Mark Richt on UGA in 2010: ‘We want our fans to be proud’

CMR needs a dollop of wins this year for sure !

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Well said. CMR will win big again…and will be neither a histrionic egomaniac, a waffling odd genius, or brat that defies explanation…

He will coach boys to men and win championships along the way…

BTW, UGA won the 2008 Sugar Bowl trophy…not a championship, but my goodness what a door prize…Georgia will be fine…

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I just applied online for the A D job……… I will bring change and hope !

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He has to beat TN and FL in the same year, period. He has to put together a COMPLETE season, period. He has yet to put it all together.

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Mark,

Thanks for the report. There is only one team a year that can finish at the top, for all the rest it leads to an off-season of wailing and gnashing of teeth. Preparation, Luck, Scheduling, Shortcomings in areas you can’t control, and countless other factors play into the ultimate conclusion of every season.

For me, I hope to see a return to the well-disciplined, fundamentally-sound football we enjoyed during the first 5-6 years of CMR’s tenure. If we do that, conference and national championships will follow.

Go Dawgs!

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I think its time for CMR to change his “Finish the Drill” mantra…. How ’bout “Lets play Smash Mouth Football”.

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Notice Im on the big screen with CMR and Im flooding him with softball questions about his team while staying away from the hot seat topic.!

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Hey “Good People” I had a buzz !!!!!

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I’d just be happy if we can beat Florida for a few years in a row.

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Mark Richt has always done things the right way. Coach Richt will win and he will win the right way. How many coaches in the SEC can win and win the right way?

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Richt knows it’s…..great…..to be….a Georgia Bulldog…..in the summertime!

Looking forward to some reality time….and that’s in November….in Jacksonville…..and don’t forget to bring the fellow who “has it….if he hasn’t hurt his pinky by then playing with some red panties.”

Keep the dream alive! A slogan going on 30 years now.

Now….folks….don’t go and get all “gay” on me…I’m just having some fun.

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Feeling the buzz is not something Richt should be talking about. If I am chosen as full time mascot we won’t be feeling the buzz. If I am not chosen as mascot I may apply for Athletics Director. I think I can do that job and do it without anybody’s panties in my lap (if I had a lap). How can fans be proud of a team that would paint a little dog’s a$$? If they’d paint my a$$ they’d paint yours, too. How proud would you be of that?

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Doggs, I mean Dawgs-
Keep your cool. This year will tell us all whether Da Preach Man is a logo or a coach. He’s got to show us. Water Girrrrl can’t do it for him. Neither can all his assistants or his players. He has to walk the talk. He’s got to prove that he’s really a ball coach instad of a Maui Jim commercial.
Yo…

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About the only thing that Richt REALLY needs to do –SOON & OFTEN– is beat FLORIDA. Yeah, yeah, a NC would be nice, but even that can be explained, as in the 2002 13-1 season when there were a couple of undefeated teams playing for the NC, and in 2007 when GA had lost a head-to-head match w/ TENN –Nobody wanted to play GA at the end of the 2007 yr; A two-loss LSU team went on to win the NC over a two loss GA team (rightfully so), but that’s twice that GA has been ‘close’. The one thing that cannot be accepted is GA losing to FL. And I know that FL is good now & loaded with talent, but so is GA. And GA was losing to FL BEFORE Tebow & Meyer, so there’s realy no excuse at all. GA was more talented & had better coaches, especially before Vangorder left. SO, that’s the one Monkey Richt HAS TO GET OF HIS BACK. Beat FL 50% of the time, and even without a NC, you’ll be around for a while. Don’t & you won’t, because I seriously believe if GA continues to lose to FL over the next 3-4 yr’s Richt will be gone. A NC would buy him 3-4 more yr’s, but any 3-4 yr run of lossing to FL I don’t believe will be tolorated. I hope he does because I like Richt & think he’s a Great guy. Let’s see what happens.

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You Dawgs all sound like you went to obedience school. Think for yourselves! You probably voted for Obama.
Feeling the “buzz” isn’t going to win anything but a hangover.
Da Preacha Man has to be a coach, a leader, in the active on the sidelines.
If he isn’t, then he needs to go at the end of this season without fail.

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I remember when Coach Richt got to UGA he made Tony Gilbert cut his hair and said he better not see it out from under his helmet. Tony cut it and had a great year. Then as time has gone on Coach Richt changed his policy as afraid he would lose recruits and fear players wouldn’t want to abide by such rules. Well it has hurt him and the program. I am still glad and proud he is our coach and I think this year you will see the real Coach Richt that came in a cleaned up a mess where Jim Donnan let the Quincey’s of the world run the program. I think back to the gatorade bath before last years Tech game was over and he got pissed because the game was not over. I think you will see the Coach Richt we saw when he got the job.

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Veteran agent Ralph Cindrich, a former NFL player who isn’t bashful about sharing his opinions (and we like that), recently appeared on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh to talk about the current commotion involving agents paying players.

Regarding the school that got the ball rolling, as it relates to NCAA enforcement efforts, Cindrich dropped a potential bombshell.

“[D]on’t put USC in your rear view mirror,” Cindrich said, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. “There is a lot more going on there. Those guys out there from neighborhoods that are deprived who are driving Range Rovers and the Mercedes and all the rest, they just earn that on their own on the weekends in the offseason.”

Cindrich also had some pointed comments for Nick Saban, who described agents who give money to players as “pimps.” As to whether there’s a difference between the way that college coaches and agents recruit, Cindrich said, “No. And old Nick knows that. I’ve seen him out on the road a time or two. He’s contacted a client of mine or a family member of a client of mine. I know what goes on out there and he knows that I know. The bottom line is that to stand up on a pulpit and start preaching that way — and maybe I’m doing it, take a shot at me — that bothers me, especially when it comes from a guy like Nick Saban.”

Though the issue likely will fade a bit as training camps open, it should continue to be a focal point of discussion and debate. And the root cause continues to be the reality that everyone involved with college football is getting paid handsomely, with the exception of the men who play the game. Above all else, that’s what needs to change.

Nick Saban is a lowlife cheating scumbag.

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frank james , I hope you are right…..

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No offense, but based on everything that’s happened in Athens the past few months I don’t think I’d use the term coaches and buzz in the same sentence.

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JUNKYARD DAWGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Be proud of the dawgs? How can we be proud of the illiterate, no-morals, and no self-discipline thugs and goons that Richt recruits?

And last but not least, the red panties.

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Nice way to throw in a Talking Heads quote. Can’t wait for some football. Go Dawgs!

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Agree with you frank james…I think we will see a different Coach Richt in many ways…I see alot of people still give him a hard time for some of his coaching decisions the last couple of years, but he did step up to the plate and dismissed alot of his coaching staff…yes some say he should have sooner and maybe so, but he did what he had to do for the good of the program and we should give him credit for that…Of course some of you will not, since you could do it so much better…It very easy to sit behind the computer and post what you would or would not do, its easy to second guess in life, but unitil you have been there and had to make the tought calls that football coaches have to make then don’t throw stones…Whether the changes will lead to SEC title or NC remains to be seen, but try and see the positive things Coach Richt and staff have done, and remember these other teams we compete against have good Coaches and players also its not like they are going to lay down for the dawgs…The margin for winning and losing in the SEC is small, too many good programs…Getting behind the dawgs and this coaching staff can only help us in all areas from recruiting to playing the game…If you want the other teams to continue to have a leg up on the dawgs then by all means keep bashing Coach Richt and the players… that should really bring some big time recruits on board…

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Let me make sure I understand the article. Mark Richt thinks he has it going on?????? We have a QB who has not played one NCAA game. We have no real “back up” QB when our not so great (contrary to popular belief) offensive line lets him get killed. Unless our new “Defensive Coach” is a miracle worker he can not “undo” the damage left from Martinez in just one year. We have possibly one of the weakest “Head Coaches” in Division 1 football. If we have any players left that have not been “arrested, detained or leave due to the mess that is Ga. Football” we may win 4 or 5 games-which brings me to our “first game”.
As much as I hate Spurrier he out coaches Richt every time and has lost to Ga. shearly because UGA had better atheletes. SC will beat our “Dawgs”, it will be nasty and set the stage for the rest of the year.

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Richt voted for Obama, I think.

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Urban, glad to know you’re on the UGA blog. SO, heard you added ‘Kleenex’ Girl to your staff.

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To be completely accurate now, CMR didn’t do a damn thing that he wasn’t TOLD to do. He didn’t make the defensive changes, it was Adams and Evans and pressure from fans that finally forced the issue. A year or 2 too late, by the way.

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Said Richt: “The players feel the buzz. The coaches do, too.”

Um, so did the former Athletic Director and we all no where that got him.

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Sick and Tired – why don’t you go to bed. Nobody gives a damn about what you have to say. Remember, you are sick and tired.

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I think it’s a 10-2 season….. The 2 losses being South Carolina and of course Florida.. I won’t stop expecting a Florida loss until the dawgs can win back to back seasons. However we should just own that god awful Tennessee for the next 6 years.

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SAMMY DAVIS JR:

I’m not a fan of programs where the inmates are running the asylum. How ’bout we clean up the jailbirds and scumbags? BTW, I applaud your trailblazing efforts as a black Jew. You and Rod Carew. Kudos to you.

HT

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Nice article, Mark. I like your closing: “He knows what Bulldogs want, and it’s more than just to win — it’s to feel good about winning.”

That’s exactly how I feel about the Dogs. It’s okay to lose, as long as you get beat by the other team and not by yourself. Looking forward to the season!

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See Mark Bradley…I knew you could create a “down the middle” type of article with substance without scathing UGA

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Donnan deserved another year, Goff deserved one less year. On Richt, he runs a clean program, is a proven winner, and does his best to pull off the impossible — have a crystal ball in recruiting.

I’m in his corner no matter what happens this season. But if he has a bad season and something happens (doubtful), then I’ll attribute it to a cold hard fact about UGA fans: They’re some of the very worst in the conference. GIve me the average South Carolina fan over the average UGA fan any day.

That was even true in the Herschel Walker years. UGA fans weren’t even pleased then, even when UGA was winning SEC titles. They always found something to criticize. I know because I was in the stadium listening to them.

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Class ….. Most of you lack it!!!!!!!! Because it’s hard and the road is long….. Look in the mirror when is the last time YOU finished anything much less a drill….. Bunch of boys!!!! Man up!!!! Support CMR or defect to meyer and saben ….. The choice is clear !!!

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Richt is beginning to sound like Donut Donnan. Donnan got pissed off when someone questioned his coaching, so he yelled at the guy, ” have you ever coached football at any level?” the fan said no but I did play football and I also contribute $25,000 dollars a year to this program so I think I have the right to ask you a question!!! This is the same when Richt bristled when someone asked him about the Gators and he said “we need you in the locker room to get them fired up” (WRONG AMONDO) Richt was hired to be in the locker room to get them fired up not some fan who is just asking a question. Someone needs to ask Richt about the Gators because he is clueless about them! He nuts up the minute he walks on the field with them, I quess he is questioning God why he can’t come down and help him out because he sure can’t do it on his own!!!!!!!

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LSUer

A lot of people voted for Obama: 365 electoral votes to 173 to be exact. You can blame George W and 8 years of Republican incompetence for that one. They have no one to blame but themselves.

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northwinds….wow…don’t hide your racism even a little bit. Why don’t you through in a little homophobic to top of the hate cake?

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Tampa get out of here all you do is instigate. But there must not be much to be happy about when your coach refers to himself in the 3rd person and your fan base wears jorts and k-swiss.

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Please UGA keep Richt, I love to see him on the field because I know he gives your team the best chance to lose every game with his lack of coaching ability.

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Pete…

Thank you….but I’ve had a great job for a long time now…but soon I will retire with my wonderful wife to the good life at the beach home in Florida…and make your wish come true.

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@TampaGator who wrote: “northwinds….wow…don’t hide your racism even a little bit. Why don’t you through in a little homophobic to top of the hate cake?”

You are cracking me up dude…so I’m “racist” for wanting more “diversity” on the UGA team…..wow, that’s funny…I don’t care where you’re from. In your world you are not racist because you support a team that does not recruit white athletes to play defense…Like I said you are friggin’ funny.

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@TampaGator: Have you ever read any of George Orwell’s books….it would really be good for you.

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TampaGator , So, did you write letters to the editor when GA was handing it to FL in the 80’s? (and 70’s, 60’s, 50’s, 40’s, …you get the idea). Stab while you can….. Once Meyer quits (or did he retire??) again HOPEFULLY GA can turn the Tide (no pun intended). Hopefully you’re retirement will be miserable (no offence)……

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Have at it…..I’m gone………

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northwinds….

I think your first post was deleted. Tell you anything?

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SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

No Bush was a HORRIBLE President! Worst 2 term president we’ve ever had! No contest! Not saying Obama is great, but he’s not as bad as Bush was, at least not yet. Its just like in football: it all comes down to leadership. When UGA finished 8-5, everyone blamed Willie or Bobo, but at what point does it become Mark Richt’s fault too, you know? He’s the one that is putting these guys in these positions. When they underachieve, it doesn’t speak well of his evaluation of personnel.

I mean 365 to 173 is a butt whipping for the Republicans, just like how the Democrats used to get their brains beat out by the Republicans in the 80’s. When you lose an election that badly at what point do you say” ” You know what, we need to reevaluate what we are doing because it is clearly not working”. I’m so sick of the blame game from both sides. Except responsibility for your own actions, good or bad; and then learn from them.

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Most of us will be proud of Coach Richt no matter how the season turns out. All of this down time is making bloggers crazy. We only have one month to go.

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Have all the confidence in the world in coach Richt and for the fans that continue to ridicule him i dont to hear a word or see you in here when things turn back around. Defense wins championship!!! Charlie strong got meyer championships and Saban Lets face it knows his Crap on defense. Texas has MuschamP . Georgia has a really good one i believe now too

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anyone remember former braves and hawks announcer john sterling, now 72 years old, born 7/4/1938, calling the yankees game, watch this clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5hK90Itwb8&feature=player_embedded

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Sammy…

it won’t be….but thanks for the “kind” thought. Hang in there….Richt and his team “have a feeling.” There is hope…as there is every summer. Now back to work.

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I’m just saying…(notice your post as I was getting ready to leave)

How about bringing back them “Silver Britches” and “Gold helments” this year. I am sure that will fire ‘em up for the Gators.

Hey….it will bring back memories from the good ole days when the Dawgs actually dominated the Gators….and the Sunday AJC illustrated plays by photo frame by frame on the front page of the sports section. Those were the good ole days….

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First! oh, wait… Mark, good article. This is a big year for the Dawgs, but it is more important to show improvement and to win some big games. We don’t have to win all of them, but it will be good to clobber the Vols and Tech and win against the Gators. This kind of article is why the fan base loves Coach Richt and his family – because he loves the Dawgs.

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The ugump athletic department has spent thousands of dollars this year to try to really instill some school spirit. The rumor is that coach Richt personally consulted fashion icon Ralph Lauren to come up with this years uniforms. Each player has been personally fitted by their very own fashion consultant. And, to avoid uniforms that do not properly fit, coach Richt has decided to not work his players very hard this summer and has moved away from the traditional two-a-day practice sessions.

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F C U K MARK RICHT

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What’s the full story about this tech thug beating the hell out of his girlfriend. Do you think the fish wrapper AJC will give us the details…not a chance. They are too busy trying to see and write about a UGA player breaking wind. What a filthy paper.

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It is an exciting time to the a UGA football fan. This is going to be a great year people. Sept 4th…the beginning of UGA “dominance”

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We’re all proud of Damon Evans, he is thUGA!

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Hmmm wonder how many games you win without the “thugs”

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Mark Bradley-

No Fool!,Mark Richt got himself into this situation by making two bad decisions:

1) He let Van Gorder go and could have kept him.

2) He hired Willie Martinez.

No Fool,these were Richt’s mistakes, Richt’s responsibility. You make it sound like he heroically solved the problem by getting rid of Martinez. No Fool, he caused the problem to begin with!

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Mark, looks like you just made your seat a little cooler with the Bulldog Nation.

And the overly sensitive Bulldog fans who can’t take ANY crticism of the program or the coach can rest easy…for now!

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I have no idea how we can be proud about this 2010 season already us # 1 in the nation in Fulmer Cup Standings for 2010 today with several little coeds abused by Top 10 recruits in the nation at their position, and knowing that after this 2010 season that we lose 15 seniors and 4-5 juniors – all starters.

Certainly 10-10 vs SEC East over the last 4 years has included not only 1-3 vs Florida beating their worst 4-Loss team only, but more telling 1-3 vs 4 really lousy vols’ teams, 2-2 vs 4 even worse Kentucky teams and for good measure a loss to a 6-6 South Carolina team not even in a bowl game and a Loss to a 4-win Vandie team that accumulated the 4 wins including vs UGA.

If there is something to be proud about that, it is not readily apparent to those who say that 10-win seasons when 7 of the 9 Coach Richt Era were 14-game seasons, means that we have FAILED to even reach The SEC Championship Game the last 5 years in a row at 10-3 average over 9 years of really sorry coaching staffs Coach Richt put forth under the impression that NFL coaches were only in it for the money with no loyalty.

I love Coach Richt, not his staff any of the 9 years, the last 4 of which have been nothing short of 3rd worst in the nation in arrests / suspensions, # 96 worst at Average NCAA Rank in Penalties the last 4 years, 21 fumbles a year every year of the last 4 and 14 interceptions a year every year of the last 4 years.

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There is no reason why UGA cannot be 12-2 losing to Florida and Alabama; now that would be something to be Proud of. We should not lose any other game. 2011 is a completely different story, back to 10-3 and folks saying that being the 3rd worst in the nation at arrests / suspensions from 2006 to present and not even playing in The SEC Championship Game is something to be proud of.

It is NOT; I am NOT proud of that; I do POINT IT OUT so that we will ADDRESS IT, rather than sweep it under the carpet amid comparisons with Jim Donnan’s last 4 years of 13 losses for which he was fired compared to Coach Richt’s last 4 years of 14 Losses.

38-14 the last 4 years is good for # 19 in the nation in won / loss record, yet UGA is # 11 All-Time for 1-A wins in college football.

We are NOT where we need to be and frankly our men’s basketball program is in better shape for 2010 than we are in football; and, we don’t even have a gymnasium just the Stegosaurus.

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disciplined football that Coach Richt’s coaching staff has gotten us used to ?

huh ?

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Vick, Northwinds, agree with both of you. Coaches really need to step up and enforce discipline on the field and sidelines. No more penalties because of players doing stupid things such as showboating after plays, hitting opposing players out of bounds, etc. The spectacle of player groups rapping during games on the sideline should not be tolerated. They need to be focused on the reason they are there wearing UGA uniforms. I am not trying to be critical of everything that has transpired the last several years but enough is enough of some of the stuff that is so obvious. Fix it and move on. Here is hoping for a good year.

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I like Richt but the heat will be unbearable in Columbia at game time. And it’s going to be even more unbearable for him at about 4:00. Long ride home.

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I guess the only way those yecksters can get red panties is to beat them off the girl, it’s only a one game suspension anyway. Give me a break CPJ should be shot and that might not be a safe commit around the flats

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Tideroll, if you don’t want Boling starting on the OL you weren’t watching the same games that I was last year!

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Let’s get back to Auburn’s level. Where we belong.

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[...] “We want our fans to be proud,” Richt tells boosters, reports Mark Bradley of the AJC. [...]

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The Georgia Athletic program has become mediocre.

Football, Basketball, Baseball. On the field, facilities….everywhere.

It lags its nearby SEC counterparts by a large margin.

Georgia fans are in denial.

Things need to change……fast.

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On another front, the Tennessee Titans have filed suit against Lane Kiffin for raiding the Titans coaching staff…Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

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UGA will finish a strong 4th in the SEC East this year.

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WE ARE!!! THUG-U!!!!

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so far…

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Coming to SEC stadiums this fall – The Red & Black Express!!! Jump on board or jump off and shut up ’cause we don’t care what YOU think!!!

GOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!! Woof, woof!

That’s my other Dawg imitation.

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TampaGator, I’m a Dawg who enjoys your posts. You actually put some thought into them, instead of the usual rah rah, or “THUGA” crap.

Here’s hoping you enjoy that retirement . . .

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Coach Richt – which game is gonna be the Blackout game and what other gimmicks are you gonna use to instill pride? Gimmickry has become a tradition under Richt at UGA.

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UGA folks can brag all you want to about beating Tech in football most years, and that’s perfectly fair. What’s also fair is to point out that with a history of Jan Kemp (Vince Dooley days), Jim Harrick, and now Damon Evans, the UGA Athletic Department is truly “The Cesspool of the South,” and is richly deserving of that title. No one outside of Georgia has any respect for your University or your Athletic Department, and that is a fact. It has been said many times: “Tech people are proud of their school, Georgia people are proud of their football team.” What a legacy to be proud of!

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SC is going to beat the crap out of this team and get revenge for last years bs. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a loss against Ark too with Mallet throwing all over them. I expect a 4-4 sec reg season and more whining.

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It’d be nice for UGA to win the east and it is possible (long shot), but they would have to do with at least one loss to the hated Gators. UF plays Mississippi State and then they have an off-week before the Georgia game. The Dawgs, on the other hand, play a tough road game in Lexington before flying down to Jacksonville to play their 8th or 9th consecutive game. Anyone who thinks the “neutral” site is not an advantage for the Gators in this day and age is absolutely insane. When Florida was a rural, scarcely populated, economically underdeveloped tourism state, the playing field was even in Jacks because Georgia was so much more of an established state and program. No longer. There is not a team in the country who could go to the Gators’ back yard year-in and year-out and have a winning record. Until the economic bribery from the City of Jacksonville stops, Florida’s domination will continue. Trust me, that program doesn’t need a head start to compete with anyone.

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If UGA can beat FL, UGA will compete for SEC Champ. If you win SEC, you will most likely compete for NC.

So, first thing first, is for UGA to beat FL.

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“IF” ga can beat FL…..LMAO!!!!!!

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Mr Monticello:

Like I said….look around…and take off your red colored glasses.

Football is mediocre….on the field and off. Sanford stadium is nice, I guess.
Basketball less than mediocre….on the court and off. Coliseum sucks.
Baseball is mediocre…on the field and off. Foley Field sucks.

The other sports are just noise. Nice if you like tennis and gymnastics.

Our “peers”, FL, AL, SC and TN blow us out of the water in these 3 major sports.
FL wins SEC and Natl Championships in football, basketball. Strong baseball.
AL wins SEC and Natl Championships in football, great facilities. Strong baseball.
SC wins Natl Championships in baseball, great facilities. Good-strong in football, Great bsktball facilities.

Carry on.

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As a Gator fan, I can honestly say that Mark Richt has CLASS. He has had a lot of things go against the program and is under a lot of pressure from all to WIN. Take all the games one at a time, and do not worry about Jax or the SEC Championship until you perhaps cross that bridge. FL would glady take him as a head coach.

Best of luck Coach Richt!

Enough Said!

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The Tide beat the jockstraps off the Gators with Tebow(and other pro bound players) so what makes everyone think they are world beaters this year

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CPJ will eventually run him out of the athens cesspool. Bank on it.

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I find it humorous when Tech fans give UGA fans hell about the Independence Bowl. Does the Seattle, Silicon Valley, Humanitarian( TWICE), Champs Sports, and Emerald Bowls ring a bell? Oh and how how about that 3-7 record in bowl games this decade including 0-2 under your boy CPJ! Nothing more pathetic than a Tech fan.

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52-17…………..stop lying! Can someone please tell me the score the last time Fla played in Athens?

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You have the right to remain silent….anything you say, can…..

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dan

July 27th, 2010
9:36 am
Oh and Gator Fans: your program is 1-3 vs. Ole Miss this past decade.

Ohhhh, but we’re 17-3 against the little leghumpers in 2 decades—7 out of 9 now

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Why do you Gayturds think the Black Helmets are any worse than those pajamas you wore against the Tide as they stomped a mud hole in your azz. Worry about your own uniforms, nothing looks worse than those hideous things. What was that, a marajuana leaf on the shoulders? Pathetic.

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He needs to go back to the earlier “finish the drill” philosophy. Cut the shennanigans and the foolishness and just take the professional approach.

I like Mark Richt because even if it takes him a year too long he does eventually address what needs to get done. He’s finally addressed the massive issues they had with coaching philosophies on the team. They have a lot of good players now they just have to go out execute and finish the drill.

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To Gator( Bandwagon) Guy:

“Ohhhh, but we’re 17-3 against the little leghumpers in 2 decades—7 out of 9 now”

1. UF is located in one of the most talent rich states in the country. You guys should be able to dominant UGA most years simply based on that fact alone.

2. The point I was making with the Ole Miss reference is that some teams match up well against others. Florida clearly has been able to handle UGA yet struggles with Ole Miss or Auburn; teams that UGA has been able to handle with relative ease. Sometimes a team can just have you number and right now Florida has UGA’s just like Ole Miss has Florida’s.

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We will know what we have on 9-11 at 12:30. Everyone in the country is predicting a USC blowout. Am I as worried as a UGA fan……… no! Do I like or respect Columbia………no! would I pick up Steve Spurrier on the side of the road in the middle of a snow storm…….no!

I miss Shannon Sharpe.

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“Russ the temporary mascot” at the 9:13 am blog….that was stinking hilarious! I laughed out loud! I can live with a Tech blogging that one. Funny is funny and I thought it was a good one! Go Dawgs

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It has been said many times: “Tech people are proud of their school, Georgia people are proud of their football team.” What a legacy to be proud of! LOL. You all suck..bad.

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“Now, we have a soft easy schedule 2010 and then lose the whole entire team, after 2010.”

That is a big exaggeration, but the loss of nearly 1,000 lbs. of defensive tackles to the NFL draft this Spring must be overcome.

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The stadium in Jax will now be named EverBank stadium.

For the dawgs, it will be known as EverLoss Stadium.

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Dogs start with one creamfilled pie. With a new QB (results of poor planning), they need two or even three before they play in Colombo.

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There seems little doubt that SEC football is defined in the national sports media by Alabama, Florida, and LSU. As it should be, given their success on the national stage. I’m not sure how much that matters to UGA fans, who can argue endlessly about the puts and takes of CMR’s teams and whether or not they’ve done us proud. While it’s true that only one team can win it all, that team has come from our conference often enough that we should be able to figure out who the contenders will routinely be. UGA has had its moments, but it’s clearly not a routine contender, and after the last two seasons, has to prove that it hasn’t slipped away from the possibility of contending. Until Florida hits the skids, UGA goes nowhere unless it beats them on the field. Somebody did, somebody does—why can’t we? Ouside of that, it’s backslaps and atta boys for nice guy CMR as long as he keeps the team good enough to drive revenue and beat Tech.

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To Ralph…”We are but (realistic) voices, crying in the wilderness”..I truly believe that the UGA program has NO IDEA, how much the end-zone clowning, the dancing & strutting, and the preening after making a tackle my little GIRL could make, INFURIATES the “old school”, (as in, traditional UGA PRIDE & CLASS)..fans out there. And the players and coaches who view crucial, multiple, penalties as acceptable. DawgFans who might actually send $$$ to the alumni program, if all that gangsta’ mentality crap would suddenly be shut down. But, of late, I have to wonder who’s strong enough to do it….The cocky inmates are running the asylum, for sure..

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Dan……You’re an idiot.

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SSIGator-I’ll translate it for you. Cut out the penalties, cut out the mental errors, cut out the off field issues (DUI’s, campus trash, AD DUI), stop worrying about what are we wearing to the game. Kick some butt, kick some trash cans in the locker room, then concern yourselves with the wins. Thats my wish list but the reality is CMR and Adams better do it in a hurry or people will be calling for some heads soon. In other words, change the culture from the top down. As much as I hate Florida, they APPEAR to be the model right now. I think that comes from your President and AD.

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What a hypocrite Richt is. If he truly wanted the fans to be proud of the team, the first thing he would do is stop recruiting the thugs and goons that he does. It would hurt the Athens bail bondsmen and the probation officers, but who cares about them.

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Thanks for the feel good article, Mark. I needed that after all of the “summer headlines”…

For one brief moment early this morning, the sun was in just the right spot, the temperature was just so, and the air smelled just “that way” to make me feel like football is just around the corner…

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“It would hurt the Athens bail bondsmen and the probation officers, but who cares about them.”

The families of the bail bondsmen and probation officers. The bail bondsmen are independent businessmen, and they get a percentage of the bail amount since they put up the bond. As to probation officers, they deal with criminals released on probation from prison or jail. Fixed salary for them, but the greater the need, the more are hired.

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Shoot, the UGA players just need to head down 316 and join me in the hood. Where else can you beat the crap out of a woman and only get a one game suspension for it? That’s right, Georgia Tech!

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It takes a complete idiot to diss the Gators. Maybe Bama can, but you leghumpin fleabags can’t say squat.

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Florida’s run is over—they lost their top 4 players on offense and defense and their replacements aren’t that good. Look for the Dawgs to finally take over the SEC east with a nice win over florida in jax.

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I was just curious, what do you guys think about Georgia’s new quarterback “Errorn Intercepta-Murray”?

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ugag is irrelevant CMR is 3-1 vs BAMA and buttercup we want the Tide who the hell you think you are the Gators?

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GLORY GLORY- CONGRATS TO UGA BEING THE NEW MIAMI. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD, DO*UCEBAG!

THWG- THE SCHOOL FOR IDIOTS!

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Coach Richt wants the fans to be proud? Try instilling some disciplin on your football team. Lets not LEAD college football in penalties!

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dan

Ole Miss does NOT have Florida’s number.

And, dan, there is NO EXCUSE for 2-7 vs Florida by Coach Richt.

NONE.

1-3 Ron Zook

1-4 Urban Meyer

All Coach Richt does is COMPLAIN about the game being in JAX every year and how UNFAIR that is to his players who cannot acclimate he says to the humid temperature in 1 day, while he LETS Urban Meyer come up here and STEAL our best players on OFFENSE from this state instead Coach Richt is desperate for.

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59bulldawg

July 27th, 2010
8:02 am
I love the Georgia program and I like Richt a lot. However my pride in the program has taken a beating with all the annual Dawgs get drunk and then get stupid problems. If he REALLY wants us to take pride in the program, begin with instilling a lot more discipline. The young men in red and black can’t help the team on the field if they’re suspended from playing because they acted like idiots off the field. Richt needs to get control of his program. If he does I think he’ll find the focus and commitment of his charges in practice and on the field will be sharply increased and he’ll win big again. But the longer these annual problems continue, the more Richt will undermine his own position. He can’t just talk the talk . . . he needs to walk the walk. I want Richt to succeed but my patience with him will not be everlasting.

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UGAs finest coaches have come up from FLA or over from ALA. Coach Richt needs to treat his players less as prima donna gentlemen and more as adolescents. Forget the loco parentis garbage on campus and get back to common sense, parenthood, hard love treatment of juveniles. Work on personal conduct as a sign of individual responsiblility to team respect.

Raised in Athens, graduated TECH, go UGA 11-1.

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why are ugag folk so sensitive about being 4th rate? should be used to it by now

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This country is still in a post-Reagan hangover. I’m hoping that we’ll elect another great one in my lifetime. Our country desperately needs that – 2012 would be a good time to start.

Please god no more Reagans. He bankrupted California before taking office and then ran the US dept from 1 trillion when he took over to 4 trillion when he left.

No Thanks.

Give me a Clinton who actually balanced the budget. Of course it took W all of 15 days to blow that.

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Gators OWN UGa for what will feel like the millionth year in a row.
But hey, 2nd isn’t so bad…..unless it’s sloppy ones.
Love ya,

Gator Nation

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“Give me a Clinton who actually balanced the budget. Of course it took W all of 15 days to blow that.”

Give me a Clinton who has some common sense and knows squat about national security, and I’d take you up on that. Unfortunately the guy who held office from ‘93-’01 couldn’t see past the U.S. economy. Which was going into a recession when he left office, by the way.

As for Reagan, I didn’t think his greatness as President was seriously debated by anyone seeing how he won the Cold War and turned around the dreadful Carter economy, but I guess we all see things differently.

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hear the dawgs are getting red panties for each win this year.

let`s see two pair each.

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The Kentucky game was not a proud moment.

Fans leaving, before Cox got the ball again on the last drive, in DROVES, filing out of the stadium, because they all knew how it would end.

With ANOTHER turnover.

And they were right.

I guess the 4 turovers, in the 2nd half, seemed to the fans like Georgia had dropped down a level.

It was the lowpoint in Richt’s career so far.

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2009 Coach Richt is NOT RANKED Top 25 Final AP Poll

2008 Coach Richt is # 13 Top 25 Final AP Poll

That looks like 2 years in a row to me.

Oh, that’s just the last 2 years ?

What about 2006 ?

2006 Coach Richt is # 23 in the Top 25 Final AP Poll.

Therefore,

3 of last 4 years Coach Richt has NOT been in Top 10 Final AP Poll

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If ……… ( yes, I know but why not? ) UGA wins the EAST ( maybe with one SEC loss? ) and then plays and loses to Alabama in the SEC Championship game and then, UGA goes on to the Sugar Bowl as the Second BEST in the SEC …………then, that is a fabulous year by anyone’s standards.

To achieve all of this and end up maybe at 12-1 or 11-2 …………..UGA would easily be ranked at year end around # 7- #9 or # 10. Take tech in 2009, ACC champs but they ended up like 14th. This is the power of the SEC Baby!! SEC East Champs, then a major bowl win and we end up 7th or 8th maybe. This would be one fabulous REBUILDING YEAR. The UGA haters would be so jealous too.

Now ………..for 2011 …………. UGA ideally needs to win the SEC outright and make some real national noise. This is every Bulldog’s goal.

Step one for 2010 is very do able. It starts in less than 5 weeks!!!

Go Dogs.

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CMR, skip the feel good bs, and JUST WIN!

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Yeah, UGA needs to turn things up a notch for Richt to continue to deserve his job, but its true, UGA by and large wants to rise again with Richt at the helm. It’d be storybook stuff for college football too – whose the last coach of a bigtime program to last a long time? I suppose there are the Mack Browns, Jim Beamers, and the Paternos, but its few and far between enough for UGA to have something unique going. I hope Grantham and the defensive staff have revamped the program and lit a wildfire.

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