me to bail you out and go for it”. or to that effect. Richt has his fault, and perhaps you disagree that it was a point worth making, or in the timing, or even that he should not have shared that discussion when asked directly about it, but have you really ever seen him to act sophomoric?

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I agree with you Dirty Dawg. I will go to my grave being a UGA fan. It is more than just football to me. It is a source of pride to me. And I really don’t care what other fans of other teams say. CMR is and will remain a source of pride for UGA and a symbol of how to treat kids the right way. I would bet you can’t find one player on that team now that doesn’t have respect for CMR.

GO DAWGS and GATA

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Redandblackdawg….yeah you don’t care what other fans think; that’s why you just wrote me a thesis. Go eff yourself. I could learn nothing about respect from a uga fan. I’m not a tech fan either, now go back to your trailer in winder and keep ignoring your dawgs fate.

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problem is before your house is clean—dont point fingers—————and try jeeny craig

——————————you too B.K.—————–

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