‘How are the Dogs gonna do?’

12-0

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Yes SEC Fan. Possible losses, Boise State, SC, TN and UF.

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If Richt falls to 2-9 against Florida, for God’s sake fire the man. Unless conceding an annual loss to UF is ok with this program. As a Georgian who spent many years in Central Florida purgatory, that’s my idea of football hell.

OK, the religious themes are a little over the top, but there are some Georgia fans living in South Georgia and Florida who know exactly what I’m talking about.

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who cares whar yu predict Gabby Hayes.

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*correction: rather than go 8-4

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There is a very large problematic issue with UGA’s play-calling: UGA doesn’t give the fullback the ball often enough to keep the linebackers honest. Every third series would help. Statistically, when a team is able to cast aside such a looming worry as the fullback blasting his way through the line of scrimmage, it offers them more opportunity to discount him as a ballcarrier…..which can only help the defense. Throwing the fullback an occasional screen is not good enough. The more the defense has to be on the “lookout” for everything, the more hesitant they are to commit to certain sets. Not having to count on the fullback getting the ball removes the doubt from the defense. Doubt is an “offensive treasure”. If the defense has to do more “doubting’, they are less likely to be as consistent making defensive plays. Coach Richt and Coach Bobo should definitely consider utilizing the fullback more on dive plays. Not doing so makes our offense far more predictable which is what you don’t want to be. It’s a statistical reality that if you run a certain play with regularity, the other teams will be looking for it. If they are blitzing with certain looks, it’s time to call a “fullback audible” at the line of scrimmage to keep them honest……and of course …the fullback is gong to be a lot happier being involved in both screen passes and dive plays audiblized at the line of scrimmage.
As it stands, as a linebacker can be pretty confident that UGA isn’t going to give the fullback the football, except at the goal line and on screen plays. Changing this would be “enormously helpful”

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32-18 UGA, like Pulpwood said Boise State bwaaahhhh. How in bloody blazes is a team who only plays 10 games vs the # 81 team according to Rivals this season and then TCU and UGA, going to bring their 2.41 recruits to the Georgia Dome us with our 3.58 players and be used to winning, therefore are 3 points favorites, designed to maximize the betting and nothing more ? # 69 average recruiting class according to Scout.com all the last 5 years including this year # 57 while we are # 6 this year and # 11 these last 5 years. 51 either 5-Star or 4-Star to Boise State 1 and he only a 4-Star an under-sized QB from 2007 Kellen Moore according to Scout.com. 21 Top 100 and Boise State 0 according to Scout.com. Of course, they say that doesn’t matter; Scout.com and Rivals are just wrong. But, if that were the case which we all know it is not, then explain 15 NFL Boise State to 45 UGA. Smokescreen how great Virginia Tech is winning the ACC all cupcake conference when the very next week last season James Madison Division II beat Virginia Tech by more points than Boise State did, as Virginia Tech with their 3-Losses ended up # 16 in the AP Poll at season’s end. They would have you believe that is a worldwind tour win over a national championship contender and BCS Conference Champion – isn’t that just over-stating that now ? Oregon, they remind us was # 11 in 2009 and # 10 in 2008 – but again Oregon plays nothing but cupcakes just exactly like Virginia Tech and just exactly like Boise State, while once again we have Oregon 2009 losing to 8-5 Stanford included in their 3-Losses while Stanford did not end up in the AP Poll Top 25; and, in 2008 Oregon’s 3-Losses included losing to yet another not finishing in the Top 25 Final AP Poll California. These, being 3 of the 4 they come in here and try to make sound such great wins over such national powerhouses and the 4th ? Choke-la-homa losers of every bowl game ever, who in 2006 six seasons ago now this season also had their 3-Losses including Losing to 7-6 Oregon 2006 and Losing to Texas 2006 who lost to such powerhouses as 7-6 Kansas State. Choke-la-homa is not a great football team 2006 either with their losses to unranked in the Top 25 Kansas State and Loss to unranked in the Top 25 Texas A and M. If these teams were great teams, which they are clearly not, then the other teams – like Boise State – who beat them the same year, would be great too. Great Chance for a Win ? Hogwash. This is not Nevadaville or Toledo here; this is Georgia and I am as sick and tired of their BS this time as I was the last time I heard this same BS 2005. Oh, they say this isn’t their 2005 team back then, now. Excuse me, Boise State was 12-1 in 2004 and had the same QB we utterly destroyed while we Lost 3 games 2005 and ended up ranked the # 3 best team in The SEC in the Final AP Poll. And, the year after we beat them again with the same QB Boise State went 14-0. There is no argument you can put forth to me that this is a team who gets my respect. Who are we ? 7-Loss team, half the players with pulled quadriceps, hamstrings and groins from improper Strength and Conditioning and the other half of the players were kicked off the team. This is no springboard for Boise State to any national championship. Boise State has never had any hope and never will of being in any national championship them on their blue field with 33,000 watching in blue uniforms while they have a great uni and we have CLOWN SUITS with red pants. But, what do I know when I’ve only been right on everything that I ever said. 32-18 in route to 11-3 season.

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We haven’t recruited a fullback in six (6) consecutive seasons when there are 200 fullbacks every year, including top fullbacks plucked from this state every single year. We committed one for 2012. This season, none of the “fullbacks” have been trained, and they suffer the same pulled muscles and missed practice to even learn to hold the football on your runs up the middle throwing them a bone and keeping the defense honest, and of course with our already 30 fumbles I know we put on the carpet this season, we have no one who has trained our offense to fall on those fumbles, either. Hand the football to the fullback; that’s the answer. You are right, of course, about Mike Bobo – the offensive coordinator we stole from Jacksonville State who was their QB coach – the OC no one wants who has no relevant experience for the position handed him, any more than Bryan McClendon does as RB coach or Tony Ball as Wide Receivers coach or John Lilly Tight Ends or Joe Tereshinski II Director Strength and Conditioning. No, the problem with this team is best described by Rodney Garner today saying why what Pulpwood calls Motel 6 Jon Jenkins whom you are raved about at 6′ 4″ 340 lbs who Rodney Garner has gone about his always every year running off of his recruits; well we ran off 26 who should be playing 2 nights from now. 26 just wasted mismanaged talent by these specific coaches and mostly by Mark Richt who hired this silly staff and curses at us, defending them. So what if we play no team who will finish in the Top 10 ? We will lose to teams who have no business in the Top 25 and 1 we know won’t be, will beat us. If we do play a team who does end up in the Top 10, like Alabama we will be CLOCKED. And, you know that too, and you know it from these specific facts. I root for this team as much if not more than all of you combined, but I don’t drink the Kool-Aid; instead, I say this “coaching staff” Mark Richt is responsible for and should have had removed from his job description of ever hiring another coach on his staff ever and these players such as Jon Jenkins and the recruits such as now punter 6′ 3″ 190lbs destroying mailboxes costing $60 each and 3 hours of time to install Collin Barber – these ALL need to GATA. And, don’t give me this crudola that Boise State is some great team because they beat a # 16 team once, not with their 8 wins in 31 games to-date vs the 6 BCS Conferences. Fullback run the ball, that is neither the problem nor the answer. It would be if we had one; what is Bobo to do none to even train to run the ball ? Fall Camp has come and go and we have been a joke all Fall Camp telling lies about what we have as an entire team who has never played their position and now all of a sudden they are all ready to go, no worries mate. It doesn’t work like that. Grow up. 11-3, while you sit there squirming in your seats afraid to put up that if we go 11-3, we beat no one. We have what ? A 5-Loss South Carolina team as our best opponent ? It sure ain’t Boise State.

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Bill King, sir, that is one of your best articles you have written, sir. (1) I believe you have been working on this one, all Summer long and it shows. (2) It appears to me that you have been reading my posts. (3) The Richt-0-Files are going to have a bloody hard time reading this article of yours 2 nights before kick-off now and not say loudly you are not a Bulldogs’ football fan – that Kool-Aid is the answer that our boys need us now more than ever to ( Do what ? — Brag on the coaches, brag on the players, brag on the recruits, brag on how great a fan they are saying we beat Florida this year they know for sure, brag on how great a fan they are saying 2012 will be our season (with all the young pups after we ran off 26 who should be playing 2 nights from now and will not) wait until next season in other words, brag on how great a fan they are having our men’s backs with all these obviously glaring holes despite a 10-cupcake season as detailed specifically by me all Summer including the cupcake in the bowl game as we only have done all 10 seasons to-date and cupcake 2 nights from now, brag what a great fan they are and that you are not, therefore, because you call it like it is. I applaud that part because I continue to maintain that the coaching staff and players must all be told, only, to GATA. I am not in the least satisfied with 11-3 and frankly the way you word it, it looks far more like 10-3 to me that you are saying without saying it. As for your prediction and the poll last year, where is that poll this year – and how is it wrong for you to have said that we should have gone 12-2 or whatever you actually meant to say we would go instead of putting up 7 losses requiring us to go all the way to 1953, all these 58 years ago to find a season in which my beloved Bulldogs lost more than they lost last season. RB ? WR ? FS ? SS ? The whole secondary. The whole OL except for 2 – since when is 2 an OL ? And, thank you for sparing me the DISNEYdawgs.com BS about Aaron Murray flinging the all and being a dual-threat with his less than 2 yards a carry 10 fumbles and 8 interceptions along with 7 times find the other QB better than he head-to-head. 11-3, and we will have beat no one, plus a loss like you say to a CUPCAKE as ever too.

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DarthProphet

“I don’t mean to be mean in any way though I be a homer I’ll put Boise States 4 DT’s up against anyone O-line in the country. I know you folks are big on the over weight thingy..

99 Michael Atkinson DT 6-1 320 JR

97 Chase Baker DT 6-1 296 SR

90 Billy Winn DT 6-4 295 SR

43 Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe DT 6-3 307 SO

But trust me by the end of the night on sept 3rd those will be household names in the state of Georgia.”

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Michael Atkinson, if he is supposed to be so great as a Junior, why has he not stepped one foot on the field for so much as 1 play, ever ? He is not even 5′ 11″ so why you list him 6′ 1″ is anyone’s guess. 7/23/2009 he was arrested for DUI twice legal limit, hit a bridge, got out, left scene, found wandering around downtown Boise (that is a city, right ?) (not a State or a Nation?) at booked at 4:19 am – that is a Sunday by the way. On 10/11/2010, again, he was suspended from the team indefinitely. From Canada. Never played a game in his life. And, you to UGA blogs to brag about this guy ?

Chase Baker runs a 5.08 in 40-yard dash on a good day. He is unbelievably slow. He also has never played.

Billy Winn is a DE not a DT as you lie. A DE with no speed, I might add. He is 6′ 2″ and not your height you lie about, and at 4.89 speed in the 40-yard dash will NEVER see the football field in the NFL as a DE. He is no where physical enough to play DT in the NFL. He didn’t even make the WAC All Conference team. Good heavens. You are so full of yourself, Boise State fans. He averages less than 2 tackles a game all last season and now is a Senior. Tell me you are not basing your up-coming national championship hopes on this runt playing against the likes of Toledo and Idaho whom he ran up even those miserable 28 tackles total.

Ricky Tjong – never played a single down either. From the Netherlands. Never played organized football at any level, not once. Oh yeah, you got a lot of really great DT there

I thought you said you were 7 deep on the DL of all 1st round NFL draft picks ? Go back to Boise Idaho where even Lynyrd Skynyrd “It’s 8 o’clock and boys it’s time to go,” not Boise Idaho but lead singer Ronnie Van Zant changed the line … does not know your girl’s names. What’s your name little sister, what’s your name. Try another set of lies on me.

DarthProphet

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You’ll have to name the team for me that is any good that we will beat.

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Bill,

Did you fall off a mule at a peanut farm in Albany?

It sure looks like it from that picture.

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That’s exactly what it looks like, Bir. Jacket.

Peanut farmer fell off his mule, broke his head— delusional—and now thinks anyone gives a flying F— about what he has to say.

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Aren’t half the gator fans from Ohio?

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I sure hope Georgia has a great season because I think Coach Richt is a great coach and the SEC needs people like him. However, from reading these comments, gosh Georgia Fans are really optimistic this year. I am pulling for Georgia against Boise St, and always pull for the conference when playing non-conference teams. However, I have a hard time seeing a team with last years issues coming together that quickly. Gosh, I hope they do but there is a real possibility UGA starts 0-2. Lets hope not, but if it happens, you could still finish strong and have a good season. So, this Tide fan says, Go Dogs, beat Boise St for the SEC.

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5-7 tank it to the bank..

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Thomas Brown – Your statistics need some major corrections:

“Chase Baker runs a 5.08 in 40-yard dash on a good day. He is unbelievably slow. He also has never played.”

His stats from last year: (3L means 3-time letterman)
DT Chase Baker 3L 6-1 296 (6.5 TFL 4.5 S)

“Billy Winn is a DE not a DT as you lie. A DE with no speed, I might add. He is 6′ 2″ and not your height you lie about, and at 4.89 speed in the 40-yard dash will NEVER see the football field in the NFL as a DE. He is no where physical enough to play DT in the NFL. He didn’t even make the WAC All Conference team.”

His stats from last year:
DT Billy Winn 3L 6-4 295 (9.5 TFL 4.5 S)

“Ricky Tjong – never played a single down either. From the Netherlands. Never played organized football at any level, not once. Oh yeah, you got a lot of really great DT there”

His stats from last year:
DT Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe 1L 6-3 307 (6.5 TFL 2.5 S)

The DEs are:
DE Shea McClellin 3L 6-3 258 (13.5 TFL, 9.5 sacks)
DE Tyrone Crawford 1L 6-4 276 (3.5 TFL, 7.0 sacks)

Add safety George Iloka:
S George Iloka 3L 6-3 216 (63 T, 3 TFL, 2 INT)

Here’s the national media outlook on some of the defensive guys:
DL is Lindy’s #7 for 2011. Winn is #2 DT, McClellin #7 DE

Winn is preseason AA-1st Team – SN and Athlon; 2nd Team Phil Steele and Lindy’s
McClellin is preseason AA – 2nd Team Athlon
Iloka is Preseason AA – 2nd Team Athlon

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I think this season is probably the most simple in a long time for UGA. If we win the first two and make it out of Jacksonville we’ll go to the SEC championship (don’t kknow if we’ll win but we’ll be in ATL) and probably a BCS bowl. If we win one of the first two we’ll probably go 10-2. If we lose the first two it will likely spiral out of control. I’m typically not big on the psychology of wins and losses but let’s face facts, a ton is riding on these first two games. You either come out of them with confidence that propels you forward or heart break that sets you back. Hoping by 9/11 we’re full of confidence.

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I think any DT or DE will look an all-American against the Dawg’s O-Line, so even if these folks are as good as you say, we will not know based on the game. If we actually shut them down OTOH, that will prove that you are wrong.

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