What would Elvis say? Dawgs should just TCB!
Mark Richt knows there's only one thing the Bulldogs need to be concerned about right now: Georgia Tech. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Back when Elvis died, the paper sent me to Memphis and Tupelo. One of the folks I encountered in Elvis’ hometown was a woman who had been close to the King and wore one of those lightning bolt TLC (Tender Loving Care) necklaces he gave his female friends. The equivalent for his male buddies was one that said TCB (Taking Care of Business).
TCB. Those initials stand for words to live by for the Georgia Bulldogs right now. In other words, they need to focus on one thing and one thing only: beating the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets.
Not the upcoming meeting with Alabama in the Georgia Dome.
Not the chances of playing for a BCS national championship if they manage to knock off the Crimson Tide.
Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech.
Mark Richt kept repeating that mantra in his Sunday night teleconference with laser-like focus despite the repeated efforts of reporters to get him to even acknowledge that he’d watched the Baylor-Kansas State or Stanford-Oregon games Saturday night that suddenly catapulted the winner of the SEC Championship back into contention for this year’s BCS showdown in Miami.
Richt refused to be lured off his single-minded conversational track because he recognizes what his team is facing this week.
The biggest challenge for the Dogs as the annual game with Tech approaches is not how to deal with the dreaded triple-option — having schemed for it already the past two years, Todd Grantham has a pretty good idea of what needs to be done there. And after facing the similar (though not identical) Georgia Southern attack, even his freshman players who haven’t gone up against Paul Johnson’s attack before have a much better feel for what they need to do.
No, the first — and, for the moment, the biggest — obstacle the Bulldogs must hurdle if they really want their dreams for this season to come true is shutting out all the SEC Championship and BCS chatter that will be tweeted at them from all sides and working up a full-blooded frenzy of hatred for the team from North Avenue.
Because you can bet the Jackets will come to town fired up even more than usual over the possibility of wrecking the Bulldogs’ postseason goals.
The theme of the week for the Jackets is already being recited by Tech fans on their Internet gathering sites: “WE CAN RUIN THEIR SEASON.”
That has them more excited than even the possibility of stumbling into a spot in the ACC championship game, because 365 days a year the thing that Tech players and fans think about more than anything else is beating Georgia. And if they can ruin a special season while they’re at it, even better.
Of course, you can’t expect Georgia’s players not to be excited by their team’s rise to No. 3 in the latest BCS standings, right behind Notre Dame and Alabama, or the prospect of playing their way into a chance at winning the crystal football.
They’re kids and it’s only natural if some of them come down with a bad case of BCS fever this week.
But what they need to keep foremost in their minds is the cold, hard reality that if they don’t beat Tech they’ll never get a chance at that dream rematch with the Fighting Irish for another national championship.
Sure, they could still win the SEC Championship even if the unthinkable somehow happened Between the Hedges this week, but a two-loss SEC champ isn’t going to play for the national title this year.
As Richt noted Sunday, “That’s the whole key to football is to be able to focus on the only thing that really matters and that’s this week’s game.”
Thankfully, some of the team elders have been quick to note what’s truly important this week. As Alec Ogletree put it after Saturday’s win over Georgia Southern: “We have to get back to practice and focus on this week’s game plan, and then the week after focus on Atlanta. It’s week by week, and we can’t get ahead of ourselves.”
Wide receiver Rhett McGowan probably summed it up best when he tweeted: “Let’s take care of business? Playoffs start now!”
And Georgia Tech is the first step.
FANS BACK IN BLACK?
A movement has started among UGA students to have fans stage a “blackout” at Sanford Stadium for the Tech game.
You can pretty much bet the house that the Georgia team will be in its familiar red home jerseys, but by early Sunday I’d already heard from the UGA Paintline (the guys who paint their torsos for each home game) and other students asking me to spread the word that they want fans to wear black for the game.
What do you think of that idea? A fun way to get everyone revved up, or a needless gimmick? I mean, do we really need any additional enticement to be ready to cheer on the Dogs against the hated insects from Atlanta?
Feel free to share your views in the comments.
Go Dawgs! Beat Tech!
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210 comments Add your comment
Sam
November 18th, 2012
9:47 pm
I like a fan led blackout…
AugustaDawg
November 18th, 2012
9:49 pm
First and grab that title u hairy dawgs!
Macclenny_dawg
November 18th, 2012
9:51 pm
Go Dawgs!!!TCB!!!
Phantom
November 18th, 2012
9:53 pm
Micah is the Chief!
Scrambledog
November 18th, 2012
9:53 pm
TCB Baby !!!! One game at a time. Great times are coming Bros …….Go Dogs…….Sic ‘em !!!
Vinman
November 18th, 2012
9:55 pm
I think a blackout is needed for the Tech game. It puts the focus and intensity straight back into Tech. It’s not as flashy as the Auburn blackout was, but it keeps the focus to the game we need to be focusing on. Go Dawgs.
Strat Cat Dawg
November 18th, 2012
9:56 pm
This is the most important Tech game since 1980. By all means, let’s not get caught looking ahead.
Rambling Wreck 82
November 18th, 2012
9:59 pm
Jackets win, 45-42 once again in Athens – Paul Johnson’s town.
Wondering Aloud
November 18th, 2012
10:04 pm
Riddle me this…Say ND loses to USC and Oregon doesn’t make it to the Pac12 Championship Game. Who plays a one loss SEC champ in the National Championship Game?
How about this
November 18th, 2012
10:15 pm
ND loses to SCal, Ga wins out, Fla beats Fla State, rematch with (currently #4) Fla for NC.
ROLL DAWGS!
November 18th, 2012
10:18 pm
SQUASH the BUGS!
well said
November 18th, 2012
10:30 pm
WRECK TECH!!!
A blackout should be saved for night games against Auburn at home…..since that is the only time it has given us a win!
Hairy Dawg
November 18th, 2012
10:31 pm
The only blackout I wanna see in Athens is everybody getting stinking drunk after a beatdown of Tech.
LowerAlabamaDawg
November 18th, 2012
10:38 pm
I would like to invite the Nerds to stomp on the “G” during the pre-game as they did in 2002!
matt
November 18th, 2012
10:49 pm
Its a 12:00 game and the gaso game was like a funeral most of the game. Crowd better get ready to roar this week. Wear red black silver pink. I don’t really give a Damn but make some noise!
Ty
November 18th, 2012
10:49 pm
No Gimmicks, Just show up and play ball. Just show up and be a great fan. That is how you become involved. Support the team not the Book Store or some promotional money scheme.
Go Dawgs beat the wasps!!!!
Long time coming
November 18th, 2012
10:54 pm
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Long time coming
November 18th, 2012
10:55 pm
Screw the stupid black out! Are you joking? We need a stupid gimmick to get the fans into it? I sue as hell hop not!?!
Long time coming
November 18th, 2012
10:59 pm
We will beat Bama if we take care of business next weekend…pray for our coaching staff to have our players ready(unlike the USC game) ugh
Uncle Kirk
November 18th, 2012
11:34 pm
Long time…..if the fans wanna wear black then let em. Quit being such a buzz kill. Nobody affiliated with the program is calling for this. I will be there with black on….or red if thats what they want….will you be there?
cjdawg
November 18th, 2012
11:42 pm
The color black is a downer… I think our team needs to look up in the stands and see RED, RED and more RED! I think there will be enough black on the Tech side of the field….
ARdawg
November 19th, 2012
12:29 am
#%$^& a blackout. It’s gimmicky and we no longer do gimmicks do we? The team knows they have the support. Haven’t we learned our lesson. Was 08 that far ago? Please get out of that mindset and win the game on the field
CaliDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:33 am
The thing that Tech fans and players think about 24/7/365 isn’t “beating” Georgia…it’s just Georgia.
Long time coming
November 19th, 2012
5:01 am
Uncle Kirk, worry about collecting your SS check or that
New pair of women’s shoes you can pick up on black Friday…do not worry about this dawg fan!
Long time coming
November 19th, 2012
5:04 am
Uncle Kirk, go away ! And yes, I am a buzz kill! Duh! Aren’t all UGA fans? Go away old man, or woman
Top Row Dawg
November 19th, 2012
6:20 am
Just get W and stay injury free. Let Aaron Murray throw it deep and often. Follow the Middle Tennessee State game plan and send Tech toward another 6 loss season.
It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
Neutral
November 19th, 2012
6:34 am
I just want the student section COMPLETELY full and acting crazy!
Neutral
November 19th, 2012
6:51 am
GT will be the first team in history to play in a conference championship and bowl game (hopefully in Boise) and finish with a 6-8 record. This WILL happen…….GO DAWGS!
Buzz-off
November 19th, 2012
6:54 am
Neutral,
You are right on. That would break my heart to see GT hold that distinction in the record books.
SimpleDawg
November 19th, 2012
7:02 am
What’s wrong with a good ol’ RED OUT ?
All that gimmicky crap is a bunch of nonsense……
GATA !
Seriously?
November 19th, 2012
7:19 am
Neutral
November 19th, 2012
6:51 am
GT will be the first team in history to play in a conference championship and bowl game (hopefully in Boise) and finish with a 6-8 record. This WILL happen…….GO DAWGS!
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Too funny, but I really think this might just become truth.
anothersavdog
November 19th, 2012
7:50 am
Prediction: If Murray has solid games & leads Georgia to wins in SEC & BCS championship games, He will win the Heisman. Lesser national champion QBs have won the award against better competition. Remember Gino Torretta?
James Ainsworth
November 19th, 2012
7:53 am
Georgia it’s not the uniform, otherwise the old uniforms of the 80’s would be my pick. Black-out ? not important. What’s important is Georgia stays focused and realized Georgia Tech ran all over Duke and is a challenger for the ACC.
I ask the Georgia players not to get caught up in the hype and just remember that the 2007 team and what happened to them after being the number one in pre-season!
Best of Luck and please beat the jackets!
RP
November 19th, 2012
7:53 am
C’mon Bergamot. You posted the same thing verbatim on another article. Little more effort please.
cddawgs
November 19th, 2012
7:56 am
Dear GOD NO!!!! Do NOT change unis, do NOT do ANY kind of OUT. LEAVE it alone, do as we’ve been doing. If UGA never wears any special uni again it’s too soon for me. Everyone just be normal, keep things even, tick deserves nothing special and when we do things like that we’re screwed.
MA English 1975
November 19th, 2012
7:56 am
@Bergamot, Gee, thanks for sharing. Appreciate it. On to more important matters, wear red on Sat! Go DAWGS!!!
DIT
November 19th, 2012
8:28 am
Forget the Blackout!!
This team needs to give all of it’s concentration on stopping that option. Tech will score points, that’s a given. Dawgs need to score more. Dawgs need to come out like they did against UF! Don’t let the throttle down for a moment.
Predict:
UGA 48 Tech 28
Buzz-off
November 19th, 2012
8:37 am
Is Bergamot describing Alabama fans and players?
UA Grad
November 19th, 2012
8:37 am
The Steelers must be fined for crimes against human vision……….oh, sorry, good luck against the bugs!
RTR
UA Grad
November 19th, 2012
8:39 am
Nah,
We have the highest graduation rate in the SEC.
Dr. Chill
November 19th, 2012
8:42 am
I’m looking past GT. I can do that. Watch me! —— See? I’m looking forward to the ‘Bama game. Tech is not worthy of thought or preparation.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
8:58 am
Having school colors in itself IS a gimmic. Marching band, Gimmic. Name 10 others game day traditions and it’s all gimmics. Come to think of it, most of the entire production of college football is one big gimmic. It’s a game. Remember?
You know, they technically don’t even need people sitting in the stands to observe them, to play the game. Fans are basically, gimmics.
That being said, Tech is not the time for a black-out,especially if its a half-hearted non-official movement.. BUT when it is, please stop this faux adversion to wearing one color over the other, in the name of (any number of cliche’ terms for playing well).
Jaandjodad
November 19th, 2012
9:03 am
Travel with the Dawgs and you will realize that Sanford stadium is a great venue, but fan participation lacks the kind of intensity were several SEC venues and their fans are much more intimidating. If a Black-out gets the Dawg fans on their feet, then I am all in! Go Dawgs !!!!
Vegas Vic
November 19th, 2012
9:09 am
Bammer 49, Dwags 13
Take it to the bank.
Texas Dawg
November 19th, 2012
9:10 am
@anothersavdog…….really…Murry for Heisman…….I hope you are right I really do but………………
Murry is my biggest worry against Alabama and in the bowl game…….HE HAS NOT GOT IT DONE WHEN IT MATTERED MOST!
He has had one quarter(4) agianst Fla that he has looked productive against a really good team. Fla doesn’t turn the ball over 6 or 7 times we loose that game!
I HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT AND Murry plays lights out but he scares me to death………………..when he is on he looks great….problem he never looks on against good temas for ……ALL 4 QTRS….not just one qtr…….but all four against a good team!
Texas Dawg
November 19th, 2012
9:11 am
sorry bout the spelling……………GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
9:14 am
Black-outs are just fun. That’s it. It’s not to make the Oline block better, it’s not to make the DB cover better.It’s not to turn out an all SEC RB. Its a fan participation encouragement. So if black outs are so bad, and they were done for the fans, then that is an indictment of the fans, is it not?
The only evidence we have about a uni-changes is that when the team has weaknesses, the uni’s don’t change that. There is certainly no rational fear, that they cause the team to play worse.
The Gator
November 19th, 2012
9:16 am
Oh please, please go for the blackout. That will make it so much funnier if you somehow happen to repeat the experience of the last blackout.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
9:22 am
Nothing is funnier than you in here, giving us exactly what we all wanted. And you not even realizing it. A bitter gator fan desperately trying to pretend he isn’t a giant loser.. Its quite satisfying.
Kyle
November 19th, 2012
9:22 am
STUPID STUPID STUPID NEEDLESS GIMMICK…….IF WE CANT BE FIRED UP TO PLAY TEACH SOMETHING IS WRONG…I HOPE THIS TEAM FINALLY STAYS FOCUED AND TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS…..NO EXCUSE THIS YEAR- IT IS OURS TO WIN- WE DONT HAVE TO DEPEND ON SOMEONE ELSE…….ITS TIME TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP FOREVER
LKB
November 19th, 2012
9:33 am
I will be in BLACK!
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
November 19th, 2012
9:45 am
What about the uniforms UGA wore for the Boise State game!!!!
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
9:47 am
Kyle, it was FANS that proposed this, not players. PLayers had nothing to do with it. What is so hard to understand about this?
Are you CAP LOCKING the fans, if they can’t get fired up to watch the tech game?
joe jenkins
November 19th, 2012
9:48 am
Wear black jerseys and red pants..that sounds good to me…please dawgs win this game…i will never forget the terrible feeling i had when i sat in the rain in 08 and watched us get upset….please richt lets put a beat down on this team
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
9:54 am
Am I the only one that finds the thought of all the fans in thier favorite red pants and shirts, and officaial Bulldog logos belts, and lucky Dawg sneakers, And the Hat from that one time we beat so and so, eating thier tradition good luck snacks, and traditional beverages………sitting around scoffing at “gimmics” kinda comical?
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
9:56 am
If the fans do it…it’s not a gimmick. It’s called fun. Just like tail-gating. Move along- nothing to see here…move along
Teck Sucks!
November 19th, 2012
10:00 am
I hate the idea of blackouts, but i thought the same thing this weekend. The fans should wear black. A 12:00 kickoff is somewhat uninspiring to most fans. The players feed off of emotion and the fans need to step it up this week. I could care less if the team wears black jerseys.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:03 am
Black jerseys and red pants? Uh, no.
ugab
November 19th, 2012
10:31 am
I do not want to have a “Black out”. Just keep the sea of red going. The dawgs do not need to change anything right now. They are used to playing in red. BLACK IS OUT IS A BAD IDEA. DIFFERENT UNIFORMS ARE A BAD IDEA. STICK WITH WHAT IS WORKING. THIS IS NOT OREGON.
ugab
November 19th, 2012
10:34 am
BOISE STATE UNIFORMS WERE UGLY. CMR LIKES TO PLAY IN RED. LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY. WE HAVE LEARNED OUR LESSON FROM THE PAST TO KEEP THE UNIFORMS
Blackout Again...
November 19th, 2012
10:39 am
@ugab…we have learned our lesson with uniforms??? Grow up dude. Uniforms have no impact on how players block, run routes, stick with their assignments, etc.
LawDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:43 am
Serious question: What the hell is with the “V for Vendetta” masks worn by one or two students a game? What on Earth does that have to do UGA? It annoys me every time I see them.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:45 am
NOR did anybody suggest changing uniforms.
Fans.Fans, not coaches, not players, not equipment managers………… suggested they wanted to wear thier Black Columbia Fleece pullovers to sit in the stands and cheer. . Everybody relax.
LawDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:45 am
Tech Sucks!: “I could care less if the team wears black jerseys.”
Really? How much less could you care? A lot? A little?
ugab: WELL THE CONTENT OF YOUR POST MAKES NO SENSE, BUT AT LEAST THE FORMAT IS APPRECIATED.
35-7
November 19th, 2012
10:46 am
Wont matter anyway …The Beatdown by Bama awaits UGA at the Dome….. Go ahead and do the silly gimmicks …handsitters or players gimmicks… it aint gonna matter when Richt does his Big Time Choke!
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:52 am
Daddy lowered thier credit limits, so they are rebelling now.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
10:57 am
The big question is: Will the students get there before the 2nd quarter wearing black?
joe jenkins
November 19th, 2012
11:02 am
@altamahadawg…what the hell is wrong with wearing black jerseys and red pants? noooooooooooooooooooooothing
Get Loud and Proud
November 19th, 2012
11:08 am
Fans need to get into a frenzy durring the whole game like the South Carolina fans did to us. We dont need a bunch of hans sitting fuddy duddy telling us to sit down, Be Loud and Be Proud or stay home!
joe jenkins
November 19th, 2012
11:12 am
I agree with you get loud…we dont need a bunch old and conserative people that are scared of a little noise….thanks
HendoDawg
November 19th, 2012
11:53 am
Altamaha, agree w/you. I really could care less what is worn by the fans, red or black. Personally, I am fine with either. Although I must admit the reflection of noon day sun off the sea of black is easier on the eyes. Regardless, the color has nothing to do with the outcome of the game or the performance of the players. What happened in the ‘08 blackout game against Bama is simple, they came out on fire and we were not focused and made a lot of mistakes, period.
However, there is something that has always bothered me about the patrons of Sanford (alum fyi). It is the fans inability to make that place loud and an advantage! Almost 93,000 people should be able to create quite an environment that is a true “home field advantage”. However, with the exception of some key games in the past, I’ve always been let down with the general noise factor in the stadium. People don’t need to scream insults and act like a bunch of rednecks…they just need to be LOUD!
Had to vent. Go Dawgs!
Dawg_Mike
November 19th, 2012
12:07 pm
I like CMR keeping everyones focus on the game at hand. One at a freaking time. Squash the bugs.
Joey
November 19th, 2012
12:10 pm
Some folks need to go back and re-read the story.
It’s a FAN BLACK OUT!
Ft.Worth dawg
November 19th, 2012
12:18 pm
My Black Georgia shirt has worked out well for me this season, there’s no reason to turn back Now!
However, I will have my Red big “G” shirt ready to come in the game if needed!
Adam
November 19th, 2012
12:24 pm
No Black Out! It’s not a night game. The team is playing well now and in a groove. The last thing we need is something to distract them. Remember what happened at the last black out? Team was not focused on the game. I was at the Auburn black out in 2007 and it was a surreal, magical game that will never be replicated. This week we just need to TCB like we’ve been doing. We need no extra motivation or gimmicks.
Joey
November 19th, 2012
12:28 pm
Who is old, joe?
And what is conserative?
Mike Bobo
November 19th, 2012
12:28 pm
We are calling for a red and black out for this game. All fans please wear either red or black or white with red
Mike Bobo
November 19th, 2012
12:32 pm
Did anyone see that we broke the school record for touchdowns in a season with 3 games left to play?
You wont have to fire me, because Im taking the UT job and Mark is hiring chizik/dooley as co-offensive coordinators.
Skokie Dog
November 19th, 2012
12:45 pm
As Richt noted Sunday, “That’s the whole key to football is to be able to focus on the only thing that really matters and that’s this week’s game.”
There you have it. Now we know that CMR HAS in fact been spending that extra time that McGarity freed up for him, working on that cutting edge coaching stuff.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
1:03 pm
Old and conservative is code for: pays for everything.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
So, what about that quote, do you disagree with?
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 19th, 2012
1:18 pm
Altamaha
Good news; the staff that does no wrong in your eyes have an opportunity to make you look like the smartest guy in the blog; and an opportunity to not see any more posts from patched tire
North Georgia Dawg
November 19th, 2012
1:31 pm
The funny thing is that I have talked to a couple of my Tech friends and looked at some of the comments on the Georgia Tech board. Almost everyone expects them to lose too. Several comments said things like “I hope we beat them, but our sorry defense will cost us,” or “UGA will win, but we will make it a game (10-14 points).” The ones who come on this site and talk trash are either actually fans of another team (Florida, South Carolina, Auburn) or else they are Tech fans trying to stir the pot who actually don’t know how bad their team actually is.
North Georgia Dawg
November 19th, 2012
1:33 pm
What’s the good word? To hell with our lousy defense! – Tech fans
Joey
November 19th, 2012
1:39 pm
You think Richt and Co can pull this off, Patched Tire?
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 19th, 2012
1:44 pm
Joey
No I dont
Beat Bama yea; Im not going to be shocked
But beat Bama and Notre Dame; two good teams in a row; that is what will be shocking
When has the Coaching staff beaten two good teams in a row; Remind me cause I cant remember
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 19th, 2012
1:48 pm
and Joey
If they beat them both as promised many years ago; Patched Tire will no longer post on the ajc and like I told Altamaha and many of the other kool-aid drinkers on here
As I said many years ago if Richt wins a National Title for one week I will welcome all the told you so comments and name calling and blasting me and I will sit here and take it
Joey
November 19th, 2012
1:53 pm
I can’t come up wth 2 in a row either, but if (IF) we beat Tech and upset Bama, it would be over a month til the BCSCG – so that may not matter.
If Richt pulls it off, wins out, I think he will retire – on top.
Just my opinion.
Skokie Dog
November 19th, 2012
1:57 pm
Altamaha: I don’t disagree with any part of CMR’s quote. It’s nothing more or less than a statement of the obvious. The “cutting edge coaching stuff” was sarcasm, which I thought anyone reading my comment would realize.
And Patched Tire: I think you’re safe in your assumptions about the likelihood of U.Ga. winning the national title this season.
And I even expect to be blasted for writing such statements well before the Tech game is played, but I prefer Dr. Pepper to Kool-Aid. (By the way, don’t forget that Dr. Pepper is an SEC sponsor.)
Skokie Dog
November 19th, 2012
1:58 pm
Joey: If U.Ga. does win the mythical national championship, do you think we might also expect to see Murray ride off into the sunset?
IF AM does so and so, he will win the .....
November 19th, 2012
2:00 pm
Murray will not win a Heisman this year. ANY MAJOR bowl or BCS bowl game, will be AFTER the trophy awards ceremony.
Go Dogs
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:04 pm
No, I got that it was sarcasm. Obviously. I just wondered what the point was. Usually sarcasm is effective is there is some underlying truth there. I just didnt get the reference.
Joey
November 19th, 2012
2:12 pm
Unless he gets a 1st round draft status, I think he comes back and eclipses SEC passing records and finishes his PHD.
His “big game troubles” notwithstanding, he will get drafted. He has a big arm and performs great at the bigtime QB camps – the Mannings even Archie were really impressed with him – so he can wow the NFL guys at the Combine.
I really hope Richt gets this done – this is the best opportunity he will get – what with losing 4 or 5 first round D-players, and the schedules rotating back to being more difficult for a few seasons.
Just my opinion, Skokie . . .
Skokie Dog
November 19th, 2012
2:13 pm
Altamaha: Surely, you recall that after Greg McGarity took over the AD’s job in Athens, he and CMR made a big production of taking several time-consuming, unworthy tasks off CMR’s plate, so that the coach could spend more time studying the craft of coaching. I recall that he was planning to dedicate himself to studying some cutting edge practices. I guess that if you forgot all about that episode, then the joke would pass by you.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:13 pm
Hm. Flat Tire calls me out by name, (with same worn out pretence) even when I try my best to ignore him. What a shock. That what 37 times in a row?
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:16 pm
Yes, I remember it well…….what does that have to do with this comment in the least.
As I said, I get sarcasm. But its called sarcasm for a reason.
Skokie Dog
November 19th, 2012
2:27 pm
Yes, it’s called sarcasm partly for pointing out the absurdity of some of the statements that we hear. I guess not every person who reads the Blawg recognizes it when he or she encounters it.
And it’s clearly pointless to discuss this with you any further.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:31 pm
BTW, if Georgia won the National Championship, You would be the last person in here that I would even bother to give 1 second of thought about your reaction. So don’t be bragging that “you told Altamaha” anything. I never asked you to leave, stay, or stand on your head. I don’t give a rats. It’s been clear to me from a long time ago that you are just playing out some made up character in here, and I doubt very seriously that the record of this team would matter one bit.
Jax Dawg
November 19th, 2012
2:35 pm
Wreck tech!
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 19th, 2012
2:39 pm
Altamaha
I call you out cause you are the have been the biggest and have been the biggest Appologist for this inept coaching staff on this blog
Again Ive argued with you for years that this coaching staff will never win a national title cause they arent national title level coaches and Ive stated they should not be a top 10 paid salaried coaching staff
Now its right in front of them; no more if’s and buts here it is
If this coaching staff is elite like you and the rest of kool-aid drinkers think they are due to your constant defense of them; then they will win the National title cause in my opinion talent wise; ND and AL do not have the talent that UGA has this year
So to you and others on hear that have claimed Richts greatness compared to Dooley’s well nows hears his chance
Can he win the big games Dooley did Richt hasnt;
I dont want to hear about Richts 100 wins against nobody or comparing him to Dooley
I guess we are about to find out
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:40 pm
I put it at about a 35% chance of winning it all, so you probably don’t have to sit there and worry so much that such a terrible thing as that would happen to you.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:43 pm
NO, you call me out, because you get mad when I correct you, and you try to seek some childish revenge. And also, appearntly it really matter to you what I think, for some reason.
robodawg
November 19th, 2012
2:44 pm
Going back to the original blackout, when fans were asked to wear black but we hadn’t seen the black jerseys yet, I was hoping the fan blackout might become a thing. We don’t need to change the uniform except on rare occasions. But looking around and seeing all that black in the stands was pretty cool.
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 19th, 2012
2:47 pm
Altamaha
LOL
What has the Jedi master corrected me on, on this blog
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:48 pm
I just did. and you proved me correct.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
2:56 pm
But asuming I was the biggest “apologizer”( whatever the heck thats means). Forgetting that there are a dozen of regular posters that are way more personally insulted by anything negative about Georgia, and are complete homers, (which is fine) than me. Forgetting that the real truth is, despite your constant attempts to lie about it it, I’ve only argued on behalf of the staffabout things that I factually disagree with the comment, tell a person why, and invite them to respond, and it’s never a blanket defence of “them”……..forgetting all that.
Why do you care so much what I think of the coaching staff?
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
3:06 pm
HMMM? Why do you care so much what I think about “coaching” , that anytime I post in here, you have to initiate a food fight with your childish name calling, and smarmy overexagerated comments, irrespective of what the topic is?
Have you never noticed when you engage me on an actual topic,however rare that is, I am more than glad to banter with the appropriate responce?
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 19th, 2012
3:08 pm
why I care; dont act like you dont know
but I guess I have to help you out
who has for years made some smurk remark when Ive questioned this coaching staffs ability
You…
with my favorite no substance response of well if you dont like what they are doing find another team…
or if you dont like paying for tickets cause of the results then dont buy them
yea but i guess you forgot those
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 19th, 2012
3:09 pm
oh and it was you who started the name calling so dont act all innocent
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
3:18 pm
sigh…….
yep
November 19th, 2012
3:19 pm
I’m fine with the fans black out as long the Dawgs come out and whoop the ever loving tar outta Tech!
Patched Tire On I-95 in Jacksonville
November 19th, 2012
3:26 pm
yep
sigh…..
once again no decent response as usual
MDawg
November 19th, 2012
3:27 pm
Fans can wear pink for all I care – as long as the team wears Red Jerseys and Silver Britches, comes out pumped up and lays the wood to the Nerds.
Old Dawg
November 19th, 2012
3:29 pm
Just win baby. Just win!
MadDawg
November 19th, 2012
3:38 pm
i THINK IF THE FANS GENERATE THE BLACKOUT AND BACK IT UP WIT SOME LOUD LOUD LOUD NOISE AND EXCITEMENT IT WILL BE A GREAT THING.. AND TO FIRE UP OUR DEAD ASS FANS AS MUCH AS OUR TEAM.
YOU TALD ABOUT IT SHOULDNT TAKE GIMICKS TO FIRE UP THE TEAM FOR THIS WEEK….
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO FIRE UP OUR SIT ON YOUR HANDS AND KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT FANS. I HAVE NOT SEEN A FAN BASE FIRED UP IN ATHENS THAT WOULD TOUCH A BAMA LSU ENVIRONMENTS SINCE WE DID A BLACK OUT!!!!
WHAT WILL IT TAKE FANS????? WILL IT FIRE YOUR AR$$ES UP?
MadDawg
November 19th, 2012
3:41 pm
A FIRED UP UGA STADIUM WILL DO WONDERS TO FIRE UP THE TEAM AND THEY DESERVE IT FROM US!!! WHAT DO YOU SAY!!!
GBALL
November 19th, 2012
4:06 pm
MadD – i gotta agree with you – these bloggers talk aout what it should or souldnt take to fire up the team!
Ga fans are as fickle as they come as a whole! It is funny that it took black jerseys to fire up the UGA fans to a point that will even touch an LSU or Bama environment. I have seen it one time since at a uga game … for one half at a GA dome.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
4:53 pm
Well I doubt there have been many, if any, normal regular games that haved matched the intensity of the 2007 Blackout, for any number of SEC teams.
But I thought it was very loud (to start) at the Bama 2008, and I recall the tech game being a pretty loud event.
SC 2009, very loud game, as was the LSU game.
Not much to cheer about in 2010, but the fans were very engaged when tech came to town.
SC 2011.
Auburn, Tn, and one of those games over the past several years have been good fan participation.
AltamahaDawg
November 19th, 2012
5:00 pm
The 2007 Black Out was the perfect storm, But that was going to be a great game no matter. And nobody “needed” the black out to get fired up for that one. What made it great was that they used an already sky-high mood to launch the idea in the first place. . Just beat UF, rising in the national scene, playing great, Moreno…….night game……..Auburn. I don’t think anybody would have been able to critisize the Georgia fans that night, had the black out not occured.
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
5:14 pm
It will be loud Sat. Tech is still Tech. The Dawgs will be ready. Nuff said on that subject.
For those that opt to call themselves fans and chose to NOT support the team because they want the coaching staff fired… you are not true Bulldogs. You can bluster all you want but by choosing to continue to wish the team ill in the hopes that the coaches will be fired you have proven yourselves to be nothing but traitors. You are more Tech fans than Georgia fans.
If you really are Bulldogs then you would rally behind this team with all of your heart and soul. Do I agree with every call? Certainly not. But I bleed red and black win, lose or draw. You can call me a kool-aid drinker or whatever stupid epithet you can muster but I support my Bulldogs regardless of who is coaching.
This team has a more legitimate shot at winning it all than any team since 1982. The 2002 team had a great defense and an OK offense. This team is as good as the 2007 team was at the end. We can beat ANYBODY, if we play with intensity. So for you “fire Mark Richt” so called fans, I hope you will have honor enough to abstain from the celebrations after the Dawgs win out because you had nothing to do with it at all. The whole lot of you are nothing but imposters.
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
5:19 pm
Yellow jackets in Bulldog clothing. If is makes you angry then maybe you need to do some soul searching.
Texas Dawg
November 19th, 2012
5:48 pm
If the Dogs lose to either GT or Alabama, Im switching back to cheering for the Longhorns.
MadDawg
November 19th, 2012
5:50 pm
ate fans that only come on our site and pretend to be real Bulldogs fans, Especially now that we;ew a great team Bunch of front runners .
MDawg
November 19th, 2012
5:52 pm
I totally agree with you Mad, I had a dream last night we lost to Ga Tech, my husband told me I was yelling in my sleep/
Go Irish
November 19th, 2012
5:54 pm
Wonder what the fans here think, Alabama loses last, and the Dogs watch them still ahead in the polls.No National Champiobship game for you lol.
The Gator
November 19th, 2012
6:24 pm
How many National Championships do the Gators have this last decade, How many do the Puppies have Thank you.
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
6:40 pm
Pretty sad that someone steals my nick and posts that load of BS. I guess someone was too cowardly to reply directly to my post.
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
6:42 pm
The Gator.. why even come on this board? The Dawgs beat you straight up… live with it.
RealityDawg
November 19th, 2012
8:07 pm
Have you seen Tech’s defense? Didn’t thinks so. It doesn’t exist. UGA will score everytime they have the ball. This game is going to get real ugly real quick.
1969 Graduate
November 19th, 2012
8:17 pm
I’ve been in the stadium for games where Tech shouldn’t have beaten us, but they did. It’s a horrible sight. I never want to see it again, particularly not this year.
Anyone who thinks the NATS don’t have a chance is dreaming. If we don’t show up, or don’t play our best we can lose this game.
If we show up we should kill the bugs. That’s what I’m looking for. Where’s the bug spray?
Go, Dawgs!
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
8:33 pm
When was the last time Tech genuinely had a team that was better than UGA? 1990? We should never lose to the garbage can scavengers. But, just like ANY team in FBS, they can embarrass you if you don’t come to play. I know it’s hard to take them seriously but there is too much riding on these games to take even a quarter off.
Go Dawgs! Stomp some bugs! It’s fun!
jambee3
November 19th, 2012
8:36 pm
Who have the puppies beat of significance? Florida? See what FSU does to them. After that, maybe Tennessee? Kentucky? Auburn? Missouri, maybe. Ole Miss? Oh yeah, Vandy.
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
8:39 pm
Speaking of which… it was slightly warm a week or so ago and a yellow jacket had made it’s way out and was skimming the sidewalk. I saw it and instinctively stomped on it before it could fly away. There was a certain glee in snuffing out it’s useless existence, I must say. Another one bites the dust. Here’s to the giant Dawg paw squishing Buzz!
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
8:42 pm
Jambee – we beat them… which is more than the garbage can scavengers could manage to to do. You might have been able to outlast Auburn and Kentucky. If Tech and UGA swapped conferences, the Dawgs would be undefeated and the question would be if an undefeated ACC team should be #1. That is FACT.
working on #15 RTR
November 19th, 2012
8:44 pm
Ohhh please, please, do another Blackout for the Title game with Bama. We loved the last one!
jambee3
November 19th, 2012
8:45 pm
NCdawg, you didn’t answer the question. Is it Missouri or Vandy?
Ghost of Sinkwich
November 19th, 2012
8:51 pm
The TEAM and FAN’s should just come fired up, to BEAT Tech. We shouldn’t need a color scheme to be JACKED UP OFF THE CHARTS, for this game.
jambee3
November 19th, 2012
8:56 pm
One decent win does not make a national champion.
Mudafihi
November 19th, 2012
8:59 pm
Tech could ruin Georgia’s season but Tech has already ruined their season!
Mobile Dawg
November 19th, 2012
9:00 pm
Interesting thought Joey, that Richt would retire on top but he has openly talked about coaching next year.
Bulldogs for Muschamp Lifetime Contract
November 19th, 2012
9:13 pm
Set up is there. Beat Tech 1st or nothing else matters
NCDawg
November 19th, 2012
9:23 pm
Jambee I answered the question. It doesn’t matter. To get to the BCS we have to beat Tech and Bama. Beating Bama would be a significant victory. So to get there we will have beaten the #2 team in the country 2X in half a season. That is better than any other resume out there. If they lose in the dome then it is all hot air.
Don’t be surprised if UF beats FSU BTW.
GT GRAD
November 19th, 2012
9:35 pm
I wonder if an SEC team even plays for the NC if GT beats UGA and then UGA beats Alabama……..I would REALLY like to see that scenario play out!!
That would be sooooooo freakn funny!!!
Lacey
November 19th, 2012
10:36 pm
TCB!!!!!! GA fans – let’s get to Sanford early and start cheering the DAWGS on! They are not used to real crowds since their stadium REMOVED seats a few years back!!!!
cmac
November 19th, 2012
11:02 pm
Didn’t the dumb masses learn anything from the last time the dawgs worried more about their uniforms than they did playing their game? The fans just need to show up early & be loud.
AND, thank you Kyle at 9:22!!
cmac
November 19th, 2012
11:04 pm
GT GRAD … Florida is ranked # 4 …. you idiot!!!
RED. NOT BLACK
November 19th, 2012
11:39 pm
Not the dreaded “back to black” I was there. Georgia vs Alabama 2008 blackout. It was 31-0 Tide by by halftime.
We don’t need no stinkin’ gimmicks. The fans are pumped up every time we play the bees. Focus, beat the Jackets, Go to the dome in red and roll OVER the Tide.
Electric shaver
November 19th, 2012
11:42 pm
Bill, gt doesn’t think of beating you 365 days a year. We’re way too busy ordering you around in jobs. Our lives and moods aren’t dictated through football like yours. What a hilarious existence.
ND_Grad 2006
November 19th, 2012
11:44 pm
If UGA is worried this much about beating some 6-5 team, what will happen when they have to face no.2 Alabama and no.1 Notre Dame?
Blake
November 19th, 2012
11:45 pm
The color jersey we wear has no bearing on the game. The reason Bama beat us in ‘08 had nothing to do with the blackout. It was all to do about our preparation versus theirs and the fact that we had Willie Martinez at defensive coordinator. If they wanna wear black, let them wear black. Heck I don’t care if they wear green as long as we come focused and play our tails off. It’s all about focus and preperation. We come to play, we’ll absolutely CRUSH Tech. If not it will be a close game. By the way, lay off the team and coaching staff, this was the STUDENTS idea, not the coaching staff. I’m all for it. Just win baby and GO DAWGS!!!
Smitty
November 19th, 2012
11:51 pm
Electric shaver….are you in charge of the teckies in the basement?
Smitty
November 19th, 2012
11:54 pm
Bosses are on the top floor…..
230gr Full Metal Jacket
November 20th, 2012
12:24 am
1 in 6 Tech grads is a millionaire (FACT!!!)
5 of 6 UGA fans live in trailer parks or their Mommy’s basement.
See a man with a Tech hat on? He probably went to Tech.
See a “man” wearing a UGA hat? He went to the bargain bin at Wal-Mart (which coincidentally, is run by a Tech grad!). You folks that live vicariously through a bunch of children playing a kids game with a ball really crack me up!!
230gr Full Metal Jacket
November 20th, 2012
12:26 am
But I honestly DO wish ya’ll the best of luck in Atlanta against Bama!!! I may not care for the Trembling Chihuahuas, but I absolutely HATE Alabama. Plus I’ll always pull for any in-state school against outsiders!!
Smitty
November 20th, 2012
12:58 am
230gr Full Metal Jacket….what happens to the other 5 out of 6 tech grads……ooops you did not want to bring that up…
Smitty
November 20th, 2012
12:59 am
Most tech grads go back to the country they came from…
Smitty
November 20th, 2012
1:00 am
How many tech students are from Georgia……many 5-6….
Smitty
November 20th, 2012
1:03 am
not to many tech grads come back from India or China to see the games…right?
trueblueeagle
November 20th, 2012
1:09 am
the good word is “TO HELL WITH GEORGIE”
Homeslice
November 20th, 2012
4:35 am
Paul Johnson called Georgia soft
Win P.
November 20th, 2012
6:14 am
“Blackout”=needless gimmick.
A tough game against Tech and then Alabama
November 20th, 2012
6:22 am
Tough thing for the dogs to win both of these – the triple Option followed by Alabama
A difficult or moderately easy win against Tech and then playing Alabama will test the dogs
Going to be fun to watch
Buckeye
November 20th, 2012
6:40 am
Morning dogs
Buckeye
November 20th, 2012
6:40 am
tom brown,
Where you at?
ZinoDawg
November 20th, 2012
7:12 am
I’m wearing RED.
Dawgs 48
Nerds 17
Whiskey Breath
November 20th, 2012
8:07 am
Are you kidding me Bill? You Dogs proclaim yourselves the national champion every August since 1980. There has never been a humble bone in a Ga fan. So you can forget that wish.
Besides, I am going to go out on the limb here and say Richt doesn’t either. He is not buying his own
speech.
Whiskey Breath
November 20th, 2012
8:14 am
So we are a couple of weeks away from the big game. Something tells me this is going to be the same process as the blackout. Step one, show no respect for Alabama. Step 2, Act like the game is just a funeral for Alabama. Step 3 . Treat them like white trash, Step 4 Remind them as Georgia people we are superior mentally and morally. And finnally, put that black jersey back on.
RTR
DawgFan
November 20th, 2012
8:15 am
Why can’t Georgia grow up – when is the last time Alabama had a Crimson-out? bama shows up in those god-awful uniforms, stadium full and loud, and wins. You wanna wear black great. You wanna wear red, great. But be there, be vocal, let’s stomp the bees.
Whiskey Breath
November 20th, 2012
8:25 am
Smitty is right about most Tech Grads go back to the country they came from.
The question is, what does America get out of educating foreigners?
We are getting ripped off.
Ben T
November 20th, 2012
8:41 am
For the love of everything that is holy…please…no dad gum blackout. Foolishness. Trust me when I tell you…an opposing team LOVES to play another that’s worried about black jerseys, dad gum blackouts or funny lookin’ helmet. Good Gracious!
Raiderbeater
November 20th, 2012
8:50 am
BEAT TECH!!!!
I’ll be screaming from section 333…..YOU????????????????
Abnerish
November 20th, 2012
8:54 am
A fan-initiated blackout is not about getting the team fired up, it’s about getting the fans fired up and focused on the game. I’ve been to too many noon starts where the fans (and the team) don’t show up until midway through the 2nd quarter.
If you are going to the game, get your butt out of bed, get to the game early and make noise! If you have tickets but can’t make it to the game, give your tickets to a Dawg fan so they can make noise! Don’t let those tickets go to waste or to a Tech fan (redundant, I know).
Go Dawgs!
Dallas Dawg Fan
November 20th, 2012
9:20 am
What I want most is the fans in the far endzone show up before game time and stay for the game. Looks awful to see open seats for a home game. Just need the stadium to be rocking from kick off to 00:00. I am in for a black out for fans only.
Entrepreneur
November 20th, 2012
9:40 am
Oh my gosh, Georgia. Please keep up the great work. You are national championship material and it looks like you will get to the promise land . You will be National Champions! I for one am exicted about the opportunity. I just ordered a 1,000 bumper stickers to sell in South Carolina. It will read “South Carolina 35 National Champions 7″ Please make it happen Georgia! We both will benefit.
NCDawg
November 20th, 2012
10:10 am
DawgFan… they didn’t win last week. Re-read the article please. Nothing has been said about the team changing uniforms. Nothing. It is about the fans.
UGAGrad01
November 20th, 2012
10:10 am
I don’t oppose the black jerseys for just 1 game a yr if that it what the players want. Fans call it blackout gimmick and make too much drama about it. Other teams wear black (Baylor) every now and then. Plz calm it down about what uniforms they wear and let the players/coaches decide.
NCDawg
November 20th, 2012
10:13 am
*** YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE! ***
Before proceeding to make a fool of yourself by wailing about black jerseys and gimmicks PLEASE READ the article. The Blackout is for fans… FANS only.
THANK YOU.
NCDawg
November 20th, 2012
10:23 am
Oh and as an aside. Would we be having this discussion if the Dawgs had WON the Bama blackout game? No. Sad thing is that the Blackout had nothing to do with the results. And it would have nothing to do with winning or losing against Tech. It’s superstition to believe it would have any effect at all.
Alphare
November 20th, 2012
10:25 am
If I am UGA, I don’t care about Tech. I go straight at BAMA and win the SEC title while I can. What’s the last time UGA wins an SEC title? 10 years ago?
If UGA prepares for BAMA for 2 weeks, UGA will have a good shot winning the thing. If you prepare for Tech, then for BAMA of a completely different style, your chance of beating BAMA is considerably diminished.
Alphare
November 20th, 2012
10:30 am
BTW, I don’t work for Tech.
Buckeye
November 20th, 2012
10:34 am
If the dogs are talking “let’s not get ahead of ourselves” they have already gotten ahead of themselves.
It’s as if they are about to break 70 for the first time ( well, second time since last Century). All they have to do is par in from 16.
Let’s the double bogies begin!
Buckeye
November 20th, 2012
10:41 am
Factoid worth repeating:
The dogs are 3-10 vs. ranked (at the time) SEC! SEC! teams since 2008.
Who did they beat?
Vanderbilt
LSU ( Stafford had a great game as I recall)
Auburn ( Chizic is making $3.55M this year for O SEC! SEC! wins)
gomdawg
November 20th, 2012
11:05 am
LET’S TAKE CARE OF GT
GO DAWGS ,THE HELL WITH GT
gomdawg
November 20th, 2012
11:06 am
BUCKEYE YOU CAN’T SAY NOTHING NEW YEAR DAY YOU WILL BE WATCHING NOT PLAYING HAHAHAHAHA
Chris Mike
November 20th, 2012
11:07 am
I’m with Simply Dawg why do we need all those gimikes to win a football game. Just go out there and win the game. Play hard and we will win. Point Blank!
AltamahaDawg
November 20th, 2012
11:12 am
NC Daw,. Thank. , I started to say the same thing this morning, but figured pointing it out twice yesterday was enough for me. Starting to think we are in the Twilight Zone here.
Good heavens people. READ the dang article before you just mimic what somebody else said about uniform changes.
RMikel58
November 20th, 2012
11:17 am
If the fans go crazy the entire game…..Georgia will win!! I Tech hushes the crowd then its not a good sign.
Just be awesome to see Black in Sanford Stadium. From the shoes all the way to the neck in black.
I cant afford to go there but man what an awesome sight to see.
I tell you that if the Bulldogs can get really fired up for this game and extremely focused on Tech and be the same team Defensively like they were in Florida…..it’ll be a long day for Tech.
I know they have it in them to bring that kind of emotion to the game saturday but the question is can they find their MOJO saturday.
My concern from watching last saturdays contest was that Ga. Southern got big gains on the outside because the CB didnt get there in time and the down linemen allowed to get blown out up the middle.
Im sure Tech saw this as well as Grantham and we have got to stop this from the very start because again we give up 300 yds rushing.
Tech is better than Ga. Southern because unlike them they can pass too.
IF we stop the run then we have a better chance of getting an interception because it will make Tech 1 dimensional.
Our Defense will be the key to what happens in the game and i expect Tech to blitz alot so that it can help from exposing their weaknesses on their defense.
Let me just say that our OL has got to open up holes w/o holding for our RB’s but also whoever is in the backfield blocking for Murray please stop trying to cut the legs out of the opposing DE coming off the corners.
Look foolish eating grass as the DE jumps over you into Murray. Be a man and block that guy coming off the edge and stay with him until the whistle blows.
OL pay attention to who youre lining up against because you should always keep a 180deg prerefferial vision on whats going on around you.
I do like that we are starting to use our TE more than before but guys this all comes down to execution and fundamentals of football.
Focus on the task at hand beating Tech because they will have to play a flawless game to beat us in Sanford saturday.
BazookaJoe
November 20th, 2012
11:18 am
As long as we dont do a blackout for SECCG… that didnt work out to well for us the last time we did it (against Bama as well).
Also, ND isnt goingto lose to USC – the starting QB is out for the game and I dont think they have the horses to pull it off (scholly reductions starting to pinch a little ?). And I say this as USC is my second favorite team (my dad went to ND, he and I argued football all the time…).
AltamahaDawg
November 20th, 2012
11:19 am
So if the fans wear black, the players are less likely to go out there and play hard?
Dawgify
November 20th, 2012
11:32 am
I’m wearing red.
undecided
November 20th, 2012
11:34 am
I agree that the black out is neededed to fire up the fans… 100%… Something !!!!
Some are critical of the team looking for GIMICKS to fire them up, …. I’ll be honest…From what Ive seen after visits to 4 other schools…A Gimick is needed to fire up the UGA fans. There has been nothing in Sanford in the way of fan excitement that I have seen in 6-8 trips that would touch an SC, LSU, Bama filled stadium. Fans sit on their hands with mouths shut and create no home field advantage. And BOOOING???
Any home field advantage at a UGA game comes through loud speakers….Want to fire up this team up…. Make some noise… If black is what it takes wear black for gods sake!!
The University of Georgia Tech
November 20th, 2012
11:34 am
come on people……the game definitely means a lot to georgia tech but it also means a lot to uga…if not why schedule ga southern before hand….no mistake they both HATE EACH OTHER! Richt v. PJ is a classic! GT loves PJ but hate option and UGA hates Richt but loves winning!
AltamahaDawg
November 20th, 2012
11:36 am
So, clearly…. some of you folks also have a BIG problem with the “paint line”. The crazies that paint themselves, and wear the red wigs.
undecided
November 20th, 2012
11:36 am
If the fans get off their rears and support the team…. They will play hard.. AD
undecided
November 20th, 2012
11:38 am
PAINT LINE…. now there’s an idea..!!!! A PAINT OUT!!!
AltamahaDawg
November 20th, 2012
11:44 am
Oh my Pookie! Those boy’s look absolutely dreadful. Somebody pleeease go buy those cretans some fitting attire for a sporting event.
AltamahaDawg
November 20th, 2012
11:59 am
Yes, lets all be sure to gather to watch a game that others will be playing, and scream and yell, and make hand jectures in unison, and chant together, and sing songs, and go through all of our gyrations and pagentry wearing our officially licensed logo appearal… BUT please… not all the same color, because you know, that might seem like a “gimmic”.
THWG every day
November 20th, 2012
12:16 pm
I think you DAWG fans are the ones who are delusional, us TECH fans are just hopeful. You’ve played two decent defenses all year (one of which beat your tails) and you think you have the best offense in the SEC? Get real. You played one of the most Nancy schedules in all of the SEC. No doubt Tech’s schedule was weak, but you have proved nothing yet! THWG
Mike Franklin
November 20th, 2012
1:00 pm
I hope it’s okay to share this (credit will follow):
Georgia Tech-Georgia. Also known as “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.” There may be a Governor’s Cup kind of trophy, which is suitably ambiguous because you can’t really make a trophy symbolizing hate.
Series: Georgia leads 62-39-5 and have won 10 of the last 11. But six of the last eight have been one-score games.
…Georgia 48, Georgia Tech 28. Tied at 14 at halftime, panicking Bulldogs fans resume calling for Mark Richt to be fired. But a Yellow Jackets defense that has surrendered 42 or more points four times this season is in over its head and collapses in the second half. Afterward, Georgia fans confidently predict victory over Alabama in the SEC title game and forget the fact that they’ve been itching to fire a coach who is now 21-5 over the past two seasons.”
Credit: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf–dashing-through-college-football-s-latest-bcs-title-scenarios–rivalry-weekend-and-more.html
About sums it up right.
Whiskey Breath
November 20th, 2012
1:02 pm
Hey Bill, I give you mutts plenty to talk about such as the blackout, the least you could do
is keep my post up. I thought you said that was a myth about Ga being a classless fan base?
MadDawg
November 20th, 2012
1:12 pm
THWG – Strength of schedule is relative to the confrence you play in…. You can make a correlation to highschool foorball and the A thru AAAAAA classifications.
The SEC would be the 5A-6A grouping. Thru the season they line up against each other … There are your top teams(normally 6 or 7) and your bottom teams within the confrence in any given year…. The beat up on each other…..They are relatively even withintheir confrence (SC can bet UGA, Old Miss an bear LSU) Everybody cant play everybody in their confrence, but you end up at the end of the season with a winner for the classification. Currently there is only one confrence in the AAAAAA classification. (this will change with time).
Then you have the 3A-4A classification confrences. Curently Pac12 Big 10 ACC Big 12….Thru the season they line up against each other … There are your top teams (normally 1 or two per confrence) and your bottom teams within the confrence in any given year…. They beat up on each other…..They are relatively even and can compete with others in their clasifiation. Baylor can beat Oregon’s ..Stanford can beat Kansas) Everybody cant play everybody in their confrence, but you end up at the end of the season with a winner for the classification..
You then have your 1A-2A grouping who do the same…. C-USA’s….
At the end of the season you dont have classification champs as in highschool…. we throw them all together in one poll to align them for bowls and a NC game. This is where the problem comes in. Yes there might be a AAA team out there that on a given day gives a AAAAAA team a battle and pulls out a win but day in and day out AAA can’t compete with AAAAAA.
Hate it that K and O hadto lose a game, but it is only fitting that they did to open the door gain for the AAAAAA champ, be it Bama or UGA. Had the SEC been left out, no one, not even ESPN could say that the best team won te 2012 Championship.
SO…. Let the season play out. No UGA has not played the toughest SEC schedule posible, but once that SECCG is over we will have true AAAAAA champ that cn not be argued and that winner will move on to play the best of AAA. Thats just the way it is right now.
UGAGrad01
November 20th, 2012
1:24 pm
I for one actually did read the article and understand it is about the fans only, however,If our senior players request to don the black jerseys I hope Richt would listen to them. It never seems to be an issue with the Falcons wearing black or throwback uni’s every now and then. An occassional changeup is ok..good for excitement and high school recruits. Sounds like the Nike/Under Armour influence will create more changes for years to come anyway. With that said, old traditional red will always be first as it should be.
dawg34
November 20th, 2012
1:27 pm
This rivalry is every bit as heated as bug vs. truck windshield. UGA wins again
AltamahaDawg
November 20th, 2012
2:10 pm
Langley huh? Nice. #28
Tndawg
November 20th, 2012
4:07 pm
Bill, I just watched a segment on ESPN titled College Football Experts and it was hosted by a former GT quarterback and seated next to him was the former Gator Kevin Carter. The anti Georgia bias was amazing not even discussing the rivalry game this weekend. They certainly pushed for Floridas position in the National Championship game without mentioning Georgia’s victory over the lizzards. I hope the bulldogs plant 60 on the bugs this weekend!
Diamond Dawg
November 20th, 2012
10:40 pm
BLACKOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bulldogs for Muschamp Lifetime Contract
November 20th, 2012
11:50 pm
Kevin carter is a brain dead gaytor moron who got hit in the head too many times. He seriously needs to get a different job or go back to gainesville and become a cheerleader
Dog4Life
November 21st, 2012
8:18 am
I keep seeing the pop-up speculative scores for the Ga Dome game with Bama. 1) last years O-Line was big and fat and slow, with very little foot speed and lacked good technique. They were a bunch of guards trying to play multiple positions (as evidenced by the NFL draft; they were placed at the guard positon)–This O-Line is much more athletic, better footwork, and their technique has improved over the season–they are inexperienced, but they are getting better as a unit. I have studied them all season–as stated in an earlier post I played QB at a D-1 school. The O-Line can make ot break a QB and an offensive game plan. This O-Line grew up at Carolina–many were too angry to notice, but i noticed–more often than not the RBs missed an assignment etc… this O-Line is better than we give credit–maybe it is pie in the sky but here is the prognostication UGA 27–Bama 20.
I was a terrible critic of Friend, but he is doing a good job for what he has to work with–Bama may overwhelm the O-Line, but it will not be another LSU. If Murray has time he is dangerous–he just doesn’t do well in a hurry–It really comes down to the Oline play-we will see, but i choose t be optimistic. Go Dawgs!!!!
RxDawg
November 21st, 2012
9:02 am
I like the blackout. Think of it as a reward and celebration of completeing most of our goals up to this point. Back in black baby!
AltamahaDawg
November 21st, 2012
10:01 am
We are not likely to have to try to win the second half of the SECCG this time with a under sized scat back, as the best rushing option, either.
Also, our defense has shown it can play better in the second half, which was not the case in all the losses last year.
It’s just not the same team.
However, I do think this Alabama team is better than that LSU team was, too.