5+1 reasons UGA’s loss was even worse than it seemed
Here's the first of Joe Cox's several interceptions. (AJC photo by Bob Andres)
1. With Georgia within 14 points and still 10 minutes to play, some 10,000 Georgia backers up and left. Think about that. You’ve paid for tickets, parking, food, hotel and gas/airfare to come watch your team, and your team still has a theoretical chance. (One tipped pass and it’s a one-score game.) And you have so little faith in your team that you walk out. And your program has won 10 or more games six times in the past seven seasons. This would seem to say, at least to me, that Mark Richt is losing his constituency.
2. When Georgia pulled within 14-10, it did its huddle-up-and-jump-around thing on the sideline, and I typed on the live chat, “I smell a late hit coming.” It came on the kickoff. Michael Gilliard, late hit. It is uncanny how this team cannot play by the rules.
3. Florida scored 41 points without doing anything extraordinary. No Gator rushed for 100 yards. No Gator had 100 yards receiving. Tim Tebow’s longest completion was for 29 yards. Not until the game’s final drive did Florida gain 30 yards on a scrimmage play. And the Gators didn’t throw a fourth-quarter pass (though Tebow was sacked once). And a merciful Urban Meyer had John Brantley take a knee with the ball on the Georgia 20. Think Spurrier would have?
Loading ...4. Joe Cox was supposed to be a game manager. Instead the fifth-year senior has been wilder than Matthew Stafford was as a freshman. Stafford had 13 interceptions in 2006 and didn’t start every game. Cox has 12 interceptions in eight games. And the second interception Saturday was just sad: Pressured, Cox tried to throw the ball out of bounds but couldn’t sling it far enough. The exact same thing had happened in Knoxville. Which brings us to …
5. Tennessee. It’s coming fast. If Georgia didn’t figure to finish ahead of Florida in 2009, neither did it seem any other SEC East school posed an imminent threat to the Bulldogs’ hold on second place. South Carolina is ensconced as a 7-5 or 8-4 team, and Kentucky and Vandy are Kentucky and Vandy. But Tennessee has now beaten Georgia and South Carolina and has played Florida and Alabama close, and that’s a scary sign. Because if Tennessee in Year 1 under Kiffin can have the same overall record as Georgia in Year 9 under Richt, what happens in 2010?
6. The black helmets. Just embarrassing.
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Super Dog
November 1st, 2009
1:11 pm
PRISON STRIPE UNIFORMS
THIS WEEK
FANS COME FOR A STRIPE OUT
ABBA DAWG
November 1st, 2009
1:11 pm
Waterloooo I’ll say it
if ya want me to
Willies waterlooo
defenses plays like dancin bears
from Captain Kangeroo
Whoa whoa whoa waterloo
poor ole Willie
dont have a clue
Whoa whoa woa Willies waterlooo
even stinks when we play
a gamecocka Doodle Dooo
Denver Dawg
November 1st, 2009
1:12 pm
Dawgs are beyond embarrasing at this
point. Go tenn tech
Gatorzone
November 1st, 2009
1:12 pm
I LOVED watching the UGA players Jawing and shoving after every play. Even when down by 2 TD’s UGA was celebrating expected plays and doing the Gator Chomp. Too Funny!
As for Spikes, that was dirty. However, perhaps if Ealy wasn’t talking and shoving after every play it may not have happened.
KEEP MARK RICHT! I love him and his cute “child sized” sunglasses! Also, love the stupid penalties!
Same old, same old.
As in the words of Spurrier…”What do you expect? It’s just Georgia”
HAHAHAHA
Real Denver Dog
November 1st, 2009
1:13 pm
Go Dawgs! We’ll fix this!
ABBA DAWG
November 1st, 2009
1:13 pm
Waterloooo I’ll say it
if ya want me to
Willies waterlooo
defenses plays like dancin bears
from Captain Kangeroo
Whoa whoa whoa waterloo
poor ole Willie
dont have a clue
Whoa whoa woa Willies waterlooo
even stinks when we play
Carolina tooo
Dawg Fan 74
November 1st, 2009
1:14 pm
What a bunch of whiners. Mark Richt will right the ship. Other that Florida, who has a better record in the last 6 years in the SEC? Nobody!
lifer dawg
November 1st, 2009
1:16 pm
Richt is now exposed as the coach wearing no uniform. What an idiot!!!!!!! Has he been living in reality since he lost the Sugar bowl in 2005 to WVA?? Its been an inconsistent ride from hell for all of our fans. Is he in total denial about just how bad and how many HUGE SEC match ups HIS coaching has lost on the big national media stage?? He has been made to look like a high school coach in over his head at least 3-5 games a year now. Folks that is Ray Goofball territory in my book. In the early years Richt’s team was disciplined, tenacious, solid D mated with solid O!!! WTF happened Coach?!?!?!?! Its like the super rich Gayturds paid for an alien ship to take you away and put some spray tanned idiot in your place. Since then you haven’t seen an SEC champ game in Atlanta (and prob won’t for the rest of your brief career at UGA) your teams play like there is no practicing during the weak just fun scrimmages, and diving board days too!!! Your assistants would be lucky to find a job at my local private high school footabll teams and STILL might get outcoached. Your supposed top 10 recruiting classes are turning out to be handpicked thugs that can learn how to play the game. This unfortunately means that your program is SO FAR OUT OF THE TOP TWENTY RIGHT NOW ITS SAD. Coach your too old to grow a pair so I might ask if you could just resign please so the rich UGA program can go and get a winner (Cincinnati, TCU, BSU…….) so many other coaches that would outperform you in NCAA college ball right now its pathetic. Coach I liked you at first and you did well but I never seen such a sorry excuse and over paid govt employee now a days until I watched my favorite team this season vanish in a puff of poorly coached/prepped smoke. UGA plan on some rebuilding years ahead. CMR gonna go and join his 10th church and adopt a few more kids AFTER he resigns from coaching casue its just gotten too hard now that the SEC is loaded with ball cutting basterds ( Saban,Meyer,Kiffen, Miles, Spurrier ) Coach I am real proud of you for resigning so soon. I wouldn’t want to assocaite or coach against that rabid bunch of freaks either, Lotta work you know??? God speed coach on your contributions to charity and of your adopting more kids. Oh yeah and thanks for letting my DAWGS go back to finding a coach that will GET ER DONE, cause you are clearly just lazy and worried about your spray tan week in and out. See ya CMR!!!!!!!
Mutt Nation
November 1st, 2009
1:17 pm
Made up of over rated players who make better
thugs, over priced coaches who wouldn’t
know discipline if it bit em on the arse and
loud obnoxious delusional fans, about
sums up the Daaaaaawwwwg nation.
Joke, y’all get what you deserve
Denver Dog
November 1st, 2009
1:19 pm
We sucked so bad I went outside
to watch the snow melt.
GT Rules State
November 1st, 2009
1:20 pm
Mutt H8r … now that’s the most intelligent comment I have seen on a UGA post. GT appreciates a great coach, a winning record and doesn’t EXPECT a national championship. Just so happen we got one 20 years ago and UGA hasn’t had in 30. Will get another one before UGA too. UGA won’t get a bowl bid this year, will run off CMR, and CMR will come back to haunt you unappreciative fans. Don’t realize what you got. That’s what makes this so fun. Still wondering where Bud is from yesterday’s post. Oh Bud, where are youuuuuuu?
Kathy Cox
November 1st, 2009
1:20 pm
Wait, I thought betting was illegal? Hell with it, I’m betting anyway. What dear, did you day college games are fixed, especially Georgia’s. This is the only way to pay back the IRS, I’ll show them I’m smarter than a sixth grader.
Hotdawg
November 1st, 2009
1:20 pm
Black jersys O.K. black pants no problem but black helments my god they just broke a tradition with that little gimmick. Thats like peeing on coach Butts grave. If this is all the staff can do we`re in big trouble.
Alex
November 1st, 2009
1:21 pm
All you idiot Georgia fans that wanted to make fun of Georgia Tech for the rings last year…well ya’ll have certainly topped the cake with this bone-headed move. Black helmets and pants? Really? Trying to “intimidate” the #1 team? It looked very gimmicky….what a tool of a team. LOL
longtimedawg
November 1st, 2009
1:21 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDOy-RMIpF0
Click on this link of Ealey getting his eyes gouged out by Brandon “THE THUG” Spikes. There is no way this guy should not be charged with an Assault for what he did. CMR should request from SEC league office to carry guns next year to protect themselves against the FLA thug players. This is not the first incident ….remember spikes lying on top of Knowshon last year and kidney punching him several times. Why can’t the media expose these guys for what a THUG program that they are.
UGA players get charged with driving without a license and UF players are charged with RAPE, GRAND THEFT, ASSULT with deadly weapons. I will take UGA athletes any day…THEY HAVE CLASS!…..If a UGA player would have gouged Tebows eyes it would be all over ESPN!
MartinLw
November 1st, 2009
1:22 pm
Maybe when we play GT CMR can bring the team out in purple helmets?
DBCOOPER
November 1st, 2009
1:22 pm
First of all!! I hope we lose all the sorry ass bandwagon jumpers now. Second All the Wussy Tech and Bamer fans come out of the woodwork now that they don’t suck like they have since Stallings and who knows who at Tech? They have always sucked since Bobby Dodd and 1 lucky season in 90.
As for Georgia They haven’t been able to field a team that can compete in Jax since Dooley left. They let a little ego Maniac Spurrier who UGA kicked around like a little Biatch when he played, start a momentum trend that Richt, Donnan or Goff have been powerless against. The state of Georgia produces some of the best football players in the country and some of the sorriest coaches. Why we can’t even compete down there is beyond explanation. Send down the local Girl Scouts from Watkinsville or something next year at least they could teach this bunch a little about discipline.
Captain
November 1st, 2009
1:22 pm
21 steps
1-Play Aaron Murray
2-Play King and Ealey more
3-Play Marlon Brown (are we burning a redshirt for a handful of plays?)
4-Play Orson Charles more
5-Play Rantavious Wooten more
6-Play AJ Greene every play, throw to him often
7-Play Branden Smith more
8-Play Tavarres King more
9-Move Samuel to LB (see Brandon Miller and Kiante Tripp)
10-DEMAND discipline, cut the hair, treat them like the freaking army, if they don’t like it, hit the road, kids NEED discipline, they need to focus on the little things
11-Red jerseys and helmets at home, white jerseys and read helmets on the road—that’s it
12-If you make a physical error, there will be discipline in practice, repeated mistakes you are benched
13-If you make a mental error, penalty late hits, dancing after making a tackle etc… you are immediateley benched, repeated mistakes, benched for the year
14-DEMAND perfection, repeat plays until all 11 players execute properly, reward good performance
15-Bobo takes new position elsewhere
16-Fabris ditto
17-Martinez ditto
18-Hire the best strength and conditioning coach in the country, move VH to head of player development/mentoring
19-Have your former WR (Bryan McLendon) coach wide receivers instead of running backs and have your former running back (Tony Ball) coach running backs instead of WRs
20-Go after the best OC, DC and ST coaches in the country, pay them well, demand accountability
21-Recruit playmakers AND leaders, not just pure speed. This team has NO leaders.
It’s not that difficult
Bradon Spikes
November 1st, 2009
1:23 pm
I play dirty and it does not matter. The SEC refs will never do anything about it. I play for Florida.
Mark Bradley,
November 1st, 2009
1:24 pm
Enter your comments here
Randy
November 1st, 2009
1:25 pm
I have never been so ashamed of being a Dawg fan!
Penalties, terrible play calling…I could go on and on…
Fire the ENTIRE coaching STAFF TODAY…don’t wait…we are the laughing stock of the SEC…
UGAAlum
November 1st, 2009
1:25 pm
This is just sad. Alumni and Fans alike should really start a petition to fire Willie Martini and Bobo the Boob!
Super Dog
November 1st, 2009
1:26 pm
GA COACHING STAFF
I NEED MOTIVATION TO WATCH YOU COACH
WHAT WILL I GET FOR WATCHING
LET ME GUESS LOSING TO FLA EVERY YEAR OR
HOW ABOUT LOSING TO TENN NOW SINCE THEY HAVE THEIR COACHING CHANG
PROBABLY AGAINST TECH
YEA YEA YEA NOW IM MOTIVATED
jacket in badgerland
November 1st, 2009
1:27 pm
As a Tech fan for a long time , I know what this type of losing that UGA is going through feels like. It’s easy to blame all the losses on the coach(es). However, I feel like the players have given up on the coaches this year. The undisciplined play with stupid penalties, missed assignments, etc. shows a lack of concentration and also a lack of discipline. In other words the coaches have lost control of the team. In a lot of ways I think it goes back to the type of student/athlete you sign. I’ve thought Georgia has recently stopped recruiting athletes with CHARACTER AND DISCIPLINE and has instead looked more at times in the 40 or yards gained. I really don’t think Richt has “his” players anymore, but has tried to coach the players that the recruiting coordinator has chosen to go after….just a thought.
Stunned Dawg
November 1st, 2009
1:27 pm
I’ve seen UGA be humiliated by the Gators before, but this is the first time I have seen UGA humiliate themselves before the game even started…black helmets? Really? Get it together!
UF is # 1
November 1st, 2009
1:29 pm
UGA is full of a bunch of cry babies. Brandon Spikes plays to win no matter what…what he is did is play agressive and smart. Plus, Ealey ran his mouth the entire game so he deserved it. Please keep coach Ricth and all his assistants. They are awesome. Can’t wait to see how you whiners act afer the GA Tech game.
Bill Stanfill
November 1st, 2009
1:30 pm
Hey Mark Bradley, Take a deep breathe, son. You’re too vulnerable to whatever way the wind is blowing. Be a tad bit level-headed. You’re often way too optimistic or way too pessimistic. Take your medicine, take a walk outdoors, call your mom. Settle down, son.
Dawg Tired
November 1st, 2009
1:31 pm
Gatorzone – Thanks for making my prediction come true! BTW, that was not “dirty,” It was illegal! But I hear the Florida mentality coming through loud and clear, it was Ealey’s fault. Wow!
Dawg Gator
November 1st, 2009
1:32 pm
Why is anyone surprised that ‘Dawgs are now in the same class as ‘Thugs’?? Does anyone remember a kicker at FSU–who could NOT speak or write English well enough to truly be counted ’student’ or made to attend classes–by the name of Jankowski, who helped Bowden/Richt win games?? In which IF any police officer arrested Jankowski for ANY offense found his, the officers job/career in jeopardy! What goes around COMES around….how is UGA being ‘honored’ with any of these tactics? Keep UP the pressure to get UGA, not just ‘Dawg’s football’ back ON TRACK!!
The Ghost of Ray Goof
November 1st, 2009
1:33 pm
UGA fans were just as outraged over Nick Williams’ cheap shot on Tebow, right? Or a UGAg player ripping off Spike’s helmet, right?
Of course not. It’s not a problem if a Dawg acts like a thug. Just typical leghumper crying and whinning about refs, coaches and conspiracies. Ya’ll are a sorry bunch.
Super Dog
November 1st, 2009
1:33 pm
FIRST 50,000 FANS GET TO WATCH THE PLAYERS DISCO DANCE THIS SATURDAY DURING THE GAME
DBCOOPER
November 1st, 2009
1:36 pm
Spoken like a true Florida fan. Probably became a fan 2 years ago like most of them. The haughtiness of Notre Dame with tradtion of Wake Forest
Dawg Tired
November 1st, 2009
1:38 pm
I have been a Dawg fan for over 40 years. This program is reminding me of Nebraska’s: once a dominating force, it is now behind the times and doomed to get worse. The thug mentality has to go – it is embarrassing and insulting. My son goes to UGA and had one of the offensive players in his class. He asked the player about the trip back to Athens after the UT game, “Richt must have ripped into you guys” … the player responded, “nope, actually we listened to music and he was pretty low key and nice”. WTF?
I went to the Arizona State game and actually watched Curran on the big screen dancing to rap music as he and the other defenders were in position waiting for the snap. I would expect this from Miami, but if this is the future of UGA, I’m outta here. Get rid of Damon Evans and bring back Dooley and some class to the program.
NT
November 1st, 2009
1:38 pm
dawg fans can still flaunt their preseason national title from last year. do you get a crystal ball for that?
Gatorzone
November 1st, 2009
1:39 pm
Enjoy the second tier of the SEC…
You will continue to be mired there!
Mr. Thomas Anthony "The Taxman Cometh"Jones,SR
November 1st, 2009
1:45 pm
The fair-weather University of Georgia t Atherns fans who are whinning like babies should be ashamed. If you were real fans of the UGA Football Team you would keep your complaints to yourself and rally around the UGA Football Team. I look at players like Rennie Curran who put a big hit on that overrated Tim Tebow and I applaud his effort. Yes UGA is really down this year, (2009), but I see positives everywhere. Georgia is stealing Florida High School players based on the commitment that have been announced, Urban Meyer will eventually move on the Notre Dame job in South bend and then UGA will take the series back from Florida. Thus I ask that UGA fans be patient. 2009 iis a loss year. Next year the overated Tim Tebow will be seating on a NFL practice squad and soon Meyer will be at will at his Dream Job.
Also Georgia every year recuits Top Ten players to the Football Team. We will eventually win the SEC down the road in a few year. Just cut your silly pathetic whinning and accept that the University of Florida is a better Football Team in 2009 and 17 of the last 20 years. Adios Amigos!!!
Randy
November 1st, 2009
1:45 pm
I am so sick of hearing about how CMR is a good man, about his morals…WHO CARES He SUCKS as a coach and his blind loyality and no passion should get him fired ASAP!!!
Maybe he should get a job as a preacher somewhere…
The Ghost of Ray Goof
November 1st, 2009
1:46 pm
DB – Florida has the fourth longest current streak of consecutive home sellouts, and GA is not one of the three with a longer streak. Hmm. Sounds like some Gator fans have been around for more than the past couple of years.
But you just believe whatever mythology you want to, if it allows you to sleep at night.
By the way – way to honor your glorious “tradition” with those Arena League unis yesterday!
Dawg Tired
November 1st, 2009
1:46 pm
Gatorzone – Thanks again for demonstrating Gator class! Keep defending the indefensible.
Patrick
November 1st, 2009
1:48 pm
I hate to even type this but I really hope UGA loses each and every remaining game by at least 35 points. There would HAVE to be significant changes made then, huh?
Georgia Tech
November 1st, 2009
1:48 pm
I will trade Womack for Willie
Gator Growl
November 1st, 2009
1:48 pm
Richt needs to fire all of his assistants and then send all of those stockpiled 5 star recruits to us so Urb and Charley can coach ‘em up and make them true champions. I don’t see a true East rival for UF for at least a couple of years, don’t forget that Tenn will have a new QB and O Line next year and no Eric Berry. They will be better THIS year than they will next year. It will be another battle for second place next year. Florida and Bama have built championship programs that will be around awhile…
ThaDawgdude
November 1st, 2009
1:49 pm
Charlie Strong or Kirby Smart. Both would be a great defensive minded coach that knows the inner workings of their respected top ranked programs. Not only would we have a strongly developed program, but we would also have a leg up on the team that whichever one comes from. You know Saban is always gonna have a very good defense so his DC should very much understand the way the man works. With the type of players we have, Strongs 3-3-5 scheme would fit pretty well. We recruit very similar to UF on defense, just not quite as good.
Both of these coaches would be great recruiters. Smart is a homegrown guy who would take pride in coaching his alma mater. Remember Spurrier at UF?
We need a defense, special teams, and ball control minded head coach at UGA. We can always get an OC that can put points on the board. The issue is can either of these guys bring in a full staff to work with them as a HC. I think both will get a shot at HC somewhere soon. Do they need to prove themselves as an HC on a smaller stage first? Do we gamble and wait? Do we look to the NFL for a current DC to be our HC. As far as Im concerned, I don’t care what kind of offense we run but we damn well need a defensive minded HC. Do you really think CMR knows that much about how to scheme a defense? He obviously doesn’t because if he did then whatever changes were made during the offseason just made us worse.
Maybe BVG could be our head coach, Im not sure that’s the best option though. I’m not sure he’s head coach material, look at what happened at GSU a few years back.
We gotta get somebody new dammit!
I can’t stand to watch sloppy, underachieving football any longer.
Gator Growl
November 1st, 2009
1:50 pm
Sorry Charley…that’s Charlie
Dawg Tired
November 1st, 2009
1:50 pm
Folks – There seem to be two Dawg Tired folks posting. I did not attend the ASU game. That’s an impostor, perhaps a good faith impostor perhaps not, only he knows.
Florida Dawg
November 1st, 2009
1:51 pm
To Buck Belue and the other CSS announcer:
The reason I left the Ga-Fl game with 10 minutes left was because we were loosing and it was Halloween.
I had two little grand boys that I also wanted to take “trick or treating” and I decided that at this point…Halloween was more important. I usually stay to the “bitter” end in Jacksonville but maybe some others left for the same reasons.
Henry Grady
November 1st, 2009
1:51 pm
Richtus so enjoys pimping Fords that that needs to be his full-time “job.” Years ago I said this was coming, and right soon the majority of the Bulldawg nation will turn on this bible-thumping phony.
duke vs ugag in a bowl
November 1st, 2009
1:51 pm
lmfao
who woulda thunk.
duke would be favored.
augusta dawg
November 1st, 2009
1:52 pm
Coach Martinez and Bobo would not get any other division 2 offers any where………….. Bobo has never been offensive cord. material….He married into the Dooley family…Enough said….. Martinez would find it hard to coach anywhere but h.s.
Dawg-gone Losers
November 1st, 2009
1:52 pm
Charlie Strong didn’t work his tail off all these years to settle for the lousy UGA job. To paraphrase Milton, better to serve in Gainesville than the reign in Athens!