What pieces need to fall into place for the Dawgs?
Aaron Murray has gotten off to a slow start in games but has finished strong. (Associated Press)
So, with Georgia having won the first of what are likely to be its three or four most challenging games this season, what needs to happen for the Dawgs to live up to preseason expectations?
In other words, what needs fixing, improving or tweaking?
Several folks I’ve heard from this week have pointed fingers at quarterback Aaron Murray’s slow starts in the first two games, and that’s certainly an area that could be improved. But taking into account the patchwork, hobbled, inexperienced offensive line Murray is operating behind, his early jumpiness and tendency to overthrow receivers is understandable … and his smooth play as the game progresses has been impressive.
Murray threw some really fine passes against Missouri, including a couple of touchdowns and several of the passes that were dropped by open receivers. As Buck Belue put it, Murray “delivered a big-game performance. … He was under constant pressure, in the first half. The O-line and John Theus had some issues providing a clean pocket, but Aaron stood in there strong and threw some nice balls. I was impressed.”
Despite the continued false starts (which really need to be addressed), the offense seemed much more in sync in the second half after Mike Bobo started going much more to four- and five-receiver sets that allowed Murray to get rid of the ball quickly, making the offensive line less of a liability.
Still, the OL is where the greatest improvement is needed, especially if the running game is to become more consistent (which also would take more pressure off Murray). If Theus and company can get healthy and stay that way, we should see improvement in both pass protection (which would free up the tight ends to become part of the receiving equation again) and run blocking.
The latter is especially important, because the Bulldogs need opponents worrying about the run in order to keep them from locking down the passing game. Georgia has three talented tailbacks, but their production has been spotty so far. As Mark Richt said this week, “We have to get better. We missed some opportunities this last game maybe more than game one as far as hitting it in the right spot. We missed some good blocking a couple of times I thought, more than a couple of times actually. It wasn’t just one guy. I think all three of them really, there was probably a run or two that all of them had that could have gained some yards.”
As for the defense, I’ve heard from a couple of fans who’ve been alarmed by the number of yards the Dawgs have given up in the first two games, particularly in the air. But keep in mind that Georgia has been operating without four defensive starters, mostly in the secondary. Considering that fact, I think the defensive showing so far has been remarkable. (Thanks in large measure, of course, to Jarvis Jones.) Just think what it’s going to be like in a couple of weeks when Todd Grantham’s troops are full-strength.
As for special teams, generally there’s definitely been improvement so far (with the occasional hiccup like Malcolm Mitchell’s ill-considered attempt to field a bouncing punt against Mizzou), but the kicking game remains a little shaky. That’s to be expected, though, with two true freshmen. Placekicker Marshall Morgan has shown a strong leg, and I think consistency will come as he gets more game experience. Let’s hope he gets plenty of PAT opportunities to work on his timing the next three games!
What else do you see that needs to happen in order for the Dawgs to be operating at peak efficiency?
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157 comments Add your comment
Joey Hanie
September 13th, 2012
10:30 am
first?
Frank Lane
September 13th, 2012
10:34 am
I think that the main thing is playing up with the motivation to win every play. Team still shows periods of complacency on both sides of ball.
Leroy
September 13th, 2012
10:34 am
Second?
DCJohn
September 13th, 2012
10:40 am
You said it – false starts moving a third and two or third and six back to sevens and elevens is going to keep the entire offense inconsistent, regardless of how healthy or better the offensive line gets.
edumacated
September 13th, 2012
10:42 am
Dawgs can’t go 0 for 8 on 3rd downs and expect to get out of Columbia, SC with a win. No way.
Bobby
September 13th, 2012
10:43 am
I think heavy criticisms against the defense are seriously misplaced. No excuse for Buffalo. However, against Mizzou, were missing 1/4 to 1/3 of our starters, depending on the defensive scheme we were running.
We still generated plenty of momentum-killing and game-changing plays. We eliminated the biggest threat they had. We held Franklin to 25 yrds on 20 carries. That was their team’s biggest strength and our defense’s biggest weakness. In other words, we schemed to win, even if it resulted in a couple of bigger plays in the secondary. Giving up 20 pts to Mizzou isn’t bad. It’s not ideal, but I’ll take it, especially when we’re showing marked improvement in our biggest problem areas the past 5 yrs. Mobile QBs have been giving us fits the past few years. Pat White at WVU. Relf and Miss State. Tebow. The list goes on. Solid improvement, guys.
DIT
September 13th, 2012
10:47 am
It’s all about the O-LINE right now. Murray needs to be protected and we need to rush the ball for close to 200 yards per game. Not worried about the defense. They are finding their way. Jones effort last week will have our defense pumped up and wanting more.
Dawg Haus
September 13th, 2012
10:48 am
Great post, Bill! I’m still a little worried about the line, but the Dawgs were able to run the ball consistently against Missouri, so maybe they’re turning a corner. Here’s to hoping they keep developing as the season goes on!
fan
September 13th, 2012
10:49 am
Mr. Murray will be in trouble any time he gets rushed. He panics. Missouri got tired , Murray got better. any team with a rush will have the dawgs in trouble.
Chris
September 13th, 2012
10:51 am
Bill, we definitely need to improve in the running game as you mentioned, and while we are having problems with the o-line and maybe the backs missing holes as mentioned in your article, a big problem that has always been there with Richt and Bobo is there blatant tendency to go away from the running game when it is working. There were a couple of instances in the Missouri game where we should have been running the ball, and all we did was pass, pass, pass. It was even more of a glaring problem against Buffalo in the first half.
While the coaches are putting the blame on blocking, the backs, and so forth, they also need to take a good look in the mirror. If you don’t run it, you’re not going to have success with it, and averaging over 5 yards per carry is actually a good thing. Gurley had 10 carries for 65 yards against Missouri. That is averaging 6.5 yards per carry. He should have been running the ball more.
Donkey Balls
September 13th, 2012
10:53 am
Ill take overthrows over interceptions anyday.
JAWS
September 13th, 2012
10:54 am
I hate that running play where Murray fires it to the running back coming up the middle. I see a fumble in a close game against a good d. Scrap it for good.
Columbus Dawg
September 13th, 2012
11:00 am
Yes, the run game is crucial. The absence of a sustainable running game will cost games, and not just to take pressure off of Murray, or any of that. The run game is how championship teams in college football gain the most important yards in big games. Totally opposite of NFL. It does not matter where it comes from. Florida ran out of the spread with Harvin and Tebow, Auburn got theirs out of Newton, and did get some from it’s tailbacks, and Alabama got it from it’s tailbacks, but they all possessed unstoppable, sustainable run games. You simply can not wear down opposing defenses with long pass plays that do not eat clock. Tuberville tried to tell Richt early in his career about the importance of a dominant running game in the Southeastern Conference, but he will not use the run game in a traditional sense, because he does not know how. Richt is full of it about the running game against Mizzou. Go back and look at the first carries that Gurley got, Gurley, like all great backs was establishing his game with some tough yards early, and low and behold, he vanished from the game. Why won’t Vince Dooley tell Richt where he is going wrong? The problem I have with this in Bobo, is that he played at Georgia back when the running game was used as a true weapon, and should know the importance of this. One day, Keith Marshall will be ready to play SEC football, but he is not yet. The coaches should have never stopped feeding Gurley the ball, most especially just to keep Marshall happy in giving him carries he should’nt have got.
AltamahaDawg
September 13th, 2012
11:03 am
It’s fair to say Murray Overthrew some WR in the first half of the Buffalo game. But he also moved the team pretty well, and made some throws. But clearly he was over juiced. I’d rather have that , that simply playing poorly, or not giving it effort. I’d say we have had worse things that to say that the well-deserved complaint in that game was that only hald of his deep balls went for TDs.
Not sure I would pin the slow start against Mizzou on him, though. I think we were still playing pretty conservative, grinding it out (which ended up to be a good recipe) and just weren’t burning up the yards. Mizzou wilted, and we opened it up as it went along.
I admit not really remembering Murray’s first half in any detail, but I don’t recall thinking that he was really the “slow start” factor.
Dawg33
September 13th, 2012
11:04 am
I agree Chris I think Gurly should be getting the ball at least 20 times a game.
chazzo
September 13th, 2012
11:05 am
ti MING…. Ti ming… ti Ming…. ti ming…. Timing…
Dawg 33
September 13th, 2012
11:09 am
I also think we should run split backfield with Gurly and Marshall and throw swing passes like we did with Henderson and Worly.
chazzo
September 13th, 2012
11:13 am
Let’s see which back can against SoCa. I bet its Ken Malcome.
matt
September 13th, 2012
11:13 am
Why are we letting the ball hit the ground on every punt? If it’s short, call the fair catch! We are giving up 15-20 yds of field position each kick.
AltamahaDawg
September 13th, 2012
11:13 am
It’s ALL about the Oline, right now. Trying to see how much pounding just one of our freshman RBs can take in the first 2 games of his career is not even remotely important.
Marshall needs reps, Malcome needs reps. Somewhere along the line, halfway through the season that will be very obvious as to why.
Dirty Dawg
September 13th, 2012
11:30 am
Once again Bill you seem to relish the concept of ‘damned by feint praise’…particularly regarding Bobo and Murray. Do yourself a favor and replay the game and keep count of Murray’s throws…exactly one, one, pass was overthrown all night…one interception (damned good play by the Mizzou guy)…and a host of dropped balls. As for the play-calling, again give Missouri a little credit – OK, some false starts too. Point being young Mr Murray and Coach Bobo are doing just fine so far and maybe you should cut em some slack.
ATLNative
September 13th, 2012
11:31 am
Our full defense should be able to create a lot of 3 and outs. That makes running the ball and grinding clock more important since the offense will be seeing the field often. and if Junkyard Jones keeps creating takeaways, they may be creating 1 or 2 and outs instead of 3. GATA! Let’s average over 45 points a game after 5 games!
bill arp
September 13th, 2012
11:38 am
To get to the promised land, it all starts up front. On both sides of the ball. Obviously the bigger concern of the two would be the O-Line, mainly that true freshman. But as I watched the last two games, I’ve seen our R-Guard(Lee) miss quite a few blocks himself.
My other HUGE concern is the FG kicker…Man, that guy scares the crap out of me..
damngooddawg!
September 13th, 2012
11:39 am
Does anyone remember UGA having a good OL at any time in CMR’s tenure here? I’m just sayin”
damngooddawg!
September 13th, 2012
11:44 am
Does Billy Bennett still have a year of elligibility?
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
11:46 am
I have heard constantly that Aaron Murray is no David Greene and for a long time I whole-heartedly agreed. However a few days ago I actually did some research and looked at their numbers and I was blown away. Through their first 29 starts (the # of starts made by Murray thus far) their numbers are nearly identical. Murray has slightly better passing yards and passer rating, while Greene has won 5 more games and 4 less interceptions. However one glaring thing jumps out at you. TDs: David Greene – 41 Aaron Murray – 65. WOW.
I’ve gotten to a point where I am done critiquing this man’s every move and I’m simply going to watch and appreciate what is quite frankly greatness at quarterback by Aaron Murray.
chilidawg
September 13th, 2012
11:46 am
IF the dawgs win out and win the SEC, this could be the year that the SEC gets jobbed again (see Auburn) if there are two other undefeated teams. The media and talking heads want the SEC dominance in the BCS to end. Let’s assume that the PAC12 champ will be undefeated. If no big shake-ups in the polls happen, that leaves OU and FSU. No way the paper clips go undefeated this year. So, I’m a fan of anyone who is playing FSU.
Dawg Haus
September 13th, 2012
11:47 am
They did back in his earlier days, damngooddawg! Remember guys like Jean-Gilles and Stinchcomb? There have been individual linemen since his early days that were very good, but the overall line quality has definitely gone down.
dawgfacedboy
September 13th, 2012
11:48 am
“Despite the continued false starts (which really need to be addressed), the offense seemed much more in sync in the second half after Mike Bobo started going much more to four- and five-receiver sets that allowed Murray to get rid of the ball quickly, making the offensive line less of a liability”
WHy don’t we try this from the onset? Why wait? If the OL is a liability (which it is and has been) then why not put together a gameplan accordingly. Quicker passes.
Personally I think the run blocking has been atrocious and for me that’s the “biggest piece that needs to fall in place”. The running game (OL). Just one arm chair coach’s opinion.
BMOC
September 13th, 2012
11:49 am
Donkey Balls
September 13th, 2012
10:53 am
Ill take overthrows over interceptions anyday.
The only difference between the two is the ‘overthrow’ happened not to be a defensive player behind it.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
11:53 am
Really breaking down what held the offense back in the first half.
First drive first play Gurley drops an easy pitch where he had a hole for at least 8 yards and puts us back at 2nd and 18. Thus ruining great field position and killing the chance to take the crowd out of the game early.
Michael Bennett (who, by the way is a great reciever) has 2 BAD drops that held back drives.
John Theus was playing some of the most awful offensive line that I have seen in a half. He got beat for a sack on a simple spin move for a sack, the first of 2 he allowed in the 1st half. That caused him to be antsy and therefore jump offsides, I counted 4 times. He picked up the pieces in the 2nd half and he will improve, but that stalled us.
Then factor in the interception, which might have been the worst decision for a throw Murray has made in career, just flat out did not see the linebacker playing zone.
DogGone
September 13th, 2012
11:54 am
DGD@11:39
Three members of last year’s less than good OL are playing in the NFL this year.
Maybe the problem has something to do with our concept of a “good” offensive line?
Committed DAWG Fan
September 13th, 2012
12:05 pm
Columbus Dawg, you are dead on point brother! Specifically with the Gurley issue. Through 2 games, he has proven to be the most talented of the 3 backs and has shown big play potential way more than Boo and Marshall, despite the fact that he continues to get less carries than Marshall. In my opinion, Gurley should be getting 75% of the carries with Boo & Marshall splitting the other 25%. If you look at any of the dominant backs in the SEC, they get 20 plus touches a game, which leads to more opportunities for big plays. If they give him 20 a game, you will see running dominance and big plays more frequently from our running game that has been missing for years!
I understand that Marshall was rated higher than Gurley coming out of high school and that’s great, but this isn’t high school anymore and Gurley is clearly shown that he’s more ready to play at the SEC level right now! I do think Marshall will eventually get more comfortable and be a beast at Georgia, but it’s clearly Gurley’s time to shine right now, he’s definitely earned it!
At some point, you’ve got to stop trying to make everyone (All 3 backs) happy and just do the right thing. There’s a famous quote by Bill Cosby “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure, is trying to make everyone happy.” It will NEVER happen.
Go DAWGS!!!
Bill King
September 13th, 2012
12:06 pm
Dirty Dawg: I’m still trying to figure out how you read today’s blog as critical of Murray and Bobo.
True Dawg
September 13th, 2012
12:13 pm
I agree with Chris completly, the coaches always seem to go away from whatever is working. If the opponents can’t stop a certain style or play, run it all day! It really is that simple. All we hear about is balance… and we do need that from a preparation and ability stand point. But again, if you can’t stop me, I’m going with it all day. Running or passing. Whatever. DON”T think too much guys. GATA!
BP
September 13th, 2012
12:18 pm
The offense is scoring 41 points per game, no complaints there, and special teams are holding their own.
My concerns are 100% with the defense.
1- We’ve given up 300 yards rushing in 2 games to lackluster unranked teams, the dline has 0 suspensions or injuries.
2- We’ve given up 700 yards of total offense in 2 games to bad teams
3- We’ve let 2 bad teams scored 20-23 points per game, this doesn’t bode well for teams like Tenn, SC, and GT.
4- Besides Jarvis Jones, no one else is forcing turnover son the defense.
Columbus Dawg
September 13th, 2012
12:21 pm
I guess being loved by the players and getting hugs is more important than championships to Richt. The only year that Richt had a real shot at the big game was 2002, and even then he felt it was more important to put Shockley in the game, (for NO good reason), to throw the losing interception against the Gators. This just to make Shockley and his Dad happy? I hope to see the Dawgs win one, but Richt and Bobo just flat will not do what it takes, it seems.
BP
September 13th, 2012
12:24 pm
UGA reminds me of Arkansas right now, when Wilson was 100%. Great offense, bad defense.
UGA is Arkansas East.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
12:26 pm
@BP I will agree the defense was awful against Buffalo, but I think they played Mizzou much better than you give them credit for. 1st of all, I do not get why you classify Mizzou as a “bad team”. I would go as far as to say Mizzou’s offense is better than Tennessee and Georgia Tech’s. 2nd, Mizzou had at least 3 fumbles that were not Jarvis’ doing (I believe 1 of those happened to fall back to a Missouri player). 3rd I think the D did more than it’s fare share to be close to the reason we won the game. Mizzou had zero inside running game. Literally all of Mizzou’s points came off of 2 blown coverages, at least one of which could have been prevented with Rambo’s presence, 1 field goal that was handed to them via field position because of a Murray interception that I mentioned earlier.
Bumble and Stumble
September 13th, 2012
12:27 pm
Our offense is still not fluid. Running game okay . Passing game seems like we are earning every tough yard out there. Dropped passes and YAC is not too impressive either. Defensive secondary has holes and other guys needs to step up on defense besides Mr. Jones. 0 – 8 0n third downs aint gonna cut when we play the big boys.
BP
September 13th, 2012
12:29 pm
The UGA defense in SEC right now is ranked:
10th in scoring
10th in total yards
last in rushing yards allowed
last in interceptions
last in sacks
Like I said, Arkansas East.
Big piece of the Puzzle
September 13th, 2012
12:30 pm
Get Rid of Bobo the clown.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
12:32 pm
@Big piece of the Puzzle
you mean the clown who has us at 41 points per game?
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
12:33 pm
@BP another point on the defense is, what did Mizzou’s offense do after the TD to start the second half? please fill in that blank for me
Dawg Haus
September 13th, 2012
12:33 pm
BP, you also seem to be forgetting that Georgia is missing one of its more dominant pass rushers in Tree and its most consistent ballhawk in Rambo. For all we heard about Missouri’s dynamic offense all offseason, I’d say the boys did pretty well limiting them to 20 points.
Big piece of the Puzzle
September 13th, 2012
12:34 pm
Yeah the clown who should have us at 60 points a game with ease.
BP
September 13th, 2012
12:34 pm
Bobo is ranked #1 in SEC in scoring
Grantham is ranked 8th in SEC in scoring.
Bobo is ranked #13 in nation in scoring at 43 points per game.
Grantham is ranked #55 in nation in scoring.
Obviously, no debate, our defense is the weak link.
funny...
September 13th, 2012
12:37 pm
Good Lord people, WHO CARES ABOUT STATS!
The only stat that matters is 2-0. That’s it.
Just keep winning and I don’t care where the defense is ranked in rushing yards per game.
BP
September 13th, 2012
12:38 pm
I’ts all about points, scoring, Bobo is the best in the SEC right now–near the best in the nation, Grantham is almost the worse there, 10th in SEC of 14 teams, only teams like Auburn, Kentucky are worse than Grantham’s defensive scoring averages.
DawginSewer
September 13th, 2012
12:40 pm
Wejsss nesess moress doughnutessss yesss choaks
mad~catfish
September 13th, 2012
12:47 pm
i think marshall is fine on the long kicks…but it might be time for one of the others to kick some pat’s…offensive line will gel as time goes buy…dnt worry bout scar they will never be able to run the ball against our “D” and as soon as jarvis lays one good lick on connor shaw…there done baby!
SOUTHGADAWGG88
September 13th, 2012
12:49 pm
Wins are more important than stats,both team and personal stats.I could care less where we rank on Offense or Defense,how many yards this back or that back has,who catches the most passes,has the most rcv yds etc…just win the games baby!!
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
12:49 pm
Ya’ll people need to get over it. we are a passing team team now…and always will be under richt. Plus we didnt start kicking mizzo sorry asses till we went to 4 wides…We have to go with what’s working and that offense broke mizzo into half. I’m more disappointed in the o-line…how our depth is so bad we have to depend on a true freshmen at RT. CMR has never had a solid o-line to start any season…he most defintley does not earn his 3 million a year when it comes to the o-line!!! For us to win the sec this year the o-line better improve greatly and they better hurry the hell up and do it. and defense better back their words up about wanting to become the best defense in the nation…even with the four starters out we shoudn’t be ranked so low in total defense.
ARdawg
September 13th, 2012
12:50 pm
Bill
I disagree. Murray was well composed on on the mark in the Mizzou game. Other than the pick I saw one pass the receiver couldn’t catch. The Buff game, not so much. I was quite proud of Murray’s performance last week. This does bring up the Jekyll and Hyde scenario though. One aspect is Murray. The Mizzou Murray needs to be the one on the field every week. Why the difference in Murray for the two games I can’t say. Which leads up to the second aspect. Coaching.
I sensed a little more vigor from Bobo and Richt on the offensive side of the ball. Risk taking. This escalates confidence on the field. Players (I believe) will will it and make it happen if you let them.
We have the talent, we have the schedule. There is nothing stopping the Dawgs from getting to Atlanta undefeated but ourselves
Ga/Fl.Stillman dog
September 13th, 2012
12:52 pm
As a coach you need two deep if not three. So the defense giving up all those yards with the back ups is no exscuse. they still need to pl;ay like they have a freaking purpose. Stop allowing UGA to be mediocre at best ALL THE DA&? TIME. Also the line and play calling sucks along with Aaron Murry and his CANT CATCH RECEIVERS. then maybe we can win and NOT HOPE FOR WINS. GEEZ PEOPLE GET A REAL LIFE AND COMMON SENSE
BP
September 13th, 2012
12:56 pm
I don’t think Grantham knows how to run the 3-4 scheme, bottom line, in rush def, total def, scoring, sacks, int’s, it’s not working.
t
September 13th, 2012
1:02 pm
GO DAWGS! LOVE COACH RICHT! http://www.wedgeorgia.com
Bama=home of the T-bag special
September 13th, 2012
1:02 pm
@BP I mean this with all the respect you deserve… I have a hammer smarter than you..
BP
September 13th, 2012
1:06 pm
Grantham couldn’t stop the Buffalo Bisons!!! Guy needs to be coaching in high school somewhere, he’s above his head.
Finished LAST in scoring against ranked teams in 2011.
Grantham is the weak link on this team.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
1:08 pm
@BP
you do know that Georgia Tech, who gets yards sheerly by virtue of teams having difficulty preparin for that annoying offensve system, has rushed for more yards over the last 3 years than Mizzou right?
we held them to 2.7 yards per rush and right around 5 yards per pass attempt. That is winning defensive football
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
1:09 pm
sorry, I did not correctly say that ONLY Georgia Tech has more rushing yards over the last 3 years than Mizzou. My bad
BP
September 13th, 2012
1:09 pm
Lattimore has run for @400 yards in 2 games vs. Grantham’s 3-4, it ain’t very good when run by Grantham.
Boise scored 35 points, SC scored 45, LSU scored 42, and Mich St scored 33.
Make all the excuses you want, the guy’s schemes don’t keep even BAD teams in 2012 from scoring 20-23 points.
BP
September 13th, 2012
1:12 pm
10th in def scoring, last in sacks and interceptions, 8th in total yards, 8th in rushing.
Grantham’s defenses perform better than teams like Ark, Kentucky, and Auburn.
Winning football?
We’ll see when Tenn and SC come to town.
BP
September 13th, 2012
1:14 pm
Grantham’s D averaged 39 points per game vs. ranked teams in 2011.
The guy is in ove rhis head.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
1:23 pm
@BP all your statistical information, much like mine, is absolutely correct. However, let’s break down why yours is extremely misleading
the teams ahead of UGA in scoring defense:
Alabama: played great against Michigan (Denard Robinson didn’t show up for that game) other than that Western Kentucky
LSU: North Texas and Washington. smh
Mississippi State: JACKSON STATE??!!, and played very well against Auburn
South Carolina: Vanderbilt and ECU, not terrible, but no Mizzou’s on there
Florida: Bowling Green and Texas A&M, A&M may have the 3rd or 4th worst offense in the SEC
Tennessee: NC State was impressive but more offensively than defensively, Georgia State? irrelevant
Ole Miss: CENTRAL ARKANSAS and UTEP. CENTRAL ARKANSAS scored 27 on them. they make Buffalo look like Alabama
Texas A&M: skewed becaue of playing only 1 game. that was against a Florida offense that is still struggling to find itself
Vanderbilt: South Carolina and Northwestern. USC lost Connor Shaw in the middle of the game and Carolina’s offense was out of sorts the rest of the night.
Georgia’s defensive ranking will rise significantly over the next 2 weeks
mopardog
September 13th, 2012
1:27 pm
Put in Bauta! I know we have a great lineup of QB’s, but I can’t wait to see this guy in action. He’s an amazing athelete flying under the radar, just like Knowshon Moreno. As for Knowshon, I saw him coming way before anyone knew who he was.
Big piece of the Puzzle
September 13th, 2012
1:30 pm
Fire Richt then hire Jon Gruden.
Willie
September 13th, 2012
1:32 pm
My D was better than Granthams.
mopardog
September 13th, 2012
1:33 pm
Yeah, I’d take Gruden.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
1:33 pm
@Willie
I Bob Stoops disagrees with you
mopardog
September 13th, 2012
1:34 pm
@Willie….Seriously???? Your D lost to Tech.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
1:36 pm
pardon me I THINK Bob Stoops disagrees with you
ARdawg
September 13th, 2012
1:51 pm
In floods the nerd trolls…who’d have thunk?
Bama=home of the T-bag special
September 13th, 2012
2:23 pm
@BP your making my hammer look smarter all the time….a lot smarter.
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
2:25 pm
I agree with BP….how can you give a man a raise like we have and rank so poorly on defense. We have jenkins…washington and abry jones…our front seven has so much talent….No damn ass excuse for being last in the sec against the run. grantham is the problem not bobo
funny...
September 13th, 2012
2:41 pm
BP is bringing some quality dumb to this blog
Macclenny_dawg
September 13th, 2012
3:00 pm
Bill,
The 1st thing is playcalling. Bobo has 2 get Murray going alot faster. He needs to call some quick throws out 2 the w/r and let them make a guy miss!!! Call a qb rollout and tell Murray to run and get some of the adreniline to leave him. On 2nd and 6 or more throw the football on 2nd down. We have to keep Murray out of 3rd and long because our line is 2 inexperienced to have that much pressure on them. Special teams need more work in practice. We always seem to be setting up a return but more than 70% of the punts are not returned!!! If not for Samuels great play we would have had another fake punt pulled of on us again. If I can see it why can’t our coaches??? Why can’t we send the house to block a punt every once in a while and just have our returner just call a fair catch like he will probably do anyway!!! Kickers is what it is since they are freshmen. Defense will be fine but until we can sustain drives the defense continues to wear down. Bottom line is the coaching must improve if we ever gonna be great!!! We have as much talent as anybody now we just have to not be scared of using it!!!This coaching staff just seems to call a conservative game until we get behind. This has to change!!! I am tired of hearing GATA!!! Just go GTA!!! Go DAWGS!!!!
USMCDAWG
September 13th, 2012
3:00 pm
I’ve seen a lot of complaints about Morgan or saying he makes ya’ll nervous…Really?! Didn’t he nail a 52-yarder to give us our first points of the Mizzou game when we weren’t really moving the ball? I think he’s fine. He shanked a PA, which should show him he needs to focus anytime he’s on the field. But overall I think he’s doing damn good job.
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
3:00 pm
Hey funnny….it’s funny how we boasted about being the best defense in the nation…and now here we are last in the sec in run defense. Also their has been talk of grantham leaving to become a HBC.lol. He has alot to prove to becoming a hc….what has he done at uga…thats been so impressive the last two seasons…he is overated…bobo has less talent to work with and is doing better this year.
mopardog
September 13th, 2012
3:03 pm
Yeah, how is our front seven getting beat against the run? They’re having trouble against the mobile quarterback.
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
3:07 pm
macclenny has some good points…we stay conservative till we get behind. We have to stop being so conserative to start the game.
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
3:13 pm
yeah granthams 3-4 defense is not set up to stop a mobile qb…we did shut franklin down though…just not sold on grantham till i see this defense post bama /lsu like numbers…we have 9 of 11 starters return on defense this year…i know some have been suspended…but i dont think the backups arethat bad to be last against the run…
Newman
September 13th, 2012
3:13 pm
ROLL MURAAY OUT! He’s only 5′11″…
mopardog
September 13th, 2012
3:13 pm
Hmmm…Hey Joe! What has CTG done?? His Defense was winning games when our offense couldn’t. Anyone that disagrees that the Dawgs defense has improved immensely under him either knows nothing about this program, or is not taking their meds, or is a Tech nerd trolling this blog.
Macclenny_dawg
September 13th, 2012
3:16 pm
For everbody that thinks Bobo is not the problem I ask you since ya’ll like to look at stats. If the offense continues to get 3 and outs and cannot sustain a drive the defense will be on the field longer!!! Just like last week against Missouri the defense got a turnover in field goal range and the offense went backwards!!! The offense has to sustain drives because the defense is geting wore down because its has no time to rest when our offense is on the field. Its Bobo’s job to have a game plan that will work no matter who the qb,rb, wr, and linemen are. GTA!!!! Go DAWGS!!!
UGA Insider
September 13th, 2012
3:16 pm
joe,
We have had 4 suspended and MM has been hurt. Give us a break. Adams is in charge of suspensions and won’t tell us how long suspensions last. Team has had no idea of these 4 so we are handicapped there as well. Adams is mad because he didn’t get the big NCAA job because of infractions within the football team.
mopardog
September 13th, 2012
3:17 pm
Sorry about that last comment Joe. It was a little harsh. I think we’re doing better than we were with Willie though.
Bama=home of the T-bag special
September 13th, 2012
3:21 pm
@UGA Insider heck I’m mad as heck that Adams didn’t get that job, love to promote him the heck out of Athens…but take it out on the team….that’s just wrong.
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
3:32 pm
It’s cool morpadog…..I’m just ready for us to back up all that summer talk about being the best defense in the nation and it all starts with one of the worst teams in div1 football sat… We should shut them out or at least hold them to one score. I know the suspendions hurt, but i just dont think we should be last against the run…and this talk of grantham becoming a HBC needs to chill…at least till he has our defense giving up under 20 points a game
Bama=home of the T-bag special
September 13th, 2012
3:49 pm
@joe jenkins exactly who said we were the best defense in the nation this summer… I missed that part?
richie
September 13th, 2012
3:53 pm
BP you are a punk,the defense will be just fine,SC defense isnt that good,FL is a joke and TENN well they havent played anyone yet.
GET A LIFE
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
3:59 pm
I think it was shawn williams who said they wanted to be the best defense in the nation….Last year he did say we were better than lsu and bama. on defense…Just sick and tired of the the talk man…time to back it up…You really think we will shut the owls out sat…i dont think so. I bet lsu and bama and possibly the loser chickens in columbia could. I think fla could to…So why we couldnt shut them out…simple answer..we are not on par with these teams on defense. we should be we have more talent than they do…except for bama…geez it has to be coaching
Dirty Dawg
September 13th, 2012
4:07 pm
Bill, two points…first the phrase ‘Damned by feint praise’ and second your ‘body of work’. Even when you have something positive to say, you, seemingly, feel compelled to either qualify it or it’s on the heels of an earlier criticism. Further, I don’t ever recall you correcting those that truly have a hard-on for those two guys. Sorry, but that’s my reaction to the tone of your pieces. Tell me, do you agree with the comments/observations of John Gruden about Bobo?
UGA'68
September 13th, 2012
4:12 pm
No need to apologize to joe mopardog, you had it right the first time!
Dawg Haus
September 13th, 2012
4:21 pm
For the Dawgs being 2-0, there sure is a lot of bickering on the blog today.
Joshua
September 13th, 2012
4:46 pm
Personally, I’m getting really tired of people complaining about the O-line. The only complaint I have is the repeated false starts – that is inexcusable. But once the play starts, they have done pretty damn well imo. If you can’t watch the game and realize that when the other team sends 6-7 pass rushers every play, there is going to be pressure, then you are too stupid to have an opinion anyway.
beanster
September 13th, 2012
4:56 pm
How can any UGA fan complain about Grantham? Are you serious? Or do you have a very short memory? The guy has been the answer to UGA fans’ prayers. And someday, hopefully not soon, he will be hired away to be head coach at any number of schools who would love to have him.
We won the game we needed to win. We are in as good of shape right now as we could hope to be. Stop being so damn pessimistic and support your team!!
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
5:05 pm
It wouldn’t be wrong or right to apoligize…mind your own business chump. Yes i’m happy to be 2-0….but it won’t last. The Vol’s will expose us in a couple of weeks. bray will have his way with our defense….because when is the last time we slowed down a good qb
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
5:08 pm
I’m complaining because we are last in the sec against the run…I think thats a legit concern to complain about…hey what team is going to hire grantham when they look at his stats against good teams?
Dawg Haus
September 13th, 2012
5:15 pm
Joe, people were saying the same thing about Bray last year. No doubt he’s a good player, but I believe Georgia won up in Knoxville last season, taking him out in the process.
Dawg Haus
September 13th, 2012
5:27 pm
An outside opinion of Georgia’s D: http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/50445/no-excuses-georgias-d-gets-it-done
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
5:28 pm
yeah, but the vol’s always play us better in athens than they do in knoxville. We did knock bray out…but he was having a pretty good game before that. He was moving the ball up and down the field…we stopped him once he got close to the redzone…we might not be that lucky this time
Bill
September 13th, 2012
5:34 pm
Dirty Dawg, Bill King is a closet GT fan. He will eventually come out. . .
Dawg Haus
September 13th, 2012
5:37 pm
I have the UT game circled on my calendar. I think the last time the Dawgs lost to the Vols at home was 2006, but they crushed our boys in Knoxville in 07 and 09. Man, those both hurt. I’m confident that a defense at full strength will be up to the challenge of keeping Bray in check. Rambo and Tree will be looking to prove themselves and regain the confidence of their coaches and teammates.
Dawg Haus
September 13th, 2012
5:39 pm
I think the game this weekend in Knoxville will give us a good idea of what we’re looking at with UT. Granted, Florida’s D is banged up, but they’re still a capable bunch.
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
5:39 pm
Put fear in other teams eye’s huh? I guess having a defense that is last in conference will do that huh? geez shwan williams hasn’t made any plays this year so far worth noting…only jenkins and jarvis jones have…the question is hen jones leaves..where are we going to find the next jones that will save granthams job…i will believe grantham is for real if we shut down the overated lattiomore and we put jeff driskel in the hospital!!
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
5:51 pm
@joe jenkins
I will ask the same question that you, and the other knuckleheads failed to answere earlier, what did Mizzou, who I will AGAIN remind you is ranked 2nd in the nation in rushing offense the last 3 years, do after the TD on the blown coverage at the start of the 3rd quarter?
que the jeopardy music…
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
5:52 pm
apparantly Grantham’s D didn’t shut down Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, Georgia Tech, or hold LSU to 0 first downs in the first half. nor did they hold Mizzou to 2.7 rushing yards per attempt.
nope. Grantham doesn’t get it done.
morons
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
5:56 pm
Yeah you are right…we did hold them scoreless in the fourth quarter….But we can’t have these blown coverages against the better teams in the sec. my gawd…mizzo is practically still a big 12 team. We have to play the full 60 minutes…not just the second half
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
5:59 pm
The four teams you just mentioned he only shut one of those down….and that was auburn. Whats the defense going to do when the offense goes a game without scoring forty points…we wont score that many points once sec play starts…we shall see want we.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
6:03 pm
well according to Mizzou, Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, and Georgia Tech, we don’t have to
21 will be plenty
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
6:09 pm
It’s a fact we haven’t had a shut down defense since the great Erk Russell left us. BVG was good but ol richt let him go….BVG was actually better than grantham is now…but now bvg is worse than a sack of dodo……My dawgs will have to show me on the field that we are for real and time will tell and its coming fast my friends…the defense can’t wait or depend on the offense to get better or bail them out….because of our horendus poorus O-line once again
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
6:11 pm
by the way we absolutely did shut down Florida, Tennessee and Georgia Tech.
Florida scored on basically a hail mary 4th and 19, other than that all of their scores were directly related to kick returns and turnovers creating field position. give them the ball on their half of the field and they could do NOTHING.
Tennessee was shut down. You can’t even play the “played bad in the 1st half” card for that game. They were shut down. they moved the ball well on 2 drives but were held to long field goal attempts which they made. the offense struggled in that game but the defense pulled it out.
Georgia Tech literally had ONE good drive when the game was actually in question. one, 1, uno. I think you can at least count THAT high.
Auburn just got embarrassed. simple as that.
LSU looked like deer in headlights offensively in the 1st half. Honey Badger TD return and a Murray fumble later and the D was getting put on the field at their own 20, TD LSU, then getting put back on the field at their own 40 3 plays later.
Your 5:59 was just flat out incorrect
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
6:15 pm
Well it will have to better than 21 to beat fla and tenn as they Are better and tech also….auburn is garbage and mizzo still is not a example of defense being great…because they are still a middle of the road big12 team
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
6:18 pm
Yeah you are right we did basically shut those teams down….but can we do it this year? I have my doubts…we have looked suspect so far….
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
6:24 pm
Maybe when rambo and tree come back we will finally have the dominant defense we all have been wanting to see since the 2002 and 2003 seasons….I sure hope so…would be great to sock to spurrier and lattiomre…..I just hope I have that feeling where you know when the defense is on the field that they are going to get the stops we need and some three and outs….just don’t have that feeling yet about this years defense
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 13th, 2012
6:25 pm
we have. I’m not debating whether or not the D has shown some things that could potentially be worrysome. I’m just amazed at how stupid you would have to be to try to argue that it was awful last year and that Grantham is garbage. Grantham’s Defene was top 10 last year and I haven’t seen anything that shows me that once we are at full strength personell-wise we won’t be right back there.
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
6:39 pm
Alright, i’m done debating too. I just think grantham is just a little overated and not as good as bvg was in his tenure at uga. but we all have a different opinions. All in all i’m happy about our win against mizzo…my favorite plays were when jones was killing franklin…besides that i loved when big jenkins ran franklin down fromm behind and sacked him…had to be the high light of the game. I wonder if it was true what jordon jenkins said…that he heard franklin tell jj to quit hitting him so hard!!lol
Chris
September 13th, 2012
7:01 pm
BP, you’re an idiot, and obviously don’t know anything about football. You say Georgia scored 41 point against Missouri, and try to imply how the offense is so great and the defense is so bad.
The defense gave the offense the ball on the 1 inch line for a very easy touchdown, and the 6 yard line on the next possession for a second straight easy touchdown. I think the defense did okay against Missouri and will only get better. To argue how Bobo’s offense is ranked so high is pretty lame. While he hasn’t called his worst games ever so far this year, they should have been better, and he is notorious for being one of the worst offensive coordinators in all of football.
We will win close games this year because of our defense, not in spite of it.
Chris
September 13th, 2012
7:10 pm
joe jenkins,
You’re not much smarter than BP evidently. Georgia’s defense was ranked #5 overall in the country last year. That’s pretty good, especially considering how bad we were with Willie. The defense will be fine barring any major injury’s.
On another note, many of us complain about Richt and Bobo’s blatant neglect for the run at times, because if you can’t run the ball, your not going to win any championships. It is that simple. The same rule doesn’t apply in the NFL because they have so many great QB’s, but you must be able to run the ball and control the clock in college.
If we don’t realize this, and soon, we will not improve on what we did last year.
Snake Plisskin
September 13th, 2012
7:26 pm
@Thank God for Reggie Ball…”Then factor in the interception, which might have been the worst decision for a throw Murray has made in career, just flat out did not see the linebacker playing zone.”
The LB didn’t bite on the play fake, actually he didn’t move at all, Murray had his back to the line and that play was designed to clear out that area…flat out the LB made a great play by staying home, but what was the “Tell” that told him not to go after the RB…kid made a great play, juggling the ball and still coming up with it…hey, that’s football
BP
September 13th, 2012
7:38 pm
Actually, the defense was ranked LAST in the SEC in scorign against ranked teams in 2011. Gave up @39 points a game, 35 to Boise, 45 to SC, 42 to LSU, 33 to Mich St.
joe jenkins
September 13th, 2012
7:45 pm
you would be correct again BP…the stats don’t lie…grantham is vastly overated…yeah grantham is top five defense against unranked foes….chris, grantham has improved the defense to an extent…by not where i would say we are on par with bama/lsu…or even sc and fla
Mobile Dawg
September 13th, 2012
9:28 pm
Kudos Columbus Dawg, I believe you nailed it on the running game. If I can piggyback just a little, football is a game of strategy, you measure your opponent, you take advantage of their weakness, be it depth, lack of a secondary, poor punt protection, etc. I’m still critical of Richt as a tactician. I think pounding the DL with Gurley, Malcome, and Marshal wear them down. If the other team isn’t scoring on your D, continue with the pounding to the midsection. It will show as the game progresses. We had to resort to the passing game to beat Mizzou, that will hurt us down the road if we can’t run the football. Sometime I wonder if Richt understands that the longer the game goes on, the better your running game gets if you’re committed to it. Richt’s weakness is that he can’t play chess, a game of strategy, and patience.
Just Sayin
September 13th, 2012
9:29 pm
Hey guys, I think Bama gave up almost 500 yards last year to Ga Southern. Based on BP’s logic and several other meatheads…….Bama should have fired Kirby Smart!!!
croomy
September 13th, 2012
10:06 pm
we r 2-0 starting out and some people r still complaning!!! we could win a national title and some would still complain about the way we won it.A championship team finds a way to win(special teams,runing game,pass game,offence,defence).LSU beat bama last year by feild goals and voters still thought they were the 2 best teams in cfb.give them some time and they’ll figure it out.our freshmen r only gonna get better as the year goes on.by the time were playing SEC football all our starters will b back.as for the mizzo game,they were ready and wanting to win there first SEC game really bad.we done a good job to go into a hostile environment and get a win.so sit back enjoy the season!!!!!! it’s ours to loose!!!GO DAWGS!!!OLD MAN FOOTBALL!!!!
Teniia Dog
September 14th, 2012
1:13 am
south carolina is the only team on Ga’s schedule with similar talent—Ga can pull the upset and beat them in columbia. Mark this down: Ga’s D will shut down alabama and upset them in the SEC title game. This dog team is for real!
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
September 14th, 2012
6:45 am
Any more dawgs arrested today?
Northern Sympathizer
September 14th, 2012
6:59 am
Good article Bill-This generated some good discussion. I am inclined to agree with BP in terms of being critical of Grantham. The D looked very bad against Buffalo. Remove Jarvis Jones from the picutre and the defense hasn’t played well at all. I think Grantham is overrated and a potential liability.
croomy
September 14th, 2012
8:10 am
when all our suspended players comeback it’ll b a different defence.then maybe we can run the score up so we can pull all our starters out so our freshmen can get some playing time.that way when the seniors go to the NFL we wont look so bad
Dawg Tired
September 14th, 2012
8:20 am
Main concern – QB play is like Russian Roulette. You just never know what’s going to happen.
joe jenkins
September 14th, 2012
8:33 am
@teniia dawg….pull the upset against carolina…haha that was a stupid post. A team where we are ranked ahead of…..and a team we lead the series 46-16. and u say it would be an upset to beat them…I don’t think so…its a upset if we lose to them. We should never lose to them our population is more than double the amount…If richt is going to get us in the sec title game we must start beating the chickens again… columbia sc is the hottest place in the world…and its boring
AltamahaDawg
September 14th, 2012
8:56 am
As they say, no battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
I thought this past weekend was actually one of the better strategized games we have seen in a while. A Check Mate as far as I could tell.
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MA English 1975
September 14th, 2012
9:11 am
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us, Would you please stop already with the “arrest” jokes? We’ve had problems, certainly. But I think the guys are trying hard to do the right thing and stay out of trouble. And try to remember all the guys who’ve never been arrested.
AltamahaDawg
September 14th, 2012
9:12 am
The D had 2 bad series against Buffalo, which was completely, obviously, a matter of energy. Thats fine to critisize the effort. Shouldn’t even have 2 bad series against a Buffalo type team. We all agree.
BUT
They came out and gave up 16 yards on 5 possession in the second half, playing the equivalent of one hand tied behind thier backs as far as what they were allowed to do.
And this is “looking terrible” in your opinion?
AltamahaDawg
September 14th, 2012
9:19 am
sorry, “looked very bad”
joe jenkins
September 14th, 2012
9:27 am
@AltamahaDawg- have you heard anything on how tj stripling is progressing… dexter morant? Plus how you think Corn is dong at DE this season so far?
joe jenkins
September 14th, 2012
9:46 am
what about sterling bailey….corey moore i thought he would be getting better….connor is a liability
FLA DAWG
September 14th, 2012
9:57 am
1. Replace Richt with Chizik.
2. Replace Bobo with an experienced, run-oriented OC.
3. Keep Grantham.
4. Replace McGarity.
5. Get an O-Line coach who can train our big, talented guys on pass and run blocking.
Al
September 14th, 2012
10:14 am
@Fla Dawg
Surely you jest about Chizik replacing Richt. I’m not a big Richt supporter buy Chizik is a joke.
Yes he won a NC but that team was all Scam Newton.
i would like to see the TE’s more involved the offense and what has happened to Conley. I thought he played really well last yr. I do not see him that much on offense.
AltamahaDawg
September 14th, 2012
10:16 am
DB, if you are going to cherry pick stats……I believe IF you were to list 2011 points allowed vs TOP 10 teams, (not just ranked) UGA would be nearer to the top of the SEC, and the #1 east in that category.
We simply never played any of the #23 in the final poll types.. If we had….. logic (and every other stat NOT top 10, ie: conference games, D1AQ, winning records) would lead any reasonable person to conclude that we would have ranked quite a bit higher in “ranked” points allowed too.
Actually…….I think we did play some lower ranked team (at that time), and beat them fairly convincingly. (under 20).
joe jenkins
September 14th, 2012
10:25 am
what about ray drew and jay rome…damn drew needs to step it up and show what he has……I have not seen zack debell take the field this year….we need more backups on the o-line and d-line to step it up…their is a big drop off from starters to backups. I think for us to win a mnc these guys will have step up 1.corey moore. 2. ray drew 3. jay rome 4. zack debell 5. xavier ward 6. let kolton houston play for god’s sake
AltamahaDawg
September 14th, 2012
10:33 am
joe, really? going to start dropping names at this point? We all got your take on the deal. Wake you up when the crystal trophy gets here.
“We should never lose to them our population is more than double the amount”, ………..THATS your objective analysis?……….and you want to quiz me to see if I know about the progress of a reserve player?
FLA DAWG
September 14th, 2012
10:36 am
Al,
Auburn is obviously down. But Chiz is the man to bring it back again.
Chiz came in and turned that program around in two years.
That team had a hell of alot more than Newton.
Just like our Dawgs when Walker was on the field, he ran behind possibly the finest O Line in the country. The D was the original “bend but don’t break” D.
Anyway, I think we can do better than Richt and Bobo.
I hope I am proven wrong this season though!
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10:47 am
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Mad Dog One
September 14th, 2012
11:00 am
@macclenny I for one don’t care what you are tired of. GATA was coined by one of the greatest coaches in UGA history and some DA wants to change UGA history get over your self. GO DOGS & “GATA”
joe jenkins
September 14th, 2012
11:45 am
Hey atl…i thought you had the inside scoop, according to these people you do…i guess i was wrong. i guess you didnt read that we lead the series by thirty games.
murry>shaw
gurley>lattimore
uga wrs> sc wr’s
uga o-line < sc oline
uga d-line sc lb’s
uga secondary > sc secondary
joe jenkins
September 14th, 2012
11:46 am
well i think the chickens have a better d-line than we do…sorry
joe jenkins
September 14th, 2012
11:47 am
plus our lb’s are alot better than sc
i-dog
September 14th, 2012
12:14 pm
Chris,
Agree with you and don’t forget the the offense turned the ball over at our own 25 yard line on Murray’s interception and the defense gave up a grand total of 5 yards on that drive. It still costs them 3 points when Missouri kicked a field goal, but giving up 20 and more like 17 or less against MO is a very good nights work.
chase
September 14th, 2012
12:19 pm
Without a true passing game and no ALSHON JEFFERY to stretch the field, SCAR is going to have a very tough time against the DAWGS’ defense at full strength
Lattimore may get some yard but those receivers who could stretch the field for him and open up some running room are gone….with no reason to respect the pass, Lattimore will find tough sledding on the ground
chase
September 14th, 2012
12:20 pm
and SCAR is going to be the Dawgs’ biggest challenge…Florida is not there yet, and Tennessee is getting waaaayyyy too much mileage out of beating a NCState team that barley beat a cupcake in week 2 by a score of 10-7 and UT has NO defense and NO running game
AltamahaDawg
September 14th, 2012
12:27 pm
Nope, no scoop. I do know all about the series with SC though, and state population is NOT one of the story lines.
AltamahaDawg
September 14th, 2012
12:40 pm
So Gurley is better than Lattimore at this point of his career?
chase
September 14th, 2012
1:46 pm
Gurly certainly has more offensive talent around him than Lattimore
AltamahaDawg
September 14th, 2012
1:53 pm
I agree chase.
I wasn’t directing that question at you, if that seemed.
jj had Gurley as an add over Lattimore.
joe jenkins
September 14th, 2012
4:03 pm
gurley is better than lattimore…he has a bad knee that will effect him the rest of his career yeah. uga is alot bigger…there for we have more talent to chose from…thats why we should always beat the chickens