In a fight to the finish, Georgia shows it can punch back

My God! Look at those Freshman!!!

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If this is NOT going to be a great team, Mark, and we’re not going to win anything important this year…

… then WHY continue to start Joe Cox?

Wouldn’t it make MORE sense to start Gray or Murray to PREPARE THEM for next year…

… a TEBOW FREE year?

Starting Joe Cox is just a waste of a year. He won’t be here to do anything for us next year.

Pete Carroll understands this. Mark Richt does not.

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Good article, Mark – we’ll see what happens in AK …

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We won. There is no such thing as an ugly win. Need a pass rush and some coverage. Two fumbles a pick six and a bad snap led to 23 Carolina points. Got to play better to beat the HOGS. You can bet they watched this one.

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BugKiller for UGA OC! He’s obviously a genius!

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Give Cox credit. He came thru

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the DAWGS Offense spotted the COCKS 19 pts and that doesn’t even count all the penalties! How did UGA win?

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JacketFan…we playing in Alaska (Ak) next week??? Or did you mean Ar…Arkansas?

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Mark, great read. Having watched the game, I knew how your column would go, kinda like why I never watched Titanic. But you hooked me and reeled me in. I could not stop reading to be first and get the coveted big finger trophy. And why does the trophy have the middle finger anyway?

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lucky!!!

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Okay JerketteFan…

… THINK LOGICALLY.

This team is NOT going to be more than 8-4 or so this year. RIGHT???

Joe Cox is NOT coming back next year.

If this team is NOT going to win anything important this year, THEN WHY START JOE COX???

Why not make sure Gray or Murray have meaningful snaps to PREPARE them for NEXT YEAR???

Go watch the USC-OSU game.

You’ll see a coaching staff that GETS it.

They handed the keys to their team to a TRUE FRESHMAN.

Why? He’s MORE TALENTED. He may make some mistakes THIS year. But NEXT year, Barkley will be PREPARED.

Gray and Murray are BOTH more talented than Cox.

Playing Cox is a WASTE.

AGAIN, JerketteFan… are you going to say PETE CARROLL doesn’t know what he’s doing???

Because all that I’m saying, is that WE should do the same thing.

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It’s hard to be happy about this win – UGA deserved to lose this one. Willie Martinez’s defense couldn’t stop North Gwinnett High School. 1-1 beats 0-2 though – you really lucked out Dawgs.

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Mark, our Defense still concerns me greatly. I among those that is saying Martinez must Go! Why we do we continue to play zone in man to man situations is beyond me. SC knew that they could continue to gain yardage by dumping the 7 yrd little passes across the middle to their tight end. I am just about hoarse from yelling at my TV this evening! How do you squander a 15pt lead?? Don’t get me wrong I am happy for the win but USC is not UF and Tennessee clearly showed today that they are to be reckoned with! If we don’t start playing smarter on defense then it is going to be a long year!

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And yes, I’m saying that Pete Carroll hand his staff are WAY better than Richt and Soft Willie and Bobo.

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I would still get Gray more involved. Only in for one play? And why is the backup QB returning punts??? DOn’t we have receivers and db’s who can do that? Please give the ball to Richard more. He needs more carries!!!

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I think the reason that Richt is doing what he’s doing in regard to Cox has a lot to do with another 5th year senior QB named DJ Shockley. I do believe y’all will see more of the youngsters as the season goes on, but there’s no need in damaging a young QB if he’s not ready – apparently neither Gray nor Murray are ready.

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We really stink. We lose to Arkansas by 14. We should have lost this game..refs helped us out big time.

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My cousin Vinny from Toledo needs a job. I would advise youse guys to put some heat on this Richt guy and give the DC job to Vinny. Capiche?

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48 secs in USC game … OSU needs a FG to tie

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POS SEC refs gave this one to UGA in the first half. SC is a better team and played better. You puppies will see it as the season plays out.

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Jon P I think your wrong. If my count is right our offense and special teams gave them 23 points. If not for that the defense gives up 14 points and we roll 41-14.

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All I know is that both of my alma maters are 2-0 so far! Go Jackets! Geaux Cajuns!

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We made that game much more interesting than it had to be. but still, if you think about it, the defense didn’t give up that many points in the second half. It was Cox’s interception for a TD, over the head snap, and other blunders by the offense and special teams that almost did us in. Just seems like Georgia can’t stand prosperity. Or they are snake bit.

We are now officially an average team. But they did show some heart tonight.

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How many more episodes of “UGA Matador Defense” must we be forced to watch???

That said, this was a typical UGA/Carolina game. If the Dogs had been up by 30 going into the fourth quarter, it still somehow would have come down to the final couple of plays. I’ll take the win, but if we can’t stop the Chickens, there’s no way in hell we’ll stop anybody else in the conference.

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PETE CARROLL GETS IT!!!

TRUE FRESHMAN MATT BARKLEY WINS ON THE ROAD AT OHIO STATE.

- In other news -

MARK RICHT SAYS JOE COX IS AWESOME AND EVEN THOUGH HE CAN’T HELP THIS TEAM TO MORE THAN AN 8-4 RECORD AND WON’T BE BACK NEXT YEAR, RICHT DOESN’T SEE THE NEED TO GET A QB PREPARED FOR A YEAR WHERE THERE WILL BE NO TEBOW IN FLORIDA!!!

Because, you know, that’s makes LOGICAL sense, right???

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Yes, Mark,… that makes sense. Had we lost this game.. there would be no tomorrow for us Dawg Fans. Can you imagine all the Tech fans just eating us alive…

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OSU fans are in tears … I think Tressel is crying too.

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We lose, fire everybody. We win, fire everybody. You people really suk. Jump off the bandwagon, I need more elbow room.

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AP TOP 5 ON MONDAY:

1 USC
2 FLA
3 TX
4 BYU
5 AL

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Sleddog-that’s awesome! I actually wanted to go to school up there (degree in Petroleum Eng), I just don’t think I could handle those dark days of winter. Beautiful country though.

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Tyson is a DT, not a DE.

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Bravecat, go clean your litter box.

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Someone step on BugKiller. Either that, or dress him in yellow and send him to North Avenue. His whining is hurting my ears.

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GAGRAD05…I think that when “you are” is what you mean that it’s spelled you’re and not your…anyway, UGA grad (93) to UGA grad (05), I think that I got tired of watching SC keeping throwing to WIDE OPEN receivers over and over again. It’s a soft zone and it almost cost us the game. We’ve got the talent, now we need the coaching. Coaching matters! Look at Ole Miss…couldn’t win a game to save their lives with Coach O, enter Houston Nutt and they go 9-4 and beat Florida. Now they look very good and very talented. Is there some magic formula? Nope, just good coaching. Ole Miss has it, we don’t. Willie must go.

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Dang boy. Give it a rest.
Jump on the Southern Cal bandwagon and leave us poor dumb rednecks alone.

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We made that game much moe interesting than it had to be. but still, if you think about it, the defense didn’t give up that many points in the second half. It was Cox’s interception for a TD, over the head snap, and other blunders by the offense and special teams that almost did us in. Just seems like Georgia can’t stand prosperity. Or they are snake bit.

We are now officially an average team.

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Cox needs to be sideline coach….gray or murray now…not later…we have to have more than a short zone threat. we have to have legs plus pass. Good to see some passion…turnovers and mistakes hurt as usual.

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Thank goodness we came out 1-1. With that said, here is what I think:

My god those young kids. Samuel thank you for coming out and playing with fire. Obviously you didn’t like people calling you weak. So Samuel comes out with fire and what does our OC do. Sit him on the sideline? Brilliant!!!! AJ Green, thank you for coming to UGA, sorry Stafford left and the coaches do not put in a QB who can get the ball to you beyond 5-10 beyond the field.

I see Marlon Brown finally got in the game with six minutes left. He sure does have the body type for a great one.

Smith gets a touchdown and sees the ball one more time on offense. Brilliant…

Boykin returns a kick for a touchdown and then sits out the next kick off. Brilliant…

Cox, my goodness I am sorry I just can’t say anything good about this guy. Less than 10 yard passes I think every ball he through beyond 10 should have been picked and was underthrown. Terrible decisions all night and cannot hold on to the ball. Sorry, there is just nothing good I can say about this guy.

I see early in the game someone in Athens got the memo about kicking the ball into the endzone.

Willie oh Willie… Really…

I actually thought the 4 man rush did good tonight expect they let him escape nearly every time but the pressure was there. The guys played 80+ plays they had to be exhausted.

Who in the h$LL SH*& coaches our db’s? What in the crap is this throw your hands up in the face of the receivers? How many int’s could we have had if we played the ball?

Dawg till I die but man this is going to be a long year. At least this brought back the fire Willie. Last week was just a good D performance against a terrible offense. If you watched that UH vs. OSU game you know how bad OSU really is and that makes that loss even worse.

Oh, well no clue what to expect next week but I really look forward to seeing Curran, Smith, Samuel, AJ and the absolute blunders this coaching staff makes.

I really like putting Logan in for one play. That away to get him ready for next year. At least at this pace he will 12 plays under his belt for next year and that QB that is in there is just so darn good.

Oh, on the tube that was one of the best UGA crowds I have ever seen, would have loved to be there.

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Hey Bugkiller go troll your mobile home park like you usually do on saturday nights

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Houston 45 – AP #5 “Oklahoma St. 35;” UGA produced 10 pts against OK St., the 93rd ranked defense in college football.

OK St. – 24
SC – 37 = 61 pts in two games…Thanks Martinez, Cox, Special Olympic team, and Bobo

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that was funny Zzzzzzzzzzz!!! (sad but true also)

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Lucky dogs should have lost.Refs gave game to ga.

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Bug, USC Pete had no choice to start Barkley, his other QB was hurt most of the summer. You are a negative nancy kid. Since you like researching trends, take a look at BVG’s numbers since he left UGA high and dry. That’s right, his numbers have progressively worsened. Take a peep at the numbers from Statesboro. Just wait and see what they’ll look like after this season with the Falcons. I question your loyalties. Everyone in America knew this was a rebuilding year, yet you’re on here all of the time poor-mouthing. Ellis Johnson just got torched tonight. Monte Kiffin lost to UCLA. Chavis got burned by Washington last week. Kirby and Muschamp both watched high school offenses challenge them today. Who’s left? If you have a problem stop making the fanbase look bad by making them public. Get your butt off your shoulders, boy!

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oh btw………………………GO HOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2009 ACC Champs!

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I was concerned about the DAWGS to tackle..They need to be more aggressive

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Not even the one about me, her and my GF at the Capt. Cook hotel in Anchorage??? ok…

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I don’t know what game you were watching Mark, but COX SUCKED! He is inadequate as a decision maker. He has crazy eyes and gets pised off when he Fs up. Cox was bailed out and it looked like Mark Richt was pised off at COX and has just about had it with him. COX is going to cost us more games and the team can’t keep overcoming his F ups. One more thing, Aaron Murray was the second rated QB in the country. Surely the gap isn’t that big between the #1 Matt Barkley and the #2 Aaron Murray.

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General in Croat, Patton means dipwad. What is your point?

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Mark, put up a poll question on who starts next Sat. vs Arkansas. Cox comes in 4th I’m betting.

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Huge improvement just in the fact that last week we shot ourselves in the foot and never recovered..tonight we kept shooting ourselves in the foot but kept fighting in what was a typical Ga-SC game. Minus the defense between the 20’s for both teams. The talent is there and we fought through a Spurrier change up in his game plan. So much for Darth Visor commiting to the run. A win is a win, the mistakes can be corrected. Its going to be a fun season so lets enjoy the victory and stop picking apart the staff. Getting Justin Houston back will help!!

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are tech fans really talking about the refs giving a game to georgia after their game thursday night? that’s funny!

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Great game to watch and I thought UGA rebounded nicely from last weeks game. ATTN: IF YOU ARE A GATOR FAN COMING DOWN FOR TENNESSEE MAKE SURE YOU WEAR ALL BLUE AND BE PREPARED TO MAKE THIS THE LOUDEST SWAMP GAMEDAY EVER!!!

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It’s alway good to to win and Joe Cox did enough w/the help of a great KO return and Smiths TD and good ole number 8 cAME THRU TOO w/help from our FG kicker. Yet, to blow a 15 pt lead in the 3d and 4th qtrs and allow SC to march up and down the field like it did time after time is terrible and all the blame is on the DC. NCS holds SC to 7 points and Martinez allows Garcia to go pass crazy w/his defensive strategy. You cannot continue to win like this. It will not work against better SEC teams and leaves your D drained. Yes they came thru but darn it should not have been that close. You allow teams to march up and down the field like he does and score 3 FG’s in a row and it just puts more pressure on an Offense to answer which we did not do. It came down to red zone D and a last ditch effort to pull this out. It could have easily gone the other way. Martinez doesn’t like to blitz because he doesn’t know how. He said it would leave the D vulnerable to the pass. Geez, what the heck did Garcia do all night underneath!!!!!! I give up w/this guy. Its not fun watching these games when you know he leaves so much to chance w/his strategy. The Lord help us with M running the D. Sorry Mr. Bradley. I don’t share your enthusiasm.

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we got so lucky tonight. if garcia would have looked to his left and got the RB on the flats, we would have lost. my goodness, i’m not going to watch the arkansas game

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I think it’s hilarious that any UGA fan would want to Cox on the field. Just win baby, sure winning is fine but my comments would have been the same whether Garcia’s pass would have been completed or not.

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it is now official…florida is the best high school team in the nation…they have cancelled the traditional fsu game and will play o’keefe high school!!! overrated gators forever

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PETE CARROLL GETS IT!!!

TRUE FRESHMAN MATT BARKLEY WINS ON THE ROAD AT OHIO STATE.

- In other news -

MARK RICHT SAYS JOE COX IS AWESOME AND EVEN THOUGH HE CAN’T HELP THIS TEAM TO MORE THAN AN 8-4 RECORD AND WON’T BE BACK NEXT YEAR, RICHT DOESN’T SEE THE NEED TO GET A QB PREPARED FOR A YEAR WHERE THERE WILL BE NO TEBOW IN FLORIDA!!!

Because, you know, that’s makes LOGICAL sense, right?

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Winning does not suk, that is for sure.

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That was a great game tonight. First it looked like S Car. was gonna blow the dogs out, then the dogs were gonna come back and blow out the cocks. Then S.Car. almost pulled it out. But could not get it done. Gators are gonna eat the mutts alive.And Auburn, Tenn. will be close games.The Tech game will go down to the final seconds. But we gotta admit fans, the dogs never quit. Its not over till the seconds run out in the 4th quarter.

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It’s not always best to start a freshman from the first game. Sometimes the best way to keep a team is to give the popular fifth-year senior the chance everyone believed he deserves. That doesn’t mean he starts every game. But don’t so quickly compare California apples with Georgia peaches. And no need to conclude this team can’t win important games. That jury is not in.

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never will win national crown with mark richt.

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Killer, are you saying that Florida will not have a team next year. Hallelujah and pass the bong.

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As an optimist, I say we are 1-0 in the SEC. Meaning Richt’s seasonal goal is still attainable (SEC East). Do I think that it’s realistic? NO. But the bottom line is we are technically on the right track to compete for that. To borrow from my pal Mark Bradley: Does that make any sense?

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BugKiller, the Dawgs won. Why all the negative comments and hate for UGA?

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BugKiller,

USC looked like crap in that game! The running game with Joel McKnight totally bailed Barkley out on. Yeah USC won, but you act like their win was that much more impressive than UGA’s and it wasn’t. USC has got a lot of work to do as well.

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Joe gives it the best he has..but seriously is it enough..also I think the RAM will be even better if King has some game.Willie had a bad night…now I truly see why these games are always close…..Spurrier vs Martinez………Smith needs a bigger package as the season goes on….Gray must not be impressing the coaches in practice inspite of what we think….puzzled with Garners rotation it seems like Weston and Tyson get’s more snaps than Atkins and Owen’s and I’m still trying to see why…..We seem determined to pass the ball this year….Cox plays like a freshman not a senior…the longer the season goes the less sense it makes to start him…

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12 NATIONAL TITLES – 21 SEC TITLES!!!

Congrats on a hard fought win – definately showed some heart.

Really thought that Spurrier & Company was going to win when they got the ball and methodically drove down the field – Red Zone Defense was good for UGA tonight – but overall – yuo guys got some problems there with your scheme and recognition – not a smart defense.

UGA was mentally tough tonight – a good sign for you guys.

Will be an interesting year – as UGA,SC,TN,AUB,LSU,KY,ARK and maybe Vandy in the parody pack – kind of like the ACC.

STATE of Georgia 2 – State of SC – 0!!!

ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!

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You gotta love it when the ole’ ball coach gets beat. I am so sick of hearing about Spurrier…Please retire

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Dan,

It’s NOT about this year. Pete Carroll gets that.

He COULD be starting the less talented Mitch Mustain (like we’re starting Cox). But why?

Is Joe Cox going to be here next year? Is he going to be able to win a SEC Championship this year?

What’s that you say, he isn’t and he can’t?

SO THEN WHY IS HE STARTING???

Instead of PREPARING Gray or Murray to play next year, a YEAR WITH NO TEBOW, when Georgia may actually have a CHANCE to win the SEC (providing we fire Martinez), Mark Richt is sticking with his less talented 5th year senior who leaves after the year.

HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE???

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Bring on Houston!! yeah baby!!!!

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When is Willie Martinez going to get sent away. Hos defensive schemes couldn’t cover a toilet seat!

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WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!

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WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!

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Does anyone thing Petrino may trying throwing the ball between 5-15 yards down the middle next week? I bet he thinks UGA will stop that every time. Also our corners have this really cool technique of not playing the ball but instead throwing their hands in the face of the receivers.

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yes, mark, I love badgering the naysayers as much as they love blathering their stupid Fire this guy, fire that guy rants. Look at it folks!!! WILLIES DFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!!

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Ohh and in case you guys wanted to know what A REAL BAD Qb performance is…look at Tennessee…

Crompton against UCLA 13 of 26, 93 yards, 0 TD and 3 INT….NO OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS for TN…..

And their reward?? Florida in the swamp….gulp!!! CHOMP CHOMP!!!

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The “men of Martinez” should have stopped South Carolina’s offense way before the final gasp at the goal line. Why are our recruiting classes so much more impressive than South Carolina’s, only to have South Carolina’s football teams play toe to toe with us each year?????????????????????

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Bama Stan, Good post. Next time, though, try ‘parity’. Parody is making fun of something, parity is when many are roughly equal. No offense, though. I mean you are BAMA Stan.

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Wilie’s defense didn’t give up any TD’s in the final 3 quarters yes that is good. But, remember they did give up a touchdown to USC in the final 3 quarters that is South Carolina not Southern Cal. Is that really impressive?

400+ yards by USC I think not

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Dawg fans dont negate the fact that we gave Carolina three turnovers that accounted for 16 points, while we have to stop these mistakes I was encouraged that we did not allow all the mistakes (including giving Carolina plenty of life after third down stops due to penalties) to steamroll like they did last year. I liked the way Samuel ran against a GOOD run defense and I liked that we have some playmakers with speed. If this team can gel and cut down on errors we should do fine. I mean sorry Carolina fans but we helped to keep it close. As for Tech fans on this blog I….Well lets just wait for November and then I will talk.

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Could is be coaching….

Nah. Surely not.

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Hey Dog Town Bulldog, was that the ONLY error you found in BAMA Stan’s bloviating, or were you just being nice (and not mentioning the other dozen or so miscues)?

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I would love it when the rest of the Bulldawg Nation besides the Augusta contingent realises how much this game means to USCe. The rest of the nation thinks this is an easy win. Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it.

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The crap that half of you write in here is astonishing,when most of you couldnt pick out a football out of a bag full of golfballs.

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BugKiller- Let me spell it out for you. Now listen. Joe Cox is the Georgia QB because he was recruited by Georgia. An elite 11 QB. Has waited 4 years. Mark Richt is loyal. A man of his word. He will reward a player for doing all the right things. Conduct, class, practice, etc.
Now let it go dude. It is what it is.

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If that’s true Mark, and it may well be, why aren’t we signing the top guys? In other words, why is South Carolina able to sign the kind of talent UGA is able to sign?

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Top Dawg,
After four hours at Sanford, I am just too worn out to point out Stan’s mistakes in total.

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Ooopsss.. forgot only those who played football can comment… Does turning down a football scholarship for baseball count? I guess since I chose baseball I can’t talk or have an opinion

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Jon P- Seriously you are going to point out that I typed your instead of you’re after my night of drinking? I know that your is like “your small brain” meaning possession and you’re means you are. It’s just a blog. Get over it.

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The downfall of Richt… Richt is loyal to a player not a team

Yes I would rather see Logan or Murray play. They can complete the flat passes just as good as Joe

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No Mark, I would not want Logaan Grey to start next week.

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But, Mark, what about our failure to run the ball consistently, especially in the 4th quarter? I thought the play calling was poor in that regard and has been dating back to last season.

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This game showed once again how inept UGA coaching is. CMR and staff needs to go.
Stop ruining the career of 4 and 5 star recruit’s that could have done better with Sabin, Urban Cryer, Miles and even Kiffen. 2.9 million dollar coach and a less than medicocre team. Fire CMR and all his friend’s before we have another frustrating year! With our talent we need to be in the final mix of the SEC. He is payed enough to do much better. For all the CMR apologist’s, if you want to keep the current coaching, let’s begin by paying Mark 1 million instead of almost 3 million. We deserve to be as good as Bama, Fla, and Ole Miss. Lag

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dawgstephen I will join you, WILLIES DEFENSE DID NOT GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FINAL THREE QUARTERS!! South Carolina only scored one TD not off a turnover!! Last week Oklahoma State Scored 17 points off a short field!! This week South Carolina scores 17 points off turnover!! Are we noticing a trend here? Give the opposing team a gift on your side of the field it haunts you!! Lesson STOP TURNING THE BALL OVER!!!

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Mark, you got faith that is for sure. Were you holding on to a bobble head Larry Munson and throwing a few Hail Marys to the end of the booth waiting for the win to submit the column?

Two great columns in what two days. You are ready for an upgrade. From now on you are not only President of Two Idiots Marketing, you are Janitorial Supervisor also. Now if we can just make enough to hire you a janitorial associate. I am working on getting Smoky Robinson for Restasas. I can’t sing “Tears of a Clown” without Restasas twice a day. I think we might have something.

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Bama Stan, thanks for the post! Hey, a win is a win and it’s always a slug-fest between these 2 teams. On another note, is it a concern that FIU was able to put up 14 against you guys in the 1st half? Didn’t watch the game so I really don’t know. Great win though!!!!

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Mark let me ask you a couple questions?

1. Are Evans and Reshad Jones just a lesser version of Greg Blue? Am I the only who sees that neither of these safeties have cover skills…they just try for the big hit. In some situations thats good, but they continuously get burned. Are these really the two best safeties we have?

2. Why were we in zone defense the whole game? Why were there open SC wideouts as far as the eye can see? Can we not cover in man to man? Can our LB’s not even cover a slow QB out of the backfield or even worse a full back? Every time Carolina needed a play thier receivers were wide open. I just don’t understand what “Wizard” Willie is trying to get done on defense.

3. And finally…..what was the point of bringing Logan Gray in for one play just to hand the ball off in the middle of a series. Is CMR trying to show he has a lil of the ole’ Ball Coach in him? At least with David Greene and DJ, he would give DJ a whole series to get in some sort of flow….

Gah Frustrated again…..Gonna be a long season…

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Cuz, it’s like when the Dawgs beat Auburn for all of the good folks in Columbus GA.
Another border war for sure.

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Murray is not ready, we were told Knowshown wasn’t ready. Do you believe it?

28-46 362 yards 2 INT 1 Pick six 3 fumbles on track for 12 INT and 18 fumbles… outstanding QB

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Excellent game plan for Cox…this is the only scheme that he is able to run…watch the film and you’ll see how predictable the game plan really was…9 out of 10 times that he was under center he handed the ball off, and 10 out of 10 times that he was in the shotgun he passed, but that is the only dummed down game plan that Cox is able to operate and from here on out the DC’s will be licking their lips…someone sure lite a fire under #22, can’t believe it was the same guy, however it is sad that someone had to have a one on one w/ him to tell him not to go down so easy and to fight for more yards, never-the-less he did a good job and he’ll be needed going forward to make the dink and dunk passing game successful…Cox sure throws an ugly pass, his passes remind me of Billy “wobble & win” Kilmer’s…what a wild game, I’m not sure there was anything really positive that the team can take away from this except the final score…I have to wonder what Spurrier could do with the talent on this team…Stephen Garcia sure was coached well in the off season; what an improvement over last year…it seems that “The Ol Ball Coach” always is there at the end w/ a chance to win…

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Mark I would not want Gray or Murray playing QB next week in AR!!!

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Can you imagine what Spurrier, Urban, Saban, Stoops, could do with all of the talent we have seen… Wow it sure would be fun to watch

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A win at Arkansas next week and the season begins to get a little bit more of that “shine” back. I think next week is the key game of the year. Win that one, and UGA is likely 3-1 heading into the LSU game. Against an LSU team that looked a bit underwhelming for the second straight week.

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mark, I am convinced that I am concerned. No pass rush-non existant DE’s again with trying to arm tackle the opposition. Blown coverages, penalties, shall I go on? Listen Cox fans and you too, Joe. Its ok to look at your 2nd and 3rd receivers on a play if you are definitely going to the #1 on that play, ever heard of a pump fake try looking left and then throwing right. Also, read the rules book due to you having 5 yrs to read our playbook. When you are obviously throwing it away, be outside the takle box and make the ball sail past the line of scrimmage, just a thought, Avg Joe. I honestly for the first time in Richt’s tenure saw the disgust and fret on CMR’s face tonight as seeming to say, “what am I to do with the lack of defense and poor QB play along with drive killing penalties. And you guys thought they were a thing of the past watching OKIE St. Well, CMR, get a good Ebay ad for washed up DC and willing to trade for better DC straight up. And maybe throw in a special teams coach that, well, knows how to coach well special teams. And maybe we could haggle on a price for a new strength and conditioning coach. But really, more questions now than after OkSU game but at least I think CMR really sees it and knows changes are a coming. Oh, get Grey in the game-Cox needs Viagra (pun Intended)

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yeah Killer, there is a reason. His name is Matthew Stafford.

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Cant blame the score on the D. The offense and special teams put them in some tuff spots early. All around we played decent not great. I guess some fair weather fans will be back on the band wagon. All the fans who don’t remember where we were before CMR will still complain. I know all the TRUE UGA fans will be happy after tonight. All others need to shut the kjbfikfksfd up!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!! No matter what!

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Uh win over USC for $500 Mark.

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You retards got very lucky tonight with your win over USC. You will not be so fortunate in November when GT lights you up for a 48 – 17 win. Mark it down, mutts.

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Some folks are just hard headed.

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It is so funny to listen to fanny that have a problem with play calling. I never have understood that stuff. If the play is executed its a good play. This is a young team and there are going to be growing pains but we have a great coaching staff. Lets be happy and enjoy the win.

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I dont like how many points we gave up either..UGA Grad im with you…I know, and i long for those days..I just wanted a win and improvement. We got it. Lets build on it.

IN 2007, we beat OK State and lost to SC…we are 1-1 just like that year, and we know which loss cost us in 2007…the SC game is behind us. Let’s focus on hog killing. They will be ready to play, they are a great team, we need to be ready too.

http://www.dawgstephen.blogspot.com

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Fuzz, where you been buddy. Bow season opened today.
When are we going hunting down there in Doerun?

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This is way better. We are getting better. Go Dawgs!

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if you look at the way the secondary played, well, you know how it was before Richt showed up. Couldn’t cover anyone then. Mark, would rather be 2-0 and having beat an okie state who lost to unranked Houston today so that says great things about our showing in Stillwater. When was the last time USC scored 37 pts on an sec team? once again we are going to score 40-50 pts and then hang on for dear life due to CWM and special teams debacles. That’s why the negativity-we are doing the insane rule, trying the same old stupid tricks and plays looking for different outcomes, Geesh! Start cleaning house now-should’ve at end of last season

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Mark has any SEC team played Southern Cal in this decade?

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I AGREE with you Mark.

My whole point is, if it’s a lost season going in (no chance of the East), then WHY start Joe Cox???

Next year is TEBOW FREE!

Why wouldn’t the coaching staff want to PREPARE either Gray or Murray for next year?

Now, instead of having a veteran RS Sophomore or Sophomore under center NEXT YEAR, when you know, we can actually WIN the SEC…

… we’ll be in the SAME boat as this year.

Starting Joe Cox makes no sense. He can’t win an SEC title for us this year. He’s not coming back next year.

It’s a WASTE of a year that would be better spend preparing Gray or Murray.

Like with Stafford in 2006. Then again, if JoeTIII doesn’t get hurt, then Richt has his way, like he’s having this year, and Stafford is NOT prepared for 2007.

AND we don’t beat Auburn, Tech, or VATech in 2006, either.

THAT’S what we’re talking about here Mark.

WE AGREE WITH YOU about our chances this year.

So again, the question is, WHY is Joe Cox starting? It makes no sense. It’s not in the best interests of the team now or long term.

Pete Carroll gets it. Do you see Mitch Mustain starting for the Trojans?

Mark Richt just doesn’t get it.

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Man, bump you haters! Their offense was on the field almost twice as long as ours and all they did was kick field goals all day long. And you guys wondering why the middle was so open, maybe you didn’t see all those near miss TDs they were throwing down the sidelines against our little bitty CBs. Would you rather we played the middle and get deep TD passes thrown against us, or let them dink and dunk it down the field to kick a field goal? I think that was Willie’s strategy since they seemed to do better in the red zone. Our corners are a little young and the height mismatches too much.

And Matt Barkley isn’t that great a qb, his running back won that game! Why the announcers made it out like he’s a great qb is more of the stupid media trying to build up another hero. If they depended on his arm to win USC would have lost. And if Logan Gray was that good he’d be starting. Murray can wait another year or get better now so he can play.

GO DAWGS!!!

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well augustadawg, if that is the case, I encourage other teams to come and get everyone except CMR. Then we can get the proper personnel to help him (and us) get over that final hurdle. Its not being fair weather to want your team to win, but we want the best coaches for those spots so then there is no doubt. Remember, some of us have been waiting for 29 yrs to say once again we are the Lords of CFB, so of us even longer-no harm in wanting best for UGA, but we know it is not going to happen with the current staff under Richt. We need to look to a Petersen from BSU or a DC from TCU or to Bud Foster at VT. Heck, even John Gruden would be a great fit with his fire and intensity and knowing what needed to get done to win-no bandwagon here, just want the Dawgs to have a fighting chance and not to have to score 50pts and then hang on for dear life.

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Hey StuDawg – You think beating SC is a HUGE win??? I’m am seriously LAUGHING at you. This was a game they were SUPPOSED to win. But yet, it was SC that beat itself.

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the trend continues dawgstephen…….. its in the handle stupid

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Bigdawg you are right South Carolina had big receivers and a freak 6-5 280lb TE that no one could cover forcing Georgia to play zone and keep everything in front…The plan looked like to make Garcia beat us throwing short and despite him having a career day he still lost!!!

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I gave up and you did too…

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BugKiller,

You sound like a broken record! We get it why start Joe Cox if we’re not going to win anything this year, you’ve said your peace about 6x now…but guess what, we’re 1-0 in the SEC and until we’re out of that race, I bet CMR starts Joe Cox b/c we still have a chance for an SEC East Title. You still have to play the games and he gives us the best chance to win those games. I think Joe did a great job tonight minus the pick 6.

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Did we really want this game more?

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What does this say about the so-called great SEC??? OSU beats UGA – in which UGA only scores 10 points – but yet HOUSTON scores 45, South Carolina scores only 7 points (of which they only had to run a fumble a couple of yards for a TD) against one of the weakest teams in the ACC (NCS). Oh yea – TN got beat by UCLA (again) today. Maybe the SEC is not so great after all. UGA still sux – this was a game they were SUPPOSED to win – and they only one it due to the poor execution of a pathetic SC team

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I agree hugedawgsfan. I want a NC too. I was an intern the sugar bowl year against hawaii. That was the closest we’ve been in a while. Had we been a big name like Oklahoma or OSU we would have prob been in the NC despite winning the SEC. Remeber Oklahoma playing for the NC after losing the Big 12 champ game a few years ago? we went from #2 to 6 after winning? Neither here nor there but we are recruiting well with CMR. Schools have went after Searls, Garner, and Martinez. Martinez got a head coach offer 2 years ago. Changing coaches will set us back. We have good classes every year but so does Florida, Bama, LSU, Auburn and UT. We are close. Just be patient. We have the right people in place. Just imagine if we had a healthy O and D line last year….. Sometimes luck plays into it. We got but by the injury bug. Coaching can only do so much. Not to make excuses….

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AugustaDawg is apathetic…… no excuses in the MODERN ERA especially with the advantages in revenue and talent that we now showcase ……recruiting is one thing but winning is another. You sound like the kind of person that stays in the same job for 30 years with no pay increases.

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And despite the loss to Okie State we are 1-0 in the SEC. The season is not over. We have a chance to get better. Thats why we play the games. Don’t get spoiled UGA fans I’ll take 10 wins every year. The NC will come soon. Just be patient. We win 10 games each year in the tuffest conference in the nation every year. Most schools would kill for that….We will win a NC soon enough with CMR

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More classless comments from a Gator fan. They are a strange breed. No wonder fans all across the SEC despise their fan base. Their team is # 1 and yet find some pathetic need to vent against UGA fans. GatorGarry, go slide back in the backwater with your friends and make miserable.

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Regarding Boykin not in on the kickoffs…

He’s a DB. Kickoff’s are after the other team scores. Sometimes after a long play. Sometimes after a long drive.

He’s not going to be fresh for every kickoff. We need other bodies out there.

Those bodies need to know when not to run out of the endzone (and to hold onto the dang ball).

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If YOU did NOT GO TO UGA then DO NOT POST HERE!!! You have no idea what you are talking about in regards to this team. And… for all of you who want to see Logan Gray, he will never play in the NFL, Aaron Murray WILL be a first round pick!! This team is young and talanted, they just do not have any DE’s so the defense looks bad. Other positions are SOLID!! Oh, and Aaron Murray is not playing because he CANNOT run the system yet. He will start for the next three years though. Quit complaining, a Win is a Win and we have another week to IMPROVE until the next game. Go Dawgs!! – from an actual alumni

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I am so tired of looking every play and seeing only a four man line that cannot
put any pressure on two qb’s two games in two weeks. Martinez has to go!!!!!!!!

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OK -now for reality, it’s called college football. You can pretty much throw the ratings out the window (if you happen to have any in your mobile home). Your attempt at logic will continue to befuddle you as the season unfolds. Don’t really know if you’re a Yech fan but suspect that you are and if so, what about your very close escape on Thursday night? What about Bama whipping the ever-loving dickens out of VT? What about NC’s narrow escape against the UConn juggernaut team? The ACC is pretty much a joke so far – kind of like…….you.

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Mark, First, you got the 2-point over-the-head snap wrong (came after the field goal, not before, to make the game 28-38) (I corrected you –you’re welcome), then you go back & change your article, but a 6-pick and 2-point safety doesn’t = 14 points. Hope you’re not dirving far. And by the way….Did you see all of those Jean shorts in Gainsville today???

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Richard Samual looked good on north and south plays, but those wide pitch outs aren’t his forte’

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What did Oklahoma or OSU do to earn it? Tell me that… Win more games than us 20 years ago? I’m pathetic. Your DA cant even spell school (scholls?) Idiot….. prove me right some more, Florida would love to have you….

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Guys we won, and we will get better look at the freshmen that played tonight. Second game of the season not the last one!

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Chris in Athens………..you are pathetic who are you to berate any UGA fan that supports your program ….Okay your daddy paid for your education …however what right does that give you to criticize any other UGA fan………………….A UGA alumn who paid for his own education through military service…..you are pathetic……and simply going to school there has made you an expert?…. very obviously not and I know may guys that are you UGA fans that did not go school there, but they protected boys like you … So do not judge..

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You lost to a team that lost to Houston tonight,you had a epic struggle with a half azz high school team. You suck and the rest of the SEC will KILL you. Cudos to Cox for having a good night but you guys are phucked in the azz.

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Butlerdawg=nothing smart to say=never had a “real” girl friend= True tech fan

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I don’t accept losing Stafford and Moreno as losses …we have a stable of running backs..Im not a Cox fan and we do have better I promise(and our our O line and D line are a lot better) ,,,,,,,,,,however I simply will not make excuses for a a program that has superior talent year after year yet results that do not reflect it, if you call that fair weather than call it what you will. But it as as simple as liberal or conservative and right and and wrong….we m

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Rob.. whatever loser, you are the type of “fan” that I am writing about.. You claim to be a fan, but you do nothing but critique our coaches and players. I bet you wanted to fire coach richt last week too after our loss. How much have you donated to the program??? If it’s not major cash then you have NOOO say in who coaches what and what players play where. Just watch the games and cheer!

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Cox has to stop throwing the interceptions. Stupid mistakes like that and penalties are going to kill us this season. I want to see what Murray is like, I have a hunch that he will carry this team in the future. We will be lucky to win anymore games this year. SC is not a better team than UGA. They don’t have the talent that we do, but they managed to give us an unnecessary scare. We have to improve or we might as well stay home when we play UF. We can only hope that this is a slow start and that things will greatly improve. The big difference between this game and the last one though is that the offense looked much better.

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Really, heart, UGAY is the most over rated team in the nation, and Mark Richt love Dalton Carpet’s weiner..

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had the Hope as well and went to jump out of C 130s and c 17s instead after 9/11 so judge on punk…

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Well, I understand how you may feel when you do not want to accept mediocrity. However, sometimes the coaches do a better job with the talent that UGA has than many think. We are loaded with young talent and NFL talent in certain places… ie… AJ, Rashad, Owens, Atkins, half of the o-line, Curran among others. However, we also have BELOW average talent in other CRITICAL areas such as the Defensive Ends and a good quarterback with Below Average Talent. Cox played very solid tonight with his talent level. Our D-Ends cause problems for our secondary because they cannot pressure the quarterback which allows WR’s to find openings in ANY TEAMS secondary because they have so much time. We are 3 D-ends and 1 Great QB away from being an INCREDIBLE team.

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We will get better to much talent not to!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Anyway, our team is only 3 D-Ends and a Great QB away from being OUTSTANDING!!

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Mark,

Good to have you back on the bandwagon my fair weathered sports writer!

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augustadawg–the 10 wins a season is only for stats sake-those results get you second in east and third in the SEC. OK twice it has gotten you a SEC champ but with no chance of playing for a NC. So, you proved my point, settle for the 10 wins and settle for mediocrity. Trouble is another team will have 12 to 13 wins and a nice SEARS crystal ball to go with it if Orson doesn’t break it first. Buddy, try and strive for better results for the program like Nat Titles. The 10 wins a season since 2002 debate is like measuring your manhood in the boys’ room (My stat is bigger and better than yours. see, 10 wins for last 8 yrs says so.) Lets try and go for it all by putting better personnel around Richt-no bandwagon, I will always pull for UGA but I am fed up now, lets take it a step further starting now.

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Richt looked disappointed tonight throughout the game. I’m sure a lot of UGA boosters had their say about Cox and put him in a tough spot. Granted he waited 4 years to deserve that kind of attention but it’s clear to me Cox can’t handle the attention and Richt is obviously is under pressure from outside influences. He’s (Cox) enjoying the spotlight too much I can tell by the way he carries himself. Richt with all due respect is in danger of losing his ship. The players are undisciplined. Willie Martinez while finally had enough courage to blitz, was still not able to put pressure on the opposing QB. Offensively without the special teams miracle this could have easily been a blowout.

Bobo’s clearly is at a disadvantage with his playcalling with Cox at QB. Anytime, you’re proud of the way your QB plays at the end of the game spells to me you didn’t have much faith in him to begin with. I saw at least three occasions where he’s poorly thrown balls would have been intercepted if he played against a higher caliber team like Florida or Alabama. He thinks he’s a movie star out there taking off his helmet to make sure he gets the spotlight when the opportunity arises. While I give him some slack because he obviously is very proud of himself he should be more concerned with his own teams interest rather than soaking up what he should realize could be short lived glory.

With respect to him IMO he doesn’t have the leadership skills to lead his squad into battle and personally I think the demeanor along with the realization you have to play 4 full quarters speaks volumes about his lack of maturity. Bobo said it all “he’s proud of his QB.”

Critically speaking you’re not going to strike fear in your opponents when the other teams defensive coordinator (along with the stadium) knows you lack confidence in your QB throwing deep balls which makes you one dimensional.

Richard Samuel showed flashes on brilliance on north to south running lanes but doesn’t have the agility to outrun defenders on the outside (which once again makes us one dimensional) I don’t know if anyone witnessed the absolutely theatrical dancing brilliance of Carlton Thomas when he dodged four defenders for what would have been a 4 yard loss. He turned it into a one of the most special 4 yard runs I’ve ever seen feet wise.

Finally the linebackers aren’t fearless and have exhibited their defense coaches mentality being unsure of themselves at the lines of scrimmage. I doubt this is due to a lack of experience rather than true football instincts. Bottom line the defense doesn’t instill fear into opposing offenses playing shyly and unsure.. I didn’t notice that much of the secondary other than Reshad Jones relies too much on his unreliable egotistical athletic gifts and rarely gives a second thought of actual football instincts.

With regards to the defense line it’s average at best. There’s no man whore up front with an over excessive amount of pure driven anger whose emotions flow to the rest of the line. In short they lack a ray lewis type of speaker who spirtually guides the team. I respect Rennie for his football playing ability but I’m not sure if I would want him in charge of the tenancity of the defense rather than just a second fiddler. He reminds me a lot of Penn State’s safety that went to the Falcons a few years back.

The team lacks a spoken leader. Defensively it’s apparent to me Willie doesn’t know how to recognize talent or doesn’t use his personel properly to effectively use a blitz. I would imagine there’s someone on our defense we could use as a Demorrio Williams type of player/linebacker who just has explosive amount of agility and speed to onslaught the QB. I’ve yet to see that.

Not being able to put any kind of pressure on the QB means the defensive coordinator is not doing his job effectively and personal character attributes aside doesn’t deserve to be a SEC caliber defense coordinator. There has to be some accountability for not using personnel correctly or not developing defensive one time high school studs. Even with the blitz we couldn’t get pressure on the QB. Without being a coach the coaches need to learn to put the best available players on the field and in the right packages.

Richt needs to take charge of his ship and realize he’s need more of a outspoken Billick/Van Gorder type of personality to balance his overall own passive christian personality. In short there’s need to be more men driven testerone leadership especially on the defensive side of the ball.

In short there’s truly a lack of top head leadership. Richt should have already realized that Samuel is strictly a north/south runner, having Cox’s limited arm limits the offensive playcalling and the way defense respect us, and the general complete lack of strategy and personnel movements on the defense. His nice christian personality and family oriented team atmosphere is respectful but at the end of the day the coach needs to be the field general leading his men into war. He needs to be objective first and then let his christian values lead second. There has to be an authoritarian voice at some point to lay down some acccountability on defense. He’s let his personal friendship get in the way of being a coach.

Later

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HUGE you ever play on a team with 10 wins?

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Idiot Tech fan, no one’s going to Alaska (AK), they’re going to Arkansas (AR), learn state abbreviations and you can pass the GED!

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also, Why are there so many dummy tech fans hanging out in a UGA forum? ENVY, I guess. I see it every year, some dumb nerdy techie, putting their two cents in, then when we bust them up almost every year, they are laying low at the corner bookstore, with UGA T-shirts on!!! hahaha

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Meanwhile, USCe is about as good as NC State, and OK State lost to HOUSTON!

This all too entirely 2nd tier for anyone with any sense about which to care.

Even USC and the Ohio State University are more compelling, and, quite frankly, they’re not all that good.

After these first two games are said and done, Florida and Penn State great, and there are some good teams, and towards the bottom there are some mediocre teams, which include my beloved Yellow Jackets and my hated Dawgs.

At the end of the year, neither of us are going to be playing for that God Awful Ugly Sears Trophy.

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Willie Martinez STILL needs to go.

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welcome back JUSTIN HOUSTON

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The reports of your demise are actually prescient. You know you will lose to Florida, and it won’t be close. South Carolina ran up 427 yards on your defense. Imagine what the rest of the SEC will do to you.

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Psssst – Mark! D. Tyson ain’t a DE, he’s a DT.

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Ark can pour over everything they like…..so what?when did Ark become such a great team?Branden Smith is starting to make a name for himself….could be freshman of the year in SEC.

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How are you UGA fans going to blame a close game on Cox? Always gotta be whining and blame somebody for something. Just be glad they won. This was damn good game with two talented teams. There were good plays that were made on both teams. If all the USC field goals were instead touchdowns UGA would be 0-2 and that’s why Richt was so happy at the end.

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SGD your right he is making a name for himself and its not as a kick off return man. Three tries from 7 yards back in the end zone in two games? Come on special teams 101 there.

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Another sloppy, undisciplined, poorly coached football UGA game. Richt must go!

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Georgia always has the talent, in fact signing top-10 recruiting classes year after year. With all that talent you must ask why Georgia is not in the hunt for the NC every year. It just doesn’t make sense. If Florida can win 2 NCs with its talent, and position itself to win another this year, why not Georgia? Why? Deep down you know….

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GAGRAD05, you’re right, but I can’t help it. The your-you’re thing is a pet peave of mine. My problem (but I don’t drink and maybe bloggers shouldn’t either…it makes UGA grads look bad). BUT, the issue is that our defense didn’t look good AT ALL! SC had over 30 more offensive plays than we did and scored 37 points. Yes, we scored 41 points, BUT we’re going to HAVE to if the defense doesn’t tighten up! This is getting to be ridiculous! Pay BVG 4 million to come back (as DC – not HC)! He’s worth it!!!

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Spike

The reports of UGA’s demise were premature Spike? Are you kidding? You lose to OSU who can’t beat Houston….then you luck out against SC after the refs take away two SC td passes. And thats to a bottom dweller SC team. Oh yeah…you guys are the bomb.

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Mark wrong on the gifted part. We are as gifted as we haeve ever been, just young

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AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW 12 PLAYERS ON THE FIELD FOR GEORGIA IN THE FINAL TWO PLAYS? I have a DVR and rewound the last two plays, paused an went up to the TV and counted 12 players, 5 lineman, 7 defensive backs, Somebody please confirm what I saw.

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dawg fans get all excited about a poorly played game against a lousy opponent, way to raise the bar..fayettevile could be ugly.

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Last night’s game made me want to puke. Between our ridiculously inconsistent play on both sides of the ball and the massive quantity of alchohol needed to prevent my having a brain aneurism watching it, I’m certainly not feeling very chipper this morning. In fact, I’m almost embarrassed to call this a victory. Had the Zebra’s calls not gone our way for the most part (for example, let’s remember Carolina had two TDs nullified), we could have gone down. They almost pulled it out in the end anyway – thanks to our phenominal ability to let other teams march against us at will.

I could line Helen Keller up against Martinez’s defense and score. Wait a minute; You say she’s blind and dead? …Doesn’t matter, she’ll score anyway. How can that man even take a paycheck?

So where do we stand? I give kudos to our offensive line and Blair Walsh. Samuels also ran like a Georgia back is expected. Charles and Green are looking good and King is coming on. I still hope Brown and Wooten get some opportunities this year. Cox’s play was probably on par with what Helen Keller would have done. Just kidding, I like Joe; but he’s yet to show me he’s our answer under center. Fortunately for us we don’t have to worry about playing a freshman quarterback like USC and Michigan are doing. I won’t even try to guess how many sophmore’s are starting. Yep, let’s play it safe and stick with a fifth year senior.

There were far too many negatives in last night’s game to cite, so I want even try. Like CMR said “We got our first win.” Unlike him, I won’t be able to sit back and enjoy it. Oklahoma State got pasted by Houston in Stillwater yesterday, and we we give up 37 points between the Hedges to a team that managed to score 7 against NC State the week before. After two games under our belt, we still appear to be just a poorly coached team with a ton of talent. Like I said, it makes me want to puke.

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Some of you dawg fans don’t know S@*+ about football! To the idiot who said, “next year we will win it all”. You have a def. cord. who doesn’t make adjustments during a game while other def cord. study the game in progress. Willie just sticks with his game plan. Willie plays prevent defense to start the game! RICHT KNOWS THIS! But he isn’t MAN enough to do anything about it. Willie is costing him his football LEGACY. Period! Even the announcer kept talking about Willie over and over again. Willie is not a good def. coodinator. He plays it to safe. He is so worried about giving up the big play he lets the other team march up and down the field like a BAND! To see such great players just stand back and wait is somthing guys who can’t cover should be doing. Ga players CAN cover! It’s just a damn shame! And no ones fault but Richts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (For not manning up) It’s just a waste of time watching such crap, I give up! Would someone please give Richt a presp. for testosterone, so he can grow a pair!

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This team is in BIG trouble. There is no intensity. Joe Cox is not the QB needed to get the Bulldogs through this season.

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It may be a win, but not one to be particularly proud of I don’t think. The plays of Smith and Boykin were exciting to watch. But we should be thankful that USC wasn’t any better than they are or we would have been dead meat! Everyone knows whenever you have 3 fumbles and 1 interception for a total of 4 turnovers, have 13 penalities, and run 30 plays fewer than your opponent that you can usually count on a loss.

If USC had caught a couple of balls that they should have and we didn’t have the long touchdown run (which is very exciting but rare and can’t be counted on every time) we’d have lost for sure. No pass rush still. And I thought the penalty problem had being resolved. Well, anyway, I’ll be watching for more of Boykin and Smith in the future. We’ll enjoy this ugly win because we may not get any more like this one!

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Who was that guy running the ball last night? Exact opposite of how he ran last week. Last week, one hand on him and he was down. Last night he was one tough SOB. I can’t knock the D too much b/c they were put in very tough situations by the turnovers and did a pretty good job considering how long they were on the field. I am not a fan of Joe Cox and agree that we should do what Southern Cal is doing and start a young guy that can grow with the other young guys around him. As much as I love Richt, he seems to let emotion get in front of production. He’d never fire Martinez or bench Cox, so we just need to accept it and ride the roller coaster of a season. Next year should be the start of something big.

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Saw the UGA DB’s “Face Guarding” (not looking back for the ball) and wondered why it was never called…well found out that it’s not illegal under NCAA rules…the only time it would be called would be if they had touched the receiver when doing so…pretty good coaching on the DC’s part…below is a write up from someone responding to this question…I was wondering why it wasn’t called.

“Under the NCAA Rule 7-3-8 c there must be contact beyond the line of scrimmage on a legal forward pass play for pass interference to occur. Face guarding without contact is not a foul under NCAA rules..
Officials will key on the defensive player who is not playing the ball. When that player who is not playing the ball makes contact, then DPI may have occured. It has been my experience that commentators rarely know all the rules or are often confussed by the rules or their applications. I would put little faith in the guys commentating on the game and keep your faith in the guys on the field officiating the game.
Face guarding alone is not DPI.”

I’m sure that many of you already knew this, however for the rest of my uninformed fellow posters, I thought it was worth mentioning.

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Thanks Carl I was looking for that as well to respond but didn’t till I had the proof.

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Johnny Test……I have been reading your comments the last two weeks. You are the one that seems to have ALL the answers and can solve ALL the problems at UGA. Why arn’t you on the sidelines with CMR making millions. I’m sure UGA would go undefeated every year with your brillance and expertise. I’m sure you’re going to read my comments, like you do everyone else who disagrees with you, and determine my occupation, educational level, age, and even my favorite color! I am a UGA graduate (Class of ‘81) by the way. But, UGA football does not consume my everyday life. I’m sure you sat in your room all week pouting about UGA’s loss last week, so this week should be better. UGA barely beats SC and I’m sure you’ll be talking smack all week. Enjoy, it won’t be long before UGA has to start playing with the “big boys” and it’s going to be ugly.

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Special Teams and a poor last play by SC were the two biggest reasons GA won last night. I see GA a .500 team at best. You can’t constantly depend on these factors for victory.

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The people who are complaining about the DEFNENSE are COMPLETE IDIOTS!

The defense was on the field for almost the whole first quarter and 89 FREAKIN PLAYS all together….THAT IS 2 GAMES WORTH!

Are you missing the fact that the defense stiffened and forced 5 field goal attempts?

The defense did what it had to to win…don’t forget that S.Car only had a Pick 6 (6 points there)

a overhead punt for a safety (2 points)

and recoverd a fumble at the 23 yard line and at the 7 yard line…that means they only had to go 30 yards on offense to get 22 of their 37 points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Justin Houston will be back next week to help that pass ruch as will Brandon Wood…..That will help a TON

My biggest problem was getting away from Samuel and the RUN for too long and not getting M.Brown in the game

This team is LOADED with RAW electrifying YOUNG TALENT (Green, Samuel, B.Smith, Orson Charles, Boykin, M. Brown and many more)

As they develop, this will be one of the fastest most talented Georgia teams ever!

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This is fun football.They are playing young players in key areas.You people are sick.Do you want to play good teams or whimps.Look at Ala,Fla,Tx,Fl.St.etc.Do I need to say more.

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Mr Evans is working on new 10 year contracts for the entire Georgia football coaching staff today after that great win over South Carolina.

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In November of 1980, the greatest generation of bulldogs, had to have a fumble by George Rodgers in the last of the game for us to secure a win. SC won the stats game that day, We won the game. We should be glad that we won yesterday/last night.

What did we do good, won! WonWON!

What did we do bad, sepcial teams, defensive calls, dropped the ball, stupid penalties, some poor decsions at quarterback?

You can’t change a win, but you can sure work on the other. Nothing else matters at the end of the game.

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Not sure if this has been posted already…..Branden Smith’s separation speed on the “end around” was reminent of Hershel’s run in 1980..ironically against South Carolina.

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You guys propping Willie’s D with the “They didn’t score any TD’s late” are hilarious. I guess watching the sh!tty SC Offense throw for 313 and run for another 114 didn’t bother you. Wait till Tebow humiliates us passing for 350 and runs for another 100 himself. I guess this embarrassment of Defense suits the guys who drink the complacency Kool-Aid with Richt, Willie and crew. There’s going to be some embarrassing losses this year if this trend continues. Richt receives a 7 figure salary and the assistants make nice 6 figure salaries to put out a better product.

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Wow our two team members really put on a fantastic show last night. it was really good to see our newest member in UGA really live up to its billing. We are so excited for another big match up in the coming weeks in divisional play! UGA at Vandy should be another fabulous game!

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Pit Bull

I was a walk on at UGA for two years (on defense)

I am a high school football coach

What is your resume?

I didn’t say there wasn’t things the Dawgs need to work on or things I would change

My point is: The total amount of points is misleading because of the situations the Dawgs’ defense was put in (including being in extreme short feild situations)

and they can’t be held responsible at all for 8 of the points

I would certainly do a few things different IF I were coaching the defense….I’m just saying in THIS game the defense did well considering the situation

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Guys a win is a win- obviously there are still areas of much needed improvement. Turnovers are hurting us, putting the D out on the field longer, causing them to give up 37 points. The O is getting better and we’re getting some production from our freshman. I do agree that we need to play Gray/Murray a little more to get them some experience once Cox leaves. I’m puzzled how Houston upset OK ST- does this mean the Dawgs were just bad that game or is OK ST overrated? Let the debate begin.

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Wow we are so excited about our newest member in UGA living up to its billing in last nights classic game. We are also very excited about a divisional game in the coming weeks. UGA at Vandy! This should be another classic as well.

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damn good article mark.

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who won?

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Good lord. Do some of you actually watch the game? The D was GREAT!!!! They were on the field for 89 plays!!!! The pressured garcia all night in the game of his career (garcia just played very well; he escaped at least four sacks and made plays all night)!!!! Sure we need to work on a few things, but the D won the GAME!!!

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Get off Willie’s back. The defense is MUCH improved thanks to Willie’s tutelage! We only gave up 37 points instead of the 40+ we were giving up at the end of last year! And averageing giving up only 30 points a game is a proven formula for success…in the WAC.
Willie is such a moron. Quit saying the d was tired. They wouldn’t be tired if they could get some decent coaching to stop a drive and get off the field.

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Wow we are very proud that our newest member in UGA lived up to its billing in that Classic match up last night. We are so excited about another divisional match up in the coming weeks. UGA at Vandy should be fabulous! Should be exciting

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Wow we are very proud that our newest member in UGA lived up to its billing in that Classic match up last night. We are so excited about another divisional match up in the coming weeks. UGA at Vandy should be fabulous and interesting.

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Exciting game…I’m glad we won, but fellow fans, like Bradley said, what happened to, “Just win”?

I swear most of the people on this board, the few that aren’t creepy, trolling, Tech and Florida fans, would post complaints about any victory.

Bottom line, we aren’t perfect. We don’t have Tebow at QB. We don’t have USC’s talent pool. I’m tired of haterz blasting UGA after a win. Go root for another team if you want.

We won. Be happy. Enjoy it. It’s a good feeling. GOOOOO DAWGS!

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Those of you that are calling for Cox’s head, LAY OFF! He had a lot better game than the week before. He made some mistakes but only one could be called brainless, the downing call. His INT was a great read by an all american LB and his fumble resulted from a blind side hit. He made the plays when he had to especially the TD to Green. Its not his fault the game was close. HE DOESN”T PLAY DEFENSE!! If you want to lay blame look no further than the DC.

To Mark Bradley. I’m very curious to what your column would have read had SC scored the winning TD in the final seconds. What would be your opinion of the Defensive strategy then? You’re right on one point. Recruiting is over rated. GA won this game on heart not talent.

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Buford Dawg,
Their leading rusher (117 yards) was their QB.
Their QB threw for 313 yards. But his average per attempt was 5.9. He also threw an INT. Not very efficient.

The defense executed the gameplan almost as well as could have been expected. There were plenty of missed tackles on some rushes that extended drives (many of those were on Garcia’s scrambles). But we avoided the big play pretty well.

When the opponent’s leading rusher is the QB on busted pass plays… you’re doing all right (those were often our blitz packages or the few times we threw man2man coverage out there).

Obviously… it will only get tougher as we face better opponents. Especially ones with QB’s known for their mobility and speed. But I’m looking for improvement week to week. And the ‘W’ of course.

Go Dawgs!

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Where is Marlon Brown, why are we not playing him? Two top wideouts (
Green and Brown) along with Samuels running hard and Charles in the middle, where is the problem regarless of Cox as far as the Offense goes?

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I have been a GA fan all of my life. A win is a win, but to those of you who say we got homecookin’. Every penalty called against the Gamecocks was legit. If you understand football, you would know that. We have a long way to go, but every game is different. No offense against OSU, but plenty agains the Chickens. Enjoy the win.

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This game perfectly portrays the future ( 2009 ) for the Dawgs. To me, they do look like the old Frosh teams that played on Turkey Day vs. jackets years ago. Ragged we are like a frosh team. Now? They are just a very ragged, POOR SEC quality team with no defense.

The ONE pic that we got was actually great, as the young man ( Boykin? ) for UGA JUMPED UP with his eyes on the ball, to catch it. Evans and Jones #9, have no ability to do that or in fact, cover even an average flanker. They stink. They prefer to do late hits or cheap shots …………thugs.

We will win 5 or 6 games …………and all games LSU and Florida are toss ups.

If we are “lucky”we are in the mighty Weedeater Bowl in Shreveport vs. Oklahoma State, both at 6-6. We are perfect for each other. Where is the 5th year GREAT LEADER QB???? he has no talent and looked DUMB for hitting Norwood. Dumb he is. 5 years and he does that ?????
Not cognitive of D over the field of vision. Horrible is Jumpim Joe Cox. Joe The Plumber.

Changes must take place or 2010 will be exact replica of this ugly season.

Harry Dawg!!!

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BigJDawg, I am with you man, why is everone elso so dang negative, WE WON. Here is the funny thing that is sickening, jaglaw in your posts you use the words “we” and “us” when talking about the team. Are YOU on the team?? If not then there should be no “we” and “us” and everone on this blog who is not employed at UGA to coach football or if you do not donate millions to the program should shut up and let the coaches do their jobs!! We DO NOT HAVE THE DE’s to get a pash rush and that ALONE is our only problem on defense!! With a pash rush we would be incredible!!

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I thought coach said he was going to use Marlon Brown this week?

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HaterZ….i am not concerned over the number of points we win by, its that pathetic DC we have giving up another 30 point game. did you read the article comparing defenses when van gorder was here? yes i know, we dont have van gorder, but we can find someone better than martinez. take time to read my post….the shot wasnt at CMR, it was at CWM.

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Haterz, i am not the only person who thinks marinez needs to go.
Martinez will be the most valuable coach for tech, uf, lsu, etc, but not for UGA.

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jeb, the florida back up did get playing time…his stats and his rating is higher than cox’s. he through for at least 2 td, then i turned the channel. of course he was playing small schools, but the fact is, he will be ready next year, and our qb wont.

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jaglaw….

Should have read your posts more carefully. My bad. I too would rather have van gorder than martinez, but I’m still happy about the win.

And I don’t think our D is “pathetic.” You bring up some good points about VG vs WM, I just don’t think it’s as bad as you state. We’ll see, maybe we’ll go 5-6 and our D will be awful or maybe we’ll win 10 games again.

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Dawg fan here; I always try to be optimistic, but reality has now set in. We have a horrid defense, that will not get any better. Willie did not make any adjustments, and allowed the same ol’ 8 yard underneath passes all night long. We will never win any game of merit with a defense like this. I am tired of watching our beloved program slip back to Goff days, but we are headed there fast. Some thing has to be done, NOW!

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The dawgs proved again that they couldn’t stop a herd of turtles but
Cox was sensational. What Richt should do is what he should have done
last year and that is give some snaps to each of next year’s candidates for the QB job but he continues to do what he did last year and that is pretend that Stafford was going to be in Athens the rest of his life. Cox has earned the job. There are many ways to prepare for next year but CMR clearly dosen’t believe in any of them.

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Jeb

It doesn’t matter if the defense holds a team to 3 and out if their own offense is back off the field in 2 plays (turnover), 1 play (kick return), 1 play (kickoff fumble)

and each time that happens the more tired you get and the harder it is to get a 3 and out

please understand football before commenting

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How can anyone attack Cox after that win? This is going to be a good team. There is not the ususal sense of entitlement and self-centered posturing that has characterized Richt’s teams of the past.

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If the Gamecocks had played better mentally, they would probably have put up 60 plus points on the Dawgs. There were several breakdowns in the red zone where they had to settle for 3. Those plus the 2 TDs called back plus the 37 points they DID get, and whaddya know? 60+

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The lack of football knowledge by sooooooo many posters is SCARY

Anyone calling for RICHT’s head is the absolute LUNATIC FRINGE that gives football fans a bad name (that goes for Saint Simons too b/c I’m sure his stupidity does not reflect all tech fans)

Georgia is consistantly a TOP 10 program with top 5 recruiting classes and is in the mix every year for SEC Championships and National Titles

So many of you (most who live in mommy’s basement) are so obssesed with the NC

well let me tell you…the getting to the NC game is about a lot of LUCK

Look: LSU lost their last game (2 losses overall) and made it because of the rest of the teams that year

meantime in 2002 UGA lost one game by one TD and didn’t make it becasue there were 2 undefeated teams from weaker conferences….the NC game is about LUCK

What is NOT LUCK is being a consistantly ELITE PROGRAM…and thanks to Richt…GEORGIA IS!!!!!!!!!!

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take chuck and these other dawg haters with you

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61 points in two games? 6 turnovers in two games? Wow! We lost our first game to a team that got beat by Houston. We barely beat a team that last week could only score 7 points against an awful North Carolina State team.

Anyone else losing patience?

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coach smith –

“well let me tell you…the getting to the NC game is about a lot of LUCK”

Truly great posts…I was wondering where you were born…oh, HOMERSVILLE. On the flip side, LOSERS like you, that’s right, LOSERS like you are the reason CMR takes ZERO heat and is our glorified leader. You are not willing to see the fault within UGA’s program and willing to ACCEPT (which in football or in life) is a LOSER’s mentality. If you are an OBJECTIVE fan, you will root like he!! for your team and not ACCEPT anything but the best. We should all be motivated by one thing, BEING THE BEST…that goes for fans, players, coaches. If you honestly believe the crap your writing then I guess living in “mommy basement” would be ACCEPTABLE by your standards

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The tradition and the power that is Houston might be better than UGA this year.

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Couldnt have said it better Coach Smith.

Problem is the Football IQ on here isnt very high. Some people just dont get it.

Hey thats life I guess.

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Take away a pick 6, two fumbles inside the 30, and a botched snap on a punt and there’s 18 points. Give Willie a break.

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Bench Joe Cox! Fire Mike Bobo! Hire Jon Gruden!

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Sorry Coach Smith that I don’t understand football the way you do. Good luck with your game today because i’m sure your coaching one of the pro teams. I wasn’t just talking about the 3 episodes you noted. The D hardly ever gets a 3 and out with the bend don’t break brand of play. I was lucky enough to be a freshman back in 1980 at UGA and was spoiled by great Defense and great running. I’ll sign off now since im just another dumbA$$ who should not be trying to hang with the pros who love to throw out the little barbs to others.

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Thanks Jeb. One less moron on here if you leave.

dont let the door hit you in the

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Don’t think I was talking to you there Shaney boy. Keep your nose stuck to Coach Smiths you know what.

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2 less if you both leave

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Punch back?

You gotta be kidding me. A game that should have been won by SC if they would have had any talent.

Bottom line, the Dogs STINK and will be lucky to win 7 games this year!

Gators win another SEC and NC!

Enough Said!

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September 13th, 2009
12:06 am
BugKiller,

USC looked like crap in that game! The running game with Joel McKnight totally bailed Barkley out on. Yeah USC won, but you act like their win was that much more impressive than UGA’s and it wasn’t. USC has got a lot of work to do as well.
Despite what you say you and everyone else knows OSU is sooooo much better than USC east could ever be. Granted Barkley is a Frosh but he stepped up when it counted. You can even compare the two games. USC and OSU in the top 10 with UGA and USC mid pack SEC teams. CRAZY!!!!!

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I think the pups fell in the polls becuase of Okie State lost to U of Houston rather than the close call with “Old Ball Coach.” Nevertheless, I rather have an ugly win anyday over losing the game. The pups will have a decent year. See ya in Novemeber. “Hey, it was a good week for the state of Georgia Football!”
Ga Tech, UGA & Atlanta Falcons all won! How often does that happen.

Ramblin Wreck!

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Im amazed at the whiners on this blog. Dawgs win and all you hear on this site is a bunch of complaining. Yes it was an ugly win but I’ll take it. Get behind this team or shutup! Cox showed improvement. The idea of preparing for next year by puuting in ANOTHER inexperienced QB when we are only 2 games into this thing is freakin’ rediculous people. I may be crazy but I still want to do great things THIS YEAR! A bunch of idiots who think they shoud be the coach.

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The Dawgs may have fight left in them, however, to supposedly have sequential years of stellar recruiting then talent should not be the mitigating factor. If these first two games are any indication of the rest of the season then it won’t take much imagination to figure out what the outcome will be. I was reluctant to admit it last year but the coaching is the weakest link, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. Yes, they stopped SC when it counted but they allowed SC to run and gun up and down the field at will. It was SC that shot themselves in the foot, not UGA. I hope Coach R. is hunting for a defensive replacement. We have not seen the Junyard Dawgs since VanGorder. We will not successfully compete for the championship with mediocre defense. This could be a disappointing year in spite of this victory.

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Amen, icedawg. That defense has some serious issues and WM didn’t learn one darn thing from the total melt downs we witnessed last year. Florida will absolutely have a field day with UGA. LSU will shred that swiss cheese “defense”. UT may also thump UGA if Crompton is on target. Heck, even the lowly GT offense could put up big numbers this year. Why CMR retains WM is very befuddling; he should have been sent down the road last year. Most importantly (as in the case with Phat Phil) it could cause CMR’s demise because he is so loyal to his inept coaching staff. A 7 win season will put tremendous pressure on CMR to make some long overdue changes. We can only hope!!

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If WM cared about his good friend he would step down and not put Mark in a situation that Richt is not comfortable dealing with. I don’t think alot of people are blowing sunshine Martinez way and he has to know that a majority of the Georgia fans are unhappy with the Defense progression over the past 4 years. Why stress out your best friend when you can give him an easy way out.

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I guess in the spirit of brotherly love we could get a t-shirt with UGA and GT, 2009 South Carolina Co-Champions. I think we use two color schemes. White and “Logan” grey.

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YEEEHAWWW !!!! How many postins ya reckon we got goin heah ?

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Amen, there Gatorman, soon you may need two hands to count them all while we rejoice in our 10 win seasons. Hope we kick your butts but it sure must be nice to be a Gator fan under big Tim Tebow.

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I think this board must be populated by Tech fans posing as Dawg fans…fire Richt? One of the winningest coaches in the history of NCAA footabll in his first 8 years and geting those wins in the SEC? Bench Cox? A guy who led the team to 45 points against a stout SC defense? Last week some of you guys were moaning about Samuel – all of a sudden no comments about his game this week…he was a stud. This team will get better and better as each week rolls on and will surprise us — did you see the young talent out there last night – man, we are loaded. Branden Smith is Percy Harvin-ish…some of you guys have to be Tech fans…fire Richt? Tech will have have half a dozen coaches before CMR retires…as for Martinez, well, I am not a fan of his and I think he is a legitimate concern for our program. Next week is Arkansas – GO DAWGS!

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The dancing in the end zone by the 4 Georgia players was pathetic. From looking at them, you would think they just won the NC instead of beating a team that basically beat themselves. This team has absolutely NO discipline. You don’t see this crap on other teams. I hope they enjoyed the win. Now the schedule gets tough. I hope this is a productive week at practice and the dawgs get serious.

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[...] Bulldogs show some bite We learned something about these Bulldogs on Saturday night. We learned that they might not be as gifted or as polished as vintage Georgia teams, but we learned that they still have Bulldog-sized hearts. [...]

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I sure hope we can close or squeeze the gaps in our pass defense!

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Great win for the Bulldog Nation! I can’t believe that we all watched a different game. The game I watched featured a DAWG defense that stayed on the field for almost 11 of the first twelve minutes. This game could have got way out of hand. I believe Willie is doing what he has to do; our DB’s are undersized and some are inexperenced thus forcing Willie to play a lot of Cover 2. For the most part it was successful; I don’t believe that the defense gave up a pass over 20 yards in the first quarter. I would like to see more Cover 2 Man on 3rd downs and put more pressure on the quarterback earlier in the game because the four man rush was not working. This game should have been a blowout; we kept them in the game early. The two turnovers hurt us but both players redemmed themselves. Everyone needs to get off of Cox’s back, he got the job done Period.

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“Georgia Tech moved up one spot to No. 14 (AP), while Georgia dropped two places to No. 23″.

hahahaha

I don’t know why everyone hates georgia so badly.

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((((( almost 0-2 ))))) Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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SOS, you underlook the importance of the game with USCe by USCe. When was the last time we blew them out?

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bulldogfan, If USCe knew what the endzone looked like inside the redzone, it would have gotten out of hand.

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Regarding the coaching staff at UGA, my mom always told me “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”. So, sorry to let you down mom, but this staff sucks.

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Warner Robbins High School has a better qb than what UGA is starting. I only know what I see on tv, but Cox is not, in my opinion a qb of sufficient strength and talent to play Div. 1 football. He will not last the season.

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45-42

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It’s football. nothing more, nothing less.
Win or lose does a game change your life?

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Cuz….. we blew them away when Goff was coach. Its been too long.

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Virginia Dog …….. Do you remember 2007 with Staff, Moreno and MoMass and no TD and no invite to the MNC game? That was another pathetic game!

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I think half the people on this blog need to call Pete Carol and tell him how big of a crush they have on him. I’m sure he will donate some sperm for y’all to have his baby.

UGA struggled at times and looked good at other times. I was concerned about all the open receivers. However, we can go on and get better or this may be as good as it gets. Time will tell.

The Arkansas game will reveal even more. That’s why we play 12 games. I wish we had Charleston and Troy or Western Kentucky to try some things out. But hey we’ll see.

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That embarrassment is coming at the WLOCP, if not sooner say vs. LSU.

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The problem is that the USCe game should not be close. We have more talent and depth. That’s an embarrassmment in isself that that game is always so close. UF would not have won 56-20. They would have won more like 56-10. They actually have a DC in the swamp.

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Is every year at UGA a “rebuilding” year ? With 10 years of 4 and 5 star recruits, why is that ? What fans anywhere accept the concept of
“rebuilding year” ?
Instead of recruiting 4 and 5 star players why not recruit 4 star coaches ?

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Yellow Fizz you are a little geek and prob you are late for your class over at Devry. I here you are a big hit at the Park

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26-0 3rd quarter

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Got to give Spurrier credit. He NOW has a very good QB. SC will win some big games this year, and certainly will be tied for 2nd in the East (or finish 3rd) at season’s end. Garcia is very good.

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Just calm down people, this is a rebuilding year.

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[...] Bulldogs show some bite We learned something about these Bulldogs on Saturday night. We learned that they might not be as gifted or as polished as vintage Georgia teams, but we learned that they still have Bulldog-sized hearts. [...]

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HAHHA MUTTS NOT IN THE TOP 20!!

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Phil, that is called status quo at UGA. CMR talk to players about their mistakes? When has he ever done that? When has anyone on the coaching staff done that? Samething every year. Nothing will change. CMR = status quo. I am beginning to sound like a politician.

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[...] column after doing a five-hour live chat — I’d have sung the praises of Carlton Thomas in this little submission. But his name isn’t in there, for a rather basic [...]

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BugKiller — interesting point about playing your future QB to prepare for next year. But no way, dude. You field your best team and you play for the best season you can have. You give yourself the best possible chance to beat UT, UF, Auburn and Tech THIS year. And Cox is the guy who gives us that. Even if it’s just going 8-4 instead of 6-6, I’ll take it.

And Pete Carroll is playing Barkley to win THIS year, not taking his lumps so he can win later. After all, he led a 4th quarter drive to beat Ohio St. He’s playing him as a freshman b/c no one else on the roster could have done any better.

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UGA hung in there and won. It was a great game. Spurrier is not such a genus after all. GO DAWGS!

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