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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Adairsville Dawg
October 6th, 2012
10:31 pm
UGA coaches are a disgrace. Look at the millions of dollars paid to those clowns. A loss is one thing, but this was total humiliation.
Buford T. Pusser
October 6th, 2012
10:31 pm
kerryb
October 6th, 2012
10:25 pm
Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
October 6th, 2012
10:24 pm
Well Well Well….Tech is having a tough year but last time I looked we still owned 4 national championships! UGA…..1. At least we took it to Clemson for 4 quarters. You were whooped before the 2nd quarter. Go Spurrier!!!!
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No matter how bad we looked against SC we will still kick Tech’s a** as usual.
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A little bitter about your annual tromping by USC? As bad as UGA looked tonight, a victory against Tech is not a given. UGA was exposed and they may very well have 3 losses going into the Tech game, even with their cream puff schedule.
eaglenationrising
October 6th, 2012
10:31 pm
@ we steal run this state: Coach Shaw is winning because there is no competition for nearly 100 miles of Rabun County. Like they say, there is no stupid like mountain stupid. Rabun County will get exposed the moment they play any team with talent as every North Georgia mountain program does.
Son of Sammy Davis Jr, Jr
October 6th, 2012
10:31 pm
Let’s keep it real JawGA fans. This is only your first loss and you have a cupcake schedule for the rest of the year.My bad, y’all still have to play Flaw-Duh in Jacksonville.
Wrecker
October 6th, 2012
10:31 pm
Any thoughts of a BCS championship are likely gone, but UGA still has plenty to play for. I am sure they will take this beating out on UK next week.
30 Years of Failure. That's UGA Football!
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
No UGA flags in the church parking lot in the morning….nobody will be wearing their WalMart UGA T-shirts. SWEET!
ffm
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
we’re ford tough
Southern Eagle
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
All the football teams in Georgia are embarrassing except for us, we are the best and you losers have no idea what you are in store for!!!!
Hail Southern!!!!!
Go Tech
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
Oh man! The dogs can’t even beat a bunch of chickens. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. What a riot! So funny. So over rated.
Bible thumper
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
Terrible effort all way around starting with richt. 2/14 vs ranked teams since 08 and ur still coach. Murray scared beat the mediocre but can’t ever beat a big game with high ranked team. Getting tired this bs. Richt will never take us to next level
Santa Monica Jacket
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
Change your mascott to the “Pound Puppies”!!! You guys really took in the rear today.. HAHAHAHAHA
UGA- “Where top end talent goes to win nothing”
kerryb
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
eaglenationrising
October 6th, 2012
10:29 pm
@kerryb: Georgia rarely lost gams because the previous head coach loaded our program with top tier QBs that had leadership qualties. David Greene and DJ Shockley were different level players than this fraud from Florida that Richt has handed the program to. The guy will not last 12 months in the NFL.
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I completely agree, Greene and Shockley would not look like deer in the headlights against teams like this. Murray is a total wimp. He always is in panic mode against good defenses.
Joey
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
I just hope from now on, we can just quietly play our games without fanfare and limelight, and ease down to Shreveport or Memphis and just enjoy our “great man” coach’s 9 wins per year.
Isn’t it about time for a raise?
phil
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
Indeed….
vuduchld
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
UGA and Tech, two loser schools in a loser state, goes hand in hand
Roll Tide with Pride
October 6th, 2012
10:32 pm
Man, pitiful.
BLT
October 6th, 2012
10:33 pm
Don’t worry dogs you will still win the MNC! Plus the Super Bowl and Intergalactic Universe Bowl!
You guys proved it!
mgdawg
October 6th, 2012
10:33 pm
I’m a very dissapointed UGA fan. Bobo seemed to go back to his old ways, this actually started late last week against tennessee. USC is stacking the box for the run, murray is a third year starter with a stable of receivers, yet bobo decides to run the ball the first two downs so that murray has to throw on third and long against the best DE tandem in the nation. I take part of that back, in the first half UGA did go three and out running the ball on third and 14, what I like to call a give up play.
Tech fans, you lost to middle tennessee state, you should still be in hiding.
Dawgie Dodo
October 6th, 2012
10:33 pm
I need to pull for another team. Even auburn’s crappy coach won a nc. He did have a little help$$$
Dawgs Lose Dawgs Lose
October 6th, 2012
10:33 pm
Hee Hee
Big Dave
October 6th, 2012
10:34 pm
My god. What an @ss whooping!
I have to agree
October 6th, 2012
10:34 pm
I thought that if vandy almost beat carolina and uga slaughtered Carolina that it means Gawga will slaughter Carolina… oh wait, I didn’t say that… people here said that… well, ha ha ha.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
October 6th, 2012
10:34 pm
Just too day-um funny…
UGA elite
UGA Coach has the biggest Bible
I guess old Kingdaddy,Flo-ru-du,Dawginlex will not be seen nor heard for weeks
The Old ball Coach can tell that media guy to kizz his azz no doubt
Whoa…just too Dayum funny
1980 …it’s documented folks
UGA best football team in America from March until August…then you choke
Congrats Tampa Gator …them Gators look real good. I wish Bama could get to Atlanta this year but I have a bad feeling we have hit the wall for some reason. I guess we will see.
35-7….you have to be kidding me Ruff Ruff
Dan D.
October 6th, 2012
10:34 pm
And on it goes with no end to this crap while Mark Richt is in Athens.
Jacksonville will be the usual nightmare again this year.
dawgfan
October 6th, 2012
10:34 pm
Worst loss of the Richt era. Absolutely embarassing. 0 and forever against ranked teams. Once again the SEC train to the national title is leaving us behind. Kentucky will probably win one before we do.
Jack
October 6th, 2012
10:34 pm
This pretty much says it all ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Mark Richt’s stats on ESPN College GameDay
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They flashed up some stats on Mark Richt’s record versus teams ranked at the end of the season. Not very impressive.
Since 2008: 2-14*
Last 2 years: 0-9
Vs SEC since 2008: 0-9
Vs Top 25 since 2008: 0-9
Southern Eagle
October 6th, 2012
10:35 pm
I am ashamed that my team has to share the same state as UGA, GT, and Gag State…you guys should all stop playing football.
Hail Southern!!!!
kerryb
October 6th, 2012
10:35 pm
The funny thing is total Tech losers on here trying to give us hell when their team completely and utterly sucks year in and year out. Dudes, you lost to MTSU. You would think they would be too embarrassed to come on here period.
flagboy?
October 6th, 2012
10:35 pm
total embarrassment. South Carolina completely dominated us in every phase of the game. . . .
disappointing doesn’t begin to cover it. Great game by Carolina. We got exposed on a lot of fronts tonight and I don’t believe the defense is the problem.
Contractor
October 6th, 2012
10:35 pm
moo-face,
Murray can be pretty good? Since win? Against Division II teams? Aaron Murray is so turnover prone in games that matter that it isn’t funny. The even bigger issue is that he turns the ball over for points and kills his team even more so. He needs to be benched and Hutson Mason needs to be given a chance to salvage a college career. It has been said he’s the superior passer anyways,
NOW, the entire game was not Aaron Murray’s fault, but his patheitc play did not help, and since he commands the offense, you need something better. Who runs a 4th down play from the two for one yard, where the receiver doesn’t run his route into the end zone, and then a quarterback throws him the ball where he has to break two tackles in order to score? Just plain stupidity.
eaglenationrising
October 6th, 2012
10:35 pm
@ Southern Eagle: GSC lost to The Citadel. The Citadel! On the horizon is Wofford (beatdown), App State (blowout) and Furman (loss). Stop the chicken chirping. GSC Eagles will be lucky if your QB has 50 completed passes on the season. This is, by far, the worst wing T (option) QB to wear a Georgia Southern uniform in school history. If I am lying, name one worse (that played the wing T). GSC will finish the season with 4 losses. 6-5 GSC season. Guaranteed!
kbb
October 6th, 2012
10:35 pm
Im glad UGA fans are feeling the pain. They are so arrogant and think that UGA is a national program. No one outside of this state gives a damn about that program in Athens.
Obxdawg
October 6th, 2012
10:35 pm
Petrino in ‘13. There, I said it.
we steal ruin this state
October 6th, 2012
10:36 pm
@eaglenation, No, he is winning because he’s a great coach. He may not have the talent that other counties have, but he is coaching what he has. Competition is relative. Whoever you are, Buford or Gainesville would kick your a@@. Both are less than 100 miles from Clayton. Mountain ain’t stupid.
Rt
October 6th, 2012
10:36 pm
UGA has not had any discipline since Richt got here, just saying………………………..
slydog
October 6th, 2012
10:36 pm
His buy out is less than a million bucks.
Little Aaron Murray
October 6th, 2012
10:36 pm
DE- STROYED. Jarvis Jones can’t hold Jadaveon Clowney’s jock strap
RamblingReck
October 6th, 2012
10:37 pm
Looks like South Carolina 2 – Georgia 0 for the week. Too bad it wasn’t the other way around.
Tide Rising
October 6th, 2012
10:37 pm
In 5 1/2 years ive seen saban lose only 3 games by more than 7 pts. We lost those 3 games by 11, 14 and 14 pts. Losing is one thing. Everybody loses. But ive never seen a top 6 sec program get blown out so often over the last 5 years. And the inability to beat a ranked team in years speaks volumes about uga.
Tide Rising
October 6th, 2012
10:37 pm
In 5 1/2 years ive seen saban lose only 3 games by more than 7 pts. We lost those 3 games by 11, 14 and 14 pts. Losing is one thing. Everybody loses. But ive never seen a top 6 sec program get blown out so often over the last 5 years. And the inability to beat a ranked team in years speaks volumes about uga.
Charleston Jacket
October 6th, 2012
10:37 pm
Yep – Posers – Herbstreit was calling ya’ll out tonight. Quite an enjoyable evening.
THWG
red panties
October 6th, 2012
10:37 pm
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vampire bill
October 6th, 2012
10:38 pm
Listening to Richt interview on the radio. He’s not the least bit upset. Talking about the game like oh well… He just said its only 1 loss no different than an overtime loss.
Doug
October 6th, 2012
10:38 pm
The Dogs looked worse than Obama looked in the debate, except Obama was better prepared and more engaged.
BigDave
October 6th, 2012
10:38 pm
Jack said it all….totally abysmal!
dawggirl
October 6th, 2012
10:38 pm
I just wanted to take my lumps and show up. Props entirely to USC, they have an extremely good team. I knew they would win, I was just hoping it would be competitive. Do take note that I talked no trash this week. I’m not that stupid. Anyway, now that I’ve had my one to two drinks my little body can handle, I’ll be okay.
Hard to comment as I didn’t really stick around to watch.
To TampaGator and Beast from the East – good luck. They are going to be a tough team to beat, but I will be rooting for you to win the East over Spurrier.
Ole Miss vs. Texas A&M – game of the day. Sorry, Ole Miss. I really thought you would pull it out. I rooted for you, and I think I jinxed it. You are a much improved team from last year. Don’t give up.
permanent 2nd tier
October 6th, 2012
10:38 pm
And UGA begins it’s quest for the Liberty Bowl…..never will we be be top tier with these bozos for coaches. ….pay off that joke of a coach Richt and let’s move on….CMR owes the entire UGA community an apology, and then resign. Even the announcers marveled at how UGA seems to squander great talent year after year….look no further than the coaches…..
eaglenationrising
October 6th, 2012
10:38 pm
Quick! Someone name the Georgia program that will get violated by the highest numbers of mediocre South Carolina programs this season.
Hint: Georgia Southern College (already lost to a hapless Citadel program…and will likely lose to Furman before getting blown out by Wofford). It is laughable that a GSC Chicken poster is on this board pretending that GSC is good this season. My brother played for GSC and he & his teammate (who attend every home game) tell me that this is the WORST team playing the wing T in school history.
Little Aaron Murray
October 6th, 2012
10:39 pm
I love it when the So Con guys show up and talk smack to the dawggies! I think the Terriers could have put 350+ yards on the ground vs. UGA.
Pale Rider
October 6th, 2012
10:39 pm
Right now, Wal-Mart employees are hard at work discounting UGA merchandise- get your Christmas shopping done early- layaway available!