Georgia players need to learn lesson from underachieving 2008 Dawgs
Christian Robinson believes this year's team is more mature than the Dawgs of 2008. (University of Georgia)
Last season, particularly after the 0-2 start, the biggest challenge for Mark Richt’s Bulldogs was blocking out all the fan and media talk about whether their head coach would keep his job.
This year, it’s a matter of the players trying to focus amid all the preseason hype about Georgia returning a lot of starters, probably starting the season in the Top 10, being favored to win the SEC East again and even figuring in some early BCS chatter.
Georgia’s been there before and it didn’t turn out so well. The 2008 Dawgs had lots of star power and even loftier preseason expectations, but proved to be a big disappointment.
Christian Robinson, who’s emerged as one of the more vocal leaders of the 2012 Bulldogs and who redshirted in 2008, told Edward Aschoff of ESPN.com that selfishness and immaturity were a problem for that team. Robinson maintained this year’s team is smarter and more mature. “This is a totally different team,” Robinson said. “You don’t read your press clippings and start believing.”
But then you’d kind of expect him to say that.
Judging by the increased number of off-field problems that have cropped up so far, some involving seniors who ought to know better, you might begin to wonder whether some on this year’s team have looked at Georgia’s favorable schedule, heard the hype and are taking success for granted.
“We have to understand that we have to earn it and nothing’s going to be given to us,” Richt told Aschoff. “I hope they’re not believing the hype. I have to make sure they understand that they gotta earn everything they get and I can reference 2008.”
Here’s hoping Richt cites the lessons of that year frequently, and that the players listen more closely than some of them appear to have done so far during this offseason.
Ironically, Robinson believes that the adversity caused by having several starters possibly suspended early in the season will end up being a plus, banding the team together more tightly and forcing them to work harder early on. I hope he’s right.
Quarterback Aaron Murray, who Aschoff said has taken it on himself to become more outspoken on team issues, thinks the lesson has been learned.
“Our guys understand that you can’t be doing anything too crazy right now,” Murray said. “This could be a very special season. This could be a season you remember for the rest of your life. If we work hard, the sky’s the limit for us.”
If not, it could be 2008 all over again.
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beanster
April 11th, 2012
10:33 am
Make sure you take care of the football, Aaron Murray!!!
beanster
April 11th, 2012
10:41 am
Christian Robinson is a DGD, but he reminds me too much of Aron White with all of his talk. He shut off his Twitter account for a week? Big deal. Get it done on the field, CR!
dawgindestin
April 11th, 2012
10:45 am
cant wait till fall
UGA Insider
April 11th, 2012
10:45 am
Stay way from Downtown Athens and all will be well. However I don’t expect it.
Bigdsel5556
April 11th, 2012
10:46 am
Take care of business first
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
10:55 am
Well Arkansas is out of the mix. LSU has some issues with the team being split over the Coaches choices during the BCS CG game. UGa could easily win.
Kids are saying All the Right Things but They have rarely shown the Ability to DO the Right Things.
GeoffDawg
April 11th, 2012
10:57 am
What’s your issue with Aron White? While not blessed with outstanding physcial gifts, he made the most of what he had and developed into a strong and dependable player. I wish we had more players with that type of attitude.
beanster
April 11th, 2012
11:02 am
I liked White and he had a good senior season but, like C Robinson, he was king of the sound bite which ultimately rang hollow. I want those guys to believe in themselves and believe they can win the SEC, but until they do it, I wish they would ease off on the public comments. Murray is guilty of it as well. No more talk guys. Just win.
duronimo
April 11th, 2012
11:03 am
2008 is but one of a number of recent underachieving years. The 2008 roster won’t be suiting up for Georgia this year so it doesn’t matter. If this year’s team doesn’t get it done, the coach will still love them anyway. Underachieve in life and see how much love you get.
Logan Walker
April 11th, 2012
11:05 am
Just remember that winning takes more than just showing up on gameday. It starts with focus and a winning mentality.
Dawg Haus
April 11th, 2012
11:11 am
If the 2012 Dawgs take care of the football, this could be a very special year.
Top Row Dawg
April 11th, 2012
11:17 am
I like this year’s team. Day’s like today make us proud to have CMR in charge. Glad we don’t have to worry about ethics of our head man.
Saban – oversigning.
Petrino – adultry.
Chizkv – paying recruits.
Meyer – never supends star drug users
Spuurier – left 5 time criminal stay as QB starter. Hotelgate.
Richt – only finished 2nd and 3rd never won MNC.
evillurks
April 11th, 2012
11:19 am
After you mutts start out 1-1 and 0-1 in SEC play….all the normal, usual offseason chest thumping and goodwill will immediately turn back into fire the richter.
Can’t wait!!!!
Grantham's the Man
April 11th, 2012
11:21 am
Seems like Ga started that 2008 season with a stacked offense that was also breaking in a few new O-line players, due to graduation and injuries.
The media over rated that 2008 team to prove that they didn’t screw Ga in the post season of 2007, when LSU leap froged Ga because ”if you don’t even win your conference you cant play for the MNCG”. Dawg fans can thank ESPN for that!
Ga didn’t have the O-line or the defense in 2008. Defense won’t be a problem this time, we’ll see about the O-line.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
11:24 am
Grantham is already packing his bags and looking for houses in Fayetteville AR
Macclenny_dawg
April 11th, 2012
11:30 am
Until this team learns how 2 win the big games and not beat themselves I have my doubts. I think our team is satisfied being good not great. If I am Richt I would be preaching last year we were 0-4 in the big games. I sure hope the coaches give extra drills for the whole team when anyone brings negative publicity to the team. I think the suspensions only holds that person accountable and the team just welcomes them back. When their held accountable 4 making their team do something they don’t want to do and put the burden on the team instead of just the player. Then and only then will that person have 2 answer 4 the team. Go Dawgs!!!
ElvinBishopBand
April 11th, 2012
11:31 am
Sounds like another blackout is in store for the super hype team from Georgiee. This time Nick will not play nice with Marky! Expect to have your azz handed to you with no mercy. The again no way you guys will ever get to the SECCG unless you buy a ticket.
tide roll
April 11th, 2012
11:41 am
Isn’t Robinson the wierdo that took the pictures of the other wierdo, Murray, with the girl in the room at Panama City and then posted them on facebook? Oh. that’s ok with the Preacherman, Just don’t get caught smoking dope.
tide roll
April 11th, 2012
11:42 am
What’s Robinson doing in the room anyway? Y’all got one sick program up there. Literally.
Columbus Dawg
April 11th, 2012
11:50 am
I believe that Richt has enough sense to evaluate the players in question after serving their suspensions, and factoring in how each suspended player handles the rest of the off season before handing them back their starter status. For that matter, here’s hoping that Branden and Rambo have enough sense to know that their draft status will also be affected by their decisions going forward. Ogletree may or may not go pro after this season, but I’m sure that he does not want to lose his starting role because of a case of D.A. Georgia has plenty of players capable of winning the first four, and who knows, by the time Rambo’s time is served, his safety spot may be well manned. Robinson may be correct in his analogy concerning the tightening up on the players part due to what has already happened. It was mentioned in the article that Bill read and got his idea for this blog from that there are more upperclassmen, and leaders on this team than the 2008 team, and Murray needs to lead by example and quit his B.S. shenanigans as well. I was guilty of some under aged drinking back in the seventies too, but I was not the starting QB of the Georgia Bulldogs, either. I agree with Bill that there is a tremendous amount of pressure on Coach Richt to produce a championship this year, mostly because most know what the defense will lose after this season. From Grantham’s comments thus far, it does not sound like he’s worried about having to play without the suspended players. I believe that in their minds, that the first four are very winnable, and the fact that the game with the Chickens has been moved down the road is a big plus. The game that worries me is the Tennessee game, and a lack of focus here will get them beat. Richt wants to talk about referencing the 2008 season, he had better reference the 2007 season as well, because a win over the Vols that year would have given the Dawgs a shot at the BCS that year. Before any of you loud mouth LSU folks start yapping, go ask your beloved pos coach Lester Miles about being grateful that he did not have to face Georgia in the dome that year instead of the Vols. He even stated this on national television.
All of this being said, I really do believe that the Dawgs OL will be better this year, and special teams can be fixed. I also believe that Richt is saving the priority of special teams to fall camp so that the players will have special teams fresh in their minds when the season begins.
I have a copy of the letter that Erk Russell sent to the entire team before the start of the 1980 season, it is a bit humorous, but very motivational. Maybe Grantham needs to do something like this before the season kicks off!!!
funny...
April 11th, 2012
11:50 am
They’re just going to rename Fall in Athens to Fail.
SSIgator
April 11th, 2012
11:55 am
“We have to understand that we have to earn it and nothing’s going to be given to us,” Richt said.
Well, unless you are one of Richt’s favorites, like Murray the Midget, then it is just given to you.
bham dawg
April 11th, 2012
12:01 pm
we really don’t need dominating OL play until week 5. Hopefully they will be gelled by then. I have conserved optimism about the OL they just need some experience.
GATA
murfdawg
April 11th, 2012
12:09 pm
No defense in 2008. How many times did we give up over 30 points? Bama and fl were pretty good that year too. But we had no defense at all thanks to Martinez. How do you give up 45 points to a high school offense? Oh yeah. bump tackling. That defense couldn’t knock me down or out of bounds. One more thing about 2008. Wardrobe malfunctions!!!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
12:12 pm
Murfdawg Wardrobe malfunction like this?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=401281249882616&set=p.401281249882616&type=1&theater
Holy Guacamole
April 11th, 2012
12:15 pm
Not many Dawg fans commenting on this blog today. Think that I will go do something else and just let them rant to themselves.
SSIgator
April 11th, 2012
12:18 pm
“Georgia players need to learn lesson from underachieving 2008 Dawgs”
Yeah, they sure do. Let’s see, hmmm, ok:
1) Never, ever wear all black again for a game. Besides being a terrible fashion statement, all it did was make the team look like they were going to a funeral. Oh, that’s right. They were at a funeral – their own. I think the halftime score was something like 31-0.
2) If you are going to order your players to charge the field after finally scoring a touchdown against UF like in 2007, remember that you still have to play them again the next year and paybacks are he!!. Time out – Florida at 49-10.
3) Make sure that when you are playing your in-state rival at home and have them down at the half, that the defense knows there is still another thirty minutes of football to be played. Oh wait, never mind. They didn’t remember that last year against LSU either.
bham dawg
April 11th, 2012
12:24 pm
@SSIgator… How’s yall’s team looking this year? Think you are better than 3rd in the east? Sucks Powell went down.
bham dawg
April 11th, 2012
12:31 pm
@SSIgator… also if meyer had any moral character half of your players shouldn’t have been playing in 2008 just saying.
SSIgator
April 11th, 2012
12:31 pm
Murray said, “This could be a very special season. This could be a season you remember for the rest of your life.”
Well, he may have a point there. UGA has come out of the gate real strong in the arrest/suspension/kicked-off-the-team department. At this rate, there will be alot of playes having to play positions they are not used to playing to fill in the holes. So I guess it would be a memorable season for them – wondering why they they came to UGA as an offensive player only to wind up playing on the defense.
SSIgator
April 11th, 2012
12:37 pm
bham dawg -
How is that morality thing working out for UGA? Oh, that’s right. The SEC has not started adding won – lost – moral victories to their game stat results yet, but when they do, UGA will have that one more than covered. Also, can you even remember 1980 or do you just watch replays on your Beta machine?
bham dawg
April 11th, 2012
12:40 pm
@SSIgator… It’s pretty funny that you call out uga for disciplining players. Only just recently florida has learned what discipline really means. Do you think percy harvin would have lasted through his freshman year at UGA with all the things that have come out about him when he was at florida. No chance. You are a hypocrite my friend.
Columbus Dawg
April 11th, 2012
12:47 pm
ElvinBishopBand is really Wet Your Pants Willie! (And he is just as stupid)!
bham dawg
April 11th, 2012
12:51 pm
@SSIgator… wasn’t born in 1980 so no don’t remember that year too well. Richt is trying to teach these young men lessons and if that comes with a suspension so be it. Its just laughable that UGA gets this label about beingn undisciplined and a bunch of thugs. When in fact we discipline harder than the majority of college football programs. Well after reading the article about meyer and the state of the florida program yall have just as many if not more off the field incidents the difference is that Meyer didn’t hold his players accountable. He still let them play and when they were suspended he told the media they were hurt. You are an idiot
bubba4dawgs
April 11th, 2012
12:56 pm
Some of the naysayers keep laying the blame on CMR for the perils that plague some of the players! It’s really good that all the idiocy that has occurred happened for the most part during off-season! CMR is dealing with it head on and getting it taken care of before the first kickoff. I believe the team will be much better off in the long run and even the recipients of his punishment will realize what they must do in order to be a part of the good things to come! Look at the mess that Urban Meyer left at Florida not to mention the scenario at Arkansas! I’d say CMR and the DAWGS are faring quite well! GO DAWGS!!
DAWG258
April 11th, 2012
1:06 pm
Dont worry about SSI Gator…. As I mentioned before last season his run was over and now it’s setting in… I watch the O&B game over the weekend and if it wasn’t for the defense not accepting a penalty close to the half (like that happens in the red zone with a minute to go) they wouldnt have scored until all the scrubs were on the field… even that TD before the half was scored over a 5′9 DB with a 50 wing span that should be backing up at FIU!
Your team seems really pitaful at this point (as it can be felt by the disappointment in your rants) and I’ll go on record that you’ll finish 4 or 5th in the East!
Get ready for a thumping this season….. the joke is now on SSI GATOR!
L- UGA
L- Tenn
L- SC
possible L – Vandy (yea I said it, now mark it down)
L- Tx A&M
L- LSU
L- FSU
DAWG258
April 11th, 2012
1:17 pm
I’m down to run on the field again, or even call TO’s on you just to rub it in more this season because you won’t be able to do anything about it for the Foreseeable future….
I think we should be wondering if that worst beatdown in UF history (75-0 to UGA I might add) will be in Jeopardy the game after SC smacks you around this season!!!
Keep talking SSI and then go hide in a sewer grate like all gators do!
( go back in the archives – it was me for the last 3 seasons that wanted someone in the AJC to uncover the drug problem at UF ) check it out Bill!
tide roll
April 11th, 2012
1:18 pm
Hey, did you guys hear? Burnette gets to play guard for one team, and because you have no depth, center for the other! What a joke of a program! It would be hilarious if it weren’t so pitiful. The kid will probably get hurt. What a joke of a football program. How hard is it for Richt, Booboo, and Booboo’s chewtobaccoa buddy, Will Friend, to anticipate this and RECRUIT TO PREVENT IT! Sheesh.
DAWG258
April 11th, 2012
1:21 pm
The Sporting News shouldn’t have stopped there… this goes back to the Marcus Thomas days!
Don’t get me wrong the did plaster the guy on the wall for what ever Dawg fan knew he was the whole time
Holy Guacamole
April 11th, 2012
1:26 pm
SSI Gator – We will see how Muscrat picks up the mess that Urban left. I wouldn’t be bragging just yet if I were you.
Tide Troll – Your day is coming, my friend. Smart to Arky?
bham dawg
April 11th, 2012
1:41 pm
@tide roll… have yall picked up anymore committments or are you still ridin solo.
Newman
April 11th, 2012
2:02 pm
And no more sex tapes Aaron!
harold
April 11th, 2012
2:16 pm
UGA HISTORICALLY IS A TOP 10 TEAM RECRUITING WISE BUT IT NEVER EQUATES TO A TOP 10 FINISH LIKE IT DOES AT ALABAMA AND LSU?
COULD IT BE THE COACHING? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
bham dawg
April 11th, 2012
2:27 pm
@Harold… UGA has finished top 10 i think 6 years under richt.
Game Changer
April 11th, 2012
2:30 pm
Todd Grantham to Arkansas?? jerry jones and AD Long making contact
jWall
April 11th, 2012
2:44 pm
Grantham isn’t going anywhere…quit making stuff up.
tide roll
April 11th, 2012
2:45 pm
Hey guys. with a shortage of running backs for G-day, why not let Richt and Bobo line up at tailback in a single back set behind your offensive line. after they’re both carried off on stretchers, the first person they call is Shamire Devine at Tri-Cities, don’t cha think? What a program.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
2:52 pm
yes Grantham ain’t going No Where because he has a lot of Loyalty to UGa and Richt. His ties to both go back for decades and he wouldn’t want to be a HC in the SEC.
dawgfan
April 11th, 2012
3:02 pm
Blah, blah, blah, blah. I agree with everyone that is tired of all the talk. That is all we’ve been doing for years now is talk. Winning football games is about blocking, tackling and beating the guy in front of you. Please spare me all the lame psychobabble crap about not “reading your press clippings” and believing the “hype.” Remember that Sports Illustrated “curse” crap? Well, Alabama was Sports Illustrated’s preseason #1 team last year, were they not? It didn’t seem to affect them in any way. They just went out there and played football and did their damn jobs. They blocked and tackled better than the teams they were playing. They beat the guy’s lined up in front of them. Curse my azz. There’s not voo doo magic to winning football games. We haven’t won a single solitary game of any significance in YEARS now and our players are out there in the press running their mouths about not believing the “hype.” Are you freaking kidding me? Put a muzzle on these clowns and get their azzes out on the practice field.
Good grief.
Holy Guacamole
April 11th, 2012
3:05 pm
What he (dawgfan@3:02) said.
ole yeller
April 11th, 2012
3:15 pm
As long as I read bad press about the “O” line. I shall defend it. The “O”line will be fine. They will come around and be something special. They will make the “O” GO. Count on it.
WDE
April 11th, 2012
3:17 pm
@dawgfan troll boy we beat hell out of UT,Bug U,the gators and boat raced Auburn last year..you may not think that counts but we do…now troll on off into the sunset Nancy.
schmeckdawg
April 11th, 2012
3:28 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
12:12 pm
Murfdawg Wardrobe malfunction like this?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=401281249882616&set=p.401281249882616&type=1&theater
***************************************************************************************
Wow, a double whammy, those unis AND a Liberty Bowl patch…OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!
Game Changer
April 11th, 2012
3:30 pm
How nieve many GA fans are: Jerry Jones and Todd Grantham are very very close, much closer than any Todd Grantham relationships to GA or any of its coaches.
If offered: Todd Grantham will jump at the opportunity to become Arkansas Head Coach at a salary greater than that of Mark Richts current annual salary running through 2016.
If offered, Todd Grantham will not turn down.
Grantham's the Man
April 11th, 2012
3:32 pm
Georgia sure must be doing something right, because there’s a Elephant crap pile load of Alabama trolls on here that have UGA’s football team on their minds.
Get over it. Either enjoy the spoils of Saban’s no morals roster management, bogus medical hardship, no suspensions for any starter regardless of what they do, or decide that you want to clean the program up ( like Arkansas did) and get a coach with morals so you can have a program that you can really be proud of.
As long as we have lieing, cheating coaches with no values who will do anything and every thing regardless of right or wrong, it will be very hard to have a clean program that can win it all while doing it the right way.
But that’s a Alabama fans worst nightmare. Richt winning it all while not being a lieing, cheating pile or Elephant dung. Alabama can’t have both as long as Saban’s in charge.
Georgia can and mark Richt is the man that will get it done.
dawgfan
April 11th, 2012
3:32 pm
“@dawgfan troll boy we beat hell out of UT,Bug U,the gators and boat raced Auburn last year..”
Yes, beating those teams is certainly better than the alternative. They are all big rivals and I was as excited to beat them as anyone. HOWEVER, those 4 teams were a combined 28-23 last year and the definition of mediocrity. I’m glad you’re content with beating mediocre teams. I’m not.
Thanks.
bham dawg
April 11th, 2012
3:42 pm
im with you dawgfan but if you don’t see the major improvement from 2010 to 2011 and it doesn’t give you optimism for 2012 something is wrong.
SEC Fan Club
April 11th, 2012
3:44 pm
Grantham isn’t going to Arkansas. Tehy are just getting over one blowhards stupidity. Why compound the problem bringing in another blowhard, who’s not near the coach the one you fired was. Send Richt to Arkansas. Just like Georgia fans, the Razorback fans will embrace 8-4, 9-3 all day long.
Grantham's the Man
April 11th, 2012
3:46 pm
All you Alabama Trolls wishing outloud that Grantham will go to Arkansas better be careful what you wish for. All that hate might come back the other way. All you Trolls keep talking about how great Kirby Smart is susposed to be. Maby it will be Alabama who loses their DC?
How long will it be before another SEC job opens up like Arkansas, that is already stacked with talent?
Keep on hating and see what it gets you.
evil empire
April 11th, 2012
3:52 pm
why would arky want grantham…they saw what Lsu did to his “junkyard dawgs”…you gotta beat Lsu and/or bama to win the west…both are better than boise and michigan state…ctg will stay in athens and dominate buffalo and ga.southern….lose to sc, mizzou, vandy, ut, tech, and florida…6-6 in 2012…gonna suck for the uga-holics, but will be sweet for truth bloggers…
Harry Dawg
April 11th, 2012
3:53 pm
The sad thing is that most football players live their lives by “sayings”. Unfortunately there’s nothing cool to say about NOT smoking pot – and we all know that “crack is whack”.
Game Changer
April 11th, 2012
4:12 pm
Will Todd Grantham attend G Day or be in Fayetville, Arkansas accepting the Head Coach position from AD Long and Jerry Jones?
Remember: Jerry Jones wants to see the SEC CG in his stadium.
evil empire
April 11th, 2012
4:12 pm
i have a cool saying about smoking pot…”LEGALIZE MARIJUANA!”…it boggles the mind that pot is still illegal, and that thousands of people are in jail at taxpayer expense because of stupid marijuana laws…nor should you have to pee in a cup during an employment physical…never failed a drug screen and never will…but shouldn’t have to take one either…what you do isn’t your employers business…
alpharetta alice
April 11th, 2012
4:17 pm
I wish they would move the SEC CG out of Atlanta. Move it to somewhere decent like New Orleans, or Houston now that TAMU is in the conference. Atlanta could get into a rotation for the game only if they build a new stadium north of the city (Cobb or Cherokee counties). Get out of downtown.
SEC Football Players Union
April 11th, 2012
4:20 pm
We agree completely with Mr. Empire on his marijuana stance.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
4:22 pm
A ALICE move out of Ga. or you pony up the money to build a new stadium.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
4:24 pm
WOW UGa fans want the POT legal who would have ever thought that. There are plenty of dumb laws. I guess DUI should be legal too.
SEC Football Players Union
April 11th, 2012
4:27 pm
hey koolaidbar…you don’t have to agree with me on the pot issue, but…calling me a uga fan??? thats hitting below the belt, pal…
dawgfan
April 11th, 2012
4:30 pm
“…what you do isn’t your employers business…”
LMAO. And it isn’t your business when that paycheck doesn’t come anymore. Its their money and their business.
I weep for the future…
UGADawg91
April 11th, 2012
4:30 pm
As great as Kirby Smart is supposed to be as a DC, why is he not a HC yet? Alabama has been extremely successful the last few years and Smart is a hot name every year. Has he not had opportunities to step from under Saban and prove himself as a HC?
dawgfan
April 11th, 2012
4:34 pm
“im with you dawgfan but if you don’t see the major improvement from 2010 to 2011 and it doesn’t give you optimism for 2012 something is wrong.”
The defense improved a great deal but still has a long way to go. They need to handle adversity better. Other than that, I didn’t see that many great improvements. Our offensive line is still outmanned and Bobo is still our offensive coordinator. Until we fix those things wins over mediocre SEC opponents is all that we can realistically hope for. I didn’t see anything last year that tells me those things will be fixed. In our last game against MSU our offensive line simply got their azzes whipped. That does not bode well for the future.
Thanks.
GA Rules!
April 11th, 2012
4:56 pm
Ga has the best D in the SEC—with a decent O, the dawgs can win the SEC. Mark this down—GA upsets alabama for the title!
Lots of big talk now
April 11th, 2012
5:05 pm
When the season starts, and the Dogs are taking no prisoners, there will be much whining and crying on the net. Don’t want to hear any excuses- woulda, coulda, shoulda as UGA marches into the SEC title game.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
5:05 pm
GA Rules….mark this down——–You will not BET $1000.00 on that so it don’t mean crap if anybody marks It Down or not.
Joe
April 11th, 2012
5:22 pm
“Our guys understand that you can’t be doing anything too crazy right now,” Murray said. “This could be a very special season. This could be a season you remember for the rest of your life. If we work hard, the sky’s the limit for us.”
If not, it could be 2008 all over again.
YEP…Murray needs to keep saying that….his turnovers and poor decisions were a direct result of 2 of the 4 losses……plain and simple!
bucket
April 11th, 2012
5:40 pm
Wow! This is hilarious! You have a bunch of troll fans with “UGA Obsession Syndrome” on the JUNKYARD BLAWG and they have the audacity to call UGA and its fans losers? Priceless!
AdMan
April 11th, 2012
6:24 pm
Hey tide roll….guess whose interviewing for the HC position at Arkansas on Friday…..your boy Kirby Smart….LOLOLOLOL!….can you say outa here….looks like Saban’s gonna need a lot of help this season! LOLLOLLOL!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
6:29 pm
Adman when is BOBO scheduled to interview in Arkansas? Before or after Grantham?
intheknow
April 11th, 2012
6:50 pm
Hey Kool-aid boy….your post’s on here are hilarious…each post you make, makes you look more and more stupid….we continue to laugh our azz’es off at what a pompous idiot you are. It’s clear you don’t know anything about college football…let alone UGA. It’s also clear with each post you make you’ve got an axe to grind against Georgia. What’s wrong could’nt get in and had to attend a junior college?
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
April 11th, 2012
6:51 pm
What year hasn’t been underachieving? UGA’s signature win since the last three decades was Hawaii.
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
April 11th, 2012
6:56 pm
Don’t worry about 2008; UGA had to play decent teams that year…
By the way, when did it start going down for UGA that year? HMMMM
Haven’t been the same since.
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
April 11th, 2012
6:57 pm
Why would Arkansas want Grantham? They have to play LSU (42 pts) every year!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
7:01 pm
The Tide is Rolling I thought EVERY team with a Coaching Job Opening wanted a UGa coach to fill the spot.
intheknow
April 11th, 2012
7:04 pm
Hey Tide is Rolling…can you say bye bye to Smart….he’ll be a Razorback by Monday trailer boy!
01HAWK
April 11th, 2012
7:08 pm
Garrick McGee gets the job at ARKY……………………ARKY will do the pay out. There is no other logical choice. McGhee knows the team and he has only been at UAB for a short period of time and knows the system.
Football season is only 4-5 months away and to have a new coach that does not know the team or run the same offense will be be very bad for ARKY.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
7:09 pm
intheNO with his pearls of wisdom. You changed the tires on your trailer?
01HAWK
April 11th, 2012
7:10 pm
Kirby Smart will not be considered…………………………McGee gets the job. He is good as gone from UAB.
01HAWK
April 11th, 2012
7:13 pm
GA Rules!
April 11th, 2012
4:56 pm
Ga has the best D in the SEC—with a decent O, the dawgs can win the SEC.Mark this down—GA upsets alabama for the title!
You had better pull out your VCR and watch the highlights from 1980 because UGA will not be in the BCS Championship game.
1980 was so 32 years ago.
intheknow
April 11th, 2012
7:16 pm
Hey KoolAid Boy…..rumor has it that the only time you let go of a dollar is to get a better grip….talk about cheap….what an idiot you are.
Mobile Dawg
April 11th, 2012
7:19 pm
I’m hearing Arkansas is considering Tuberville and Mullen.
I’m with dawgfan, I know it’s only April and they have to have something to write about but I’m really tired of hearing the same old talk from the coaches and the players.
Said it once, I’ll say it again, it’s up to Mark Richt to build the foundation, set the players limits, and mold the team into a solidified, committed group, with the goal of winning a championship. Problem is he’s to soft and doesn’t have the leadership skills to do it. Maybe another underachieving year will send him packing.
B C Dawg
April 11th, 2012
7:43 pm
Mobile–Son wish you would quit using Dawg as part of your name. You are nothing but a red-neck trailer dwelling bammer fan terolling on a Dawg article. Some of your bunch is obsessed with everything Dawg. Fear, Jealously, envy, what is it???
Mobile Dawg
April 11th, 2012
7:57 pm
B C, how bout you wish in one hand, and well, you know what in the other and see which one gets you what you want. I’ve been a Dawg fan, am a Dawg fan, and will be a Dawg fan. Just tired of seeing what ole Mark has done to UGA the last few years, you want to drink the kool aid, that’s your business.
And for the name calling, that just shows what your IQ is “Sport”. Have a good one and I will keep calling it like I see it.
Chris
April 11th, 2012
8:34 pm
It’s sad that everyone can’t be like Robinson and Murray. If everyone had that kind of mind set, the ski would be limit for this team.
Unfortunately, that is not the case, and these boneheaded players will continue to bring the team down. There will be more suspensions to come and that is so unfortunate for the team and the fans.
ga gator
April 11th, 2012
8:47 pm
If Malzahn did not have such a crazy wife I would predict him to be the next Arky coach, but with what they just went thru they would not want the drama. My prediction would be Kirby Smart. I would bet he would love to go up against the Master every year.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
8:51 pm
What is so crazy about MALZAHN’s wife?
Grantham's the Man
April 11th, 2012
8:55 pm
Looks like the Kirby Smart to Arkansas may be true. I wonder how long before Reuben Foster switches his commitment to Ga?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
9:18 pm
I don’t see Smart to ArkieSaw. The team was not Broken. A NEW coach that hasn’t been part of the system they are running will mess things up worse right now.
no gus
April 11th, 2012
9:20 pm
without cam newton, maltzhan can’t coach a lick. He’ll never get a big time job—book it.
short memories
April 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
lots of talent but same coach as in 08. totally out of his league. no discipline, no math skills, no clock management, no depth of understanding. Same results as 08
Ghost
April 11th, 2012
9:40 pm
tide roll, is a tech fan living vicariously through bama., one sick individual.
filtar21
April 11th, 2012
9:44 pm
Haven’t figured out yet why rival teams fans stay on our message board. I’d shoot myself the day I felt compelled to visit a bama, tech, usce etc site. Jus sayin
what happens every april?
April 11th, 2012
9:47 pm
both dawgs and cubs fans start talking about championships…….
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
9:50 pm
filtar21…you must not get out much then. There are fans of every team on each others sites every in the US.
cave canem
April 11th, 2012
10:39 pm
un-cool aids: It appears that you are the one who does not get out much…you are on the UGA blogs at all hours of every day. You are so tied up in this that you are unable to even write a coherent sentence…or maybe you are simply stupid. Whatever the case may be, I pity you for your pathetic life.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
10:44 pm
cave canem……..I haven’t been on the blogs in a few days. You need to check again. Sometime last week
cave canem
April 11th, 2012
10:53 pm
Right…and yet here you are to comment on my post within mere minutes of it going up on the board…and 50 minutes after your last post. How sad for you. Thanks for demonstrating exactly what I was pointing out. Your life revolves around your presence here. Pathetic…
Smitty
April 11th, 2012
10:54 pm
kool-aid….who is the team you pull for…if any
Smitty
April 11th, 2012
10:54 pm
or are you just a sad negative blogger
Smitty
April 11th, 2012
11:02 pm
that’s what I thought….no comment
BobDawg
April 11th, 2012
11:17 pm
TIDE ROLL, we were saying the same things about ya’ll during the wonderful years of Mike Dubose; Coach Bobble Head Fran; Coach Hooters and Coach Shula (not Don)… Remember those years and probation.. Ya’ll sounded worse than Ned Beatty on Deliverance…. When will it ever end; Puleeze take us off probation!!!!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 11th, 2012
11:20 pm
Didn’t say I am not still watching sports tonight. I don’t read it every second. I did see your post so I responded.
kramerica
April 11th, 2012
11:23 pm
Even with the easy schedule they will underachieve this year like they do every year
ADumbAFansPerspective
April 12th, 2012
12:08 am
Bill: What does:”Judging by the # of off-field problems…..have anything to do with the schedule, hype, and taking success for granted”????!!!! Please discontinue your column with ideas of such shallowness.
boykin
April 12th, 2012
12:12 am
Mr. Bill: Post a headline with no column and just let your trolls feed off it. You make no coherent sense. GO DAWGS!!! (A REAL BULLDOG)
Hairy Dawg
April 12th, 2012
12:41 am
“They say we’re gonna be great? I’m gonna go out and get high and drunk while slapping around some women because I’m great!”
I hope people think like this. Nothing is unbelievable in this life.
Ty
April 12th, 2012
4:55 am
Bobo to Arkansas!!!!!!!!!
Loretta
April 12th, 2012
8:53 am
All Dawgs know this, but with their weak minds, they tend to forget, so here’s a reminder:
Georgia Tech is a very highly ranked academic school that has a football team. Its alumni and fans have real lives and careers that don’t depend on the football team for their happiness.
Georgia, on the other hand, is basically a sell-your-soul-to-the-devil football f-a-c-t-o-r-y that also gives diplomas – worthless as they are. They have sleazy coaches like Mark Richt who have no scruples or ethics, who recruit morons who barely got through high school, and collect huge paychecks, but still can’t win big games.
Now, can you remember all that?
Snoop Dawg
April 12th, 2012
9:03 am
Talk is cheap. Missouri is going to say SHOW ME. That’s what I’m thinking too. Richt and Bobo are not up to the challenge, I’m afraid after watching them up close for over ten years, squandering so much talent and potential just about every season… What has changed for this year? Not much. Rambo should just be kicked off the team, period. His attitude is cancerous. Ego and selfishness and complacency are the watchwords in Athens these days.
Joey
April 12th, 2012
9:05 am
The only valid comparison to ‘08 is the buzz by certain media types. The ‘08 team was the hottest in college football, blew out their opponent in the Sugar Bowl the year before, and finishing with a #2 ranking, thereby earning their preseason buzz.
This team won pitiful East last season, and that’s it. With blowout losses to Boise, and LSU right in our backyard, a loss to SC in Athens, and our second consecutive bowl loss, this team deserves no buzz.
Snoop Dawg
April 12th, 2012
9:06 am
Loretta, the difference between the UGA and GT football teams is that GT is a second tier team these days while UGA is a first tier team. The academics at both schools are about the same these days. Get over it, UGA has caught up with GT academically. GT cannot even recruit within its own state anymore. I doubt if the graduating players from one school are any more successful than the other, unless you consider that a lot more UGA players graduate to the NFL and big bucks.
Snoop Dawg
April 12th, 2012
9:08 am
Let’s trade Richt and Bobo to Arkansas for Bobby Petrino while his stock is low!
Joey
April 12th, 2012
9:13 am
“Quarterback Aaron Murray, who Aschoff said has taken it on himself to become more outspoken on team issues, thinks the lesson has been learned.”
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The lesson has been learned? When the last 10 days? That’s about how long it’s been since the last round of suspensions.
Joey
April 12th, 2012
9:18 am
Richt: “I hope they’re not believing the hype.”
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He “hopes” this? Good Lord. Our Head Coach doesn’t KNOW?
Maybe Richt needs to become a little more pro-active, instead of re-active . . .
Reality Dawg
April 12th, 2012
9:32 am
I’m wondering what (other than a cakewalk schedule) leads people to believe that we’re a Top 10 team this year? We didn’t beat any good teams last year, there are mixed reviews on our recruiting class, we have even more disciplinary issues this year, and I don’t see any major fixes happening on offense. Maybe my math is off, but I just don’t see how we can be any better this year.
BulldogBen
April 12th, 2012
9:34 am
Fact: We haven’t beaten a team that finished in the Top 25 since 2009 (Tech).
There should be absolutely ZERO hype for this team until they prove otherwise. Sadly, we may not even play a ranked team until South Carolina (depending on if Mizzou is ranked).
I’m horrified of our Offensive Line, Receiving Corps (if Mitchell is spending half his time on D), and non-existent kicking game. Defense should be solid (if we can keep players on the field) but this team may struggle to score points.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
April 12th, 2012
9:45 am
@BulldogBen
considering we have a quarterback who threw for a record 35 TDs so i’d say that’s about (assuming we have a “non-existent kicking game”) 210 points. we also return 11 rushing scores so that brings the total to 276 so assuming we play 13 games that’s 21 points per game. btw you need to factor in the 2 new tailbacks (i’d say on the low end we could expect 2-3 TDs from them combined all year probably more in the 5-8 range) so add about 30 more points. so we would average around 23-25 points per game. which would be better than probably 8-11 teams in the SEC
not seeing the whole “this team may struggle to score points” idea
Thank God for Reggie Ball
April 12th, 2012
9:46 am
that’s not taking in extra points or FGs btw
SEC West!
April 12th, 2012
9:49 am
Alabama or LSU will win the west and blow out georgia or south carolina, again. ga will end up in another minor bowl.
Reality Dawg
April 12th, 2012
10:05 am
The one things Richt’s teams seem to have lacked recently is scrappiness. They aren’t Junkyard Dawgs. I know it’s been a long time ago, but I still remember Dooley’s Dawgs had a different kind of fire and intensity than Richt’s teams. You never counted The Junkyard Dawgs out, with Richt, you kind of know how it’s gonna play out, unfortunately. Reluctantly, I’m going to have to agree with SEC West! on this one.
Reality Dawg
April 12th, 2012
10:09 am
I’ll have to check myself here: Richt isn’t totally predictable. He will surprise us with a uniform change every now and then. Yawn…
dawgfacedboy
April 12th, 2012
10:31 am
That season wasn’t lost to immaturity it was lost due to the fact that our defense was awful under Martinez. When you put up 30 points a game you shouldn’t lose.
Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
April 12th, 2012
10:39 am
intheknow
April 11th, 2012
7:04 pm
Hey Tide is Rolling…can you say bye bye to Smart….he’ll be a Razorback by Monday trailer boy!
I bet you also predict the Dawgs to have a good defense! Idiot…
Old Dawg
April 12th, 2012
11:47 am
“When you put up 30 points a game you shouldn’t lose.”
You can when the offensive line gives up 35 points in turnovers.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
April 12th, 2012
12:09 pm
Does it really matter…..8-4, maybe 9-3 at best. While UGA fans blog, Alabama, LSU, OU, and Florida excel.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
April 12th, 2012
12:11 pm
The score will tell….
Mike Bobo 17 INT
April 12th, 2012
12:12 pm
No Dawginlex today, I suppose the heat was just too much…
Mike Bobo 17 INT
April 12th, 2012
12:17 pm
Petrino is coming to UGA…..CMR moves back to FSU as OC…..FSU wins title in 2 years, UGA goes on probation with Petrino in 3 years.
Andy
April 12th, 2012
1:18 pm
Where is Rickdawg today, must be bloggin elsewhere? He’s a smart Dawg.
Dogs Win East!!
April 12th, 2012
2:07 pm
the dogs are loaded on D and will win the SEC east again–take it to the bank!!
dawgfacedboy
April 12th, 2012
2:58 pm
Old Dawg- that was not an issue with that team. Turnovers were not the problem in 08.
Natureboy809
April 12th, 2012
3:21 pm
The big difference between this season and 2008 is that Willie Martinez isn’t here allowing 40+ points in every big game.
Snoop Dawg
April 12th, 2012
3:29 pm
Richt is a dud. So is Bobo. No way to spin that one.
Nothing Could Be Finer
April 12th, 2012
3:35 pm
Spurrier’s thoughts on the Georgia-South Carolina game moving from the second week of the season to the sixth week in 2012.
“I don’t know. I sort of always liked playing them that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.”
LOLOLOLOL
UGA Friend
April 12th, 2012
4:28 pm
Seems like a lot of UGA fans do not agree with or like each other based on many of their posts.
Is there a reason for such unusual animosity within the fan ranks of such a great school?
It would hellp the program if the true fan base would post comments of solidarity for CMR and his staff.There is not a coach in the SEC with a betterecord than CMR.r
mainline
April 12th, 2012
8:57 pm
richt and bobo will be here for the next 10 years—no titles, just 8 win seasons almost every year and and a fluke 10 win season every now and then. I need a drink—no, make that several. Alabama and LSU will be dominating the SEC for years.
Crimedog
April 12th, 2012
10:44 pm
Sorry, Christian. This team has had sexual battery charges, felony theft, rampant dope smoking and brownie eating, and the usual driving without a license, speeding, and wreckless motor scootering charges. How is this a good thing?
icedawg
April 12th, 2012
11:08 pm
The Dawgs need to do a lot less talking and more playing tough on the field. The D did more playing than talking last year which was good to see. There is plenty of good talent and coaching in the SEC: Bama, LSU, Auburn, SC to keep the Dawgs from thinking they are something that they are not. The most favourable thing that we have going is the “lite” schedule. The OL and D secondary are the biggest areas of concern, especially the OL. A mediocre performance along the OL will translate in a ho hum year.
Old Dawg
April 13th, 2012
7:17 am
“Old Dawg- that was not an issue with that team. Turnovers were not the problem in 08.”
Maybe that was why we had a better record then. It certainly is a problem now (with Murray).
Piney Woods Pete
April 13th, 2012
8:44 am
Missouri 42, Georgia 17
dawgfacedboy
April 13th, 2012
10:14 am
UGA friend- that’s because Richt has been in the league the longest. Miles and Saban will pass him in no time. UF and UT will not suck for long. The clock is ticking.
Walker34077
April 13th, 2012
11:27 am
So help me out, here. What’s with all the talk about CMR being off the hot seat, and UGA worrying about “underachieving” in the 2012 season?
UGA hasn’t achieved for years. How can they “underachieve?” The Dawgs are 0-9 against teams that finished the past two seasons ranked in the top 25. They posted back-to-back 2nd half collapses to end 2011, and enjoyed a 10-win season only thanks to one of their weakest schedules in memory.
I don’t all the glad-handing. Until they get one quality win, UGA is still a mediocre team.
harold
April 13th, 2012
11:57 am
RICHT IS ONLY 24-16 HIS LAST THREE YEARS AND HE HAS NEVER EVEN BEEN IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
HIS WINNING PERCENTAGE HAS DROPPED TO ONLY.674 COMPARED TO FULMER AT .745. BEAR WAS .824 AND THE GENERAL WAS .829.
GLAD UGA FANS LIKE AN ABOVE AVERAGE COACH WITH A JOKE OF AN OC IN BOBO.
Whiskey Breath
April 13th, 2012
5:10 pm
Dogs you know I don’t care for you, but Bill is the best reporter the AJC has ever had.
He calls it right down the middle. I am glad Ga doesn’t have more of the Bill Kings of the world.
Georgia would then be taken seriously.
The guy doesn’t bash anybody, just reports how it really is.