Live from Columbia: Georgia aims to bag the Big Chicken
I'm guessing this Gamecock fancies his team's chances, too. Other Gamecocks do. (AP photo)
Columbia, S.C. – Big game here. Maybe you’ve heard.
Listening to the pregame show on the radio riding in — and here let me note that it took Team AJC nearly 2 1/2 hours to negotiate the final five miles — was to hear a heaping helping of Gamecock bravado. Every interview (including one with the famous South Carolinian Darius “Hootie” Rucker) went thusly: Interviewee paid tribute to Georgia’s talent, then opined that there was no way the home side could lose.
I think the home side can lose. I picked South Carolina to win this game several months ago. (I also picked Georgia to finish 11-1 and still win the SEC East and the SEC title.) But Georgia has been the better team to date, and I say this largely because, as a Kentucky graduate, I’m leery of any team that trails the Wildcats by 10 points after two quarters.
Beyond that, I’ve got nothing that you don’t already know. Whoever wins will be in Position A to claim the East — yes, I realize Florida is again looming — and I’m fairly confident someone will win here. I invite you to join me as we ride along tonight, and I can only hope the game itself moves faster than the inbound traffic. And, as ever, I thank you in advance.
By Mark Bradley
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AJ
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
Murray got to go. Kid’s 0-10 vs. teams that finish top 25.
Time for Hutson Mason era, Murray doesn’t have the “IT” factor.
Murray is the BIGGEST LOSER in BIG GAMES to ever wear a UGA jersey.
JB
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
richt needs to resign at year end
ugalee
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
he who doesnt learn from history is doomed to repeat it. why do we fall for this garbage every year and continue to do the same crap over and over again enough already. Clean House
Joey
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
Hey Columbus, does this mean we won’t get in the BCS Championship Game?
Just asking . . .
dbc
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
And Murray isn’t and has never been the answer at QB. But that’s just part of the folly.
Sid
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
give em hell Musberger and Herbstreet.
Patrick
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
Kirk is right.
Hairy Dawgs
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
You bad fans that dumping on Coach Richt makes me sick. Nobody putting the blame where it deserves being and that on Adams. Adams been choking recruiting by making up pointy heads rules that keeps letting good players leave state.
Sunbury Dawg
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
1. Cancel subscription to ugasports.com
2. Pay out the 100 dollars for the bet i lost due to this game
3. Hide out so the stink will wear off after this game
4. hope someone realizes than richt has taken this team as far as he can, time for a new direction
5. Thanks god we are at least better than Tech!
hunkerdown
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
Murray off tonight missing people open but more than that…dominated on the line.
me
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
RNB
October 6th, 2012
10:09 pm
Everyone needs to email McGarity and Adams now.
Go get Petrino!!!!
You dumbass. You must not have seen the beat down AL and LSU put on Ark when petrino was there. Petrino is a complete loser. Just like you. Time for you to give your dog it’s nightly hand job.
LakeDawg
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
As a Dawg fan, I admit we suck. USCe just bypassed UGA. We’re no longer in the top 6 of the conference.
Stephen A. Dawg:
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
Where are all the Richt apologists tonight ? You know mindless homers like Brainiac, Dawg in Lex, Columbus Dawg, and the last and the least Kingdaddy. Where are the idiotic defeatists tonight. Come out of hiding and feed us more lies, excuses, and we’ll pass on the kryptonite kool-aid !!! Richt just can’t win the big game anymore face the facts and get ready for another Orlando bowl in January !! LOL !!
Big Dave
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
“Gurshall.” Well that was cute for a few weeks. What else you got?
Orange12
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
UGA Football needs the death penalty. They have embarrassed the State of Georgia terribly.
Scoop
October 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
I cannot tremember being more disappointed at a game than what ga did tonight
Athenzdawg
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
I swear I just want him to show some emotion some fire, show that he cares about us getting stomped!! You know the first words out of his mouth this week will be that we can still attain our goals of winning the SEC East with just two losses by South Carolina and us winning out. Im tired of our coach saying that his goals are just winning the division. Does Saban think like this? No….he goes for the National Championship every year and isnt satisfied with anything less…. But not us all we want to be is a top 25 team….well tonight we arn’t event that……Disgusted
we steal ruin this state
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
Spurrier has brought in the reed section of the SC band to play defense…
George Rogers
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
GO AHEAD AND BUY OUT OUT THE CONTRACT OF CMR GEORGIA! YOU MIGHT HAVE ENOUGH CHUMP CHANGE LEFT TO LURE DAN REEVES OUT OF RETIREMENT!
moo-face
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
#1 problem up there is TOUGHNESS!! We consistently are beaten on the lines in all these big games. EVERY DANG TIME!!! We are NEVER tough enough. Pile on the cluelessness in technique and gameplanning and fundamentals and you get what we get every time we play a team with equal, close to, or superior talent to ours.
playmeortrademe
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
Richt should resign tomorrow. Honestly. For the money he gets paid, he is not supplying the wins. Business CEOs get fired for the very same reason. Stock in UGA is down, and the country now thinks UGA of more of an overrated joke than ever before. UGA has no credibility outside the minds of its own fan base.
Jimmy
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
This will be Richt’s last season.
It will be his last season or mine.
Disappointment. Sad.
No excuse for this.
LakeDawg
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
As a Dawg fan, I admit we suck. USCe just bypassed UGA. We’re no longer in the top 6 programs of the conference.
easleyga
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
Grantham – hear that????? That is the sound of your head coaching job offers being rescinded!
Erk Russell's Dog
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
Bobo and Grantham should both donate this weeks paychecks to charity ,this is the most unprepared UGA team I have ever seen play in a SEC game. No more prime time games for this over rated bunch of undisciplined so called superstars. Richt will ride the weak schedule to another 10-2 record and more than likely ask for another raise.
Jax Dawg
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
Mark Richt can’t beat a ranked team. It is no longer in his DNA. It is time to bring in Kirby Smart. We have too much talent to ever play this bad.
BjohnDawg
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
You know what is really sad about this…The Dawgs
will go 10-2….lose to Florida
Play in the Outback Bowl….lose
And we will have Richt for another year.And sadder…Bobo will be with him.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
Well its ok
Another 10 win season National Title
Another cant win every game in the SEC east under Richt
Another Fulmer Cup National title
im so glad we gave out contract extensions
treaddawg
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
@Complete Disgrace…sadly, I think many would agree with you, that CMR’s persona has fully coalesced by now; and it is that he will never be able win the big games. His team seemed uniquely unprepared to face a quality opponent tonight, as they have just about every other time the have faced a tough team.
WalMart Greeter
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
BigDaddyGator, you hit the nail on the head.
Maybe this will shut up the Dwag fans for a while.
Snake Doc
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
10-4 last year? One game???? Look homey, the CEO and this team of derelicts hasn’t beaten a top 10 team in over 4 years.
Are you really that stupid?
crusher dawg
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
Announcers said that Murray hasn’t been able to sleep for two nights thinking about Clowney. Looks like he stayed in bed. Bench the sorry sucker and put someone in that wants to win.
Dawg One
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
A few obvious conclusions to draw from this debacle:
1. Steve Spurrier really is a genius.
2. Mark Richt really is a 3rd rate coaching wannabe who will never win the big games.
3. Todd Grantham is a grotesque, overstuffed joke. Someone please remind me how much he’s getting paid.
4. When Richt recruits low class morons who have a penchant for booze and drugs, he’s never going to win.
5. Everything about UGA is a joke.
But hey… WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!!!
Spartacus
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
@Wrecker, I don’t think the Dawgs are capable of putting up a “garbage touchdown”
Fair n Balanced
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
Ga got confused on when its open date was! This was pitiful.
KDS
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
wow
UGA Fan
October 6th, 2012
10:14 pm
I have been a critic of Ricth and BUBU for the last 5 or 6 years I’ve been silent till now this year giving them the benefit of the doubt till they played someone now they have played someone and it ain’t pretty….
Buford T. Pusser
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
The domestic violence calls in trailer parks across Georgia have increased significantly over the last two hours. Please people, its only a game!!! Mark, help spread the word!
Boss
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
Fire the TE END COACH, TE’S HAD 0 CATCHES AGAIN.
HIRE A SPECIAL TEAMS COACH!!
playmeortrademe
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
IDIOTS. At least play your backups and save the starters for the rest of the year.
*{jj}*
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
Stanley Lott is also “One of the Voice of the Trojans” Football team with Gene Wade all UGA boys..106.7 radio..Keep up the great job Stanley and Gene.
gadawgs1
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
one thing all the players that got suspened were recruited by all the other sec teams too so dont try that card.its the staff that doesnt know how to put together a gameplan when it counts.
DAWGFAN13
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
Kirk is calling out the Dawgs and he is right! This is a complete disgrace! People ate UGA will say O well we will win 9 to 10 games thats good enough! I ee a bunch of undisciplined, overrated players looking lost and confused. Grantham will never get a head coaching job! Richt will get fired after they collapse this season, so who do you bring in to coach the DAWGS?
Boss
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
FIRE WILL FRIEND.
UGA NEEDS A PROVEN 1ST CLASS O-LINE COACH.
Russa
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
SC needs to stop playing soft and play for the shutout!!!
BIG DOG
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
Can some body give me the info on Mark Richt record aginst teams ranked in top 20.
I believe it’s around .200 Mark ?
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
James Jackson
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
OVERRATED!!!!!!
Scoop
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
Great talent. Under coached
superdawg
October 6th, 2012
10:15 pm
MARK RICHT REMOVED ALL DOUBT HE IS TOTALLY AN IDIOT AND NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING A HEAD COACH HE WORST IN SEC HE SHOULD BE FIRED RIGHT NOW I WILL NEVER BELIEVE IN HIM AGAIN DAWG PLAYERS ARE AN EMBARASSMENT TO THIS STATE
Spartacus
October 6th, 2012
10:16 pm
@DawgOne…..Grantham only being paid $1 million….peanuts for the great work he does