Believe it or not, there was a time when UGA owned Florida
A Dawg day: Tim Worley scores against No. 1 Florida in 1985. (Photo from www.dawgbone.net)
This will come as scant consolation to Georgia fans, but Florida folks were once like you. The Gators would arrive in Jacksonville fearing the worst, and they’d get it.
Here’s how completely this rivalry has turned: Vince Dooley, the best coach in Georgia history, worked against four different Gators coaches over a quarter-century and had a winning record against each; Mark Richt, the second-best coach in Georgia history, has worked against three different Florida coaches over the past decade and has a losing record against each.
From 1964 through 1989, Georgia beat Florida 18 times (and tied once) in 26 meetings. In the 21 games since, Florida has won 18 times. The Bulldogs can’t even rent the game they used to own. The series flipped when Dooley retired as coach after the 1988 season and Steve Spurrier took the Gators in 1990, but even after Spurrier left for the NFL after the 2001 season nothing much has changed.
Which isn’t to say what we’ve witnessed is unfamiliar. On the contrary, the feeling of dread that has descended on Georgia was once expressed rather poignantly by eminent Gators. The year was 1984. Florida arrived in Jacksonville with maybe its best team ever — although Charley Pell, its coach, had stepped down after three games amid an NCAA investigation — but no real confidence that it could beat Georgia.
Because Florida would always lose to Georgia. Bulldogs backers recall Belue-to-Scott as the greatest play in the history of collegiate football; Gators fans remember that the Florida defender with the best angle fell as Lindsay Scott turned upfield. Other Gators lowlights: Bill Stanfill rising from a sick bed to sack Spurrier, who would win the Heisman; Richard Appleby, a Bulldogs receiver, throwing an 80-yard touchdown pass off an end-around; Florida coach Doug Dickey failing on a gamble that became known as “fourth-and-dumb”; Georgia driving 99 yards behind John Lastinger to the touchdown that beat Florida 10-9.
That excruciating drive came in 1983 and was fresh on the minds of Gators this correspondent interviewed in November ‘84. Said Spurrier, then coach of the USFL’s Tampa Bay Bandits: “Twelve or so times we’ve played Georgia with the SEC on the line, and they were either better or tougher or luckier than we’ve been. Probably Georgia just expects to win big games more than Florida does.”
Said Ray Graves, the Gators’ coach from 1960 through 1969: “After all the strange plays Georgia has pulled off, with guys falling down and guys knocking each other down, there’s always a feeling that a team can start believing in a jinx. You keep losing and losing, and you say, ‘Ah, we’ll get you next year,’ and then the other side says, ‘Yeah, that’s what your grandpa said, too.’ ”
A Georgia fan born in early 1990 has reached adulthood knowing only three Bulldogs victories over Florida: In 1997 under Jim Donnan, when Robert Edwards ran wild; in 2004 under Richt, when Florida coach Ron Zook had already been rendered a lame duck, and again in 2007, the year Richt’s players danced in the end zone after their first touchdown.
Of Richt’s eight losses to the Gators, half have come when he appeared to have the more talented team. A true oddity: Richt has taken Georgia to the SEC championship game three times, but beat Florida in none of those seasons.
Loading ...Speaking 27 years ago, the former Gator Cris Collinsworth said: “Something would always happen to us to make us turn around and say, ‘Wait a minute – is there really a jinx?’ ”
Today Georgia will play as a favorite, having won its past five games. Florida, by way of contrast, has lost three in a row. But similar dynamics prevailed last year: Georgia had won three straight and Florida had lost three straight, and the Gators won in overtime.
Recent history in this series has driven this correspondent into a default position: I’ll believe Georgia can beat Florida only after I see Georgia beat Florida. Which, believe it or not, was a different correspondent’s position regarding a different team back in 1984.
Said Hubert Mizell, then of the St. Petersburg Times: “I’ve seen so many weird things happen in that [Georgia] game that if Florida led by 28 points going into the fourth quarter, I’d call it 50-50.”
For the record, Florida beat Georgia 27-0 in 1984, breaking a six-game losing streak against the Bulldogs. Was Gators domination finally at hand? Nope. Florida entered the 1985 game ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first time in its history. It lost to Georgia 24-3.
By Mark Bradley
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Mr. Teacher
October 28th, 2011
11:37 am
First!
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2011
11:40 am
Kudos, Mr. Teacher.
Rickster
October 28th, 2011
11:40 am
DANG! Second.
Rickster
October 28th, 2011
11:42 am
“Probably Georgia just expects to win big games more than Florida does.”
Not any more.
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2011
11:46 am
Those quotes are weird, are they not?
Dink
October 28th, 2011
11:46 am
MB, thanks for the shout out to Lastinger. Of course it reminds me of another memory… What time is it in Texas?
Smyrna Resident
October 28th, 2011
11:47 am
I believe Tim Worley was recently arrested in our fair city for DUI, failure to use a turn signal, failure to comply with the orders of a police officer and making threatening gestures to police officers (while on police cruiser dash cam).
Apparently, many of Coach Richt’s players still play homage to #38 with their own arrests.
Ah, the TRADITION of Bulldog Football….
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2011
11:47 am
Ten to nine.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
October 28th, 2011
11:48 am
Great blog MB! Incredible just how things have turned in the rivalry in 25 years. I tend to toe the line you do. I will believe we will be Florida when it actually happens and then only after confirming it with 3 sources. It is simply that hard to believe.
Dontavius Supremo
October 28th, 2011
11:51 am
That was before the population of Florida outstripped Georgia by hundreds and hundreds of thousands. Look at all of the college programs that exist in Florida now. However, you know what they say about the tides of fortune.
Herschel Talker
October 28th, 2011
11:53 am
MB:
“I’ll believe Georgia can beat Florida only after I see Georgia beat Florida.”
So what say you on the game tomorrow? Who wins?
HT
cantondawg
October 28th, 2011
11:53 am
Smyrna Resident,
Tim Worley was arrested over 3 years ago. I’m a personal friend of his and he has turned his life around completely and is doing very well. It’s pathetic when you want to degrade someone without actually knowing the person or how they’ve changed…
cantondawg
October 28th, 2011
11:58 am
I believe that HT is actually Kirby “Benedict” Smart trying to weasel his way into the head coaching job….Kirby you’ll never get a chance after that BS stunt you pulled leading us on to become DC and then staying at Bama at the last minute…
P-Man
October 28th, 2011
11:58 am
I remember when we went to Jacksonville, beat Florida, then came home. No big deal. Now, it’s in our heads, just like it was for Florida, that something bad is going to happen, that maybe there’s a jinx. I don’t belive that, but then again, I ain’t playing, so it doesn’t matter what I believe…
Abnerish
October 28th, 2011
11:58 am
‘Yeah, that’s what your grandpa said, too.’ Priceless.
Mtn Dawg
October 28th, 2011
11:59 am
Ah yes. It’s nice to have that institutional memory, Mark, to put things in perspective. I predict the tide is getting ready to turn. BTW, the one and only UGA-FLA game I’ve attended was in 1980. There’s no describing that, although some good attempts have been made.
Thanks Mark.
1eyedJack
October 28th, 2011
12:02 pm
Last year I spent all day Sunday curled up in a fetal position.
PMC
October 28th, 2011
12:02 pm
sure they weren’t wearing leather helmets back then?
Dawgmess
October 28th, 2011
12:02 pm
I’m not sure what Smyrna Resident was attempting to contribute to this discussion.
sogadog
October 28th, 2011
12:05 pm
I attended the 1984 and 1985 games. The Gator fans tore down the goal posts in 84 and the Dawg fans returned the favor in 1985. Jacksonville police let the Gator fans run wild in 84, but in 85, they clobbered a number of Dawg fans with billy sticks. My buddy proudly wore a large black and blue goose egg on his forehead on the drive back to Athens courtesy of a Jacksonville officer. A cold Budweiser applied to a goose egg will bring the swelling down.
Shug
October 28th, 2011
12:07 pm
My eyes mist when I think of THE WORLD’S BIGGEST COCKTAIL PARTY. Everybody in the car, it’s time to roll!
blazer
October 28th, 2011
12:09 pm
let hope it stays just like it is now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Larry Munson jr
October 28th, 2011
12:18 pm
I’d say Wally Butts was the second best coach
outkasted
October 28th, 2011
12:18 pm
like i’ve continually said the tide will turn again and it starts this year…..just one more day!!!
Todd G.
October 28th, 2011
12:20 pm
In my next performance, I will be biting the head off of a live baby gator during my pregame pep talk to our outstanding defense. That will motivate them to play even rougher than we did against Vanderbilt. Nuck, nuck nuck.
Parkland Dawg
October 28th, 2011
12:22 pm
The 1984 game was my senior year at Georgia, and I was at the game. The 99 yard drive started after we intercepted the Gators at our one yard line. The big play in that drive was a 3rd down pass to our TE, Clarence Kay. After he was tackled, Florida linebacker Wilbur Marshall piled on with a late hit. Stupid play cost Florida the game, and the Dawgs went on to win. I know our boys can win this thing tomorrow, but I’m a nervous wreck right now. GATA Georgia!
pj
October 28th, 2011
12:23 pm
I moved to Athens in 1984 and for the next 6 years I just assumed we would beat the Gators. I remember listening Munson as we beat them 24-3 and Kerwin Bell got his arse handed to him. Fast forward to present day – this is the only game that ALWAYS gives me that pessemistic, sinking feeling heading into it. Psychology is way bigger than some people give it credit for – and the Gators have all of it on their side. I’m hopeful for us this year, but that “dread” in my heart still lurks.
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
12:27 pm
“Believe it or not, there was a time when UGA owned Florida”
Mark,
There was also a time when gas was 99 cents a gallon, cellphones weighed about 5 pounds, the internet was still waiting to be invented by Al Gore and Verne Lundquist had a clue as to what was going on during a footbll game. Alas, those are all distant memories.
Go Gators!
James Adams
October 28th, 2011
12:30 pm
Mark Richt is the best football coach Georgia has ever had. The SEC wasn’t nearly as complete as it has been over the last two decades. Very top-heavy in Dooley’s days.
layinlow
October 28th, 2011
12:32 pm
Sogadog, love that story. Must a been a heck of a weekend.
Dawgfan
October 28th, 2011
12:35 pm
We lost in 2005 because Shockley did not play. Joe T tried but just could not fill the void.
Hunkerdown
October 28th, 2011
12:37 pm
Who can tell me the line on the game? Go Dfawgs!
GT
October 28th, 2011
12:37 pm
Spurrier is hated for being so honest and beating Georgia at Florida. When he asked the question, ,how can Georgia be so high in the national recruiting polls every year and not be that good. Bobby Ross ask the same question years later when his Tech team was favored over Georgia but never quiet took it to Georgia like Spurrier. Neither of of Georgia or the Spurrier Florida were classy winners, Georgia still even makes an ass of themselves beating the small potatoes like Vandy. But with Miami and FSU in the state, I always felt Florida had bigger fish to fry and were not as please with themselves if they couldn’t beat the teams in its state as Georgia was beating Florida.
I can’t think of a year where Georgia should win more than this year. Florida is about as weak as I have ever seen them. Georgia has that dream team recruiting class. Maybe the reports of this talent is fictional. Maybe hype sells newspapers and Georgia is nothing but hype. We will know in a few hours, but if they don’t win this game I can’t wait to hear what Spurrier has to say. Maybe he will be kind because he is already beating them with another under talented team.
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
12:38 pm
Dawgfan,
Still making excuses for a game played 6 years ago? All teams face injuries. That’s why they allow 85 players on the roster.
GTBob
October 28th, 2011
12:39 pm
Mark Richt is the best football coach Georgia has ever had.
If this is the case then you guys really need to examine coaches better in the future before hiring.
bjohndawg
October 28th, 2011
12:39 pm
Lastinger had a lot of 10-9 games.
Dawg77
October 28th, 2011
12:41 pm
UGA owned Florida in the 70-s and 80’s. It’s absolutely stunning that they have won 17 out of 20. It mirrors our record with Georgia Tech over the last 20 years. Georgia Tech will never be as talented as UGA, but we will always be as talented or have better talent than Florida.
GT
October 28th, 2011
12:42 pm
Vince Dooley was the only coach Tech hated at Georgia. Hate is the highest respect a opponent can pay another team or coach. Dooley was by far the greatest coach Georgia ever had. Georgia hates Spurrier for good reason. He owns ya.
Spaceman Spiff
October 28th, 2011
12:42 pm
@ GT
I guess it is a good thing that we own the technerds!
Joe Cox
October 28th, 2011
12:43 pm
man i love the dogs.
San Diego Dawg
October 28th, 2011
12:44 pm
I hope our players don’t feel this way, but put your money on the Gators. It’s just stupid to do anything else until we prove we can win. Tomorrow will be the first GA/FL game I haven’t watched in probably 30 years. Hopefully, this will shake things up a bit. Go Dawgs!
JTH
October 28th, 2011
12:45 pm
We used to have a saying around here before the evil BCS came around;
Gator meat is Sugar sweet.
Save your job Richt. Reverse the jinx.
Herschel Talker
October 28th, 2011
12:45 pm
GTBob at 12:39:
Well said. Richt is indeed the best coach we’ve had, but that’s only because we’re comparing him to dog poop. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
FIRE MARK RICHT!!! WE NEED US A WINNER TO LEAD US TO THE PROMISED LAND!!!
HT
GT
October 28th, 2011
12:49 pm
When is the last time you beat Florida and the win streak with Tech? This team coming out of Athens now days doesn’t own anybody. The pure joy yall had beating Vandy was to me a team on the ropes looking for something to cheer about anywhere any how. And then this paper acting like you have done something beating the four weakest teams in the SEC and now playing a Florida team that is practically diseased and making it sound like your train is really moving. The only thing that amazing me more than the homer hype you get is who did you pay to get this schedule and who in the SEC has an easier schedule than Georgia? You don’t play anybody. The one team you did play beat you at your place.
Dogs Smell
October 28th, 2011
12:50 pm
Even with Florida down they will beat this ga team………again.
Gator Stomp
October 28th, 2011
12:52 pm
You will all pay for the Gator Stomp for the 4th year in a row. i-95 will be the trail of tears for you, yet again.
Brucerugby79
October 28th, 2011
12:55 pm
Great Job Mark ! one of my favorites was 76 losing at halftime we knew we had them—Time for the worm to turn–GO DOGS !!!!
My third leg
October 28th, 2011
12:57 pm
florida is bad
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
October 28th, 2011
12:58 pm
The Georgia State Patrol will be out in force this weekend and not so many of the players (and now the coaches) should be worried about going to jail. I heard the Florida State Patrol is working with GSP to make the highways safe from drunk drivers. That is probably a good idea and they can keep their eyes open for stolen cars while they are at it. The players are going to be on a bus so I don’t think not having a valid drivers license is going to mean all that much for them. I heard Coach Grantham has hired a limo and he’s coming in like the godfather. That should strike some fear. That and the doughnuts.
My third leg
October 28th, 2011
12:59 pm
HEY MARK CAN YOU IMPLEMENT A LIKE BUTTON ON HERE SIMLAR TO FACEBOOK?
harold
October 28th, 2011
1:03 pm
THAT WAS WHEN THERE WERE CHEVY VEGAS AND PONTIAC SUNBIRDS.
UGA IS NOW 3-18 IN THE LAST 21 GAMES. RICHT HAS WON AGAINST FLORIDA ONLY TWICE!
HOWEVER I PREDICT THAT AN AVERAGE UGA TEAM DEFEATS A POOR FLORIDA TEAM EASILY 41-17! MUSCHAMP IS A VERY POOR FOOTBALL COACH BUT HE IS A GREAT “SPITTER”!
IF RICHT IS NOT IN THAT SEC TITLE GAME HE IS DONE!
dtaner
October 28th, 2011
1:04 pm
remember a classic line by spurrier when he was late in his tenure as coach at florida,a reporter asked spurrier if he thought florida could ever tie the series between the two which at the time was still 19 games in georgia’s favor, spurrier said idon’t know,i don’t know if i will still be coaching here 19 years from now
Heath
October 28th, 2011
1:04 pm
Here’s a good poll:
Is English a second language for GT?
Augusta Dawg
October 28th, 2011
1:06 pm
Look for a way for Vanilla Coach Bobo to call a predictable game again!!!! Dogs will find a way to give this one away!!!!
Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
October 28th, 2011
1:06 pm
OR AN IGNORE BUTTON!
Abnerish
October 28th, 2011
1:09 pm
Yeah, not having Shockley during the 2005 game is just an excuse for losing. It’s not an excuse, it’s a reason. We lost because we didn’t have our starting QB that day and our backup wasn’t very good. We were an SEC championship team with Shockley and an average team without him. JTIII did the best he could but we just couldn’t muster up enough offense to win that day.
Saying otherwise is just not accurate. Likewise, I believe that Florida would have won in 2007 had Tebow been healthy. He clearly had shoulder issues and it affected his play.
Perhaps having a former Georgia player as the UF coach is just the psychological shake-up that is needed to turn this thing around.
Go Dawgs!
OoltewahDawg
October 28th, 2011
1:14 pm
HT, just who would UGA be able to attract that would have a better record than Richt over 10 years?. There’s a lot of schools that would love to have Richt as their head coach. Keep in mind that the grass always looks greener from the other side.
GeorgianaBulltiger
October 28th, 2011
1:14 pm
GT, at least we beat the nobodies.
Big Dawg
October 28th, 2011
1:14 pm
Great column Mark. Awesome quotes and blasts from the past. Really puts it all into perspective. Should be required reading for the entire coaching staff and players.
Rich Rod
October 28th, 2011
1:19 pm
I’m available.
Augusta Dawg
October 28th, 2011
1:22 pm
Look for Coach Bobo to coach Div.II or a better junior college after this season………… Maybe opening an ice cream franchise specializing all brands of vanilla…………………. He is large part of the problem along with CMR’s passive attitude………………………………………………Never will UGA beat the top tier of the sec. on a regular basis…………………………………………………………………..
DTC
October 28th, 2011
1:22 pm
HT, you keep calling for Mark Richt to be fired. Who would you suggest to be the Head Coach? For whatever reason I do not believe that Smart coming in would improve the situation. Muschamp sure hasn’t helped FL, and he was supposed to be one of the HC in-waiting, to be considered, for GA.
My opinion is Bobo needs to be either fired outright, be demoted to QB Coach, or RIcht find a team somewhere that wants Bobo as a HC. I am not sure demoting Bobo to the QB coach is a real fix for the offense, because he sure hasn’t gotten Murray to the point that he can hit the fully open man, over 30 yards downfield. 30 yards, he is ok. Anything over that, you might as well forget it.
Richt has without a doubt been down for the last few years, but, I think the team would be better with Richt as the HC, and bring in a high profile OC.
Just curious HT.
GT Grad
October 28th, 2011
1:24 pm
I like turtles!
Barack Bush
October 28th, 2011
1:31 pm
Yeah, not having Shockley during the 2005 game is just an excuse for losing. It’s not an excuse, it’s a reason.
—–
No, it’s an excuse. Shockley or not, UGA would have most likely lost. You know why? 3-18 in the last 21 games.
bubba4dawgs
October 28th, 2011
1:32 pm
Talent-wise and physically, the Dawgs are superior this year! Is it possible that they could go into the game determined to win and physically outman the Gators? Why go into the game scared they’re going to lose and sure nuff, they will!! It all seems that they simply find a way to get beat. I muse at 3rd and long situations and then give up the first down soooooo often!! Please, just this once….GO DAWGS!!!!!!
Evansdawg
October 28th, 2011
1:34 pm
I saw Gator fans contemplating slitting their wrists after that 1985 beatdown. It was great. Doesn’t seem possible it was that long ago.
StAug Dawg
October 28th, 2011
1:37 pm
Another irony is that we get the NFL version of the game again on Sunday with Stafford vs Tebow; and this time, Stafford will get some assistance from a Tech nerd…..
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 28th, 2011
1:38 pm
Good memories of that game 1985 game. I was there and enjoyed every minute of it.
I even enjoyed the free score poster given out after that game holding it up in the air
Now many years later I have to hear garbage excuses about where the game is played
Mike
October 28th, 2011
1:39 pm
Mark, It’s not a big mystery what’s going on in this series. Vince Dooley had the week off before playing Florida while Florida usually was playing Auburn. Steve Spurrier knew how big that was, so he got that flipped around in the early 90’s. Since then Florida has only 4 times played the week before the UGA game (all while UGA was under Richt) and lost two of them. That and the fact that Florida, like Miami and Florida St., was not a good football program until the 80’s.
Call it an excuse if you want, but Spurrier thought it was a big deal. I can also tell you Dooley wasn’t beating the Gators when they had the week off. Donnan’s win stands as the only one in decades against Florida when Florida had the week off.
Most of Richts losses are because UF used the week off to make adjustments. Florida comes out rested and firing, get a lead, and then hang on in the end. Last year was a perfect example of this.
This year both have the week off, so it’s different. But there is no mystery as to why this series turned around.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 28th, 2011
1:40 pm
bubba4dawgs
Talent wise the dawgs have been superior under the entire Mark Richt coaching tenure
hogmtndawg
October 28th, 2011
1:40 pm
Thanks for the pic of the ‘85 game MB. That was my first UGA/UF game and I haven’t had a better time since. I remember Greg “Muddy” Waters in Kerwin Bell’s face all day long. I think he threw for 400 yards or so, but all between the 20’s. I think Keith Henderson had two long scoring plays and Worley had the 89 yarder to cap it off. We destroyed some property that night, also!!
bobby
October 28th, 2011
1:41 pm
LOOK I DON’T GIVE A DARN WHAT YOU PEOPLE SAY ON HERE IF DJ SHOCKLEY PLAYS IN THE FLORIDA GAME IN 2005 UGA WINS THAT GAME IT’S A FACT JT WAS’NT A GOOD QUARTERBACK AND YOU PEOPLE ON HERE KNOW THAT COME PEOPLE LETS BE REAL ABOUT THAT.
Donkey Stomp
October 28th, 2011
1:41 pm
Dawgs will Donkey Stomp the reptiles this year!
Bob
October 28th, 2011
1:43 pm
Great article, Mark! I was in the East stands during the 1983 game, and I remember that drive like it was yesterday. The sun had gone down and there was a cold breeze coming off the St Johns River, but we didn’t mind. Our team was playing to win.
T3
October 28th, 2011
1:45 pm
There once was time when Journalism in general,
and the AJC in particular…HAD…Integrity.
Those days are long gone as well.
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
1:47 pm
Guess we should put an * besides the final score of the 2005 game. Maybe we can get it stricken from the record books? While we’re at it, can we get the last 3 losses by the Gators erased because Brantley was injured? Hooray…..we’re 4-0!!!!!
Red Ranger
October 28th, 2011
1:50 pm
These Dawgs will skin the hated Ga-terds this weekend. Demps and Rainey will run no more than 50 yards the entire game.
1eyedJack
October 28th, 2011
1:52 pm
The Gators don’t deserve to smell Russ’ sh1t.
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
1:54 pm
“The Gators don’t deserve to smell Russ’ sh1t”
We’ll leave that honor to you dogs. One of the only species I know of that does enjoy smelling their own.
mike addington
October 28th, 2011
1:55 pm
I’ve got a good feeling about this one. I think this is a very good GA team, with a very good attitude. Now if we can get Crowell to stop looking like he has a lemon wedge in his mouth and play hard for “4″ quarters, I’d feel even better. That dude has some kind of problem. Don’t know what it is, but it looks like he’s thinking, “Dang, these guys hit a lot harder than those guys in high school.”
Rich Rod
October 28th, 2011
1:55 pm
The only way to end this jinx is with a good, old-fashioned couch burning.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 28th, 2011
1:59 pm
Give me a break people
There is no excuse to lose tommorrow
I dont even want to hear it
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
2:06 pm
Flat Tire,
You gonna be at the game? I’m staying home and watching it on TV for only the third time in the last 40 years. Maybe it’s a good sign for my Gators, as we won the only other two I missed.
dan the nerd
October 28th, 2011
2:08 pm
Ha! This makes me remember looking at the record between UGA and GT – somewhere around 1972. I thought to myself “GT owns UGA – this series will never be close…”
My, how the tables can turn.
Mr Krinkle
October 28th, 2011
2:09 pm
Beast from yo mamma: Take the hotdog out of your mouth for a min. This new coaching staff that UF has hired looks like a bunch of Mr. Bungles (clowns)! UF may beat last years 4 loss team by lossing 5 this season. DBAG!
j.t.keene
October 28th, 2011
2:12 pm
o.k. mr. bradley I agree with that. there also was a time before football was even invented. the question now, forgetting about vandy and kentucky is who does georgia own now?
MattDawg
October 28th, 2011
2:13 pm
Stop getting so juiced for it dawgs. Time to treat it like every other game. I think too much emphasis is being placed on it right now.
B
October 28th, 2011
2:16 pm
GT, I guess that’s why the Nerds hate us…we own ya.
Mike Hunt
October 28th, 2011
2:18 pm
Flat Tire = UF troll. I knew it!!!!!
Dawglasville
October 28th, 2011
2:22 pm
If we win Saturday the same UF fans (and Tech fans who live their football through UF) will be on here as obnoxious as ever. If we win could we at least get a break for 24 hours before we have to read, “17 of 21?”
Alphare
October 28th, 2011
2:22 pm
Mark, great minds think differently as an old wisdom says.
UGA’s defense was ranked in the 70’s before they played the 1-15 teams. So UGA defense is bad. We all know bad defense cannot stop Rainey and Demps.
Watch out for Rainey and Demps to slash up UGA defense and outscore UGA by 2 TD’s.
Dawglasville
October 28th, 2011
2:22 pm
j.t.keene – Tech.
Murphy
October 28th, 2011
2:25 pm
MattDawg,
We as fans are the only ones that will juice this game up!! Our coaching staff sure wont do it. I wish Richt would just come out and challenge his team in the media to win.Call them out but he needs to also call out this coaching staff.Lay it all out and win it.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 28th, 2011
2:26 pm
Mike Hunt = Kool-aid drinking moron troll
Im not a UF fan you idiot why dont you read my 1:38 post
Jeff
October 28th, 2011
2:29 pm
I’m a lifelong Georgia fan who grew up loving those 1980s Georgia-Florida classics. But the way the trend has gone the last 20 years or so, I am NEVER confident going into this game any more. Despite Georgia having the better team several years, the ‘Dogs just find ways to lose. I will repeat what Bradley said in this column: “I’ll believe Georgia can beat Florida only after I see Georgia beat Florida.”
I would love to predict a UGA victory, to say with confidence that Georgia has the better team, to list all the reasons that the Bulldogs will pick up a win… but my head has seen too many losses since 1990, so I predict Florida 28, Georgia 23. Sorry guys… I hope I’m wrong, but it’s hard to reverse a 20-year trend.
Murphy
October 28th, 2011
2:30 pm
Flat Tire,
Must be anew blogger-easy on him now lol
Cuz
October 28th, 2011
2:32 pm
I was at the 85 game.
At the end of the game we struck up a cheer.
Four whole days! Four whole days! Four whole days!
Florida was number one for Four whole days.
PrimeTime#8
October 28th, 2011
2:36 pm
GT you have lost your mind. Who has GT played????? NO ONE… They got beat by Virginia and Miami>>>>> Who the Crap are they???????
Dawglasville
October 28th, 2011
2:39 pm
There is really no point in going back in fourth with Tech, Auburn, or Florida fans. We are all going to see it played out on the field over the next five weeks.
ARdawg
October 28th, 2011
2:39 pm
Hey good column Bradley!
My games only go back as far as the early 70’s but I do remember when FL couldn’t make pooh stink when they played Georgia and I remember thinking to myself when we couldn’t beat Spurrier this could go on forever. I was actually relieved when he left, only to be left with the waft of his pooh years later
TallaDawg
October 28th, 2011
2:41 pm
@Beat from the East – 12:27 – That is MB’s point. Things change, but …. they can always change again.
ARdawg
October 28th, 2011
2:42 pm
Talla, Beast
They will change again. Of that I have no doubt. I would personally prefer it was in THIS decade…LOL
hammerhead
October 28th, 2011
2:44 pm
Love the vintage Worley pic! That was my freshman year in Athens and I didn’t go to Jacksonville due to being flat broke! I never let that stop me again as I went to my first Cocktail Party in ‘86 (loss to Kerwin Bell and Ricky Natiel) and each year after ’til ‘91 when I damn near froze (yes it was FREEZING in Jax that year). Been watching from afar ever since (married and raising babies).. will return someday soon. Hopefully, we’ll be winning our share by then! Great blog, Mark.
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
2:45 pm
Mrs. Krinkle @ 2:09pm. Stay classy and keep making mama proud! By the way, did your old man make parole?
McDawg
October 28th, 2011
2:45 pm
whew
i thought you were making a perdiction
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
2:49 pm
ARdawg,
I wouldn’t mind seeing it go back to being about 50/50 with the winner going to Atlanta. That’s how it was with UF/UT in the 90’s and those were some great games to watch. The younger Gators don’t have much respect for the rivalry and I suspect the younger Dawgs are tired of hearing about the good ol’ days. Kinda crazy how streaky the past 40 years have been, isn’ it?
18/21
October 28th, 2011
2:51 pm
in 28 hours it will be 19/22
david
October 28th, 2011
2:52 pm
Beast, please ignore Kringle as he apparently doesnt know you are a civil and knowledgable gator. Good luck tomorrow and if we somehow win, please beat SC.
Jack
October 28th, 2011
2:54 pm
the difference mark is today florida and ga are on equal footing football recruiting wise. heck ga ranks 2 on rivals list over the past decade. florida was not known for it’s football until ss arrived. so when ga was winning, they were doing it against a lesser team most of the time. florida’s domination speaks for itself and is a much bigger deal today.
ARdawg
October 28th, 2011
2:58 pm
Beast
You know it would probably be a much more intense rivalry if there was no more than a 2-3 year swing either way. The last 60-70 years it’s decades of dominance by either team. I was around in the 70s-80s and remember Florida as the team we beat no matter what. My son, quite the opposite.
I don’t know, maybe it’s better this way. AU is a pretty intense rivalry but with a lot of respect and it swings every year or so but it doesn’t measure up to the FL game
Zeus
October 28th, 2011
2:59 pm
“Mark Richt, the second-best coach in Georgia history.”
No love for Wally Butts???
GaTruth
October 28th, 2011
3:00 pm
Read a column in Gainesville FL paper. It made a good point about the current streak. One can pretty accurately infer that based on the state of this series you can assess the state of the program. For that reason, I’ve finally some to the conclusion, that if Richt doesn’t win this one and turn the tide, he has to be let go. Spurrier changed things with passion – it wasn’t the spread offense. We haven’t had passion since ‘83. Yes Dooley’s final years didn’t have much passion. Bring in someone who loves the Dawgs and has the fire.
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
3:01 pm
david,
Thanks and may the best team win. I just hope it’s another close one. Last year was pretty intense. If it’s lopsided, it will more than likely be in UGA’s favor. Honestly, on paper UGA should win, but that’s why they play the games.
Eldawg
October 28th, 2011
3:02 pm
Good job MB.
ARdawg
October 28th, 2011
3:03 pm
GA Truth
I’ve spewed to anyone that would listen, this game makes or breaks Richt. The discussion can go away or the nails can get hammered in the coffin. It’s this one, the rest don’t have as much meaning as this one does
Stinger2
October 28th, 2011
3:04 pm
Can someone please tell me when toe meets leather in Jacksonville.
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:05 pm
Now that was a quality article Mark. Good on ya. I enter every day and every year in the hopes that today is a new and better day. I learned that approach to denial by being one of those dawgs fans born in 1986. I remember the 3 wins vividly, but I’m sick and tired of only knowing losing. GO DAWGS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:08 pm
From Athens, but my hatred of Florida is made stronger by the fact that my dad and uncles went to Florida State. You won’t find a more passionate GAYTOR HATER than me!
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
3:08 pm
Stinger2,
3:30 on CBS.
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
3:10 pm
“From Athens, but my hatred of Florida is made stronger by the fact that my dad and uncles went to Florida State.”
I can tell you’re a youngster. If you were my age, your dad and uncles would have had to go to school elsewhere, as FSU was an all girls school. FSU…..where the women are women and the men are, too!
ARdawg
October 28th, 2011
3:11 pm
Stinger
it’s always 3:30 on CBS. Unless of course we get any worse than we have and it’ll be the noon game of the week on the SEC network
bill arp
October 28th, 2011
3:13 pm
Here’s the question. What happens if A Murray throw 3 picks and fumbles a couple of times and we lose? Would that be Richt’s fault? We all know that it is very possible with Murray. Just wondering…
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:13 pm
Beast…what do you call a pretty girl in Gainesville? A tourist. Least we got Jen Sterger.
Skokie Dog
October 28th, 2011
3:13 pm
Maybe, if we’re fortunate enough to play to a tie score at the end of regulation, the refs could change the rules for overtime and have Weis and Grantham have a doughnut-eating challenge: first guy to wolf down a dozen get the win!
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
3:14 pm
bill arp,
To many, it’s all Richt’s fault. To others, he hung the moon. There seems to be very little middle ground.
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
3:16 pm
invictus,
I’ll take Erin over Jen. MUCH more class. I have to admit there are some serious lookers over in Tallahassee, though.
sane dawg
October 28th, 2011
3:17 pm
Damn the results. It’s better to be a Bulldog losing than a Gator winning. Having said that, the results say we still lead the series, you suckers.
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:17 pm
Beast,
Erin? Nice rack, but the face man…can’t do it. Good ole fashioned rivalry…I love it! Nice chiding with ya.
Spike 80DF
October 28th, 2011
3:18 pm
Puhleezeeee Beast…Jen Sterger > Erin
Fair and Balanced
October 28th, 2011
3:19 pm
Enjoyed the walk thru history. Go Dawgs!
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:21 pm
Beast,
You’re right about middle ground. I think CMR hung the moon, but his assistants let it get away. Called for Martinez’ firing 2 years before he did it, been grumbling the same about Bobo for 3. We paid dearly for Martinez and are just now getting back to where we were. Reminds me a lot of when Bobby couldn’t fire his boy in Tally. I’m sure there’s a case for loyalty to a point, but in the end it costs money and makes losers of us all. Gotta pull the plug sooner or later.
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
3:21 pm
I’ll take Erin anyday over Jen. I’m probably one of the few out there that hasn’t hit that yet. LOL!
Spike 80DF
October 28th, 2011
3:23 pm
yea invictus, I’m an official Gator hater as well.
1. UGA alum
2. Grew up FSU fan since family in Tally went to FSU and had season tickets
Fair and Balanced
October 28th, 2011
3:23 pm
Also interesting that Fl wore puke colored unis during Worley’s days. Actually they still do. I hate FL.
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:24 pm
You’re one of the few who’d make that choice to Beast…lol.
Stinger2
October 28th, 2011
3:24 pm
Thanks Beast and ARdawg. Good luck tomorrow. I believe
UGA will win in an easy fashion.
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:26 pm
Thanks for the backup Spike! Explains your impeccable taste in women. Lol.
Runnin with the Dawgs
October 28th, 2011
3:27 pm
Dawgs 31 Gators 17
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:27 pm
I went to the Air Force Academy, so not really an alma mater you can expect much from in football…broke my heart when we played UGA in basketball in the NIT that year though…definition of mixed emotions.
Wistful thinking...
October 28th, 2011
3:31 pm
…I don’t believe Vince Dooley is going to coach UGA any time soon…
PreyDawg
October 28th, 2011
3:33 pm
I am supposed to be working. I am on my office computer risking getting in trouble and sitting here like a dope with butterflies already over this game. I could care less about game 7. It is a mere distraction. This is Florida week. I don’t want us to win this game. I NEED us to win this game. The madness…the pain…must stop. I can’t take another loss but I got a bad feeling. I am like Bradley. I will believe it when I see it.
Joke
October 28th, 2011
3:39 pm
Husband, who graduated from Florida and his wife, who graduated from Ga, were driving to J-ville for the big game. They had been arguing for hours over who would win, and were really mad at each other. When they passed a herd of jackasses, the wife turned to her husband and said” relatives of yours”? The husband looked at his wife and said “yeah, in-laws”!
Beast from the East
October 28th, 2011
3:39 pm
PreyDawg,
Calm down. Remember, it’s just a game played by college kids. Life will go on, win or lose.
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:42 pm
Screw getting rid of CMR…bump Bobo to replay consultant so he can learn something about calling a football game, and bring in a real OC.
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:44 pm
Joke,
That was halarious…thanks for the belly laugh.
Dust
October 28th, 2011
3:45 pm
believe it or not, there was a time when mark bradley wrote interesting articles.
Judy
October 28th, 2011
3:46 pm
Gators 27 dogs 24
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:47 pm
Dust,
That was the first quasi-quality one in a while…let’s take the CMR approach…let’s be patient. Gotta build the kid up a bit. Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty…he can’t help he stepped outa his league.
invictus mon
October 28th, 2011
3:48 pm
We chide because we love ya Mark!
Mark Kozee
October 28th, 2011
3:51 pm
We’ll beat the Gators but lose to Auburn. Richt will be gone.
Joey
October 28th, 2011
3:54 pm
I vote Erin too, Beast.
Good luck tomorrow. Hope it’s a good game. Maybe no televised F-bombs by Todd or Will . . .
Joke
October 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
How about this one:
Ga wife and Fla husband both turned 60 on the day before the annual Ga-Fla game. God said to them I will grant you each one wish. Ga wife said I want Ga to beat Fla when we go to J-ville this weekend. God said your wish will be granted. The Fla husband said well if I have to watch Fla lose to Ga then I want to do it with a wife that is 30 years younger than me. God said your wish is granted….poof you are 90 years old.
Knowall Moreno
October 28th, 2011
4:00 pm
Tomorrow will be a DAWG DAY! 34-17 woof woof woof Run Isiah Run
Herschel Talker
October 28th, 2011
4:05 pm
DTC:
In no particular order:
Gary Patterson
Chris Peterson
Kevin Sumlin
June Jones
Urban Meyer
Mark Dantonio
Kirby Smart
Greg Schiano
David Shaw
Guz Mahlzan
HT
ARdawg
October 28th, 2011
4:10 pm
I bumped into Erin at a GA/Vandy game a few years ago when she was just the sideline girl. It was in the concourse and she was positioning for the camera. It was her fault and she was quite snippety about it. Maybe she thought she had a reason, she fell back into me and I grabbed her. But I got to say unequivocally, that is one beautiful woman. Even with a p!zz poor attitude
Bob LaBlah
October 28th, 2011
4:14 pm
If you stupid buttsniffers don’t beat them this year – - – you can FORGET IT!
GO DAWGS!
October 28th, 2011
4:15 pm
GO DAWGS!
TROUNCE THOSE JORTS WEARING HEATHENS!
DawgThis
October 28th, 2011
4:16 pm
What is this news from Athens about failed Drug Tests by GA players??
Anybody hearing news???
Troup Co. Dawg
October 28th, 2011
4:17 pm
Enter your comments here
phil
October 28th, 2011
4:20 pm
I was at that 1985 game and have never enjoyed a game more either before or since then.
The riot on the field afterwards was a good time as well….
Sadly, we have little chance again this year because of how lacking in discipline we are. Like Bradley, I’ll believe it when I see it.
srcromedawg
October 28th, 2011
4:21 pm
Spurrier as a player was 0-3 against the dawgs. Bill Stanfill kicked his hiseman a$$ all over jacksonville his sr year. Whatever happened to those junkyard dawgs???
phil
October 28th, 2011
4:21 pm
Dawgthis – oh yes….more than one apparently and it includes our latest 5 star running back soon to be bust like most of the others….
Troup Co. Dawg
October 28th, 2011
4:26 pm
It’s time to go dig up that bone that was buried back in the 80’s and 90’s baby !!! We gotta get back to treating them like a blown truck tire like you see on Florida interstates during the summer time…yeah if you run over one, it can be a tradgedy so they need to be discarded and sent back to Gainesville! I hope Tree rips somebody’s neck off and put JB on his backside! Get NASTY !!!! You J-U-N-K-Y-A-R-D<<>>D-A-W-G-S !!!!
prime time (redshirt me)
October 28th, 2011
4:28 pm
That was back when men were men and the sheep were afraid!!
FloridaForever
October 28th, 2011
4:40 pm
Come on Georgia fans, get real already! You know there is no way Georgia wins Saturday. The Gators probably do not have the offense to put up a very big score but they will win fairly easily. Our defense may well shut Georgia out. Then the rest of the year you will be arguing whether or not to fire Richt, making your program look unstable. It really is like winning twice in one game. Anyway, maybe one day you will become a real rival to us again but for now, have fun being a doormat
FloridaForever
October 28th, 2011
4:40 pm
Come on Georgia fans, get real already! You know there is no way Georgia wins Saturday. The Gators probably do not have the offense to put up a very big score but they will win fairly easily. Our defense may well shut Georgia out. Then the rest of the year you will be arguing whether or not to fire Richt, making your program look unstable. It really is like winning twice in one game. Anyway, maybe one day you will become a real rival to us again but for now, have fun being our doormat
FloridaForever
October 28th, 2011
4:41 pm
Come on Georgia fans, get real already! You know there is no way Georgia wins Saturday. The Gators probably do not have the offense to put up a very big score but they will win fairly easily. Our defense may well shut Georgia out. Then the rest of the year you will be arguing whether or not to fire Richt, making your program look unstable. It really is like winning twice in one game. Anyway, maybe one day you will become a real rival to us again but for now, have fun being the doormat
Doug
October 28th, 2011
4:45 pm
I am a die-hard UGA fan and graduate which is why I secretly hope the Gators win. If Richt loses to UF this year, of all years, there would be no stopping regime change. And without regime change we are doomed to another decade of mediocrity. The Ole Miss of the East.
tell me again
October 28th, 2011
4:45 pm
I love this – Tech fans on our board talking smack – wait till Clemson hangs 50 on your pathetic butts tomorrow. We’ll worry about Florida – you Tech nerds need to worry about what decade your next win over UGA will be and start putting your victory rings on layaway.
Nativebird
October 28th, 2011
4:51 pm
Florida doesn’t hate Georgia; Florida hates Florida State and Miami. Georgia is like a nice exciting game every year, but not hate.
cantondawg
October 28th, 2011
4:54 pm
Let me break down that genius (LOL) HT coaching prospects. It’s almost laughable..
Gary Patterson – No he turned down Michigan
Chris Peterson – No he turned down Washington…Western Guy dont’ see him coming here
Kevin Sumlin – Good team in weak conference. What makes you think he would win in SEC
June Jones – You gotta be kidding me..nobody in GA thinks he’s a good coach
Urban Meyer – Left Florida for health issues
Mark Dantonio – Northern guy don’t see him leaving
Kirby Smart – Zero Head Coaching experience
Greg Schiano – turned down Michigan job..rumored to be waiting for Penn State job
David Shaw – Who the hell is this?
Guz Mahlzan – Zero Head Coaching experience
Win by 20
October 28th, 2011
4:56 pm
Georgia wins this game early—florida’s terrible this year. Dawgs roll 33-13!!!
meh
October 28th, 2011
4:59 pm
Well the Dawgs had 2 decades and the gators had 2 decades so I guess its back to Dawgs for 2 decades. 70s and 80s to the Dawgs, 90s and 00s to the Gators and back to the Dawgs for the 10s and 20s.. GO DAWGS!!
SEC Fact Finder
October 28th, 2011
5:03 pm
Not going to say anything ground breaking here, just add a comment.
This is the key game UGA coaches, players and fans are needing more than any other game in a few years. The loss to USC placed doubt in the minds of pollsters, fans and media types and after a 5 game turn around these Bulldawgs have won games at home and on the road. And folks winning on the road in the SEC is much tougher than most observers think it is. Winning on the road with a young team is even tougher.
UF has suffered through some injuries that have played a major factor in their season. In reality no one expected UF to beat Alabama or LSU, but without Brantley or Demps against Auburn we saw what a bewildered Florida team looked like.
Well folks, outside of the suspensions and the Mitchell injury this game is made for CBS College football saturday. Very close betting line, one coach wanting to solidfy his footing in holding on to his job and the other one needing that signature win in his first season to gain support of his fans. The injury ridden Gators have their strong armed QB back along with arguably the fastest man in college football.
This is going to be a good one. Hoping the weather does not play a major role in the game and that both teams play a clean game and keep us SEC FANS proud of our conference brothers.
Saban
October 28th, 2011
5:04 pm
Dawgs lose by 50. Pitiful piece of work.
3rdN8
October 28th, 2011
5:10 pm
I’m predicting a close one in this game. UGA has improved all season. UF gets Brantley back. During the fist half against Bama, Brantley and UF moved the ball very well. UF had 10 points and 190 yds of offense until Brantley was injured. They had virtually zero anything after that.
Good luck in the game, hope Richt wins a big one.
Joey
October 28th, 2011
5:12 pm
SEC Fact Finder, good points, but this would really be a “signature win” for a UF coach?
I mean, UF’s last 3 coaches all lost to UGA only once, each. Hell, Zook beat our best team of the last decade (’02). Zook!
When I look at the coaches who have beaten Richt in the past 2+ seasons, I think that for a UF coach to beat UGA is not much of an accomplishment . . .
Buh Bye Mark Richt
October 28th, 2011
5:13 pm
Richts waterloo game. Book it!
Taco
October 28th, 2011
5:17 pm
There was also a time when we thought the world was flat? There was a time when UGA was relavent?
Taco
October 28th, 2011
5:18 pm
Is English even a language at UGA? Ebonics maybe!
B'dawg
October 28th, 2011
5:19 pm
Good article Mark. At least 1 of the writers for the ajc has a nice spin on the game.
Go Dawgs! Bring the swagger back to J’ville.
B'dawg
October 28th, 2011
5:21 pm
Tacos. Its whats for dinner.
BG
October 28th, 2011
5:29 pm
The DAWGS will always own the Gaytors!!!
Big Dawg
October 28th, 2011
5:29 pm
The history of this series from the very beginning has been one of streaks by both schools. The tide will turn again and Georgia will start dominating the Gators again. IMHO Coach Richt should be 7-3 against the Gators but has been too uptight going into this game so his teams have played tight in 9 out of the 10 games the exception being the 2007 game. If this team comes out and just plays and has fun they will beat this Florida team quite handily. All depends on Coach Bobo not calling the plays or going away from things that are working like he usually or most of the time does.
Go Dawgs
SEC Fact Finder
October 28th, 2011
5:34 pm
Joey,
I see your point Sir. However with the crazy departure of Coach Meyer from UF and the quick hire of Muschamp, many still have doubts about the hire and want him to win one of these rival games. If he does not beat UGA he will need to beat USC and or FSU. Losing to all three will make it hard for many UF faithful.
Rich Rod
October 28th, 2011
5:36 pm
You can all cry on my shoulder when it’s over.
Kim
October 28th, 2011
5:49 pm
“danced in the end zone”??? More like celebrated like they had just won the national championship. I was embarassed for you.
hop
October 28th, 2011
5:55 pm
Tarkenton’s pass to herron to beat auburn in the last seconds of the game earned the dawgs an SEC CHAMPIONSHIP was another big big one.
the real Kirby Smart
October 28th, 2011
5:57 pm
@canton dawg
Umm you’re not exactly a “genius” yourself. you think b/c Patterson or anybody else turned down Michigan they would automatically turn down UGA? Wake up dude. At UGA you can recruit top 10 talent(notice i said talent, you then have to develop it which CMR has no clue how to do) just by getting the majoity of players in your own state. Michigan is much like Tennessee, great tradition but you have to get the majoity of your players from out of state. When Patterson was offered Mich., Tressel had Ohio locked down. Desmond Howard, Charles Woodson, etc. all Ohio guys. Just like UT won a NC in 98 with Lewis, Coleman, Deon Grant, all Ga. guys recuited when Goof was HC.
Felix
October 28th, 2011
6:09 pm
Well, now we may be getting some new insight on why Dan “I fell in love with a porn star” Uggla had such a lousy first half to the 2011 season. Seems he was getting past second base in the first half of the season……it was just a different kind of base.
Top Dawg
October 28th, 2011
6:13 pm
I am still trying to figure this quote out from the article:
“Which isn’t to say what we’ve witnessed is unfamiliar.”
Huh?
dawg4u
October 28th, 2011
6:30 pm
@Top Dawg – “Whick isn’t to say waht we’ve witnessed is unfamiliar.”
The way I understood that quote was that we have been witnessing a UF domination over the last 21 years but prior to that UGA was dominant in the Vince Dooley era albeit to a slightly lesser degree than the last 21 years and that the trend of one team being dominant is not an unfamiliar sight in this series to either team. Just my take though.
dawg4u
October 28th, 2011
6:32 pm
Forgive the “Whick” and “waht” spelling errors in my last post!
BroncoBilly
October 28th, 2011
6:45 pm
Go BooDawgs!….up here in Boise we’re really pulling for a Georgia win over those lowly Gators….need to keep up our SOS and all. Sic ‘em…woof woof
Hairy Dawg
October 28th, 2011
6:49 pm
I’ll operate on the assumption that the Gators will win it, but I certainly do not mind learning what it means to assume, Dawgs.
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dtc
October 28th, 2011
7:01 pm
HT, if I could narrow that list to 3, I would choose from Patterson, Peterson and Jones. Peterson is probably the better planner of the 3. Cantondawg’s point would be valid if we were talking about Pro ball, but that same argument would disqualify Saban and Spurrier, who were failures in the pros, but good in college. Smart just doesn’t impress me to be what GA needs in a head coach. Not sure what it is.
dawg4u
October 28th, 2011
7:15 pm
@Canton Dawg- You were asking about David Shaw. He is the first year head coach at Stanford with a 7-0 record and may be coaching this year’s Heisman trophy winner in qb Andrew Luck.
icedawg
October 28th, 2011
7:27 pm
I remember the years when we dominated the Gators. One year we won 50 to some ridiculously low number. In fact as good as Spurrier was as a quarterback, and he was very good, we still owned him. So in any series there will be peaks and valleys, we’ve been in a valley for a long, long time now. Makes you wonder when we will get out. I don’t begrudged the Gators, they waited a long time, too, they’ve put together a long string of success. BUT NOTHING, IN THIS WORLD THAT IS, LASTS FOREVER.
red&black
October 28th, 2011
8:35 pm
I’ve attended the Ga-Fla games since the late 60’s. I remember owning them as well. From the days of John Reaves/Carlos Alverez to Galen Halls swan song (1989). My point is that this is and has been a “cyclable” thing. This may very well be the beginning of a new cycle (at least let us hope so). My feeling is it will take “Musch” a while to get “his” type of players into position in order to make his “scheme” workable. It’s my understanding he has already show the door to several players who did not buy into his ideology. Let’s hope (and pray) that we can feast on this transitional period and build a foundation for owning them again for a long, long while. But remember, this is a cyclable situation, and at some point it can start going the other way.
Unless you are Tech, and then you have absolutely no f’@#*ing hope of it ever getting any better. In fact it must be awful to realize that this is as good as it gets. That you’ve peaked/maxed out. That there is that very real possiblity, that it can actually get worse than that odd win every decade.
And so it goes………..
Cuz
October 28th, 2011
8:47 pm
red&black, that was harsh. Sometimes Tech wins twice in a decade.
Napoli
October 28th, 2011
9:09 pm
The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.
UGA and Mark Richt are an affront and an embarrassment to all decent people in this state.
Florida wins 27-17
Bobo is Not the Problem
October 28th, 2011
9:11 pm
Yeah, that was when Dooley was coach. Since then, it’s been a succession of clowns. Goof, who never coached again. Donnan, who never coached again and went down in disgrace in a financial scandal. Richt, who will never coach again once he finally gets canned.
FIRE MARK RICHT.
Phuck Phloriduh
October 28th, 2011
9:11 pm
Napoli
October 28th, 2011
9:09 pm
Shouldn’t you be in your evening classes at Georgia Perimeter University right now?
Bobo is Not the Problem
October 28th, 2011
9:14 pm
Cantondawg, you are a goofball. Coaches won’t leave their “region”? Have you followed football before?
Every one of those guys is eminently qualified to succeed Richt.
Who was Nick Saban before he became famous? Les Miles? Urban Meyer, the “western” coach? Gene Chizik?
And to those who say changing coaches sets a program back (so let’s just stay mired in mediocrity, that makes a lot of sense), how long did it take Saban, Miles, Meyer, and Chizik to win NC’s at their schools?
Case closed.
FIRE MARK RICHT.
Cuz
October 28th, 2011
9:25 pm
Just to piss of the Richt haters, the Georgia team has decided to win Saturday.
Cuz
October 28th, 2011
9:26 pm
off
"Off the Mark" Bradley
October 28th, 2011
9:28 pm
beast, good to see you back on the uga blawgs. Appears that losing streak has kept you away. Doubt we will wee you on Sunday
Not So Fast
October 28th, 2011
9:31 pm
Aaron Murray > Matthew Stafford. Check the stats.
TECHREDNECK
October 28th, 2011
10:15 pm
I got a better one than that. Beleive it or not There was a time when Tech owned UGA. Tech beat the dogs 7 years in a row. Many moons ago. I’ll tell you what changed it. When segregation was abolished in the south. And I thank God it was, even if it gave UGA some of the best players and they got the ability to dominate Tech.
BEAT UGA FLORIDA SO RICHT CAN GO
October 28th, 2011
10:30 pm
31-17 FLORIDA
Will Muschamp
October 28th, 2011
10:58 pm
I NEVER ONE THIS GAME AS A PLAYER BUT I’LL BE D***** IF I’LL LOSE IT AS A COACH!!!
I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANYTHING FROM THE REFEREES THAT EVEN RESEMBLES A BLOWN CALL!!!
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO DON’T LIKE IT CAN GO BLANK YOURSELVES!!!
!@#$%^&**!!!!
Will Muschamp
October 28th, 2011
10:59 pm
I WAS SO FREAKIN’ PUMPED I MISSPELLED “WON”!!! GO GATORS!!!
1eyedJack
October 28th, 2011
11:07 pm
Will Muschamp, SAVE IT FOR THE GAME!!!
Will Muschamp
October 28th, 2011
11:22 pm
I CAN’T SEEM TO TURN IT OFF, IEYEDJACK!!! I STILL WANT TO STRAP ‘EM ON AND HIT SOMEONE!!!
Pitbull
October 29th, 2011
12:12 am
Only a fool would pick dawgs to win. We will blow it somehow, bank it.
Troup Co. Dawg
October 29th, 2011
12:36 am
Well I guess I’m a Dawg lovin’ fool…but I will never lose any Love for my Dawgs, I’m like a Dawg’s best friend…no need to change my colors to Crimson or ride on the Tech-no train, and all you yellow-bellied traitors just sell your house and move to Alabama !!
rally
October 29th, 2011
12:47 am
Just for kicks before the players run out of the gates….I think CMR should find the nearest zoo that has a gator, cut off his head, and hang on noose on it while running on the field dragging it behind him with some blood and guts across that field.. That sure would send a statement to the Gator Nation that the tide is turning and we will wax that ass….
I know I would and it would serve them right.
MattMD
October 29th, 2011
12:54 am
Dances, uniforms, etc, I think UGA is all out of gimmicks.
However, they still have plenty of suck left in them. Florida wins by a TD.
Puff Daddy
October 29th, 2011
12:55 am
Dawgs or Gators could win. Dawgs maybe with more young talent. Gators because of the curse of the “Evil Genius” and the simple fact of the “Jacksonville Jinx”. Definitely understand the 3:30 PM start. Gives both students and alumni time to make bail and maybe make it to the game! Suppose all’s well that ends well.
TGT
October 29th, 2011
3:44 am
I have been to seven GA/FLA games, and Georgia has won them all. It’s time to set things strait!
dogflack
October 29th, 2011
5:55 am
Dogs win easy in a walkover. This fla team is their worst in 25 years. Ga 36 fla 12—mark it down.
Larry
October 29th, 2011
7:37 am
Florida gets 4 points for playing in-state and a quick bus ride to Jacksonville. Georgia is probably 3-4 points better on a neutral field.
Simple vote…whoever wins the turnover battle.
Stormy Petrel
October 29th, 2011
8:01 am
“I have been to seven GA/FLA games, and Georgia has won them all.”
You must be really really old.
Stormy Petrel
October 29th, 2011
8:03 am
Florida 31, Athens Correctional Institute and Bladder Training Center 17
Laron
October 29th, 2011
8:17 am
If Paul Johnson was Georgia’s coach, Mark says they would never lose to Florida.
Hey Stormy Petrel, how does it feel paying a 1st rate price for a 3rd rate education?
Dawggg in Thomson!!...
October 29th, 2011
8:19 am
great right write, Mark!!… =))
Recruiting
October 29th, 2011
9:02 am
It is all recruiting, recruit from 2 parent households like Boise St and win like Boise St. It is much harder to recruit this way but worth it in less personal fouls on 3rd and 7 and suspensions will be greatly reduced. Enough of the lazy recruiting of Richt and Co.
RedandBlackDawg
October 29th, 2011
9:18 am
The majority of the young players and the future for UGA right now, have not got this series in their head. They are looking to establish their own legacy and record, and along with their superior athletic skills, that makes them a very dangerous team.
The only people who have Florida’s curse in their heads are the coaches at UGA, except for the DC, who knows how to coach his players to kick some butt. If Bobo doesn’t do his usual conservative play calling and game planning for this game, there is no reason that UGA should not come away with a win. The players will play to win,so let’s see if he coaches to win. I am personally not worried about Florida’s Qb, and I believe that UGA’s defense will minimize their two fast RB’s effectiveness. Do that and 80% of Florida’s offense is defeated. The UGA DL should give the FL. OL fits all day long, and Brantley is no threat to take off and get 25 yards on a scamper. He will also be playing with a sore ankle, because a high ankle sprain, doesn’t heal quickly. The pain lessens, but once you put a lot of strain on it, it tends to tighten up, and with the UGA DL, in pursuit of him all day, he will put some strain on it.
IF UGA plays a wide open game, runs the ball in the proper plays, and doesn’t put Murray in bad positions, UGA wins. We will miss Mitchell, but we do have other receivers that can do the job. I would hope Bobo would do something out of character like use the FB a little more to tote the ball, and maybe even have a trick play or two up his sleeve to try. Of course, I am talking about Bobo and anything like that would be considered a radical change for him.
I just want to see the coaches let these kids play today, and give them a chance to play. If they do that, UGA can win easily. If Bobo is his usual self, the players will have to try and win, in spite of him and hope the defense can create some points and turn overs. We seem to rack up a lot of yardage but not a lot of points. The red zone usually turns out to be the poison zone for us. The players still execute what play is called for them, but perhaps, the plays called, are not the ones designed to get 7, just designed to insure we can get at least a shot at a field goal and protect the ball. We need to be more aggressive in the red zone, and utilize the strengths we have there. I seem to remember some talk earlier this year of letting Jenkins run the ball in close down situations but that would appear to be a no go, with Geathers, out for half a game. We have a 270 LB. fullback, that should be able to move some folks out of the way with the ball in his hands. Let’s hope that Bobo tries to utilize his players fully today and get all the weapons involved in the game.
GO DAWGS and GATA
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
9:30 am
UGA’s dominance ended when we went to more of a passing philosophy. It started with Eric Zeier. Spurrier comes in the runs the spread and throws the ball all over the field. Well that is when we thought we had to do the same thing. We abandon the Tailback U. philosophy and paid for it. UGA football was running the football, controlling the clock and give the defense a chance. When Ga. runs the football we win. Donnan beat them because of Robert Edwards. Richt beat them because of Moreno even though I was not a big Moreno fan. Get back to running the football and UGA will dominate again. Why do you think Ala. is winning consistently?
1eyedJack
October 29th, 2011
9:40 am
RedandBlackDawg, guess you ’bout covered everything there…twice.
I want to see some blue and orange snot bubbles flying through the air. A pot-of-gold blue and orange snot bubble victory rainbow.
GoooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!
"Off the Mark" Bradley
October 29th, 2011
9:48 am
any idea which officiating crew is in town? Hope it is not Penn and the boys. If so look for him to execute poor officiating on critical plays to favor UF to the tune of 14-21 points.
Sic’em
1eyedJack
October 29th, 2011
9:50 am
Georgia 23 Reptiles 16.
Beast from the East
October 29th, 2011
9:53 am
Gators 26 Puppies 20
1eyedJack
October 29th, 2011
9:58 am
A differnce of opinion is what makes a horse race.
Beast from the East
October 29th, 2011
10:00 am
1eyedjack,
Just trying to stay optimistic. Hopefully, I’ll still feel that way in the 4th quarter.
Go Gators!
Beast from the East
October 29th, 2011
10:01 am
College Gameday is at USC? A condom or a tree?
1eyedJack
October 29th, 2011
10:01 am
“difference”. Hook me up on phonics.
Beast from the East
October 29th, 2011
10:02 am
No spelling contest on here, 1eyedjack. That’s over on the Tech blog.
1eyedJack
October 29th, 2011
10:04 am
Hope the Cardinal whips Lame’s bootay. Cardinal? Tree? Whadda whadda what’s up wid dat?
Rationalizations
October 29th, 2011
10:19 am
If Georgia doesn’t play like Georgia today, then they have a chance.
If they can keep their mouths shut and focus on their own responsibilities…
If they can show discipline and avoid stupid penalties and turnovers…
If they can give maximum effort on every play for a full 60 minutes…
Ah, who am I kidding? Probably best to just start making up excuses now, so I’ll have them ready when the final seconds tick off the clock in this inevitable beat-down by the Gators.
Florida played dirty and the Zebra’s handed them the game on a silver platter. It’s an SEC conspiracy! Yeah… That’s the ticket!
Ally loves Dog meat
October 29th, 2011
10:37 am
Florida owns UGA like UGA owns Tech. They allow them to win once in a blue moon.
GO GATORSSSSSSSSSSSS.
StuDawg
October 29th, 2011
10:47 am
Interesting article. GOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!! SIC EM!!
StuDawg
October 29th, 2011
10:50 am
Actually, ally, the Dawgs own the gaytors, 47-40-1. Gonna be 48 wins by this eve.
StuDawg
October 29th, 2011
10:55 am
JOHN BRANTLEY WEARS SKINNY JEANS.
Vince Doodly
October 29th, 2011
10:57 am
Dumbass Richt and the Dawgs will find a way to blow it again.
StuDawg
October 29th, 2011
10:58 am
Marlon Brown is going to have a breakout game today. STEP UP MARLON!
Vince Doodly
October 29th, 2011
10:59 am
Our daughter goes to UGA and is at the game today. I hope UGA wins, but we took her to the Auburn Florida game so she could see the gators lose at least once this year. (true story.)
StuDawg
October 29th, 2011
11:01 am
GAYTORS LOSE 4th in a row and MUSCHAMP starts his losing record to the DAWGS.
Neverno
October 29th, 2011
11:06 am
Wow…UGA 18 wins in 26 years from ‘64 to ‘89….Unless UGA wins the next five Ga/Fla games…hahahahahahaha….Florida will top that. It’s shameful that the players and coaches have allowed this to happen. But at this point, who cares? UGA is a joke and will lose again today…chokers.
NiceUniform
October 29th, 2011
11:11 am
The GAYtors? Really? How about we all stop using GAY as an insult. Or if you want to be a ignorant/homophobic fan, just don’t post online.
mark
October 29th, 2011
11:57 am
it all comes down to coaching folks,when we had the better coach we won most of the time.over the last 20 yrs we haven’t had the coach. I hope they have already decided to replace Richt regardless of the outcome of this game.I predict another poorly coached game but on both sides this time
Larry
October 29th, 2011
12:14 pm
NiceUniform,
I’m neither ignorant or homophobic, but I do find one man’s affinity for another man’s stink hole rather odd…so the name’s perfect for those goofy gay-tors!
Go you straight, hairy dawgs!
whats a three point shot worth ?
October 29th, 2011
12:24 pm
Believe it or not, there was a time when folks rode around in buggy’s pulled by horses and mules
He Hate Gator
October 29th, 2011
12:27 pm
Hope I see a Dawgs win for a change, if not this year, doubt I’ll see it in my lifetime then…
Arx Ferrum
October 29th, 2011
12:56 pm
I remember those days when UGA owned the lizards… and I remember how it slowly became 50/50, alternating nearly every year. Then I recall how Spurrier came and built UF into a monster organization that rewrote the NCAA playbook and the SEC rulebook.
Fortunately, that blight upon the game is in a semi-contained state in SC now… and hopefully, the Dawgs will cage it again next year.
Live from almost (sunny) Jax: Will UGA sow some Oates? | Mark Bradley
October 29th, 2011
1:24 pm
[...] needs to win today. Georgia has lost 17 of the past 20 to Florida. Florida hasn’t been very impressive under Will Muschamp, but Florida wasn’t very [...]
bill
October 29th, 2011
1:29 pm
Just win, Dawgs, and Richt can remain head coach for another five years…I won’t like it, but I’ll accept it and keep my mouth shut.
It’s Deja Vu Time « Everyone's Entitled to Joe's Opinion
October 29th, 2011
2:03 pm
[...] Believe it or not, however, there once was a time when Georgia owned Florida. AJC sports columnist Mark Bradley offers reflections from former Florida coach Ray Graves and other eminent Gators who were associated with the program during that era. Share this:FacebookTwitterDiggMoreEmailPrintRedditStumbleUponLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. Sports ← Florida-Georgia Reflections: Tim Tebow Gets SERVED!!!!! [...]
RedandBlackDawg
October 30th, 2011
9:30 am
Defense wins games. It was very true last night.
Florida’s second half offensive production. 1 first down and 32 total yards. I’ll take UGA’s sometimes over enthusiastic DC over anybodies right now.
By the way, I charted every one of Georgia 89 offensive plays last night and the ratio of runs to passes was about 60/40 in favor of the pass. I don’t think UGA’s problems have been the pass. I believe UGA’s problems have been conservative play calling and game plan. If UGA opens it up, they seem to do OK, even with as young a team as they have. Play 4 quarters like they did last night and they can cause teams problems. I am left to wonder how much better and more we would have scored, had our young WR, Mitchell, been in the game. Still, the other receivers filled in very well.
I also do not recall too many times when UGA recorded six sacks with four of them coming from one linebacker. J.J. is the real deal. UGA won the coaching battle, defensive battle, offensive battle and lost the special teams battle by a lot. Fix that area or at least improve on it, and UGA can give any team, a tussle. It was UGA’s time last night and they made the best of it. There is no way to know, if the curse is broken yet or not, but I have to think with these youngsters learning and playing better each week, Jacksonville, for the next few years will not be business as usual for the Gators.
GO DAWGS and GATA