The All-UGA Heat Check: Hot – Mark Richt’s seat. (Duh)

The nature of big time college football: Win, or be gone.

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Mark, is it too soon of us to start speculating on Mark Richt’s inevitable replacement?

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Hate to say it…but, bout time for a new coach…

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Why is so easy to think that a Nick Saban-coached team, with far LESS talent than Mark Richt has, would have made a much, much, much better showing against Boise State on Saturday night?

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Should we all pray for Mark Richt to not humiliate us and the whole State of Georgia further this weekend against Steve Spurrier, a coach who has historically abused & destroyed more “Dawgs” than Michael Vick?

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Tommy Bowden is available.

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Bradley -

You continue to candy around Richt and his staff. I assume because you feel you’ll have to be face to face with them at some point. But it’s elementary journalism.

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Cutting edge football??

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The sad thing is I saw nothing to convince me we will win Saturday. Nothing different…same bad playcalling and same poor defense.

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Bobby Bowden is available.

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Jeff Bowden is available.

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Richt and/or Bobo must go. If this rinky dink blogger can figure it out, why can’t they?
http://dawgsbui2.com/content/bobo-and-grantham-not-same-page

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After the slaughter of an SEC “powerhouse” at the hands of Boise State the other night, should the SEC begin to consider Boise State as the next SEC team instead of Texas A&M?

(Or is Mark Richt just THAT bad at his job?)

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Bill Dooley is available.

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If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

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Dan Henning is available.

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It is 1995 again for UGA. This team and last year’s squad rival the worst of the Goff era. The difference is that we are absolutely silly with talent at every position. Maybe we aren’t deep at OL or ILB, but depth was not the issue in the Boise State Debacle.

I like Richt as a person, but the team was unprepared and the problems that we have aren’t fixable in one week. I put our chances to beat South Carolina at well under 50%

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Jim Donnan is available.

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Rich Kotite is available.

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LOL! The annual UGA cycle continues.

1. Over-hype
2. Over-rated
3. Season begins
4. Loss(es) to teams “lesser”
5. Drop in polls
6. Drop out of polls
7. Hope to attend just ANY bowl
8. Return to step 1

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One thing’s for sure, if Uga loses Saturday, then the heat will be turned wayyyyyyy up!

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Wayne Fontes is available.

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Chuck,
AMEN!

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Jerry Faust is available.

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Gerry Faust.

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Bill Arnsparger is available.

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Watching Mark Richt coach during the regular season is like watching Bobby Cox manage during the MLB Post-Season.

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Hey Savannah Bulldog, the buck stops with Richt….period. I agree with you that our O & D lines didn’t play well. Richt hired Grantham and Friend, so he is responsible for them.

In my humble opinion, Mike Bobo is a joke and name one other SEC school that would have him as their OC. I bet the SC defensice coaches are laughing in their meeting room right now watching this pathetic Bozo offense. I read yesterday that our senior center (Ben Jones) was quoted as saying that the reason the OL struggled was because Boise lined up in a way that they never saw on film. Really Ben? You guys cannot make adjustments on the sideline?? Good grief, this whole program just stinks of mediocrity. GA has no excuses, and with the right HC and staff, they would be a top ten team year in & year out just like LSU and Bama. Does anyone know Dan Mullen’s cell number??

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Buck Belue is available, along with Kincade.

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Lame Kiffin could be had if you made him AD also.

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lol @ GT. Even from a UGA fan like myself, I chuckled at a lot of those names.

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Phil Jackson is available. Wait, wrong sport. Wait, doesn’t really matter…yes, Phil Jackson is available.

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Its time to fire Mark! But Mark Bradley not Mark Richt. This is fhe third straight year of failing, boring columns. He is a disgrace to the University of Kentucky School of Journalism. He continues to write about UGA’s problems because it opens up the columns to useless comments by people without one iota of influence on what will happen at UGA. If they had the courage to sign their correct name (the one I’m using is my real name) I might have a little more respect for their comments. Please, AJC fire Mark Bradley so he can go home. His village misses their idiot.

Terry Shirey, Sr
Nashville, TN

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Ralph Friedgen is available.

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UGA looked pretty good as far as talented skill players.
Boise St just has a better OL and DL and teams gameplan was better. Happens to the best of them against Boise St.

No need to call for a coach to get fired over one loss to one of the best teams in the country, let the season play out.

Better get the most out of M Mitchell now, he’ll be in the pros in 3 years.

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Mr. Shirey, Mark always spoke highly of you sir.

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After the murder of an SEC [ahem] “powerhouse” on Saturday, should the SEC start considering Boise State as its next member in order to save face before it destroys Alabama or LSU in the BCS Championship Game as well?

(Or is Mark Richt really just THAT bad at his job and in representing the conference?)

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The problem with firing a good coach in hopes of getting a better one is that it can go either the ‘Alabama way’ or the ‘Tennessee way’. There is certainly no disgrace in losing to the #5 team in the country. Next Saturday should tell us if UGA is that bad, or was Boise just really that good.

Glad my “dog isn’t in this fight” so to speak. We have all suffered through down periods (probation, no bowls, a string of bad hires for me) Georgia will be fine in the end.

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I hate to admit it, but I am going to have to side with Herschel Talker who has been calling for Richt’s tenure to end since, well, last season. I have always supported Richt and the team and I had the Red and Black sunglasses on after reading about the off-season.

It isn’t that we lost, it is how we lost. Not disciplined, no creativity, winded in the 3rd quarter, and our players were the ones laying on the field hurt the entire game despite being “bigger and stronger”. I have lost all faith in Richt and the coaching staff in general. Barring Boise State being the best team in college football and the Dawgs lighting it up on Saturday, it is finally time to start over. I just can’t see Boise State’s D Line being better than what we are going to see on Saturday…couple that with no Tree and I see Lattimore finishing this game with 160 yards or more.

I am hoping that if Boise State goes undefeated and still left out of the big game, this past Saturday will serve as an interview for our future coach. If Petersen elects to stay at Boise (and tip your hat to him if he does), then I would much prefer Dan Mullen over Kirby.

There comes a point when you need to stop having blind faith and that time has come now. I bleed red and black, but Richt would need to have a biblical finish (pun intended) for me to jump back on board with this coaching staff. At least the cupboard is full for whomever replaces him.

Go Dawgs!

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What do you guys think about that undisciplined Uga player thing? True or False? Inquiring minds want to know.

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The Fridge would be a 200% improvement!!! Plus we have enough money in the athletic dept. to feed him.

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Spongebob Squarepants is available.

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Little Orphan Annie is available. Wait, no she’s not.

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I still support CMR, but……Everyone says Ga was badly outcoached, so why not go after the coach on the other sideline Saturday night? He has to be tired of people making fun of his conference, schedule, etc;Considering Ga is one of the top 5 schools financially with deep pockets,Mark, any chance of that happening at season’s end if CMR goes?

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Its all about the SC game Sat-loose we need to contact Smart, Mullen, or Peterson

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Mark Bradley is available.

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Yoda is available.

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Mickey Mouse is available. Wait, ya’ll already have him.

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I still don’t believe Mullen will trade in what he’s built to rebuild somewhere else. Smart I am not sold on since we don’t know how much Nick Satan influence has been over the defense. We should have a offensive person in mind. Or at least total concept instead of what we have now. If Richt demoted Bobo he might get another year possibly, but I think the opportunity for that was last season. I sure wish we had talked the Fridge into comeing to Athens.

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Lets face it even the Zooker had a winning record against CMR. Wait a minute and scratch that comment; we want CMR given a life time contract. Hail him! Hail the suntanned great one! Hail the Helen Hunt look a like!

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Sure are a lot of Tech fans acting smug. You team still hasn’t beat UGA this year, so until that happens maybe you morons might not want to talk trash. Just sayin…

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@ bamaguy: I think Mullen is trying to make MSU into one of those “step-up programs”. Plus I’ve heard there was possible issues at UF when GM was there?

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Could the UGA Offensive line look any worse? No more excuses. Stop blaming it on Bobo, he’s just running Mark Richt’s offensive game plan….to a T.

Dan Mullen is the obvious choice.

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How about our lame friends chucking cups and beer bottles on to unsuspecting victims? I know at least 2 people went to the hospital as a result of our inane fans that don’t know how to behave. It’s no wonder people we say have the worst fans on the planet.

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Doug W: Bla Bla Bla no one can read that. CMR is absolutely horrible. It is people like you that make it harder for Mcgarity to do the inevitable and fire him.

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Yes let’s get Dan Mullen to run a spread offense with our personnel. That spread worked real well Saturday night.
Personally I like the George O’Leary comment above. He has done much more with much less.

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Unless they improve the actual football players they are getting it’s not going to matter who coaches the team. Richt may not have the passion to get the job done anymore I don’t know, but despite the recruiting rankings the players simply aren’t as good as they were when they were winning, but yeah, they haven’t resembled a well coached team in years, but that’s been obvious since 2007 when they still had players.

It’s been 5 years since they looked well coached. I don’t think all of that is on the actual coaching, some of that is injury, a huge part of it is taking the wrong guys in recruiting. A lot of these guys who are great athletes just aren’t translating into good confident football players. Not all of that is related to coaching, you can only polish so much with the level of competition that they face. A lot of these 85 scholarship athletes just aren’t SEC level. It’s been that way again, for years.

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Good point Sandman, but there is also the fact that MSU will never have the fan base or the cash that the big time programs have no matter how successful they are. I always say, when you watch a televised home game and you can see the parked cars or the field house in game footage because their stadium has so few seats, that school might have brief successes but will never be long-term big time.

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Yes please by all means bring in Dan Mullen to run the spread with our personnel. That spread worked awesome Saturday night.

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Hope that Bulldog Nation will be at Sanford Saturday making as much noise as possible. Don’t believe that 1 game against Boise has to defend our season. Coaching changes are not going to be made now so what is the point going down the negative road now…Just makes everyone feel bad. Best to support the DAWGS now and on Saturday. I hope that the Stadium will be rocking Saturday
and that Spurrier and his QB have problems with the snap count and calling audibles at the line.

If any players are reading this—work very hard this week….correct your mistakes…know your assignments…watch extra film….know your opponent and GATA on Saturda…You got to stay positive and you gotta believe. Also demand from the coaches that they get you in the shape that you need to be in and work hard at that…

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Yes please by all means bring in Dan Mullen to run the spread with our personnel. That spread worked awesome Saturday night.

@ bamaguy: I agree with you there, but we just don’t have the personnel for a spread offense. Besides after AU last season and three+ seasons of St. Timmy at UF I think the pro-style smashmouth football still wins NC’s.

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Jim Mora Sr. is available, too.

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I-Dog’s post was one of the most refreshing I have ever read by a UGA. It is good to see that someone associated with UGA “gets it”. Maybe we should anoint him AD. Not sold on McGarity yet. And it was his idea to let Nike outfit us in that crap.

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They are in shape by the way???

did you see the 1st drive in the 2nd half? 4 players were begging to get out of the game so they had to burn a time-out

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I think it is way too early to judge Murray. How would any QB do when plays are called like 1st down deep hail mary throw. (incomplete) 2nd down run for three yards up middle. 3rd and 7 a short pass play. Drive killer. That happened 3 times. Is that a creative offensive plan? What QB can be successful being told what to do by Bobo and Richt?

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100 TO 1 THE DAWGS WILL GET BEAT SATURDAY. BUT THE GOOD OLD BOYS WILL STILL BE AROUND.

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Why do we throw deep now that AJ is gone and not throw deep against UCF when we had him.

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Doug W.,

Read the mess they currently have at Central Florida with the player dying, and then get back to us.

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glad you will be there Saturday ready to fight—Sandman

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I agree, Mark. The worst thing about Saturday’s performance was that it was exactly like any from last year. Nothing changed during the long off season of looking deep into one’s soul and discovering what you’re made of. The Boise game was basically game 14 of the 2010 season.

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Mark,

“I know this might seem like splitting hairs, but … I didn’t say Aaron Murray was as good as Kellen Moore. I referenced an ESPN link that suggested their statistics were similar.”

Agree, you never made the call before, but wonder if Sat’s game made up your mind. When you posted the ESPN link, you could have challanged it but or agreed which you didn’t.
Moore reminds me a little of Montana, don’t know how he gets it done but he does. Not saying he’s as good but he has those qualities.

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Keep Richt…we do not want to lose Kirby Smart! ROLL TIDE

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This is like the offensive line debate for the last 3 years.

The recruiting services have people believing this team is better than it is. They have not displayed that on the field whatsoever. It’s not all because of coaching.

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I wonder if Richt—will just tell Bobo—-Bo—our jobs are on the line–I am calling the plays on saturday…I darn sure would if I were Richt….You got to be willing to make demotions is if needed…I am from Colquitt County and our HS coach Propst demoted the defensive coordinator back to like 8 or 9 grade coach and got another defensive coordinator for the playoff run and it paid off…Colquitt County played in the state championship game….just a note the defensive coordinator that got demoted was Bobby Bowden’s son-in–law…but as head of the program–you gotta be willing to make the tough calls

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Gator Mike thanks for the confidence. I remember when Florida played football prior to 1990 as well. I think you guys got a heck of a ball coach in Muschamp. Sure wish we could have gotten him. I’d love anyone with some intensity and much less “inner peace”.

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We are going to beat South Carolina. Mark my word. No doubt. Go Dawgs!

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Where is Headly Lamar ???? posser jerk !!!

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4.) Poor offensive gameplan. The book on Boise state is to run the ball outside on them where their lack of footspeed defensively is best exploited. Georgia repeatedly lined up in the shotgun and ran the sprint draw up the middle for minimal gains. The first run play to the outside with Boykin went 75 yards. We ran 0 toss sweeps and very very few running plays to the oustide despite that being the only successful offensive play in the first 20 minutes of the game for UGA. On Boise’s first three toss sweep plays they scored a touchdown on the first, scored a touchdown on the 2nd, and picked up a critical first down early 4th quarter on the third. We don’t know how successful we could have been with the toss sweep because we NEVER RAN IT. We have a 270 pound former tight end at fullback and we don’t even TRY a toss sweep? The 10% of the snaps we ran from the I formation were some of the most successful, but we prefer 90% shotgun. That is not the sign of a well prepared team.

5.) Players not properly vetted and prepared for game action: How does a 5th year senior jump offsides on the opening drive in the first game. A well coached team does not incur 3 penalties on it’s first drive in the opener.

6.) Not having a properly vetted and prepared 4th and short play: On the 4th and short play in the first half… Junior All SEC Orson Charles is not aware that he needs to block the player in front of him and a sure 2 yard gain and an important perhaps game changing first down is stuffed. I can live with a player getting physically beaten, but if Charles doesn’t know the blocking assignment on the 4th and short play for UGA, then have Artie Lynch run it or put a walk on in to just get in the way. A well coached team goes into the opener after 8 months with a properly practiced 4th and short play that they are confident can be executed.

7.) Not using Murray’s mobility: We have a QB with quick feet. A well coached team would have a QB sneak play that might be able to pick up one of those 3rd and longs we were in all night. We STILL don’t know if that would have worked because we didn’t try it. We have a backup QB in Mason available so we don’t have to hold our breath if Murray runs. I’m not talking about 15 called QB sneaks, but how about trying it once and if it works maybe even use it a 2nd time later in the game?

8.) No screen passes: When a team sacks you 6 times and your QB is holding the ball too long, a screen pass is something that a well coached team would use. Georgia failed to attempt a single screen pass in this game and instead 90% of the pass plays were either long bombs or throw on the line of scrimmage outside to a receiver. Could a quick slant or a curl have worked? We won’t know as we mostly did double moves and long patterns that resulted in 6 sacks.

9.) An NFL defensive coordinator should be able to coach his players to recognize and be in position to attempt to cover a wheel route especially when the film on Grantham’s D last year would have any offensive coordinator salivating at the ease with which this was executed against UGA last year. That is the only fault I have with Peterson who had a well prepared team, but why run the wheel route only once against UGA when we can’t stop it? Of course it went for a 20 yard gain, but surprised they didn’t try it a few more times.

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No offensive Line-No defensive line-same story the past 2-3 yrs exactly how many double teams did our NGs command ?? i counted 2

tailback up the butt of the O-Line-looked familiar

if Crowell gets some room to run he is going to be great

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Love coach Richt but I’ve had enough of this BS……..

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@reality check: “… what if Bobo was holding back trying not to give SC a good look? What if Grantham was doing the same and didn’t send pressure?”

Unlikely. That would require a level of thought process never before seen by this group of coaches:

What if they had adjusted to Boise’s rugby punts by rushing instead of being in coverage?

What if they had more than one game plan on offense ready just in case the O-line could not protect Murray for more than 2 seconds?

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Here’s a fair question: If UGA beats SC and makes a run to the SEC Championship, do people change their opinion of Richt? Just saying….after all, imagine how VA TECH fans felt about Beamer last year after 2 games.

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Mark..seriously…that’s like calling Kirby or Will UGA guys. If you put money ahead of UGA Pride, then you don’t bleed red and black. Period.

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Indeed, I do think they will come along and be better as the season goes along. Probably pretty good team by November, but I think it’s going to be several years before they are good on the line of scrimmage offensively again.

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Crowell will be fine as long as the playcalling isn’t predictable. You need a creative mind to give that kid (and Murray) a chance to succeed. Call me.

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An “Alabama guy” just went to UT. These guys are professionals. This is what they do for a living. It is how they support their families and secure their retirement. They go where the opportunity and money is just like other professionals. Emotions are left for the fan base.

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Mark-Really? It was one game, one game that GA was supposed to show that we had something to look forward to rathen than seeing they same song and dance that we have seen in the past couple of seaesons! Did you see anything to get excited about? Not me

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Everyone, please calm down. I will be taking the boys to the UGA pool this afternoon so they cna get LOCKED IN mentally to the task at hand. We all know that the UGA pool solves all football related problems. There is even a rumor that Coach Friend is planning on doing a cannon ball off of the top dive. Stay tuned and god bless!

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There is a REASON Bobo isn’t on ANYONE’s list of Ass. Coaches waiting on the call to go be a HC somewhere.

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Frank Lane at 11:43am:

You’re behind Richt? What exactly have you seen over the last few seasons that makes you continue to believe he is the right man for the job? Seriously, are you even watching the games and seeing how we perform?

HT

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Didn’t that conference championship game get voided? For the ineligible player…you know the one that dropped the ball against UGA to lose #7 or 8 or 9..however many they’ve lost to UGA in the past couple of decades.

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What was up with two players wearing #1. Can they not even count at that school? Great game by the way!!

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Forget the SEC east, we will be lucky to have a winning season.We will beat Tech as we do 90 % of the time but not many others. Hope McGarity has not lost Urban Meyer’s number.

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Mark, has anyone asked Coach Bobo what his game plan actually was against Boise? What he thought would work against them? Why not a toss sweep or a screen pass or a quick hitter to the fullback on 4th &1 or Murray faking a handoff and taking it outside himself…? Does Bobo ever get asked the tough questions — to explain what the heck he was thinking??! It seemed like the same old retreaded plays from the past couple of years, and always in the predictable situations. How many times can we run on 2nd and 10 after Murray throws an incompletion on 1st down?! It fails every time we do it, yet we continue to run the same 2nd down play!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hey folks, is bad to say that after one game this is already a long season?

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I don’t see the intangibles that good teams always have. Coming up with a big stop when needed etc. After falling behind they looked scared to me. They looked like a beaten team well before the game had ended. Like many who have commented I like Mark as a person and hope things turn around but as most coaches in similar positions he will stay until asked to leave. If things don’t improve a lot then it is time to move on. It will be in Mark’s and the University’s best interest.

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If all the Georgia fans thought UGA was going to magically flip a switch and come out and beat a top 5 team in the country, that means you didnt watch UGA last year. One thing Richt obviously didn’t learn from Bowden was that no matter what class play your best players. Mitchell deserves to be starting, where was michael bennett, Crowell needs to be starting. How can Ray Drew not play one snap? Richt needs to play these guys and let the chips fall where they may. I would love to see Gary Patterson, Mike Leach or Kirby Smart if the AD decides to move on from Richt. Especially Patterson he built TCU with 2 and 3 star players I would love to see what he could do with the talent UGA brings in yearly.

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Yeah we held Martin below his average…but here’s a newsflash….Lattimore is NOT Martin.
We had some big plays. But then Booboo forgot they worked and went back to the spread crap. These are the offensive geniuses that had Cam Newton pegged as a TE. Also that think that Crowell and MItchell should NOT start Saturday. Obviously talent evaluation hasn’t gotten better either.

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Hmmm, no sacks? Don’t worry, nation, my DC George Edwards is on the first flight to ATL to help out our buddy, TG! You can thank me later. Too-ta-loo! CG

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Dogs were too cocky concerning their passing attack. Too many long routes where Murray had to wait for things to develop. How many times did he get sacked for holding the ball for 4 seconds or more? WHere were the screen passes to backs and inside screens to wideouts? Ill conceived attack. Samuel has got to be the biggest waste of a physical specimen there is when it comes to running the ball. Huge body, blazing speed, and no yards.

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So how’s that 3-4 workin’ for ya? Better call Al at GT; I’m sure he can assist. I’ll put in a good word for you, I still have connections at GT. Great! CG

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When you get rid of me…who will the next fool be….

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It is gonna be a war in Sanford on Saturday and I am very worried for my Gamecocks as they did not have a crisp game either. The USC defense has me shaking my head…how does a team that is so “load” with defensive backs allow …completion after completion? Only in the second half did USC start getting some good pressure on the QB but he still got ECU into the endzone a couple more times. USC needs to settle down and execute the plan. Georgia is beatable but it will not be easy. I don’t care what the point spread is…since when has USC ever been favored over Georgia in Athens?? Never that I know of…I mean NEVER.

BTW, calm down about Richt he is not the problem…i said before it is Bobo and that new DC ….Grantham. Fix those to coaching positions and you will have big bad Georgia back in the saddle. ….but please no rush…i want USC to enjoy being the favored team….but USC must make it happen…you don’t earn respect with losses…USC must win this game and play well…I CANT WAIT.

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9- Tackling was much better, Martin’s longest run was 7 yards, and he got that by stiffarming an undersized DB. Wrapped receivers up quickly, no long plays in passing game either.
10- Murray’s read were much better, Murray rarely threw to the wrong guy, he did have drops, and missed too high on 3 or 4 passes, but for the most part, Murray did a better job at seeing coverages.

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Wait til next year!!!

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Bobo would be interim..sorry

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Listening to CMR’s news conference now….

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Recruiting rankings don’t count as a portion of the score. Neither do off-the-chart marks on the eyeball test. If they did, Boise State would have spotted Georgia a three-touchdown lead Saturday night. Watching the players warm up left little doubt of this. Georgia looked like an NFL farm team. Boise State looked like a Mountain West team, and a recently minted one at that.

Of course, lofty recruiting rankings and All-Airport selections don’t measure the quality of a program. Wins do. Boise State grabbed another win Saturday, a 35-21 victory that gave the Broncos a 62-5 record under coach Chris Petersen. Yet still people refuse to believe.

Entering Saturday, a great number believed Boise State couldn’t come to the capital city of The South and beat an SEC team that closed last season by losing to Central Florida in the Liberty Bowl. For years, SEC elitists dismissed Boise State’s rise by referencing Georgia’s curbstomping of the Broncos in Athens in 2005. That day, Georgia — en route to an SEC title — showed Boise State how far it needed to go to reach elite status. The SEC apologists can’t hang their hats on that game anymore. They do, however, have another excuse.

The SEC is fine. Georgia is not.

That’s what they’ll say, and it’s difficult to deny after Saturday. LSU hung 40 on Oregon in a top-five clash. With the exception of South Carolina, which needed a half to get cranked before rolling up 56 points against East Carolina, the SEC’s best teams cruised. But Georgia hasn’t been one of the SEC’s best teams for a few years. So that’s what the folks down here will say as they continue to dismiss Boise State. Which is not a problem. The Broncos will keep smashing opponents with nary a care what anyone thinks.

“We’ve been around for a while,” said Boise State tailback Doug Martin, who ran for 57 yards and a touchdown Saturday. “I’m sure they’ve seen it. I just don’t know if they believed it.”

Despite its circus-play reputation — the hook-and-lateral masterpiece that helped beat Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl was actually named “Circus” — Boise State didn’t win with trickery Saturday. The Broncos simply dominated both lines of scrimmage and made precious few mistakes. If the coaching matchup had been a game of chess, Boise State’s staff would have won in four moves. (Hey look, it’s another Boise State receiver wide open over the middle eight yards from the line of scrimmage!) Georgia’s first possession, a three-and-out, included two false-start penalties and a delay-of-game flag. That about summed up Georgia’s discipline.

“They just beat us tonight,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said. “They were better than we were.”

Wait a second. Why do I smell the faintest hint of Sprayberry’s barbecue sauce? I think I’m blacking out …

I apologize for the interruption. This is the spirit of Lewis Grizzard. Since Andy wouldn’t have chosen to write for a living if not for my columns, I figured he wouldn’t mind if I hijacked one of his columns to get something off my chest. I watched Saturday’s game from a cloud located directly above Vince Dooley’s house, and I was mortified at what I saw.

The uniforms worn by my alma mater Saturday were hideous. They looked like something my black lab, Catfish, once threw up after he got into a pantry full of strawberry preserves. The silver britches my Bulldogs wear on most occasions are among the finest garments in sports. It’s embarrassing enough to lose to a team from Idaho. Must my Dawgs dress like clowns to compound the shame?

In my life, I offended many a dinner-party hostess by wearing Weejuns without socks. But I never allowed an apparel company to dictate my dignity. In fact, the only dealing I had with a clothier in my lifetime was my ill-fated attempt to convince Casual Corner to manufacture a line of sweaters conforming to the specific dimensions of Kathy Sue Loudermilk. I asked my boyhood friend and idol Weyman C. Wannamaker Jr., a great American, to assess Georgia’s sartorial horror, and he responded thusly: “I’ve been to three county fairs, two square dances and a Shriner parade. I’ve seen a chicken play the piano, a baboon that knew his ABCs and a duck fart underwater. But I ain’t never seen a uniform as ugly as that.”

… OK, I’m back.

Since I’m a card-carrying Internet writer, this is the part where I’m supposed to call for Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity to fire Mark Richt and then have Richt deported. But I won’t do that. Because if the Bulldogs can beat South Carolina in Athens next week, the pain of the Boise State loss would melt away as the Bulldogs stare down the SEC’s easiest schedule with the most important East division win already in hand.

The Bulldogs will have to play much better to stand a chance against the Gamecocks. Georgia’s offense Saturday consisted essentially of three big plays — an 80-yard touchdown run by moonlighting cornerback Brandon Boykin, a 36-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Murray to Orson Charles and a 51-yard strike from Murray to freshman Malcolm Mitchell, who split Boise State’s defense with 10 minutes, 15 seconds remaining to keep the Bulldogs within two touchdowns.

Rarely was a Georgia receiver so open Saturday. On the other hand, Boise State’s receivers — the ones who weren’t supposed to be able to fill the cleats of Titus Young and Austin Pettis — set up a base camp between the hash marks. Freshman Matt Miller, whom Petersen plucked from Helena, Mont., couldn’t believe how open he got on a first-quarter slant. That pattern resulted in Miller’s first collegiate catch, a 17-yard touchdown.

“It’s like your first kiss,” Miller said of his first taste of the end zone. “But multiply it by quite a bit.”

Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore completed 28-of-34 passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns, but he never completed a pass longer than 20 yards. He contented himself with exploiting the pillow-soft underbelly of Georgia’s zone.

“They play zone, you just take what they give you,” Moore said. “You move the ball down the field.”

Try as they might, the Bulldogs couldn’t keep the Broncos from getting open. Part of the problem, Boykin said, was Moore himself.

“He checks like that,” Boykin said, snapping his fingers. The other issue was Boise State’s offensive line, which rarely allowed the Bulldogs near Moore. “Just a combination of play-action and great protection,” Boykin said. “You can only cover for so long.”

A program that enjoys as many inherent advantages as Georgia can only spend so much time outside the ranks of the elite without requiring wholesale changes. The Bulldogs receive the bulk of the attention in a state loaded with football talent. Simply by signing the best 25 players in Georgia every year, Georgia should be able to compete for the national title on a regular basis. Instead, the Bulldogs are middle-of-the-pack in their own conference.

Sadly, some will still believe Boise State pulled off an upset Saturday. But that isn’t the case. After the Broncos sacked Murray twice on Georgia’s final possession, Boise State took over on the Bulldogs’ three-yard line with eight seconds remaining.

Moore took a knee. It was an act of mercy. Boise State didn’t need style points. It had proven itself the superior program long before.

Find this article at:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/09/04/boise.state.georgia/index.html

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They’ll never get rid of Bobo. He’s married to Barbara Dooley’s neice. The Dooley’s relationship to the University precludes replacing him. This incredible conflict of interest was set in motion the day Richt promoted him to Offensive Coordinator. This follows a troubling pattern of hiring and placing people in critical positions throughout the athletic department simply because they attended and or played for UGA. This includes, but is not limited to, Damon Evans. Bobo, Tereshinski, and now, Greg McGarity, who played a large role in Tereshinski’s promotion, primarily because they were at Georgia the same time ! McGarity also seems to have a problem recognizing that Richt and his staff’s lack of work ethic results in their failure to prepare properly for teams such as Boise. My God man, are you blind? When you think about it, it’s ridiculous that a program such as Georgia’s is run in this matter. It’s like a welfare agency. There’s more in-breeding up there than a Sonny Seiler Dog Kennel. Run ‘em all off!

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Q#2:

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Damn good car race on right now..better than UGA’s last game.

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Couldn’t hear the first two questions, but based on the answers, they were IMO pretty boring.

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BSU is a legit top 5 team w/ plenty of talent & good athletes. UGA indeed has (raw) talent, but the coaches (especially OL & DL) cannot seem to get these kids to achieve that potential. CMB seems like a good fella (ala CMR) but isn’t an SEC level OC & is far too predictable. While the Dawgs have the (athletic) talent to achieve 9 wins, I’m doubting the coaching or on-field execution will happen to get their. It’s most likely a 7 win season (at this point). Let’s hope they prove me wrong.

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@rambing buzz, 11:31 am post: Here is another difference between GT and Georgia fans: Georgia fans KNOW Georgia will not always be mediocre; GT fans KNOW GT WILL always be, at best, mediocre. Yuk it up over that….

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Do bobo and Grantham ever sit in a meeting together and discuss the overall game plan?

1 wants to run hurry up while the other wants to limit possessions for the opponent

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Oh well..time will tell !!!!!!!!!!

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DawginLex, that hurry up O might have been the ugliest and slowest hurry up I’ve ever seen. They looked lost lining up and it seemed like it took more time that going to a huddle.. I think ya’ll bounce back this week against SC though. They came out fired up on Saturday but it did look like they were thinking too much on both sides of the ball.

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Grantham and Bobo remind me of Congress…they just don’t talk to each other and have different viewpoints…IMO I’d go with Grantham because Bobo has proven his idiocy over the past four years.

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Most reasonable UGA fans would have taken 1-1 after the first two games. The program still has a shot at accomplishing that goal. At best, at best this was a 9-3 team. Many of you seemed shocked the UGA was whipped by the #5 team in the country. Many of you complain about players acting as if they are entitled. Seems as if you guys act just as entitled. Just b/c this is UGA does not mean just because they show up they are guaranteed a victory. Its football boys and when you lose as much O as they did last year we should have expected some early struggles on offense. To bad we just had to face a damn stronge team to really expose that the way they did. Still tons to play for.

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Does anyone know how to spell “Coach Van Gorder” properly?

I love Richt, the man, I have stood behind him as coach. But, this past week showed that it’s time to clean house.

Bobo has become a DooDoo

Grantham isn’t worth Willie Martinez’ jock strap — AND I HATE MARTINEZ!!!!

UGA VIII up and died because of the stress. And, the Sylers haven’t the nerve to come up with UGA IX —- POOR OLD RUSS is tossed out there week after week as the “fill-in” because he’s got brown on his ear and hind quarters….

Hire Van Gorder as coach — make Russ the “uga 9″ and lets MOVE ON!!

Oh, wait we are Georgia — we’ll want who for a coach? Cowher, he aint’ coming to UGA. Chucky — he ain’t leaving Monday Night Football for UGA. Who’s left? UHHHHHHH?

VAN GORDER!!!!!

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I do have a serious question: how do you EVER get that thin at LB when you are Georgia? Or RB for that matter, but that can be explained at least a little by King and Ealey’s departures. Where is all of the depth when you have top ranked recruiting classes every year?

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The trouble with the “it’s just one game” logic is that it isn’t just one game. We’ve seen that exact same performance against every good team UGA has played the last three years, with the possible exception of the 2009 Tech game. Three penalties in the first four snaps is an indication the team isn’t ready to play. They can be enthusiastic and play hard, but these little details keep getting them get beat.

One game IS too small a sample size on which to base a firing decision. The sample size in this case, however, goes back much further than one game.

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Leverage and technique are a lot more important than size.

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Kb, nobody outside of the lunatic fringe is calling for Paul Johnson’s head. We actually like our coach- and yes, that is win, lose, or draw against Middle Tennessee. Sure, we’ve got our problems but you can at least see where Paul Johnson is trying to go with this team.

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Ifs and Butts:

Even if UGA rises up and beats USC this week (and I will be cheering them on to do just that). It will be an aberation…the NORM is poor play and losing to any decent team we face.

Ask yourself honestly, when was the last time you thought UGA played a good game on offensive, special teams, and defense. I’m not saying they DOMINATED in any of the three phases, just that we played WELL in all three phases. If you are stretching it you might say the TN game last year, but if you are honest probably more like the Auburn game of 2007. That is two games since 2007 and the TN game was against a very very young team with a rookie head coach.

Honestly, we can’t compete with USC, Miss State, and FL this year, like the last years of Goff, we aren’t able to hang with the good teams. Against mediocre teams we face this year (TN, KY, GT, and Auburn). We should be able to stay in those games just purely on the talent of our roster and we might be able to split those. Against the bad teams, Vandy, Ole Miss and the two cupcakes, we should win 4 there, so I think the best we can hope for would be in the 5 to 7 win range. This appears to be the easiest schedule Georgia has had in 10-15 years so that shows just how far and fast the program is falling.

Like I said, we are back in the Goff era. Coach Richt is a great person and he was given every opportunity at UGA. He “knocked the lid off the program”, but he also put the lid BACK ON the program and we are back to the mid 90’s.

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Didn’t Middle Tennessee play somebody else tough last year the week before we thrashed them at home?

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Ycity,

They elevated UGA to 19 to hype the BSU game, leaving them at 20 to hype the SC game.

This is a team that will continue to get better. Look for them to gel in the Ole Miss game. Sad thing, though, it just seems thats the case most years.

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Mark has not been the same since he met Urban Meyer at mid field the year after the en zone dance.the look Urban Meyer gave Mark made Mark look like a little boy and his players have been playing like little boys every since.

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HardTruth here folks, Let’s get down to business, First in order for Mark Richt to keep his position he needs to take over the play calling. If UGA fans are being honest(and they have) Bobo is two times worse than Willie Martinez ever was. Example #1 was he not once put his backs in open space via toss sweeps all night. Gates who is reportedly pretty quick never has a chance to pull and set these backs up to explode beyond the line. Example #2 , You have perhaps one of the finest T.E,’s in the country and we never sent him across the middle to match up on LB’s all night long(Boise Did) and it paid off. Example #3 we had perhaps the fastest young man on the field sitting on the sidelines until the second half (Malcolm Mitchell) and watched Tavares King have a terrible game. Example #4, with four tight ends, especially one as big as Lynch( remember him? Ranked #1 T.E. in the country over even Charles in the same class) WHY DON;T WE RUN MORE TWO TIGHT END SETS? I could claim I’m your average fan but played ball at Minnesota, but was raised in Athens, This is a Vanilla offense and Coach Richt, if he wants to keep making the three million a year he better take his offense back. Bobo is a complete joke, and trust me he is at best a D-1AA Coach’.

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Yep

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South Carolina Game Prep Checklist!

1. Another try for the NIKE Power Ranger costumes – check.

2. Tweet insults to opposing coach and/or players – check.

3. Publicly tell any loyal fans who object to 1 or 2 above to ‘get over it’ – check.

4. Practice sideline dancing moves – check.

5. Make sure all players with long hair have time to finish their braids – check.

6. Make sure all new recruits are posed with mock-up of Heisman trophy – check.

7. Win the actual football game…..uh….uh oh…..

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“Show me a good and gracious loser……and I’ll show you a failure.”
Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

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Rich Rod is a Top 5 coach? LAFFO!

Tressel will be reviewing replays this fall. He’s finished.

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Dawgs quit cryin, you lost so what?…You have 11 more games to go, you have enough talent to win 7-8 of them. The SEC overates themselves, add the Okies and A & M and Texas might give you a different perspective…

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The FSU model worked great…for a while. First it was Tommy @Clemson, then Bobby @FSU, and next will be Richt, formally @UGA. I really believe the game has passed him by.

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Why is Samuel starting ahead of Crowell? Pass protection? Really? Think Lattimore knew all of the pass protections early on last year?

Why are we running so much spread offense? We have a huge fullback and a talented freshman tailback and we run the spread, why?

Why do we play so much zone in pass coverage? Why not play man to man so we can rush the quarterback. Moore had way to much time to throw.

Why is Bobo still calling plays?

Dawg Nation, will you answer these questions, please.

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Murray also laid down like a little girl on the last play of the game. Surprised no one is talking about that.

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i say hire gruden as a ‘consultant’…then have him as next year’s coach…imagine the impact he’d have on recruiting…UGA has the money to give him the same as CMR, even with CMR still on the staff…have gruden come in and be the ‘game day’ coordinator..can you imagine him on the sidelines ‘coaching up’ those players?…so what if it irritates the current coaching staff…they either get on board or get on the highway….

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Surprised noone is talking about Tech football. No, not really. We are such a powerhouse that we have managed to beat our archrival 10 times in the last 40 years. Now that is a rivalry.

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So I guess no one will admit that Aaron Murray QUIT and laid down to end the game Saturday?

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Keep on Smiling …UGA knows they have to remove Richt in order to get to the next level and that is a good sign for your dog fans. Fix the problem!!!

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Actually our D played very well! yes they did considering the terrible show of our offense. man, you cant go 3 and out 3 and out and thinking your D will hold up, doesn’t work that way. Bobo is a terrible OC and will cost Richt his job! I hate south Carolina but if we lose to them I wont feel bad, I just want the coaches out of Athens Period. Go Dawgs!!

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Yep, you’re a powerhouse alright. I think beating Tech is about all you can thump your chest about in recent history. I forgot your biggest “rival” is Florida, my bad. Ya’ll are neck and neck with them, right?

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..have gruden come in and be the ‘game day’ coordinator..can you imagine him on the sidelines ‘coaching up’ those players?…so what if it irritates the current coaching staff…they either get on board or get on the highway….

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Asked if it’s a must-win game for him, Richt answers: “Didn’t I just say it’s a really important game?”

This was quoted this morning via the athens banner herald. This proves that even Richt isn’t completely delusional when it comes to his job security. How will he respond? My guess is with same old disjointed and lackluster coaching effort. Richt is going to get fired and even he is starting to see the writing on the wall. I personally don’t believe the guy has the heart to do this anymore and deep down inside he knows it. It’s over.

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GT…as bad as Georgia played..the Dawgs will always be better than GT!! Get back in your closet Punk!!

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BoBo Will coat CMR. his Job,Since BONO has been calling the plays Georgia has a record of losing Check it out , Is CMR on a Trip to Never Never Land WAKE UP COACH BoNO don’t Know…..

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jg, its amusing that this gives you a full week of pleasure. Was Dragon Con not enough?

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From one Dawg to another – Dan Mullen

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Regardless of what any UGA fan thought before this game, and i have been on Richt’s case for 3 years, but have at least been pleased that he *seemed* to be making changes for the better….

I’m just flat embarrased for those young, atheletic football players this staff talked into attending our school.

The evidence keeps mounting….

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God hates Mark Richt.

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Lindsey, I think you hit on a point but you are on the wrong side of the argument. CMR is NOT a smart guy. Steve Spurrier is a smart guy. So’s Chris Peterson. I think Nick Saban’s pretty smart. So is Les Miles and Derrick Dooley. Looks like Will Muschamp is making smart moves, we’ll see. My point is, we’d better hire a smart coach for a change. Not one who will keep the same personnel in place despite their failures (Martinez and Bobo). We’ve had Goff, Donnan, and Richt since we were a national power. Kinda makes me wonder how smart the “powers-that-be” at UGA are. I think we have the smartest AD in the SEC now. Time to make some smart moves and hire a smart HC.

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Boise State just scored another TD!

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Loved the game! Seriously, that was hilarious. Anyway, here’s hoping that Richt wins just enough that UGA can’t get rid of him. How about it Poodle fans, would you cheer against your school if it meant a new head coach??

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All the jabbering in the off season does not help. After a 6-7 season Richt should have banned these guys from talking to the media (humor me) until they proved that they could handle it. It seemed like every week Aaron Murray was gushing about a different player to the media. Then the whole Boykin twitter thing. How can these guys be so confident when they obviously have no idea how to play big time football? COACHING. That’s how.

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Anyone no where I can get those red nike shoes that the Ga coaches were wearing

Thats about the only bit of clothing that looked good

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I don’t think it happens, but it’s not completely beyond the realm of possibilities that UGA loses to USCe, then beats Coastal and loses to the two Mississippi schools. Is Richt gone then?

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Just read the Boise write up about their OC saying how open his guys were. Said Georgia was scared of the long ball and just left the short pass open all night. We couldn’t believe they never moved up their DB’s and took it away………………………Google Boise Newspapers and click on Boise Football…………………….We NEED a NEW Coach and staff. These comments are getting old.

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I think Richt is gone with a loss to South Carolina and any other combination of two losses. Even if we beat South Carolina, I believe he is gone with a Florida loss and any other beatdown loss the rest of the season. It will take something monumental for him to be here in 2012. Fortunately, our Athletic Department is flush with cash and we can afford to buy him out.

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I’m waiting to see how UGA does against South Cackalacki before I pass judgement on Coach Richt. I’d like to see the tight ends and that Malcom Mitchell kid worked into the offense a little more and some more blitzes on defense.

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Take you team to the Ramsey center for the last time before you play SC. Be sure to dive with your clothes on.

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Losses like this are only going to delay the launch of the Bulldog Network.

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We go up against Carolina without Physical dominance or coaching talent and savvy. Both, that’s hard to over come.

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Just Sayin, Jon Gruden? Please he won a SUPERBOWL off of TONY DUNGY’S TALENT, Why don’t we bring in Dungy and lock the state down?

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How about the guy who coached the Steelers living in North Carolina doing nothing? What’s his name, but a task master& butt kicker.

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Let’s dig up Vince Dooley’s corpse and let him coach! He’d still do better than this Richt schmuck!

Vote for VD!

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Douglas, Glad I wasn’t the only one to realize that spread crap don’t work. Ask NFL Coaches how many of them would have a job running that spread.Ask Tebow how;s it helping his career? Just run the Damn ball at your opponents hearts!

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Hey Savannah Dawg……It’s because Richt is the Boss over all these other coaches, and if he hasn’t
replaced them in three seasons, whose to blame???….His Name, in case you are too blind to see is MARK RICHT!!!

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Norm Van Brocklin is available. Wait…No, he’s not.

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Bob Davies is available.

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Peter, Paul, and Mary are available. Wait, no…there not.

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I think if Richt is gone after this season then look for Urban Myer to be the first person contacted by his old buddy Greg. Urban comes to UGA then we will win the NC by 2015. Just sayin………………GO DAWGS

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Tiny Tim is available. Wait, no…he’s not.

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George Welsh is available.

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Sidney Poitier is available.

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WOW, georgia fans calling for their coach to be fired….and that is before they play USC.

Times have really changed folks.

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how ’bout ted roof by way of central gwinnett

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Greg Louganis is available.

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Eric Zeier is available.

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He said this long before Richt arrived in Athens, but it is just as true today:

“Why is it that during recruiting season they sign all the great players, but when it comes time to play the game, we have all the great players? I don’t understand that. What happens to them?”

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Good thing you leg humpers got a new scoreboard. The Cocks will break it in all nice for ya after we put half a hundred on there. Carolina will be leaving Athens with a big W on Saturday, and Coach Richt will be putting all of his belongings in boxes in his office. Cock a doodle doo!!!!

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Fred Sanford is available. Wait, no…he’s not.

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Dick Cheney is available. Wait, no….he isn’t. Oops….heart re-started….he’s available again. Oh wait…..no, he isn’t. Defibrillator worked. He’s available again! Oh wait….

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coach 13, why not Petersen. I am in complete agreement about Gruden and Meyer, but why not Petersen. If Boise State gets passed over for a National Championship game again, Petersen may want to move on with pending realignment and Moore leaving. If he doesn’t leave for UGA, he won’t leave for anywhere.

The trolls can poke fun at UGA all they want, and rightfully so after the last couple of years, but all jokes aside, UGA is still a premiere job to have for the conference, financial resources, and recruiting grounds. There are not many jobs better out there…present team not withstanding.

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Douglas and HardTruth: Yeah I agree Spread Option isn’t the way to go and obviously (PLEASE READ THIS BOBO) it does NOT work with our personnel. Line up in the I and run a toss-sweep. My God no one has seen us run one in what? three years or more so there isn’t any film out there.

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Aunt Jemima is avaiable. Wait..no…she’s not.

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Good thing you leg humpers got a new scoreboard. We’ll be happy to break it in for ya real nice and put about 50 on there. Carolina will be rolling out of Athens on Saturday night 2-0, and Coach Richt will be putting all of his belongings into boxes in his office. Lattimore, lattimore, Lattimore ALL day long puppies. Get used to it, and tell that walk-on linebacker of yours he may just wnat to step out of lattimore’s way because he could get hurt. LOL!

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I think McGarity will hold off making a public decision about the Richt’s future until after the Florida game at the absolute earliest. I think all good Dawg fans should do the same. Let’s support this team and our coach. I realize it is difficult as Coach Richt and his staff are giving us plenty of reasons to be upset. But the fact is there are still 11 games in front of us and giving in now is not what you’d expect the team to do, so why would it be ok for its fan base?

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Ricki Lake is available.

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GT Jesus son we get it

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Fred Flintstone is available. Wait, no….he’s not.

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Sometimes it is better to let folks think you’re ignorant than to type the same thing fifty milllion times and remove any doubt. (although the Dick Cheney one WAS pretty damn funny.)

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Glad y’all got a new scoreboard so we can break it in just ride. We plan on hanging half a hundred on the Dawgs on Saturday. Carolina will will leaving Athens 2-0, while Coach Richt will be putting his belongings into boxes in his office. Lattimore, Lattimore, Lattimore! You UGA folks better get used to it because you are gonna see it all game long. BTW, tell that walk on linebacker that he may just wnat to get out of Lattimore’s way because he’s gonna get hurt. LOL!

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All the Pointer Sisters are available. Wait, no….they aren’t.

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USC Gamecock, if we run the I formation we will give you all you can handle. If we do that BS spread crap formation no huddle bulls*&(t then the Evil Genious might well hang another 50 on us in Sanford.

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All worthy candidates GT, but let’s not start the search just yet. Jed seems to think the possibility exists that CMR may very well be the second coming of Bear Bryant. Get him a houndstooth hat and just wait for the greatness to descend.

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The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is available.

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ask Colorado about ex-Boise coaches…oh wait, even he beat CMR!!!!!

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I mean the old U would hit the gas from start to finish and teams where intimidated by them…or the old Erk Russell UGA days when teams would fear the Junkyard defense…now I feel that teams just think its going to be a “challenging” game

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but if we run the I formation I’ll give us a chance because your secondary is still suspect

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Cant wait for Saturday.

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That Helen Hunt-looking bastid is nothing like me! I ate girlymen like him for breakfast!

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Let’s see: spread offense= didn’t work, zone defense= didn’t work. I-formation worked well and toss sweeps worked pretty well. We know what rational folks would try but let’s see what Bobo calls Saturday about 5PM

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The Gators may have a long, long October . . .

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Well, let’s not be so harsh on Richt. Sometimes things just happen like getting older and when women go through menopause. Personally, I think something like that has happened to Richt. If he chose those uniforms, UGA should release him so he can go to design school. Losing is one thing, but there is no accounting for bad taste. LOL

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We all know our old friend Spurrier is going to bring Carolinas best to athens and pound the dogs, bringing them to 0-2. I also believe this may the year georgia gets swept by the Mississippi schools, combined with losses to Tennessee, Auburn, and an epic blowout at the hands of the Mighty Gators, and it is easy to see the dogs going 4-8. That is only if they can beat Tech, which may not happen either. Man, I hope you dogs keep richt and bobo for at least another decade, we are loving it down here in Florida.

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I sat in front of a bigtime BSU booster that flew in on his private plan. At the very beginning of the game he reminded me that none of the BSU starting offensive or defensive players were 3, 4 or 5 star recruits including Moore. what he did say that was totally compelling was that their coach is worth 14 points by himself in every game. They may lose every now and again but he has never been out coached. This guy was 100% correct. We have better players, better facilities, better traditions (far better co-eds – wow did you see the BSU Gals- ugly) but our coaches could not carry thier clip-boards. I just hate it when the opposing team fans are right.

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I think a lot of USC (east) fans are counting their chicks before they are hatched…
Hope the Cocks prevail, but there is a lot of potification on the death of Richt’s coaching career after only one game,
Give me a break, after Saturday UGA’s schedule is one of the easiest in the SEC

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exactly ed…why is Garner getting a pass; he brings these guys in, recommends them to cmr…5 star talent, no star character…

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When we hired Garner we knew that ahead of time. But it was supposedly to help keep the talent from going to UT wasn’t it? I am really asking.

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Georgia dude makes a play or scores, they act like a juvenile clown.

USC football player makes a play they jump up with their team mates or when they score, they toss the football to the referee and head to sideline.

Just watch how these players handle themselves and you will get a good indication of how they are coached.

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Coach Bryant would not let his players do “end zone celebrations” long before the NCAA outlawed it. His quote was “Don’t act like it is going to be your only time, act like you expect to be back soon.”

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smokedawg- Peterson is already the HC of a top 5 team. They play/and win their 1 big game a year and roll through their schedule. Now, the catch is that given that schedule they have to finish undefeated to play for the MNC whereas they can at least lose 1 at a BCS school and still get in (or 2 if you are super lucky like Miles).

It’s not an easy decision for him. It’s a senior laden team and he has to go undefeated every year to have a shot.

Are their any other major programs possibly looking to hire a coach? I can’t think of any. There shouldn’t be a lot of competition this off-season if McGarity were to decide to make a change.

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USC GAMEC0CK, so you’re saying that UGA players celebrate after a score differently than SC players? Whatever dude…..they all celebrate the same way. They’re kids for god’s sake. What’s the point of even bringing that up? Maybe all that Hootie & the Blowfish is frying your brain.

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Yeah I read that article by coaching by the numbers or whatever, but one thing is they stated Bobo wasn’t that bad….hello? They intimated that the PPG was up. Yeah it was up. We hung 50-something on Idaho State. Over 31 on a weak Florida team and blew out UT. Our offense looked real good last year except Col., MSU, SC, and the rest of the schedule worked out well scoring wise. So that is an artificially inflated stat.

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I can think of 3.5 million reason why Coach Richt should be fired.

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Mark Richt is a very nice guy. Very nice. But, I think that Mr. McGarity himself knows that it is time for a change. We had some good times under Mark. But, the time has probably come. Mark is certainly young enough to start on another career…perhaps in broadcasting like other coaches have done…or working for some company like Nike…calling on his old contacts. Let’s not let is get nasty, OK? Mark Richt has served the University of Georgia (my alma mater twice) well. It is simply a time for a change. Heck, the longest that a President of the USA can serve is eight years (unless he or she takes over for an unexpired term). I like Mark Richt, but I love the University too. It is time for a change.

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anybody selling his UGA-SC tickets?

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I bet Jay Rome,Isiah Crowell,and Malcolm Mitchell don’t know how to handle this losing. They were winners in high school. Now Richt makes them losers…

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Why does SC qb get to stay on team but UGA cut Mettenberger ? Just spouting….

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If I were making 3.5 million and losing a lot I’d come and say that I was overpaid and that because I’m not winning (which is what I get paid to do) that $2.5 million of my contract will be refunded to the University Of Georgia.

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oops.

I conviently forgot, but at least in the football game they act like they spent the week practicing football. Uga acts like they not real sure what you are suppose to do on the line of scrimmage and that is not good dude.

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First!

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@cool whimp

that is why you don’t make 3.5 million and never will.

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You are right on every point! Richt has lost his mojo. Maybe Chris Peterson can head south and bring his with him.

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Don’t compare USC QB issue with the Mettenburger issue. Mettenburger had to go because of sexual assault but he is good to go at LSU so when georgia plays them, that QB is gonna make georgia wish he was still on the team. USC still has Garcia and he learned all the valuable life lessons so all is good.

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Hello, I live in Columbia and saw coach this morning in his driveway when we were both headed to work. I yelled over to him and asked how he likes South Carolina’s chances in Athens this Saturday, and he smiled and gave me a thumb’s up. I think he’s pretty confident.

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A little observation:
Last week, UGA-BSU: 19 vs 5, ranking difference: 14
This week, UGA-USC: 29 vs 12, ranking difference: 17

That means UGA is facing a stronger opponent this weekend in USC than last weekend in BSU.

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Who said I was comparing Garcia to Mettenburger. I said that your Chickens have had several times where they looked clueless at the line of scrimmage (in a game!). The SEC champ. game comes to mind from last year where you gave up over half a hundred to Auburn. BTW, we don;t play LSU anytime soon, except of we were to meet them in the champ game and I don’t see that happening. Yeah, I’m sure Garcia has learned all life’s lessons at the ripe age of 23. Keep telling yourself that.

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USC has Lattimore/Jeffrey/Crownley/Garcia, except Garcia, all high NFL draft picks.

I heard another guy emerged as world beater last weekend. but forgot his name.

I cannot imagine UGA can beat them.

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Don’t worry USC Gamec*ck, your Chickens will probably win on Saturday. But I can definitely assure you of one thing. UGA will definitely be back, mark my word. It may be with a new coach but we will be back Enjoy it while you can. Like I said, you may win the East but you won’t beat Bama or LSU.

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How many fans will still be in Sanford Stadium after SC goes up by 21 in the 1st quarter?

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The biggest change that CMR needs to make is to stop recruiting the lowlife illiterate punks who he seems to think will win for him and keep his grossly oversized paychecks coming in. People like Marcus Dowtin, A.J. Green, Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, and others too numerous to mention are not team players, they’re “me first” jerks who don’t give a rip about anyone else.

Or just dump Richt today, that works for me.

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BTW my stock is down this morning but thats okay. it pays a huge dividend and the prospects are excellent. PE is only 8.56 so I am buying more.

the stock is CVX. get some while the getting is good.

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Thanks for “splaining” that to me. Like I said dufus, LSU is not scheduled to play UGA anytime soon except in the Dome ( I don’t see that happening). Richt had to choice but to let the kid go. he groped some chick, and then lied to Richt about it. I know, I know, if that had been your wonder boy Garcia, he would’ve had to run or something after practice.

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Garcia would never grope a chick but he might have a beer with you after pratice. The USC faithful love the kid.

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Hey Puppy Chow (hot dog)

I was glad to splain it so you would understand it. Thats why the teacher types and student reads.

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Richt changed alot of things. CHANGE does not always work out like you think it will. Take a good look at the federal government for a recent example as exhibit A.

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IF we end up this season having to beat Tech to become bowl eligible we better be ready to beat UCF this bowl season. At least score a touchdown against them.

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Enjoy the time to rail on UGA while you can. After all, you have won a whopping 25% of your games against us. Maybe you’ll get that elusive 5th bowl win this season.

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and rover is on a leash…so no fear.

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Every August, all I hear is how UGA are National Champs. I’m hate UGA now more than ever. Please do us a favor and elimante the UGA football program. What a WASTE of money.

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UGA frat boys are all homo’s. Yeah I said it………….what cha gonna do about it.

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I love getting a street view of the Williams-Brice tailgating scene. There is nothing quite like the view of roofing shingles and public-utility vehicles.

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Maybe the SEC should be looking for 2 new SEC west teams after A&M comes on board! UGA is now in the ranks of Vanderbilt and Kentucky.

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they already know that UGA sucks

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Unfortunately Harmon Wages is not available.

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just so you know, USC bought the state farmers market across from
Willy B, they tearing it down to build a fantastic tailgating grove and the State fairgrounds recently upgraded their parking area…next time Uga rolls into Columbia the tailgating will be beautiful.

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UGA eddukation

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Please kick to me so I can trip or fumble…….I stinky!

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Miss me yet???????????????LOL

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I wonder what those 2 tailbacks georgia threw out with the trash are thinking today???

more importantly, what are UGa fans thinking??

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Good Lawd Chillins!!!!!! Can’ts we’s all’s just’s get’s along’s????

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Wow, no defense of your record vs. UGA or your pathetic football non-history? I am not surprised.

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USC has 4 bowl wins in its history………………DUDE, PLEASE WORK ON YOUR CUT-DOWNS…THEY ARE LAME.

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Please work on adding something relevant to the discussion other than a lame attempt at humor.

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How did the georgia dude feel driving home from a butt whipping by little boisey from Idaho…thinking…man, that big bad USC is coming to Athens next Saturday…Can georgia get it going in a week worth of practicing? can their Nose Tackle learn to tackle? Can they learn to block? Heck they had spring practice and pre-season to get ready…what was georgia doing with all those practices?? Its only practice but still…

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Hey Clinch,

Whaddup, Bro?

How’s the season going for you so far?

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How does the USC dude feel after getting beat by UGA and Clemson 65% of the time? UGA must be terrified of the history-rich USC program that has garnered nationwide attention for years with its natural pipeline of players to the NFL, SEC championships, natural championships…

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“Add to the discussion” was meant towards Reverend… Sorry for the confusion. I’m out. Enjoyed the back and forth. Good luck Saturday.

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The game of football is, was, and always shall be won at the LINE OF SCRIMMAGE! We got whipped so bad at the line that it would take Shakespeare four quill-pens and a 55-gallon drum of ink to write about it! We can look at coaches, play-calling, etc., but WE NEED TO GET LINEMEN that can play. We’re big, but un-talanted and outta shape. So, the message boards will keep lighting up coz “us” gonna be mediocre ’till we get some hosses up front! Herschel woulda looked below average runnin’ behind this bunch!

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funny, when USC whips georgia, tenn, fla, bama, and clempson…all of them say…well look at your history nonsense….

Got some big news for you dude, USC can’t change the past so we focus on the here and now baby…and the next big one up is ….georgia

I know, sucks for you.

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USC GAMEC0CK,

gators fans only claim 20 years of football history, you may go ahead and claim 1 year with a brilliant record.

You have my support for sure.

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If it had been a dancing contest UGA would have won by a mile…unfortunately someone forgot to tell Richt dancing and jumping around isn’t as quite as important as blocking and tackling. UGA is not close to Boise in football….players or coaching

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Dan you are spot on.

georgia’s lack of class and coaching was shinning through for everyone across the nation to see

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USC GAMEC0CK,

heard on the radio another C0ck world beater emerged from last week’s game, forgot his name, any idea?

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Drew Butler had a hell of a game.

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That was Antonio Allen, plays the Spur position.

He had 16 tackles, forced 2 fumbles, recovered 2 fumbles and ran one back for a touchdown….got no love from the SEC office for defensive player of the week but SOS says the kid will start and play alot vs georgia…maybe he can open some eyes this week.

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He was not a starter prior to the ecu game….but he is a starter now.

even SOS can miss a gem in practice so folks should not be too hard on Richt for how good georgia practices and then how bad they execute in the game….football is tough

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Well said dog fan…USC will be keying georgia real good tween the hedges on Saturday…oh, the GAMEC0CK nation can’t wait for this gem in Athens to unfold….just think of all the recruits that will be standing there watching….what a fantastic opportunity for USC to show out just a little….but USC will not be dancing…they will be blocking and tackling

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Buckeye @4:49

Come up with your own damn name you idiot imposter F.

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Bobo is a moron. Richt is the boss this is his last (or should be) chance to turn things around! CMR can’t wait until the end of the year to do something about Bobo being clueless and I don’t think he’ll do anything during the season.
Dawgs did fine with CMR ran the offence. By the end of the year it will be too late.

Goodbye CMR! I’ve supported you up till the final whistle Saturday enough is enough.

I hope you prove me and many others wrong but I just don’t see it!

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This is the deal: show us hope, show us a team ” on the rise”. Coaching and player effort results in improvement. All we saw Saturday was poor coaching and poor playing. Show up with a sound game plan, hustle,play HARD AND PLAY SMART. If you lose go down tooth and nail. Get blown out and I like many other fans are sick of the talk and excuses. We have too much talent to get blown out.
2008: Bam and Fla. 2011 : Bosie State come on we know we will lose sometimes but lose close. I am 46 and have pulled for UGA my entire life but I am tired of the lack of coaching especially on the defense what a joke every time we play a good team we have to score 30 points just to be in the game

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