Richt says Georgia will be ‘knocking on the door’ of greatness
"Hot seat, huh? A little cold water will take care of that!" (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
Tampa – Back in July he was being asked if he could turn it around. On the first day of 2012, Mark Richt was asked if Georgia had turned it around. And he said …
“I think so. I don’t think there’s any doubt we’re in a good place. We won 10 games, and when you win 10 games you’ve done well.”
Here he smiled. “Though 11 is better.”
Richt’s team can win its 11th game of a rebounding season by defeating Michigan State in the Outback Bowl on Monday. It won’t be easy — the Spartans rank fifth nationally in total defense, two spots behind Georgia — but being paired against a ranked opponent here beats the heck out of spending the holidays in Memphis readying to lose to Central Florida, which is where Georgia was 366 days ago.
A year ago we wondered — and by “we,” I mean “me” — if Richt was still the man for Georgia. Calendar 2012 begins with Richt negotiating a contract extension, which tells us Georgia believes he is. (About which Richt said: “We haven’t said anything [publicly regarding his contract] since we said we love each other.”)
The Bulldogs have been saying that the Outback is really the first game of 2012 on more than just the calendar, that it could propel them to a Top 10 preseason ranking, that the season ahead could be bigger and brighter than the one about to conclude. And it just might. Seventeen starters are scheduled to return, and some key figures among the Dream Team recruiting class haven’t made their collegiate presence felt.
Said Richt, speaking at a Sunday news briefing: “Some people believe in momentum. We have good positive momentum. In the future, we’re going to be in good shape. We had a taste of playing in the SEC championship game. We need to be able to finish, but we got the taste.”
A bit later, Richt was asked how he handled the criticism that stemmed from Georgia finishing 8-5 in 2009 and 6-7 last season. “As the leader of the program, I can’t act like I’m fretting or I’m mad about something,” he said. Then this:
“We’re going to be knocking on the door of the greatest success you can have in college football, and if you knock long enough you’ll eventually break through.”
There was a time when a national championship seemed Richt’s manifest destiny. He came close in 2002, when his 12-1 Bulldogs missed the BCS title game only because Miami and Ohio State finished unbeaten, close again in 2007, when Georgia was excluded from the championship tilt but finished No. 2 in the Associated Press poll. The Bulldogs entered the next season ranked No. 1 but lasted only one week there, and the thrashing they were dealt by Alabama on Sept. 27, 2008, marked a watershed moment for both programs.
Alabama started playing for SEC and national championships again. Georgia went from the Sugar Bowl to the Capital One to the Independence to the Liberty, and Richt, once a hot young coach, was suddenly neither. He was on the far side of 50 and hadn’t won the SEC since 2005 and hadn’t taken his team to the BCS title game ever. The SEC is about to annex its sixth consecutive national championship, and Georgia has had no hand in any part of the run.
But that, too, could be changing. It’s true that Georgia didn’t play the most testing schedule — it won’t next year, either; is Richt living right or what? — but it’s also true that the Bulldogs began to win the sort of games they’d come to lose. They even gave LSU a go for a half. They weren’t quite ready to win such a game, but next year they might be. All things considered, you’d rather be Georgia than Florida or Tennessee or even South Carolina today.
“We’re in good shape going into the offseason,” Richt said, and Georgia undeniably is. But it wouldn’t hurt to beat a Top 25 team to round off this turnaround. (Though Georgia is favored by a field goal, Michigan State is ranked higher in the AP and USA Today polls.) Winning 10 games in a row was nice. Winning an 11th would be better still.
By Mark Bradley
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BvgNeedsaHaircut
January 1st, 2012
4:49 pm
Dawgs gotta take care of business tomorrow
BvgNeedsaHaircut
January 1st, 2012
4:50 pm
Wow…first
oldTimeDawg
January 1st, 2012
4:53 pm
Let the games begin “Go Dawgs!”
Herschel Talker
January 1st, 2012
4:55 pm
MB:
It’s put up or shut up time.
HT
OkieDawg
January 1st, 2012
4:55 pm
It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog. And it’s great to not be a Yellow Jacket.
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
4:58 pm
BvgNeeds … takes the kudos.
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
4:58 pm
I kind of felt this was the put-up-or-shut-up year, HT.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:00 pm
with the contract extension will also arrive a hike in the contribution requirement and ticket price.
but as they say, you get what you pay for.
RS Dawg
January 1st, 2012
5:00 pm
I second that OkieDawg!!!
Scott
January 1st, 2012
5:01 pm
OF COURSE he’s saying that… have you SEEN the schedule next year???
You cant claim “but it’s the SEC!” when you dont play any of the teams in the conference who are any good.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:01 pm
Mark, aren’t you in negotiations with AJC on another long term contract extension?
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:03 pm
Making millions for writing what’s on one’s mind must be a superb way to make a living.
SanDiegoJacket
January 1st, 2012
5:03 pm
Let the “WE WILL WIN THE MNC NEXT YEAR,” begin.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MIZZOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:04 pm
Millions of dollars; millions of readers; just a few enemies.
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
5:05 pm
I am in negotiations with the AJC, todd. I’m trying to decide how much I should pay them to let me keep doing this.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:05 pm
seems like your detractors are Smoltz, Hewitt, Mora and Petrino.
RS Dawg
January 1st, 2012
5:05 pm
SanDiego, It is certain you won’t be there
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:06 pm
and look, they’re all gone and you’re still standing. Whatta record.
North Campus Trash
January 1st, 2012
5:07 pm
Is it just me or is good CMR waxing just a little too much about next year when he should be focusing on an MSU team with a lot to prove to the SEC.
GFF
January 1st, 2012
5:07 pm
Well said!
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:08 pm
My new year’s resolutions include not screaming about Bobo’s play calling. My wife says despite the fact i can see him on tv he can’t hear my rages.
RS Dawg
January 1st, 2012
5:09 pm
North Campus, It’s just you!!!
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
5:09 pm
Actually I got along with Petrino. (I was about the only one, I should stipulate.)
NOBODYYOUKNOW
January 1st, 2012
5:09 pm
From the recruiting stories I’ve read they should be heading up up and away for the next few seasons. And I hope they will. Its a tough conference and the Gators, Bama’s LSU tigers, Vols and USC chickens are not gonna sit back and watch. It should be fun to see these great teams battle it out in the upcomming seasons.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:10 pm
CMR’s waxing sounded eerily like Bum Phillips when Houston battled Pittsbugh a couple of years for the AFC Championship.
Said Bum “last year we knocked on the door. this year we’re going to kick the sob in”
we all know it didnt work out that way for Bum.
huffsleeper
January 1st, 2012
5:11 pm
Georgia will go 0-4 against the quality opponents it faced this year if they lose. He should not be talking about contracts or next year. It is obvious he and the Georgia administration are satisfied with mediocrity.
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
5:12 pm
If I recall, the Oilers finally beat Pittsburgh in 1980. But they lost to the Raiders in the playoffs. Lester Hayes had a fabulous game. (Fabulous year, to be precise.)
JDawg1785
January 1st, 2012
5:13 pm
Well said, Mark. Win this game tomorrow and hit the ground running in 2012. Go Dawgs!
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:13 pm
I always imagined Bum and Wade having the same kind of relationship that Sheriff Buford T. Justice had with Junior.
Vance Duly
January 1st, 2012
5:13 pm
I say to Coach Bobo — call 4 quarters of aggressive, innovative offense, and we WILL win the game by at least 10 points. Don’t crawl into a shell if we get a 10 point lead. Also, if one part of our offense is dominating the Spartans, DON’T stop doing it UNTIL they stop us!!! (The Bobo way is to stop and seek “balance”.)
We’ve not had 4 complete quarters of relentless offense in quite a while…. GO DAWGS!!
Bad Dawg
January 1st, 2012
5:14 pm
Don’t buy into the preseason hype again. Remember 2008. There is no point in speculating about “knocking on the door of greatness” until the season is played, because games are won on the field not on blogs or forums. Mark Richt certainly does have a great oppurtunity but will he seize it? He came up short in 07 and 08. We should all know this time next year whether or not UGA will be a real contender but until then please save dawg nation the embarrassment of claiming UGA preseason national champs again.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:15 pm
Wasn’t Lester the guy that lead the NFL to ban slippery substances from jerseys?
he looked like a walking ad for Crisco.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:15 pm
To win big ( over 10 games by beating the big boys on your schedule), You gotta play great defense and be able to run the ball on anyone you play. We are half way there. I don’t believe in our Line or RB’s ….Yet.
tony
January 1st, 2012
5:15 pm
Chris Petersen next hc @uga. 1st season wins a nc – keeps top recruits from leaving the state – every team in the country fear the dawgs……..I love that idea.
Vance Duly
January 1st, 2012
5:15 pm
To be a “great” team, one must have a killer instinct that originates with the coaches and includes their playcalling on both sides of the ball….. I’d love to see that happen. GO DAWGS!!
Delbert D.
January 1st, 2012
5:15 pm
Arrogance from Mark Richt? What next?
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
5:16 pm
Other way around. It was Lester who abused the Stickum he slathered on his wrists.
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
5:17 pm
It was the Raiders’ offensive linemen who dabbled in slickeration.
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
5:18 pm
On another matter … from the media hotel I can see the Buccaneers’ stadium. Hard to believe it was only three months ago that I watched the Falcons lose here.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:18 pm
I remember another little ditty from Bum: “boy, you better smile when you call me Bum”
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:19 pm
ok, i knew Lester overdosed on something or other.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:19 pm
Dawgs are four years removed from taking the field against a real good top notch team….and beating them. This is a fact.
Bad Dawg
January 1st, 2012
5:19 pm
Also SanDiego Jacket, You really must hate UGA eh? Rooting for Missou against the dawgs lol. Can’t Tech take care of the dawgs on their own or must some of the fans like you live vicariously through the teams that have a chance to beat UGA? Good luck next year and sorry for you guys loss against the Utes, I was rooting for Tech to end their bowl losing streak. You’ll get em next next year.
Go Dawgs!
Paul Johnson
January 1st, 2012
5:20 pm
JB, you don’t consider Tech top notch??
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:20 pm
Falcons having their way with the Bucs as of right now…….
Only one problem. The Buc’s mailed it in weeks ago.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:22 pm
Mark, I think that the best game all year will be when New Orleans and Green Bay vie for the NFC Championship. Do you see anybody in the AFC giving either of them a game in the Super Bowl?
Yellow Fuzz
January 1st, 2012
5:22 pm
I’m down here. Where is
Kral
DawginLex
Dublin Dawg
Mountain Dawg
OneEyeJacked
Coach Smith
JB
AltahammaDawg
Red Dog 77
bubba Dawg
Billy Bob Dawg
etc
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:22 pm
Sorry Paul. but no…………..And speaking of Johnson, that program is a ticking time bomb. They are getting worse and worse under Johnson. The ” he won with Gaily’s players” rings truer than ever.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:23 pm
slickeration, good one. slickery; slickanery; slarceny; slurglary. all good.
virginia dog
January 1st, 2012
5:24 pm
Aaron Murray has to improve. Against top programs Aaron Murray is a turnover machine… UGA will not get to the next level with him at QB as is. If you don’t believe me look at the stats. And don’t throw that garbage about his yards passing and touchdowns.
I don’t care how many yards he has against Coastal Carolina. I care about the turn overs vs, South Carolina.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:26 pm
VD, let’s not be too critical of Murray. Yeah, he implodes sometimes at inopportune moments, but Georgia wouldnt have won 7 games without him in ‘11.
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
5:28 pm
I’m not sure the Saints and Packers are going to meet. But if they do, I think I like New Orleans
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:28 pm
virginia dog….I hate to admit it…but I agree. I like Aaron. I like his spirit, his work ethic, his love of UGA….and he’ll beat just about every 7-5,8-4 team we play……but on the big stage against a top rated team, he falters…and that is based on results from being in that spot.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:28 pm
Yellow Fuzz, you’re where?
Grandmaster JeJe
January 1st, 2012
5:29 pm
UGA will never compete for a NC under Mark Richt. not even with its cupcake schedule in 2012
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:29 pm
I dont see anybody knocking GB or NO off. You must.
Yellow Fuzz
January 1st, 2012
5:29 pm
hahahaha
Big Al
January 1st, 2012
5:29 pm
Man, I hope Georgia keeps Mark Richt forever. He is getting as good with his cute little comments as his old mentor Bobby Bowden did at Florida State. Georgia will be blessed with another easy schedule in 2012, so old Mark better make hay while he has the chance. Spurrier will kick his azz one more time.
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
5:30 pm
Murray had a funny season: Great numbers, but not quite as precise as you’d like. Still a good college QB, though. And he started in an SEC title game, which is more than Matt Stafford managed.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:31 pm
YB, thought so. on the 7th level huh?
Yellow Fuzz
January 1st, 2012
5:32 pm
I’m in Tampa with my girlfriend and her obnoxious family. Looking for some dogs to tailgate with tomorrow morn.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:33 pm
Spurrier playing Dawgs 6 games in does not bode well for him. He has always spent the entire summer preparing for Georgia…and he’ll have five days this year…..and the whole world knows that Georgia gets stronger as the year goes and Carolina tends to fold….Fact.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:33 pm
Murray can look great and awful in the same game. Although he has been victimized by Bobo’s play calling more than once.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:34 pm
Yellow Fuzz…………….I’m stunned…………………Not that you’re at the game….but you have a girl friend.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:34 pm
If you promise not to bring her family, i’ll invite you to our shindig.
ARdawg
January 1st, 2012
5:35 pm
I expect Murray to be a much more matured qb next year. He’s made more bonehead decisions as a 2nd year starter than he did the first. Hopefully, he has it behind him. Tomorrow will reveal alot about Murray going into next year
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:36 pm
the thing that kills me about Bobo is how Georgia’ offense can look great for a half, then he will completely abandon what’s worked.
i guess he assumes the other team will make adjustments at the half so we will outsmart them by changing his strategy.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:36 pm
Stafford had his eye on the prize his entire time at UGA, not helping them win anything. That’s why he checked out of Bobo’s plays 70% of the time and flung it. He needed yards and TD passes. Sad but true.
Yellow Fuzz
January 1st, 2012
5:37 pm
JB
believe me I would not be here if it was not for here. And dude, she is the best licking girl at uga, bar
Yellow Fuzz
January 1st, 2012
5:37 pm
looking
DawginTX
January 1st, 2012
5:39 pm
JB, Carolina didn’t fold down the stretch this year. But you have a point. I have often wished that we could play Auburn in September–they generally start weak and finish strong–and Carolina in November.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:39 pm
Georgia’s offense clicked and moved the ball when we were 3 or 4 TD’s behind pre Grantham. Why Bobo and Richt don’t call plays like they are behind like that is beyond me. This scripted offense crap drives me crazy.
ATLER (Ramblin Wreck)
January 1st, 2012
5:39 pm
The SEC football gods have smiled on ugag again with for next season. I don’t see Florida, Tenn, or S.C. doing anything next year. Again the SEC (L)east will be down this year and the teams other then ugag will be playing the powerhouses of the SEC West.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:40 pm
JB, i think Stafford checked out because he knew Bobo had no feel for a game.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:40 pm
Yellow, you drunk? you misspelled “her” also
Mark Bradley
January 1st, 2012
5:41 pm
I rate Mike Bobo much higher than apparently everyone else. Sometimes he calls plays than don’t work, true. So did Walsh. (And I don’t mean Blair the kicker.)
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:43 pm
ATLER…………..Carolina brings back a pretty solid team. Again, playing them game 6 helps us, not them. If it’s anybody who needs to open with 2-3 cupcakes, it’s Richt.
1eyedJack
January 1st, 2012
5:43 pm
Capping off the season with a big win makes it a lot easier to lift those weights at 6am during January and February.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:45 pm
1eye, MSU is gonna be a load on D……But that plays right for us. Their offense stinks and our D is pretty stout….and we can move the ball on anyone…..even LSU.
ARdawg
January 1st, 2012
5:45 pm
Mark
Bobo’s penchant for calling a low percentage play is unmatched by most any other OC in college football. He’s just too transparent. I’m no offensive guru but, I can read him 70% of the time
supsalemgr
January 1st, 2012
5:46 pm
Yellow Fuz won’t have this girl friend long. Being a an obvious Tech guy what is the statistical possibility is there of numerous Tech people with UGA people in Tampa with their girl friend? Duh?
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:46 pm
Mark, you’ve always been somewhat of an apologist for Bobo. I’ve never understood why.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:47 pm
It’s a good weekend to cut and paste for later how the Tech folks really feel about Johnson….
ARdawg
January 1st, 2012
5:48 pm
JB
That Tech blog yesterday was fuggin halarious
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:49 pm
let’s see, Walsh. JOE Walsh!! never hit a bad note!!
evil empire
January 1st, 2012
5:49 pm
….and we can move the ball on anyone…..even LSU.
wow…post of the day…you ugatards are something else…
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
5:49 pm
VD ive seen you before and painful you bee—-joke——-hahahah—-butt true that murry
cant hang with the big boy’s—–so after butt whopp-ins from boise st and the chickens
he then hangs 6 TD’s against new mexico st—-??they have a football team???
and the dawg hommer nation goes crazy—–please—wet your pants murry folded like a cheap seat
—————————against LSUUUUUU———ITS TIME FOR—–HUSON MASON
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:50 pm
ARdawg….. made my day……..They have short memories. I can remember this summer them DEFENDING Richt against UGA bloggers, that they ALWAYS Support Coach Fish Fry…..LOL
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:51 pm
1st down screen pass for a loss of 5 yards. second down draw for no gain. third down bomb that Murray underthrows.
Preston
January 1st, 2012
5:52 pm
Looks like we’re getting some monster OLinemen coming in this year!
Mark Beard
OL
Coffeyville, KS
Coffeyville C.C.
6′4″
290
Chester Brown
OL
Hinesville, GA
Bradwell Institute
6′5″
340
Greg Pyke
OL
Baltimore, MD
Boys Latin School
6′6″
315
John Theus
OL
Jacksonville, FL
Bolles
6′6″
292
willie martinez
January 1st, 2012
5:52 pm
Bobo is the worst coordinator in the history of UGA football, save one.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:52 pm
evil…IF we could catch a pass, we would of been up on LSU 21-0 in the first half. I call that moving the ball against the best D in College ball.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
5:53 pm
@TODD GRANTHAM—-DONT YOU HAVE A GAME PLAN TO PREPARE???—-JUST SAYING —
—————————————-COACH————————————-
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:53 pm
Preston, about time we did.
1eyedJack
January 1st, 2012
5:53 pm
“It’s a good weekend to cut and paste for later how the Tech folks really feel about Johnson….”
Yep, after they thump a couple of chumps to start the season they’ll be ready to take on the Packers in the Super Bowl.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:54 pm
bqb, game plan is completed and, i might add, perfect.
ARdawg
January 1st, 2012
5:54 pm
JB
They had Moobs diced, sliced and Julianned after that loss yesterday. They were fit to be tied even some of the old hands. I lent them some condolences and just watched. They were worse on themselves than the few UGA trolls that were there to rub it in
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:55 pm
Did Auburn look that good yesterday…..Or is Utah that bad?
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
5:56 pm
DAWGS WIN——-mason throws 4 secound half TD’S———murry through 3 pick sixes in first half
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
5:57 pm
i’ve just spoken with Coach Richt and does very much appreciate Mark your continued defense of Coach Bobo.
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:58 pm
Nesbitt was the heart and Engine of that Tech team while he was there. With Washington, they are a toothless tiger, especially with no defensive help.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:00 pm
Georgia will be better next year. I’ve finally convinced Bobo that Malcolm Mitchell is not the guy who starred in “Malcolm In the Middle”.
Brian
January 1st, 2012
6:01 pm
To all people on the AJC blogs who have said “they aren’t convinced Jenkins isn’t coming back”, here’s a quote from his Facebook:
“Imma say it now as my status I’m not leaving early for the nfl I believe there is more work to be done so I’m riding with my boys for one last ride next yr. thanks to the dawg nation for all the love and support as well my family and friends….
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:02 pm
But i still believe Ray’s mother is Nancy Drew.
Bogey
January 1st, 2012
6:03 pm
JB, I agree that Spurrier had the advantage of planning for Ga. all summer and he won’t next year. However, might have worked in our favor next year with the injury to Lattimore. He will probably be feeling his way early but may be confident by the first of October. Just a thought.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
6:03 pm
@todd grantham—–do you ever talk to CMR—-my sources tell me you moved the entire defence
———— to a different location across town so the offence could not contaminate your people
Preston
January 1st, 2012
6:05 pm
Lattimore hasn’t played an entire season since arriving in Columbia, SC. He won’t be 100% when we play them if he plays at all. Not worried about SC.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:05 pm
bqb, yes, i talk to Coach Richt on a daily basis. Verison doesn’t charge for long distance calling.
Lakedawg
January 1st, 2012
6:05 pm
One of the few times I agree with MB, but Bobo called some excellent games last half of year. He can’t catch the ball for receivers in LSU game or hit a couple of wide oprn receivers for Murray. He also can’t hold on to the ball for Murray and of course the dropped pick 6 by Sanders Commings. About 17-21 easy points lost in that game.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
6:07 pm
@todd gratham—if you were the head coach, would you start murry or mason???coach
Preston
January 1st, 2012
6:07 pm
For those critics of UGA’s offense, it was the third best offense in the SEC this year. The defense was even better as the third best in the nation. Yes, the defense was better. But the offense really wasn’t too shabby either.
Brian
January 1st, 2012
6:07 pm
Let’s focus on winning the bowl game first, Michigan State is a really good team. They are like Georgia in my opinion, good not elite. Arkansas fits in the same category, though I’d take us in the head-to-head because of our defense.
boots
January 1st, 2012
6:09 pm
Part of leadership is letting those around you know that you expect greatness. The University of Georgia is on its way. A couple of thoughts on your article, Mark. First, we all must recognize the job Greg has done as AD. He has let the football program know what is expected of it. Second, Coach Richt has done an amazing job of turning around the personality of this team, limiting the off-season problems that let this turn-around happen. Other than our running backs doing their best to imitate Ricky Williams, the team has shown great internal leadership. 2012 will be a great year for the Dawgs so long as the Myan calendar doesn’t wreck our date with the BCS.
Brian
January 1st, 2012
6:09 pm
For those critics of UGA’s offense, it was the third best offense in the SEC this year. The defense was even better as the third best in the nation. Yes, the defense was better. But the offense really wasn’t too shabby either.
Exactly. They look at us scoring 10 on LSU, but that was a loaded defense and we could have scored more for sure. I have a feeling Murray will be much better next year with the added experience, people forget he’s only a sophomore.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:10 pm
I’ve been told confidentially by Coach Richt that the first time Justin Anderson gets flagged for a false start he will have broken the UGA single season record for such offenses.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
6:10 pm
@lakedawg—never a true statement that summed up the LSUUUUU game
dawgs 42-09—-in spite of murry throwing a pick 6 on his first pass
broking legg saves game—-mason thrives
JB
January 1st, 2012
6:10 pm
We loaf tomorrow, we lose. These guys are good. Better than SC,Auburn and Tech.
how2fish
January 1st, 2012
6:11 pm
Mark happy New Year ! And we need a great game vs MSU if we are to win. Go Dogs!
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:12 pm
bqb, i would start MurrAy. but i do beleive there were numerous opportunities for Mason to play in roles other than mop up that were squandered.
Murray can fall into some epic cold spells, and a switch out for a series with Mason couldn’t have hurt, and maybe even helped.
Brian
January 1st, 2012
6:12 pm
One arrest ALL season, nice to see our guys stay out of trouble. The running backs I know got in trouble, but it was nothing compared to the armed robbery and domestic violence going on during Auburn’s offseason.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
6:12 pm
@preston and brain——??? what do do with murry after he turns the ball over 2 in the first quarter??
Brian
January 1st, 2012
6:14 pm
We loaf tomorrow, we lose. These guys are good. Better than SC,Auburn and Tech.
Agree, those guys have a really good quarterback. And Auburn sucks haha.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
6:15 pm
learn the hard way CMR, go ahead and stick with ole butterfingers murry
—————like crow—im turning my back on you
1eyedJack
January 1st, 2012
6:16 pm
As this new year dawns for the Dawgs I’m thankful that you (Mark Bradley) will be doing the live blog instead of Schultz. He’s just mean.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:16 pm
how weird is google? i search for Xavier Ward and Ward Cleaver pops up.
Preston
January 1st, 2012
6:19 pm
bitter, you have to believe that the coaches know more than we do. I would love to see Mason get in the games more often because I hear great things about him and he’s a life long Bulldog fan. Heart means a LOT in sports. That being said though, I have full confidence in CMR when it comes to the QB position. And as far as LeMay is concerned, I’m fairly sure he’s gonna see some playing time like Shockley did in certain situations or he’ll be transferring. Gonna be impossible to keep Mason and LeMay happy simultaneously.
BiggdawgK
January 1st, 2012
6:19 pm
It is a sad testament to the creativity of techies that their pseudonyms takes two forms. The pathetic little nerds either go for a variation of dawg, dog bulldog etc… or they hide behind a name associated with a Georgia rival.
Then again originality, bravery, skill or humor are not traits anyone associates with the north avenue trade school.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:19 pm
Not that i have anything against Ward Cleaver. I always wondered why my dad came home from work (that is when he had a job) and got down to his skivvies and wife beater tee shirt and started wolfing down cheetos and old milwaukee. All the while Ward stayed in his suit and tie unless it was Saturday and he always had his nice cardigan sweater on.
Brian
January 1st, 2012
6:19 pm
learn the hard way CMR, go ahead and stick with ole butterfingers murry
—————like crow—im turning my back on you
Would you prefer Joe Cox or Brantley? He’s a sophomore and his o-line sucks, give him a break.
BiggdawgK
January 1st, 2012
6:23 pm
bitter qb is a seriously pathetic wretched girl. She is obviously clinically depressed and I hope she gets some much needed help this year or 2012 will end without her.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
6:25 pm
@brain——just give me HUDSON MASON—georgia born, georgia bread
——-georgia schooled—–well thats 2 out of 3—–hahahahahgo dawgs
Brian
January 1st, 2012
6:25 pm
Hahahaha, well said. Probably a Tech or Florida fan.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
6:26 pm
@—-bigdawgk—–is this your new handle arron murry????
BiggdawgK
January 1st, 2012
6:28 pm
bitter qb your obsession with murray is unhealthy sweetie and you should give it up. Just because he signed an autograph for you doesn’t mean he’s your boyfriend.
Please start taking your lithium again girl, you don’t want to go back to the hospital do you?
Vince Doodly
January 1st, 2012
6:29 pm
Richt must be sucking on a crack pipe.
1eyedJack
January 1st, 2012
6:31 pm
“Blair Walsh needs 6 points to pass Billy Bennett as the Bulldogs’ — and the SEC’s — all-time scoring leader.”
I hope they are all extra points.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
6:31 pm
@bigdawgk—your dinner bell is ringing—time to feed your 500 pound mole hanging from
————-your fat a$$—-wal mart junkie
Preston
January 1st, 2012
6:31 pm
Really wish CMR would refrain from making statements regarding “greatness” until he can start beating great teams again. It’s something he hasn’t done in a few years now. Hopefully he will in ‘12!
Brian
January 1st, 2012
6:33 pm
There are two types of college football fans in this state: those who like Georgia, and those who are obsessed with Georgia
Preston
January 1st, 2012
6:35 pm
Brian, at any rate they all RESPECT UGA. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be here.
North Campus Trash
January 1st, 2012
6:40 pm
RS Dawg
January 1st, 2012
5:09 pm
North Campus, It’s just you!!!
If you say so, RS Dawg.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
January 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
UGA and Greatness….you jest? Don’t you.
Stinger2
January 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
Its great that one team in the state of Georgia is on the verge of greatness.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:52 pm
Mark, don’t really see how you judge Bobo as one of the best OC’s in college football.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:55 pm
it’s a little known fact that the photo of Coach Richt being doused at the byline of this piece was actually the team’s reaction to CMR saying Bobo would be back in 2012.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:57 pm
OR, the photo was taken in reaction to Coach Richt ordering Chuck Dowdle off the sidelines.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
6:59 pm
But the truth be known, the dousing was orchestrated by me after i found out Coach Richt was writing personal checks to assistants but left me out of his generosity.
The Water Girl
January 1st, 2012
7:00 pm
Coach Grantham, please stop the joking around. You know that I had those players douse my honey with cold water because he comes home so amorous after victories.
tony
January 1st, 2012
7:01 pm
JB
January 1st, 2012
5:36 pm
Stafford had his eye on the prize his entire time at UGA, not helping them win anything. That’s why he checked out of Bobo’s plays 70% of the time and flung it. He needed yards and TD passes. Sad but true.
________________________________________________
I thought I was the only one who notice that. More like 90% of the time to me.
I’m I the only one who think Mr.Richt dislike Ga fans? I always felt that way about him. And that look he had on his face when RS scored that touchdown against the gators. The man looked MAD! He crack a smile when his son ran up to him to give him a hug.
The man gets under my skin.
Carl Kassell
January 1st, 2012
7:02 pm
Coach Grantham, we need some limericks for this weeks’ Wait, Wait Dont Tell Me show.
old coach
January 1st, 2012
7:07 pm
@ todd grantham
Your rants about Coach Bobo is way out of line. You are starting to sound like turd roll! Bobo is a very good oc and the players ALL respect him and they know that he is a very good coach. You may think you know exactly what is happening with the O but you have no clue. I love the experts that claim to be able to call 70% of Bobo’s plays, stone cold jerks!
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
7:15 pm
old coach, I appreciate your thoughts. Please tell Mrs. Bobo I wish you and her a happy new year.
todd grantham
January 1st, 2012
7:18 pm
Let’s see how many times Coach Bobo suddenly veers away from what is working to something totally off the wall in tomorrow’s game.
Pago Pago DAWG
January 1st, 2012
7:20 pm
Chances are that you won’t see hip-hop/slap dancing on Sparty sideline.
old coach
January 1st, 2012
7:34 pm
@ Todd grantham
If I even thought you knew one thing about football I would let your stupid remarks go but, defensive coaches do not sit in the same look all the time when the run is causing problems you might get 8 in the box to stop what is hurting you and the offensive coach would change to play action or whatever pass had been practiced for this situation. I know this should be understood by REC coaches so I hope the scenario is not too far over your head. Bobo is a very good O.C. Have you ever pulled a strap up, or did you learn all of your football on blogs?
Gamecockrock
January 1st, 2012
7:35 pm
Greatness? Or favorable scheduling? SC ain’t chopped liver next year either. Shaw is just as good a weapon as Murray
JJ
January 1st, 2012
7:46 pm
I’d love to believe that. I really would
duronimo
January 1st, 2012
7:48 pm
I wish every thing Coach Richt said comes true, but I fail to see how the future is brighter when the trend of not being competitive with good teams remains. The variable determining the won-loss record is the strength of schedule. This year’s schedule had fewer good teams so reeling off 10 wins after losing to two good teams is just an illusion of progress. Since we play them one at a time, how about showing some real improvement and beat Michigan State. Then maybe Richt’s rosy words may have some basis.
bamaguy
January 1st, 2012
7:52 pm
The Crimson Tide absolutely destroyed MSU last year. Show me what you got.
george
January 1st, 2012
7:53 pm
not a signature win in 5 years and talking about winning a national championship????? How dumb can you people be. Just because the puppies had a cupcake schedule this year does not mean they are actually any good. An average football team with a very weak schedule.
Preston
January 1st, 2012
8:00 pm
george, you go a little too far saying that UGA is average. Even in a down year for the East, you don’t win it being “average”.
duronimo, I agree 100%. Love my Dawgs but the reality is that we haven’t beaten a great team in years and it’s ridiculous. UGA has every resource it needs to compete at the very highest level and mediocrity should NOT be tolerated.
Russ in Tampa
January 1st, 2012
8:03 pm
Coach and I are both “almost great”, but both of us are flawed. Coach can’s win the big ones, and I have a brown spot on my buttocks.
wally
January 1st, 2012
8:23 pm
I am pulling for Aaron Murray and the Dogs in a great and mighty way,but did any one notice who LSU is predicting great things dfrom at quarterback next year, UGA transfer Zech Mettengburger { name may be mispelled} That will hurt if he leads LSU to a National Championship. The Dogs have had so many opportunities to be great and have not reached that plateu yet. I am really hoping next year is the year. It just seems that something goes wrong every year. You can put it all on paper that you want to, but doing it is another thing. I trust that a win tommorrow will plummet the Dogs into great things next year.
Erk Russell's Dog
January 1st, 2012
8:31 pm
I hope the players show up tomorrow with the same enthusiasm and confidence that their head coach is showing in the media. Michigan State is the 2nd or 3rd best team the Dawgs will play this year,of course LSU was the best team and Boise St. was the next best team.A win by the Dawgs tomorrow will help their standing in the pre -season polls next year. This is imperative with the weak out of conference schedule in 2012.So take care of business and play a complete game on both sides of the ball and show the Big 10 that the SEC is still the dominant conference.
AugustaDawg
January 1st, 2012
8:31 pm
Gamecock rock worry about your own little chickens. You are on the verge of your first 11 win season. You will never reach the amount of 11 wins as a school that Richt has. You have improved, I give you that but do something first. Two wins in a row doesnt give you dominance. Football has been played since before 2009 you know. Spurier will retire soon leaving you with???
Bad Dawg
January 1st, 2012
8:48 pm
I would be happy just to see Richt and company compete hard for four quarters and leave everything out on the field. A loss would be bad but I am hoping not to get embarrassed on the national stage a la the first and last games of the 2011 season. McGarity needs to bring respect back to UGA on the national level first. Then Richt needs to learn how to coach and prepare for the big games as well as the other staff members. Then build up some solid depth. A reporter should ask Richt when was the last time he beat a quality opponent and if he actually believes that 10 game winning streak was the result of a soft schedule.
Come On Man
January 1st, 2012
8:51 pm
Every year UGA fans always say the will win a national championship. UGA is not LSU, Bama, etc. They have not been even been in contention to play for a national championship since 1980. UGA is just a good team. No different from Arkansas, Texas A&M, Kansas State, etc. UGA played 2 good teams this year and lost them both just like they do every year
LogicalUS
January 1st, 2012
8:53 pm
“Georgia gets stronger as the year goes and Carolina tends to fold”
What? This of course was the pleading that UGA made to the SEC office to get the game moved. But reality is that SC for the past two season has gotten stronger as the year progressed…didn’t they beat UF in the Swamp in Novembertwo years ago to win the East and this year again ran thru and over every team in the SEC East, usually by much larger scores than the mighty dawgs.
Funny thing is that the game was moved but looking at the schedule…it is the week after UGA plays UT and SC in reality plays five cupcakes then plays UK the week before…but as we all have learned UGA fans are the most gullible dupes around and will buy any meme thrown out so they will run with the we “always” get stronger so we are guaranteed to win spin.
Here is a solid predictioin…UGA fans will grow to HATE, HATE the cities of Columbia next year.
Jacket99
January 1st, 2012
9:02 pm
Let’s put America back to work this year.
http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/0_04vzdsr5/uiconf_id/5590821
I’m hoping all Jackets and Dawgs involved in construction will watch this video.
Made in America.
Happy New Year to All
South Carolina DAWGS
January 1st, 2012
9:13 pm
Nice piece Mark
I like the preparations for this game a lot. Some good feelings and reports coming out of Tampa and yes Michigan State IS A GOOD TEAM and up there with SC and Boise but not LSU
Getting this one would make August 2012 get here a lot faster. I will WORRY all nite!!!! My heart is with you tomorrow my DAWGS!!!!!!
Dawg Man
January 1st, 2012
9:16 pm
I agree !!!!!! Georgia will be the ” GREATEST ” football team ever !!!!!!! National Champs the next 10 years !!!!!! We will break Oklahoma’s alltime 47 straight game winning streak. I am willing to bet that over the next 5 years at least 8 teams will forfeit, rather than be run off the field by the DAWGS. We will beat Michigan State 45-0, Grantham is the greatest defensive coach in college football. Next year Heismann–Murray, 2nd place-Crowell, 3rd place–Marshall, Bulldawgs will riegn as All- Americans, at least 15 next year on offense and defense !!!!!
GT Man
January 1st, 2012
9:21 pm
At least Richt wont sit on a 14 point lead and blow the game by running up middle every play or watch your defensive coordinator scratch his head every time other team scores.
GTT
January 1st, 2012
9:30 pm
Um, again, for the 2,657th time. An 11-point loss is not a thrashing, not a rout, etc. Geez Bradley, they lost by 11 points, not 31. Thanks for your attention to this matter.
SEC Fact Finder
January 1st, 2012
9:30 pm
There is no doubt that the defense was the key to UGA winning this year. The hiring of Coach Grantham was a good hire. I am not so sold on Coach T yet, but any improvement has to be lauded.
I want to note one major item on the schedule for 2012. Replacing the road game at Alabama for Missouri is much better for UGA, however, playing in Columbia Missouri is not going to be easy. Missouri is going to be a pretty good team with a heck of a young quarterback who can run, throw and escape a pass rush. Playing in Columbia South Carolina is going to be a tough game as it is USC and those games are always tough each year for both teams. The verdict is still out on Florida but one can expect Muschamp to pick it up a few notches in the off season to install his brand of smash mouth football. Those three games and the pressue on Derek Dooley at Tennessee will offer some very good football games that UGA will have to make it through next season.
We should all pat CMR on the back for winning 10 games, but he does need to get one of those wins against a good opponent when it counts so the full UGA nation will support that program as it did his first few years at UGA.
Good Luck to all my SEC Brothers, We need to finish out strong this week and show the nation how real college football is played.
Robards
January 1st, 2012
9:31 pm
Mark, if this team doesn’t win at least 11 games against that awful schedule next year, then CMR should be summarily discharged precisely 1 year from today or sooner
Rilo
January 1st, 2012
9:34 pm
Please…..for the love…can we please get a real Offensive Coordinator and special teams coach. I’d like to win a few games on great game plans and not sheer athletic ability.
Need to beat Michigan State to PROVE this really is a team heading in the right direction.
Robards
January 1st, 2012
9:39 pm
Mark, did you watch the Saints last year in Seattle against that 7-9 team when it was 40 or 50 degrees? Better question, did you watch them a month ago in Nashville? I think it was about 50 degrees–Saints won when the Jake Locker-led Titans failed to score on the last play of the game. You know that it probably won’t be 75 degrees if they play the Packers, right? Also, are you aware that Saints have never won a road playoff game? Just asking.
Special K
January 1st, 2012
9:45 pm
Richt you’re knocking on the wrong door.
Big Cat
January 1st, 2012
9:46 pm
Stop all the talk about potential greatness. CMR has a short memory and must have forgotten he was on the “hot seat” early this season but will be returned if the Dawgs don’t win their bowl game. Just shut up and play football! “The proof is in the puddin” as the old saying goes.
Davis
January 1st, 2012
9:46 pm
Yeah that last game sure showed greatness. Uga is a once every ten years contender in the sec with richt. He underachieves more than any coach in the game. They had a very soft schedule this season and people thought and still think they are a great team. Who has murray beaten? No one. Dude chokes in big games.
BG
January 1st, 2012
9:47 pm
I love them DAWGS!!
Special K
January 1st, 2012
9:50 pm
Can anyone guess why I am called SPECIAL??????
wde
January 1st, 2012
9:54 pm
@Robards when did you flunk out of Tech?
Steve
January 1st, 2012
10:11 pm
1) Yes, we had a good year, but did we really beat anyone we weren’t supposed to? We still stink against top-15 teams under CMR.
2) Murray was not to blame against good teams nearly as much as our line. They folded like wet TP against top-tier defenses and Murray was all too frequently ended up with happy feet. Most QB’s would. Yes, Murray has to improve, but our line was a much bigger issue.
3) We still need an identity. Our we a running team, or a passing team. Our we a defense first team? What our we? Those kind of mentalities can win recruits. If you dont think the better defensive players aren’t hyped to play for a team like LSU or ‘Bama because of their identity you are missing it. That is why those teams are dominant on the field right now.
wreckmaniac
January 1st, 2012
10:37 pm
The last time I looked UGA got beat so whats this “10 in a row” baloney about ?
wreckmaniac
January 1st, 2012
10:37 pm
Every team in the country has won 10 in row if you take out the losses.
Preston
January 1st, 2012
10:39 pm
Can someone please give me the date of national signing day. Thanks in advance!
wreckmaniac
January 1st, 2012
10:40 pm
What is 10 in a row is the number of years that UGA hasn’t sniffed a nat champ but its actually 32 in a row. Meanwhile the Koolaid Express says to its fans that you don’t have to win a nat champ to be the greatest and the fans believe it.
Sid
January 1st, 2012
10:49 pm
sell that snake oil Preacher Richt!!!
whatever
January 1st, 2012
11:02 pm
Yea – right – UGA’s only “knocking on door of greatness” because of their powder-puff schedule they play. And to prove it – they DROPPED Alamaba for next year. We all know what happens when Georgia playes a true top 20 team – they lose.
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
11:04 pm
@jacket99—thanks for the tip on made in america—-god bless, and together tech and dawg fans
———————-lets rebuild using our own labor and materials——-yes protectionism
—-something murry needs tomorrow—-hahahah
————-like me, fight for your country, and fight for making america strong—
——I no, this blog is about sports—-maybe they will use a football made in america—-fat chance
bitter QB
January 1st, 2012
11:09 pm
feb 2 preston—-same every year,
coach grantham rumor has it is leaving for dallas—-new “D” coord
——————————–bummer
okfornow
January 1st, 2012
11:15 pm
I sick and tired of people (including BG) who makes comments like “They even gave LSU a go for a half” – or “we stood toe to toe with the best for a half” – Well – so what – you still lost – look how many teams (who were pathetic this year) stood “toe to toe” (including hated GT) with UGA for 3/4 of the game. Also – even whimpy Missery State was “toe to toe” with LSU in the first half – it was 6-3. The ONLY reason UGA had the “10 game” winning streak was a simple fact of their panzi schedule. Too bad we can’t see what your doggies are really made of next year – you dropped Alabama – we would torn you guys up. But I guess we will NEVER know – you dropped us.
SEC Observer
January 1st, 2012
11:20 pm
Amazing how the Dawg fans were ready to fire Richt after the first 2 games and now want to give him an extension.
Who has Georgia beaten? Noone of substance.
And next season the schedule is even easier.
gcs
January 1st, 2012
11:20 pm
My favorite comedians:
George Carlin
Chris Rock
Mark Richt
Richard Pryor
Steve Martin
Louis CK
Artie
January 1st, 2012
11:28 pm
Dawgs fans sniffing the glue once again!!! LMAO
tybeedawg
January 1st, 2012
11:30 pm
too late for 11 in a row…..
GTBob
January 1st, 2012
11:33 pm
Knocking on the door of greatness? You have to love the delusional UGA mindset.
CHARLES
January 1st, 2012
11:45 pm
LSU 42 GEORGIA 10
3d
January 1st, 2012
11:56 pm
I love my Dawgs and I love what CMR represents, but when we played a good team, we lost.
This staff doesn’t have the necessary crunch time on the field savvy to get us over that hump.
I’m afraid he’s taken us as far as he can. Hope I’m wrong.
Ken
January 2nd, 2012
12:05 am
V O M I T
Ken
January 2nd, 2012
12:05 am
JUST 31 YEARS REMOVED FROM GREATNESS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WITH THAT LUNATICS
Pluto
January 2nd, 2012
12:06 am
Richt can scale back his dreams.
How bout just beating 1 team that finishes in the top 25? Went 0-5 vs. good teams in 2010, and 0-3 so far in 2011.
National Championship? No way, Murray has a strange way of turning the ball over 3 or 4 tmes a game against good teams.
jj
January 2nd, 2012
12:06 am
you idiots think he is the 2nd coming or something? what a bunch of morons
Pluto
January 2nd, 2012
12:07 am
By the way, the team, or Murray, didn’t improve in 2011.
In 2010, lost to all ranked teams, beat the bad teams
In 2011, lost to all ranked teams, beat the bad teams.
Murray got worse in accuracy, yards, and passer rating.
Pluto
January 2nd, 2012
12:08 am
Richt is 0-8 vs. top 20 teams since 2009.
Pluto
January 2nd, 2012
12:10 am
Combined SEC record of SEC teams on 2012 schedule is 18-36.
Wow, some impressive teams there.
Only good team is South Carolina, and Richt is 0-2 there since 2009.
Pluto
January 2nd, 2012
12:11 am
Richt hasn’t beat a top 20 team since 2009.
Don’t like the direction.
No improvement in 2011 over 2010.
NONE.
Pluto
January 2nd, 2012
12:14 am
Murray’s best win so far is Auburn, currently #25 ranked, will probably drop out after Bowls. Murray has never beat a top 20 team.
0-8 record there.
Vampire Bill
January 2nd, 2012
12:38 am
I hope for the best for my dawgs and agree that better things are to come but I have to offer my doubts of the current coaching staff ever bringing a true NC contender to Athens. With all of UGA’s potential you simply CANNOT lose 42-10 ever, Not even once every 10 years.
GoDawgs
January 2nd, 2012
1:25 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yXPpZOu1v-w
Bad Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
2:57 am
What is funny is that some of the people on this blog think they know anything about how schedule’s are made in college football. If you think UGA dropped Alabama for Missouri you need to do a little more research. The schedule is very favorable but the fans or coaches did not make the schedule. Go complain to McGarity and the AD at Alabama.
Columbus
January 2nd, 2012
3:58 am
Murray is fine. EVERYBODY must keep improving. Murray cut out the turnovers early and there is NO shame losing to LSU.
That being said Bradley and many ignorant others looked at this black and white and not with ALL the facts and did not use wise logic is bashing Richt, TRYING to RUN Richt out of Athens! You ALMOSt DID! Schultz did too! The decline at UGA was understandable to anyone who took in ALL the facts. Richt is one of the best coaches in college football but also had to go through somethings to learn some things. This was his FIRST head coaching job! UGA lost so MANY players to the NFL early, INJURIES, leaving scool, getting kicked off the team, etc. and what was left explained the decline. It was NOT the coach, it was the ATTRITUTION! That and a damn good new DC! UGA lost so many OL it was crazy! NO QB after Stafford. Freshman QB, new DC in 2010 and NO RB”S or OL depth EITHER year! I mean ALL of you running off Richt and his HEAD COACHING ABILITY, LOL…..
You all showed your knowledge of college football. Especially Bradley and Schultz…..and 1000’s of young and dumb and ignorant UGA fans who have not been around enough to know what they are saying or doing or talking about! UGA fans who ran off recruits and stressed out and pressured the team in the first of the season and ALL of the off season! How about ALL of you just shutup and learn something in 2012 instead of making ignorant uncredible comments the media hype up? I PRAY you ALL learned something during the 2011 season and that was that you dont know jack!
Are you STILL hard-headed or can you grow up and admit you were wrong? You cant LEARN nothing if you are hard-headed or always doing the talking!
I told all of you igmos BEFORE this season started that UGA was about to go on a run starting in 2012 and that we MIGHT win the East this year which would be a bonus. UGA DID win the East which is going to play HUGE dividends in 2012 and beyond by getting that experience. SO…did you finally learn something Bradley? Are you onboard? Do you still need to learn more? Here let me tell you how things are going to go with UGA the next 5 years….they are going to be VERY GOOD! Richt is a GREAT coach…..He is about to have his BEST teams YET! How does a bad coach do that? Hmmmm…he dont! He runs the WHOLE chow and this show is going to be on the big stage and sold out for several years. I told yout this a year ago! But you are so much wiser than us fans who have been following the school for 30+ years arent you? And to all of you fans that have been around since Dooley coached and you wanted Richt gone…you should be ashamed like Bradley and Schultz and the rest of the young and dumb ones WHO wanted Richt out and who dont even know who Dooley is really much less seen him coach!
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU SO-CALLED DAWG FANS!
GO DAWGS!
p.s. I told you Bradley and Schultz that Richt would be coaching at UGA for the next 15 years unless he got fed up with taking crap from idiots…….!
Stinger2
January 2nd, 2012
4:09 am
Does any UGA fan know for sure when, where,why, who or any or all of the above came up with “Dawgs” as a nickname? I am a GT fan but have followed the UGA teams for many years and do not “hate” them. Just curious.
waytogoricht
January 2nd, 2012
4:14 am
Richt, you’ve fooled me more than than once with your inexplicable bravado talk. Just show at the end of the Michigan State game Richt, you can finally match results with words. Of course you haven’t been able to do that with Spurrier, Saban and Miles lusting to step on your tanning bed face if you met them on the field. Of course you were lucky, very lucky, in that your schedule only required you to meet one of these field proven coaches in 2011 and we know how that worked out. Saved your job as a result of that powder puff schedule with no Arkansas, Bama or LSU. Oh wait, there was LSU in that big championship game in Atlanta, to verify where both programs are.
Since your 2012 schedule is akin in difficulty, or lack there of, you are undoubtedly basing your puffing on that, knowing with your ability that you are not going to run the table. But you’re figuring since you’ve fooled the Nation before, why not again. After all, you figure people aren’t gonna know you couldn’t do it until another bombed, excuse ridden 2012 season is complete. I don’t think you can even hang with Michigan State, but there will be more excuses about that one from you and your defenders. Just keep on collecting the 3.2 mil annually Richt and leave most true UGA fans wondering WTH.
Stinger2
January 2nd, 2012
4:15 am
Why do UGA fans spell their team name wrong. I thought it is Dog(s) not Dawg(s). Dog is a first grade spelling word.
Stinger2
January 2nd, 2012
4:17 am
I just had two post that had no ugly words but did not get past the filter Why?
waytogoricht
January 2nd, 2012
4:19 am
Richt sucks!!! But keep drawing the 3.2 mil annually Richt, which is fantastic given your ability to get things done.
waytogoricht
January 2nd, 2012
4:29 am
Paul Johnson @ 5:20 p.m. on Jan. 1st
Most certainly Paul, you’re marvelous! Most Techsters are impressed with high school offense, knife thru butter defense and most of all your results.
Vince Dooley
January 2nd, 2012
5:41 am
Will soft schedules lead to greatness?
SEC East Conference
January 2nd, 2012
6:23 am
Greatness, lmao…..He must be talking about his Ford truck they gave him to do the commercials….
huffsleeper
January 2nd, 2012
6:36 am
There are plenty of examples of Bobo’s playcalling incompetency but opening up the second half against LSU with two straight runs up the middle was the most recent. He goes in a shell and is going to protect a 3 point lead against the #` team in the country. Not an Alabama or LSU start to the second half. Bobo’s terrible and Richt is an enabler (and a poor special teams coach)
Snake Doc
January 2nd, 2012
6:53 am
For a team that beat one team with a winning record, who beat on other team that finished .500, for a team that lost to every team ranked higher than them, for a team that got destroyed by one of the elite of the SEC, the brain damaged orange CEO talks about his team of miscreants being great.
By Gawd! Thats funny and I don’t care who you are!
Snake Doc
January 2nd, 2012
6:55 am
Great teams pay all phases of the game. apparently the CEO does not understand Special Teams are a part of the game.
The spray on orange man CEO is brain damaged!
Ckgator
January 2nd, 2012
6:56 am
3 interesting SEC / Big Ten bowls today. None of the teams involved are playing at an elite level, but should be fun to watch. Too bad all games are on at the same time!
Buckeye
January 2nd, 2012
7:11 am
Win With must have also penned “on the edge of glory” for Ga Ga.
Buzz2011
January 2nd, 2012
7:21 am
Knocking on the door of greatness!!! Well the Dawgs are knocking off all the top teams for sure.. They are a powerhouse for sure.. Can they get South Carolina off the schedule for 2912? Ga. Southern wants a shot!! They will have a greatness type season in 2012 by winning at least 8 games..Dream Team… 42-10
Columbus Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
7:24 am
Snake Doc, did you get that name in your all male dorm? What a moron.
Anyway, moving on to what’s important, rumors are again kicking up about Crowell’s grades. I had an in the know booster tell me that the rumors are true, and that he will have to have a good winter and spring in the classroom in order to remain eligible for 2012. Richt gets Mike Davis and Todd Gurley, so this won’t be the problem everyone will make it out to be when the story hits about Crowell’s grades.
Coach Richt knows what he has developing in Athens for 2012. I do not know who will be the “starter” at the tailback position in 2012, but Richt will have a running game next season, you can bet on it. He will also have improved special teams play.
The same stupid, hating posters on these blogs will be one of two things in 2012, gone or will have changed their tunes about the Dawgs. The Tech folks will always post their B.S., but you will see the evaporation of these idiot , redneck Bama folks, and Florida is drying up on the vine with the “Mediocre Muschamp” at the helm. They probably win two or three more games in 2012, but will not be in the hunt. This will lead to hotseat talk for Muschamp going into 2013. Their comments will become tempered as well.
The Dawgs will be legit in 2012!!!!!!!!!
All Saints
January 2nd, 2012
7:31 am
This is a reminder that we’ll be having our regular tribute and moment of silence today for Saint Jan Kemp, the courageous martyr who exposed UGA and Vince Dooley’s “remedial studies” fraud, a shameful scam that Mark Richt carries on today, almost thirty years later.
Please approach this special moment with awe and reverence as we honor her sacred name.
Scorecard
January 2nd, 2012
7:34 am
MSU 42, UGA 12
Buzz2011
January 2nd, 2012
7:34 am
Dawgs will lose today… Remember they are no better than the 2010 team and Central Florida handled them easily.. They will win next year though at least seven games..Do they have any quarterback;s other than that little Murray?
All Saints
January 2nd, 2012
7:36 am
Just a little reminder that we’ll be having our regular tribute and moment of silence today for Saint Jan Kemp, the courageous martyr who exposed UGA and Vince Dooley’s “remedial studies” fraud, a shameful scam that Mark Richt carries on today, almost thirty years later.
Please approach this special moment with awe and reverence as we honor her sacred name.
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
7:39 am
I think Georgia will be rated the #1 team in the SEC East going into next year…….but exactly how good a “taste” is a 42-10 drubbing by LSU? I guess it makes you want to go back for more….against LSU…..next December.
Atticus
January 2nd, 2012
7:40 am
One question Mark: If Bobo was so good, why do 0 colleges come to try and hire him like every other major college assistant at some point? He is good but he isn’t elite and we need elite.
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
7:42 am
Buzz2011….
Bet you didn’t lay any money on that prediction. Didn’t Tech just blow a 14 point lead in the 4th quarter against Utah? I think I would not come on ripping Georgia right now……not good form…
georgiadawg70
January 2nd, 2012
7:48 am
Atticus,It appears Richt has taken a more active role in the offense. It has been a little more creative
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
7:48 am
It is funny to read a lot of these posts……I guess some Georgia fans have a crystal ball concerning Florida next year. I wish I did. Florida literally could be 11-1 or 7-5 next year. That is a very unclear crystal ball to me. Another easy schedule and returning talent for Georgia creates a much clearer crystal ball.
P.S. It is going to be in the 60s and very windy at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa today. Not good for passing…..or kicking FGs. Very good for a running game. This will help MSU in the game….and hurt Georgia.
Columbus Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
8:03 am
Did you even WATCH the SEC Championship game, moron? UGA held LSU to it’s lowest yardage totals, 0 first downs, and Aaron Murray did his part to insure 21 first half points. The dropped passes were not Murray’s fault. The receiving corps that has seen the most playing time this year other than King, are first year players in the SEC. Looked to have some butterflies in the first half, this is what Coach Richt means by taste of the SEC Championship. Getting that experience was exactly what the doctor ordered for this group of freshmen. When they return to the Dome in December 2012, they will not have forgotten the drops, believe me. Yeah, Gator, the last time we saw your team n the Dome, Bama was having their way with you for four quarters.
Haters beware of the DAWG in 2012!!!!!!!!!!
DAWGIN' DEM GREEN COW COLLEGE YANKEES
January 2nd, 2012
8:12 am
All Saints. LULZ. Our boys wish they could study Fiber Management and the like!
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
8:14 am
Yes…..I watched the game….final score was LSU 42, Georgia 10. Any moron knows what that final score represents…..and those 35 points LSU scored in the second half. Playing well for two quarters does not win SEC championships.
And…yes….I watched Bama win the 2009 title 31-13 (Bama scored 13 unanswered points…..not 35…..in the second half….when SEC title games are won or lost). And it left a different kind of taste than the one Richt spoke about. I guess losing is easier to take when you are not used to winning….which the Gators and Gators fans are.
David S
January 2nd, 2012
8:15 am
As a life fong jacket fan, most of the fan of the MUTTS make me sick, but not as sick as The Genius PJ has been making me lately.. I really hope that Coach Richt can go all the way next year and get the National Title. The story of how he was paying his assistants shows that he is a class act and not an ego jerk like PJ.
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
8:19 am
…..and Columbus Dawg……
I think LSU went through the motions in that first half……,looking ahead to the NC game. Then they got serious in the second half. There was a big difference between those two teams…..and there will be next year when LSU plays whomever represents the East next year…..in next year’s title game….as LSU will be even better than they are this year.
But Seriously
January 2nd, 2012
8:22 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZZiIzZQC0c0
fan
January 2nd, 2012
8:30 am
To be the best, you have to beat the best! Not run and hide COWARDS!!!!
Dream Team
January 2nd, 2012
8:36 am
Kiss of death.
Columbus Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
8:42 am
Gator, what you think about what the LSU football team was doing or thinking in the first half is of no consequence. My point is our receiving corps not playing up to the standards that it played with all season, coupled with the bogus punt return (if you watched you saw the two blocks in back that were not called by officials working for Slive who had way to much invested in an LSU win to call them), that drastically changed this game’s momentum. What would have been a 21-0 first half was negated by these events.
As far as LSU being better in 2012, LSU will have a first year starter at the QB position, no matter who they go with. Teams do not generally get better with first year QB’s, and LSU won’t either.
I know that having dropped to being an also-ran in the SEC, about like the Galen Hall years as a matter of fact, has you irritated Gator, Bobby Boucher’s mama says “Alligators are so honery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush”!
Joey
January 2nd, 2012
8:43 am
If we win THIS game, then I’ll agree with Coach Richt that the program has “turned around.” But winning 10 of 14 games is not that great, especially when you only win the games you are supposed to win. And according to the odds, we are supposed to win this game.
For me, it will take beating MSU to wash away that bad taste of UCF, Boise, and LSU.
I want to see Aaron Murray lead this team, and play mistake-free vs a really good team, for once. And I want to see some good blocking by the OL, along with some power running by our healthy RBs.
Go Dawgs!
Beaver Cleaver
January 2nd, 2012
8:50 am
I predict a sec east championship and another beatdown at the hands of the west champion
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
8:52 am
Columbus Dawg….
It is better to think with the mind, rather than the heart. The later will get you into trouble every time.
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
8:54 am
Beaver….
I think it is a Georgia-South Carolina battle for the East next year……and….yes….another beat down by LSU. LSU will then beat down someone in the NC game.
Between the Hedges
January 2nd, 2012
8:54 am
http://www.facebook.com/BetweenTheHedges
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
8:55 am
And Columbus Dawg……
I guess that terriffic LSU defense and defensive backfield had nothing to do with Georgia’s poor offensive and receiving performance. It was all the refs fault….as usual.
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
8:57 am
It will be very windy at Raymond James Stadium today……not good for the Georgia passing and kicking games.
Homepage | MrSEC.com
January 2nd, 2012
8:57 am
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fan
January 2nd, 2012
8:59 am
Richt taking advantage of weak schedules to extend contract, and uga falling for it!
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
9:00 am
And Columbus Dawg….
When people get frustrated because they know they are incorrect or their arguement is being challenged by facts……they start calling people morons, idiots, Gayturds, etc, etc, etc, etc.
TigerinGA
January 2nd, 2012
9:07 am
Greatness??? They will most likely loose today to Mich State, not what most would say is the path to greatness!
Columbus Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
9:07 am
I read a quote from Rambo in an article from Seth Emerson that states “Coach Grantham is always telling us that this will be the last time our defense will be together, so we need to go out and have fun”.
So is Grantham sold on a mass exodus of D players to the draft? Tyson and Boykin will be out of eligibility. With the new rookie salary cap in place, you would think that an underclassman jumping to the NFL would have to be guaranteed a second round minimum pick to make the jump worthwhile. Grantham knows this, and this is why I am wondering what he meant by his statement. He has also got to know that Rambo and Washington will fall short of the second round minimum argument. Rambo had one play with the hit on the Auburn back as a freshman that got notice of the Bulldog Nation, but made no more impact until this season. It takes more than one decent season to get into the top rounds of the draft. Ditto for Washington, he has underachieved his whole career at UGA, and will need another good season to get a high pick in draft.
It makes me wonder if these guys just want out of UGA so badly that they are willing to take whatever they can get to get out of there. If that is the case, then good riddance, as the positive pruning continues. We need players at UGA that want to be at UGA. Just ask Jarvis Jones. If a player is not part of the solution, then he is part of the problem.
sportzfan
January 2nd, 2012
9:10 am
Bad Dawg….you’re right, the fans or coaches didn’t have a say in next years schedule, but McGarity did, as did Slive. You’re an idiot if you think Alabama would have discouraged the league from scheduling UGA…..this is a great recruiting area for them and I just don’t see Bama being afraid of UGA.
Columbus Dawg…….the score in football is after four quarters, not at half time. Also, LSU doesn’t have to get better next year with a new QB……just stay the same and I think they’ll be alright.
With cupcake scheduling UGA won SEC east this year, but only one team in east went undefeated…..and it wasn’t UGA.
TigerinGA
January 2nd, 2012
9:10 am
Columbus dog is delusional like most “dawg” fans. LSU wasn’t playing in the first half of the SEC championship game. I think they bought into the fact that they didn’t need to win that game, but Miles woke them up at half time. First half scores and stats don’t mean squat in college football! The final score is what counts!
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
9:11 am
Michigan State was nearly good enough to be in the Rose Bowl…….and next to LSU…..this will be the best team Georgia has played. They have an excellent defense and a very good QB and running game. It will be a challenge for Georgia. But I think Georgia’s speed on defense will win the game in the fourth quarter.
SEC Title!!
January 2nd, 2012
9:20 am
Georgia is loaded heading into 2012—Alabama and lsu will be down and the Dawgs can win the title! Look for another easy SEC east title—fla and tennessee are terrible and Ga beats them easy. SC will not have enough to beat UGA. Ga in the BCS—book it!!! Dawgs—back on top!!!
evil empire
January 2nd, 2012
9:26 am
@ Columbus Dawg and SEC Title!!…please shut up! your stupid posts are giving me a headache…LSU and Alabama will be down??…not to worry, their second teams could beat the ugatards on any day…
Columbus Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
9:26 am
Gator, I have not referred to you as anything other than Gator. I do not know why that would bother you. Just as I thought, you really did not watch the events that took place at the SEC Championship Game. I did not even say that UGA would have won the game without the events that I described, only that it would have been a different game. Anyone who WATCHED, and actually saw what happened on the punt return, knows that there was a blatent block in the back behind the thirty yard line that would have negated that run back. Now I realize that a Gator watching a Georgia game is not going to be unbiased in the events as they unfold, but rather to put spin on the se said events as to how THEY think they actually happened. The problem with this is that it makes you look clueless about the game of football, and only seeing what is “Good for the Gator”, so to speak.
If you want to get to where the rubber meets the road, Gators everywhere are about to jump off the bridge down there because they know that their SEC East reign is ova! They also know that their A.D. Foley has really messed his pants with the Muschamp hire, and that they will have to live through it before it gets better, kind of like the Ray Goff situation at UGA. You all had better hope they don’t leave him in there as long as UGA held on to Goff!
Live with it Gators, UGA has reclaimed the East, and will hold on to it for a while this time!
Ted M
January 2nd, 2012
9:27 am
Go Dawgs. Wish I knew something about Michigan St other then their record.
Stiinger
January 2nd, 2012
9:31 am
The chiwawa’s are going to get killed by Michigan State and you guys will be crying FIRE RICHT again.
Richt has claimed you are on the verge of Greatness. We all know what happens when you proclaim to be a contender. YOU TANK- Chokers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all for one.....
January 2nd, 2012
9:36 am
This is a statement game. So let my Dawgs loose and make the statement, “We are one of the big boys, it takes a great team to beat us.” We have lost to 1, 7, and 9. 2008, We were 10-3, we lost to 1,2, and 14 by 3pts. Georgia and Florida 4 and 5 star players should be leaping onto the “G” team. Coach Richt can coach, he is the real deal. Offense is never a problem. As long as we have a great Defensive Coordinator as UGA should always have one of the best, Dawgs will be dominant. Enough with the weak schedule junk. Georgia will play any team, any time, anywhere. We take on all challengers. Period. We are The Gosh Darn “G” Georgia Bulldogs or Bulldawgs. Haters can kiss our grits.
all for one.....
January 2nd, 2012
9:41 am
SEC contenders and Champs 6 in a row. Big 10 pretenders, if MSU changed schedules with GA we would be undefeated and they would be 6-6 maybe.
all for one.....
January 2nd, 2012
9:43 am
MSU #5 defense against Lil 10. UGA #3 Defense against SEC. Period, nuff said
Columbus Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
9:46 am
So what is your team allegience evil? First of all I did not say that Bama and LSU would be down, I said in response to the post that LSU will be better in 2012 that teams generally do not improve with first year quarterbacks, and I stand behind that statement. Mett has a good chance to start next year, but I do think it will take him a year to make an impact there.
Besides a bunch of hating, ignorant people posting negatives about UGA football, it is hard to see any football knowledge in any posts. MOSTLY JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE SCARED TO DEATH OF WHAT UGA IS BECOMING! I know that LSU would be hard to deal with in 2012 in the SEC game, but I also know that UGA will be better equipped for the challenge. As for your headache, sounds like you need to go take a nap.
As far as Georgia people posting positives about the University of Georgia Football Team, this newspaper blog originates in the state of Georgia, and WILL have postings favoring the Georgia Football Team. If this offends any of you rivals, haters or just general dips, then why don’t you all go somewhere else to spend your time?
all for one.....
January 2nd, 2012
9:47 am
Georgia shores up OL, RB positions, gets some great DB’s and just fill needs with 2012 recruiting class Dawgs are on way to Greatness. l agree with CMR. 2013 Recruiting Class already shaping up to be #1 in nation. HOW ‘BOUT THEM DAWGS!
JB
January 2nd, 2012
9:48 am
Boy, the coverage for the bowl game today of UGA/MSU by the AJC is horrible
Bob-Bob Baran
January 2nd, 2012
9:48 am
UGA couldn’t beat a WAC team…..Greatness?? Huh?? With a QB that is just barely tall enough to not qualify for a “Munchkin” role in the Wizard of Oz….Huh??
Joe Bob Thibodaux
January 2nd, 2012
9:50 am
JBT is pulling for you Dawgs.
Whip them Yankees. Good luck! SEC Rocks!
JBT
JB
January 2nd, 2012
9:52 am
Gators are in a snit. We know it. They know it. They will lose to a very good Georgia team next year and 2 losses in a row will be more than they can take…..But for the old timers down there, it’s just back to normal….For the 80 years before the last 20, Florida was just average with a good team every now and then. Welcome back.
Joey
January 2nd, 2012
9:55 am
The AJC is still in mourning over yet another bowl loss of the local genius head coach, JB.
Furman Bisher is still weeping in his oat meal . . .
Bob-Bob Baran
January 2nd, 2012
9:59 am
GREAT victories over THE COASTAL CAROLINA U, Ole Miss, Miss St, Tenn, VANDY, Florida, THE NEW MEXICO STATE U., AU, KY, and GA Tech….I’ll give you MS St, Florida–BARELY, AU and GA Tech….so 4 wins out of 10….GREATNESS?? HUH??? BULLDAWG NATION BEEN DRINKIN CMR’S KOOL-AID……
JB
January 2nd, 2012
10:00 am
Joey…………Have the Tech people officially taken the “smartest coach in America” label off Johnson as of the latest loss?
JB
January 2nd, 2012
10:04 am
Bob boob Baran……………….Check out Florida’s schedule the last NC they won….I think the first 4 wins, the opponent arrived on church buses from the local area.
DawgVoiceofReason
January 2nd, 2012
10:05 am
The Dawgs need to win today to help validate what they accomplished this season. People are right who say we didn’t win against the 3 best teams we faced during the regular season. Given the rough start, what we did to get into the SEC Championship game was still remarkable and still exciting to watch. Losing today would take a little bit of the luster off. MSU has a very good team and a win against them will mean something.
Bob-Bob Baran
January 2nd, 2012
10:12 am
JB, you are right about UF and the Church buses….same as this season with UGA…Thanks for validating the argument!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
DawgVoiceofReason
January 2nd, 2012
10:13 am
It is amazing to listen to (i.e read) the posts of people who criticise Aaron Murray for not having won against “top” opponents. I’ll bet Auburn ends up in the Top 25 this year and last I checked Aaron Murray and his teammates blew the doors off them. Last year our defense was still not good and Murray was a freshman. This year he is only a Sophomore and shattered/destroyed/crushed the all-time UGA TD passing record, held previously by the Number 1 overall NFL draft pick. If two receivers hadn’t dropped sure touchdown passes, Murray would have had three touchdowns in the first half alone against the number one team in the country. You people have no perspective or judgment whatsoever!
PIERCE COUNTY DOG
January 2nd, 2012
10:15 am
SOME OF YOU JACKET FANS MAKE ME SICK. POOR ATTITUDE ALONG WITH YOUR POOR TEAM. GO DOGS. I USED TO PULL FOR THE JACKETS WHEN THE DOGS DID NOT PLAY THEM. BUT THAT HAS CHANGED. ALWAYS PULLING FOR ANOTHER TEAM TO BEAT THE DOGS BECAUSE THE JACKET CAN NOT FIINISH THE DRILL. GO DAWGS,WE OWN THIS STATE!!!!
PIERCE COUNTY DOG
January 2nd, 2012
10:18 am
STINGER YOU GT GOT BEAT AGAIN. YOU TECH FANS CRY ALL YOUR LIVES,YOU BIG CRY BABY,S. JEALOUSLY IS CRUELER THAN THE GRAVE. GO DAWGS GA 31 TECH 17
1969 Graduate
January 2nd, 2012
10:20 am
Why in the world is Mark Richt talking about knocking on the door of greatness?
We’re barely knocking on the door of mediocrity until we beat the good teams. I don’t mean the teams that are sometimes good – like Florida, like Tennessee – but aren’t good this year.
Beating the Little Sisters of the Blind is better than losing to them, and we did beat Auburn (which looked better considering Auburn’s bowl performance), and you do have to be in the SEC Championship Game to get your butt kicked in the second half and go on to a humbling loss, but – excuse me – isn’t it a bit premature to be celebrating our future greatness.
Mr. Richt has made some progress this year, I think. At least the sidelines don’t always look like a ghetto rap scene, and some of the players seem to have character structures better than the average Miami hoodlum of a few years ago. I said that’s progress.
Let’s beat Michigan State, and bring in an Offensive Coordinator, and figure out how to teach Special Teams play, and work more on Strength and Conditioning, and play every down for 60 minutes. Let’s do all that first.
Congratulations for mediocrity are bad enough, but celebrating future greatness just gets in the way of making it happen.
Go, Georgia Bulldogs!
Joey
January 2nd, 2012
10:21 am
Quite a few have, by the looks of what’s being said on their blogs.
You know, I thought PJ had scored, big time, when he hired Groh as DC. I don’t get it. Regardless
PJ’s gonna have to get that D back up to standard before he can challenge for the ACC again.
Bob-Bob Baran
January 2nd, 2012
10:28 am
The only thing CMR’s playing for is JOB SECURITY! Forget about the Greatness…
Old Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
10:29 am
Sorry Mark and others incluiding the Tech fans who see the 2012 schedule as “easy”. Remember that we know nothing about how improved Florida, Tennessse and Auburn might be and add to that the following fact. Georgia must win on the road against Mizzou and South Carolina. South Carolina on the other hand gets the Dawgs and Mizzou at home. How we fare in the two Columbia’s will determine if we make a return trip to the SEC Championship. If we win the East, we will certainly deserve the honor. Each year is different and to base it on last year’s performance is foolish.
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
10:35 am
I didn’t see any improvement.
In the current AP Poll, we played three (3) teams this year:
Boise (Lost)
South Carolina (Lost)
LSU (Lost)
Beat a horrible Florida team with a bunch of coaches in the 1st year of installing their system.
Auburn isn’t ranked on the AP Poll, they wern’t good this year either without Cam Newton.
How long will Richt think going 0-3 vs ranked team show an improvement of going 0-5 the previous year against ranked teams?
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
10:38 am
UGA is ranked #18.
Lose this game, and fall out of te top 25 rankings, and Richt’s contract isn’t renewed.
Joey
January 2nd, 2012
10:38 am
1969 Grad, wow!
Could have written that myself (tried to @ 8:43).
All we’ve done this season is beat who we were supposed to beat. They just happened to come along in a row. I’m tickled that we won them, but we still lost 3 games.
To me, Murray has a lot to prove, still. When he LEADS the Bulldogs to a victory over a great, or even a really good, team, I will give him his due. Until he does THAT, he is only slightly better than Matthew Stafford, who couldn’t even lead UGA to win the East. They both put up big numbers, but tended to shrink in the big games.
Knowall Moreno
January 2nd, 2012
10:39 am
Lets start 2012 kickin some Michigan butt, sic em Dawgs woof woof woof!!!!
Return to Glory
January 2nd, 2012
10:39 am
GO DAWGS, as my name states Return to Glory: the march towards Glory resumes today.
Georgia: 27 MSU: 17.
gt4ever
January 2nd, 2012
10:40 am
Good grief people, You continue to raise the bar…. The most delusional fans in the country…. How could any professional journalist even put this in print?? I guess we are just so ready to have a descent college football team that we will believe most anything… The bottom line, UGA has beat NOBODY, and when they get beat today by a good team, once again the seat will warm for CMR…
Bob-Bob Baran
January 2nd, 2012
10:42 am
If only we can figure a way to quit being the Gamecocks Girlfriend!!
Gamecockrock
January 2nd, 2012
10:43 am
Mark Dantonio is A Gamecock alum. Enough said. Sparty rolls.
Dennis
January 2nd, 2012
10:47 am
You will lose today and next year will mirror the fate of Miss St. You guys really need to take some meds and level out. You just got talked off the bridge from jumping and now you are in the Casino rolling for the big bucks with borrowed money.
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
10:47 am
By Richt’s standards, Harvard will be knocking on the door. They won a bunch of games against bad teams too.
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
10:49 am
Horbunckledog…..
I think you underestimated the improvement of your Dawgs……but a lot on here are overestimating how good the Dawgs are based on the schedule they played…….clearly ignoring the facts that you posted. Georgia’s performance today will make a clearer statement about this year’s Dawgs’ team….as MSU is a good team…..but nowhere near as good as LSU or Bama…..or Arkansas for that matter.
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
10:52 am
South Carolina was the best team in the SEC East this season. They’re ranked in the top 10 on the AP Poll and they beat UGA for the 2nd straight year. Should have the best 2 teams in the SEC playing each other in the SEC Championship, LSU/Bama, or Ark, but UGA? 42-10 loss was embarrassing.
2012 will be same ole stuff, no special teams coach, Murray melting down in big games, Bobo trying to win passing the ball, giving up 40 points against ranked teams. No changes have been made.
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
10:53 am
JB……
Here is the “church bus” schedule Florida faced in 2008:
Hawaii
Miami
Tennessee
Ole Miss
Arkansas
LSU
Kentucky
Georgia
Vandy
South Carolina
FSU
Alabama
Oklahoma
Yep……schedule loaded with a bunch of teams getting of “church buses.” Really????
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
10:55 am
I thought Richt needed to finish in the top 25 in the AP Poll to stay employed at UGA,
If he loses this game, and he has gone 0-8 against last 8 top 20 ranked teams, then UGA will drop out of the top 25 AP Poll, and I think Richt will be fired.
Deservingly so.
TampaGator
January 2nd, 2012
10:57 am
Horbunckledog….
I aplogize…..you are obviously not a Dawg fan.
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:00 am
Lose this game, extend record to 0-9 vs. top 20 AP teams, fall out of the AP top 25, and I don’t see how Richt keeps his job.
What would his case be–we beat Coastal Carolina by 40+ points?
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:02 am
lose this game, and Richt finishes 0-4 against top 20 ranked teams in 2011, after going 0-5 in 2010.
Richt calls that improvement?
Dawg48
January 2nd, 2012
11:09 am
Tampa gator
Heard florida is going to be without another O line tackle today…..
Mike Bobo 17 INT
January 2nd, 2012
11:10 am
Does anyone really buy into this? UGA has the weakest schedule in the SEC, gets drilled by LSU and now they are knocking on the door or greatness? This guy is a marketing genius!!! Just in time to extend that contract….
Dawg48
January 2nd, 2012
11:11 am
Hornbuckle
Go spew your crap somewhere else troll!
Mike Bobo 17 INT
January 2nd, 2012
11:12 am
TampaGator
You have to understand that UGA always try to throw something against the wall to see if it sticks…..
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:13 am
Be neat to see if UGA could find a QB who trusts their teammates, instead of trying to be the Brett Favre of the conference. Sort of like LSU does.
Murray tries to win the games by himself, he doesn’t trust his top 5 defense, or his All American special teams unit.
And Richt will stay with the kid. The 0-8 against ranked teams QB.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
January 2nd, 2012
11:14 am
Dawg48
Now that is a typical defensive UGA response….take your medicine like a big boy….
sportzfan
January 2nd, 2012
11:15 am
Old Dawg……so Dawgs get S.C and Missouri on road and you think that makes S.C. have an easier shot to win SEC east? How about S.C. playing Arkansas and LSU on road? Face the facts, you’ve been handed the easiest schedule in SEC for second year in a row.
Columbus Dawg….anyone who pays for the AJC or internet site has a right to post on this site. Maybe you should read some of the blogs in Florida, S.C. Tenn, and Alabama and see if the Dawg fans there get off their sites…..get real !
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:15 am
IF AD Greg McGarity had ANY sense, he would evaluate Coach Richt by 1 thing:
WINS against ranked teams.
Beating up on Coastal Carolina, really?
Dawg48
January 2nd, 2012
11:16 am
Mike
Just practicing for today!
Lol
You can leave to!
Pete
January 2nd, 2012
11:16 am
how can he say Georgia has turned it around when they still haven’t beaten a top team; winning 10 games when you have the easiest schedule in the SEC isn’t anything to brag about; and their schedule next year is even easier.
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:21 am
How can Richt’s contract possibly be renewed, if he loses the Bowl game again, and finishes out of the top 25 for the 3rd straight year?
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:22 am
2011
0-3 against ranked teams
10-0 against unranked teams
Is that good?
Joey
January 2nd, 2012
11:22 am
“Beating up on Coastal Carolina, really?”
********************************
Yeah, and that pathetic Ga Tech . . .
Dawg48
January 2nd, 2012
11:23 am
Hornbuckle
Get some new material your trolling is getting repetitive!
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:25 am
I guess Richt think beating Coastal Carolina
And going 10-0 against unranked teams, and WINLESS for the 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR against ranekd teams,
IS……
kNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF GREATNESS…
Richt has a vivid imagination.
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:27 am
knocking on the door of greatness????
I think Richt was talking about Steve Spurrier, or Petrino…..
Mike Bobo 17 INT
January 2nd, 2012
11:29 am
It is all about marketing in Athens, not winning….
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:29 am
0-8 last 8 games against ranked teams….
Knocking on the door of WHAT?
Black Mountain NC Bulldog
January 2nd, 2012
11:30 am
I am excited about the future, of this team. The Bulldogs have all these players coming back. And even if as I expect O C goes pro, they are still well stocked, at every position, on the team. And lets face it. The schedule sets up very nicely, next year!
P.S
I wish Larry was here.
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:31 am
If Richt loses the bowl game, finishes outside of top 25 for 3rd straight year, is that improvement, or knocking on the door of greatness?
HornbuckleDog
January 2nd, 2012
11:33 am
Should have a #18 team playing in the SEC Championship when LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, and South Carolina are all ranked higher than Georgia.
UGA is #5 best team in the SEC. Not knocking on anyone’s door.
Yup
January 2nd, 2012
11:45 am
Anyone know, how does Murray do in Bowl games? Did he play last year against the Central Florida team, MAC USA team, did we lose 10-6. How did Murray play in that Bowl game? Can’t remember?
SlowRacer
January 2nd, 2012
11:50 am
Aaron Murray in his last Bowl game?
16 for 38, 2 interceptions, 0 td’s. Failed to convert on two 4th & 1 quarterback sneaks.
Offense put up 6 points.
SlowRacer
January 2nd, 2012
11:54 am
Georgia Tech was #25 ranked this year when they faced Georgia, and Auburn was #24 at the time of the game with Georgia. I know they’re both unranked now, but back when they played Georgia, both were ranked. And Murray played well in both of those games.
Columbus Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
12:18 pm
Hornbuckle, your posts show your lack of intelligence, and lack of football knowledge. SEC Division Champions are determined by the number of League losses a team has. Georgia had one SEC loss, and South Carolina had two. Simple math D.A. Now that I have educated you on what it takes to be named Division Champion, let’s move on. Now is it cowardice, or something else that causes you to hide behind your little keyboard and refuse to show your allegience? I’ll go with cowardice.
Now let’s look at this another way, UGA wins today, comes out and runs the table in 2012, returns to the Dome, and beats the West Champion. Then I believe that the door would then be , as they say, kicked in. I will not be foolish enough to say that I know the outcome in 2012, but I do believe that UGA will be better equipped for the challenge, and has a sporting chance. I do know that the more desperate Florida folks get, the more nonsense they will spew. The bridge jumping will not be far behind. Makes you wonder what Foley was thinking, does it not? Same could be said of Old man Dooley with his Goff and Evans hires.
One does wonder if there is anything to this Saban to Penn State rumor. man talking about folks jumping off of bridges…
i'm from Columbus, GA
January 2nd, 2012
12:21 pm
an we are proud to be known as the dumb *ss capitol of the world!!!
ShaNaNa
January 2nd, 2012
12:45 pm
columus Dawg, oh my, you like losing to ranked teams, and are impressed with wins over Vanderbilt, New Mexico St, Coastal Carolina, Ole Miss, Tenn, and the other five unranked teams UGA won against? Most true fans don’t see the world as rosy as you.
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January 2nd, 2012
2:36 pm
[...] Mark Bradley: “All things considered, you’d rather be Georgia than Florida or Tennessee or even South Carolina [...]
ken bell
January 2nd, 2012
5:27 pm
all we need is a coach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TideTime
January 2nd, 2012
5:29 pm
Still knocking on the door to greatness? Try representing the SEC like the rest of the conference does. Bookend losses to Boise and Michigan State. Good Grief!!
Sumter Dawg
January 2nd, 2012
5:32 pm
Murray should be voted Michigan State’s MVP with Walsh running a close second. How can you be starters and be that bad? I am sorry but someway Georgia needs to get mental as well as physical.
mimi
January 2nd, 2012
5:33 pm
Hows that Greatness working out for you Richt !!!
mdawg
January 2nd, 2012
5:40 pm
I didn’t go to UGA but I root for them. I’ll have to say that was lame. Except for a couple bombs, the offense was nonexistent. What’s up with sitting on the ball at the 25 – horrible coaching. Good thing UGA had a cake schedule this year, or they would have gone 7-5 at best. Not so convincing wins against UT, UK, Vandy. Pretty unimpressive I hate to say. Long offseason.
roc
January 2nd, 2012
5:45 pm
I love UGA, but Damn we have lost to all ranked teams! WTF. I’m so tired of this!
David Granger
January 2nd, 2012
5:52 pm
And therein lies our problem.
You don’t “knock on the door of greatness” and wait for it to be opened for you. You stride up to it and kick the damn thing off its hinges and go stomping in, daring anyone to try and keep you out.
LawDawg
January 2nd, 2012
6:04 pm
Knocking on the door of the worst called game in history. I have been a big defender of Murray and Bobo, but Murray has some weird ADD version of bipolar where he has to throw INTs when we are ahead or he gets bored and Bobo called one of the worst games in CFB history today. F-in embarrassing loss.
greatness
January 2nd, 2012
6:18 pm
still knocking??? hello??? knock louder!!!!!!
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January 3rd, 2012
1:06 am
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Newnan Dawg
January 3rd, 2012
8:30 am
We’re not even in the driveway of greatness under Richt.
just sayin'
January 3rd, 2012
10:05 am
play calling showed very little confidence in the ability to control the ball…went for the bomb and got lucky a couple of times…need a new scheme or a new play caller…
UGA: SEC please get us easier bowl games!
January 3rd, 2012
1:18 pm
After 11 years you’re still knocking on the door.
Review, how many years was Chizik at Auburn before they slammed the door open? 2. How about Saban? How many years at LSU before they won? 4. At Bama? 3, now year 5. How about Meyer? 2. Then came back in year 4. How about Miles? 3. Then repeated 4 years later.
How about UGA with CMR?
But I don’t mean to pick on the guy, he’s a great guy, probably the best coach you can get. After all you are UGA. You recruit a lot of thugs from Georgia and Florida and have an unrealistic fan base ready to commit hara-kiri at a missed FG or interception. I think the SEC knows this and that’s why it allowed some easing of UGA’s schedule in 2012 in the hopes of getting them to the BCS National Championship. But it’ll never happen, it’s UGA.
UGA: SEC please get us easier bowl games!
January 3rd, 2012
1:24 pm
knocking on the door of greatness… and greatness opened the door, looked at UGA and it’s fans, thought it was a knock knock joke, laughed then slammed the door closed.
BTW, Alabama vs USC will be what ESPN and company will aim for for 2012. There will be no room at the inn for UGA and why should there be? UGA automatically will win the east? South Carolina has a better coach, QB, running back and defense and is ranked in the top 10 (and won their bowl game). South Carolina was ranked higher than UGA when UGA went to the dome.
Even if UGA won out, SEC fatigue will kick in and the pundits would say “but if UGA won out then it’s because the SEC is down, let’s have Oklahoma St vs Southern Cal or Oregon or something.” And they’d be right.
UGA: SEC please get us easier bowl games!
January 3rd, 2012
1:25 pm
BLOCK THAT KICK! BLOCK THAT KICK! BLOCK THA… HA HA HA HA, they did.
UGA: SEC please get us easier bowl games!
January 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm
The only way for UGA to win the East requires that UGA not play the top half of the SEC West, to have South Carolina play the top half of the SEC West and for the rest of the SEC East to suck. That’s how they win the East, it’s a proven formula.
UGA: SEC please get us easier bowl games!
January 3rd, 2012
1:38 pm
I need to add… DON’T FIRE RICHT!!!!
Ron Savoca
January 3rd, 2012
3:26 pm
I am a northner who son went to UGA and loved it. I have gone to a few games, but cannot
understand all the hype about the head coach. His offensive co-ordinator is predictable which was
why they lost the bowl game. Here he has the runners going into the heart of Michigan State two
defensive tackles, their line coach did not have the offensive people talking to one another. They were beaten on the ends, because their tackles couldn’t handle the rush or picked up the inside man. Richt is overrated.