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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@Treyin GA
October 29th, 2011
7:50 pm
exactly my friend, we won IN SPITE of our special teams
our offense and defense are better….their specials team is better. bottom line.
JB
October 29th, 2011
7:50 pm
Muschamp has looked good in the past because he’s had great Head coach’s around him. He was standing on a Island tonight….and his D got schooled by Bobo.Not a pretty sight for a Gator.
Brian
October 29th, 2011
7:51 pm
Wouldn’t have been as close if Walsh had played like he did last year… it’s time to bench him.
pdawg
October 29th, 2011
7:51 pm
Good win dawgs…..hat off to Samuel
Hurt Kurbstreit
October 29th, 2011
7:51 pm
Wow, 53 pages of comments. Do you think there was some interest in this game?
I say fire the special teams coach. Great game by the defense. Looks to me that Murray has regressed this year. A lot of miscommunications between him and the recievers. An ugly win but I’ll take it.
JB
October 29th, 2011
7:51 pm
Will the headline in the AJC be..” Muschamp schooled by Bobo”….LOL
We Don't Need Any
October 29th, 2011
7:51 pm
Stinkin Special Teams!
Richt better make Walsh kick FGs 24 hrs a day until next weeks game. And run kick coverage 24 hrs a day and work on Murray’s accuracy
other than those … a win’s a win
VA Dawg
October 29th, 2011
7:52 pm
I don’t care if LSU or Alabama crush us in the SEC Championship. I just want to be there and say bring ‘em on. It will still be good for recruiting and set the stage for next year when we should definitely be a contender based on the young players and true freshmen that are standouts this year…..add Chris Conley to that list!
Coffee Bluff DAWG
October 29th, 2011
7:52 pm
Hairy Perry,
Good point. We’ll be loaded next year. I think we’ve just seen this series turn.
BigDaddyGator
October 29th, 2011
7:52 pm
Congratulations Mutts…you just barely beat a very mediocre Florida team. Bu remember, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Florida still owns Georgia, and we’ll start another long win streak next year.
tim
October 29th, 2011
7:52 pm
congrats to the Dogs…..you played a better game, and had the better team…a typical Ga/Fla snot flyin slug fest ya’all just slugged harder. We’ll ofcourse see you again, and again, but enjoy this win..and it pains me to say that as a life long Gator
Gawgiaboy
October 29th, 2011
7:52 pm
Fire Bobo! Fire Richt. Hire special teams coach. Keep Grantham! What is wrong with Walsh? He can’t make a 20 yard field goal. I”m so happy we won, but we need help. Muschamp will be fired after next season. He is worse than Richt, that is saying a lot! Richard Samuel is awesome. Isiah Crowell is a not so tough. He gets hurt on every play and takes himself out of the game. A bruised shin? Gimme a break! Feels good to beat Florida though!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 29th, 2011
7:53 pm
Dawg 88
You seriously are defending Bobo
WOW
Enjoy watching another year of a sloppy offense
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
7:53 pm
If Muschamp does not do a better job coaching in the future he will not last 3 years at Florida. Just pitiful today- brutal
I love it
October 29th, 2011
7:53 pm
Nothing else matters…..DAWGS win, DAWGS win, DAWGS win!!!!
phil
October 29th, 2011
7:53 pm
Florida is really awful. Didn’t think i’d see them this bad again. Horrible.
And we were lucky to beat em….
Why?
We’re so poorly coached.
JB
October 29th, 2011
7:53 pm
Who say’s we can’t beat Florida with one hand tied behind their back. That myth goes out the window.
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
7:53 pm
angela – Are you one of those soccer moms? How many plays have you ever called? How many kids have you recruited? How many press conferences have you done. How many assistant coaches have you hired and fired? How many kids have you had to kick off a team or discipline knowing that this is probably the highlight of their lives? How many game plans have you developed. How many times have you decided to check off to another play because the Defense changed? If you have done all these then you are qualified to evaluate Coach Richt.
We Don't Need Stinkin Special Teams
October 29th, 2011
7:53 pm
“Richt said that Warren Belin will coach the kickoff-coverage team, Bryan McClendon will handle the punt return and block units, and John Lilly will coordinate special-teams meeting and practice schedules”
need to reaccess these guys
TheAntiMe
October 29th, 2011
7:53 pm
I thought this was Tech’s bye week. If these dudes on TV are right it looks like we got more football to watch. Woot!
.
October 29th, 2011
7:53 pm
@CMR Farewell Tour 2011 — You are a complete DOUCHE!! Enjoy the GT v Clemson game tonight as ‘Moobs’ and his HS offense get abused by the Tigers.
loveuga
October 29th, 2011
7:54 pm
Thank goodness the uga-worst-fans-in-the-sec haters are here!!! If you haters would look back at the uga-fl games, historically, there are some ugly games played. A win is a win is a win. I love Michael Bennett-great game. Special teams-not so much. Enjoy the win! GO DAWGS!!!!
Frankly
October 29th, 2011
7:54 pm
Muschamp’s guarantees don’t mean a d@mn thing.
Papa Dawg
October 29th, 2011
7:54 pm
The Dawgs have won six straight games. Go figure, I be dog-gone!
Keep Hunkering down you hairy dawgs. May ,the Vols choke the life out of the South Carolina Chickens.
Pulpwud Smiff
October 29th, 2011
7:54 pm
Buh bye to Richt.
Delusional rednecks
October 29th, 2011
7:54 pm
So ga has beaten 4 sec teams that have won a combined 4 sec games. Wow. I would be excited too! Idiots.
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
7:54 pm
phil what was the score bubba?
Buckhead Bulldog
October 29th, 2011
7:54 pm
I wonder if CMR needs to take this test?
http://www.isitlowt.com/do-you-have-low-t/low-t-quiz.html
Just saying…
JB
October 29th, 2011
7:55 pm
We better get that top RB out of North Carolina. Crowell’s heart is still in Columbus.
JDW
October 29th, 2011
7:55 pm
Have to say we won and that’s good but that was not well played. Our special teams reek and offensive execution was miserable.
Gators Fans
October 29th, 2011
7:55 pm
Good game. . . but have some class if you are going to leave a post.
Some do, but most don’t. We won and still own the series record. You can
always dissect out a portion of the games played, but we actually still own
you. So, unless that changes, get your facts correct. . .
witness
October 29th, 2011
7:55 pm
go rocky top!! hopoe samual and lee injuries are not serious. rest em all next w/e against nmsu. let mason play, bogatay too, bench walsh. send him to fg kicker school. let the def rest as well after the 1st half unless ga has a hic cup they’ll need to be ready for AU. The D won this game for us and Samual deserves credit too.
DawgMess
October 29th, 2011
7:55 pm
Georgia’s football team is an embasrrassment to the great Georgia teams of the past. This program has taken a once proud BULLDAWG nation and created a weak, piss-pooor excuse for an SEC team! Mark Richt should be totally ashamed at trying to pose as an SEC coach.
If my son was on the Georgia defense I would have pulled him off the field and shot his mother! No man or DAWG should have to be associated with such a sorry excuse of a defense. My high school team could have beeaten this defense. It’s a joke! When are we going to wake up!?
This blogs slowness is right in line with the G
eorgia defines! Just plane sorry!
Brian
October 29th, 2011
7:55 pm
Truth is, Florida looked terrible at times when it comes to penalties and their failure to convert on fourth down. But Georgia was able to pound the ball and win it at the end. Despite the two missed field goals, you gotta be happy about a team that has dominated you if you are a Georgia fan.
Delusional rednecks
October 29th, 2011
7:56 pm
And that assumes miss st beats kty. So each win is one win per opponent. LMAO
Dawg'88
October 29th, 2011
7:56 pm
Chomp….chomp….chomp….(cough,cough,cough)….Gators are on I-95 and I-10 first for a change.
Thank you Mark Richt and staff!!!
son's who?
October 29th, 2011
7:56 pm
Just wondering exactly how many teams would NOT get smacked around by Bama or LSU?
JB
October 29th, 2011
7:56 pm
Gator fans………………check again……..YOU DO NOT OWN THE SERIES
phil
October 29th, 2011
7:56 pm
Bigdaddygator – you guys look wretched…i’m not so sure about next yr or the yr after for you boneheads.
And i say that with full recognition that we stink too…just not as bad as you guys. Thank goodness for it!
Go Dawgs!
Coraline
October 29th, 2011
7:57 pm
A few facts about your UGA that you might consider:
1. UGA is the nation’s #1 party school. That means that UGA has the highest number of drunks on campus of all the colleges and universities in the U.S. These drunks keep the Athens-Clarke County jail full, and provide full employment to law enforcement personnel, bail bondsmen, and attorneys. Really something to be proud of, isn’t it.
2. UGA athletes are some of the most illiterate morons in the country. Most of them take remedial studies, which is the stuff that most kids learn by the seventh grade. But not your dummies, who you laughingly call student-athletes. The very few who actually graduate have worthless diplomas in worthless studies that no employer is looking for.
3. Even your fans are trashy, stupid drunks. Take a look at what your campus looks like after a home game, and check the number of DUIs the police issue between Athens and Atlanta after a game.
4. UGA athletes must think that ankle monitoring bracelets are bling, they see so many of them in the locker room.
A really miserable, sorry place, and a huge embarrassment to all Georgians.
B'dawg
October 29th, 2011
7:57 pm
I missed Fla’s 1st offensive series. I just watched some replays. Did I just see Boykin run down Demps? That was impressive.
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
7:58 pm
Frankly Muschamp is into posturing- has been from the beginning. After Bama anniliated Florida he said “we will fix a few things we saw tonight- because we will face Bama again this year”!!! He meant in the SEC championship game- it was already so obvious that this Florida team is not gonna be very good. Weiss won’t stay at Florida- he will be fired quickly.
@JB
October 29th, 2011
7:58 pm
exactly….they pick a portion of the series on cling to it.
we own the series record, so STFU already
Dawg'88
October 29th, 2011
7:58 pm
Hey muschamp…that was great strategy to try and dupe the Dawgs with Brantley….what did he do after halftime when the Georgia entire 1st team defense got on the field together for the first time all year!
tdawg
October 29th, 2011
7:58 pm
All right alot of you are idiots. First off we don’t have a special teams coach. 2nd Warren Belin was our kickoff coverage last year and we were best in sec but he left for another team. 3rd so many of you are crying that we didn’t win by 50; all you need to do is win, it doesn’t matter what the score is. I am not a big fan of mike bobo but he makes good calls, he is just very inconsistant.
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
7:58 pm
Coraline, does your mom know you are on the computer?
phil
October 29th, 2011
7:58 pm
Yes, JB, they do! Maybe we’ll get back in it but one yr a comeback doesn’t make.
1997Alum
October 29th, 2011
7:59 pm
There are probably 90 Div I teams who would love to have Mark Richt. I support him fully. We have won six in a row folks. Have some fun!
Brian
October 29th, 2011
7:59 pm
Our defense was great today, especially in the 2nd half and against the run. Florida killed themselves with mistakes, but they also wouldn’t have been in the game in the 4th quarter if the 2 long returns didn’t set them up for scores!
@Caroline
October 29th, 2011
7:59 pm
Sorry you lost but STFU…we need a mute option on this blog stupid BiYatch