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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Not Disappointed!
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
POAD play nicely! It was funny though!
Good Interception pups
TXDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
What’s up guys…..I’m late but here now……what’s the convo?
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Needed that PICK bad. now 3 plays and Butler PUNTS.
fcmr
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Would that have been cmr or John Fabris that called the time out before the fake punt. Obviously it was to discuss the possibility of a fake punt!
No More
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Are you kidding me, we call time out to allow them to set up a fake punt – our coaches are lost – come out of the time out with seven or eight at least fifteen to twenty yards off the line. We should have been pressing the punter to keep him from pinning us back against the goal line. Every game futher convinces me that our coaches are totally inept and Richt is either disengaged or equally out of touch. We continue to do a good job giving teams hope. If I coached a struggling team I’d love to see GA coming to town. We are fortunate that Vandy’s offense is equally as bad or worse than ours.
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Georgia does not have a first down. But I smell one this series.
Drunkdawg
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
I am at home in my livingroom watching the game and I have a bag over my head anyway just in case on of my neighbors walks by and looks in my window. Oh, the shame.
rockdawg
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Does Vandy have the worse passing attack in the history of football?
Bo Diddly Squat
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
They got more on that fake punt than we’ve gotten in 3 possesions.
Chris
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Interception by the safety. Nice.
The announcer says that our offensive line has “been an issue.” That’s an understatement.
Yuck
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Yes, now lets see how the offense screws this up.
Super Dog
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Could someone tell me, am I still watching a Ray Goff Georgia team or is there a new coach named Mark Richt coaching Ga
Im a little confused
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:54 pm
Nice play Jones
Virginia Dog
October 17th, 2009
12:55 pm
Alright!!!! I have been trying to believe in our team and coaching staff but this game is getting me on the fire the whole dang staff bandwagon. I have never, never, never seen a team retreat totally without crossing the line of scrimmage on a punt return. Who are these coaches? Vanderbilt is so-o-o-o-o bad and we are doing everything to keep them in the game. Where is our offensive line? There are so many questions I don’t know where to begin.
IndyDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:55 pm
yes I feel for AJ too. He is the best wr georgia has ever had and will have played with at min 4 diffrent qb’s.
Cinci Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:55 pm
Complain about the D all you wish, but the O, in particular the O-line, is what’s holding us back. Moreno and Stafford obviously made up for what is a vastly overrated O-line…
Give Me A Break
October 17th, 2009
12:55 pm
This is a joke! Does our coaching staff not learn anything?
dawgstephen (AKA bugkiller killer)
October 17th, 2009
12:56 pm
Does not accept Mediocrity…but CMR stays…Willie can go if CMR so say so..but CMR STAYS!!! (and you cant do nothing about it)
Mr. Real
October 17th, 2009
12:56 pm
Prediction for next series: Slow developing run play left, slow developing inside trap, attempt to pass with a short scramble and sack. Penalty declined.
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:56 pm
If our recruiting was down to the level of Vandy’s I”d be okay with our record and play.
Andrew
October 17th, 2009
12:56 pm
GO GEORGIA TECH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:56 pm
This is a dream isnt it? please someone wake me up! Im ready for football season and Georgia football!
Dawgfan1911
October 17th, 2009
12:56 pm
Go Sooners! Texas is down 6-0, and has not been able to do ANYTHING offensively.
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
12:56 pm
All dawg fans including myself dont get to excited our terrible offense is coming back on the field. No line, no qb, no coordinator, but the best reciever in the country!!!! can anyone say Chan Gailey, with Calvin Johnson and that loser coordinator tech had and the dope smoking qb they had! WOW!
Sonny Clusters
October 17th, 2009
12:56 pm
Smell a first down? Is that what that smell is?
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:56 pm
Washaun Ealey gets seven. He’s the offensive star of the game.
RogerDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
Everybody just shutup. Calm down. We will pull this out and win by 10. We’ll lose to UF, but win the rest down the stretch, not to mention a big payback game coming to CPJ and that damned Tech team. (They have it coming after last year).
So calm down!
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
Run Ealey 25 to 30 times and we win.
Hairy Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
There’s your offensive star of the game.
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
A.J. Green touchdown. Great move on the sideline.
Happy in NorX
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
Hey we’re -11!!! Wait, that’s where we started the game though, never-mind.
Breaking news we got 8 yrds on a running play!!!
C
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
any flags???
Bo Diddly Squat
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
Reading the blog is Sooooooooo much better than watching the game….and a lot less painful.
Mr. Real
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
Glad I was wrong. GO AJ!
TXDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
Former Receiver here<<<<<< All that talk about playing with different QBs is overrated. A true WR only needs to pick up on a few QB tendencies. The rest is on the WR.
Cinci Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
No reason not to force it to AJ every single play…
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
Nice play Cox to Green. Touchdown.
Jim Doggg Wallace
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
may I say …YaY
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
AJG is pretty good.
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
WOW right on Q A J Green Awesome!
rebuild year
October 17th, 2009
12:57 pm
That is what i am talking about.
Slick in Duluth
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
He’s so damn sick…
dawgstephen (AKA bugkiller killer)
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
Hey Mark Bradley…does Washaun just seem to find the holes better right now??
THERE GOES AJ!!!
Fitten
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
AJ Green is the ONLY thing we’ve got… Ealey couldn’t break the only tackle that mattered.
Not Disappointed!
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
AJ Green one man Wrecking Crew. Good job pups!
Ramblin Wreck.
Newnan Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
thats wierd..throw the ball to AJ = TD….hmmm
Demoney !
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
nice job of running Aj
Bo Diddly Squat
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
who threw the pass?
Dawgfan1911
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
uh oh … did you see A.J. point toward the sky? Isn’t that excessive celebration?!
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
Keep Ealey in the game and the passing game will impove.