Fan talk: Will UGA keep on rolling as Tight End U?
Artie Lynch is big ... and grumpy! (University of Georgia)
Spring practice shifts into high gear Saturday as the Dogs put on full pads for the first time. This is when the serious hitting starts and the competition for starting jobs really heats up. Speaking of which, a reader has a question about one of the more interesting spring battles as we dip into some of this week’s Junkyard Mail …
Poposhandarius writes: How are the tight ends looking? Will Lynch and Jay Rome be splitting snaps?
A lot of folks might have assumed that Rome will ascend to the starting spot this season since he was ESPN’s top-rated tight end prospect when he signed last year with Georgia (sometimes known as Tight End U). Rome redshirted last year and spent time on the basketball team. But towering New England Yankee Artie Lynch, a redshirt junior who has waited his turn behind Orson Charles and Aron White, isn’t going to step out of the way. Lynch told The Red and Black: “My goal is to be the starting tight end for Georgia for the next two seasons.” This should be one of the more competitive positions for the Dogs. You’d have to figure Lynch as the more solid blocker, but he showed at G-Day a couple of years ago that he can make big catches, too. “Artie’s made some huge plays, caught like a 40-yard touchdown [on] a little post pattern,” quarterback Aaron Murray told the R&B. As for Rome, Murray said, “Jay’s looking awesome. You always want him to be here for workouts and throwing, but I definitely think he got quicker [and] more fluid with everything just doing so many basketball workouts, so he looks good.” Lynch, who has started out the spring at No. 1 on the depth chart, is banking on keeping the job by proving to Mike Bobo that he’s dependable. “To be honest, I really just want to gain the respect and confidence of Coach Bobo,” he told the R&B. “You depend on the dependable. You don’t depend on the undependable, which sounds pretty basic, but it’s really the truth. I think if I can show him that I have the knowledge of the offense and he’s able move me around to different spots, I’m more than happy to do that.” Actually, that attitude on Lynch’s part could wind up giving Rome more playing time at TE, as backup QB Hutson Mason told The Athens Banner-Herald this week that Lynch is getting some reps at fullback as well. “He knows tight end really well since he’s been here for so long, so he’s learning fullback, just seeing how he handles it. As a quarterback, you always want some guys in the backfield that are going to be able to protect and pick up the blitz. You never worry when Artie’s back there if you’re going to get smacked in the backside. He’s 280 pounds, and he’s grumpy.” Lynch said he’s also been lining up in some formations as an H-back, a hybrid of fullback and tight end. Whether it’s at TE or FB, I like the sound of big and grumpy. Right now, I’d say Lynch is likely to be the starter at tight end but he and Rome should split the playing time. And that looks like a good plan.
Barry Marshall writes: I know Alabama and LSU and USC are the teams getting mentioned most often so far as likely contenders for this year’s BCS national championship, but I’m thinking if the Dawgs win the East again as expected and can put together a full four quarters against LSU or Bama in the Dome and win the conference, they might actually wind up with a pretty good shot at the crystal ball. Am I just having your typical spring dream, Bill? Does anyone else give Georgia props in the BCS?
Actually, Bruce Feldman of CBSsports.com ran down some of the dark horse contenders this week and noted that Vegas has the odds for Georgia at 14-1. Said Feldman: “There is a lot to like about the Dawgs in 2012: Aaron Murray is back for a third season as the starting QB; they are deeper at RB and almost everyone from a nasty defense returns. Another huge factor of why I’m thinking of boarding this bandwagon is the schedule: You realistically cannot get a much more manageable route as an SEC team that what Georgia has this fall: They avoid Bama, LSU and Arkansas, the league’s three most talented teams; they traded Boise State for Buffalo in the non-conference; they get Ga. Tech in Athens. And Florida and Tennessee are still sorting out rebuilding issues. The one snag is an October trip to South Carolina. Oh, and they have the SEC juice of six BCS titles in a row. I still think Bama and LSU have better shots to win it all, but at 14-1, the Dawgs would be a tempting pick.”
Steve Segrest writes: Several weeks ago you had a discussion on the low student attendance at games. When I walked around campus in visiting my daughter, I was amazed at the number of women, saying to myself, “It’s like UGA has become a school for women.” My daughter was just never really interested that much in sports. The high number of women at UGA probably answers your question on attendance.
UGA says that 60 percent of its fall 2011 total enrollment of 34,765 was women. Now, granted, some of them probably aren’t as interested in football as guys, but I’ve known quite a few female students at UGA that were ardent football fans — and some guys who weren’t. The demographics might be a slight factor, but from what I’ve heard from UGA students the main reason for the empty seats at games is students’ inability to resell their tickets since they went to loading them electronically on the ID cards. When they could resell hard tickets easily, the seats were full. Now that they can’t, you sometimes get several thousand empty seats. Seems like there’s a pretty simple solution there that the athletic association is avoiding because they don’t like students scalping their discounted tickets.
Andy Landers' Lady Dogs had a disappointingly early end to their season. (Associated Press)
David Rosenberg writes: Love your column. I am a third-generation Bulldog. With the Lady Dawgs getting bounced from [the NCAA] Tournament and occupying the same conference as the great Pat Summitt, it begs the question: HAS ANDY LANDERS UNDERACHIEVED AT UGA? I love Coach Landers and think he has done a very fine job building this program, but it seems as though they cannot take the next big step. We want ALL our teams to do well, so I ask this question as part of wanting excellence in all our sports.Interested in your opinion.
Along the same lines, Rakkasan Dawg writes: I think it’s time Andy Landers retired from UGA and here is why. Not since Miller twins has UGA been remotely competitive. They’ve steadily fallen off the top tier of NCAA teams. Even in the SEC Kentucky has surpassed the Lady Dawgs. I don’t see a competitive team at the school anymore and I think this stems from the top. Coach Landers is no longer getting the competitive Georgia players and none nationally that are as impactful as that 02-03 class. UGA is in danger of becoming an also-ran team if there is not significant shakeup at the top. … What say you?
I think a good case can be made that the Lady Dogs basketball program has reached a plateau over the past several years and this year’s team was certainly a disappointment, having been expected to at least put Georgia in the Sweet 16 again. Still, Landers remains an enthusiastic coach and he has a veteran team returning next year, including four starters, plus four of the incoming freshmen are four-star recruits, so it’s not like Georgia has fallen off the map in that regard. And that should help with the lack of depth that was a problem this season. So I don’t see any immediate change on the horizon. You also have to keep in mind that Landers built the UGA women’s program from scratch and has had a lot of long-term success, which athletic director Greg McGarity is well aware of, having worked with Landers as the team’s sports information director years ago. You don’t push out a Hall of Fame coach casually. Still, if the Lady Dogs continue to just barely make the NCAA and not advance, I wouldn’t be that surprised to see Landers and McGarity have that discussion in a couple of years over whether it’s time to retire.
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123 comments Add your comment
DawgfaninFL
March 24th, 2012
11:03 am
First?
Fred Sylvester
March 24th, 2012
11:09 am
FIRST! The best is yet to come for the UGA Football Team! GO DAWGS!
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 24th, 2012
11:25 am
UF will win the East with USCe and UGA #2. LSU wasn’t even interested in the SECCG last year and it showed for a short while. Your goal should be to beat someone that has beaten somebody! You haven’t done this in years but you already know that yet you continue your denial.
SSIgator
March 24th, 2012
11:27 am
“if the Dawgs win the East again as expected and can put together a full four quarters against LSU or Bama in the Dome and win the conference, they might actually wind up with a pretty good shot at the crystal ball”
Yeah, and if I buy enough lottery tickets, I will win it one day. Dream on.
damngooddawg!
March 24th, 2012
11:28 am
There are legit questions about Women’s Basketball, but there is also a need to address the lack of good recruiting in the men’s program. Georgia never gets the top tier players. Why is that? As for Lynch, I think he’s going to bring some heart and experience needed particularly in pass blocking. Can a tall guy really be a good fullback, though?
damngooddawg!
March 24th, 2012
11:30 am
Hey Wet Willie, I beg to differ. Florida WILL NOT win the east this year. It’s either Georgia or USC.
SSIgator
March 24th, 2012
11:31 am
“Will UGA keep on rolling as Tight End U?”
Probably, since that is about as far as Murray the Midget can through the football with any accuracy.
damngooddawg!
March 24th, 2012
11:32 am
SSigator, if you can’t admit that Georgia has a legit chance of winning the east this year, you’re just a hater and know nothing about football. But we already know that don’t we, looser!
damngooddawg!
March 24th, 2012
11:33 am
Nah, gator, you’re just an idiot!
Joey
March 24th, 2012
11:33 am
Play Lynch and Rome at the same time – they are both huge targets for Murray.
And is anybody suprised that a Landers team “got bounced” early again?
Snoop Dawg
March 24th, 2012
11:33 am
Folks here’s the deal. Landers isn’t going anywhere, even though he can no longer compete with the elite. All the UGA bigwig want is money, and the UGA fan base is more than happy to throw big bucks at them in return for mediocrity. You see, UGA is the second most profitable athletic program in the NCAA, behind only Texas.
So the alumni and fans get exactly what they demand–mediocrity. Andy Landers seems just the man for the job, as does Mark Richt.
damngooddawg!
March 24th, 2012
11:34 am
By the way, if UGA isn’t Tight End U in the SEC, who is? Florida????Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Jeremy Wallace
March 24th, 2012
11:40 am
As a rabib Golden State-based Bulldog fan,I’m always looking for any mention of my team locally.Using our tight ends a lot more(i’m talking to you CMR and Bobo), seems to me, would open up oppurtunities for other positions(i.e. wide-outs) to make deep penetrations into enemy territory. Please mix up the play calling more this year!!!
Joey
March 24th, 2012
11:40 am
That’s a good point, Snoop, comparing the two coaches. They’ve both had teams highly rated-nationally multiple times, that didn’t even win their SEC division.
Landers has made some good runs in the Big Dance a few times. We used to be able to count of Richt to salvage some respect by winning our bowl game, now, we can’t even depend on that.
Underachievers both the past few seasons.
Joey
March 24th, 2012
11:42 am
Jeremy Wallace: “Please mix up the play calling more this year!!!”
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Mark Richt, in a post-game radio show: “I like the way Bobo calls plays.”
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Sorry, Jeremy.
Dallasdawg
March 24th, 2012
11:46 am
SSI gator…sometimes just let people think you are dumb instead of opening your mouth to prove it… it is throw not through..lol..always have been and always will be a gator hater!!!!
Jay in VA
March 24th, 2012
11:49 am
Fascinating give and take about lower attendance among students. I have wondered for years why our stadium doesn’t seem as loud as I once remembered. I’ve been to other school’s games at stadiums smaller than Sanford which sound louder. Case in point – Virginia Tech. 66,000 seat stadium but the noise there is ear splitting! I have generally observed that the crowd at VT games look younger than at our games. Seems like we have more old fogies (I’m 56 so I guess I now qualify, although I try to be loud at all times!) at our games. I never considered the percentage of women enrolled as a possible factor. I agree that women can be as good a fans as men, but aside from the empty seats it has to be conceded that women can’t typically yell as loud as men and the pitch of their voices is certainly different. A possible explanation, at least in part? All that said, I sure wish 60% of the student body had been female back when I attended!
The Goat
March 24th, 2012
11:54 am
UGA’s administration really screwed the pooch with this ticket/ID card deal. I was there from ‘05-’10 and if you didn’t want to go to a game you just sold your tickets. It got crazy when Alabama came to town and freshmen had to pay $100 to go to that game, but freshman only get half the games now anyway. The whole system is a big bureaucratic joke meant to minimize the student section (more $$$ for UGA Athletics) by wrapping them in so much red tape they can’t possibly fill the seats. Truly a shameful course of events.
ARdawg
March 24th, 2012
11:56 am
I’ve never been a big Andy Landers supporter per se’ but he has done a good job over the years but, has mired recently in mediocrity. I used to follow the Lady Dogs with interest but for the last 7-8 years there has been nothing interesting about the Lady Dogs. They do what we expect. Decent seasons, disappointing post seasons.
I expect Landers is around as long as he wants to be.
brian
March 24th, 2012
12:11 pm
SSI its throw not through u retard
SnakeDog4
March 24th, 2012
12:16 pm
I put the onus on the defense to step up in the big games, and shut down offenses. Look at how Grantham’s defense performed in big games.
Gave up 42 in the SEC Championship to LSU, 45 against South Carolina, and 33 in the Bowl game, and 35 to Boise State. We went 0-4 when the defense gave up more than 30 points.
Yet we went 10-0 when the defense held offenses to under 30 points.
If the defense starts holding ranked teams down around 20 points per game, like Bama & LSU do, I don’t think we’ll lose one in 2012.
BirmyDawg
March 24th, 2012
12:18 pm
Great post Snakedog, right on, 10-0 when defense plays well, 0-4 when they don.t
MuttBarker
March 24th, 2012
12:21 pm
Snakedog is on to something. The defense gave up 39 points against ranked teams, that’s got to drop under 20 to be Championship level. D got to step it up, or no trophy. Offense is rolling, and scoring well against ranked teams, got bout 26 a game last year.
Jay in VA
March 24th, 2012
12:22 pm
Wasn’t aware of the new policy regarding student tickets before reading all this. Goat’s comments are telling, and give me further reason to question the stewardship of our athletic program. Keep on screwing the students, and you will continue to negatively impact the degree of loyalty from them to their school and their team. Not to mention water down the game experience so that Sanford Stadium becomes a mediocre home field advantage. Seems like we have decided to accept second tier status and let Alabama, LSU and others be the big dogs.
Dap01
March 24th, 2012
12:24 pm
Students in the seats equals more noise. Get the money making profit out of the decision making and the empty seats will take care of themselves.
How can someone pay so much for all of the seats in the stadium yet there are empty seats.
Quit being greedy and make it possible to go to an UGA game.
SnakeDog4
March 24th, 2012
12:34 pm
Now, I’m certainly not blaming Grantham alone for the 4 losses against ranked teams last year. But his red zone defense is about the worst in the nation.
But the offense has to help the defense by not turning the ball over. The 10 offensive turnovers didn’t help the defense in those 4 games. Granted, Grantham still has to improve in the red zone, but if the offense is 10 giveaways in the 4 biggest games in 2012, can’t throw it all on Grantham.
So, here’s the championship formula:
D + A + W + G = Championship
D, defense has to be stout in the red zone, punt/kick return defense stout, force turnovers
A, Aaron Murray has to stop turning the ball over against ranked teams
W, win the turnover battle, 10-4 when we did, 0-4 when we didn’t
G, Grantham hold teams to under 30 points a game, 10-0 in 2011 when he did, 0-4 when didn’t
SnakeDog4
March 24th, 2012
12:36 pm
I would add an ‘S’
Scoring margin, lead the SEC in scoring margin against ranked teams
D-A-W-G-S
BirmyDawg
March 24th, 2012
12:39 pm
We were actually 10-0 when we won the turnover battle in 2011, not 10-4. 0-4 when we lost the turnover battle.
I would say that’s No. 1 thing to emphasize.
Pago Pago DAWG
March 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
Saban had over 1,000 high school coaches from all over the USA at his practice the other day….a great pr move.
The coaches were very impressed with intensity, tempo and seeing how the # 1 team practices.
Joey
March 24th, 2012
1:33 pm
SnakeDog4, BirmyDawg, MuttBarker, dang, did y’all even watch the games last season? The D didn’t give up all those points.
Spurrier’s offense only scored 24 on our D – 17 if you don’t count the one SC possesion that started on our own 3 yd line.
LSU had a whopping 237 offensive yards and 28 points against out D, with 3 of their drives starting inside our 20, due to turnovers and runbacks. MSU scored 20 points vs our D, with the difference in the game yet again our QBs turnovers and TDs allowed by special teams.
The Boise game was probably our D’s worst game, but didn’t have Ogletree but for a couple of series and Rambo not at all. Out STs put our D in poor field position several times, and Bobo’s hurry-up (and punt), 3 and out offense, kept the D on the field for the last 2 1/2 quarters.
If y’all ain’t gonna watch, at least read the box scores the next day . . .
7576DAWG
March 24th, 2012
1:44 pm
Pago Pago DAWG
I like Sabans ability to focus and sense of urgency to fix what’s wrong and to make what’s right , better, knowing there is always more room to improve. CMR has definitely been too stoic with no emotion. He needs to show more intensity. When you look at all the coaches who have moved up to head coach or are coaching Pro ball who learned under Saban over the years, he has proven to be one of the best that ever coached college football.
SnakeDog4
March 24th, 2012
1:54 pm
Georgia Defense struggled against ranked teams in SEC:
12th in fumbles recovered
7th in turnover margin
7th rush defense
12th in sacks
11th in scoring defense
10th in tackles for loss
12th in punt return defense
12th in kick return defense
that’s why we went 0-4 against ranked teams.
Joey
March 24th, 2012
2:03 pm
All that may be, but this was the statement I was contesting:
“Gave up 42 in the SEC Championship to LSU, 45 against South Carolina, and 33 in the Bowl game, and 35 to Boise State. We went 0-4 when the defense gave up more than 30 points.
Whiznot
March 24th, 2012
2:14 pm
UGA is a women’s school. That is why (according to Aaron Murray) Saint Richt is teaching his players to be better wives.
dawghater
March 24th, 2012
2:19 pm
Who Cares! Must be a slow sports day for the AJC
Gotta get this straight
March 24th, 2012
2:20 pm
LSU treats their students worse in terms of student tickets than UGA or any other SEC school. Most of my family has attended LSU and they screw their students so bad when it comes to tickets its not even funny. A lottery just to get half of the home games, thats all they have. All the other tickets are given to alumni and other well-to-do folks, as well as corporations and govt. officials. Michigan, on the other hand, gives every student a voucher for a free ticket to every home game. Not saying they are right, but UGA isn’t doing anything different than other SEC schools, screwing the students.
derekross
March 24th, 2012
2:30 pm
Did you guys even watch the games last year? It was Bobo’s offense against good teams that scored points for our opponents.
The defense played pretty well. When Murray wasn’t throwing pick 6’s or giving the other team the ball in their side of the 50.
7576DAWG
March 24th, 2012
2:45 pm
Joey
I still say that our defense was great in 2011. A lot of yardage and points were given up just after our defense stopped the other team cold and then the offense gave the ball right back to the other team. Our defense was great but we didn’t have the depth to be able to over come turnovers. Poor play by the offense and no running game was our problem. Also the South Carolina and Michigan State games were lost because our SENIOR field goal kicker couldn’t kick under pressure a 40 yard field goal. In the South Carolina game our defense only gave up 17 or 18 points , the rest was because of special teams. Remember this was Grantham first full year with his recruits and retraining EVERYBODY to play the 3-4. You will see a great, better defense this year because the depth is more ready to play SEC football.
Joey
March 24th, 2012
2:50 pm
7576DAWG, you’re just agreeing with me. Check out my post at 1:33.
I especially like the way Grantham makes adjustments – it’s obvious he’s a pro. Too bad we don’t have an OC who can adjust on the fly when an opponent’s D starts shutting us down.
7576DAWG
March 24th, 2012
2:52 pm
Whiznot
Well I will admit there are young women everywhere at Georgia. You should see it in the spring when all of them are laying out trying to get a tan. 60% female just isn’t fair. I would always take my easiest classes in the spring. Mama didn’t raise a fool.
7576DAWG
March 24th, 2012
3:00 pm
Joey
I agree but I think Bobo’s connection with the Dooley’s has taken Bobo about as far as it can without him showing he deserves to be Georgia’s offensive coordinator. Only a fool would think the experts don’t agree with that, when he is making half of Grantham’s salary, and that is generous so UGA won’t be embarrassed and nobody is asking UGA permission to interview Bobo for openings. I go back to having trust that McGarity will do the right thing.
Some of you are in denial
March 24th, 2012
3:14 pm
Delusional fans at all schools, but you don’t have to be an expert to see the Dogs are headed back to competing for the SEC title on a regular basis. SEC can be harder to win than a NC, as Nick has won 1 SEC title in 5 years, with 2 NCs, so it is quite an accomplishment to be called SEC champs.
Attack - U - Dawg
March 24th, 2012
3:20 pm
I hope the trailer trash team from Tuskuloosa wins the west so that the DAWGS can stomp them 42-3 in the SEC Championship game. Two Thousand Twelve (2012) is the YEAR OF THE DAWG!!!!
Joey
March 24th, 2012
3:21 pm
McGarity ain’t gonna do it. He said he would never for changes to one his coach’s staff. New 5-year deal validates Richt, and he sure ain’t gonna do it.
I just think back to the Boise St game – the less talented, and smaller offense kept adjusting and finally found our weakness with the short passing game, as well as the hurry up offense.
Meanwhile, our offense got smothered for the last 2 1/2 quarters, and killed our own D with all of those 3-and-outs. No adjustments.
Worst of all, guess where those 2 OCs are today? UF got Boise’s OC.
We still got Bobo. I don’t want to see Bobo fired – just moved back to QB coach. Then get a OC who can actually game plan and make in-game adjustments for gosh sake . . .
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 24th, 2012
3:22 pm
Attack–U—put down the Bong, the Makers Mark and move to the sofa to pass out until reality sets in.
Joey
March 24th, 2012
3:23 pm
…never force changes to a coach’s staff….
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 24th, 2012
3:39 pm
The last thing UGA needs is to play Alabama! The ash whipping you got in 2008 will be light to what you will get in 2012 if you’re lucky enough to get to Atlanta even with your weak schedule. Then again go for it! You’re still the team to beat from March until August! Always have and always will!
Ringleader
March 24th, 2012
3:49 pm
Two major problems with the student tickets and both were caused by the athletic department, McGarity gets the blame, but it is directed by Adams,
First, give the students a paper ticket that they can sell, give away or whatever.
Second, why have you split the students, give them the east end zone, and put the band back where it belongs.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 24th, 2012
3:54 pm
Ringleader if they still had paper ticket then these 2 issues would not happen at UGa.
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/16924927/uga-gsu-students-top-list-of-growing-clients-on-sugar-daddy-dating-site
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 24th, 2012
3:55 pm
http://dogbytesonline.com/soccer-player-arrested-bulldogs-set-to-begin-spring-slate-55363/
BiggDawgK
March 24th, 2012
4:23 pm
Anyone hear anything about Crowell and Ogletree getting into a fight at practice? Someone on another site claimed it was being tweeted for whatever that’s worth.
Sarai
March 24th, 2012
4:23 pm
So the alumni and fans get exactly what they demand–mediocrity. Andy Landers seems just the man for the job, as does Mark Richt.
Truer words were never spoken! Kudos for your insightful analysis.
Cdpridg
March 24th, 2012
5:12 pm
I am hearing the Dawgs picked up another recruit in the past hour or so. Why has the AJC not reported this yet
Whiznot
March 24th, 2012
5:19 pm
7576DAWG
The ratio was not quite as good during my UGA days from 67 to 72 but the hippie girls looked great and lived by make love not war. Just kidding about Murray’s idiotic comment. Bobo is the only girl.
CL
March 24th, 2012
6:23 pm
How about a goal line set with Lynch as FB and Samuel at RB?
DawgByte
March 24th, 2012
6:29 pm
Count me as one person who thinks Artie Lynch is going to come up big time for Georgia this year. That kid can play and I’m not just talking about blocking – he can catch the ball.
dan
March 24th, 2012
6:31 pm
After 11 years on the job, I think it is safe to say that we pretty know what we’re going to get from Mark Richt. Some Bad, some Great, a whole lot of Good and a whole lot of Underachievement.
Richt is no Nick Saban, who despite his epic failure at the Pro level, CLEARLY knows what he is doing when it comes to building a college powerhouse. Richt is also no Les Miles, who knows how to come into an established program and keep it at peak level. What Richt IS: is a guy who can overachieve with “B-level” talent but when he has the Knowshon’s, and the Stafford’s, and the AJ Green’s; he just can’t put it all together. Theoretically, a team should improve when their talent improves, but at UGA that is not the case.
So taking into account that Richt overachieves with “B-level talent”( which is what he currently has), I think the Dawgs will have a decent year IF everyone can remain healthy. Overall, the 2012 schedule is very navigable. Getting Bama off the schedule is a huge break, and facing South Carolina in October will benefit the Dawgs as opposed to having to play them at the beginning of the year. Richt’s teams traditionally get better as the season goes on, and I think the Dawgs will go on a bit of a run in 2012 like they did in 2011. Florida is horrible, as is Tennessee. The Dawgs will beat both of those teams again, although those games probably won’t be the blowouts we as fans will want/expect them to be.
I like the Dawgs to win the SEC East, go 11-1( losing to a Mizzou team on the road early in the year that they are not familiar with), and get to the SEC title game. However, instead of losing to LSU, I think Arkansas( who I like a LOT as a National Title Darkhorse) will emerge from the West with an identical 11-1 record. I say the Razorbacks win something along the lines of 37-27 or 38-24. The Dawgs will then get hosed and end up at a second tier bowl( Outback or Chick-fil-A) with that game being a tossup depending on how much the players actually give a crap.
I say the Dawgs finish 11-3 or 12-2, leaving the Bulldog faithful with our traditional ” What if’s, shoulda woulda’s, and wait until next(recruiting)season!”
P.S. I’ll also make an additional prediction. Arkansas will go to the National Title game and lose, breaking the SEC’s streak of National Titles.
The Sham
March 24th, 2012
6:34 pm
Gotta say that Landers’ time has come and went… It’s time to bring in some new blood to re-energize this program. Successful men’s and women’s basketball programs are both factors in the basketball cultural transformation that is going on in Athens.
A-Ville Ranger
March 24th, 2012
6:55 pm
I don’t get why everybody thinks Arkansas has more talent than UGA. Maybe they have a small advantage in playmakers on offense. How many of their defensive players could start for us though ? If we play and lose to the Hogs, it’s coaching, not player ability.
CC
March 24th, 2012
7:02 pm
GO DAWGS!
Rilo
March 24th, 2012
7:10 pm
In 2008 we were all saying the same thing about UGA. Stafford/AJ Green/Moreno.
sports
March 24th, 2012
7:43 pm
I think the ladies basketball coach “Amy” Landers needs to go..he ain’t got it. There is too many good coaches out there that are a lot better. His style of coaching is poor!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 24th, 2012
8:09 pm
Congrats on O’Neal the LB commit.
Dawg48
March 24th, 2012
9:28 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 24th, 2012
8:09 pm
Congrats on O’Neal the LB commit.
I think someone stole your handle.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 24th, 2012
10:07 pm
no 48 that was ME for real LOL.
Texas Dawg
March 24th, 2012
10:08 pm
We lost BS due to lack of running game, Murray turnovers young defense, South Carolina because of Arron Murry and special teams, LSU dropped TD passes, special teams and Murry turnovers. MS lost was offensive line horrible play in 2nd half and turn overs by Murry………………………………….
see a pattern………………….i don’t give a dang what Murry does against patseys…………………get it done against a ranked teams for goodness sake!……………………………………..it seems to me like once he makes a mistake in the big games…he freaks out and tries to hard……he will never solidify as one of GA best QB’s as far as I’m concerned unless he beats a ranked team………………………..has he at this point beat a team that has fininhed in the top twenty?????????????????
Texas Dawg
March 24th, 2012
10:09 pm
By the way go DAWGS!!!!
Score Check
March 25th, 2012
12:35 am
Coach Sick Satan = SCUM
Tweak your knee and you are left twisting in the wind
Why has Mark Richt made AP Poll Top 10 only once after 2005 ?
March 25th, 2012
1:10 am
Barry Marshall writes: “I know Alabama and LSU and USC are the teams getting mentioned most often so far as likely contenders for this year’s BCS national championship, but I’m thinking if the Dawgs win the East again as expected and can put together a full four quarters against LSU or Bama in the Dome and win the conference, they might actually wind up with a pretty good shot at the crystal ball. Am I just having your typical spring dream, Bill? Does anyone else give Georgia props in the BCS?”
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I find it amazing that you would print this Bill. Every off-season it is the same. Then, when we play 1 team who season end made it to AP Poll Top 25 all regular season of the 12 games only South Carolina in 2012 with our ENTIRE DEFENSE GONE AFTER 2012, we have DISNEYdawgs.com run in here to ruin this off-season with claims of National Championships for Mark Richt, given :
10-Win Seasons by Mark Richt Opponents :
30-33 Lost 2011 Michigan State Outback
10-42 Lost 2011 LSU Georgia Dome
42-45 Lost 2011 USCe Sanford Stadium
21-35 Lost 2011 Boise State Georgia Dome
06-10 Lost 2010 Central Florida Liberty
31-49 Lost 2010 Auburn at Auburn
24-31 Lost 2010 Arkansas Sanford Stadium
30-24 Win 2009 Georgia tek at Atlanta
17-41 Lost 2009 Florida at Jacksonville
10-49 Lost 2008 Florida at Jacksonville
30-41 Lost 2008 Alabama Sanford Stadium
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Why don’t we BRAG about beating a top team instead ?
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Why has Mark Richt made AP Poll Top 10 only once after 2005 ?
March 25th, 2012
1:17 am
Texas Dawg March 24th, 2012 10:08 pm
“has Aaron Murray at this point beat a team that has fininhed in the top twenty?????????????????”
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0-9 vs teams finished AP Poll Top 25
0-7 vs teams finished with a 10-Win Season
11 opposing QB better than he that day
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That answer your question
Texas Dawg
Why has Mark Richt made AP Poll Top 10 only once after 2005 ?
March 25th, 2012
6:41 am
10-Win Seasons by Mark Richt Opponents :
Average Margin of Defeat : over 15 points game
22 points Offense Defeat per game
38 points Defense Defeat per game
When we play a team who ends 10-Win Season
Lose on the average by More than 2 Touchdowns
In other words, we are blown-out spectacularly.
It’s not just that we lose, and we definitely lose,
It’s how we lose.
The Offense is annihilated
The Special Teams’ are just obliterated
The Defense is demolished
The coaching staff looks like buffoons
In Mark Richt era, NC beat 29 ended AP Top 10
In Mark Richt era, he beat 3 of 16 end AP Top 10
So, let’s come in here in the off-season brag NC
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SUBJECT BLOG POST WOULD BE ABOUT US WINNING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, BEYOND BELIEF.
Paddy
March 25th, 2012
8:11 am
dan……..you have many good points. Must dissagree with only one; that coward coach at Arkansas is never going to win a SEC championship, let alone a National championship. When you have major character issues nothing ever seems to go as planned.
A Father
March 25th, 2012
9:15 am
Orson Charles is average at best. Please stop with the everything GA is better than all others. OC is projected by many to be a flop waiting to happen. No speed, No separation, No hands, No size, that is alot to overcome when trying to be a pro. Wish him all the luck for patience from whatever team takes a shot on him.
RedandBLackDAWG
March 25th, 2012
9:17 am
At 280 pounds, don’t be shocked if Lynch gets some time as well at FB, with Rome at tight end. I think Rome can be close to even with Lynch on the field when it comes to receiving, and he has very sure hands. Lynch is a decent pass catcher, but I don’t think he is quite as fast as Rome is. Both I think could see their fair share of time on the field either way this year. With Lynch playing a few times at the FB position, Rome could come over the middle for a pass, and represent a good target for Murray, and Lynch would keep a defensive guy or two off of his back and allow him to pass. At Lynch’s size, he would represent a tough couple of yards near the goal line if needed as well.
It will be up to the coaches at UGA to utilize these two effectively, and having both of them on the field at one time, could present a few headaches for opposing defenses.
Dogs Smell
March 25th, 2012
9:27 am
When did that title ever come into play at UGA? Tight end U ? Please.
Dogs Smell
March 25th, 2012
9:31 am
And if Pigs could fly ! With the patsy SEC schedule why would they not win the East again? Vandy would have won the East last year if they played the same SEC schedule . No team has an easier road than those wannabes !
Hey
March 25th, 2012
10:58 am
“Why has”, you are a very pessimistic person. I think you may blot out the sun one day. Don’t you also go by Thomas Brown, 13-1 and many other names? Either way you are easy to spot. It’s going to be a nice day. Go out and get some sun. Drink a cold beverage. Think about what’s good in life. It may help. Good luck.
Why has Mark Richt made AP Poll Top 10 only once after 2005 ?
March 25th, 2012
11:51 am
I didn’t have anything to do with this, and will not make up excuses for it, like you because I want more than this :
Current 4-Years compared to other SEC 2012 :
(1)…48-06 # 02 Alabama
(2)…41-12 # 08 LSU
(3)…41-13 # 10 Florida
(4)…36-17 # 22 Missouri
(5)…35-17 # 24 Auburn
(6)…34-17 # 26 Arkansas
(7)…34-19 # 32 South Carolina
(8)…34-19 # 32 Mark Richt
Current 4-Year Status :
50-03 # 01 Boise State
48-06 # 02 Alabama*
47-05 # 03 TCU
44-09 # 04 Oregon
41-11 # 05 Oklahoma State
41-11 # 06 Utah
42-12 # 07 Oklahoma
41-12 # 08 LSU*
42-13 # 09 Virginia Tech
41-13 # 10 Florida*
39-12 # 11 Southern California
39-14 # 12 Wisconsin
38-14 # 13 Texas
38-14 # 14 Penn State
38-14 # 15 BYU
37-15 # 16 West Virginia
37-15 # 17 Cincinnati
36-15 # 18 Stanford
38-16 # 19 Nebraska
37-16 # 20 Michigan State
27-12 # 21 Ohio State vacated all 12-1 of 2010
36-17 # 22 Missouri*
36-17 # 23 Houston
35-17 # 24 Auburn*
35-17 # 25 Iowa
34-17 # 26 Arkansas*
35-18 # 27 Florida State
35-18 # 28 Nevada
34-18 # 29 Tulsa
35-19 # 30 Northern Illinois
33-18 # 31 Texas Tech
34-19 # 32 Southern Miss
34-19 # 32 South Carolina*
34-19 # 32 Georgia tek
34-19 # 32 Mark Richt*
2 bad years now over ?
Columbus Dawg
March 25th, 2012
12:16 pm
The above comments concerning Nick Saban “clearly knowing how to build a powerhouse college team”, left out the most important aspects of how he goes about this. Saban is not any better coach in college than in NFL, he just makes sure that he does not have to compete on a level playing field with his competition in the college ranks. There was no way to achieve this in the NFL. The pros pay their players already, so that advantage is taken away. There is no such thing as oversigning in the NFL. That little pos with the worst case of “little man syndrome” will NEVER expose himself to playing by the rules in college until the NCAA makes him and currently the NCAA is worshiping at his crotch just like the Bama fans. I’ve got news for all you D.A. Bama fans, it’s all about Saban to Saban, and he could care less about the University of Alabama, this you will all see sooner than later.
Alabama will not even win their own division again in 2012, much less anything else. Three losses in 2012 for Bama.
It is not hard to tell the kind of dips pull for Bama, such as the IDIOT WIlLLIE WET YOUR PANTS. I am not so sure that this moron even pulls for Bama, may be a Techie, but either way he shows everyone just how STUPID he is every single day. Hey WET YOUR PANTS, do you still live with your parents? It sure would not surprise me.
Old Dawg
March 25th, 2012
12:19 pm
Looking back over the past several years, I have not seen any “upsets” by the Dawgs. By other teams against us, yes (like last year’s bowl game). But we beat the teams we are supposed to beat (mostly) and we lose to the ones we are rated less against. Sometimes we lose to teams that we should have won against. But I can’t remember a case where we were the underDAWG and ended up winning.
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Sportsdawg
March 25th, 2012
1:25 pm
Landers will need to sign one of the nation’s top prospects out of his own back yard, Alisha Gray of Washington County, next year to strengthen his portfolio at this stage of his career. Signing Gray will be a great for him, not to mention a big step in revamping the Lady Dawgs program.
Dawg48
March 25th, 2012
2:57 pm
The baby and wife are sleeping! Let’s go racing!
Stephen A.Dogg: Going on 12 years and still no MNC under Richt. Is this team any closer than the last ?
March 25th, 2012
3:50 pm
Georgia didn’t have a consistent running game last season and it totally dried up due to injuries in the SECCG and bowl game. The O-line was undependable and inconsistent. Aaron Murray was asked to do more than he should have and that resulted in game changing turnovers on his behalf in all four losses to the respectable opponents on the schedule. The offensive gameplan and playcalling was abysmal at times in the losses and unforgettably Georgia shamefully took a knee before blowing a game winning kick in the bowl. The defense played stout most of the season and it didn’t always give up points easily. Murray’s turnovers, fumbles and pick sixes, gave opponent easy points in the losses. All problems of the offense are to be blamed squarely on Richt, not the fall guy Bobo. An accumulation of talent at RB, will not help Georgia if the coaching on offense remains the same. The offense is totally outdated and even the hated Lane Kiffin said the Georgia offense is easy to prepare for because it’s so predictabale. The line play must improve, the QB must improve, the coaching and playcalling must improve and Richt has got to figure out how not to keep wasting talent and modify the offense. Georgia fans need to stop blaming Bobo because they are running Richt’s offensive system.
Sadly, Richt is running out of time. Over eleven years going on twelve years and no national titles. Meanwhile Saban has won TWO national titles in half the time as Richt, in the SEC’s most competitive division. He’s a good guy, devote christian and all that, but in college football it’s not about that. It’s about the hardware: titles and trophies. Herschel brought titles, trophies and constant title contention to Georgia in the 80s, but that was over 30 years ago. How much longer must Georgia fans continue to wait for those to return ? The schedule is getting weaker and weaker each season and so are are UGa’s chances for a national title under Mark Richt.
TheTruthHurts
March 25th, 2012
6:15 pm
2012: same as 2011. Richt backs into the SEC East and gets the hell beat out of him in the SEC championship. Then loses a nothing bowl. McGarity, who one blogger correctly referred to as a “vegetable”, extends Richt’s contract again.
ugalee
March 25th, 2012
6:50 pm
the last quarter of our bowl game told you everything you need to know about the progress CMR and Bobo have made as far as coaching in-game. truly a gutless wonder
6-18 Against Ranked Teams Since '05
March 25th, 2012
10:00 pm
UGA football = Dukes of Hazzard
Pres Adams = Boss Hogg
Mark Richt = Roscoe P. Coltrane
Greg McGarrity = Deputy Enos
Nick Saban and Les Miles = Bo and Luke Duke (always getting the hot chicks….i.e. the Crystal Trophies)
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 25th, 2012
11:03 pm
@ Damn Good Dawg:
UGA “never gets the TOP TIER players”………….”Can a tall guy be a good fullback?”
What planet have you been on??? You should be embarassed to come on here with such drivel. CMR signed the TOP football recruits in 4 different states in 2012. He signed a Top 10 recruiting class almost EVERY YEAR he has been UGA HC. He signed the Top ranked RB in 2011 abd 2012 and has TWO Consensus All Americans on his defense. I could go on and on but this is about all you will be able to absorb this week.
You should not be allowed outside without fulltime adult supervision
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 25th, 2012
11:06 pm
@ 6-18:
I believe you spell it “Krystal” not “Crystal”. Kno whut I’m sayin???
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 25th, 2012
11:21 pm
@ The truth hurts:
You may be right on a couple of things but McGarity is not a vegetable; The Veggie lives in yo mama;s trailer and sleeps in your bed.
Nother thang. You don’t need to worry about what goes on in Dawg Nation. It is none of your business and we like it the way it is. You need to find other things to occupy your single digit IQ. Rest assured that IF we have need of your services we will let you know,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but don;t hold your breath!!!!
CMR pays more income tax than your entire Trailer Park earns annually and Dawg Nation can’t wait to give CMR another contract extension in 5 years although he already donates more money to churches and charities than your entire family(including your inlaws) grosses annually.( Grosses means before taxes)
Kno whut I’m sayin???
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 25th, 2012
11:27 pm
@ Stephen A Dogg:
Son you are wasting your talent writing on here. Why aren’t you coaching in the NFL??? You could have Super Bowl rings on every finger.
Wonder why we have NEVER heard of you before or is this really Shawn Payton???
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 25th, 2012
11:29 pm
@ Dawg 48:
Boy or girl??? I believe you were expecting a girl. Hope evrything is going well with mother and baby……..oh. and daddy too.
Congrats and good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 25th, 2012
11:35 pm
@ Columbus Dawg: (12:16 PM POST)
Tell it like it is Bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DGD
Why has Mark Richt made AP Poll Top 10 only once after 2005 ?
March 26th, 2012
12:25 am
I-A Winning Percentage after 2005
2005 season was 8 yrs ago now this up-coming 2012 season
01. .9240 at 73-06 Boise State
02. .8461 at 66-12 TCU
03. .8000 at 64-16 LSU
04. .7922 at 61-16 Southern Cal
05. .7804 at 64-18 Oklahoma
06. .7777 at 63-18 Florida
07. .7692 at 50-15 Ohio State
08. .7692 at 60-18 BYU
09. .7682 at 63-19 Virginia Tech
10. .7594 at 60-19 Oregon
11. .7594 at 60-19 Wisconsin
12. .7564 at 59-19 West Virginia
13. .7435 at 58-20 Texas
14. .7435 at 58-20 Utah
15. .7246 at 50-19 Alabama
16. .7179 at 56-22 Penn State
17. .7051 at 55-23 Auburn
18. .7051 at 55-23 Oklahoma State
19. .7051 at 55-23 Cincinnati
20. .7000 at 56-24 Missouri
21. .6835 at 54-25 Georgia
# 5 team in all polls in just SEC 2011, again
Stephen A.Dogg: Beat it Brainiac, you are a loser.
March 26th, 2012
12:58 am
Brainiac: There is a very big difference between a Georgia fan and a Richt fan. I’m a Georgia fan, not a Richt fan. You are a Richt fan, not a Georgia fan and people like you are happy and content with the mediocre status of UGA . I have been watching Richt since he was an OC at FSU and even the Seminole fans were glad to see him go in 2000. I predicted then his ACC/FSU approach to offensive football would not win a national title for Georgia in the SEC. FSU was the Atlanta Braves of college football finishing in the top five for 14 years winning one disputed title over a Notre Dame team that beat them head to head and winning only one undisputed title. FSU wasted a lot of talent while barely winning two titles out of a 15 year title run. Richt really hasn’t won anything outside of Donnan’s recruits. It’s okay for you to be dumb enough to be a Richt fan for life, but Richt’s days at Georgia are numbered as McGarrity and CMR’s reps are haggling over buyout options on his new 5 year “extension”. Really he has this year and next to get it done or UGA buys him out. So your guy has one final chance to save his neck and the backing into the SECCG with 10 wins to get blown out and bowl loss days won’t cut it any longer. So don’t hate me for speaking the truth, you should hate the mediocrity that plagues Georgia instead of loving it like you do. Brainiac you are a mediocre fan that needs to get down on your knees and pray for the mediocrity to stay at UGA. And if that doesn’t work why don’t you switch out to ACC-Tech, were mediocrity is acceptable. We won’t miss your kind at all ! Go Dogs !
Stephen A.Dogg: @ braindead brainyac.
March 26th, 2012
1:37 am
@ Brainyac: Get yo liquored-up mouf up off of Richt’s jock, because you ain’t getting paid nothing to be his devoted idiotic fan for life. Hey whiskeybreath, people like you make fools of themselves daily trying to defend a guy that just can’t get the job done after 12 years. Real sober Georgia fans know that Richt has done his best and he doesn’t have the killer instinct that a coach has to have in the SEC to win it all. He doesn’t have the guts to hire a real OC and hides behind a neophyte to take the heat for his 90s ACC-FSU offense. Georgia has the talent to win big, but the Head Coach doesn’t have the guts to make tough decisions on his offense like overhauling it for a run based attack. The only people happy about the Richt’s “extension” are idiots like you, braindead, and SEC rivals. Miles and Saban both have whipped Richt like a rented mule in their last meetings and liquored-up fools like you are happy about the routs. You senselessly declare yourself a fan of the coach, but you definately are not a fan of Georgia, the historic institution. Get lost you bum, we don’t want your kind around here anyway ! Go back to your nasty trash shrewn trailer and keep drinking the krytonite moon-shine koko-kool-aid Go Dogs !
Rationale
March 26th, 2012
3:35 am
Joey nailed it correctly.
Murray is good, but he is not great. Too prone to throw the ball into the other teams hands. If Bobo does not improve as OC this year, he has to go. His second half play calling is atrocious. DC’s have his play book down pat by halftime, adjust to him, and if they have the players like the teams did that beat UGA last year, they win the ballgame. Murray’s interceptions and Bobo’s play calling are a dangerous combination.
2 SEC Championships
March 26th, 2012
7:37 am
2 SEC Championships, the last one of which was 2005. 2005 season was 8 years ago now this up-coming 2012 season. After 2005, Mark Richt is the # 6 in The SEC in won/lost record this coming 2012 season; and # 21 nationally after 2005. That does not make me a techie to not settle for that; it does however, make you a RICHT-O-PHILE to settle for that. There is a huge difference in being a Mark Richt fan, and being an UGA Bulldogs’ Football Program fan. If all you want is mediocrity, choose 1 of the 119 other colleges, and be a fan there for Mark Richt. There are 65 Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Program fans to this 1 blog who have told you this. Ignorance is not bliss; it is a lack of education. If you are satisfied with # 6 in just SEC teams and # 21 nationally in won/lost record after 2005, then take a hike – the other 65 of us are not. And, we don’t need your kind around any longer.
Joe
March 26th, 2012
7:49 am
All you statistical Gurus cannot add the points given up by the offense and special teams and include them in the total points scored against UGA vs the four team losses….
Ty
March 26th, 2012
8:00 am
How many of Dooley’s conference championships were shared because another team had the same conference record and the did not play each other? How many times did he have to play an SEC Championship Game…How many of the SEC teams won the Natinal Championship during his 25 years as coach? There is no comparison of the SEC then and Now all the teams are better we added two good programs several years ago and have added two more good programs this year… It will be more difficult to win an SEC chammpionship now than before but whoever wins the SEC now has a very good chance to win a National Championship if the BCS remains and if they go to a four game playoff with only one SEC team included…The odds decrease in having to play the extra two games.
It is a different game now playing under different rules for championships…
2 SEC Championships
March 26th, 2012
8:04 am
That your excuse for being # 6 in SEC of 2012 SEC teams over the current 8-year period this coming 2012 season and # 21 nationally ?
Smartso
March 26th, 2012
9:06 am
Atlanta=Catlanta (bb); Atlabama (fb)
dawgfacedboy
March 26th, 2012
10:26 am
Snake dog 4- you are a moron sir. Aaron Murray was a personally responsible for 14 pts against USC. Add the fumble by Crowell that was returned inside the 5 and another pick by Murray returned inside the 10 plus the fake punt for a TD and you have your game. MSU wasn’t much better for Murray. LSU had 14 pts on special teams and our offense missed out on 14 pts in the first half.
You are a moron if you think the D is the reason we lost 4 games last year.
Jacket99
March 26th, 2012
10:55 am
I think a reason for lack of attendance in the student section is due more to generational differences than gender differences. The older UGA alumni I know (both male and female) say they always went to the games as students and most are current season ticket holders. The younger alumni and students don’t seem as interested. Just an observation.
UGA Insider
March 26th, 2012
11:48 am
The defense is dominating but Crowell is some making plays. Easily the best we have. I predict 1600 for IC this year.
evil empire
March 26th, 2012
12:21 pm
ugafans are the only people who call uga “TE U”…most people call uga “d/a u”…man, even the gymdawgs have caught “ugasux fever”…the history of underacheiving continues…athens community college for girls and effiminate boys is pathetic…
Dawglasville
March 26th, 2012
1:01 pm
This is una fiesta de trolls. Some one get the chips and dip. Bob will be here soon.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
March 26th, 2012
1:22 pm
You have to be kidding, right?
Mike Bobo 17 INT
March 26th, 2012
1:23 pm
UGA is a joke in every sport, except for gymanstics and tennis….those are givens. It is hilarious how everyone tries to find something good in this football program. Opens with Buffalo at home, then has to play Mizzou on the road, 1-1 after the first 2 weeks.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
March 26th, 2012
1:30 pm
@dan, agree with your comment about the mediore prorgram, but Petrino at Arky will not make it to a title game, because he is too focused on finding his next job.
The problem with UGA is that they have talent, but they don’t know what to do with it.
The UGA program will never compete with Saban, Miles and Spurirer under their current administration. Everyone in Athens is in denial and are more interested in marketing and drinking.
G-Dawg
March 26th, 2012
1:44 pm
Lynch at FB is much better than all this nonsense with Samuels at FB. Put him back at LB.
Bama=home of the T-bag special
March 26th, 2012
1:54 pm
@Mike Bobo 17 INT clean up on aisle 4…
harold
March 26th, 2012
2:20 pm
RICHT NEEDS TO GET IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND QUIT SELLING UGA FANS ON ‘THE DREAMS’ WHILE TENNESSEE–ALABAMA-AUBURN-FLORIDA-AND LSU ALL HAVE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
IT IS TIME FOR RICHT TO GO!
Realtalk
March 26th, 2012
5:26 pm
SnakeDog4=thomas brown=troll
UGA’s Defense this year will be the top SEC Defense, mostly because of the cupcake schedule. Team will finish 11-1 regular season, win SECCG and have a birth in the Sugar Bowl against West Virginia.
Big crimson 75
March 26th, 2012
6:27 pm
Tight End U ??!!??
I can always count on pup fans for a good laugh.
I would have to say the U is Tight End U :
- Jimmy Graham
- Kellen Winslow
- Jeremy Shockey
- Greg Olsen
- Bubba Franks
KJ
March 26th, 2012
8:31 pm
Crimson, I doubt you can count, period, but let’s see if you can make it to six:
Martrez Milner
Ben Watson
Leonard Pope
Jermaine Wiggins
Shannon Mitchell
Randy McMichael
Pago Pago DAWG
March 26th, 2012
10:16 pm
Somebody told us that UGA will play Southern Cal for the NC.
Sounds good to us.
1Baddawg
March 26th, 2012
11:37 pm
Bill, you had some great comments concerning UGA tight end talents, but it doesn’t matter because OC Bobo doesn’t have the imagination and/or innovation to know what to do to utilize them or any other of the offenses talented stars. Bobo still doesn’t understand what AD McGarity’s remark last year means concerning “urgency” relating to the offense. Alabama utilized two tight ends last year but especially against LSU to befuddle them and win the SEC. What did UGA do against MS in the bowl……threw one time to one TE. Talented players alone can and most often win ballgames, but when one is pitted against a team that is pretty equal, then it’s the coaching that helps win the game. We just don’t have it on the O side of the ball. I hate it for the players when they don’t get the help they need when times get tough against teams they could/should have beat.
Albert
March 27th, 2012
12:25 pm
It doesn’t matter who the rb or fb is, if our offensive line can’t block. We saw Michigan State, in the bowl game, make tackle after tacke in the backfield. We didn’t recruit very well for the O line and we will regret it when the season starts.
Angry D
March 27th, 2012
12:42 pm
Georgia’s D may be the best in the country this year with all this talent! Look for an easy SEC east title and a huge upset over alabama in the title game!! Dawgs—are back!
DAWGMAN
March 27th, 2012
4:46 pm
Wait until next year. Wait until next year. Wait until Richt wakes up. Wait until Bobo goes. Wait until the Tide rolls away. Hurry up and wait. Barf barf bratitattat. Wait. Ebereebodee knows football ain’t supposed to be all that at Georgia anymore. Git over yo’selves. Stop coaching down these poor kids.Just y’all wait a bit more. Be patient dagnabbit! Make those checks out to cash. Practice some more of those missing man formations. Wear some more dumb looking uniforms. Have a ‘theme night’ game. Invent a couple of new gimmicks for ‘12. Wait.
Real Problem
March 28th, 2012
9:55 am
I am all for winning the SEC East and playing Bama in Atlanta, but just how are we going to do it with the OL we have for 2012? I am most fearful that we could be in tight games against all SEC teams next year. Are we going to win all tight games….I think not:(. Oh, and by the way, we are loosing our defense the next year. Do we have the roster to just plug in more very good players….I think not:(. A ONE YEAR DREAM TEAM just does not work in the SEC….hope I am wrong.
Real Problem
March 28th, 2012
9:58 am
DAWGMAN….good post. I could not put it better.