Fan talk: With or without Derrick Henry, Dawgs are stacked at running back
Competition should help spur Isaiah Crowell to greater heights this season. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Let’s see what folks are talking about in the Junkyard Mail. …
Garrett Kee writes: Hey Bill, fall is getting closer and closer and I’m getting more excited as each day passes by, just gotta get through these DAWG days of summer! I wanted to see what you thought about all of our RBs. First off, right now do you think any will be redshirted? I keep telling people who are doubting the Dawgs this year to just watch out and I use the LSU of last year as my example. As LSU used a running back by committee and had four RBs each get 7 TDs a piece, my question to you is can Georgia sort of repeat that? Obviously with the MANY talented RBs we have, Crowell, Marshall, Gurley, Samuel, Harton, and Malcome can Georgia achieve such success you think? Even though our O-line is in question (isn’t that every year), I feel that if all our RBs can be effective, we can wear down many SEC defenses because that is a lot of fresh legs coming in. Just wanted to get your thoughts on that! Go Dawgs!
I’m of the same mind, Garrett. I think the addition of Keith Marshall and Todd Gurley and the progression of Boo Malcome is going to be huge for the Dawgs this season, not only for what they can contribute themselves on the field but from what the competition with them will do to elevate Isaiah Crowell’s game. And I think you’re right to point to LSU last season as a prime example of what a team can do with four strong tailbacks. As for redshirting, considering how many backs it generally takes to get through a season, I’d be surprised if all of them don’t play this year.
Dooley Tate writes: Bill, what’s your take on Derrick Henry decommitting and the likelihood of him winding up at Alabama? What can Mark Richt and the Georgia staff do to stop Nick Saban from stealing our state’s best football talent?
I’m not as upset over the wavering of Derrick Henry as some folks are. Sure, from a perception standpoint it would hurt to have Bama (or anybody) poach our top-rated recruit, but the reality is that, as I noted above, Georgia is loaded at tailback, which is probably why Henry is looking elsewhere. Of course, Bama also is loaded at tailback, so if he does go there, he could wind up playing linebacker (which some analysts think is where he belongs anyway). As for what Georgia can do to stem the Tide in recruiting? Easy. Win the SEC. Or better yet, the BCS.
Are traditional elements like the band a key to the best game day atmosphere? (University of Georgia)
Matt McKinney writes: I am a UGA alum and currently a grad student at Mississippi State, and your column has helped sustain me through the dark spring and summer where all I hear about is these “other” Bulldogs; many thanks to you. I believe that a vibrant, authentic home atmosphere is the best recruiting tool available. I have noticed that the teams with the best home atmosphere, like Georgia, LSU, and Auburn, are the ones that maintain the “human element” to pre-game and in-game activities (e.g. focus on the band, team pre-game warm-ups, Dawg Walk), and the teams with the worst atmosphere, like Ole Miss — no disrespect to Grove-goers; they are super nice — seem to rely on canned music pumped in through speakers, scoreboard videos/graphics, and the P.A. to rile people. The latter is just boring, artificial, and ineffective, and reeks of an NBA game, and until Ole Miss, for example, can find a way to remedy that, they will never recruit well. What are the chances Georgia’s organizers are seduced by the convenience technology and pop-culture, and stray from what makes home games so darn exciting (big mistake, in my opinion)?
I think UGA already overdoes it a bit in terms of the canned pre-game music, but overall I think game day at Sanford Stadium features a pretty nice balance between the traditional on-field elements and use of the giant video screen to pump up the crowd. I really liked last season’s “this is Athens” video and I think using the players to deliver motivational messages to the crowd on the big screen is a good thing. I’d be interested in hearing what readers think of Sanford’s game day atmosphere, and if there’s anything you think needs changing.
Jim Cooney writes: It seems to me, and some of my Dawg friends, that since 2003, when Bartley Miller went out with shoulder problems, that we have been thin on the O-line. Sure, there have been some years where we had talent and depth, but generally speaking, it seems like we are lacking depth at O line. This year, 2 out of the now 19 commitments are O-linemen. Is there a reason why we do not consistently sign 4 to 5 linemen a year?
And Roy Brown writes: I’m a forever Georgia fan. Sure wish I felt better aout our O-line recruiting. We just lost out on 2 good prospects to South Carolina (uggh). It seems we struggle every year. Can’t someone address this problem, our track record is terrible. Does anyone give a flip? O-Line recruiting will make or break your team.
As I noted a few weeks ago, the offensive line has been a weak point for Mark Richt’s program in recent years and recruiting no doubt lies at the heart of that. Will Friend is only in his second year as OL coach and Georgia did manage to sign a five-star likely future OL star in John Theus (thank goodness!), but I’ve got to agree with you that it would appear a greater emphasis needs to be put on recruiting in that area. Since Richt can sign a larger than usual class this year, it’ll be disappointing, if not downright alarming, if there aren’t several offensive linemen in the class of 2013.
Jay Unger writes: Bill, in my view the current Georgia substance abuse suspension policy, while obviously well intentioned, is a case study in bad business and brand management. While I hate to use such corporate terms to describe collegiate athletics, it would be pretty quaint to ignore that aspect of it. Yet that seems to be what UGA is doing here. Andy Staples’ column, which was a refreshing island of honesty about UGA athletics in a sea of seemingly endless ridicule by the haters, puts everything in proper perspective. He pointed out the fact that the university is getting virtually zero cred for its stance on this issue. It seems to me that in the process it is rendering itself into an uneven competitive posture to virtually the rest of the conference and country. I know that doing the right thing shouldn’t be about receiving kudos, but from a business standpoint wouldn’t it be smarter to take this high road to the conference and beyond? In other words, be a force for greater change organizationally rather than unilaterally disarming to make a point.
Well said. For those who missed Staples’ Sports Illustrated piece, you can find it here. He wrote that “the Bulldogs’ substance-abuse policy is a prime example of the no-good-deed-goes-unpunished world of major college sports. Georgia tries to do the right thing by creating one of the toughest anti-drug policies in the nation, but that policy makes the Bulldogs the butt of jokes and could cost the football team wins.” He noted that it puts the program at a competitive disadvantage and harms the reputation of the school and its players. But athletic director Greg McGarity took a pretty firm stance. “If we get beat up for that, it’s fine,” McGarity told Staples, “because it’s the right thing to do” in trying to keep Georgia athletes from using drugs. I respect McGarity’s stance, but if that’s how Georgia’s going to continue to play it, then I think at the very least they need to go on a public relations offensive and campaign loud and long to get the SEC and/or NCAA to mandate a uniform policy. Frankly, I think it’s highly unlikely that such a policy would result, because it wouldn’t fit with other schools’ self-interest, but at least it would get UGA some positive attention to balance the unfortunate game suspensions that result from the school’s hard-line policy.
Jim Parry writes: Bill, Noticed an online AJC ad by the University of Florida trying to sell season and single game tickets. And so many must be available because the ad reads “Pick your seat for 2012.” This is funny on so many levels! First and foremost having to advertise in such a large manner in the first place. And advertise so far away as Atlanta, GEORGIA, and who knows where else! (regardless of an alumni base that got the heck out of that god-forsaken state. hehe). To be able to advertise to “pick” one’s seat sure gives the impression their ticket sales and/or fan support have substantially diminished! That will tell you where the state of their program is at the moment. UGA just typically has to worry about selling a few, extra tix a year to the non-competitive, non-conference foes that are on EVERY school’s schedule. And maybe wonder if a hung-over from Friday night, student body will show up on time for the big games or show up at all for the patsy games. But at least we know those seats are already sold. The Florida Lizards seem to have a totally different problem going on…..and I’ve just got one thing to say … HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
Since Florida has long been a practioner of the cupcake theory of nonconference scheduling that UGA has now adopted, perhaps this should serve as a cautionary tale for the folks at Butts-Mehre.
We’ll answer more Junkyard Mail next week, so if you have something you want to discuss concerning UGA athletics or a question for the Junkyard Blawg, send it to junkyardblawg@gmail.com.
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freedyg
June 16th, 2012
11:38 am
1st
Destin Dawg
June 16th, 2012
11:54 am
Yes O LINE … then D backs
Destin Dawg
June 16th, 2012
12:02 pm
Yes Crowell… Boo Malcome coming on strong !!! Gurley , Harton, and Marshall with Samuel and Ogletree at FB.. go dawgs and did we mention 2 or 3 more Big Lovelies ( Not Uglies ) we need “em.. early playing time !! GGGOOOOOOO DAWGS !! this is the YEAR
SSIgator
June 16th, 2012
12:03 pm
“the offensive line has been a weak point for Mark Richt’s program in recent years”
“Dawgs are stacked at running back”
Translation: It doesn’t really matter how many running backs you have if you also have an ineffective offensive line. But then again, I guess Richt knows this since he is being paid the big bucks, so he must have some sort of a plan.
GoForTwo
June 16th, 2012
12:10 pm
Make the recruiting of offensive linemen an incentive in the coaches contract. An extra $25,000 for each 5 star recruit should be a good start.
SSIgator
June 16th, 2012
12:12 pm
Jay Unger – “While I hate to use such corporate terms to describe collegiate athletics”
Why Jay? Where have you been? College football is a corporate product and has been for quite some time now. Ask the president of any major university and also take a look at percentage of income that a football program generates. Your original comment is most accurate.
dale
June 16th, 2012
12:16 pm
And I repeat, bring back the black jerseys (for a night game or games, as someone else suggested), and make student tickets first come first serve at the gate on gameday, must be present.
chilidawg
June 16th, 2012
12:29 pm
I agree with all of your answers, Bill.
This is reality dreamers
June 16th, 2012
12:35 pm
You will lose to Vandy, SC, UF, Aub and Missou this year.
Rampdawg
June 16th, 2012
12:41 pm
This is reality dreamers
June 16th, 2012
12:35 pm
You will lose to Vandy, SC, UF, Aub and Missou this year.
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HAHAHAHAHA!! Don’t think so, but you will lose to us little bee
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
12:54 pm
STACKED?
Stacked like DEAD WOOD waiting to burn.
NO PROVEN RB’s as of yet.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
12:55 pm
Bring in White players Wearing Black jerseys caus it worked so well for the FALCONS wearing that same basic uniform.
GtDawg
June 16th, 2012
12:59 pm
Once Theus is in the mix, I see an Oline with lots of potential and enough depth. It will fall on the Oline’s attitude to succeed.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
1:03 pm
Theus is Molly Ringwald on roller skates but with bigger breasts.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
1:05 pm
Biggest Question is
Will Uga(title)IX be a girl DWAG finally?
Everybody knows ONLY GIRL teams win Championships at UGa.
Maybe a GIRL UgaIX can help the dWags win.
BigDawg
June 16th, 2012
1:05 pm
Remember, Derrick Henry committed to the Dawgs before the dynamic duo from NC!
GtDawg
June 16th, 2012
1:10 pm
Five star LB Reuben Foster has arrived at #UGA and is chatting it up with head coach Mark Richt.
01HAWK
June 16th, 2012
1:18 pm
As BAMA proved against LSU……………………The game is won on the DEFENSIVE side of the ball. It did not matter how many good backs LSU had.
BAMA held those so called great backs to 39 yards rushing, Great coaching and great defense wins games.
DIT
June 16th, 2012
1:20 pm
Very True about none of the RB’s doing anything……..yet.
I hate to lose Henry, but all is not lost. Focus needs to be on both sides of the ball when it comes to linemen. Need to find another strong nose guard to replace the two we have now. Need at least 3 Offensive linemen.
Look forward to see what happens after this weekend. I am not getting my hopes up about Foster. Then again, I thought ND was a Bama lock. I guess crazier things have happened.
GtDawg
June 16th, 2012
1:22 pm
Bama Lock lol
DIT
June 16th, 2012
1:25 pm
Yep, missed that one!
Ty
June 16th, 2012
1:29 pm
“Everybody knows ONLY GIRL teams win Championships at UGa.”
What a moronic statement, but i would expect nothing less from this tool. What does that say about tek when your team loses to you so-called girls team the past 10 out of 11.
Again, here we have another tek-mite that spends all day every day on UGA blogs because the envy hurts and runs so deep.
What’s really sad is that your envy & hate is for a team that has been average at best the past couple of years. Between you and not so Smart, I’m not sure who get’s the moron tek poster of the month……. OK, you do!
Humiliations for Kriby NOT So Smart and Hat Trick Nick.
June 16th, 2012
1:48 pm
Alabama fans ( locals calling themselves Bama fans) are very quiet, due to the humiliating drubbing they took at the hands of Coach Conn at Grayson HS> He sent his big named # 1 kid Robert Nkimdiche to his ALABAMA ROOMIE, DABO SWINNEY to play college ball at Clemson. Sad, as the Bama fans insisted that they locked up the young man. We shall see how well he does vs Tech’s vaunted Triple Option at D End. ACC? That is a joke. He ahd better hope that U of WVA does not re appear. What was that? 80 points???
Kirby Smart thought that he was locked up. Can you imagine being in Nick’s office Monday morning if you are Kirby??? WOW !!
Dogs are laughing loudly.
Snafu
June 16th, 2012
2:01 pm
1. Running back depth
We got 1 guy who scored 1 td in his last 7 games (Crowell)
Another who used to be a linebacker, now moved to fullback because he’s too slow (Samuel)
And then Malcome (never scored a td)
And then a bunch of guys with potential who have never rushed a yard or scored a td–RB’s at UGA usually don’t live up to the hype, rarely get a 1000 yard rusher
@snafu
June 16th, 2012
2:46 pm
Samuels 4.5 forty too slow? Fail to mention Crowell didn’t play very much in those last 7 games. Typical troll.
derekross
June 16th, 2012
2:48 pm
Bobo isn’t going to use the stable at running back. I doubt Gurly even sees the ball except for against the cupcakes. Marshall will probably only get 5-8 touches a game. Crowell to probably only get 15-20 and Malcome will come in and grab another 5 or so maybe.
Even with Knowshon Moreno, Bobo only ran him 15-20 times a game and let Stafford sling it 25-35 times. Bobo knows nothing about balance except to run an inside draw on 3rd and long.
tide roll
June 16th, 2012
3:16 pm
It’s not just Richt’s failure to sign offensive linemen, it’s his strange evaluation of those he does sign. Theus, Long, Long, Pyke,Andrews,and Bynum all played for private schools. You wonder if Richt Bobo and Friend are watching the same tape on these kids that we are. The level of competiiton is a joke. Even Lee Houston and Nardiello played at Buford, a AA school that competes against small enrollment schools like Lovett. If this wasn’t enough, they then fail to sign in state offensive lineman and in doing so actually strengthen the very opponents they need to beat. They did it for Alabama with James Carpenter and Chance Warmack, and they’ve done it again for Ga. Tech with Shamire Devive and Jeremi Hall. It’s insane, and it’s preventing you from getting where you need to be,while helping your competitors get where they want to be. It borders on negligence and makes you wonder if Richt, Bobo, and Friend really know what they’re doing.
Still@BoneShakers
June 16th, 2012
3:37 pm
1 win over the Dawgs since 2001?
Stacey
June 16th, 2012
3:39 pm
Don’t count on Crowell. He may not make it through the summer, and even if he does, he’ll be gone by mid-season, booted off the team for failing a drug test, DUI, or something else.
When you recruit low class, that’s exactly what you get.
Don't want your advice, tide roll
June 16th, 2012
3:42 pm
Since you have made it plain you do not have UGA’s best interest at heart. The linemen Richt has recruited have done very well against your Jackets over the years. Saban seems to like private school linemen, but then again you would know that if you bothered to look at Bama’s roster.
UGA National championships
June 16th, 2012
3:49 pm
Men only- baseball 1, football 2, golf 2, tennis 6. How many other SEC schools have won 11 NCs in 4 different sports? Dogs have nearly 140 SEC titles with well over half coming from the men. UGA fans are proud to have an athletic program that is not a one trick pony. Women have NCs in golf, gymnastics, swimming, and tennis.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
3:58 pm
UGA National championships……
Men only- baseball 1, football 2, golf 2, tennis 6. How many other SEC schools have won 11 NCs in 4 different sports? Dogs have nearly 140 SEC titles with well over half coming from the men
TRY again…………..Come back after TITLE IX and give those Numbers…….
Still@BoneShakers
June 16th, 2012
4:01 pm
GT: ACC Champs 2009!!
Oh wait, it was stripped because they cheated, I forgot.
PS. They still lost to the Dawgs that year with their ineligible players…..
UGA National championships again
June 16th, 2012
4:10 pm
How does that change the number of NCs won by UGA men’s teams? Women have 17 NCs in gymnastics, golf, tennis and swimming. I am proud of our overall athletic program at UGA. Please name a MEN’s program in the SEC that can equal 11 NCs in a MINIMUM of 4 different sports as the Dogs have done. Not saying UGA is in a class by themselves in the SEC, but it doesn’t take long to call roll.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
4:19 pm
Still@BoneShakers………..Cheated? You don’t READ too GOODZ either……..Did less than AJ GREEN or Ohio St……………NCAA is the JOKE we ALL agree on.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
4:22 pm
UGA National championships again……..nice…….Minimum of 4 sports……..AHHHAHHAAH Did all the OTHER SEC school field teams in ALL those 4 Sports at the same time? TRY #’s when ALL SEC teams had those 4 teams you call the Minimum.
just a fan
June 16th, 2012
4:27 pm
I have recently been transferred to Tampa fl and have two season tickets for sale email me at fantasynfl3100@yahoo.com if interested.
NCs again
June 16th, 2012
4:28 pm
I think every SEC school has been fielding tennis, golf, baseball, and football (4 sports with UGA NCs) for decades. I am guessing at least 60-70 years. And I did not specify those 4 sports, just name an SEC men’s program with 11 NCs in at least 4 sports, could count track, basketball, etc.
Hearing good things out of Athens
June 16th, 2012
4:31 pm
Tunsil and Foster there, along with top 2014 prospect Raekem McMillian (who Dogs lead for). Also hearing good news about 5* DL Montravious Adams, who is not in town this weekend, but in Tuscaloosa.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
4:33 pm
NCs again
Here is WHY UGa wins in women’s sports and not men’s
Richt & Bobo couldn’t fill Yoculan’s Jock strap without a rolled up Gym Sock
Ane she is a DRUNK ADULTERER.
March 26, 2006
Finebaum Interviews Yoculan / Gym Dogs Win SEC
First off, the Gym Dogs won the SEC…again….the 6th time and 7 years. Congrats to the Gym Dogs.
That’s all well and good, but if you want a real comedy check Suzanne’s interview with Finebaum before the tourney last week (if that link doesn’t work go here). She talks about her personal rivalry with Sarah Patterson at Alabama. Paraphrase:
Paul Finebaum: It always seems like Sarah Patterson comes off as the goodie two shoes and you’re the evil one. In wrestling terms you’re the masked woman, and she’s Shirley Temple.
Suzanne: The media started some of it. I’m definitely more spontaneous than Sarah. Even in press conferences, she’s more calculated, protective and careful, and I’m more spontaneous.
Sometimes I’ll stick my foot in my mouth, but I say what I feel. If I think my team is unbeatable or whatever, I’ll usually say so. There have been some times where we’ve beaten them and she has said things about equipment, the bars, or judging or whatever.
Whatever, winners make adjustments. So we go back and forth alot, and I probably fuel the fire more with my comments. She’s able to keep her Shirley Temple persona, but if you listen to who says what a lot of it starts in Alabama.
I don’t mind being the Darth Vader team of the SEC. In fact, 10 years ago we made the decision to just embrace that Darth Vader image, and we wear black everywhere we go on the road. We’re an aggressive, confident team. That’s our style. That’s my style. I like enthusiasm. I like excitement. We’ve won a lot of championships because of that.
I don’t believe in failure. I’d rather go out on a limb now and have it break once and a while than to never go out there. That’s just my approach. It’s offensive to some people, but it wins for Georgia. So I recruit athletes who can embrace going for it.
We’re like Steve Spurrier vs. Georgia. No one in Georgia likes Spurrier because he beats us a lot. (PWD: Inferring that no one in Bama likes them b/c they never beat Georgia anymore).
Sarah is more of a southern lady than I am. She does and says the right thing, and has better manners than I do. But that’s not my style. I say what I think.
I respect her. She’s had the same challenges at Bama that I have had at UGA.
I don’t use nouns when I can use verbs. I don’t call my team “underachievers.” I say that they are “underachieving.” I don’t call Sarah Patterson a “loser,” I said “don’t gripe about losing.” I don’t hate anything but cauliflower and turnips.
I have never had a girl transfer away from Georgia in my entire career. What other coach in any sport at any school can say that?
The entire interview is a blast. Honestly, I could do without Suzanne’s off the field antics related to Don Leebern, but I really do get a kick out of the Steve Spurrier personality. I enjoy the smack talk, and I think it has added tremendous interest to women’s gymnastics in college. She has made the rivalry with Bama what it is. It’s fun, and she’s having a blast with it. Plus, she’s one helluva a coach.
SSIgator
June 16th, 2012
4:38 pm
UGA National championships -
June 16th, 2012
3:49 pm
How many other SEC schools have won 11 NCs in 4 different sports?
Answer: The University of Florida with 14 in 5 different sports
Football – 3; Basketball – 2; Golf – 4; Track – 3; Swimming – 2
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
4:41 pm
SSI…BUT BUT Track and Swimming are not BASEBALL!
LOL
SSIgator
June 16th, 2012
4:50 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR -
I do have to give credit where credit is due though. UGA certainly has nore dumb, fake blond, drunk girls than UF. They win that one hands down. I can’t even think of another school that is a close second.
@SSigator
June 16th, 2012
4:51 pm
Thanks for putting some numbers down. I suspected Florida was the school that could meet my challenge, and to clarify my point- I did not limit it to just the NCs in sports UGA men had won, but count basketball, track, baseball, all of them, just show me FOUR or more sports, and SSigator did that.
My point has been that UGA has an overall sports program that is well-rounded, and competitive in many sports, men and women, and would stack up well in the SEC and nation when considering OVERALL athletic success. Obviously, UGA does not match Bama in football, LSU in baseball, LSU and Arkansas in track and field, Kentucky in basketball, UT in women’s basketball, Florida in women’s tennis, Auburn in men’s swimming, etc. I have tried to list the SEC leaders to my knowledge in various sports. In that regard, UGA is clearly the SEC’s best in men’s tennis, women’s gymnastics, possibly women’s swimming.
SSIgator
June 16th, 2012
4:52 pm
NCs again -
Thanks for playing. Come back again real soon.
KJ
June 16th, 2012
4:54 pm
Kudos again, AJC, on letting pathetic loser trolls like SSI and Koolaid make the blogs unreadable.
chazzo
June 16th, 2012
5:02 pm
Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh my!
A couple of recruits decommitted. A couple of players smoked weed. We have an easy schedule. We can’t beat Florida twice in a row. Our line is young. We have a new kicker. Should we wear black jerseys?
Why do we Dawg fans have such an inferiority complex? None of this stuff matters.
SSIgator
June 16th, 2012
5:03 pm
KJ -
Why don’t you go watch the College World Series. It is starting in just a minute. UF is the 9;00 pm game vs. South Carolina. The early game at 5:00 pm is Arkansas vs. UGA, isn’t it? No, wait a minute – scratch that – it is Arkansas vs. that other powerhouse in college baseball – Kent State. Enjoy watching.
Sugar Hill Dawg
June 16th, 2012
5:16 pm
The Gators are pulling a “Four Cokes, Four Dogs, etc.”? Anyone have a link to the ad? I’d love to see it and compare how it looks to the folks at the Joke by Coke.
SSIgator
June 16th, 2012
5:16 pm
chazzo -
Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh my!
“The Wizard of Athens”
Starring:
Mark Richt as “The Scarecrow”
Mike Bobo as “The Tinman”
AD Mr. McGarrity as “The Lion”
and also Isabel Crowell as Dorothy
Bob
June 16th, 2012
5:32 pm
Georgia has been bombarding me with opportunities to buy more tickets to Vandy, Buffalo and FAU. We are becoming Florida in our schedule and I hope empty seats send a message to McGarity. This year’s home schedule is an utter embarrassment.
Really?
June 16th, 2012
5:36 pm
Enter your comments here
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
5:43 pm
Really?……..go ATTACK the Entertainment blog writers again.
TideRolloutthedoor
June 16th, 2012
6:24 pm
I try to take Tide Roll with a sack of salt, but his blatant racism wears thin. At UGA black, white and red are the only colors that matter!!! I personally think that after a few games our OL will be fine. Sure we could use depth, but it is what it is. GO DAWGS!!!
All right UGA fans
June 16th, 2012
6:40 pm
Looks like we picked up another commit- kid ran a 4.3 forty and was supposedly outstanding in drills at the camp today. Could get another commit this weekend.
Denver Broncos Strength and Conditioning assistant joining the Dogs staff.
Texas Dawg
June 16th, 2012
6:43 pm
Love my Dawgs but how can anyone say we are “stacked” at Running back?
Crowell= what two suspensions last year….still have the feeling he will get in trouble and or quit…..had moments repeat moments…where he looked like the real deal…
Malcome…looked good in what one two games….did he even run for over 100 in a game?
Samuel….only game last year he look good…Fla
No one else has even carried the ball yet……………..
HOW IS THIS STACKED?????????? ALabama was stacked couple seasons ago with Trent and the Heisman guy………….
Love my dogs but the hype had got to stop……..EVERY Recruit has potenial……………I HOPE THEY ALL RUN FOR 1000+………………….
The whole Bulldawg nation last year thought and hoped Crowell was next big thing….
JUst sooooooo ready to see my Dawgs beat good teams…..not just the patsyies……
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
7:01 pm
All right UGA fans………BUT ACCPD drive at 2.3 sec. he will be in the ACC exercise yard soon Nuff.
Classy comment, Kool Aid
June 16th, 2012
7:18 pm
Slamming a teenager you have never met.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 16th, 2012
7:37 pm
Classy comment, Kool Aid…………..Just betting on the Odds out of Vegas.
Joe
June 16th, 2012
9:55 pm
There will not be enough footballs to go around between all the Running backs, recievers and tight ends Bobo has to satisfy during a game. He is so pass happy how can he ever satisfy any running backs. I feel certain that some running back recruit that may be a good linebacker is looking at UGA’s history of movng Richard Samuel around so much. His after college career is shot due to what they have done to him.
flatsdawg1
June 16th, 2012
11:53 pm
The stable of running backs we have now are only good if we have a good offensive line, which we ofcourse don’t know of yet. As for losing Henry, he looked like the best of the four to me. He will be a star somehwere, probably Bama. Of course thats why they play the games
Across the wide Missouri
June 17th, 2012
7:35 am
Missouri 37, Georgia 13
Isabel
June 17th, 2012
8:01 am
Did UGA ever replace the mangy mutt that croaked last year?
Jim
June 17th, 2012
9:04 am
We are stacked at running back like we are stacked at QB. Don’t mean a hill of beans unless they get off the bench. Until we get a running back coach and our head coach changes his attitude about running backs rideing the bench unil they learn to block, nothing will change. Please prove me wrong!
dienlafin
June 17th, 2012
9:30 am
No line. No run. No run, Murray throws. Murray throws, you lose. You lose, I’m dienlafin.
LOL on Yall
June 17th, 2012
10:05 am
I hope he has JHC on one side MM on the other and big Jay Rome at TE, and he’s throwing it all over the field to those South Ga Studs. That’ll open up some running lanes, and they already know how to block, too
LOL on Yall
June 17th, 2012
10:15 am
Not sure why the experts keep projecting JHC as a linebacker. Maybe they haven’t seen Calvin Johnson or Demetrius Thomas, at the same time, in college, run blocking. They can catch it sometimes, too!!! LOL
Andy
June 17th, 2012
10:31 am
Go SEC ESPN said The SEC had nine (9) Natioal Championships this year I could not find but seven (7). Bama 1. football 2. gynmnastic 3 . ladies softball 4.ladies Golf.. Kentucky .1 basketball
Fla 1..ouoor track 2. indoor track It looks as if the SEC will win the NC in baseball with Ark, Sou Carolina and Fla in Omaha Does anyone know which teams I’m leaving out?
Dirty Dawg
June 17th, 2012
10:56 am
Reading all this makes you realize just why they call this ‘the silly season’. The only thing that matters is, as ‘Old Al’ said…Just win Baby. We win and all’s right with the world…hell, we might even get to be as arrogantly obnoxious as all the ‘Tide-guys’ around here..kill any trees lately?
you morons
June 17th, 2012
11:59 am
It makes sense for Florida to run ads on the AJC site. There are plenty of Gators fans living not just in Atlanta, but all over Georgia. And people from all over Georgia read the AJC. Of course, if Georgia fans had any brains, they could figure that out.
ugab
June 17th, 2012
12:33 pm
It would be wise to redshirt some of those new rbs coming in next season. Wait for an OL to block for the new guys. This season is going to be rough for the rbs with no one blocking on the ol. Great news to hear there is a FB competition. The dawgs are going to need a hard nose fb to block for the lack an inexperienced OL
harold
June 17th, 2012
1:53 pm
FUTURE RUNNING BACKS WILL NOT WANT TO GO TO UGA AND SIT ON THE BENCH.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 17th, 2012
1:57 pm
Separated at birth: Still @ Coolade Bar and SSIGator!!!!!!!!!
Never seen such a LOVE FEST as between these two!!!!!!!!!
Obviously outcasts fron The Jerry Sandusky Shower program!!!!!
takedowndawg
June 17th, 2012
2:03 pm
Do we need changes in the OL. You
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 17th, 2012
2:04 pm
@ You Morons:
If your last name is really ” Morons” shouldn’t you capitalize the “M”???
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 17th, 2012
2:06 pm
@ Jim:
Even Chimpanzies can learn to block and there is no position on an offense that doesn’t need to be manned by a blocker!!!!!!!!!
takedowndawg
June 17th, 2012
2:21 pm
Enter your comments here
evil empire
June 17th, 2012
2:57 pm
hey brainiac…straighten up or i’ll call mobile dawg in to beat you down again…
DawginLex
June 17th, 2012
3:44 pm
SIMPLE STUPID IGNORANT GATOR
Why do you continue to come here? Is it because this is the only blog left you can actually post on?
evil empire
June 17th, 2012
4:16 pm
other teams fans come here lexipup because you ugatards are so delusional it’s hilarious…funnier than most prime time sit-coms…”we’re gonna compete for the MNC”…”no one will score on our d”…”cmr is a great coach”…”we got robbed in 2007″, my personal favorite…funny, silly, stupid stuff….hahahahahaha…..
MuttinLex
June 17th, 2012
4:47 pm
GEORGIA TECH RUNS THIS STATE!!!
Dawg Uno
June 17th, 2012
4:50 pm
And UGA RUINS THIS STATE!!!
takedowndawg
June 17th, 2012
5:27 pm
When do you remember a UGA OL that’s have backs avg.5+ yds a carry for 2 consecutive years. The apparent wisdom of OL Head Coach is to recruit only 6′5″+ lineman for the trenches. Did anyone happen to notice what the undersized lineman from Boise State did to our defensive front four? They got the job done on us. Power and intelligence does not seem to have the value to Coach(Friend).. ……..Just sayin………..Consider what we really need…Coach.
dan
June 17th, 2012
5:59 pm
We as Dawg fans have a tendency to over analyze our team( every fan-base does). Here is what UGA football is:
Mark Richt is the SEC’s equivalent of Bobby Cox. He averages 10 wins a season, and his teams typically finish in the top 20. But for him to win a National Title, he’ll need a LOT of breaks to fall his way because he isn’t the type of coach who will aggressively goes after a title. Richt will have some games where his teams play lights out football, some where they play awful. But most of the time his teams win more games than they lose, but lack the discipline, focus, and edge that championship teams possess.
I also think the Mark Richt from 2001-2005 is very different from the Mark Richt of 2006-on. Early on he was very hands on and delegated to Brian Van Gorder on defense. But from 2006 on, he became more of a CEO, and that was a mistake. The team clearly performed better when Richt was more hands on. Championship head coaches run their programs in one of two ways: they either a.) are VERY hands on(i.e. Nick Saban), or they b.) hire GREAT coordinators who are Head Coach material and delegate to them( i.e. Urban Meyer, Bobby Bowden). Richt’s problem is he tried to delegate when his assistants weren’t up to snuff, and it almost cost him his job. So since his assistants range from good-mediocre, he needs to be more hands on.
You have to do what works best for your program.Things just ran better when Richt called the plays, and he delegated to Van Gorder on defense. I think if Richt took over the play calling and let Grantham run the defense, the Dawgs could be a legit Dark Horse National Title contender. But he won’t do that. And because Bobo is an inconsistent play caller, expect the Dawgs to have a good team( 10-2 or 11-2), but also expect them to underachieve. And since our fan-base REFUSES to make a change until it is FAAAAAR too late, expect for things to remain status quo.
tony
June 17th, 2012
6:32 pm
dan
June 17th, 2012
5:59 pm
_________________________________
If you know this, why doesn’t Mr Richt know this? Becareful – he might tell you he knows what the hell he is doing.
bbcsickdawg
June 17th, 2012
6:40 pm
LAST!!!!!
DogRB
June 17th, 2012
7:10 pm
with all these superstar RBs, Ga will have the best running game in the SEC—no other team can match up. the dogs can pound the ball the whole game, eat clock and with their great D, win the SEC!!!
dan
June 17th, 2012
7:18 pm
@tony:
Actually smart guy, I have shared my opinions with Coach Richt in person. I told him that the Florida celebration made me so happy I was shaking. I asked when he planned on doing it again since it worked. Read for yourself.
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/archives/50561/
tony
June 17th, 2012
8:27 pm
dan
June 17th, 2012
7:18 pm
___________________________________
Nice article Dan.
dujronimo
June 17th, 2012
8:36 pm
Samuels is fast but not quick. His first step takes some time … (why he’s not playing linebacker) and he’s not shifty … he’s a straight ahead runner. He is also easy to trip up. He’s had one good recent game … against Fla. Where’s that been all this time?
Tanyard Branch
June 17th, 2012
9:59 pm
Isabel Crowell
I like that. Fits him nicely.
tide roll
June 17th, 2012
11:43 pm
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Profiler
June 17th, 2012
11:46 pm
Enjoy your answers Bill. We MUST do some of what you suggest about the policy.
UGA fan...not fanatic
June 18th, 2012
6:13 am
I agree Snafu….they have done nothing so far. boo malcome is ssssslllllllloooooooowwwwwww….not impressive at all.
Bobo cant game plan.
June 18th, 2012
8:25 am
To bad we dont have any Tackles to block for them.
DawginLex
June 18th, 2012
8:26 am
evil empire
Stony Brook says “HI”!!!!
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
8:28 am
There is a cautionary tale to UF struggling to sell out the stadium, but the schedule is not it.
Alphare
June 18th, 2012
8:35 am
Bill, stacked or not, can UGA have a running game?
As we all know, among all things offensively, the first UGA likes to give up is the running game. They would let their QB throw all over the place whenever possible.
kingdaddy
June 18th, 2012
8:36 am
How did Tebow come out of UF? What a good kid…
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
8:43 am
If by “give up” you mean only run it 57% of the time, then yea.
kingdaddy
June 18th, 2012
8:47 am
Alphare
If CMB can’t find running lanes for these RBs, he has to go! It will not be business as usual this year. We will run the ball better or Bobo’s gone, gone, gone…
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
8:48 am
Personally, There were several games last year when I WISH they had given up trying to run it and thrown it all over the place a bit more.
kingdaddy
June 18th, 2012
8:57 am
Alt.Dawg,
in the spring game in the second half, Bobo started using more swing passes, sweeps and ends around utilizing speed and pulling Guards. I thought this was very interesting and showed potential. It also may have showed a weakness in our Defense. Either way it was very interesting and needs futher study…
Wilson Pickett
June 18th, 2012
8:58 am
Your standards of “being stacked at RB” are pure comedy. Just reading the comments of the leg humpers one would think the program is topshelf but the tropy case tells the tale. 1980…same as BYU.
Please continue……..sorry to interrupt
Joey
June 18th, 2012
9:08 am
Stay classy techies . . .
http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/bloodied_uga_bulldog_a_gt_wedding_cake/11030675?linksrc=home_x_rg_head_11030675
JB
June 18th, 2012
9:15 am
Wilson. 10 of 11. The term “mutt” is a dead give away.
old dog
June 18th, 2012
9:18 am
Gotta block for these backs, or all is for naught…………..
Gary
June 18th, 2012
9:41 am
I am bored. I think I will go to Florida, Tech, and Auburn blogs and bash fans discussing their football teams. That is what summer is all about. I tell them how they are going to loose to these 5 teams. I will make fun of the coach. Then I will make fun of the city their school is in. I will explain to them the failures of the recruiting. Oh Boy. This will be the best summer ever. “Mom I am hungry, can you bring down a sandwich” I sure love college football.
Joey
June 18th, 2012
10:05 am
Gary, don’t forget to trash their current schedule (even though it was made years ago), athletic directors – even ones who were fired, oh, and bring up arrests of players in the past 10 years (ignore your team’s arrest record). Poke fun at the drug test suspensions (even if they have the toughest drug policy in the country). Lastly, accuse the coaching staff of being racist in recruiting matters (ignore that their recruiting director is black).
Old Dawg
June 18th, 2012
10:15 am
“Gotta block for these backs, or all is for naught…………”
You hit the nail on the head. What good is being”stacked” for running backs, if there is no one to block for them. You hand the ball to them (according to Bobo) and they run right up the middle and get tackeld 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Rinse and repeat. Then Murray has to start slinging the football anywhere he can (into the opposing team’s hands).
I-DOG
June 18th, 2012
10:18 am
I wouldn’t call our situation at running back “deep”. There is a lot of POTENTIAL, but we don’t have anybody that we can rely on yet at the RB position. Harton is a former walkon and small in stature. Boo M. has had nagging injuries pretty much his whole career. If he can stay healthy he can certainly be a good power back, but history says he will be available for less than 1/2 the games. Samuel has been a damn good dawg, but he isn’t top flight SEC RB talent and he has his own injury issues. Again, it would be surprising if he is available for half the games. Crowell has tons of potential, but had off field and maturity issues last year and again he hasn’t proven himself to be a durable back. I hope Crowell has a fantastic year, but we can’t BANK on that yet. Then we have two very talented incoming freshmen. A ton of potential to be sure, but nothing we can count on yet.
SSI Gator is correct that they will only go so far as the OL will take them. I actually think the OL will be improved from last two years after the first couple of games this season. Hope we can have 2-3 running backs step up.
Old Dawg
June 18th, 2012
10:26 am
“If CMB can’t find running lanes for these RBs, he has to go! It will not be business as usual this year. We will run the ball better or Bobo’s gone, gone, gone…”
Yeah, right, like that is ever going to happen. The only way to get rid of Bobo is to get rid of Richt first. Richt will defend him till the end. “I CAN’T in good conscience fire Bobo, how would his kids have enough to eat?”
kingdaddy
June 18th, 2012
10:52 am
Old Dawg
Things change, you’ll see. Quit being so negative, Carlton Thomas is gone dude…
Kmac
June 18th, 2012
10:55 am
@ Dog Nation
I am growing weary of all of these lies about the dogs. They are not relevant doogies! The dogs are in trouble
kingdaddy
June 18th, 2012
10:57 am
Gary, don’t forget to ignore their facts no matter what they say, act like you didn’t hear them. Also remind them that the worst team on their schedule has a really good chance of beating them and they have no hope and they should probably giv-up football and concentrate on jump-rope or hop-scotch…
Kmac
June 18th, 2012
10:59 am
@ King Daddy
I can show you negative! The dogs are nothing to get overly excited about. Very average middle tier program
kingdaddy
June 18th, 2012
11:05 am
Speaking of loser, lying trolls, look who made it, kmart. Straight from his beach-house in Oklahoma, lol. Another bug…
FLDAWG
June 18th, 2012
11:07 am
Derrick Henry knows his capibilities better than anyone. He must have the feeling he is not good enough to compete with the current running backs.
kingdaddy
June 18th, 2012
11:12 am
Bill is filtering my post so I’m out of here…
Kmac
June 18th, 2012
11:27 am
@ Kingdaddy
How about those might dogs! What a team. They will win the SEC East but get pummeled by LSU again. Initially I did not believe it was possible for them to suffer another loss like that but its the DOGS we are talking about King Daddy!
Kmac
June 18th, 2012
11:29 am
@ FL Dawg
wrong answer. If he knew that then he would also be cognizant that the curret RB’s are average at best FLDAWG
Kmac
June 18th, 2012
11:30 am
@ FLDawg
and I also forgot to mention how fragile they are. Those RB’s will take a handoff from Murray run two yards and then hold their ankle. Pathetic
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
11:49 am
…..and you know what pathetic looks like.
Joey
June 18th, 2012
11:50 am
Hey Kmac, so LSU pummeled UGA, true enough. But, the Bulldogs pummeled tech. Have you considered where those facts put tech on the ol’ totem pole?
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
12:00 pm
You guys joke about the trolls (starting with Gary), but half of the Georgia Fans in here say the same thing about thier own team.
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
12:03 pm
You guys joke (starting with Gary) about the trolls,………that’s better
Joey
June 18th, 2012
12:06 pm
“…half of the Georgia fans in here…”?
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
12:11 pm
tech’s position on the ol’ totem pole is known as, the footer.
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
12:19 pm
Ah, going to call me on the exageration huh? Well played.
Joey
June 18th, 2012
12:22 pm
No, just hoping you weren’t refering to me . . .
old dog
June 18th, 2012
12:24 pm
from one “old dog” to another “Old Dawg”,
I’ve harped on it on these blogs….we let our o-line get weak. We recruit well in most places, and yeah a few o-linemen make it to the pros. But by and large, Boise, LSU, and Michigan State’s d-lines tore us up…..which goes back to recruiting. We were not out coached up there….we were just plain-out over powered; the guy from Michigen State looked like Warren Sapp in his hay-day against a high school B-team. We gotta bring in the hosses up there. I fear that even though we should be good this year, the better teams will expose our o-line. And, they won’t do it with some magical formula. They’ll realize at some point if they line up man to man, they will flat whoop us. I hope we address this soon. A decent back and great o-line win. A superstar back and a bad o-line does not. It ain’t rocket sceince, folks. Its good old fashioned football.
Joey
June 18th, 2012
12:25 pm
“the footer” lol!
JayD
June 18th, 2012
12:48 pm
I have to dissagree that recruiting is at the heart of the O-line thing. There are too many guys who didn’t seem to get it done in Athens in the NFL right now.
old dog
June 18th, 2012
12:49 pm
Maybe the band can find another “ditty” to play when the other team has 3rd down: that “da-da-da-da da-da-da….daaaaaaaaah” has gotten old. Sounds somewhat like the opening of Elton John’s “Funeral for a Friend” but kinda destroys it!
Aaron Murray
June 18th, 2012
12:49 pm
Bill, if you hung out with me more often I could make you look less like an Ewok. Just saying.
SSIgator
June 18th, 2012
12:51 pm
Joey -
OMG, Like, WOW. U should never use LOL or any other sort of acronym commonly in use today. AltamahaDawg hates that and ur going to be in big trouble. ROTFLMFAO
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
12:55 pm
Not sure that (decent back/ great o-line) and (superstar back/bad O-line) is really the absolute choices. We do appear to have group of capable back to rotate in and out, behind what should be at least a decent line, a capable line………….and realistically that to me seem to be more of the more common standard for being able to run the ball good enough to win.
UGA Insider
June 18th, 2012
1:07 pm
I have huge Gator friend who lives 10 miles from The Swamp and hates going to the games now. He says the cupcake schedule and the hot 12pm starts make it miserable. Plus the fact he thinks Muschamp is not the answer as do many other Gators. McGartity is going to make a HUGE mistake with his scheduling ideology. This season he will really start to notice how bad he has misjudged.
old dog
June 18th, 2012
1:09 pm
@AltamahaDawg,
Against the weak sisters, yeah. We can beat bad-to mediocre teams. I’m just sayin’ they will ge exposed against the GOOD teams; i.e. teams that can whoop us up front. We will work our way through with a loss or two. However, when its time to play with the big boys (hopefully at the end of the year) we are NOT ready up front. We will get better, but we’re a year or two away from a top-caliber SEC o-line.
UGA Insider
June 18th, 2012
1:13 pm
Who out there would take the over or under bet for this:
60,000 attendence of the FA game?
70,000 attendence GSU game?
DawginLex
June 18th, 2012
1:24 pm
Insider
It depends if we are winning or not going into those games.
I’d still take the over though
SSIgator
June 18th, 2012
1:35 pm
UGA Insider -
“I have huge Gator friend”
He is probably the one that sits in the section next to ours at Florida Field. Poor guy. UF employees had to cut the arm rest off of his seat because he kept oozing into the seats on each side of his. Then they made him buy the seat next to his as well. I will give him credit though. He is at every game even though he has to buy two seats for himself.
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
1:42 pm
I’m with you in the hypothetical. I understand to acheive the undefeated top caliber world beater status. My point was that I don’t how many teams realistically do.have “great” lines without some issues, or really “superstar” Rbs. Best to have both, obviously. But I made a point to say normal and realistic.
(Just food for thought…….don’t you think that our D-line can pretty much hang with anybody right now? If Our guy hold a big boy team to a certain number of yards, are they then sisters of the poor? )
I don’t think our line was that “bad” last year, or will be this year. Great, No. but sufficient. And to me the problem last year was FAR more the inability to rotate in SEC caliber Rbs, than the line. The thing you can’t have is an average line AND 5′6″ walk-ons in the game.
DawginLex
June 18th, 2012
1:47 pm
do they have a “special” section for you
SIMPLE STUPID IGNORANT GATOR?
Bet they make you take a shower before you sit down.
Do they have a jorts vendor on hand?
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
1:50 pm
I guarantee you that his thoughts on Mushamp are concerns #1-10.
Scheduling, and it’s too hot are justifications. Footnotes in his trying to explain of why all of a sudden he “hates” to go to Florida football games.
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
1:52 pm
PLus how easy can our schedule be that you predicted 5 losses?
Joey
June 18th, 2012
1:55 pm
An O-line can only be as good as the offensive schemes. How many of Boise’s “small” O-linemen got drafted?
But who’s OL looked better last year in the dome?
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
2:01 pm
Thier Dline looked better than ours too, do you not like Grantham’s “scheme”?
dawgINheat
June 18th, 2012
2:07 pm
My that NICK SABIN is a handsom guy! What HS player would not want to play for him? The guy has it all, BCS titles, looks. NICK SABIN is it. Did I say he was handsome too?
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
2:09 pm
Again, somebody jokes, but that exactly how some of our own fans sound.
old dog
June 18th, 2012
2:14 pm
@Altamaha,
I’m with you and that makes sense….you cannot have it all. Yes, our d-line is good (I haven’t mentioned them in any other capacity but good.) It was just strange to me that we recruit so much talent everywhere BUT the offensive line….our quality there has been sub-par and it has shown. I know you cannot have it all, but against the better teams we were CLEARLY overmatched on our o-line last year. Can’t blame the coordinator nearly as much as the recruiters, as we were lacking a little in talent up there. Murray was verbally chastised, and yes mistakes were made. But usually the mistakes happened when we could not run the ball, and when the better D’s (see Boise, M.State and LSU) figured out where our achilles heel was. If we recruited up there like we do in other areas we’d be better…..much better. Nothing wrong with not winning every game….few do. But when alot of it is due to an obvious weakness, you address that. Are we better than many? Yes. Are we top-tier SEC level on the o-line? No! And it will show if we don’t begin to bring in a higher caliber recruits. In fact, for those who ever played a down of ball, it already has shown. I believe Friend will address it, but we ain’t there yet………
Moneyball
June 18th, 2012
2:28 pm
SSIgator:
“I do have to give credit where credit is due though. UGA certainly has nore dumb, fake blond, drunk girls than UF. They win that one hands down. I can’t even think of another school that is a close second.”
At UF, it’s the guys that are dumb, fake blonde and drunk.
keith
June 18th, 2012
2:29 pm
you’re only as stacked as your next suspension and injury
DawginLex
June 18th, 2012
2:29 pm
Boys, the OL ain’t gonna be the problem on offense if there is one. It will be can Murray learn to value the football???
If he does that and our defense performs up to expectations, we should be in the hunt
SIMPLE STUPID IGNORANT GATOR aka Elvira
Do you get a discount for your family at the Gainesville Mall Supercuts mullet special for being “Special”??
Is there a single gator blog site that allows you to post without you going to the library to use the computer because your IP address has been banned?
Joey
June 18th, 2012
2:39 pm
Grantham’s D did pretty well until our offense began 2 1/2 solid quarters of 3-and-out. Not to mention two of our three best players didn’t compete (Ogletree, Rambo). And Boise got several runbacks that left our D with a short field.
Since you ask, I think Grantham’s D in its 2nd season looked very good most of the time. And it is especially nice to see a coordinator one side of the ball make adjustments during games . . .
old dog
June 18th, 2012
3:08 pm
@DawginLex,
Hard for Murray to value the ball when the lins sprung more leaks than a screen-door canoe……………
Il Professore
June 18th, 2012
3:08 pm
How is Isabel Crowell doing with his Remedial Reading 101 course?
old dog
June 18th, 2012
3:09 pm
@DawginLex,
Thats “line”………not “lins” (long day…………….)
DawginLex
June 18th, 2012
3:09 pm
Amen to that Joey
One thing to remember: Richt absolutely overruled Bobo in the bowl game last year when we got the ball back after the turnover in OT.
Richt wanted Walsh to have his moment. Bobo wanted to throw the ball and score a TD or at least get it close enough to where Walsh couldn’t screw it up.
Richt should have recognized that his kicker had the yips and NEVER placed that much pressure on him from that distance.
DawginLex
June 18th, 2012
3:11 pm
old dog
The SC INT
The SC fumbled exchange
The Sc rag doll fumble
The MSU INT with a 16-0 lead and all the momentum
All on Murray.
I think the guy can be great but you can’t turn the ball over and win big games
Der Blau Engel
June 18th, 2012
3:13 pm
Is there a single gator blog site that allows you to post without you going to the library to use the computer because your IP address has been banned?
Ve haf veys to get around zat problem.
UGA Insider
June 18th, 2012
3:31 pm
What does everyone think on the over/under for UGA games this year? In this terrible Obamanomy!
Under-60,000 FA, and over but barely for GSU-70,000.
Please CMR do NOT have any recruiting weekends those 2 weeks or you will be embarrassed.
ps to all Gator fans…. I knew Mushchamp as UGA and I know for a fact that he HATES the orange and blue! He is taking your money and going to internally destroy your program. Then he will take over at Texas in a few years.
UGA Insider
June 18th, 2012
3:33 pm
This is revenge for Spurrier throwing on him when the game was 45-0. This will be sweet revenge for us UGA grads of the mid-90’s!!!!!!!!!
italian_29
June 18th, 2012
3:47 pm
I have to disagree with the “stacked at running back” statement, yes, we have ALOT of potential, but other that the often hurt IC, we really don’t have a PROVEN backfield. I know that alot of Dawg fans would disagree with me on this, but the numbers don’t lie. Other than a couple of games Malcomb and Samuels haven’t shown up big. IC was the only one that was able to get a few 100 yard games last season, when he wasn’t hurt. I expect that he, IC, is going to be a force this year, if the injury bug doesn’t strike, but who knows. I also think that no matter how much talent we have at the Running Back Position, it won’t matter if the Offensive Line gets manhandled like it did in all of our big games last season. I am still 100% for the Dawgs though. GATA!
SSIgator
June 18th, 2012
3:54 pm
Nancy, I do wish for once you would come to the site and not be in such a foul mood. Is that how you wake up in the morning or is it a genetic problem?
old dog
June 18th, 2012
4:22 pm
DawginLex,
see italian_29…..
Mistakes, yes, like all QB’s, but we STILL did not have the line, and got manhandled. See Boise State, LSU, and Michigan State games. Yes, we were a better team than Michigan State, but they were smart enough to double down on our o-line. I’m a huge dawg fan….been so all my life. But we were exposed there more than anywhere else last year. (o-line.) Ask someone who played the game on ANY level…….maybe all the criticism will help them to gel this year; I hope so!
italian_29
June 18th, 2012
5:34 pm
old dog, I hope you are RIGHT that the O Line will gel. I keep hearing about Murray and his mistakes, but considering the pressure that he faced on almost EVERY down, I thought that he did a pretty good job and, like you said, all QBs make mistakes. If we had a DOMINATE Oline that could knock someone off the ball and help get the running game established, Murray wouldn’t have had to place SO much pressure on himself to make something happen. I am thinking that we will have a really good season this year, at least I hope we do. Go DAWGS and GATA!
Dog1
June 18th, 2012
6:14 pm
Georgia chicks—-much hotter than the average florida women. fla chicks need to dress up more for the games like the Ga women. Plus, fla chicks have fake breasts, while dog chicks go with the real thing!!
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
6:16 pm
Over-ruled? so that is saying that you know what Bobo wantd to do there?based on what information? I absolutely think that situation is the HC call, but stating that the OC was over-ruled is pretty speculative.
Walsh was over 80% from that distance BTW. if that distance was too much pressure, then there is nothing he should have been allowed to attempt.
bottom line, run that scenerio 10 times and we win it 8 or 9 times.
kingdaddy
June 18th, 2012
7:04 pm
I don’t know if we’ll run the ball more than 57% of the plays this year, but I think we will be more successful if CMB can call something besides running up the gut 1&2 down then throwing the bomb, lol…
SSIgator
June 18th, 2012
7:55 pm
Dog1 -
“dog chicks go with the real thing”
I will have to agree with you on that point. However, when they are about to give birth and then for a while afterwards, they also have eight or ten of those nips hanging low to feed the whole gang. Not a very pretty sight, but then again, I am old school and have never cared much for breast feeding in public.
SSIgator
June 18th, 2012
8:01 pm
Dog1 -
Also, you might want to visit South Beach, next door to Miami. You then might want to re-evaluate your opinion if you have never been there before. I promise you will want to.
AltamahaDawg
June 18th, 2012
8:15 pm
Well consider that Alabama runs about that same percentage of the time, (and they are a “running team”) so probably not a good bet that we will go too far over that. The problem has never been attempts, or the desire, its the effectiveness.The horses do matter, I think we have a few more now.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 18th, 2012
8:28 pm
@ 01Hawk:
Too bad Bammy forgot to bring their accurate kicker to the regular season game with LSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 18th, 2012
8:34 pm
@ Italian_29:
That would be a “DOMINANT” O Line.
Everything else I agree with you, especially the Murray comments!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 18th, 2012
8:44 pm
@ II professore:
You don’t need to worry about IC’s scholastics. I am doing his homework as we speak.
Find something to worry about that is really some of your business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IC is NOT your business but showering with Jerry Sandusky would be some of your personal business!!!!!!!!!!
evil empire
June 18th, 2012
9:58 pm
brainiac….mobile dawg is a phone call away…punk
cbdawg
June 19th, 2012
12:31 am
GO BILL! How bout writing a new article for Richt’s Sake!
Dogs>sc
June 19th, 2012
8:43 am
mark this down—with the best D in the SEc, the dogs will upset south carolina and win the sEC east!
Tim Jernigan
June 19th, 2012
9:08 am
The dogs are going nowhere fast. Everyone will see that shortly after the season begins
Tim Jernigan
June 19th, 2012
9:09 am
Dogs>SC
Only in a dream world but this is reality
Andy
June 19th, 2012
9:26 am
UGA National Championship
That an easy question Bama has 14 National Championships in Football alone. enough said!
Andy
June 19th, 2012
9:35 am
Why is UGA laughing so loudly they didn’t get Robert Nkimdiche either and . UGA needs him a H**l of alot more than Bama.. .
zbulldawg
June 19th, 2012
9:49 am
At this point I’d rather see them get the LB Foster ! And focus on one of our in state backs. Nothin better than home cooking. Henry may be alittle full of himself to come to TB U. There’s alot to live up to here. It’s like some pretty women They think all they have to do is show up. GETUSUM !! LET THE BIG DAWG EAT
Andy
June 19th, 2012
10:28 am
UGA has 2 National Championships in football in over 100 years 0f playing football.
DawginLex
June 19th, 2012
10:29 am
SIMPLE STUPID IGNORANT GATOR
My mood is fine Elvira
I just enjoy disposing of trash like you.
Why are you here again?
Oh yeah, the only blog left that has not banned your simple minded self.
DawginLex
June 19th, 2012
10:32 am
Andy
Only a delusional bamatard actually believes Bama has 14 national titles when several of them were voted on before the bowls and were only awarded by the 5 guys who eat breakfast at the counter every morning at the Tuscaloosa Drug and Sundrie
Andy
June 19th, 2012
10:33 am
Brainiac If you are doing Isabella home work That poor kid has more problems that just the ones on the field. Could he be another Jasper Sanks ?
Wilson Pickett
June 19th, 2012
10:41 am
Dawgless still trying to run down Alabama. 1980 …what a joke for a so called major college football program. It’s a good thing you can talk the talk but you sure as hell don’t walk the walk and it’s documented. Keep playing for the East.
DawginLex
June 19th, 2012
10:51 am
Under the drug store guys counter formula, we have 8 national titles, not 2
Andy
June 19th, 2012
11:40 am
DAWG in lex
What poll are you looking at. You have a NC in !942 and The one in1980 The one in 1942 was by the same format as the one Alabama woni in 1941 but UGA win in 1942 counts but the one Ala won in 1941 doesn’t count . What are the 8 yrears when UGA won the National Championships? Ain’t noway in hell The Dawgs have 8 NC not even in your dreams Name the years and i will tell you which team was the NC that year according to the record book.
14 Titles
June 19th, 2012
11:59 am
Alabama: 22 SEC championships, 14 national championships
Nick’s loaded the roster with more 5 stars, going for #15 in 2012!!! RTR!!!!!
SSIgator
June 19th, 2012
12:06 pm
Andy -
Don’t further irritate Nancy. She is cranky enough as it is. She went to lunch with the girls yesterday, but wouldn’t you know that they burned the croutons on her ceasar salad. Poor darlin’ – just can’t win for losing.
Columbus Dawg
June 19th, 2012
12:10 pm
The Dawgs WILL stomp South Carolina, but it WILL NOT be an upset. Dawgs will be giving points, and WILL cover!
Tide Rising
June 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
I don’t see one back there who could crack the 4 back rotation at Bama except possibly Marshall. Lets face it- Crowell is a bust and behind him there are a bunch of no names. Keith Marshall is an unknown at this point. Bama’s 5 star rb recruit TJ Yeldon is not- he had 179 total yards in the Bama spring game. Eddie lacy, Yeldon, Dee Hart, and Jalston fowler at this point would play before Marshall. He could possibly beat out Hart and Fowler for no. 3 in our rotation but that’s about it.
As for having 4 rbs you have to have a great and powerful offensive line which is what LSU and Bama had last year. BTW Bama returns 4 O-lineman including an Outland trophy winner Barrett Jones and 2 projected 1st round draft picks and a projected 2nd round draft pick for 2013 on our O-line alone. The lone new starter?- 6″6 325 lb tackle Cyrus Kuandijo- the no. 2 rated player coming out of high school 2 years ago who was for a practical intent and purposes a starter last year according to Saban and the Bama coaches.
Good thing conference realignment allowed you to dodge us again this year.
Tide Rising
June 19th, 2012
12:43 pm
DawginLex,
Bama has 9 polled national championships. Still a lot more than you. The other 5 4 of them are not really in dispute since in those years Bama was clearly the best team and it was before the advent of the polls. 1941 is the only title in dispute. And that’s a wash considering we got screwed out of the 66 title after going undefeated after winning the 64 and 65 national titles. We started out no. 3 and stayed no. 3 after no. 1 ND and no. 2 Mich state played to a tie. Both stayed home for bowl season while we walloped our bowl opponent by 3 or 4 tds.
Marty
June 19th, 2012
1:20 pm
Could he be another Jasper Sanks?
That was unspeakably cruel, but I’m afraid you’re correct. Isabel Crowell is the reincarnation of Jasper Sanks, Washout Ealey, and Caleb Queen all rolled into one. All losers to the max.
Bama=home of the T-bag special
June 19th, 2012
2:09 pm
Tide Rising dodge you?? Tell you what have Saban call his boys at the NCAA offices there in B’ham and tell them he wants to play UGA and the game will take place..anyone with enough pull to get to play a team that beat them for the MNC has enough pull to schedule UGA if he wanted to play us….don’t think for a second we wouldn’t show up.
Andy
June 19th, 2012
2:12 pm
I went to the ND vs Michigan State game ND got the ball with about two or three minutes left and layed down on it thinging that they were going to be the National Champs becuse they were #1 and a tie would give them the National Championship. It ended up a tie for #1 since both teams had record of 10-0-1 Alabama was 11-0 and did not win the National Champion. because of the home cooking of the Northern Sports writers If that had happen to the Dawgs there would have been a flood in Athens from all the tears that was shed over there!.
gbal
June 19th, 2012
2:27 pm
We do have a very strong stable of potentially great RB’s. As a fan i still say unproven but great potential. As a top RB recruit I would definately have to scratch my head and think about it before signing with UGA in 2013 due to concern with play time over the next 2 years.
Id think the same with Bama too though.
Bama=home of the T-bag special
June 19th, 2012
2:58 pm
Andy would you have us believe that there were no tears shed by the Bama fans..only enough to float a battleship I’m thinking.
gbal
June 19th, 2012
3:16 pm
yo
Burma Shave
June 19th, 2012
3:51 pm
Isabel Crowell is his name
At drug tests he’s not so hot
He’ll be in jail soon enough
With three hots and a cot
BURMA SHAVE
Andy
June 19th, 2012
4:11 pm
We didn’t shed any tears we had enough National Championship we wouldn’ t miss one or two more are less. Bear Byrant had 6 NC by his self coaching at Ala. It hurt because it would have been 3 National Championships in a row which no team in College football had eve rwon in College football before and still hasn’t for thst matter. Ga is still cryiny about getting robbed in 2007 What was their record that year.
Andy
June 19th, 2012
4:23 pm
Bama was winning championship in the 1920’s and 30’s when the only bowl game was the Rose Bowl that matched the best team in the WEST against the best team in the EAST Alabama went to the Rose Bowl 8 times. With a record of 4 wins 2 loses and 2 ties. and the winner was consider the National champion.
fan
June 19th, 2012
6:16 pm
I’m not a football fan of Auburn by any means,but the jerk that poisoned those trees should spend time in jail…what an idiot.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 19th, 2012
7:44 pm
@ Andy:
Of course I. Crowell COULD be another Jasper Sanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And you COULD be another Jerry Sandusky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But I love your Dumb Ass anyway!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 19th, 2012
8:00 pm
@ Bored/ @ Joey:
Don’t leave out the part where TROLL BLOGGERS R Us pretend to be Bammy fans and recap all of Bammy’s National Champion days and whine about UGA’s “Softest Schedule Ever”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, don’t forget that Saban gets ANY PLAYER he wants, RN is a Bammy lock, take it to the bank and “My Mobile Home leaks” so we all sleep in one bed!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 19th, 2012
8:11 pm
@ evil empire:
Your 9:58pm post makes no more sense than youe usual Single Digit IQ drivel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buzzzzzz
June 19th, 2012
8:15 pm
I’m not a football fan of Auburn by any means, but the jerk that poisoned those trees should spend time in jail… what an idiot.
Agreed. Good old fashioned hate is fine, but that’s seriously crossing over the line.
cbdawg
June 20th, 2012
12:08 am
Of couse Malcome could be the next Herschel if Isiah hits the Doobie again!
kingdaddy
June 20th, 2012
7:06 am
The first game against Buffalo will tell us little about our team but it will help our coaches alot. I don’t look for us to tip our hand to Missouri. We will get a chance to see some new players for the first time and iron out some basics. I hope we get to see LeMay play the entire 2nd half but I wouldn’t count on that. Richt has an opportunity to season his backup qb and to keep Christan happy by playing him a little more against these easier teams. Its really a win, win situation no matter how you look at it. People who say the Buffalo game isn’t important just don’t understand this entire season hinges on one game, one win at a time. Buffalo is our stepping stone to one Historic game for the SEC. Learn from Buffalo and prepare for one of the biggest games for UGA this year, MISSOURI! THEY ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO TEAR US LIMB FROM LIMB! YES BUFFALO IS AN IMPORTANT GAME! IF WE WANT IT ALL THIS YEAR, IT STARTS WITH BUFFALO…
DawGs1
June 20th, 2012
7:36 am
The dawgs are easily the best team in the sec east — lsu should win the west. With a better D this year, Ga will upset lsu and win the sec–bet the house!
real fan
June 20th, 2012
8:54 am
PEOPLE THAT GO ON OTHER TEAMS BLOGS ARE LOSERS
Caro_Dog
June 20th, 2012
5:19 pm
The dogs O will rule the SEC this year—the dogs will beat alabama and play in a big bowl game. this could be the year.
Old Dog
June 20th, 2012
5:54 pm
“Ga will upset lsu and win the sec–bet the house!”
YOU bet YOUR house! Good luck with that! I’ll check back with you next January.
Texas Dawg
June 22nd, 2012
8:16 am
@kingdaddy……not trying to be rude but had to chuckle when I read that the Buffalo game will tell us about our team….
2nd teamers in the spring game would challege the 1st stringers more.
It has been what three, four seasons since we beat a good quality team……
I hope this is our year but I still scatch my head sometimes with CMR,
I JUST CAN’T UNderstand why we move probably our best reciever….(Murry needs all the help he can get)(still hasn’t beat a good team} to defence………one of the best D in the countr…..yea yea yea ……short d backs….got it……..BUT if we with the talent we have don’t crush Buff and Misso we are in for a long season…………..
Texas Dawg
June 22nd, 2012
8:20 am
Looked at crowell against a pretty good D in SC game last year…….he looked really good…..i think he had over 100…….
I think if he stays healthy….and stays away from the weed/trouble he could be special………Again is our coaching staff oing to coach him up or down??????