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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Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
7:42 pm
Everybody blasting Bobo, but Gary Danielson kept talking about the good calls in the game. I have alot of respect for Danielson. He knows the game. The bottom line is that the players need to execute. We should have had two more TD passes that Murrary made terrible throws on. The two missed field goals and the punting game was terrible. Both kickers choked. I believe Walsh’s struggles effected Butler. Good win and great job by the defense. Seconday played the best game I have seen them play in along time.
phil
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
Who cares about a game with lsu or bama….if we get there, that’s enough this yr!!
JB
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
#31 needs to start
MVP
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
bench blair walsh. . . period.
Brian
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
WE beat UF and thats what everyone wanted but, you still have complete morons with their Fire Richt crap on here. You guys are complete idiots. He made the changes on defense and now we have maybe the 3rd best defense in the SEC and you still say Fire Richt. I got something for you. Go get on that Bama and LSU bandwagon you morons.
Amen! He won the game and the defense played great, go dawgs and thank God for Jarvis Jones!
rational
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
Congrats to UGA. That was one of the ugliest games I have seen this year though. Brantley should not have been playing. They had no chance with him in there.
kerryb
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
I’ll take going to play Bama or LSU any day. I dont care what the possible outcome is. Saying that you want us to lose to UF and USC win so they could be embarrassed is the biggest mentally challenged statement I’ve ever seen on here. All you can ask for is a chance to strap on the helmet and go play for it.
DAWG with bag over head
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
Enter your comments here
GeorgianaBulltiger
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
kybodawg
THE OMMNISCIENT BUDDHA SAID THAT GEORGIA WOULD BE ONE OF THE WORST COACHED OFFENSIVE DIVISION ONE TEAMS IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT TODAY, BUT THE REASONABLE COMPETENCE OF THEIR DEFENSE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO BEAT AN EVEN LESS CHRISTIAN TEAM THAT FLORIDA IS SINCE TEBOW LEFT.
I’m so sorry….
RED DOG 77
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
All things considered…………Give coach Mark Richt an extension……….3[three] years+ the one[1] left………four[4] more years………….we ain’t pretty now, but we gonna be real pretty soon……..GO DAWGS……….GATA……………Regards to “real” DOG fans………….RED
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
Georgia’s defense dominated the 2nd half- absolutely dominated
.
October 29th, 2011
7:44 pm
Suck it NERD losers who pose as Gators….SUCK…IT!!!!
TheAntiMe
October 29th, 2011
7:44 pm
That Chris guy from 790 The Zone on TV a minute ago must be dressing up as Satan for Halloween. Dude looks just like him.
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
7:44 pm
Muschamp will be fine, but I am not sure that Charlie Weiss is way overrated.
Brian
October 29th, 2011
7:44 pm
Murray made some terrible throws, but he made the clutch throw on the last drive and converted 2 4th downs for touchdowns, so get off his back! What about that guarantee Muschamp??
whatever
October 29th, 2011
7:44 pm
Murray was pretty bad himself today – 15-35 for just 169 yards – against the 80th passing defense team in the country.
MVP
October 29th, 2011
7:44 pm
Nice win DAWGS
Fire special teams coach
Give Richt contract extension
Bench Walsh
LSU will Destroy UGA
October 29th, 2011
7:44 pm
We will be hearing all week how you will make it to the BCS Title game.
You are forgetting that you still have that coaching staff.
Hairy Perry
October 29th, 2011
7:45 pm
On a positive note. It’s so relieving to beat this team. It’s seems like there is some kind of unseen force that works against us year after year.
HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS!
phil
October 29th, 2011
7:45 pm
Fire Mark Richt now!
dave
October 29th, 2011
7:45 pm
EAT it gatas!!! Muschamp’s on a secret mission to sabatoge your program. Your turn in the liberty bowl.
outkasted
October 29th, 2011
7:45 pm
JunkYard DAWGS BABY!!!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 29th, 2011
7:45 pm
Oh boy
We barely beat probably the sorriest FL team ive seen since 1981 who had a Peg Leg QB no Running Back and a lousy kicker and a FL team that had 12 penalties
And now the kool-aid is flowing thinking we are on our way to great things is being talked about
Give me a break people. That game we did our best to give away
JB
October 29th, 2011
7:45 pm
Florida will be looking for a new coach in 3 years. They will have NO patience. They will give him this year,but no more, and HE STILL needs a QB( Brantley gone) and they have NO proven SEC type backs. He’s toast.
kerryb
October 29th, 2011
7:45 pm
JB, I dont care how much we SHOULD HAVE won by. We won, thats ALL that matters.
Brian
October 29th, 2011
7:45 pm
Great defense!!
Dr. Morpheus
October 29th, 2011
7:45 pm
What a great win! Gators, no trash talk from this Dawg, y’all put up a tremendous fight and made us earn it. I’m proud of the D for a tremendous game, proud of the coaching staff for the aggressive call at the end passing on third down instead of playing it safe and so proud of Murray and Conley for making the play. It’s great… to be.. a Georgia Bulldog!
Terry
October 29th, 2011
7:46 pm
Just face it, this is a different Dawg team than in times pass, we were down 14 points and came back and won. NUFF SAID!!!!!!!!!!
georgia87
October 29th, 2011
7:46 pm
Got to give it to Richard Samuel. He was the difference in the game. Only Georgia offensive player who played above his usual self. Gutty performance. He goes down with Theron Sapp as the new drought-breaker.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
October 29th, 2011
7:46 pm
What’s happened to Walsh? Goes from awesome to not close when it’s needed.
Buckhead Bulldog
October 29th, 2011
7:46 pm
kerryb
October 29th, 2011
7:43 pm
I’m with you on that one, bro’!
2nd half defense
October 29th, 2011
7:46 pm
1st time all season….since 2nd series against Boise…that our 1st string DEF played together.
Gave up only 3 to Gators. Awesome….they are the MVP. If they stay healthy we win out.
How many series did FL START inside their own 50???? That’s the junkyard DAWGS.
angela
October 29th, 2011
7:46 pm
1. i am not a hater —richt is a decent man JUST NOT A DECENT COACH
2. the game should have never been close as the 99 td return should never have happened
the 4th down 19 yd td should never have happened —3 pts only
our field goal kicker should have added 6 extra points to us
that means 30-14 at worst
3. murray is 2nd rate qb —-missed 8 or 9 passes in a row—overthrew open recievers
4. richt is not up to the job and this win just keeps us in limbo without a real coach able to win a NC
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
7:47 pm
The punting is just as bad as the FG kicks – both need some real improvement
treyingeorgia
October 29th, 2011
7:47 pm
whatacrew
I was actually hoping – believe it or not – that UGA would lose this game so that SC would win the East – because this pathetic UGA team (which barely beat a very bad and wounded FL team – what is that? 4 straight losses by FL??) will get embarrassed by AL or LSU
Hey idiot they won in spite of quite possibly the worst special teams performance in a game i have seen. If they would have played decent special teams they would have won by 3 touchdowns… and they held the opposing team to negative -30 yards rushing… Spare us your crap – not a kool aid drinker; but, a hell of a performance by the defense for a change… and they finally finished a god damn ballgame for a change!!!
Hairy Perry
October 29th, 2011
7:47 pm
Let’s hope this is the game that turns the tide in this series.
JB
October 29th, 2011
7:47 pm
Hats off to Grantham and the defense. The guru Muschamp is suppose to be a Defense wizard and Bobo schooled him…LMAO
SavannahDog
October 29th, 2011
7:48 pm
Haters will always hate (including the FIRE RICHT crowd), but WE WON, and that’s what matters! Thank God for Jones and Samuel! Go Dawgs! Let’s finish this season right!
Draggin Fly
October 29th, 2011
7:48 pm
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Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
7:48 pm
Conley and Bennett really played well. The TD catch by Bennett on 4th down may have been the play of the game. UGA’s receivers are catching the ball.
kerryb
October 29th, 2011
7:48 pm
Terry, good point. In the past this team would have gone down 17-3 in Jacksonville and folded. Proud of them not giving up and coming back. Last year was a close game that we lost, this year is a close game that we won. Things are starting to change in JAcksonville.
Jon Lanz
October 29th, 2011
7:48 pm
NC
@JB
October 29th, 2011
7:49 pm
Why do you think Urban Meyer retired?
He saw the writing on the wall…Florida will not be GOOD again for some time.
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
7:49 pm
If Muschamp does not do better jobs than he did tonight coaching he will not last 3 years at Florida. Just pitiful
Dawg'88
October 29th, 2011
7:49 pm
Where did all the Gator folks go?
And where is Bobo is NOT the problem….eating crow and his big feet!
Heh,heh,heh…
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BroncoBilly
October 29th, 2011
7:50 pm
So those were really four and five stars playing on both sides of the ball today…..seriously….? LOL
Buckhead Bulldog
October 29th, 2011
7:50 pm
At least the Gator tags will be coming off most of their cars here in ATL.
Brian
October 29th, 2011
7:50 pm
Who cares if LSU or Alabama will “kill us”, I’m just happy we won and still have a shot at the East!
Larry
October 29th, 2011
7:50 pm
Game Summary:
~Good win for the embattled Mark Richt
~Georgia has their best overall talent in years.
~Aaron Murray is overated–good, smart kid, but inacurate and a tad too short for today’s athletes.
~Georgia’s special teams may be the worst in college football
~Florida needs a QB too.
~Both GA & FLA pretty equal talent, but a step down from the elite.
~Crowell just may have an attitude problem
~Georgia’s defense looked it’s best today in years.
TheAntiMe
October 29th, 2011
7:50 pm
Coffee Bluff DAWG – Cool, the Coastal Empire is in the house! Go Dawgs and go Ga. Southern Eagles!