Live from Nashville: Resistible force meets movable object
The stands at Memorial Stadium 20 minutes before kickoff. I kid you not. (Photo by M. Bradley)
Nashville – First off, it’s chilly. Forty-three degrees and overcast at present (9:23 Central Time). The few Georgia fans who gathered for the Dawg Walk were wearing coats, scarves, gloves and stocking caps. And they still didn’t look warm.
Speaking of cold … Vanderbilt has the nation’s 108th-best (or, put another way, 13th-worst) passing offense. Lucky for the Commodores that a truckload of magic elixir has just pulled into town. The top passing performance by an SEC quarterback this season was Ryan Mallett of Arkansas on Sept. 19. The third-best was by Stephen Garcia of South Carolina on Sept. 12. The fourth-best was by Jonathan Crompton of Tennessee last week. Guess the common denominator.
You got it. Willie Martinez and his defense.
Say this for Willie: He has single-handedly rearranged the standings of every SEC fantasy league. If you simply drafted the quarterback playing against Georgia in any given week, you’ve clinched first place. (And it’s only midseason!)
OK, enough about Willie. (Really, though, can we ever say too much about Willie?) If ever a game versus Vandy can be said to be a big game, this is it. This is the difference between being 4-3 headed to Jacksonville or looking at a season of 6-6 or (shudder) worse.
Me, I think Georgia wins by two touchdowns. But I thought Georgia would win when last it traveled to the Volunteer state, and we know how that turned out. No matter what happens here today, I’ll be available for observations, bon mots (or, more accurately, bon nots) and song requests. So join me, won’t you?
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Bo Diddly Squat
October 17th, 2009
12:48 pm
Hahahahahahahahaha, mark!
Cuz
October 17th, 2009
12:48 pm
Good luck tonight POAD, if you see Fuzz, slap him for me. You choose where.
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:48 pm
we are gonna lose to Tenn Tech!
Ty
October 17th, 2009
12:48 pm
Branden Smith is our best tackler.
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:48 pm
Vandy has crossed midfield. But the mighty men of Willie M. make a stand.
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:48 pm
WOW the TV says it is a great Defensive game. Did Willie pay off the TV guys to save his job?
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:48 pm
And Georgia is so amazed that the defense makes a stop that it calls timeout before a VU punt.
C
October 17th, 2009
12:49 pm
can we get Spurrier???
CLAY COUNTY DAWG
October 17th, 2009
12:49 pm
MARK,
WHY DOESN’T OUR OFFENSIVE LINE CAATCH MORE GREIF?
OUR RUN BLOCKING IS THE WORST IN THE CONFERENCE..
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
12:49 pm
I just want to see some young players, especially at the qb position. The Cox experiment should be over, we see why he sat for 4 years, because he sucks!
IndyDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:49 pm
Mark funny they are not playing spades or something. Ga isn’t sandbagging anyone except for themselves because they are better than this
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
So Georgia calls timeout and still can’t snuff a fake punt. Amazing.
IndyDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
how many times have we seen that since the WVA game!!!!!
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
GREAT PUNT after the TO by UGA.
C
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
Ha Ha, all you can doo is laugh!!!
Chris
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
I have to hand it to Vandy. That play was impressive.
Cuz
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
The internet ate my comment POAD, good luck tonight.
Dawgfan1911
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
Incredible offensive stats so far … Vandy has 25 yards, the Dawgs THREE! Of course, UGA also has a penalty and a turnover to go along with their three yards.
Make that 30 yards for Vandy on the fake punt …
Timeout
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
Good job….timeout by us allows Vandy to set up fake….
Idiots!
Sautee Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
Mark
Mark did you know while your up there in the Voulenteer State that Lane Kiffin is down here in the Great State of Georgia working on that recruiting fence he is building?
Not Disappointed!
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
I saw that coming a mile. Especially when CMR called a timeout.
Mr. Real
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
Timeout failed. Executed the fake punt anyway.
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
Fake punt, first down Vandy
Time
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
Umm, evidently I was the only one who saw that fake coming a mile away. Undisciplined, uninspired play. Unbelievable.
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
Okay now the Vandy punter is a better runner than the Dawg running backs.
IndyDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:50 pm
I need a drink
rebuild year
October 17th, 2009
12:51 pm
Who all knew that was coming? I knew it!
Happy in NorX
October 17th, 2009
12:51 pm
Mike Slive hates UGA. Tell him to remove the blackball from UGA. He’s the coordinator behind two years of bad calls against us.
Looks like we suck again this week. Get the moving vans ready for the coaching staff.
DAWG
October 17th, 2009
12:51 pm
I KNEW IT!!!! FABRIS IS THE WORST OF THE BUNCH!!!! GEORGIA SUXXXX!!!!!!
Larry
October 17th, 2009
12:51 pm
LOL…..Georgia sucks! I love it!
Cuz
October 17th, 2009
12:51 pm
I will join you Indy. Loved your movies.
C
October 17th, 2009
12:51 pm
Players play to the level they are coached to!
Bo Diddly Squat
October 17th, 2009
12:51 pm
36 yards combined offense for both teams…how freaking pathetic is that ?
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:51 pm
Did I just hear UGA VII order an Antifreeze on the rocks with a twist?
DAWG
October 17th, 2009
12:52 pm
I’d rather have Ron Jirsa coach the football team this this current bunch!!!!
Sonny Clusters
October 17th, 2009
12:52 pm
Clusters could always play some ball. We was ballplayers from the time we was little to the time we was state championship. We never would let a team like Vandy throw us around, though. Vandy is looking a little like Tennessee right now. Where is the Vandy helicopter?
Yuck
October 17th, 2009
12:52 pm
I’ve never liked a UGA team less….
I feel sorry for AJ
Sautee Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:52 pm
Sandbagging????????
rebuild year
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
This sux
Dawgfan1911
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
As much as I hate to say it, the Dawgs best hope might be that enough of the Vandy players get injured. We are AWFUL!
BugKiller
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
dawgstephen… you really are an idiot, aren’t you?
i guess you’ve never heard of sarcasm, have you?
or perhaps combining sarcasm with a rhetorical question?
GO PUT ON YOUR FRAKKING BLIND, RED AMND BLACK-COLORED GLASSES YOU ACCEPTOR OF MEDIOCRITY WHO DOESN’T WANT TO SEE THE DAWGS ACTUALLY GET BETTER!!!
YOU WILLIE MARTINEZ DEFENDER!!!
FIRE MARK RICHT!!!
Mark Richt won two SEC Titles when Ron Zook and Mike Shula were running the power programs of the SEC.
Mark Richt cannot compete with Meyer, Miles, Saban, or KIFFIN because Mark Richt refuses to do what it takes to win!
Mark Richt lost the moral authority to coach our team the second he put his personal relationship with Martinez ahead of what was and is best for our team.
FIRE MARK RICHT!!!
Demoney !
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
This is sad how many successfull fake punt pulled on Ga this year ?
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
Ron Jirsa, huh?
C
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
Ok Pi$$ that was funny!
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
Does Ga have a first down yet?
Mr. Real
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
OK. This is bad. I’m starting to critique Vandy’s OC and questioning his play calls when EVERYBODY is open.
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
Reshad Jones intercepts.
Guy was wide open but the VU QB threw it late.
Jim Doggg Wallace
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
that interception saved Martinez’ job
Demoney !
October 17th, 2009
12:53 pm
that was a nice pic !!
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Resahad decides to play today!