5 reasons the Georgia Bulldogs are better off than you think

But Mark, I also thought they were too good to lose to Mississippi State!

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FIRST!!1!

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Instant impact!

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I hope the team does go 6-6. Otherwise we’ll be stuck with Richt and Bobo again! This team can lose to Florida, Auburn, GT, and Tennessee easily. 6-6 might be a good season for this pathetic coaching staff.

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I almost hope you are wrong MB. If Dawgs rally, it means another year of mediocrity. What a quandray.

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UGA fans need to chill out! You want to win but you are scaring the P P out of recruits!

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Mark, you crank excellent articles.

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They have to be better off than I think…b/c they’ve hit rock bottom with me.

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Mark,
I agree with what you’re saying. Let the season play out. All the negative naysayers need to find something else to do if you’re going to quit on your team.

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On paper, Georgia should not have lost to anyone yet. As the old saying goes, “Games aren’t played on paper.” Georgia is capable of running the table the rest of the season, and they’re also capable of losing four more games (Colorado–don’t laugh, no one thought they were capable of losing to Miss. St–Kentucky, Florida, Auburn) that are all away from Sanford Stadium. Four more losses means that you won’t have to worry about any UGA player selling his bowl jersey this spring.

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The problem is not JUST our record this year, to me it is more that our hope for future success has been crushed. I looked at this time without AJ as glimpse towards next year. I expected our defense to struggle learning the new system, I did not expect some of the fundamental failures to remain (tackling, discipline, coverage skills). I expected there to be extra attention paid to our TE’s in AJ’s absence. I did not expect none of the other WR’s to step up (Durham notable exception). I did expect to see opposing teams sell out to stop the run, I did not expect to see the OC refuse to call any plays to take advantage of this. I certainly did not expect to see our OL look the way they have considering Searels reputation as a top notch coach, I thought this was a great hire when CMR made it. It seems that the players are not the only ones who are failing to develop much when they arrive in Athens.

The problems can be fixed, but my HOPE that they will be has been greatly diminished. I am not in the crowd ready to see CMR move on. I believe he has earned the opportunity to fix this mess, but I need to see him move quicker to fix these problems than he did with Martinez the last few years. I HOPE that this is a lesson that he learned from the last time adjustments to the program were needed.

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As much as I would like to drink this Bradley kool aid, I can’t.

Saturday, Colorado is recognizing their 1990 national champion team.
We will be in a total war late into the night even with AJ back.

Tenn can run the ball and we are weak up front in the middle. That spell trouble. They could beat us again. Vandy is confident but we should win that one but what if we are 1-5 when we play them? UK in Lexington? The cats will be desperate to win to get bowl eligible.

You say 5-3.

I say 3-5 if we are lucky.

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Mark,
I appreciate the optimism but ANY one of those games are lose-able for UGA. Every team that plays Georgia is going to run up the middle and until we get an interior lineman (or scheme to compensate for it) we won’t be able to stop them. Which, of course, leaves the back end of the D vulnerable for a play action kill shot.

I actually share your optimism for the offense. I think the play calling has been good and the receivers have been a bright spot. If the linemen will finally block, this offense can be a juggernaut. I know I’ll get killed for saying that but my only offensive reservation going into the season was Murray. He’s been above average as a freshman and I think he’ll be stellar once he starts hitting guys in stride.

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Mark, I think you are being way too generous here in your assesment. Generally I have supported CMR through thick and thin. This is the VERY FIRST year that I thought that just maybe, just maybe he has lost control of this team. CMR is being tested with adversity for the first time in his coaching career and how he overcomes this will serve as a measuring stick for future UGA teams should he stick around. The jury is still out…….

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Mark,

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“The first three shouldn’t be much trouble, and surely Kentucky can’t beat Georgia two years running…” — What team have you been watching Mark? I’m sure all three of those “non-trouble” teams are saying the same thing about the worst UGA team since 1979…get back to us after this under-performing team wins in Boulder Saturday night.

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Hey Mark, remember when you said the Braves wouldn’t give up first place? I think you just doomed UGA as well… Thanks a lot.

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Bradley you’re a funny guy….”and who knows how good Florida is” are you drunk…no matter how good the Gators are they’re always good enough to kick the crap out of the sorry puppies and this year will be no different BTW..puppies will lose at least one of the other 4 games, maybe 2

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Once you lose to Miss St in a must win situation you can EASILY lose to Vandy, UT, KY and yes, even Colorado. There is no sure win on this schedule. We will probably be in a shoot out with Idaho St.

This team is a complete mess.

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Let’s hope AJ is the difference maker. His presence should get one safety out of the box and open up some running room and tight ends. You’re correct about the defense. It has improved and should continue to.

Murray has shown a lot of skill and promise. As in life, sometimes things don’t turn out the way we want them to and sometimes we have to wait for success.

I know those are difficult concepts for some folks to accept but like I’ve written before, if we put as much pressure on our work lives and demanded as much success from our businesses as some folks do with their football teams, we’d all be billionaires!

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Get back to us after the Bulldogs actually win in Boulder on Saturday…the national media have us losing, and if you read the Colorado media, the Buffalo faithfull expect to beat us by three TDs! It sure ain’t far from the bottom to the top…

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I agree with Mark..because I hope he is right…these last 3 Saturdays have been miserable….

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5 reasons Georgia is better than you think:
1- No new arrests. (Well, not this week anyway.)
2- At this point, fans see some semblance of hope. (2 or 3 weeks from now may be a different story.)
3- After wandering through the wilderness, we are expecting a new messiah. (Called A.J…. We can only hope he’s not crucified on a hill called Rocky Top.)
4- We have no where to go but up.(Could we get any worse? Wait…don’t answer!)
5- The initial shock has subsided. (Acceptance will occur after the stages of Denial, anger, bargaining and depression. Where are you at this point?)

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Thanks for encouragement but we must prove we are tough enough to win.

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It seems that each of the last three games was supposed to be the one that got us back on track. This ride’s getting bumpy. Sure hope it’s this week, and then maybe we can win an SEC game eventually. We may have to win some ugly games to make this a winning season. But we’ve won ugly before and cheered all the way home. That’s good enough for me this season.

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We still have the same head coach. That’s the number one negative.

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Dawgs finish 7-5 unless TN pounds them again at home. UGA can not beat UF or AU.

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They won’t finish 6-6 but 7-5 is extremely likely. They will not beat Florida and will likely lose to either Kentucky or GT. From 10 wins, to 8 wins, to 7 wins. Do you see a pattern here? It’s not going up!

The Bobby Bowden Coaching Tree flu has settled over Athens. Better find a cure before it’s too late. Thank God it’s out of Tallahassee!

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Cobb Dawg- It’s funny how every season now under CMR is hoped to be ‘79 with the dawn about to break through the darkness.

Trouble is, every season under CMR is progressively worse. Next year is as likely to be 4-8 as it is to being 12-0.

Over 10% of the roster has been arrested since last season. That alone should tell us where we are headed.

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Ah, perspective. Thanks Mark. We knew this season could have a shaky start. The only real surprise has been that we can’t run the ball better.

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@Ralph, you obviously didn’t attend UGA, so even if you are a fan, we don’t need you. That goes for other “fans” posting the same garbage. Those of us who attended the University of Georgia love the place for many reasons other than just Saturday’s in the fall and support a class coach like Mark Richt and a new AD who knows what is best for the program. Beat it.

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I’m hoping they get better and not worse. I still believe that this year is certainly a rebuilding year and once TG recruits the players he needs for the 3-4, D will be much, much better.

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“talent can not be kept down forever” how profound and indeed I guess this is the gift of the coaching staff, I just want to say,THANKS

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In the NFL the play stops as soon as your helmet comes off, how does it work in the NCAA? How would have the NFL ruled on Ealey’s fumble? It looked like Ealey would have had in head bashed in if he tried to recover that ball.

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I guess Bradley needed to give some love to the downtrodden. You are now the smartest writer in the country…..until you say something against these delusional dog fans.

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you all believed your O line was something great, which it wasnt/isnt. You all thought your RB’s were great, which they arent, they are average at best. And you all thought the defense was going to magically be better… it isnt. Only georgians are surprised by this team. Remember when the orlando sentinel ranked you in the 50s or 60s? Looking pretty generous right now, isnt it?
Georgia is a bottom 3rd SEC team right now, there’s no arguing that. Getting green back will certainly help but they have 2 certain losses left on the schedule with Auburn and Florida and 3 possible losses with UT, UK and GT left. And yes, losses to UT and UK are very possible.
So, have fun with that dogs!

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Mark just give up you were dead wrong about this team….it would be a miracle for them to go 7-5.

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On paper Georgia should have beaten Miss State. On paper without AJ, Georgia should have lost to SC and Ark. Fans are going ballistic over one game and the only gripe I have is the playcalling especially in the last game. Be realistic and this should be a 8 and 4 or 7 and 5 team largely depending on the Florida and Auburn outcomes.

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I hope you’re right Mark but it’s hard to keep the faith after seeing such a poorly motivated & prepared team Saturday night. There just seems to be no urgency, I hope that changes quickly.

Go Dawgs!

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#3 is correct, Mark, but AJ will help the other receivers go the distance on some catches, because of the double coverage on him.

Bobo is so terrible though, I just can’t see the Dawgs overcoming him to win several in a row.

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Mark, come on man!!! who cares how many points you give up.. they are still L’s vs. W’s! Easy W’s until Halloween? have you watched any of the prior games! Nothing with this team is an easy W! Agree they may be talented, but when you are not getting coached properly or not utilized properly it doesn’t matter how talented you are! I do agree AJ is back this week though!

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Mark,
I don’t think a good defense gives up 12 and 14 play drives in the third qtr to a mediocre Miss St team. We have a chance against Colo, Tn, and Vandy. But Ky runs an offense that exposes every flaw in the new defense. Yes, we have a chance against Fla, if we can find a leader. Unfortunately, this group of Dawgs is like Fla in the 70s and 80s. Decent talent but they do not know how to win. LSU and AU know how to win or even better, they don’t know how to lose.

When Richt named Joe Cox as the starting qb last year and stayed with him all year, he told his team that losing will be ok as long as you play hard. If he had gone with Murray in the 4th game, we might have still lost the same games, but at least we would have lost with a freshman qb, who would have had nine games under his belt starting this season. This season was lost last Sept.

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I have gone from thinking… okay 11-1… no 10-2…. no now 9-3 and all seems like wishful thinking.

Good points but there is a very real opportunity for us to sink the ship and not even win 1 more game other than the other high school team on our schedule. We can run up the stats in that one.

Good point about less points being scored on… that makes this more of the “O” fault and I hate to say it but the cancer of a sold jersey.

Hope you are right Mark and 9-3 or 8-4 are realized. Go DAWGS

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I agree the DAWGS are going to turn this around and possibly run the table. DAWG fans should be be cautious of all the boos and blame they have put on CMR. For one thing he is a righteous man, and GOD will never let the righteous fail! You can smirk if you want to but watch it! Miss. State has more talent then most Dawgs give them credit for and they have the DC Manny Diaz who maybe UGA should have hired. Watch this team do what most of you fans won’t do, come out fighting like a junk yard dawg! And stop throwing one of your own BOBO under the bus!

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Mark— Have you lost your mind??? Hell, we will be lucky to win 5 more games!

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U are such a suck up!

Do you honestly think that GA has a chance against FL? You must be on crack! This team is awful! Get it, AWFUL,and now you have the nerve to write an article like this? UNREAL!

FL wins the East again in 2010 and stomp GA in JAX again!

Enough Said!

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I will say this much. When we got Herschel Walker he sparked the offense and defense. Heck, when we got Herschel he sparked America! AJ Green isn’t a Herschel Walker but he could have an effect on the entire team. Mr.Richt is not a good team coach but he had some success with high profile players. That’s why I don’t like him as a hc. We need a hc who has the ability to coach up the entire team.

Based on what I have observe thus far this season, I believe we will lose to Ky, Fla. Aub and yes Col. If we lose to Tenn Mr.Richt better get out of town.

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Agree with “Think” above. Also agree with Mark Bradley.

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The Dawgs will get exponentially better…starting this week. With AJ back it changes the whole dynamic of the offense. He is the “star” of this team. The offense has been designed around him. They practiced through the spring and fall with the intention of him being there. The gameplan will be much easier to design now that he is there. Having said that, I’m not too sure if he can tackle.

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Don’t they drug test their employees at AJC? Because I want to know what you have been smoking Mark. What do I want? A new coaching staff.

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@sourgrapes. What a stupid comment and article. UGA is #11 in all time NCAA Div 1 wins. What program doesn’t have great players that make programs great runs? At a 10 game per year win average happening under Richt for the last 10 years – this is a our best run…..it’s not even close.

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Sourgrapes: The Ohio State, gimme a break, they get beat or whipped badly everytime they leave the weak Big 10,11,12, whatever they called that sorry assortment. I think Georgia handled them easily the last time we met them in one of those middle FL bowls. They will get their butts kicked again this year in the BCS.

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Support the program!! I have to disagree with you on that. It’s a blog not an ESPN interview. Sorry maybe i should have sent you a letter. Quit being so dang sensitive.

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Well, for a time I could not hunker down. I don’t know if you have seen how I am built but I am already close to the ground. Hunkering is not natural for a little dog like me. I would like to see some hunkering from the players, though, and maybe a coach or two or three. I said it weeks and weeks ago, Coach Grantham will be running things here pretty soon. He probably can hunker down with the best of them if he has doughnuts.

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@Ralph, I knew you were not a fan to begin with. Get lost, imposter.

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Mark they have once again bit hook line and sinker. You try slamming UGA and they get riled up and give you 600 hits on your blog. That gets tired, so now you build up the idiot fans. GEORGIA IS NOT RELEVANT IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND HAS NOT BEEN SINCE JAN KEMP GOT THROUGH WITH YOU!

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MB’s kiss of death, remember the “reasons” the Braves were winning the East.

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The a$$ painting happened at the bowl game and in my heart I believe Coach Richt knew about it and approved. Still, he is my boss and I try to be loyal. He’s having a rough time right now and he says it might get worse. Let’s hope not. I cannot imagine him having any more stress right now with the way his hair is falling out in the back. Combing it over is not going to work forever. He might try wearing a cap like Coach Grantham. To stay on Grantham’s good side I bought him a Krispy Kreme cap. Watch for it on Saturday.

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You seem to know all about thugs, gang bangers and trailer parks. Um, ah, have you ever even attended a college class for one day?

Have you ever been to Athens, Ga? I’ll bet that you are some 20 year old kid banging away on mom’s PC AT HOME while she supports you, as you sip big urange and chomp nachos and weigh around 286 and 5′6″ tall.

An obamaron???

Go Dogs.

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I have enjoyed my past 3 weekends. UGA loses on Saturday, then get to read all the UGA fans whine on Sunday. Please don’t take it away, it has been too much fun.

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*************BLOG QUESTION**************

Mark, Of all the area teams, baseball, football, college or pro…which stories generate the most blog traffic. I am guessing the DAWGS. Am I right? Just curious.

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[...] Equal time (sort of): 5 reasons the Georgia Bulldogs are better than you’d think. [...]

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I disagree entirely.

Plainly put, it’s now quite obvious that the recuiting and the talent on this team is greatly overrated on both sides of the ball.

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Hope you’re right, Mark. But going into the Arky, USC, and MSU stretch, I would have bet that we would win at least two of those games.

Addressing your respective points:

1. AJ being back is sure to help, but he’ll be rusty…and I hope the team doesn’t over-rate what his presence will do. (And that’s a matter of coaching, which is our weak point.)

2. I agree, though there’s a big difference between “Shouldn’t” and “Won’t”.

3. Spot-on correct here. Murray is legit, and I hope he’ll be allowed to BE a damn QB, and that they’ll call plays accordingly. Sometimes Richt (and Bobo) get scared and run a “no risks” offense, like you couldn’t pull a needle out of their butt-holes with a caterpillar tractor.

4. Yep. Better, but not good. We still make some stupid defensive calls, based on the circumstances. Two Arky TD’s and a key first down came against us when we were blitzing…and that’s been killing us for YEARS. We must telegraph it or something.

5. Coach Richt has always been a good recruiter, and I guess that’s the most important ability to have.

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So, Sourgrapes, being in the National Title hunt in 02, 05, and 07 was our imagination. UGA has won as many BCS Bowls at the ENTIRE ACC, you dufus.

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Dream Team is the perfect slogan, it matches the fan base.

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Russ was seen at the Autozone trying to buy a gallon of antifreeze JUST IN CASE this weekend doesn’t workout so well. The new UGA VIII has tried to remove his name from consideration for the job. He even was seen rollinf in an oil spot trying to change his color so he wouldn’t have to do the job.

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I was one of the fans that after the Missippi St. Game said Coach Richt needs to be fired but then I read an article on the SI website and came to this reality. If we fire CMR we will be in a rebuilding year for the next 5 years or so because there are no proven head coaches out there that can build this program up quick enough to the fans liking. Some say Will Muschamp or Kirby Smart but neither has been head coach and neither have the Name to bring in Big recruits until they start winning so unless we bring in a Saban or Mack Brown we should not fire CMR because he gives us our best chance to win an SEC Championship and National Championship. Of course if CMR is fired we will be a tennessee for years to come. I don’t know about you but I’d prefer to stick with Coach Richt, just saying…

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This why UGA standards are low, dumb crap like Mark Bradley, Florida news people would never say stupid things like this, the whole program would be under fire everyday.

In Florida Mark Richt and his crew would have been fired, but you below standards media and UGA keep living in the past for 1980 UGA.

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Keep dreaming MB, UGA will be lucky to beat Colorado this week, with or without AJ Green. One wide receiver does not a team make. No strength, no game plan, no running attack, no blocking, turnovers and no defense. Hmmm, sounds like a really good team.

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This UGA team will lose one game in the next 4 weeks, Florida, Auburn, and most likely GT.

Face it. 7-5 is a pipe dream. 6-6 is possible. 5-7 is VERY likely.

Good luck next season.

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Mark Bradley:

What do you think about the new schedule for UGA? Legit? Dare I say 2 Legit To Quit?

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“Attn: Ralph”

Must have hit a sensitive spot, and the truth must hurt.

Are YOU proud of this team and their coaches? And I’m referring more to the quality of individuals and the coaches who recruited/ accept them, than their athletic ability.

SOME folks are actually appalled – but evidently not you.

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Hey low standard UGA fans, Ronald Reagan, is not comming back, 1980 Championship team is almost drawing SS#.

Then you wonder why this program suck, you would never hear Ala, Fla fans supporting a loser like Richt.

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These types of columns are exactly why Bulldog fans are so damn delusional. Georgia sucks!! It’s a fact.

Florida is going to crush you, and you’re going to lose at least three more games, probably four.

Take the emotion out it and use your heads . . .

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Are you really that stupid Mark? The fact that you say if then when referring to if georgia can beat florida is literally one of the funniest comments I have ever heard. What makes you so confident they will even beat a horrible Colorado team this weekend. Granted I think they will but I am not confident. As for then next 3 games???????? UT. You can not tell me with a straight face that UGA is in much better shape if any at all than UT and that is a crazy series that UT has owned recently. Will be a very close game. Vandy has also shown it can play this year beating ole miss on the road and hanging with a decent northwestern team. That will not be a cupcake either. And Kentucky will be a very very tough game esp in lexington and I will be amazed if the pups win that one. Kentucky is much improved this year and the dawgs are obviously worse than last year. Honestly I have no clue where you get all this from but when you look at all the facts UGA will be VERY lucky to get through the next 4 games 3-1 and will more likely be 2-2 or 1-3. Bottom line the way the pups are playing right now it is not a guarantee they will win an sec game this year.

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@think #11 wins for all time? Tech is 4 spots behind UGA, does that make Tech a nationally elite program too?

You’re no Michigan, you’re no Alabama — both teams with more wins than UGA on the all-time list you’re using. Your games are still televised regionally for the most part, not nationally. Outside of the south, that “G” looks like Green Bay with the wrong colors. That’s all he’s saying, you aren’t the national power that most UGA fans think they are.

And you’re right about one thing – this is UGA’s best run in years, and you still have people loudly talking about ditching your coach.

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Mark, I wouldn’t expect this article from someone who wrote that Richt was in trouble just a few days ago. Let’s win Saturday and take it from there. So far we haven’t played like we can beat much of anyone. We’re losing the battle at the lines, plain & simple.

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we stink. End of story. Wheels fallen off.

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Answer ………..UGA has not recruited any big time offensive linemen or defensive linemen. The linebackers are only so so.

UGA has not recruited any big time running backs and this is so key to it all. The ones UGA has are small but they are slow.
UGA will struggle until Richt is either gone or he hires a legit O co ordinator and running back coach. He also needs ot hire a new O line coach. Searels is a failure.

Richt needs also to release TG’s fiery persona and allow him to be TG, not some subsitute pastor.
GO Dogs.

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Mark Richt and staff have the most to lose if you are NOT right…….I think he comes back if we lose the rest and the pressure is unbearable. 120 days in the job, McGarity will not won’t to replace a guy with his track record……We can talk about a “slide” all we want.
Now, What scares me, if you are a ’student’ of this team and staff, you will see that next year looks like a bigger hill to climb than this one. Last years class was small and we have 2-3 already, and who knows what kind of class we have, and Mark will play a freshman or two, but he has a history of not playing a bunch of young players. Study who we lose, who’s coming back……….I see 6-7 wins next year………………….He’s out of time.

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Did you ever play college football????

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Mark

1. I agree about AJ Green. Dawg fans, don’t underestimate what a talented player can do for you. AJ Green is like a Larry Fitzgerald; he has the ability carry an offense which is rare for a WR. If this was an 0-12 team, AJ could get them to 2-10 just on his ability alone.
2. I also agree about the next 4 games, all are very winnable. Everyone worries about Tennessee, but ya’ll that team is BAD! I’m not saying that UGA is great, but the Vols needed two OT’s to beat freakin UAB! If the Dawgs lose to the Vols this year, Richt should be fired on the spot!
3. Murray is good! And now that he has AJ back, has Durham and Tavares King at 2# receiver, and Orson and Aaron at TE: the offense should totally flow through him. Mix in the run game on second and medium and 3rd and short, and THAT will be this teams identity on offense.
4. The defense just lacks talent. Just a bunch of bodies on that side of the ball. I do think they try hard as opposed to last year where they would quit in games. But they just don’t have the ability to force a lot of 3 and outs, which is why its imperative that the offense gets their act together.
5. I disagree that UGA has talent, especially on defense and on the O-Line. We used to have NFL caliber talent in these areas and now we don’t. Except for the skill positions, I think is this a very untalented team overall: a bunch of 3 star guys. I call this the UGA myth, the old ” we’re so talented we should never lose more than 4 games” mentality. Well sorry, but that just isn’t the truth! This team needs to learn that they can and WILL lose games if they don’t execute! Those other teams have talent too you know!

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why it is like this…………………………………..I just did a poor job of my previous post, but we are on the same wave link. Next year looks tougher………….We don’t have the players in the program to win 10-11 games in the SEC as of now…..or next year…………I hope McGarity realizes that. You will see things at UGA you haven’t seen in a while. Empty seats.

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The Dawgs Coaching Staff will FIND A WAY TO LOSE two out of the next three games.

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6. Athens has lots of bars, so they don’t have to go far to get a DUI.

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Too easy to be pessimistic here…NO, I don’t think (nor should anyone else) that Georgia would be 4-0 with AJ Green, and even 3-1 is a stretch.

However, as the next game approaches, I’m willing to put a moratorium on poor-mouthing the program until we see some results with him on the field.

A decisive win in Boulder (no last-second kicks, catches, or other heroics needed) and the temperature turns down a notch. Just a notch.

A dud or a seat-of-the-pants victory (Colorado really isn’t a very good team, remember–I think Hawkins is pretty much toast without a bowl) and the supporters of the coaching status quo will be officially OUT OF EXCUSES.

It will be interesting either way, to say the least.

Let’s see what happens.

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But Green or no Green, they are still the ThUGA dawgs with a delusional fan base

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I thought last week was big for Richt…………This week really is. Even Vegas thinks we win.
I’ve been on here saying i think Richt comes back, but lose Saturday and to Tennessee, I might change my mind……………Bradley, I hope you are right, but you are wrong a lot.

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Fire all the bandwagon UGA fans. You wasnt here before Richt so take a hike.I would say pull for Bamer but the bandwagon is full.I hear Auburn has somr space left though.

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2-7 in SEC, 0-3 so far this year, just what makes anyone think it will get better…4 more wins at most this year….

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Bubba

September 30th, 2010
1:23 pm
I do not support losers!!!

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Don’t you folks realize that all problems are solved by a quick trip to the pool? Heck, after my perfect dive off of the 10 meter….I will be “locked in” mentally and should be able to come up with a solution to all of our problems. Until then, everyone should just chill out.

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Spot on! The losses were disappointing, but there were positives. Another positive is this team has heart. They don’t seem like the type to give up.

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Georgia will NOT go 4-0 until Halloween. 2-2 at best.

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It’s amazing to me how some “so called fans” are hoping we have a losing season so that we can change coaches. That’s about as pathetic as you can get.

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Bubba,

Great post.. i couldn’t have said it better

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JB—-i don’t think anybody will miss your seat.i think the dawgs will be just fine! Look for 2011 to be an exceptional year! maybe even win a NC.

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You asked the question last week, so let’s ask it again this week; What is Georgia loses to Colorado?

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there is still no enthusiam from the players-its like watching the OSU game from last year– sloooooow mo and boring

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I think if the whole AJ gate didn’t happen we would be 3-1 or 4-0. Simply because of the distraction woulnd’t have been with the team and also the opposing D Coordinators would have to game plan with AJ in mind and swing the coverages. Now they are playing vanilla and we have no play makers. The run is stuffed and the TE or no where to be found.

I know that seems simplistic but works for me….. Go DAWGS

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I think Georgia will lose to Colorado, Tennessee and Kentucky, 2-6 heading to Jax. I hope i’m wrong but they will find a way to lose. Bobo is terrible OC and thats Richt’s fault. Richt made numerous killer mistakes in hiring mediocre assistants. I lost faith in Richt and his staff. look at Auburn, how in the world Auburn is 4-0 and we are 1-3, they have a new QB!!! and dont tell me we lost because of Ealy fumbles, enough with this crap, we suppose to beat Miss state by 30 points, they have no QB for the god sake.
I say fire all of them and hire Jim Harbaugh. enough is enough.

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Hey R.C., stay off the acid dude.

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Recruiting-wise, i think we need to do a better job of evaluating and offering scholarships. It seems to me that we try to fill up our class real quick and then hold may 1 or 2 scholarships for the elite prospects to the end. I feel that should hold onto more scholarships and try to get the 4 and 5 stars and if we cannot get them, then we offer the 3 stars. It just seems like we are settling for the lesser players and the teams like Florida hold onto their scholarship at the end and get better players.

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Bubba – OSU has 5 MNC’s (most recent in 2002), 7 Heisman trophies (from 6 different players), is 54-10 in the last 5 years, including a blow out over Oregon last year in the Rose Bowl.
They have played in 3 BCS NC games (1-2 in them).
If that isn’t a national power, what is?

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Now about a few subpar years, you think he cannot coach anymore and want to hire a head coach with far less credentials than CMR

Tis true,However that was before Meyer, Saban and Miles,
since 2005 is been pretty much downhill, save the second half of the 07 season.

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I believe in destiny and jinx’s. Like Sundays Falcons game. They were destined to win. The only way we can break this jinx over Georgia is continuing to run the vignette at home games of Damon speaking out on the evils of drinking and driving. I’m serious Man!

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Georgia is 1-3 after four games,
which translates into a 3-9 regular season record.

Even the Shreveport Advocare 100 Independence Bowl
demands more than that.

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Man, I hope you’re right Mark. On “paper” the Dawgs should be 4-0 (or 3-1) right now, but the OL, TBs & (OC) play calling haven’t cut it. AJ will only make an impact if the OL can pass block. I’m not sure how they’ll do…on the upside 8-4 is a long shot (probably 7-5); however 6-6 is indeed possible. I’m hoping they can man up & get it done in Boulder.

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with all due respect to MUSTANG…

is anyone else tired of this argument??

“UGA fans need to chill out! You want to win but you are scaring the P P out of recruits!”

Fans are passionate about their program. I would find it highly, highly unlikely that recruits are gonna be driven away by fans. Poor coaching and terrible results will send them running, and so will a coaching change, possibly, but blaming upset fans for poor recruiting is just not very intelligent IMO.

In any event, with all the top 10 recruting classes we get anyways, why worry? You’re still going to get the same results

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There is no doubt that the UGA football program is on a disturbing downward spiral, and having an unflappable CMR on the sidelines isn’t helping any. The downward spiral seems to have started with the BAMA blackout game (in what was it 08?) and has continued and is now picking up speed. If it continues it will lead to a CRASH. That BAMA blackout game surely seemed to curse UGA for a long time. Expectations were so high what with the high national ranking at that time and the strong finish the year before. We were on a roll. But then SPLAT! and everything suddenly changed. You could literally feel the energy go out of the fan base in Sanford Stadium that night. The downward spiral has continued since then and is picking up speed.

Sure CMR says the right things i.e. “we’ve just got to hang in there and keep fighting,” but the game keeps passing him by and he remains puzzled, yet refuses to break a sweat. He definitely needs to retake the play calling from Bobo just for starters.

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Nice sugarcoating, Mark…but i ain’t buying it.

We ain’t good but we can get better if we work hard. The team played hard every game except Miss St.

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On paper? The dogs should be 4-0 on paper? You know what dogs do on paper? Exactly what they are doing to their season. Crappy Wee.

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5150 P.O.A.D

September 30th, 2010
2:19 pm
NEXT YEAR the MNC is a JOKE. Yes it make money and PUB, bu winning the SEC should mean more if your team does that. Sorry I hate Tech lost to UGA last year, but winning the ACC was more important to me. BAMA playing Ga State this year is nice for Bama to give some money to Curry, but I think my buddy that is a huge BAMA fan could probably play QB and I could be Middle Lindbacker in that game by the middle of the 2nd quarter. If you want to break the BSC then have HUGE OOC games as to make the BCS MNC be between a no loss App St vs a no loss Sayracuse. Make the bowl matchups a joke because the teams playing got to the game by playing nobodys. I know I would love to see a Haiwii v Bosie St for the MNC when you have Bama, UF, Texas, USC west, Ohio St and Oklahoma all having 2-3 losses and playing in crapy bowls, but they could all beat the teams playing in the BCS MNC game. THAT is the cure to killing the BCS.

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Do you guys remember how our Defensive coordinator search went. We all wanted CWM and we thought that we could get absolutely anybody in the nation to come be the DC for us..Bud Foster turned us down and stayed at VA. Tech for more money. John Chavis turned us down and reupped at LSU. Supposedly, Vic Koenning turned us down and took the job at Illinois. Then, Kirby Smart led us on then used us to get a better deal with Bama. If someone had told us that we would hire Todd Grantham as DC when we first fired CWM then how many of us would have been excited..NONE. I do think however Grantham will get the job done and like the hire.

Here’s a list of potential coaches and how i think it would play out.

1) Chris Peterson – he’s got it made a Boise..wouldn’t leave to job insecurity at SEC
2) Jon Gruden – If he didn’t leave for ND, he won’t leave for UGA
3) Will Muschamp – unproven as head coach
4) Kirby Smart – unproven as head coach
5) Charlie Strong – unproven as head coach
6) Gary Patterson – not leaving for job insecurity at SEC.

Tennessee had to settle for Derek Dooley and Auburn had to settle for Gene Chizik. They thought they could get the moon and had to settle for two unproven head coaches with LOSING records at their previous schools.
Do you guys really want to fire our winningnest head coach % wise and the fourth winningnest coach in NCAA for someone with an unproven record?

I could see this scenario playing out if we have a head coaching search. Look at how crazy our fans are acting now with the best head coach in our history. Do you think any of these hot young coaches want to leave their stable job and jump into the frying pan. If you don’t believe this then look at Alabama’s histore before Saban. Some of our fans are just as bad as theirs.

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In 1969 and 1970 Bear Bryant’s Alabama teams went 6-5 and 6-5-1. In ‘69 they lost to UT for the 3rd straight year and lost to Vandy. They also lost their 3rd straight bowl game. He won 8 of the next 9 sec championships. In those same years Vince Dooley’s dawgs were 5-5 and 5-5-1. Went 11-1 in 1971. With the way fans are now, they would have never wanted these “incapable” coaches to stay around. Go ahead and fire Mark Richt so we can get our Derek Dooley. When we fire him lets see if we can get a coach who has won the SEC east 4 times, 90 games in 10 years, a couple of SEC championships, and 4 top 10 national finishes to apply. You guys that want to fire Richt are CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OK to all you that say pay the players. Here are the numbers from UGAs teams.
Baseball 42, M Bball 12, W/M Cross Country 54, Football 124, M Golf 11, M/W Swimming 51, M Tennis 11, M/W Track 98, W Bball 12, Equestrian 67, W Golf 8, Gymnastics 13, W Soccer 31, Softball 22, W Tennis 10, and Volleyball 13. That is 570 Student Athletes. If “PAY UP” has their way that is $570,000 min. a month to $1,140,000 a month or $13,680,000/yr. HAHAHAHAHAHHA RIGHT UGA can afford that. As someone posted UGAA is like #2 in money rasing and there is no way in HELL UGA can pay PLAYERS. TITLE IX leveled the field. Pay ONE you pay them ALL. Hell if you just paid them $2,000/ semester that is $3,420,000/ year.

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fair and balanced,

your comments show that you never played football before and your stupidity. Ealey fumbled the ball because he got his bell rung by a defensive player and probrably didn’t know where he was at for a few minutes. If you had ever played football, you would know this. You also talk about players allowing the ball to touch them during punts. Again, anyone who has played know that you are trying to avoid block and blindside hits on the punt team and if a ball is under kicked it’s liable to hit anyone. I HATE sorry a$$ fans like you.

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Phil – “10 years later and he hasn’t proved very much if you ask me.”

You mean despte the two SEC Championships and 2 BCS Bowl victories right? Hey, I agree the past two years have stunk, but to say that CMR has done nothing is not very accurate.

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Phil – Luckily no one is asking you. That was just a ludicrous statement.

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Richt has proven he can’t beat Florida, he can’t compete with the elite teams in the SEC, will never get us to a National Championship game. He’s proven he can’t control his players, both on the field and off the field. He’s proven he can take a elite program in the SEC and take to the bottom along side Vanderbilt and Ole Miss.

I guess you’re right, he’s proven a lot.

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This is exactly why I have no respect for the Bulldogs or their fans. Your sense of entitlement makes you bellyache when you have a losing year (and even when your winning year isn’t good enough) and you all want to throw the coach overboard. I’m no fan of Mark Richt, but he’s accomplished more than most coaches in college football.

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Just for record this “idiot” has 2 degrees from UGA, Pete. And season ticket holder. Mark Richt will NEVER contend for another SEC East crown…….at least not at UGA. We are a sinking ship. you were probably one of those ppl who thought we should have kept Ray Goff just bc we tired Auburn in 94. The sooner Rev. Richt is gone, the sooner we can catch up with the Bama, Fla., LSU, etc. That is unless you like being a losing program………which i guess just makes you a loser.

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My insider TGC crew has heard this already from me, but I am convinced that Murray has made a bunch of mistakes that just hasn’t been obvious to us. And for those saying that Bobo was riding him, because he mentioned him needed to release the ball faster (which was 100% true), that’s just BS becasue there has been dozens of plays that Coach has silently accepted the blame as a bonehead call, when in fact Murray checked INTO the wrong coverage/blitz/hole. Certainly any mistakes Murray makes IS the coaches responsibility. He should take the blame for a play that doesn’t work because that is his job. But it’s sort of important to understand what is actually happening on the field, isnt it? Just as an indication if anything will improve.

I can point to several specific play just last week that there is video proof that our QB made a mistake in his reads and the results changed the outcome of the game. Hint: the announcers that some of you love to take at thier word, pointed out one glaring misread, on that last critical drive when the game was still in doubt.

But he is a worlds ahead of Staffords first few games already. (RS)

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Monsieur Madame @2:10
You obviously didn’t comprehend my posting. I said “when I travel outside the southeast….”
RDU = Raleigh-Durham, NC – which is in the southeast. Before you start throwing around insults, perhaps you should have at least a basic understanding of both the geography of the United States and the English language.

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Hey real Kirby Smart…were your two degrees in Home Consumerism and Interior Design…? Just kidding, must be that freaking joke, Management. Stings doesn’t it? So, from the world of demographics I will offer this to you: We live in Georgia. A small state. We are not a Florida. We are not a Texas. So, recruiting will be tough. And I will bring you back to earth for a second, we are not considered a national powerhouse. Hey, just ask ESPN. So, we cant rest on our laurels like Tennessee does. Finally, we recruit within the SEC, a gargantuan task. Then, you go off, and think we should win the East, every year. Sure, the last time we won was 5 years ago. I know, that is just awful isn’t it….? Crickets, crickets. Seeing as UF (as much as I hate them) won a natl. championship, almost had the chance for two, it was a tough division. So, hey…we should win every year right. Why not the National Championship. We should win that as well. Oh, and by the way, what does “tired Auburn” mean? Way to use both of those degrees. Now, if you could have only learned to use a dictionary, or maybe just a spell checker (all you need to do is right click on the word in question). Embarrassing.

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DIT,

You’re right, you don’t know the next coach will be better. But I’n afraid we are in a downward spiral, and it’s been happening the last few years, you can see the direction this program is going. Down, not up.

I don’t think you take a chance on an unproven when you want to get to the next level, you go get a top notch guy, like Florida and Alabama did.

I say Jim Harbaugh. He has proven a lot at Stanford. He has made an academic school a tough physical smash mouth program. If he can do that at Stanford, just imagine what he could do here with all the access to the recruiting in this area. He could produce a team that could stand up to Alabama.

There are a couple others out there also, but Harbaugh looks to be the best.

And before all the Richt loyalist go off again, do you really think he would have lasted 10 years at Alabama or Florida without ever getting to a National Championship game? If you’re honest with yourself, then you know he wouldn’t have.

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Shankit,

I don’t know that he would, but if you throw enough money out there, you can get almost anybody. Saban would leave Alabama if the money is right. Don’t think we could afford him though.

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Mark Badley written article is at it again… another homer for UGA. Maybe UGA’s problem is all the bad karma that is assoicated w/ mark badley written. UGA is not that well off and tech is in a better position.

but what else is new, Mark is standing up for his team and trying to insult their rivals at the same time.

this guy sucks.

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” Not much,”

1-1 at home
0-2 on the road.
0-3 in the SEC.

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tech is 1-1 in the acc
uga is 0-3 in the sec

yeah, UGA looks like they are gonna be fine!!! nothing to worry about! QB looks great.

Tech is gonna have a better season. Even if ur a fan of UGA you should be able to see that.

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UGA couldn’t even force OVERTIME against Miss St. you know the Miss St that is 42-76 since 2000 and only has 2 winning seasons since 2000.

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The Dawgs are awful and credit must go to the coach. so long Richt!

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Mark is right, UGAg will not finish 6-6, they will finish 5-7. Enjoy your season, my new favorite radio station is 95.5 because there are so many crying puppy fans out there. Wa-wa-wa, Loosers!

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I think Bradley is putting the cart before the horse. Let’s get a W in Boulder before we go talking about winning streaks.

Plus some of UGA’s very best teams have been spanked by Tennessee…even when they have bad teams. I don’t think we have much of a chance in that one.

Shankit…FYI last year’s QB was a 5th year senior. That is 5 years under Bobo. How do you think Bobo did with those 5 years? This year’s RS Freshman QB looks better than Cox did last year. OC’s are supposed to put the offensive players in the best position to succeed. His play calling has not done that AT ALL this year. I think some of the playcalls have put the kids in a position to fail many times. This coupled with his apparent lack of down and distance understanding leads me to believe we can do better than Bobo. Sorry fella.

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GR82 I guess no matter what happens all year we will have just wait and see after Thanksgiving now want we? It will still be fun, but it might not matter to anybody in the SEC or ACC by the time the game is played. PJ is 1-1 against Richt. Russ is 1-0 against Tech, but UGA VIII has never been on the sidelines. We will see.

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MB, I think it is more likely that UGA will have a 3-9 season. Based on the last 3 games, UGA doesn’t have the “right stuff”.

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You are expecting more from A.J. than I am.

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Oh No Mark you are just like the weather man……no clue

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Mark,

You are dreaming, the dawgs lose 2 of the next four. Then they lose to the Gators and Auburn to be 5-6 going into the Tech game. That’s a 50-50 proposition now, so you are looking at a 5-7 worse case and 6-6 best case——-either of which will lead Richt to replace all offensive coaches-he only make a move when forced to.

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79 was a winning but non-bowl season; 77 was the losing season; Ray Goff had several losing seasons. Butts was wining in his early years; but except for the 59 team (SEC champs) and 60 (6-4), UGA generally had losing seasons throughout the 1950s. If you exclude 80, 81, 82, and 83, Dooley’s record was just so-so.

During his tenure, only Bryant was a clearly superior SEC coach to Dooley. Vaught, Charlie Mac, Jordan were good but probably a touch below Dooley. Galen Hall might have been better but he was screwed royally by UF. Hall is the guy who kept Jo Pa sucessful; without him Paterno would have suffered the same fate as Bowden

Brooks was a good coach at KY; but he just didn’t have the talent base. SC, FL, LSU, and Bama have better coaches than Richt. Mullen is unproven; but he is making a good showing at MSU; however, there just isn’t the talent base in Mississippi. It’s too soon to tell about Tenn and Auburn. Overall, the SEC coaches in the SEC are quite good. UGA, however, does have the talent base; with this base, UGA should beat(SEC East and traditional opponents):

SC–7 out of 10
Vandy 9 out of 10
KY 8 out of 10
Tenn 6 out of 10
Auburn 6 out of 10
FL 4 out of 10
Tech 7 out of 10

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Wish on, you what if bunch of xxxx. The dogs ain’t jack and will not even meet fat xxx bradley’s expectations this year. So xxxxxxx what.

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Mark and all you dumb mutts fans keep drinking the Kool- Aid!

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Mark, UGA is just “down” this year. It happens. When I spent two years in Athens, matriculating at the University as part of my education, I heard it said, “Oh, yeah – - Georgia. That’s the school that USED to have good football teams.” Well, they snapped out of it, and they will again. If they finish 6-6 this year, fans have to understand that you have to have a poor season every now and then. Richt is a good man, and he’s not the cause of what the Bulldogs are going through.

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The biggest reason the bullfrawgs are better (sorry if this has already been mentioned because I didn’t read all entries) is DRUM ROLL…….all of their players are not in jail! God Bless the proud recipients of The Fulmer Cup! Woof Woof!

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Mark, Lets get realistic and debark the Homer Train:

1. Yes AJ will help, but only so much. Without an OL to block it is hard to pass the football downfield.

2. Shouldn’t and Couldn’t are two widely different words but should be used in every sentence when speaking UGA Football. 7-5 and 6 and 6 are more likely and UK on the road is a tough one.

3. Aaron Murray is legit, but that poor guy is getting killed by poor blocking.

4. Lack of quality players is not going to make life any easier with the upcoming schedule for this defense, do not think that UK, UF, AU will not poor it on the defense with Touchdowns and field goals.

5.Talent on this team is very very sparse, now I am not saying it is not there, I am saying it was signed each February, delivered each summer, but coached down every fall. When Green, Durham leave after this year life in Athens on Saturday will not be a place where 90,000 fans will be happy.

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Stewart Mandel: In all my travels, I’m not sure I’ve ever come across a fan base whose self-perception is so far from reality. Georgia fashions itself a national power in the vein of Ohio State, USC, et. al., based primarily off one glorious three-year run 30 years ago with Herschel Walker (and some kick-butt years in the 1940s). Prior to this season, the Dawgs under Richt had vastly outperformed their historical “equilibrium,” and in fact Richt’s career winning percentage (.752) is the highest in school history (not counting Bobby Winston’s lone 5-1 season in 1894).

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Mark,

Really?…this sounds to me like propaganda (positive UGA and negative Tech)…I guess AJC/WSB needs to make sure there are plenty of listeners to their advertisements during their semi-pro (UGA) team’s game commercial’s.

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Great talent, lousy coach. That’s the fact, Jack.

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what if they win every game on out,that would really p!ss me off, read the stats at the 2010 NFL combine for the D line drafted,hell even the last couple of years,A Better Coach Would Have A BETTER Team,point blank botton line.ANGER GRRRRRRRRR

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7-5 maybe 8-4

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OustideWorld- I don’t claim that UGA is in the vein of the Ohio St. Suckeyes, or USC from the PAC 1. I know those are good teams, but it’s a little bit easier to have a dominanat run when you’re not playing in the SEC. I’m not saying those teams wouldn’t be good in the SEC, but it would be harder to be as dominant. Not only is teh schedule tougher, but the teams also have to play an extra SEC championship game as well…unlike those 2 teams you mentioned. Again, Ohio St. has never beaten an SEC team. The last time UGA played them they beat them too, btw. UGA still usually does have a good team. Nobody wins all the time.

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F**K You Mark!

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Listening to the 790theZOne crew destroy Mark Bradley as a complete hack this morning on the radio was one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard.

A thing of beauty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I think what Mandel failed to mention is that he came to those conclusion while working on a feature about GT, but since they knew so little about thier own team, only obsessed with being the self-appointed experts on what every Georgia fan thinks, this is the story he came back with.

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I’d rather see Durham than Green……just sayin. Great to see his success so far. I am sick of hearing how Green is our best player. Tired of the excuses people make for him. Bunch of crap!! There are a lot of kids on that team that deserve recognition for their efforts and stellar play and behavior. Bench the problems and play the players, coach. Be a man!!

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No question we are the bet 1-3 team in the nation…but no one has really been able to point out why we are not 4-0.
Don’t think AJ would have gotten us to 4-0 anyway…as Coach Erk used to say, “the difference between winning and loosing is a fine line”.
I know we are better than our record but we have been saying this for over 2 years.

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My brother in law flew to Denver the other night on DL. He has emailed me several times. He is staying with a former college roomie from Macon Georgia who now lives in Boulder.

They say that the fans out there are jacked up ( for Colorado standards ) and they do expect a blow out. They think that UGA is about like what we in the SEC think of William and Mary or Elon College or GT. They do expect a 45-10 thing ……………. the score should be about right.

I see wreckless abandon in UGA’s offense. Not because AJ will be playing but because they all know ( UGA coaches know ) that their futures are at stake I see UGA running a spread O with Murray rolling and passing short to intermediate balls to keep the chains moving. I see the UGA TEs heavily invloved in twin TE sets or stacked widde outs with BOTH AJ and DURDEN on one side and Marvleous Marlon Brown ( he cost us the MSU game with holding call ) and then Aaron can have a field day. He can roll out look, or tuck it and run. They ( Colorado ) will not know whether to sit or go blind.

Once the UGA passing attack ala Texas Tech is rolling, then yes, we will see sad, pathetic Ealey getting some nice runs. This is the template for the future at UGA …………should have been done weeks ago but FEAR has them all re-thinking it.

I also see Boo Malcomb from SWD HS playing ……….unless he is injured. He is a bigger back than the three lil boys that are #s1,2 and 3.

Go Dogs.

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Mark Richt appears to be Tommy Tubberville icarnate during his last year at Auburn. Totally disengaged and smug, hopefully the team won’t quit on CMR as Auburn did in 2008.

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Talent? We have one NFL prospect and he hasn’t even played yet this year. Talented teams put players in the pro’s! The state of GA. has to much talent to go over 30 years without a National Championship. Richt had his chance, lets try someone else

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That was the past . This is now. Green is the only national profile player

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Gay-turds fan should be seen and not heard!

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I’m a UGA and I say they will be worst than 6-6.

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Reality check: MSU’s defense is pretty darn good and Starkville is a tough place to play. None of the 4 upcoming games should be considered more difficult. People who think MSU is worse than the 4 upcoming games are living in a pre-Dan Mullen mindset.

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We will win 4 more games.
Colorado
Tennessee
Vandy
Idaho State
We will loose the rest and I think The GT game will end in a tie because they will BOTH try to out sorry each other.

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Any team that just took 2 OT’s to beat UAB isnt beating anybody anytime soon.

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Volunqueer fans, please join your fellow Gay-turd bretheren…

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@ “Date Your Sister”…….Why would I want to do that when your mother and your sisters put out like Coke vending machines. Heck, with them you don’t even need exact change. I know you are upset that UGAg is 0-3 in SEC play. But look on the bright side….well OK….I guess in Athens there is not bright side. PS…tell your Mom to get that rash checked. I have been itching like crazy!

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5 reasons why the Bulldogs are not better off: 1)Richt 2)Bobo 3) Richt 4)Bobo 5) Richt.

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I wonder if colleges around the USA have even considered the idea that the NFL should not be connected to college football in any way, shape, or form. For example, players would register to go to school and then go to the classes as other students and then if they had time to play football they could do so. No scholarships.
On the flip side of the coin, all thuggs and rapist and murderers could just go from high school to the NFL, start making large sums of money, and never torture colleges with their idiotic dances and crimes commited. Why lower the standards of colleges just so that a bunch of thuggs can give the NFL a free chance to see how good they might be while playing college football so on—most of these guys leave college anyway in their 3rd year and go to the NFL.
Then again I also realize that the average American has a fourth grade education, and an idea like this would never make any sense. But it will be thrown out to the public at some point I am sure. To me, especially after watching Georgia and their sissies try and act they can play football(all the while getting a free education and training in a sport), this idea makes a tremendous amount of sense and I would welcome it————-Just think, they wouldnt even have to give any scholarships. And no recruiting. And no more games. Too good to be true I think. Hey, no more problems with agents.

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Mtn Dawg: I am not sure if you are positive, optimistic or dumb to believe this team will win all their remaining games.

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i’ll give you five reasons to kic–k your as—- bradley, sick sence of humor, ha ha!! p.s. try writing like, 5 reasons why we should start 5 freshman off linemen!!! get it our “O” line su—-x. no 9-3 fool, try 5-7 and hope we can give those freshman “O” line playing time.

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I am a DIE HARD UGA fan! I’ve loved them since day 1 and always will which is why I feel I am the perfect person to say CMR is GREAT, but Bobo wasn’t any good as a player so WTF makes anybody in Athens think he was gonna be some offensive minded guru?! CMR should’ve fired Martinez loooong ago just as he should’ve done Bobo and sticking with him is going to get him the boot right along with Bobo! CMR has the same syndrome Bobby Cox suffered from all these years that allowed us to be known as a regular season contender and flounder in the postseason… Sticking with the ’starter’, just because Bobo is the ’starter’ doesn’t mean he’s the best guy for the job! Fire his ass and get a legit offensive minded person running the show for goodness sake!!! Anyway… GATA!

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It is strange to me that everyone is pointing out the Mississippi game so much. This team took Auburn to the wire. Cam and crew barely got out alive. Miss. State didn’t beat us as much as we blew it ourselves. We took Arkansas to the last minute. This team is a hair away from being 3-1. I think it is very interesting with all the Tech fans on here posing as this person or that. Tech fans seem to care far mor about Georgia losing as opposed to what their program is doing. It is funny to me as a dog fan to watch the glee these guys get at watching UGA struggle. They will not even leave any inication as to the fact they are Tech fans when they post for a reason. Guys no disrespect but worry about your own affairs. Maybe if Tech fans would worry more about their “beloved” jackets, when the dogs play Tech in Atlanta it would not look like a UGA home game.

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Dog fans I will be at the UT game next week lets set aside our differences and support these kids. Fill the stadium and get loud we can help get this turned around. These young men need to see we love this team and are here to support it even in the ugly times.This is the difference between us and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech fans will be the last to admit it, but they hate UGA because we own them. No matter what the record, they see us as an L on their schedule almost every year. It drives them insane. They don’t come on this site because we are a “sorry team” , they come with a seething hatred for a team that will punch them in the mouth year in and year out. They know the dogs will be back. They have to enjoy it for as long as they can.

Prediction: 2010 Dogs 34-17 over Tech.

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I still can’t get over this, btw, there are more than GT fans enjoying UGA’s demise, as Stewart Mandell said: “In all my travels, I’m not sure I’ve ever come across a fan base whose self-perception is so far from reality. Georgia fashions itself a national power in the vein of Ohio State, USC, et. al., based primarily off one glorious three-year run 30 years ago with Herschel Walker (and some kick-butt years in the 1940s). Prior to this season, the Dawgs under Richt had vastly outperformed their historical “equilibrium,” and in fact Richt’s career winning percentage (.752) is the highest in school history (not counting Bobby Winston’s lone 5-1 season in 1894).”

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outsideworld,

What demise? According to you we had nothing to begin with. I doubt you hang out on Vanderbilt blogs or any other secondtier team. What gives us little dog fans the great honor of your intelligently
crafted summary of our sorry football program Techie.

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Nats, Nats, Nats, man why do we have to share the same state with these guys? Hey Yechs free Jeneane Gorafilo posters with the purchase of one or more tickets to any home game.

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No, Dawg style, “GOTTA win” was last week, and we all saw what happened there.

This week, they either win or CMR and the entire coaching staff start looking for new jobs, because if the Dawgs can’t get by Colorado with AJ, then this season’s over and the Dawgs officially suck.

Let’s hope that won’t be the case. I’m not throwing in the towel yet.

So, come on…..Let’s Go Dawgs! Sic ‘Em!

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You are correct,they will not finish 6-6. Try 5-7. The talent pool has been draining for several years. Thats a point most people are missing. Mainly defense. Plus the 3-4 has made several of our DL obsolete. We have an OL that has been together for 5 years and still cant get it done.It all gets down to coaching. Its not good and combined with the sinking talent level means 1-3.

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Colorado joins a PAC-10 conference next season which has ZERO (9) BCS National Championships – the only BCS conference without a BCS NC Game Win.

The other part of the B.S. by the media is that there are ALL THESE GREATEST RIVALRY GAMES in College Football, they say :

Michigan Ohio State
Notre Dame Southern California
Texas Oklahoma

I have a question for those media promulgating such B.S.

Why has SEC Won 4 in a row BCS National Championship Games 6-0 ?

Why does PAC-10 have 0 BCS National Championship Game wins 0-2 ?

Why does the ACC have 1 BCS National Championship Game win 1-2 ?

Why does Big 10 have 1 BCS National Championship Game win 1-2 ?

Why does Big East have 1 BCS National Championship Game win 1-2 ?

Why does Big XII have MOST LOSSES in BCS Nat Champ Games at 2-5 ?

Isn’t it REALLY The SEC games that are THE MOST IMPORTANT GAMES ?

Scratch that; that is not a question, now is it ?

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Snoop Dawg – if you had a brain you would still be stupid.

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Elaine are you a female inpersonator? Just curious.

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UGA Guy – you haven’t been paying attention…. most of these negative comments are not made by true UGA supporters but closet Tech, GaeTor, Tick Hound, GameCluck, etc. supporters disguised as UGA supporters. These vile little whimps don’t have the guts to say who they really are..;.. shameless cowards.

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“Support The Team”…couldn’t have said it better myself. Way to much negativity here, as usual.
“…Anyone who goes on a blog and blasts their football team is not a REAL fan! People who publicly criticize their program are FAIR WEATHER fans. As long as their team is winning they are happy, when adversity comes they panic. If you have legitimate criticisms you send the AD a letter. You never air your dirty laundry in public so that the program is put to shame. Greg McGarity is an intelligent man and if he feels like changes need to be made, then it will happen. Until that happens cheer for the team. If you want the players to play for the “G” on the helmet, then you need to cheer for the “G” on the helmet, regardless of who the player is or who the coaches are…”

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mark richt should be fired right now him along with bobo the clown. these guys are absolutely clueless when it comes to coaching. with the talent that uga has had the last 10 years not 1 title. the thought that mark richt will get 1 more year is sad. if he can win out yes. but 1 more loss he must be fired. uga should be tired of losing every year. any coach in the country can coach uga to 7 or 8 wins. i cant even bare to watch these players having to listen to these terrible coaches anymore.

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Mark, you never cease to show how incompetent you can be within a public forum… kudos to that i guess, and all those thug’s in the clink up in Athens… Georgia is the Florida State of this decade…

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“8 reasons why the Braves won’t squander this lead”

why would anyone actually believe 3 less reasons about UGA?
Already losing the Colorado, Bradley makes great predictions.

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“2. The Bulldogs shouldn’t lose again until the day before Halloween, if then”

lol … wrong!

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THANKS BUFFS FOR BEATING THIS SISSY TEAM!

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Bulldog fans should hold their heads up! True fans stick with their teams. The SEC is no cake walk!

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Today scores prove you are just a paid for hack. Wishing does’nt mean squat on the bottom line.

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Funny article–what a joke

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I have one comment for your five reasons…….sounds like you’re in wonderland with Alice and the head coach!!!!

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KEEP MARK RICHT! KEEP MARK RICHT

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Come on down to Jacksonville for your whipping! KEEP MARK RICHT! KEEP MARK RICHT!

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Poor dogs, at least you get to stay home with your families during the holidays. You sure ain’t playing in a bowl. KEEP MARK RICHT! KEEP MARK RICHT!

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Get rid of Richt and you’ll be sorry

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Say What?

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Mark B: “this team will not — repeat, not — finish 6-6″

Oh how true… 6-6 seems like a dream at this point.

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Looks like same old ball licking scumbag dogs to me

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Look at the bright side…I’m giving you Vandy and Idaho State. LMAO

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offensive is what that offense is …..

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1) AJ Green return- worked out fine. He’s got his ticket to the NFL. Agents all around.
2) Bulldogs “May not lose until Halloween”- should be revised to “May not win until Halloween!”
3) Aaron Murray is legit only when AJ Green is in the game.
4) This defense would be great if it were touch football.
5) Talent without smarts equals many a football player that doesn’t know their assignments, reads, and responsibilities. Talent equals a ME mentality versus a TEAM mentality. This team’s motto should be “You can spell team without ME”

It is time for a coaching change and to ask Dooley to come back as AD. Change recruiting mentality- get some guys who want to win vs punch a ticket to the NFL- ride them very hard- then we’ll win the SEC.

These guys are turning Georgia into a joke- more arrests than wins means you lose!

MAKE THE CHANGES!

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That Mr Richt, he too nice a man to be a coach. He don’t understand that every once in awhile you got to grab one of them players and give ‘em a shot right smack in the chops…..That’s all that keeps ‘em straight, you know…

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5 Reasons Why Georgia Is Worse Than What You Think:

5. Our defense can not stop anyone on key 3rd downs.
4. Mike Bobo is in love with running the ball up the middle, when the facts show it’s fruitless.
3. We don’t use the only true nose tackle we have (Kwame Geathers) and instead use a guy who is 25 lbs. too light to take up the center and the guard and can not get a push up the middle.
2. Richt is not coaching guys up on the sidelines after they make a mistake. He just sends them into isolation, which does nothing but destroy the kids confidence.
1. We have recruited too many thugs.

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I repeat…Marginal at best!

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So does the AJC have a drug testing policy because Im pretty sure mark is wasted with his defense of this team, richt is a nice guy, bobo is a nice guy but they do not adjust for crap, they run the same plays and then act surprised when they stop them. And have none of you paid attention to how every team is now running that short quick pass to the flat route that richt and company have not stopped since 2005? Im sorry but richt has over stayed his welcome, cut him loose then throw a boat load of money at harbaugh.

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AT THIS POINT UGA, YOU JUST NEED TO NOT ONLY PLAY CHARLESTON SOUTHERN BUT YOU NEED TO JOIN THEIR BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE AND GET IT OVER WITH

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Yep are better off we 1-4 and next is Vols who lost to LSU 14-10..on a wild endin game..ah what a site see vince dooley son whippin Georgia all over at staduim before a stun crowd of drunk fans!

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Who’s your daddy, or better yet, which is your daddy?

South Carolina
Arkansas
Miss. State
Colorado
Shreveport

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Georgia will win 3-4 games this Season. So much for Georgia Bulldogs are better off than you’d think! Tennessee will take out their frustrations on Georgia this coming weekend,making their record 1-5.

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In case anyone forgot

UGA recruiting ranking from rivals.com

2009 #6
2008 #7
2007 #9
2006 #4

STILL don’t think we have a serious coaching problem??????

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OUT OF 5 THINGS MARK THE MUTTS ARE 1-4 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

S.E.C COACH OF THE YEAR MARK RICHT AND MIKE BOBO!

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Mark,

Here are FIVE reasons the dawgs are the worst team in the SEC:

NO COACHING

NO COACHING

NO COACHING

NO COACHING

NO COACHING

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Unless Richt can regenerate confidence in this team they will continue to go downhill. I know for a fact that Auburn is just waiting for them to come to town and licking their chops. This Auburn team is dangerous this year.

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The Bulldogs lost again before Halloween Eve
. . . . . . and are now 1-4 . . . . .

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Time to write another article

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Did someone mumble something about running this state? HE HE HA HA, LAST IN THE SEC!!!

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Maybe we can win if we use 13 on defense. It almost worked for UT against LSU. But then again, you only have to be able to count to 10 to get into UT.

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Hope all you Dawg fans that bought those Colorado hats in 1990 remember to wear them tomorrow.

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Colorado wasn’t much trouble, huh? I LOVE IT!!
FUGA

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I have been a bulldawg fan for life and love watching the dawgs but, now the Mark Richt era must come to an END. The bulldawgs has had the talent and a couple of years ago were the #1 ranked team in the country. Richt might be a great coach in WAC or PAC-10! SEC football requires a mental tough coach who plays to win. Richt is too conservative not to mention being outcoached ( all games this season they should have won so far.) Why is BoBo still calling plays? Richt, should be fired along with the entire coaching staff this team is a joke and will be lucky to win anymore games.

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Good one FUZZ.

((((((((((georgia’s 2010 “signature win” = Louisiana Lafayette))))))))))

Hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahah.

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Does anyone wonder why Bradley still has a job. It is almost like it is satire at this point. No need to point out his failures this is just SAD!!!!!!

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