Dawgs as consensus favorites: ‘A lot of pressure on us’
Vegas thinks Mark Richt will be striking this pose after every regular season game in 2012. (Jason Getz / AJC)
We’ve already established that Vegas oddsmakers like the 2012 Dawgs, but it turns out they’re so high on Mark Richt’s upcoming team that the folks who come up with point spreads have installed UGA as the early favorite in every game on the schedule.
At the Golden Nugget, Georgia is a 3-point favorite over Missouri, a 13.5-point favorite over Tennessee, a 2.5-point favorite over South Carolina, a 4.5-point favorite over Florida and a 6-point favorite over Auburn. And Pregame.com rates Georgia as the favorite in every game on its schedule.
Of course, as has been discussed here, Richt teams have had a disturbing tendency in the past to falter under high expectations, and playing as the favorite every week is going to be as big a challenge this season as rebuilding that offensive line and getting the special teams to quit rolling gutter balls.
The Athens Banner-Herald talked with a couple of the team leaders about Georgia playing as the favorite at the Pigskin Preview in Macon.
“It’s great that people say that, but I think it does put a lot of pressure on us to go out and just win games,” safety Shawn Williams said.
And quarterback Aaron Murray noted that, with a key difference, the Dawgs face a similar problem to last year, when they had to ignore all the media noise about their coach being on the “hot seat.”
“Our motto last year was, ‘We’re on the bus and we’re not listening to any outside noise,’” Murray said. “There was a lot of negative noise, and we wanted to ignore that. The hard thing now is to ignore all the positives and people wanting to pat you on the back and tell you that you’re great and this and that. We have to ignore that, too, and just do what we did last year.”
Or better.
After last year’s 0-2 start, the Dogs reeled off 10 straight wins and took the SEC East, only to end the season with a couple of disappointing losses. But as a team loaded with returning talent and playing the favorite’s role every week this fall, just notching 10 regular season wins again probably won’t be viewed as an entirely satisfactory outcome by many in the Bulldog Nation.
Loading ...But what would constitute a disappointing season in your eyes? Less than 10 wins? Or perhaps anything less than the SEC championship? Feel free to weigh in with a comment, vote in the poll or both.
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Goldenrod
June 13th, 2012
9:53 am
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Coach Paul Johnson will be responsible for one of Helen Hunt’s losses.
SYRUPMAKER 61
June 13th, 2012
9:54 am
LEAVE THE MAN ALONE HE DOES ABETER OVER ALL JOB THAN ANY ONE UGA COULD HIRE TO REPACE HIM
Harvey Updyke
June 13th, 2012
10:02 am
Saban is better than Richt, no question about it. Has the national championships to prove it.
chazzo
June 13th, 2012
10:03 am
I am happy to hear at least a couple of team leaders with the right attitude about it. Don’t believe the hype! One game at a time.
bh
June 13th, 2012
10:03 am
UGA just needs to play with a killer instinct and not so tight. Richt and Bobo need to loosen things up somehow with the game plan. If we get creative again, our talent should be enough. But if we continue to “play not to lose”, teams with lesser talent will continue to hang around and potentially pull off upsets (i.e. Michigan St.).
bh
June 13th, 2012
10:06 am
does anyone remember the Clemson game in 2002? We were up by 3 very late and went for it on 4th down inside our own territory instead of punting. I think Musa Smith got the 1st and we won the game. Afterwards, I loved Richt’s comment. He said his decision was based more on the mindset he wanted to establish with the team than “getting the 1st down”. Man, I miss those days. Where we just went for it and lived with the consequences.
bh
June 13th, 2012
10:07 am
that mindset helped us win our 1st SEC championship in over 20 yrs!
here we go again.........
June 13th, 2012
10:08 am
its 2008 all over again.
chipperdawg
June 13th, 2012
10:08 am
I agree “SM 61″, CMR is doing a fine job and we’re blessed to have him. I believe our team will play hard in every game and, with the talent the coaching staff has gathered, that will put us in a position to win in every match up on the schedule. I also think the “D” is gonna totally shut down a good bit of the teams we play this year.
BP85
June 13th, 2012
10:11 am
Two or more regular season losses will be very disappointing with our schedule and the seniority and fire-power we have coming into the season, particularly on defense. If the OL can rise to the occasion and do their part, we should be clicking on all cylinders.
keith
June 13th, 2012
10:17 am
ditto “here we go again” 2008. I just want us to show up and play 4 quaters every game
harold
June 13th, 2012
10:18 am
UGA SHOULD HAVE WON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TWICE WITH IN 2002 AND 2005 WHILE GREEN AND POLLACK WERE THERE. A NICK SABAN OR URBAN MEYER WOULD HAVE WITH THAT ( JIM DONNAN TALENT) STILL THERE.
UGA WAS A CONSENSUS NUMBER ONE IN 2008 WITH MORENO AND STAFFORD AND RICHT COULD NOT GET IT DONE WITH ALL OF THAT TALENT. AGAIN SABAN, MEYER, OR LES MILES WOULD HAVE WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THAT TYPE OF TALENT.
SOOOOO…HERE WE GO AGAIN. UGA HAS NINE RETURNING STARTERS ON DEFENSE. THEY HAVE A GREAT QB WITH TWO YEARS SEC EXPERIENCE. UGA IS LOADED AT RUNNING BACK. THEY HAVE A SOLID OFFENSIVE LINE. UGA HAS RED SHIRTED VERY WELL CREATING DEPTH FOR THIS SEASON.
IN SHORT…..THERE IS TONS OF TALENT PLUS A CAKEWALK SCHEDULE ( ONLY ONE OR TWO TEAMS THE PLAY) ARE IN THE TOP 25!
IF UGA CAN’T GO ALL THE WAY WITH THIS TALENT AND PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THESE PLAYERS——–RICHT NEEDS TO BE FIRED.
THE PROBLEM WITH RICHT IS THE FACT THAT THE RECRUITING CLASSES NEVER EQUATE TO A TOP TEN RATING??????
COULD THAT BE COACHING????HMMMMM……
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
10:22 am
I think with Richt it’s put up or get out time. If this team underperforms how does he go back on the hot seat? To late for that, this Dawgs hopes that if this team underperforms McGarity goes coach hunting.
A disappointing season to me would be losses to teams we have no business losing to. Showing up unprepared. Players continuing to put themselves above the team, i.e. look at the early season suspensions. Aaron Murray continuing to make rookie mistakes with no apparent accountability. I would just like to see this team show up and play HARD every game. Win the battle of conditioning late in a tight game against a quality opponent.
I’m hoping for the best, but prepared for disappointment once again, using your own words Bill, “Richt’s teams have had a disturbing tendency to falter under high expectations”. It’s hard to change the spots on a Dawg.
UGA Insider
June 13th, 2012
10:23 am
IN 2008 CTG was not on the sideline…… If we had Grantham that year the title would have been ours.
Holy Guacamole
June 13th, 2012
10:25 am
harold – depress the caps key.
UGA Insider
June 13th, 2012
10:27 am
Coaches tell me UGA is going to win with a staunch defense and a running game. AM will not scramble much nor pass in the 2nd half. I’m serious…. Hines is still installing the Pittsburgh offense.
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
10:28 am
Insider, you don’t seriously believe that do you? As much as I hate excuses, a different one each year, injuries did exact a toll in 08, not to mention the offensive game planning, IMO. We had opportunities to stay the game, even take the lead, early on but the playcalling shot us in the foot against Bama and Florida.
Pat
June 13th, 2012
10:29 am
We have to go to the dome.
Destin Dawg
June 13th, 2012
10:29 am
yes Grantham is a huge factor and he wants to be D.C. for now and loves this opportunity go Dawgs !!!
Holy Guacamole
June 13th, 2012
10:30 am
Some of you are quick to throw CMR out but have you considered a replacement? All teams have had a bad run of coaches after throwing out a winner. Look at Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, Alabama (prior to Saban) and exactly what will Arkansas be this year with Petrino gone? Interesting question that some of you need to try to answer.
Raleigh
June 13th, 2012
10:30 am
With that schedule, if he doesn’t run the table, he should be demoted, let grantham become head coach, then hire some offensive coordinator from the west coast.
The Honest Truth
June 13th, 2012
10:31 am
A loss to Missouri would be crippling to this program and if a coupled with a loss to SC or FLA that would seal CMR’s fate.
I honestly don’t expect us to compete with Bama but I do expect to win the SEC East again, no doubt.
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
10:32 am
Sounds like an LSU model to me Insider. Can Richt and Bobo have enough patience to stay with a running game, sometimes it takes well into the third quarter to tire a defense to the point where a power running game can control the game. Richt’s achilles heel, IMO, is his inability to be patient, he’s got to be throwing the ball down the field.
SSIgator
June 13th, 2012
10:32 am
I have been to Vegas many times, but in all of the bars out there I can’t remember anyone ordering a UGA Kool-Aid. I guess Richt has opened a distribution center for it out west somewhere now.
Destin Dawg
June 13th, 2012
10:33 am
Jobs for Grantham will open up in 3 or 4 years or less… Tenn…. S.C. Spurrier will retire .. Auburn.. Chizik had Scam.. its over now… Go Dawgs.. this is OUR YEAR !!!!
SSIgator
June 13th, 2012
10:40 am
“Our motto last year was, ‘We’re on the bus and we’re not listening to any outside noise,’” Murray said.
Well, that didn’t work out very well did it Murray. Some of the guys must have been listening to it with their headphones on. You got steamrolled in the SEC CG and lost your bowl game. But hey, at least you won ten games.
SSIgator
June 13th, 2012
10:43 am
“and people wanting to pat you on the back and tell you that you’re great”
Really? And who would that be besides Mark “I can win games – just not the big games” Richt?
harold
June 13th, 2012
10:44 am
RICHT HAS NOT YET DELIVERD WHAT SABAN —-URBAN MEYER—-LES MILES—STEVE SPURRIER—AND PHILLIP FULMER DELIVERD: A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!
HAD THESE PROGRAMS NOT CHANGED COACHES THEY WOULD NOT HAVE WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
RICHT HAS NOW GOT TO DELIVER. HE HAS THE TALENT AND THE SCHEDULE TO DO IT THIS YEAR. IF HE DOESN’T LOOK AT WHAT A COACHING CHANGE DID AT ALABAMA ETC.
READ HAROLD’S POST @ 10:18. IT IS TIME FOR RICHT AND UGA TO QUIT BARKING AND START BITING. THE REST OF THE SEC SCHOOLS LAUGH THEIR ASS OFF AT ALL OF THE UGA EXCUSES…..THE SCHEDULE…THE INJURIES etc.
WITH THIS TALENT AND CAKEWALK SCHEDULE IT IS TIME TO STPO DREAMING AND START DOING.
SEE THE 10:18 POST.
SSIgator
June 13th, 2012
10:50 am
According to Murray, “just do what we did last year”
Well, I guess that there is no need for your poll now Bill. Murray the Midget has stated it will be a 10-4 year once again. Uga – home of the ten win season, but no titles.
RedandBlackDAWG
June 13th, 2012
10:55 am
The athlet3s are there, the coaching is there, so I don’t see why not. As long as the young men perform up to their potential, there is no reason UGA can’t be in the discussion for the big picture as the year progresses. The key for UGA, will be not to play down to the level of their opponent.
Natureboy809
June 13th, 2012
10:56 am
These gambling sights have a LOT more faith in our rebuilt offensive line that I do. Our offensive line was pretty bad last year, and we just lost our 3 best linemen to the NFL/graduation.
Murray has been great, but he has GOT to take better care of the ball. He gave up 42 points (6 pick sixes; 1 fumble return for a TD) by himself. He had 18 turnovers. Just eliminating some or hopefully all of that will be a huge boost.
Spanky
June 13th, 2012
10:56 am
SSIgator, yes we got steamrolled in the SEC CG…I guess Fla. would’ve if they WENT!! Seriously, with Muschamp as your coach, you want to show your face?! Dark ages are coming for the jean cut-off nation, sir!!
RedandBlackDAWG
June 13th, 2012
10:58 am
SSI Gator,
If I were a fan of your team, I would be worried about winning 8 games. Your team is a lot more unsettled as far as starters go, especially at QB, than the DAWGS. Of course I realize in your mind, the Gators already have the crystal ball wrapped up.
Spanky
June 13th, 2012
11:00 am
“The key for UGA, will be not to play down to the level of their opponent.”
You ain’t just whistling Dixie, bro!! Does anyone remember UAB, and our 3 pt win escape? ..have no idea what happens there…
Football Guy
June 13th, 2012
11:10 am
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Holy Guacamole
June 13th, 2012
11:22 am
harold – see the 10:25 post.
Rainbow Tide Pride
June 13th, 2012
11:22 am
All I can tell you is that UF will lose a lot of games over the next several years. Like 4-5 a season. Sinking ship = UF.
GTBob
June 13th, 2012
11:23 am
You guys are just never going to learn. If UGA underachieves the next 50 years in a row, there will still be expectations of a National Championship in year 51. At some point you just have to accept that you don’t have the program or the coaches to get to the next level. Talent alone won’t do it.
James Ainsworth
June 13th, 2012
11:24 am
The season hasn’t even begun so let’s remember “Sport Illustration” in 2008 and keep things in perspective and play the up-coming season games one at a time. I hope Georgia goes all the way and meet either Alabama or LSU in the southeastern conference game.
There’s no doubt this is a veteran team but until the games are played, it’s all hype. The team needs to stay focused and grounded and remember one mistake and any game can get away from them, no matter who the team is!
I have confidence in the coaches and the players and I’m really think this will be a good season to be a college football and Georgia fan!!!!
Rainbow Tide Pride
June 13th, 2012
11:25 am
UF has offered 9 qb’s and not a one has committed, most have already committed somewhere else. Did you guys do your home on muschump?
Dirty Dawg
June 13th, 2012
11:26 am
You guys are amazin…and as Johnny Mercer didn’t quite say, ‘You’ve got to Ac-Centuate the negative, and E-Lininate the positive, and don’t mess with being supportive in between’…oh yeah, and to keep the pot roiled and the ‘clicks’ coming. As I said, you are amazin…and, to paraphrase ‘The King’, you ain’t no friend of our ‘hound(Bull) dogs’, or of mine.
Rainbow Tide Pride
June 13th, 2012
11:28 am
GTbobbi: you live in a world of neglect and hate. Get a pet, they will not judge your low self esteem.
Rainbow Tide Pride
June 13th, 2012
11:32 am
GT = EMPTY SEAT U!
Spanky
June 13th, 2012
11:41 am
Well Bob, evidently you nerds never learn either!! This is a UGA blog, yet here you are again with absolutely nothing of value to say,..just random antagonistic defications of the mouth!! Take it somewhere else!
Columbus Dawg
June 13th, 2012
11:43 am
Insider, last year’s Auburn game was the first complete game that I have seen the Dawgs play in a long time against a rival, or any decent team for that matter.. They were able to run the ball successfully in the second half with Crowell leading the way. Actually with the OL leading the way. This type of play will be absolutely necessary to win the tough games in the conference, and I even mean against teams like Vandy who will come to Athens with a log, not just a chip on their shoulders. When turnovers are limited, and overall special teams play is adequate, good things can happen.
So, what you are saying is that Hines is trying to teach Bobo the O used by the Steelers? I guess we’ll see how that works out.
harold
June 13th, 2012
11:43 am
SEE THE 10:18 AND THE 10:44 POST.
gbal
June 13th, 2012
11:45 am
Observations – The piece on the GT kid getting arrested over the weekend… Guess what, NO BLOG COMMENTS. Thats fair journalism AJC!!!
Vance Duly
June 13th, 2012
11:46 am
As long as Coach Bobo sticks to his bad play-calling habits and the 2nd half “turtle shell” that he crawls into, we will be in a position to lose several games this year that we have no business losing. If we would play 4 quarters of aggressive offense, and never take the foot off of the gas, we could avoid some of these close calls……… (This doesn’t mean passing 50 times – it means being unpredictable at times, and sticking with what is working instead of stopping what is working). Toss sweeps, fullback runs, screen passes, 8 yard routes on 3rd and 7, etc…. Go for the kill when we have a chance to put the other team away, instead of letting them back into the game by sitting on a lead. ………GO DAWGS!
Richt's Combover
June 13th, 2012
11:47 am
Will someone please tell me what makes the O-Line so special? As a non-biased observer, I think the O-Line has been the achilles heel of the dawgs. Please enlighten me.
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
11:54 am
How can the Oline be the achilles heel? We keep sending them to the NFL….
SSIgator
June 13th, 2012
11:57 am
RedandBlackDAWG -
“the Gators already have the crystal ball wrapped up”
No, not this year, but we do have three since 1996 and UGA has . . .
Ghost
June 13th, 2012
11:57 am
Vance, Can avoid close calls and win a couple extra if our FG kicker doesn’t miss 14 FG’s.
GTBob
June 13th, 2012
11:59 am
Observations – The piece on the GT kid getting arrested over the weekend… Guess what, NO BLOG COMMENTS. Thats fair journalism AJC!!!
Their wasn’t a blog about it so why would there be blog comments? Besides, we all know the moral of the story anyways. If you want to stay out of trouble then stay out of Athens.
GTBob
June 13th, 2012
12:01 pm
Well Bob, evidently you nerds never learn either!! This is a UGA blog, yet here you are again with absolutely nothing of value to say
I say the same thing I say every preseason when all of the UGA fans start predicting a National Championship. Maybe one day you guys will actually open your eyes and see what is really going on. I doubt it though, you seem to be happy in fantasy land.
italian_29
June 13th, 2012
12:03 pm
You know I always wonder about the people that say CMR does less with more. Harold, yes CMR is good at getting talent into Athens, but if you will look at the ranking each year that CMR has been head coach, there have been AT LEAST 2, if not 3 SEC teams that, according to the rankings that have recruited BETTER. The way that I look at it, since CMR has 2 SEC Championships and 4, 5 if you count shared, SEC East Titles, then he is doing more with LESS. Still, I don’t care, he is the head coach for the GA Bulldawgs and I support the team, that includes the head coach. Now, if GM decides to can him and hire someone else, I will support them and not MR. GO DAWGS & GATA!!!!
gbal
June 13th, 2012
12:08 pm
I really do not understand all the hype for UGA this season guys? I mean OL problems, just average at receiver, we dont have any proven running backs,… potential yes but untested. We have freshmen comming in for kicking duty; Murray is good, but he does have his faults with TO’s. Everyone says we are so predictable on Offense and no indication that that is going to change…..We have our D with major suspensions to start the season… when they come back will they be game ready??? I just dont see it. I am the biggest of dawg fans but I just dont see where these high expectations are realistic which puts CMR and the team in a hot seat situation even if they lose just 2 games.
And if we do lose a couple in the first half, the complaining will start based on these high expectations and I see it hurting this recruiting class.
It a Spurier Conspiracy ….. He’s gotta be behind it!
gbal
June 13th, 2012
12:11 pm
The press creates all the hype, not the UGA fans…. Just many start believing it after a while…
Again … Spurrier is behind it!
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
12:16 pm
I’m with Mobile on that one. It’s absolutely ridiculous to try to say that with Grantham, we WOULD have wom the title in 2008. Let’s consider these realities:
That was perhaps one of UF better teams in modern times, so assuming we beat tebow on that mission is a stretch. Looked better, perhaps.
The next best team I saw that year was Alabama. In your assumptions, we would have had to have beat them TWICE, then Oklahoma (which just as many folks thought were number one going in as they did Georgia)
Grantham’s style is almost entirely based on a Big fierce front line. Are you suggesting that we would be this good IFJenkins, Washington, and Geathers go down early, and thier back-up are hobbled at times? That’s the equivalent of that Grantham would have dealt with in 2008. Then add that he would not have been able to substitute at LB for the second half of the year. And let put a cast on Rambo’s hand while we are at it.
Hell, YOU’ve got Grantham’s Dawgs losing FIVE games this year because he is down a few of starters for a game or two, and you think he goes 13-1, or 14-0 that year?
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
12:17 pm
I’m with Mobile on that one. It’s absolutely ridiculous to try to say that with Grantham, we WOULD have wom the title in 2008. Let’s consider these realities:
That was perhaps one of UF better teams in modern times, so assuming we beat tebow on that mission is a stretch. Looked better, perhaps.
The next best team I saw that year was Alabama. In your assumptions, we would have had to have beat them TWICE, then Oklahoma (which just as many folks thought were number one going in as they did Georgia)
Grantham’s style is almost entirely based on a Big fierce front line. Are you suggesting that we would be this good IFJenkins, Washington, and Geathers go down early, and thier back-up are hobbled at times? That’s the equivalent of that Grantham would have dealt with in 2008. Then add that he would not have been able to substitute at LB for the second half of the year. And let put a cast on Rambo’s hand while we are at it.
Hell, YOU’ve got Grantham’s Dawg’s losing FIVE games this year because he is down a couple of starters for a game or two, and you think he goes 13-1, or 14-0 that year?
gbal
June 13th, 2012
12:17 pm
GT – Thats what I am saying …. AJC would have had a blog had it been a UGA player…..
Suprised the headline didnt read:
“GT player hanging out with UGA players at the Bores Head, gets arrested.”
Like our regular headline:
Georgia looses recruit to ________” And he’s just from Georgia
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
12:18 pm
Enter your comments hereI’m with Mobile on that one. It’s absolutely ridiculous to try to say that with Grantham, we WOULD have wom the title in 2008. Let’s consider these realities:
That was perhaps one of UF better teams in modern times, so assuming we beat tebow on that mission is a stretch. Looked better, perhaps.
The next best team I saw that year was Alabama. In your assumptions, we would have had to have beat them TWICE, then Oklahoma (which just as many folks thought were number one going in as they did Georgia)
Grantham’s style is almost entirely based on a Big fierce front line. Are you suggesting that we would be this good IFJenkins, Washington, and Geathers go down early, and thier back-up are hobbled at times? That’s the equivalent of that Grantham would have dealt with in 2008. Then add that he would not have been able to substitute at LB for the second half of the year. And let put a cast on Rambo’s hand while we are at it.
Hell, YOU’ve got Grantham’s Dawg’s losing FIVE games this year because he is down a couple of starters for a game or two, and you think he goes 13-1, or 14-0 that year?
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 13th, 2012
12:19 pm
@ Harold:
Who would name a baby “Harold”???
You obviously know less about more than anyone on here!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Columbus Dawg
June 13th, 2012
12:19 pm
@ italian-29, which teams were the ones consistently recruiting better than Georgia? Were they the same teams that every one in the nation feels cheat year in and year out in order to get top players? I for one want to win a Natty just like everyone else, but without an * beside it. From your post I think you feel the same way. There will always be morons like harold, and there will always be inbreeding in Alabama. The Mighty Bulldogs will get their due in 2012, I can just feel it. I did not feel it in 2008, however. I think what CMR said about everyone being healthy heading into fall camp is huge! There is a reason why so many haters from the likes of Bama and others this preseason, it is because they feel threatened.
Spanky
June 13th, 2012
12:20 pm
” I say the same thing I say every preseason when all of the UGA fans start predicting a National Championship.”……… read gbal’s post at 12:11…… The press and Vegas are the prediction-makers. I will, however- BOB, predict that no one will shive a git about your stupid little comments…now bugger off!!
Holy Guacamole
June 13th, 2012
12:25 pm
harold – again, see the post at 10:25.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
June 13th, 2012
12:35 pm
Oh boy, here we go again…the DAWGS will run a table.
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
12:38 pm
Insider, you’ve got Grantham’s Dawg’s losing 5 games this year because he is without a few starters for a game or two, BUT in 2008 he would have gone 31-1, or 14-0? No kidding?
Just for clarification: That’s beating that 2008 Tebow Machine, then that Alabama team (twice), then that Oklahoma team (that just as many folks thought were #1 going in)?
And he would have done that with the equalivant issues as losing Geathers, Jenkins, Washington, Ogletree, (too many backup ot even name), and Rambo in a handcast?
This is your honest opinion?
Eisendawg
June 13th, 2012
12:39 pm
I don’t like looking at the flip side. It’s negative and counter productive. To sit here and wonder how many games we can lose to put our coaches and players on a hot seat is a totally negative way of thinking, and I refuse to take part in such silly thinking. You take them one game at a time, and try to win every one of them.
Old Dog
June 13th, 2012
12:40 pm
Pre-season champions again? When will we ever learn? What have we changed? We have the same Head Coach. We have the same offensive coach. We have the same quarterback. Why are we expecting a better season than last year? Have all three suddenly “learned their lessons” (maybe after studying the game of football) and they will do things a lot differently this year? I predict 10 or less wins this season. We will see at the end who is more accurate in their prediction.
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
12:41 pm
…..and Grantham could have played LT a game or two as well.
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
12:42 pm
13-1. Not a highschool basketball scheduel.
Old Dog
June 13th, 2012
12:43 pm
I would have a lot more confidence if our Head Coach would jerk our QB out of the game when he throws a pick-6, but I have not seen that happen. I would have more confidence if our Head Coach would send out the back-up kicker after our 1st stringer fouls up so many FGs.
Columbus Dawg
June 13th, 2012
12:47 pm
What the heck is a gbal? Average receivers? What an idiot.
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
12:47 pm
Yea, the second best options are always the best way to go.
old dog
June 13th, 2012
12:48 pm
Somebody wanted to know why if the o-line was so bad, how do we keep sending some to the pros? Yeah, we have a few good individual talents occasionally, but as a unit (and anyone who played the game knows this) we still are light years behind LSU and ‘Bama….period! We will have a great individual lineman sometimes, but top to bottom we lag. Boise State, LSU and Michigan State handed our butts to us up front….they DOMINATED our line! We recruit well EXCEPT for the o- line, which for you novices out there happens to be where the game is won. I think we will improve, but others will have to step up until our line gets a little experience AND our coaches recruit 1st class talent on the o-line like we have been able to do everywhere else! I ain’t totally writing them off, but the good teams (once again) will expose our weaknesses….o-line being the big ‘un!
old dog
June 13th, 2012
12:53 pm
Someone asked about the o-line….this will again be our weakness! Yeah, we send a few to the pros but top to bottom, we lag behind, as LSU, Boise State and Michigan State showed us. We recruit everywhere else wonderfully, but the game is won up front. Nothing offensively will improve (against the better teams) until we get better up front. Its coming, hopefully, but it ain’t here yet!
fishook dawg
June 13th, 2012
12:53 pm
CMR decided 2 years ago to put all his eggs in one basket with Murray and it seems to me that reguardless of how Murray plays, he will always remain his guy. If Murray doesn’t follow his past history and doen’t screw things up, CMR will be fine. If Murray turns the ball over like he has the last 2 years, CMR will be feeling the heat again.
old dog
June 13th, 2012
12:54 pm
Enter your comments here
old dog
June 13th, 2012
12:55 pm
My previous posts have been moderated or left off; I love the Dawgs but I reckon’ I was a little tough on the o-line….
Tide Rising
June 13th, 2012
12:56 pm
No, not this year, but we do have three since 1996 and UGA has . . .- SSIgator
I always gotta tune in to see just how SSIgator is going to rag the dawg fans. Its always too funny. The gators may be in a rebuilding year but SSI is right- 3 ncs since 1996, 19 of the last 22 vs the dawgs, and the winningest record in the nation since 1990 pretty much gives him bragging rights over any dawg fan.
old dog
June 13th, 2012
1:06 pm
(What did I say wrong, Mr. Bill?)
Pilfer Dawg
June 13th, 2012
1:07 pm
SSIgator and now Tide Rising- Tuning in to a UGA blog, really guys a UGA blog? Unless you are fans of the dawgs you have no business here. That is unless you are just as obsessive over the Dawgs as the fans of the Dawgs are. Either way both of you are a little creepy
Pilfer Dawg
June 13th, 2012
1:09 pm
Classy fellas classy
GTBob
June 13th, 2012
1:16 pm
What the heck is a gbal? Average receivers? What an idiot.
He is right. How would you describe UGA’s receivers?
7576DAWG
June 13th, 2012
1:20 pm
Alabama won the national Championship last year because McCarron didn’t panic and start forcing things which would have resulted in turnovers. The only thing I want Murray to do this year is to not panic under pressure. When you lose a game because of turnovers and everybody in the stadium knows that you out played the opponent but just didn’t out score them it show very poor leadership. McCarron want win any prizes for last years performance but he will be remembered as a great leader.
gbal
June 13th, 2012
1:27 pm
Enter your comments here
Erk
June 13th, 2012
1:27 pm
SSI Gator, wasted talent at UGA? Maybe so but look at all the talent from the state of Florida and UF didn’t even win the SEC until the 90’s. Wow, talk about wasted talent.
GT Bob, are you talking? Come back when you win at least 2 of the next 10 against UGA.
gbal
June 13th, 2012
1:36 pm
Just trying to be a realist here – Yea I think we have average receivers especially now that we are moving our best to DB….my point it that i feel we are being over hyped by the media… just too many holes to fill to be predicted as going undefeated… I sure hope we do! ….. An OL…. several pieces written that we are counting on Theus comming in as a freshman and manning a tackle spot… Not saying he is not good, but if you counting on a freshman to anchor an OL in the SEC????? Hope theyre right but I think were getting too much credit.
gbal
June 13th, 2012
1:40 pm
OK I will concede to Good receivers … which is average in the SEC. No absolute clear standout out superstar at this point… no AJ or M Mass that is proven yet
gbal
June 13th, 2012
1:42 pm
OK Good receivers then which is average in the SEC… No superstar threat.
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
1:45 pm
Oh, how we wish he would bring those bragging rights. We would expect that. We rag ourselves about those things.
It’s that immature, pointless attempts at cornball humor and the mindnumbing redundancy that we have grown so tired of (but appearantly it impresses you).
7576DAWG
June 13th, 2012
1:48 pm
How many games will Georgia lose this year? We should be able to win at least 9 games for sure because we have a better team than our opponents. The three that should be the toughest are Missouri, South Carolina and Florida . If we do not turn the ball over and any of the three beat us because they are just better and everybody knows it at the end of the game , I for one can live with that. I don’t like losing but if another team was just better I will give them the credit they deserve. What I can’t live with is to beat the he@@ out of a team like we did against South Carolina last year and lose the game because of turnovers. I hope everybody knows if we hadn’t completed two fourth down plays last year against Florida we probably lose that game. It shouldn’t have been that close, we were a much better team than Florida last year and was very lucky to have won the game.
Murray has all the potential in the world to be a great Quarterback but if he doesn’t show better leadership I hope CMR will give another Quarterback a chance. Every time Murray is questioned by a reporter he gives a great answer as to what needs to happen but it seems he is talking about the rest of the team and not himself. I really don’t think he realizes that Georgia had three glaring problems last year . First, is poor special teams play. Second, no running game and the most important was lack of leadership at Quarterback. Murray wouldn’t be the first Quarterback that had all the intangibles to being one of the great’s in college history but just couldn’t play under pressure. He should be given a short leash this year. Missouri will tell us a lot , I hope Murray shows that he has become the leader we all hoped he would become.
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
1:53 pm
Of cource a HC feels the heat when his QB screws up. Or his RB, or his 3rd string long snapper. Obviously. But what is the deal with this ongoing pretense that Murray is in there as a matter of personal choice over better options?
PT
June 13th, 2012
1:57 pm
Anything less than a SEC Championship will be unacceptable, after that who knows!
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
1:57 pm
A “chance”? Do you really want to pin our hope of beating the better teams on a “chance” that a back up QB can outplay the 3rd year starter?(when he has shown no sign that he can) My guess is that is not a chance you would take if you were in charge of that call. You give chances when its appropriate, the same time every player on the team has a chance to win the position.
gbal
June 13th, 2012
2:00 pm
I do agree with 7576. I think AM can be good, but he can also stink it up pretty good. I don think there is any pretense that UGA has better, but until we put another on the field under game pressure, we dont know. I think the suggestion is just give another a shot if Am goes in a funk.
Example Miss St last year.
gbal
June 13th, 2012
2:04 pm
Am had 3 int’s, 1 pic 6, 1 fumble which allowed the game to stay close.. D was dominating Miss St. Still a game at the half… Perfect time for HM to come in and work the second half….Didnt try it.
old dog
June 13th, 2012
2:04 pm
AMurray and the running game go back to the fact that the o-line needs to pick it up a notch…….running for your life and no run blocking causes problems!
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
2:06 pm
The other side of that equation is that if your starter IS the best option, why wouldn’t you want HIM out there working through his problems, and getting better?
gbal
June 13th, 2012
2:07 pm
many good coaches (SS) yank a QB and give another a shot in that MS game.
Wilson Pickett
June 13th, 2012
2:09 pm
Richt and Bobo have failed to teach Murray is main function is “Don’t beat us Bud”! Nor do Richt or Bobo have the patience to run the ball and go 3 and out and then comeback and run it again thus they attempt to make a chicken salad sandwich out of chicken sheet over and over. Richt and Bobo have a history of play calling and if you think the other teams don’t know that then you’re in the same position as those two. You have to run the damn ball when you want to run it thus making the DC’s play your game instead of you playing his. Murray has a mental problem in that when the pressure is dialed up he will try and pull some great throw or play out of his azz and presto you’re behind the 8 ball and that my friends is documented and the #1 reason you’re not getting wins over good football teams. The truth is Murray has taken over the hot seat that the preacher man was on last year whether he knows it or not! “That is all I got to say about that”…….Forrest…..Roll Tide Roll…….
AltamahaDawg
June 13th, 2012
2:10 pm
Perfect time? At that point? Maybe. That’s purely an opinion though. Could have also backfired too, then where do you go?
HM was put in to work the entire half in one game, and all but a few plays in another.
gbal
June 13th, 2012
2:13 pm
All reports are the HM does great in practice and we see gday games. There are some guys that reall are much better game day than practice too. Just saying that I feel the talent is even enough in practices thru the week that if one QB goes into a funk there is nothing wrong with running another out for a shot or two during meaningfull times in a game. Might find a spark! MR or Bobo should just think outside their box a little on the QB situation and get off this “intitled” mentality. Not knocking AM just tweaking a bit to find a better combination maybe… Just like we would do at every other posistion.
Gus Walter Dawg Jr.
June 13th, 2012
2:21 pm
The pressure’s on. We have such talent and such a weak schedule that it would be hard to see us loosing more than two games. However, if we did slip into the 9-3 range, it would get vicious out there. As a whole, here’s what the Bulldawg Nation sees; we got back all our players and an even weaker schedule than last season. Mix that up with the potential we saw last year and many many fans are ready to see Richt hoist the crystal ball. If we lose more than two games, many fans (including me) are going to be calling for Richt and Bobo. Some we’ll say it’s unfair judgement, I say it would be pathetic to go 9-3 with what we have in front of us. We are loaded on defense: seniors across the chart on the D-Line and secondary, and a couple of the most ferocious linebackers in the country. Offense, Aaron Murrey had smoking numbers last year but still had somewhat of a sophomore slump in a few areas: protecting the ball in critical times, and accuracy. I believe Murrey is poised for a big year with our latest additions to the running game (and the talented backs we already have) and depth at wide receiver. The big question there is the O-Line, I would be much more worried if had to play LSU and Bama. But since we have the luxury of not having to play them, I am still concerned but not as much.
I truly hope this is Richt’s year but there are a few major concerns that we just won’t know about till the season rolls around. GO DAWGS.
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
2:21 pm
I remember a time when a two QB system was in Richt’s arsenal. Greene and Shockley ring any bells?
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
2:23 pm
Murray would do well to check out Saban’s model of what a good, efficient QB does. How does he say it; manage the game? A good QB doesn’t win many by himself, but he can sure take you out of the game.
SSIgator
June 13th, 2012
2:23 pm
“the folks who come up with point spreads have installed UGA as the early favorite in every game on the schedule”
They would have established UGA as Pre-Season National Champions as well, but at this point in time, there is no such honor in Vegas. Maybe in the near future though.
zbulldawg
June 13th, 2012
2:24 pm
UGA’s coaching staff jelled last year. The 10 straight wins showed a tight netted team. With players staying it shows they feel there is unfinished BIZ. This team will set a presnce that will last for years to come !! They WILL have the depht it takes to step up & slam the door on others. THEY HAVE A BAD taste in their mouth from last year. The way it started & the way it finished ! This team WILL move the ball up & down the field. The defense WILL give the offense plenty of chances to score.The offense can play keep away & strike quick. The OL WILL be okay The special teams does need alot of work ! But they have plenty of time & players to fix it.Let’s GO LET THE BIG DAWG EAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GETUSUM
LawDawg
June 13th, 2012
2:25 pm
Yes. We should fire our coach if we do not win an SEC champion ship. That logic worked great for UMich (Carr), UT (Fulmer), and Notre Dame. Plus FSU got amazing immediately after Bowden was shown the door, same with West Virginia. Obviously, the key is an up and coming coach, which is why their is so much buzz for Colorado to win multiple national championships in the next few years.
Either that, or our (mostly millenial) fans have no idea how to actually set expectations for a football team.
Hey Harold
June 13th, 2012
2:28 pm
Only first graders use the all caps key.
the truth
June 13th, 2012
2:32 pm
Todd Grantham is our next HEAD COACH!!! Write it down. Let’s hire from within. Somebody that has a fantastic SEC defense. Someone with NFL coaching experience, and with a passion for the game. Guess what, he’s on the staff!!
Newnandawg
June 13th, 2012
2:34 pm
So we’re certain Mark Richt can win on the road against a top 10 South Carolina team? He hasn’t pulled something like that off since 2006.
Expect another 10 win season, with no meaningful wins. We might back our way into the SEC champ game….then get our doors blown off again by a real coach from the West.
DIT
June 13th, 2012
2:39 pm
Grantham will not be our next head coach. He is the VT head coach in waiting. Trust me, once Beamer is gone, so is Grantham.
I hate the fact thatUGA is favored in every game. They should not be favored in all of them. They should be underdogs in the mizzou, SC & Auburn games. Toss up with UF. The coaches need to keep beating into them the 2008 fiaso.
The potential is there, but so what! that’s why you play the games.
Ghost
June 13th, 2012
2:45 pm
Stephan, I hate to burst your service academy option bubble, but Tech desperately needs better players on both sides of the ball and better coaching. The talent gap is as wide as its been in many years and PJ and his staff are in way over their heads, they would be a good staff coaching in the Southern Conference or at Navy.
North Georgia Dawg
June 13th, 2012
2:47 pm
Our offensive line isn’t good enough for us to win every regular season game, plus we lost the BEST two guys off that line. I know Houston and Theus are supposed to be good, but it’s not realistic to think we win all the games in the regular season. Richt is not a bad coach, but he’s not good enough to win 12 in a row.
Ghost
June 13th, 2012
2:49 pm
DIT, Why would Georgia be underdogs to an Auburn team that replaced both coordinators,lost their best RB and lost to Georgia by 6 tds the previous year ?
Stonewall Jackson Was a Damn Good Reb
June 13th, 2012
2:49 pm
When I played no one on the team even knew what the point spread was for a given game, but we sure knew our ranking and conference standing. The point-spread thing is much adieu about nothing.
North Georgia Dawg
June 13th, 2012
2:49 pm
Only a six-point favorite over Auburn?? Auburn sucks and they still don’t have a quarterback! Not to mention the best player on their team is now playing for Arkansas State and their offensive coordinator is coaching him.
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
2:50 pm
zbulldawg, my take is for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is a negative spin obviously and let’s hope it doesn’t bear fruit. I thought it was an extremely positive move by JJ, and others to stay the course. It set a tremendous example and showed leadership. How was that received by teamates on the defense? Got four ME’s sitting out for disciplinary reasons. I worry about how that will affect the defense chemistry wise. Of course it’s the coaching staff’s responsibilty to get through that.
bruce mac
June 13th, 2012
2:51 pm
GTBob, did you even read the article. Are all GT fans this stupid? No one has predicted a National Championship here you idiot. Vegas has UGA favored in all games, that is it you nit wit.
North Georgia Dawg
June 13th, 2012
2:51 pm
Georgia 45, Auburn 7. When Auburn gets a quarterback, they may be a good team. Until then, they will continue to suck.
Dawg Fud
June 13th, 2012
2:51 pm
Point spreads are not in place to pick winners but rather to entice equal betting on both sides.
North Georgia Dawg
June 13th, 2012
2:53 pm
The South Carolina game could go either way, because our teams are evenly-matched… and we’ll have our suspended players back. (Sorry Spurrier)
DIT
June 13th, 2012
2:56 pm
Two teams i never take for granted and they are UF & Auburn. Yes, we stomped the crap out of them last year, but this is a funny series. At Auburn, they should be a 1 point fav. going in.
Trust me, I hope y’all are right. I’d love to go into these places and beat them. Special teams and the O-Line have me concerned.
jsmooth
June 13th, 2012
2:57 pm
One game at a time. I hate this stuff by the media. All it is is newspaper fodder. UGA will do well this year.
GTBob
June 13th, 2012
3:02 pm
GTBob, did you even read the article. Are all GT fans this stupid? No one has predicted a National Championship here you idiot. Vegas has UGA favored in all games, that is it you nit wit.
I did read the article, and then I read some of the user comments and then I laughed.
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
3:02 pm
Season could go either way at this point. If we get by Mizzou we’re probably undefeated going into Columbia, however Vandy or UT could be a trap game, especially UT being prior to USC. If we’ve played solid and are undefeated we should have some confidence going to USC and probably win. Still have to be concerned about UF and AU, I’m not buying UF being down. They may not be as formidable but they have had the it factor over us for years. We could win them all, we could potentially have 4 or 5 losses. Ya’ll talk all you want, I’m approaching the season prepared for the worst. If we don’t play up to expectations I expect Richt to be gone.
Wilson Pickett
June 13th, 2012
3:05 pm
statement from Derrick Henry
This has been a great experience getting to know so many great coaches and visiting some of the best college football programs in the country. Even though I’ve worked really hard to put myself in this situation, I know I’m blessed to have this opportunity I’m very thankful for that.
For me personally, this is one of the biggest decisions I’ll make in my life and probably the most important to this point. I want to be 100 percent sure I am making the best choice on where I go to college and to play football. I’m going to open up my recruitment and take some more visits, get as much information as I can, and then decide from there. I was probably a little too quick in making my initial decision and got caught up in the moment so I apologize for that. I’m still considering Georgia and I have nothing but great things to say about their program, but I want to be honest with everyone in the fact that I am going to go over all my options and do what is best for me and my athletic and academic career.
For the rest of the summer, I am focusing on helping my team have the best season that we can have and achieve our team goals. Please refer any questions about my recruitment to my head coach. I’m not sure when I’ll make a final announcement, but when I have no doubts at all about where I’m going, I’ll let everyone know.
Derrick Henry
Rationale
June 13th, 2012
3:07 pm
With Bobo and Murray in their respective positions and inabilities, who knows what will happen?
Class of 71 & 73 and how it really is
June 13th, 2012
3:12 pm
This edition of UGA really needs to show up for each game with the rugged mindset that they are going to win AND dominate all phases of the game(s) to win. Things do happen along the way, however.
If UGA can roll into the SEC CG as East Champ and play LSU or Alabama and lose BUT end up rated top 5 or 6, 7 and WIN a very, very nice bowl, then it will be a very good to great season for UGA to finish say, #8 or #9.
Now, to roll into the SEC CG and WIN IT and then play ( possibly still with one loss) for the NC that would follow the SEC CG ……………..then that too is a fabulous year ……win or lose the NC game. Possibly UGA with this scenario finishes ranked #4 after the bowls. THIS MIGHT BE UGA’s BEST SCENARIO.
To end up around 9-3 and play in the Outback Bowl again ranked #15 with a winning bowl shot at ending up around #10? …………would not be good for anyone.
Go Dogs.
Jedi Knight One
June 13th, 2012
3:12 pm
My Kool-Aid stock is going to pay off handsomely this year. It’s always a sure winner when dawgtards start swilling the stuff every year.
You dummies never learn, do you?
bubba4dawgs
June 13th, 2012
3:17 pm
Hey Harvey, go plant some trees! But……don’t do it at Auburn!!
A bitter pill...
June 13th, 2012
3:18 pm
The one thing that hardly anyone is considering ishow many of these vaunted players will be dismissed from the team by midseason, for DUI, driving with a suspended license, drug use, public urination, beating up women, etc.
For starters, take Crowell. He’ll be in jail or back home with his mommy long before the SC game. The guy is a cancer like Ealey and King were.
Delbert D.
June 13th, 2012
3:28 pm
For starters, the All-American safety is eligible for only 8 games for actions for which he and he alone is responsible. That kind of stuff is a team killer.
Dogs Can Dream
June 13th, 2012
3:31 pm
maybe in the East, but will get destroyed (again) by the west in the SEC title game (if they make it)
LakeDawg
June 13th, 2012
3:31 pm
No excuses. UGA will be more talented and more experienced than every team on its regular season schedule. Its time for CMR to produce.
reebok
June 13th, 2012
3:32 pm
This G-Tech fan expects UGA to go undefeated and play in the SEC Championship game against Alabama or LSU. The only thing I can see ruining the Dogs season would be an injury to Aaron Murray.
Ghost
June 13th, 2012
3:34 pm
Bitter Pill troll= GTFan waking up on the wrong side of probation?
Alex
June 13th, 2012
3:35 pm
Well you could say the same thing for the ny yankees at the start of every season. And I believe the Packers had the same thing said for them last season. Who would even bet on a game this far out? It’s insane with injuries, suspensions etc. Uga will be in for a rude awakening when they play mizzou. In fact I will give the score,
35-14 Similar to boise last year and ok state a few years back
Greg
June 13th, 2012
3:40 pm
So based on these comments (mostly from GTBob), Richt is good enough to have 7 top 10 finishes in 11 seasons in the toughtest conference in America, and good enough to finish #2 and #3, but it is totally inconceivable that one of his teams could finish #1? OKAY. What some of you WISH to believe and what you really believe are two different things apparently (see GTBob).
Douglas
June 13th, 2012
3:44 pm
As long as Bobo is our OC, no way we ever when a National Championship much less a SEC championship. When Richt was doing the playcalling against Saban, he beat him twice.
Greg
June 13th, 2012
3:46 pm
The media and pre-season rankings drive the expectations. Georgia fans, myself included, think they’ll have a good team because Georgia is highly rated by the likes of Lindy’s, Phil Steele, and now these oddsmakers. Don’t blame the fans for believing.
That said, I’m a big believer in O-Line, and this one is very raw. I can see another 10 win season but I don’t expect this O-Line to survive an SEC slate. Blowing Tech off the ball shouldn’t be a probem though.
Joey
June 13th, 2012
3:54 pm
I think if times had changed sooner as far as a one loss SEC, UGA would have been in the title game in 02. I love coach Richt, wouldnt trade him for anyone. But that being said, i got this feeling its going to be AWBARN that sneeks up on us this year. I hate when i get this feeling, cause its always been right…..
SSIgator
June 13th, 2012
3:57 pm
The 2012 season UGA football checklist:
1) Mark “I can win games – just not the big games” Richt still the head coach? – Check
2) Mike “I may only have three plays in my book, but I sure can pro-create” Booboo as offensive coach? – Check
3) Murray the “when are the coaches going to get me some lifts for my shoes” Midget still the starting QB? – Check
4) The Kool-Aid distribution center in Athens is fully stocked? – Check
GTBob
June 13th, 2012
4:03 pm
good enough to finish #2 and #3, but it is totally inconceivable that one of his teams could finish #1?
Richt got off to a good start and came crashing down hard when the SEC really started to improve. Even when his teams finished really high they didn’t accomplish much. In the last 4 years he is 2-14 against teams that finished ranked and 14-18 against teams with winning records. He managed to have that terrible record with one of the most talented teams in the country. Sorry if I am not convinced that he is capable of finishing #1.
harold
June 13th, 2012
4:06 pm
SEE THE 10:18 AND 10:44 POSTS
James
June 13th, 2012
4:08 pm
A loss to South Carolina.
Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
June 13th, 2012
4:10 pm
Trying to quell fans expectations? Does Richt know something?
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
4:13 pm
SSIgator, you guys may want to consider swapping the “Gatorade” for kool aid this year too. It sure makes the pain easier to bear. Maybe you will have it in the concession stands by next year.
GA Girl
June 13th, 2012
4:23 pm
UGA has a cakewalk of a schedule! Gamecocks may be the only SEC team that can beat them in the regular season.
Ringleader
June 13th, 2012
4:35 pm
Mobile Dawg……………I clearly remember the two quarterback system…..and it cost us the game in Jacksonville and a chance to win a national championship. How stupid and incompetent it looks now, put Shockley in and immediately a pick six.
george
June 13th, 2012
4:38 pm
ha ha ha ha ha this is great. I will take the mizz, usc, au , and florida games right now!!!!!!!!!! Any takers???? good lord I have never seen such an average team so hyped up and I LOVE It. Cant wait for Sep to come around and to start hearing all the whining and crying all over again.
LogicalUS
June 13th, 2012
4:40 pm
So all that intense pressure is why the entire secondary was puffing the jawja every available minute? Geez who knew?
Well good to see that the UGA players are giving the coming “Dream” season the same standard of focus and attention to which the UGA nation has come to expect of them. How many suspension are we up to now??
Good to know that UGA has once again claimed another preseason MNC to add to it long line of inflated, overblown expectations. What is this for UGA…5 ot 6 to add to the trophy case…YEAH!!!!
Double Zero Eight
June 13th, 2012
4:40 pm
The success of this team will fall
mainly on the shoulders of Richt
and Murray. Richt needs to “coach
this team up” and refuse to accept
mediocrity. Murray needs to cut down
on his turnovers at critical times.
If they do that, the team can win the
SEC championship.
Dogs Smell
June 13th, 2012
4:49 pm
Why shouldn’t they be favored? They don’t play a top ranked anyone ! When they do they lose !
The Truth Detector
June 13th, 2012
4:55 pm
Everyone Knows that the state of Georgia is Overflowing with High School talent.
Everyone Knows that Mark Richt and UGA get some great talent across the south.
Everyone knows that with the last years schedule and this years schedule UGA should be the favorite in every game with all that talent.
However.
Not Everyone understands that UGA is rebuilding an Offensive Line that will not be as good as last years OL which was not very good, anyone who thinks they are please throw out the games UGA won and look at the games they lost and count the hurries, the sacks the negative yard rushes and how they folded against athletes who probably not as highly recruited as they were.
Secondly, with the suspensions at the beginning of the year UGA will see some blown coverages from just the fact of not playing those first two games and maybe players trying to make big plays that are just not there.
Harold is right, other dominant coaches around the league would have won a BCS title with all that first and second round talent that has walked through the tunnel in Athens.
Bo
June 13th, 2012
4:56 pm
richt ALWAYS LOSES MORE GAMES AFTER HE FINISHES 1ST IN THE SEC EAST. 0-4 AT GETTING BETTER SO FAR.
RICHT DOESN’T HANDLE EXPECTATIONS.
Doggie in NC
June 13th, 2012
4:59 pm
Georgie Porgie – you are so full of it – not even you could really be so stupid as to believe we will loose to all 4 of those teams (mizz, usc, au , and florida). I say 50/50 on the usc/fla games and 70/30 on the other two. And the usc game could change to 70/30 if their running back has not healed completely. GO DOGGIES!
Glory between the Hedges
June 13th, 2012
5:02 pm
If you are going to come in here and say this is 2008 all over again then you are a complete moron. Willie Martinez is not coaching the defense anymore. It’s just as simple as that. I believe 2 losses is a failure unless its against a really good national championship opponent.
The Truth Detector
June 13th, 2012
5:07 pm
Question for UGA fans….the ones who really know UGA not just Kool Aid Drinkers like every school has.
Looking forward, after this upcoming season and the schedule changes for 2013 are in place, what areas will UGA be looking for help in? Including early departures, graduation..and such.
Ghost
June 13th, 2012
5:14 pm
2011 was the 4th time Georgia has won the east, so how can he have not improved 4 times? Which team in the SEC has improved after winning the division the following year?Only 2008-2009 bama and florida have repeated as division champs so Georgia joins a group of every other team thats won a division title except those 2 teams in those 2 seasons since Richt arrived.
DaltonDawg
June 13th, 2012
5:16 pm
Git’er done.
Go Dawgs!
Kmac
June 13th, 2012
5:23 pm
@ The Honest Truth
I hate to bring bad news but UGA will lose to Missouri, SC, and Fla this year. It is going to happen honest truth. mark has his new contract so he is good man!
Kmac
June 13th, 2012
5:27 pm
@ Guswalter Dawg JR
The dogs are not going to have a good year by any means. SC will beat them, Missouri will beat them, Fla (with no QB) will beat them. Tenn is going to rise to step up and beat them. Its just a part of life son!
wolfman
June 13th, 2012
5:30 pm
The Dogs have an easy schedule – they can’t help but do well.
Kmac
June 13th, 2012
5:30 pm
@ Daltondawg
I do not share the same conviction that you do about the dogs. The defense should be pretty good but that wont stop losses to Missouri (close game), SC, Fla, and Tenn is ready to shock Dog nation. Its a loss for UGA. Rocky Top will be the song of choice Daltondawg
Kmac
June 13th, 2012
5:33 pm
@ wolfman
You are right about the schedule but wrong about them doing well. See previous posts about the teams they will most surely lose to. GO Dawgs!
Desert Fox
June 13th, 2012
5:41 pm
There are still too many “ifs” and “issues” left from last seasons performance to make a jump or claim for a NC this early for the dawgs. many of us would love to see it come true but there are too many ghosts from the past that haunt us and heard all this before only to be deflated w/dissappointing losses that blew chances for titles right out the door. They have to prove it on the field and in the coaches box and on the sidelines. They do have talented players but when stacked up against an LSU or AL they don’t compare at least not yet. Their offense is dated and in order to work requires a dominating Oline which has been missing for years. AL doesn’t do anything on offense out of the ordinary but their players and especially their coaching staff can overwhelm their opponents w/just good tough playing which was visibly absent in all of GA’s losses last season. Those losses speak volumes to the weakness of this GA team. We all know what they are and to expect these to be corrected in an off season (one after another season I might add) makes it difficult to accept anything different and only an apparent miracle will change the outcome. I don’t care what their schedule is history proves the dawgs will have a hic cup or two that will douse the dreams of a NC again and again. Blame will be flying all over the place again that only the folks in Muddville know too well how it feels to have high expectations replaced by embarrassment and anger. Hope I’m wrong but will believe it when I see the NC banner hanging from Sandford Stadium and GA’s best players stay home and not go to AL.
JB
June 13th, 2012
5:41 pm
Tenn, Fla, AU………….all usually ranked tough teams……..It’s all our ( UGA) fault they are sputtering? Add Mizzou,SC and yes Tech to that list, you would have a tough schedule.
Gary
June 13th, 2012
5:42 pm
Kamc, we will loose one of those three. Probably Florida. They will have a nasty defense this year. SC should not have beat us last year, doubt they will repeat. Not sure Missouri has a great game. They lost to ASU, K State, OSU, Baylor, and OU. Some of those are good team. You could be honest and admit like Georgia fans you are just guessing. Dawgs could run the table to the dome with their tallent or fall flat and loose 4 or five games. No way to know until they are walking off the field and each game is over. I do know the folks comparing us to 2008 and reminding us how bad that went seem to forget the number of starters who were injured that year before we even played our first game. That team at full strength would have been nasty. Lets put it this way, right now I would rather be us than any other SEC east team. Florida may improve a lot but I don’t expect anyone else we are playing to be better than last year.
Football Bat
June 13th, 2012
5:43 pm
If there was a stat for leaving time and timeouts on the clock, Richt would own it. As long as he lacks the killer instinct, he will find a way to lose the big games.
IMO Mizzou is going to come ready to fight and we won’t have to worry about the “pressure.” Hope I’m wrong about that, but I’m right about Richt and as nice as he is, that is also his downfall.
Flo-Ri-Duh
June 13th, 2012
5:52 pm
All that tells me is UGA will play a lot of close games. They should have only lost ONE game last year. Cut down on the stupid mistakes.
Orange12
June 13th, 2012
5:59 pm
Hard to win titles when your QB single handedly gives away an average of two games a year.
Flo-Ri-Duh
June 13th, 2012
6:00 pm
Gary _ It won’t be Florida. They don’t have a QB and the offensive line won’t match up with UGA. South Carolina will be the toughest game in the regular season but UGA won’t make as many dumb mistakes as they did last year and their new guy won’t miss14 field goals like Walsh did last year. UGA by 10 over Florida and by 7 over the Game Crocks. Mizzou doesn’t have the “D” to stay with UGA’s receivers. Their starting QB is recovering from surgery. It’s the year of the DAWG.
Bill King
June 13th, 2012
6:05 pm
JUST WIN BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!
Buzz2011
June 13th, 2012
6:07 pm
Favored to win every game in the SEC? How do you figure Dawgs can stay on the field with the likes of Alabama, LSU or Arkansas? Wait, they do play these really strong teams don’t they? Maybe they can handle South Carolina, Florida and Kentucky ? . No, they will lose to these teams, but still get at least six wins for the year..
Georgia too scared to play Bama and LSU
June 13th, 2012
6:15 pm
Buffalo ? Florida Atlantic? BAHHH Another cupcake schdule for the over rated mutts.
RTR22
June 13th, 2012
6:19 pm
We ALL know how the mutts handle expectations lol…..Bama has been the favorite in almost every game the last 4 yrs and donepretty well. 48/4 SEC record. Come on Jawja deliver your once in a lifetime national championship. YEA RIGHT
TDM 10852
June 13th, 2012
6:21 pm
It doesn’t matter who they play nor how much talent returns, as long as Mike Bobo is the OC it will be the same results ! Realy SAD !!!
LakeDawg
June 13th, 2012
6:32 pm
Talk about your kool-aid drinkers, where’s TampaGator?
@buzz2011
June 13th, 2012
6:34 pm
Seriously , A tech fan coming on a Georgia blog talking trash? I have to admit Kentucky is better competition than Tech.
sports
June 13th, 2012
6:35 pm
I read that the kid Henry decommitted…what is that bunch in Alabama paying these kids? That program is dirty and getting away with it.
Gary
June 13th, 2012
6:38 pm
Georgia too scared to play LSU and BAMA? Our only goal this year is to play the better of the two. Why do I keep reading these posts.
george
June 13th, 2012
6:48 pm
doggie fan- brilliant guy I was talking about with the lines. But fact is the dawgs will be lucky to go 2-2 vs mizz,usc,fl, and au. 70-30 on mizz and au HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
Gulf Shores Dawg
June 13th, 2012
6:59 pm
I believe in my DAWGS! I expect the best and every fan should! As was stated. In 2008, we did not have CTG or it would have been a much different story in Athens when we almost came back on Bama…CTG defense would never have let the game get out of hand in the first half, never! We are stronger on D than we have been in many years! So, the O just has to take care of the ball and take it’s opertunities! Dawgs will be at the DOME! And the real fans will not listen to the haters!
RHall55
June 13th, 2012
7:02 pm
The Not-So-Underlying Factors: !) Bobo as the OC!! Some too conservative play calling!! 2) Garner as RC!! Miss out on some major recruits who could have helped on depth and special teams!! 3) Friend as OL Coach!! Already showing that he has an issue recruiting in the SEC; will have depth issues!! C’mon guys, see the writing on the wall!!!
Steve
June 13th, 2012
7:03 pm
Where in the Hell are you people coming from? The year hasn’t even started and already you are talking about getting rid of one of the best coaches in the country. For God’s sake pull for the dawgs to go all the way and if something happens, then we should still pull for them. I live in ACC country and you can’t believe the lack of support for their teams if they lose a game. I’m proud to say that I support the dawgs regardless.
Fair n Balanced
June 13th, 2012
7:11 pm
This season has possibilities, but we have had possibilities before. We still have the summer to go and already have suspensions for some and others yet to be decided upon. Ga always under performs when expectations are high. I’m still concerned about the OLine. It has never been properly recruited for or so it seems.
Ga goes 10-2 but fails to make it to Dome. SC beats us and one other SEC team. We technically tie for East but losing head to head with SC gives them the title and we watch on TV.
Wes
June 13th, 2012
7:12 pm
Coming off two consecutive embarrassing losses to end the season, this says more about the schedule than the team. LSU and Boise St. throttled UGA last year. The only reason for this optimism is because neither one is on the schedule in 2012. What do the oddsmakers say about UGA vs. LSU or Bama in Atlanta? UGA vs. Southern Cal. in January? That’s what I thought………
mcdavidastro
June 13th, 2012
7:25 pm
The talent is there but not the coaching.
Dawg1out
June 13th, 2012
7:33 pm
richt and company need to make a statement, a sec apperance isnt what folks wanna see. bulldawg faithful wanna see a title in the classic city again!
CHDawg
June 13th, 2012
7:35 pm
I wouldn’t get upset with the oddsmakers. They change their opinions with the wind. This season is still to be determined. All this attention just shows that the Dawgs appear to have their strongest team in many years. We had a lot of offensive talent in 07/08, but this year’s D could be one of our best ever. The O is yet to be determined. The position players look to be as strong as I can remember. But, without a good line, they can be neutralized. If the line matures into a solid SEC unit, the Dawgs will be very, very hard to beat imho.
Dawg1out
June 13th, 2012
7:35 pm
2loss season isnt gonna sit well with bulldawg nation or mcgarity, considering how this schedule is setup.
CHDawg
June 13th, 2012
7:35 pm
Upset….talking sarcastically to the haters.
@rhall55
June 13th, 2012
7:36 pm
Do you actually think the oline coach only recruits olinemen? You are very mis guided, Friend has only been around for 1 recruiting class you don’t even know who what his recruiting responsibilities are.
Beast from the East
June 13th, 2012
7:41 pm
Dawgs should be pretty good this year. I would guess 10-2 or 9-3 would be their record after the regular season. I think Phil Steele has them picked about 8th to begin the year. Of course, he also has my Gators picked #10. That is a serious stretch in my opinion.
CHDawg
June 13th, 2012
8:27 pm
Gators should have a great D, too, Beast. Half of the D was 5-star talent when they were recruited, and they have some experience now. The big unknown is the offense. If they mature into a great O under their superb new OC, they will be very, very hard to beat, too. The East is likely to be a much tougher neighborhood this year. SC is hard to beat by anybody when Lattimore is healthy.
The Truth Detector
June 13th, 2012
9:03 pm
Here is how I see UGA season going.
Buffalo- UGA Wins in a blowout and UGA fans hoop and holler how good their defense is even without 4 starters.
Missour- Close Win or Close Loss and the UGA nation will say once we get our starters back we will be even better.
Florida Atlantic- Blow out Win and the Dawg Fans Barking while Murray throws for 300 plus and RB’s get over 200
Vanderbilt- Closer game than UGA fans like and UGA wins late…The Offense does not look as good and fans start calling out BoBo.
Tennessee- Closer game as Dooley needs to win this game but comes up short…higher scoring game than UGA fans expected.
South Carolina- USC fans are rowdy and UGA comes out flat while USC puts up points with ground game and in the air. USC hangs on and wins. UGA fans blame Bobo and Richt and the fans at home are not happy and now hope the tougher USC schedule gives them a chance in the East.
Kentucky- after week off to recover from USC..UGA comes out on fire and blows out a weak offensive Wildcat team.
Florida- in Jacksonville- Muschamp has focuse attention on this game and UGA’s running game is non existent. Murray makes a couple of errors and this is a close game down to wire. Either team winning…too close to call. Fans complain about BoBo and his play calling and Richt says he will take more of a role in play calling to soothe the fans feelings.
Ole Miss- Blowout win and Richt is the hero for his involvement in play calling. The Bulldawg Nation is semi happy while watching USC play tough opponents.
Auburn- closer game than most fans imagined, the Auburn Tigers make it close, and this is a toss up game. UGA fans grow angry.
Ga. Southern and the option play havoc on UGA and but sets them up for Tech the next week. UGA wins.
Ga Tech- GT regresses all season and Al’s defense at GT is not very good. UGA blows out Tech.
UGA fans are happy and “own their rivals one more year” while the core fans are not happy with all the close games and losses in a season they should have gone 12-0.
Beast from the East
June 13th, 2012
9:03 pm
CHDawg,
My opinion is the Gators are another year away from playing for the SEC. I guess it could happen this year, but we’d have to have some major improvement from the QB’s, WR’s, RB’s and OL. While I think we’ll be much improved in several positions, I also think it’s silly to expect all of them to suddenly be great. We’ll find out one way or the other in a few months.
cynicaldawg
June 13th, 2012
9:15 pm
I quit drinking the kool aid after the Liberty Bowl, when we got beat by UFC. Oh hey, still sick after Boise fans took us to school with all their 2 and 3 star players. We were out coached period. That’s not Bobo’s fault. CMR is a nice guy but is an above average coach with very good talent. I would love for him to prove me wrong.
The Truth Detector
June 13th, 2012
9:24 pm
Forgot to add one thing to my UGA season scenario.
Murray is forced out of games this year, Does Richt remove the redshirt from Mason( The UGA golden boy backup) or does he risk not keep LeMay happy and bringing him in? If LeMay is not used early and out of the gate I can see the LeMay fan club from N.C getting mad and heading out for a transfer and taking his little brother’s committment with him.
MattinATL
June 13th, 2012
9:40 pm
Not saying it would put CMR on the hot seat, but anything less than 11-1, and a chance to win the SECC, and National Championship, will be a disappointment to me.
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
9:55 pm
I don’t remember the specific pick six you’re referencing but I do remember some snafu’s. I also remember Shockley coming in off the bench providing some spark. Got to take the good with the bad I guess.
Dawgbreath
June 13th, 2012
10:06 pm
Don’t see how we favored @ USCe.
wreckmaniac
June 13th, 2012
10:13 pm
Another national championship for the Dawgs !! CMR is the premier Koolaid salesman of all time.
Apple should have hired him after Jobs died.
wreckmaniac
June 13th, 2012
10:15 pm
Any school that has Bama taken off their schedule can do anything !
wreckmaniac
June 13th, 2012
10:16 pm
Bradley needs to write an article titled “HOW MANY YEARS WILL UGA GO UNDEFEATED ?”
cynicaldawg
June 13th, 2012
10:39 pm
How did CMR ever get off the hot seat? By winning the SEC east by default! We did not beat anyone rated higher than us. And we challenge mighty Boise to play in our home state and were out classed!
Mobile Dawg
June 13th, 2012
10:47 pm
He’s really not off the hot seat. Expectations are high and it won’t go over well if he doesn’t deliver. He has the perfect hand dealt to achieve.
GwinnettDad
June 13th, 2012
11:07 pm
Dawgs will be really fortunate to be fourth best in the SEC. They simply do not play with the discipline necessary in crunch time, and sad to say, that is all about 1) coaching 2) the inability for so many players to stay sober during the season 3) the character defects of the players leading to stupid plays.
Pit Bull
June 13th, 2012
11:12 pm
All this talk about nothing. The summer is hot and boring!
Graeme'10
June 13th, 2012
11:14 pm
D will be fine…Pressure is on AARON MURRAY AND BOBO!
WhiskeyMan
June 13th, 2012
11:26 pm
Graeme….ur nuts So many losses with police issues WE need our Defense boys to step up until the real BOYZ stay out of trouble!
mreed14
June 13th, 2012
11:48 pm
Wow there are a lot of sad people posting about how terrible Georgia is. If you need that outlet to make yourself feel better about your life then more power to you. I can’t wait for this season, it’ll be a fun one GO DAWGS!!!!!
SystemOfABobo
June 14th, 2012
12:10 am
14-0! Why say persons are sad!?
TimeDog
June 14th, 2012
1:05 am
Georgia’s loaded this year—the dogs will win 11 games and play in a big bowl—-mark it down! Dog D —best in the sec!!!
SupposedDawgArguer
June 14th, 2012
1:27 am
We have all the tools plus RICHT/Bobo!
RPh DAWG
June 14th, 2012
2:19 am
So, we are favored over Mo., Tn, S.C., Fl., Au? Without checking scedule, I think all of these games are road games. I think that we will lose 2 or 3 of these. Disappointment, thy name is Georgia. Two weeks into season, we will be 1 and 1. Peach Bowl, here we come….
RedandBlackDAWG
June 14th, 2012
6:13 am
SSI Gator,
I believe this article concerns the coming season. Are you really gullible enough to think you can convince folks on here that UF is going to get the crystal ball this year? I gotta get me some of that stuff you are either drinking, snorting or smoking. It must make Xanax seem like an aspirin.
East Repeat
June 14th, 2012
6:26 am
Who shipped the Kool-Aid to Golden Nugget in vegas. Favored over SC in Columbia, forget about it! Total joke, congrats Dawgs on your preseason SEC Championship. Dawgs lost their last 2 games, underperformed, etc…Preseason poles are also big on Clemson, who ended the season even worse than the Dawgs. Another big winner (per the main stream media) this fall is Obama. Bulldawgs will have better season than Obama, but not by much.
To Tell the Truth
June 14th, 2012
7:56 am
PRESSURE?
Are you freakin kidding me? How? GA has not WON JACK in 30 + years!!!! So we all expect the same from the LACK LUSTER PROGRAM!!!
SC wins the East!!!!!
Enough Said!!!!!
Old Dog
June 14th, 2012
7:59 am
If I remember correctly, the Dogs were the favorite over Michigan State in last year’s bowl game. You saw what happened there. We haven’t changed ANYTHING!
uga1984
June 14th, 2012
8:25 am
Another column… another slew of posts talking about the CMR should be fired if he doesn’t win it all, or at least win 10 games. Most of these comments are probably made from people who have never played sports at a high level.
For those who want CMR replaced – who would you replace him with??? UGA can always go back to the 90’s where we were indeed mediocre. There are only a handful of coaches that are PROVEN in college football – & many of them come with baggage. I, for one, do not place winning above everything else. I’ve said it many times, if I had a kid that wanted to play football, I would hope that he would choose UGA because of CMR!!!
All Saints
June 14th, 2012
8:35 am
In tribute to our blessed martyred Saint Jan Kemp, let’s all bow our heads for a few moments of silent prayer. Thirty years ago, this courageous young lady risked everything to expose the corruption and academic fraud instigated by Vince Dooley, sleazy practices that continue to this day under Mark Richt.
And now, let us all pray for Saint Jan…
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Thank you, you can now return to your normal activities.
Ole Big Dawg
June 14th, 2012
8:54 am
We are the Georgia Bulldogs…expectations are to be in Atl each and every year with the opportunity to compete for championships!!
icedawg
June 14th, 2012
9:04 am
These are someone’s predictions, hardly reality. But great to be considered slightly stronger than most opponents. Talent-wise we should be able to line up with most anyone. Hopefully the rest of the team can stay out of the slammer.
old dog
June 14th, 2012
9:05 am
If we had the o-line, nobody could beat us. The rest of the crew is ready……..or o-line will be exposed, however, against the better teams.
Cosmo
June 14th, 2012
9:07 am
the “G” on the side of the helmet stands for “girls”
ruadawg
June 14th, 2012
9:36 am
Tech Nerds making comments on an article about UGA, why were you reading it anyway? I guess since you don’t have a legitimate football program you feel the need to read about a a real team. For all you Bammer Rednecks, just a reminder DH has not commited to you and your midget coach.
I know that....
June 14th, 2012
9:46 am
Hines Ward isn’t installing a darn thing at Georgia. He came to visit to see what it might feel like to coach – he took a job with NBC for this year. Sheesh – you guys really go places in your head that make no sense sometimes. check that – most of the time!
KeepDreaming
June 14th, 2012
9:46 am
I was just in Vegas and the Dawgs were not favored to win every game. The best odds were for LSU to win at all at 5-2. Dawgs were at 9-1. Who bets at the Golden Nugget anyway?????
Donald Duck
June 14th, 2012
9:57 am
Quit calling him “CMR” – God, that’ sounds dumb.
Donald
June 14th, 2012
10:07 am
The schedule and the experience are all in the Dawgs’ favor. This may be Richt’s best and last shot to get a national championship–but not a gimme. It never is in the SEC. They should run the table with that schedule. They have nine starters returning on defense as well as experienced people at all the skill positions on offense. If they do not get to the SEC championship game undefeated, it will be an epic fail in my eyes. Beating Bama or LSU once we get there is another story. Go Dawgs!!
Admiral Ackbar's other brother
June 14th, 2012
10:15 am
Anything less than a trip to the SEC championship game is a disappointment, especially with this year’s schedule.
Joey
June 14th, 2012
10:35 am
SSIgator’s team didn’t win a game in the month of October – that’s right the whole month – and he’s here on here for every UGA post on the AJC, crowing about UGA’s loss in the SECCG. Hey, doofus, has UF ever lost a SECCG? How about a bowl game? Badly? I can think of some ugly games where your genius got pounded when they were the favorite – remember Notre Dame, Nebraska?
UGA was not very good last season, not at all. That fact should give you pause . . .
Tastes like chicken
June 14th, 2012
10:42 am
Has there ever been a more idiotic posting name than east repeat, when it has never happened? Ever?
Y’all had a good year last year, but there was no “east repeat.”
atl xman
June 14th, 2012
10:47 am
uga is favored over south carolina because uga has a batter team and has more talent over all. defense , offense and maybe even special teams too..
connor shaw is a back up qb who cant pass under pressure. uga has the edge there…wide receiver uga has the edge..running back is more of a draw now since lattermore will be having to try and recover from a knee injury. defense is a no brainer..uga has the edge there to at just about every spot. the o-line might be a draw as well although uga will have a bit more talent..i really havent put much thought into the south carolina game as they will be starting connor shaw and most likely rely on marcus to move the ball because if they want connor to last the whole game they better not ask him to run against uga,,his little body will get messed up..this is the first time in a long time that uga will have this good a defense coming back while at the same time having a ton of quality experience on offense at the qb position a long with some really good running backs..coach richt will be fine and this hot seat talk is just crap as the powers to be at UGA will give him a brand new contract after this year when he at least will have a shot of winning the title.. even during the stafford and moreno days the defense was not this good. i dont think they had this many jrs or srs on defense in like 6 years which makes a big difference.just look at the past winners from the sec…all the teams had jrs and srs at just about every spot on defense.
atl xman
June 14th, 2012
10:50 am
ackbar….i would agree with you on that and so would coach richt and the whole football team in fact i think the uga football team would be disappointed if they didnt make it to the NCG..
atl xman
June 14th, 2012
10:57 am
old dog…mich st needed uga to miss 3 very makeable field goals to win that game…wasnt the line like 3 or something ? mich st offense didnt do jack until the very last drive and it was a busted play that did it for them…that long run by the qb when uga over ran the qb and gave him 20 yards to run down field….this year uga will have more experience than just about every team they play which uga has not had that for at least 6 years years..it is lining up really well for uga finally…
SSIgator
June 14th, 2012
10:57 am
Joey, relax. You are getting way too worked up.
Obama Stinks
June 14th, 2012
11:00 am
Pressure?????? In the words of Ray Finkle, “what would you know about pressure”? This economy stinks and our president is even worse. The private sector is doing fine???
He got me 4 years ago but won’t this time.. please don’t make the same mistake folks.
NObama 2012.
atl xman
June 14th, 2012
11:02 am
coach richt was never really on the hot seat…..the powers to be at uga know better even if some of you clueless uga fans dont …only people who talked hot seat were the arm chair wanna be qbs…the higher ups never said 1 time that coach richt was in dager of losing his job
harold
June 14th, 2012
11:03 am
SEE JUNE 13 POSTS AT 10:18 and 10:44.
atl xman
June 14th, 2012
11:13 am
those other teams in the sec that won NC had the better team those years and also had more talent as a whole, than UGA…it is richt”s and uga “s time right now,,,,they might could win the next 2 or 3 out of the last 5 years since this years class on defense decided to stay, that will give everyone under them 1 more year to add experience to their play…very bright future for uga and coach richt
DawginLex
June 14th, 2012
11:15 am
Look, SIMPLE STUPID IGNORANT GATOR is back
Can’t wait for your next spine tingling 5 year old post
Gonna call me a girl again?
Gonna ask me to go buy Summer’s Eve?
Gonna ask me about my crayons for my poster for Jacksonville?
Gonna talk about how Richt is a bartender?
SSDD
At least Chip Towers had the guts to ban you.
atl xman
June 14th, 2012
11:15 am
should have read the next 5 years, not last 5 years
Mike Bobo 17 INT
June 14th, 2012
11:16 am
Let the pre-season hype begin, 9-3 at best….SOS year after year…plenty of hype and no substance.
DawginLex
June 14th, 2012
11:18 am
SIMPLE STUPID IGNORANT GATOR
Shot by his own troops
The knowledgable gators have disowned him long ago
Embarrassed by what he types
DawginLex
June 14th, 2012
11:19 am
ah the interception idiot is back too
Hey moron, why don’t you and STUPID SIMPLE IGNORANT GATOR get a room??
Joey
June 14th, 2012
11:31 am
“those other teams in the sec that won NC had the better team those years and also had more talent as a whole, than UGA…”
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atl xman, I am a UGA fan, but I am not a fan of those who rivise history. Who was more talented than UGA in ‘02 and ‘05?
How about ‘07?
Nobody, that’s who. And don’t blame conspiracies and politics for keeping UGA out of the Big Game in those years.
Richt kept us out by losing games we shouldn’t have lost. UF the first two years, then UT and SC in ‘07 were all underdogs to UGA.
Richt just didn’t get it done. Maybe he will this season.
SSIgator
June 14th, 2012
11:39 am
Nancy, Nancy, Nancy . . Calm down darlin’ or you will have a stroke. What’s the matter? Did the girls cancel lunch with you today? You better scurry back over to Twit Towers blog. He needs all of the hits he can get to try and justify his position with the AJC, but remember, he only wants smiley faces on his site so go back there with a better attitude. Besides, AltamahaDawg will get lonely if youu are gone too long.
atl xman
June 14th, 2012
11:42 am
fla has pretty much more talent every year than uga…2007 defense was not very good..nothihg like it is now…moreno and stafford couldnt play defense…2002 and 2005 teams were very good and if the sec had as much clout back then as it does now then uga and richt would have most likely won 2 or at least 1 NC those years,,13-1 sec team now would never be kept out of the NC game..now the tide has turn once again in UGA favor with the all the guys coming back on defense , and an experienced and really good qb coming back with really good receivers and running backs to help out..the O-line will be fine even better next year so i expect uga to start showing up to play in more title games the next 4 or 5 years with all the talent and finally experience building up at uga.
SEC Football Morning Coffee: No Respect for Florida in Preseason … | SEC Football
June 14th, 2012
11:57 am
[...] Georgia knows that the bull’s-eye is on their back this year in the SEC East, writes Bill King of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [...]
Old Dawg in Troup
June 14th, 2012
12:11 pm
The Truth Detector
June 13th, 2012
9:03 pm
Here is how I see UGA season going.
Buffalo- UGA Wins in a blowout and UGA fans hoop and holler how good their defense is even without 4 starters.
Missour- Close Win or Close Loss and the UGA nation will say once we get our starters back we will be even better.
Florida Atlantic- Blow out Win and the Dawg Fans Barking while Murray throws for 300 plus and RB’s get over 200
Vanderbilt- Closer game than UGA fans like and UGA wins late…The Offense does not look as good and fans start calling out BoBo.
Tennessee- Closer game as Dooley needs to win this game but comes up short…higher scoring game than UGA fans expected.
South Carolina- USC fans are rowdy and UGA comes out flat while USC puts up points with ground game and in the air. USC hangs on and wins. UGA fans blame Bobo and Richt and the fans at home are not happy and now hope the tougher USC schedule gives them a chance in the East.
Kentucky- after week off to recover from USC..UGA comes out on fire and blows out a weak offensive Wildcat team.
The Truth Detector
June 13th, 2012
9:03 pm
Here is how I see UGA season going.
Buffalo- UGA Wins in a blowout and UGA fans hoop and holler how good their defense is even without 4 starters.
Missour- Close Win or Close Loss and the UGA nation will say once we get our starters back we will be even better.
Florida Atlantic- Blow out Win and the Dawg Fans Barking while Murray throws for 300 plus and RB’s get over 200
Vanderbilt- Closer game than UGA fans like and UGA wins late…The Offense does not look as good and fans start calling out BoBo.
Tennessee- Closer game as Dooley needs to win this game but comes up short…higher scoring game than UGA fans expected.
South Carolina- USC fans are rowdy and UGA comes out flat while USC puts up points with ground game and in the air. USC hangs on and wins. UGA fans blame Bobo and Richt and the fans at home are not happy and now hope the tougher USC schedule gives them a chance in the East.
Kentucky- after week off to recover from USC..UGA comes out on fire and blows out a weak offensive Wildcat team.
Florida- in Jacksonville- Muschamp has focuse attention on this game and UGA’s running game is non existent. Murray makes a couple of errors and this is a close game down to wire. Either team winning…too close to call. Fans complain about BoBo and his play calling and Richt says he will take more of a role in play calling to soothe the fans feelings.
Ole Miss- Blowout win and Richt is the hero for his involvement in play calling. The Bulldawg Nation is semi happy while watching USC play tough opponents.
Auburn- closer game than most fans imagined, the Auburn Tigers make it close, and this is a toss up game. UGA fans grow angry.
Ga. Southern and the option play havoc on UGA and but sets them up for Tech the next week. UGA wins.
Ga Tech- GT regresses all season and Al’s defense at GT is not very good. UGA blows out Tech.
UGA fans are happy and “own their rivals one more year” while the core fans are not happy with all the close games and losses in a season they should have gone 12-0.
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I really have to agree with most of this! This has been the pattern and with all of the late season drama, off season problems and lack of discipline, same coaches and play calling, the Mark Richt MO has not changed the past 6 years.
As a very old dawg fan, I can say that my hope are much greater than my expectations based on the past 6 years of play.
Thank Slive for Georgia's Cupcake Schedule
June 14th, 2012
12:12 pm
So, should we cancel the season & award Georgia the BCS trophy??
Georgia should thank Slive yet again for their cupcake schedule…no Bama, LSU or Arkansas. SMH Opening game is Buffalo? Talk about Sisters of the Poor…this schedule is downright embarrassing for a SEC so-called elite school?
SEC Football Morning Coffee: No Respect for Florida in Preseason Magazines | Florida Gators Football
June 14th, 2012
12:16 pm
[...] Georgia knows that the bull’s-eye is on their back this year in the SEC East, writes Bill King of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [...]
RONNIE
June 14th, 2012
12:18 pm
Theres not a lot of integity in coaching anyway if we had Terry Bowden over the last 5 yrs 1 maybe 2 national championships.
evillurks
June 14th, 2012
12:18 pm
Nothing screams epic failure as a THuga team being preseason favorites for anyting.
Alphare
June 14th, 2012
12:24 pm
I think UGA should drop USC and FL from their schedule and replace them with an annual showdown with UAB and Chattanooga instead.
You’ll have a better chance to Atlanta that way.
Alphare
June 14th, 2012
12:35 pm
You can call that UGA Exceptionism (to the SEC rules).
DawginLex
June 14th, 2012
12:44 pm
SIMPLE STUPID IGNORANT GATOR
Nancy?
forgot that one on my list
You are like a broken record son
come up with some new material
how does it feel to be banned PERMANENTLY from UGA blog and from most Gator sites? Yeah, you know they banned you too.
There are some gators with class
Too bad you are not one of them
GT Bobby
June 14th, 2012
12:45 pm
Mr. GT Bob:
How’s GT’s Probation going which is Tech’s second this century! Yes, that’s all Tech has to show for this Century in for football the ACC.
Ole Big Dawg
June 14th, 2012
12:45 pm
30 mins away from a SEC Championship last year. Granthams JYD defense will HUNKER!!
R3 Dog
June 14th, 2012
12:50 pm
This may be the best dog team since 1980—the roster is loaded!!! Mark this down-the dogs will be in the BCS title game!!! the dogs are back!!!!
kerryb
June 14th, 2012
12:58 pm
I don’t get Bill’s comment about” disturbing tendency to falter”. You would think with comments like that that he is not really a UGA guy. Yea, in 2008 we were picked by a few publications to be #1 but polls dropped us to #2 or 3 after the first game even though we won it. I don’t remember that happening to often. In 2008 there was high expectations but if everyone remembers we had a ton of injuries that year to key players. In a lot of the years under CMR the team was not expected to do that well but did. Does 2007 come to mind? People dwell to much on that 2008 season and act like UGA and CMR fails all the time because of that one season. Not a fair assessment.
jay
June 14th, 2012
1:10 pm
These bulldogs have plenty of talent, it’s these weak a** play calls. I watch these guys take a lead and then wanna go conservative and sit on the lead. No sir be aggressive for four quarters and show this country what them dawgs are made of! Also can I please see a pitch, toss, counter, draw some other running play then right up the middle. The game is all about being unpredictable!
COLLEGE INSIDER
June 14th, 2012
1:20 pm
RICHT IS 3 AND 1 AGAINST SABAN!
Amsterdam Sam
June 14th, 2012
1:22 pm
HAROLD is a short, diminutive man who thinks he must shout to be heard.
choot em Liz
June 14th, 2012
1:34 pm
Florida- in Jacksonville- Muschamp has focuse attention on this game and UGA’s running game is non existent. Murray makes a couple of errors and this is a close game down to wire. Either team winning…too close to call. Fans complain about BoBo and his play calling and Richt says he will take more of a role in play calling to soothe the fans feelings.
You people don’t get how bad the Gators are this year. Last year they had -19 on the ground against the Dawgs and 245 through the air. I can’t see them doing that well this year.
I figure the Gators get 1 or 2 first downs and maybe a field goal if they are lucky.
Danny Dawg
June 14th, 2012
1:35 pm
Okay, let’s have a little fun today. This is announcing the first of a series of contests about UGA sports. The first contest is to come up with a 3-word description based on the letters “CMR.” I’ll start things off with some answers to give you the idea. Ready? Okay, here goes:
Coach Misses Readily
Crappy Muck Retched
Creepy Mindless Rogue
Crappy Middling Reality
Costly Mistaken Role
Coarse Modern Rat
Those are just a few examples, I’m sure you can do better, so let’s hear some answers!
DDPO
June 14th, 2012
1:40 pm
I love seeing Georgia’s DC stating how Saban is one of the two greatest influences in his life. (The other being Frank Beamer) CMR was not listed… Weird.
What’s great is that all of the kids that CTG is recruiting can go play for him or one of his greatest mentors.(Saban) One school plays/wins National Titles, the other usually gets their tail kicked by a Big 10 school in a non-BCS Bowl.
DDPO
June 14th, 2012
1:43 pm
College Football Insider -
Saban has 3 National Titles
Richt has 0 National Titles
@Danny Dawg
June 14th, 2012
1:50 pm
CMR = Coaches Mindless Retards
There. How’s that?
Tide Rising
June 14th, 2012
1:56 pm
I see that SSIgator is still taking the dawg blogger’s lunch money from them.
In other news Georgia’s top recruit, a 5 star tailback, decommitted from the dawgs after a weekend visit to Bama. No question about it- Saban Rules over Richt with an iron fist. I actually feel sorry for a lesser coach like Richt having to go up against a juggernaut like Saban. I mean really. What the hell can the man say to a recruit when going head to head against Saban? What does he say?- Don’t go there because they win championships. Don’t get there because they physically develop players for the pros- evidenced by more 1st rounders the last 2 years than anyone. Don’t go there because its a disciplined, well run program where you don’t have time for the silly legal trouble that gets most dawg players in jail. Don’t go there because of the storied tradition and all them national championships and sec championships. Don’t go there because its a dominant program that just lines up and whups people’s asses.
What does he say to a recruit? Come here where we haven’t won a championship in 32 years? Come here where players are constantly getting in trouble due to a lack of discipline. Come here so that you can play in a crappy bowl game and lose to UCF. Come here so that you can lose to a middling Big 10 team in embarrassing fashion in a bowl game. Come here where you can be the 5th best team in the SEC behind the big 3 in the west and Carolina in the east. Come here where our biggest rival has owned us 19 of the last 22 games. Come here where lately we don’t send anywhere near the number of 1st round draft choices as the big boys over at Bama.
If you’re Mark Richt what advantage can you seriously talk about to a recruit to convince him to come to UGA over Alabama? Pretty much nothing.
Joey
June 14th, 2012
2:00 pm
“RICHT IS 3 AND 1 AGAINST SABAN!”
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What are you an insider of, COLLEGE INSIDER, the library?
It sure ain’t football. I’m not looking it up, but I can think of at least 3 times a Saban team beat Richt team. Twice in 2003. And once in ‘08. I can think of 2 Richt wins – ‘04, ‘07.
Do some research and you won’t look so silly with such a statement . . .
DawginLex
June 14th, 2012
2:01 pm
tide rising
SIMPLE STUPID IGNORANT GATOR is a 45 year old cross dressing queer.
If you like his posts, you must be one too
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 14th, 2012
2:03 pm
There should be NO PRESSURE…………It is ALWAYS the SAME…………..This Could Be the Year……until it turns to…………Wait Til Next Year!
Tide Rising
June 14th, 2012
2:04 pm
DawginLex,
I just think its funny the way SSIgator owns you guys. As for your name calling and insults I guess that’s all you can resort to when you’re a dawg fan. Cause you dang sure can’t brag about your football accomplishments- or rather glaring lack thereof.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 14th, 2012
2:07 pm
“SIMPLE STUPID IGNORANT GATOR is a 45 year old cross dressing queer.”
Are we talking about Max “SASHA” Reinhart the UGa Professor again?
Tide Rising
June 14th, 2012
2:11 pm
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/467/nick-saban-vs-mark-richt
Actually Saban is 3-2 against Mark Richt. This article proves it.
Richt is 3-1 against Alabama but that’s because 2 of those wins came in the early 2000s against probation weakened Mike Shula Alabama teams. And of course he did beat Saban in Saban’s inaugural transition year at Alabama when Bama went 7-6. Beating Shula twice and Saban in his first year at Bama?- not impressed.
The Truth Detector
June 14th, 2012
2:26 pm
COLLEGE INSIDER
June 14th, 2012
1:20 pm
RICHT IS 3 AND 1 AGAINST SABAN!
LIE….
Thank You
Signed
The Truth Detector.
The Truth Detector
June 14th, 2012
2:37 pm
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/44750/ranking-the-secs-football-facilities
Bama=home of the T-bag special
June 14th, 2012
2:40 pm
Tide Rising but he has a winning record against Bama where we only play for championships remember?
DawginLex
June 14th, 2012
2:45 pm
tide rising
You are pathetic to come onto a UGA blog or any blog on this newspaper from the state of Georgia to come and tell us how many things bama has won.
You are a joke. That is not an insult, that is a fact.
Go back to your trailer and hump your sister some more
old dog
June 14th, 2012
2:53 pm
I love my Dawgs, but in the words of Bum Phillips: “Saban can take his’n and whoop your’n, and your’n and whoop his’n!” Has nothing to do with blogs, fans, opinions, etc. ‘Bama got lucky and landed the premier coach, pure and simple.
Get Real
June 14th, 2012
2:53 pm
Someone is really delusional if they think the doggies should be favored in all 12 games. 9-3 with no return trip to Atlanta and no embarrassing loss there, and consider it a good season. CTG’s D will whimper down to the good teams on the schedule, like last season, and also like last season, will build up impressive stats against the have nots. Same for AM and his overrated QB self. Looks great against New Mexico State, but looks ordinary against Boise. A bunch of creampuff schedule wins, and losses against the tougher teams on the schedule.
Bama=home of the T-bag special
June 14th, 2012
2:59 pm
Get Real so how bad did AM light up your team last year hmmm?
Jeff Wolfe
June 14th, 2012
3:08 pm
Not every good program and good coach are going to have the good fortune to win a game called the ‘title’. When a rival does this and more than once it makes the goal look easier than it is. Even the most controlling coaches do not have total mind and body control over their players. Celebrate every victory because every time two teams step on the field one is going to get more points than the other. If you think another person in another year could be sure to do it you are probably not considering everything that would have to line up. Will it happen someday?,maybe, but hundreds of other programs are busting their backside to get it done also. Do you win it all in your daily tasks every day, month, year? probably not. Do you even go out and seek the toughest competitors in your field in the nation to compete against where everyone gets a fairly equal starting position ? probably not. So where does this attitude come from that winning a heck of a lot of games against the best is just not satisfying for you? I think it is interesting to watch the people who put their money where their mouths are, Vegas for example. These people are probably more often far better advised and studied than the average blogger. They are trying to tell you that even if you win you are not that far ahead of the pack here and a lot of luck is going to be needed. It could go well this year or it might not go as hoped (for every fan of every team). You are banking on 2,3, and 4 point margins, come on wake up.
Get Real
June 14th, 2012
3:09 pm
He didn’t!!! He tried, but 42 unanswered points later, he was just an afterthought.
Redneck Dawggie
June 14th, 2012
3:15 pm
Georgia fans are desperate to win anything resembling success in college football.
Last Big Bowl win over a top 5 final ranked team?
Last SEC championship?
Last win over a Top 20 team?
But you do have all of those Pre Season National Championships
Wilson Pickett
June 14th, 2012
3:20 pm
Old Dawg said this………..‘Bama got lucky and landed the premier coach, pure and simple.
I agree 100% with his statement. Nick was looking for a job back in college and Bama just happened to have a spot. The BOT at Bama had hired everyone except Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans ( I loved those guys) to coach our beloved Tide only to fall on our collective azz year after year. Sometime you better get lucky and boy did Alabama with Nick Saban. If the man has good health he should win maybe 2 more NC before he takes it to the lake. The thing that makes Nick Saban so successful is his fear of failure. He understands he’s not the sharpest saw in the drawer but he understands he can and will outwork most of the competition and he hires staff that will do the same. In addition he pays folks very well for those long hours for he understands they will move on to better things going forward and that is great in his eyes.
SSIDAWG
June 14th, 2012
3:36 pm
CMR beat a Saban Coached LSU team 45-16 in 2004.
UGA Insider
June 14th, 2012
3:50 pm
atl xman,
You are mistaken, CMR was going to be fired by Greg McGarity after the USCe loss but Adams stepped in and stopped as I am told. Richt survived again when UGA barely won the Vandy game. McGarity would have let him go then as well. It was that close.
Joey
June 14th, 2012
3:54 pm
Wilson, I think you are on the money regarding Saban. I usually have the opposite reaction of opposing coaches as most fellow Bulldog fans – I even admired Spurrier’s coaching (not his petty, smirking persona) as well as Myer’s. I am the same about Saban. I think he outworks his fellow coaches and he demands excellence from his assistants, directly contrary to Richt, who plugged in buddies to important positions in his program, and stuck with them when it was apparent to everybody, that they pretty much stunk at their jobs.
I was hoping Richt would take this new contract, hire some pros to help with the offense, the O-line, and special teams, and go lights out to win a Title – but typically, he doesn’t see the need for new and improved assistants, as well as new and improved offensive schemes and special teams.
Joey
June 14th, 2012
3:57 pm
“CMR beat a Saban Coached LSU team 45-16 in 2004.
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SSIDAWG, I enjoyed that game immensely (and it could have been worse if he hadn’t called off the dogs in the second half).
I also enjoyed being 8 years younger back then . . .
aints=Dung
June 14th, 2012
3:58 pm
@Holy Guacamole
June 13th, 2012
10:25 am
harold – depress the caps key.
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why does it matter
old dog
June 14th, 2012
4:02 pm
@SSIDAWG,
You are right, but more often than not Saban will come out on top. I love my Dawgs but we ain’t got that killer instinct necessary to “finish the drill”………maybe its coming…….
Joey
June 14th, 2012
4:09 pm
I bet we’d get the “killer instinct” if, when Richt retires, Grantham takes over as head coach, old dog . . .
sldasdf
June 14th, 2012
4:11 pm
Harold: Neither Greene nor Pollack were on the 2005 team.
Beatdown
June 14th, 2012
4:12 pm
Georgia should easily win the weak SEC east. fla will be down again and usc is overrated. But, it will be another beatdown in the SEC title game. Ga will get blown out by lsu or alabama, like last year.
AltamahaDawg
June 14th, 2012
4:12 pm
kerryB 12:58. You are beating a dead horse, my freind.
harold
June 14th, 2012
4:16 pm
READ THE POST FROM YESTERDAY JUNE 13 @ 10:18 AND 10:44
old dog
June 14th, 2012
4:20 pm
Joey,
I hope you are right…….you gotta block and tackle in football; we (obviously) are tackling better than we’re blocking……..hope our line steps up (o-line…d-line will be fine) or we will be on these blogs after the season asking “What happened” even though we will KNOW what happened! A strong d-line exploited our weakness again.
DawginLex
June 14th, 2012
4:28 pm
HAROLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://WWW.BUYPROZACONLINE.COM
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 14th, 2012
4:31 pm
DiLex…….HEROLD has to yell on the Blogs cause the last time he yelled at his wife she KNOCKED him the F….OUT. LOL
Rodster
June 14th, 2012
4:35 pm
Why do you bother running a story like this? The Dawgs would be etter served to stay as far under the radar for as long as possible. The part about rebuilding the offensive line, wow! I don’t know about you but I don’t think the offensive line last year was anything special. The pass rush from good teams we played last year ran through and by the O-line like they weren’t there. I hope they are a lot better this year.
Joey
June 14th, 2012
4:41 pm
The O-line wasn’t special, Rodster. But 3 of the 5 O-linemen got drafted. So why wasn’t it special?
Lindsey
June 14th, 2012
4:52 pm
I never saw it before, but now I keep thinking how CMR looks like Helen Hunt!! He’s still a hottie though, GO DAWGS!!!!
Rodster
June 14th, 2012
4:55 pm
I don’t know why it wasn’t special, but obviously getting individuals drafted by the NFL is not a good metric for team success. Michigan State and Boise State didn’t play for anything big at the end of the season bt they absolutely man-handled us upfront when we were on offense. (Boise State did as well when they were on offense.)
Joey
June 14th, 2012
5:09 pm
One would think that having players in your team’s lineup that are deemed pros by the NFL, would have to be a good thing.
We won 21 games in ‘07 and ‘08 with that bunch of future high-pick NFL players, then went 8-5 the first year without them (’09).
It could be as simple as Richt has maybe never had a really good, technical O-line coach. It seems every year, there are issues there.
DawginLex
June 14th, 2012
5:15 pm
Joey
I think it is a combination of the type of kid recruited, the skill set they are taught, the S&C program and most importantly, DIET.
We need OL that are big and strong enough to pull and run down and PLOW a DE or LB on a sweep. There is a reason we never ran sweeps to Bean’s side last year. He was too big and had no lateral mobility.
That’s why a kid like Theus should be the prototype for UGA OT’s.
The Truth Detector
June 14th, 2012
5:15 pm
Joey
June 14th, 2012
4:41 pm
The O-line wasn’t special, Rodster. But 3 of the 5 O-linemen got drafted. So why wasn’t it special?
Almost 3 sacks per game, 96th ranked for starters.
http://www.sports-ratings.com/college_football/sacks-allowed.html
0.4 turnovers per game
http://www.sports-ratings.com/college_football/turnover-margin.html
rushing ranking: 37 in all Div. 1
passing ranking 26 in ll Div 1
Overall offensive 49 ranking in Div. 1 adjusted vs Div 1 opponents.
NFL talent vs OL performance means very poor coaching in Athens vs Wins. Which one counts?
Don Davis
June 14th, 2012
5:20 pm
More than one loss is unacceptable. This team should run the table.
Dogs Rule!
June 14th, 2012
5:27 pm
This will be the year of the Dog!!! This dog team may be even better than the 1980 team. No team on the uga schedule can match the dogs in talent. Dogs: 12-0! Book it.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 14th, 2012
5:30 pm
Theus……..Molly Ringwald on Roller Skates……………..with bigger boobs…………
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 14th, 2012
5:31 pm
Dogs Rule!……………..and in like 80% of the time UGa will not have to play BAMA to get a shot at being Great.
gtfanfrom1951
June 14th, 2012
6:00 pm
UGA will lose to Mizzu, Vandy, USC, Fla. Auburn and one more!
gcs
June 14th, 2012
6:22 pm
UGA is favored because yet again, they have dodged Arkansas, Alabama and LSU.
SSIgator
June 14th, 2012
6:33 pm
Tide Rising -
I don’t know what to say about Nancy’s outburst today. She is usually more conservative in her comments, ie; Mark Richt is such a nice man, well at least we played hard, boy this is really good Kool-Aid, etc. Every once in a while though she becomes rather cranky. I think it is when her Sony BetaMax machine goes on the fritz and she can’t watch her 1980 UGA football tape of the Sugar Bowl game. It just puts her all out of sorts.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
June 14th, 2012
7:37 pm
We agree, UGA should run a table and…win all their games.
truedawg
June 14th, 2012
11:02 pm
Anything more than 2 loses will mean hot seat!! But also who those loses are as well..lose to Tech and the chickens..and its smoking hot..lose to chickens and gators and tech..and its new coach!! Love CMR!!….and theres always a but… We need to have a focused team every game..That auburn game last year was it..Get up for every game and the Dawgs will be back at the Dome..Special teams improve and Murray stops trying to “make stuff..when there’s not stuff there” And Dawgs will be SEC champs..and on there way to BCS..GO DAWGS!!!
No pressure if you EXPECT to win!
June 14th, 2012
11:06 pm
C’mon! Are you a champion or not! Tired of woulda, coulda, shoulda! Time to get it down DAWGS.
Dawg Goneit
June 15th, 2012
7:33 am
If Athens owned a hot seat, then CMR would already be unemployed.
Buzzzzzzz
June 15th, 2012
8:02 am
Results from the 2011-2012 season for the Big 3 men’s sports:
Football: UGA 1, GT 0
Basketball: GT 1, UGA 0
Baseball: GT 2, UGA 1
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Total: GT 3, UGA 2
In other words…
GEORGIA TECH RUNS THIS STATE!
atlxman
June 15th, 2012
8:47 am
uga insider..you were told wrong then….no way was richt job in trouble….mcgarity himself said he wasnt in danger of losinbg his job…richt is a winner and a very solid coach and in now way would a new AD come in anf fire the best Coach uga football has had…your inside info was way off as proof of another contract extension….
atlxman
June 15th, 2012
9:01 am
guys..AM was a sophmore last year..he will not make the same mistakes he did last year..plus he doesnt have to try and do as much with a better running game…let the haters hate but when 2012 is over those haters will be on a gt blog making fun of techs weak schedule and high school offense
Name (required)
June 15th, 2012
9:26 am
So what are Mark Richt and Aaron Murray going to be doing in early December when some other team is preparing for the SEC champ game?
HOP
June 15th, 2012
10:15 am
It all comes down to the offense and the very ineffective arron murray who is 2-10 against top 25 teams.
uga must won the big games ,remember we have lost our last two games last year and murray played horrible.
uga should be competing for a national championship but murray gets way too overwhelmed with keeping his cool in high profile games.
it should be an interesting year and it will show if mark richt can take uga to the next level.
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SoGaDAWG
June 15th, 2012
10:39 am
Just beat FL and Tech and I will be happy
OrlG8r
June 15th, 2012
11:20 am
The Bullpuppies are going to win:
1) The division
2) The SEC, and
3) The BCS…….
LOL…..It’s the pre-season in Georgia, again……..
SEC Football Morning Coffee: No Respect for Florida in Preseason Magazines | SEC Football
June 15th, 2012
12:40 pm
[...] Georgia knows that the bull’s-eye is on their back this year in the SEC East, writes Bill King of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [...]
old dog
June 15th, 2012
12:41 pm
@Joey,
Jamarcus Russell got drafted, so they don’t bat 1000, you know. We may get a few drafted, but as a unit the facts are hard to handle….Boise State, LSU, and Michigan State man handled us up front…their d-lines whooped up on our o-line. This is not a debatable point for blogers and posters to argue…this is just a fact!
dawginduluth
June 15th, 2012
3:43 pm
Why would a bad year against expectations put Richt on the hot seat? Been here, done this before and he’s still here and making more money that even. What makes 2012 any different??
A-Ville Ranger
June 15th, 2012
10:36 pm
When I saw the quote ”a lot of pressure on us” my first thought was, please don’t let that be something Richt said. He displayed an obvious fear of high expectations before the 2008 season. He and the team just didn’t have the mindset and fortitude to live with the #1 ranking.
I don’t know if Richt is now big enough for greatness, we’ll find out.
01HAWK
June 15th, 2012
10:45 pm
“It’s great that people say that, but I think it does put a lot of pressure on us to go out and just win games,” safety Shawn Williams said.
Glad you did not sign with the TIDE. …………………………….BAMA players have this pressure every year.
wreckmaniac
June 15th, 2012
10:58 pm
Does AJC have a special section that lists UGA de-commits and arrests every day ?
wreckmaniac
June 15th, 2012
10:59 pm
Pressure ? Does anyone really think this team is a serious contender ?
Jake Benson
June 16th, 2012
1:37 am
Quote:
“LEAVE THE MAN ALONE HE DOES ABETER OVER ALL JOB THAN ANY ONE UGA COULD HIRE TO REPACE HIM”
LOL. Typical Ga. fan: Can’t spell.
BigDawg
June 16th, 2012
4:56 pm
Hope for the best and expect the worst. Yes IMHO Georgia should have won 3 national Titles under Richt already but have none. What disturbs me most is his apparent lack of learning from his mistakes. To win National Championships the first thing is you have to have a team that is well disciplined and conditioned, next a great defense with coaches who not only know the X’s and O’s but know how to motivate players to be better than they are. Also a head coach who recognizes his weaknesses and works on them instead of being hard headed and continuing to do the same things i.e. poor offensive play calling, poor special teams, under performing offensive line play, poor decision making by the QB etc.
aprilglaspie
June 16th, 2012
7:28 pm
It is astounding that anyone is a big enough fool to come on a website like this and type in all caps.