It’s not easy to restart a program, but UGA’s Richt just might
How 'bout these young Dawgs? Isaiah Crowell on Signing Day. (AP photo by Mike Haskey)
Hoover, Ala. — His program, figuratively if not literally, was headed south. “Georgia had declined in record and in how people nationally perceived our program,” Mark Richt said. “I realized that.”
That was important. Realization that you’re going wrong is the first move toward making things go right again. But such knowledge isn’t always the precursor to change. Fact is, it’s harder to recapture momentum than to build it in the first place.
“You can get it back,” said Richt, speaking before his appearance before the full body of the SEC media here Thursday. (These glitzy Media Days are like the Oscars in that there’s a pre-show for selected local and national scribes.) “There’s positive momentum around our program right now. There’s a sense of excitement. Anticipation is very high.”
He’s right. There is. Over the winter, Georgia went from being the team that couldn’t score a touchdown against Central Florida to the program that assembled a recruiting Dream Team. And here’s quarterback Aaron Murray after seeing the heralded freshmen in summer workouts: “I wasn’t sure if they were going to be that good, but they’re definitely as good as advertised. Seven or eight of them could start right now.”
For all the speculation that Richt must win big or be gone, there’s no sense, as Richt himself said, “of gloom and doom.” This team thinks it can win the SEC East. (More than a few observers, this one included, would agree.) This program has overridden the grim reality of an 8-5 season followed by 6-7 … at least for now.
Here we pause to assess reality. Tennessee won consecutive SEC championships and the 1998 BCS title; a decade later, Phillip Fulmer was pushed aside to make room for, ahem, Lane Kiffin. Florida State finished in the top five 14 seasons running but not once after 2000, which is why Bobby Bowden was jostled into retirement. Having suffered four losing seasons in five years, Penn State has since had three 11-win seasons — but that was in the Big Ten, not the SEC.
In the SEC, everything is accelerated. Terry Bowden won his first 20 games at Auburn and resigned after coaching 45 more. Tommy Tuberville, who succeeded Bowden, went undefeated in 2004 and was gone in 2008. David Cutcliffe went 10-3 at Ole Miss in 2003; the next year he got fired.
The exceptions: Bear Bryant had six-win seasons at Alabama in 1969 and 1970 but won eight of the next nine SEC titles; Vince Dooley went 5-6 in 1977 and 6-5 in 1979 but was 43-4-1 over the next four seasons. Bryant’s turnaround came when he began to recruit black players; Dooley’s came when he signed Herschel Walker.
If there’s a surge coming at Georgia, it will likewise be tied to recruiting. The Dream Team, center Ben Jones said, “was the turning point we needed. The juice is back.”
Said Richt: “The recruiting class did give us momentum, and [there was momentum] even in the class itself. So-and-so would jump on, and then so-and-so, and there was a climax at the end with Isaiah [Crowell, the Columbus tailback] and [JUCO nose tackle Jonathan] Jenkins.”
There’s another component to G-Buzz 2011, and it’s a function of Richt being bold. Opening against Boise State is a considered risk — the Bulldogs might well lose, and there’d go your buzz — that had to be taken. “That game would jolt you back into the consciousness of the college football world,” he said, and the coach is milking it as feverishly as an ambidextrous dairy farmer. (Five seconds into his opening statement to the main media body, Richt spoke the words “Boise State.”)
In Athens on Wednesday, Richt stage-managed the unveiling of the Nike-styled Pro Combat uniforms the team will sport against Boise. He pretended to throw a fit when Murray and cornerback Brandon Boykin didn’t show up — the coach even threw his notepad — only to have the two players walk into the room in full (top-secret) regalia. “There’s excitement over our uniforms,” Richt said.
If Georgia loses to Boise and then to South Carolina the next week, excitement will yield to raging speculation over how Kirby Smart will fare as the Bulldogs’ head coach in 2012. In his pre-briefing briefing, Richt was reminded by Ivan Maisel of ESPN that Sports Illustrated writer Dan Jenkins once said, “No matter how pretty a woman is, there’s somebody somewhere who’s tired of her.”
Richt laughed out loud. Then he said, “I know where you’re going with this. We’ll see how pretty we look at the end of the season.”
The guess here that they’ll look pretty darn good. The guess is that Richt will do what demonstrably great coaches have failed to do: He’ll execute a mid-course correction and take Georgia back to the top of the SEC East.
By Mark Bradley
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stevie zero
July 21st, 2011
11:37 am
dude first?
stevie zero
July 21st, 2011
11:43 am
dude?
todd grantham
July 21st, 2011
11:44 am
he might, he just might
sdidst
July 21st, 2011
11:45 am
first – thwg
JYD
July 21st, 2011
11:45 am
GATA
todd grantham
July 21st, 2011
11:47 am
Mark, please tell me the new uni’s dont look like grambling.
ScoutDawg
July 21st, 2011
11:48 am
Everyone is going to hate it when Richt rights the ship.
todd grantham
July 21st, 2011
11:48 am
i think CMR WILL be demonstrably great if he turns this around. if not, then selah.
Somewhere over the Dwayne Bowe
July 21st, 2011
11:49 am
I understand the optimism from the coaches, players, and fans. It wouldn’t be fun if hope didn’t spring eternal. The problem is that Richt was saying all the same stuff last year. Every coach says it.
Plus, his Dream Team reflected a lower than average (over the last ten years) haul if you believe the rankings.
Chuck
July 21st, 2011
11:49 am
wow are you and mr secret lovers? lost your top 2 wide receivers, one the best in the game. lost your top 2 rushers and the 3rd best sits out against a top 10 team. Also lost a couple of OL and 2 key defenders. Any other rational thinking person looks at that and says yikes. Not uga homers. As stewart mandel said, the most delusional fan base in the country.
Just Me
July 21st, 2011
11:51 am
Just not buying it yet. Mix all the UGA Koolaid you want, but don’t get drunk on it yet.
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
11:52 am
Richt really looks like he is disgusted with where things are but also has the look of someone who knows he has something coming that is going to be really good.
Steve O
July 21st, 2011
11:52 am
Man, if this was all going down at Ga Tech, the UGA homers would be all over these boards gloating. And I didn’t go to either school, so I have no interest in the issues really, just an observation how quickly UGA fans will jump on something if it suits their agenda.
Nate
July 21st, 2011
11:53 am
Again the the dream team crap? Over the past decade, they had 3 years where their recruiting rankings where HIGHER than this coming class. And another 3 years were of equal footing. Give me a break with this drea, team crap. Stars by a players name doesn’t translate into a great player. Most 4 and 5s are busts.
ScoutDawg
July 21st, 2011
11:53 am
Chuck just because you are a nerd and on PROBATION, AGAIN you don’t have to hate on us.
todd grantham
July 21st, 2011
11:54 am
what worries me is no depth on offense anywhere.
Just Me
July 21st, 2011
11:55 am
It is still the Old Lipstick on a pig thing, a silk purse from a sow’s ear, or a hooker into a housewife.
Tide Roll
July 21st, 2011
11:55 am
You’re right Mark.Until Bear Bryant begin recruiting black players, his program was on the downswing. Until georgia decides to do the same on their offensive line, they’ll remain on the downswing. Would someone remind Richt, McGarity and the rest, that the program no longer needs to be stuck in the 1970(s), that we’re now in the 21st century, and they need to drag their program up to speed.
Mark Bradley
July 21st, 2011
11:57 am
Kudos, dude.
$5 Dawg
July 21st, 2011
11:57 am
The last two majors to lose to Boise on opening night went on to win their conference. (Oregon and Virginia Tech).
Brad
July 21st, 2011
11:57 am
yeah the guy holding up a stuffed animal sure seems like a good pickup. NOT
Buckeye
July 21st, 2011
11:57 am
Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah.
Nothing new here except the uni’s tucked away in some undisclosed location. Good thing they’re not in the locker room.
oldbird
July 21st, 2011
11:59 am
It is scary that UGA beating Boise State will make a statement instead of vice versa. How has this happened?
Buckeye
July 21st, 2011
11:59 am
Hey DawginLex,
We need an updated troll list for UGA. – 2011 and beyond. I’ll start………..
1. Dream Team
Tide Roll
July 21st, 2011
12:00 pm
Dream team! They bring in the 9th rated offensive line class in the Conference, and call this a dream team! Why don’t you evaluate by positions? none of these kids, other than Xzavier Ward, are SEC caliber offensive lineman.Dream Team!? Ya’ll not only drink the Kool-aid, you’ve got to be spiking it as well.
P-Man
July 21st, 2011
12:01 pm
I, for one, believe in this coaching staff and the players. That does not make me delusional. It makes me a fan. I believe they will work hard and play hard (and smart), and we will see what the record is at the end of the year.
Go Dawgs!
Alaska Dawg
July 21st, 2011
12:01 pm
Pretty good analysis, Mark. Richt’s record speaks for itself. I agree that the team has underachieved at times, but overall Richt has had a pretty good run. Your comment about a mid-course direction change is spot on. I think Richt has the personality to pull it off. Just wondering if you think Samuel being touted as #1 back is a media ploy to throw Boise State off. I like Samuel, but if he wasn’t able to be one of our 4-5 main backs last year, then I can’t help but think Crowell or Malcome are better options.
Just Me
July 21st, 2011
12:01 pm
The Dream Team could be good, great, or just still Dreaming of being a Team. Football is ALL questions until the players get hit in the mouth in the first game. I am guessing All UGA fans are getting the betting line from Vegas on the Dawgs chances of winning the SEC East and the SEC. If you guys are buying what Richt is selling, then take a couple Hundred Dollars and put it on UGA to win the East and the SECCG. Put your money where your hopes and dreams are. You could make a chunk-o-green.
Alex G
July 21st, 2011
12:02 pm
Exactly chuck. Kellen is going to throw all over this team. Uga will get some scores but they will lose in the end. Then SC will shut down their impotent offense.
Boise 36 uga 25
SC 27
Ga 13
Every year it’s the same pump uga kool aid drinking morons. This year takes the cake with how much offense they are losing.When you have 7 turnovers in your first 2 games, I will be here saying told you idiots.
Mean Machine
July 21st, 2011
12:02 pm
It would be a great story, especially considering the impatience of today’s college football fan. But the odds are against it. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the program right now. Great coaches surround themselves with a great staff. CMR’s staff are guys promoted from within, with the exception of Grantham, who was Richt’s 3rd choice. When you compare UGA’s staff with the other top tier SEC programs, they don’t measure up.
Turd Ferguson
July 21st, 2011
12:03 pm
Chuck…Let them play the season before you start writing them off.
SEC Rules
July 21st, 2011
12:04 pm
Yeah Mark! Richt has only had UGA football on MEDIOCRITY autopilot for the past several years and now we are supposed to overlook that all because UGA has the easiest SEC schedule of any team and a moron could guide this talented team to a 9 win season. If we had a “great” coach instead of mediocrity we’d likely be in the hunt for a National Championship this year. Instead we are all talking about whether a 9 or 10 win season will save Richt’s job. He should have been fired last year and this year we’d have new blood with new ambitions than saving a coach’s job.
Turd Ferguson
July 21st, 2011
12:04 pm
Roll Tide…. STFU!
Alaska Dawg
July 21st, 2011
12:07 pm
Mark, I think you may just be right. Richt’s record speaks for itself. He is a winner! I think he is poised to lead the mid-course direction change that you mentioned. Just wondering if you think Samuel being named #1 back for BSU is a media ploy by Richt to throw off the boys from Idaho. I have to think that if Samuel was not one of our best 4-5 backs last year, that Crowell or Malcome aren’t better options.Go Dawgs!!!!
1953Dawg
July 21st, 2011
12:08 pm
Todd Grantham, it’s not only no depth on offense anywhere, there is no depth anywhere on the whole damn team. There are no proven playmakers on defense, none on the d.l, none at l.b, and absolutely none at the safety positions. This for a program with the same head coach in place for the past 10 seasons. This should never be the case at UGA, especially with the same coach in place. Yet here come these kool-aid drinkers spewing about Richt and how great of a coach he is. If he and Rodney Garner had a clue on how to recruit by position of need instead of rivals 4 and 5 star players, UGA wouldn’t be in this position, but Garner only recruits guys that are ranked high on rivals, and he could care less about position depth.
gambling man
July 21st, 2011
12:09 pm
Boyz is 13.5 +
That does not seem like a gamble…That’s a LOCK!
Curious George
July 21st, 2011
12:09 pm
Why do so many of the ‘Hoodratz and fast-running gangsterz Mark Richt recruits wind up WORSE OFF and STILL-ILLITERATE when they leave UGA in contrast to when they began there?
RTR
July 21st, 2011
12:10 pm
Yesterdays Article- A+… todays UGA nonsense- C-…. Your better than that Bradley!
Alaska Dawg
July 21st, 2011
12:10 pm
Thanks Turd Ferguson! I can only assume that Roll Tide doesn’t know how to access the Birmingham newspaper!
Joey
July 21st, 2011
12:11 pm
Murry: “Seven or eight of them could start right now.”
***************************************
Wow, can’t wait for Bobo to get his hands on all that talent!
Seriously, that sounds great. Lord knows there are openings . . .
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
12:12 pm
Shoulda, could, woulda fired CMR last year. We didn’t so either get on board the ship or jump off. We may be talking about what will save CMR job because every other blog on the AJC alludes to it. The media is driving the bus more so than the fan base. The media loves to have the hot topic of “coaches on the hotseat”. Richt seems to have regained the edge he had lost. Lets just see how this thing plays out. I would rather dance with the devil I know than take a chance with the devil I don’t. So lets hope Richt pulls this thing out.
BigTimeTechFan
July 21st, 2011
12:12 pm
“I wasn’t sure if they were going to be that good, but they’re definitely as good as advertised. Seven or eight of them could start right now.”
way to throw your current teammates under the bus.
Curious George
July 21st, 2011
12:14 pm
Why is Coach Nick Saban so much better at his job (and his Ford Commercials) than Coach Mark Richt?
Joey
July 21st, 2011
12:14 pm
Jeez. All of that embarrassment over at “Probation U” doesn’t slow down the nerds on here does it?
Steven H
July 21st, 2011
12:15 pm
Hey Alaska, you’ve had the 2nd best recruiting class of all teams over the past decade and you think winning two secs and no nat champ games is pretty good? Wow.
just sayin'
July 21st, 2011
12:15 pm
turd roll is why racism still exists today…..
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:15 pm
nice interpretation BIG TIME TECH FAN
i’ll interpret it another way:
Seven or eight of them could start right now, if there weren’t upperclassmen ahead of them who are better.
smith
July 21st, 2011
12:16 pm
Every year it’s the same crap out of uga homers. THis year we will win big.
And what’s worse is this year they’ve lost their top two rushers and top two receivers and their 3rd rusher is sitting out. But yeah. things will be great! Gonna be funny when you have 8 turnovers the first two games and are 0-2. The writing is on the wall yet so many of you fools can’t even see it. MB must be paid by uga to write this idiocy.
dixiedawg
July 21st, 2011
12:18 pm
When you look at their schedule, it doesn’t seem so unrealistic to expect them to finish with at least 10 wins. I believe they will win the east & play LSU or Bama in the SEC Championship.
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:18 pm
Why is a monkey on a UGA blog giving us advice about football?
Jose
July 21st, 2011
12:18 pm
Hey dawglex. Every year someone on every team says the same thing about their teammates. This isn’t something that hasn’t been said a million times over by other players on other teams.
The General Feeling
July 21st, 2011
12:18 pm
Mutt fans are goingto be so disappointed.
big john 360 lbs
July 21st, 2011
12:19 pm
M. Mitchell will be SEC Freshman of the Year!
The Tide wanted him and Crowell sooooo bad, but they didn’t get’em.
techfan
July 21st, 2011
12:20 pm
Can someone explain to me why this years recruiting class is so much better then the other top 10 recruiting classes UGA gets every year? Is Crowell the best high school running back that ever lived or something?
?
July 21st, 2011
12:20 pm
you lost 7 games last year
you have lost your top 2 receivers and the best one in the game
you lost your top 2 rushers. another one is out the first game.
sc returns their studs and you think you will beat them. miss st is a good team too
easy schedule? Haha.
6 losses again. It’s still bozo running the offense.
Les W. Moore
July 21st, 2011
12:22 pm
Mark Richt’s head is somewhere else. Not on football.
ATLBadger
July 21st, 2011
12:23 pm
Stop it with the Dream Team crap already…Every year UGA brings in boatloads of talent that most other programs can only dream of. Haven’t all of Richt’s classes been Top 10 according to Rivals? The problem at UGA recently hasn’t been lack of talent or recruits, it’s been finding the right kind of high school players and then properly developing them, along with instilling the right kind of work ethic.
The UGA downward spiral gets worse this year
July 21st, 2011
12:24 pm
They can’t explain it techfan. It’s like someone who pumps a stock and ignores the history of managements mistakes and just pretends things will be different while the stock continues on a downward spiral.
By far and by a huge margin, uga has the dumbest fan base on the planet. Boise and Kellen Moore is going to throw all over this team. And their anemic offense will look worse than a high school one.
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:24 pm
Les
did you watch the Media Days interview?
his head is clearly into his team and he showed it
Joey
July 21st, 2011
12:24 pm
Lots of experts here today.
ClemsonBrad
July 21st, 2011
12:25 pm
Seems silly to me to get so excited about UGA Football this year. I just don’t see how this team is not going to be .500 team in the SEC. I think this is Richt’s last season. How can we all put so much faith in freshman who have never stepped foot on a football field? What if Crowell specifically is a dud or gets hurt? Its already panic time for UGA….
Also, is their defense going to be THAT much better then the previous two disastrous seasons?
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:26 pm
Downward spiral dude
If you are right, we will have a new coach.
If I’m right about turning it around in 2011, you will go into hiding or post under another name on the blog.
Either way, I will be back under the same name discussing college football.
David
July 21st, 2011
12:26 pm
Sure, Richt brought in another great recruiting class. Isn’t that the case every season? Why is this class so different?
Any for those who believe the statement that 7 or 8 of the frosh could start… well, let’s just say someone needs to keep an eye on Murray because he’s definitely been drinkin’.
Crystal Clear it is now ........
July 21st, 2011
12:27 pm
We have what? 12 games? At the end of the 12th game, we will fully know. It will be crystal clear to us all, the direction of the UGA program.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooo Dogs.
UGA man, class of 71 & 73
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:28 pm
Clemson there are lots of reasons to expect better results in year 2 of our defense since we actually have 2 nose guards who will demand a double team unlike 2010 where we got gashed up the middle.
Joey
July 21st, 2011
12:28 pm
Hey Techies, I’d rather have a year or two of “spiraling down” than close to a decade on NCAA probation.
We do get to play the games this season to try to turn things around.
Y’all can’t do a damn thing about PROBATION!
THWGT
The UGA downward spiral gets worse this year
July 21st, 2011
12:28 pm
Amen badger. It’s retarded and illogical to boot.
Troll Power Ratings
July 21st, 2011
12:28 pm
Panic city in Trollville. Their worst nightmare just may come to pass. Keep those clicks and posts coming trolls, and especially you TECHIES. It is very supportive of additional articles about Georgia. Thanks for caring.
Busted
July 21st, 2011
12:29 pm
Gotta love all the haters on here saying the SAME thing over and over…..Every year it’s the same pump uga kool aid drinking morons…..”Why do so many of the ‘Hoodratz and fast-running gangsterz Mark Richt recruits wind up WORSE OFF and STILL-ILLITERATE when they leave UGA in contrast to when they began there?”…”wow are you and mr secret lovers? lost your top 2 wide receivers, one the best in the game. lost your top 2 rushers and the 3rd best sits out against a top 10 team. Also lost a couple of OL and 2 key defenders. Any other rational thinking person looks at that and says yikes. Not uga homers. As stewart mandel said, the most delusional fan base in the country.”
Can’t you idiots think of anything original to say? Didn’t UGA finish in the Top 10 6 out of the last 10 years with a final #2 & #3 ranking? And then there is TIDE ROLL….the most racist, delusional, back seat UGA fan in the nation! TIDE ROLL- you are unwanted on these blogs!!
Tech fans talking smack? Now that IS funny.
Tide Roll
July 21st, 2011
12:30 pm
It’s tide roll, not roll tide ya big dummies! Nice job on Lithonia’s Joe Harris. South Carolina bound. No worries, you guys are set at tackle for years to come with the Double D’s (Dabell and Dantzler), And big “T”, the big red head. The Bolles Acadamy mauler. Geez what a program
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:30 pm
downward spiral
If you are right, we will have a new coach.
If I am right about the turnaround, you will disappear or change your blog handle.
Either way, I will be here to discuss college football.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
12:30 pm
Daboo Swinney. Now all Clempsun fans go back into hiring. Not much longer till you get th echance to screw up another coaching hire. That is one thing Clempusn has done well since running off Ford.
On probation with that record????
July 21st, 2011
12:31 pm
In CPJ’s era, with no conference titles ( in a very easy conference) and no bowl wins, GT is on probation for cheating? With that record of NO ACHIEVEMENT???
CPJ is 1-2 vs sad, poor ole UGA who has been way off of its historical 8,9,10 wins and major bowls like 3 Cap One Bowls, 3 SUGAR bowls and one Outback ??? Only 1-2 vs poor old, sad, CMR?????
AAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHA
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:31 pm
tide roll
what about 6′5″ 331 pounds chester Brown?
He is not quite the shade of skin you want but he is close……….
RNG
July 21st, 2011
12:33 pm
I can’t wait for sept 3 and watching all the ugag losers getting beat by boise. And it’s funny how beating boise is a statement when a year ago it would be the opposite. Lattimore is going to run all over your crap defense. Yeah i said crap. anything run by that nimrod grandma choker is crap. That guy is as dumb as a brick. We have a nosegaurd this year! Yippee. We’ll be great. Morons
UAB
July 21st, 2011
12:34 pm
You mean the guy that Ga State and South Bama wanted doginlex? Great pickup.
dawgwalker
July 21st, 2011
12:34 pm
they better do something this year cause next year the schedule is insane…………really tough .
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
12:35 pm
Alabama 5-3 In the SEC West last year with all that talent of the defensive side of the ball, returning the Heisman Trophy winner, Julio Jones, Trent Richardson. The best OL line in Carpenter since John Hannah. I am wondering what happened to Bama last year? O and dont forget the QB who had not lost a game since he was in 2nd grade I believe. At least that what CBS would have us believe. Saban really did wonders with all that talent last year….
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:35 pm
Thank you RNG for that awe inspiring commentary.
NOT
We are all dumber for having read it.
You receive no points
May God have mercy on your soul
Busted
July 21st, 2011
12:35 pm
Bring it RNG…my bet is you won’t be running that fat mouth after Sept 10th.
Greg
July 21st, 2011
12:36 pm
Focus on your own probation problems losers
http://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1241987
A fair question is this:
July 21st, 2011
12:37 pm
Your school runs up on my school, say 450 yds rushing AND 500 yds passing BUT LOSES. My school got two first downs but kicked 8 FGS and we won the game 24-23.
What is the coin toss about? Penetration or the FINAL score? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?? Which team in this scenario do you want?? Hmmmm??
CPJ has a clunky, gimmicky Offense that at times, grinds and grinds out useless yards but his record vs UGA is 1-2 and he has no record of major achievements.
Busted
July 21st, 2011
12:37 pm
UAB…that is the one. The one Turd Roll says would be a savior because of his skin color.
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:38 pm
UAB
The kid only started playing football 3 years ago
He was at Dawg night and dominated every drill he was in
If richt didn’t get him now, someone else would have got him(alabama.auburn,florida,msu) and Richt would have been bashed for whiffing on another top in state prospect.
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:40 pm
Brown started playing football 3 years ago and was dominant in drills at Dawg night and would be snatched up later by a big school and richt would be bashed for letting another top flight instate recruit get away
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
12:41 pm
mark where are my comments?
StevoDeg
July 21st, 2011
12:41 pm
I’m excited about this season. The majority of my friends have already written us off because of last year, so I think we’ll sneak up and bite a few of them on the rear end.
Is there a picture of our new uniforms?
And Mr. Bradley, if you’re in Hoover, you are a mere 20 minutes away from me. I feel like I could see you, which I could’ve. I thought about going to see UGA today but slept late.
RNG
July 21st, 2011
12:43 pm
I have facts to support my beliefs. You rely on praying and hope.
GT gang ...........um, ah, do some math
July 21st, 2011
12:44 pm
Since 1967 and counting Bobby Dodd, GT has had about 9 or 10 football coaches.
Dodd, Fulmer, Carson, Rodgers, Curry, Ross, Lewis, O’Leary, CPJ and possible one or two others that I cannot recall. Is this a +/- 5 year tenure per coach?
With this irrefutable history of football coaches coming and going and coming and going at GT, is CPJ not entering his 4th season??
Does history not suggest that they leave about every 5 years??? GT had better win 5 or 6 this year ( GT’s average) or he is in deep T.
CPJ wants that soon to be open TARHEEL HC job anyway in his home state of North Carolina.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
captguitarman
July 21st, 2011
12:46 pm
Hate to be the wet blanket again, but that Hype Disease is highly contagious at these annual gatherings (I could hardly believe what came out of the Ol’ Ball Coach’s mouth – he must have caught a bad case of it). Clearly de Nile isn’t just a river in Egypt is it? Most SEC coaches would be very worried if they had a team where 7 or 8 freshmen could start, and even more if they had to depend on them once the typical SEC season really gets cranking. Imagine a highly regarded recruit, now a starting freshman (let’s say a lineman just for fun) lining up against the likes of an experienced, senior Nick Farley type in a very important game, or championship. Farley’s gone, but lots more like him still lurking out there – on all teams in all positions. It’s the SEC, stupid – every player you see was a highly touted recruit once, before two or three years playing in the SEC transformed them into killers. And the uniform thing again? Should we laugh or cry at that? The black jerseys and helmets thing worked all of one time didn’t it? What actually works every day is coaches who take not once ounce of sh*t from newly minted high school prima donnas or seasoned vets, and who are breathing fire at practice, and setting the performance bar higher every day and setting rock hard rules and standards and demanding self-discipline and focus on the prize 24/7. CMR is a good man, and maybe he has changed things and will turn it all around. Dooley did. Richt could too — but not the dispassionate aloof Richt on the sidelines the last several years. And maybe Bradley and others are right that things are different with the coaches and the entire program. We’ll see. Lot’s of wishin’ and a hopin’ and a pickin’ and a prayin’ out there. This will be the last year for that if de Nile is a river that runs through Athens too.
Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
July 21st, 2011
12:49 pm
I’m really sick of 1953Dawg. Please, please, please quit calling yourself a Dawg fan. YOU’RE NOT!!!
Crimson Tide
July 21st, 2011
12:49 pm
Low dummy
Let’s see. We lost on the road to LSU and SC. Both top 10 teams and at home in the 4th qtr to the nat champions.
You on the other hand lost 7 games and have equal or very close recruiting classes as we do with a much easier schedule. So you really need to shup up.
cattledawg
July 21st, 2011
12:50 pm
Mark, would you stop with the Kirby smart band wagon. If the dogs hire Smart as hc then Im dropping my season tix. Smart will wet his pants if he ever leaves Saban.
Tracy
July 21st, 2011
12:53 pm
Tide Roll…the team is already about 80% black at a school that is 95% white. Richt recruits only black players now so we will soon be another Florida A&M. Be patient.
@rng
July 21st, 2011
12:59 pm
what facts? carolina is a miserable never finished in the top ten or won anything program, that loses 5-6 games a year. 4 all time bowl wins, never even snoiffed a major bowl or BCS 14-42-2 all time vs Ga., tradition-less bunch of cluck, cluck, cluck.
McDawg
July 21st, 2011
12:59 pm
D will be real fast real and tough-O-Line is the only question mark-not real worried about the backfield or the WRs
Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
July 21st, 2011
1:00 pm
Who is Nick Farley?
McDawg
July 21st, 2011
1:00 pm
really
Neal
July 21st, 2011
1:00 pm
Think about this….just when they say “you cant be beat” ……UGA 24 Bama or LSU:21
jtdawgfan
July 21st, 2011
1:01 pm
Stewart Mandell is a TOOL – just like you Chuck
Old Dawg
July 21st, 2011
1:02 pm
Here’s hoping the turn around happens. I like having CMR as the coach. I like wins over major rivals more. I’ve written numerous times it’s impossible to win big every year, and I still believe that.
It’s just that the talent level in Georgia is too good not to have one of the nation’s great programs.
Here’s to the hope and promise for a great season!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
1:03 pm
What is that? …… a Alabama fan making excuses of why they lost…… make excuses all you want for your coach who you put a trophy of outside your stadium. I think you need to shut up. We broke in a new Defense, a new QB, and had our best player suspended the first four games.
Face it Alabama had a mediocore year last year. You underperformed. You blew a 24 point lead to Auburn. You had them beat and chocked it away. Good job for a team that just put a statue of Satan outside the stadium.
Buckeye
July 21st, 2011
1:04 pm
dogs are O V E R R A T E D ! !
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
1:05 pm
T R E S S E L was O V E R R A T E D !!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
1:09 pm
@ Crimson and Clover
Is that a Tide fan making excuses? Sounds like it. You blew a 24 point lead to your biggest rival. That is a choke job.
You returned the most talent in the conference if not the nation and still lost 3 games. UGA broke in a new defense, new QB and played without its best player for the first 4 games. So please you go shut up.
Go make excuses somewhere else. Nobody here gives a crap about Bama. Go put up another statue of Satan when he goes 8-4 this year.
UGA_2001
July 21st, 2011
1:09 pm
Why are these Bammer rednecks replying to articles about UGA? I expect tech, but Bama? We don’t even play you cheaters often.
Ryno
July 21st, 2011
1:10 pm
If you see Paul Johnson in Atlanta, bash his head and rip the filhy, cheaters ACC Championship ring off of his finger and mail it back to the NCAA. Also, piss on Paul while he’s on the ground.
UGA_2001
July 21st, 2011
1:12 pm
I love how articles about UGA bring in a bunch of haters from random school across the country. WTF do Clempson and Wisconsin fans care about UGA? Get a life, jerkoffs.
Ryno
July 21st, 2011
1:12 pm
What’s worse for the city of Atlanta, 2 years of the Michael Vick criminal proceedings or Paul Johnson cheating throughout his tenure at Georgia Tech (and never winning a bowl game).
David Granger
July 21st, 2011
1:14 pm
I hope you’re right, Mark.
But as a long-time “bleed black and red” Dawg fan, something still bothers me:
Our recruiting classes (year-in and year-out) have been rated in the top 10 (or higher) all during Coach Richt’s tenure at Georgia.
So why should a program…with that kind of recruiting success…need to be restarted?
GT
July 21st, 2011
1:15 pm
Go back five or six years and copy the article change the date and you are looking at the same blah blah. If you have six or seven freshmen that can start right now that is telling us more about the blah blah last year then the new blah blah this year. Believe it or not I truly hope Georgia is good but I think Bradley is reading UGA copy again.
Crimson Tide
July 21st, 2011
1:15 pm
What was score the last time we played you losers?
Todd
July 21st, 2011
1:17 pm
Ryno I am a dawg fan and you are a pos. GO back to your trailer. I would be willing to bet 5k that you never attended a single class at uga.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
1:19 pm
So what was the score the time before? You really wanna play that stupid game? Yeah now we see who needs to shut up. Go blow another year of wasted talent. Lets see how Satan squanders Richardson this year.
Billy Peeler
July 21st, 2011
1:24 pm
@ David Granger
re: Your 1:14
You make a valid point, and it makes wonder even further: If Mark Richt knows how to fix the problems at UGA, why did he let them develop in the first place?
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
1:26 pm
Let’s talk about 2002 and 2007 versus Alabama if you want to play that retarded game
Geez
Go recruit the next Updyke or something
Joey
July 21st, 2011
1:34 pm
Billy Peeler – or why the statement that he was “going to study football. Cutting edge football.” only after a losing season?
crusher dawg
July 21st, 2011
1:35 pm
GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT’S ABOUT TIME THAT WE STARTED TO WORRY BEFORE THE SEASON. REMEMBER WHEN WE THOUGHT A SEASON WAS GOING TO BE TOUGH. REMEMBER WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE COMPETITION AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW GOOD THAT THEY WERE. IT MADE US LOOK AT THINGS AT SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO WIN.
CMR is 3-1 against Bamer
July 21st, 2011
1:37 pm
Nuff said!
Steve
July 21st, 2011
1:37 pm
It would be impossible for Mark Bradley to be a bigger UGA homer.
Team has no OL. No WRs. No RBs except an out of shape freshman who likely doesn’t know how to block. Even if the defense is as good as the kool aid drinkers think it’s going to be, this team loses 4 games minimum, maybe up to 7.
DIT
July 21st, 2011
1:38 pm
This team better be concentrating on Boise St. and nothing else right now!
Richt`s Hammer
July 21st, 2011
1:38 pm
Yes I can, Yes I can, For three million I can.
Pass the biscuits. God I hope Florida doesn`t beat us too bad this year.
Richt`s Hammer
July 21st, 2011
1:42 pm
Just in Little UGA has croaked. Oh lord.
Ramblin Man
July 21st, 2011
1:45 pm
Don’t go all crazy on me UGA fans but can some rational person please explain all the hype behind the dream team? I will admit UGA got some great recruits, but UGA does that every year. How many dream team members will play this year? What are you telling the current roster since it sounds like the staff and fans have more confidence on the incoming class than you? I have asked this of sveral UGA fans I know and they all mention Crowell, who has not played a single down, and leave everything else out. I always believe UGA has potentiol every season but has failed to prove it on the field. Don’t bother mentioning that you beat GT every year as that is a weak response in the grand scheme of things.
the voice
July 21st, 2011
1:48 pm
UGA fans have no cause to accuse other football programs of cheating. They lead the SEC in incredulous practices.
bruce mac
July 21st, 2011
1:52 pm
Crimson Tide, what was the score the time before last and the time before that and the time before that?
Blackberry Cobbler
July 21st, 2011
1:52 pm
Last season– one of the worst defenses in the SEC and not able to score a TD against UCF.
This season everybody’s on the bandwagon because of a bunch of freshmen and a juco guy that have yet to play an SEC game.
I like Grantham but we’ve still got CMR and Booboo. To me, that’s the problem.
First in the East? I just don’t see it.
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
1:54 pm
the dream team represents the 1st recruiting class brought in under the restart program under richt.
no more DUI’s
no more arrests
We might have a kid do something stupid like not go to class a couple of times but he will pay a price.
We expect 5 or 6 of these kids to play a lot in 2011, primarily for depth. They will not start except for maybe Nick Marshall at safety.
We are excited because they are being brought in with a different set of expectations. Expectations to work hard and earn your way and not be entitled just because of what you did in high school.
Make sense Ramblin Man?
Eddie
July 21st, 2011
1:55 pm
If the team goes 7-6, they have far exceeded expectations during a rebuilding year. With all the off season transfers and injuries, and losign AJ.Durham/King/Ealey/Dowtin/2 OL, Richt will be doing an amazing job to get 7 wins.
DaMan
July 21st, 2011
1:55 pm
I can see 6-6, with 2012 shaping up nicely.
Hurricane
July 21st, 2011
1:56 pm
14-0 BABY–ALL DA WAY!
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
1:56 pm
Eddie
i predicted 8-4 or 9-3 and believe that is truly possible
10-2 is miracleville
10-2 and win the East is contract extension
Anything more and richt will probably get a statue
Prance
July 21st, 2011
1:57 pm
I’m not as sunny of an optimist as Bradley, but I do thinkw e’ll see improvement over the 6 win season. Looking at, at least 7 or 8 win season.
Stinger2
July 21st, 2011
1:58 pm
Mark Bradley: You do not allow racist comments from your bloggers. Yet you write that Bear Bryant did not win until he started recruiting black players. What do you call that statement but racism? Please answer. Thanks
Eddie
July 21st, 2011
1:58 pm
10-2???? How? Which of these 5 teams do you have Richt winning: Boise, SC, Auburn, Miss St, Florida.
Rink
July 21st, 2011
2:00 pm
Sorry, I got us beatin CC, NM, Van, Ole Miss. Win #5 against GT. Win #6 against Kent. Then I run out of wins.
Buckeye
July 21st, 2011
2:01 pm
Low Country,
Isaiah, The Annointed One II, will prove to OVER RATED.
Can you spell F U M B L E?
BarbedWires
July 21st, 2011
2:01 pm
SURE MR BRADLEY, RICHT DID SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB RESTARTING THE TEAM AFTER FINISHIGN IN THE TOP 5 FOR RECRUTING OVER THE DECADE. RICHT’S THE ONLY GUY TO FNISH TOP 5 RECRUTING OVER DECADE AND NOT WIN A NATL CHAMP. NOT EXACTLY COMFORTING.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:02 pm
Boise, SC, Auburn, Miss St, Florida.
Boise, SC, Auburn ( they are going to be terrible ) , Miss St.
He has a winning record against all those teams.
Lose to Florida.
mUZZLED
July 21st, 2011
2:03 pm
Beat Florida and I don’t keer if we win 2 games!!!
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:03 pm
Isaiah, The Annointed One II, will prove to OVER RATED.
Can you spell F U M B L E?
Gotta go to Vegas with you sometime. Bring your crystal ball will ya.
Mark Bradley
July 21st, 2011
2:04 pm
It’s a matter of record — and SEC lore — that Alabama’s resurgence in the 1970s was at least in part due to Bryant’s decision to recruit African-American players. The 42-21 loss Alabama sustained in 1970 against Southern Cal, in which Sam Cunningham was the dominant player, is widely regarded as a turning point in college football.
Nate the Great
July 21st, 2011
2:04 pm
@the voice: Please elaberate on “incredulous practices”. Are you speaking of the way we conduct business or the way football practices go?
Are you a little steamed that your trade school tries to cheat but gets caught, recruits a dumber athlete who can’t graduate, or that even with all these shennigans you still get stomped year in and year out by someone who doesn’t consider you a rival anymore?
JB
July 21st, 2011
2:05 pm
You guys can go to the Birmingham News, click on sports, and see the entire Richt Presser. Gee AJC, where are ya’ll with this. They have a real good sports page by the way
A1Saucey
July 21st, 2011
2:06 pm
Now that we got rid of AJ & Durham & King & Ealey, finally have some good offensive scorers on the team. Charles will have a record year and score 3 td’s. Look for Tavarres to score 3 td’s and have arecord year. Blake Sailors, the leading returning rusher with experience from last season, might get 5 yards and break his record. Malcome had 2 fumbles on G-Day, Branden Smith is a 1 man fumble machine. Carlton Thomas severe case of fumblitis. Aaron Murray will try and break his record and get 30 sacks and 5 int’s against Florida in 1 season!
Tide Roll
July 21st, 2011
2:07 pm
Dawg in Lex. Get four more like Brown, and you win a National Title. Georgia needs to quit trying to reinvent the wheel. They promote Joe T., bring in Kasay, and recruit non-SEC caliber players like Dabell, Dantzler, Long and Theus. This is done with the idea of “building ‘em up” in an effort to make them competitive at this level. While all this is happening, the fools pass on James Carpenter, Chance Warmack, A,J. Hawkins. Roke Watkins, JuWuan James, Brandon Shell, Antonio Richardson, Jessaman Dunker, Brandon Greene, and now,Joe Harris. You’d have to be retarded not to see a pattern in this, not to see what’s going on. Every member of the Dawgnation should be insulted , but your not, you support it. you’re happy about it. That’s why your progam will never get there. And it shouldn’t.
Rink
July 21st, 2011
2:08 pm
Losses: Boise, SC, Miss St, Tenn, Florida, Auburn
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
2:09 pm
M I K E V R A B E L
The drunken LB coach who walked out on tab. Good job to get the fanbase re-energized. Way to spin that one forward.
BarbedWires
July 21st, 2011
2:10 pm
LACK OF PLAYERS HASN’T BEEN COACH RICHT’S ISSUE: GETS A TON OF DUDES TO THE NFL AND IS A TOP 5 RECRUITER. POOR GUY JUST CAN’T DEVELOP THEM.
Nate the Great
July 21st, 2011
2:10 pm
@Buckeye: Can you spell NCAA sanctions? Maybe we’ll just start with tattoo…
Have a fun year without a coach or QB. Oh and enjoy your best in-state athletes attending MICHIGAN for the next several years.
Can you spell train wreck?
JB
July 21st, 2011
2:11 pm
Bama can rag us, but I saw a total second half melt down last year of supposedly the best college football coach in America, with supposedly the best defensive mind, blow a lead with a pretty darn good team himself. It happens to everyone. Bama lost THREE games last year with all that talent and coaching greatness, just say’n
@Buckeye
July 21st, 2011
2:11 pm
Can you spell D E A T H P E N A L T Y?
Ted Baxter
July 21st, 2011
2:11 pm
uga will struggle mightly on offense. boise will be able to move the ball. i dont see this as a close game at all. central fla..hello
boise 34 ga 20
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:11 pm
Losses: Boise, SC, Miss St, Tenn, Florida, Auburn
Auburn is going to be terrible. They lost their entire offensive line and $cam and their defensive is still going to be epically bad.
UGA wins all those games ( Richt has a winning record against all those teams )
Lose to Florida again.
Big time........not!!
July 21st, 2011
2:11 pm
Carnie Norris was the starting tailback against the big orange in 1980……….I know. Long time ago. But you never know.
bobby
July 21st, 2011
2:12 pm
uga i think can have a great season but it depends on how offensive line and if a running back and 2 wide receivers step up. the defense will be darn good. but if uga beat bosie and carliona they will have a bounce back season.
Eddie
July 21st, 2011
2:12 pm
Lost to MSU, Florida, Miss St, and Auburn last year. 0-4. Don’t like chances against top 5 ranked Boise either, 0-5. Tenn will be tough in Tenn, 4-0 home team over last 4 meetings, 0-6.
Spike 80DF
July 21st, 2011
2:13 pm
at least Turd Roll came out and admitted his racism instead of just insinuating it.
GoofN
July 21st, 2011
2:14 pm
Ben Jones is the only returning starter at his position on O-Line. So much experience, this unit will be dominant.
Eddie
July 21st, 2011
2:14 pm
Forogt SC, lost to them last year too, 0-7.
virginia dog
July 21st, 2011
2:17 pm
FLASH: i hear rumor the ncaa has auburn in there sites … and hear this … the sec office might be involved as well. imagine how big this story would be if the conference was involved in the cover up.
stay tuned… the ncaa is back and warming up the death penality.
GoofN
July 21st, 2011
2:22 pm
With Jarvis Jones out, and his back up Samuel moving to running back, with the #3 OLB starting against #5 Boise and #8 South Carolina, UGA will show those teams how good you can be with your #3 starter at OLB.
Same at RB. With King & Ealey & Thomas out, we’ll show them how good we can be starting the #4 rb.
Wow, can’t wait to see how we do with all these back ups to back ups to starters, starting.
GoofN
July 21st, 2011
2:22 pm
#4 ON DEPTH CHART AT RB. #3 AT OLB.
Eddie
July 21st, 2011
2:25 pm
I do see 3 wins for sure, Vanderbilt, New Mexico, Caosty Caro. Ole Miss, never know. Georgia Tech? UGA is 2–1 against CPJ.
patrocket
July 21st, 2011
2:25 pm
Big time…wrong!
Carnie Norris no, Donnie McMicken yes
Jrome
July 21st, 2011
2:27 pm
Mark Bradley,
I’m a believer too. Aaron Murray will pull off what will become known as the Athens Georgia Miracle to become the 1st QB in UGA history, NOT FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA, to win the SEC.
And, Murray will go from 0-5 against ranked teams to 5-0 in 1 season.
Ted Striker
July 21st, 2011
2:28 pm
1) Good article, Mark.
2) I remember when Dooley was winning SEC championships in the early 80’s and folks in the stadium were complaining about “ugly wins”
3) I love UGA and college football — and I’m still pretty young — however once you’ve buried enough friends and loved ones the outcome of a football game or even a season doesn’t carry the same gravitas. Some would say that makes me less of a fan. I say I’m as much a fan as I ever was I’m just way more appreciative of the bigger priorities.
God Bless everyone reading this, regardless of your chosen team!
DMAN
July 21st, 2011
2:28 pm
All the jerks hating on Richt,sounds like jealousy to me!Buckeye your team has been BITCHSLAPPED by the SEC over and over,exept for a mediocre Arkansas team.Bet yall really looking forward to this year,man what a clean program.
Big Ten Champs Nebraska....Dawg
July 21st, 2011
2:30 pm
Be easy on Richt. It took Tom Osborne many years before he finally won a a national championship. The one thing Osborne has/has going for him is he doe have a doctorate in education……..That could explain all the Academic All Americans Nebraska has.
Carry on
Dread
July 21st, 2011
2:31 pm
Hmm, seem to me, Gators had loaded up with talent last year, #2 recruting class. Had a pretty bad year
Talent + bad QB + No running game = bad season
Dread
July 21st, 2011
2:33 pm
All dem top recruits didn’t elp ole Texas out too much last year—lousy QB…
Alabama Jack
July 21st, 2011
2:33 pm
Who cares? Its only jawga.
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
2:34 pm
Jawga will go 14-0, win each game by 62 points.
Bartender, pour me whatever Mr. Bradley’s drinking.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:36 pm
Who cares? Its only jawga.
Same jawga that has whipped Bamers tail three of the last four.
Some have such short memories
Sigh.
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
2:37 pm
Scheduling Boise State was a bold move of genius instead of a nail in Mark Richt’s coffin?
Bartender, pour me another one of what Mark Bradley’s drinking.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:39 pm
Jawga will go 14-0, win each game by 62 points.
No but 10-4 sounds about right.
We have averaged 10 wins a year over the last 10 years. Why wouldn’t that continue?
I know the last two years weren’t that great. They are the exception not the rule.
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
2:39 pm
There’s positive momentum around the program?? Yeah man, down from 11 wins in 07, to 10 in 08, to 8 in 09, to 6 in 10, love the positive momentum.
Bartender, pour me two of whatever Richt’s drinking.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:40 pm
Scheduling Boise State was a bold move of genius instead of a nail in Mark Richt’s coffin?
Last time UGA played Boise St
Score
UGA 48 Boise St 13
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
2:40 pm
If there’s a trunaround coming it will be due to recruiting.
That’s what Meyer thought, right before he retired from coaching.
Pour me another Sam.
Buckeye
July 21st, 2011
2:41 pm
@Buckeye
Ain’t happening. And I take back $500 of the first $1K I offered to paint the Dome turf Boise Blue and I’ll make a wager on it.
Curious, any reason we’re already on Sat Night Prime Time 3 times already? And uga, once vs. Boise in the only game you will play in the Dome this year.
You are a second tier second rate program in the SEC Least.
Get over it.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:42 pm
There’s positive momentum around the program?? Yeah man, down from 11 wins in 07, to 10 in 08, to 8 in 09, to 6 in 10, love the positive momentum.
No. But 2 years out of 10 are the exception. Not the rule.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:43 pm
UGA goes back to its 10+ win ways after a two year “blip” on the radar.
Every program has them.
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
2:44 pm
Dream team will do it.
Well now, silly me thought you had to coach players.
Bartender, keep pouring what Bradley’s drinking.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:46 pm
You are a second tier second rate program in the SEC Least.
Get over it.
LOL wrong.
All time SEC Chamionships.
Alabama 22
Tenn 13
UGA 12
LSU 10
FLA 8
Auburn 7
UGA is 11th All time NCAA in wins just behind USC
Georgia is an Elite program any way you slice it.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:48 pm
Dream team will do it.
Well now, silly me thought you had to coach players.
Richt has.
2nd most wins last decade in the SEC (90) LSU had 91
Averaged 10 wins a year.
Why wouldn’t that continue?
Old School
July 21st, 2011
2:48 pm
Mark:
Regarding “Bryant’s decision to recruit African-American players”, Coach Bryant wanted to recruit African Americans back in the 60’s but unfortunately the political climate at that time with Governor George Wallace prohibited that in a big way.
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
2:49 pm
Sad thing Buckeye. All your accomplishments over the last 10 years are tainted, destroyed and rendered meaningless by a cheating coach who tried to cover it up by wearing a vest.
Including your 2002 title. I guess there WAS something wrong with Clarett.
We have won 96 games and 2 SEC titles in the same time period.
OSU is left with nothing, nada, zippola.
Those are the cold hard facts and all your ripping on UGA and Richt and Crowell isn’t going to change the facts.
In other words, I’m through playing nice with you as you royally pizzed me off.
4th in the WEST!
July 21st, 2011
2:49 pm
Just wait and see what type of product the DAWGS bring on Saturdays. If you are scheduled to play the DAWGS you had better go get back up. This team is going to make you bleed red and black in addition to breaking a few bones along the way. With the size and speed, bring it! Also, for you trolls that talk about the last 2 seasons we had J. Cox and and a frosh at QB, what would you expect? This year is going to balls out great! Everyone talks about BSU, keep in mind they got whipped with virtually the same hype several years ago and SC has more issues than you think on there team right now. Not to mention they could not win a game at the end of last season. Both of these games are home games and with the 12th man in the house they are going to lose there mind with the sound of madness. Keep on trolling maybe one day you will catch something. BTW, for all you UF fans, Mushchump has no idea how to run a program and will be learning on the job like current Prez. and that ain’t working out very well.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:51 pm
Governor George Wallace prohibited that in a big way.
Correct.
DawginLex
July 21st, 2011
2:51 pm
Buckeye it is truly a sad thing to realize that your last 10 years of football are tainted, destroyed and rendered useless by a lying cheating coach who tried to cover up his deeds by wearing a vest.
Your constant UGA/Richt and now Crowell bashing really hack me off.
I once thought you might be ok but now, I judge you a hopeless idiot.
puppydawg
July 21st, 2011
2:52 pm
You Bama trolls are amusing to those of us that are intellectually superior, i.e. everyone else on the planet. You have convinced yourselves that your opinions are more valid than ours simply because your football team can beat our football team. Tide Roll, Crimson Tide, Alabama Jack and you other brain dead sacks-o-poop, does Nick the Prick value your insight as much as you think we do?
HardTruth Soldier
July 21st, 2011
2:53 pm
So much hate from so many wannabees, RollTide where was you at last year when SC handed ya’ll a national television beatdown? Curious George, why you so curious? Do you want to be the Center so you can always have your hands on the ball? And to all Tech fanz(no it’s not a misspelling) please shut up, you Probation cheating scandalous punks who can’t even sellout home games without the Varsity’s hotdog’s. Get a grip and stay off the Dawg pounds blog.
D BAG TROLLS!
July 21st, 2011
2:53 pm
Just admit it you all LOVE THE DAWGS!
BTW, with the junk this rag allows on these blogs and then to have a well written blog blacklisted is just wrong BRADLEY! Where are your manners boy?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
2:54 pm
DawginLex,
Do not forget his constant badgering of Trey Thompkins. He along with every other Buckeye fan deserve exactly what they are getting right now. OSU is going down in the tank. Buckeye is a classless troll.
D BAG TROLLS!
July 21st, 2011
2:58 pm
Trublu/puppy how many handles do you hide behind. drag too? You litter these blogs with many handles and a bunch of talk that seems to smell weird.
BigTimeTechFan
July 21st, 2011
2:59 pm
I being a Tech fan actual thinks UGA has a pretty good program and team, just not as good as most of their fans think.
By the way I was watching some of the SEC media days on ESPN during my lunch break, Matt Stichcomb is a very good football TV analyst.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
3:02 pm
pretty good program and team, just not as good as most of their fans think.
Maybe not but 3rd all time in SEC Championships and 11th All time in Wins NCAA is pretty good isn’t it ???
D BAG TROLLS!
July 21st, 2011
3:02 pm
GT+OSU+AU+UA= lie, cheat, and steal U!
puppydawg
July 21st, 2011
3:07 pm
D BAG, speaking of handles, you win the award for most appropriate handle on the blog. Even so, here’s one that fits you better: “A$$WIPE”
BigTimeTechFan
July 21st, 2011
3:10 pm
@headley lamar
All time UGA is very good program
Currently pretty good
2006 (9-4): Good
2007 (11-2): Great
2008 (10-3): Good
2009 (8-5): OK
2010 (6-7): Bad
That 5 year overall of 53-21 record is best in SEC east. which is good but no titles to show for it.
MD
July 21st, 2011
3:13 pm
Buckeye, for being fairly quick witted, is on hear just to get a rise. Does it well, but it’s nauseating. He’s banned from Chip’s blog because he contributes absolutely nothing expect “Anointed One II”, “Overrated”, etc, and it get’s old reading it. Tide Roll is somewhat entertaining, but he pours it on pretty thick sometimes, but he’ll throw in a meaningful post 1 out of every 12.
I’ve committed the cardinal rule which is; don’t comment and they may go away.
Anyway Buckeye, you’re as sorry as your 0-9 vs. the SEC circling the drain, has been TOSU.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
3:14 pm
That 5 year overall of 53-21 record is best in SEC east. which is good but no titles to show for it.
True. All you can keep doing is winning alot and putting yourself in position. The titles will come.
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
3:15 pm
Richt’s 14-12 over last 2 season, good for 7th in the SEC.
ramblingbuzz
July 21st, 2011
3:15 pm
Ain’t it remarkable how Bark Madly predicts an SEC or MNC for UGAg every preseason and then admits he was wrong about halfway thru the season? He just likes those kudos and warm fuzzies from the Doggie Nation.
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
3:17 pm
From 11 wins in 07′, to 10 in 08′, to 8 in 0′, to 6 in 10′.
What a wonderfullly amazing program. Headed in right direction. What’s coming? 4 wins in 2011? 2 wins in 2012? 0 wins in 2013? -2 wins in 2014?
Dog Island Gator
July 21st, 2011
3:18 pm
Here we go again with CMR and his theatrics in Hoover. He’s a great pal to all his players. While all the other coaches are all serious. They must look at him and wish he stays around awhile.
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
3:18 pm
Only Buzz around Richt is the sound of Buzzards circling, overhead.
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
3:19 pm
Richt’s 14-12 over last 2 season, good for 7th in the SEC.
82-22 the eight years prior.
Last two years were the exception. Not the rule.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 21st, 2011
3:19 pm
Yeah and Spurrier isn’t a great pal to Garcia for letting him off the hook with 5 alcohol related suspensions. Sure a backup TE would have gotten off just as easy,lmao! Surely…..
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
3:21 pm
In 08′ UGA fans thought they’d have a better season next year. Wrong.
In 09′ UGA fans thought they’d have a better season next year. Wrong.
In 10′ UGA fans thought they’d have a better season next year. Wrong.
In 11′, UGA fans thought they’d have a better season next year???
Anyone notice a pattern?
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
3:21 pm
What a wonderfullly amazing program.
Thanks
Headed in right direction. What’s coming? 4 wins in 2011? 2 wins in 2012? 0 wins in 2013? -2 wins in 2014?
While the last two years haven’t been great. They were the exception.
Most likely UGA goes back to 10+ wins like they have done the majority of the time under Richt.
TruBlu
July 21st, 2011
3:23 pm
In 2008, UGA fans thought things would improve the next season. Wrong.
In 2009, UGA fans thought things would improve the next season. Wrong.
In 2010, UGA fans thought things would improve the next season. Wrong.
In 2011, UGA fans thought things would improve the next season. ?????
Jordan
July 21st, 2011
3:26 pm
http://isportsweb.com/2011/07/21/mark-richt-speaks-at-sec-media-days/
NONO
July 21st, 2011
3:27 pm
Shhh…BAM
That’s the sound of the door closing for Mark Richt.
ramblingbuzz
July 21st, 2011
3:27 pm
Well here we go again from black jerseys to combat fatigues. Richt must really believe that the uniform makes the football player no matter how many times he is proven wrong.
poopdawg
July 21st, 2011
3:37 pm
ramblingbuzz, you have incredible wisdom . Was that in a fortune cookie?
honky talkin'
July 21st, 2011
3:40 pm
The answer is “NO”. Richt can’t coach today’s players. The Jesus stuff doesn’t work and besides, he’s a PU$$Y.
DC
July 21st, 2011
3:42 pm
exception or a starting trend…honestly I dont loathe UGA like others do..but I think SEC has passed Richt by…He is a great man and a solid christian but sometimes you need change…yeah he has a great overall record..but with the kind of recruiting he gets on an annual basis there is no excuse not to have a BCS title or at least play for one..thoughts?
JB
July 21st, 2011
3:43 pm
Boy, just read an Article on Rivals about Spurrier and Carolina . Throwing out the rah rah stuff from us to them, the article painted a picture of them that is scary. They ARE loaded and Spurrier is crowing louder than ever, no pun intended. They do look tough.
techfan
July 21st, 2011
3:46 pm
True. All you can keep doing is winning alot and putting yourself in position. The titles will come.
No, that’s not all that you can do. You could actually win the titles also. Otherwise you are just a really consistent 2nd, 3rd, or 4th best team in the conference. It all depends on expectations though. If you are ok with 9-10 win seasons and beating Tech then Richt is your guy. If you want to compete for SEC championships then you probably need to move on to someone else.
JB
July 21st, 2011
3:56 pm
techfan……….you are wise…… I love the Dawgs, but that is where we are.
Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
July 21st, 2011
3:58 pm
Why in the world would we take advice from “techfan?” You can’t even lose your virginity. What makes you think you know anything about football?
JB
July 21st, 2011
3:59 pm
The Above comments from DC and techfan are what the world see’s in Athens. We all think a lot of Mark and the University, but these guys just made none hating, level headed comments about the reality of our program
Tide Roll's Fantasy World
July 21st, 2011
4:07 pm
Do you actually think UGA did not try to recruit Joe Harris, Jessaman Dunker, Jujuan James, Brandon Shell and Antonio Richardson? You need to do some recruiting homework if you do.
Got two questions I have never seen you address, though you purport to be a Bama fan, and I will take your word that you are. If you are not connected enough to the Bama program to answer #1, simply say so. The second question is asking your opinion, which you never seem to mind doing about anything UGA.
1. Did Saban try to recruit Cam Newton out of JUCO? If so, was he just outrecruited by Auburn? If not, why would he pass on a chance at the “greatest college QB in history?”
2. Do you think AJ McCarron should be starting this season at Bama, or is Saban keeping a better QB on the bench in Philip Sims?
Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
July 21st, 2011
4:09 pm
Nobody repeats as SEC champs. It is VERY rare. Richt is the man.
beanster
July 21st, 2011
4:12 pm
I agree with techfan’s assessment too but isn’t finding “someone else” the million dollar question? (Or perhaps $3 or $4 million dollar question). Who? Chizik aside, the last few MNC winning coaches have been hard@sses. Something Richt will never be.
@JB — the talent at USC is getting scary. They are loaded this year. I can see our defense giving them a little more trouble than we did last year but it’s tough to see our offense having any more success. Hopefully plugging the middle on D and good clock management are enough to squeak out a W.
TOates
July 21st, 2011
4:33 pm
Roll TIde… it is so sad that your world revolves around spouting off on a newspapers comment section about a team you supposedly do not follow, nor care about. You are a loser, pathetic and I obviously do not know who the hell you think you are. Don’t hide behind your post name, stand up for yourself and quit being a ____!!!
D BAG TROLLS!
July 21st, 2011
4:37 pm
@Puppy don’t get upset your handle smells of troll, sorry. Tru does have so many I can not even try to keep up. He/She has posted atleast with 5-6 different handles on this story alone. Some of them have a UGA lean and others are just silly stats. If you are a true DAWG then bless you and GATA!!!!!!!!!!!
Tyler
July 21st, 2011
5:03 pm
Steve-O. the reason why Dawg fans would be “gloating” is becuase we actually care about our football team, unlike the North Avenue Trade School. That why it costs $250 to get tickets to the 1st UGA game of the season and only $4 to go to the first Tech game of the season.
Tyler
July 21st, 2011
5:05 pm
TRUBLU, we still beat tech 9 out of 10 times…… and it turns out tech is the cheaters lol……talk about sad program. I remind you I can buy a Tech home opener ticket for $4
YellowJacket
July 21st, 2011
7:59 pm
Tyler. You’re fired and replace with one of my farts.
J. Clowney
July 21st, 2011
8:02 pm
After Boise St. spanks the Dogs, Marcus Lattimore comes to town and puts 180+ on this great Todd Grantham defense and solidifies his position in the Heisman race.
John
July 21st, 2011
9:15 pm
I punched Paul Johnson in the nose.
LogicalUS
July 21st, 2011
10:48 pm
I am interested to hear why this Bradley predicts UGA will win the SEC East?
Let’s put it on record Mark….what is it about this team which has ALL the UGA homers at the AJC drooling????
WR…….UGA doesn’t even know who is playing or starting.
RB……..Again UGA doesn’t even know who is playing besides the scout team LB
OL……..UGA has one talented SEC calibre player in Jones with a sorrowful surrounding cast, a couple who spent time last season on the other side of the line.
QB……Best spot on the team BUT for all the “optimism” about Murray, let’s be honest his talents were NOT enough to beat any teams with winning records. HADES, his “talent” was enough to make any difference against subpar teams like Colorado, Central Florida or MissState.
The defense is banking on JC transfers and unproductive players from last season along with that disastrous secondary?
I wonder if Mark would be tooting the horn of other schools like UT, FL, Ky or Vandy if that was the make up of their team for this season??
Not likely, of course like his delusional UGA fanbase, Bradley is predicting championships because, well, they are UGA.
Just Me
July 21st, 2011
11:53 pm
Guys did you hear the SEC commish wants to raise the limit to 2.5!!! Man We can be all Shi..y Drunk and not get in trouble now. Well, unless we be drivin and no license.
Just Me
July 22nd, 2011
12:11 am
headley lamar
July 21st, 2011
2:39 pm
Jawga will go 14-0, win each game by 62 points.
No but 10-4 sounds about right.
So Headly UGA will lose 4 games and play in the BCSCG? A season is 12 games +1 CG + Bowl.
So UGA will play in the SECCG wit a record of what? 10-2 and lose the rest? (-3 and win the SECCG and lose the BCS game? The Dawgs ain’t playing in the DOME for the SECCG.
Gdawg
July 22nd, 2011
8:46 am
Buckeye…..u guys cheat and still SUCK…….I am not sure how much lower you can go, heck try Auburns mantra…..cheat and win a title.
Nike soccer cleats
July 22nd, 2011
12:26 pm
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J
July 23rd, 2011
12:33 pm
SEC East is only a start. That satisfies noone. What the heck are we doing changing uniforms AGAIN?! Didn’t we learn our lesson after the debacle w/AL. Isn’t our AD against changing our traditional Uni’s? Why do we mess with perfection? I HATE Nike.