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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C
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
no freaking way….we got a TD!!!
fcmr
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
Nice comment Andrew calculate your way over to the tech blog!
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
no celebration flag! Amazing!
TXDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
Correction Hairy…..AJ would be that STAR.
IndyDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
is ther any question that AJ is the best in the Country
CigarDawg
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
Marking my spot for future reference when I am drunk and posting!
Time
October 17th, 2009
12:58 pm
TD AJ. At this point, every play should be designed to go to him. He should be playing corner, returning punts and being the headhunter on kickoffs. He’s the only guy with enough talent to overcome the crappy coaching.
Demoney !
October 17th, 2009
12:59 pm
nice block to break him open by the Vandy player !!!!
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:59 pm
Not to disparage VU, but there’s no way you can’t tackle that man there. That’s an eight-yard hitch, or it should have been.
Rose-Colored TV Screen
October 17th, 2009
12:59 pm
Can you imagine how bad Cox would look if he didn’t have Green?
I’m so sick of that Jake Busey look-alike.
fcmr
October 17th, 2009
12:59 pm
Ok what will we do on the next series. Let’s sustain a drive and dominate
Cinci Dawg
October 17th, 2009
12:59 pm
Best WR we’ve ever had. Too bad he didn’t get another season w/ Stafford at the helm…
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
12:59 pm
Time now for some Martinez magic.
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:00 pm
D’s need a 3 and out.
Bo Diddly Squat
October 17th, 2009
1:00 pm
Mark! Doood! Love the sarcasm…LOL
Drunkdawg
October 17th, 2009
1:00 pm
Boy, that touchdown against a team that sucks really has me fired-up now. I’m keeping the bag over my head though just in case.
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:00 pm
Up by 7 can the D hold? AJ is a man hope he stays. C. Johnson in the UGA colors.
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:00 pm
A 3 and out would be huge.
dawgstephen (AKA bugkiller killer)
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
I like the way we are plahing the option. Tech goes down this year!!!
rebuild year
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
Lets go DEFENSE! Still fire Wille!
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
Willie’s defense is pitching a shut out over Vandy! Everybody jump for joy! His ass will still be fired at the end of the year!
fcmr
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
three and out would be nice
Jim Doggg Wallace
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
can’t believe you said Martinez and magic in the same sentence, Mark .,..
Rose-Colored TV Screen
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
Bradley…remember when the Falcons used to “Pass The Magic”?
Time
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
The only Martinez Magic anyone wants to see is his disappearing act.
Mr. Real
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
I agree Mark and probably so. “Martinez Magic” = watch this defense disappear
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
I do remember that.
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:01 pm
And now Vandy drops a first-down reception.
Cinci Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
3 interior D-linement that will play at the next level, a 1st team all-SEC linebacker, and an athletic secondary – seems like a recipe for a solid if unspectactular defense at least. Right?!?
Fitten
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
No pressure on QB.
Whopper Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
Vandy’s QB is our best player.
Super Dog
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
Could the following position coaches please stand up
Offensive Coordinator
Offensive Line Coach
Defensive Coordinator
Kicking coach
Defensive Coordinator
Yes Defensive Coordinator
Please turn in your playbooks, keys, any ga items and put them over in the burn pile
The grayhound bus will take you out Athens. Good luck on your new careers
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
Yes, barring another fake punt, this is the fist 3 and out in 21 quarters.
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
we got lucky on the dropped pass too much cushion!
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
Fake it again.
TXDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
I was thinking the same thing Jim Doggg!
jacket3
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
MB – the way the game is evolving – I would have rented a room there at the Marriott and watched it from the end zone in comfort, then visited the press box about midway through the second quarter for food.
Why OH why don’t they at least give Logan Gray a shot??
3 and out just does not put points on the board.
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
LOGAN GRAY!!!!!!
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
Dropped pass be wide open Vandy Tightend, Great D scheme Willie leave emm open and hope they drop it!
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
-15 too
IndyDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:02 pm
There is Logan’s series
fcmr
October 17th, 2009
1:03 pm
You really think cmr’s lifelong buddy anc college roomate is gonna get the boot?
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:03 pm
There’s out backup qb taking huge hits on punt return.
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
1:03 pm
Logan Gray, what a joke !!!!!!! LOL LOL
Hairy Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:03 pm
Logan Gray showed some fine cutback ability.
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:03 pm
Logan Gray on the punt return.
Chris
October 17th, 2009
1:03 pm
Strikes me as risky to ask our backup quarterback to return punts.
TXDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:03 pm
I was reading somewhere that we would be seeing more of Logan Gray this week…..I didn’t think it would be getting smashed on a punt again…..give it up CMR please!!
BugKiller
October 17th, 2009
1:03 pm
Roger believes we’re going to beat Auburn and Tech.
I want some of what Roger is drinking, because it must be GREAT.
And dawgstephen loves mediocrity. dawgstephen STILL defends Wilie Martinez because Mark Richt defends Martinez.
dawgstephen is the WORST kind of fan… the blind homer.
dawgstephen loved Ray Goff and Jim Donnan.
dawgstephen refuses to accept facts for facts… like Mark Richt won those two titles either pre-Meyer, or during Meyer’s first year (and STILL lost to Meyer!).
dawgstephen loves his mediocre Georgia Bulldogs.
BugKiller wants Brian Kelly to come in and fix this mediocre plataeu Mark Richt, who no longer deserves to coach this team, has brought the Dawgs to.
Mark Richt, through his actions, which are a verifiable trend, has proven that he will not do what it takes to win, do what it takes to compete with Meyer, Saban, Miles, or KIFFIN!!!
FIRE MARK RICHT!!!
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:04 pm
Holding and a block in the back on one punt. Only counts for one penalty, though.