Richt got one thing right: Dogs’ performance against the Gamecocks was ‘embarrassing’

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The embarrassment is Richt and his staff who did not have these talented young men ready to play.

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Ok.I’m getting tired of buying in and believing and getting run over by a mack truck. 0-10 against ranked opponents since 2009? Are you kidding me? Something’s wrotten in Denmark.

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actually faithful dumbazz, jim donnan is the best head coach that Georgia has had in the thirty plus years

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Herbstreit ripped them! Preparation is key and was completely absent tonight. There’s only one person to blame when nothin goes richt….

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i bet you alot of donnans athletes, go pro after this year, just like they did every year since he left, just ask Hines Ward

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I hate the thought of more years of Georgia football with such an inept head coach

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Ive been a dawg fan since the richt era in the good and the bad , but this was it for me concerning richt and bobo , ill always be a Georgia fan but somwere in athens someone has to do something about this coaching problem or whatever problem this is , when is enough enough , #WTH

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Richt sent out a tweet yesterday that he was going to nap on the bus trip to Columbia. Seems he did the same thing during the ballgame

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john theus didnt have a bad game 93 alum it was the other DUDE that did

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I’m done.

This song has become too familiar and Richt insists on singing it like its “Amazing Grace”.

Unprepared. Embarrassing. Poor schemes. Poor play. However you want to term it its an all too familiar commentary on our Program.

There will be some who call me a fair weather fan, so be it. However, my money is better spent elsewhere rather than on a Program that continues down Richt’s path. I’ve already told McGarity about me stopping my contribution (its not much but I gave for 20 years) and that he can let me know when a real change has been made.

So, so long and thanks for all the fish.

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I’ve seen all the appropriate adjectives. I wish I could think of something to say about this team that achieved the level of degradation I’d like to inflict.

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WELL SAID!!! I’m so tired of the “Richt is a good guy” stuff. He and the team fold in almost every big game. He team was unprepared because Richt and Bozo were unprepared. Examples: the ‘08 season, UCF, USC 3 years straight. So tired of the same ole same ole. Time for Kirby Smart. Actually, it’s part time.

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Hire Jon Gruden.

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I find myself thinking about the Goff era. The difference being that I expected the ass-kickings back then. I was only shocked back then by the extremity of the whipping. Tonight ranks right up there with the “worst 19 seconds in Georgia football history” under Goff. But these repeated collapses are harder to take because the Richt teams are just good enough to make you expect better.

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Unprepared, outcoached, 0-10 against ranked teams. McGarity, do you need any more information to make the decision? I think the Dawg nation has reached the end of the line with the Richt Regime. Total embarassment. Going 10-4 last year just hid the fact that Richt is completely clueless when it comes to preparation, in-game adjustments, and motivating thugs.

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faithfuldawg…..Majority of Bill’s article was a re-cap of game, and everything else is (sadly) dead on. spot. Considering how he and his family are Bulldog alumni/students, I doubt he’s fair weather.

Tonight brought a new meaning to the term “Junkyard Dawgs,”…cause tonight they were Junk.
I don’t even think they got on their new fancy buses to go to Columbia.

I’m glad CMR realizes this is an embarrassment, cause it was. I will always love the Dawgs, but agreed team was not ready for tonight. Too many amazing recruits to be showing up with that kinda team. The only field goal was probably a mercy touchdown.

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The writing was on the wall. Richt said his team came through against UT when the game was on the line. Giving up 44 to a mediocre team was OK. Grantham chimed in that he was satisfied with the defense – adding that they know what the need to do. So instead of challenging their players, these guys accepted mediocrity. So who’s surprised at the SC outcome?

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Wait till UGA gets LSU and AL back on the schedule. This is the easiest schedule they will ever have. I wouldn’t be surprised if they lost at Kentucky. They gave USC a tough time. In fact, almost everybody else USC played has given them a tough time except the Bulldogs. UGA is the only SEC team they have really embarrassed. Richt has his perspective in life right up to a point but he is missing the point I think. The bloggers who rage against him need some of his perspective and he needs a dash of their insane desire to win. If you don’t really think that what you put your hand to each and every day, your work, the way you spend all of your time, is super important–playing championship football at the highest level–then you should change jobs. To me it’s like a movie director with a big budget and lots of backing making a bad movie, letting down his investors and the people who worked on his movie who then says, “Well, it’s not the end of world. There are other scripts out there. I will get it right next time. There have been way way too many of those moments for Richt. And he never really follows through. Winning games and playing championship level football does not require you to sell your soul or abandon your family. Richt should also know that, as the Dean of SEC coaches, he’s had time to do something grand. He capitalized early in his career at UGA but he’s become a bland colorless figure since 2008–even at 13-1 or whatever the record was, he still lost to Florida. He took the job and gets paid handsomely to win games. He is too philosophical about it all. Fans don’t want a philosophical coach. They want a coach who wants to win as desperately as they do. He just doesn’t get that part of the job anymore. He has not delivered on all the big promises. He lost to Vanderbilt in Athens on Homecoming. The only thing he has really done is beat Tech on a regular basis but that’s not saying much these days. He should look in the mirror and ask himself if he thinks he has taken UGA where they wanted to go. He’s a philosopher. He should excel at introspection.

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Many of you have seen my posts here and know I am a true Dawg fan and have been a staunch supporter of Coach Richt through thick and thin. I think Coach Richt is a fine man, a good representative of the University and a good football coach but tonight I can only come to one conclusion… it is time to clean house. Please Mr.McGarity it is time to try something different. Shocked, bewildered, embarrassed… these words have no place in Georgia football lore. I was ashamed to call myself a Bulldog tonight. The coaching staff needs to go… everyone… no holdovers. We have more talent than South Carolina but we somehow can’t seem to use it properly. The pattern is undeniable and it has to end. There is something that is out of whack in our program and it seems to be endemic. We must have a culture change and the only way that is going to happen is for the coaching staff to move on and start afresh. Mr.McGarity this is not the level of excellence you are looking for and I’m afraid that the flaws are so entrenched they can’t be corrected any longer. The Bulldog Nation deserves better.

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OK. i didn’t play college ball, but i did play HSchool and yes huge difference, however……we did not get a day off to the pool, we did not get a watermelon day day off, nor did we just practice one day in full pads…we won state………………and a game day was more like an easy practice…………….Shouldn’t college be harder???…………..or am i missing something here???

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I’m so tired of these Kool Aid drinkers, the same ones who had the “Ray must stay” signs. How many times are we going to get embarrassed in big games? Are we supposed to be satisfied with trying to be competitive? Ready for another beat down in Jax? It’s time for a change. The argument about who to bring in to replace Richt is old. I just want a chance that we can get to the next level. Coach Richt built some momentum and now we’re stagnant. Thanks Coach but it’s time for the step to the next level. Look at al the players in the NFL and what do we have to show for it? There are at least 8 future nfl players on our roster. How many do you think Carolina has? Does anybody doubt that if the teams changed coaches that UGA would’ve won? Time to move on and it’s not the “lunatic fringe Buck Belue,’ it’s season ticket holders.

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@fired up

well said!! I am old school (graduated HS in 77) our coach was known to grab us by the facemask, turn our head sideways and scream in our ear until it echoed and hurt….never see Richt show any emotion….that reflects on the team also…..

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Murray will stay as he has NO SHOT at the NFL…Scouts are not that dumb!

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I noticed that UGA came onto the field with no emotion, no jumping, no holloring. No one geeked up for the HUGE game. I don’t get it at all. I coached and would replace players to see if the next guy could get the job done. What do you have to lose with fear and coompetition? Why on 4th and 3 are we throwing a 30 yard pass? why on 3rd and 12 are we running and connecting on a 9-yd route? The 1st play Gurley got to the edge for 15 yd. Since we couldn’t block them up the middle, why didn’t we run wide more often? How many of the top ten recruits in GA are we getting this yr? I predicted to my family that we wouldn’t punt out of bounds 35 yds, but give Sanders an open field to make us look silly like the Honey Badger did. They yelled at me to predict something good for Georgia. I couldn’t because I knew too much football. 0-10 v. ranked teams gets you fired. I hate this crap we’re going through.

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Breaking news. UGA just scheduled Florida Atlantic for all 12 of next seasons games. They are ESPNs preseason number 1. Seams the SEC gave them permission after feeling sorry for them playing and getting destroyed by .500 or better teams.

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I think I have some of that same prescription if you need it.

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There’s been a steady decline in offensive production against good teams ever since Bobo has taken over play calling. Anybody can score on Non-AQ and FCS teams. More and more fans are getting fed up with these showings in big games. This team looked awful from the start to finish, they looked lost, out of place, and completly unprepared. Lack of hustle is on the team leaders, but being so unprepared is clearly on the coaches.

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im not sure number fan, but, when you find it, can you send it to well a well a well a dawg nation

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I heard David Pollack is coming to live with ………………..he quit ESPN hes speechless

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I wish sack lettenberger was my nickel back

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I am embarassed to be a BullDawg. Mark RIcht has to go!

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We have been on a down slide ever since we lost wva in the sugar bowl…..why is richt still here…..we lose to the team i hate more than anything in this world by four scores…and to me this is unacceptable richt

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Okay i will try and post this again, and, im the biggest Dawg fan, but, Vince Dooley couldnt hold Mark Richts Bible, and saying that, cmr, COULDNT HOLD JIM DONNANS JOCK STRAP, look alot of money, alot of talent, hire the right person, you never know? just saying? Herschel won our only championship, it wasnt Vince trust me.

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I AM MICHAEL ADAMS am I am smiling right now. See I have always hated football. To have football marginalized like it has been over the balance of Richt’s career has helped me to focus on the other UGA.

Blah, blah, blah….Richt makes me happy.

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I just heard on twitter, that they are asking Mike boo boo to be the next head coach of Savannah st.?

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Richt doesn’t know how to get a punt returner ready for the season…he doesn’t know how to use aaron murray properly…like letting him run out of the pocket……murray=joe cox…..I can’t wait to see what brice ramsey does with this team….i wish murray was a senior this year….If you just listen to our players in their inteviews you can tell they are just not mean enough…richt will never beat spurrier…saban or les again…

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I personally, have seen ramsey play, he is a very good player

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Our Defense will never hold a good team to 10 or 14 pts.Not with Grantham as the DC.This dude doesn’t have a clue.We started deep in our own territory most of the game on offense,so conservative calls shouldn’t have been such a shock.On defense however,if Jarvis doesn’t have a big game.we have no pass rush.No passh rush equals a secondary that looks lost.This has been the story for 5 years now.Todd Grantham for HC?You have to be friggin kinding me!!!I’m STILL waiting for this guy to show that he is a good DC.

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Dawgs played a bunch of Men in Columbia. That’s all. It was Boys vs Men and the Men won.

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UGA gave up 30 or more pts 12 times over CWM last 39 games as DC.They have given up 30 or more 9 times in 32 games under Grantham.This is a problem folks,time to wake up and smell the coffee.

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Despite the devastating (and I do mean devastating) loss tonight, all is not lost for the season. There is still a lot to play for. I understand why many of you have lost confidence. The rest of the season will tell the tale and whether our coaching staff is out of tricks. At least we didn’t lose to Middle Tenn. State or Arkansas.

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HopefulDawg & DawgVoiceofReason

Please go away. That has to be the most delusional, mind numbing tripe I’ve ever read.

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In the SEC, unfortunately, good guys finish last. Sorry Mark, and Mike. The Dawgs did not look good against anyone other than Vandy, and that was in brief offensive bursts. Also, anyone besides me tired of seeing Rambo the ball hawk get beat for the big reception? If he just broke up passes life would be so much better, he’s not going to catch the eyes of NFL scouts getting toasted.

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I’m embarrassed, frustrated and not listening to any more excuses. Dawg Nation wants, needs and deserves SUBSTANTIAL LONG-overdue change. Since I don’t expect any before December, it is going to be a long season. Expect Florida and even Kentucky to give us more of the same as we experienced in Columbia.

If our AD can’t hear THIS outcry then maybe he needs to go, too.

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Listen to all the fair weather cry babies!!! Just wait until the end of the season and you will come back to the wagon! I agree it was a bad night for the DAWGS yet we are not out yet. If make that first and second drives with out the interception and stuff at the goal line. If Rambo comes up with an interception the we would be talking a different tune today. Georgia would have done the same thing to South Carolina under similiar circumstances. This one hurts a lot because it’s a Spurrier team!

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I will not wear the G until we get a new Head Coach and staff! I will not buy another ticket or waste anymore time or effort supporting this coaching staff. Dawg fans and alum need to step up and Demand a new Head ball coach! This is embarrassing to the players and our state as a whole. There is no way we will ever win another meaningful game under CMR! I’m gone!

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I’m sure I’m like a lot of other Dawg fans – patiently waiting over the last year and half for all this talent and coaching to gel. It hasn’t and it won’t, Richt has got to go. 21 points to SC in 10 minutes, 20 points to Tennessee in 5 minutes, twenty something points to Buffalo (Buffalo!!) in the first half – this isn’t working people.

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I have no idea why, but we were simply overwhelmed….totally dominated…in every respect….our OL were boys against men…they tried, but couldn’t do it…..that simple…I don’t know why, but our talent does not measure up…..they are simply not as good as advertised…. our DL does not have one player who could break the starting lineup over SC’s talented linemen….our DBs are inferior…they do not know who to cover, e.g, #36, or they cannot cover, e.g., #18, or they will not hit, i.e., #19, ,,, Shawn Jones should be a LB…at least he will hit….does anyone really want to play for the SEC Championship because SC loses to UF & LSU.?….not me, we are NOT ready for the big time …. why our QB continues to throw to #15 and #17 is beyond me….those two can only be counted upon to drop the ball in big games…they are front runners at best…and lastly, honestly, despite his big numbers, in every game where the opposition’s DL has been superior to our OL, our QB can be counted upon to become a dangerously erratic, totally unreliable, and very predictable underachiever…sad and disappointing as it is, the above history will not change anytime soon….

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Hate to say it, but I’m embarrassed today. As a former Letterman from UGA, I’ve seen the good and thr bad. I’ve bought season tickets for 19 years straight, and have always supported the dogs wim, lose, or draw. Last night I saw kids who played with no heart, coaches who looked “uninspired”, and a generally uninspired effort. As a result, I’ve concluded I can’t continue to pourcant money and support into this program unless changes are made. I’m sick of watching an emotionless coach who can’t motivate kids in big games. I’ll sit home and spend my money on more worthy causes.

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Whoever said hire Jon Gruden what a thing that would be. Someone who would not accept sloppy play and a sad no care attitude, he would be a great choice, hmmm something to really think about.Or keep the nice guy and lose.

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I can’t wait to hear Beau Bach (Bo Bock?), Steak Shapiro, and all the other UGA homers at 790 the Zone tell us what a fine Christian man Mark Richt is.

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Think it is 0-20 now versus ranked teams since 2008. Worse loss since Bama. We just need to face it as dawgs fans—- Spurrier is right, Great talent but what happens when they get to GA (coaches) is pretty awful.

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It’s obvious that the “Peter Principle” is at work here: CMR – along with his entire staff – have reached their level of incompetence. Granted, we’re seeing poor player execution. But, is this caused by such “complex” system that players can’t understand? At times, especially our defensive backs, appeared to be smoking some of those “left-handed” cigarettes. Do we have a general team chemistry problem? I agree, our OL & DL just looked clueless…OK, give SC credit (especially the coach) – they came prepared – physically, mentally, emotionally; we didn’t. Bottom line is head coach & entire program not fitting for top 10 program. At this level in corporate world CEO is fired & a new business plan is implemented.

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Spurrier just recruits bigger stronger faster recruits and KNOWS how to coach!S o what do we have? Bozo the clown and a christian head coach.Think about that every time we get our ass handed to us.

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This one hurts for sure, but Rambo handing an interception over to the Carolina receiver was a good indication of what was to come.

Sogadog your suggestion of Smart is not going to happen, he has burnt his bridges with th Dogs.
Still six games to play and all winnable, lets play them and then cool heads can assess the season.

Carolina is not going undefeated this year, remember they win at Nashville because of a refs blown call.

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The entire nation knew SC was trying to draw GA offsides on 4th and short. How did that message elude Jarvis Jones? Laughable that both he and Murray were ever mentioned in the Heisman talk.

As for Murray – it would be nice if a coach OR someone (Maybe Chipper’s Dad) would teach him how to throw a screen pass. When you have a hard charging defense harassing you, a screen is vital to take the charge out of them. Every time he tries to throw one, it is either intercepted or batted down. Also, why in the world didn’t GA coaches call more plays utilizing Murray’s legs since his throwing was so poor. One & only QB draw was late in 4th Qtr and resulted in a first down. I mean all they had to do was see what was working for SC and mimic it as far as having the QB run the ball.

Lastly, Richt said pre-game that the team didn’t need any motivation in facing SC. Ummmm – I beg to differ. I saw 4 quarters of unmotivated mess. And Richt’s 4th Qtr rally around me soft talk to the players changed absolutely nothing.

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Coach Richt is a great man and I wish he could lead us to the NC and be at Georgia for years. But the fact is the day USC owns UGA, it is time for change. UGA has more money than any program in the nation. We have some of the best high school athletes in the nation. There is NO reason we should ever be dominated by a USC or anyone else. Why can’t we get an OC or DC to get the job done. USC loses their DC and hires their new DC from within and they are 10X better than us. Really? Our offensive calls last night were awful. Basically same three plays in a row near the goal line. Really? With a strong defensive line and weak DB’s, would it kill us to go to a five receiver set and throw quick passes. Spread them out and let our playmakers make plays and I am not talking about wide receiver screens down the line. If we want to see how to use a 5′11 QB, pull out the Boise State film from last year………………….

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Lakedog, we could beat that Florida team if Richt was the ref

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Kirby Smart could still come to UGA he didn’t come as defense coordinator cause he knew this staff would ultimately fail. By coming and coaching for Richt would have been cooaching suicide!!!

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With all of the fans in the stadium waving those white towels, the team in the white shirts actually had a “white out” going on, but the team in the dark red uniforms totally humiliated them 35 – 7. If I were a member of the bulldog club, I would demand that our team should never again wear those “god – awful” white jerseys!

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Where are the kool-aid bloggers

You know who you are;

I want to hear how stupid I am for saying this was going to happen once again this season

Come out come out wherever you are

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I’ve never been on the kool-aid train Flat but I am here for my fair share of abuse. I was sucked in once again, like every year

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I said the contract extension was a mistake and should not have been given until his current one ran out

But oh no; the kool-aid bloggers on here slammed me over and over again

Hows that contract extension looking now

Come on out kool-aid boys

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If coaching doesn’t matter, how come Spurrier has beaten us at two places that UGA once owned….he’s right, we don’t own South Carolina anymore.

CMR and the current Dawgs remind me of the 70’s Vikings with Bud Grant….and Tarkenton….when the big games come along, disaster awaits because the other team is more prepared and motivated. You can’t just take a business as usual approach in the big games!

Unlike Tarkenton….and Belue, for that matter….our QB is easily intimidated in big games. Remember, in this offense, the QB can check out of the play….Stafford used to do it all of the time….David Greene was probably the best at it….and Murray, who wears the ‘C’, is making all of the wrong decisions….especially in the big games. He was terrified!

We simply were not ready….and this trend is troubling if the goal is to win not only an SEC title, but a National one as well.

Maybe we should apply and move to the Big 10….maybe not….Urban and Michigan State are there….

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Where are the Richt has won 100 games crowd this morning?

100 wins against KY, Vandy, Buffalo, and Savannah Tech State doesnt mean a thing people

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Bama & South Carolina made the wisest Head Coach hirings.

Both hired Head Coaches that had won a National Championship in college.

Both hired Head Coaches that had won a National Championship as a Head Coach in the SEC.

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OK,,,,so we need a new head coach….so….who wants to come to Georgia and be the head coach??? Anyone??? Buhler????Feris Buhler???? Anyone????? Chirp…Chirp….

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So many things wrong, so little space. I really like Richt. I have stayed away from criticism. Now, I am ready for a change. A college team cannot have so much talent in the pros with nothing to show for it. Our offense has no identity. Rather, we have a playbook. We don’t set up one series for another. How do you explain being a spread offense, down 28-0, and run the ball 5 of 6 times then punt? I never liked the scheme of the new defensive coach. But, if you can make it work, so be it. But we don’t coach simple techniques. We allow week after week defensive ends crash down the line or rush past the quarterback leaving gaping passing lanes and running lanes. Often our alignments are not ready by the snap. Most of all though, is intensity. Since that blackout embarrassment against the Tide, we have failed to show up with any intensity. Our offensive line play against intense defenses is the worst in college football. Sure, hang 50+ on teams like Buffalo, but good grief, Murray has been on the run his entire college career against tough opponents. All of this is coaching. It is consistent poor preparation and game planning, embarrassing, and takes us back to the Goff years. Yes, coaching is that bad. Does anybody remember the Va Tech bowl game? Finally, when coaching is like this, the criticism is loud; it becomes a snowball of mistrust in the locker room that only gets better with change. Ask anybody still alive that played for Johnny Griffith.

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The 2-14 slide against teams that finish top 25, started in 2009 when Richt went with JOE COX as his starting QB.

It continued in 2010 & 2011 & 2012 when Richt went with Aaron Murray as his starting QB, even though Murray is now 0-10 vs. teams that finish top 25.

In 2010, Richt made the most important hire of his tenure, he fired Martinez and picked an unproven coach named Grantham, and the team has never beaten a team that finished top 25 since Grantham was hired.

Richt is still trying to win the SEC passing the football. It’s a SEVERELY FLAWED STRATEGY DOOMED TO FAIL in the SEC. It assumes you have: a) excellent oline that can hold blocks long enough 2) poised QB that can make throws in big games c) running backs that can passblock well, but cant run d) receivers that know how to turn small catches into big plays in big games
e) medicore dlines who can’r pressure the QB f) DB’s who don’t jam receivers holding them up at the line. UGA has NONE OF THOSE.

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There is rumor going around that CMR said in the locker room that he was not sure how the dawgs could get over a beat down this bad, and that he looked around saw rambo and ogletree with kind of a dazed look on their faces,,, what do you think that ment??????

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I’ve had it with Richt, no more excuses, no more sticking up for him. He’s had his time, now it’s time to move on. We need a coach with passion and fire, not someone who’s looking to get to church the next Sunday morning after game day.

He can take BOOBOO with him!!

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Florida is going to destroy this team. Why? Because they will be prepared and motivated and their coach shows fire on the sidelines. These young players feed on the emotions of the coach. With Richt, the players are asleep. We need Kirby Smart. He would come in a heartbeat and clean house in the coaching staff.

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Want fire on the sidelines? Hire derek Dooley. Sure.

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CMR is a lot like our president; in over his head! Hey Dawg Nation let’s not forget that this is only a game and we put too much faith in these 18-20 year old kids. I turned the game off in the third quarter, because I had seen enough to know that this is another one of Richt’s typical teams. Richt is a great person and I love him as a person in Christ, but he is actually not a very good coach. His assistants kept him propped up over the years. It is time for a change; Richt will be fine, as he has made millions, and he could probably retire today and not have to worry about money.

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Huh… Georgians are just as delusional regarding politics as they are with regard to football. Looks like my job is safe here.

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Richt and bobo has to go!!!! Richt tells his guys it’s ok to lose!! But the longer he stays to worse it will get!!! Murray is a joke!! Choke artist!!! When you have 2 very respectable icons like Kirk and Brent throwing ur coach under the bus someone must see it! There is no fire left in mark Richt!!! 0-10 vs ranked teams!! R u kidding me!!!! He has to go!!!!!! He has a weak buyout and let’s go after a coach with fire!!!! Uga will never ever win a national championship with him at the helm!! Saban would have won 4 bcs title games with Uga talent!!! Mark Richt has to go!! Everybody has to go! It’s time to rebuild!!!!!! If u see it another way ur a moron!!! Winning is the number 1 thing in sports and mark Richt doesn’t see it that way! Go get Smart, Peterson anybody with passion and fire!!! Mark Richt has to go!!!!! Since 2005 sec Champioship game Richt has failed to win the big games!! And don’t say Hawaii !!!!! Change has to come now!!!

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yardawg … donnan’s athletes left eight years ago dude.

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“How many do you think Carolina has”

You need to read something besides the beaner AJC blogs for recruiting and player assessment.

There wasn’t but one player on the UGA team last night who could have broken SCs two deep…Malcolm Mitchell.

SC had better talent at DL\LB\S\CB….OL\RB\QB\WR.

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I will no longer support this football team until changes are made. I cant take this crap anymore. this football program underachieves year after year and our records show it. We all know it has been a long time coming but we have accepted mediocrity for years (even before Richt). We need a complete culture change in Athens to win national titles. It starts with the president of the university (Michael Adams). When is his last day? The new president needs to make changes top to bottom (the entire culture around sports in Athens). There is too much talent coming out of this state to expect anything else!

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Thank you logical! Besides coaching, ga talent would have a tough time getting on the field for USC. press clippings do not make a good player. forming a team from recruits is what is important.

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Once again we see the Dogs get out beat up by another team that plays meaner and tougher football! They punch Georgia in the mouth and they pee on themselves on national tv! The shame of it all!

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I know it’s just dreaming, but imagine if Kirby Smart did nothing more than implement that killer Alabama defense here? Not even thinking about offense. How great would it be to see UGA go 0-0 into OT with ranked teams rather than get b-slapped over and over.

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At least we won’t have high expectations for the Florida game and this year’s beat down won’t be any surprise.

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In my 50 years as a Georgia Bulldog Fan I have never been so embarrased. Time to put my wallet back in my slacks and not spend any more money on my beloved school.
DONT GIVE DONATIONS,DONT ATTEND THE GAMES, DONT BUY TICKETS, DONT BUY LICENSED APPAREL, DONT WATCH GEORGIA ON ESPN !!!!!
The only way we can can correct this nightmare is to hit em where it hurts…..in the wallet.
I’m done !!!!! Until a new coaching staff is hired.

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I am one of those fans that stays for ever snap but last night I turned the tv off. this was the one of the few times I have been ashamed of the way UGA played. Something has to be done our ST don’t have a clue, our D is so full of its self and our O is so vanilla I was calling the plays before the snap last night. But after all is said and done I AM BULL DOG BORN BULL DOG BRED AND WHEN I DIE I WILL BE #% &$@ BULL DOG DEAD. GO DOGS & GATA

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Poor coaching,poor preparation again. At some point you have to question people’s intelligence when these things show up again and again. BOBO is a BOZO and Richt can not take this team to a championship level. Never thought I would say it but ROLL TIDE while GA hides….

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“Nightmarish” is right. Debacle, embarrassment, disaster… one of the few times I stopped watching during the 4th quarter. Let’s hope we regroup and set out to prove we’re not imposters in our remaining games…

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AR Dawg

You arent the typical fan Im talking about I know where you stand

Im wanting to hear from fans like
Truth?
GT is a 4th rate High School Team,
DawgRx,
aladawg
jp
DawgNation
Brainiac
rhbDAWG1

I especially want to hear from…..

Lobosolo, Truth? and CHRIS

Come on out

LOBOSOLO

Chris you there

How about Truth?

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I said it last week, “not getting emotionally involved in this game”, this is the reason. The logical ones of us that based our opinion on what we’ve seen aren’t really that disappointed this morning, we kind of expected it. Not going to spend lots of time bashing Richt, it’s not necessary, his performance speaks for itself.

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Look people, this is what happens in sports. Rambo damn near had that pick, but the receiver made a good play to get it back. 5′10 Murray through it into a guy who is 6′8 and it got batted down, and the kick off was a kick off. After you are 21 points down, it changes your game plan, and their D line is built for that. They beat us squarely, but I am not embarrassed by it. Anybody whose ever played sports, know that some games just get away from you. Having said that, I hope we bench Murray so he can’t beat David Greens records hahah

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DawgNation is part of the problem. We need a solution.

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I’m not going to give up on my team or its coach just because most of the fan base on the AJC blog are a bunch of whiny sore losers, sorry

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You want Stats.Lets take a look at Nick Saban’s record:
Alabama Crimson Tide (Southeastern Conference) (2007–present)
2007 Alabama 7–6[a] 4–4[a] T–3rd (West) W Independence
2008 Alabama 12–2 8–0 1st (West) L Sugar† 6 6
2009 Alabama 14–0 8–0 1st (West) W BCS NCG† 1 1
2010 Alabama 10–3 5–3 4th (West) W Capital One 11 10
2011 Alabama 12–1 7–1 2nd (West) W BCS NCG† 1 1
2012 Alabama 5–0 2–0 (West)
Alabama: 60–12 34–8
Total: 151–54–1
I guess it doesn’t take 20 years to win a BCS title…
Q.Why can’t this happen at UGA
A.Richt and Bobo

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@dogfan — Nick Saban has done something special at Alabama, no doubt. I guess every other coach in NCAA needs to be fired and every university needs to hire Nick Saban.

Fact – Mark Richt is the most successful football coach at UGA in his first 11 years. Is he the most succesful coach in NCAA History? Of Course not… but we’re not going to find one by playing Musical Chairs with our coaching staff every time we have a down game. or even a down season.

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It’s hard to win when the other team tackles, blocks and hits harder.

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4 plays:
1- Rambo let’s the other guy beat him on the pick
2- got to score from the 1 yard line
3- Wooten was wide open, Murray underthrew him, missed a td
4- don’t punt the ball to Ace Sanders

Execute those 4 plays, and you go into halftime with a lead, and getting the ball to start the 2nd half.

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Except for poor planning[or no preperation], no offense and no defense and, equalled byspecial team play, I thought Georgia did well. I did think that Ogletree and Mitchell had good play. I cant say much for the rest. Murray left his game skills back in Athens.

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@Flat Tire — I should be more clear… name 1 UGA coach that has been more successful in his first 11 years. The simple fact is there isn’t one, not even Dooley who everyone seems to admire so much. I’m honestly not worried about National Titles under the flawed BCS system that will be obsolete and replaced in 2 years.

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DawgNation
October 7th, 2012
10:21 am

“@Flat Tire — I should be more clear… name 1 UGA coach that has been more successful in his first 11 years. The simple fact is there isn’t one, not even Dooley who everyone seems to admire so much. I’m honestly not worried about National Titles under the flawed BCS system that will be obsolete and replaced in 2 years.”

Appreciate your loyalty, but the truth is that I’ve been lucky.

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DawgNation

You wrote

“Name 1 Coach who has done better in his first 11 years than Richt. Be sure to post stats to back up your conclusions”

I gave you 8 coaches of course there are plenty more

But hey you enjoy mediocrity; you enjoy watching the program get embarrassed you enjoy stats like

A 300 avg against top 10 teams
A 500 avg against top 25
Havent beat a ranked opponent in years
2-14 against ranked opponents since 2008
0-10 against top 12 opponents since 2008

Last big time win 2005 against #3 LSU

Cant beat FL 2 years in a row

Cant beat all the SEC east teams in the same year

Needed help to get to the SEC championship game every time

Im just wondering is beating Tech, Vandy and KY good for you

Obviously it is cause thats the only teams Richt beats

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It’s just amazing that a school that is so focused on football is so crappy at it. The thing that Richt doesn’t get is that even if UGA manages a better record with its cream puff schedule, it DOESN’T DESERVE to represent the SEC East after a performance like last night’s, which was all too like performances from previous seasons against UCF, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, LSU, Boise State …

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POOR POOR POOR COACHING. WE HAVE THE BETTER TALENT BUT …..
HIRE JOHN GRUDEN, OREGON OR WEST VA ‘S COACHES!!

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Here is yet another season where we are left rooting for another SEC team do our dirty work for us. We have never under Richt beat every team in the East and controlled our own destiny, even teams we were better than. So we are always needing either Florida, Tenn, or South Carolina to loose twice so that we can back our way back into the SEC Championship Game. And thats acceptable to this coaching staff led by CMR, because all he has to say is that I have won the East 4 times and 2 SEC Championship. But in reality he never ran the East because we always loose a game or two in this division, alot of the times its to a team we are better than.

Murray’s height and inconsistant play continue to cause him not to be able to get the job done. Because he is so short and combine with the offensive line getting shoved back into his lap, his balls are easily batted down and when he misses he misses high because he has to angle his passes higher than most to keep it from being batted down.

The defense is a joke, no other way to put it. We really have not stop anyone from throwing the ball all year long, even Buffalo and Florida Atlantic had success. I dont know how many times all year we have had receivers running wide open in our secondary. And we continue not to be able to get any pressure on anybody’s QB. I’m sorry but a lot of this is coaching. Gratham just got that healthy new raise and extention, but this defense is worse than any defense in the SEC expecially in the passing game, and we have 9 returning starters.

I just don’t think we will when a National Championship with CMR as the head coach but we will already field a good team and be a top 25 team which is more than a lot of programs can ask for. I like CMR, and I would want my son to play for him because I truly feel like he care about these young men on and off the field. I feel that as long as he is in leadership hear we will never have worry about recruiting violations in the future because he does things the right way. I know that you can do things the right way and win championships but it is such a gamble, when you look at USC, Ohio State, Miami teams who won but are now on probation or was on probation. If they dug deep enough They probably finds something on Auburn with Cam. Don’t know if Saban, Meyer, or Miles are doing anything wrong only time will tell, but even if they are not, look at the egotistical, self centered, arrogant personalities of those guys, and ask yourself is it worth taking a chance on those type of guys.

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2nd quarter, 1st and goal inside10, why not put our fullback in and run Gurley or Malcome 4 straight times? No pass plays, no pistol, no spread, no shotgun! Line up in the I and run right at Clowney, not away from him, right at him with blockers and see if they keep us out of the endzone. Why no screens throughout the rest of the game to slow down the pass rush? If Murray is going to run the read option, he has to keep the ball sometimes just so their D-ends know he will run it. That would have kept them from selling out on our backs. Better yet, stay away from the read option. Line up in the I and play football. Why does Murray play his worst in the biggest games? Missed 2 wide open receivers for potential touchdowns. Gates got beat all night, why not slide him inside and put Beard at LT? Certainly could not have done worse than Gates at LT. SC clearly was the better team in EVERY aspect. If they win out, I’ll be pulling for them in the Dome.

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Yeah…John Gruden. I can see “Chucky” on the sidelines….or maybe even Petrino, the “Anti-Richt”.

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2007 was the season that started to show the foundational erosion that was taking place at UGA. Richts style, his recruits, his lack of discipline, and lack of leadership has become painfully evident since then. Richt won with Donnans recruits, anyone who cares to differ simply can’t see the forest for the trees.

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DawgNation

Can you put down the kool-aid bottle and respond

I really need to hear all your great examples as to why this coaching staff is so stellar

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yardawg your post about Dooley is nonsense. He went 11-1 without Herschel in ‘71, won the SEC in ‘66, ‘68 and ‘76 without Herschel, played Pitt for the national championship in the ‘77 Sugar Bowl without Herschel, and the year after Herschel left went 10-1-1 and beat undefeated Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

He also beat Florida and Tech plenty of times without Herschel’s help.

And his record doesn’t have the benefit of all of the cupcakes Richt and other coaches today play.

Dooley was a heck of a coach.

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I have made numerous posts on this site and have been an avid Coach Mark Richt supporter. Last night was a failure on the Georgia coaching staff in getting a team ready to play. South Carolina was ready to play and very, very well prepared. They are a good team and deserve all the accolades they are sure to get. I think we are a better team than we showed last night (I sure hope so) but last night exposed a VERY POOR coaching job and that falls squarely on the shoulders of CMR.

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Solution: double Nick Saban’s salary and put him on a ten year contract with big raises every year. If you want the best, you have topay top dollar. He is the best coach in college football.

UGA has the money. Satan will be a profit able investment with a good ROI.

With Richt, UGA is throwing its millions down a well.

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Correction. Saban, not Satan!

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Defense. We have no defense ends, and we have not had them for awhile. Ask the d line coach where he has been lately re recruiting. Why did we zone Carolina so much. Grantham had a very poor defensive game plan. Spurrier put the ball up deep on three plays. Two should have been intercepted. This iw what happens when your head coach does not manage a roster. And you have players constantly suspended and miss 4 games of playing time. For Rambo is looked like his first game back. Any NFL coach would be unwise to consider this guy for any playing time. Does not show up in game and misses a fourth of the season. Why have players like this on your roster. Saban, Spurrier, Muschamp, Miles,or any other SEC coache would put up with this.
Offense. Can not put a game in Murray’s hands to win. They have been down that road before. Bama, Ole Miss, Florida, Carolina, LSU, Missy State…all understand it is the offensive line play that counts in the SEC. You can talk D all you want, but SEC champions have O lines. The Dawgs blocking, schemes, and game plan re the O line is substandard in the SEC. Plus Bobo does not understand point of attack in blocking and creating running lanes. Look at the center. Too small for SEC.top defenses. Have running backs but has no rotation on the line and does little rotation with backs. For years our running backs coach has done a very poor job re pass blocking with backs. Has a fresh set of faces each season because we can never keep them on a roster.
Richt fails with roster management, game preparation, and game plan
If the Athletic Board and AD think this is a successful coach, staff, and program then they need to take a long hard look at the result of games against top SEC teams. Can start with last night, go back to the SEC title game, 2011 Carolina game and Boise game.
Mark Richt and staff need to go.
Look at the coach at MSU or Florida’s OC.
but stop wasting time, talent, and money.

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Hey Mcgarity

I really need to know if you think we have enough money left after those contract extensions you gave out to give a drug screen to the coaching staff?

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rhbDAWG1

It might do you some good to go back and research the last 12 years

Its been a pattern all the time

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The big game now for the coaching staff is Florida, if Georgia plays like they did last night against the Gators then a coaching change is in order. I recommend Georgia schedule at least one top notch program on their non-conference schedule every season play them early to avoid debacles in conference play. Also they need to play Alabama more often to toughen up themselves for post season. What you do early on isn’t as important as what you do later on meaning early non-conference cream puffs leads to 35-7 conference defeats later on.

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BTW, Where’s Braniac, AltamahaDawg, et al telling all of us UGA “traitors” how it’s only one game and Richt is the best thing since sliced bread??

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Im glad we have Georgia Tech; Georgia Southern; Ole Miss and Kentucky on our schedule

Thank goodness we will win another 10 WIN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Im ordering my shirt today

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The benchmark for NCAAF is the national championship. Make it or not there should be no other goal. Richt’s benchmark every year is the SEC east championship. Which is great if you are Vanderbilt…not Georgia. This is what he considers a successful “keep your job” season. Set your goals low and you will never be disappointed and your job is safe. If you can only reach your already low goals if the rest of the division is un-ranked it is time for change. Based on last night’s game Florida will demolish us. Richt needs to at least pretend he is interested in a less than mediocre goal. 3 Million should be buying us a BCS chance not financing mediocrity.

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Yea I really want to hear from Altamaha Dawg

Brainiac give us your thoughts

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So how many other schools come “after” our coaches every year? NONE…..

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Look, I get my a** handed to me for under-perfomance when my numbers slip in the sales arena. CMR keeps under-performing and keeps getting paid. No accountability from the coaching staff. No expectation of winning at UGA. The last decade has been all one big crappy single game.

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Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville – I have researched the past 56 years by going through each game either listening, watching or reading (I remember Johnny Griffith – and Ray Goff, for that matter) and I know sometimes it takes some hard times for a coach (Dooley had his) to get things just right. You demand instant success – just take a look at Tennessee. I sure don’t want that. CMR has had many chances and my patience is wearing thin but he still MIGHT “right the ship” but time is running out.

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Mobile Dawg, “Richt won with Donnan’s players”, yes he did. However, the 2005 team was mainly Richt’s players. For that matter, Saban won his first Bama title with mainly Shula’s players, but no one disparages him for that.

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Flat Tire. This is year four now where we have not been up for the big game. Four years is not just one game.

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Now 6-19 . . . you went all Dukes of Hazzard on Adams, McGarrity, and Richt, HILARIOUS!

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JON GRUDEN FOR UGA HEAD COACH.

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Flat Tire . . . . your 12:12 pm post: I like what you are asking but I am slowly losing confindence that we’ll see it anytime soon. I don’t understand why our kids are sometimes not ready to play in the biggest games.

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Press statement of a loser:
“First of all, like I told the team the bad news is we took a whipping,” Richt said. “I told them the good news was we all took it together. I don’t think anybody could look in the mirror and say: ‘I had a great day but the other boys didn’t.’ I don’t think either side of the ball could say: ‘We did our job and the other boys didn’t.’ It was a team loss. We got beat by a very good team that was primed and ready to go.”
Key Pointsof this statement:
1. It is strange that he had to tell his team that the “bad news is we took a whipping,” I hope they did not think it was good news
2.It is OK to lose as long as we are all losers.
3. It is OK to have a “team” of losers
4. The USC coaches actually prepared themselves and their players for a game with BCS implications…That Idea did not occur to us.
5. SEC football is like T-ball or church camp just show up and everyone gets a trophy.
6. Richt also added “Good things can still happen”…only if space aliens abduct the Gators

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after reading all two hundred and some odd posts, really the only thing i can add is (NEW COACHES PLEASE) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Some of my personal favorites:

‘94 UGA Alumnus
October 1st, 2012
4:09 pm
I love the overconfidence being shown by USC fans and other Dawg haters. I’m not guaranteeing a win, but we will not be blown out and will be in the game.
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Ooops

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WDE
October 1st, 2012
3:22 pm
I think we are much better right now on D than this time last year and we have 2 less losses…but this weekend will really show us where we are
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And exactly where is that?

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Great posts,I agree with all. One team one goal; a BCS Championship. We need a coaching staff committed to that. When Nick Saban, Les Miles were hired that was the only goal talked about.

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Coach Richt needs to answer those questions KBP. I thought the old Hob Nail Boot play against UT would have been a good option on first down.

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Ed
October 5th, 2012
3:09 pm
We have to win tomorrow. Georgia football just doesn’t lose three years in a row to South Carolina. South-freakin’-Carolina
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Uh, Ed – Sorry, but they did.

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Great game against LSU SSI, let us suffer in peace please. A lot of us know we’re still pretenders….

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DIT
October 5th, 2012
11:30 am
Shoot me, but I just don’t see us running the ball very well. I don’t think either of our backs will come close to 100 yards.
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After all of this time, DIT finally said something I agree with.

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UGA Insider
October 5th, 2012
9:45 am
UGA 42
USCe 20
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Hope you didn’t actually put real money on that.

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Richt is on anti-depression meds.. No doubt. That plus being drunk on Jesus does not make for ass kickin football..

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CHDawg
October 4th, 2012
11:14 am
I think our D is for real, and this game will begin to show that.
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It sure did – they are for real – real bad.

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Columbus Dawg
October 2nd, 2012
9:17 am
There is no way anyone can convince me that SC wins this game without being given something.
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They were – a superior coaching staff.

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And a last comment from the Yoda of UGA football:

AltamahaDawg
October 2nd, 2012
8:54 am
Personally I was very glad to see our team be able to overcome some setback. We lost those games in recent years. That is a sign of mature players, and good coaching IMO.
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Too bad the mature players and good coaches were on the SC sideline. And by the way, UGA is still losing “those games”

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I have been a supporter of CMR for years but I have come to the conclusion that he is not the coach to take us to the place we want to go. He is a nice guy and super person but not a championship coach

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Here is your flaw dawgnation, Dooley had winning records against Fla, Sc, Tenn and Ga tech and was 500 against Au. Richt has a great winning percentage against cupcakes and Gt. Stats do not always tell the entire story. It is not always about the losses so much as it is who one loses to; that is the bigger question. As far as this misguided Kirby Smart for HC–please. Saban is the brains in that organization and I see him yelling at Smart as well as players–Smart is not HC material. Muschamp seemed to get in trouble with Saban very little when they were together at LSU. That suggests Muschamp understood things better than Smart–so let us look for a proven HC with winning capabilities on the grand stages of college football–I would prefer little Dooley over Smart–People who know football can see the improvement of both Fla and Tenn. So let’s be cautious and not hire some joke like Smart or Donnan or Goof. This next hire is going to have a great deal of work to do to get the losing mentality changed at UGA.

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@ Raleigh Dog,

Well said.

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Bobo Press Statement:
On what he thought Georgia could do offensively heading in: “I thought we’d be able to run the ball a little bit better than we did in the first half. We were not successful with that. We thought we’d have some guys open if we could protect. There were times when we protected and we didn’t complete the passes and times we didn’t protect. We had a plan for Clowney of chipping him and things like that but those guys did a great job of getting to the quarterback. Just had us on our heels all night. You’ve got to give that defense credit.”
Key Points:
1. We could not run or throw against them …because thier Defensive Cordinator is smarter than me.
2. I was and still am completely clueless on how to beat SC, even though it is my job to figure this stuff out.
3. Clowney is big and mean and ruined the 5 minutes I spent preparing for this game.
4. “You’ve got to give that defense credit.” ….Just don’t fire me because I am not very good at my job.

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boycott the games until a change is made with the coaching staff. the program has reached its pinnacle under richt. i have no desire to watch anymore georgia games this year.

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the only things more pathetic than last night’s performance are the richt apologists and the people who keep renewing his contract.

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Fire Garner,If I was CTG i’d tell Richt that one of us HAS to go!!!The dude is the most overrated coach on the staff.Look at all the talent he has squandered at DT over the years.Pathetic.

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Good Article: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1360716-mark-richts-job-future-in-doubt-as-georgia-loses-big-sec-game-to-south-carolina

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Dawg fans, you’ve all got it pretty much right: You are loaded with talent and your coaching staff is only adequate.

The true juniors on the Gators now were pat of the number one recruiting class in the nation, but that didn’t matter until they bulked up, bought into the work ethic, were coached in technique, and they paid attention to a coaching staff that pays attention to the smallest details.

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we need to hire Greg Shiano from Tampa Bay!

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We are never going to win anything expecting to score a bunch of points on everybody.You can win a game 7-6 or 3-0.The D is not good,and this is the 3rd year.

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To put things into perspective, Vandy should of beat SC. That’s how unprepared we were last night. Look SC is a good team, not great. I would not be surprised if they lost their next two. It just had a big game stamp on it. For some reason we just can’t do anything in big games anymore. Our goal at Georgia is to win national championships. Not winning big games means its never going to happen with Richt. Time to find the right guy that can do something with all this talent.

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I just want to say a few things about the game;

1) That was the worst job I have seen getting a team ready for a big game in my 43 years on this planet.
2) There was absolutely no adjustments made by Bobo or Grantham to counter USC’s scheme.
3) USC coaching staff totally outcoached the UGA staff.

I put this loss squarely on the shoulders of the UGA coaches. A change needs to be made ASAP, CMR cannot win a big game or beat quality opponents even though he has equal or better talent. No excuse for this!

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Give it up, folks, these coaches aren’t going anywhere. We’ll win our customary 8/9 games against poor teams, maybe back into a division championship, then get whipped badly by good teams in the championship game and the bowl game. This has been and will continue to be UGA football. Players will still go to the NFL. Fans will still party. The program will still make money. Good is good enough. We have no reason to expect excellence. So quit your whining.

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As christian man myself i can’t with a good conscious call for CMR’s firing. I think he is good man and through prayer of the Bulldog nation we can help him overcome his shortcomings to get us to that elite. Come on guys hang in there…we don’t want to start over when we see the finish line!

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#1 Dog fan being a christian myself i see the finish line and its time 4 him to go!!!

2001 24-10 loss to Florida
2002 20-13 loss to Florida
2003 sec championship loss 34-13 to Lsu
2004 24-6 Loss @ Auburn
2005 38-35 loss sugar bowl to west virginia got down by 28 in the game
2006 51-33 loss to Tennesee home and losses to Vandy, Fl, Kentucky
2007 35-14 loss @ Tenn bad loss cost us chance at title just because of bad loss
2008 41-30 blackout loss to Ala. worse than score
2009 45-19 loss to Tenn and 41-17 loss to Fla
2010 losses to Usc, Ark, Miss st, Colorado, Auburn, And Ucf
2011 Boise state loss to open season and killed by Lsu in sec champ game
2012 35-7 @ Usc
I have had all the koolaid Richt has given and i have had all i can stand. He was asked by Mcgarity what he needed and was given it. He said he had more time to study the cutting edge of football. I guess hand it off three times up the middle is cutting edge. Richt can lead my Sunday school class but not MY TEAM!!!

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richt should be ashamed of himself and all of his coaches. unprepared and humiliatingly outcoached the whole night.

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You know something is wrong when everyone says you are a contender because you have an easy schedule….especially when you’re recently winless against highly ranked opponents and when, despite the easy schedule, you still have to play USC and FLA. We were over-ranked again from the beginning this year, but I’m just glad that this year the fans and media weren’t braying about a NC so loudly.

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TALL FAST D LINE, SHORT ELUSIVE QB=PLAY ACTION
EXCELLENT D JAMMING BOX & JAMMING RECIEVERS=SAME ANSWER
MURRAY HAD ONE TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR DECENT GAIN. SLOW TO NO ADJUSTMENT TO COVERAGE. S_ _ _

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Contrary to some of my fellow Dawg fans, I DON’T think we are at a crossroads now with Richt…..I think we already made that decision some time ago. The university, powerful alumni, and fans (as evidenced by our continued support) have already decided that we’ll settle for consistent 10-win seasons, beating Tech, discipline cases, and only occasionally seriously challenging for a division or SEC championship as long as we can keep our morally and ethically superior coach (who does represent us and the university well).

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the saddest part is that there is not an available coach out there with the ability or attitude to take us to where we want to be and have never achieved even when dooley (vince, not barbara) was in charge.

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Murray looked like a Deer in the headlites, Shaw looked like he would take a bullet for Spurrier.
Men against Boys The completely prepared(Coaches, Players & Fans) against the completely unprepared I have been a dawg since i was 6 (1940) and i have never heard an announcer have to apologize for the play of a team! And this played out on national TV. you know CBS would love to get us off for the Florida game. there is only one answer for this total and complete collapse

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Kirby’s waiting…….

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Keeping Richt is the safe call, and that’s what UGA has been about since the Kemp scandal.

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We’ll have another top 10 recruiting class next winter and hope will spring eternal. The koolaide will taste great again next spring. If I were CMR I would start Mason the next 2 years. Bench Murray. He always finds a way to give the other team the ball. To short to throw passes over the middle over 6;8′ linemen.

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CMR please go away. You have made enoughCMR please go away you have earned money to live comfortably the rest of your life. Please let the Georgia program come back to it’s once greatness.By You staying one more game is a great disservice to the program. I was at the game last night it was so sad for me as a dawg fan. The tickets cost me hundreds and untold embracement walking through the South Carolina fans. You may or not have been a good coach at one time but that time has passed so please have some respect for yourself and just go away please!t money to live comfor

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CMR please go away you have earned money to live comfortably the rest of your life. Please let the Georgia program come back to it’s once greatness.By You staying one more game is a great disservice to the program. I was at the game last night it was so sad for me as a dawg fan. The tickets cost me hundreds and untold embracement walking through the South Carolina fans. You may or not have been a good coach at one time but that time has passed so please have some respect for yourself and just go away please!

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Our head coach looks like he’s on six quarts of lithium and our fan base is in a coma when they come to Sanford Stadium. Our entire program is like being in a grave yard and our fans are playing the part of zombies.

Columbia was rocking last night… if we should half that amount of enthusiasm for our team, maybe they’d get off their arse and play harder. Before we start throwing stones at the players and coaches, take a long look at yourself and how you support this program you supposedly love!

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DawgByte

Go pull for Vandy or KY

im tired of hearing from fans like you wanting to foot blame on the UGA fans

People have had enough with losing

Here’s a reminder

The UGA fanbase came wearing black against Alabama in 2008

How did the coaching staff reward the fanbase; yea a 31-0 beat down by halftime just like last night

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DawgByte -

“Before we start throwing stones at the players and coaches, take a long look at yourself and how you support this program you supposedly love!”
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What!? So now the fans are responsible for what should be up to the coaches and the players to take care of and control? You are kidding, right? Wow, talk about grabbing for straws.

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SorrySuckingImmature gator….
tried to reply sooner, but i couldn’t spell “puke”. turns out that it was as simple as you. why don’t you write someting proactive, original, instead of only reacting to what adult bloggers have been writing about our own school on our on blog? are you trying to be funny? Sinefield already has that job. i just want to wait and see if you show up on this blog if UGa beats florida. even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while, and it could very well happen. i’m betting that you will be as nervous as those georgia receivers trying to run Michael Bennett’s routes in his absence.

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ARdawg -

I know it must be tough when your own words come back around and bite you in the rear. Sorry if the reality hurts. Next time – think before you post.

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your right MR never has team ready for the big game they came out flat as always. the game that always matters is every game and MR has let us down so many times when it matters.
they went in there thinking they would just run all over them and when they didn’t and fell behind by 21 they quit the offencive line played there worse game I have ever seen missed blocks and if your on the offecive line and no one is in front of you then you just got beat and your quarter back is going down. murry tried but its hard when you have 2 or 3 people on you

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Murray ain’t tall enough,but then nobody is when lying on their back

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8-4 is looking like a great season for next year and the year after that and the year after that

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This morning I calmly collected everything I own with a Georgia G and heaped it in the garbage. It’s been too long since I’ve been proud to be a Georgia Bulldog.

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HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Some of you think the problem is we do not have a lenient drug testing policy and we should admit less academically qualified players? That may be the lamest dumbest most outrageous excuse ever!

Let’s bring in more potheads! Ha!

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I am a typical Georia fan. If if. If. If if if.

Stop pretending they play football at UGA.

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I agree, SSIgator, both with the fact that UGA will not lose and that you are completely without any qualifications!

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The problem here is the Program, we have the talent alabama and LSU have to be a national contender. The problem is Coaching period….. The 1980 team had “HEART” and pride and believed in each other that they could win. The reason was a good coach. Dooley was a real coach just like Nick saben and Bear bryant.. “I’m tired of Religion Richt!!” God has its place in church and so does preaching!!! But not to a Georgia football team that has HEART to WIN!!!! Richt is weak and does not have the right attitude for coaching a team this talented.

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Looks what happen. I thought it was a done deal that my dawgs would win it all this year. All my coworkers and me been drinking the red punch koolade thinking it would help my dawgs. Now i’m stuck with payments on a double wide that i can not afford. mitt romney help me when he is elected…(fingers crossed)

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Fire Rodney Garner,watch the improvement on the DL.

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But don’t worry; you’ll beat KY by 21 and once again, have yourselves convinced you’re on the way to your next national championship!

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I have supported Richt.

Being a good guy is a good thing.

However, he is not doing these kids any favors by building them up to let them down with a lack of preparation.

It’s like he’s teaching them character by depriving them of success.

As much as I like CMR, I’m done.

If I’m this disappointed, how must the players feel?

Sorry, but Richt must go.

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Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville

that is so true, the players don’t really care. They hold their heads down in defeat. The 1980 team always kept a positive outlook on a win or loss. The Heart and passion is not in the players to play their hearts out every game because its not in the coaches to teach it… Eirk Russell use to bang heads with the defensive players to get them fired up. We need a coach that wants to get on that field with those players and show them how to hit hard and play hard every minute of the game until its over. This will never happen with a Mark Richt or Mike Bobo… Hell Pat Dye of auburn would be my first choice over a mark richt. I remember coaches like Johnny Majors of tennessee and the Pat Dye’s of auburn. They were great coaches that had the heart and passion to teach their players…. Its just not there at Georgia anymore….

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Voice of Reason,
I’m an alum, I was a freshman 20 years ago exactly, the tide rose until the day Gameday was set up outside my old Meyers dorm, that was the high point, Moreno, Stafford, and the black jerseys, the wave crashed that night and rolled back. As good as it’s ever going to get. I was actually excited about this year, about yesterday. I thought it would be a good show. It was the Blackout game, it was the GA/FLA 08, it was GA/FLA 09, it was LSU in last year’s title game, it was game 3 of the college world series, just another in a series of reminders that Georgia doesn’t win big ones.

So yeah, I was proud once, but I’ve gotten too old to waste any more time believing in this nonsense.

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JaxDog,

I am with you on Richt’s good qualities being appealing.

The thing is…he is a football coach.

He should be teaching these kids how to play football.
That includes how to discipline yourself, how to set priorites, etc.

The question is…does he do that as well as he should?

Another question…how many marginal talents could have been better coached to make it into the NFL?

He might teach balance…he might teach you how to be a good young man.

But he is failing as a football coach if his teams play this poorly in big games.

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The only thing I think being taught is how to make a good brownie

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Well, that and swimming.

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As badas it sounds Dawg fans we need Florida to win. This is the only way to clean house. We have to take a few steps back before we can move forward.

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Oh, and also DawgNole, but he may have killed himself. Bad enough that UGA gets steamrolled by SC, but then FSU loses to unranked NC State.

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Hey, at least it wasn’t a shutout.

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SSI
Nothing I have posted will ever bite me in the behind. You know me well enough by I stand anything I post. I always given you credit for a little originality even though you are a superior Richard Cranium. Now you have shown your complete lack of class. Your sapping of pleasure from the misery and frustration of others is noted. You are a leech

Don’t pretend you knew the outcome of the game prior because we both know you didn’t.

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Hey, at least will beat GT. Good to know our fans have never changed. We beat cupcakes and act like we’re a NC contender. Maybe USuC, Gaytors and UcheaT fans are right about us.

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We definitely need to fire Mark Richt and hire Jon Gruden. We will never compete in this league until we get a coach that has fire in his gut and can kick tail.

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I was at the game and was completely embarrassed. It was a LONG ride home today. I went to UGA with Herschel and the glory days. I keep looking back to those days and how we were in every single game (even after Herschel left). Not once did we get blown out or not show up for a game. I’ve been a supporter of Richt for his entire tenure but I think it’s time for a change – if we want to win championships. The game has passed Richt by and he doesn’t change with the times. At least we didn’t miss an extra point last night.

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FIRE RICHT

HIRE DEREK DOOLEY

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You people are going nuts. FLA DAWG, you want to hire “Derek Dooley”? The UT people are “this close” to running him off for his complete lack of success at UT and you want to hire him?

Why don’t you get together with the Gruden lunatics and figure out which one we should hire or whether we should try both of them!!! LOL.

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I have championed and defended Richt for years but unfortunately now is the time to move on. For a team with this talent to be this unprepared is unreal. There are no answers except change. How can a player like Rambo be so under motivated as to let a receiver take an obvious interception away. Murray. Clearly has no clue but for the coaches to play him and let others sit or transfer—really.
And if he is our best hope then what does that say about recruiting. Redshirting for him to turn pro–
Surely that is not going to happen–No clue under pressure. As most Georgia Fan’s, I am disgusted and flabbergasted.

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The good…
they still have true Dog fans support.

The bad…
AM is 0-10 against ranked teams. Hmmm. Has CMR forgotten how to coach, or is it something else? I’m going with something else.

The ugly…
our OL got whipped. and that was ugly!

My money is still on the Dawgs being in the Dome that first weekend of December..

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October 7th, 2012
9:59 pm

One thing I was not disappointed in was Mark Richt’s performance in that ESPN commercial with Lee Corso. If this coaching thing doesn’t work out, he’s got some true acting talent.
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Have you not been paying attention – he has been acting for the last eleven years in Athens.

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DawgVoiceof Reason(?)

You continue to support a guy who is incapable of beating a ranked team for YEARS and then call others lunatics!?

D. Dooley gave UF all they could handle and came within a hair of beating The Dawgs despite having half the talent and depth as our Dawgs.

Their program was Kiffin – decimated and he has already gotten them respect – more than what we enjoy with our highly touted players.

Richt, Bobo and Grantham would have been fired by Bama, Auburn, UF and UT long ago. In fact, the last time three of those schools fired their non performing coaching staff they ended up winning conference and / or BCS Titles.

Now, argue with those facts.

It’s people like you that keep Richt and his “joke of a coaching staff” in Athens with contract extensions and raises.
Like it? Good. You’re going to see alot more of it if these guys stay.

FIRE RICHT – HIRE DEREK DOOLEY

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Enter your comments here
NC DAWG, you are delusional if you think Georgia has more talent than South Carolina. The Head Ball Coach has not only been coaching circles around Richt and crew, but he has also bee recruiting circles around them. You Dawg fans might as well get used to the fact that SC owns you now.

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Dazed & Confused football should no longer be acceptable at UGA. Spend some of that excess cash for an excellent coach like South Carolina did.

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Bulldog Fans – no question that Richt is a class guy and a good Coach. Problem is the fanbase doesn’t seem content in aiming for “good”, and agree that a new HC may be an answer. Maybe there’s a guy, full of youthful vigor and who has already had some success in the SEC, who is just west of you? What if you were to offer Vandy a lunch trade for their HC? Now he and Grantham would need to hug it out from 2011 heated moment, but you’d then have some guys with fire in their bellies leading your highly talented team. Just a thought – what other HC’s out there make more sense to the fans? You simply don’t want to take a step backward as we all know there ARE alot worse men and HC’s out there than Mark Richt. (exhibit A – see Booby Petrino!)

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Lattimore said, “we hit them in the mouth on the first play and they never recovered.” I think he said something even more important. Great teams dictate the tempo in big games. Our Dawgs seem comfortable in counter punching……certainly not the player’s fault. Come on coaches……don’t you remember your competitiveness when you played. Where’s the emotion……this is college not professional.

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Bill,
I need your comment on our o-line……….it is really not good and makes everything else look bad! (Of course they look good against the patsies.) But really, why with all our other recruits can we not get some real, SEC linemen. Muschamp has passed us, Spurrier is WAY past us, and (laugh if you want) but Dooley will soon pass us…………..because they are all smart enough to start up front!

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