Fan talk: G-Day surprises and the Aaron Murray ‘conspiracy’ theories
Ricky Lowe runs for a surprise touchdown during the G-Day game. (Johnny Crawford / AJC)
Let’s jump right into a sampling of recent Junkyard Mail …
Ken Crow writes: Bill, I really enjoy the Blawg and your down-the-middle approach to fandom. You’re not afraid to criticize when you think it’s warranted, but you remain supportive of Coach Richt and the program and don’t continually harp on the negatives. I also appreciate your obvious love for the school and your hometown of Athens. I really wanted to get to the Classic City for G-Day this year but wasn’t able to because of some family stuff. I enjoyed your report from the game and was encouraged by what you said about the quarterbacks, running backs and defense. So who surprised you most at G-Day?
Thanks, Ken. While I thought Jay Rome’s long touchdown catch-run was the highlight of the day, it wasn’t particularly surprising, as I’d expected him to do well. And I was pleasantly surprised by the play of the starting offensive line. But I think the biggest surprise for me probably was the play of linebacker Ramik Wilson, who led the Red team defense with seven tackles (two for loss) and an interception that he returned 19 yards. And, of course, there was the play where Reuben Faloughi knocked the ball away from Black QB Parker Welch and unheralded senior defensive lineman Ricky Lowe grabbed the ball in midair and ran it back 62 yards for a touchdown, probably the highlight of his playing career at UGA. Those are the moments that make G-Day games fun.
Ed from Avondale Estates writes: So I’ve heard [Isaiah] Crowell has grown up and looks great, [Keith] Marshall is the real deal and Boo Malcome had a great spring. I’ve even gotten the position-of-the-day updates on Richard Samuel. Why no [Todd] Gurley updates? I have high hopes for that kid and he’s gotten no spring press. What’s the word?
The word is he’s still in high school. Gurley was not one of the UGA signees who enrolled early this year. But the coaches are very high on his potential and while he’ll start out preseason camp in August behind all the other tailbacks, I have a feeling his talent will show pretty quickly. Perhaps even enough for him to avoid taking a redshirt season in a crowded tailback corps.
Richard Hong writes: I wish someone would write an article that would explain why the QB position is not a wide open competition to see who should be the starter for this year. Sorry, but my untrained eyes just don’t see why people think [Aaron] Murray is such a good QB. He throws a lot of interceptions, makes a lot of bad decisions, can’t get out of the pocket when he needs to, fumbles when he does run and CANNOT throw the ball on the run. So please, would someone tell me what I’m not seeing?
On a similar note, Michael Jones writes: I like Aaron Murray but I am concerned with his accuracy and his trend of turning the ball over in big games that absolutely kill the Dawgs. Have you heard of outside the box training for Murray to get him to be more accurate and protecting the football? He got us to the SEC Championship game, I just want to see him make the next step.
There's a reason national sports media are high on Aaron Murray. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
I know there’s a segment of Bulldogs fandom that’s very down on Murray and convinced that Mark Richt and Mike Bobo are blindly letting him hold on to the starting quarterback’s job despite the obvious talents of backups Hutson Mason and Christian LeMay. Some folks even believe there’s some sort of “conspiracy” to keep Murray in a job he doesn’t deserve. I suppose some fans are remembering how Jim Donnan fell in love with Quincy Carter and ran off all his other quarterbacks. But this situation is nothing like that one. There’s a reason Murray made some All-SEC teams and is routinely cited by national sports media as one of the best QBs in the conference. He was the SEC’s No. 2 passer, throwing for 3,149 yards and 35 touchdowns a season ago. He ranked second in passing yards per game, second in total offense and fourth in passing efficiency. Of the returning quarterbacks in FBS football, only Southern Cal’s Matt Barkley threw for more touchdowns (37) in 2011 than Murray. Yes, Murray threw too many interceptions last season and had a couple of very costly fumbles. Richt himself has noted Murray needs to do a better job of taking care of the football. But as I wrote when we discussed Murray in January, the argument can be made that his tendency to fumble or throw a pick 6 at the worst possible time might be at least in part attributable to the sketchy protection he was getting from Georgia’s erratic offensive line and, in the last couple of games, the lack of a consistent running attack. This year he’ll again open the season behind a questionable OL, but he should have a much more potent, consistent group of running backs, which Bobo has said he thinks will make Murray a better quarterback. And sheer experience should help Murray make better on-field decisions and improve his ball security. He’s a good on-field leader and showed in last year’s Florida game that he can make big-time throws in tough situations, especially those two fourth-down touchdowns. I know, the knock on him is that he’s yet to beat a really good team. And I’ll agree that Mason and LeMay both show a lot of potential. But, frankly, from what I’ve seen so far, neither one is ready yet to supplant Murray.
Devon Wade writes: Bill, I am a former Tucker Tiger and if you know anything about Ga. high school football you will know that Tucker High School has been a UGA pipeline for several years now. It is most definitely Dawg Country. However, when I graduated high school I landed at a small liberal arts college right outside of Columbia, Mo. (right in the middle of Tiger Country). My roommate during my entire time in college is a die-hard Mizzou fan, and of course I am a Dawg through and through. We have always joked around about whose team would win if the two ever faced. Well lo and behold the semester AFTER we graduate they become division rivals and I know he has been salivating with the recent suspensions of key players going into that game in Columbia (which I will be at with him). I am still confident that between now and then CMR can get some players to fill in the holes in the secondary and I think our front seven can get enough pressure to make [Mizzou quarterback James] Franklin more uncomfortable than he has ever been. I believe our defense is still more talented than theirs even without several starters. Should I have reason to still be confident that we can pick up the W in Columbia minus key players? Appreciate your consideration. Big fan of the Blawg.
Thanks. I tend to agree with you, Devon. While Georgia won’t enter the game against Missouri at full-strength, I think the Dogs’ defensive front seven will be formidable. And from what I saw last year of Mizzou’s defense, I don’t believe it’s yet SEC-ready.
Richard Judy writes: Enjoyed your comment about my hero, Fred Birchmore. I am a ’73 UGA grad, and just after graduating I hiked the Appalachian Trail from Maine back to Georgia. Fred and [son] Danny read an article I wrote in the old AJC Sunday Magazine and asked me to counsel them on their upcoming Georgia to Maine AT thru-hike. I was invited into the Birchmore home and quickly discovered what special people these were. Fred and Danny needed no advice from me, but they made me feel like a real friend. A few years back, when my daughter was a J-school student at UGA, she contacted Fred about doing a story for the old UGAzine publication. He treated her like royalty and said very kind things to her about her old man. Fred was a class act, the kind of man who deserved a century of high-quality living.
Thanks, Richard. You’re right that the Birchmores are a very special family and Athens and UGA are both much better off for them having been there.
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739 comments Add your comment
kingdaddy
April 22nd, 2012
10:52 pm
Jim
You like getting around another man’s backside? LOL What a Mo…
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 22nd, 2012
10:52 pm
brainiac then WHO will UGa find to help the SOS? Maybe you can add LSU or Bama then.
flashlight
April 22nd, 2012
10:54 pm
no, uga would rather keep the current ole miss, missy state rotation intact.
kingdaddy
April 22nd, 2012
10:58 pm
Brain
have you been following the latest post? Jim Crow wants to get around my backside. I don’t think he can be trusted. Seems a little funny to me…
flashlight
April 22nd, 2012
11:00 pm
story of the nite: kingdaddy goy punked twice.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
April 22nd, 2012
11:02 pm
@ Still at the Kool:
Either will be fine since CMR has a winning record against BOTH schools. Or is that news to you???
kingdaddy
April 22nd, 2012
11:06 pm
Grow up flashlight
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 22nd, 2012
11:08 pm
Brainiac
I guess you didn’t notice Richt doesn’t have a winning record against both COACHES though.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 22nd, 2012
11:09 pm
Brain Richt has been at UGa longer than Miles or Saban at their schools. So what again is RICHT’s record against SABAN?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 22nd, 2012
11:11 pm
Brainiac Richt hasn’t played Les Miles yet.
flashlight
April 22nd, 2012
11:13 pm
since 2007 (5 years, 1 class..anything before that I can read about at the library) Richt is 1-1 vs Bama, 1-2 vs LSU.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
April 22nd, 2012
11:13 pm
Nate Hybel was not from Tifton was he. I believe he was from Jeff Davis County/Hazelhurst.
WrightStuf
April 22nd, 2012
11:20 pm
Murray has 16 wins in 2 years.
12 wins came against teams with 6 wins, or less.
4 wins came against teams with 7-8 wins.
Murray has never beaten a team with more than 8 wins, in 9 tries.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
April 22nd, 2012
11:21 pm
@ Kool;
Go back and read what I wrote again. This time PAY ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!
I said nothing about Saban, although CMR has a better won/loss record than Saban AND Miles. NO SEC team has a winning record against CMR. CMR got to 100 career wins faster than any current SEC coach.
I said CMR has a winning record over Bama and LSU in his 11 years as a HC. Check the records!!!!!
LHarding Dawg
April 22nd, 2012
11:21 pm
Hazlehurst
flashlight
April 22nd, 2012
11:23 pm
Florida does dummy…pay attention
flashlight
April 22nd, 2012
11:24 pm
LSU does dummy
TufDawg
April 22nd, 2012
11:29 pm
James, no, you’re wrong.
BearTree
April 22nd, 2012
11:29 pm
Oberfest, really, you’ve got to be kidding.
MellBorn
April 22nd, 2012
11:30 pm
Saintdocker, come on, you’re serious?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 22nd, 2012
11:31 pm
Brainiac we covered this before.
Bama is COACHED by a NEW guy and Richt is on 2-3 against SABAN.
Richt is 2 -2 against Les Miles.
VC
April 22nd, 2012
11:31 pm
rey hey.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
April 22nd, 2012
11:32 pm
LSU does NOT have a winning record against CMR!!!!
UCONNER
April 22nd, 2012
11:32 pm
Ace, Richt is 0-2 vs. Spurrier since 2009, remember?
Flattoe
April 22nd, 2012
11:34 pm
RichardDawg, no, Mark Richt is 1-3 against 2 best SEC East rivals, SC/UF, in last 2 years.
Flattoe
April 22nd, 2012
11:36 pm
Randallesque, just sayin, when CMR gets to IIO with his MME, on the RIT, then we’ll all see how CRM and CMB do.
evil empire
April 22nd, 2012
11:40 pm
the homers are being humiliated! me posting anymore would just be piling on…
Bamarocks
April 22nd, 2012
11:41 pm
Amazing how many Bama fans follow the UGA program, considering we don’t play yall.
Gatorific
April 22nd, 2012
11:44 pm
And just how many times has Mark Richt won 2 consecutive games against the Gators?
What’s that? None?
evil empire
April 22nd, 2012
11:45 pm
beautiful….ahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
CAROLINAGC
April 22nd, 2012
11:49 pm
I like the way Coach Spurrier just keeps winning more games each year. Coach Richt, on the other hand, what 7 out of alst9 years, loses more games the next year, so ya’ll lookin at bout a 8 or 9 win season? That’s all UGA fans need to be happy.
CAROLINAGC
April 22nd, 2012
11:51 pm
Hey, tell your Coach Grantham, Lattimore is ready to light him up again for bout 200 yards. Tell Murray, Clowney can’t wait to meet his inexperienced O-Line…..And guess what, Connor Shaw went 7-1 in his first season as QB, Murray went, what, 6-7, with AJ Green?
CAROLINAGC
April 22nd, 2012
11:59 pm
Please tell Murray, if he wants to learn how to beat a 9, 10 or 11 win team, just watch Connor Shaw’s videos from his last 3 games. Got 2 wins in his #6 & #7 starts, be sure to tell Murray, both were against 2 top 20 teams Clemson, and Nebraska. Shaw plays pretty good in big games, Shaw is looking forward to facing Murray and hopes UGA is ranked when he gets to face them.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
April 23rd, 2012
12:04 am
CMR has spent his total of 11 years as HC in the SEC the toughest Conference in college football
Saban has been all over the place including a cup of coffee at NFL Miami
Miles is similar to Saban
Head to head Saban 3 CMR 2 Miles 2 CMR 2
………………………………………………………………………….
CMR got to 100 career wins faster than either of them.
CMR has a better win/loss record than either of them playing his entire HC career in the SEC
CAROLINAGC
April 23rd, 2012
12:08 am
I wonder if Geathers and Jenkins still have the jerseys from our game, where Lattimore stepped on their chests as he went by and left treadmarks? You know for 700 lbs+, they sure didn’t put up much of a fight against Lattimore.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
April 23rd, 2012
12:10 am
@ CarolinaGC:
I strongly recommend that you tell CTG face to his face since you have the typical Game Chicken/Steve Spurrier Extra Large mouth.
I can understand a little of your excitement though pulling for a team that considers a .500 season a reason to celebrate
CAROLINAGC
April 23rd, 2012
12:14 am
If Richt’s so good, why is he 0-9 against ranked teams since 2009?
On that 10 game winning streak, how many teams ended up with more than 7 wins? was it 3? Ya’ll all to fell just hunky dory bout yourselves, beating all those flag football teams with your powder puff schedule.
CAROLINAGC
April 23rd, 2012
12:16 am
I like that 3-4 UGA runs. We found we can just spread that front 3 out, and Lattimore had wide open spaces to run through. Shoot, he’s nearly run for 400 yards in 2 games. Hope ole Grantham sticks to that 3-4, we’ve had a lot of fun with all the holes.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 23rd, 2012
12:19 am
Saban 146-56-1=71.9% in 17 years
Miles 103 -39 = 72.5% in 11 years
Richt 106-38 = 73.6% in 11 years
The Best part is Richt started with better teams when he was hired. He won more games with the previous coaches players than he has with his own players.
CAROLINAGC
April 23rd, 2012
12:21 am
Good point, coach Richt went on a nice 10-0 run against those 10 unranked teams.
Then again, Coach Richt is 0-9 against ranked teams, for the last couple of years.
LSU kind of blew you guys out, what was it, 42 to 10?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
April 23rd, 2012
12:48 am
Richt’s first 4 years 42-10= 80.8%
…………next 4 years 40-12= 76.9%
…………last 3 years 24-16= 60.0%
Thomas Brown
April 23rd, 2012
5:04 am
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life) April 22nd, 2012 11:21 pm
“This time PAY ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!
NO SEC team has a winning record against CMR.
I said CMR has a winning record over Bama and LSU in his 11 years as a HC.
Check the records!!!!!”
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Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life) April 22nd, 2012 11:32 pm
“LSU does NOT have a winning record against CMR!!!!”
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Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life) April 22nd, 2012 11:02 pm
“CMR has a winning record against BOTH schools. Or is that news to you???”
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10-42 LSU 12-03-2011 LOST
13-20 LSU 10-03-2009 LOST
52-38 LSU 10-25-2008 WON
34-14 LSU 12-03-2005 WON
45-16 LSU 10-02-2004 WON
10-17 LSU 09-20-2003 LOST
13-34 LSU 12-06-2003 LOST
3-8 vs Florida
3-4 vs LSU
also doesn’t have winning record vs Michigan State
also doesn’t have winning record vs Central Florida
also doesn’t have winning record vs West Virginia
also doesn’t have winning record vs Okie State
also doesn’t have winning record vs Boise State
also doesn’t have winning record vs Colorado
9 teams Mark Richt doesn’t have winning record against
Mark Richt also doesn’t have winning record vs SEC teams who made winning record.
Mark Richt also doesn’t have winning record vs teams any conference who made top 25.
Mark Richt also doesn’t have winning record vs teams any conference who made top 10.
The point is and remains that Mark Richt cannot beat the teams who make top 10.
3-13 Mark Richt record vs teams who made any top 10 all 11 years
Alabama in 2003 and 2007 were a combined 11-15. That’s the whole point Brainiac, sir.
2007 LSU beat two (2) teams who made the top 10, while Mark Richt beat no team who made any top 10. Instead, we played the team who made # 19 team for our bowl game.
2005, Mark Richt actually was # 3 SEC team in every single solitary poll.
2002, Mark Richt beat no team who made any top 10 and lost to a horrible should’ve been 6-Loss Ron Zook Florida team who did not make the top 25 when Mark Richt’s offense went 0-11 on 3rd Down Conversions for the entire football game against this hapless opponent. Instead of the teams who did beat teams who made the top 10 in 2002, Mark Richt therefore played a 5-Loss team for our bowl game. The facts are that Mark Richt has never beat a team in a bowl game who made it to the top 10, not in all 11 years.
Seriously, Brainiac – even Neutral admits that Aaron Murray is 0-9 vs teams who made the top 25. Why do you insist on posting LIES about Mark Richt ? Last season, Mark Richt made the # 5 team in The SEC in Every Single Solitary Poll there is. This up-coming 2012 season, we are the # 6 SEC team in won/lost record over the current period after the 2005 season :
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*
Let me break this out for you Brainiac, sir after 2005 :
1. .8000 at 64-16 LSU*
2. .7777 at 63-18 Florida*
3. .7246 at 50-19 Alabama*
4. .7051 at 55-23 Auburn*
5. .7000 at 56-24 Missouri*
6. .6835 at 54-25 Georgia*
Brainiac, sir, UGA is The # 6 SEC team this up-coming 2012 season in won/lost record after 2005. The 2005 season was 8 years ago now this up-coming 2012 season. Without Jim Donnan’s recruits, this is where we are and have 24 scholarships Mark Richt gave out for this up-coming season your excuse of which for them not being on the team is : “Good Riddance.”
3-4 vs LSU is not a winning record for Mark Richt vs all SEC teams. I do not have to pay attention to know that.
Interesting how you compartmentalize the 3-8 Florida record, as if it doesn’t matter to you stating : “This time PAY ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!! NO SEC team has a winning record against CMR.”
Neutral
April 23rd, 2012
7:20 am
Thomas Brown,
Have you ever said anything positive about the Dawgs? ANYTHING? You are the enemy and we all know it. Time for your meds.
hornblowermg
April 23rd, 2012
8:22 am
murray is a better than average quarterback, but i have always thought that Mason is the better of the two, and has the potential to be as great as Steve Young was at BYU.
AltamahaDawg
April 23rd, 2012
8:34 am
Bill, the reason that folks trot out conspiracy theories, or subjective backhanded compliments like “loyalty” is that they do not have the balls to own up to what they are really saying :
“I know more about coaching college quarterbacks than our coaching staff, and I am personally and professionally motivated more than they are to want to win the ballgame”.
ole yeller
April 23rd, 2012
8:43 am
I want all you critic about the “O” line to please read this. THERE IS A DIFFERENT BREED OF DAWGS on the “O” LINE this season COUNT ON IT. When they start KNOCKING THE BIG MEN BACK ON THEIR HEELS. Maybe you will shut the hell up.
Andy
April 23rd, 2012
8:48 am
I like the way UGA picks and chooses the UGA records sometimes its head to head with the coach sometimes it head to head with the school and sometimes its time periods like we beat you two out of three in 1948 tto 1951 thene we beat you 2 times in 1955- 1956 and 1980 and 1982 Why not put up the all time recodsr and be done with it
Thomas Brown
April 23rd, 2012
8:49 am
Neutral April 22nd, 2012 8:21 am
“Anyone who thinks CMR doesn’t want to win a NC is totally schizo!!!! “
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There is no Evidence that Mark Richt is capable of winning a national championship. In 2002, he beat no team who made any top 10, yet lost to a team who did not make any top 25 poll, Florida. The SEC was Way Down in 2002, with only 1 other team who made the Coaches’ Poll Top 25, a 4-Loss Auburn team. Ohio State beat 3 teams who made the top 10 in 2002.
In 2007, Mark Richt again beat no team who made any top 10, while LSU beat two (2) teams who made the top 10. Mark Richt also completed a 6-game SWEEP by The SEC East against him, including a loss to team who did not even play in a bowl game 2007, South Carolina a 6-6 team 2007 and another blow-out by the vols in 2007 who should’ve been a 5-Loss hapless team.
In 2005, Mark Richt beat a team who made the top 10 and still was the # 3 team in just The SEC in every single poll. Texas beat two (2) teams who made the top 10.
In 2001, Mark Richt beat a team who made the top 10, # 4 vols 2001, and bragged about it stating he’d knocked the lid off the # 11 all-time win football program losing 4 games 2001 including a hapless Boston College team who was not ranked before they beat Mark Richt. While we were losing to Boston College, Miami of Florida beat top 10 Nebraska for the National Championship. Mark Richt also lost to a 5-Loss Auburn who did not make any top 25 poll 2001, and lost to Florida and South Carolina 2001.
2003 LSU won 3 games against teams who made the top 10 including Oklahoma in the BCS National Championship Game while we lost to a 5-Loss, should’ve been 6-Loss Ron Zook team along with 2 other losses 2003. So, while LSU was beating Oklahoma, we played # 18 Purdue in the CapitalOne bowl – otherwise known as the Citrus Bowl. 2003 Mark Richt beat no team who made the top 10.
2004 we got to play # 14 Wisconsin in Outback Bowl at 11 am because we lost to the vols and we lost to Auburn. 2004 Mark Richt beat no team who made the top 10. Auburn beat two (2) teams who made the top 10.
2006, Mark Richt started Joe Tereshinski III ahead of Matthew Stafford, who promptly lost 4 games in our conference, including to 4-8 Vandie 2006 while Mark Richt also redshirted Knowshon Moreno so that we saw him 2 years and gone. Mark Richt beat the team who made it to # 9 Auburn and like I said Lost Four (4) Games 2006. This while, of course, Florida started the streak continuing today of 6 SEC BCS National Championships in a row. Also starting the 2006 season, Mark Richt and his merry “coaching staff” are now the # 6 SEC team this coming 2012 season, in won/lost record for his BLUNDERS as head coach having to do mainly with his lack of management as CEO of either his roster or his “coaching staff.” This was a pivotal year for Mark Richt. His roster decisions of Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno would highlight his inability to recognize the talent he had, despite the fact that both were Unanimously, Consensus in the top 3 in the nation. Despite the 28 to nothing debacle against West Virginia to culminate the 2005 season, before I could even get situated in my seat and stop booing Mike Adam$ and his wife at the Sugar Bowl at the Georgia Dome, which never happened according to these same RICHT-0-PHILES, Homers, Richt Apologists, Willie Martinez was maintained at the time by Mark Richt as DC for 2006, stating to us fans that he was not going to get rid of Willie Martinez as his DC, a praying buddy college roommate of Mark Richt from Miami of Florida, where Mark Richt did not distinguish himself as a QB at.
2008 was simply a season to forget everything about. We were ranked # 1 in the nation pre-season by every single pre-season poll. That evening after the AP Poll # 1 Ranking, 22 of Mark Richt’s recruits went out on the town in barroom brawls and one even beat-up a Hospital. The lawlessness cemented into everyone’s minds across this great nation, that Mark Richt has No Discipline. He would win not only the Fulmer Cup, but propelled him to # 8 Fulmer Cup Standings All-Time through today 23 April 2012. On the field, he played 3 teams. Those 3 teams, who by the way, did beat teams who made the top 25, scored 31, 42 and 29 consecutive points on us – losing all 3 games against teams 2008 who did beat teams who made a top 25 poll. This was without a doubt the worst season in UGA football. We made it to # 13 in the AP Poll; had we started out # 13 AP Poll instead of # 1 Consensus, we would have dropped 13 places and not been ranked at all 2008. Florida meanwhile continued The SEC streak 6 NC in a row 2008 by beating two (2) teams who made the top 10.
2009 was further proof of just how out-of-control the program has become now-a-days. Joe Cox was made the Starter and well he set the all-time record for interceptions, starting even the Okie State game 2009 in which pre-game, I called for Zach Mettenberger to be the Starter. Joe Cox had a chronic sore shoulder, every week 2009 and still was the Starter, even though every week of the season, he had to sit out at least one full practice. In addition, prior to the Okie State debacle, in which Okie State did not even make the AP Poll Top 25 for the 2009 season, Joe Cox had the flu and had to fly in a separate Charter Flight to the game he was so ill. Still, no Zach Mettenberger. The season was Lost before the 1st game kick-off 2009 and I have not let up since. Nor do I plan on doing so. We followed up that loss in which Zach Mettenberger never got so much as 1 snap, with a blow-out loss AGAIN to a hapless AGAIN 7-6 vols team 2009. You think that was bad 2009 ? Kentucky a 7-6 team beat us too. I not sure I can even count all the games Joe Cox lost in 2009, but I recall LSU and Florida beating us too. How many losses is that ? 2009, it goes without saying right, that we were not ranked by any poll. Our Bowl game Reward ? Shreveport, since given by The SEC as a “destination.” 2009 Alabama continued the 6 NC by The SEC in a row by beating 3 teams who made the top 10, while of course Mark Richt once again beat none.
2010 I am sorry I will not write about 2010 except to point out that Auburn won 3 games against teams who made the top 10 and 7 games against teams who made the top 25 while we beat none of either, putting up a season in which you have go back 58 years all the way to 1953 to find an UGA team who lost more games than Mark Richt 2010.
2011 is just more of the same, as 2012 promises too – despite 2012 having a regular season “schedule” of 1 team of the 12 who made any top 25 poll. 2011, Alabama beat 2 teams who made the top 10 while once again Mark Richt not only beat no team who made the top 10 but once again beat no team who made the top 25, either AGAIN.
-not beat winning SEC record team starting Kentucky game 2007
-not beat any team any conference made top 25 after Ga tek 2009
-not beat any team any conference made top 10 after Auburn 2006
-lost 9 in a row vs winning SEC record team
-lost 7 in a row vs teams who made top 10
-lost 9 in a row vs teams who made top 25
And, you have the unmitigated gall to call me names bragging how Mark Richt is going win a NC when he is 3 wins out of 16 games vs top 10 teams while all these other teams have beat all these other teams who made the top 10 to become NC on Mark Richt’s watch ? There is no evidence whatsoever from his mouth, or his deeds, to indicate that he wants to do anything other than pray to Jesus.
Kyle
April 23rd, 2012
8:58 am
the argument can be made that his tendency to fumble or throw a pick 6 at the worst possible time might be at least in part attributable to the sketchy protection he was getting from Georgia’s erratic offensive line and, in the last couple of games, the lack of a consistent running attack.
With all due respect, this is total BS!!!!! The line and tailbacks doesnt make him throw the ball or fumble the ball……take the sack if we need to….toss it out of bounds……you dont have to throw it and sometimes its ok to take a sack….had he done that against SC, we would have been 11-1…..
Kyle
April 23rd, 2012
9:04 am
Thanks. I tend to agree with you, Devon. While Georgia won’t enter the game against Missouri at full-strength, I think the Dogs’ defensive front seven will be formidable. And from what I saw last year of Mizzou’s defense, I don’t believe it’s yet SEC-ready.
Funny…I remember reading about two other schools that we thought were not “SEC Ready”…….Central Fla and Michigan State………NUFF SAID!