UGA’s turnaround year began with a nudge from AD McGarity
Greg McGarity: Sounding the right tone at the right time. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
A different athletic director might have done too much, or too little. Greg McGarity got it right. He met with Mark Richt at the beginning of the first workweek of 2011 and, rather than make demands, McGarity asked a question.
“It was not adversarial or confrontational,” said McGarity of the meeting. “It was heart-to-heart. I asked him, ‘What do you need to get the job done?’ ”
When McGarity gets around to writing his book on management, that deft twist surely will be Chapter 1 — how to make a salient point without pounding the table. By asking Richt what he required, McGarity assured his coach that he and his input were indeed valued, but sent the message that more was expected.
Sure enough, more has arrived. Richt has presided over 10 consecutive victories and an SEC East championship, and this Saturday his Bulldogs will play for their first SEC title since 2005. Credit the coaches and the players, and credit the AD as well. McGarity supported Richt publicly at a time when administrative waffling could have undermined the program, but in-house he delivered a push so gentle as to seem the merest nudge.
A Bulldog born and bred, McGarity apprenticed in Georgia’s athletic department under Dan Magill and Vince Dooley, but it was in his time away that he grasped the ways and means of a cutting-edge athletic department. “It really hit home at Florida,” said McGarity, who worked as Jeremy Foley’s Gator aide-de-camp for nearly two decades. “Jeremy’s attitude toward all his teams is that being mediocre is unacceptable.”
When McGarity was appointed Georgia’s AD in August 2010, some wondered how this famously nice guy would handle Richt, who’s himself a nice guy but whose record had begun to slip. On cue, Georgia went 6-7 in McGarity’s first season back in Athens, the final indignity being delivered on New Year’s Eve in a dreary Liberty Bowl loss to Central Florida.
Said McGarity: “That was not a very good day. That was not a very good night. I don’t think anybody around the program slept very well. But we used it as a positive. We said we weren’t ever going to go back to that. That wasn’t Georgia football.”
The Liberty Bowl was on a Saturday. By the time McGarity and Richt met, rumors were flying that the AD had seen enough and was prepared to fire his coach. Said McGarity: “That was not even on the radar. It would not have been fair. I’d just started the Monday of the first game of the season. It wouldn’t have been fair to him or the institution or the players.”
Over those four months on the job, McGarity said, he chose “to sit back and look and listen and learn. There would be a right time for a discussion with Mark, but it’s hard to do that during the season because you’re always focusing on the next game.”
When Georgia’s first losing season under Richt was done, McGarity shared his thoughts but let Richt talk, too. “Being accessible is so important, and it goes both ways,” McGarity said. “Me to him and him to me.”
McGarity’s key observation: Richt needed to free himself of all administrative work that could be delegated. “Mark has talked about ’studying the game,’ ” McGarity said. “I call it ‘coaching ball.’ I wanted him to get back to what made him successful, to being a creative offensive mind. And you see him back in the meeting rooms [where game plans are concocted].”
As part of his “studies,” Richt visited Falcons coach Mike Smith in Flowery Branch, and Smith suggested a book — “The Energy Bus,” by Jon Gordon. “On the bus” became Richt’s rallying cry for 2011, and two of those soon ushered off were Washaun Ealey and Caleb King, Georgia’s leading holdover rushers. Perhaps not coincidentally, a summer passed without a player arrest.
For all that, the season began with Georgia losing to Boise State and South Carolina. Here again McGarity served his coach well, offering support and counseling patience. But did he really foresee such a complete reversal after 0-2?
“I thought it was probably 50-50. It wasn’t to the point that people were jumping off the ship. Inside the building it was, ‘We can only control this week.’ ”
The AD’s verdict on this season: “What has happened since the first two games has been very satisfying. It’s what we all hoped would happen.”
Does “very satisfying” mean Greg McGarity is satisfied? Not quite. “I hope to have a Dream Team every year,” he said. “That’s what the best teams do. We’ve got to back that up with another great recruiting year.”
Another nudge, deftly delivered.
By Mark Bradley
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DawgEd
November 30th, 2011
2:27 pm
foist
DawgEd
November 30th, 2011
2:29 pm
In retrospect, based on how McGarity has handled things thus far, that embarrassing DUI of his predecessor may have been the best thing for the UGA athletic dept.
Mark Bradley
November 30th, 2011
2:30 pm
Kudos, DawgEd.
RichtOWNStech
November 30th, 2011
2:30 pm
Dawgs 17, LSU 14 – causing Verne Lundquist to have heart palpitations leaving the GEORGIA Dome!
Brad Clontz
November 30th, 2011
2:34 pm
JARED!!!!!!!!!
LawDawg
November 30th, 2011
2:37 pm
Things are going well in Athens. Even if we lose to LSU (which would be far from surprising) and lose a bowl game (which I do not think will happen unless sugar falls from the sky), UGA is on the right track for next year. Add one good RB and a couple of top-tier OL and we should be stout next year.
Scott in Huntsville
November 30th, 2011
2:39 pm
I’m a Tech fan, but I still hope you beat LSU and beat them badly.
bugsquacher
November 30th, 2011
2:39 pm
dawgs by 7 on saturday.
bugsquacher
November 30th, 2011
2:40 pm
munson and erk says its in the cards.
Macclenny_man
November 30th, 2011
2:40 pm
Let’s Go Dawgs!!! Crowell time 2 man up!!!
DawginAR
November 30th, 2011
2:40 pm
Honestly, with all the nonsense and disturbing things going on in college athletics right now, we should be ecstatic to have both a coach like Richt and an intelligent, common sense guy like McGarity leading things. This truly feels like the early days of Richt’s tenure. Hopefully, much more to come!
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
2:41 pm
I think McGarity is astute enough to realize that the softness of the schedule also has played a big part in the “turnaround” this year. When LSU destroys UGA on Saturday the reality of it will hit home.
steve
November 30th, 2011
2:42 pm
Any way you look at it things in athens are on the up & up, Good article MB
Mark Bradley
November 30th, 2011
2:43 pm
Thanks much, steve.
Hail Munson
November 30th, 2011
2:43 pm
Dawgs Fans, I don’t want to jinx the game, but as a tribute to the great Larry Munson, we should all bring some sUGAr cubes with us to the game to toss up in the air when the Dawgs win. Please repost this on Facebook/Twitter and get the word out, and lets make that sUGAr fall from the sky! GO DAWGS!!!
bitter dawgs fan
November 30th, 2011
2:44 pm
the departure of “red panties”—-D. evans——was the knife out of coach richts back
———thank the ga. state patrol———–just saying——-PS—turd roll lives in cave —-tuskaloosa area
J-Dawg
November 30th, 2011
2:44 pm
I must admit that I as an Avid dawg and Richt supporter, even I was ready to see CMR get out. But our AD saw the future and handled it all with great leadership and poise. I do believe in our program and we needed to get rid of the energy vampires such as ealey and king. the future is so bright we gotta wear shades baby! Go Dawgs! RIP Larry….
steve
November 30th, 2011
2:45 pm
Now dont let it go to your head HAHA
Gamecocks win SEC!
November 30th, 2011
2:45 pm
So if Georgia beats LSU, seems like only one team is fit to be crowned SEC champ and it’s not the one from Athens. You gotta look to the head to head SEC results, which means South Carolina is your champ, right? They will be the only SEC team with a win over the Doggies, if the AJC cheerleaders can will the local boys to a win over the mean kids from Baton Rouge. If the Doggies beat LSU and Richt is handed the SEC trophy, it will be the biggest travesty since poor Washy Ealey was forced to take a pay cut.
Mark Bradley
November 30th, 2011
2:45 pm
Too late, Steve.
WE BETTER.
November 30th, 2011
2:45 pm
29th!!!
Ringleader
November 30th, 2011
2:46 pm
The Dogs still showed up for Boise totally unprepared. No game plan, no respect for the short passing game, no modifications to the defense. The special teams looked pitiful. No wonder the stands began to vacate so soon. It was after this pitiful game that the coaches began to work and do their jobs.
GO Dogs…….
Bob LaBlah
November 30th, 2011
2:47 pm
All emotions aside, SSIgator has spoken the truth.
Destin Dawg
November 30th, 2011
2:47 pm
SSIgator… Mcgarity was astute enough to leave Fla. ( like Meyer ).. reality will hit home for Fla.. next year.. I mean just look at Crazy Will Muschamp and obese Charlie Weis.. recruits jumping ship..
bitter dawgs fan
November 30th, 2011
2:47 pm
a gator fan showed his face——–learn how to win again before you attempt to move to the
—————————front of the bus————-rep–tail
T-Town Dawgs
November 30th, 2011
2:49 pm
SSIgator, I’m just glad we will be there and have the opportunity to be destroyed as opposed to sitting home like your Gators.
GFF
November 30th, 2011
2:49 pm
Bottomline, I TRUST Georgia’s athletic programs in Greg McGarity’s hands.
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
2:50 pm
Of course McGarity gets some credit. He makes the schedule, right?
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
2:50 pm
“Mark has talked about ’studying the game”
I am surprised that McGarity did not fall out of his chair when Richt told him that one. After all of these years of trying to be a football coach he just then figuered out that he better “study” the game of football? What was he doing before? Using a ouija board?
Steve
November 30th, 2011
2:50 pm
I think this game is gonna be won or lost based on the play of our O-line , If they can keep Murray upright and open a hole here and there for our tailback i think we can pull one out
Dirty Dawg
November 30th, 2011
2:50 pm
As DawgEd said, I think we owe that Atlanta policeman one for pulling that car over on Roswell Road that night…having Mr. McGarity at the helm will mean Georgia’s at, and will remain, at a high level and not willing to ’settle’ for anything close to mediocrity.
Old Dawg
November 30th, 2011
2:51 pm
Muschamp D.C. ( not H.C. )at Texas going down hill.. .. Weis worst N.D. coach ever got fired.. good luck ??
MrDan
November 30th, 2011
2:51 pm
Thanks for the op-ed Mark. And thanks to Greg McGarity for bringing Jeremy Foley’s attitude to the table: mediocrity will not be tolerated. Considering the amount of money schools are spending on athletics today, nothing but the best in efforts from everyone top down and bottom up should be expected.
J-Dawg
November 30th, 2011
2:53 pm
GT Bob, the ACC is your soft schedule…. go back to the library, Nerd! 10 out 0f 11 ouch!
Terrible Truth
November 30th, 2011
2:54 pm
Fire Andy Landers, McGarity. Haven’t had any use for him since he said a few years ago it wasn’t important that he win a national title. 15-20 programs have surpassed them since, let him sit on a poarch somewhere and slick that hair back with his hands, seems that’s the only thing he’s good at nowadays.
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
2:54 pm
T-Town Dawgs -
You must like to sit and watch train wrecks also.
SSIDAWG
November 30th, 2011
2:54 pm
SSIGator…Maybe the gators will be soft again next year on our schedule. How many first downs did yall have in the second half?
Dr. Phil
November 30th, 2011
2:55 pm
McGarity is quite a change from Evans, who was Adams’ puppet. McGarity won’t dance for Adams, andt at this point, Adams will not badger him. Remember, Adams would have not part of McGarity earlier. Certainly it was McGarity who put his foot down on the arrests and behavior issues, and that is likely the difference in this team and the last few years.
Destin Dawg
November 30th, 2011
2:56 pm
McGarity huge improvement over D. Evans.. Grantham huge improvement over Martinez.. plus Lakatos, Olivadotti, Friend… great future with all the problems at Fla. Tenn. Auburn etc.. SEC East champs next couple years.
ARdawg
November 30th, 2011
2:59 pm
Wahhhh Wahhhhh Wahhhhh softness of the schedule Wahhhhhh Georgia won 10 straight Wahhhhhh
The cry of losers
vdunkndunk
November 30th, 2011
2:59 pm
I was just about ready to jump ship after last year and the 0-2 start (even though I’ve always liked and respected Richt and hoped he would pull it out), and from the outside looking in I feel like McGarity did a lot to help get things moving in the right direction. Now I’m ready to extend Richt and Grantham, bring in another top 10 recruiting class this year, and continue our strong start on next year’s class.
ATL Fan
November 30th, 2011
3:00 pm
One good thing about being heavy underdogs, if you lose, no big deal. If you win, wow that was not expected.
It’ll be interesting how the recruiting angle plays out. UGA could use another good recruiting class to get in the National Championship conversation.
Chinese Bandits strike again
November 30th, 2011
3:00 pm
LSU 38, UGA 10
In other words… Beatdown City.
T-Town Dawgs
November 30th, 2011
3:00 pm
SSI, so you’re telling me you are happy that the Gators are sitting home because you wouldn’t want to see them get destroyed by LSU? You would rather have your team sitting home than at least have a shot at an upset. You sir, are full of ..it!
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
3:01 pm
Another nudge would help as well. McGarity should not give Richt an early contract extension this year. Wait and see how the next 2 years play out.
Destin Dawg
November 30th, 2011
3:01 pm
Go Dawgs… Beat LSU !!
DILLIGAF
November 30th, 2011
3:01 pm
I agree, nice job with this story Mark.
I’m proud of Coach Richt and his entire staff, proud of the players, especially the seniors for being able to stay on the “bus” and have an impressive season. I don’t care what anyone says about strength of schedule, 10 straight wins including is impressive and even more gratifying with wins over UT, UF, AU and GT in one season.
It’s good to be a GA Bulldog!
If the Dogs can establish a running game and the OL can control the line of scrimmage and pass block, special teams play well and the team plays relative penalty and mistake free ball, then I like their chances against LSU. These guys are extremely focused and know what’s at stake.
Hunker Down You Hairy Dawgs!
UGA/85′
GATA!
piermontdawgny
November 30th, 2011
3:03 pm
dawgs win 43-31
david
November 30th, 2011
3:03 pm
for the love of humanity –give it up gtboob. We have seen your comments for months now regarding the schedule– ITS PART OF LIFE– THE ROTATING SEC SCHEDULE. I know if we could drop tech and add a decent team our sos would improve but probably wont happen. 1 w every decade isnt bad though.
Destin Dawg
November 30th, 2011
3:04 pm
UGA 31 LSU 28
Bama Mike
November 30th, 2011
3:05 pm
Looks like a slow day. ” What do you need to get the job done ” Real cutting edge leadership there. The getting on or off the bus concept comes from our good friends at Enron who labled it “Rank and Yank” Strongest stays and weakest are removed. Only problem is it creats constant turnover. .
Hankie Aron
November 30th, 2011
3:05 pm
SSIgator- I know it hurts. I’ll pray for you.
Hankie Aron
November 30th, 2011
3:06 pm
Seeing the Gators self-destruct and the Dawgs back in the SEC Championship
Ugh
November 30th, 2011
3:06 pm
This season may be fool’s gold for all anyone knows.
Just as it was prudent after 2010 to give Richt one more year to fix the program, so too should it be to see how 2012 goes before declaring the program “cured”.
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
November 30th, 2011
3:07 pm
SSIGator, I looked at the Fla schedule. Thank god for the 7 patsies on your schedule. Heck ya’ll even beat 6 of them. You are sinking to the bottom of the swamp, where you belong.
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
3:08 pm
T-Town Dawgs -
Hey, in case you don’t follow the game, UF already got mugged by LSU and others. Not happy at all that they did so poorly this year, but reality is what it is. Some how reality seems to escape the UGA fans that think because they have won ten in a row they are now in the same class as LSU, Alabama, etc. The Grim Reaper will be making a call on UGA Saturday night.
Deep ball
November 30th, 2011
3:10 pm
GTBob is right…first thing to do to make the schedule harder…drop the nerds! They’re killing our strength of schedule!
murfdawg
November 30th, 2011
3:11 pm
I thought we looked unprepared against Boise. I thought we had forgotten how to win against USC. In my mind, the only way CMR could save his job was by winning the SECEast. I never thought we would win 10 in a row. I’m glad things have turned around look forward to many more years of CMR.
Hankie Aron
November 30th, 2011
3:11 pm
I heard Driskell might be transferring. They’ll be back, those gators, but it’s gonna be awhile.
Matt
November 30th, 2011
3:12 pm
Sign Ricth and Grantham to extensions and watch the recruits flock.
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
3:13 pm
SSIDAWG -
I don’t know, but I am sure if you go to gatorzone.com you can find all of the stats you want.
LawDawg
November 30th, 2011
3:17 pm
True story, GTBob. We scheduled an absolute cupcake for the final regular season game to pad our wins.
Perhaps....
November 30th, 2011
3:17 pm
The only reason LSU is undefeated and Bama only has one loss is because they avoided UGA this year.
RCB
November 30th, 2011
3:18 pm
Mr. Bradley should ask for an invitation to the next meeting as he seems like one of the guys now. Mr. Richt won’t mind.
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
3:19 pm
GT Bob, the ACC is your soft schedule…. go back to the library, Nerd! 10 out 0f 11 ouch!
Yeah yeah. Who is UGA’s signature win this year? Auburn? Or is it Vandy?
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
3:19 pm
Matt -
“Sign Ricth and Grantham to extensions and watch the recruits flock”
And flock they will – to other schools. High school kids may be young, but even they can see reality of what happened with UGA this year. UGA – Home of the Ten Win (but no titles) Football.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:20 pm
Other than Boise and SC (Loss 1 and Loss 2), the schedule was as week as the one you dogs accuse Ohio State of playing.
New Mexico State in the middle of the season? Pulease.
Nail-biter and a “season saving” win over Vanderbilt? Pulease.
Tennesee – crapola
FLA – crapola
Auburn – crapola
Kentucky – crapola
You dogs are gonna have your collective quivering tails between your legs before the sun sets in Saturday.
Go ahead, wallow in you own delusional self-worth.
Sic this……………wuf wuf wuf.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:21 pm
1981 was a very good year LAST FREAKIN’ CENTURY
.
November 30th, 2011
3:21 pm
SSIgator — Sadly, the highlight of your crap season is trolling UGA related blogs the week they play for the championship. Meanwhile, your Gators are sitting in Gainesville picking their noses and watching Judge Judy.
It is obvious that you are really hurting — oh well — deal with it.
tdawg
November 30th, 2011
3:21 pm
As a dawg fan I think some of you have been smoking a little too much. Anyone who thinks we will put up more than 21 is being unrealistic. LSU wont be able to do much better though against Georgia so i think it will be a relatively low scoring game, but not as low as the Alabama-LSU game
LawDawg
November 30th, 2011
3:22 pm
UGA may have had a fairly weak schedule and we may be totally exposed against LSU (which has happened to every team they faced other than Bama), but you cannot deny that but for 3 Murray TOs and falling asleep at the switch against a fake punt, we dominated USC and we were in the game against BSU until Ogletree got hurt and was replaced by a true-damn-freshman.
We may not be as good as 10 wins in a row, but we are a young team in the second year of a new defense and we are much, much better than the team that played Boise in the dome. I’m not predicting a win against LSU, but UGA is not simply a product of the schedule.
Then again, the people saying otherwise are a bunch or bitter, sad UF and GT trolls who have nothing positive to look forward to and envy UGA.
DC
November 30th, 2011
3:22 pm
I’m loving this…MB building all you UGA fans up…to see your hearts crushed this saturday…..”CANT WAIT!!”
PS congrats on the winning streak..backs against the wall and UGA came out on top..even if it was against sub par schools including my AU school this year..
Bama Mike
November 30th, 2011
3:22 pm
Perhaps you mean why Georgia doesnt have 3 losses right. I thought so. Have you looked at the Dawgs schedule next year. Only one land mind preventing you from running the table at that is at South Carolina. Dawgs scheduled to play Alabama in Tuscaloosa but looks like that will be cancelled out with Missouri coming to Athens instead. Good times ahead.
Murphy
November 30th, 2011
3:23 pm
Im glad the Dawgs were able to click off 10 in a row but I still believe we need to make a statement on Saturday that this program has returned to the National Level of College football importance.Beating LSU would really validate the job McGarity and Richt along with all the other coaches and players have done this year.This is Richts statement game and A BIG STATEMENT NEEDS TO BE MADE!!!! Go Dawgs!! GATA
LawDawg
November 30th, 2011
3:24 pm
GTBob: You have so little respect for your own team that you think a team that beat you stinks? Weren’t you the one guaranteeing a win last week? Your jealousy is simply pathetic. Are Tech fans so miserable that you cannot just wait to comment on a GT story?
You remind me of my son when he was a toddler and would much rather have negative attention from his betters than have no attention at all. Act like an adult and go comment on a Tech story.
.
November 30th, 2011
3:25 pm
GTBob — Meanwhile, the misery and mediocrity continues among the Maggot faithful. Sucks to be you. Like SSIgator, it looks like you are just going to have learn to deal with it, while you vicariously live through the efforts of LSU and other teams who actually compete in meaingful way and are relevant in the world of CFB.
BMDPD
November 30th, 2011
3:25 pm
Please read…. It will open your eyes a bit….
http://www.dawgsports.com/2011/11/29/2599517/lsu-vs-uga-the-tell-of-the-tape
OkieDawg
November 30th, 2011
3:25 pm
Life is good. My team is in the SECCG. And we are not on POBATION. And our coach does not teach Chop-Blocks. And we have a beautiful stadium on a beautiful campus in a great college town. AND, well I won’t go on and on.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:25 pm
I’ll check with Urban and see if we can free up the Little Sisters of the Poor for you for next year’s Homecoming!
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
Buckeye -
Hope Urban does well at OSU. He certainly did alot for us at UF. Just remember he is one of the new breed “mercenary” coaches ala Saban, Miles, Petrino, etc. I don’t have any problem with that, but don’t be shocked if he moves on after awhile. Remember, he at one time said that ND was his dream job.
Had enough
November 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
The best Ad Georgia has ever had.
Supes
November 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
I see we have an Ohio fan here trolling….shouldn’t you be trolling Michigan boards and or forums…no wait you can’t do that…looks like someone is losing their grip on the BIG 10. Suckeye!
LawDawg
November 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
Good point SSIGator. UGA held on to Richt and Grantham after last year and we watched all of our recruits flock to other schools. We ended up, what, 55th nationally in recruiting? Oh, that’s right. The opposite. You really are a sad mess of a human being if trolling UGA fans is how you spend your time. Go make friends, take a walk, start a fundraising drive for the next Cam Newton. Something other than this pathetic existence you live now.
Murphy
November 30th, 2011
3:28 pm
@Buckeye,
You ready for the Gator Bowl and another loss to the SEC? Them Buckeyes are racking up quite the losing streak to the SEC!!!
ARdawg
November 30th, 2011
3:28 pm
Does anyone even pay attention to this Buckeye dope? Buckeye, why do you post? What could you possibly have to state that could be relevant to anything? I heard you got a new coach to replace your cheating one *snicker* Good Luck with him
Had enough
November 30th, 2011
3:29 pm
Ohio state is crapola, Buckeye.
blue
November 30th, 2011
3:30 pm
GT Bob; I’m not even a UGA ‘fan’, but even an unbiased observer can say “really, GT Bob? The schedule was scheduled at the beginning of 2011…McGarity set the schedule??”. TARD…
Supes
November 30th, 2011
3:31 pm
Remember, it’s Ohio now…Michigan’s head coach got that one right! The Ohio Suckeyes!!!
Remarkable
November 30th, 2011
3:31 pm
McGarity needs to nudge MR to let Bobo become the quarterbacks coach and go get a real Offensive Coordinator. Then I will be fully on the bandwagon.
DILLIGAF
November 30th, 2011
3:32 pm
Buckeye:
“Who’s holdin’ for after the game?”
Who’s holding what? This isn’t Ohio, we don’t play that stuff around here.
Get back to work now, the drive thru is backing up.
UGA’85′
GATA!
coloradobulldog
November 30th, 2011
3:33 pm
UGA 24 Miss St 10
LSU 19 Miss St 6
Bama 24 Miss St 7
UGA 45 Auburn 7
LSU 45 Auburn 10
Bama 42 Auburn 14
SEC Fact Finder
November 30th, 2011
3:34 pm
Just a question one of my employess just asked me.
Can you really call it a true “turnaround” when according to the BCS polls you are the 5th best team in the conference?
I guess it depends. I see it both ways. I think the game this weekend will answer that question better.
blue
November 30th, 2011
3:35 pm
piermontdawgny 3:03 pm :dawgs win 43-31
Really? Just HOW do you expect that UGA (or ANY team) is going to score 43 points on a defense that never gave up more than 27 to the likes of the offenses of Oregon, West Virginia, Alabama and Arkansas. Really? Your offense is that much better than all of those teams? LOL
Les no Smiles
November 30th, 2011
3:36 pm
GEAUX DEAUXGZ!! Block and tackle dem cocky kittys! I guarontee…..
Dawg48
November 30th, 2011
3:37 pm
If McGarity ask again…………
Tell him we need to give granthem and friend a raise!
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:37 pm
SSI,
Personally, I’m not yet sold on Urban. No doubt has the coaching chops but he comes off to me as too much of a “me” guy, not a “team” guy.
Good times ahead in Columbus and our basketball team trounced Duke last night.
Hope we play each other in the Fickel-coached Gator Bowl. I was just in SSI over Thanksgiving and may be worth a return trip come Jan. 2.
BMDPD
November 30th, 2011
3:38 pm
SEC Fact Finder, did you read the link above…
http://www.dawgsports.com/2011/11/29/2599517/lsu-vs-uga-the-tell-of-the-tape
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
3:38 pm
Buckeye, you forgot my fries. Hurry up, mama’s waiting
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
3:38 pm
blue -
Don’t muddle up the blog with facts. Same for you SEC Fact Finder. All it does is confuse the UGA fans.
WnE
November 30th, 2011
3:39 pm
As of the 30th of November, GT’s schedule is the 66th toughest in the country.
UGA’s is the 39th toughest schedule in the country.
Before you come on blogs and comment GTBoob, you might want to follow CFB a little bit.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:39 pm
SSI,
I’m not yet sold on Urban – too much of a “me” guy.
Mike Shula
November 30th, 2011
3:40 pm
I had 10 wins in 2005.
Of course, I also got canned in 2006.
RTR!!!
MG
November 30th, 2011
3:40 pm
I’m not really sure why you Dawgs keep saying UGA ‘dominated’ SC. When it comes down to it, UGA only had 41 more yards than SC and there was only a 2 minute differential in time of possession. UGA didn’t give the game away, SC simply took it by executing better when it counted in UGA’s backyard. What UGA did to GT and what SC did to Clemson this past week was domination. Either way, congrats to the Dawgs for doing what they had to do to get to the Dome this year. Good luck against LSU this weekend.
Murphy
November 30th, 2011
3:41 pm
@coloradobulldog,
Good stuff my friend!!!
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:41 pm
dilligaf
Nice name, by the way.
Ask Mr. “I failed a drug test and I’m no longer annointed”. He’ll know who’s holdin’.
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
3:43 pm
Bama Mike,
Balaama definitely has a good team but it looks like rough waters may be ahead for the tide. Rumors that Saban will go to Texas or even to the (NFL) Jaguars will set you program back a bit. And even if he doesn’t leave the promise of the NCAA to ‘tighten up’ on oversigning will hurt a little. It’s rumored that Kirby Smart might be taking a head coach job, but some say that will not effect your program. What do U think?
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
3:43 pm
GTBob: You have so little respect for your own team that you think a team that beat you stinks? Weren’t you the one guaranteeing a win last week?
I don’t think UGA stinks. I just think they haven’t done anything special and should have won the games that they won. People like to talk about some miraculous comeback when really they just didn’t lose to any bad teams. And no, I never guaranteed a victory for GT nor did I think we would win that game.
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
3:44 pm
Buckeye -
He is certainly a “me” guy. Actually, more like a control freak, much like Saban. But on the other hand, he will give it 110% while he is there.
old dog
November 30th, 2011
3:44 pm
Buckeyes vs. SEC teams again? Oh yeah; they finally won one! Hopefully UGA will get another stud back. I know I’ve “dawged” Crowell, but he was taking him self out BEFORE injuries and BEFORE he was gassed……he was taking himself out once he go popped, which is something our “little” guys did not do. A lineman or two and a back woh doesn’t bail to the sidelines upon contact with a light breeze and we will be a force next year…..go Dogs!!
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:45 pm
Murphy,
Let’s hope we see the match up in the Gator bowl. I want to see Muschamp’s head explode on National TV and watch Ol’ Chubbo Weiss swoop in like a vulture to lap up the road kill.
In the meatime, be proud of your new SEC. The Big 2, and the rest.
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
3:45 pm
WnE, are you still pretending to be a Tech fan or have you finally accepted that everyone knows that you are a UGA fan? Have you harassed any of our recruits lately?
BMDPD
November 30th, 2011
3:45 pm
Don’t forget LSU did not face Brantley at UF (Brisset who sucked) or Bray at UT….If you want to compare defensive stats that is!
brad
November 30th, 2011
3:46 pm
buckeye….who is Ohio State playing this weekend???
GTBob….who is Ga Tech playing this weekend???
SSIgator…who is Florida playing this weekend???
BMDPD
November 30th, 2011
3:46 pm
Doubters, please read….
http://www.dawgsports.com/2011/11/29/2599517/lsu-vs-uga-the-tell-of-the-tape
Mr. Originality
November 30th, 2011
3:46 pm
Buckeye is such unique and well thought-out name. I was going to go with Dawg so everyone would know I’m a big fan!!!!
Before you talk about our players being suspended for 1 game, know that we have the strictest policy on drug related issues. It’s not like we let players trade signatures for tats or drive free cars during their 3 year college careers.
PurpleNGold
November 30th, 2011
3:46 pm
UGA’s turnaround year began with a weak ass schedule and is going to end in burning pile of rubble.
JB
November 30th, 2011
3:47 pm
Good chance to maybe catch them sleeping…maybe not..Go to the LSU free message board and 95% of the current post are about Bama, not us. don’t think we are on their mind. McGarity handled this right, but I don’t think everyone is sold yet. Give LSU fits, that will help. Get run out of there and doubts will linger. In the SEC, gotta beat the best.
SEC Fact Finder
November 30th, 2011
3:48 pm
BMDPD
November 30th, 2011
3:38 pm
SEC Fact Finder, did you read the link above…
Nice Link. I guess we will find out how good they both are under pressure this Saturday.
Dawg48
November 30th, 2011
3:49 pm
Buckeye
It’s funny how you show back up all of a sudden !
I guess you were to embarrassed by your football program to get on here!
JB
November 30th, 2011
3:49 pm
2013, Muschamp.Dooley,Spurrier,Mullen will all be gone.
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
3:49 pm
SEC Fact Finder please tell your employee, Buckeye, that I’m still waiting on my fries!
RedNBlack
November 30th, 2011
3:49 pm
We don’t care how it ends. This is the best season Georgia’s had in 31 years. We’ll take it.
BDK
November 30th, 2011
3:50 pm
I am tired of hearing about UGA’s soft schedule. It wasn’t soft before the year started. Most haters were predicting losses to Tenn, Florida, Miss St., Auburn, and Ga. Tech. When that didn’t happen, it was because of the soft schedule. It’s time to recognize what UGA has accomplished. Only 2 other shools boast a current 10 game winning streak. I wonder what excuse the haters will have should the dogs upset LSU.
Silly Bloggers
November 30th, 2011
3:51 pm
I really thought that if UGA beat up the competition, weaker as it may be this year, the trolls would go away. I was mistaken. I take a strange amount of joy from hearing from six-win Buckeye fans whose program just got taken to the toilet and risked everything to beat Arkansas last year so they could be 1 – 9 against the SEC. While Urban may be the answer, I’m not so sure without Mullin and Strong in the mix to make him look good. Ohio State is notorious for playing Western Ohio, Eastern Ohio, Youngstown State, Northern Ohio, etc. before even getting ot a FBS school in November. While UGA was young and inexperienced, we go up against Boise State and South Carolina. Not to mention that the penalties for that school may not yet be over. I swear every week there are three more Buckeyes suspended.
Then there is GTBob…my favorite all-time blogger. Simply the saddest individual I have ever encountered over the Internet. His team just got waxed by UGA without a running back and lost to us for the 10th time the last 11 years. And they are on probation.
I get UF fans talking smack. They have owned us for the last two decades and one game does not change that. They have been brutalized by injuries, dealing with new coaches and offensive gameplans. UF fans, talk your smack, you have earned it. GTBob and Buckeye, your jealousy, envy, and overall desire to take the good feelings away from a program that just had a two-year roller coaster is sad and juvenile. Try to throw some props our way for a change. Even if we beat LSU, I am sure there will be an explanation from both of you.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:51 pm
dog48,
Missed me, eh? I posted my mea culpa and eating crow’s in a recent post but glad we’ve turned the corner with the hire.
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
3:51 pm
JB -
“In the SEC, gotta beat the best”
No you don’t. UGA fans are thrilled with ten win seasons and no titles. It is either in their DNA or the KoolAid that they drink.
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
3:52 pm
BDK, I predict the haters will be using the excuse that they were busy putting out a burning pile of purplengold rubble! Go dawgs
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:53 pm
The SEC LEAST had a combined record of 42 wins and 30 losses. Take away the dogs 10 and the ‘Cocks 10 and you’ve got one sorry conference.
JB
November 30th, 2011
3:53 pm
BDK…………you are so right……I read all these guys on here BEFORE we played those teams. The best one I read was before the Auburn Game, someone posted, ” Georgia will now get to play a team with some SEC caliber players”……………AFTER the game, Auburn ain’t got crap they said.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:55 pm
Murphy,
Every dog has his day. We’ve played in three NC’s in the 2000’s. Won one. Remind me again, was it 1981? Was it good for you back then?
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
3:55 pm
JB please link me to the LSU board. Thanks in advance
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
3:56 pm
WnE, are you still pretending to be a GT fan or did you give up on that? Tweeted any of our recruits today?
NoAxeToGrind
November 30th, 2011
3:56 pm
Perhaps a turnaround this year, albeit aided by by the weakest schedule in the SEC if not of any major conference. But will it last? Next year Richt will be reintroduced to Saban and the next he gets to play Bama and LSU both. We’ll see about the “turnaround”. McGarity best not get too carried away and bet the farm on a new, rejuvinated Richt. Extend him only two years and wait to see if the “turnaround” is for real. I think a few people, maybe even a few UGA fans, remain to be convinced.
JB
November 30th, 2011
3:57 pm
Want to hear something crazy….Grantham returns next year for his final year of his 3 year deal. Dawgs do well, say 11-1, and most likely they will. Grantham is hot and gets hired back to the NFL……………In steps our NEW DC…..Welcome home Will Muschamp, fresh from being let go at Florida………
phil
November 30th, 2011
3:58 pm
Fire FG…
bill
November 30th, 2011
3:58 pm
I was one who wanted a coaching change after last season, and I’ve already eaten my crow…regardless of Saturday’s result, I realize the Richt era will now continue as long as he wants it too…I just hope that UGA anties up to pay both Richt & Grantham, and that SOME team will offer Bobo a head coaching job…but he’s starting to look like a career OC. I can live with that, and I’m taking bets that our first offensive play against LSU will be running Thomas between the tackles (as usual)…
doc
November 30th, 2011
3:59 pm
good article man—
JB
November 30th, 2011
3:59 pm
Idiot Dawg….just google LSU message boards….go to the free one..They’re only 3. Just read the mess. All post are about playing Bama again.
Murphy
November 30th, 2011
3:59 pm
Buckeye,
But when you play a real conference how do you fair? 2 loses in National Championship games sice 2000. To what teams? SEC teams maybe?
Wally My Butts
November 30th, 2011
3:59 pm
This is a BS article not worthy of publication as is most of Bradley’s work. I don’t know how you have kept your job all of these years. Didn’t like you then, don’t like you now.
First of all, Caleb King couldn’t make the grades. He wasn’t run off. Although I agree that Ealey was.
Next, UGA sports programs have been universally good accross the board. They may have slipped a bit under Evans but you cannot tell me that the Gym Dogs and the tennis teams weren’t first rate, having won national championships annually. Others were world class too. Frankly, Florida universally sucked until about the last decade or so.
While McGarity may have provided a supportive environment, it was the players on the field that provided the W’s. UGA had a couple of bad recruiting years and had gotten some rotten apples that were weeded out of the program with successful recruiting, which became a priority. I don’t know how you can make such a leap as your story line of “McGarity makes the difference”.
Nom Nom Nom Chucks....Taylor or Norris
November 30th, 2011
3:59 pm
@buckeye……hahahahahahahha, just remembering your previous 2 NC games, hahahahahahah.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
3:59 pm
Silly,
Let’s see. Let’s reseach the comparitive early season out of conference home and home seried we’ve played over the past 20 years, look at the rankings at the time we’ve played them and then we’ll talk.
Ya ya, I’ll save you the trouble. We’re 0-10
It used to be 1-9 but we vacated the win so last year’s Sugar Bowl was but a dream.
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
4:00 pm
Then there is GTBob…my favorite all-time blogger.
Awe. Thanks!
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
4:00 pm
JB -
Please, try a new angle on the same old post.
SSIgatorless
November 30th, 2011
4:00 pm
The less gator, the better, for all mankind. That’s why this year was so satisfying. More gator tail anyone? Chomp, chomp…
Nom Nom Nom Chucks....Taylor or Norris
November 30th, 2011
4:01 pm
How about McGarity said, “lose this year and you better call Remax bro” to Richt and staff.
Dawglasville
November 30th, 2011
4:01 pm
Bob is my favorite. “Oh, I’m really scared of a UGA offense that gave up x amount of yards to Vandy.” I think that Vandy was 3-5 in conference and Wake was 5-3 in theirs. How many points did Vandy put on Wake? More importantly, how many yards and points did your team put on UGA?
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
4:01 pm
Don’t forget LSU did not face Brantley at UF (Brisset who sucked)
Was that and advantage or disadvantage for LSU? Brantley is easily the worst QB in the SEC.
BobDawg
November 30th, 2011
4:02 pm
BUCKEYE, u are gonna pull for us pitiful, underdog mutts this weekend , right?
jerry
November 30th, 2011
4:02 pm
According to Rivals.com, Richt has signed a total of 11 five star athletes in 11 years. Compare that to Southern Cal-37, Florida-26, Florida State-21, LSU-20, Tennessee-18, and Alabama-14. Of the major players in the SEC, only Auburn-9, has signed fewer 5 star athletes than UGA. One year Southern Cal signed 8, only three less that what it took Richt eleven years to accomplish. That must change if UGA is to ever become one of the elite.
SEC Fact Finder
November 30th, 2011
4:02 pm
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
3:49 pm
SEC Fact Finder please tell your employee, Buckeye, that I’m still waiting on my fries!
Unless you have a Civil Engineering Degree and Professional Engineering License you will never encounter one of my employees. One or two of them make enough money to OWN a McDonalds franchise.
Good Luck to your dawgs.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:02 pm
num chucks,
Another nice name.
Tell me, would you rather play in 3 and win 1 or not play at all?
You dogs go 6-7 and go to the Liberty Bowl. We lose 6 and likley will play on Jan 2 in the Gator at the same time the dogs will on in the Cap 1 or whatever.
dawgster
November 30th, 2011
4:02 pm
@Silly blogger///agree wit you 100%.the gators can talk a little smack to us(not this year, however). but they have earned on the playing field, as much as I hate to say it…but GTBob…you have got to be kidding…Come see us when you when your 10-1 against us….Oh by the way, I heard they might change the name of Historic Bobby Dodd stadium to “Mark Richt Field”…apologies for any disrespect to Ga Tech and other classy fans…but GT Bob deserves none…go dawgs
NCDawg
November 30th, 2011
4:03 pm
McGarity is probably the best fit for the AD job at UGA there could be. Philosophically and temperamentally he meshes with CMR. And since the football program is the cash cow of college athletics that is doubly important. Great hire.
Also I am getting sick of the talk of a soft schedule. No one could have foreseen that Miss St, UF, and Auburn would fall off so much. The only one of those ( if they had just maintained last year’s levels ) the Dawgs would have had trouble with would have been Auburn. It wasn’t setup intentionally. No one in the conference can claim that they don’t schedule a couple of cream puffs. Yes, LSU played a killer schedule and hats off to them. But UGA had their toughest opponent first and the team hadn’t gelled yet. They were still feeling their way into the right mentality. And no that isn’t a “coaching” issue. The players had walk onto the bus of their own free will. CMR mentioned the change in the players’ attitude towards being “coachable”. Once they chose to be coachable they began to get better. The paradigm shift wasn’t schematic it was mental.
Mark, good article but keep in mind Caleb King wasn’t driven off the team. He lost his academic eligibility. Ealey basically opted to walk away rather than be coachable. That toxic attitude had to go. By all accounts King was working his butt off but he couldn’t overcome bad study habits in time. That isn’t something that can be changed overnight. He was dismissed for missing academic appointments either. He just didn’t catch up fast enough.
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
4:03 pm
Soft schedule? Soft schedule? The very ones on here claiming the Dawgs played a soft schedule are the very ones that were on here every week claiming the Dawgs were going to get beat 50-0. We couldn’t help that GT, UF and Awbun suck.
dawgster
November 30th, 2011
4:04 pm
@Silly Blogger…above post should read agree with you 100%…my bad…
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:05 pm
Bobdog,
Nope. Pulling for The Hat. LSU dominated #3 last Friday and it looked like I was watching the old NFL vs. the College All Star game and LSU was the NFL. You’re gonna get killed.
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
4:06 pm
dawgster -
My old pal, where have you been?
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
4:07 pm
Can someone help me out. I’m trying to make a list of all of the currently ranked teams UGA has beaten.
Bobo is Not the Problem
November 30th, 2011
4:07 pm
Give me a break. The turnaround began when we got past the only two tough teams on our schedule and began facing the 10 patsies.
FIRE MARK RICHT.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:07 pm
Is it 5 o’clock yet?
Richt`s Hammer
November 30th, 2011
4:07 pm
Oh well. I get another contract. LSU puts 50 on us and Central Florida whips us again.
The trailor parks in Athens will be ablaze.
techmanforricht
November 30th, 2011
4:07 pm
You Georgia fans are a fickle bunch. First of all, you’d be crazy to run Mark Richt out of Athens. He’s a great, great guy who has run a stable program for many years. No, he’s not perfect but he’s a great, great guy who is a solid football coach who represents your university with class. Not many coaches do that anymore in major college football. I really hope you beat LSU although I realize who challenging the game will be for you. However, that’s why they play the game….
If you lose, please don’t jump back on that fire Mark Richt bandwagon!
Second, you need to keep things in perspective…you won the SEC East during another down year for some of the other major programs. This is how you won in the earlier part of this millennium. I say this because you need to prepare yourselves for your big game this weekend. Win or lose, you should continue to support Mark Richt and he just might have a magical run one of these years and bring you what you’re all longing for….a national championship.
My humble two cents…
Richt`s Hammer
November 30th, 2011
4:08 pm
With our new diversity program new football players will only have to read not write.
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
4:08 pm
And I’m sick of hearing the term “grow a pair”. They are tender and delicate. If you really want somebody to suck it up and be tough you should say “grow a vagina”. Those things can take a pounding.
BobDawg
November 30th, 2011
4:09 pm
All we are missing is 5150Toad on this blog. Lots of sideline trolls loser programs this year. No wonder our schedule is soft
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:09 pm
So dogs,
Given Urban has come to Columbus, do you hate Ohio State even more??
Anyone else want to see Muschamp’s head explode?
Jim
November 30th, 2011
4:11 pm
Love the Dawgs, but they haven’t beaten one good team this year. Murray hasn’t beaten a good team ever. Lay the 13 and you’ll be happy Saturday night when you go to bed.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:12 pm
Fries Up!
PurpleNGold
November 30th, 2011
4:12 pm
Hey Idiotdawg, too bad you guys only playing one good team this year. It would be much more fun to see you get exposed more than once this year, I mean twice, oh I mean three times.
Does UGA even have a bowl bid, being the 5th best team in the SEC? Just think… it’ll be your fourth opportunity to play a team with a winning record.
UGA… 2011’s UConn.
hornblowermg
November 30th, 2011
4:13 pm
i would like to say something for Evans. i liked a lot of his ideas and the courage that he had to implement them. it is too bad that a mind like his has been almost wasted by his immaturity that did not compliment his important position. i, too, wasted a very good opportunity through such immaturity, and i never recovered to have a successful professional life. we should follow this young man’s career to see if someone recognizes his talent and gives him another chance to excel. Ken Malcolm fumbled the ball the other day, but when given another chance he ran the ball down tecch’s throat to kill the clock. let’s watch for better news of Evan’s success. i bet he has it in him.
St. Simon's Daddy
November 30th, 2011
4:15 pm
Good to see all of the haters are back. Buckeye, better enjoy this years bowl. You will not be going to any the next two years. Got any new tats?
GTBob, Syfy channel is having a Star Trek marathan this weekend. Perhaps you can take a break from your daily ritual.
OkieDawg
November 30th, 2011
4:15 pm
GTBob, here’s a list for ya:
Florida International
Univ. of Alabama
Univ. of Central Florida
Univ of So. Cal.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bosie St.
That’s a list of D1-FBS schools currently on PROBATION and you’re on it.
Dawg48
November 30th, 2011
4:15 pm
Buckeye
Lol, kinda
Chuck
November 30th, 2011
4:15 pm
It’s funny how the haters make fun of the red panties, when those who know anything call it
The Miracle of the Red Panties
It was the best thing that had happened to our athletic program in a long, long time.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:17 pm
SEC! SEC!
Teams with winning records: 6
Teams with losing/.500 records: 6
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
4:17 pm
1eyedJack -
A big Betty White fan are you?
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:19 pm
Anyone want the link to the Ohio State/Urban Meyer Press Conference??
jaybird3265
November 30th, 2011
4:21 pm
The truth of the matter is that Georgia is riding a 10 game winning streak because they did not have to play any of the SEC’s three best teams in the regular season. The first half may be competitive on Saturday, but LSU will pull away in the second half and win easily. With that being said, Georgia will be loaded with a lot of confident, experienced players in 2012 that will give them a chance to return to the level they were at when they demolished Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl to close out the 2007 season.
RedNBlack
November 30th, 2011
4:21 pm
CMR learned a big life lesson from the “Red Panty” incident. He exclusively wears pink panties now.
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
4:22 pm
OkieDawg, here is the difference in our schools. Our football team is on probation. All the players on your football team are on probation. Personally I like our way better.
RedNBlack
November 30th, 2011
4:24 pm
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:19 pm
“Anyone want the link to the Ohio State/Urban Meyer Press Conference??”
Why would they? The only thing less relevant to CFB in 2011 than Ohio State is Urban Meyer.
Tony Darracott
November 30th, 2011
4:25 pm
Mark, great article on Greg McGarity & Mark Richt but it would have been even better if you could have weasled out of Greg what Mark actually said to him about his needs. You mentioned that Mark wanted to “study the game” but what else…
Go Dawgs!
November 30th, 2011
4:26 pm
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
2:41 pm
“I think McGarity is astute enough to realize that the softness of the schedule also has played a big part in the “turnaround” this year. When LSU destroys UGA on Saturday the reality of it will hit home.”
You know I’m so sick and tired of people talking about the weakness of our schedule after Boise and SC. Look we play in the SEC there’s no such thing as a “weak” schedule.
VT has beaten 0 ranked opponents and they play in the ACC. The ONLY ranked oponent they played was Clemson who proved not to be all that hot either.
Stanford has beaten 0 ranked opponents and guess what like VT played only one ranked team (Oregon) who beat them as well.
UF in 2008 had a loss to Ole Miss and until they played Bama in the SEC Championship game.
Until then they played three teams with 9 wins Ole Miss, FSU and UGA and went 2-1. Otherwise they had a very mediorce schedule. My point is this No one knows for sure how good UGA is or isn’t until this weekend. It’s all subjective. Really if you didn’t know the following was UF’s 2008 schedule before the SEC championship game you probably wouldn’t be all that impressed with this team, much less think they’d have a chance to be national champs.
UF 2008 reg season schedule with opponents record
Hawaii 7-7
Miami 7-6
Tenn 5-7
Ole Miss 9-4
Arkansas 5-7
LSU 8-5
Kentucky 7-6
UGA 10-3
Vandy 7-6
SC 7-6
Citadel (does their record even matter?)
FSU 9-4
If UGA gets blown out on Sat then you can say we’re an ok team, if we lose a close game you can say we’re a pretty good team, if we win then people must say we’re a d*mn good team. Regardless of schedule it’s not easy to win 11 in a row.
AJA
November 30th, 2011
4:26 pm
Buckeye,
Would that video include the OSU athletic director saying “I hope he doesn’t fire me”?
Retired HS bball coach
November 30th, 2011
4:27 pm
Mark, When you talk about Greg’s reaction after the debacle at the Liberty bowl, keep in mind he had seen a night at UGa that just as bad if not worse. Greg was a “young’ man at UGa (as I was) when we lost to Miami of OHIO in the Tangerine Bowl. That was back when spring practice was 20 days in pads. As a mgr on football team, I promise I turned on the lights for practice at least half of those days practice went SO longggg. Ask any player who went through THAT spring, and he will tell you he EARNED his FOUR year scholarship in that spring alone. Greg handled this time as Coach Eaves did then—No panic and supported a man/coach he believes in. Selah.
timthebrave
November 30th, 2011
4:27 pm
Your rivals talking bad about your team is annoying but losing 11 out of 12 REALLY HURTS doesn’t it……
Dawg in Habersham
November 30th, 2011
4:27 pm
Damon Evans comes in, Dawgs start to slide.
Damon Evans goes out, Dawgs start to rise.
Evans was nothing more than Adams lackey. Thank goodness he is gone.
old dog
November 30th, 2011
4:28 pm
Admitedly, our schedule has not been fantastic this year, but the teams that we, Alabama, and LSU have each played ended up with similar scores. We’re getting better, and if we can get the running game in shape, we’ll be MUCH better! However, like it or not, we gotta consider the “thug” factor in recruiting. We need more Murrays, Olgetrees, etc. and less vampires! There are kids out there that are good kids AND good football players, and we can get them. All kids make mistakes, but lets TRY to stay away from those whose heart/character are known to be suspect from the get-go. Kudos to McGarity for getting this started!
D Fence
November 30th, 2011
4:28 pm
Call it what you will SSI Gator about our schedule – but at least we’ve got a shot at it, arent 6-6 unlike that bozo you guys have running the sidelines now.
Congrats on getting just another Orgeron. Its gonna be great beating your tail for many years to come again.
HedgesHaven
November 30th, 2011
4:28 pm
GTBob, C’,mon now.
Don’t upset your brother in arms SSIGator, Brantley’s not “the” worst QB in the SEC.
AltamahaDawg
November 30th, 2011
4:28 pm
I remember some of our fans making considerable fun of Richt when he asked for the help to get less bogged down with administration and get more involved in the football end. There have been obvious changes as a result. Not talking about a better record, which is the by product, but variety of noticable things directly related to that exchange.
BobDawg
November 30th, 2011
4:29 pm
BKEYE, i agree actually. Remember years ago when the Super Bowl Champs would play a college All Star team that next summer? Was always a close game
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:30 pm
aja,
That was the President, Gordon Gee, that said that, you idiot, Sir. At least get your facts straight in you lame attempt at humor.
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:32 pm
Bobdog,
Exactly what I’m talkin’ about. It kicked off the season if I recall. My point was boys playing against men and when it comes to Alice U, your dogs are the boys.
AJA
November 30th, 2011
4:32 pm
GTBob,
For someone who likes GT’s way so much, you seem awfully fixated on blogs about Georgia.
Nick
November 30th, 2011
4:32 pm
I struggle to see the correlation between an AD and the players doing better on the field. McGarity should be applauded for not making a rash decision of a coaching change, but the credit should go to the coaching staff and the players, not him.
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
4:32 pm
Don’t upset your brother in arms SSIGator, Brantley’s not “the” worst QB in the SEC.
He had 3 int’s in just over a quarter against FSU before he had to leave with an injury for like the 5th time. Who in the SEC is worse?
truedawg
November 30th, 2011
4:33 pm
Can’t wait til Saturday! Hunker down Dawgs! I love the underdawg role. It seems to always work better for UGA. LSU is a great team and deserves the number one ranking. UGA desrves to be higher than 12. This is why we play the games, why I think saying LSU / BAMA is in stone, is crazy. How stupid will the BCS look when it has its two teams in the NC game and one didn’t win its div and the other lost its conf. HAHA!!! If I ever hear a Bama fan or Coach say they hate the BCS, Then I’ll call them out as hypocrite!! You take all the gimmies and favors you can when you can’t beat the team try and beat the sytem!
“what does it gain a Team to win the National Title, and lose the SEC?” AS every Coach and player and fan has said here and on every blog…”we want to win the SEC” BCS is a joke!! Just ask Auburn palyers from 04 and UGA players from 07..GO DAWGS!!!! Beat the swamp kittens!!! Wreck the BCS!!!
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
4:33 pm
Buckeye, no hating on you. I hope Meyer puts a ggod year together for you. More competition is always good. The view in dawgland was that Meyer abandoned the Gaytors when the going got rough. I guess that the FU fans may have a similar view
Common Sense
November 30th, 2011
4:37 pm
Damon Evans comes in, Dawgs start to slide.
Damon Evans goes out, Dawgs start to rise.
Evans was nothing more than Adams lackey. Thank goodness he is gone
————————————————
You can’t be serious? This has nothing to do with Evans and everything to do with New Mexico St., Coastal Carolina, Ole Miss, Miss St., Kentucky, Vanderbilt, etc…
william
November 30th, 2011
4:37 pm
Georgia cannot play with LSU. It’s wishful thinking.
I am a neutral observer.
LSU 38 Georgia 13
RedNBlack
November 30th, 2011
4:39 pm
@GTBob
“Who in the SEC is worse?”
Any (and all) of the Auburn QB’s.
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
4:39 pm
SEC Fact Finder, well if that’s going to be your attitude I will not buy any more of your fries. Go dawgs
Buckeye
November 30th, 2011
4:40 pm
Idiot,
As you may have seen, I am not sold on Urban. Too much “me”.
When it comes down to it, all we want to do is win, watch exciting games, embrace traditions, cheer our colors and have a shot at playing the big games.
It’s about the players and the plays, not the $3M and $4m a year coaches.
Just sayin’.
OkieDawg
November 30th, 2011
4:41 pm
@GTBob- You stated “All the players on your football team are on probation”.
Can you direct me to where you gathered this stat? Or is it just more of your irrelevant drivel? LOSER
AJA
November 30th, 2011
4:41 pm
Buckeye,
I couldn’t care less about who said it. I would care more about the fact that it was said.
Had to be embarrassing, just like OSU gambling with its reputation just to get a win over an SEC team.
Mark
November 30th, 2011
4:42 pm
The easiest schedule in the 6 year rotation should not be misconstued as great coaching.UGA is still # 14 in BCS
robodawg
November 30th, 2011
4:43 pm
Good article. But while Ealey seems to have been ushered off the bus, didn’t Caleb King just fail his classes?
BobDawg
November 30th, 2011
4:44 pm
Who do u think would win: LSUs 2011 team vs Aubarns team last year ?
SSIgator
November 30th, 2011
4:44 pm
Does the Dome in Atlanta give a “Thanks for Playing” award to the school that opens and closes the football season there with loses? Hey, if it is a close game Saturday, maybe UGA will be invited back for a third time this year to play in the Chicken Bowl. At least it is a short drive from Athens.
D Fence
November 30th, 2011
4:47 pm
A Big Ten fan from OSU talking smack about our schedule and our perceived lack of talent at UGA – give me break Buckeye. 1-4 agains the SEC in 10 years with your lone win coming with a pack of thieves for a nucleus and a headcoach last year alone. You surely have more sense that to challenge our program or the SEC, but I guess you dont.
Dawglasville
November 30th, 2011
4:47 pm
Buckeye – There are only three times that I have paid attention to Ohio St. The first time was when Woody Hayes punched that kid from Clemson. The second time was the first time you trolled on to the UGA blog scene. The third time was Tattoo Gate. Move to Cleveland, or Sandusky, or Cincy. Why are you always on these blogs popping off about UGA? Did you not get into UGA?
AltamahaDawg
November 30th, 2011
4:49 pm
McGarity isn’t going to have any “reality hitting home” if Georgia gets whipped by LSU, or pulls the upset. So what if we lose? Somebody is going to. What he already knows, as well as everybody else (not mimicking some stupid talking point in lieu of an actual opinion) is that we would have lost more game in our 2011 schedule if there wasn’t considerable improvement. The man is at least mildly intelligent. He actually had a point to what he said. Not like, you know, some people.
D Fence
November 30th, 2011
4:49 pm
SSI Gator – enjoy Memphis this year and many years to follow. You guys REALLY hired the right man for the job this time….Just another Orgeron.
AJA
November 30th, 2011
4:49 pm
Buckeye,
That makes it worse. Has to be embarrassing, kind of like gambling with your school’s reputation just to get a win over an SEC team.
DawgFan (the original)
November 30th, 2011
4:49 pm
GTBoob, we beat your bees by 2 TD’s and still dropped in the BCS so there must be some loss of respect for nastry mouth Johnson and his high school attack.
Dawglasville
November 30th, 2011
4:50 pm
SSIgator – Weren’t you one of the guys popping off about Murray being a midget and how Brantley was the new king of the SEC? You guys will be damn lucky to play in the “Chicken Bowl.” Try not to lose to another ACC team.
what of it?
November 30th, 2011
4:50 pm
You know what would be really satisfying? a national championship more frequently than every third decade
Spike 80DF
November 30th, 2011
4:51 pm
Dawgs 10-2, Gators 6-6 (now comes the whining about scheduling)…
DawgFan (the original)
November 30th, 2011
4:52 pm
SISgator anything Georgia gets will be wayyyy better than what the pitiful gators. They looked horrible in the FSU beatdown.
Elliot Garcia
November 30th, 2011
4:52 pm
Which teams that are currently ranked in the top 25 has Georgia beaten this year? seriously….
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
4:53 pm
Just a recap of this amazing 10 win run:
Combined record of FBS opponents: 56-63
Combined SEC record of SEC opponents: 14-42
Winning FBS teams played: 2
Games favored in: All 10.
Teams played that are currently ranked: none.
If this is impressive then you must think Houston was incredible this year.
JOE B
November 30th, 2011
4:54 pm
Guys
No way will Dawgs score more than 20 points on this defense , we will have to put this in the hands of your defense .
Saint Simmons 2
November 30th, 2011
4:55 pm
LSU 30 , OVERATED Georgia 10
Gator hater
November 30th, 2011
4:56 pm
Three keys to the game Saturday
1- if offensive line can protect Murray and open holes for RB’s
2- special team play (huge)
3- dawgs cannot afford any turnovers.
More thoughts?
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
4:58 pm
Perhaps the most important Richt-McGarity meeting occured just after McGarity arrived. In that meeting CMR asked for more resources re. strength & conditioning, a request Damon Evans had repeatedly denied.
One of the main reasons Richt was never on the hot seat with McGarity was this very situation. McGarity saw the vast difference between our S&C program and others and realized we were forcing CMR to “take a knife to a gun fight”. Our schedule was set years in advance and, besides swapping Boise State for Louisville, could not be changed. What could be changed was conditioning and this was addressed immediately.
It is no small coincidence that Mark Richt became a good coach again, huh?
gcs
November 30th, 2011
4:59 pm
Mmmmm. Kool-Aid.
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ARdawg
November 30th, 2011
5:00 pm
SSI Gator
Please, remind me again who Florida plays this week?
Fan of both Georgia and Georgia Tech
November 30th, 2011
5:00 pm
The satisfaction and $$$ fortunes of both the AD and Coach are tied to the impulsive decisions of 17 & 18 year-old high school seniors. But hey, its just intercollegiate non-profit sports, right Mark?
chaingangdawg
November 30th, 2011
5:00 pm
Great article Mark, things are really looking up for Ga football & the athletic association!!!
btgt69
November 30th, 2011
5:01 pm
Darn it, my beloved yeller jakitswere outmanned, out coached, out hustled by them dawgs. ya’ll deserved the victory. Best wishes against LSU. Let’s all pray for no serious injuries to either team.
gdawginkalamazoo
November 30th, 2011
5:01 pm
Buckeye, did you go down to the Horseshoe today to participate in the Tebowing of Urban Meyer as your new HC?
SSI Gator, thanks again for hiring Muschamp. Damn he could have ended up at UGA. Now we don’t have to worry about that. Many thanks. Good luck in your bowl game. You might end up playing GT. That’s a match up I would like to see. I get whole year of running smack on the reptiles this might be fun.
D Fence
November 30th, 2011
5:01 pm
GT Bob – if you are mocking our schedule, how bad does that make Tech suck when we kicked your tails all over your field again. Might want to get your pocket calculator out and do the long divison for that answer.
ARdawg
November 30th, 2011
5:01 pm
Altamaha
I poked some fun at Richt’s “I wanna be on the cutting edge of football” comment. Actually, I was more incensed but, I digress.
Dawglasville
November 30th, 2011
5:02 pm
GTBob – It’s not impressive Bob. Neither is our 10 out of 11 year run against you guys. Go ahead. Put this in italics and then type, “I never said we were good.” That will be a lie when you type it. Tell me about the impressive road to the ACC Championship game y’all. The team you beat played Kentucky in the Music City Bowl and you went on to killed manhandled by Iowa. Oh, and that was the same year you lost to another, “not so impressive” Georgia team. If you want to go through life being a troll then good luck to you. I hope you don’t breed.
St Simons - we're on Island time
November 30th, 2011
5:02 pm
man this island sure is hoppin now ain’t it heheh
We live in your heads, Tech, Fla, Ohio, & Auburn.
We own you. What is the rent in here? Spacious, too heheh
Let’s play the game. We might win. We might lose.
But you will always be you. Now let’s go surfin’
gdawginkalamazoo
November 30th, 2011
5:04 pm
GTBob, you forgot 31-17, plus we had to stop throwing the ball because we didn’t want anybody to get hurt. Mainly neck injuries on your DB’s and LB’s from whipping their heads around to watch our WR’s and TE’s catch TD passes.
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:08 pm
GTBob, I enjoy your posts but carping about our schedule when you were on it (and lost again) is kind of self deprecating.
I actually think the Tech game is a good barometer for us because of the complexity of CPJ’s offense. We not only increased our margin of victory this year, we dramatically decreased the number of yards allowed and basically split time of possession 50-50.
I dont really buy the “illegal block” argument; today’s referees are smart enough to catch that. I do believe our improvement at playing the 3-4 and being better conditioned was a big key. All of that will be tested in a big way against LSU but it is a challenge I am excited about.
Knowall Moreno
November 30th, 2011
5:11 pm
Dawgs wii most likely go down this week BUT the future is very bright with 2 more years of Murray @ QB, young recievers & running backs, & a talented D, we will win the East the next 2 years & be back in the champ. game in 2012 & 2013, believe it!!! Dawgs on the rise!!!!!
Hurt Kurbstreit
November 30th, 2011
5:11 pm
Bought the book “The Energy Bus” today. If it’s good for Mike Smith and CMR, it’s good enough for me. It’s a good read. I’m learning some stuff.
DCLee
November 30th, 2011
5:12 pm
Some how reality seems to escape the UGA fans that think because they have won ten in a row they are now in the same class as LSU, Alabama, etc. The Grim Reaper will be making a call on UGA Saturday night.
SSIGater
Kind of like that same class that UF thought they were in when Alabama rolled into the swamp and put a hurting on the world beating(insert sarcasm) 4-0 #12 Gators. UF in the top 12 shows how much BS the AP and these ranking are. UF had no business after last seasons record of being in the top 20 after 4 games against FIU. And I agree that UGA being ranked preseason was BS too. They ranked both of them so they could hype the game just like Auburn being in the top 25 for last weeks game vs Bama even after UGA dismantled them:)
Elliot Garcia
November 30th, 2011
5:13 pm
Answer the question!!! How many teams currently ranked in the top 25 has Georgia beat???? Are you Dawgs ashamed to answer??
Barry
November 30th, 2011
5:13 pm
Congratulations to Greg McGarity and to Mark Richt for a very successful season overall and a great rebound from a bad start and too much early criticism. Perhaps the lightweight “fans” who wanted to fire Richt can learn a lesson – let the season play out before flapping your gums.
Now lets hope we can play our very best vs LSU.
SAL
November 30th, 2011
5:15 pm
If you think this year’s schedule was cupcake, wait till next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JDawg
November 30th, 2011
5:16 pm
McGaarity has done a great job, but lets be honest, scheduling the Boise St game is costing us a shot at the National Championship game right now. If we are a 1 loss team right now, we’d control our own destiny. I’ll also admit that blowing the SC game 5 different ways is the 2nd reason we don’t control our own destiny.
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:18 pm
“Answer the question!!! How many teams currently ranked in the top 25 has Georgia beat???? Are you Dawgs ashamed to answer??”
Not ashamed to take our share of credit for dropping some of our opponents out of the rankings. We beat them, that is what we are supposed to do. When we were down due to injury, lack of proper conditioning (or for any reason) and we played one of the nation’s toughest schedules, it got us nothing. Nor was our situation the fault of our opponents.
One thing you fail to grasp is that it is not our responsivbility to help our opponents succeed. That is their responsibility.
RedNBlack
November 30th, 2011
5:18 pm
Georgia should be pretty good next year, but I honestly worry about Mizzou being competitive in the East.
Elliot Garcia
November 30th, 2011
5:19 pm
So what you are saying JDawg is because Georgia lost to the only two teams that they played that are currently ranked in the top 25, they blew their chance at a National Championship….that’s rich…..
Say What??
November 30th, 2011
5:19 pm
I agree that the schedule was a big reason why we won 10 straight. And yes, all of the SEC East is down this year. But come on! You have got to see how UGA has turned the ship around. We got beat by Kentucky last year. KENTUCKY! If we did not improve, we would have gotten beaten by them, Vandy, a struggling Florida team, and more than likely Auburn this year.
All season long, before every game, all of the UGA haters came on here and told us why we were gonna lose – and you were right for the first two games. But every game after that, you guys said the same thing! And you were wrong. So now everyone is saying that it was only our schedule. But that was not your argument before the games. So that means it is now your excuse after the games. If all of you haters had spent your time before the games saying “Of course UGA is gonna win! Your schedule is totally weak!!”, then I would have to nod my head and say “yep, you’re right.” BUT YOU DIDN”T! Everyone of you said that we were going to lose EVERY GAME… EVERY ONE! Now that you were proved wrong, you have changed your story. So as far as I am concerned, you have no credibility at all.
So here is your chance to get it back (I know…as if you care…). I agree that for UGA to win this Saturday, we will have to play a perfect game. I don’t think that it very likely. But I do think that we will play them a hell of a lot closer than everyone thinks. So here is the gauntlet: will you agree that UGA is better than you thought if we play LSU close? And by close, I mean within a touchdown. If we get “blownout” like everyone says we will, I will be back on this board and admit that my team was not as good as I thought they were. But will you be back and admit that UGA is better than you thought? Or will you be back on here and provide the excuses for why LSA didn’t hang 50+ points on the Dawgs and “blow us out”?
GTBob
November 30th, 2011
5:19 pm
GTBob, you forgot 31-17
I didn’t forget. That was a miraculous victory that impressed the entire nation. That showed everyone you are in the same league as UVA, and Miami.
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
5:19 pm
For all of that attempted discussion pointing to the blog where “common opponents” stats were compared, a look at non-common opponents that are currently ranked is also useful.
Georgia : Boise St.(7), S. Carolina (12)
LSU: Alabama (2), Oregon (9), WVU (23)
Elliot Garcia
November 30th, 2011
5:23 pm
If Georgia keeps it within 7 points, I will come on Mark Bradley’s blog and admit that Georgia is a good team….I am just not impressed that you are 0-2 against teams that are currently ranked and LSU is 4-0….
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:24 pm
Well said Say What, but no, they won’t. The refrain is always the same:
Pre Game-UGA is gonna get killed.
Post Gane-UGA got lucky.
This has gone on for years.
Nonsense
November 30th, 2011
5:24 pm
Everybody knew that Georgia had a cupcake SEC schedule this year. Even Paul Finebaum predicted last Summer that Georgia would win the East because of their schedule. The only surprise was that MSU and Florida would turn out to be as bad as they have.
Elliot Garcia
November 30th, 2011
5:24 pm
your forgot Arkansas!
Nonsense
November 30th, 2011
5:26 pm
Georgia fans know that Arkansas is overrated. They don’t even have to play them to figure that much out – they’re just that football savvy. Seriously!
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
5:27 pm
Ah, I forgot Arkansas. Blew it big time. That’s exemplifies that allowing humans to do things is always risky.
Georgia : Boise St.(7), S. Carolina (12)
LSU: Alabama (2), Arkansas (8), Oregon (9), WVU (23)
ARdawg
November 30th, 2011
5:28 pm
Georgia wins in a shocker 29-20
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
5:28 pm
Elliot Garcia – Thanks; I was slapping myself in the head and typing the correction at the same time when you were posting that.
Elliot Garcia
November 30th, 2011
5:29 pm
What if Georgia is blown out by LSU? Georgia will finish 0-3 vs. currently ranked opponents for the year….is that really an improvement for Richt? He has just bought himself another couple of years…and for what?
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:30 pm
Elliott, LSU has an incredibly talented team; no one disputes that. We just believe we are pretty good too. If you have watched this team closely from year to year, the improvement and promise is obvious.
I’ll say this for LSU: Arkansas did not play all that bad last week but could not keep up. The game did not look like a blow out but the score sure did. Few teams can methodically do what LSU did. It was an impressive perfomance and the kind they are capable of each week. I’m not sure Alabama deserves to play in the BCS championship but LSU, win or lose this Saturday, has proven they deserve to be there.
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
5:31 pm
ARDawg – Bold prediction, figuring in the 2 FGs and a safety; I like that kind of thinking.
ARdawg
November 30th, 2011
5:31 pm
After the game Aaron Murray is crowned Air Murray
ARdawg
November 30th, 2011
5:33 pm
Delbert the vaunted Georgia D is deemed Steel Georgia.
All kidding aside. I expect some points. I’m not sure why
Big Dawg
November 30th, 2011
5:34 pm
Fellow Dawgs whether the Dawgs win Saturday or not is not the most important thing. What is that Mr. McGarity and Coach Richt have restored a sense of pride back into the program. That losing, bad attitudes and sense of entitlement is not going to be tolerated. I say thank you Greg McGarity and Coach Mark Richt. Now go out and beat LSU.
Go Dawgs
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
5:34 pm
SSIgator, yes, I love Betty White. She’s got to be the coolest and “hotest” 100 year-old woman around.
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
5:34 pm
Miles didn’t put his starting QB into the game until after the FG that ticked off Petrino big time.
Elliot Garcia
November 30th, 2011
5:35 pm
I have seen tremendous improvement from the QB position and Jarvis Jones has had a great year. The O-line has played better than anybody expected…Overall, Georgia has steered away from stupid mistakes and has played decent football against below average competition. I still think Orson Charles should block better….
1962 DAWG
November 30th, 2011
5:35 pm
SSIGator
We traded you Muschamp for McGarity, and got the win over you. Not a bad trade at all!!
RiffRaff
November 30th, 2011
5:36 pm
Here we go again, now Sanders Commings is jabbing. Here’s an idea, don’t worry about if you think your defense is better that the other guys D, you need to be better than the other guys offense.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/45495464/ns/sports-college_football/
mid town
November 30th, 2011
5:37 pm
Mr. Bradley,
Ease up. The schedule saved Coach Richt and I am happy for him.
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:38 pm
“What if Georgia is blown out by LSU? Georgia will finish 0-3 vs. currently ranked opponents for the year….is that really an improvement for Richt? He has just bought himself another couple of years…and for what?”
You can “what if” anything to death. We need to play the game first. It will be a good indication of where we are. Since we are playing so many freshmen and sophomores, we have more than just of a “couple of years” to be scary good but it is our repsonsibility to perform. Everyone connected to the program has take this to heart. Stick around, it is gonna be a blast!
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
5:38 pm
ARdawg – LSU scores a TD late, and Miles goes for 2 to get it within a TD. Attempt failed. Onside kick fails, Georgia runs out the clock. 29-20. Seriously, we need to consult with 48dawg, or Dawg48 or whovever; he predicted the opening play of the Tech-Georgia game correctly.
duronimo
November 30th, 2011
5:39 pm
UGA was showing definite signs of not being prepared for games and not being well coached. Sometimes it’s good to be on the hot seat. The team looks a lot different. No one wants to change a coach out in the SEC. Look what’s resulted at Tennessee and Florida. So while Richt may have deserved to be canned, McGarity’s patience seems to be the right call. That great recruiting class didn’t hurt.
B'dawg
November 30th, 2011
5:40 pm
anbody heard anything about LSU qb declared accademically uneligible?
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:41 pm
B’dawg, the LSU AD issued a press release denying it.
B'dawg
November 30th, 2011
5:41 pm
speeling sucks, typo
B'dawg
November 30th, 2011
5:41 pm
spelling sucks, typo
B'dawg
November 30th, 2011
5:42 pm
Thanks
Dooley Jr.
November 30th, 2011
5:42 pm
I agree duronimo. It’s never a good idea to fire the HC. The grass is always greener on next year’s gridiron. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.
dawg4u
November 30th, 2011
5:43 pm
As former Falcon coach Jim Mora used to say “we’re playing with house money!” UGA has everything to gain and nothing to lose. The pressure is all on LSU. Now, having said that it will still be a tough one to win but is a very real possibility especially getting our running backs back. LSU will be thinking about the NC and Alabama or OK St so beware of the junkyard dog foaming at the mouth to take you down!
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
5:44 pm
I predict….17-16.
ARdawg
November 30th, 2011
5:46 pm
Delbert I would expect something different or odd in this game. Strong defenses against each other don’t always result in a 9-6 score. If it gets into an often scoring game, I like our chances
Diggitydawg
November 30th, 2011
5:46 pm
Mcgarrity had nothing to do with any of this just like d. Evans didn’t
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
5:46 pm
“What if Georgia is blown out by LSU? Georgia will finish 0-3 vs. currently ranked opponents for the year”
That apparently figures in Georgia beating a currently-ranked Big Ten team in the bowl, who will then be dropped from the final ranking.
GT
November 30th, 2011
5:47 pm
The emperor has no clothes. Georgia has played only two competive teams and lost to both of them. South Carolina might as well played a NFL team as play Ark and Georgia is like the guy that never graduated from elementary school celebrating victory at 23 years old.
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:47 pm
Heck guys, we could play good and lose by 14, LSU is that good. The heck of it is, the challenge of facing that is something I am excited about.
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
November 30th, 2011
5:47 pm
Buckeye. Truth be told, is just another nut. 6 and 6, hiring a quitter and a liar as a coach and is so giddy he wet himself. Predictable and pathetic. Dogs by 4 after a late and meaningless LSU score. And if I’m wrong, I’m wrong. But I’m on a ten game win steak as of now.
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:50 pm
ARdawg, speaking of something odd, I expect Miles to pull a few rabbits out of his “mad hat”. He hasn’t used the fake field goal where the holder flips the ball over his shoulder to the kicker like a pitch-out in a while…
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
5:51 pm
Wasn’t there a 5-2 game last year?
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
5:52 pm
Ain’t skeered of no puppy dawgs.
Brang It !!!
SOUTHGADAWG88
November 30th, 2011
5:54 pm
Lsu didn’t look that great the last time they faced a 3-4 defense
Hoopster
November 30th, 2011
5:55 pm
Uh, no Mark. Their turnaround began after they lost their second game and began playing a cupcake schedule. I see you’ve freshened your love affair with Richt again.
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:57 pm
Bengal, its gonna be a great game! Looking forward to a well played contest with no injuries. We both still have to represent the best conference in America afterwards.
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
5:59 pm
I’ll let you in on a secret. We are looking past you guys. We’ve got a real game to play after we get this SEC crowning ceremony out of the way. Get all excited about that if it makes you happy. We don’t care. Doggies ain’t nothin’ but Tiger meat.
Burp!
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
5:59 pm
Anybody have any info on the rumor that the Dawgs are gonna wear those hideous Boise game unis? The Ga. Dome didn’t like ‘em last time.
Mule breath
November 30th, 2011
6:00 pm
McGarity next order of business is to hire a competent OC and fire Bobo the Clown which will become evident this Saturday…..
RiffRaff
November 30th, 2011
6:01 pm
LSU in white. UGA in traditional red.
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
6:01 pm
But at least they’ll be better than the yeller and purple of the Swampers.
cannot make this up
November 30th, 2011
6:02 pm
turn around began with dumbo ears? bwahahahahahahahha
it began with Alabama, Arkansas and LSU not on the schedule, idiots
nudge the nub
November 30th, 2011
6:03 pm
Dawgs will wear black jerseys and red panties…
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:03 pm
DawginaTruck is a tool.
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
6:04 pm
Wear whatever you want. We can come out buck nekkid and still put a whuppin’ on y’all that ya Mammas can’t wash off with GO-JO.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:06 pm
Hey Bengal,
Les leaves ATL with his record STILL sub .500 against UGA.
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
6:09 pm
Bet your house-trailer against my gator boat?
please...
November 30th, 2011
6:09 pm
Im hearing rumblings, even though LSU is denying it, Jefferson is academic bust. Their buying time to fiqure out what to do to get around it. Im just saying what Im hearing. Trouble again.
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
6:10 pm
Jefferson is fine. Lee’s the one with problems.
Won’t affect this game anyways.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:11 pm
You need a trailer? Boy, I’ll GIVE you a trailer. Be good for your sis.
Fidlin1
November 30th, 2011
6:11 pm
Anybody know what recruits we should expect at the Dome Saturday?
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
6:12 pm
Keep talkin’ about Sis, and she just might come put a whuppin’ on you.
Trust me. You don’t wanna mess with Sis.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:15 pm
A good whuppin’?
Hmmmm……….I COULD use a good whuppin’
Delbert D.
November 30th, 2011
6:15 pm
Interesting fake conversation with yourself, fella. Didn’t fool anyone.
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:15 pm
The complete audacity of some of these UGA fans never ceases to amaze the logical thinking football fan. Yes, UGA has a slight chance to win, very slight on Saturday against LSU. But to think they are going to score many points against LSU is what captures the most difficult situation to swallow without laughter.
The fact that some yahoo with a UGA blog wants to post some stats indicating that UGA has played better in certain areas is absolutely ridiculous. Comparing games against common opponents who LSU blows out early, substitutes early and often with a UGA team that kept starters in the entire game with a close game. That is what is so off the chart.
Georgia fans are so embarrassing and everyone in the league is tired of the damn barking as much as they are those cowbells in Starkville. Drunk, Obnoxious and Ignorant is no way to go through life and the SEC.
LSU beats up a weak UGA team and do not be surprised when UGA is foreced to go to their backup QB to finish the game. Murray scrambling options will be limited and if he does the above statement will apply.
Pierce Co Dawg
November 30th, 2011
6:16 pm
Mark Bradley i enjoyed this column. Thanks it was great!!!! Now lets beat LSU!!!! GA 31 LSU 28
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:17 pm
DawgInaTruck
November 30th, 2011
5:18 pm
“Answer the question!!! How many teams currently ranked in the top 25 has Georgia beat???? Are you Dawgs ashamed to answer??”
Not ashamed to take our share of credit for dropping some of our opponents out of the rankings. We beat them, that is what we are supposed to do. When we were down due to injury, lack of proper conditioning (or for any reason) and we played one of the nation’s toughest schedules, it got us nothing. Nor was our situation the fault of our opponents.
One thing you fail to grasp is that it is not our responsivbility to help our opponents succeed. That is their responsibility.
Correction:
UGA DROPPED NO ONE from the TOP 25 all year. That is a fact.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:18 pm
Wasn’t Tech ranked? I do believe so.
ARdawg
November 30th, 2011
6:19 pm
DawginaTruck
He’ll be up to something. Whatever the muse, witchdoctor or the petrified chicken feet tell him
B'dawg
November 30th, 2011
6:22 pm
Good column Mark. Need more of the type so everyone can get a feel of what goes on in the inside.
Good column.
reality Gator
November 30th, 2011
6:22 pm
combine 8 game opponents record in the SEC 12-54, I would hate to see how these losers act if they had really beaten some quality teams, wow.
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:23 pm
To post a link to a UGA website indicating that UGA has played just as good as LSU against common opponents is laughable. While LSU is blowing out opponents and substituting freely throughout the game, UGA is playing first units until the final whistle during close contests.
UGA needs to hope Murray does not try to scramble as he normally does or you will be seeing Mason directing the offense the next drive.
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:24 pm
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:18 pm
Wasn’t Tech ranked? I do believe so.
The same Tech Team UGA fans quote “Have OWNED” for many many years.
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
6:27 pm
I don’t see that Murray kid lasting till halftime. Georgia can’t run the ball, and that fat-assed O-line can’t block.
reality Gator
November 30th, 2011
6:27 pm
Just Gonna Say It!
What due you expect from a program that has not won the big one since Jimmy Carter was President.
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
6:28 pm
Gonna sic the Junkyard Dawgs on the Tiggers, and then while in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, gonna raid Marie Laveau’s tomb and parade her down Bourbon Street…..with a silly hat on.
Discerning Dog
November 30th, 2011
6:28 pm
SSIgator: you lost last year’s coach to the broadcasting both because he knew the gators would not have the talent to compete this season without mr.self righteous. He bailed on you, gave it a year, and now has found himself reborn in Ohio, away from the stresses of the SEC.
As to “Gamecocks Win SEC”, whatever you are taking, I could have used some when I was unloading my starter wife.
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:29 pm
Just ignorant College Football fans who embarrass the conference with all that barking, just as bad as those cowbells in Starkville, but in Starkville those cowbells are not drunken Otis like Baffoons.
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
6:30 pm
You been scoring from that running back 1eye?
Better get a designated driver.
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:32 pm
All of you ignorant UGA fans bragging, please show up on this blog saturday to take the medicine you have coming to you.
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
6:32 pm
Guess all the GT, UF, Awbun, and SC fans will be raking leaves Saturday.
what losers...
November 30th, 2011
6:35 pm
Seams there are more Gator and GA Tech fans on this blog than UGA fans.
Lol, two programs struggling badly. Fans have no class. No matter if UGA went undefeated
and beat every team in the AP top 10 they would still criticize.
GET A LIFE. . .
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:35 pm
We will be watching the No.1 team in the conference playing the No. 5 team in the conference.
About as bad as watching Oregon play a 6-6 team in the PAC 12.
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
6:36 pm
Then don’t watch. Take your old lady to the mall.
what losers...
November 30th, 2011
6:36 pm
Funny how many GA Tech Fans and Florida Gator fans on this blog.
GET A LIFE…
what losers...
November 30th, 2011
6:38 pm
Hey Tech and Gator fans…nice season…..hahahahahaha
We beat both your teams so go crawl back in your hole. Losers.
Delbert 0.
November 30th, 2011
6:38 pm
Is there an echo in here?
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:39 pm
Just Gonna Say It seems angry. Take a deep breath, fella. Enjoy the show Saturday. What else you got to do?
FLA DAWG
November 30th, 2011
6:40 pm
No wonder Florida stinks.
That program lost everyone from McGarity to Meyer to Tebow within two years.
Glad McGarity is here and Muschamp is there!
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:42 pm
No one is Angry.. Just embarrassed by the fact that our 5th best team in the conference is playing while 3 better teams are sitting and watching, and all three of those teams WILL play in better bowls than UGA will.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:44 pm
Just ignorant College Football fans who embarrass the conference with all that barking, just as bad as those cowbells in Starkville, but in Starkville those cowbells are not drunken Otis like Baffoons.
Sounds angry to me.
ct
November 30th, 2011
6:44 pm
its amazing that everyone thinks there is this great turnaround. Dawgs had the easiest schedule you could possibly draw up, lost to the only 2 good teams we played. Next year the schedule changes and they go back to 7-5 with a lousy bowl game. I mean seriously, who did we beat that was a good team? Noone. Everyone puts on their Georgia glasses and seems to be blind to the fact that we beat a bunch of really bad teams. I for one do not expect us to be even close to LSU on Saturday, but we shall see.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:45 pm
Say it,
Look at Bengal Tiger’s comments. He’s fun. Not angry.
dawgs2004
November 30th, 2011
6:47 pm
Gamecocks win SEC!
November 30th, 2011
2:45 pm
Gamecocks win SEC,
The last time I looked , UGA had 1, count em, 1 SEC loss and SC had 2, count em, 2 SEC loses. What’s in your SC Koolaid? By the way UGA way out played SC but beat themselves.
Preston
November 30th, 2011
6:47 pm
Love the enthusiasm but I really don’t see that many points being scored in this game. UGA does pull it off though. 23-17
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:47 pm
sch Top 10 Top30 Proj Final
17 Georgia A = 86.02 10 2 72.15( 39) 0 1 | 0 2 | 86.55 14 | 84.95 15
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:49 pm
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:44 pm
Just ignorant College Football fans who embarrass the conference with all that barking, just as bad as those cowbells in Starkville, but in Starkville those cowbells are not drunken Otis like Baffoons.
Sounds angry to me.
The TRUTH HURTS when It is True…LOL!
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:49 pm
ct,
Is it ‘we’ or ‘they’. You use both.
Methinks thou art an impostor.
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
6:50 pm
Good thing it’s not a crime to lie and assume another’s identity on a football blog. But some of you are on a fast track to hell for your lying and envy.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:50 pm
Still sounds angry.
Dawg Jones
November 30th, 2011
6:50 pm
Just think what might have happened if McGarity had kept the Lousiville game instead of playing Boise State! And McGarity did a great job of scheduling the two Mississippi schools instead of Alabama and LSU. But his best move of the season might have been when while at Florida they let Urban Meyer put their program in limbo but taking off the summer! C’mon now I will give credit where credit is due, but we beat 10 tomato cans in a row…look at the cumulative records…now if we beat LSU…then give credit where it is due and watch McGarity and Richt walk hand in hand across Lake Harrick!
Beast from the East Eaten by Dawg
November 30th, 2011
6:51 pm
I’m happy for Richt. He’s a class guy and I truly hope he is successful at UGA. That said, the schedule played a large part in UGA winning the East this year. If they had to play any of the top 3 teams from the West, then they more than likely would be watching South Carolina get steamrolled for the second straight year in Atlanta. not anyone’s fault…..just the way it worked out this season.
Best of luck against the Bayou Bengals….you’ll need it.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:51 pm
Tell ‘em Jack. Green just isn’t some folks’ color is it?
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
6:53 pm
Not on my end.. will be laughing about 6:45 p.m. saturday night after Georgia fans are on here making excuses for the loss and congratulating each other on a “great year”. LOL…see you then if you are man enough to take the heat.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
6:58 pm
Hey Angry Just Gonna Say It!,
How could the truth be anything but true?
You trying to invent some kind of new circular logic?
PT
November 30th, 2011
7:00 pm
Reasons for hope – Murry is the best QB LSU will face, Georgia has the second best defense they will see, and Georgia has the most talented group of receivers LSU will play. It may be a better game than advertised.
BDawg
November 30th, 2011
7:04 pm
I thought Auburn and GTech were ranked to 25 when we beat them?
Anyways, our schedule has helped but we won the games that we should have won. We now see what playing in the two Big 10…12s???, Pac 12, ACC, etc. is like. PLAYOFF!!! TOP 6, #1 and #2 get a bye first week.
LSU'S COLORS ARE FOR GIRLS
November 30th, 2011
7:13 pm
Poor Les has trouble beating the Dawgs!!! LMAO
Preston
November 30th, 2011
7:18 pm
Just gonna say something back! UGA has been in similar situations too. Remember 07′ @#$hole! No way Tennessee was better than us at the end of that season but they won head to head and those are the rules. Who do you suggest is better than us in the SEC right now besides MAYBE bammer and lsu? Arkansas has ZERO defense and would lose to us as easily as they did to lsu last weekend. SC would NOT like a rematch with us right now either. I really wish UGA’s schedule had been a little tougher this year so you idiots could shut up and realize that UGA doesn’t make it’s conference schedule. The SEC does! Just like it did Florida’s when they had a cake SEC schedule and eventually won a title.
dawg4u
November 30th, 2011
7:20 pm
The fact that LSU beat Oregon, WV, Arkansas and Bama is really going to make it painful to lose to a team wearing red panties now ain’t it? This is an even better build up than Joe Namath had against the powerful Baltimore Colts in SB3. Namath knew that nobody figured his team would win and “guarenteed” a win against the mighty Colts. LSU will assume the role of the Colts and UGA will be the Jets team that knocked them off that pedestal. Anyway, have a nice NC game against either Bama or OK State after we send you packing!
Elliot Garcia
November 30th, 2011
7:20 pm
Nobody blames Georgia for the soft schedule. It is just a fact that they beat a bunch of patsies….
Preston
November 30th, 2011
7:21 pm
And as far as the barking, every team has some sort of war chant whether it be “roll tide”, “war damn eagle”, “rocky top”, or whatever so STFU dummy and stop showing how much you respect THE UGA by coming on here with your ignorant drivel.
Sam
November 30th, 2011
7:22 pm
Amazing video of a high school senior from Columbia TN who kicks the ball dead straight 75-80 yards in the air. He was successful on 54 of 54 attempts this season….100%. Now he needs a college team. Wants to go to Georgia Tech!!!
Watch for yourself…it is unreal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JKwgwFY3g
Preston
November 30th, 2011
7:22 pm
Yeah Eliot just like other SEC teams have in the past on their way to the SECCG and sometimes the MNCG.
dawg4u
November 30th, 2011
7:23 pm
Should read “guaranteed” not “guarenteed.” My mistake or “bad.”
LSU'S COLORS ARE FOR GIRLS
November 30th, 2011
7:25 pm
I’ll be there all liquored up. Let’s rock baby.!!!!
PT
November 30th, 2011
7:25 pm
Georgia played the same teams Bama played. Look at the schedule. Next in line LSU.
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
7:27 pm
I just received my certified GT calculator from Big River this pm. Entered all the pertinent data and got the following:
UGA 27, LSU 0. Not sure if I can believe this thing or not.
LSU'S COLORS ARE FOR GIRLS
November 30th, 2011
7:29 pm
If it’s a GT calculator, it only works 1 out of 11 times.
Preston
November 30th, 2011
7:30 pm
Yeah everyone….it was all part of UGA’s plan to have the defending national champs have a down year, and for Florida to be in a possible rebuilding phase (jury is still out), and for the SEC to not have us play AR, Bammer, or LSU in the regular season. It was 100% premeditated. You clowns need to get your heads removed from your rectums and get reality checks! This isn’t Kentucky, Vandy, or Ole’ Miss. We’ve been there before. Multiple times over the years so shove it losers!
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
7:30 pm
Elliott you need a calculator?
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
7:31 pm
Also look at how many underclassmen, many of which are freshmen, we played this year plus we redshirted Rome and Drew. Got a a great foundation for the future.
Starting Saturday.
LSU'S COLORS ARE FOR GIRLS
November 30th, 2011
7:32 pm
Preston,
If the fools knew SEC football, it’s called a rotating sec schedule for the western teams we play. they cant help they post without thinking.
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
7:33 pm
Preston, I hope very soon we are able to cram it down their throats too. Right now I would rather suck a crawdad head than let them get to me. Hang in there bro.
Bill King
November 30th, 2011
7:33 pm
JUST WIN BABY !!!!!!!!!!
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
7:33 pm
“If it’s a GT calculator, it only works 1 out of 11 times.”
MOST excellent!!
Preston
November 30th, 2011
7:37 pm
LSU’ colors, they aren’t armed for thoughts.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
7:38 pm
That calculator also works only 12 out of 48 times and, in two of those 12, the results have been deleted.
Bad Dawg
November 30th, 2011
7:39 pm
PierceCounty
How do you figure UGA will score 31 points on LSU? I just do not see it. (Me personally the most points I can see is UGA scoring in between 17-21 and LSU in the 28-31 range). For that matter how do any of you self proclaimed fortune tellers have the smug and arrogance to predict what will happen in the future?
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
7:41 pm
Is there a Calculus study group going on now? Listen! No crickets chirping.
nudge the nub
November 30th, 2011
7:45 pm
Now its time to nudge Bobo the Clown out of town!!!!!
Denial Dawg
November 30th, 2011
7:45 pm
@PT
Murray has thrown a lot of TD’s, but he’s also taken a helluva lot of sacks and thrown far too many interceptions. We won’t even discuss the fumbles. Charles is the only receiver of note. The defense has padded their stats against patsies. We don’t have a healthy running back.
I’m glad you have hope, but I’m afraid you’re gonna wake up Sunday morning with a huge hope hangover. Just be thankful that we made it to the big game. I don’t really see how Georgia wins it. Simply not looking as bad as SC last year would be an accomplishment.
Dawg
November 30th, 2011
7:47 pm
McGarity just needs to pony up and pay CMR and CTG.
pragmatic
November 30th, 2011
7:47 pm
the thing that turned this around was a soft schedule UGA is still middle of the pack in SEC. Only 2 wins came against teams over 500
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 30th, 2011
7:47 pm
@SSIgator: Florida Gators + SSIgator + W. Muschamp + HEAVY Weiss = Trainwreck.
G. McGarity + CMR + CTG + CMB + Dream Team = Happy Dawg Nation
"Off the Mark" Bradley
November 30th, 2011
7:50 pm
Was wandering why all the Fla, USC, idiots are on the uga blawg. Then it hit me: because you are all siting at home on your sorry ass with no football going on at your pathetic programs. Enjoy Saturday girls!
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
7:52 pm
Denial Dawg, you obviously haven’t watched any of the games. Ain’t you got cable there in Egypt?
Fat Charlie Weiss
November 30th, 2011
7:54 pm
FL was better before I got there. Good luck Bulldogs!
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
7:57 pm
@Denial, that little Mitchell kid ain’t bad and he blocks OK, too. Running game is the Achilles heel of our team.
Dawghater
November 30th, 2011
7:57 pm
Funny, it’s now a big love feast! Fire CMR is all you saw on this blog earlier. Wonder what we will see after the beat down on Saturday!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 30th, 2011
8:03 pm
@Pragmatic:
Soft Schedule + Dream Team = SEC East Championship and BBBIIGGGGGG Bowl Game Invitation and Chance to defeat NO. 1 Team.
Pragmatic + SSIgator + W Muschamp + HEAVY Weiss – (that is a minus sign Prag) Tebow = Train Wreck and Invitation to Local Insignificant Bowl Game. = recruits jumping ship and headed to Athens,
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
8:07 pm
The voters and the polls say UGA is BEHIND
LSU
ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
SOUTH CAROLINA
and after the big loss to LSU you will see UGA drop even more than the one spot they dropped last week.
The pollsters, computers all have UGA as very weak.
As for the truthful comment about many( I will not say as all and group them all together as every fan base has their share of moronic fans) it is very true, the common comments from every opponent fans about UGA is the fans just bark and ruff while being intoxicated and believing they are some kind of gift to the SEC while winning their last national title 30 years ago.
UGA has a nice team, but could not beat Arkansas who really had zero defense last year at home in Athens, but this year have a better defense and as the voters, computers and experts all believe would beat a UGA team. Those are the facts, just live it.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:08 pm
Dawghater,
Most of the ‘fire Richt’ crowd were impostors, usually Tech fans who wish he had been on the hot seat. A Tech associate of mine has been whining that tune for two years.
He only wishes, too.
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
8:13 pm
PT
November 30th, 2011
7:25 pm
Georgia played the same teams Bama played. Look at the schedule. Next in line LSU.
Did not see LSU or Arkansas on that UGA regular season schedule. Both of those teams are ranked in the top 10. Was Penn St on the road in front of 100 PLUS Thousand Nittany Lion fans prior to the big Sandusky slam.
LSU had Alabama, Arkansas, Oregon, West Virginia, Did not see those on UGA’s schedule.
Nice Try but no win.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:16 pm
Oh Just Gonna Say It,
Where’s your team playing Saturday?
Bad Dawg
November 30th, 2011
8:16 pm
How many people really believe UGA will win this Saturday and think first before you answer the question? Would a moral victory be good enough? If the team loses who does the blame go to or should the fans just say “we got taken to the woodshed”?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 30th, 2011
8:18 pm
Hey PRAG: How many teams over .500 did the ONCE MIGHTY gators beat? How many teams did yawl beat period? Dream Team won 10 consecutive. Know whut im sayin.
Denial Dawg
November 30th, 2011
8:18 pm
@1eyedJack
Yeah… I watched the games – even the one’s only on the web. Some folks on this blog don’t seem to remember certain parts of those games. I’m happy to get a 10 game winning streak no matter what. It’s the first one that I’ve ever seen at UGA, but I don’t consider it such a big “turnaround” so much as a mere statistical anomaly. We played 10 games in a row that we should have won. Now, I’ll admit that we didn’t even do that much last year. Still, how often do you wind up with 10 games in a row that you are expected to win easily? Even Florida was a cakewalk this year. Who knew?
We’ve still had disciplinary problems (though not as many) and that is, in my opinion, the most acute problem that needed to be addressed by Richt and McGarity. I don’t understand fans pretending that Georgia is an even match for this LSU team. I hope we win, but if we do it will be a HUGE upset.
We have some very good players. LSU has a great team.
Go Dawgs Anyway!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 30th, 2011
8:21 pm
@Airdawg. Man you just hit a homerun with “Where’s your team playing Saturday?” Wish I had thought of that.
Just Gonna Say It!
November 30th, 2011
8:22 pm
In the Dome against your Dawgs…
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:23 pm
I ALWAYS believe the Dawgs will win. Only a loser goes in expecting to lose. No, a moral victory isn’t good enough.
And, if you played sports at any time in your life, you realize you win some and you lose some. Sometimes the other guy is better. But we don’t know who is better yet.
The game is Saturday. We’ll know then.
Red Stick
November 30th, 2011
8:23 pm
PT
November 30th, 2011
7:00 pm
“Georgia has the most talented group of receivers LSU will play.”
You must have forgotten about Arkansas’ receivers who are clearly the best in the SEC and perhaps the nation.
How did they do against the Tigers last week?
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
Red Stick
November 30th, 2011
8:24 pm
The 5 finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award was announced today;
Luck
Richardson
RG3
Keenun
and the Honey Badger
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:26 pm
Naw JGSI,
You made too many references much earlier that alluded to a team other than LSU (though you are too afraid to say who).
That’s not even a nice try. That’s actually poor effort.
And thanks Brainiac. Dude’s angry.
Red Stick
November 30th, 2011
8:27 pm
I’ve heard that Ole Miss is trying hard to hire Kirby Smart.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
8:27 pm
All UGA and their weak fan base can hope for is “moral victory”. Keep it within the point spread and go slap each other on the back and toast your trip to the Cotton Bowl as a better bowl than Memphis 2010.
45ACP
November 30th, 2011
8:28 pm
Hey haters, who you playing this Saturday? Yeah that’s what I thought. How about a hot bowl of STFU!
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:29 pm
I’d take the Cotton as a consolation prize. Fond memories of ‘84 down there. Cold but fun. Plus, I still believe the Cotton should be a part of the BCS. Great old bowl with tons of tradition.
Bengal Tiger
November 30th, 2011
8:30 pm
I had to refer to other teams as you and your so called fans wanted disparage our opponents as if we did not play anyone. I respect Arkansas and Alabama, even Miss St. They played tough opponents all year while you guys coasted through the easiest schedule in the conference and finished off a middle of the road ACC team.
Hater
November 30th, 2011
8:31 pm
I’m playin’ yo Momma next Saturday big boy. Gimme some fries with that!
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:33 pm
Agreed on our schedule, but we don’t make it. It rotates and you get what you get.
And I’ve NEVER heard anyone disparage your schedule. That would be nuts!
45ACP
November 30th, 2011
8:33 pm
Watch thec game and be happy. You ain’t got nothin else to do.
Bad Dawg
November 30th, 2011
8:34 pm
The players feel really disrespected by the media and the pollsters. They go in with a chip on their shoulder and play their best game of the year imo. So I think the players are ready for the game BUT do you guys have faith in our coaching staff to out coach Les Miles and his staff because as you saw in the Alabama game even if your players play up to the level of LSU (which is very hard to do) the coaches must come up with a gameplan to “out smart” the other coaches.
Hater
November 30th, 2011
8:34 pm
That’s what she said.
Cuz
November 30th, 2011
8:34 pm
McGarity is the best AD since Joel Eaves.
Just Gonna Say It
November 30th, 2011
8:36 pm
Air Dawg and Brianic wanting to call me out,grow a pair and get a win this weekend, I will be here on Satruday nite after the game, it may be late, but I leave in the a.m. to arrive in Atlanta for SEC Championships Weekend. See you there if you can afford a ticket.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:36 pm
Hater’s a Tech boy. He thinks this is a basketball blog. Who’s playing NEXT Saturday?
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 30th, 2011
8:37 pm
@Bad Dawg: Every team LSU played got taken to the woodshed including “We ain’t got no Field Goal Kicker” Alabama. We are just PLEASED AS PIE to be playing for the Championship in the best conference in NCAA Football and nothing you or any other LOSER spouting negatives is gonna rain on our parade but if it makes your day to try, have at it. We are in a Win Win situation. No semi-rational person is gonna expect us to win and if by some mini-miracle we do then that’s just gonna be more fun than Dawg Nation can handle. IF, if, if, if, if Murray brings his A-Game and we move the ball on the ground a little something good could happen but rest assured WE WILL BE THERE and play the game. Keep them TV’s tuned in now. Ya hear?
SEC_Fan
November 30th, 2011
8:38 pm
@Bad Dawg
Georgia should have an emotional advantage in this game. It don’t see any other advantages for the Dawgs. LSU is favored for a reason. Ball bounces funny sometimes though…
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
8:38 pm
Seems to be a lot of Techies who have dual enrollment.
DILLIGAF
November 30th, 2011
8:39 pm
Here you go little Sweatbee trollers….
Win or lose against LSU, we will always OWN you! Don’t you ever forget it…
http://youtu.be/yerKM6YWu0k
UGA/85′
GATA!
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:40 pm
Dual enrollments and BIG imaginations.
Reader
November 30th, 2011
8:40 pm
Mark, you can’t be serious? Look at this schedule for UGA football. Boise St. thrashes the Dawgs in their own backyard, S.C. wins, but goes on to have a horrible season. Coastal Carolina..no explantation needed. Mississippi St. you’re suppose to win there.. UT is the worst team in the SEC, Vanderbilt? Had to fight to win against them. Suppose to be a win-win every season. Florida is having a down season, suppose to win there. New Mexico St?? Auburn will be like that for the next few seasons. So will Florida. Kentucky, had to fight to win that one, suppose to win every season and Ga. Tech was just too small. So my point is here, Georgia did what they were suppose to do this season. They were not gonna beat Boise St, S.C. was ready, UGA didn’t want it more. You can’t say the A.D. is reason for the football team turning it around. He doesn’t do anything but sit in an office and pretty much make threats. This argument you’re making here isn’t valid. Weather McGarity was here or Evans or anybody else, this football season would have still went this way.
bamaguy
November 30th, 2011
8:40 pm
We don’t really need to argue about this. Because on Saturday we will see if Georgia is on par with LSU and Alabama. Will be fun to watch.
45ACP
November 30th, 2011
8:40 pm
I concur Cuz.
SEC_Fan
November 30th, 2011
8:41 pm
Do the Georgia Tech fans pester you guys on this blog?
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
8:41 pm
Just Gonna Say It, you gonna be selling programs or hot dogs?
sldkfjslk
November 30th, 2011
8:43 pm
I do think it is unfair to classify King as an energy vampire. His career certainly didn’t turn out to be what we hoped for but I don’t blame King and his attitude was not the reason he was dismissed. He was academically ineligible and we all know that he struggled in that area since before he enrolled at UGA. I would actually credit the University for not allowing him to continue. We get a lot of flack for the Jan Kemp affair which began nearly 30 years ago but the bottom line is we started doing things the right way in the classroom. Things that Auburn with its rouge sociology program and Tennessee with it’s Bensyl-Meyers situation have still been dealing with in this past decade. King gets a lot of flack for his problems but as I recall his only indiscretions were driving a scooter the wrong way down a short one way road on campus and going 70 mph on hwy 78 through Monroe. It’s not like he pulled out an AK-47 and fired rounds into the air. Ealey certainly had attitude problems going back to high school and was summarily dismissed but King’s dismissal was purely academic. I wish him the best in the future and would like to thank him for helping to beat Tech and salvage the ‘09 season which is more than most of us around here have ever done for the R&B.
Go Dawgs – Shock the World Saturday!
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:43 pm
I think Just Gonna Say It is a 12-15 yr old kid playing on his computer before bedtime.
He’d be fun if he wasn’t so angry.
Hush
November 30th, 2011
8:45 pm
@Reader
We all know about the schedule, but it’s not polite to discuss it in public. Just pretend it isn’t there, and it’ll go away. We’re gonna CRUSH LSU dude! Haven’t you heard?
Ain’t it cool?
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:45 pm
SEC_Fan,
The Tech fans try, well somewhat.
Kinda like their team.
Hard to take ‘em serious. Not much personality, those boys.
45ACP
November 30th, 2011
8:46 pm
LSU has the 97th ranked passing offense of 120 teams.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 30th, 2011
8:46 pm
@Bad dawg: Last time I checked Les Miles had a problem keeping up with what down it is, how much time he got left,when do he call a time out and how many timeouts he got left.. It has cost LSU some games in the past. Maybe they done hired them some knowledgeable folks to keep up with that vital information.
SEC_Fan
November 30th, 2011
8:48 pm
@45ACP
Could be because they run the triple option so much.
SEC_Fan
November 30th, 2011
8:49 pm
Why throw it, when you don’t have to? Three things can happen when you throw the ball – and two of them ain’t good things.
Bad Dawg
November 30th, 2011
8:49 pm
To say UGA’s fan base is weak is ignorant Bengal. Are UGA fans crazy? Yes. Are UGA fans delusional? Some are (not me) Do UGA fans get excited every time our team has a chance to go to a BCS bowl? You bet (30 years and counting does that to a lot of the older fans, fortunately I am still young and in college). Do UGA fans love those Georgia Bulldogs? Yes sir and no matter how good or bad UGA does any season that won’t change. I think most other fans hate UGA fans because they are overly optimistic which is understanding because last National Championship coming so long ago. Its not easy to be a dawg fan but somebody has got to do it. Good luck in the dome.
guy
November 30th, 2011
8:50 pm
I am an avid UGA fan but we all need to realize who we are playing Saturday. LSU is not unbeatable but look what they did to Arkansas after falling behind by 14 points.Still,miracles are possible.????
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:51 pm
LSU really focuses on the run game. FOUR tailbacks who can pound it would be hard to pass up if you’re Miles. But they’re not one-dimensional. They have been very opportunistic with the pass. A lot of clutch throws, which can be back breakers.
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
8:52 pm
Stop the run. Check.
Run the ball. ????
Play sound special teams. Hopefully that’s straightened out. More starters need to step up and step in.
Don’t turn the ball over. ??
Murray vs. Jefferson. Georgia.
Play 60 hard, side-splitting, bloody, minutes.
Give 100 %
Celebrate!!
45ACP
November 30th, 2011
8:52 pm
Maybe so. Georgia Tech is ranked 108.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:53 pm
SEC_Fan reminds me of a guy named Dooley who used to coach around these parts. He said the same thing.
And that’s a compliment.
45ACP
November 30th, 2011
8:57 pm
UGA is ranked 6th at stopping the running game.
Hall Dawg
November 30th, 2011
8:57 pm
Hey, SSlgator… Where will Florida be playing on Saturday??? Oh yeah… I forgot… NOWHERE.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 30th, 2011
8:58 pm
@Reader @ 8:40 pm: McGarity actually makes the schedules so you can expect many more “Soft” seasons like this one. oh, and the won/loss record is the ONLY THING THAT COUNTS. McGarity will probably fill in a couple of high school teams for next year(Probably the equivalent of your team) Oops.Sorry! do you know what equivalent means?
SEC_Fan
November 30th, 2011
8:59 pm
“Stop the run. Check.”
Heh heh heh… That’s as far as I got.
Bad Dawg
November 30th, 2011
8:59 pm
I am no UGA football pessimist. I just try to be realistic and objective about where the team is but after 12 games it is still up in the air. I do think this game is closer than the Arkansas game though, only real worry is the usual suspects for UGA (Crowell’s injuries, Bean Anderson below average pass blocking, Bobo’s lack of creativity at times, and poor special teams play) If these problems can be managed the game should be competitive and some way UGA must win the turnover battle.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
8:59 pm
Yeah 45 and we get our biggest test yet Saturday.
Gotta bow up like the man said.
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
9:02 pm
“Stop the run. Check.”
Heh heh heh… That’s as far as I got.
Can’t read, huh? Hooked on Phonics. Try it.
Bad Dawg
November 30th, 2011
9:02 pm
Seems like Richt is cool with the guys drumming up some confidence via “trash talk” this week. There were the comments from Jones and others, then at practice Richt is telling people to watch for the Honey Badger – which the players turned into the Honey Bun. I think the Bulldogs might feel a bit disrespected after stringing off all those wins and coming into this game without anyone giving them a shot, so they are making sure that game week leading up to kickoff is about building confidence.
45ACP
November 30th, 2011
9:05 pm
UGA defense is ranked 11th against passing and 6th against the running game.
LSU offense is ranked 97th passing and 18th running.
Stop the running game and the Dawgs have a real shot at winning this game.
DILLIGAF
November 30th, 2011
9:07 pm
To the naysayers and haters on any blog concerning the state of UGA football, unless you’re a Boise State fan or a SC fan then shut up. If UGA has played you then you have lost. If UGA has not played you, then you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
Boise State fans can boast because they beat a team that was clearly not ready to play on the big stage with all of the buildup and hype. SC won a game that even the Ole’ Ballsak said they were lucky to get out of with a win. UGA gave that game away with turnovers and dumb mistakes and it was a game that the Dogs should have one.
I feel very confident that the outcome of BState/UGA would be decidedly different now and I know if we played SC now that UGA would beat them down with Garcia, Lattimore, Shaw, any combination that you want to throw in the mix.
To LSU fans, lets talk again on Sunday. Your team still has to show up and play. On any given day….that’s why the game is played. Despite your perceptions of the state of UGA footaball and past games or seasons, this team will be focused and prepared to steal the hype if. If, perhaps they do pull off the “unimaginable’ feat of beating your team and LSU does proceed and win the NC with a one loss record.
You will always remember that UGA spoiled your unbeaten season and will be the team that you lost to, the true National Champions.
Pollster guy
November 30th, 2011
9:07 pm
Wonder where Saban will watch the game…….hahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
9:08 pm
I’d love to be on the field during pregame warm ups.
Dawg48
November 30th, 2011
9:09 pm
Check this out on tenneesse football
http://tonybasilio.com/index.php?page=tony
SEC_Fan
November 30th, 2011
9:10 pm
That’s funny, right there. It is. Really.
Tobias Funke
November 30th, 2011
9:13 pm
Damon who?
You are only as good at your job as your boss allows you to be. Freedom to do your best is essential. Doing other persons work will get you in a rut!
1eyedJack
November 30th, 2011
9:13 pm
Good night Dawgs fans. To the rest of you pukes….get a life.
45ACP
November 30th, 2011
9:14 pm
Right on DILLIGAF!!!
Your Friend on FB
November 30th, 2011
9:16 pm
GT BOB: Thanks for pointing out the schedule was easy. First time anyone here heard that. LOL. YOU ARE A FREAKING IDIOT.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 30th, 2011
9:16 pm
@ Just gonna say it. I know at least 10 teams that won’t UGA is weak. Spurrier said dawgs outplayed S C so that makes 11 but who is counting. I would love to see UGA and Arkansa in a bowl game but it won’t happen and if you seriously think Arkansas is a better passing team than UGA you know less about football than I give you credit for. Good luck against whoever y’all be playin this weekend.
Red Stick
November 30th, 2011
9:16 pm
DILLIGAF
November 30th, 2011
9:07 pm
“You will always remember that UGA spoiled your unbeaten season and will be the team that you lost to, the true National Champions.”
Does that mean when Florida lost to Ole Miss in 2008 for their only loss on the way to the BCS Title that the Rebels were the true National Champions?
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
9:21 pm
Good point Tobias,
Richt had been told no by Damon when he requested more strength & conditioning staff. Remember how gassed our ‘D’ looked in the 2nd half of the Miss. St. game last year?
McGarity gave Richt what he wanted and needed there and the results are already paying off.
SOUTHGADAWG88
November 30th, 2011
9:21 pm
Lot of future pros on the field sat night!Should be a great game!
SEC_Fan
November 30th, 2011
9:24 pm
Houston Nutt said Florida played a good game, so that loss counted as a win – just like Georgia and SC.
AirDawg
November 30th, 2011
9:26 pm
Nah, Carolina got us.
But we’re going to Atlanta.
Coach Chizik
November 30th, 2011
9:30 pm
Check out the video about Kristi Malone:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Headhunters-Mulling-Dan-Mullen-as-Paterno-s-suc;_ylt=Aj8cfCwFDw8K6NDbhjtcbtXynYl4?urn=ncaaf-wp10766
Coach Chizik
November 30th, 2011
9:32 pm
oops that’s Kristi Malzahn
Dawg48
November 30th, 2011
9:33 pm
Mark Bradley
Have you heard any youth to this about Tennessee football?
http://tonybasilio.com/index.php?page=tony
DILLIGAF
November 30th, 2011
9:39 pm
“Does that mean when Florida lost to Ole Miss in 2008 for their only loss on the way to the BCS Title that the Rebels were the true National Champions?”
Yes.
Just because it was a victory over an undefeated Gator team. Just kidding.
There has got to be some kind of consideration after beating a team with the momentum that this team has carried throughout this season, with their stats and strength of schedule, especially if they beat the #2 team in the country a 2nd time. Perception is everything, ask Paul Johnson.
Lakedawg
November 30th, 2011
9:44 pm
McGarity and Richt great team for years to come.
It’s great to walk into stadium and there is Greg McGarity standing by field on left and accessible, and also by phone or e-mail for fans. Never happened with Damon.
Idiot Dawg
November 30th, 2011
9:50 pm
I e-mailed McGarity one time and I was shocked to see a response in my inbox. He moved up a notch in my book.
Dawg in Macon
November 30th, 2011
9:51 pm
SSIgator, you are correct. UGA had a soft schedule. Maybe had your mighty Gators been worth a crap this year our schedule would not have been so soft. My gosh, you had a 14-0 lead against our tiny pups and you couldn’t hold that. Mabye one day you will learn that no matter how hard you try you can’t build yourself (or your team) up by tearing another one down. UGA may get their butts handed to them Saturday. If they do, then they do but I can guarantee you I can think of about 500 football players from the other Eastern Division schools that would love to have the opportunity to play LSU. The Gamecocks got their butts handed to them last year by Auburn but I bet every other player and coach in the SEC east would have loved to at least had the opportunity to play in the title game. It is much like winning the lottery……..you can’t win it if you don’t buy a ticket. You can’t win the SEC if you are not at least one of the 2 teams playing in the Dome. UGA may lose and it could be bad however THEY, not your Gators at least are playing on the first weekend in December. Seems to me that someone that lost to such a weak team would at least hope the Dawgs make a good showing because you LOST to that team with such a sorry schedule.
Let me guess………your wife just left you for another woman.
You don’t wear jealousy and envy very well. See you next Halloween sissy britches.
GeorgiaBoner
November 30th, 2011
9:59 pm
McGarity didn’t do a damn thing. Richt just needed some players to buy into the program, what some Florida douche leading the AA has to do with anything is beyond me.
This is really a stupid puff piece.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
November 30th, 2011
10:01 pm
@GT 5:47 pm: What are yawl celebrating after the annual spanking of the Bunglebees last Saturday?
St Simons - we're on Island time
November 30th, 2011
10:01 pm
trolls, what do you need from us dawgs to help you succeed…
at anything…here’s a tissue..jealousy is a terrible emotion.
GeorgiaBoner
November 30th, 2011
10:09 pm
I’m not really trying to be that hard on McGarity but believe me, Georgia Football is bigger than any AA admin.
I believe in Richt and knew he could turn it around. This is the best era in Georgia Football, period, point blank. I’m not sold on Grantham, the guy acts like a douche too much but he has gotten the defense whipped into shape. Man, I wish we could have landed Foster.
Anyhow, to all these LSlers out there, we should have played in the ‘07 game and I hope we embarrass your crazy, grass-eating coach on Saturday.
LSWho is an afterthought team, it’s time to put them in their place. I don’t even respect this crap program, they were nothing before 2003 and I really don’t like them now.
DanTheDawgFan
November 30th, 2011
10:11 pm
Georgia 31 Tech 17
Georgia 24 Florida 20
Georgia 2011 SEC East Champs South Crackolina sitting at home watching the game on TV
Go Dawgs! Piss on everyone else!
realitycheck
November 30th, 2011
10:15 pm
Not yet sold on this “turnaround”! Who has UGA beaten? Win this game or next year in Tuscaloosa and then maybe so. I still believe that Richt will never play in a BCS Championship game. Saban(Ala)and Meyer(Ohio St) are a couple cuts above Richt and their teams will be there time and again before Richt ever gets there once.
GeorgiaBoner
November 30th, 2011
10:24 pm
reality– It’s luck, basically. There really is no Championship in college FBS, it’s basically a popularity contest. Every SEC homer used to talk about how the SECCG was a semi-final for the “championship” game now it people are saying even in Georgia wins, it’s still LSWho and Bama. What a joke.
Georgia just hasn’t gotten the breaks.
Only thing Georgia can hope for is the piss-slap LSU out of contention by embarrassing them.
Georgia would kill Bama since we actually have a QB who can throw.
Devil Dawg
November 30th, 2011
10:25 pm
One quick question. Since when has doing nothing been considered being a leader? A leader would pledge support for Richt or man up and say he was on the hot seat. McGarity is a weak excuse for an AD. Also, thanks for canceling every meaningful out of conference game, and replacing them with D2 schools.
fishdawg
November 30th, 2011
10:28 pm
It amazes me that Bama and LSU fans say that UGA has played a “soft schedule”. I believe that these teams played five common opponents. Time to lay down that crutch…Just sayin…
west Coast Dawg
November 30th, 2011
10:30 pm
All this celebrating of the “great turnaround” is premature to say the least. Ten games straight over pitiful opposition does not a season make.
Let’s see what happens on Saturday. Even then why are we so thin at so many positions? Lazy recruiting, lazy coaches, lazy headcaoch.
tenn.DAWG
November 30th, 2011
10:33 pm
Goooooooooooo You Hairy Dawgs !!!
GeorgiaBoner
November 30th, 2011
10:35 pm
That’s a good point Devil Dawg, the guy was totally neutral when all the morons were calling for CMR’s head. McGarity is like any senior administrator, he’s a walking, talking vagina. Everything that comes out of McGarity’s or Adams’ mouth are pure lies.
realitycheck
November 30th, 2011
10:37 pm
GeorgiaBoner…….Georgia would kill Bama? You must be on a bad combo of meds pal. Murray might not make it through next years game as small as he is. Bama just might have NC #14 by then. Why they might have twenty NC’s before UGA gets #2.
GeorgiaBoner
November 30th, 2011
10:43 pm
reality—
Hahahaha, a Bama fan. Great. Who have you beat again? Some little girl Arkansas team? Ark is a perennial joke, no one and I mean NO ONE in the East takes those idiots seriously. Can your QB even complete a forward pass? Can your kickers even kick a FG? What a joke of a team, I don’t really even know why you’re even ranked top-10.
Georgia would MURDER Bama.
The Bear is still dead you stupid slobs.
GeorgiaBoner
November 30th, 2011
10:45 pm
Nobody out here is impressed with Bama. Bama has beaten a vagina-laden Arkansas team and rape-laden PSU.
UGA would kill Bama. Can Bama’s QB even complete a forward pass? Can Bammer even kick a FG? What a joke of a team.
GeorgiaBoner
November 30th, 2011
10:46 pm
The “Baher” is still dead and rotting, too. Screw him.
SEC_Fan
November 30th, 2011
10:49 pm
I don’t think these guys will get it even after they get their asses handed to them next Saturday. They’ll still be making excuses for losing and praising CMR as the second coming of Knute Rockne.
Bad Dawg
November 30th, 2011
10:51 pm
Keep up the good work realitycheck that kind of talk is exactly what this bunch needs. What in world makes this guy think that UGA can beat Alabama, UGA is still unproven even after the ten game winning streak. This season is tbd, you will know how good UGA is after LSU and the bowl game
realitycheck
November 30th, 2011
10:59 pm
GeorgiaBoner…..I knew when you referred to them as “bammers” that you are a redneck. Let me guess…..you live in a trailer somewhere in South Georgia…..you watch SEC football on Sat…….Nascar on Sun…..and spend most of the rest of your week in a tree stand. Textbook!
War Eagle
November 30th, 2011
11:21 pm
@GeorgiaBoner,
LSU won the SEC in 2001 and went on to beat Illinois in the Sugar Bowl.
How long has it been since the Dawgs won a national title? That long huh
GeorgiaBoner
November 30th, 2011
11:21 pm
What is an “SEC_Fan”? Let me guess, an Ole Piss supporter?
reality– Again, nobody cares about Bammer. I live in N.Atlanta, no trailers here. Don’t care about Nascar. Don’t hunt deer, either. You got any other clichés handy?
GeorgiaBoner
November 30th, 2011
11:24 pm
Georgia hasn’t won the “MNC” since Reagan was president but it’s a rigged system. It’s not even a real championship.
Funny how there are tournaments for Baseball, Basketball and FCS but not FBS.
Old Times Sakes
December 1st, 2011
12:53 am
You know it is a good year when Auburn, Tech, UF, and UT scum are on this blog. This was a great article by Mark B, and after meeting McGarity a couple of times myself, he is a class act. He learned alot at UF, and he is right, mediocrity is not acceptable. Go Dogs
Natureboy809
December 1st, 2011
1:03 am
The turn around started the day we ran Willie Martinez out of town. Anyone watch Oklahoma’s pass defense this year?
BreakingNews
December 1st, 2011
7:10 am
SSIGator:
After the season your team has had, I would worry more about them than about how UGA will play vs. LSU. Enjoy the Weedeater Bowl this year!
SEC_Fan
December 1st, 2011
7:22 am
Georgia_Bonehead,
I’m just like you. Dropped out of HS. Never attended college. Don’t really have a life and live vicariously through professional wrestling and Tea Party politics.
Only difference is that I’m not whining about choosing the wrong team as the inspiration for the paint job on my pick-em-up truck. You should just be happy that your 5th place team backed it’s way into the SEC Corn Dawg Bowl and then get busy working on ideas for the conspiracy theory that led to the beat-down your puppies will take next Saturday.
Weather Channel Expert
December 1st, 2011
7:32 am
That [GTu] calculator also works only 12 out of 48 times and, in two of those 12, the results have been deleted.
- Even a blind squirrel doesn’t find a nut.
TampaGator
December 1st, 2011
7:53 am
Breaking News….
I have some news for you………a trip to Jacksonville and the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2 this year is a lot better than trips to…….Shreveport for Independence from losing so often to the Gators in recent years…… and to Memphis for Liberty to lose to UCF….just last year. How easy the mind forgets!
P.S.
Georgia’s defense was ranked 5th in the nation this year…….with a very good offense.
Florida’s defense was ranked 10th in the nation this year…….with no offense whatsoever.
Mushamp and Weis will get the players they need in the pro style offense…..and then watch what happens………….sort of like Saban and Bama in his first year (6-6 and lost to La-Monroe)…and then went on to where they are now. I would expect Florida will take the same pathway…..
suwaneedawg
December 1st, 2011
7:58 am
tampagator, you are in the same boat as were last year. You have to keep the faith. Without it there is nothing but misery.
LHarding Dawg
December 1st, 2011
8:00 am
Dang Tampa, did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Remember the last time you went to Jacksonville.
Dawg in Milton
December 1st, 2011
8:00 am
Could things be better set up for us right now? UF and UT are as down as we could hope for, we are not in the West where they will probably have the last 3 National Titles with 3 different teams. Also it is looking like next year we will road trip to Missou and get the Bammer game cancled. IF you look at our schedule for next year we could win every game…NC 2012….
Hopelessly Devoted
December 1st, 2011
8:02 am
I just know that Mark Richt will take us to the Promised Land in year 12.
He’s been studying up on football this year. That, and Energy Vampires.
Just wait ’till next year!
Just wait ’till next year!
You’ll see!!!
Reality Check
December 1st, 2011
8:03 am
As a life long Dawg I’m still skeptical about Mike Bobo. I’m still of the opinion that Coach Bobo should be relagated to coaching the QB’s and recruiting. IMHO I think we need to get a proven, dynamic OC in house and let him work. Bobo is an excellent QB coach and an exceptional recruiter but I still think we are somewhat being short changed as long as he’s the OC. He has flashes of brilliance an then throws up a brick. Time has seemingly proven CMR made a good hire in Todd Grantham as DC so perhaps a new, proven OC could get us over the hump and make the team complete. I think it something that ought to be at least looked at.
Beachdawg
December 1st, 2011
8:07 am
Jax doesn’t want Florida for the Gator Bowl. They’re cheap, won’t stay, and Jax would lose money!!! CBS suggests that it’s Tattoo State and Awbarn….They’ll travel, stay, and spend!!!!!
Hopelessly Devoted
December 1st, 2011
8:09 am
If Bobo is good enough for Coach Richt, then he’s good enough for me.
Coach Richt is the best Coach in all of CFB. Why do you think we’re undefeated?
Email Profiling Is Wrong
December 1st, 2011
8:11 am
It’s encouraging to see the right buttons being pushed by the UGA Athletic brain trust. McGarity is the straw that stirs the drink. He seems to know what he’s doing (i.e. he built a big enough fire under CMR’s keester to get his attention).
McGarity certainly learned the right way to manage an athletic department during his time under Foley at UF. So kudos to the person/committee responsible for hiring him.
Regardless to what happens Saturday night at the Georgia Dome, the UGA football family should be proud of the 2011 season. Ten wins in a row is impressive, regardless to the quality of the schedule.
Having said that, lets see if 2011 was a sign of things to come or a product of a weak schedule.
The Dawgs still have not beaten a top-ranked team since 2007. The cream of the SEC East came back to UGA this year. UGA didn’t rise to their level.
The proof of the program’s redemption will come with quality performances in 2012 and 2013 and 2014. I doubt UF and Tennessee will tolerate their current mediocrity. Lets see where the Dawgs find themselves on December 1 the next three years.
They don’t have to be playing for an SEC championship, but they gotta start winning some of the games against the conference big boys again.
Billyboy
December 1st, 2011
8:19 am
Let’s face it, the Dawgs don’t live up to their recruiting. They had “the” schedule this year. With the high school players in Georgia, there is no reason to not win 10 games every year. When we have the good schedule is when we should win 12.
SawThat1nce
December 1st, 2011
8:22 am
Those wide reciever screens, or whatever you call them, where the QB throws the ball to the reciever standing by the sideline and behind the line of scrimage, I don’t get it, they never work, but seems like they are called two to four times every game.
SawThat1nce
December 1st, 2011
8:26 am
They should have played one of the weak teams the first game, for a tuneup, and played Boise later,
They pushed SC all over the field but gave the gcocks the game(might have been outcoached).
tardawg
December 1st, 2011
8:28 am
Let’s see Hunker down hairy dawgs, junkyard dawgs, my God he ran over two men scoring, Traditions, and Larry other memorial calls come together to help UGA win the SEC.
SawThat1nce
December 1st, 2011
8:32 am
Should have played one of the weaker teams on the schedule first for a tuneup, and played Boise later.
The Bulldogs pushed the gamecocks all over the field, but gave them the game. Looked like Ga. might have been outcoached also.
RedandBlackDawg
December 1st, 2011
8:33 am
Good article Mark. McGarity seems like the man to get the job done, and I am sure he will be generous with the extension of the HC and DC contracts at the conclusion of the season. I think it might help recruiting a little more, if he could release a public statement via press conference on his intention to keep the staff in tact. This would be a nice way of insuring the kids, who want to come, but only if CMR is going to be here next year.
Most of what the average Joe on the street, only gets news like that through you guys and other print. Of course, we also get a fair amount of rumors from the UGA haters on blogs, but I for one have just decided to ignore them. Don’t need the time spent, responding to hate mail.
GO DAWGS and GATA, the DAWG nation is proud of you
SawThat1nce
December 1st, 2011
8:34 am
This blog filters out the name of the South Carolina’s team?
Hopelessly Devoted
December 1st, 2011
8:35 am
I didn’t think about that tardawg. You’re right, Larry Munson might be even more powerful than fancy uniforms when it comes to making those LSU players quiver in fear at the prospect of facing the Mighty Dawgs.
I don’t see any possible way that we could lose this one now!
UGA 100 – LSU 0
GATA!!!
Buckeye
December 1st, 2011
8:35 am
Could somneone check w/ Chippy and see if the dogs are willing to donate the Pro Combats to Little Sisters of the Poor for the dogs next homecoming opponant. You could bill it as intra-squad scimmage and get as many fans as you had for New Mexico State.
Hopelessly Devoted
December 1st, 2011
8:41 am
Man, we rocked NMSU, didn’t we? Aaron Murray became the best quarterback in the SEC when we played that game.
Good thing too – we’ll need a star quarterback now that we’re playing LSU for the National Championship.
DawgGrad04
December 1st, 2011
8:49 am
SSI Gator – Get off of my island!!! Go back to your peninsula of shame! Go DAWGS!!!
loki
December 1st, 2011
8:50 am
Ya’ll back into the east crown. You didn’t beat SOUTH CAROLINA and you’ll lose again nex tyear when you come to
OUR house.
LSU will win on Saturday….
LHarding Dawg
December 1st, 2011
8:57 am
Look loki (whatever the hell that is), you lost to the worst Auburn team in 25 years. A team we beat 45-7. You also let the East down last year when Auburn scored over 50 on you. Get over it!
1eyedJack
December 1st, 2011
9:14 am
Isn’t loki some kind of malicious idol? Or is that malicious idiot?
Bulldog59
December 1st, 2011
9:33 am
Good read. Nice job MB.
Ron Swanson
December 1st, 2011
9:34 am
South Carolina has 4 bowl wins.
Bulldog59
December 1st, 2011
9:36 am
@loki,
LOKI here, we won the SEC East!
GulfShoresDawg
December 1st, 2011
9:46 am
Mark, enjoyed the article…yes, I was highly embarrassed after Damon Evans actions, but like some of the other UGA fans stated, we should thank the GA. St. Patrol who stopped Evans that night…what that incident has done for UGA…McGarity will guide UGA very well and keep the Ath. Dept. moving in the right direction toward championships…what a mess with Tressel and Paterno, I thank the high heavens we have CMR…thank goodness it was our AD that had a brain fart and not our HC…like the other institutions…could you ever imagine CMR running around with a Pensacola stripper aka strippergate Mike Price the Bama HC…OMG! Feel lucky Dawg Fans, feel very lucky! and Go Dawgs!
ARdawg
December 1st, 2011
9:48 am
Idiot Dawg
Ironic, I emailed McGarity once too and received a very articulate, thought out response. I don’t know if it was his, but it appeared to be
Boom-Boom
December 1st, 2011
9:49 am
I for one am very proud to have CMR on the UGA sidelines. LET’S GO DAWGS!!
GulfShoresDawg
December 1st, 2011
9:49 am
Mark, good article…yes let’s thank that Trooper who pulled over Damon Evans…what a step up to bring Greg back home!
ARdawg
December 1st, 2011
9:50 am
Ya’ll backed into the title WAHHHH your schedule was soft WAHHHHH WAHHHHH You didn’t play LSU, Bama or Arkansas WAHHHH WAHHHHH WAHHHH
Cry babies
GulfShoresDawg
December 1st, 2011
9:53 am
And Dawg Fans as embarrassed as we were with Damon Evans, imagine how we would feel if it were our HC, Tressell and Paterno were legends and look where they are now…the cheating at Ohio St. is probably much deeper than will ever be uncovered…could you ever envision CMR chasing strippers in Pensacola, AKA, Mike Price the Bama strippergate fiasco…Be thankful Dawg fans be very Thankful we have CMR!! Go Dawgs
62-39-5
December 1st, 2011
9:54 am
Loki – BBUUHHUUUWWAAHHHAAAHHHAA
You SC (can’t say USC, because the real USC took that from your pathetic team in court) fans are hilarious. Why don’t you try winning the conference once, just once, before talking trash.
You also need to work on that .502 all time football record. Seriously .502 – BBUUHHUUWWAAHHAAHHAA.
15-46-2 Against UGA – BBBBUUUHHUUUWWWAAHHHAAAHHHAA
At least the SEC East has representation next year. We don’t need South Vandy @ Columbia humiliating the East again at the championship game.
ARdawg
December 1st, 2011
9:56 am
Gulfshores
Of course you are right. But, who thought those guys specifically Tressel and Paterno would ever see that end? I didn’t. I had a lot of admiration for both those guys. Didn’t like they’re teams but admired their accomplishments.
It “could” happen to Richt in some form or fashion. It can literally happen to anyone
Hard Truth Black Soldier
December 1st, 2011
9:58 am
Only Big Mike, and Phil Steel Sw this Season as Georgia winnig the East, and Sec, and part one is done, part two coming up. Georgia 21- LSU 17.
62-39-5
December 1st, 2011
9:59 am
Vandy all time football record – .496
Basically the same as South Carolina BBUUHHHUUUHHUUWWAAAHHAAAHHHAA
62-39-5
December 1st, 2011
10:00 am
UK All time football record – .504
They’re a basketball school, yet better than South Carolina.
BBUUHHHUUUUHHUUWWWAAHHHAAHHHAA
SawThat1nce
December 1st, 2011
10:03 am
Ga. pretty well did kick SC’s gamec–ks all over the playing field, but gave the game away.
SC got lucky.
SawThat1nce
December 1st, 2011
10:05 am
kicked
tell me again
December 1st, 2011
10:14 am
SSI gator – you need to stay on your pitiful Gator board and reminesce over the past, glorious season your great Gators just had to stomach. How’s Urban doing by the way? Oh that’s right – HE’S COACHING THE BUCKEYES NOW! Boy, those health issues and family time concerns just VANISHED after he left your butts hanging, didn’t they? By the way, we LIKE Muschamp!
Snake Doc
December 1st, 2011
10:16 am
Turn around???? The CEO and his team have still not beaten a team ranked higher than them this season. They have only beaten two teams with a winning record at the time they played them. One of those teams is now 6-6, 3-5 in SEC East. The other is 7-5, 4-4 in SEC West.
Hardly a ringing endorsement for the CEO or this team. Only the boneheads and the richt-aid drinkers think this team will beat LSU and than should play for a NC. What load of garbage!
UGA irrelevant any way you say it!
ARdawg
December 1st, 2011
10:23 am
Snake Doc
What a bitter, miserable existence you must live. Look, Everyone recognizes the soft schedule Georgia has played. It wasn’t soft before the year started. It is, what it is. I don’t remember you spewing off on the blogs during the last few years when Georgia was playing the toughest schedule in the SEC and/or the nation. You sir are a crybaby of the worst order.
Evansdawg
December 1st, 2011
10:25 am
Go Dawgs. Nuff said.
I APOLOGIZE COACH RICHT!
December 1st, 2011
10:26 am
TODD IS THE MAN,HIM NOT RICHT BROUGHT THE KILLER INSTINCT BACK TO UGA!
football guy
December 1st, 2011
10:30 am
B.S. IT began with the easiest schedule EVER in NCAA history.
1eyedJack
December 1st, 2011
10:32 am
Muschamp has turned out to be a DGD after all.
billdawg
December 1st, 2011
10:38 am
SSIgator “don’t know Jack” about strength of schedule. Win or lose Saturday, UGA has won the respect of seven SEC schools directly and, based on their comments, at least two of the ones UGA did not play. Does he not remember those years when the almighty swamp lizards won by not playing the strength of the west and loaded up on patsies for their non-conference games?
athdog
December 1st, 2011
10:39 am
bye yoo kitties may indeed win, but there is no way they score 38 on Granthams D. I think that if we don’t turn the ball over, ala the Carolina game, it will be a redo of the lsu/bama (lower case intentional) game. If we keep Grantham and have the offense find a running back, the Dogs are back!
TU87
December 1st, 2011
10:44 am
This game will measure how good Georgia really is. Except for Georgia and S Carolina the east was awful this year. Georgia has not beaten an SEC team with an SEC winning record this year, Auburn was close at 4-4. If LSU doesn’t turn the ball over this game won’t be close.
Disoriented Dawg
December 1st, 2011
10:56 am
Gee whiz… If South Carolina is really as bad as you guys say they are, then how did they whup up on my Dawgs at home in Athens?
Something just don’t add up…
Mayo
December 1st, 2011
11:20 am
@ SSI Gator: yep part of the ‘Dawgs schedule this year was soft. Now it appears that the date in Jacksonville was one of the softest spots. Next year will be worse for Coach Muschump.
GIVE ME A BREAK
December 1st, 2011
11:24 am
Someone mentioned dropping games with FCS schools. It would be better if the top 50 colleges stopped playing FCS schools in order to strengthen their schedules. If you want to be considered a top 25 team then play better opponents. I don’t like buying season tickets and having to watch what should be a preseason game.
UGA Insider
December 1st, 2011
11:24 am
Everyone can thank myself starting now………….
CMR says competition of the Dream Team really was a great force to help motivate his UGA team. However people like me were used to motivate CMR with Chris Peterson breathing down his neck. Rumors that Peterson and McGarity were to have a secret meeting during the Boise week were everywhere in Athens. I was even told that Chris Peterson’s wife was checking into Athens Academy….. I said this all summer on this and other AJC blogs and I was scolded often and people said horrible things about me. I was only stating what everyone “in the know” was talking about. My point is that McGarity’s strategy worked!!! Competition is a great motivator… and I was used as a motivational tool if you will…..
I would appreciate everyone giving me my due and saying thank you and apologizing for anything that was said about me negatively.
FLA DAWG
December 1st, 2011
11:28 am
I am the first to state The Dawgs have played weak teams since SC (actually Garcia tried his best to give us that game too but we were too inept to take it) but also realize The Dawgs improved at seasonend (well, with the exception of the KY game which we tried hard to give to KY but they were too inept to take it).
It’s amazing that an entire season has been played and we still do not know if this is a Good Dawg Team!
In a couple of days we’ll find out for sure though.
The Dawgs are juiced and ready. There should be absolutely no excuse for poor execution or lack of intensity. If we get blown off the field and lose by more than 10 points then the 10 wins and The SEC East Champ Title mean nothing.
bubba4dawgs
December 1st, 2011
11:30 am
I have this feeling about the DAWGS in this game!! They are hungry for this game! I believe they will come to play and leave it all on the field. I recall in Athens a few years ago when the superior LSU team visited and UGA had the game in hand until the last play of the game when the LSU tailback slipped thru the left side of the line and took it to the house. Remember too, when South Caroline came to Athens this year and the DAWGS actually controlled the game and had them beat then Cordy Glen failed to even touch Javedon Clowney as he simply walked thru the line next to center and shook Murray like a rag doll, the ball came loose,was picked up a a walk to the end zone. That was the game and the difference in their ranking right now at #14. Otherwise, I bet they would be in the top 10.
As for Boise State, they simply weren’t ready to play them. Boise State was seasoned with a load of seniors and five year players. UGA was playing with a lot of freshmen but still made a fight out of it. They fought til the bitter end and that’s all you can ask. I honestly believe, the results with Boise State would be different today! Let’s hope that LSU will be in for a surprise! If they expect a pushover with the DAWGS, they may well be in for that surprise!! GO DAWGS!!!!
destin dawg
December 1st, 2011
11:32 am
Glad to see that the Athletic Director from the Aisle 10 Crew is finally getting this deal turned in the right direction. Greg did a great job for us back in the 80’s up in the North stands, we were devastated when he left us for Florida. We are happy he realized the error of his ways and is back home to lead our athletic teams with dignity and class. GO PUPS!!!
whatever
December 1st, 2011
11:58 am
No, MB – UGA’s “turnaround” began with their very soft schedule that they had after SC. Just look at the conference records of the feeble teams that they beat (and most of those wins were very unimpressive). That soft schedule gave UGA the time it needed to gel – like having 2 months of spring practice. That schedule has to be the softest schedule I’ve seen for a so-called “top 25″ team in my 50+ years of watching college football.
ARdawg
December 1st, 2011
12:01 pm
“No, MB – UGA’s “turnaround” began with their very soft schedule that they had after SC”
whatever
Wahhhhh wahhhh wahhhhh
Where is Tech playing this week?
okfornow
December 1st, 2011
12:10 pm
To bubba4dawgs – you state “UGA was playing with a lot of freshmen but still made a fight out of it.” – Well Whose fault is it that a supposed nationally ranked team – year in and year out – with the type of “talent” UGA recruits (year in and year out) has to resort to playing a lot of freshman?? Could it be the coaching?? A team that supposedly is in the top 10 of recruiting in every year (sometimes within the top 5) has to resort to playing “a lot of freshman” – is a pretty bad indicator of how bad the coaches (esp CMR) is at utilizing and developing talent.
As far as the comment about beating BSU now – well – UGA had their shot and blew it. It’s like saying that if LSU played Oregon today – Oregon would have likely won – Oregon was playing a very young team (and without top 2 running backs and star corner) and had 5 turnovers (2 from a true freshman). Still – Oregon out gained LSU (so called lofty defense) 338 to 273 in total yards. So – we could always play that “what-if” – which UGA is a master of.
whatsgoingon
December 1st, 2011
12:17 pm
I just read that Boykin’s academic major at UGA is Magazines – what the he!! type of major is that?? It’s like a third of UGA players are majoring in Housing – and we aren’t talking construction here – but how to manage public housing. WOW – with majors like these – it’s no wonder Tech can’t recruit the same talent (though I’m not a Tech fan – just saying…)
ckgator
December 1st, 2011
12:42 pm
McGarity is a great AD, but there is very little he can do “shift the winds” towards Georgia’s favor over their biggest rival.
Florida is again looking at a top 5 recruiting class, and adding. Georgia is not even in the top 25, per Scout.com: http://florida.scout.com/a.z?s=168&p=9&c=14&yr=2012
Mobile Dawg
December 1st, 2011
12:44 pm
bubba4, I’ve had that feeling before only to realize they and the coaching staff didn’t realize the difference between “hunger” and “preparation”. It was clear they weren’t prepared vs Boise and didn’t know how to react when punched.
I still don’t know if the Dawgs are ready for the big stage and all the attention that comes with it. It takes maturity to handle the challenge, maturity comes with experience. Don’t get me wrong, the Dawgs are where I thought they “could and should” be, but I had my doubts due to state of the program, and coaching questions.
McGarity has brought focus to where it needs to be, in an extraordinary way. We used to coin his management style as using “gentle positive pressure”. I don’t think we’ve arrived, but we’re on the way, hopefully.
Half Century Dawg
December 1st, 2011
12:50 pm
ckgator
December 1st, 2011
12:42 pm
way to early to be worried about recruiting rankings.I assure you, we will be near the top when all is said and done.
Gators Eat Boogers
December 1st, 2011
12:53 pm
ckgator,
This is December. We still have 2 more months so don’t start bowing your chest just yet. I know Muschamp and he is scared because he has NO qb or pro-style RB for next fall. Look for Driskell and perhaps the other kid to transfer soon. Also expect Brown to transfer as well. Those 2 little midgets you had last year as RB’s are running out of eligiblity. Please note I did not say graduate as Meyer’s recruits are mostly thugs and high school rejects. Isn’t one of those midgets the one who texted “time to die biaaacch”? I’m sure that looks good on a resume.
Muschamp is a UGA plant and UF will be down for atleast 3 years!! I love it too!! Have fun at the Weedeater Bowl this year!!!
K Conway
December 1st, 2011
12:54 pm
Herb and the lame coach both picked Tech to win last week on Game Day! Shows how little they know!
Ohio State Coach
December 1st, 2011
12:58 pm
How dumb can you be? Yeah..those Gators! Brought in a Dawg to coach the team! How’s that working for you?
Gators Eat Boogers
December 1st, 2011
12:59 pm
ckgator,
Didn’t you have the best 2 recruiting classes in the nation in 2009 and 2010. Boy has that worked out well for you. Recruiting rankings are meant to get people like you exited.
DawgfaninJackson
December 1st, 2011
1:05 pm
Are the rumors true that CMR showed interest in the Penn State HC job?
Gamecocks lost to Auburn...HAHAHAH
December 1st, 2011
1:10 pm
@Gamecocks win SEC! : Y’all lost to Auburn…enough said
DawgfaninJackson
December 1st, 2011
1:13 pm
Here are the names of the individuals that BWI has been told are at the top
of the list to be interviewed.
That list includes: Chris Peterson [Boise State], David Shaw [Stanford],
Tim Murphy [Harvard], Darren Perry, Gary Patterson [TCU], James Franklin
[Vanderbilt], Mike London [Virginia], Pat Fitzgerald [Northwestern] and
possibly Mark Richt [Georgia] and Dan Mullen [Mississippi State].
BWI has been told, Peterson, Shaw, Perry and Murphy have serious interest
in the job and appear to want to be interviewed. At this time it is not
known what Penn State’s interest level is for Richt, Patterson. Franklin,
London and Mullen.
BWI has been told Richt first got in contact with Penn State 10 days to two
weeks ago, but BWI does not know where those talks stand.
FRED
December 1st, 2011
1:20 pm
WE CAN NOT WIN THIS KIND OF A BIG GAME WITH CMR AT THE HELM.
OoltewahDawg
December 1st, 2011
1:26 pm
Gamecocks win you are forgetting that the record counts first. Only in a tie do they look at head-to head. The Dawgs are 7-1 in SEC match-ups. The Chickens are 6-2. UGA would beat SC quite handily in a rematch now.
UGA Insider
December 1st, 2011
1:27 pm
DagfaninJackson,
No there is no truth to that. The job is all Mullen’s. It’s not smart to follow a legend like Paterno and Richt can’t recruit Pennsylvania.
If you will read my earlier post CMR can play a similar role with McGarity to push for his extension. All Richt has to do is have is agent leak a rumor that he is interested in the Penn St job. That gets boosters fired up then pushes McGarity into extension talks with the agent. CTG has already used this approach 2 weeks ago. He wants an extension but said some NFL teams are interested. Let me ask you…who in the NFL is worried about hiring D Coordinators for next season? Nobody. It’s just a game. Everyone plays it……it’s actually a VERY dirty business.
OoltewahDawg
December 1st, 2011
1:27 pm
Insider, don’t give us that malarkey. Most of the stuff you have said turned out not to be true.
OoltewahDawg
December 1st, 2011
1:30 pm
Insider, I was referring to your post at the top of this page before I saw your last post.
UGA Insider
December 1st, 2011
1:35 pm
OooltewahDawg,
That’s not a very nice thank you for this seasons tun around.
whatever
December 1st, 2011
1:43 pm
To ARdawg – Your response that I must be a Tech fan is way off base – what makes you think I am a tech fan? You – like so many other UGA fans – must have a Napoleon Complex – when it comes to measuring your team – you always refer to tech. No – I am – and always have been – a ALABAMA fan – a team that if you played this year – would have left the game with your tails tucked. But – no – your soft schedule allows you to waltze into to the SEC Champ game – though you couldn’t even beat BSU (who TCU did what YOUR DAWGS COULD NOT DO) or even South Carolina.
CMS
December 1st, 2011
1:45 pm
Insider, what’s the deal with Isiah Crowel. Is he gonna play or what? Does his heart pump blood or coolade?
yo mama
December 1st, 2011
1:47 pm
for those who said the dawgs are playing soft schedules, look at the attempts to play outside the conference to gain points for bcs standings. home and a away with arizona state, when they were good(stafford played against them) then, home and away with OSU(okla st), now boise. i dont think that is an attempt to play softies. that takes balls. who is florida playing?
Bucknutz suk!
December 1st, 2011
2:17 pm
OSU new football philosophy…if you cant beat em…hire their coach instead!!
Time for many other teams to sit down and eat some humble pie for awhile! Thats what you get with your cocky attitudes.
And for my fellow dawg fans…either make a commitment to your team..or go shop elsewhere like meyer and saban does!!
Bulldog59
December 1st, 2011
3:17 pm
ckgator, 2 full months until NSD, pace yourself!
Since you like to talk about Florida in a Georgia article, here is what happened just this week. Not only did Florida’s recruiting coordinator (Pantoni) resign to rejoin Meyer at OSU, 2 more players are transferring. With 11 players gone since Will’s arrival, Florida is now down to 68 players left on scholarship, and 8 more seniors leave after the bowl game.
From cbssports.com
The latest bad news in Gainesville: two more Gators have elected to transfer out of the program, bringing the total number of departures since Muschamp’s hire last December to 11 and reducing the Gator roster for their upcoming bowl game to 68 players–17 fewer than the NCAA maximum of 85.
Here is the link so you can enjoy the entire article:
http://eye-on-college-football.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/33598371.
Bulldog59
December 1st, 2011
3:24 pm
As for the PSU job, this week I’m in the Philadelphia area. The local news channels this morning were reporting their sources claim that Mullen was the leading candidate for the job. That could have changed an hour later, who knows……..
Richard Johnston Jr
December 2nd, 2011
10:13 pm
Greg McGarity is, in a phrase, a complete class act. I have had the pleasure of knowing him as part of the Gator management team. I know he was a complete manager and leader [to call him simply a manager makes him sound like a caretaker - which he was not]. He was part of a team at UF that excelled year in and year out. The SEC demands the best of every single AD in the league. Greg brings to UGA talent, heart, mind and soul. Those are the ingredients for success. I am only sorry I did not get to say ‘Well done, good luck’ when he was tapped for the UGA job [I am in SW Florida and this happened out of the football season]. So instead I commend the Georgia leadership and faithful for bringing home an extremely talented and able leader. We will definitely miss him at Florida but I am gratified that he can ply his trade for the Bulldog Nation. Best of Luck against the Tigers. The are fierce this year.
rj