Update: Live from almost-sunny Jax, and here’s Brantley!
A motorized crowd gathers to hear hits like "Rich Girl." (AJC photo by Jason Getz)
Jacksonville – It was cloudy and windy and chilly when I arrived this morning. The sun is trying to peek through, but as we speak it has been a losing battle. Take that, Florida Chamber of Commerce!
A few minutes ago, Greg McGarity noted a singer at midfield practicing Our National Anthem. He asked me who it was. I didn’t know. Someone said, “It’s the guy from Hall & Oates.”
I said, “Daryl Hall?”
Nope. The other one. The lesser half. The short guy with dark hair, not the tall one with the blond flip.
Your anthem singer: John Oates. I have no idea why.
A Wikipedia check indicates he was born in New York, went to Temple and lives in Aspen. If he has a connection to Georgia, Florida or Jacksonville, I’m unaware of it. But enough about him.
Georgia needs to win today. Georgia has lost 18 of the past 21 to Florida. Florida hasn’t been very impressive under Will Muschamp, but Florida wasn’t very impressive under Ron Zook and it beat Georgia twice. But you know all that already.
Something you didn’t know: Florida quarterback John Brantley, who was injured against Alabama three weeks ago but who’s listed as the starter on the flip card, is not warming up. Media members say he was out earlier, but he’s not there now. Florida writers are incredulous.
Further ado: Brantley starts at quarterback after not partaking of warmups. Weird.
At this moment, I have nothing of consequence — or inconsequence — to add. I invite you to join the pregame festivities, such as they are, and stick around for the game itself. And if I find anyone who knows why John Oates is here today, I’ll let you know.
By Mark Bradley
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Come on Man!
October 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
#1
Old Dog
October 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
Can we PLEASE fire Richt before the halftime! Let Coach Todd Grantham finish the year out as head coach.
Orange11
October 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
You’re behind, so run the ball
Mark Bradley
October 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
A first down, and much needed.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
I dont care if we win
Im fed up with this sloppy coached football team
And a football team that acts like they dont care
Loyal Dawg Fan Forever
October 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
The Redcoat Band looks great!
G
October 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
Crowell again not playing
Doug
October 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
Truly pathetic. If is awful to watch Georgia’s players looking so helpless and woefully under-coached, staggering, hesitating, frantic, not knowing what to do, all because the overpaid adults have not done their job teaching and helping them. The coach for Vanderbilt would do a better job than Richt and others.
pmc
October 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
If you can fire a staff at half time of a game…. yeah, I think it’s just about warranted here.
Come on Man!
October 29th, 2011
4:56 pm
hand the ball off murray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob
October 29th, 2011
4:56 pm
Can someone here tell me why we can’t win, when we get top 10 recruiting classes every year?!”
Because your coaching stinks!!
Richt gotta go
October 29th, 2011
4:56 pm
Please lose by 30 here and to tech. Only hope we got to get richt out of here.. He has lost his edge completely
Mark Bradley
October 29th, 2011
4:56 pm
Another first down to Conley
19/22
October 29th, 2011
4:56 pm
Time for a INT or FUMBLE
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 29th, 2011
4:56 pm
Crowells biggest runs have been in the I formation and yet we stop running it
Please give Bozo a raise
Come on Man!
October 29th, 2011
4:56 pm
get the score now and stop them before the half what happen to hurry up!
todd grantham
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
dangerous pass by murray
Billyboy
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
UGA will also lose to Kentucky
19/22
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
Gary
Please…ga is NOT winning out. Aub will beat them too
icedawg
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
“If Georgia wins out.” What a pipe dream!
ARdawg
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
We’ve got the better team yet we look like Tennessee playing. Supp wid dat?
Vain Jangling
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
@ Dawgs1965
Georgia’s “prevent offense.” Good one!
dean
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
If GA can score a TD all is not lost
ole dawg fan
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
I don’t know who is worse-the TV announcers or UGA’s radio announcers?
Eric and Scott are terrible.
Buckhead Bulldog
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
Dang, even our cheerleaders are heffers.
Come on Man!
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
Richt looks like he doesnt even want to be there
tmc
October 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
Bronco Billy- it’s because they are not getting coached up… like they are at other schools. Plain and simple.
todd grantham
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
murray just cannot complete that long pass
19/22
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
that was excellent defense, something you mutts rarely see by your team
MiamiDawg
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
Maybe Murray should have spent last weekend studying film and not partying at Florida State.
Happy Trails CMR!!!
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
jeez stop talking about that joke of UGA winning the SEC East … going to lose to Florida/lose to Auburn, there joke over
chazzo
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
Wow. I figured with two weeks, UGA would have come up with a game plan.
icedawg
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
What announcers will say to try to keep viewers.
TN Jeff
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
Why waste an offensive play on a guy that can’t catch a clutch pass? Have they seen King play this year?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
Richt needs a raise
That has to be the problem
ARdawg
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
Flat Tire old friend, you’re gaining a convert
dawgfan13
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
Do we have TE who can catch anymore
witness
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
What a performance by bobo and CMR. They both need to go win or lose!!! Neither is good enough to coach in this league anymore. CMR’s stupidity about special teams alone should get him fired. We’ll never beat FL or become a top team in the sec w/this crew of coaches. Bobo’s first series on offense was awful. Geez when will we get a decent coach.
son's who?
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
That deep throw to T. King hasn’t worked all year.
Mark Bradley
October 29th, 2011
4:58 pm
First down. Run on third and six.
Sugarhilldawgfan
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
Aaron Murray u suck. Todd Grantham u suck. Mike Bobo u suck. Georgia Bulldogs u suck. If CMR wants to be the fall guy for assembling an incompetant coaching staff dont let the door hit u where the good Lord split u. Why is it UGA can make mediocre teams look like BCS contenders? Its time to to get a coach who is willing and able to light a fire under the player’s butts. Michael Adams please pull the plug now to stop the hemorrhaging. I am a season ticket holder and I pay good money for what? Some of the best recruits in the nation to play like they are clueless. They play out of position and then look to the sidelines wondering what the hell is going on. This year was setting up great for Georgia to have a chance to win the east only to get to Jacksonville and watch our hopes go down the toilet. Florida has owned Georgia even when Georgia had better players and it looks like this year its going to be more of the same.
Hairy Perry
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
better have 7 here boys
Bobo is Not the Problem
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
HEY. All you second-guessers gonna say “what a dumb call” now?
A moment of silence
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
Attention, everyone, especially dawgtards. We will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, the courageous lady who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by slimeball Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, then tossing them out like garbage, are still going on, but at least the world knows what’s happening in Athens now.
And now, a moment of silence…
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Thank you, you may resume your normal activities now.
Gameplan
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
Can we just let our defense play offense and special teams?
How about we line up and run the durn ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jesus whats going on?
Billyboy
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
UGA does not have the offensive line to pound on Georgia State
ole dawg fan
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
We are driving-I am sure Bozo will find a way to stall it
Tallahassee Dawg
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
Lets go down and try another field goal.
Bobo is Not the Problem
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
Gee, funny, no one questioned that run on 3rd and 3. Including M. Bradley. Second guessers are losers.
FIRE MARK RICHT.
todd grantham
October 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
i wish samuel could pick up IV yards once in a while