UGA wins in Nashville; can it possibly win in Jacksonville?
Was what we saw Saturday a circling of the wagons? (Photo by Frederick Breedon IV)
Nashville – I’m going to say something, and you’re going to laugh. You’re going to laugh so hard you’ll make like Chipper Jones and pull an oblique muscle. And that’s OK. I’ll feel you’re laughing with me, not at me. (Sort of.) So here goes:
Georgia has the mighty Gators where they want them.
I know, I know. It sounds like the dumbest line I’ve ever written, which would make it the dumbest line in the history of lines. But the Bulldogs will play in Jacksonville on Halloween with nobody expecting them to do anything but lose by six touchdowns, and that’s not a bad way to approach such an opponent.
“We having nothing to lose,” A.J. Green said Saturday. “We know we have a chance [against Florida]. We’re going to go down there and play hard and play fast and play physical.”
I know, I know. You’re saying: What evidence exists to suggest Georgia is capable of doing any of the above, let alone all of it? Saturday’s game? Hey, that was against Vandy. And I hear that, too. The Bulldogs led by just seven points after 40 minutes and outgained the SEC’s worst offense by only 103 yards. But it was, I submit, better than losing.
And let’s be honest: After what happened last week in this state, we weren’t sure Georgia would win again this season. But they won 34-10 Saturday and got incrementally better. Said quarterback Joe Cox: “All three phases [offense, defense and special teams] played well. We really needed a game where we all played well.”
Georgia ran the ball harder and better, at least in the second half. The defense didn’t allow Vandy quarterback Larry Smith to turn into Joe Montana, or even Jonathan Crompton. The great Green made another great play, turning a sideline hitch into a 65-yard touchdown. It wasn’t the greatest performance in the history of football, but it was the best Georgia has looked in 2009.
Loading ...I know, I know. It was still just Vandy, and this Vanderbilt team is a shadow of the past few. But with all the negativity swirling around Georgia, it was a heartening first step.
Said linebacker Rennie Curran: “Coach kept telling us we have to represent the guys who’ve worn the jersey before, the guys who had the ‘G’ on their helmet and who might not have appreciated the way we’ve been playing. Now the weight’s been lifted. We know we’ve still got an opportunity to do great things this season.”
Like give regal Florida a royal run? “Yeah, why not?” said freshman Orson Charles, a Florida native. “We had an edge today. We’d heard our coaches were going to get fired, but we listened to them. We had a team meeting [Tuesday] and just talked. We broke everything down and said we had to put it in the past.”
Said Mike Bobo, the offensive coordinator who worked from the sideline this day: “A lot of people don’t give this team a lot of credit, and I’m talking about Vanderbilt. But they’re a tough team, and to get something going gave us some confidence. I hope that can carry over against Florida.”
I know, I know. It sounds silly. But it sounded pretty silly two years ago to think that a Georgia team that had been blown out in Knoxville and needed a late Vandy fumble to survive here would go to Jacksonville after a bye week and unhorse the reigning national champ. And remind me again: How’d that one turn out?
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Mark Bradley
October 18th, 2009
6:09 pm
Yes. The Bearcats beat Ohio State in the final in both 1961 and 1962.
Bob Knight was a Buckeye sub, you might recall.
ThisYearWeAreChihuahua's
October 18th, 2009
6:18 pm
Mark,
I doubt that the Dawgs defeating UF would truly shock anyone except those of us in Dawg nation. I certainly have told several of my Dawg friends that I truly believe we beat UF this year. First, UF just has not played very well. Alabama is the best team in the SEC this year based on the play thus far. Arkansas should have won Saturday…the two missed FG’s really hurt. Florida can’t run the ball and the receivers are certainly not up to last years standard! They really have not played very well. UGA certainly has not played very well either but we do get two weeks to prepare for that game and that will make all the difference. We will be fresh – they will be worn. This win will not be any real credit to Richt or Martinez but just the reality that would and should occur with any coaching staff where the teams have similar talent. But do not worry…UGA will get back off the band wagon with losses to Kentucky and Yech to end the season.
Mark Bradley
October 18th, 2009
6:24 pm
That’s a good point: I think Bulldog Nation is more down on the Bulldogs than national observers.
dawg watcher
October 18th, 2009
6:25 pm
Can the dawgs beat the gators? Well, yeah, if the gator first string offense and defense come down with the flu!! The refs are all for the Gators and all over the dawgs. Gonna be a beatdown, even if Tebow has limited duty. Get prepared for a spanking. We will have 10 penalties and score less than 14, the rest is up to the Gators.
Dawghater
October 18th, 2009
6:29 pm
Puppy Dawg fans find “hope” in the fact Arkansas hung with Fla. Well, you don’t have Ryan Mallett. And if you knew anything about football you’d know how lucky UGA was getting Arkansas early in the season before Mallett got comfortable in their offense. Go ahead fill your heads with hope and we’ll watch what Joe Cox does with the FLA defense. And then there is Willie Martinez. Enjoy Jackesonville, I know I will!
GatorGrowl
October 18th, 2009
6:56 pm
THIS YEAR
How about those 3 Gator fumbles inside the red zone (and the other Gator turnover) and their missed FG? Oh, those don’t count. The only ones that count are the ones Arky committed. Well, Florida had many more mishapes than Arky and played their worse game of the year, a letdown after the big LSU game. Yet the Gators still won the game. Spell that what CHAMPIONS do! Win when they shouldn’t, unlike USC, Texas, and Oklahoma. The two best teams right now are 1. Bama and 2. Gators. No doubt. And that question will be settled in Atlanta in early December. Keep on believing in your Dawgs, however. At least you are keeping the faith since 1980, unlike so many other Dawgs who despised their team and coaches this time last week.
Carl Spackler
October 18th, 2009
7:00 pm
“takedowndawg…
Esquire Sir Spankler, Did find your response interesting. I like committed individuals who do not stay on the sidelines. Did you play football or did you play the other futebol? Maybe even laccrose, from your area. 30 years in the South and not committed to a team. A REAL football fan. Have you noticed there has never been a migration of the South to the North in the last 50+ years and wonder why? There was only one earlier in the century with migration of ethnics to industries. I assure you it wasn’t for the dispostion of the people. Theory though. Noone, even you,, likes to spend a lifetime around arrogant asses like yourself. Did you marry a woman from up North or did you marry a Southern Women with a different dispostion than your own. I suspect the latter. I do write in a hurry at times and sp may be questionable at times. What is never in question is my life long love of the game and the love for our region of the country. I make no apologies for offending you. Life is too short.”
Now, now don’t go Glenn Beck and start whimpering…if your eluding to playing soccer (futebol), well I never even saw that until I went to college…as far as playing football, well did that and also wrestled in college…you want to try a tough sport, try wrestling (course by your moniker takedowndog maybe I’ve seen you on those late night wrasslers)…you know what they say, those who can do and those who can’t become die-hard Homer fans…met the wife in college and she’s from the north also…let me see, live in the north and get a good job, or move south w/ takedowndog and become a “FOOTBALL FAN”…now Florida is in the south, but really, is it the south…dust off your High School Harry Letterman jacket and wear it proudly on Friday nights, then get all decked out in your UGA “uniform” to root on your DAWGS, and then on Sundays you can get your Falcon gear out and scream and cheer at the TV in a delusional state, like your unbridled devotion makes one iota of difference…
BTW: you can get spell check free through Google…
Stephen
October 18th, 2009
7:03 pm
Florida can’t run the football, lol!! Someone doesn’t pay attention to college football!!! Florida is a top ten team in running the football.
RK TEAM ATT YDS YDS/A LONG TD YDS/G
1 Georgia Tech 381 1971 5.2 82 22 281.6
2 Air Force 431 1955 4.5 52 12 279.3
3 Navy 419 1953 4.7 52 27 279.0
4 Nevada 257 1757 6.8 89 15 292.8
5 Auburn 318 1731 5.4 62 14 247.3
6 Fresno State 277 1678 6.1 69 15 279.7
7 Michigan 304 1645 5.4 90 21 235.0
8 Alabama 298 1605 5.4 54 17 229.3
9 Florida 269 1559 5.8 76 13 259.8
10 Army 372 1558 4.2 75 8 222.6
GBO
October 18th, 2009
7:23 pm
I have watched both teams extensively and being from Tennessee, I have no love for either, but i would like to make a few comments.
Florida is an excellent team, but after watching them this year and last year, the loss of Percy Harvin, Dan Mullen, and the other receiver have made a major dent in their offense. Tebow is still superb but has definitely been slowed down some since he got hit in the KY game.
GA still has Willie, and there have been too many times when GA’s defense looked like a AA high school team, rather than a major conference, top talent defense. In spite of having highly touted running backs, the offense has declined since ARK. Green and the special teams have saved GA from some even more major embarassments, but you will need a functioning offense and defense to be competitive with the Gators.
Finally, everyone is sick and tired of hearing GA fans crying about how the “refs pick on the Dawgs”. You are undisciplined, draw too many fouls, and need to get a grip. Bad ref calls happen to every team and it evens out in the end. GA may have brought some extra scrrutiny on itself by its consistent violations. And for what it is worth, I’ve seen GA win games it should have lost because there were bad calls that went in their favor too.
Bottom line…Florida just has to be Florida to win. GA has to fix all of the errors listed above AND have some luck. Could GA win…maybe if they clean up their act and quit making excuses.
DAWG
October 18th, 2009
7:26 pm
My old ball coach in Summerville use to say, on any given night a good team can be beat. The way things have been going, any thing can happen. I am pretty sure of one thing, it will be Alabama and Forida in the dome.
Forecaster
October 18th, 2009
7:47 pm
Sure if the power of the Georgia defense can hold Florida to under 20 points then yes they can win.
Mark Bradley
October 18th, 2009
7:50 pm
Florida hasn’t been scoring as big this year. Twenty-three points against Tennessee, 13 at LSU, 23 again yesterday.
Of course, this could change when Willie Martinez rolls into Jax.
GatornDc
October 18th, 2009
8:01 pm
Here we go again…one win and UGA thinks they will win NC.
UGA maybe average, however, not in the same ranks as UF and Alabama. Just b’cos UF had 4 turnovers and won an ugly game does not mean every team that UF faces will have the same luck and same performance from UF offense. (ARK played a great game)
Marie_the_Dawg_Girl
October 18th, 2009
8:14 pm
I know all of us are hurting real bad even with the meaningless win over hapless Vanderbilt, but let’s all stay focused on the same page where it matters. Richt has to go. He’s a nice guy, but professionally he’s just an overrated, overpaid mediocre coach. He needs to go now, not after the upcoming Gator fiasco. Really, in your hearts, you know Mother Marie is right.
So let’s see some “For Sale” signs sprouting up in Richt’s front yard, y’all hear!
Dagny
October 18th, 2009
8:26 pm
Seeing some reports now on other blogs that some big news will break soon. Not sure if it’s about coaching staff or a player, but it sounds like it will out by tomorrow morning or soon afterward.
I hope it’s not about another one of our players arrested. We’re already a laughingstock for that. Does Richt have any control over these guys???
takedowndawg
October 18th, 2009
8:37 pm
Spackler, culturely only parts of Florida are Southern. The Panhandle, excluding the beach areas. The Gainesville and Tallahasee area. Ocala south to above Orlando. Lakeland Florida and surrounding counties, Apopka Kissimmee and that is just about it. The rest of state particularly the beach areas are all northern. I traveled 2/3 of the state in my work a few years ago. There are nice people anywhere you go but percentages are higher in the south in my opinion. Better manners as a general rule. Like yes sir, no maam etc. Rude culture migrates. I did live in Orlando Florida for 14 years and I did observe a large cross section of people who moved down from the North. Some of the nicer people that I observed were from upstate New York areas. Some of the rudest were from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey NY city and anyone from Iowa(mid west). Spackler, both of us are obviously under impressed with each other and we can leave it to that. I am a diehard Georgia fan, and I and nine other family members graduated from the University. Our football program has digressed from being a power team to a finesse team and it pains us who played the game and have followed the recruiting and program over the years. We have been very frustrated and yes even negative particularly toward our Head Coach. But, like a family member, we can criticize our own but don’t be surprised if you find you hand, as an outsider, bitten if you criticize our family. I haven’t boasted about how good our team is over the past year. It would not be true. Those three or four gator fans who post beligerately are going to be challenged. I tease them like a “sandspur” about meyer leaving because if Weis leaves ND soon I believe Meyer will as well. He is an opportuntist and will leave. Anyway, Spackler hope you have enjoyed living in the South. I personally would never want to move northward. By the way, while you here for 30+ years find yourself a team that you can support!!
HairyDawg
October 18th, 2009
9:54 pm
I’s disgustered with so many of us Dawg fans losing faith in Mark Richt. He’s a Christian and we has to keep faith with hims. We’s got to root for the Dawgs and shows ups loud in Jax. Then we wins with a whooping of that arrogants horses backsides Meyers. Those lizzerds is going down and we is going put the beatin on them. The Gaytors aint no goods this year and the pollers knows it. That’s why the Gaytors dropping in voting. All we gots to do is practice and prepares for an extra week and then we beats them Gaytors. Them being national BCS champs again is a croc and the dawgs is just the team to ruin Gaytors seasons. Teablows been playing like he still hearing bells clanging in his helments and no kiss the booboo from Meyers is gonna fix its. Weve been waiting for the chance to make Gaytors and Meyers pay for them timeoutes and we gonna gets them back with tricks on Hallosween. I’s can hardly wait for dawgs to chomp on Al Gaytors tails.
Mike Slive
October 18th, 2009
10:07 pm
UGA can not and will not win against the gators!!!
I’ve instructed ALL SEC officiating crews to make sure Bama and UF make it to the SEC championship game undefeated. We’ve got a guarnteed situation to have a team in that game, and I’m not going to let any hogs, dogs, gamecocks, or anyone else screw this up for me.
Go Gators & Roll Tide!! All the way to the bank!!!!$$$$$$$$
Pi$$onatechie
October 18th, 2009
10:09 pm
Please excuse Bradly he is either an alcoholic or struggling with alzheimer! we have Willie Mark dont you remember? and Florida dont that is why we will lose
Don
October 18th, 2009
10:21 pm
History has shown that the team that gets the week off before this game usually does pretty well regardless of who the better team is. The Dawgs have a shot in my opinion. I think the Defense will do a good enough job to give the Dawgs a chance. The question I have is will Bobo call 20+ screen passes or think of something a little more creative than the game plans he had for the LSU and Tennessee games?
HairyDawg
October 18th, 2009
10:27 pm
Dagny – “Seeing some reports now on other blogs that some big news will break soon. Not sure if it’s about coaching staff or a player, but it sounds like it will out by tomorrow morning or soon afterward.”
I’m hoping the pointed headed Adams has been canned. That would make my days and we could start focusing on being BCS champs again. Next best thing would be ND is hiring Meyers from them stinking Gaytors. Watching all the Gaytors lose hope with another Zooker is a wonderful thing to sees. I just wants us to send Meyer off with Dawgs causing a beat down in Jax.
Go Dawgs!
HairyDawg
October 18th, 2009
10:31 pm
Dagny – “Seeing some reports now on other blogs that some big news will break soon. Not sure if it’s about coaching staff or a player, but it sounds like it will out by tomorrow morning or soon afterward.”
Aslo maybe those slimey SEC officials is goning to corrects the LSU game to award the Dawgs with the wins. Those flag penalties was wrong and cost us the games.
Carl Spackler
October 18th, 2009
10:52 pm
takedowndawg…agree w/ your assessment of Florida…appreciate your passion towards your team, but I’ll follow Murray, Charles and Wooten while at UGA…Followed Charles when he was catching 12 passes a year at Riverview before transfering to Plant and catching 70+, Murray since he was in PeeWee up to the State Champ, and Wooten during summer 7on7’s…I’m pretty good at evaluating talent and these 3 three will be stars…Christian Green went to school w/ my kids and he has great potential (good candidate for a redshirt) and should be good if he can bird dog AJ for a year (he’s been playing QB for 3 yrs. and needs to learn how to be a w/r again)…Murray was ready to go this year and you’ll see next year what could have been…later
THE CATHOLIC HAMMER
October 18th, 2009
11:10 pm
The first thing I read (back on page 1) is that the “Dawgs” scored more points on Vandy than anyone else in 2 1/2 years.
Only either someone who had no real knowledge of college football (especially the SEC), or the demon possessed would say such a thing.
What a team does, or does not do, with Vandy has no real bearing on reality. Further, if Georgia could run the ball, they wouldn’t have scored that many points. That’s why teams, especially most SEC teams, don’t score as many points against Vandy: they can actually keep the ball on the ground and “grind out” an old-fashioned win. UGA, on the other hand, has an almost negligible running game.
jason
October 18th, 2009
11:47 pm
We have to play the younguns. We will need great games from Boykin, Rambo, and smith on the defense. We will need King, Wooten, and CHARLES to take pressure off of AJ. We can do it, but only if the younguns play.
Gen Neyland
October 18th, 2009
11:57 pm
Gator Growl : Your team is good, BUT the Zebras make them better than they are. I hope that the Zebras will let the chips fall this coming Saturday in Alleybammey. Some of the calls in The Bog were pitiful, and you gators know it. It was obvious..$$$. Slive, get a dam grip on this crap and stop letting the Zebras decide the outcomes. National credibility demands it..
Gen Neyland
October 19th, 2009
12:01 am
BTW, Tennessee beats Bama.
KJ
October 19th, 2009
1:11 am
Does anyone know if the Penn Wager$ crew is assigned to Jacksonville yet again? If so, I suggest someone go down there and add a little extra “seasoning” to their dinner the night before the game.
Macclenny_man
October 19th, 2009
1:18 am
Everybody get off the officials!!! The SEC, ACC, BIG TEN, ETC. officials all want a team from there conference in the national championship game!!! GAYTORS and TIDE are the higher ranked teams in the SEC so its harder for officials to make a call against them!!! If We were ranked the highest we wouldn’t get them against us!!!! USC and Ohio State get the same respect in there conferences!!! I don’t like the calls any better than the next guy but that is the hidden truth about officials!!! That just means we have to outplay every team ranked higher regardless of officials!!! Go DAWGS!!!!! GADA them GAYTORS!!!!!!!!!!
bulldoggy
October 19th, 2009
1:24 am
florida is overrated…totally lucked out against arkansas and could even lose to miss st which would be bad for us…let them beat the wannabe bulldogs then play the real ones…alabama beats tennessee and so car and us beat florida/we run the table and are in…no problem!! got our worse games out of the way..go dawgs and lsu upset bama so we can slap them and the referees in championship game!!
Call it Like It Is
October 19th, 2009
8:39 am
HA! HA! bulldoggy, get off of that crack you are smokin.
GA sucks and the nation knows it. If you even think they will stick close to FL, u are really dumb or retarded.
Gators roll.
Enough Said!
Always a Dawg
October 19th, 2009
8:50 am
I’d love to see the Dawgs wear the Silver Britches in Jacksonville.
HairyDawg
October 19th, 2009
9:21 am
FLA is overated and we will whip them like an oranges and blue stepchilds.
Go DAWGS! Gaytors Stinks!
GoDawgs
October 19th, 2009
9:25 am
Trust me boys- it would not be the first time it happened. They need to smack BlowT in the mouth a couple times early and set the tone. Pigs should have won except for yet another bad call by the SEC Pansy’s on the field. Urban pays them well!
Call it Like It Is
October 19th, 2009
9:31 am
Oh here we go again from the whinning UGAY fans about the refs.
It’s real simple: GA has not won anything in 29 years, like a NC.
So, far this year they have lost to teams FL has beaten. I mean come on if you think GA has even a slight chance.
Gators roll big in this one, bank on it!
Enough Said!
Dawg Fud
October 19th, 2009
9:36 am
Even with “better teams”, Richt lost to Florida. He is 2-6 against the Gators…that sums it up.
If you think Florida will do anything less than destroy us then you are either (a) crazy or (b) the most optimistic fan ever.
i love the dawgs but i know when we have met our match.
florida loves to kill us and this year will be no different.
displaced georgia fan
October 19th, 2009
9:51 am
anyone who watched the fla arkansas game has to give ga a chance to win.I think fla wil;l lose 2 more games this season one to ga the other to fal state.
takedowndawg
October 19th, 2009
9:57 am
Spackler, I agree with your assessment of the talent we have recently recruited out Florida, particularly out of the Tampa area. I haven’t been as excited about a recruit(Murray) since we recruited Stafford out of Texas. The tandum of Murray/Charles will be dynamic one in the future. In our spring G-game, Murray was the most impressive qb on the field. I haven’t seen that tight a spiral since an Eric Zier pass from the 90’s. We have a lot talent but I and others believe they have not been skilled up as good coaches will do. Ineffective consistent strategy has been the signature of our team for the last 2+ years. Most of our success has been from talent rather than strategy, a result derived from a void in leadership . Look forward to seeing other messages from you.
Phil
October 19th, 2009
10:08 am
Doesn’t matter what happened in the Arkansas game, Florida will blow us out. We can’t run the ball, even against Vandy, sure as heck won’t be able to run against Florida.
The Florida defense will eat up Joe Cox, he will probably get his interception totals to surpass his TD total for the year, he’s only like 2 or 3 behind as of today.
We may get a couple of field goals, if that. Somewhere around 49-6 or 52-6.
betweenthehedges
October 19th, 2009
10:45 am
after first game of the year, i was convinced somehow we’d go 7-5 and beat fla. why not?? we’re supposed to lose right? let it all out. GO DAWGS
gt
October 19th, 2009
10:56 am
Can theDawgs play their game of games? Probably still not enough. Why? First, uf’s talent. Second-this is the kicker- THE REFS. ANYBODY WATCH THAT GAME?
TWO HORRIBLE CALLS SET THE LIZARDS UP TO TIE, AND AN EQUALLY BAD NO-CALL HELPED THEM TO THE WIN.
SEC OFFICIALS HAVE DECIDED WHO WILL WIN THE EAST. WHO DO THEY WANT TO WIN THE SEC IS THE QUESTION NOW.
yankeedawg
October 19th, 2009
11:01 am
Did anyone but me see the way the refs let Tebow do what ever he wants has far as displaying emotion let a Dawg or Vol do that and they are hit with 15 yards.also the two penalties 1 pass interference and the personal foul in the 4th quater were completely bogous SEC officals are the worst in the NCAA. Arkansas should have won that game.
dan
October 19th, 2009
11:31 am
A few things to consider when comparing 2007 to 2009 Florida UGA game.
1.In 2007, Florida lost to both Auburn and LSU prior to the UGA game. So essentially they were out of National Title contention. If they were still undefeated going into that game, the score would have been closer. Also this year, Florida plays MSU prior to playing UGA. UGA can be seen as a potential trap game and there’s no way they are looking past the Dawgs.
2. In 2007, Florida was breaking in 9 starters on defense. They have all of their returning starters on defense this year.
3. In 2006, UGA played Florida close in a 21-14 lose. They knew they had a shot at them. But this Bulldog team lost 49-10 to the Gators last year. How they respond? I don’t know.
4. In 2007, UGA had big play ability in the passing game and running game, and it all came together versus Florida. This team in 2009 doesn’t have that.
5. After the endzone dance in 2007, I can assure you that Urban Meyer and Co. aren’t looking past UGA.
With all of these factors mentioned, I do think that Florida isn’t quite as good on offense as they were a year ago. They’re still a good offense, but they’re not a great one like they were when they had that ” home run” ability with Harvin and Murphy. Then again, you don’t have to be a great offense to hang up points on the UGA defense( see Tennessee game). And except for AJ Green, UGA just doesn’t have a big play offense to put enough points on the Gator defense. This game won’t be a blowout, but it won’t be close either.
Gators 34-20.
Gatorman
October 19th, 2009
11:33 am
Florida is not as good as last year, but it is not because of Percy being gone. He missed the SEC championship game plus parts of 4 others and wasn’t 100% against OU. The difference is Louis Murphy and Urban’s hire of a coordinator whose best listing on his resume is Indian University. Give me a break, the guy is an idiot. By the way I love to hear all of these whining DAWGS, see you in JAX for the beatdown. But you will cry the Refs cheated you in a 30 point loss.
red hill
October 19th, 2009
12:11 pm
Bradley, what in the world have you been smoking?? It’s gonna be ugly on Halloween. Dawgs arent’ good and will have another defensive meltdown. That along with the SEC’s protection of “sacred cows” by the zebras will be enough to make it one for the ages for the abominable lizards. Tebag showboats more than anyone in college football and it’s never called. Imagine that.
Paul is a Johnson
October 19th, 2009
12:40 pm
UGA won’t beat FLA. This is the same UGA team that watched Tennessee erupt into a sideline celebration and responded by doing absolutely nothing! That was more troubling than the final score to me. We can’t run the ball and I just don’t see Joe Cox sitting back against a quality team and beating them by throwing. The only chance we have at all is to bring pressure all game long like Ark did. That is what kept Ark hanging around and having a chance to steal it in the end. We won’t be able to generate pressure rushing 4. Look what it did for the Falcons last night when they kept brining blitz packages. CHI hit on a couple of big plays but Cutler was scrambling a good portion of that game. We haven’t been able to stop many teams from scoring on us so if we are going to lose lets at least go down fighting with aggressive D. Wishful thinking with our bend but don’t break style of D.
JJ
October 19th, 2009
12:53 pm
I think it could happen, if we play like we did against Arkansas. Whoever scores last wins. And if the refs don’t screw us over again like they did to Arkansas against Florida and us against LSU. We could possibly have only one loss if it weren’t for the excessive celebration that never happened. Has anybody ever discussed there being consequences to horrible calls by refs?
SWFLJacket
October 19th, 2009
1:54 pm
Go Gators 99-0!
Ryan
October 19th, 2009
3:04 pm
Actually takedown I have played several downs. You have no idea what you’re talking about. Now run along to mother’s basement. She tells me she got you the pepperoni hot pockets this time , so you can stop crying .
nb4230
October 19th, 2009
3:40 pm
maybe i’m crazy too, but i’ve believed they could all year. even after the tennessee beatdown. florida is not as intimidating with out a pass game. and the run game can be stopped. if arkansas can do it (and i remember even uga’s RB’s busting some big ones on arkansas) then i know ugas d line and rennie curran can do it.
if joe cox gets into any groove early, and the entire teams plays agressive, and confident (’07) instead of scared and nice (’08)
then they have a better chance than anyone thinks. this is the kind of game mark richt is most effective. the impossible games.
the bye week always does miracles as well.