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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Carolina Dawg
October 29th, 2011
8:24 pm
HEY!! Careful there, you almost stepped in some UF!!
phil
October 29th, 2011
8:24 pm
Katherine – i don’t know….murray didn’t look very good overall today….we need much better but yes, he’s the man.
VA Dawg
October 29th, 2011
8:24 pm
BigDaddyGator….come on man. Show some class. Your QB is a warrior. His supporting caste just didn’t come through. Next year will be a war also and that is what makes this game so much fun. Take your loss like a man and get ready for next year.
Army Vet
October 29th, 2011
8:24 pm
Enter your comments here
Enough is enough
October 29th, 2011
8:24 pm
It’s common knowledge and an unquestioned fact that UGA head football coach Mark Richt has brought shame on the state of Georgia and made an embarrassing laughingstock of the state’s largest university. Even the most avid UGA fans understand this even when they won’t acknowledge it, bless their hearts.
The most embarrassing thing is the win-at-any-price mentality of Richt, with cheating, recruiting of low-intelligence punks who barely graduated from high school, and tolerating immoral and unethical activities by both players and coaches. Even with all this, he still can’t win.
Richt is a product of the lawless environments of the University of Miami and Florida State University, where he learned well how to conduct himself in the most tawdry way, while pretending to the world to be a saint. Make no mistake – Richt is in coaching purely for the millions of dollars that have been wasted on him, and the millions more he will add until someone in Athens has the integrity and intestinal fortitude to run him out of town.
A truly shameful situation, especially since all Georgians, including UGA alumni and fans, have to live under this shadow of infamy.
BigDaddyGator
October 29th, 2011
8:25 pm
Can’t argue with you Phil.
Pope UGA XXIII
October 29th, 2011
8:25 pm
Pull over, I have to take a Muschamp
Enough is enough
October 29th, 2011
8:25 pm
Bye bye, Mark Wretched.
Reality Bites
October 29th, 2011
8:26 pm
Congrats on the win but you guys are not that good – the Gators were terrible and you barely survived.
Army Vet
October 29th, 2011
8:26 pm
UGA still didn’t beat anyone. I hope they win the East so everyone can see exactly how good they really are in the SEC Championship game. It’s going to be ugly.
Shine
October 29th, 2011
8:26 pm
Its nice when the sheepdawgs has the extra man…in this case the referees. they must be blind! if thuga accidently does make it to the sec title game and meets a real team and gets their arses handed to them will we still have to keep loser richt and accept more mediocrity?
katherine
October 29th, 2011
8:26 pm
dang the gamecocks just scored a td
Coffee Bluff DAWG
October 29th, 2011
8:26 pm
Let’s goooo VOLs, Smokey, and Rocky TOP tonight!
Mako
October 29th, 2011
8:26 pm
I’m just hoping the UF grad that rented my condo on SSI off Demere doesn’t get trashed and trash the house!
Pete
October 29th, 2011
8:26 pm
Big” In your own mind” Gator-You are the same type of shi* that would trip his own wife if a mugger was approaching-Way to throw your team under the bus. What else to expect from some of the worst fans in the world.
ARdawg
October 29th, 2011
8:26 pm
BigDaddyGator
That wasn’t misspelled suckit Loser. Take your Tech loving @zz back to the Tech blog and await your comeuppance
Will Mutt Champ
October 29th, 2011
8:27 pm
Where, oh where, is Gatormeat? He said he would be on here to gloat. Obviously, he went to the Clemson-Ga Tech game with Schultz.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
October 29th, 2011
8:27 pm
I don’t see how anyone can claim to be a dog fan and “hope UGA loses so CMR will get fired”. That STINKS.
katherine
October 29th, 2011
8:28 pm
Shine
October 29th, 2011
8:26 pm
Its nice when the sheepdawgs has the extra man…in this case the referees. they must be blind! if thuga accidently does make it to the sec title game and meets a real team and gets their arses handed to them will we still have to keep loser richt and accept more mediocrity?
Aww is someone a little jealous? Get over it and stop blaming the refs….florida’s reign over georgia stops tonight.
Now the whole world knows
October 29th, 2011
8:28 pm
It’s common knowledge and an unquestioned fact that UGA head football coach Mark Richt has brought shame on the state of Georgia and made an embarrassing laughingstock of the state’s largest university. Even the most avid UGA fans understand this even when they won’t acknowledge it, bless their hearts.
The most embarrassing thing is the win-at-any-price mentality of Richt, with cheating, recruiting of low-intelligence punks who barely graduated from high school, and tolerating immoral and unethical activities by both players and coaches. Even with all this, he still can’t win.
Richt is a product of the lawless environments of the University of Miami and Florida State University, where he learned well how to conduct himself in the sleaziest way, while pretending to the world to be a saint. Make no mistake – Richt is in coaching purely for the millions of dollars that have been wasted on him, and the millions more he will add until someone in Athens has the integrity and intestinal fortitude to run him out of town.
A truly shameful situation, especially since all Georgians, including UGA alumni and fans, have to live under this shadow of infamy.
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
8:28 pm
Charlie Strong I don’t think anyone on here is buying the race baiting you are pushing but thanks for playing
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
8:29 pm
ArmyVet – maybe Florida is as good as usual but we have to play who is on the schedule. Oh by the way thank you for your service to this country.
Now the whole world knows
October 29th, 2011
8:30 pm
It’s common knowledge and an unquestioned fact that UGA head football coach Mark Richt has brought shame on the state of Georgia and made an embarrassing laughingstock of the state’s largest university. Even the most avid UGA fans understand this even when they won’t acknowledge it, bless their hearts.
The most embarrassing thing is the win-at-all-costs mentality of Richt, with cheating, recruiting of low-class punks who barely graduated from high school, and tolerating immoral and unethical activities by both players and coaches.
Richt is a product of the lawless environments of the University of Miami and Florida State University, where he learned well how to conduct himself in the sleaziest way, while pretending to the world to be a saint. Make no mistake – Richt is in coaching purely for the millions of dollars that have been wasted on him, and the millions more he will add until someone in Athens has the integrity and intestinal fortitude to run him out of town.
A truly shameful situation, especially since all Georgians, including UGA alumni and fans, have to live under this shadow of infamy.
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
8:31 pm
Army Vet not too bright are ya?? appears that they have won 6 in a row of the games on their schedule do ya have a scoop otherwise??
Now the whole world knows
October 29th, 2011
8:31 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.
ryan
October 29th, 2011
8:31 pm
The Dream Team was worth it because it brought us Jarvis Jones .
BobDawg
October 29th, 2011
8:31 pm
Now we can get the series back in our favor now with all our young-uns coming on. Special teams will be fixed.
ryan
October 29th, 2011
8:33 pm
@Now whole world knows screw you dirt bag another sore looser who can’t stand it when UGA wins .
Since 1980......
October 29th, 2011
8:34 pm
Wearing that #22, Samuels brought back memories of Olandis Gary in 97 bulldozing FL defenders.
Loyal Dawg
October 29th, 2011
8:34 pm
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
8:34 pm
Now the whole world knows so you just are gonna copy that over and over tonight? Continually show how ignorant you are? Continue to show your classless self to the entire blog ?? How proud your mom must be.
Muschamp saved Mark Richt job
October 29th, 2011
8:34 pm
next year it’s back to getting beat by UF every year.
Rabid Dawg
October 29th, 2011
8:34 pm
@ bigdadygayturd…….thats 3 out of the last 8 dude!
wallydog
October 29th, 2011
8:34 pm
Sure, it was ugly and a mostly defensive win, but ANY win ANY year against FL is a great win! My MVPs are Jones and Samuel IV. Great efforts! They wanted it and it showed! BTW… anyone know who peed in Crowell’s Wheaties? Guy seems so joyless…or maybe he’s hurt worse than we know. I’m not going to knickpick the flaws… keep working at it, but just keep winning! GO DOGS!
BobDawg
October 29th, 2011
8:34 pm
Keep ur comments classy or get off the blog
Terry
October 29th, 2011
8:34 pm
Didn’t Muschamp guarantee a win? Some one needs to tell Muschamp, not to be promising Wins. Those kind of Coaches don’t last long.
Loyal Dawg
October 29th, 2011
8:35 pm
Folks, that is the feeling of a 900 pound gorilla coming off your back.
Muschamp saved Mark Richt job
October 29th, 2011
8:35 pm
Riots in Athens tonight.
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
8:36 pm
I know that these coaches make a ton of money, but we forget about the pressure their families are under. Great to see Coach Richt’s son give him a hug. All of his family members have gone thru alot with the pressure that came with this game. So I give a shout out to all of Coach Richt’s family for all they do for the Dawg Nation.
Kitchen Patrol
October 29th, 2011
8:36 pm
Army Vet, who is your team? Are you embarrassed to say? Go peel some more potatoes
BobDawg
October 29th, 2011
8:36 pm
Muschamp is still a fine Dawg. We won’t lose to him while he is at UF
Muschamp saved Mark Richt job
October 29th, 2011
8:37 pm
Thank you from Mark Richt and bulldawg nation.
Golden Dawg's - Top Ten
October 29th, 2011
8:37 pm
1. How ‘Bout Dem Dawgs!!!
2. Where Them Richt Haters At? …. Where Them Richt Haters At? Where dey at, where dey at, where they at…. “Great calls all day Coach, alot of guts on 4th Downs and near the end.” Bobo did alright (ok – very good) too. Tell them haters to “hate on.”
3. The Junk Yard Dawg Defense in Back! Thanks Coach Grantham.
4. UGA is a Deep Talented TEAM:
-With guys stepping in and stepping up all day long.
5. With Next Level Skill players all over the field: Murray, King, Crowell, Samuel, Rambo, Mitchell, Charles, Ogletree, Jones, Smith, Boykin, on and on….
6. With Them Big Dawgs Up Front (on both sides of the ball) including the TEs. (The DLine and OLine is really where we won today.) And No critical penalties.
7. God Bless Samuel – He was a beast today. He has gone through alot for UGA – He deserved a great day against those arrogant gators.
8. Thanks USC for letting Jones get on the Midnight Train (Back) To UGA.
9. And … Don’t give up on our kickers and Special Teams – Remember, they carried us a few times…. They will rise again.
10. Thank You Jesus for granting us favor today and finally letting us win the turnover battle.
On to Kentucky, Auburn and Then The Georgia Dome.
Note: This is exactly what I predicting one day after the South Carolina game. Google My blog September 11th Blog for confirmation.
I also predicted us winning the SEC Championship Game
No pressure DAWGS….
UGA GRAD
October 29th, 2011
8:38 pm
Granite that tonight wasn’t the prettiest win in UGA football games. Any team has problems that have to be addressed from week to week. There is no need to try to convince people on this board, because they are all qualified football coaches, however, when you step on the field in the SEC or any level of college the game changes. Coaches can only coach so much try to best prepare them for the upcoming games. If the team was not prepared, then you can start blaming it on the coaching staff, but you can’t place the blame on Richt if the players just aren’t having their game. That’s why you call it a team for each of them to pick the others up and make the best out of the game, which UGA did tonight!! College players, yes are having a paid way through school which makes everyone want to think they should perform like pros, however have to do a lot more than that while balancing school with football. Notice that UGA has placed emphasis on graduation rate among athletes and coaches are held to a degree of responsibility making sure of that. Throw all this into the game, you can start noticing why players lag behind some on the field. If it was just as easy as putting pads on and focusing on football then it would be different. Administration has different priorities than us as fans do. We put higher expectations on players, who are really just 18-22 year olds, that just may not be mature enough to handle everything that is expected out of them.
Tonight’s win is a win. Many of you who want to call for Richt’s dismissal, that’s your right to do, but you are hurting the UGA recruitment and future of the Dawg program. It’s not productive as us dawg fans and alumni to always bash our dawgs! If you are a true Dawg then you will remain united behind whoever is the coach, player or whomever that participates in the game. Let’s use our wins, our talent and the great players we have to motivate them for the next opponents stand behind them.
Proud to be a dawg fan and alumni. I may not agree with the plays that are called or agree with particular coaches, but I don’t trash my team. Lets go Dawg nation and quit giving Georgia Tech people reasons to keep poking us about our program.
ryan
October 29th, 2011
8:38 pm
We beat the Gators all that matters no mater what these haters say they just can not stand it so the put these classless post up .
Hole World
October 29th, 2011
8:38 pm
Hurts when the Dawgs win doesn’t it. You better go pull for your bumbling jackets and try to find a life.
BobDawg
October 29th, 2011
8:39 pm
For those looking for “style” pts Arkansas almost lost to Vandy and SC looks bad against UT
black sheep
October 29th, 2011
8:39 pm
Army Vet came in and threw his rocks and then ran away
Fan of the Game
October 29th, 2011
8:40 pm
Hey Black Sheep that makes him a deserter!
Loyal Dawg
October 29th, 2011
8:40 pm
Looks like there are a hand full of Gator fans that could dish it out, but can’t take it.