5 reasons Georgia will – repeat, WILL – win at Arkansas
1. Georgia has played somebody. Two somebodies, actually. Arkansas has played Missouri State.
2. Mark Richt is still King of the Road until proven otherwise. And he has never lost more than one game in an opponent’s stadium in a single season. No, Georgia didn’t win in Stillwater, but it re-learned a lesson there.
3. Orson Charles = Big Time. The best asset an inexperienced quarterback can have is a strong running game, and Georgia hasn’t found that yet. The second-best asset an inexperienced quarterback can have is a first-rate tight end, and this freshman is.
4. The Hogs aren’t quite ready yet. Arkansas is 6-7 under Bobby Petrino, 2-6 in SEC play. Its two conference victories have come by a total of four points. Petrino will get results soon, but not just yet.
5. The game’s at night, and you-know-who likes to slip away under cover of darkness. There’s every chance Petrino could be coaching the Saskatchewan Rough Riders by the time the fourth quarter arrives Saturday. See the above photo for confirmation.
(This completes our all-Georgia Tuesday. Earlier we offered 5 reasons Georgia might well have turned the corner and then, in a flip-flop worthy of Petrino himself, 5 reasons it might not have. If you haven’t availed yourself of those entries, please feel free.)
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Houston Nutt Fan
September 15th, 2009
9:02 pm
Little Rock deserves Puny Petrino
georgia fan
September 15th, 2009
9:02 pm
Ralstopho
September 15th, 2009
5:51 pm
Caleb King…is he gonna play this year, or is he just gonna watch all the games from the dorms?
Cautiously Optimistic
September 15th, 2009
9:04 pm
Unselfish? He wanted to ride vick through the nfl and when he didn’t get to coach him and things went sour he tucked his tail and ran. If he was unselfish he would have stayed and worked with what he had. He should have been man enough to at least finish out the season! It’s all good though, we are for the better now, we have a good coach and better qb now. Good thing for the Hogs is that VanGorder is with the Falcons and not the Dawgs, or we would wipe the floor with them. As far as your passing game, our D isn’t great by any means but is sure much better than Missouri St. So we will see just how good your O really is. If you struggle against us then what about the rest of the SEC? We have DE Justin Houston returning this week and he should bring us a better pass rush. He was very impressive in our srping game. And your qb is not very mobile from what I understand so he should create trouble. We have talent on this team, just our coaching is suspect, in particular on D. It’s going to be interesting.
Terrance
September 15th, 2009
9:06 pm
42-17 ARKANSAS….. Then I wonder what Mr. Bradley will have to say for that, like I said above please hate on hater, hate on hater……and for the people for Georgia on this page that has something to say about swine flu or whatever other jokes you might have about the Hogs, please tell your QB not to get so excited this game, b/c i hate to see a grown man turn purple especially one with red hair, If not we may just have to start calling yall “THE PURPLE DOGS”
U HAUL
September 15th, 2009
9:07 pm
All the thugs left Atlanta with Petrino on the midnight express after the Monday Night fiasco.
U HAUL
September 15th, 2009
9:15 pm
Sneaky Petrino has a long term contract ,,,,,,,,,,,,,DAWGS 27- -PETRINO PORKIES 0 (zero).
Porkie Petrino
September 15th, 2009
9:16 pm
I honor all contracts………….. UNLESS
Joe FridayStarring Jack Webb as the terse Sergeant Joe Friday
September 15th, 2009
9:19 pm
Petrino left town after midnight.
No press confrence. No face to face meeting.
Copies of an “I can’t take it anymore” excuse left in the players lockers.
What a MAN. Way to step up Coach Petrino. You got to respect that.
Arkansas we are glad y’all have him.
Boss HOG
September 15th, 2009
9:20 pm
Ole Miss has a classy coach.
jay
September 15th, 2009
9:25 pm
All you people “dissing” Coach Richt & Martinez
please, please, please don’t renew your seats next
year. I am saying this for your own good. Its not
good for your health. Plus I’d like to get off the
20 yard line after 15 years.
Starring Jack Webb as the terse Sergeant Joe Friday
September 15th, 2009
9:26 pm
I think Petrino signed 23 years worth of contracts in 1.5 years.
MGC
September 15th, 2009
9:30 pm
has anybody seen Marlon Brown or Rontavious Wooten get in the game yet?i really want to see what these guys can do.
Saskatchewan Dawg
September 15th, 2009
9:31 pm
The Rough Riders would’nt hire that Punk Petrino with all his goofy lies.
Don't get it
September 15th, 2009
9:32 pm
Don’t understand how Houston could win in a place where a good road team like UGA couldn’t. Don’t underestimate the Hogs and Petrino. This is their season opener.
HollywoodHOGfAN
September 15th, 2009
9:37 pm
I’m not even willing to go out on a limb and say that the Hogs will win this one for sure, but it won’t be such a definitive victory as you pooches predict. As far as your points go, Mark, don’t really get where you are coming from. As far as UGA’s two tough games goes, they haven’t really wowed anyone in either of those games. They looked pretty inconsistent all around. If you think a TE is a great thing to have, then I’m sure glad the Hogs will have the advantage in that category. As good as Charles is and will be, he’s not DJ Williams yet. If the Dog D leaves him open like they did Saunders, Mallett will throw for 400 yds. There’s not a group on UGA’s offense better than Arkansas’s right now. You can make an argument for the line, but that’s not much of an advantage if any.
RAZOR HEAD
September 15th, 2009
9:38 pm
Arkansas “WIN” 31-17.
Starring Jack Webb as the terse Sergeant Joe Friday
September 15th, 2009
9:38 pm
Mark, didn’t he (Petrino) sign a multiyear contract extension at Louisville right before he left?
Then a big multiyear deal with the Falcons?
Now a multiyear deal with Arkansas?
All in the span of 1.5 to 2 years.
Not to mention the super secret meeting with Auburn just prior to all that.
HollywoodHOGfAN
September 15th, 2009
9:43 pm
Cautiously Optimistic,
You want to bang on Petrino and tout VanGorder. Hell BVG may be the only person more nomadic in football than Petrino. Take a look at his resume. And before you go and say he didn’t walk out on somebody, ask USCeast about that. He bailed on them in the middle of the recruiting process for a better option. What do you think Petrino did? He couldn’t bear the thought of watching Joey Heisman butcher his offense and MeAngelo Hall giving up TD after TD any more.
Reid Adair
September 15th, 2009
9:49 pm
I’m not a Georgia fan, but if they beat Bobby Petrino, I’ll be happy.
Starring Jack Webb as the terse Sergeant Joe Friday
September 15th, 2009
9:51 pm
HollywoodHOGfAN – There was not ONE Falcons player that had anything positive to say about Petrino after he left Atlanta.
Not ONE.
If your being honest with yourself you have to wonder how an entire team could dislike one coach so much.
Danny Forde
September 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
Dang it I’ll tell you why, cuz they didn’t keep me out there to coach them dang pigs. They were not even smart enough to keep that Houston Acorn nut fellow. Now UGA has 5 good things gooine
1) Running Game
2) Passing Game
3) Kicking Game
4) Defense
5) Mark Richt
If UGA can contain kick coverage, and do a little better on watching the other dad burned team with the ball, they will win handily. I suspect you will want to call for Logan to Keep the darn ball a time or two.
Danny Forde
September 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
I heard there were personal issues with Van gorterneck? Anyone know what those is?
Name (required)
September 15th, 2009
10:05 pm
Georgia will win at Arkansas.
That is, if all the Arkansas players miss the miss to the game….or the bus crashes.
Terrance
September 15th, 2009
10:12 pm
FIVE REASONS THE HOGS WILL WIN
1. People from GA and the rest of the nation can’t let go of the past.
2. MeAngelo-(Thanks HollywoodHOGFAN) will be in the secondary for GA.
3. Joe Cox gets called to play the character of Barney without using the suit. (see him get excited in South Carolina game.)
4. Mark Richt time is up, time for a change DAWGS.
5. Ryan Mallett
Petrino's Looking
September 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
Petrino will be looking for a big time job in a year or two. Living in the backwoods and coaching at arkansas is not in his long term plans. When a big job in the Big 10 or Big 12 opens up, he’ll be gone in a flash—mark it down!
hong kong sooeeiii
September 15th, 2009
10:25 pm
Admit, even though Georgia should win, you are concerned that Petrino and the Hogs might beat you. Love him or hate him, Petrino knows how to score points, and this year he has a 6 foot 7 inch 5-star QB taking the snaps. Georgia’s talent should win this game, but Petrino does scare you a bit, now doesn’t he?
Cautiously Optimistic
September 15th, 2009
10:28 pm
Tell your self what ever you need to about Petrino, he’s an effin idiot. BVG was trying to better his career. Petrino left the pro’s because he didn’t have the star player he expected. He came to the Falcons with the idea that Vick was the qb for his type of offense and when he knew he wasn’t coming back, he bailed, bottom line.
Spike
September 15th, 2009
10:31 pm
Mark,
What’s up with dissing my Saskatchewan Roughriders? Petrino would be run out of Regina! Our coaches stay at least 2 seasons, eh?
OldTimer
September 15th, 2009
10:34 pm
Seems to me Petrino has all his ducks in a row.
Terrance Moore
September 15th, 2009
10:37 pm
If itd be up to me id corch at arkwansaws.
That70sGAdawg
September 15th, 2009
10:45 pm
It’s real simple: The GA offense (without 2 NFL first rounders) will have to score more than Willie Martinez soft defensive schemes (not players) give up! Only 9 times out of 12 we could do that last year. This year ???
World
September 15th, 2009
11:02 pm
HA HA HA looking for a job in the Big 10, you gotta be kiddin right. He would be better off coaching in highschool
SwimtrunkDawg
September 15th, 2009
11:14 pm
“One other thing I love about him,” Richt added. “After [pregame warm-ups], he comes running toward me and he’ll do this vertical jump up to about my eyes. His feet come up that high. It’s amazing how high he can jump. We’ve got to find a way to use that, too”
Open wide Mark
hawgfan
September 15th, 2009
11:25 pm
Just a quick note to all the folks talking up Georgia’s talent level: don’t underestimate the talent on this Hogs roster. We’ve got some very talented (though very young) playmakers on this team, so be prepared to start seeing a heavy dose of Arkansas highlights on Sportcenter in the coming seasons. But this year you need to worry about the handful of veterans we’ve got–Tight End DJ Williams is a freak and RB Michael Smith is arguably one of the best backs in the SEC and can run all over any team (all 5′7″ of him). The Hogs are due (loooooooong overdue, actually) for a win against UGA. If we don’t get you this year, we’ll get you next year. Be ready.
Starring Jack Webb as the terse Sergeant Joe Friday
September 15th, 2009
11:42 pm
arguably, I keep reading that.
Most folks can argue about anything.
Robards
September 15th, 2009
11:49 pm
I don’t know Mark. Looks to me like the boys in Vegas really want you to take the Dawgs. They usually know something.
alsim
September 16th, 2009
12:20 am
blah, blah, blah…UGA loss to Okl St.
blah, blah, blah…haha
blah, blah, blah…Ga Tech beat UGA last year…blah, blah, blah…
UGA NATION
September 16th, 2009
12:30 am
http://uganationblog.blogspot.com/
Cuz
September 16th, 2009
1:59 am
The swine go down. UGA 38 Swine 24.
UGA STILL SUCKS
September 16th, 2009
5:38 am
UGA has no talent at all.Mutts just did beat spurrier. hogs wins and a long boring quiet plane ride for mark and the leghumpers.
Alabama Jack
September 16th, 2009
6:55 am
Hawgs over dawgs.
Motown Hound
September 16th, 2009
7:30 am
Sixth reason “Brandemonia”
jerry
September 16th, 2009
8:40 am
9-10-17-16-13-18-13-10-16-13-13-20-13-14-20-6-19-17-10
14-18-14-14-14-20-15-12-14-20-14-17-10
Number of times UGA has failed to score 3 td’s during Richt era: 32
A real freaking offensive juggernaut.
This coaching staff should write a book: ” HOW TO DO LESS WITH MORE”
Big Dawg
September 16th, 2009
8:46 am
First I would like to say that since Coach Richt got here in 2001 this has been the longest period of sustained excellence in the history of Georgia Football. Winning over 78% of our games under him with 2 SEC Championships and won or shared the East Division 5 times has spoiled all of us. Fellow Dawgs I have a plan to help our team, the biggest problem we have had since Coach Richt got here is 2 to 3 games a year our team has shown up with no fire/intensity/passion whatever you want to call it. This has led to uninspired performances in games that we should have either won or at least been competitive in and cost us at least 2 to 3 more SEC Championship game appearances i.e. 2004, 2007 and possibly last year and 2 NC appearances i.e. 2002 and 2007. I have noticed that whenever the clamor starts mounting on firing coaches especially when Coach Richt’s name starts getting tossed around then we start seeing our team playing with more intensity. So if we as fans turn up the heat and keep it going then hopefully we won’t see anymore letdowns like we have seen each year and as we saw at Oklahoma State the first ballgame. Also, with this pressure maybe it will finally sink into the coaching staffs head that we stay with what is working until the other team stops us instead of this helter skelter play calling that seems to crop up every game when we are having success running the ball and for whatever reason we abandon the run altogether for multiple series at a time.
Go Dawgs
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WesternDawg
September 16th, 2009
9:37 am
What is it with the Caleb King bashing? Are any other players subject to the gossip mill when they are injured? I haven’t heard or read anything from any Georgia coach or player that suggests he’s not working hard and hasn’t worked hard to get back in the game. Do you think any other injury is “prima donna” behavior? It’s an injury and that’s it. Injuries happen in football.
Must Not love Dawgs
September 16th, 2009
9:38 am
“Petrino is a lowlife and out for himself period. He will leave if the grass is greener on the other side.”
At least we agree, on one thing. The grass is greener at Arkansas than
Atlanta!
John Tunnel
September 16th, 2009
9:38 am
Wow, what a generalized piece of garbage. You call this an article. My dog threw up more informative information about the game this morning. Why not do a little research and give some qualified reasons why Georgia may win on Saturday.
robodawg
September 16th, 2009
9:38 am
Oh no, not the Mark Bradley curse!
jpizzle
September 16th, 2009
9:43 am
“The Dawgs should win if CWM plays man-to-man”
If the Dawgs play man to man all night, I’d expect Mallett and the Arkansas receivers to have a field day.