Fan talk: Lesson for Mark Richt is beware of live microphones
Mark Richt obviously didn't know his comments to James Franklin were being overheard. (Associated Press)
Time to check some Junkyard Mail. …
Reagan Mabry writes: I have read the various comments/articles and watched all of the videos of the blow-up at the end of the game. I am very disturbed by what Mark Richt said to [Vanderbilt Coach James] Franklin. Do you think this will only continue to hurt the morale down the road by Richt calling one of his players a dumba–? I don’t agree with what Shawn Williams did after the game to another coach and that should not tolerated, but Vandy was throwing cheap shots and we could only guess what was being said on the field. I agree that Grantham went overboard but, come on Richt, vanilla coat that like everything else you do.
Because of the bleeping, it’s difficult to tell exactly what Richt says on the videotape, but assuming the Nashville TV station’s transcript is accurate, it was surprisingly frank talk on the part of the coach, though obviously not intended for public consumption. A couple of thoughts on that: First, Richt learned a lesson, that as a public figure you should always assume you’re in the vicinity of a live mic. Would Richt have made those comments if he’d known anyone other than Franklin was going to hear them? Probably not. But Richt was angered over the melee at the end of the game, and what he said was correct. No matter how many cheap shot chop blocks the Vandy players committed (and there were many), Shawn Williams mouthing off to the opposing coach after the game was dumb. And Richt’s description of Grantham’s post-game shenanigans (assuming that’s what he was talking about) is just an earthier way of saying what he said elsewhere: That’s not the Georgia way. As for the impact of Richt’s post-game comments, I doubt there’ll be much. The players and coaches involved already knew he was highly displeased. It’s simplistic to view all this and say Todd Grantham has his players’ backs and Richt doesn’t. Not only did Grantham’s tirade set a bad example for his players and embarrass UGA, it probably cost him the use of Williams in the first half of the Florida game. It’s very doubtful conference officials would have reviewed the tape and decided to suspend Williams for a play on which he wasn’t flagged during the game if the Franklin-Grantham showdown hadn’t occurred.
Jeremy Floyd writes: Very concerned that UGA hasn’t beaten a good team since Tech in ’09. Before that have to go back to 2008. Do you think this team really has what it takes? I just don’t see them beating both Florida and Auburn, but hopefully I’m wrong.
This team is fully capable of beating both Florida and Auburn, but it has yet to put together a complete game against lesser opponents and if that continues I’d say it’s bucking the odds to expect the Dogs to win both of those games. I’m hopeful they’ll rise to the occasion.
Craig Plank writes: Hey Bill, First of all I love reading your posts throughout the week and I love how honest you are with your feelings about the Dawgs. I live in Tennessee in the Nashville area and I am starting to get the feeling that most SEC fans are thinking the Dawgs are just gonna fall into the SEC championship and truly not deserve their chance. What’s your feelings about that?
I think if the Dogs make it to the SEC Championship game, they’ll certainly deserve to be there because they will probably have beaten Florida and Auburn and they should have beaten South Carolina. Now, how they’d match up against Alabama or LSU is not something I want to think about too much at this point.
Rontavius Smith writes: Hey Junkyard, I want to know why does [Mike] Bobo call run plays that send Carlton Thomas up the middle when he is a scat back? Wouldn’t it be reasonable to send him to space being that he has speed? The next question is do they believe they can get the offense to run on all cylinders when they play UF, because in my opinion I believe they have to score touchdowns instead of FGs to beat UF.
I’ve never understood trying to run the diminutive Thomas up the middle, considering Georgia’s offensive line, but fortunately there’s been much less of that this season. You’re right that Thomas can be very effective when he gets some space to work in. And I agree with you that attempting field goals (which are no longer a lock with a yippy Blair Walsh) is not going to get it done against the Gators. The two keys there are going to be whether Aaron Murray continues to improve at ball security and how healthy and effective Isaiah Crowell is.
Allen Kennedy writes: Bill, I heard that caller [on "Bulldog Hotline" about Georgia's red zone woes]. I have the same questions. Also, on our opening drive, we are 3rd & 5. We only need 6 yards and we throw a 30 yard pass!? A low percentage play! We have to settle for what used to be an automatic field goal attempt. And for some reason we keep calling low percentage plays on 3rd down. And another thing, why do we keep sending our 3’s & 4’s on special teams when other teams have their 1’s & 2’s out there? The reward for our 3rd stringers should be the privlege of wearing the “G,” not playing on special teams. And one last comment: I was glad to see Grantham take up for the boys after the game. At least somebody has their backs! Thanks Bill, I enjoy the blogs.
I don’t question Grantham supporting his players; I just question the manner in which he did it. As for the playcalling on third down, I agree with you completely. The Dogs seem to make it harder on themselves than it needs to be. And special teams are pretty much a disaster at UGA. Richt’s whole approach to that aspect of the game needs to be rethought.
Josh Cuevas writes: Bill, Once again, strong, even-handed analysis on your part. Two questions: Is there any team in college football right now, or that you can remember in the recent past, with a superior defensive backfield to the current Dogs? Between Boykin, Smith, Rambo, Williams, and Commings, we have not just five solid performers, but five star-quality All-SEC type players back there. I don’t recall a team having that much high quality depth in the defensive backfield. The Dogs defense is finally looking like the “D” of old, stopping the run up front (for the most part), wreaking some havoc on the opposing quarterbacks, and creating turnovers in the secondary. On offense, we’ve got a good quarterback, some receivers have emerged, Crowell has lived up to expectations when he can stay on the field, and the massive O-line has probably performed a little better than initially expected. But it all seems to come apart on offense in the second half. Is this a conditioning issue or is it a result of the opposing coaches making better halftime adjustments and essentially out-coaching our staff? If not for the second half meltdowns and horrific breakdowns on special teams, we could be a Top 10 caliber team right now. What’s causing this second half ineptitude and how should it be addressed?
Georgia’s defensive secondary is extremely talented, and certainly looks like it could be the best the Dogs have had since early in the Richt regime. The next few games will tell the tale. As for the offense in the second half, some games have been better than others, but generally I think it’s been skewed by Mike Bobo calling the games conservatively with a lead.
Harold A. Black ‘66 writes: [The Vanderbilt] game had the dumbest call I have seen in my 50 years of going to the Dawgs. We were at the game and I was stunned that the Dogs just didn’t snap the ball and either take a knee or run around. It was 4th down with 15 seconds on the clock and Vandy did not have a timeout. Snap the ball and the game is over. Instead they were going to kick and give Vandy and chance to run it back and win? Worse, give them an opportunity to block the punt? No way. Richt is too smart for that — right? Wrong. We were lucky that Vandy could not get a handle on the blocked punt or else they would have won. Also that first pass hit the receiver in the hands and we could have lost it there. How could Richt have been so out of it is beyond me.
I don’t know that taking a knee would have been the answer, since it would have given Vandy pretty good field position (though not as good as the blocked punt). But certainly the decision to switch punt formations during the time out was a poor one and the punt team did a horrendous job of executing (other than Drew Butler’s game-saving tackle). But there’s no rhyme or reason to Georgia’s approach to special teams play.
SSgt David Forston writes: Greetings Junkyard, I am currently deployed to Afghanistan and did not get to watch the Bulldogs play [against Vandy], but from what I am reading don’t sound like I missed too much. Like you, I hate when the Dawgs play like pure trash but I have to say I’ll take an ugly win (Vandy) over a pretty loss (S.C.) any day and at the end of the day a W is a W. I have a few questions for you going into the bye week and as the Dawgs get geared up for the greatest outdoor cocktail party. 1) What is happening with our special teams play? B. Walsh clearly has something wrong with him. Have you heard any word going around of maybe replacing him and during all of this is our special teams coach taking any heat? 2) Any news on Crowell and why he was set out for the first quarter? I think the kid has a ton of talent and I am looking foward to seeing him run the rock for a few more years. If he was out for trouble issues I hope CMR can get his head right and maybe this will be a wake up call for him. 3) Last but not least, do you think our D was finally out of gas or do you think Vandy opened up some weaknesses and holes in our D? I know that for the last few weeks the D has carried this team and I hope they were just worn down. As much as I dislike not having a UGA game on a Saturday I think this coming up week is much needed. Can’t wait for that Saturday in Jax to see them Dawgs keep this winning steak going. Take care Junkyard and GO DAWGS!
Georgia’s special teams play, which doesn’t have one overall coach, is a mess right now, but I don’t think there’s been any serious consideration to benching Walsh. The coaches apparently think he’s still the best option. They’ve never said exactly why Crowell was benched in the first quarter but there’ve been rumors involving him getting a bit mouthy with some staffer. Obviously Richt was trying to teach him a lesson. As for the defense, I think a combination of Vandy’s cut blocking and some sloppy play on the part of the Dogs resulted in the Commodores being able to run on Georgia better than expected. I’m hoping the run defense can get back on track after the off week. Thanks for reading and for your service, and stay safe!
Alan Powell writes: Why, why, why won’t Richt play Hutson Mason any? If something happens to Aaron Murray, playing experience will be most beneficial for both the team and Mason.
I agree it would be beneficial for Mason to get more real-game experience. The problem is that Georgia hasn’t been able to get far enough ahead of anyone to put in the backup quarterback. With a mere 5 point lead over Vandy, you didn’t really expect to see Mason coming in during the fourth quarter, did you?
I’ve gotten a lot of letters this week and since there’s no game Saturday, I’ll answer more of them then. So if you’ve got a question or issue you’d like to raise, send it to junkyardblawg@gmail.com.
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516 comments Add your comment
me
October 20th, 2011
11:07 am
Michael Carvell is a loser and should be fired from the AJC.
david
October 20th, 2011
11:15 am
nice time for the bye, unfortunately, Fl has one as well. Man this is a big game coming up.
DIT
October 20th, 2011
11:16 am
Can’t be thinking of any other game right now, but the next. Bobo needs to pull his head out of his tail and be unpredictable with his play calling. Wow, what a diffrence a good OC would make on this team.
iago's yoda
October 20th, 2011
11:17 am
For the past 3-4 years, the entire program has had more drama than a busload
of teenage girls on Peyton Place.
Sheesh. Enough is enough.
How about some real strength and leadership?
This isn’t a team, it’s the modern NBA.
SSG Desert Dawg
October 20th, 2011
11:20 am
Harold A. Black ‘66,
The clock stops on a change of possession…which would have happened if they would have taken a knee, and it would be difficult for Drew Butler to run out 15 seconds.
Mad Dog 1
October 20th, 2011
11:23 am
Bill think CMR should watch how he talks about his players & coaches it can do nothing but hurt. If I had a boss who would throw me under the buss without talking to me first it would bring into question his loyalty to me and others. As always GO DOGS & GATA
dap01
October 20th, 2011
11:23 am
CMR disappoints me in his not taking up for HIS players. CMR disappoints me in his continued poor ORGANIZATION and coaching for special teams. CMR disappoints me in letting Bobo continue to mismanage our offense.
Buckhead Dawg
October 20th, 2011
11:24 am
I said it after the SC game and I’ll say it again: Dogs needed to go 9 – 1 rest of season and that one loss can’t be to Florida. …or Richt is, and should be, toast.
weezie
October 20th, 2011
11:24 am
Crowell is already a problem w/ his jawing at opponents during games. He is being handled very carefully already by coaching staff. I also get the feeling own players are already putting up w/ him. How many times have you seen anybody help him get up after play?
Kissinger
October 20th, 2011
11:24 am
I think Richt handled the whole thing poorly. Even if he was accurate about Grantham and Williams’ behavior, you don’t throw your own people under the bus. You say, “I’m sorry coach. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll take care of it. Good game.” Grantham and Williams’s lack of class was followed by CMR’s. I know it was a heated moment, but he’s paid millions to handle heated moments. Otherwise, anybody could do his job.
bill
October 20th, 2011
11:25 am
My mantra until 10/29 is “Beat Florida this year, CMR, or be gone…”
Still@theBAR
October 20th, 2011
11:27 am
Fans you can’t without out then but you can call the same thing Richt called his player and coach. Fans if only the game could be played with no fans full of morons. What would SEC fans do all day if they couldn’t get drunk at the games and cuss at ladies and children.
Jeffro Bodeen
October 20th, 2011
11:28 am
CMR = WIMP
Bobo gotta go-go!
macrotech
October 20th, 2011
11:28 am
CMR, more than likely regrets the way he responded to the coach at vandy….that said, WHO hasn’t misspoken when caught off guard by a situation that, at the time was lacking details? I’d be willing to bet that CMR has spoken to Shawn Williams and apologized for his words while pointing out that he doesn’t need to be running his mouth after the game…regardless the outcome of the game or the way it was played. Sadly, all this happened at the front end of a by-week and there will much written about this latest incident. The whole thing was played out poorly…by both sides. UGA needs to get focused on those Gators….otherwise, they’ll be donating another win down in Jacksonville!
SSG Desert Dawg
October 20th, 2011
11:30 am
I have a question for you, Bill. Why does Chip Towers keep making the events after the Vany game seem much worse than what they were? I saw the video, and it was hardly a melee, Geathers reactions was hardly a “punch”, and James Franklin was just as much to blame as Grantham or Williams (not condoning either of their actions). I usually like Mr. Towers articles, but he seemed to be in attack mode this week. I’m just sayin.
Big Albany Dawg
October 20th, 2011
11:30 am
@Josh Cuevas. (”superior defensive backfield”) What are you smoking?
Still@theBAR
October 20th, 2011
11:30 am
Butler could run around for a few seconds and take the Safety. He would have a better option on kicking to Vandy to end the game.
SSG Desert Dawg
October 20th, 2011
11:34 am
Still@theBAR,
I wouldn’t trust Butler to make it to the endzone before a Vandy player caught him. They were around the 20 or 30 yardline. I would have been even worse if he was tackled before making it to the endzone.
Jeffro Bodeen
October 20th, 2011
11:36 am
I bet Coach Franklin went into his locker room and told everyone “Settle down…I’ve spoken to Coach Richt and he will take care of evrything”!
Valdosta DAWG
October 20th, 2011
11:36 am
http://KeepMarkRicht.com
Dawg Boston
October 20th, 2011
11:38 am
Walsh gets tired towards the end of the game and his kick off tend to be terrible in late 3rd and 4th quarter. Why don’t we let Walsh kick field goal and let Bogotay do the kick off. It may help Walsh in the consistency in his filed goal kicking style
Marie
October 20th, 2011
11:39 am
KEEP THE STINKING MICROPHONES OUT OF THE FACES OF COACHES!!!!!!
This isn’t church – it’s a football game and these are coaches! If you are so disturbed by
what you hear, go play checkers. Wussification!!!!!
Afan
October 20th, 2011
11:41 am
they could have set up in punt formation and had any player back there run around for a few seconds and run to the end zone and take a safety. game over.
hornblowermg
October 20th, 2011
11:45 am
mcr’s backstabbing of his coaches and players is just about as bad as franklin’s lying and being a liar. i would like to see Kenny Malcolm run the ball between the tackles like he is capable.
george
October 20th, 2011
11:45 am
the uga program is such a damn joke. Thank god someone FINALLY got suspended after 3 fights/skirmishes in 9 games. The fact that the ass clown grantham is still a coach is absurd.
Athens= God's Country
October 20th, 2011
11:45 am
Should have kicked it Rugby style.
sogadog
October 20th, 2011
11:46 am
To S. Sgt. David Fortson: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION!!!
Rob in Chapel Hill
October 20th, 2011
11:46 am
Hi Bill, is the Nashville TV transcript that you mentioned available on-line anywhere?
Let's talk about UGA!
October 20th, 2011
11:48 am
Checked out the BCS rankings today.
We’re still not listed.
What’s wrong with those people?
Let's talk about UGA!
October 20th, 2011
11:50 am
A few more Costal Carolinas and we can climb our way back to the top.
DTC
October 20th, 2011
11:50 am
Why not put Mason in anyway. Maybe he can get enough of a lead to put Murray back in. Murray will only carry this team so far, and I am very concerned that we are already there.
Bob Z
October 20th, 2011
11:50 am
On the punt, I think that a rugby put at that point would have been perfect. They overloaded the right so run left, chew off some seconds, then kick it out of bounds. Just my .02. That about all it’s worth.
Let's talk about UGA!
October 20th, 2011
11:50 am
Maybe we’ll get some respect after the UK game.
Bucksnort Bulldog
October 20th, 2011
11:51 am
Posting your complaints here isn’t doing any good, except possibly releiving some frustration. If you didn’t like what happened, voice your opinion to Greg McGarity.
Bill King
October 20th, 2011
11:51 am
Rob in Chapel Hill:
You can see the transcript and view the video here:
http://www.wsmv.com/story/15721510/franklin-goes-off-to-uga-coach-richt?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6361445
harold
October 20th, 2011
11:51 am
Enter your comments here
Spanky
October 20th, 2011
11:52 am
Bill, some of these comments have to make your head spin!! Hats off to ya, buddy! I, for one, am really excited to play Florida now!…tell ya why..1) we looked weak in the second half against Vandy, problem exposed and 2 weeks is enough time to fix it. 2) Ogletree and Washington coming back are HUGE! I think people forgot about ‘Tree during his healing process, not to mention Corny having his best game the last time he played. Both wanna remind the Dawgnation of what they bring! 3) Now that ‘Tree is back, Williams can rotate to his old spot..our depth now is pretty freaking good, is what I’m sayin’! Damien Swann is also getting better, as well as Sanders Commings. Things are coming together, and I think we’re gonna be pleasantly surprised after the game’s over! Go Dawgs, and have a good day!
PrimeTime
October 20th, 2011
11:53 am
I actually agree with Coach Richt calling Williams or Grantham a dumba**. Nothing wrong with speaking the truth. Williams acted like one for most of the game. Grantham needs to be a strong leader, not a strong screamer.
Tater Jones
October 20th, 2011
11:53 am
Are we sure Coach Richt wasn’t merely talking about the AJC reporter he was going to have to talk with after the game?
dawgman
October 20th, 2011
11:53 am
Come on guys! He knew Franklin was out of control! CMR just agreed with him so he could diffuse the situation with the 2 teams ready to go at it in a visitors stadium. Franklin has nothing to lose as a first year coach at Vandy and Richt had the Florida game coming up and didn’t want to loose half his players or coaches if things were to escalate in a heated situation. Cooler heads prevail! We are on a 5 game winning streak and tied for 1st in the east so get off the guy!!
harold
October 20th, 2011
11:54 am
RICHT IS A CLASSY GUY BUT UGA HAS AN IMAGE PROBLEM ( MIAMI OF THE SEC). GRANTHAM AND FRAKLIN NEED TO TEACH YOUNG MEN HOW TO DEAL WITH CONFLICT. VERBAL ASSAULTS DON’T DO THAT.
Spike 80DF
October 20th, 2011
11:55 am
wow, calling your own player names to the other coach? get him outta here and bring in a REAL coach please McGarity!!!
tlsack
October 20th, 2011
11:55 am
If we do make it to the sec championship game we need to thank the schedulers and fate….
We play the bottom 3 teams in the West, Florida has lost its first 2 QBs, Lattimore is out for the year and Shaw is still green (and they still have Arkansas to play), and Auburn lost half its team (and 85% of its talent) from a year ago (At least fairley isnt there to stab anyone this year).
Also, we might be very well capable of beatnig AU and UF, but they are also very capable of beating us.
PrimeTime
October 20th, 2011
11:55 am
Enter your comments here
True Dawg
October 20th, 2011
11:56 am
Richt through his boys under the bus before talking with them-how disapointing! And has not criticized those chop blocks of Vandys-what do we do?
Tater Jones
October 20th, 2011
11:56 am
Why is Mark Richt using so many bad words in this, his FINAL season at UGA?
“Letting It All Hang Out,” I suppose…
DIT
October 20th, 2011
11:57 am
Good grief people IT’S OVER! Please let it go. All you’re doing is beating a dead horse. All of you experts that were right there on the field when CMR & Franklin. None of you have a clue of what transpired on the field and after.
Let it go and stop feeding the fuel for the haters to continue calling us whiners! It’s over, concentrate on Florida
Go Dawgs!
Lindsey
October 20th, 2011
11:58 am
Not many people truly know what CMR said on the tape, but from what it looks like he said, I am sure he regrets it now. But who hasn’t said things they regret in the heat of the moment? I am sure looking back now both players and coaches wish the ending of the game would have gone differently. Now the Dawgs just need to get ready and use their fire to pull together a complete 4 quarter game to beat the Gators. Anyone ever see the things Judas Muschamp yells out on the sidelines??!! I believe the Dawgs can win it. And regarding Auburn, I have no doubt the players who were there last year will forget that game. I think Aaron Murray will play his best against Auburn after what Nick Fairley pulled last year. GO DAWGS!!!
Summit Dawg
October 20th, 2011
11:58 am
Richt said he “Loves Crowell!”…..we are just half way into the season……where was his “love” for
Ealey????….He and BooBoo are playing just conservative enough to come close to losing the game, but just enough jto maintain his high $ job…..I say it’s time for he and BooBoo both to be gone!!!!
K. Reeves
October 20th, 2011
11:58 am
I am a former Vandy player. I will tell you personally and unbiasedly that UGA is well known as a trash talking, obnoxious team. They always get away with late hits and cheap shots that go uncalled and dismissed. I was born in Athens, I have friends that play and have played for UGA but that is how it is. While I did see the cheapshot a Vandy player committed, that is not characteristic so let’s not act like UGA is the victim here. Take this from somebody who has had their leg twisted under a pile vs UGA. I have the upmost respect for Coach Richt and Coach Franklin. But Shawn Williams needed to be addressed. Also lets not forget Williams open hand punched Vandy’s kicker Carey Spears if you check the game film. Anyways I wish the best of luck moving forward to both teams and most of all hope they continue clean football.
JaxDawg05
October 20th, 2011
11:59 am
SSG Desert Dawg. You mean the same Chip Towers that was sitting on the steps of the library before the USCe game for that piece ESPN ran on how the UGA football program is going down the drain? Maybe he’s trying to get a job with ESPN covering SEC football?
Mark PRicht
October 20th, 2011
12:00 pm
this is not going to look good on his missionary resume…
Let's talk about UGA!
October 20th, 2011
12:03 pm
Folks,
It’s OK. I slipped up in front of a microphone once. I got drunk at a party and told everyone that my sister was ‘hot.’
Now, we’re married.
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
12:04 pm
I understand how everyone is concerned about how they didn’t run out the clock with 15 seconds remaining. With all the problems with special teams, the safest bet would be punting the ball. The kicker took way too much time in kicking that ball. There’s no way I would trust them trying to run around, burning time off the clock, inside the 20-30 yard line, with 15 seconds, on 4th down. The odds were in favor to just punt at that point. If they were able to block a punt, imagine what could have happened with a punter trying to run around with the ball….Let’s just say it was the lesser of 2 evils.
Chris Phillips
October 20th, 2011
12:05 pm
Bill
Right or wrong, I do believe that Grantham probably has his players’ backs. At work, I have talked with guys who have played sports in high school. Time and time again, each one tells me they would love to play for a coach like Grantham. They don’t look at it as being right or wrong. They find it inspiring and want to play for someone who will stick up for their players. Personally, I think Grantham was wrong in what he did and how he did it. But the players out on the field view it differently. Coach Richt calling Shawn Williams a “dumb ass” will most likely cause problems in the locker room.
gbal
October 20th, 2011
12:07 pm
I have looked at the video and I really cant tell what Richt said.
I really think it’s poor choice of a journalist to post a piece based on what mighta been said.
Look at the video … Could he be saying “shouldnt a done that” just not clear.
Do think that CMR could have apologized w/out throwning his coach and team under the bus… at least heard all the facts first. I dont think his knee jerk reaction can sit well with the troops.
Franklin and Vandy for that matter were really just as guilty in my opinion for the emotions and what occured but they are really thru this looking not so bad…. This is the AJC in my honest opinion. Just for curiosity, go look at what the nashville paper is writing. Basically no mud thrown at the Vandy program.
I think
Jborodawg
October 20th, 2011
12:08 pm
I don’t understand the constant harping on CMB and running Thomas (or Samuel IV or Crowell) up the middle. If you have the largest O line in the Free World, a run up the middle is standard Power I football. But, 1. the line has to block and create a seam; 2. the runner has to find that seam…or 3. the runner gets behind a blocker and makes yards. Some act like that’s the only play the Dawgs run. How ’bout the overthrown balls or the dropped passes? They didn’t work either. Why harp on the run up the middle?
It seems useless to keep speculating over why Crowell was held out the first quarter at Vandy. Could simply have been as stated, that his injured wrist is a liability for securing the ball. Or, as speculated, a little slap on the wrist for discipline reasons. They’ve kept it within the family for a reason. Actually, I applaud that; as opposed to airing every little indiscretion. Yes, inquiring minds want to know. But some things are best kept private between coach and player. When that happens, it’s useless to speculate because we’ll probably never know.
I hope this is the last article about the Vandy game. We’ve got to get ready for Flawduh. Go Dawgs! Whip up on the Gators!
Speaking of the Gators, is Rainey a 7th year senior or what? Seems like he’s played for them for …forever. Same with Demps.
Rob in Chapel Hill
October 20th, 2011
12:08 pm
Thanks for the link, Bill! Go Dawgs. Beat Florida. Please, beat Florida. Seriously.
Learn some football
October 20th, 2011
12:09 pm
The reason that teams (not just Georgia) often attempt passes that are longer than the distance needed for the first down is because the defense knows that they only need 6 yards, therefore making every attempt to take away the 6 yard pass. This gives the opportunity to take advantage of some single coverage deeper down the field. Ultimately, the reason that the ball was thrown 30 yards on 3rd and 5 is because Aaron Murray tried to take what the defense gave him. Execution was the problem!
Marie
October 20th, 2011
12:09 pm
BOOO-HOOOO.
gbal
October 20th, 2011
12:09 pm
Chris… Point well made …
consider that what Richt ordered VS Fla and storming the field…
It was wrong, but Richt suggested it had had his teams back. Knowing you have your leaders support is a big deal.
Poleesemenses
October 20th, 2011
12:11 pm
At one point (after the SC game I believe, or maybe the CC game though) UGA was 14-14 in their past 28 games stretching over three seasons. Cannot continue like that.
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2011
12:12 pm
Still beating a dead horse, Bill this whole melee along with Richt’s blundering is an asterik to my past comments and opinion that 1. Mark Richt doesn’t have “control” of his program, and 2. He lacks the judgement or intelligence, and backbone to do the right thing, his communication skills are awful.
Mark PRicht
October 20th, 2011
12:13 pm
Just amazing to me that all of this fuss was over a 5 point win against Vandy…..not Fl, LSU or AL…..butVandy for Pete’s sake…..wow the mutts have lowered their standards a lot…
Blind Homer's Odyssey
October 20th, 2011
12:13 pm
Bill, refreshing to see you are not one of us blind homers. Refreshing as well that Coach Richt on scene and in the moment could see the bigger picture and the ramifications of this horse[manure].
JUST BEAT FLORIDA RICHT
October 20th, 2011
12:15 pm
DONT LET FLORIDA PUNK YALL UGA,IM TIRED OF THIS!
JUST BEAT FLORIDA RICHT
October 20th, 2011
12:16 pm
PLEASE BEAT FLORIDA
Neutral Observer
October 20th, 2011
12:19 pm
This is nothing new for Shawn Williams #36. Somebody is going to take this dude out with a chop block to the knees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0357VcZfmE
Honky Talkin'
October 20th, 2011
12:20 pm
UGA football is not only irrelevant in the SEC, but is becoming a joke.
ga gator
October 20th, 2011
12:22 pm
Jborodawg; that is a funny statement about Rainey and Demps. To Florida fans it seemed like Brandon Sutherland was there for 6 or 7 years too; great player. Rainey played at Lakeland High School the same years as the Pouncey brothers.
SSG Desert Dawg
October 20th, 2011
12:24 pm
JaxDawg05,
Lol, touche. Why can’t the AJC get a writer who actually likes UGA to cover them. Mark Bradley and Jeff Shultz have the bashing angle covered.
WONDERING
October 20th, 2011
12:25 pm
At least 2 body slams, 1 punch and apparently lots of dirty talk. Will Dawgs continue to say how dirty GT plays? Just WONDERING.
GT Joke
October 20th, 2011
12:28 pm
Where’s GT Joe this week? hahahaha
UGADawg83
October 20th, 2011
12:28 pm
Great Bill, you pull all the negative comments out of the pile to build your case. To the powers that be at the AJC, please, please give us a fan blogger who actually attends road games and isn’t a liability to our program, give us a blogger who supports our team and our coaches.
I am calling it
October 20th, 2011
12:33 pm
WE BEAT THE GATORS!!! i don’t care who their qb is
ga gator
October 20th, 2011
12:33 pm
UGADawg83 a serious question; to you want someone who writes a positive slant or a truthtul one. That is why I like Pat Dooley of the Gainesville Sun; when the Gators deserve accolades he gives them and when critisism is neccesary he give it also. I for one feel that Bill supports UGA but points out the problems when he sees them. Keep up the good work Bill.
Ron Swanson
October 20th, 2011
12:33 pm
Nobody here would discuss GT’s playing, dirty or not. Nobody cares.
ga gator
October 20th, 2011
12:34 pm
You are probably right I am calling it.
Jared
October 20th, 2011
12:35 pm
Wasnt Mark Richt the first person to say that he made some inappropriate comments during and after te game? I think he said that in his initial post game news conference. So now we’re chastising him further for something he’d already admitted to BEFORE there was any video evidence of it? Seems kinda silly and amateurish to me.
Plus his comments, tho they contained profanity, were not Making the situation worse, they were actually diffusing the situation by letting a hot-headed coach know how serious Mark took what had happened.
Mark PRicht
October 20th, 2011
12:35 pm
Maybe its time to back up one of those new FORD tucks to your doublewide trailor and pull outta Athens Richt
Mike
October 20th, 2011
12:36 pm
READ THE RULE BOOK. I did not see a single chop block in the VU/UGA game. There are cut blocks, yes. Those are LEGAL. Indeed, Auburn’s backfield makes a living with those. Chop blocks involve TWO offensive players and ONE defensive player. Again, I saw none of those. Get your facts straight.
Whiskey Breath
October 20th, 2011
12:36 pm
Listen DA fans. There is a difference in chop block and cut blocks. Cut blocks unfortuneately are legal.
Chop blocks are illegal. So if you want to say Vandy had it coming, make sure you are listing chop blocks. The only problem with that is, the officials didn’t see or call any chop blocks.
Blame Vandy like you usually do, but at least know what is legal and what is not.
TheItalianDawg
October 20th, 2011
12:37 pm
Our special teams suck! we play mostly walk on players and the coverage is very inconsistent. Richt should know better! Franklin is delusional!! Vandy will always be Vandy!
Bruce Weeks
October 20th, 2011
12:38 pm
Ther is a time to talk and a time to hush. Street talk and trash may play in the ‘hood or in a bar with the other drunks. Man up, line up and go play. The coaches need to let the players “play” speak volumes. Running your mouth from the sidelines or the field will not block or tackle one person.
Moonpie Wilson
October 20th, 2011
12:40 pm
What time’s dinner?
whatacrew
October 20th, 2011
12:41 pm
dawgman states: ” We are on a 5 game winning streak and tied for 1st in the east so get off the guy!!”
Yea – but against what kind of teams?? Horrible Coastal Carolina, Ole Missy, Misery St, hopeless TN, and VANDY. Come-on UGA – is THAT the kind of opponents you feel GREAT about winning against?? We know what happens when you play a real team – you lose.
Whiskey Breath
October 20th, 2011
12:41 pm
Bill, at least you are not a homer fool. And I applaud you. However, how long are you going to defend CMR’s every screwup? He is the head coach. The responsibility falls with Richt about what happened
saturday night. You know the difference between right and wrong, don’t act like you don’t.
UGADawg83
October 20th, 2011
12:41 pm
GAGator-lets remember Bill isn’t a journalist as Pat Dooley is. Bill is a fan and as fans we are also supporters of the program. Bill as a fan is a detriment to the program wit his constant negativity and lack of support. Pat Dooley does an excellent job–I’ve read his work and heard him interviewed but Bill again is not the “beat writer” rather he has resorted to rabble rousing and is doing nothing but spreading discontent in the fan base. I’m not asking for a pollyanna I’m saying put down the hatchet and be a true fan.
Nick Fairley
October 20th, 2011
12:43 pm
Did not hear any DOgs complain when Ben Chop Block Jones continuously did this last year against us. But touch your prancing little QB and you wanted to fight.
Keep it Simple
October 20th, 2011
12:44 pm
Georgia has only beaten Florida, Auburn and GaTech 7 or 8 times in 100 years … what are their odds to win all three this year? prettty slim eh?
Keep it Simple
October 20th, 2011
12:45 pm
Georgia has only beaten Florida, Auburn and GaTech (in the same year) 7 or 8 times in 100 years … what are their odds to win all three this year? prettty slim eh?
ga gator
October 20th, 2011
12:45 pm
UGADawg83, I know that Bill does not call himself a blogger, but if he does it full time then you might consider him a full time writer, but we are talking symantics. Both do credible jobs.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
12:45 pm
I just hope that Coach Grantham spends the off week explaining to his players that we will be playing under a microscope in Jax. We drew a lot of unwanted attention with this whole Vandy ordeal, and we wound up with a player suspended for a foul that didn’t even draw a flag during the game.
There will be no room for errors or nonsense in the Florida game.
solja
October 20th, 2011
12:50 pm
Auburn is gonna mop the floor with your overrated bunch of thugs. You haven’t beaten a soul yet. Just wait til the defending national champs come into Athens ready to pay you thugs back for all the thuggery you pulled on them last year. Fred Sanford Stadium will be empty by mid 3rd quarter except for the visiting team fans.
Whiner_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
12:51 pm
Kind of like it should have been on this play last year H8tr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0357VcZfmE
Jon
October 20th, 2011
12:53 pm
Blah, blah, blah. I’m so sick of hearing about this and you fools should be too. If you think Mark Richt wouldn’t shank someone if he needed to for one of his players, you’re an idiot.
JB
October 20th, 2011
12:55 pm
Georgia AND Richt are not the same as the first 5 or 6 years when he first arrived. I have to assume two things. The league has gotten a lot better and Mark has gotten wealthy and complacent. Before people jump me, No, it has nothing to do with Christianity, please. Mark, as a coach, is really a manager also, just like running any business, Mark has made some bad decisions. Good coach’s adapt with new Assistants or schemes. No greater example is Clemson this year with the new OC Dabo brought in. Their offense is day and night vs last year. Having a new stud freshman RB has helped them…………..but hello, we have one also. We still have Bobo and that old faded FSU playbook. You change and improve………Or you get fired…..
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
12:55 pm
G8tr_H8tr,
“just hope that Coach Grantham spends the off week explaining to his players that we will be playing under a microscope in Jax”.
Exactly!!!!
Desert Fox
October 20th, 2011
12:57 pm
Successful head coaches stay as head coaches because they truely believe in excelling in special teams play. Its a major factor in winning programs. W/GA and CMR they seem to throw caution to the wind in their approach to special teams. They hope for the best with the coach(es) assigned this apparent extra duty. Its like mending something w/baling wire and chewing gum and shows on the field. They get caught off guard when defending other teams gimmick plays but have none of their own. They don’t have a clue what to do as was apparent when CMR did not call a time out at Vandy on the fake punt. I am sure half the TV audience saw that coming. Special teams play almost cost us the game and did to some degree vs SC.
Until Richt realizes that good special teams play could help win one or two games a year GA will suffer the consequences most likely the short end of the stick. Hire a special teams coach w/proven record as the benefits just might save a few coaching jobs at GA.
Terry
October 20th, 2011
12:57 pm
solja, You talking about someones players being thug, It was your Auburn players charged with robber.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
12:59 pm
@solja
Auburn will be a tough game, but we’ve got to get past Florida before we worry about that. Our only common opponent with Florida this year is Tennessee, and Florida played them at full strength.
Results:
FL 33 – TN 23
GA 20 – TN 12
This will be our biggest game since South Carolina. We don’t have spare time to worry about anything but Florida this week.
BTW: Who’s your QB gonna be when you come to Athens?
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
12:59 pm
Isn’t there a limit on the number of position coaches that each team can have? I’m not sure, just asking.
JB
October 20th, 2011
12:59 pm
Desert Fox, He may not be around to learn that. Maybe he will at North Carolina
Hollywould
October 20th, 2011
1:00 pm
Neutral, nice video of Williams. Notice on the next play it was williams who got beat. Nothing but a punk. Hell, he will trip over the grass and jump up acting like he tackled the grass. Richt was right!!!
Mr. Dawg
October 20th, 2011
1:01 pm
Carlton Thomas actually has more yards rushing per carry – a very healthy 4.95 – than Crowell (4.75). Of course it’s much easier just to blow negative smoke in an effort to stir things up than to do any research and actually know what your talking about.
Terry
October 20th, 2011
1:01 pm
G8tr_H8tr, GA had to play them in Nashville, the Gators played them at home.
JB
October 20th, 2011
1:02 pm
I would like to see McGarity ( this will never happen) send this survey out to the season ticket holders.
1. Are you happy with the current state of our football program. Y__ N__
2. Should this HC and staff be replaced. Y__ N__
My guess 70% would vote for a new staff.
Maybe
October 20th, 2011
1:05 pm
All this would have been nipped in the bud if UGA coaches had laid down the law when Boykin texted Bosie’s Coach Petersen daring them to kick to him. Richt called it right and being called a dumb-ass should be mild on what he should be told behind closed doors.
UGA Insider
October 20th, 2011
1:06 pm
Valdosta Dawg,
Wishful thinking on your little website. However,most of the fan base is tired of being embarrassed like last week. There are too many to list here over the past 4 years. Adams finally was witness to this in his press box full of other elite’s. Work his hair turned back red he was so mad. You may want to take that website down because if CMR loses to UF and or a combination AU/GT, The CMR era is over. Personally, last week was the last straw for me.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
1:06 pm
Really? When did the Vols start playing in Nashville?
Knoxville… Athens… Whatever. We had the benefit of playing them after they had been beat up and lost their star receiver. Then they lost their starting QB during the game.
Mr. Dawg
October 20th, 2011
1:08 pm
Expecting the Bulldogs to call for Butler to run around and try to the kill 18 seconds off the clock deep in their own territory with a 5 point lead is such a stupid thought that it’s funny.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
1:09 pm
@Mr. Dawg
Only an Evil Genius would attempt such a maneuver.
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
1:09 pm
NCAA Article 11: Conduct and Employment of Athletics Personnel:
11.7.2 Football Bowl Subdivision – There shall be a limit of one head coach, nine assistant coaches and two graduate assistant coaches who may be employed by an institution in bowl subdivision football.
They have no room to hire another position coach. They already have 9 assistant coaches on staff.
wow
October 20th, 2011
1:10 pm
Some of the writers of these questions must be on drugs
Terry
October 20th, 2011
1:10 pm
G8tr_H8tr, Just because they played the Vols earlier, doesn’t mean they played a better team, each week a team gets better.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
1:11 pm
I think that Alabama’s tight ends coach is also the special teams coach.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
1:12 pm
@Terry
So you think South Carolina is better now without Garcia and Lattimore?
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
1:12 pm
Maybe without Garcia…
Just Sayin’
Terry
October 20th, 2011
1:13 pm
G8tr_H8tr, Also, GA was without some players too.
ga gator
October 20th, 2011
1:13 pm
Good info MarineDog and thanks for serving our country. It is also interesting that during the off season the Training and Conditioning Coach is almost the Head Coach. This position is often the difference between Championship Programs and want to be’s.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
1:14 pm
True enough. I just don’t think we should take this game too lightly. I expect Brantley to be back in the line-up.
Still@theBAR
October 20th, 2011
1:15 pm
I guess Grahtham will be wearing the Red panties for this game. No Testosterone allowed. maybe that meant Bobo will finally be wearing the Jock Strap. LOL
SSIgator
October 20th, 2011
1:15 pm
“That’s not the Georgia way”
Sorry Bill, but actually it is.
47-40-2 vs Florida-61-39-5 vs Tech
October 20th, 2011
1:17 pm
Whiskey Breath
It was a clip. therefore illegal. Cut block or chop block
had nothing to do with it.
wow
October 20th, 2011
1:17 pm
Did all the crazy, holier than thou, glass houses, southern baptists take over the questioning?
ga gator
October 20th, 2011
1:17 pm
G8tr_H8tr, I hope you are correct about Brantley but my Gainesville sources tell me he can still barely walk. I suspect he might give it a go but will leave early with either Driskel or Brissett finishing the game ( a probable disaster for us).
Terry
October 20th, 2011
1:17 pm
G8tr_H8tr, What do the Vols have to do with the Gators.
mountainman
October 20th, 2011
1:18 pm
Too bad CMR didn’t spit on the field a couple of times during the conversation like he does meandering around the sidelines – that’s another annoying and bad example for young viewers and spectators and tarnishes what’s left of his stellar image!!!
SSIgator
October 20th, 2011
1:19 pm
After all that has been written about the Vandy game there is one thing that has not been mentioned. How is the condition of the logo on the field in Nashville? It really took some abuse by the UGA players two years ago.
T.
October 20th, 2011
1:20 pm
Still@theBAR
Maybe you can get your Mama to send him a pair.
wow
October 20th, 2011
1:20 pm
Did the crazies heads explode hearing Coach Richt curse?!!! Get over it. Go eat a cookie and drink your milk.
He coaches football and I bet he called Williams and Grantham a lot worse behind closed doors.
What idiot is worried about morale over that?
TheAntiMe
October 20th, 2011
1:21 pm
I disagree. Just because Mark Richt will sometimes go off with a “gee golly H.R. Pufnstuf” when he totally loses it doesn’t mean that CMR should start getting all paranoidnstuf.
doodoobailey
October 20th, 2011
1:23 pm
@wow….yes, keep it behind closed doors. Not to the other coach, just say Yep, Uh-huh, burp, derp, see ya next year.
chris fountain
October 20th, 2011
1:24 pm
WELL……AT LEAST WE DIDN’T LOOSE TO VIRGINIA! AHHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Terry
October 20th, 2011
1:25 pm
Fact is, you can not look at head to head, and say that your team is going to blow another team out, just because ,said team did LSU had a harder time with Miss St than GA.
dawgfacedboy
October 20th, 2011
1:25 pm
You are exactly rigth about Mason, Bill. If Bobo keeps his foot on the gas and the lead is increased then Mason can get some snaps. However, if the games are close Mason isn’t going to get playing time. Outside of LSU I can’t think of any team in the country that wouldn’t be screwed if their starting QB was lost to injury so I don’t think it’s that big of a deal to get Mason snaps. However, if Lemay is deemed as the next in line after Murray they’ve got to get him some snaps the next two years.
Gary
October 20th, 2011
1:25 pm
The irony for all of the Richt Haters is that the three 4 SEC teams we beat all have new coaches and yet you keep posting how awful our wins are. So fire I coach to end up like the teams we beat? There is no logic in your argument. IF we beat (big IF) Florida are you going to call it another weak win. Guess what, they have a new coach. So far the only team with new coach doing any good is Bama and no one is going to call Saban a new coach. (Gene C doesn’t count. When you snag the one player in the world who can get a first down on 3rd and 10 everytime by running it himself agains every SEC defender, that is an anomally, and their is the issue of Newtons stealing, cheating in school, and dad asking for money – NCAA gave Auburn a freebee with an *. He is gone and it shows) You have two Successful coaches left in the SEC. Saban and Les. I wouldn’t trade Mark for les or any other SEC coach except SAban and that is not going to happen. SO SHUT UP!
T.
October 20th, 2011
1:26 pm
Enter your comments here
wow
October 20th, 2011
1:26 pm
When the SEC west was so weak and Miss. St. and Ark. were winning their division, did anyone write in they didn’t “deserve their chance”?…. as one of the other crazy writers asks B. King about GA winning east this year.
wow
October 20th, 2011
1:31 pm
wonder how many people are saying Cardinals didn’t deserve to make playoffs now that they’re up 1-0 in world series?
Beware of the hot team….by the time the SEC championship gets here, better worry about the underDawg!
harold
October 20th, 2011
1:34 pm
RICHT DONE UNLESS HE IS IN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!
Homer
October 20th, 2011
1:34 pm
Wow the difference is the Cardinals benefitted from the sorry Braves choking. Course then again Vandy was the first team the Dawgs beat with a winning record so I would not exactly consider that hot. You are delusional than most to think that UGA could beat either UA or LSU.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 20th, 2011
1:35 pm
Gary
I guess companies that are not doing good financially should keep there CEO’s forever and never make a change
Still@theBAR would like to serve you another round of kool-aid
Buford Blue
October 20th, 2011
1:37 pm
“The Georgia way” has become player arrests, unsportsmanlike conduct, entitled and thuggish players, and coaches that foam at the mouth. This is likely the last breath of a disintegrating program.
Frosty Dawg
October 20th, 2011
1:39 pm
Bill, this is one long time Dawg who agrees with you WHOLEHEARTEDLY re: the post game brouhaha. Franklin, Grantham, Williams all displayed unprofessional behavior. Coach Richt was the grown up on the field, and everyone knew it. In an ideal world, he’d have told Coach F “okay, thanks for telling me, I’ll look into it,” but I think many people are overlooking the strong likelihood that Richt was already miffed with Williams and Grantham–he was on the field and close enough to the melee to have an idea what was going on. He clearly takes pride in the “G” and in having a reputation for playing clean, so he may have had his own “heat of the moment” moment when he thought others were dishonoring the G by acting like punks. Let’s leave yelling, screaming, profanity laced behavior to Vandy, Florida, Auburn, etc. That should NOT be the Georgia way.
Baddabing
October 20th, 2011
1:39 pm
CMR’s lost control of the team, the players, both on and off the field and now the coaches. The inmates are running the asylum up there.
Top Dawg
October 20th, 2011
1:39 pm
The Geathers and Williams suspensions might be beneficial in one way….they will be completely fresh for the second half and can help out with putting away a more used up FL offense.
And as long as the SEC is consistent on their punishment, as it seems to be compared to past situations, I’m ok with the half game as others should be.
HJ
October 20th, 2011
1:41 pm
Um florida and auburn aren’t good this year. The sec east is very weak this year and by seasons end, there probably won’t be any ranked teams.
King Gators
October 20th, 2011
1:41 pm
Call’m like you see’m CMR! Go Gators!
Kiss The Ring
October 20th, 2011
1:41 pm
Richt totally threw his player under the bus. Wow!
Kiss The Ring
October 20th, 2011
1:42 pm
Funny how AUburn players got suspended for retaliating agianst UGA dirty blocks and its wrong, but when Geathers does it…..hmmmm.
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
1:44 pm
@ga gator,
I’m just ready for all this to just go away. I’m sure Richt does as well.
For everyone that’s saying that he sold his coach and player out: The best thing he could have done was to diffuse the situation as quickly as possible. That was a “managemnet moment”, meaning you manage that particualr situation because at that point, we were the only ones with anything to lose. Sometimes you say things that you wish you hadn’t said and he will have to manage that as well; if indeed, that’s what he said. I think he knew that we were going to lose the public relations contest in this one. Just placate the guy and let him and his team go away and deal with it later. Trust me, it works, I tell my wife she’s right all the time (doesn’t mean that I believes she’s right) just so I can end the discussion. You cannot reason with an emotional person and Franklin even himself admitted to the same, but not much else. Vandy is playing Army their next game and they are not in contention for the east. It’s time to play football. We were in a whole lot worse situation this time last year as far as win/losses. Am I happy with how we’ve won the games? No! Am I happy that we’ve won those games? Yes!! Guys, it could be a lot worse sort, of like last year. That’s what we should be focused on. Get through this season and accomplish more than we did last year. Let the powers to be decide if changes need to be made to the staff. I’m going to support this staf, the next staff, and the one after that one too.
Still@theBAR
October 20th, 2011
1:46 pm
Kiss T R and if Fairley was a Dawg doing those Hit on the Auburn QB the dawgs would be loving it.
College football fans are not always RATIONAL as you know. Some are More Irrational than others.
Can't wait for a game
October 20th, 2011
1:46 pm
Shawn Williams is the same player whose family lost everything in a fire a little over a year ago. I sincerely hope he doesn’t read or give a crap about a bunch of bloggers making assumptions about his entire life and personality based on a few video clips where he wasn’t at his best behavior.
I know it’s not hoops season, but why not hammer Donovan at UF for putting his two players back on the team that broke into a car in St. Augustine this summer and then went on to talk a lot worse than field trash all caught on the police car tape, not assumed, plain as can be on tape. Their entire suspension time was served in the offseason. I can give you at least 15 examples right now of SEC football and basketball players at every school messing up, most much worse than Shawn Williams has ever thought about.
People seem to live in a bubble where they think that UGA must be soooo awful because they only follow local news that sensationalizes any little bit of bad news there. Try following the local news of just the rest of the SEC, if not the nation, and UGA will look squeaky clean compared to most.
It is also just downright stupid to paint an entire program as dirty or bad every time one or 2 players mess up while the other 120+ on the roster don’t. Frankly, they have a lot better percentage of good behavior than bloggers and reporters do.
sliderule
October 20th, 2011
1:46 pm
Seems the popular response to problems in high school, college, and pro football poor spotrsmanship is “it’s not who we are.” Yes, it is EXACTLY who you are!
Patrick
October 20th, 2011
1:49 pm
Who cares??? UGA plays UF in 9 days, and that’s all that matters at this point.
wow
October 20th, 2011
1:51 pm
Who was that FL player that Urban Cryer gave the half game suspension to a year or 2 ago….recall he did something completely outragious
wow
October 20th, 2011
1:53 pm
@still drunk at bar and kiss t ring…..You’re Both rational?!!
FL and Aub are perfect huh?
Cats hav fleas 2
October 20th, 2011
1:54 pm
Seen the videos and there are still many unanswered questions. Why is the assumption that Franklin is being truthful? He apparently approved, and possibly directed, a late clip on a UGA player. He sounds like a whiner lining up to cry to whoever will listen. That’s why Vandy has been, and will continue to be a doormat.
UGA Alumnus
October 20th, 2011
1:55 pm
the fact that Bill King is perpetuating the “yeah, he’s a dumb ass” absurdity is irresponsible. i watched that clip over and over and can’t make out what Coach Richt said.
Still@theBAR
October 20th, 2011
1:56 pm
wow………….I never said I was rational. I did imply that most UGA fans (not UGA Grad fans) are very Irrational.
Fan of the Game
October 20th, 2011
1:59 pm
Former Gator Spikes tries to claw out an opposing player’s eyes and his own coach has to suspend him. Slive and SEC did nothing. Enough said!
Dirty Dawg
October 20th, 2011
2:00 pm
Dawg83 is right, Bill does seem to go out of his way to post the negative – even when he’s ‘just’ including what ‘other’ fans send in. And it’s in recognition of this that I keep asking him if he’s on Don Leeburn’s payroll or something. Leeburn is a ‘well-healed’, former player, member of the Board (of something or other that has to do with athletics), ‘roommate’ to Suzanne Yocklan (sp?), purveyor of spirits out of Columbus or somewhere and an ardent, and open critic of Mark Richt. Don’t know what it is other than he, Leeburn, seems to have ‘devolved’ into one of those 1 percenters who’s arrogance and money have convinced him that what he wants and what he says, ought to go…you know, our Bobby Louder.
Now Bill if you don’t believe that you’re in the Leeburn camp (I don’t mean his money, I mean his sentiments), say so. Then we’ll know that you’re just another one of those, so-called, Dog fans that thinks criticism of the current regime is healthy for the program, particularly if it’ll result in getting Richt run off or hounded enough to convince him that it’s not worth the effort to keep this bunch of peckerwoods happy. Is that who you are Bill? Come on…admit it…otherwise become part of the solution, not part of the problem.
wanna bet
October 20th, 2011
2:01 pm
kiss the ring….I’m sure richt called his player a lot worse in the locker room for being a dumb@$$ ….Is the coach at your favorite dump a saint? You’re a dumb@$$
Homer the Humper Owner
October 20th, 2011
2:01 pm
wow
October 20th, 2011
1:51 pm
Who was that FL player that Urban Cryer gave the half game suspension to a year or 2 ago….recall he did something completely outragious
Shot for brains it was Brandon Spikes who embarrassed UF even the Washup Ealey said that he did not touch his eyes. WOW you are typical.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
October 20th, 2011
2:01 pm
Wow I am neither a Gator or Auburn fan.
MeShon Mareno=Spikes Hit ME
October 20th, 2011
2:04 pm
I am going on injured reserve when we play the Patriots.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
2:05 pm
I posted a link to a site that has the “unbleeped” conversation, but it lasted only 5 minutes on this blog before it was removed.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 20th, 2011
2:06 pm
I just cant wait to see all the people on here pounding their chest and foaming at the mouth after we beat FL next week
As if this years FL team was any good.
But they will think it was a signature win or the win of the decade.
They will probably sell DVD copies of the game acting like this was a UGA milestone victory
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
2:07 pm
here it is again. Use headphones and you can hear every word.
http://joaj34.blogspot.com/2011/10/mark-richt-says-dumbass-and-grantham-re.html
MeShon Mareno=Spikes Hit ME
October 20th, 2011
2:07 pm
Delbert Bill does not want CMR to look bad.
bobby
October 20th, 2011
2:11 pm
let’s focus on the florida game people. that’s in the past uga and vanderbilt was wrong as two left shoes but time to focus on florida.
wow
October 20th, 2011
2:11 pm
so grad fans are rational and all others are not? And with your logic only at UGA?
What is FAN short for again?
Are your schools fans all rational? You are on a UGA blog. If we go to another blog for another SEC school (just keeping it southern where passions run high for college football) we would find rational tea conversation? Don’t think so.
You happen to be in the largest city of the south, away from your favorite podunk and have to read about UGA and hate it because that’s where you are….Or you don’t have to be in this blog hating on UGA, do you? Who’s irrational?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
October 20th, 2011
2:12 pm
I have read Paul Johnson’s lips. It ain’t all perfume and roses towards his players making dumb mistakes.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
2:13 pm
Can’t even post any part of the URL now. Mark Rich and James Franklin said exactly what is in the transcript.
Go to Chip Towers’ blog and and look for the post at 9:52 a.m. Use hi-fi earphones, or you might not catch the words at first. It is looped several times.
bobby
October 20th, 2011
2:13 pm
this year uga has a chance if they beat uf to win the sec east and there has’nt been no talk about that in a long time. if uga plays better on offense and special teams they have a true shot and i thimk they will beat florida if they do that.
wow
October 20th, 2011
2:14 pm
Homer humper….so spikes got how much of a suspension for that?
And Again F Off
King Gators
October 20th, 2011
2:15 pm
Any one else drinking yet? Go Gators!
ckgator
October 20th, 2011
2:15 pm
Even as a Gator, I must say this is an well-written and interesting column.
My take on the game: Florida will likely win if Brantley can take the field and be effective. Otherwise, its GA’s game. The Gator offense is downright anemic at present with our promising but true-freshment QB’s. **The Gators have seen the end zone exactly twice in the last 3 games.**
It’s up to Georgia to take the game and make it theirs. This is the Florida you want to play (young and hurt) and a window where you can make Atlanta a reality. God help you against Bama or LSU, though.
Go Gators!
wow
October 20th, 2011
2:17 pm
Still at bar….so do you ever actually visit tech site? or is it more of a pleasure to be amongst Dawgs?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
October 20th, 2011
2:17 pm
wow what part of I never said I was rational did you miss? More of the Actual grads of a College are rational because they more invested in what their Diploma on the Wall represents than what a freaking bunch of dumb jock do in a sporting event. When the players and coaches bring SHAME to the Institution a Grad is MAD because of the reflection on them. The 10 million Redneck UGA fans that have never purchaced tickets to a game much less been in a classroom at UGA are more irrational for sure.
ckgator
October 20th, 2011
2:17 pm
Excuse the typo… “a” well-written column, that is.
Stuck in Kentucky
October 20th, 2011
2:18 pm
Jared is absolutley right, CMR apologized for his choice of words right after the game. It is obvious he was trying to diffuse the situation and he was using language that the idiot Franklin could understand. It’s called statemenship to mirror someone that you may have a dispute with. If you idiots think CMR is so dumb not to know that the mics were around then you really have are ignorant and are looking for any excuse to have him fired. To the CMR haters, he cannot do anything right and any percieved misstep is blown way out of porportion. How many times has he done something like this in his tenure?? I can’t recall one time. If anything I would bet good money he knows exactly what he is doing. Plus the game was poorly played because these kids have been humping it for 6 weeks w/o a break and see the bye week and Fla ahead. It is human nature to possible not be at your best when you are as young as they are, tired and have a really big fish to fry just ahead. So think of the big picture or just think before you make stupid comments that make zero sense.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
October 20th, 2011
2:21 pm
Wow i am on the Tech blogs all the time. Even on the Miami herald site talking crap to them for this weekends game.
Top Dawg of Blue Ridge
October 20th, 2011
2:21 pm
CMR called it like it was…. We had a defensive coordinator and a player acting like dumbasses after the game. Get over it??
wow
October 20th, 2011
2:21 pm
Homer….so according to you Ga players suspensions should be worse than what criminal Spikes did?
Typical, Your mother should have aborted you….now F Off
LakeDawg
October 20th, 2011
2:21 pm
For the first time in a long time, I like the way CMR responded. He was upset and he voiced his displeasure. Bravo! Williams and Grantham needed to hear that from their boss. Do you think the Bear or Saban care if they hurt someone’s feelings? Especially after playing and acting like losers? No room for that and CMR let it be known.
wow
October 20th, 2011
2:24 pm
Still at bar….always seem to be here….and a person that goes from site to site to antagonize and talk trash, as you admit too doing, is Very Irrational…and might I add sounds a bit unstable…
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
2:25 pm
Still@theBAR,
wow………….I never said I was rational. I did imply that most UGA fans (not UGA Grad fans) are very Irrational.
How do you quantify this claim, since this blog is a very small sampling of UGA fans? There are a lot of fans outside the state of Ga., just like FL fans are all over the place.
I normally ignore your post, because I know where they’re going. I’m not a UGA grad, but I am a fan and I do not consider myself irrational, nor do the Marines that I’m charged with leading. I’m not sure if you believe some of the things that you say. If you don’t like UGA, then that’s another thing, but to say most when it’s impossible for you to have even met or talked to MOST fans borders on “kool-aide” consumption in its pure definition as you so fondly mention quite often.
King Gators
October 20th, 2011
2:25 pm
Florida 34
Georgia 31
—–
Georgia DC – 1 ineffective choke sign
Go Gators!
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
2:26 pm
Quoting Bill here “I don’t know that taking a knee would have been the answer, since it would have given Vandy pretty good field position (though not as good as the blocked punt). ”
South Carolina faced a similar situation, although with 7 seconds left. Spurrier had Shaw run with the ball to the end zone, burning seconds until he ran out the back for a game-ending safety. In Georgia’s situation, more time might have been run off the clock, but taking a safety might have left a few seconds on the clock. The result, free kick from the 20 yard line, and with Butler punting, Vanderbilt would not have had good field position to run 1 play.
Top Dawg of Blue Ridge
October 20th, 2011
2:26 pm
Nicely put LakeDawg….Why is this such a big deal?
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
2:29 pm
@wow
Still@theBar (drinkingKool-aid) is not an antagonist. He is a realist. The only people “antagonized” by his comments are blind homers who accept any comment that drops out of RIcht’s mouth. He’s a decent HC, and an awesome PR rep for the program. He hasn’t cut Bobo yet, and it’s an anchor around his ankles. If you think Mark is doing such a great job, then I’m sure that you are totally convinced he will win next week. That is called ignorance, as his 2-8 record proves that he is going to be fighting against an inferior team from 60:00 to 00:00, instead of putting these lackluster chumps in their place.
Top Dawg
October 20th, 2011
2:30 pm
I must agree, all of the bozos in a GA blog shoving their hatred for GA are all unstable and purely idiotic.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
2:30 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR is nothing, if not consistent. Every blog, every time. And, no, he has never claimed to be rational; quite the opposite on a couple of occasions.
Snake Doc
October 20th, 2011
2:33 pm
The orange CEO is a disgrace to the game of football and coaching!
James Stewart
October 20th, 2011
2:34 pm
k. Reeves deff, dumb and blind and I bet he has never been to Athens or never looked at the game films. He is your sissy boy liberal tha5t cryies and kick his feet on the floor every time vandy looses a game witch is often and he has an excuse for all the losses. he should change his name to cry baby reeves.
Snake Doc
October 20th, 2011
2:35 pm
The CEO apologists still looking at life through spray on tan orange glasses.
What a bunch of muttheads!
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
2:35 pm
Ask you this, what will be the headline after we beat Florida? It will either be, “Dawgs Finally Win one Over the Gators, but What Does that Really Mean this Year?” or “Richt’s Bittersweet Victory” b/c we did against the worst Gator team since Zook was coaching. On the other hand, if we lose, they will suddenly be calling Florida a “surprise” team in the east. Either way, we need to show that we are a good team, something I feel that we are incapable of with the Staffing in its current condition.
PurEvil
October 20th, 2011
2:39 pm
You’re a dum dum head!!!!
King Gators
October 20th, 2011
2:39 pm
Zook 2
Dawgs 1
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
2:42 pm
we had one chance to prove that we were a quality SEC team, and that was the SC game. We blew it. WE DOMINATED on offense and defense and STILL gave it to them with turnovers, penalties and special teams errors. WAKE UP! These are all signs that point to a poorly disciplined team with weak leadership holding the reins. Being angry at a HC for dumping games to weaker competition is not anit-UGA sentiment. It is lobbying for what this team and the alumni and fan support deserve. SECOND RICHEST TEAM IN FBS FOOTBALL and have nothing to show but a couple of SEC championships from half a decade ago and a few Sugarbowl wins. Texas, OU, Florida, Bama, LSU, USC, and Ohio State would have booted this guy last year JUST FOR THE COLORADO GAME. Jesus, what do you people smoke?
Top Dawg
October 20th, 2011
2:43 pm
The theory of running the fourth down play with 15 seconds was false….1) the play would not eat 15 seconds and 2) the clock will stop for change of possession and 3) the field position still would be manageable for Vandy had GA not made a first down.
Odds were against the blocked punt, but it happened and we survived.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 20th, 2011
2:43 pm
LakeDawg
I would like to know when Bobo is going to hear it from THE BOSS on his inept offense
I guess people like Grantham and Van Gorder who perform hear it from THE BOSS
Fabris, Willie Martinez, and Bobo only hear it from boosters and fans
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 20th, 2011
2:45 pm
DAWGtired
Click on the link and you will learn what the problem is with these bong smokers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXoNE14U_zM
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
2:47 pm
Flat Tire-
Fostered by the same BS that still has Adams as the President. IT’S CALLED A CONSTITUENCY. Meaning, they will back you up no matter how inept, lethargic, inconsistent, and undisciplined you look b/c they golf together on the weekends. How does no one pay attention to the breadcrumbs until after the crows have already eaten them?
King Gators
October 20th, 2011
2:47 pm
^^Code Red!!!
Destin Dawg
October 20th, 2011
2:49 pm
get over it… Franklin is the villan… we need Grantham’s junk yard Dawg defense !! Go Dawgs.. beat Florida.. it’s all about this game and we finally have a bye week like the Gators have had since Spurrier… still think the game should be home/home or Atl./Jax… then it would finally be FAIR…
James Stewart
October 20th, 2011
2:49 pm
Oh I messed up that should be cry baby lying reeves
cmdawg99
October 20th, 2011
2:51 pm
It’s the 2nd week in a row we got a nomination for “Not so top ten.” Congrats
Barbara Dooley
October 20th, 2011
2:55 pm
Hot Seat? Are yaa’lll crazy? Have yaa”lll noticed Tennessee hasn’t had any more problems since the bar scene free for all? That’s cause I went in that locker room and helped my baby straighten that mess out!
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
3:00 pm
Here’s another one, NAME ONE TEAM WE’VE BEATEN THIS YEAR WHO IS BETTER THAN ANY OF THE SIX TEAMS WE BEAT LAST YEAR? We’re a trending either down or laterally…both unacceptable. Executive decision should be to fire Bobo if we don’t WIN the SECCG. Give Richt a short extension with a new OC (Tulsa, Baylor, Houston, SMU are good options to poach) and then buyout his contract if he fails to reach top tier by year 2.
SEC TIERS
1-LSU/BAMA
2a-Arkansas/AU
2b-SC
3-UGA/TENN/FL
4-Miss St/VANDY
5-Ole Miss/Kentucky
WE ARE MEDIOCRE
Still@theKool-aidBAR
October 20th, 2011
3:01 pm
Bobo can’t get fired. he has to be on the UGA payroll for just a few more years and he will get his State pension. Right now Ray Goff is the highest paid retired state employee. Georgia Tax payers pay Goff $700k+ a year. Doesn’t that just make you sick?
lamar lee
October 20th, 2011
3:01 pm
Destin Dawg, not to be argumentative, but none of us Dawgs complained about the game being in Jax back when we owned them. We looked forward to the trip.
wow
October 20th, 2011
3:01 pm
stillatthebar….10 million redneck uga fans…..Love the 10 million count and all rednecks, huh?…..Note to your smug argument…Not everyone that applies and wishes to go to UGA or any large state school gets accepted. And NO, that does not mean they are dumb, redneck or whatever BS name you want to call them. There are cutoff numbers for freshman enrollment and transfers. Most go to school elsewhere and can still have an allegiance towards UGA. Is that against any rules you want to impose?
Most large state schools have more fans than living alumni base….again, against any rules?
People may be proud it’s their flagship school of their home state. or their dad, mom, sons, or daughters went there, or whatever reason. Maybe another generation in their family will aspire to go to school there. If the numbers allowed, many more of the fans, you unjustly abuse, would have attended.
So take your smugness elsewhere. At least UGA has fans and consistently sell out their large stadium. You can remain jealous of their passion and allegiance.
Brandon
October 20th, 2011
3:02 pm
Marc Richt should be ashamed of what he said to James Franklin, even if no one has heard it. We have a saying in the military, that is “I’ll come down hard on my troops in private, but will never say a bad thing about him in public.” This applies here. Richt can be upset if he wants, and can come down hards on williams in the locker room. But he is required as the head coach to stick up for his players, even when they do something wrong. This will most definately hurt morale of the team, with them knowing that richt does not support them in the bad times the saem as the good. I have to say I was not on the “Fire Richt” bandwagon, but now, i believe we need a new coach.
djdawg
October 20th, 2011
3:04 pm
If you decide to punt there you make damn sure you tell Butler, hey the only chance they have is to block the punt. Dont mess around 1 step and kick I dont care if the damn thing goes 15 yards just get it outta there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bartles & James
October 20th, 2011
3:07 pm
We thank you for your support!
Jaxdwag
October 20th, 2011
3:08 pm
I SUPPORT MARK RICHT AND THE COACHING STAFF. GEORGIA WINS OUT AND WILL WIN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
Drew Butler
October 20th, 2011
3:08 pm
Hey, I saved our asses, just like my daddy did so many times before!
lamar lee
October 20th, 2011
3:09 pm
Honestly folks, I think that this has been blown way out of proportion. I can certainly see no reason to fire Mark Richt over this stuff. And if you look at the season as a whole, we lost to a top 5 Boise St. team, way outplayed but gave away a game to top 10 S.C. and have won the rest of them, mostly by decent margins. We still have an opportunity to win the SEC east, and who knows, catch lightning in a bottle and beat Bama or LSU for the title. Could happen, just let the season play out.
Gainesville DAWG
October 20th, 2011
3:09 pm
Bill, what has gotten into you? We can read enough comments after each column is written at AJC.
If you do not have anything to write yourself, stop filling space with select fans’ comments. Stop stirring the pot!!!!!!!
I really think you have become very biased.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
October 20th, 2011
3:10 pm
Delbert D………..Thanks for your last post I think. LOL
Wow. more of those student that apply to UGA could get in if you didn’t have to give 75% special admits for all the football players. “Many schools routinely used a special admissions process to admit athletes who did not meet the normal entrance requirements. More than half of scholarship athletes at the University of Georgia, the University of Wisconsin, Clemson University, UCLA, Rutgers University, Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University were special admits. . . At Georgia, for instance, 73.5 percent of athletes were special admits compared with 6.6 percent of the student body as a whole.”
Drew Butler
October 20th, 2011
3:10 pm
I practiced that spin around move and tackle technique!
And another thing...
October 20th, 2011
3:12 pm
Why is Rambo taking a knee immediately after the pick with Vandy having their time outs? Why is a Vandy rusher allowed to rush Butler unblocked? On the bright side, we usually do all this dumb stuff during the Florida game. Maybe, this year we’ll do the boo boos against all the other teams, and play flawless against Florida. Hey, I can dream!
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
3:16 pm
WHO SAYS COMMENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR TO OPEN PRESS???
“I just told them whoever is going to play in their place needs to play hard enough to where when these guys get in during the second half we’re still in contention in the game” Might as well say, “we’re gonna lose the first half and try to make it a game before the whistle blows.”
Callow: Weak-willed, lacking spine.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
3:17 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR – Merely carrying your legend forward. By the way, whenever mentions “flagship”, remind them that it refers to the ship where the admiral is currently aboard. I’m actually in favor with more nautical insights to college football.
wow
October 20th, 2011
3:19 pm
stillatthebar…that’s not news….and the exact numbers are? That doesn’t take away the persons right to align their allegiance with GA….Again quit being so smug…..Fans wrap themselves around a team…and it’s not the debate team at any school….doesn’t mean I’m not proud when UGA announces another Rhodes Scholar or other academic achievment……
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
3:19 pm
@ Brandon- Totally agree with you. I’ve been in the Marines almost ten years now and I never throw my troops under the bus like that. NO accountability and the most arrogant guy when it comes to who’s fault it was. Bottom line? ITS YOUR FAULT. You failed to prepare them, you failed to motivate them, you failed to give them proper instruction/traiing to execute. YOU FAILED. That is the job of a leader, to take the blame for his troops and get them ready for the next mission.
the REAL PHIL
October 20th, 2011
3:21 pm
Bill two questions. A. WHY would a journalist write and article as fact and then qualify the whole article by saying “assuming the Nashville TV station’s transcript is accurate.” ????? And B. HOW did you get this job? Do you have pictures of someone in compromising situations?
Cartman
October 20th, 2011
3:22 pm
Screw you guys, I’m going home.
kerryb
October 20th, 2011
3:22 pm
I usually defend Coach Richt but I’m mad at the fact that he seems to always want to be a buddy to the other head coaches apparently at the expense of throwing his own player under the bus. He should have walked up to Franklin and told him, “you seem to have a problem with one of my players but I have a problem with yours cheap shotting all night.”
Stewie Griffin
October 20th, 2011
3:23 pm
Anybody want to go outside and pass my head around at halftime?
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
3:24 pm
Flat Tire-You got an email? I wrote a piece for the Bleacher Report a few weeks back that was all about how to change the UGA Football program without a coaching change. It was an old-school tribute to Erk. I think you’d find it really entertaining.
Cartman
October 20th, 2011
3:24 pm
Screw you guys, I’m going home!
G-Dawg
October 20th, 2011
3:24 pm
I didnt know Dumb-A was a bad word!!
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
3:25 pm
@Stewie Griffin
Best post yet!
K. Reeves
October 20th, 2011
3:25 pm
to JAMES STEWART… I played in the SEC at Vandy. I guarantee that’s more than you can ever say. Don’t question my toughness. To play RB behind against our SEC competition with the o-lines I played with requires more toughness than you will EVER know. I played with partially torn ligaments and all. You never played the game on that level so don’t speak on it. End of story period. I merely said UGA has a history for trash talking on the field and late hits, etc. Ask someone who played in the SEC not someone like you with no heart and no experience to the REAL game and what goes on out there. I have nothing against UGA and hope they beat Florida. Now stop with the ignorant comments please.
Hank Aaron
October 20th, 2011
3:26 pm
Time for Keeekoff
Hank Aaron
October 20th, 2011
3:27 pm
Rise up for keeeekoff…..am i still in milwaukee?
7576DAWG
October 20th, 2011
3:28 pm
Spurrier got it right when he played Shaw a lot instead of Garcia. The reason Murray has made so many mistakes is because CMR and Bobo did not let him Quarterback the last 6 games of 2009 when his shoulder was healed. Bobo and CMR is making the same mistake now in not letting Mason play. I can guarantee Mason wouldn’t have single handily lost the South Carolina game like Murray’s mistakes did. But we want know unless Mason is allowed to play.
A lot of people want to minimize our win over Vanderbilt but they have a very good defense and they found a new starting Quarterback in Rodgers because they played him. We dominated the first half because the other Quarterback was not very good and that’s who we had our scout team copy in practice to get us ready for the game. The reason Rodgers was so good was because we had not practiced against his style any and the defense was not ready for that big of change.
Bottom line is CMR needs to find Mason more playing time .
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
3:28 pm
@Kerryb,
He should have walked up to Franklin and told him, “you seem to have a problem with one of my players but I have a problem with yours cheap shotting all night.”
That wouldn’t have calmed the situation at all. It probably would have led to a brawl, but I do understand the point you’re trying to make though. I think he wishes he hadn’t used those words and he will have to deal with that as well. I still didn’t hear those words and I’ve listened to that video quite a few times.
tony martin
October 20th, 2011
3:29 pm
Bill why don’t all of you dumb *** sports writers take a page from the days that Furman Bisher and Gene Asher wrote sports articles for all Ga High School and College sports. You never heard them write negative articles about players and coaches from our great peach state. I grew up, and played all sports at Chamblee High School in the Fifties, and went on and played College Football and Baseball. I still have many of the articles they wrote in scrap books. Looking through them I can find no articles where the bashed the coaches at Tech or Georgia as all our present media writers of sports do. The best thing You, Bradly ,and Schultz can do is once you get the facts report it , and let a dead Dog or Yellow Jacket lie. I dealt with the media for forty years as a High school coach and never experienced any of the negativism that you guys bring to the game. All you do is create situations for the dumb *** bloggers to get on and feel proud that they can also cut programs or coaches they don’t like to the bone with a dull knife. I do sometimes like reading your articles when they are positive. I love Georgia and know the coaching staff personally, These people that have never played the game or coached anything but church league ball know very little about the game and the pressure all coaches endure 365 days out of the year.
Hank Aaron
October 20th, 2011
3:29 pm
why am I talking about falcons? spahn said we had to hurry up and get to the world series….keeekoff
Matthews Dawg
October 20th, 2011
3:31 pm
Again, if someone does dumb things, sometimes they are called DA’s!! I guess I spelled it out to much the last time and it didn’t make it in here. What happen was a DA thing, period!!
I’m sure CMR will not say a word other than good game and good luck, the rest of the season.
Bill, quit stirring the pot with this. Schultz and Bradley have already stirred it to death.
Also, I would bet that McGarity has handled all the coaches internally with this one. I refuse to believe that as some of you put it that CMR is “spineless”, etc…. Come on…he was mad and said a couple of things he should not have. Have anyone of us ever done that? Sure and we most likely have at work or somewhere else. I guess we all are hypocrites at times.
We have our work cut out for us and let’s beat UF, AU, UK and go to the SECCG.
We play the schedule we are dealt. Let’s keep winning and turn this page
Go Dawgs!!
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
3:31 pm
Did anyone besides Delbert D hear what he said on that video?
So CMR
October 20th, 2011
3:32 pm
beats UF when they are having a VERY down year & keeps his job.I think that would be fine with 95% of the teams in the SEC. So in that case,Go Dawgs!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 20th, 2011
3:33 pm
Out played by Boise State
Really
Murray 236 yds 2 TD
Moore 261 yds 3 TD
Boise rushing 127
UGA rushing 137
Boises so called great RB had 24 carries for 57 yds
Crowell had 15 carries for 60 yds
Boise had 0 1st downs in the first half 4 for 12 the entire game
UGA was 2-12 on first downs the whole game
The score at the half was 14-7
The Defense was on the field to long because our OC could call but 3 calls all night
Boise total yds 390
UGA total yds 373
Out played no
TRY OUTCOACHED
Hank Aaron
October 20th, 2011
3:34 pm
im senile now, have ya heard? Is it still 1956?
someone just told me to look at the camera and say keeekoff. is that a new stat in baseball? these young whippersnappers keep coming up with new junk
Dont make a mountain out of a mole hill
October 20th, 2011
3:36 pm
People he said what he said in agreement with what Franklin said just to get off the field and stop any more trouble.
I am sure Franklin came out and said your player is a dA__ _ and CMR said yea he’s a da –
and left
McGaritty 5-OH
October 20th, 2011
3:37 pm
I’ve got the problems all taken care of behind closed doors….Don’t you worry your pretty litttle head over it anymore….ok?
I know where you live and can send the dream police if you continue…….
Matthews Dawg
October 20th, 2011
3:37 pm
tony martin…..nailed it!! I’ve asked for positive articles for year from all 3. Shoot, give us one positive article a week. But, sensationalism sells and get blog hits!! That’s my take and today’s media doesn’t care who they take down, just as long as someone goes down.
“the pen is mightier than the sword”!!! Let’s build some people up now! Let’s get the Dawgs ready to play UF, etc… We got a chance to win the East, but some dumb ***es want to tear it down.
Come on Bill, start a trend and do nothing but positive articles for the next week and a half. If and when we beat UF, then positive for the next 2 1/2 weeks and so on.
What do you say, Bill? Can you do that?
Go Dawgs!!
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
3:38 pm
I don’t have a problem with what Richt said to Franklin. He was dead-on right. We don’t need that kind of trashy play and behavior from our players or our coaches. I’m also tired of hearing denials as to what was said by Coach Richt. The AJC bloggers didn’t make up that transcript, it came from the same Nashville news reporters who recorded the conversation. They’re professionals and they understand libel and slander laws.
We need to put this behind us. Denials and excuses only give this story a longer lifespan. Better to just admit it when you screw up and try to do better in the future.
Huntsville Yellow Jacket
October 20th, 2011
3:38 pm
By all means, please fire CMR. Perhaps then we will have a better shot of beating you guys in years to come. If I’m lucky, maybe you will bring Jim Donnan or Ray Goff back.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
3:39 pm
Flat Tire-You got an email so I can send you that article I did for Bleacherreport? You would like it.
McGaritty 5-OH
October 20th, 2011
3:39 pm
Talk bad about the Dawgs and I will see you in my office first thing in the morning!
if you enter, you may never leave!
McGaritty 5-OH
October 20th, 2011
3:41 pm
I control Adams…..I am McGarrity 5-OH…..take names from this blog and book em Danno!
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October 20th, 2011
3:42 pm
what just happened?
the REAL PHIL
October 20th, 2011
3:42 pm
Dawg Tired I have a couple of questions for you.
1. What exactly is the reason you feel the University of Georgia owes you ANYTHING? “and the alumni and fan support deserve” Do you feel like the alumni and fans of the University of Indiana deserve a national champion football team? Is it the same for fans and alumni of every university with a football team? If so then who is it that looses when all of these people get what they so righteously deserve?
2. What is it with yours and many others on the blog fascination with Erk Russell? I was actually in school when Erk Russell was there. I was there when Kentucky beat us 33-0 in front of Prince Charles. I was there when UVA beat us 44-0 for Homecoming. I was either there or in close proximity to all those years of 7-4 and 8-3 that get coaches fired now days. Without Hershel Walker Vince was just another Ray Goff. Until he left for Georgia Southern Erk Russell was just another coach from the old days that yelled and screamed and came up with catchy phrases to motivate his team. List for me his accomplishments that cause you to put him in such high regard.
nobody
October 20th, 2011
3:43 pm
two questions:one: reckon why our FS took a knee on his last INT when he could have run unmolested for 25-30 yards? two: look at the Geathers film one last time….did you see any hint of a penalty flag being thrown prior to Geather’s retaliation>?
D BAG TROLLS!!!!
October 20th, 2011
3:45 pm
LMFAO when we when the SEC this season! Just wait!!!!!
McGaritty 5-OH
October 20th, 2011
3:46 pm
I am the ruler of this empire! hahahahahahahaha
Thanks for building it up so nice for me, daddy vince dooley.
And thanks for the keys to the palace damon
John Galt
October 20th, 2011
3:47 pm
William, it is NOT simplistic to view all this and say Todd Grantham has his players’ backs and Richt doesn’t; it is factual. I could possibly give Richt a pass if he had made his comment after reviewing film and talking to witnesses but his comment to the Vandy coach was simply to say “I am better than what you are claiming happened- I am a better person than that.”
Richt can ream Williams and Grantham behind closed doors but he broke the protocol- I have lost a lot of respect for him. The defense will run through brick walls for Grantham; Richt, maybe not so much.
And for the record, Geathers got screwed.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
3:48 pm
@nobody
1. Downing the ball was a mistake.
2. The block on Geathers was questionable at best. The play was not over when the block was made. Although the Vandy player was approaching from behind, he clearly had his head and shoulders in front of Geathers’ leg when he made contact. It looked like a legal cut block to me.
Joey
October 20th, 2011
3:49 pm
Bill, wouldn’t it be a better lesson for Richt to support his DC and players?
Instead, he unconditionally took the word of a coach (Franklin) who received a thumbs-up signal from the player after he tried to blow-out Geathers knee?
I’m happy Todd Grantham had his player’s back.
And by the way, Bill, a great many Dawg fans think you are embarrassing yourself by continuing to vilify Grantham . . .
D BAG TROLLS!!!!
October 20th, 2011
3:50 pm
Auto Correction: WIN the SEC!!!!!!!!
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
3:52 pm
@Joey
Coach Richt was present on the field of play during the game. What makes you think that you know more about what was going on than Coach Richt did?
If you guys want this story to hang around forever, just keep making up pathetic excuses. We screwed the pooch. Let it go. It’s time to move on.
@K. Reeves
October 20th, 2011
3:54 pm
I am not sure who made you the trash talk police, but you know for a fact it goes on with some players on EVERY team, and you are only pointing it out with UGA to take the heat off your little buddy Logan. Please see your interview with him last year below where he wanted to “shut them up” at the South Carolina game. I guess this year he is resorting to cheap knee shots to try and shut his opponents up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySF-PT-a6J8&feature=relmfu
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 20th, 2011
3:56 pm
DAWGtired
Can you copy and paste it on here. I dont want to get bombarded with garbage emails from some of the kool-aid crowd
7576DAWG
October 20th, 2011
4:02 pm
I played sports until I was 21 and on every team a lot of the team talked just like Grantham. To make the young men into Saints and to make in sound like they were damaged or the league was hurt because of Grantham’s tirade is crazy. These are 18 to 24 year old young men and half of them can and do drink legally. The player forgot about what happened the minute it happened because it wasn’t that big of a deal. THE ONLY THING THE DEFENSE WILL REMEMBER IS HOW GRANTHAM HAD THEIR BACK’S UNCONDITIONALLY.
CGodbbe
October 20th, 2011
4:03 pm
Franklin is big cry baby. Your a man and probably close to 40, don’t go after a 20 something year old ball player and then go whine about it after someone your age gets in your face
7576DAWG
October 20th, 2011
4:09 pm
Flat Tire
Your 3:33 comment was spot on. But I put most of that out coached on Bobo with CMR not intervening enough. The biggest reason that I have been calling for Bobo to be replaced as coordinator for two years now is because he is not capable of adjusting during a game to anything that our offense is having problems with and more than not he adjust away from things that are working.
GT Joe
October 20th, 2011
4:10 pm
Did the word “azz” really come out of St. Richt’s mouth?
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
4:15 pm
Marine Dog – My hearing is not that bad. Maybe it’s the iPod earplugs. They are probably more sensitive to both Franklin’s higher pitch voice and Richt’s lower voice than cheap ones. The microphone from that reporter was pointed at Franklin.
Texas Dawg
October 20th, 2011
4:18 pm
CMR and Bobo have to go if we can’y beat fl this year…wost off in Fl in 23 years….we can’t beat they musy go!
TTOUGH44
October 20th, 2011
4:21 pm
ya know what…LEAVE THE COACHES AND PLAYERS ALONE>>THINGs ARE SAID DUGING BATTLES THATS JUST PART OF IT..AND AS FOR SPORTSMANSHIP. HEY iM ALL FOR IT..BUT LETS NOT KID OURSELVES, THESE ATHLETES DONT NEED SHELTERING, THEY SAY DUMA## TO…..GET OVER IT AND FOCUS ON FOOTBALL…MY GOOD, GO TO YOUTUBE AND LISTEN TO WHAT ALA.S NIKI BOY HAS TO SAY TO FOLKS…LOL.GO DAWGS!
bitter ajc reader
October 20th, 2011
4:22 pm
DELBERT d.————IS A RICHT FAN—————-looooser
7576DAWG
October 20th, 2011
4:22 pm
Whatever Richt said he was patronizing the Vanderbilt coach. The game was over and he didn’t want it to escalate any. What Richt said or didn’t say shouldn’t really make any difference. Now if Richt had announced any discipline against Grantham, after what he condoned in the Florida end zone a few years ago , I would have had a big problem with that.
Joey
October 20th, 2011
4:22 pm
Um, G8tr, I’m commenting on the part of Bill’s blog that had about 4 paragraphs on “this story.” And, I HOPE Richt knows more than me. He said he “knows what the he– he’s doing!”
We’ll see if he lost his team with his pandering to Franklin. I thought he looked spineless. That’s my opinion and I’m pretty sure that’s what blogs are about . . .
And, wouldn’t Bill be the one that “keeps the story hanging around?”
TampaDawg
October 20th, 2011
4:23 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
October 20th, 2011
3:10 pm
Delbert D………..Thanks for your last post I think. LOL
Wow. more of those student that apply to UGA could get in if you didn’t have to give 75% special admits for all the football players. “Many schools routinely used a special admissions process to admit athletes who did not meet the normal entrance requirements. More than half of scholarship athletes at the University of Georgia, the University of Wisconsin, Clemson University, UCLA, Rutgers University, Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University were special admits. . . At Georgia, for instance, 73.5 percent of athletes were special admits compared with 6.6 percent of the student body as a whole.”
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You want to talk about beating a dead horse .. Anyway, the first line in this doesn’t even make sense. Even if they didn’t have special admits, they would still admit athletes as a scholarship offered group so the number of total new enrollees would never change. Second, EVERY school that has even a remotely competitive football program has special admits and you just mentioned a few in the post (the one with the paragraph that has been posted in here verbatim a dozen times before). Among those schools mentioned with UGA are good football schools and bad ones. Good academic schools and not as good. It’s all the same. GT would have more too but none of the better athletes want to play there.
Brickhead Nelson
October 20th, 2011
4:25 pm
How can anybody hear exactly what was said? This is nothing. Should be glad Richt got mad for a change. If those few thugs he has left on the team can’t contol their tempers,he knows they will not beat anymore good teams. Good for Richt………..Getting mad from time to time got Bear Bryant a few championships………………LOL
Texas Dawg
October 20th, 2011
4:26 pm
Could care less about Franklin…..
.why does UGA players act like they just won the sec when they make a routine
tackle…….
did you see our players after the game jumping around acting like a bunch of thugs?
Think Bama would do that after almost losing to Vandy?
I just don’t remember the thug like mental state or the lack of class that we have shown the last three or four years……use to be UGA was known as team that would never quit and would always ring your bell……………………lately we are thug like and take cheap shots……………………….
Does anyone else agree?
BrizDawg
October 20th, 2011
4:29 pm
The transcript is wrong, Richt doesn’t call Williams a dumb***, he clearly says “that was a dumb answer.” Seems like Nashville is trying to add some heat to Richt’s seat, but Richt was cool and collected, unlike Franklin. I’m proud of CMR and his handling of this mess. I feel bad for Kwame, but you know he’s going to bring it after the half against the reptiles.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 20th, 2011
4:31 pm
7576DAWG
I’ll be honest with you sitting in the Georgia Dome I was expecting to see some great offense because with Bobo and Richt on the hot seat I just believed they would come out with a team that was ready to play
but
Nope we saw the same conservative garbage we have seen for years
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
4:33 pm
Joey,
This story will only go away when irate Dawg fans stop posting stupid comments about it.
You posted this: “Instead, he unconditionally took the word of a coach (Franklin) who received a thumbs-up signal from the player after he tried to blow-out Geathers knee?”
That is absolute nonsense. You pretend to know all about a grand scheme on the part of Vandy to injure a Georgia football player. That wasn’t even a dirty block. It would have never been flagged if it hadn’t been followed by a punch from the Geathers.
This is the dirty block that caused all of the trouble, and you try to pretend that it didn’t even happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2kerWzxgoYg
If you don’t want to hear any more about this mess, then just stop with the conspiracy theories and excuses.
Joey
October 20th, 2011
4:34 pm
Texas Dawg, I hate it when they run away from teammates, after a 7 yard gain, to celebrate, ME!
If they were beating a team that actually mattered, I could tolerate it better, but, dang, celebrating sqeaking by Ole Miss? Vandy?
I can’t help it, though. I have to be in fron of the flat screen at least 5 minutes before kickoff . . .
TampaDawg
October 20th, 2011
4:35 pm
TexasDawg, “.why does UGA players act like they just won the sec when they make a routine
tackle…….
did you see our players after the game jumping around acting like a bunch of thugs?
Think Bama would do that after almost losing to Vandy? ”
I don’t think it was about just beating Vandy, I think it was more of the fact that the way Vandy was trying to win with the cheap shots and low blocks that made the players get stupid after the game. Just my opinion.
I am more upset that CMR even entertained the thought of letting that little whiny punk Franklin even speak his peace. He goes after a 20 year old first which that should have never happened. It should be coach to coach only. Let the coaches handle the players. Which by the way, apparently Franklins version of handling his players is sending a hit man in to take down UGA’s players in a cowardly way but then telling CMR, “that’s not how we play”. Pansy Franklin will get his.
GT Joe
October 20th, 2011
4:38 pm
wow g8tr h8tr, that hit was grimy. Doesn’t surprise me though.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
4:39 pm
@Texas Dawg
All I can say is that it appears to come from the bottom up. Many Georgia fans these days celebrate thuggery over skill and sportsmanship.
It sure ain’t like back in the old days…
7576DAWG
October 20th, 2011
4:42 pm
I will admit that Grantham at times is a little crazy but what defensive coordinator that’s worth anything isn’t a little crazy. Saban, Miles, Muschamp, smart . Defensive coordinators are a different breed than offensive coordinator’s. I really like CMR but if I have my rather’s I prefer Georgia’s head coach with a defensive back ground.
Joey
October 20th, 2011
4:43 pm
Who’s stupid? You think Grantham didn’t see the thumbs-up after the dirty hit on Geathers?
And the ref flagged it, only because of the punch? And what excuses?
Tell you what doofus. Write something that makes sense, and I’ll attempt to respond.
Otherwise I think you are late for your meds . . .
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
4:45 pm
Joey,
The additional shooters were stationed on the grassy knoll.
Joey
October 20th, 2011
4:48 pm
Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
They are finally over their Miss Virginia hangover!
GT Joe, you through recalculating how your unbeaten Jackets will get in the Big Game over a one-losss SEC team.
GT Joe = Premature celebrater
Joey
October 20th, 2011
4:50 pm
There were shooters at Vandy?
It was worse than I thought . . .
athdog
October 20th, 2011
4:52 pm
Enter your comments here
GT Joe
October 20th, 2011
4:53 pm
Yeah Joey, 12-1 sounds great too, and an orange bowl date with LSU or Bama. Dawgs would go where?
GaDawg
October 20th, 2011
4:53 pm
Monday morning QB’s still hanging Grantham and Williams out to dry. Show me Williams even speaking to Franklin. Ask FSS for raw tape, the camera pointed on the field never moved they cut to a field hand held camera on Rambo. The video shows Williams 15 to 20 yards away from Franklin with his back to him and Franklin is running after him. Grantham was just minding his own business walking across the field. Grantham has to turn around, including numerous UGA players, to see whom Franklin is pointing at.
The real point is, none of us know what was really said between Franklin and Grantham with the exception of the Vandy Police Officer, and we know whom he’ll back, and the kid in the blue shirt with the camera who is supposedly with Scout.com. The kid stated that Franklin told Grantham to F off and that started the whole deal.
I have learned that it is usually the little guy that starts it, the big guy finishes it, and the big guy gets in trouble.
Very disappointed with Richt. He should have seen the cameras and told Franklin he would get back to him after he had spoken to the parties involved. Richt was set up by FSS and Franklin.
It’s funny that even after Richt apologized to Franklin, Franklin waited for another UGA assistant to spill the same story exactly word for word, he had just told Richt. Franklin was looking for whomever he could find in red to keep this stirred up.
Damage done now let’s take our frustrations out on FLA!
Go Dawgs!!
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
4:57 pm
the REAL PHIL-
Sorry it took so long to get back to you, I’m working. I do feel like the administration owes something to a fanbase who has CONSISTENTLY packed the Stadium for over ten years, has purchased enough merchandise to make us the second best athletic brand in College, and has given our Coaches and their assistants bloated salaries that are not consistent with the product that they have put on the field the last four years.
As far as Erk was concerned, I have a fantastic article that I wrote about Erk, and it stems from his approach, character, loyalty and ability to motivate teams that were NOT loaded with “4 and 5 star recruits” like they are now. His teams in those days had under-sized and under appreciated defensive player and he almost never failed to get them up for the big games. I followed his career at GSU as well, and I don’t think there is a single coach in the country that can claim that he took a group of Div-II athletes who hadn’t had a football team in over 40YEARS and took them to 3 NC’s in ten years. That is just sick. Also, he was an avid supporter of not only the school, students, fans, student athletes, and coaching staff, but also supported life changing values like ethical behavior, a moral life style, and let those he mentored know that there was more to life than winning football games. THAT is a great man. Where do your low standards stem from Phil?
d-dog
October 20th, 2011
4:59 pm
listen guys, I agree with a lot of these comments, but think about this. UGA Head man coach “R” seems to be trying to save everbody job but it may cost him his. I love all the UGA coachs and i am happy what coach “G” did. It about time some one looked pased the politic and remembered what he needed to do in this event. The Vandy coach “F” looked like a little girl on the play ground telling on someone. He should have ignored player “W” and let it go. I also think he did a lot of dammage to “UV” with his child like actions. “UV” is to upper crust to put up with that. Be careful Coach “F” your seat may get hot.
athdog
October 20th, 2011
5:00 pm
oops…
Bill, I’ve mentioned this to several, with no one having any more of a clue than I.
Why, when we only needed to run out the clock, 1:15 or so, the last series, were we trying to get Samuel outside? Not only is he a bruising back, gaining five yards on the only play up the gut in that series, but he was limping the entire game! Several times we tried, throughout the game, to get him outside and it lost yardage every time, I believe. I just don’t get Bobo. Thomas up the middle, and Samuel on the sweep. And a substitution infraction on the last series? Really? How many of those do we average during the last five years? We just don’t seem to have the details figured out, seven games into the season, that we should have and haven’t had for years.
I am a huge CMR fan, but I think that our lack of ability to put teams away over the last few years, and the continual lack of focus that causes things like twelve men in the huddle on a first and ten when you have to have a first down to put a game away, points to a change being required. Maybe Richt, maybe Bobo, maybe some other assistants. Something just is not well tuned here in Athens
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
5:00 pm
@GaDawg
This story will hang around as long as the Georgia fan-base wants it to.
Hmmmmmmmm
October 20th, 2011
5:18 pm
The facts are this….. Coach Grantham needs to be FIRED! As long as this crap continues to happen at UGA, the UGA program will continue to be a JOKE, and even bigger JOKE than it already is…..
Bob
October 20th, 2011
5:26 pm
Bill…why not get a Techie to fix your filters. I’ve been trying to send a non-offensive, but politically correct message. And, they are somewhere in cyberspace.
P_The_Ricker
October 20th, 2011
5:28 pm
Hmmmmmmm,
So being ranked in the top 25 and on a 5 game winning streak is the definition of being a “joke?” Can think of at least 95 other teams who wouldn’t mind being a “joke,” if that meant being ranked.
If they beat UF next week, are they a full-scale comedy?
UGA=Dumb Rednecks fans who mutts has not beat a ranked team in 2 years
October 20th, 2011
5:36 pm
How many wins UGA has over UF in the last twenty years? Not much to brag about.
fudd21
October 20th, 2011
5:39 pm
Jose Cuevas,
I think you would be hard pressed to find any coach or writer that thinks GA has the best defensive backfield in the SEC. At BEST, I think they could be listed 3rd. I don’t think it’s close when comparing them to the secondaries of Bama or LSU.
Bob
October 20th, 2011
5:41 pm
@fudd21…I would add third best in the SEC East, not SEC total. Look who we’ve beaten.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
5:41 pm
“I just don’t get Bobo. Thomas up the middle, and Samuel on the sweep.”
That was supposed to fool ‘em.
flounder
October 20th, 2011
5:44 pm
Enter your comments here
What Did He Say?
October 20th, 2011
5:45 pm
Maybe it’s just me but there is no way I can tell what Coach Richt said. Seemed like he was just trying to get rid of Coach Franklin and move on to the locker room.
As for Coach Grantham, I don’t have a problem with a coach defending his players but he was over the top.
Can this BS end already? No one was hurt, the SEC has addressed it. MOVE ON!
Hmmmmmmmm
October 20th, 2011
5:47 pm
Ricker,
The program at UGA continues to raise the bar for embarrassing the state of Georgia… Is there a leader anywhere in Athens that will take charge? Have you people totally lost all sense of what a winning program looks like….
Motivational Speaker
October 20th, 2011
5:56 pm
Hey Richt,
The Dawg’s ain’t man enough to beat Florida!
The Dawg’s ain’t man enough to beat Florida!
The Dawg’s ain’t man enough to beat Florida!
The Dawg’s ain’t man enough to beat Florida!
flounder
October 20th, 2011
5:59 pm
Hope what was reported that Richt said is true. Ga. players, as soon as the game was over were acting as if we won the SEC championship. If the Ga. players were in fact talking smack to the vandy sidelines during the game, it would not surprise me at all. The current players are highly recruited players that have no clue what realty is as they have been treated as if they were special since they were 10 years old. Very embarased after the game. I have no idea what was actually said during or after the game. That being stated, our players should have ran to the locker room with their tail between their legs with the performance they displayed. Get ready for another loss to the gaytors, we will find a way to lose. Hope i’m wrong!
Desert Fox
October 20th, 2011
6:01 pm
Out of curiosity I checked the Dawgs 2011 Media Guide to see who has/is the special teams coach. Well, there isn’t one with that primary duty and it certainly shows on the field. How can you not have a designated special teams coach not on (your) staff? Add another nail to the coffin.
sheepdawg
October 20th, 2011
6:04 pm
called him a dumb___? that was a compliment for the thug he recruited!!
Mike Bobo 17 INT
October 20th, 2011
6:06 pm
CMR is done and ready to move, thus his comment last weekend. He has come to a realization that this program is tanked, the fans are clueless and the players are just basically a lawless group of thugs. UGA is nothing more than a bush league program for average or less than average NFL prospects.
Did I hit the nail on the head?
Mike Bobo 17 INT
October 20th, 2011
6:07 pm
8-4 or 7-5 at best, and CMR gets another year.
Mike T.
October 20th, 2011
6:07 pm
Anybody remember “the shoe string play”we run against Vandy back in 1975,It was a thing of beauty.Those were the days.How long has it been since Georgia has really
run a real razzle dazzle play,something more than an end around.We never fake a punt,or run something like LSU did on USCe with a fake FG.Our whole offense is vanilla.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
6:07 pm
Desert Fox – Check some more schools and see. Frank Beamer is the special teams coach for VT. Ga. Tech doesn’t have one. Due to coaching staff numbers limitations, it’s not that uncommon.
T.
October 20th, 2011
6:12 pm
The facts are this….. Coach Grantham needs to be FIRED
CMR FIRED and Grantham promoted to HC.
Texas Dawg
October 20th, 2011
6:14 pm
Joey….I’m with you brother….I no matter how upset I am I’m foaming out the mouth waiting on the game! GO Dogs! Luvs me some UGA football….just wish we could loose the getto and act like we have been there before and we better beat Fl…if not CMR and BOBO got to go……it’s FLA worst offense in 23 years! …………….
……..which brings me to Tampa Dog…………ALL the more reason not to act the way we did after the game…do we really need to get down to their level…..the leadership (CMR) should make it clear that no matter how dirty the other team plays UGA will settle issues on the field during the game not after………..If our players were that upset we should have crushed Vandy in the 2nd half!~Settle the issue with class on the field of play not the sideline or press………..I remember my days! Pay back as they say was a muther sucker….if the other team was cheap shotting….we settled it on the field!
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
6:14 pm
Picked at random.
Florida has a LB coach/special teams coordinator
Miami’s has a LB coach/special teams coordinator
NC State has their recruiting coordinator as special teams coach
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
6:15 pm
From my experience in HS, if you don’t have a designated coach to fill that position, it is usually the assistant with the least responsibilities. That probably means Garner. He’s had the closest interaction with Martinez, Fabris, and Belin when they were the ST coaches.
DP
October 20th, 2011
6:16 pm
Bill King and Dawg Nation is still crying about Vandy’s alleged cut blocking, which by the way is legal? I never heard a word about it from Alabama, which played Vandy the week before and held then to 41 yards rushing. I guess Vandy put it in the game plan for Georgia and that’s why they piled up 200 yards rushing.
T.
October 20th, 2011
6:19 pm
DP
Clipping is never legal, cut and chop block had nothing to do with it. Text book case of clipping, happened after ball carrier went out of bounds.It was a cheap shot.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
6:20 pm
Cutblocking is illegal in the NFL b/c it is extremely dangerous…you’re going against the grain right at the patella area of a DL who is already driving with post-power. That said, it’s usually pretty easy to counter as long as you don’t bullrush every play (ps-that’s the only move our line seems to have). If they taught these guys to swim, punch, spin and feign to the inside and used more stunts on the line, it would be a non-factor. Garner is almost as predictable as Bobo.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
6:24 pm
Of course, we play a single-gap defense where the only real responsibility of those linemen is to hold a point(occupy blockers) and collapse the pocket so that it forces a runningback into a pile of mush or sends him bouncing outside into the waiting arms of a linebacker. It’s pretty much the simplest line play to script and minimizes their AOR. It is probably due to the fact that these guys havent worked in the system long enough for a two-gap responsibility (see Florida’s problems vs Bama/LSU)
Tyler
October 20th, 2011
6:31 pm
Bill King the writer of this article should be fired. Can’t believe you are writing articles for UGA and making fun of them and hating on them the whole time. AJC please fire him or at least assign him to another topic then to do the UGA Junkyardblawgs..pleasee..
Henry
October 20th, 2011
6:33 pm
I have backed CMR, but he needs to apologize to fans, players and coaches . He totally sided with a rookie coach , whom it seems may have wanted this fiasco . it seems he may think this will help him recruit .
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
6:36 pm
DAWGtired – One of the reason that VT has had good special teams is because Beamer takes that responsibility himself. Cut blocking *is* legal in the NFL. For this year they redefined the rules for cut blocking to include the angle to the football; when WRs cut block, for example.
Scott
October 20th, 2011
6:37 pm
A reminder, yet again, Bill King is a hack and does not have UGA’s interests at heart.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
6:39 pm
DAWGtired – I made a post on ken Sugiura’s blog about the same time as your post on the 1-gap on the difficulty of Georgia Tech employing a 2-gap 3-4.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
6:45 pm
Good point D. My issue is this: teams have used these quick tricks for years and years. It is a SIMPLE adjustment…one that could made in a team or commercial timeout. The fact remains, however, that we do a very poor job at half making adjustments and anticipating adjustments. i think the best half-time adj i’ve seen all season long was C. Petersen changing to a trip set at half to keep our corners from jamming their receivers in the Boise Game. CTG should have switched to a zone blitz in a 3-5-3, stacking on the side of the trips set to slow down the crossing routes. Fail again.
DodgerDAWG
October 20th, 2011
6:46 pm
I think that if you listen close enough you will really hear Coach Mark Richt to have said “He shouldn’t have done that”. Not what the media is stirring out of control. Just like the media reaction to Grantham it is just the media trying to paint a bad light so they can add more articles calling for the dismaissal of Coach Richt.
gomdawg
October 20th, 2011
6:47 pm
I think the coach for Vandy needs a lesson you don’t act like he did on TV , he was a poor excuse for a coach he down grade a player on national TV. he can go to hell
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
6:48 pm
Here’s what the NCAA decided for 2011:
“Blocking Below the Waist
The committee had an extensive discussion about blocking below the waist. There is general agreement that the current rule is overly cumbersome and complicated. Committee members will make suggestions for modification of the rule to the secretary-rules editor who will frame possible new language. This will be considered at the next committee meeting in 2011.”
Referee
October 20th, 2011
6:48 pm
Why don’t you report the score of the game only. We really don’t need your opinion. Reporting is giving the facts, not you opinion of the facts.
THis dead horse story needs to be put to rest. PLEASE do that.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
6:49 pm
LOL…it’s hilarious that Groh is trying to use a two-gap assignment with the players on his team. Not stout enough up front for them to split the guards and the tackles, not athletic enough to counter on the traps…great scheme Groh.
JRW7
October 20th, 2011
6:51 pm
The Nasville TV shows that CMR is a WIMP! CMR called his own players and his coach “DUMB ASSES on TV! CTG might get tired of all this “STUFF” and leave UGA and go back to NFL at the end of season!
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
6:51 pm
No doubt this was a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2kerWzxgoYg
gomdawg
October 20th, 2011
6:51 pm
Mark Richt did NOT SAY THAT DON’T PUT WORDS IN HIS MOUTH.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
October 20th, 2011
6:52 pm
@Referee this is set up as a FAN’S View which you can blog your opinion about. You just want scores then go to the ESPN trackers and be done.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
October 20th, 2011
6:56 pm
@JRW7 Grantham go back to the NFL? he was Fired. He will just be another unemployed coach looking for ANY coaching Job.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
6:57 pm
DAWGtired – Here is a quote from Todd Grantham going into last year on his version of the 3-4, and the “myth” that the 3-4 always requires a Terrence Cody-type NT: “When we were in Dallas, Jay Ratliff made the pro bowl as a nose tackle, and he’s an undersized nose tackle and we’re going to be more of a one-gap team so you can play with guys that are like that,” Grantham said.
And as a bonus, he has 2 monster NTs this year for his 1-gap.
G8tr_H8tr
October 20th, 2011
7:04 pm
I think that if you listen close enough you will really hear Coach Mark Richt to have said “I have some MoonPies and RC colas out in my truck”.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:09 pm
@ H8tr-
I hope Grantham didn’t hear him say that. He probably would have bullrushed right over McGarity trying to find his Chuck Wagon. LOL>
pete
October 20th, 2011
7:11 pm
But Shawn Williams IS a dumba**
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:13 pm
I don’t think I’ve seen one person contradict that statement on here yet Pete.
DodgerDAWG
October 20th, 2011
7:19 pm
Why won’t you post my comment?
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:20 pm
Delbert-you got any comment on those halftime adjustments at the Boise Game?
Dr. Morpheus
October 20th, 2011
7:21 pm
If people don’t think UGA football matters, remember (like sogadog and others) that SSgt David Forston is out there on behalf of all of us (no matter which team you support) and it matters to him. Kind of puts things in perspective for me. Before you get too insulting about someone or their team, you might consider that a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine out in the field who cares about that person or team and would love to be home watching the next game is going to read what you post. Go Dawgs!
HD27
October 20th, 2011
7:27 pm
And they say he has no emotiion! LOL!
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
7:28 pm
I’m just ready to beat some booger eat n gators!
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:30 pm
Dr.M-
As a Sergeant who’s served for 9+ yrs and watched many a UGA game on AFN on ship, in Iraq, and in Afghanistan I definitely know where you’re coming from on that. By the same token, remember that there no NO amount of s^*! that can be talked on this blog that could possibly compare to the heckling that he/she is getting from their comrades. Trust me on that.
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
7:31 pm
I saw today they are going to slide Tyson into the middle to back up big John for the first half and sanders will play at safety. Do you think big John can play that much time and be going strong in the fourth?
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:35 pm
It will probably become a three-man rotation in the second half. Garrison will get the nod at end, Geathers will become the lead a Nose, Tyson will rotate at end/nose, and Jenkins will take the second string snaps. That’s how it looks to shape up. Thornton will probably rotate between nose/end depending on the look (3-4 true base is only about 30% of our plays, the rest are a hybrid 4-3 where they can use to undersized tackles).
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
7:40 pm
They prob will be running a lot fla uses demps and rainy a lot. And they like to dink and dunk on offense. They throw it deep to # 4 they got that seem rout against bama and lsu same play. # 4 has speed as well. They threw it to him long when he was on the short side of the field but boy kin ply the other sanders may not have the speed for him but smith does.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:40 pm
Florida should be more concerned with their receivers. Apart from Debose and J.Reed, they might as well put ghost runners out there to run the receiver routes. C. Weis is a lying, overrated fraud. He definitely suckered those clowns.
Northern Sympathizer
October 20th, 2011
7:40 pm
UGA players will really be put to the loyalty test now. To go play hard to beat florida, so to help CMRs job security, after he called one of their team-mates a dumb***. Richt had better hope his troops are ready to play hard next weekend!
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:43 pm
More than likely, they’ll line Boykin up on Debose and J.Jones will swith responsibilities with Vasser/Washington on Reed. If they wanna throw a deep ball to Debose, he’ll have his work cut out. Bump and run is the only real pass coverage that Smith thrives in, and he’ll be hawking that agressive play knowing Commings and Rambo are there to back him up.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:45 pm
Northern Sympathizer-
After the way we went out last year, I don’t think these kids need Richt to get up for this game. Definitely a huge character flaw throwing Williams and Grantham under the bus like that. Especially for as much of a non-issue as this SHOULD have been.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:49 pm
Delbert-
We were celebrating at my battalion about that exact thing today. The Middle East and Northern Africa had a collective sigh of relief. His prime minister even said, “We’ve been waiting a long time for this to happen.”
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
7:49 pm
@DAWGtired,
AFN makes you miss all the commercial breaks back in the States doesn’t it?
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
7:51 pm
JESUS yes! Not having the super bowl commercials is the WORST! I’d say if had to watch one more “Never shake your baby” or “Force Protection” or “Use the designated smoking area” commercial I’d have gone ape s&*% on a TCN!!
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
7:52 pm
DAWGtired – Adjustments during the Boise game…it looked to me on TV as if Georgia was in a 3-3-3 in the 2nd half. The thing with TV is they focus on the QB until the ball is on the way to the receivers, who seemed to outnumber the DBs a lot in that game.
MarineDog
October 20th, 2011
7:54 pm
I spent the entire 7 months out at Korean Village during my last deployment to OIF. I almost lost my mind watching those don’t shake your baby infomercials.
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
7:55 pm
@ dawg tired
We will see how it plays out. I hope tree does not have to much rust to knock off and steps right out their and gives us a upgrade
hello
October 20th, 2011
7:59 pm
Lot of drama these days. If UGAS defense would hit while the play is still live they wouldnt have these problems-=====not enough coaching going on in the run over the guy theory of football.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
8:00 pm
Delbert-
Trying to respond but the blog keeps eating my posts
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
8:01 pm
@delbert-No wonder we lost…we were two men short on Defense! lol. they did throw the 3-5-3 in late in the third, but it was too much man and not enough sone on the 10 yard bubble outside the hash and over the middle. Not having Ogletree killed it though, b/c he was HAMMERING their center. I’m pretty sure that play that took his foot out was planned by Peterson (not really a conspiracy theory, before I get flamed).
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
8:02 pm
this damn filter just told me i was posting comments too fast and to “slow down” LOLOLOL
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
8:03 pm
DAWGtired – I’m glad for that. One less scumbag. By the way, I was 18 months in the USMCR before signing a 6-year contract (which became 7) in the Navy submarine service. I actually got a draft notice in fall of ‘66 while I was a L/Cpl. My Basic, if you want to call it that, was PLC at Quantico. I went from 1D to 1A in a hurry when my projected college grad date slipped due to major malfunctions by me. Pre-lottery days.
BostonBob
October 20th, 2011
8:05 pm
Hey Mark Richt, your halo is slipping.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
8:05 pm
joined in ‘02 right before we kicked off in Iraq. I’ve had 3 combat tours (2 to Iraq, 1 to Afghan) and 2 MEUs (both westpacs on the TARAWA which was just decom’d). I’m going out with 2/1 to Afghan next year sometime.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
8:08 pm
Our version of the AFN while we were on FBM patrols was a weekly RTTY printout of scores that we passed around. Imagine my surprise when Lew Alcindor and UCLA beat Cal 1017-2.
the REAL PHIL
October 20th, 2011
8:11 pm
DAWG tired. Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I have to work. Thanks for the response, such as it was. As is usually the case with someone who tries to spin opinion as fact, you didn’t answer the questions I ask you. You only affirmed that indeed you DID believe the University of Georgia fans something. In your case they owe you a football team that wins in a way and amount that appeases what ever your desires are. You mentioned that it was because fans had packed the stadium for 10 years. I assure you that stadium has been packed for most of 40 years and that is why seating has continued to expand. But you never mentioned what YOU had done so that YOU feel that the University owes it to YOU to grant your wish.
What you didn’t answer is if every football fan in the nation deserves the same thing you do as a fan of the University of Georgia, if their chosen institution OWES them the same thing that you seem to feel the University of Georgia owes YOU. And if that is the case, how do we wind up the season with every team in contention for the national championship? Just give me logical answers to those questions and I will never say another word about any one that believes the University OWES them to be a fan of am undefeated team every year. Or OWES them anything, a parking place, a place to pee, what ever it is you thing the school OWES you just because you bought a shirt if you’re just a fan. If you’re an alumni they gave you an education. That’s what you paid for.
As far as Erk Russell is concerned, I find it almost impossible to believe you wrote a fantastic article about anything. What you may have written was an opinion piece that is slanted to support some opinion of yours that you believe to be fantastic and is based on the same thing that word is….fantasy. If this were the scenario Erk Russell were coaching THIS YEAR and YOU dear sir, were a fan, the UGA was on it’s way to it’s typical 7-4 or 8-3 record that occurred during his tenor as DC. UK beats us 33-0. UVA beats us 44-0 for homecoming. YOU Mr. Dawgtired would be filling up these blogs with your illogical rants on how he has to go, how Dooley and his staff are idiots, how you can’t understand why Dooley insists on running the veer in the red zone. That is EXACTLY what YOU and those like you would be doing. The absolute last thing on your mind would be his character, approach, loyalty, and ability to motivate his teams. You wouldn’t care if Catholics had medals around their necks with his likeness. Those blow outs and 7-4 and he’d be scum to you.
I was there. I know. Coach Russell was every bit as in your face and foul as Coach Grantham is today. Back then that’s how people thought coaches were supposed to be. Players would go through 4 years of college and never even have a single conversation over that time with Dooley. Coach Russell coined the term GATA, an acronym whose last word seems to be heresy because some Nashville TV station purports that Coach Richt used it. Yet you bash Coach Richt his character and tell me Coach Russell had enough character that you are able to over look the actual performance of his teams. There are better examples about how life is more than football being set in Athens now in one night while everyone is asleep than the entire Dooley/Russell era. If you hold that point so dear, it seems to me that you would understand that. Where did your low standards come from?
Nub
October 20th, 2011
8:11 pm
Somebody tell me why bobo calls plays that have Samuel running outside tackles and Thomas running between tackles ….
Let's talk about UGA!
October 20th, 2011
8:14 pm
I wonder…
If we went to a 12-man defense, would it help?
We could run a 4-4-4 package.
Maybe a 6-4-2?
Come on New Mexico State.
We need another big victory so we’ll feel relevant.
Let’s call UF and forfeit.
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
Fire them all while you're at it
October 20th, 2011
8:15 pm
FIRE MARK RICHT TODAY!!!
Burma Shave
October 20th, 2011
8:22 pm
Mark Richt curses
His players bite and hit
Really the whole team
Ain’t worth a… bit
BURMA SHAVE
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
8:22 pm
Okay, Phil. First of all, I have been attending UGA games since I was 8. My granddad played at Clemson, and my Uncle played at Tech and BOTH took me to games b/c it was the team that I LOVE having grown up about 25 miles S.E. of Athens off of the 78. It isn’t some arbitrary notion I have about “A National Championship” because I never once even mentioned those words. What I do expect, is that when coaches say things like, “We win the east every other year and the SEC every 3 years” that they will deliver something better than a 8-5, 6-7, and now 5-2 football team on the field when we are playing a significantly easier schedule. I have paid for home game tix on leave back when I come back to Snellville (went to the Chick-fil-a game in ‘06 and the Auburn game in ‘07 and the Tennessee game last year) and went to about 25+ from the time I was 8 until I joined the Corps in 02. I have paid for friends and family member to attend games while I was deployed and having been waiting nearly 10 YEARS to use my G.I. Bill to go back to Athens to get a degree in Education (focus in History/Classics). I have so much UGA merchadise you could fill storage unit with it. No, I don’t think we should win the NCG every year Phil, but it would be nice not to be thought of as a complete JOKE. Our coaching staff can’t seem to put our players in a position where winning games and being competitive or at the very least classy and discipline is a priority. I hope you got your chuckles trying to flame me on this board, b/c frankly I don’t feel entitled to anything more than my opinion. You should really check yourself next time.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
8:22 pm
@nub “Somebody tell me why bobo calls plays that have Samuel running outside tackles and Thomas running between tackles”
That is to lull the unsuspecting defense into a major goof-up. Run that sequence for 2 or 3 series, then Bang! Run Thomas outside for a 4-yard gain!
the REAL PHIL
October 20th, 2011
8:29 pm
DAWGtired: “If they taught these guys to swim, punch, spin and feign to the inside and used more stunts on the line, it would be a non-factor.” You want to run by me again how any of those moves has anything to do with defeating a cut block? You try any of those on me while I am knocking your knees into next week and all you’ll be swimming in is the grass.
And this jewel; ” CTG should have switched to a zone blitz in a 3-5-3, stacking on the side of the trips set to slow down the crossing routes. Fail again.”
When you get out of the Corps if that writing gig falls through, you can always fall back on being an NFL or D-1 defensive coordinator!
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
8:32 pm
No Bill, the lesson for Mark Richt is:
Quit calling yourself a Christian when you curse like a rock star. Start living out the values you portray, stop being fake.
The Bible says, dirty words = dirty heart
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
8:33 pm
Luke 6:45, in the words of the Lord:
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
8:35 pm
James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
8:37 pm
Actually, you were very selective yet again phil. The comment about the swim, punch, spin and feign is talking about the lack of finesse moves that our line displays. If they know how to SWIM over a force to the outside, SPIN around a shuffle step in pass protection, USE THEIR HANDS to keep from getting jammed up and locked then they won’t just be holding on the point (they will be PRESSURING THE PASSER) and the cutblock is useless . A spin is actually extremely effective against a cut-block, because while you’re on your belly falling forward, the only thing you can do is grab a shoe lace. And thats called holding.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
8:40 pm
I played on my battalion team off and on between deployments and have been asked to coach here for the base team. I’m not an expert, but that’s why people ANALYZE these things on the blogs. Its hindsight, Phil and you should really lighten up.
FootballGiant
October 20th, 2011
8:44 pm
The right call on the punt at the end of the game was:
Take as much time off the clock and take a safety, you have a 5 point lead.
Then kick to them and make them drive the field in 3 seconds.
NoSpinDawg
October 20th, 2011
8:44 pm
I thought CMR’s response was great. I’m surprised he didn’t start laughing at Vandy’s coach. What is he a 12 year old school girl? If he can’t handle Shawn Williams talking smack after a loss… Then this whole media storm circling him and his pathetic actions must be driving him insane. He needs thicker skin.
And it’s funny that people are shocked that Richt says curse words and talks about his players that way. Listening to to stupid fans complain about Richt is hilarious. If he sticks up for the players… he’s coddling them. If he attacks them publicly… he’s throwing them under the bus. No matter what he does, it’s going to be wrong to the “fans” on message boards.
Richt handled the event perfectly. He brushed off the opposing coach as quickly as he could and walked off the field. Who handled it wrong? Vandy’s coach. He apparently has the thinnest skin of any SEC coach in decades. And Grantham? Sure, could have done better. But come on. He was just responding to a moron who’s upset that a player on another team dared tell him he lost the game.
Without the media needing something to talk about, this is a non story and one that the Vandy coach everyone forgets about. This is on the level of Van Gundy’s “I’m a man… I’m 40!”
Richt did well in just blowing him off as politely as possible and probably thought… “really? better get used to opposing players talking smack after beating your team… you’re at Vandy.”
david
October 20th, 2011
8:55 pm
BIll, what are you talking about? Richt doesnt have his players back? Where do you come up with that? Grantham embarrassed Georgia? If that is my son out on the field and another teams coach is yelling at him and my sons coach did not take up for him, I would be all over his coach. How about you? Wouldnt you want him to back your kid? What you wrote is absurd? I thought you were partial to the Dawgs?
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
8:55 pm
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I hate how this thing just stops allowing posts at the end of the page b/c it doesn’t have enough room for the post.
WrathDog
October 20th, 2011
8:56 pm
Coach Richt truly blew as a “so called” Christian.
Matt 12:36
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak
Matt 12:34
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Prov 18;21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
I was shocked to read the cursing words Coach Richt chose to spew forth about his safety, and his defensive asst coach.
If you’re going to talk this coursely, please do not call yourself a Christian.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
8:58 pm
Football Giant-
I think they didnt go with that b/c even with the time i takes off the clock to run the safety back, 52 yards is a LONG way where a lot can happen. Also, they would have had to punt from our 20 and one goose egg laid by butler would put them in FG pos to tie.
WrathDog
October 20th, 2011
8:59 pm
The team mantra isn’t uplifting to the Lord:
Get after their a_ _ ???
That’s a Christian mantra?
That’s the best Coach Richt can do?
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
9:00 pm
GATA was an Erkism…not a Richt thing.
Snake Doc
October 20th, 2011
9:01 pm
DAWGtired – Thank you for your service to our nation.
Allow me to say what you will not – Phil is a chucklehead!
FootballGiant
October 20th, 2011
9:01 pm
Actually, you could have followed the intentional safety, with another intentional safety on the kick off if needed.
With a 10 yard start and a full sprint, no one would have caught Butler for a long time.
Vanderbilt should have never got the ball back.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
9:08 pm
thanks doc-much appreciated.
WrathDog
October 20th, 2011
9:11 pm
Pressure reveals character, and words reveal character, and Coach Richt;’s cursing reveals who he really is. I’m glad he’s been on the hotseat this season so the real Coach Richt has finally come out. The guy can curse up a storm.
Sit-n-Spin O'Reilly
October 20th, 2011
9:17 pm
NoSpinDawg,
You’ve got that shtick down pat. I might have to charge you a royalty.
BrimmedHat
October 20th, 2011
9:20 pm
FinDawg,
You got that right.
BrimmedHat
October 20th, 2011
9:21 pm
YodelDawg,
Thank you very much, kind words indeed.
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
9:22 pm
WrathDawg
Their is no condemnation from Christ! All sins are forgiven! All fall short of the glory of God! That’s why Christ died for salvation! It’s not works that save you it’s faith in Christ!
WrathDog
October 20th, 2011
9:22 pm
What does Coach Richt’s team theme “G.A.T.A.” stand for, anyone know?
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
9:24 pm
According to James 1:26, you religion is worthless if you can’t control your tongue, so that’s all we need to know about Mark Richt’s “religion”.
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
9:25 pm
It was not richts them irk russel came up with it
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
9:27 pm
Religion does not save you
MADD
October 20th, 2011
9:29 pm
Has Cornelius Washington sobered up yet?
Prozac Dawg
October 20th, 2011
9:29 pm
Thanks for saying what you did dawg48. But I don’t think you will strike brain with WrathDog. He doesn’t want to hear that we are all sinners, including him. But one day he will.
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
9:29 pm
The Bible is clear on cursing:
Ephesians:
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving
Idiot Dawg
October 20th, 2011
9:31 pm
Hello green dawg. I seem to cuss a lot. Specially at reptiles. Mom says I should stop. How did you do it?
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2011
9:32 pm
Save your drivel for church Wrath and others. This blog is covering a football subject at this point. Burma, why do you post your useless crap, same immature posts at different times on different blogs? God for a dedicated blog, administered by responsible parties that would eliminate trash like you’all. Very seldom do I criticize posters, what a waste of humanity.
WrathDog
October 20th, 2011
9:33 pm
Although Coach Richt meant for these words to be “private”, not “public”, the more these private moments become public, we are reminded the word is true:
Like 8:17
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.
Worth repeating
October 20th, 2011
9:33 pm
This needs to be reposted frequently to remind dawgtards what an embarrassment they are.
Georgia Tech had the nation’s best average SAT score for football players, 1028 of a possible 1600, and best average high school GPA, 3.39 of a possible 4.0.
Many schools routinely used a special admissions process to admit athletes who did not meet the normal entrance requirements. More than half of scholarship athletes at the University of Georgia, the University of Wisconsin, Clemson University, UCLA, Rutgers University, Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University were special admits. . . At Georgia, for instance, 74 percent of athletes were special admits compared with 7 percent of the student body as a whole.
The link is:
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/paper-trail/2008/12/30/athletes-show-huge-gaps-in-sat-scores
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
9:35 pm
I do it by prayer. It is possible to go 30 years without cursing, or sinning.
Bill King
October 20th, 2011
9:37 pm
David:
I’ve never said Richt doesn’t have his players’ back. That’s what the Grantham supporters have been saying.
MATHDAWG
October 20th, 2011
9:38 pm
WE SHOULD PLAY H. MASON AT QB NOW BECAUSE THE CURRENT STARTER IS TOO SHORT TO SEE OVER OUR GIANT (FAT) O. LINE. MURRAY THROWS IT UP FOR GRABS WHEN HE IS IN THE POCKET BECAUSE ALL HE CAN SEE IS THE BACKS OF THE O. LINE. HE DOES MUCH BETTER ON THE MOVE. IF DUMBO WANTS A POCKET PASSER, HE SHOULD PLAY MASON. HOWEVER EXPECTING ANYTHING RATIONAL OUT OF THIS IDIO OF AN O.C. IS FUTILE.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
9:39 pm
Religion gets interesting when rattlesnakes are involved.
FLA DAWG
October 20th, 2011
9:43 pm
Regarding Richt’s comments, you accurately state, ” That’s not the Georgia way. “.
I wholeheartedly agree.
Richt has NEVER been in the mold of a UGA HC and never will.
McGARITY & ADAMS – UNLOAD RICHT & CO or we will unload you.
BANK IT.
FLA DAWG
CLASS OF ‘79 & just perhaps someone you know.
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2011
9:46 pm
Thanks for the education “Worth Repeating”. Wrath, if I wanted a sermon I would seek my pastor.
Hindsight is usually 20/20, and there are usually several approaches to successfully solve a hostile situation. Problem is you don’t have time to contemplate a reaction, good leadership just comes natural. Why do you think good leaders are in such short supply? You never crucify your people in public without first finding out all the facts. When in doubt, no comment is always the best avenue. First rule of communication is “listen twice as much as you speak”.
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
9:46 pm
I think the 2 suspensions and the barrage of penalties reflect poorly on Richt’s leadership.
Perhaps if Richt could control his language, and be a better example to these young men, then perhaps, they wouldn’t do the kind of things that get them suspended.
Really, the late hit by Williams, Coach Grantham’s behavior, Geather’s throwing a punch, Richt caught on microphone cursing, what in the world is going on at the LEADERSHIP level of this team?
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
9:48 pm
I think 2010’s 4th quarter collapses were a lack of moral character than physical conditoning.
FLA DAWG
October 20th, 2011
9:50 pm
Does anyone think Richt is a religious hypocrite?
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
9:53 pm
I think the reason Coach Richt has not beat a ranked team, is because pressure reveals character.
In the big games, Coach Richt’s team falter.
this lack of character is seen is so many ways:
penalties, turnovers, faltering against tougher teams, arrests, suspensions, and so on.
UGA has a MORAL problem.
This is due to LEADERSHIP.
And that’s why the team is 2-8 in UF-UGA rivalry game.
Pressure reveals character.
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2011
9:54 pm
GreenDawg, what most people don’t understand is that Richt isn’t an effective leader. He’s in a crisis mode at this point, and is at “best” inconsistent at sending his message. He’s trying to do things that are outside his comfort zone and he consistently shows signs of panic and anxiety. I hate to see a good man go down hard but am afraid that’s where Mark Richt is headed.
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
10:01 pm
Unfortunately, I agree with that assessment. Until Coach Richt cleans up his own heart, this team will be rudderless. I do not like the overall DIRECTION of the program. I knew this season would REVEAL Coach Richt’s TRUE SELF more than any other, because it followed a 6-7 year. And what I’ve seen so far, unfortunately, confirms my fears. I was hopeful Coach Richt had addressed this, as penalties, and arrests declined quite a bit, but if you look at the way Coach Richt has RESPONDED to PRESSURE, like the Vanderbilt game, and storming the field to break rules on purpose against Florida, it says a LOT about the MORAL COMPASS of this team. This team lacks courage, lacks resiliency, and that reflects poorly, and squarely on Coach Richt. Coach Grantham, Coach Richt’s choice for his top assistant, with his choking signs, and cursing, is also revealing a complete lack of MORAL COMPASS. I fear what will continue to happen ion the rest of the schedule as the pressure ramps up, is more of the same from Coach Richt. I expect the character issues to get worse.
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2011
10:03 pm
Richt isn’t a religous hypocrite. I don’t question his character as a man. I do question his Leadership skills. GreenDawg, you are right in that we all look good when things are going well, the saying goes that true test of ones “character” comes when times are tough. We’re splitting hairs here, Richt lost his focus and work ethic years ago and the rudder on his ship is gone. I still think his “moral character” is in tact. His qualifications as a Head Coach are seriously in doubt to an awful lot of us.
FLA DAWG
October 20th, 2011
10:09 pm
Richt not a religious hypocrite? Justify his comments post Vandy Game vs what he preaches to his team and what he may say during his time scouting recruits.
Please, I’d like to read what you think.
Thanks
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
10:12 pm
Enter your comments here
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
10:13 pm
I am not here to judge Coach Richt, but the fruit is there to examine the health of the tree.
I am anxious to see if Coach Richt has truly changed in 2011, or if it’s more of the same lack of moral character and leadership.
I do believe it’s the higher pressure arenas and situations, that reveal the true leadership and moral character of the Head Coach.
I’ll be watching to see how this team does against Florida, Auburn, & G Tech in:
penalties, turnovers, supensions, arrests, rising to pressure or faltering….
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
10:14 pm
Fla dawg just because richt cussed does not make him a hypocrite.
Can I ask you a question?
Can't figure you out!
October 20th, 2011
10:15 pm
I don’t think that is what Richt said after listening to this numerous times. If it is true those were not his words, the person, Raegan Mabry should have to publicly apologize, but I think UGA should sue her/him, as well as the AJC. This has caused much damage to Richt’s public image. Has Franklin verified that Richt actually said that, and how in the world could the tv station say, without a doubt, those were Richt’s words? If it turns out he did not say all that, you sorry AJC guys are in a pile of poop. Richt should support Grantham, not sorry Franklin, the hot head.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
10:19 pm
Do not even begin to talk with Wrath. He is what is known as a “False Prophet” or in our layman’s terms a “Troll”. He is using cherrypicked lines from the bible in order to support a facetious argument I.E.-Richt is a hypocrite who hides behind religion. The real story is “judge not lest ye be judged” and “let him who is without sin cast the first stone” and “before pointing out the splinter in another’s eye, first remove the plank from your own”. We are all sinners and I cuss up a storm when I’m talking to my Marines or in a locker room. I cannot condemn anyone who does. I’ve done some pretty bad things in my life, but I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour and I know that there is not a single thing I can do in order to earn my own way into Heaven. I also forgive others who transgress against me and rebuke those without knowledge. Wrath, you should be careful, because you are boardering on heresy.
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2011
10:20 pm
The most telling sign to me is the actions of his team, and coaches say loud and clear, Mark Richt is not in “control” of his team.
FD, I don’t know what your definition of a hypocrite is. I’m a Christian, although I don’t wear it on my sleeve, an obscenity occasionally escapes my mouth, I will have a drink with friends, or a glass of wine at night for medicinal purposes. I’m not perfect and don’t claim to be so I’m not a hypocrite. I’ve never heard Mark Richt claim to be perfect either, he’s not a hypocrite, and I don’t know why you feel so inclined to put the man down. Put the coach down, not the man, just my thoughts.
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
10:21 pm
@ good words dawg tired!
GreenDawg
October 20th, 2011
10:22 pm
I think this series more than any other, says the most about this team, 3rd & 57? How do you have that many penalties, in a row?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tso0zHTx0Iw
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
10:23 pm
Let’s try Shakespeare instead: “We are here to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
10:24 pm
Hmmmm so your saying that since players got some penaltiesthat makes CMR a hypocrite?
FLA DAWG
October 20th, 2011
10:25 pm
HALLELUEJAH MY BROTHERS!,
Does Richt get a pass because he is one of you or are you willing to see things the way they are?
Richt has been incapable of beating a ranked team FOR YEARS.
His work in Africa or wherever the he!! he goes is great – I think that is where he should return and stay.
Let’s hire Auburn’s OC and light this fuse.
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2011
10:28 pm
It’s a shallow effort at best to cast Mark Richt as a hypocrite. Anyone see Nick Sabans news conference today? That’s what I’m talking about, I would love to see a UGA “Head” Coach have that much intensity.
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
10:30 pm
@ mobile dawg
I saw the one from yesterday but what happened today?
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
10:32 pm
I’ve said it 50 times and I will say it once more. This team needs a position coach whose sole responsibility is DISCIPLINE. If a player is out of line, he’s benched, and no one can overrule him. He will be the man that players FEAR and RESPECT. He will be the one whom they HATE and seek to PLEASE. His standards will be high enought that no single player can meet them. He will work the team in a regimented, scheduled, and unwavering manner. He will ensure that the primary mission of his team is to ensure that the primary mission is execution of individual assignments, focus to reduce penalties, and ready immediate obedience to order. Right now, his name is Nick Saban. What UGA cannot get in a HC, they could certainly get by firing an inside linebacker’s coach (im looking at you, olividatti) and hiring a FULL time LB/STs coach…where discipline/attrition is the mission. Feel free to flame me…I can feel it coming
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2011
10:35 pm
The news conference was covering the Bama/UT game. A reporter asked him what he thought about Missouri joining the SEC. His “aggitated, animated” response was I don’t give a $#it about Missouri coming in. His total focus was on UT this weekend. He did end up apologizing to the media but his point was very clear. I’m sure if you google it you can listen to it. Entertaining. Gotta be careful or I could be a hypocrite.
Unbiased_Observer
October 20th, 2011
10:38 pm
Good question GreenDawg. They even drew a PF on the punt, after all of that. It would have been better to have snapped the ball and downed it four times on that drive.
wins-by-a-link
October 20th, 2011
10:38 pm
Anyone but me see that Richt has lost control of his program? Coaches and players trying to fight after the game is over, Players driving around drunk, Almost getting beat by a team that should never have even scored on the defense, If the Dogs do win the east by default, I hate to think what will happen when they have to play Bama or LSU.
FLA DAWG
October 20th, 2011
10:38 pm
DAWGtired (me too),
You just described Vince Dooley (after he manned up in the late 70s / early 80s) and Erk Russel.
Regrettably, Dooley is retired and Erk has passed on.
I genuinely believe Coach Vince Dooley could do a better job than Richt right now.
But this posting as well as all of my postings reflect only my opinon.
Go Dawgs!
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2011
10:40 pm
Good night all, enjoyed the comments.
Delbert D.
October 20th, 2011
10:40 pm
DAWGtired – Last year when he was getting used to the situation, I could tell that Grantham was chafing at working under Richt, nervous looks and such. That was what was visible on TV; I don’t know what it was like otherwise.
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
10:41 pm
Lol.
I guess saban and richt meet up late at nights and have some beers when the “mic is not on huh bill” better be be car full with that the ANC may run with it! By the way watching Arizona and ucla and brawl just broke out benches cleared!!!! Mark Bradley and tha ANC need to get on this this makes the ga vandy argument look like a pillow fight!
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
10:43 pm
Some guy ran on the field dressed as a reff blowing a whistle and stopes the play then a brawl broke out
FLA DAWG
October 20th, 2011
10:45 pm
Other than praying that no player is injured during practice or a game I think religion should be left out of college football.
Richt presents himself as a religious, self-rightous person and therefore sets himself up for any and all foibles committed by his coaches and players.
I think Richt is weak and out-foxed and is out of his element.
But if you guys think that he should be kept on as HC then enjoy continue seasons of beating teams like Coastal Carolina and losing to ranked teams……………………….we will get nowhere.
Amen and pass the peas.
FLA DAWG,
Class of ‘79
Risk Mgt & Insurance
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
10:50 pm
Class of 79? That was the year I was born!
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
10:56 pm
48-been reading your post all day…you seem very sensible. I will say this though (splitting hairs) this will bring retrospect to the situation. It didn’t seem like a pillow fight, it WAS a pillow fight. And the only hypocrite I can really call out is the one in the picture at the top of this page wearing a Georgia “G” on his hat in lieu of a “$”
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
11:00 pm
That’s true DAWGtired
Did you just see the brawl on tv?
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
11:05 pm
Yeah. I’m in Cali right now at Camp Pendleton, so I’m getting it local. Any time there is the slightest blip on the FB program’s radar, the AJC publishes an instigating article so that anyone looking for “Georgia” is getting what the AJC sees as “$Georgia$”. True story.
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
11:08 pm
Wow
I wish the ajc would give me a check for breaking the news on this brawl in Arizona! At least bill should cut me a check!
Dawg48
October 20th, 2011
11:10 pm
@dawgtired
Going to bed nice talking to you hit you up on here later!
And thanks for your service to our country!
GO DAWGS!
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
11:11 pm
I wish Bill would cut us all a break instead. He has a social media site, so if he really wanted to buck the editors and publish something positive or truly insightful, he could. Instead, we get the telecommunications bandwagon flavor of the week. I wish someone would give me a medium where ppl could read what I think…because they would actually be my thoughts. BS.
DAWGtired
October 20th, 2011
11:11 pm
GO DAWGS 48!!! Ill be around…
ozzfest
October 20th, 2011
11:14 pm
RICHT HAS AN 11 YEAR “ACHILES HEEL” IN THAT HE SEEMINGLY REFUSES TO PLAY MORE THAN ONE QUARTERBACK DURING ANY GIVEN SEASON.
SOME STATISTICIAN SHOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT TEAM (YEAR BY YEAR) SINCE 2001 HAS HAD ONE QB PLAY THE HIGHEST % OF THE SEASON PLAY TOTAL. SHOCK NEVER PLAYED UNDER GREENE, JOE T NEVER PLAYED UNDER SHOCK, COX NEVER PLAYED UNDER STAFFORD, AND MURRAY NEVER PLAYED UNER COX. YOU SEE THE PATERN…AND EACH ACTUALLY WENT ON TO START…”WITH NO REAL GAME EXPERIENCE”.
IT IS JUST WEIRD.
FLA DAWG
October 20th, 2011
11:35 pm
ozz,
Try Garcia under Spurrier until this year.
Hanky Panky
October 20th, 2011
11:50 pm
When the hell will Richt stop “learning lessons,” and start winning championships? The guy’s been in this job for 11 seasons! There is no excuse for laying down like that in front of Franklin. DON’T SHOW YOUR CARDS. Richt should be doing everything he can to help his team win. Badmouthing players behind their back, on camera nonetheless, is incorrigible. Just another reason why I’ve lost faith in Richt.
Really, Reeves
October 21st, 2011
12:09 am
Reeves sounds like an Athens boy who has a chip on his shoulder about UGA. Could it be that he was not recruited by UGA? UGA has never been known to be any more dirty than any other SEC program and his comments reveal his bias against UGA.
SLC Dawgfan
October 21st, 2011
4:12 am
Does anybody hear Richt say what they say he said? All I hear is Franklin b1tching and whining to anybody who will listen.
FloridaForever
October 21st, 2011
5:50 am
If Wheldon had been a dog, Sunday would have been a day of celebration
DAWGMAN
October 21st, 2011
6:02 am
Trash talking is for punks.
Is it cool enough for Russ to show some friskiness now?
Is it finally time to start the season?
lewisbuzzard
October 21st, 2011
6:07 am
You know I guess the thing that has me the most stunned is how little is mentioned about SEC suspending Gaethers for 1/2 game, yet for similar actions in the Big Ten(Gholston at MSU) and ACC(Regis at Miami), players who are caught either throwing punches or landing punches get full game suspensions. As always double standards being applied.
Unbiased_Observer
October 21st, 2011
6:55 am
@Really, Reeves
I disagree. Georgia has developed a rep in the past few years as a dirty team. Might as well just embrace it and own it. You only look naive when you attempt to deny it.
There are no double standards being applied, it’s just that Georgia fans want a “get out of jail free” card every time their team screws up.
Half Century Dawg
October 21st, 2011
7:17 am
WrathDog
October 20th, 2011
9:11 pm
Perhaps you should let GOD do the judging.
Dogs Smell
October 21st, 2011
7:36 am
Who cares ? Its Uga “Homerville” We’re great because of Hershel Walker and 1980 ! Who cares and few remember !
bennyhaha
October 21st, 2011
7:46 am
The video of the entire game has been reviewed and the first cheap shot was delivered by UGA late in the 3rd qrtr
Thomas Brown
October 21st, 2011
8:00 am
Conspiracy, everything caused by some deep dark mysterious outside force ?
Hogwash from a biased lost on our blogs poster, fan of some other team, let’s see, let me guess PROBATION Alabama ?
Everyone knows very clearly that Mark Richt causes all the evils we have; that he specifically recruited a player whose grades are very good and therefore is not subject to being in fact a dumb***, that the recruit made an error on the field of which he would be the 1st to admit; that he has made those errors before too; that he likely might make a similar error in the future, perhaps even in this game; but, that the cause of the situation is that Mark Richt called his own SCHOLARSHIP RECRUIT HERE a DUMB***.
Just as Mark Richt is the reason why we kept Willie Martinez too long. Why we are keeping Mike Bobo too long for pension for his 17 children or to shuffle him back to QB coach which also obviously is of no use at either, looking at his results on the field, and how he never develops his back-ups, even playing CUPCAKES like Florida this season, he won’t get his back-up in, that he cannot convert a 3rd Down and NEVER COULD, never will. That he gives up on 3rd Down and reverts to some conservative position of not making mistakes on Offense while we remain no bloody good on 3rd Down Conversions – ALL the fault of Mark Richt.
That he has recruited 31 players to be on the field for kick-off a week from tomorrow and NONE of the 31 will be – again ALL Mark Richt’s fault.
That he is # 27 in won/loss after 2005 – again Mark Richt’s fault.
That he recruited all these guys who are # 2 Fulmer Cup after 2005 to-date, and mounting – with yet MORE bad choices for the 31 GONE for the kick-off a week from tomorrow – ALL Mark Richt’s great heralding for his recruiting when they got here, and all Mark Richt’s FAULT then.
That we are 2-8 vs Florida and all he can say is that Florida has an unfair advantage in JAX. Again, this is Mark Richt’s FAULT.
That he gets 3.5 million annual total compensation and therefore thinks he can call his own SCHOLARSHIP RECRUIT a student in good standing never arrested who made a simple mistake on the field or 2 or 3 or more who cares, that he anyway thinks he can call him a DUMB***.
The person who is what he is ? Mark Richt is a DUMB***.
Unbiased_Observer
October 21st, 2011
8:13 am
So then, what is the “deep dark mysterious outside force” that prevents UGA from simply hiring a new coach?
Smokewagon
October 21st, 2011
8:19 am
Compared to my life experiences all this is just “sweet pillowtalk”. Being called a Dumb### is not the end of the world.
Old Fart
October 21st, 2011
8:34 am
whoever the idiot says we aint played a good team since tech in 08 wow absolutley knows nothing about football. It just thrills me how they allow people like whoever that is to talk on the internet on AJC…and also people talking about mark richt needs to shut their mouth everybody expects him to be a perfect little angel he is human just like evry man in this world and lets not talk about a coach that uses GODS name in vain lets just go right along with something like that..and forgot go dawgs
Big Dawg
October 21st, 2011
8:38 am
K. Reeves,
As a former Georgia Bulldog who had his knee torn up by a dirty clip in the back, there is no excuse for what the Vandy offensive linemen were doing in this game. Every team has players that get caught up in the heat and passion of a ballgame and do and say things they have no business doing. To equate some trash talking with actually trying to hurt someone and possibly end another players playing career or the natural reaction to a dirty hit is absurd. I watched the game and the OFFICIALS along with both GEORGIA’s as well as VANDY’s coaches lost control and are ultimately to blame for this. Both teams’ players were talking trash to each other but in being honest in looking at each incident all but the shot to the head by Williams to that Vandy receiver were instigated by Vandy players and the Georgia players were reacting to a questionable and outright dirty hit in the case of The Vandy Center on Geathers. There is enough blame to go around and this needs to be put to rest.
Now as to Coach Richt if you read this YOU NEED TO WATCH WHAT YOU SAY, whether there were open mics or not, YOU WERE DEAD WRONG in saying anything to anybody until you had spoken to all parties involved and found out the truth of what happened. YOU undermined your credibility not only with your players but with your assistant coaches and now the fan base. I hope you have learned a valuable lesson from this and that you can correct the damage you have done to your credibility.
Go Dawgs
DawginLex
October 21st, 2011
8:39 am
Thomas Brown, if Bobo and Richt ever met you in person I would bet they would beat the snot out of you.
I would applaud loudly
So would the rest of the people on this blog.
d-dog
October 21st, 2011
8:43 am
I want be back to comment any more after reading some of the most unreal comments about the UGA DAWGS. I go back to the fifties in support of UGA DAWGS and I have read some of the most crap I’v read In my life. So, I’v come to this conclusion. It appears to me everybody wants to be a UGA DAWG, but everone does’t qualitfy. That is the reason all the other teams in the SEC can have teams and have a reason to hate UGA DAWGS. PLEASE stop BED wetting, get a life, because life goes on.
Unbiased_Observer
October 21st, 2011
8:48 am
@Big Dawg
Perhaps the Vandy players had to resort to playing dirty against Georgia simply because UGA was so vastly superior to every other team that they have played this year?
Then again, maybe there’s some other reason why only Georgia fans saw any dirty play by Vandy in that game? What I don’t understand is why even the Georgia fans didn’t see Vandy playing dirty during the game – only after the game.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2011/10/15/live-another-win-keeps-georgia-in-sec-east-hunt/?cp=all#comments
Things that make you go Hmmm…
no dog
October 21st, 2011
8:49 am
wonder what coach BuLL wants for georgia…
dawginduluth
October 21st, 2011
8:50 am
This program is where it is because of weak leadership starting at the top. Richt is a nice guy. So was Jimmy Carter. Weak, weak, weak.
'94 UGA Alumni
October 21st, 2011
9:02 am
This is just another example of the AJC trying to stir up trouble and make a mountain out of a mole hill. We need to be focusing on Florida and put the Vandy game behind us. The bottom line is we are 5-2 and have a good shot of making the SEC Championship game and that is news worthy (unlike this article).
Unbiased_Observer
October 21st, 2011
9:07 am
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alumnus
Unbiased_Observer
October 21st, 2011
9:10 am
I don’t blame you. I wouldn’t want to discuss that game even if it hadn’t ended in a melee. You have 15 more days to talk about beating Florida. Enjoy it.
HOJO
October 21st, 2011
9:12 am
Any chance the Vandy Coaches and players remember UGA players stomping on their logo at the 50 yard line after the game a couple years ago? The same year they had the Soul Train dance after the touch down in Florida.
AceDawg
October 21st, 2011
9:15 am
Murray is a solid QB, but if he struggles against Florida like last year and Richt understands that losing to Florida might mean losing his job, I hope he does indeed have the audacity to consider playing Mason.
Unbiased_Observer
October 21st, 2011
9:16 am
I can’t attest to Mark Richt’s Christianity, but I’m certain that he’s no Hindu.
He obviously doesn’t believe in Karma.
AceDawg
October 21st, 2011
9:17 am
I’m terrified that UGA will have to rely on Blair Walsh for a couple big kicks. He’s been so good until this year, but UGA’s history of finding ways to lose against Florida makes me think we should almost axe the idea of kicking fieldgoals (or extra points!!) completely.
Thomas Brown
October 21st, 2011
9:22 am
DISNEYdawgs.com
“So then, what is the “deep dark mysterious outside force” that prevents UGA from simply hiring a new coach?”
It is affectionately called the DISNEYdawgs.com syndrome. We have the world’s recruiting ranking for this state of Georgia of finding but 2 others, 3 used to be, states who have more top recruits who go on to the NFL. We run off 31 – JUST GONE – from the Florida kick-off who should be playing vs Florida. STILL, with all that, we average the # 7 recruiting class all 11 years of the Mark Richt era – an era marked by mediocre results and 1 time finishing the top-ranked SEC team a year of marked DOWN SEC 2002 with only 1 other SEC team finishing 2002 in the Coaches’ Poll Top 25 a 4-loss Auburn. This out of 11 years to-date with no hope this season or any foreseeable season of being # 1 top-ranked SEC team. (2005 was 7 seasons ago and we ended up the # 3 top-ranked SEC team.) This season, despite PULLING OUR HIDDEN TRICK OF – 31 JUST GONE – we are ranked the # 6 Scout.com recruit rankings. This the – DREAM TEAM. Oh my. Again average both Rivals and Scout all 11 recruit rankings and we avg # 7. We are # 6 this season and DISNEYdawgs.com call this DREAM TEAM. Yeah, right. My DREAM is not to be # 7 in rankings or # 6 in rankings in recruiting, run off 31 of the 85 Scholarships, call 1 of the remaining a DUMB*** and be # 3 in The SEC or # 5 or # 7 where we probably are actually. My DREAM is to actually be good guys on and off the field, beat teams who end up in the top 10, not LOSE to teams who otherwise would not even make the top 25, quit with the crappy coaching staff hires, cease with the we will beat Florida next year BS and get on with being the # 11 all-time team in 1-A wins. I point out that we had an opportunity after 2005 to catch up on the programs ahead of us in the top 10 all-time in 1-A wins and have FAILED MISERABLY when they too were losing, us # 27 in won/lost 1-A wins after 2005. We pay him 3.5 million annually in total compensation. It is a cushy job. THEY – the of the DISNEYdawgs.com REALLY LIKE THIS. They SETTLE FOR THIS. I and the vast majority – AND GROWING REST OF US – are not in the least satisfied, and have resigned ourselves that THEY ARE THE ISSUE, that they cause our recruiting to not be what it could be stock-piling 6 TE and no FB, no OL, no depth at TB, no secondary and if we do have someone in the secondary moving him too to the LB where we already are and were stock-piled. Conservative 3rd Down draws. Fed up with it. Now, sir, you run in here, have the guts to put your team in your handle, mine clearly does a fine man, a man I have long admired here in my neighborhood, on our staff I point out, a RB of great repute. Put your team in your handle. Cease with the cloak of hiding your team affiliation. We both, you and I, are saying the same thing, sir. Only you are NOT a University of Georgia lover. I am. You aren’t. Quit with the BS about us, and trying to say all of us are DISNEYdawgs.com. We aren’t. There is no deep mysterious force. There is BAD COACHING STAFF headed and hired by the man responsible for the staff, Mark Richt who last spoke calling our Starting Strong Safety a DUMB***.
Unbiased_Observer
October 21st, 2011
9:22 am
Judging by what I’ve read on these blogs, Georgia would be 7-0 right now if they’d only played the backup QB. Maybe Richt wants to get fired?
That’s a pretty sweet deal, drawing a multi-million dollar check for doing absolutely nothing. It worked out very well for Tommy Tuberville, and he even managed to get his Mississippi Mafia of assistant coaches a nice Alabama state pension before he checked out from Auburn.
schmeckdawg
October 21st, 2011
10:04 am
I was a staunch Mark Richt supporter UNTIL I read the transcrpts of what he had to say about one of his players and basically saying the same thing about Grantham. I will always support the DAWGS, but, I could care less what happens to Mark Richt anymore. Reading what he had to say sickened me. It’s like watching your brother being beat up in a fight and you jump in and help the other guy! And after the cheap shot on Geathers, I wouldn’t have listened to one damn thing that Franklin had to say much less listen to it and then disparage your own guys. Richt needed to be admonished by McGarity!!
Bill you can spin it anyway you want, but, to me there is no excusing Mark Richt’s behavior!!!!!!!
Thank God for Reggie Ball
October 21st, 2011
10:09 am
we are on a 5 game winning streak right???? whith 3 of those being road SEC games???
you wouldnt think so after reading this blog
schmeckdawg
October 21st, 2011
10:11 am
Hanky Panky
October 20th, 2011
11:50 pm
When the hell will Richt stop “learning lessons,” and start winning championships? The guy’s been in this job for 11 seasons! There is no excuse for laying down like that in front of Franklin. DON’T SHOW YOUR CARDS. Richt should be doing everything he can to help his team win. Badmouthing players behind their back, on camera nonetheless, is incorrigible. Just another reason why I’ve lost faith in Richt.
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AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please see my post @ 10:04 a.m. on the 21st!
schmeckdawg
October 21st, 2011
10:15 am
You gotta love it. We lose two starters for a half against florida, and vandy loses one starter for a half against Army!
RedPantyDAWG
October 21st, 2011
10:39 am
Rumor has it that Mark has finally saved up enough money to maintain his current lifestyle, but to also devote full time to his preaching pursuits. According to Mark, while he’s trying to meditate on the sidelines, talking to his pastor on the headset, the fans are making a ton of noise, the players are running on and off the field, and that Grantham guy is jumping all around like a crazy person. This goes on almost every weekend. What is a do-gooder guy to do???
LawDawg
October 21st, 2011
11:26 am
I think the defensive backfields with TD/Sean Jones and Sean Jones/Greg Blue at safeties were pretty good. I cannot remember exactly who the starting CBs were each of those years, but we had excellent CBs every year from 2002-2007. I would say probably any of those (as well as Jermaine Philips-Wansley, et al DB squad) were all better than this year’s. Even though this year’s is pretty damn good now that Rambo is finally back in the saddle.
bubba4dawgs
October 21st, 2011
11:59 am
I’m putting this squarely in the coaches lap: Decisions on putting the game away toward the end of the game needs much improvement! What’s wrong with short passes to simply get a first down to keep the time moving rather than running into a pile and gaining nothing then finally punting and giving the ball up for the other team to have a chance to score? When it’s close at the end, YOU DO NOT WANT TO GIVE UP THE BALL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!! Come on, get real and remember your defense is tired, don’t put more pressure on them and take the chance of losing!! Boo Boo, dig into your bag of tricks and make it happen! My goodness, you have perhaps the best quarterback in the SEC and certainly most capable receivers like Orson Charles and no defensive back can leap that high. You’re gonna need it in Jacksonville!! GO DAWGS!!!!
Old Dog
October 21st, 2011
12:35 pm
“So then, what is the “deep dark mysterious outside force” that prevents UGA from simply hiring a new coach?”
Money, money, money!
Truth is...
October 21st, 2011
12:52 pm
There’s a lot of dumb—– on the ga sideline. Including coaches.
Truth is...
October 21st, 2011
2:02 pm
I’m a dumb—. I will never get laid (by a woman, anyway).
Mad Dog 1
October 21st, 2011
2:53 pm
@ drunk at the bar Time to get something off my chest. If you took all the fans that didn’t go to school at UGA out of the mix then the our home games would look like gt,A half full and sitting on their hands. If you want to try to be a snob stick to gpa and you will not look quite as dumb. As always GO DOGS & GATA
Thugs, hoodlums, and big mouth coaches
October 21st, 2011
3:30 pm
Probably why we’re all bark and no bite.
Jan Kemp
October 21st, 2011
3:35 pm
I was right.
M Richt
October 21st, 2011
3:39 pm
Heck, I was talking about Grantham…not a playuh.
T Grantham
October 21st, 2011
3:42 pm
Look, I held Tech, and their so called “high school” offense to only 512 yards last year.
Burma Shave
October 21st, 2011
5:02 pm
Richt tries to sing
And belt out a tune
But he’s really
Just a buffoon
BURMA SHAVE
UGA Checklist
October 21st, 2011
5:37 pm
More talent than UF. Check.
More depth than UF. Check.
Higher pre-season ranking than UF. Check.
Ability to beat the gators in Jax. AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN CAUSE WE SUCK.
Stephen A. Smith DAWG : the Georgia Seminoles have won four in a row ! WOW ?!
October 21st, 2011
10:02 pm
All I know is Richt is a dumb-ass if he thinks he will remain at headcoach if he loses again to UF. That’s right all you delusionists & kool-aiders, good ole boy Richt is good as gone with a another Gator loss. Go Dawgs. A UF loss will be a UGA win in a week. C’ya !!
Dawgs
October 21st, 2011
10:04 pm
It’s been pretty clear since USC game that cmr has the next game to keep his job. The only loss he could take would be GT, meaning we are probably already in the dome. But lose to Florida now, he is done. Good guy, pretty darn good coach, but the focus left 2 yrs ago. Remind anybody of someone….???? Maybe Bobby Bowden, although he stayed good for a few more years.
How has the last decade turned out for FSU?
Merry O'Marr
October 21st, 2011
10:05 pm
Mark Richt with his potty mouth is disgusting. Fire the filthy jerk now.
legionaire
October 22nd, 2011
5:58 am
The rule of thumb on special teams is that they will win or lose 1 game a season. None of Dooley’s special teams ever looked uncoached. Franklin is taking a risk on ever getting another gig by coaching chop blocks and acting like a fool. SEC Presidents are loath to see their coaches make the school a laughing stock. My prediction- he won’t last long.
Dawg93 Panther98
October 22nd, 2011
8:01 am
Headed to the dome today to support my “other” alma mater today. If you can make it down to support the kids on their homecoming I know they would appreciate it, they desperately need your help.
GO DAWGS!
GO PANTHERS!
Chop Block
October 22nd, 2011
8:19 am
I belong to Auburn. I am not a part of Vandy’s play-book. Georgia fans don’t recognize me when they see me, and I am growing weary of serving as an excuse for their team’s bad behavior.
Voyager Dawg
October 22nd, 2011
11:25 am
It’s a good strategy for Coach Franklin to say that we’re not backing down from anyone and playing with a chip on one’s shoulder (the little engine that could). Taking a shot at Geather’s knee with a helmet from behind and possibly ending a player’s career is not the way to do it. Geathers, Williams, and Coach Granthem responded to Vanderbilt’s strategy and didn’t instigate anything. Coach Franklin is the one that should be apologizing for the cheap shots and then take the loss like a big boy (if he does indeed expect to play with the big boys).
Delusion
October 22nd, 2011
11:42 am
I rule this state.