Deciding who’s the ‘real’ Bulldogs in the SEC
Russ will play host to the "other" Bulldogs Saturday. (University of Georgia)
My friend Harvey Parson and I have this (relatively) good-natured thing going where we joke about which of our teams is the “real” Bulldogs.
Of course, outside of the state of Mississippi, there’s no real bone of contention there, so to speak, but whenever UGA plays Mississippi State you hear the yipping of Maroon Bulldog fans (along with lots of bad doggy wordplay).
Speaking of which, I miss the old big red fireplug that the Georgia cheerleaders used to pull out on the field for Uga, don’t you?
Anyway, with interim Georgia mascot Russ playing host to pretender Bully this week, I asked Harvey whether he’s optimistic about Saturday’s game Between the Hedges, and he said he’s “feeling pretty good about the ‘real’ dawgs.”
OK, that could be read two ways, but Harvey made clear that he thinks MSU, which won 24-12 last year in Starkville in one of UGA’s worst games, can do it again.
His take: “I think our D-line and corners give us the edge on defense. And I like the changes [Dan] Mullen is making on our O-line; should restart our offense. Moving our center back to his natural position and taking our big ole left tackle and moving him to the right guard position should create some push for us. My biggest concern is our safeties and linebackers against your passing game.”
"Bully" will find out who's top dawg in Athens. (MSU)
Care to make a prediction, Harvey?
“Sure. MSU 27, UGA 17.”
The oddsmakers in Vegas don’t quite see it that way, installing Georgia as a 7-point favorite, at least in part because MSU had to go to overtime last week to take care of lightweight Louisiana Tech.
Last year, Georgia moved the ball pretty well against MSU between the 20-yard lines and had 100 yards more offense, but made key mistakes (a Washaun Ealey fumble on the goal line), drew a shower of penalty flags and in the second half got just plain whipped on both lines of scrimmage. The Georgia defense just couldn’t seem to get off the field as MSU continually ran it up the gut.
This year, Georgia looks much stouter against the run up the middle, but Mark Richt has openly expressed concern about what Mullen’s spread option attack could do with sweeps and reverses on the outside, where the Red and Black Bulldogs have been vulnerable.
MSU’s offense is led by big QB Chris Relf, who on his better days looks almost like a Tim Tebow wannabe, and tailback Vick Ballard, who’s averaging 7 yards a clip. But the Maroon Dogs have struggled on third-down conversions lately (while Georgia’s defense, conversely, has been much better this season at stopping opponents on third down). Last week against Louisiana Tech, Relf was 2-for-9 passing with one conversion on third-down attempts.
But while running is the main thrust of the MSU attack, Georgia’s secondary needs to keep speedy receiving threat Chad Bumphis in check, even though State also has been struggling lately in the passing game. I was encouraged by the way the UGA defenders were breaking up passes against Ole Miss last week.
Bumphis also is a threat as a punt returner, though, which concerns me considering Georgia’s recent struggles on special teams.
But MSU has had to reshuffle its injury-depleted offensive line and the front seven of its defense hasn’t been all that impressive to date, while Georgia’s Isaiah Crowell is coming into his own.
Bottom line: I think Georgia is still smarting from last year’s loss in Starkville and will be out to prove something against the other Bulldogs. As long as they don’t get flag-happy like last year or give up points on special teams, I think the “real” Bulldogs win by at least a touchdown.
And, oh yeah, Harvey, that means the Dawgs in red. Woof!
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198 comments Add your comment
first?
September 30th, 2011
11:06 am
Enter your comments here
first?
September 30th, 2011
11:06 am
oh yeah, my first first.
Newman
September 30th, 2011
11:07 am
Just block and tackle.
Will
September 30th, 2011
11:09 am
UGA 44 Miss St 10
Although Geathers and Jenkins stats are not impressive both have been able to clog the middle. MSU will not gash us with long runs this year on 3rd down. CMR wants to put the Dan Mullen rumors to bed as well.
JAWJeRDAWG
September 30th, 2011
11:13 am
Gotta hope it’s the UGA Dawgs who’ll come out on top and prove to be the real Bulldog winner this weekend. Go UGA Dawgs!
Rooster
September 30th, 2011
11:17 am
UGA is an average SEC team with below average coaching. Miss State 31 UGA 20
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
11:18 am
I’m having a commitment ceremony to my longtime partner tomorrow morning. I’ll be done just in time to watch the puppies lose. Go Gators!
UGA Alumnus
September 30th, 2011
11:18 am
Go Dawgs!
Fair and Balanced
September 30th, 2011
11:19 am
I just think Ga has got to learn to play 4 quarters. We broke down in the 2nd half last week as the game should have bee over by 3rd qtr but wasn’t because we couldn’t score ….not even a FG, for a long time. We won by 14 but Ole Miss had 2 TDs called back. And Ga can’t afford to keep getting fooled on trick plays and reverses!
UGA Alumnus
September 30th, 2011
11:19 am
would you people please stop typing, “first?”
at least have some conviction about it and use an exclamation mark.
Rusty
September 30th, 2011
11:21 am
As bad as we were last year we had to basically gift wrap the game for them to get them to accept the win….
We’re at home. Mississippi St. people are delusional if they think it would be anything other than a minor miracle for them to win tomorrow.
Hahahahahahaha
September 30th, 2011
11:23 am
knot
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
11:24 am
That brown down is cute; but, that is obviously not a bulldog. 7 seasons ago, we won The SEC Championship yet ended up # 3 of just SEC teams in the final polls with 3 losses – that was the 2005 season. Can we win the rest boils down to just Florida, or not – since obviously Georgia tek is barely ranked and drops out with a loss and has beat no one. Missy State has beat no one, either. They have 2 wins both over teams who each have only 1 win over a nobody too. As for the 30 scholarships awarded by this coaching staff and Mark Richt for this 2011 season, who are GONE, if it is so great to cut the dead wood; what about the up-coming recruiting classes ? Let’s see we made a mistake on 30 of 85 scholarships who are supposed to play tomorrow and will not; they are gone; good riddance. But, what about their poor choices on those 30 of our allotted 85 ? Would it not be more realistic to expect that we have more in the future whom we will also expect will not be here too ? This could cost us against this Missy State team; because they are physical.
Buck's Nuggets
September 30th, 2011
11:24 am
The fireplug was about as embarrassing as losing to Central Florida. Please keep that thing away from my Hedges.
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
11:30 am
“As long as they don’t get flag-happy like last year or give up points on special teams”
Bill, they do that almost every game. Why would this game be any different?
DawginLex
September 30th, 2011
11:30 am
Poor choices of 30 out of 85
Those 30 include players drafted by the NFL
Attrition is a part of college football because of competition, especially when young 4 and 5 star players are brought in and they beat out upperclassmen who haven’t lived up to their own expectations.
Richt gets criticized for playing favorites and for letting upperclassmen play regardless of a younger player being better. Now he plays the younger players and several players see the handwriting on the wall and leave.
Some folks just love to complain no matter what.
Mad Dog 1
September 30th, 2011
11:31 am
Do you think that if Miss. didn’t hold the UGA D might have made a stop? Most times a flag is thrown the team is taking an unfair advantage. That said I hope Murry can get his head out of his —–
and mabey hit our recivers in stride and not throw the ball behind or over their heads. as always GO DOGS
Go Dawgs
September 30th, 2011
11:34 am
The fireplug???? Please…we cant even find a UGA….sad that it takes over a year to do that. That pretty much sums up the state of this sorry team and UGA football…….as for me, my over 3K contribution each year is history…..That’s how fed up I have become…..its not all about wins…..it’s about the direction and the continual trend down over the past few years….
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
11:34 am
“Deciding who’s the ‘real’ Bulldogs in the SEC”
Don’t know anything about Bully, but Russ has been firing blanks trying for the all white one. His success rate is about the same as UGA football.
Beast from the East
September 30th, 2011
11:34 am
UGA wins a close one.
That said, if you want to decide who the REAL Bulldog is, then look no further than the mascots. Bully is a sharp, HEALTHY looking animal. Sadly, Russ can barely stand. UGA really needs to find a new bloodline. It’s gotten very sad to watch those animals on the sideline. Very sad.
Ted
September 30th, 2011
11:39 am
Well let’s see……it depends on what team shows up:
Murray decides to spot Missy State points like he did with SC: Missy State 31 UGA 21
Special teams and the O line play like their usual self: Missy State 38 UGA 17
Playcalling determines out come: Missy State 38 UGA 6
The typical UGA offense shows up in the red zone: Missy State 31 UGA 15
UGA FINALLY plays to their potential and Bobo learns to call plays: UGA 41 Missy State 20
jake dawg
September 30th, 2011
11:43 am
get behind your team or stay home. Get loud Sanford.
Pete
September 30th, 2011
11:46 am
Georgia moved the ball pretty well against MSU between the 20-yard lines and had 100 yards more offense,
Kick Blair…kick Blair……Blair Walsh….Blair Walsh…..oh you Blair Walsh………and as such puts the cap on another world beater performance by the UGA Offense……..
GTBob
September 30th, 2011
11:52 am
UGA should be embarrassed if this game is even competitive. UGA isn’t good but they aren’t Louisiana Tech levels of bad. I like UGA in a blowout.
Kyle
September 30th, 2011
11:52 am
I meant to ask……did any of our players tweet or text Dan Mullin? If not, perhaps Ben Joanes will be able to…..since the light bulb went off sometime this week and the O line has a new attitude.
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
11:52 am
“considering Georgia’s recent struggles on special teams”
Recent? How recent? As in the last decade recent?
Matthews Dawg
September 30th, 2011
11:55 am
Go Dawgs…..we don’t want or need your money! I bet you aren’t a Dawg fan anyway. Just a hater!
Go Dawgs!!
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
11:56 am
Remember when Tebow cried on the sideline at the SEC Championship. Now that is heart and character no Bulldog has.
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
11:57 am
“I miss the old big red fireplug that the Georgia cheerleaders used to pull out on the field for Uga”
It was put away because it became too big of a distraction for Israel Troupe.
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
11:59 am
I mean UGA didn’t even have any preseason All-Americans in Playgirl magazine in the last 3 years. What kind of program do you think you have?
Steve
September 30th, 2011
12:00 pm
SSIgator….Gators like you disgust me! I am loyal Gator…..went to UF…but you clearly cross any line there is in regards to your postings…….this is football…..great rivalries….UGA-UF…..UF-FSU….on and on……but you give new meaning to the word Jerk!
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
12:01 pm
Don’t ask, don’t tell is over Steve. There is no room for your hate speech on this blog buddy.
David
September 30th, 2011
12:02 pm
I SECOND THAT STEVE!!!! Posers like SSI are not real gators……but need to be gator bait!
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
12:03 pm
Steve -
Which SSIgator are you refering to? There appears to be two currently posting.
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
12:04 pm
Removing the dead wood, 30 of the 85 scholarship players who are supposed to play tomorrow vs Missy State and now will not, is a statement that the coaching staff made poor choices. If they made poor choices, what is to prevent them from cutting more dead wood from future recruiting classes ? 100 % ?
UGA Student
September 30th, 2011
12:05 pm
I second Beast’s statement. We need a new bloodline, a healthy one.
Steve
September 30th, 2011
12:07 pm
I am refering to the one that constantly puts people down and spews what can only be described as sewage from his mouth on a daily basis on this blog. As a UF alum and loyal fan- people like that only give the rest of us that love this game a bad name……No true Gator would agree with half of his crap
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
12:07 pm
Actually, it is rather flattering to have someone else use my screen name. I did not know you cared so much DawginLex.
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
12:10 pm
Steve -
“No true Gator would agree with half of his crap”
Ok Steve. You be in charge of the poll taking.
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
12:13 pm
Bill,
I don’t, never have bought into the “revenge factor” and if I did, it wouldn’t apply to this particular game. The team that won the last game holds the edge from a psychological standpoint. Missy St has it and we have to take it back. If there is any grit to our Dawgs we will. I remember last year thinking, “no way we lose to Missy too” and yet, we did. I said this year to a fine esteemed blogger Boise in ATL, “no way UGA loses to Boise” well, we did. Also, last year I said no way we lose to UCF, we all remember what happened there.
I won’t repeat those words again but, if we lose to Missy St, we’ve lost our grit and should lose our Richt
Steve
September 30th, 2011
12:13 pm
Glad to…….
TODAYS POLL: CLICK “1″ AND SUBMIT IF YOU THINK SSIgator IS A COMPLETE MORON AND JERK.
1
September 30th, 2011
12:13 pm
Enter your comments here
Poll
September 30th, 2011
12:13 pm
1
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
12:14 pm
Somebody undo my last post. Sounds too much like the flake Burma Shave
Keith
September 30th, 2011
12:14 pm
yes- 1
B'dawg
September 30th, 2011
12:16 pm
That would be a big ” 1 “
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
12:17 pm
Steve -
You forgot to stipulate which SSIgator in your poll. Also, you forgot to limit the poll to “True Gators”, as you call them, only. It will be hard to find many here on this site.
Steve
September 30th, 2011
12:20 pm
Certainly you’re not one……
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
12:20 pm
Steve, why don’t you talk about what you came in here to talk about instead of daily allowing someone with Georgia tek only on his mind, having you spend the day talking to his posts, 1 right after the other ? 1
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
12:21 pm
Steve -
And you know that to be true because . . .
Half Century Dawg
September 30th, 2011
12:21 pm
1
JB
September 30th, 2011
12:23 pm
The key for MSU is to put pressure on Murray. Bobo will quit running even if it’s working pretty quick. Even the guy last week on TV, who knew nothing about us, ask, why did they stop running the ball?.
Eat lots of clock and score. ???? Our line does not pass block well with ANY pressure and I think MSU is physical enough not to let us run all over them. I look for this game to be close. Maybe Walsh is the difference.
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
12:26 pm
“Russ playing host to pretender Bully”
At least Bully looks awake and alert. Poor old Russ looks like he is coming down off of his meds. If UGA football doesn’t start to improve soon, Russ will be looking for the anti-freeze.
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
12:27 pm
JB
I tend to think MSU defense isn’t as good as advertised. They’re coordinator is gone from last year and they have really struggled against team who have a relatively “okay” passing game. They fared a bit better against LSU but, LSU didn’t try much through the air. A balanced offense should eat Missy’s lunch. Georgia should win this one and cover the spread.
rick
September 30th, 2011
12:29 pm
anyone know for sure if is christian robinson is going to play?
LawDawg
September 30th, 2011
12:30 pm
The SiSsIgaytor that copies and pastes and then has a little 2 bit kindergarten comment is the one evryone would love to pummel. I can’t wait to get home in time to see Bama shut your pie hole!
ga gator
September 30th, 2011
12:31 pm
Agreed ARdawg, my only concern is Richt will not lower the hammer on MSU and keep them in the game somehow.
WDE
September 30th, 2011
12:36 pm
@SSIgator I hope your commitment service is the most enjoyment you have all day….congrats by the way….Bama will be by in the evening enjoy !
War Dang Dawg
September 30th, 2011
12:37 pm
We still have the same coaching staff, so I think it’s about 50/50. Otherwise, I’d say that the Vegas line has it about right.
Dave
September 30th, 2011
12:38 pm
Crowell got tired in the second half against ole Miss and wasn’t the same runner after halftime. Plus, we need to get the ball to Boykin, Smith a Thomas in space (even I winced at “getting the ball to Thomas”), so they can make a play. We run it between the tackles way too much. I’d like to see weeps out of the “I”. Anything to break something lose for a big gain.
Desert Fox
September 30th, 2011
12:39 pm
Historically, the dawgs have had problems stopping the spread offense that MSU runs especially if the QB and RB have size and speed. MSU has both. It’ll be up to the DC, Grantham, to stop the run up the middle and force MSU to pass more or go outside the tackles. take their running game away and GA has a chance to win. GA will score points and if the running game is working can keep MSU offense on the bench. Since GA hardly runs any trick plays and most often gets caught w/their pants down when opponents run them its going to take mistake free football to beat MSU.
Lindsey
September 30th, 2011
12:40 pm
The bells from last years game in Starkville are still ringing in my ears. This year I only want to hear the Chapel Bell for a win, GO DAWGS!!!!
gomdawg
September 30th, 2011
12:42 pm
THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE WORSE NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS BAD MOUTH MY COACH . WHEN CMR GETS THE DAWGS BACK ON TRACK I HOPE THIS SO CALL PAPER CAN FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO WRITE ABOUT. UNTIL THEN HOW ABOUT KISSING MY —–
reebok
September 30th, 2011
12:43 pm
UGA has more talent, but is not a physically or mentally tough team. I’ll take Miss State in a mild upset.
gomdawg
September 30th, 2011
12:45 pm
FOOT, WHAT WAS YOU THINKING UMMMMMMMMMMMM
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
12:46 pm
ga gator
Richt has two mindsets. One with the lead is to go crazy conservative and protect it forgetting to build on it. The other is while behind, forget quick strike and chip away with FGs. There was a time several years ago he had a quick strike, quick score mindset. It has completely disappeared
Desert Fox
I believe the Dawg D has improved enough the hamper that spread run offense this year and I am confident in our DBs to shut down their poor passing attack. I think UGA gets it done against Missy this year
Dawgs ahoy
September 30th, 2011
12:46 pm
Israel Troupe doesn’t need the fireplug. The hedges are his preferred urination target.
Will Russ be wearing his Nike clown costume for the game?
gomdawg
September 30th, 2011
12:47 pm
reebok , call vegas they will take your money
ga gator
September 30th, 2011
12:51 pm
ARdawg, it is almost like Richt has assumed Bowdens later years coaching philosophy. Ms State has a poor passing game and I am sure that Grantham will crowd the line of scrimmage and make them beat UGA with the pass.
Coach BooBoo
September 30th, 2011
12:55 pm
Fire up your laptops for an early game of football on ESPN3
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
12:56 pm
ga gator
I see that as a good strategy for the defense. We finally have enough speed and talent on the corners and Missy only has to date, one real threat down field. Stopping the run and pressuring Relf should pay off
Southside Jacket
September 30th, 2011
1:12 pm
Inbreeding is a itch aint it?? Oh wait y’all are talking about the mascot and not the fans….never mind…
harold
September 30th, 2011
1:16 pm
UGA WINS IN A CAKEWALK TOMORROW!
UGA HAS THREE CUPCAKES IN A ROW IN OLE MISS…MISSISSIPPI STATE & TENNESSEE!
LA.TECH SHOULD HAVE BEAT MSU LAST WEEKEND! UGA 42 BULLIES 13!
old time dog
September 30th, 2011
1:17 pm
After the first 4 games I would have to say we have a lot of room for improvement. Special teams, OL, QB, and secondary have all looked questionable a great deal of the time. This team could get stronger as a unit the next 3 weeks and develop into a relatively good team. The defense has played fairly well for the most part and our kickoffs and kickoff coverage has been good. I don’t think Richt or anyone connected with the program should have the audacity to open their mouths regarding their opinions of the fanbase. They should have enough sense and reasoning to realize support has to be earned. Taking things for granted is one of the major reasons we are struggling to maintain a toehold in being competitive. I don’t think Richt and his staff can or will do what this program could be capable of. The vast majority of UGA fans I have spoken with feel the same way. Things have been broken for some time now and it is under their watch it has been allowed to happen.
tampaBIGdawg
September 30th, 2011
1:21 pm
ARdawg-
I know that Richt has been farely conservative over the years, but after the Ole Miss game he expressed his concerns about finishing a team when we have them on the ropes. I am still a firm believer that Bobo is the main problem on the actual play calling, and Murray on audiables. I think Murray is full of talent and a great leader, but sometimes faults under pressure and is too worried about making a big error, which often leads to him making a big error.
We can’t blame it all on one player either though. The team as a whole must continue to drive and not relax when we have the lead. Just throwing a figure out there, but I would say that on 60 % of our plays that bust, there is an opportunity there that is not taken for some reason, i.e. players are tired, missed block, poor route running, poor through, etc.
Our D has shown great improvement from last year. Should have won against SC because of outstanding defense, except against Lattimore in the 4th quarter, but he is a beast. And we actually didn’t do horrible against Boise St. Regardless of pure talent and size matchup, Boise is a very well coached team and those guys play hard, and Moore is a very smart and accurate QB.
I am not completely optimistic about UGA but we are constantly improving. Bobo needs to either get more creative and and use the players skill sets more adequately or go back to QB coach, because like it or not, he is good at that. I don’t disagree totally with you ARdawg, but we have to look at the big picture. I am more worried about recruiting right now, especially O-line (and possibly a O-coordinator).
SSIgator
September 30th, 2011
1:31 pm
The only thing UGA is good at is putting good looking guys into tight silver pants. That is it!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 30th, 2011
1:32 pm
What have we improved on concerning the offense
I can say we have improved defensively but offense nope still the same conservativism as usual
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 30th, 2011
1:34 pm
SSIgator
We are good at losing to FL every year and blaming player execution and where the game is played
And we are good at putting players in the NFL but somehow cannot put a team together with those same players
Delbert D.
September 30th, 2011
1:37 pm
I’ve seen Miss. St. twice, Auburn and LSU. The game against LSU was tough going for both teams. LSU’s talent and depth won out with 10 points in the 4th.
I’ll say Georgia, 31-27.
Ken Malcome
September 30th, 2011
1:39 pm
I quit
From Where I Sit
September 30th, 2011
1:39 pm
Hey Hahahahahahaha,
To answer your question, no that would be you and Hershel Walker.
Gators or SC win the East in 2011!
Enough Said!!!!
Ken Malcome
September 30th, 2011
1:40 pm
I’m back……did I move up on the depth chart?
SSI ????
September 30th, 2011
2:07 pm
hey SSI enjoy bama this weekend D-BAG. AND LSU NEXT WEEKEND. before you know it we will have the SAME RECORD!!!!
Alphare
September 30th, 2011
2:12 pm
I don’t think UGA can beat MSU. MSU is better than their record tells you. They are a solid team.
On the other hand, UGA’s QB play is mediocre, Crowell will be tired in the 2nd half. Overall, MSU defense is better than UGA’s. Their offense is not as potent as UGA’s, but they don’t volunteer points to your opponent as the UDawgs either.
Most importantly, never listen to the UGA fans. That’s what I did last year and I bet against MSU.
Alphare
September 30th, 2011
2:15 pm
Hi, I just invented a new word “udawg”. Should I file a patent and collect money from udawg fans?
Jack
September 30th, 2011
2:23 pm
“Who is the real Bulldogs?” The Bulldogs IS? This is on the Newsy-paper’s website?
Anyway, the real Bulldogs are the Yale ones, the ones UGA ripped off (prior to ripping off Green Bay).
harold
September 30th, 2011
2:28 pm
GEORGIA DEFEATS MSU ( who is horrible) IN A CAKE WALK!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 30th, 2011
2:31 pm
Jack
Dont worry
UGA will rip off a bunch of TD’s on route to another victory over Tech from another sorry, middle of the road UGA team.
whatacrew
September 30th, 2011
2:39 pm
I guarantee you that the Bulldogs will win tomorrow. I would place my house on it.
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
2:43 pm
TampaBIGdawg
Agreed for the most part. However, I think you are giving Richt too much of a free pass on this one. Do you doubt he and Bobo are not conferring on what plays need to be run or you believe Bobo handles play calling all part and parcel? The most likely scenario is Bobo is calling them and Richt interjects where ever he sees fit. The thrust of my point is, Bobo is calling Richt’s game. If he wasn’t, he would not be there. They’ve formulated a scripted game plan for offense earlier in the week or just prior to the game.
I don’t believe Bobo deserves the blame (as well as little else). I fully believe he is calling Richt’s game. Rather it is series by series or perhaps but probably not, play by play based on info from the assistants in the both.
It’s easy enough to point and place blame on the coordinators but really, do you think they act alone?
timthebrave
September 30th, 2011
2:43 pm
My prediction
UGA 31 Miss State 21
Mark (another one)
September 30th, 2011
2:47 pm
UGA better be respecting Miss. St. They’re an SEC team and they will be ready to jump on every mistake. If you need proof that any team can beat any other team, look over at Tech and their record. I believe the odds for tomorrow’s game are just about right but not if the UGA players take the other bulldogs lightly.
Bully
September 30th, 2011
2:49 pm
That ain’t no dog. That’s an old white toe sack full of lard.
Ain’t you guys ever heard of euthanasia? Put that inbred lump out of it’s misery already!
MSU 21-13
Dr. Morpheus
September 30th, 2011
3:03 pm
Last year’s game set the tone for an awful season. While I respect MSU and their coach is doing an outstanding job with a tough mission (recruiting blue chippers to spend 3 or 4 years in Starkville), we’re playing better each week now and the Real Dawgs should win handily against the Maroonies. That said, Bully is a pretty sharp looking dog, though no match for an all-white UGA…
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
3:11 pm
Yeah, but we don’t have an all-white UGA
DIT
September 30th, 2011
3:20 pm
Match talent up against talent with the two schools and the score should be:
UGA 48 MSU 10
Heart on the field for the full 4 quarters:
MSU 17 UGA 14
The cellar is here if ............. if .........
September 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
I say that a pattern has emerged for UGA football fortunes over the last 2.3 years. I say now that mabe KY and SC and MSU have eclipsed UGA as the middle level in the SEC and now, UGA is where , UT and Ole Miss and Vandy and KY will be at year end. It is what it is and if that takes place ……………
ABSOLUTELY CMR should be fired by Sunday morning at 10AM.
Go Gawga Dogs.
UGA class of 71 & 73
CGA
September 30th, 2011
3:34 pm
I totally agree with comments regarding the bulldog mascots. The most recent bulldogs look like they are the results of too much inbreeding and too much emphasis on an all white bulldog at the expense of other good traits. I guess it’s a fitting mascot regarding the current state of the UGA football program. The MSU bulldog looks stronger and healthier even if it’s not pure white.
I predict MSU will win. This is a team that could have beaten Auburn and played LSU close and held them to only 19 points.
MSU Bulldogs 31 UGA 17
U(sic)GAly
September 30th, 2011
3:42 pm
I hope you all have been practicing when to cheer like ole coach Richt told you to! lol What a buffoon. Great truck commercial though…”I can call my wife from my truck” Geez…
coachx
September 30th, 2011
3:54 pm
I’m a UGA dawg all the way.
However, Miss St. “Bully” bulldog is fine looking dog with much better genetics then our deformed bulldogs.
We need to thank the family in Savannah but move on. I’m a proud bulldog owner who raises my bulldog right. Bulldogs are not supposed to look like UGA with excess facial wrinkles making it hard to breath and 30 pounds of excess fat.
Lets get a “UGA” that will represent the universirty and the bulldog breed better.
Oh ya…………Go DAWGS !
DawginLex
September 30th, 2011
4:00 pm
SSI
you are on my ignore list but I will assure you that I don’t troll and steal other blog handles.
You are a waste of time IMO and I dam sure wouldn’t waste any of my time stealing your handle and posting childish crap like you do.
i will expcet another idiotic kool aid or Midol or tampon comment in
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DawginLex
September 30th, 2011
4:02 pm
expect
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
4:06 pm
DawgInLex,
Do you ever have anything to say about UGA football, other than how great being # 29 is in won/lost after the 2005 season – Seven (7) Seasons ago now – or, other than just how great you are putting down others who do come in here and post about football with a realistic view ?
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
4:07 pm
I find DawginLex to be above reproach in blogdom. He is a solid enough chap he doesn’t need to retort to stealing monikers
tampaBIGdawg
September 30th, 2011
4:12 pm
ARdawg-
Understood. I don’t think that Richt doesn’t have a hand in it. I think a little less now though, because of the hurry up offense that we are trying to run. Our attempt at it has gotten better, but against to lack luster teams. Every drive is probably already drawn up and practice in the preceding week. I just wish that we had more play alternatives. If IC and the O-line could block a little better, it would be easy to go from a two TE ace set to a spread shotgun, with our athletic TE’s. Especially against teams that think they have a good set in a 3-4 or 4-3. we could even go from an I-formantion with figgins. He still has good hands. push him from FB to TE and then push Orson out in a SE. The possibilites are endless with the talent level at key positions. I just would like to see more creative play calling. It does fall on Richt, because in business terms, he is the CEO of the team and need to deligat to his middle managers. I don’t think Richt looks into Bobo’s plays enough. He probably tought them to him 5yrs ago and now Bobo doesn’t have the kahunas to think to far out of the box. INNOVATION. We need it.
tampaBIGdawg
September 30th, 2011
4:14 pm
*deligate*, sorry. And maybe kahunas is correct but you get my point.
I-DOG
September 30th, 2011
4:15 pm
To those that say “support the team, just cheer louder, give Richt a chance” I think it is interesting that the Red Sox fired their manager after one bad month.
I’m not suggesting that we do the same at UGA when a coach has a bad month or even a bad season, particularly when they have had the success that Richt had in 02-06.
Richt is the dean of SEC coaches by a wide margin. This is his 11th season and he has beaten Florida twice. I think that he has been given a reasonable chance to succeed at UGA and the last 3 plus seasons things have certainly been going downhill.
We seem to be a very patient fan base by comparison and I’m not sure that has served us well.
tampaBIGdawg
September 30th, 2011
4:17 pm
Crap, I wrote a nice response to you ARdawg but it didn’t post. I catch your drift. I just think Bobo is to scared to think to far outside of the box so he doesn’t get Richts panties in a bunch. Sometimes making a change when you are told not to is what creates success.
virginia dog
September 30th, 2011
4:18 pm
Bill
good grief … From here on out every game is a must will. So please stop stating the obvious. Bring us your A game. I might as well be asking my 78 year old mother what is happing with UGA football on September 30th 2011
I want insight i want scoop. Henry Grady would die of embarassement that a graduate of his school could do no better than this. Your an athens boy to boot … come on i know you can and if you have nothing. Then don’t print. Quality not quanity. I’m sure its hard to spin UGA bad and Richt is on his way out every day. Besides that We need to be talking about the next step.
I don’t think we fire Richt this year unless we have a BIG NAME in the bag and i don’t mean Kirby Smart or Dan Mullen.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND RICHT NEEDS TO WIN 8 and with the 8 wins there CANNOT BE ANY EMBRASSING LOSSES. But if the AD and Adams pull the pug ( and they will because UGA will lose 2-3 in October) They need to go get there guy in secret and fire RICHT after the fact.
tampaBIGdawg
September 30th, 2011
4:23 pm
I agree I-DOG, but I still haven’t jumped on the fire Richt train yet. Sometimes I appreciate commitment and tradition more, i.e. Joe Pa. I am not saying Richt compares, but he has had success and will again. People are just so quick to pull the trigger, and have the “everything must be perfect, NOW” attitude. Even though the schedule is kinder to us this year, I think we can’t loose more than 2 more games and keep Richt. The team and program isn’t as far off as most imply. Subtle changes would completely change the scene on the field. Now if they can make those changes, is what will determine the fate. But some of history’s coaching greats have had awful years in the middle of their great years of coaching. I am tired of loosing, but I don’t want to loose everything.
tampaBIGdawg
September 30th, 2011
4:24 pm
*lose*
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
4:25 pm
If Mark Richt only wins 8 games, there have to be embarrassing losses.
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
4:27 pm
Missy State
vols
Vandie
New Mexico State
Kentucky
Georgia tek
bowl game is obviously against another cupcake, that is all we play in bowls
Which 1 of these 7 could Mark Richt lose and not be embarrassing ?
Answer : None.
This still leaves Florida – lose that and that is hugely embarrassing
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
4:28 pm
what would an Auburn loss be ?
Not embarrassing ?
None of these teams are any good
I-DOG
September 30th, 2011
4:28 pm
Desert Fox:
I share that concern. 3rd and 6 or 7 could be a little scary as this is the first mobile qb we have really faced this year. Hope we can get off the field on 3rd down.
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
4:29 pm
TampaBigDawg,
Name the 2 teams Mark Richt can lose to that neither would be embarrassing ?
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
4:31 pm
tampaBIGdawg
I can’t say I’ve ever been on the fire Richt wagon either. By the same token I am not a “let’s keep him because he’s such a great guy and good christian either. This is the age of McWin in college football. Richt is paid to win at most, be competitive at best. The last several years, we’ve had neither. Perhaps options do need to be explored. Winning and losing in college ball is ebb and flow. It comes and it goes. I don’t know that Richt will build another contender. It’s not because of the facilities or the talent as he has a plethora of both. Much too often we are flat out coached by teams with less. I will say, I lost all respect for him as a footballer as I walked away from the Liberty Bowl in the rain. That was without a doubt the worse coaching I have ever seen of my beloved Georgia Bulldawgs. That covers a lot of years my friend
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
4:31 pm
We certainly do not have a dual-threat QB
GT
September 30th, 2011
4:32 pm
Bizzaro Dawgs vs Bulldogs….
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
4:34 pm
I’d like to ask about 2002
1 other SEC team, only, ended up in the Coaches’ Poll Top 25 – Auburn # 14
Was The SEC down in 2002 ?
I am not saying that is Mark Richt’s fault. I am however asking if it is tainted. He did lose to a team who did not finish in the Top 25, Florida – going 0-11 on 3rd Down Conversions for the game.
Join us at the Kool-aid Bar
September 30th, 2011
4:36 pm
Thomas Brown
I take it your not going to join Altamaha Dawg, WDE, and Dawgin Lex at the bar tonight
We have a large and colorful selection of ice cold kool-aid
And if UGA beats Miss St a pitcher is on the house after the game. Your color of choice
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2011
4:41 pm
I am not down on the program.
I am studying it closely.
I believe 2002 was not much a season by SEC standards.
I also know for a fact that 2005 we ended up not # 1 in The SEC, but # 3 in the polls.
Frank Lane
September 30th, 2011
4:47 pm
UGA should win by three touchdowns.
tampaBIGdawg
September 30th, 2011
4:54 pm
Another loss too UF would definitely demolish the fan base, but I depending on how well UF does against Bama and LSU, I don’t think the AD would fire Richt. Same with Tech. I absolutely hate both of those teams, and they are our biggest rivalries, but at the same time, they are good programs for the season thus far. I can, a probably will change my opinion by game time of each, but if UF and GT both are only a 1 or 2 lose team by that point. The AD probably won’t make a change. Personally, a loss to either is unacceptable. If we loose to them and they are on the down turn then Richt gets let go. If they are still ranked and performing comparitively better coming into each game. He stays until his contract is up so we can spend is buyout on a better coach. I am willing to say the next coach UGA goes for will be proven and also will become the highest paid in the SEC, which probably means the highest paid in the country, barring any national changes.
tampaBIGdawg
September 30th, 2011
4:55 pm
sorry about spelling errors, don’t ream me on them.
Urban Meyer
September 30th, 2011
5:05 pm
Now that I’m out of the picture, I can speak freely. I think that you should give Mark Richt tenure and grant him a lifetime contract extension. I’ve already forgiven him for that whole dancy thing.
ga gator
September 30th, 2011
5:06 pm
Thomas Brown, I would say that Christian LeMay is an outstanding dual threat QB.
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
5:07 pm
I’m with you tampaBIG, a loss to either FL or the bugs is unacceptable. Perhaps more digestible if it is only to the bugs. I don’t think Richt can withstand another lost to the Gators and at 2-9, he shouldn’t. Richt had a number of those 9 losses that should have been wins even in his good years.
The buyout is a non-issue. Money is not in the equation. It’s the question McGarity has of rather Richt can get out of his funk and return to being a contender in the SEC east. Losing to FL is a no to that question.
Boise in ATL
September 30th, 2011
5:07 pm
Best of luck to the REAL DAWGS this weekend. Will be rooting for the Red & Black!
ga gator
September 30th, 2011
5:09 pm
ARdawg, the loss last year to a Gator team that started 3 true Freshman on defense should have been more embarrassing than this year. Last year’s UF offense was the worst since the year before Spurrier arrived in Gainesville and to give up 33 points should have gotten Grantham fired.
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
5:15 pm
ga gator
You won’t get any argument here. We were both awful last year and UGA was perhaps less awful than FL, we still couldn’t beat you. I can think of several other years we should have pounded the Gators. We were big, stronger, faster more talented and we still lost. Two of those years were to Zook. Richt has the mental lapse when it comes to the Gators. I mentioned upthread somewhere how he just flat gets out coached by less. It can happen to every coach and does but, it happens all too often to Richt. The Liberty Bowl was a prime example
alpha male
September 30th, 2011
5:27 pm
ardawg…thta bigger,stronger thing ain’t happened in the last 25 years…
ARdawg
September 30th, 2011
5:43 pm
alpha male,
You’d be wrong
Rotten in Denmark
September 30th, 2011
5:46 pm
The problem that none of you — critics or kool aid drinkers alike — seem to be realizing is that CMR doesn’t think anything needs to be improved. Go back and listen to his interviews, parse his words, watch his actions. He’s very satisified with the way things are and have been for the past 3 years. If we give him more time, we get more of the same.
And to everyone saying “we’re getting better as a team each week…” isn’t the whole idea of the pre-season is to become as good as you can be week #1? Big Whoop, by the time we beat the yellow bellies in November on our last regular season game, we’ve finally become a decent team? Guess those first 3 months of games – including all the conference games — are just practice.
Honestly, I don’t see how you all drive to work each day, you’ve got your heads so far up your colons all you can see is yesterday’s lunch.
Delbert D.
September 30th, 2011
5:51 pm
Must win…that’s a tough one…let’s see…yeah, go ahead and win. But don’t ask me again.
whatacrew
September 30th, 2011
6:12 pm
Bill King – you mentioned “Georgia’s Isaiah Crowell is coming into his own.” – yeah – but that is against very lame defenses such as Ole Miss (Vandy’s back had about 180 yards against them) and Coastal Carolina – which I can even run through them. I do think MSU is overrated – I mean Lossie Tech nearly beat them. Either way Bulldogs win.
Texas Dawg
September 30th, 2011
6:39 pm
Dawgs over MSU 31 to 17
Join us at the Kool-aid Bar
September 30th, 2011
6:41 pm
The kool-aid bar will be at South side gates by the bridge under the shade tree
We will be serving fresh kool-aid to all those Dream Team Fans
Buy 2 drinks and get a free foam finger for when Richt says its time to cheer
17 games, 8W's and 9 losses
September 30th, 2011
6:41 pm
The real story in this game is if Ben Jones is able to walk out of the game. Last year Jones
put a cheap shot on MSU def tackle Flechter. It occured 20 yards down field from
the line of scrimage, with the MSU running back 10-15 yards in front of them.
As they trotted behind the play, Jones chopped blocked Flechter and put him out of the game and the next as well. I believe MSU has something in mind for Jones—–they will be going at his legs until they put him outof the game. Pay back is hell but, he brough it on himself.
Daniel#12
September 30th, 2011
6:43 pm
Until AD steps in and takes the mascot away from Sonny, we will be doomed to the sick, lame looking mascots of the last several years. Bring on the pup Isaiah held up at signing. He should be old enough now.
Rotten in Denmark
September 30th, 2011
7:02 pm
MSU wins, doesn’t matter if it’s by 1 or 100. They will win. We lose.
CMR won’t care. Won’t change a thing. Doesn’t think it needs changing.
AD McGarity won’t take any action. Either silence or lip service.
Status stays quo.
Morons will continue to gulp down the kool aid and think all we need is just more cheers to get a NC.
Half the AJC writers will continue to bash CMR, the other two will continue to try and tip toe around the obvious.
SEC West will continue to outpace the East and leave it in the dust.
SEC East will re-stratifie its layers and UGA becomes the new perenial bottom dweller. Vandy will rise a slot above simply because it will become a “who knows?” team, whereas UGA becomes a team expected to lose everytime, and seldom fails to live down to expectations.
UGA relegated to has-been status for decades.
Glory, Glory to Old Georga
After we lose to MSU – fire them all. Immediately. At the end of the game. Charge them rent if they haven’t cleaned out their offices by Sunday morning. Give them a police escort to the city limits and lock the gates behind them.
Turn the coaching for the rest of the season over to the RedCoat Band.
Worried you’ll just see L’s the rest of the season? Other than NMS, we will anyway. And I could beat NMS all by myself while in a full body cast.
icedawg
September 30th, 2011
7:07 pm
Well State has had Bulldog bragging rights for the year after what they did to us. If the offense and special teams don’t give away any points and the defense doesn’t spend most of the game on the field, then Georgia should prevail. We’ve got more talent. 24-14 DAWGS in a dogfight. I still think that the season pans out 8-4, losses to BS, SC, UT and UF. The Wreck ain’t lookin’ so bad either, that could be the killer.
Pago Pago DAWG
September 30th, 2011
7:22 pm
So if Crowell is the second best rb in the USA, why isn’t our record better!
Delbert D.
September 30th, 2011
7:32 pm
We’ll look at the tape, and clean some stuff up. I think we are still headed in a positive direction. One game doesn’t make or break a season. Everybody played hard, I’m sure that we can move on from this.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 30th, 2011
7:43 pm
If MSU beats us tommorrow it will be the first time since WWII they beat us in Athens
Tiger Mania
September 30th, 2011
7:44 pm
Losing on satuday ends the tenure for CMR.
Tiger Mania
September 30th, 2011
7:47 pm
Burnt Toast for Auburn in Columbia, and burnt fanny for CMR in Athens.
luxomni
September 30th, 2011
7:50 pm
Uga has more talented players. Bully has more of a team. It should be a good game with a lot on the line. Bully is coming off two tough losses and an overtime win over a lesser team. Uga is also trying to get on the right track. This game could be the key to a successful season for the top dog.
Personally, I don’t have a dog in this hunt, just an interested SEC fan. I have to go with Bully, but a flat nose.
Tiger Mania
September 30th, 2011
7:50 pm
How many players jump off the train conducted by CMR before that train wrecks?
Seriously
September 30th, 2011
7:53 pm
You guys should try running that high school offense that GT uses. They seem to be having success with it
Seriously
September 30th, 2011
7:54 pm
Oh please, Crowell isn’t even the best back in the SEC!
Seriously
September 30th, 2011
7:55 pm
He might be the 3rd or 4th best back in the SEC.
Eaassyy
September 30th, 2011
8:00 pm
four games in and Tek fans think they are world beaters. can’t beat uga and can’t win a bowl game. so your offensive racked up some major yards against crappy teams. yawn. call me in November losers. Try winning a bowl game too then maybe you’ll get some respect around here.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 30th, 2011
8:00 pm
Seriously
What success has GT had
I havent seen it
If you mean losing to sorry UGA teams
successful Im confused
Eaassyy
September 30th, 2011
8:00 pm
he’s a true freshman moron. and he’s legit.
Eaassyy
September 30th, 2011
8:01 pm
marcus lattimore, trent richardson, crowell? he’s in pretty good company. next point?
Hairy Perry
September 30th, 2011
8:01 pm
SSIgator……………………………………………way to much time on your hands dude.
Eaassyy
September 30th, 2011
8:05 pm
uga is not a good team. i don’t think anybody will deny it. but for tek fans to be talking smack to us after a full decade of complete domination is downright ignorant.
Hairy Perry
September 30th, 2011
8:06 pm
Crowell is going to be a monster when he beafs up!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 30th, 2011
8:07 pm
Eaassy
A full 2 decades
5-20
Hairy Perry
September 30th, 2011
8:09 pm
Eaassyy,
It’s been alot longer than a decade. Try 30 years!
WestOfAthens
September 30th, 2011
8:24 pm
Enter your comments here
WestOfAthens
September 30th, 2011
8:25 pm
It’s Great To Be A…….Georgia Bulldog
The season is young, for all teams
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 30th, 2011
8:30 pm
I thought Tech was supposed to have smart people attending their school
I guess thats untrue
This week GT Bob comes on here and says Tech will play for the national title
Tonight Seriously comes on here and says UGA should use their offense due to their success
Looks to me the students and Tech grads must be some of the dumbest idiots Ive seen
Pago Pago DAWG
September 30th, 2011
8:59 pm
Have you noticed that the BYU players tonite don’t do the slap dance/hip hop dance after every play…..but tomorrow ?????
Ghost of Johnny Griffith
September 30th, 2011
9:23 pm
Well, it’s an Engineering School so what do you expect? Perfection? Dawgs will do it!
Kramer
September 30th, 2011
9:53 pm
I can’t believe Gator fans are on here talking trash with the beatdown they have coming tomorrow night.
SatillaDawg
September 30th, 2011
10:06 pm
Go Dawgs!
Beat Mississippi State!
DAWGFAN IN MT.P S.C.!
September 30th, 2011
10:06 pm
GET A LIFE! U PEOPLE HAVE WAY TO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS TO BE ARGUING ON CHAT LINES OVER THINGS U CAN NOT CONTROL! ARMCHAIR QB’S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAWGFAN IN MT.P S.C.!
September 30th, 2011
10:07 pm
I FORGOT! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SatillaDawg
September 30th, 2011
10:08 pm
Did y’all see that ridiculous SEC Network error during last week’s UGA/Ole Miss game?
They were honoring great SEC football players, and they ran a graphic, with photos, of Herschel Walker that claimed Herschel “was the University of Georgia’s first and only Heisman Trophy winner.”
Oh really?
What about Frank Sinkwich, UGA running back, Heisman Trophy Winner, 1942.
The two guys announcing the game didn’t even challege the error.
And they call themselves the SEC Network!
Pitiful.
Go Dawgs! (The ONLY Bulldogs that matter)
SatillaDawg
September 30th, 2011
10:14 pm
Contrary to what was reported on last week’s regional television broadcast of the UGA vs Ole Miss game, Herschel Walker WAS NOT “the University of Georgia’s first and only Heisman Trophy winner.”
Frank Sinkwich, UGA senior running back, won the Heisman Trophy in 1942.
The two guys announcing the game didn’t even challenge the error!
Go Dawgs!
mark PRicht
September 30th, 2011
10:17 pm
and what was wrong with that?
SOUTHGADAWG88
September 30th, 2011
10:25 pm
I don’t think any old records matter in ANY sport until intergration.It simply wasn’t the best athletes competing.It was the best of who was allowed to play…they should all come with a disclaimer.
Still@theBAR
September 30th, 2011
11:27 pm
RUSS is a multi-colored mutt that HIDEs in the mutthouse. UGA has no shot at the SEC CG unless the other teams fold and the Mutts can back in the game and get KILLED by LSU or BAMA.
Still@theBAR
September 30th, 2011
11:31 pm
SouthGaDawg88
The NEW records should come with a Disclaimer too. If the players can Graduate or READ the NFL contract then They were not really College players. KING and EALEY’S records don’t count then too.
alpha male
September 30th, 2011
11:45 pm
LSU has 3 backs as good as Crowell…Ware, Ford, and Blue are the real deal…Crowell is typical Columbus _____. fill in the blank…i say garbage is the missing word…
alpha male
September 30th, 2011
11:47 pm
ps: florida upsets bama…and bully is a much better looking dawg than those genetic freaks you are getting in savannah…
Inspector G
October 1st, 2011
12:45 am
Well well well…fake bulldogs. I wonder what Alan Keyes has to say about that?
http://www.hailtothee.com
FRANK
October 1st, 2011
12:59 am
Will Christian Robinson play vs Miss State?
Thomas Brown
October 1st, 2011
12:59 am
ga gator September 30th, 2011 5:06 pm
“Thomas Brown, I would say that Christian LeMay is an outstanding dual threat QB.”
I was told by every single Mark Richt fan that Aaron Murray (1) is a dual-threat QB and (2) that he is the Best QB in The entire SEC. Mark Richt is saving Christian LeMay for the next coach, which had better be a proven head coach because Mark Richt doesn’t know how to (1) evaluate talent nor (2) hire and fire anyone.
Thomas Brown
October 1st, 2011
1:13 am
ga gator September 30th, 2011 5:09 pm
“ARdawg, the loss last year to a Gator team that started 3 true Freshman on defense should have been more embarrassing than this year. Last year’s UF offense was the worst since the year before Spurrier arrived in Gainesville and to give up 33 points should have gotten Grantham fired.”
That is not what happened, at all. Aaron Murray Fumbled two times, threw 3 Interceptions, was Sacked two times, Settled for a Field Goal in the Red Zone, stole 9 rushes for 14 yards total, Flung 37 passes – and single-handedly GAVE the game to Florida. Amazing. Now, it’s the fault of Todd Grantham and Defense. Utterly amazing. That loss is on Aaron Murray. Don’t get me started.
Thomas Brown
October 1st, 2011
1:45 am
icedawg September 30th, 2011 7:07 pm
“We’ve got more talent. 24-14 DAWGS in a dogfight. I still think that the season pans out 8-4, losses to BS, SC, UT and UF. The Wreck ain’t lookin’ so bad either, that could be the killer.”
How many games have we had the better talent in the Mark Richt era and LOST ? The number is 16 games vs teams who would not have finished in the Top 25 if they did not beat us anyway. 10 of the 16 games we had the better talent, even after they beat Mark Richt, they still did not finish in the Top 25. vols and Florida are both as down as they ever have been. FU has no QB, a coach with no experience and has no way to finish in the Top 25. Georgia tek, too, has no hope of ending in the Top 25 and has not won a Major Bowl Game since 1955. By the way, we had better talent than SC too. SC has a bunch of losses coming, but when we settled for 5 field goals with our tweeting QB 2 Fumbles, Interception, 5 of 12 on 3rd Down Conversions, 2 Sacks, and 7 rushes for 9 yards, we – Aaron Murray – handed the football game to a team whose QB was FAR SUPERIOR to Aaron Murray in that game, too. Quit telling folks how we have so much more TALENT.
dawg I
October 1st, 2011
4:39 am
Mark this down—-GA will beat miss state like a rented mule. Richt’s got this train rolling to the SEC East title! Crowell runs wild, Dawgs win easy: Ga 39 miss st 20!
GT football notebook:
October 1st, 2011
5:45 am
Who has the ‘real’ number one scoring offense in the nation?
Georgia Tech
Burma Shave
October 1st, 2011
7:36 am
Will The “Real” Bulldog
Please Stand Up?
Oops! Hip Dysplasia
In That All-White Pup
Burma Shave©
GeorgiaFootball101
October 1st, 2011
8:16 am
Great Article Bill! Go Dawgs!(:
Still@theBAR
October 1st, 2011
9:14 am
Bully looks healthy.
Russ looks fat and slow.
Moron dawg fan
October 1st, 2011
10:08 am
Our dawg’ alot purdier!
Flo-Ri-Duh
October 1st, 2011
10:14 am
This will be a game won by turnovers and physical conditioning in the 4th quarter. Walsh will be the key – if he misses ONE field goal UGA will lose. If he makes them UGA will win. This will be a close one. Good luck Dawgs.
Rotten in Denmark
October 1st, 2011
10:17 am
dawg I
October 1st, 2011
4:39 am
Mark this down—-GA will beat miss state like a rented mule. Richt’s got this train rolling to the SEC East title! Crowell runs wild, Dawgs win easy: Ga 39 miss st 20!
dawg I — posts from coaches wives don’t get much credence here
Burma Shave
October 1st, 2011
10:23 am
Burma Shave at 7:36 am is an imposter.
News Flash
October 1st, 2011
10:25 am
FLASH FLASH FLASH!!!
Richt to coach in Miami. Details are coming in.
Burma Shave
October 1st, 2011
11:38 am
Burma Shave is a big-time fan of the original Burma Shave.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Still@theBAR
October 1st, 2011
12:26 pm
Bill why are you not doing a live from the game blog?
Bradley is such a TOOL who wants to read his trash.
David Granger
October 1st, 2011
12:56 pm
I think the SEC’s two “same name” games should be Trophy games…with the trophy being the exclusive right to use the name until next season. The winner of the MSU – UGA game either becomes or remains “Bulldogs”, while the loser must be something like “Sissy Dogs”. Same with LSU – Auburn. Winner is “Tigers” for the next year, loser is “Whipped Kitty” (or something similar). Special Caveat: If Auburn loses and tries to slide by using “Hilltoppers” or “War Eagles”, then they start next season’s game down 7-0 and have to kick off both halves.
Still@theBAR
October 1st, 2011
1:01 pm
David you are a Moron………….and you can keep that name FOREVER………….
Myanmar Shave
October 2nd, 2011
10:46 am
Bully Is The Superior Bulldog
Russ Is Seriously Lame
But Fortunately For Georgia
The Bulldogs Don’t Play The Game
Myanmar Shave©