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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1,805 comments Add your comment
fcmr
October 17th, 2009
1:04 pm
More flags!!!!
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:04 pm
I swear I just saw Steve Martin on the Vandy sideline!
Mr. Real
October 17th, 2009
1:04 pm
Let’s see now how many touches AJ gets on this series
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
1:04 pm
Two penalties on one play for Georgia, what are the odds of that O 100% foir Georgia!
Cinci Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:04 pm
I’m guessing you could toss a coin between Gray and Murray. Let him fair catch punts…
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:04 pm
A question: If Georgia was planning to use Gray at quarterback, would it risk him on punt returns?
TXDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:05 pm
If Vanderbilt’s atheletes are so smart (3.05 GPA average) then why can’t they figure out how to win more games?
Happy in NorX
October 17th, 2009
1:05 pm
Please JC don’t INT here..
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:05 pm
Munzenmeier drops the ball.
willie martinez
October 17th, 2009
1:05 pm
bradley, my guys are showing how good i am.
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:05 pm
Of all the playmakers on the Dawgs we go to the fullbacks too often.
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:05 pm
Washun could get the grad point average after 4 years of school. WOW BOBO is just blowing me away with this playcalling.
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:05 pm
3 and out again!
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
1:05 pm
Nice play call Bobo. A swing pass for the slow full back now hand off and punt!
Jim Doggg Wallace
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
way to walk that tightrope
fcmr
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
Mb they’ve been doing it all season plus that would assume some degree of inteligent coaching
Not Disappointed!
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
Vandy would we a threat if they had a receiver to catch.
why did Logan run? He lost two yards.
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
Nice screen for a first down. Mike Bobo shows his special brand of genius.
Time
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
Hey Richt and Bobo….You’re NEVER going to establish the running game if you go away from it every time you get stuffed on first down. Commit to the run damnit.
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
Nope! 1st down!
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
well run screen
Super Dog
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
Hey everyone Im glad to see we are throwing all our passes towards the sidelines.
It just landed us a touchdown
Hey I can’t wait to see how FL will destroy us on such great passing play calling
Mr. Real
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
King is back
BugKiller
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
dawgstephen LOVES mediocrity.
dawgstephen STILL defends Willie Martinez.
dawgstephen refuses to understand that St. Richt refuses to do everything it takes to win, and because of this, cannot hope to compete with Meyer, Saban, Miles, or KIFFIN.
dawgstephen is the WORST kind of Dawg.
The blind homer dawg.
dawgstephen loved Ray Goff and Jim Donnan, too.
TXDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
1st down dawgfan13…..no need to punt
dawgfan13
October 17th, 2009
1:06 pm
Can we throw a screen to a running back instead of a slow fullback?
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
Throwaway and perhaps a lineman downfield.
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
Yep. Another penalty.
Happy in NorX
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
Mike Bobo intended target
Rose-Colored TV Screen
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
Bobo stealing a page from Tennessee’s offense. Great coaching.
Life long Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
Are we seeing Bobo on the sidelines? Is this new?
Chris
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
My humble, we shouldn’t risk Gray on punt returns whether they intend to play him at QB today or no.
willie martinez
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
zier is a nitwit.
Fitten
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
That’s why I want a QB who can RUN!!!! Slow Cox had no choice but to throw it away
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
Bobo needs to be in the booth! Joe Cox sux!
dawgstephen (AKA bugkiller killer)
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
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TXDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
Bradley is flexin some sarcasm skills today…..lol…I love it!!
Pi$$onaDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
Super I thing you will need to lend Joe your cape against the Gators.
Dawg since 1965
October 17th, 2009
1:07 pm
this looks too much like a Ray Goff team
Bo Diddly Squat
October 17th, 2009
1:08 pm
OMG did Cox actually complete a pass? 1 in a row?
willie martinez
October 17th, 2009
1:08 pm
may as well send a lineman out for a pass. nobody other than aj can catch
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:08 pm
Washaun Ealey for no gain.
TXDawg
October 17th, 2009
1:08 pm
Self Promotion sucks!!
C
October 17th, 2009
1:08 pm
what ever happened to lead blocking???
Cinci Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:08 pm
Agreed. You’ve got to keep trying to run the ball. You can’t run once, have little or no success, then give up. I thought Tuberville taught Richt that lesson about 8 years ago…
Mark Bradley
October 17th, 2009
1:08 pm
Now Vandy calls timeout. I know not why. Third and 10 for Georgia.
Logo sTomping Dawg
October 17th, 2009
1:08 pm
Fire stacy searles his line cannot open holes!
Rose-Colored TV Screen
October 17th, 2009
1:08 pm
But we ARE establishing the run. We’ve firmly established that we have no running game.
Jim Doggg Wallace
October 17th, 2009
1:09 pm
may have to depend on that 7 points to win the game … ug
willie martinez
October 17th, 2009
1:09 pm
glad we got that interception out of the way. wont have to worry about another till the tech game