Heat Check: Everybody – Tech, UGA, the Falcons – is smokin’

first! and i’m at work

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first?

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I like Tech’s chances anytime they face Jabo which they will again in the ACC Championship

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Tech sucks Ramblin On! and we will see how bad in a couple of weeks. And to answer another point from Mark we don’t want a 1 point win we want the complete and utter destruction of Florida.

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http://bustedcoverage.com/2011/10/28/34-greatest-famous-sports-celebrity-halloween-costumes/athletes-halloween-costumes/#3

I hope our defense can get by these gals/guys in a couple of weeks.

I’ll take the one point win over ANYBODY. The way our defense dominated two very good backs in Rainey and Demps I am looking forward to the rest of the season.

Congrats on a well played game Dawgs. Samuels thanks for running the way you should. Conley for stepping up for Mitchell. Jones for dancing with Brantley all day. Keep it going get healthy and beat Auburn

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Drat. Fooled by the android again…

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My Shoes are made of gator!!!!!!

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(Let’s give credit where credit is due. The Braves didn’t blow an 8.5 game lead, they blew a 10.5 game lead.)

Georgia’s win over UF was nice, but not something any UGA fan should get excited about. They barely beat a team that’s now lost 4 straight and who has a doofus coach.

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great weekend for football indeed! although since all these teams have a tendency to reject prosperity, need to keep it up

would be great to have two conference division champs playing thanksgiving weekend

Go Jackets!

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Yes, the clouds are a little puffier and the leaves a little more colorful this morning since Georgia beat Florida.

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wake me up when Georgia beats someone with a pulse…

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MARK, Some of the Young-uns on the blogs want ’style” points when we play and this team isn’t that. It just plays hard and gritty… I’m perplexed about you saying UF has so little talent… I read Mike Bianchi’s column in the Orlando Sentinel and he said the same thing…. Didn’t the Gators have the #1 CLASS RECRUITING just a year or 2 ago…. Hmm. What happens when those recruits get to UF???? If fact, they finished in the top 5 the last 5-10 years. UF never has talent problems… Stop buying into that. I mean Omar Hunter is down there, Jeff Demps, Chris Rainey, Jeff Brantley, #2 & #3 qB’s were all highly rated,,, What is going on down there????

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Last week the Aints were like unstoppable and this week they were bending over grabbing their ankles and tellin the Rams ” Kick me as hard as you can !” so you go figure……….anything is possible in the NFL, the Birds could go all the way with the way they are playing so don’t kid yourself ! That is the thing with the Pros……….you never know who is the best til the last game with two teams in the Superbowl !

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Not a Vanderbilt fan, but…On a CBS update Saturday, Tim Brando poured salt on Vanderbilt’s tough loss, recapping the loss and adding, “That’s why you’re Vandy.” Come on, Tim. Leave the trash talking out of your reports. The Bulldog network could take a few lesson in sportsmanship, too.

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Falcons rest of their games look easily winnable now. 5 home 4 road. TB home. Car road. Aints home and away. I think they can finish 11-5.

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Florida Recruiting Rankings

2011- #12
2010- #2
2009- #11
2008- #3

So the talent is present in Florida. I know they have had some attrition and a coaching change, but its still Florida. Florida fans lose the benefit of the doubt when they taunt rival fanbases. Time to pay up…

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Last four years Florida has ranked, 11,8,3,12 in recruiting. Talent is not the issue. Meyer quit coaching once he lost his bromance with St. Tebow and then they hired the fraud Muschamp. Florida had there run in the SEC now it is time to pay up.

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UF’s offense is atrocious. So to pound your chest for holding them makes me laugh. Duke coulda stopped them. Sc will too. You haven’t faced a good offense all season aside from boise. And you won’t until possibly gt at the end. So you start and end the season with the two best offenses.

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Gary,
Holding speed demons like Rainey and Demps is impressive, no matter how good you think their offense is.

It’s not like this was the first good performance from Georgie’s D anyway. They are a legit top-10 defense.

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Dawg win was great. I’m happy for the team and the University……….But please McGarity, Don’t extend Richt to another 5 years at 15 mil +…….Vandy will beat this No RB No Qb horrible Florida team. Grantham has the D playing well, but Murray throws as many bad passes as good ones and special teams are scary, Richt’s words not mine. Bring him back if you wish, but leave us an out if this type of play continues. Reality, the wins have come against teams that are like 2-24. We’ve proved nothing yet. Good win, yes. Ready to beat a ranked team….far from it.

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JB,
If they renew his contract, they’ll do something smart and only by 1-2 years with an option to add another year. He doesn’t really deserve a long-term contract at this point.

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Frankly, I’m surprised Murray stayed in the game after that vicious hit…. I think it affected his throws…. Both QB’s got pounded in the game…
@RambleOn 84…. Great game and the triple option seemed to hit Clemson every play where they were in the wrong D called… almost like Johnson new what Dabo was thinking….

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You have to extend Richt at least 4 years for the recruits sake… Every coach in the country will come in here and negative recruit if you don’t… I mean we already have a great start on the 2013 class. What does that tell them if you don’t extend out a long time???

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Lowcountry Bulldawg:

The Florida talent doesn’t fit their revamped system. They now have spread guys running in a pro-style offense. Will take a few years for them to get the right talent in place, which will be rough for them and should be a golden opportunity for us, if we had a real coach.

HT

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Good point, BobDawg…

That’s how the offense is supposed to work. More than good playcalling (though I’ll agree Coach Johnson called a heck of a game), the difference was great blocking and good decision-making by Tevin.

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Samuel sprained his foot… He finally learned how to run and break tackles and now he sprains his friggin foot… He won’t play against New Mex St. and should be ok if not a high ankle one.

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Herschel talker,

Please tell me you are not married or even worse, aren’t married and have kids or will have kids. It would be ashamed to bring children into the world when their daddy is so negative and can’t wait to write negative things about UGA and I suspect most anything you encounter on a daily basis. I would bet your whole day depends on your ability to write something negative, at some venue or another.
When UGA beats Florida , be it tiddly Winks, football or any contest, it is a good time for UGA. That is out number one rivalry,,, not Tech.
You can complain all you want about CMR, but UGA is 6-2, no matter the supposedly low level of competition, and considering the injuries, defections, academic misfits dismissed and low level of experience, due to a lot of youngsters, he has done a credible job getting this team where it presently is. This team, like any young team, could have easily laid down after the two loses to open the season, but instead, they have continued to improve and learn each week. You claim to be such a fan, that you think the future is doomed because of CMR. You sir are dead wrong, as usual.
UGA will get a respectful bowl game this year, and deservedly so. UGA has a bunch of youngsters that continue to show that they want to win. News to you also. I don’t think the players or coaches read these blogs but if they did, they would just credit you for what you are. A sorry person who lives to try and cut them down, and I would bet most likely, you have never been in a team position in your life, be it in the military or athletics. You don’t understand the concept of team work, or if you were a true fan, what it means to stick by your team, through rich and poor times both. You are so obsessed with being negative, you don’t know what it is like to be positive anymore. You must be a true delight for your family, since your type of attitude usually is your predominant character trait, and dominates your outlook on life. This is football, not a game of life. Your sour disposition on life, has spilled over into how you converse in life, in general, and reflects poorly on you, not on a football team or others. Try being constructive sometimes. It will probably scare even you, but give it a try. It appears to me that you write your garbage, just to get a response from people like me, and at that you have succeeded. Read my response above and if this is the kind of reaction you wish to receive each time you blog negatively, then I would suggest that you have serious self esteem issues and could benefit from counseling.

GO DAWGS and GATA

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REad the Florida message boards last night. They should NEVER lecture us about our thoughts on Richt…….. I’d say 70% are done with Muschamp. The reasonable post were talking folks off the ledge.
They think the Gators are very poorly coached…..and the biggest insult, they said he played at UGa and coach’s like a UGA coach…….They will be bad for awhile I’m afraid. They have NO QB’s, No RB’s and No WR’s proven on their roster.

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Tom,

There is the matter of that little game come November against tech. to be played out.
Remember, he who laughs last, laughs loudest and the DAWGS will be laughing up after the game, once again.

GO DAWGS and GATA

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@ MBradley, thanks for clarifying, BUT Mike Bianchi is saying it in his column, check it out at the Sentinel…. I just had to laugh….

@ Tom, we want Tech it keep on winning… Makes for a great game at the end of year…

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BobDawg,

The recruiting list I used was off of Rivals. Actually the 3 should be a 2. 2nd one year to USC.

HT,

Here those comments about the offense doesnt fit the talent now. Well that is coaching. Why try and implement a offensive scheme when you knowingly do not have the talent? Muschamp sounds like he is beating a square peg into a round hole. Muschamp has thrown the season away by trying to utilize guys in his attack that will never work? Sounds like a built in excuse for flopping year one.

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Gators fans on here the last two years have “lectured” us about our Criticism of Richt. Boy, check out the Florida Message boards. Muschamp getting a lot of heat…. I’ll defend him. No QB. No RB’s, No traditional WR’s, No depth at OL and the No DB’s. It’s a pretty bad team….and will be for a year or two.

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UGA and GT beat two average at best teams, the Falcons did not even play and you have already crowned UGA SEC Champs, GT ACC champs and the Falcons Super Bowl Champs. I have to like your Monday morning dreams.

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Thanks BobDawg. I was wondering how serious the injury was. That was the best I have ever seen Samuel run. I hope he is at 100% for the Auburn game. Him and Isaiah need to sit out this Saturday. Also, hope that Mitchel is back for Auburn. We will need everyone available for that game.

@Tom: I actually happy for tech this past Saturday. I sure hope that you’re not over looking VT though. That’s a whole different defense than ClemPsons.

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Richt’s wife in Nursing school? It’s not for the money. They are preparing for full time mission work. When, who knows.

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Muschamp will make Zook look great… at least the Zooker could recruit… UGA and Fla. State now getting all the good ones.. Muschamp is NUTS ??!! Go Dawgs !!!

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DIT, true…even though Foster’s D has suffered personnel losses, those seemingly-depleted defenses seem to give us the most trouble.

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hot seat post @9:05………..The Florida message boards are full of it. This is his first gig at calling all the shots, and taken over a very successful program…..and he was not left the horses to do it. He’s in a tough spot. Stumble next year to say 7-5, they will want him gone….By ‘they” I mean the sidewalk Alum and the “jorts” crowd.

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Excuses, Excuses. The Gator fans are now guilty of what they accused DAWG fans for, Excuses for losing. Sorry Jackets our win overshadowed yours just because we win as seldom against the gators as you do against the DAWGS.

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It cracks me up how idiots on here call any team that gets beat “average at best”. If OSU, Bama, LSU are to lose a game or two…based on this logic…they now become average at best. Get real…Any and all wins in football..be it college or pro is a good win. Ask New Orleans about those lower than average teams! Great weekend for all teams who are winning!

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When Georgia got back their starting defense at the half down by 7 I felt pretty good. The defense dominated the Florida o-line. Xavier Nixon, a Georgia native on the Florida o-line was schooled by Jarvis Jones and big Bean took care of Omar Hunter, the Georgia native at d-tackle for Florida. Maybe these guys should have gone to Georgia? Samuel is stating to come around at running back and I think we will have a good ONE – TWO punch at RB for the next two years. Dallas Lee, starting LG, was injured in the 4th quarter – broken leg and I wish him a complete and fast recovery. This leaves Georgia really thin on the OL.. There are no replacements unless the redshirt is taken off of a freshman at this late date. The special teams are a major liability and cost Georgia the game against South Carolina. Fortunately, Georgia has a breather next week with New Mexico State. Don’t expect Crowell or Mitchell to play – injuries. When was the last time Georgia came back from being down 14 points to win against Florida? The defense won the game. The offense played it’s usual game – moved the ball but trouble in the red zone. The special teams got an “F” for keeping Florida in the game to the end. Erk is smiling. NOw we need to get a special teams coach for next year.

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You cant win in the sec with 175 lb running backs and an immobile qb. I’d not be so fast to condemn Dabo. I bet he wins more games this year than the dawgs with their pitiful schedule.

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Can’t blame Muschamp totally. Oscar Meyer left that program in shambles. New coaches and new schemes, it was expected for the gators to struggle this year. They have a ton of talent on that team. Very young.
However, our offense has no excuses for looking so bulimic. Thank the Lord for our defense! I use to be high on Murray, but as each game passes I’m starting to have that much less confidence in him. I would like to see Mason start and see what he can do. Even though it’s against New Mexico, the playing time will do him good. Anyone else feel the same way?

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Mark, if you had been in my living room late Saturday afternoon, you would have heard some complaining (especially at 17-3), followed by some believing, followed by some hand wringing, but in the end nothing but exultation. We were dancing and shouting. No complaints about the Dawgs from these quarters.

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That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard, “Flor-i-DUH.”

Clemson beat Auburn, who is better than every team in the SEC East.

Yeah, LSU and Alabama would both wear them out. They would wear out all other teams in the country, including every team in the SEC, which is what both are currently doing.

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I’m sorry but I’m not buying that there isn’t any talent at UF. Are you kidding me? They’ve been getting Top 5 recruiting classes for over a decade. The previous years are no different.

If you want to tell me that they are learning a whole new system, fine, but don’t sell me on the talent level. It’s just not true.

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Every time I think about winning any game I grin. Every time I think about winning in Jacksonville I think, “Get out the wide angle lenses boys, I’m getting ready to smile.”

Let the haters hate
While the Dawgs dominate!

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No reason to be jealous about techs win guys. Regardless of who you thought was the #5 team in the nation, they handily beat them. Tip your hat, they played a great game. For me it makes that game on the 26th that much better. If we beat Auburn it will make it even better. I think people from both sides would rather beat their rivals on a hot streak and ranked than, “well, they stink, you were suppose to beat them.”

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Herschel Talker is the most negative person I’ve ever seen.

I bet as a baby he was weened on a pickle.

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HT,

I’m curios as to how you got so stupid…You claim CMR is mediocrity but yet he’s the winningnest coach in UGA history.. Evidently you forgot he won 2 SECC and played in another and has 6 Top 10 finishes. Here’s the funny part..You want to replace him with Kirby Smart who doesn’t even run the defense at Alabama AND has zero Head coaching experience…Boy you are the definition of a TARD.

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I don’t care if Clemson was ranked #105, it feels great to wear out your rival.

Now we need to take care of VPISU. They have become our biggest rival over a short period of time…

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The ACC admitted that the officials missed the offsides call. Great, but now do something to keep that from happening again. Like review all red zone penalties and turnovers.

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RambleOn84, Wisconsin and FSU were also ranked #5 at one point.

They were also exposed as frauds.

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And FSU has lost several games…Wisconsin didn’t ever beat a good team in the first place.

Clemson beat up on a big bad SEC team…

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I quit reading HT’s posts a long time ago. I recommend it highly.

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I’m hearing from a Gator friend of mine that Muschamp came in heavy handed, kicked some loafers off the team, has turned up the heat as far as work and discipline and some of the five star elites are not buying into it. Muschamp will have to “Purge” that roster to get the results he wants. Saban had to do it at Bama, and once everyone on the team buys in, then he’ll get results

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@JB, you are right, my friend…The UF message boards are blowing up! No talent, trying to run a Pro offense with spread guys, good track team, no football players, blah, blah, blah…. What really hurts is when we beat them and Own Jacksonville for the weekend and win the partys

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Flacons beter wathc out cuz the Colts R gonna tear them up! There going 2 go in 2 the game thinging there going 2 win but I no how the Falcons do tings and they will loose. Mark my words.

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Joe Tess Fish House
October 31st, 2011
9:36 am

“Mark my words.”

If I marked all the words you misspelled the list would be quite long.

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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After NOLA got their rears handed to them yesterday, I wandered over to NOLA dot com. Unlike some there, I did not troll, just read. SeenThisB4 wasn’t feeling real good. A user name Steve-O said “I’m staying off the AJC blogs next week.” You know why? They now know they are going to be playing for the W.C. I want them to beat TB next week just so ATL is the team to knock them off the top of the heap.

Hey Mark, not ALL of us were Negative Nancys Saturday–>even when we were squirming a bit there early on.

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cantondawg, a lot of those same things were said about Auburn’s coaching hire a couple of years ago, yet they have a NC and CMR doesn’t. Matter of fact, as long as he has been coaching in the SEC, Myer came in and won a couple of NCs, Les won one and Saban came in and won one.

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7576DAWG
The offense didn’t change.and what about the special teams. I don’t think the defense was or is a problem.

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JB, CPJ had the same problem at Tech. Not a lot was said about it until after those players were gone. I guess it happens every time there’s a coaching change.

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Herschel Talker
October 31st, 2011
9:38 am

So I guess you’d like another Jim Donnan. After all, he had the reputation of being a good coach.

Or would you prefer another Ray Goff?

Or perhaps another Dooley? 25 years as the HC and average 8 wins per year.

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When someone refers to a quote by a Twitter “follower” instead of someone that he “follows”, only ego can be the explanation. Liberals are prone to do that, and liberals at the AJC always do it. Enter Bradley. Not as “out there” as Schultz, but, nevertheless, he is at home in the AJC newsroom. Someone you follow, Bradley … get it.

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MB, you know that the people who want to complain are always going to be the loudest and most frequent to post. That’s just the way it is. You can rest assured that 90% of UGA fans are thrilled with the win and we don’t care how we got it. If UGA were to make it to the SEC title game and lose, those same people will be still complaining and will not want to recognize what a great job it was to bounce back from two early season loses. If you look at the depth problem we have in some areas and the injuries that have happened- it’s even more remarkable.

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Mark,

I had a mixed reaction to the Florida win. Why? First, Florida isn’t good this year, so a win against a team with a 4-4 record now, 2-4 in the conference, although better than a loss, doesn’t feel great, Second, Auburn held Florida to 6 points, and Florida somehow put up 20 on us. Demps, Raimey’s “speed” or “Florida’s talent” didn’t effect Auburn, why did it cause us so many issues? Third, we squeeked by with a 4 point win. It wasn’t a dominating performance you’d expect over a 4-4 team. After barely escaping 4-4 Vanderbilt the game before, the act of barely winning against 4-4 teams is tiring. Fourth, there are some real issues that continue to haunt us like special teams kick offs to their best returner, special team missed short field goals, punting game issues, Aaron Murray’s habit of playing poorly in big games, Crowell’s habit of getting an injury each game, and so on. Fifth, the 6 game winning streak is nice, but when you look at the win/loss records of the teams we have won against, it loses luster. 100% of the wins were against teams with at least 4 losses, some had 5 losses, some had 6 losses. A 2-0 winning streak the first 2 weeks would have put us in the top 5. But we couldn’t find a way to win either game. South Carolina was particularly dissapointing because of the way we lost due to all those self inflicted turnovers & mistakes. Deep down I think we’ve all come to realize after watchign Coach Mark Richt the last 2 seasons, that we can win against teams with bad records, but we can’t win against a great team.

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Grinch, it was the best game that we have attended. Loved to see the fans storm the field, the players will never forget that. I sat there wanting Clemson to get the ball back so we could see what the defense was going to do to them next. Can’t wait for VT game. I’m watching the replay on ESPNU.

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How about a coach that can win a NC.

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… which is why we sign CMR to long term and keep on plugging away… We are so young now and just going to get better this season into next…. Plus all the problems are fixable… Special teams can be fixed with the right coach…Fabris being gone is hurting us there.

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@ HT… I understand your position and respect it. You are consistent… but you had to love those 4th down calls for touchdowns… Of course with Walsh “Gone Wild” on us, we had little choice.

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Ace that about covers it. And to add, some good wins the last few years was gimmicky. Storming the field in Jacksonville. The black jersey fiasco. Oh, come be a part of the Dream Team. Now its the energy vampires.

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Say It Aint So
I have been calling for another offensive coordinator for years even though would like to keep Bobo as QB coach and he is a very good recruiter for south Georgia. I think it would have caused too much disruption for Georgia to change out both coordinator at the same time. At least I hope that was the reason and had nothing to do with Bobo being married to Barbara Dooley’s sister’s daughter.
As for the special teams looking so bad , the reason for that was Berlin leaving for the NFL. He was a great special teams and linebacker coach and was hired at Georgia for that reason. Richt just made a huge mistake in not realizing how important special teams can be and thought by dividing the different aspects of special teams among his coaches that would be okay. WELL HE WAS WRONG. I guarantee it is one of the biggest topic with CMR right now.

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Georgia is hot at 6-2 without having beaten a good team and hasn’t had an undefeated season in 31 years but Clemson is the team you can’t count on because it lost a game to go 8-1? Georgia’s ugly win over Florida should be cheered but the Falcons 2 touchdown win over Carolina left us wanting more? Tech just isn’t a talented team but they beat #5 Clemson? Welcome to the world of Mark Bradley.

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@Ace, understand you pts… but 10 pts came off our special teams play and Our entire D was intact for the first time since after 2 series with Boise and they pitched a shutout pretty much in the 2nd half… Auburn is here in Athens this time, I think and should be a “Barn Burner”…. Poor humor on my part….sorry

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“Auburn is here in Athens this time”

Yep, and they beat a team that beat UGA. They also have better coaching.

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I would be willing to give Richt another 5 years…….with these conditions. Spend 400K and hire the best special teams coach in America. Spend 750K and hire the best OL coach in America. Replace Garner with Bobo as Recruiting Cord. and spend a million a year to bring in the best OC in the country.
Now we got something.

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” Dyer and McCaleb from Auburn were a big concern IMO but the way the defense handled the Florida speedsters I feel a lot better going into that game.”

Those two are better than ANYTHING UF has.

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Haven’t missed a Ga/Fl game since 1974 as a student. I am as proud of this team and the win as I have ever been! These folks got to appreciate wins. Over the years we have had alot of ugly wins but hey we took a bunch of ugly wins in 1980 too!. At least we got to wake up with visions of the victory and I don’t think Gator fans woke up with any hope at all and memories of a horrible October!

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Dawgs will have to beat Auburn with talent. We will be out coached from that school.

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After that huge win over florida, the Dawgs will run the table and upset alabama in the SEC title game!! Mark this down–Ga’s D will shut down alabama’s running game and force them to pass and Ga’s DBs will get a couple of picks. Ga wins the SEC—you heard it here first!!! UGA—on fire baby!!!

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Chizik is a better coach?? No Way… he had Cam for one year and some good assistants and his nose is pretty brown. We steamroller them this year… I’m telling you folks, we will peak at the right time just like the years with Greene and Pollack… it is all lining up especially after the Off week this weekend with NMSt.

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“Chizik is a better coach??”

Yes.

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Defense, after the first 2 games, has really improved. Jarvis Jones had a David Pollack like performance. NT’s are run stoppers. shut down corners. safety has 5 picks. great on 3rd down. Todd Grantham, Lakotas, Garner, and Olividatti are earning their paychecks. I hope we can finally beat a ranked team like Auburn, it’s been years now since we’ve done that. The Auburn game is a ‘must win’ game, as it will very likely determine Coach Mark Richt’s future. Tired of being ranked #2 in recruiting for the decade, and losing to teams like South Carolina and Auburn. That has to stop or it’s time for some new blood.

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Auburn coach slipped up at news conference last week when he said, ” we lost a lot of players off that NC team from last year and we are short on cash………err I mean experienced talent this year”.

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Bama get ready as the Dawgs are gonna whip up on you Dec 5th in the Dome baby!

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Grantham has to feel like a kid in a Candy store now with the Defense healthy and intact for the first time this year….

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Georgia is growing up as the season progresses. The defense is now at full strength and I think if they get a to play either Bama or LSU, they will keep us “in the game”.
Murray really missed Mitchell, but now can count on “others” to help make first downs. This receiving corp is really starting to look good. Things are starting to “gel”, except for special teams. I can’t see these all American kickers staying in a funk the rest of the year. They are due to get back to playing up to their talent level. Now if the stars all aline, and we get to play in the SEC championship game…look out….

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Chizik is a shortened Polish name

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I think the world series champs Cards had something to do with the Rams beating the Saints.

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Let’s have some fun. Stick with me for a moment as I will be making some “ifs” that many will not agree with, but please indulge me for grins.

If – Alabama beats LSU next Saturday by just a point or two. And

If – LSU only falls in the polls to, say, #4 because of the close game. And

If – UGA runs the table on Auburn and Kentucky. And

If – LSU runs the table (after the Bama loss) and finishes the regular season at #3. And

If – UGA were to beat Bama in the SECCG. And

If – LSU would then move up to #2.

Should LSU be able to play in the NC game since “they didn’t even play in the conference championship game”? (Flashback to 2007)

It would be hilarious to see Les Miles and the whole ESPN crowed dance around that.

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Prediction: Florida won’t give Muschamp long and they won’t go the UGA way of hiring an unproven as their next head coach. They will get a proven winner and it will be back to business as usual. They won’t stand for being a Georgia clone. They have come to far for that.

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HERE IS THE TRUTH ..IF GT beats Georgia, all these hypocrites on these blogs singing Richt’s praises will be calling for his head..

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I told you GT and UGA would win…..Go dawgs! Woof! Woof!

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“you’re aware that auburn is a ga high school student’s back-up plan, if they don’t get into UGA, right? there’s a reason that UGA is ranked scholastically higher in academics….they’re a better institution.”

Keep telling yourself that, cupcake.

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” Regarding Auburn as a back-up plan, that’s always been the case with kids from my neighborhood.”

The ones you sell drugs to?

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I would like to see Todd Grantham as Head Coach if Richt falters down the stretch here, paired with a great offensive coordinator, and a special teams coach. Special Teams Coach should be the 3rd most important assistant coach on the team, behind OC/DC. Do we really need a full time TE coach as little as we use TE’s? Let our WR coach handle WR/TE’s. We will lose Todd Grantham after this year if we don’t promote him to HC, he’s too good, and someone will grab him as HC. Coach Mark Richt better strike now while he has Todd Grantham. We all remember what happened after we lost Van Gundy.

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If I wanted my kids to go to jail I’d send them to UGA. If I wanted them to excel in academics I’d send them to Vandy or Florida.

Just sayin…

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2010 bcs,

can you read? check-out the national rankings? typical auburn fan….trying to blur factual information with opinion.

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PEOPLE ACTUALLY WRITING ABOUT UGA BEING A GREAT ACADEMIC SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey kids, UGA doesn’t rank ANYWHERE near the top in US colleges and universities.

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I agree with JB… Plus, I feel that LSU will beat Bama anyway. We just have to worry about Auburn right now.

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all i’ve heard is this team is gonna beat ga and this team and this team and all week florida gonna do this if brantley plays they are going to do this then…………… GA wins and all i hear is florida not that good blah blah blah….. its so funny…and where are all my florida fan friends who texted me during the game speed kills and all this crap I HAVEN”T HEARD FRO U SINCE SATURDAY….. i hope ur still breathin b/c its just a game!!!!!

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Herschel Talker is a Tech fan and an idiot

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tech football players major in management… for 3 years.. graduate ??? Not so much

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no one is claiming UGA as world beaters…..moron! they’re simply better than auburn.

if you’re going to go around w/ some moniker form yester year, at least be able to back it up w/ some FACTUAL support for your bias of this year.

you bore me! i’m out!

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Ummm…..UGA is not part of Atlanta. Atlanta has Tech….Dont claim UGA as “Atlanta” especially after sticking the knife in them and twisting it at EVERY oppurtunity and then some! Stick with Tech Atlanta. UGA is NOT Atlanta’s in no way, shape or fashion! Sheesh! UGA is Georgia’s Team. Got it? Why not claim Tennessee-Chattanooga while you are at it?! Or Auburn?

You can kiss UGA’s rear end!

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Let’s just hope they all stay Smoking and not end up Choking!

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BobDawg @ 9:58:

Richt made those 4th down calls knowing he had nothing to lose, and I thought they were great calls. If he were doing more of that rather than kicking field goals from the 1 yard line in mid-tier bowls, then perhaps this program would be in a better place.

HT

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I like polish, if there’s substance underneath.

But enough about politics.

I found myself strangely pulling for Vandy Saturday, until I remembered that SOB Franklin was their coach, then I took a lot of satisfaction in the way they gave the game to Arkansas.

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gotta love that GT sense of humor…the only division 1 school in college football to reduce the size of the stadium to accomodate the size of the crowd…:)…

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Joey
October 31st, 2011
10:45 am

I felt the same way.

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Herschel Talker
October 31st, 2011
10:47 am

Speaking of Mississippi State, do you think Mullen will be one of the hot coaching commodities this coming off season?

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Just asking HT, but are you an athiest? Is that the reason for all this hate you have for CMR? You show more hate for this man than anyone I have ever read on these blogs.

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Most teams struggle in their 1st yr w/ a new coach. I don’t know that we should call Mus-Chump a bust quite yet. Urban Cryer & NIck Satan struggled in their 1st yr. as well. They’re switching from the spread to a pro style offense as well. Did you people really expect them to dominate everyone in that transition period after they struggled last yr. even w/ the established Cryer? As for the win….it would be nice to dominate, but I’ll take any kind of win against FL. Sure would be nice if UGA could put it all together. I think there’s potential there, but a lot of injuries are starting to pop up. Just hope we get back as many players as we can against AU, bc it looks like we’re going to need them. As far as the schedule goes, you play who you play, but people keep talking like UGAs going to lose, & then when they win people still complain. At least they’re winning those games unlike last yr. That’s a move in the rt. direction as far as I’m concerned. I sure hope RBs Crowell Samuel get healthy enough at least to be affective, & the same goes for M. Mitchell & I. Troupe, & not to mention OL Austin Long now that Dallas Lee is out. UGAs good, but they just seem to lack depth at certain positions. Go Dawgs!

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WAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

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Gator Bait
October 31st, 2011
10:49 am

You mean like the QB did against Fla Atlantic and UAB?

BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Warmth? Yep, warm enough to probably make it to the SCE title game. Warm enough for Richt to be coaching at UGA the next few years. They are only going to get better and better. Defense wins championships. How many did Bama win with a mediocre offense? Several. UGA defense is smokin under Grantham!

UGA heat check should be: Smokin…….thanks to the Defense!

Confused? Let me sum it up Bradley! Its the same ignorant, young vocal minority who have been calling for Richts head for the last 2 years, whoc dont have a clue and have led you media around by your laptops and johnson’s talking about Richt on the hot seat, Richt on the hot seat….what a TERRIBLE off-season it was due to this! it was all blown out of proportion and you should have been wiser than to let some young igmos wag the dog….media hype, thanks to younguns and columnists eating their ignorant crap up.

Us wiser fans were not panicing and KNOW the deal….Us fans that have seen more than 15 years of UGA football. And know the deal about beating Florida. We will take it no matter how it comes.

UGA D was awesome except for one play…..Florida was lucky they scored 20 points. Certainly not all on the D. Special teams gotta pick it up. They are killing us and have already cost us the SC game or we would be in first all alone in th East!

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I am a Bulldog fan and I am proud of both “my” team and the Jackets. Both won games that most people thought they would lose. Fans of both teams tend to rag on each other. That’s okay. But most of us are hoping that the Bulldogs and Jackets continue to win games and their respective divisions. Now granted, on November 26, I will be cheering for UGA to win. Until then I will pull for both teams. Success for both teams is good for the state and great for the rivalry. And it keeps things hopping here on the blog too!

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Mark Richt coached a fine game on Saturday. And, as Dooley said, Richt will be at UGA for a very long time. So funny see the true colors of the Richt haters. They actually would have preferred UGA to lose. They have never been true fans. A true fan never wants his team to lose. The main concern is not that Richt will get fired, he will not. The main concern is that he will retire. Lets hope not. I think the likely option is he gets a long-term contract extension for recruiting sake and because he is a heck of a good coach.

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Fal-Cans,

Great game yesterday against the rams….. you guys look great!!!!!!

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I am a UGA fan who now lives in SC. I disagree with you about Dabo: he went out and hired a new OC because he was getting heat from the fans: and this decision has turned out great this year. On the other hand, UGA still has Bobo as it’s OC which means we will never win the SEC championship as long as he still holds this position. Richt made some good hires on defense but the special teams are terrible. For Richt to keep his job, no matter what his record ends up being, he needs to be told by our AD: fire bobo or you are gone.

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“What a lovely blog you have, Bradley”

Thanks Cupcake!

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@ 2010 – you do realize that UGA and their terrible coaching staff has beaten Auburn like 4 out of the last 5 times? Was last year an aberration with a phenom like Newton? I don’t know, we shall see. I promise we will show up and see what happens.

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Any fan that comes on here and complains after a win over FL is either a Tech fan trying to stir up trouble or not a true UGA fan……By the way most fair weather UGA fans aren’t real fans anyway just people that started pulling for UGA after the ‘02 SEC Championship…..

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Lowcountry Bulldawg, If I’m not mistaken, Florida had some fifth year seniors playing, so I would include 2007, when they had a #1 ranking. John Brantley, Chris Rainey, Deonte Thompson, ranked 4 star players in 2007 rivals ranking.

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@ beanster… nice post! but there are 2 camps unfortunately and maybe it keeps the team hungry looking to play the perfect game… They are young, so young and just getting better… LSU is going to slap Bama silly in my opinion… The pt spread will be interesting this week as the game gets closer.

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Tony La Russa retired as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.

He went out on top…Cox went out a flop.

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Gary and Verne were horrendous Saturday. In one possession, Danielson referred to Murray as Joe Cox then corrected himself by calling him Aaron Rodgers. Mistakes all day from those two really bothered me along with the blatant rooting for a Florida victory.

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Gary and Verne are getting old… They did correctly ask for us to higher a Special Teams coach….

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these ga mutts are delusional… to think uga has a good defense is a joke they padded their stats against the last 6 very week opponents the bottom of the sec teams which have a combined record of 21-24…uga has beat noone of merit

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Congraats Dawgs a wiwn is a win. Congrats Tech you beat a very ggod team and florida fans your florida you will be back………

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“you do realize that UGA and their terrible coaching staff has beaten Auburn like 4 out of the last 5 times? Was last year an aberration with a phenom like Newton? I don’t know, we shall see. I promise we will show up and see what happens.”

Not sure what that has to do with my question.

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@HT… you are right about Mullen… Missy St has to be a graveyard for coaching…. as is Ol Miss. Why they fired Cutcliffe is beyond me….

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UGA is NOT in Atlanta!!!!

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@ 2010 – I wasn’t trying to answer your question.

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K
October 31st, 2011
11:30 am

Which is a good thing…..

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In the next month we will play both Auburn and Tech. We will find out where the University of Georgia stacks up against these two nationally ranked teams. In my humble opinion they all look pretty evenly matched, but that is my humble opinion (which is like… and that is why we have blogs).

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Mark, Wait until this season is over before pasing judgment on Dabo. We still can finish with one of our best records this year in Tiger football history.

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BobDawg:

Yes, I agree about Grantham’s D as compared to Van Gorder’s. Having this kind of D definitely allows us to take chances we couldn’t take in the past. It is nice to see us hitting hard, making good tackles, and kicking some rear end on that side of the ball. It has been a while. If Grantham fires those guys up like Van Gorder did, that side of the ball is in good shape.

HT

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I’ve very proud of how Tech played on Saturday – would never in a million years believed we could play a complete game in most every area. We’re still young and definately can’t let this go to our head (which we have a tendency to do). I just hope we carry it forward.

Congrat to the Dawgs also. Although FL is down this year, a win is still a win. As far as the last game of the season, Tech will have to have another game like Saturday to have a chance – but hopefully they will!

GO JACKETS!!!!!!!!!!!

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MB, I’ll restate what’s been written by a few of the more intelligent posters on here. There is always a small group of people who are going to complain all the time. Believe me, 90% of the UGA fans were thrilled with the win over FL, no matter how it was done. One particular poster to this board like to throw rocks just to get the attention of the others. Most everyone in the media was saying that if UGA started 0-2, the season would completely go into the ditch. CMR and his staff has done a very good job of keeping the team focused each week and winning. Don’t go by what you read on this board, the negative posters don’t represent the majority of UGA fans. Congrats CMR and staff. We’re all still behind you!

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MB, don’t pay attention to the negative posters here. They don’t represent the majority of the UGA fan base. We’re thrilled with the win over FL. Congrats CMR and staff. We’re all still behind you!

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@HT…. This game was huge for Murray and Charles both coming from Plant HS in Tampa… I wonder how many texts they have sent to UF fans who said they would never beat the Gators… Talk about a 900 lb gorilla off your back!!! I’m surprised Murray even came back to play after that sandwich hit he took to his thigh… He is a tough dude and I think if affected his throwing in the 2nd half…

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Some of you criticizing Crowell are off base in my opinion… I still think Frosh are off limits as their 1st year is traumatic in school and anything they give us is “gravy”… plus his weight training and maturity levels are not there yet along with the load we are asking him to carry.

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Terry,

Exactly, it is still Florida. They had PLENTY of talent on the field. You can make the excuses for players leaving the program and change of style offensively but its still Florida. No reason for Florida to be on a four game losing streak. The streak boils down to coaching or lack there of.

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Stats & Facts!

The remarkable stats re: the dirty birds are:
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PA (points allowed)
The birds have allowed 168 -vs- the saints & buccaneers @ 189.
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So kudos to the improved D-Line play and prime-time Grimes! Also:
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Division Wins:
The birds 4-3
The saints 2-3
The bucs 3-3
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The Conf Wins:
The birds & saints are 1-1
The bucs are: 0-1/2?

Anyway, that’s make take on remaining optimistic about the trend upwards!

Let’s Go Falcons!

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Tech wins, UGA wins, which makes this proud tax payer prouder.

By the way, I consider myself a mall partial owner of the 2 colleges just because I pay my fair share of taxes to make the 2 colleges functional.

Hopefully my hometown team Tech will beat UGA. Tech can score, now they can defend. Fear Tech.

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This Dawg team is for real. They will beat auburn and tech easily and upset lsu in the title game. Take the points and win the money—the Dawgs will win the SEC!

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Bob,

Exactly, and critics point ot the opponents UGA has played during the winning streak. Well that was how it unfolded this year and all they can do is play the schedule layed out before them. This team could have easily nose dived the season after starting 0-2 and little credit is given to this coaching staff for not allowing that. On top of keeping the team together CMR and company have ran the table since then. That is a credit to CMR’s leadership of this program. I commend them for the work they have put in thus far.

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* Anyway, that’s MY take on remaining optimistic …

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HT, the only addition to next years schedule is Alabama. That is a tougher opponent, than one Mississippi team coming off, but it is just one game, and UGA will be better next year than thus year.

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Mark Bradley you can find positive in all that’s refreshing these days.And when you do mention something negative you do it in a CLASSY way.You have been one of my favorite sports writters!! the state of GA. has alot to be thankful for.Richt is making the necessary adjustments to compete with the SEC powers.Paul J. is hard as a rock, smart as a fox and will always find a way to beat you! He reminds me of V.Dooley & THE ERK.UGA is starting to get that edge. GrantHam is showing the way with his HAMMERS “the defense” I don’t understand why UGA hasn’t a special teams coach? Maybe budget cuts etc.I do understand that in past years UGA would tire in the latter part of the game.Using there starters on spec. teams wasn’t wooking either.UGA is building the depth thats needed. the conditioning is awhole better!!!!!!!!! Now they are playing Georgia Football.It’s great the Braves are at a point where not making the playoffs is a let down. I can remember an above 500 season was considered a good season.The Hawks are a team you have to play against & win to be considered a top team in the NBA.We are very blessed but spoiled to have the teams we have in the state of GA.All colleges want our student athletes.Everyone enjoys beating our teams.WE ARE THE MEASURING STICK!!!!! For the upcoming and the ones who want to stay there. SICK EM It would be great if we could keep all our Athletes at home ? I’m a HUGE Bulldog Fan but you are right their are plenty of those in question THE SAD THING IS THEY NOT A CLUE HOW MUCH THEY HURT RECRUITING WHEN THEY KEEP CALLING TO FIRE RICHT. As TRUE Fans let’s help keep our players at HOME.The top notch players are border line right now not knowing whether Richt will be there next year let’s quit beating him down!! It’s not fare to him & his family or UGA.

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BRAVES TRADE LOWE TO CLEVELAND

OH HAPPY DAY!!!

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I’ll make the UGA faithful very happy, you beat a horrible Florida team with a nitwit coach who shouldn’t even be a head coach, and oh yeah, you had to come from two touchdowns down to do it. Now doesn’t that make you very warm inside?

The Jackets need to stay focused for the remaining three games. All can be won, and all can be lost!!

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BobDawg….I like it. Florida does have talent and they will get better. That’s why it’s best not to change coaches unless absolutely necessary.

Herschel – you’re not….Talker you are…but your points are pointless. Quit being a poser and go root for your own team…whoever that may “bee”.

DAWGBONE79

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Isn’t Muschamp a defensive Guru?

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I was told the Georgia coach’s had the presser of Muschamp “guaranteeing ” a win over Georgia playing on a continuous loop on the TV’s in the locker room all week.

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we are happy with the win but extremely disappointed by the offense and special teams performance. Florida is not that good. probably they will lose to Vandy this week.
Georgia has major issues on offense and special teams
Bobo is mediocre at best, he doesn’t know his own players
Walsh and Butler both played terrible! what the heck happened to them
especially Walsh, someting is going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I’ll be smiling all year.

Go DAWGS!

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i am your only hope.

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Cold Water on Bradley’s sudden Lovefest with Tech and UGA:
Dabo and Clemson have 4 Quality Wins(Auburn, FSU, VA Tech, UNC) this Year over teams with winning records.
Richt has 0 Quality Wins this year and Johnson and Tech have 2(Clemson & UNC).
Just Saying….

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Check out Bianchi’s article on the Gators, Ouch!

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-bianchi-florida-georgia-1030-20111029,0,6125786.column

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Muschamp had florida looking at replays of the 2007 so much they forget to prepare for the game! the motivation thing didn’t work—florida got owned. Fla will be down for a long time–they have no talent and some weak coaches. Ga is the new big horse in the SEC!!!

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Zbull….surely NO recruit bases his decision on this silly blog…

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You are funny Dawginatruck.

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Truth, I’ll tell ya what. My name nor my participation on a UGA blog won’t be changed by wins or losses and you won’t find me on another team’s blog except to say congratulations. The same can’t be said for you.

Haters hate;
Dawgs dominate!

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I dont know what your talking about Mark, the DAWGS win over Florida was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! I am still celebrating!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!! AND GO HOGS this wknd!!!!!!

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Dawgs are smokin’? Great to have a victory over the Gators, but let’s not jump the gun here. Long way to go before we can go around acting like world beaters. The only thing really that should be on fire is the special teams’ playbook. IF they even have one.

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Let’s go Falcons…

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UGA Insider, I think Bobo called a pretty good game against UF…Murray was just inaccurate at times.

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Speaking of the Dawgs, I am happy for the turnaround. You can’t be a top 5 team every year. Teams go through down times and the Dawgs are in it. They will be back soon enough. I’m just happy they have won 6 out of 8 games after last years disappointing season. Now if they win their remaining games and the bowl game, then that would be a great season. I don’t think any team will beat the winner of this Saturdays national champion game between LSU and Alabama. Those teams look like pro teams playing high school teams each week.

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Yeah I love CMR. But it’s apparent that alot of NFL teams do too. He’s an exceptional recruiter. The guy knows talented players, even if we can’t play too “special’.

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Before I’d get all excited about extending Richt’s contract because of a 4 point win over FL as one blogger suggests, I think I’d wait till after the SEC Championship game provided he makes it there. Winning the East won’t mean a lot after Saban/Miles(take your pick) beats him like a drum on national TV.

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Dawgs still don’t have a win over a team with a wining record. New Mexico this week. Another laugher. Give the AD credit for the easy schedule. Auburn and Tech on the horizon, things are going to get sticky. But Richt is safe. 4 or 5 losses is considered good in Dawg Patch.

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Ga beats Auburn and tech like a rented mule. Tech has 1 big win over an overrated clemson team and auburn’s offense is terrible. Dawgs v. Alabama — SEC title!!!

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So, Mark, doesn’t changing direction on which team is great so fast hurt your neck? Last week the Jackets were terrible – the first 6 games all an illusion — now, we are great again? Dabo was the second coming a week ago, now he’s dirt. The Dogs couldn’t beat Fl with a stick but now deserve #18. Looks like you just float with whoever looks good at the moment.
But thanks for the bulletin board material over the last 2 weeks — I’m sure it helped get the Jackets fired up for Saturday.

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Damn..all the shots we should all be happy. Florida looses DILBO SWINER is taken down a notch and the Falcons look pretty damn good.

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DO YOU REMEMBER 70S AND 80S WHEN GA DID NOT LOSE

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look back at the ga fl game its time for a chang

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Look…. We will see you again Clemson in the acc championship…. I have lots of respect for the tigers & little for the rednecks in Athens. Go Jackets!!!

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Herschel Talker – do you even go to the games? The last thing I thought about at Everbank Stadium, driving back to Jax Beach and later hanging with all my Georgia friends who made the trip was posting on a stupid blog. Hell, I did not even read any AJC articles until this evening. What the Dawg Nation needs is for ignorant A-holes like you to go away and shut the hell up. Mark Richt is a very good coach and just what Georgia needs. You think Saban is going to come to UGA? Maybe you can pay him the $10 mil a year he would want just to think about a switch. Unless you have given millions to the Hartman Fund (go look it up, I am sure you have no idea what that is) over the years, again, shut the hell up. Mark Richt has two SEC Championships, three SEC East titles, 7 top 10 finishes, 2 top 3 finishes, 102 victories in less than 11 years, 2 Sugar Bowl Championships in 3 appearance, and is 7-3 in bowl appearances. Georgia is a program on the rise again. These are cyclical. Mark Richt will get his chance at a NC again and he will bring home SEC titles again and maybe even will do it this year. A lot of our woes in 2009 and 2010 were a result of early departures for the NFL. This is also a young team. And, the problems with the coaching staff have been addressed. And, tougher schedule next year? Again, if you actually knew anything about the program you would know it is no harder next year. We drop Boise for the opener and add Alabama who will lose many players this year to the NFL. Another open weekend before Florida. UT and Tech in Athens. UGA will have a chance for a very special season next year.

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Congrats to Tech on a great game. I was pulling for y’all. Just a stellar overall effort.

A little-known kernel of truth hidden in all of this: Georgia’s full-strength defense is so good that it can keep them in the game against anyone–including LSU and Alabama. If the special teams meltdowns can be rectified (Georgia has given up big punt and/or kickoff returns and/or fake punts for big yardage which either scored or set up scores against Boise State, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and Florida, and has had shanked or blocked punts and missed chip shot field goals against almost everyone), the Dawgs could have a shot against either of the two big boys from the West. The offense is diversified and talented, although depth is an issue, and the D is as good as they come (seventh nationally in total defense, first nationally in third-down conversions, etc).

The Georgia-Georgia Tech game this year will be a classic “irresistable force against immovable object” battle–the Tech running game against the Georgia run defense. Should be a great one–and I add my voice to the chorus about wanting to see two division champs squaring off at Grant Field the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Go Dawgs and Go Jackets!

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How ’bout them North Avenue Nerds!!! U GO NERDS!! Bet U want some Dawg meat!!

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I just want to know whats going on with UGA’s special teams?! Every week we give up a big play on either a punt return, kick return, or blocked punt! This is not acceptable!

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