Live from Lexington: UGA’s back in the ol’ SEC East chase
The team in blue is on the mind of Georgia, which plays a different team in blue tonight. (AP photo)
Lexington, Ky. – Two weeks after Georgia lost by four touchdowns in Columbia, the Bulldogs again have the opening they need. Yes, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. But if Georgia is good enough to beat you-know-who you-know-where next Saturday, the Bulldogs will stand atop the SEC East with only two winnable conference games (Ole Miss and Auburn) remaining.
Dept. of details: Georgia does need to beat Kentucky here tonight.
Dept. of reality: Georgia should beat Kentucky by 30 points.
Even if Kentucky were any good, I can’t imagine the Wildcats could stand with a Georgia team that’s coming off a bye and is sure to be enthused by the news that is Florida whipping South Carolina in Gainesville. Kentucky, however, is not any good. Even by UK standards, this is an awful assemblage. Its four SEC losses have come by 38, 21, 13 and 42 points. The 42-point loss at Arkansas was shortened to three quarters by a merciful thunderstorm.
Yes, I know that the Gator-Gamecock tussle isn’t officially over, but I’ve seen enough. Florida’s not losing today. South Carolina, which looked so good against Georgia, hasn’t looked the same since, and now the Gamecocks are pondering a rather epic slide: Could the same Chickens who were ranked No. 3 in the land only eight days ago wind up in Chick-fil-A Bowl?
And now you’re asking: If South Carolina wasn’t half as good as it l0oked against Georgia, what does that say about Georgia? Feel free to discuss among yourselves, while we await the 7 p.m. (or thereabouts) kickoff. And I thank you for your patronage.
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Snoop Dawg
October 20th, 2012
7:43 pm
All hose players who got suspended really scred their teammates. They should all have been kicked off the team.
jerry
October 20th, 2012
7:43 pm
So they beat Ky,so what else is new?
phil
October 20th, 2012
7:43 pm
No, Mark, they aren’t…
dawgs01
October 20th, 2012
7:43 pm
Either we have the worse coverage linebackers and secondary in college football or they dont understand the coverage bc we got hundreds of coverages and a zone coverage for every down and distance and every formation which is way to much. football is not that hard but nfl coaches are know for making it way to complicated. I think Todd Grantham needs to scale it back some or change something bc what we are doing is not working we give up to many yards and to many big plays and to many points to have probably the most talented defense in college football which has been stated by numerous sport show host and college coaches and nfl personel. We are loaded on defense but you would never know that if someone did not tell us bc we are always out of position. i am so tired of under achieving but many dawg fans are just fine with it. i dont understand and i dont think they realize how much talent we got on this team and we constantly do nothing with it.
Captain Obvious
October 20th, 2012
7:43 pm
Watch the replays on how LSU and FL contained Conner Shaw. They didn’t try to sack him every play, they held their rushing lanes and didn’t blow up the field. We should be doing that against KY because if we can’t do it against KY, the FL game will be ugly.
DawgFanInBama
October 20th, 2012
7:43 pm
Out of curiousity…Why is Mitchell still our return guy?
Big Wally
October 20th, 2012
7:43 pm
I am home.
phil
October 20th, 2012
7:43 pm
jerry, go back to sleep….
dawgs01
October 20th, 2012
7:44 pm
Why is rambo always sprinting after a guy about to catch a ball.
Orange12
October 20th, 2012
7:44 pm
Give credit where credit is due, Murray had a nice touch on that pass.
Not a Chance
October 20th, 2012
7:44 pm
Florida is shaking in their shoes right now.
MenVsBoys
October 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
Typical Georgia player mindset: “In a couple of years I’ll be rolling in the dough if I can just avoid getting injured. Just back it down, play it safe and have a great combine. Then let the money roll in. What? we may lose a few games here and there because of this? Oh well.”
Yankee
October 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
UGA will get slaughtered in any game that matters. ajc will continue to pimp for Richt.
Jimmy
October 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
Captain O
Our coaches just don’t get the team ready to play.
They don’t know how to adjust in game.
Richt has a serious problem with developing a good scheme against other teams.
He just plays it vanilla…like his personality.
phil
October 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
Talent?
Bull….
Captain Obvious
October 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
Mark Bradley
October 20th, 2012
7:41 pm
Nice return by UK. Georgia’s special teams really aren’t very good, huh?
3rd year in a row.
Mark Bradley
October 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
Cats miss a sure TD. Slightly overthrown
DawgFanInBama
October 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
Swann was just burnnnnttt….Good D…..
ZinoDawg
October 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
Wow our D is in big trouble?
Orange12
October 20th, 2012
7:45 pm
Thank-You MR butterfingers.
RunninWithTheDawgs
October 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
I hope Kt. comes back and scores again. I like these games where you’re sitting on the edge of your seat. I just had a horrid thought. We’ve got to play the Gators next week !
ugafan13
October 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
And the hits just keep coming. I say this team mimics the dispostion of their coach. I am saying you see no emotion from Richit. Now uf the QB could throw that would have been 6!
KDS
October 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
WIDE OPEN!!! I hate to see if the GA coaches had 3 weeks to get ready
Captain Obvious
October 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
This D just looks clueless. Why would Swan be looking to stop the run when he is in man coverage with no safety help. Wow.
Bill
October 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
Wow, we just caught up to the worst team in the SEC!
Loyal Dawg Fan Forever
October 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
Richt will never have to consider an offer from an NFL team.
Snoop Dawg
October 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
I hate to say this but it looks to Snoop that most fans are just fine with losing with Richt and Bobo and now Grantham…
I say clean sweep is what is needed in Athens. Richt should be arrested for embezzling…
Not a Chance
October 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
Someone please pick up our db’s joke strap
Mark Bradley
October 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
Cats do convert third and 13 draw. Couldn’t have seen that coming, I guess
ugafan13
October 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
Are you kidding me…
Jimmy
October 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
Looks like our guys are not expecting the run.
They are flat footed half the time.
KDS
October 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
Did the defense go on vaction
dawgs01
October 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
captain obvious i agree what did we do lets send jarvis jones sprinting ten yards upfield leaving huge running lanes for shaw to run thru. jarvis has done nothing since killing a mizzou tackle that will never sniff the nfl. he has not been a factor in any game i hope it is bc of that groin but i honestly dont think that is why people figured out that you can run right at him. south carolina did not double team him or get help with a block at all they just let him run himself out of the play and then ran it at himm
muleshoe
October 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
3rd & 13…no problem…
Not a Chance
October 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
jock not joke. Joke is the defense
Tired of richt
October 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
Dawgs D still looks like lost Dawg Poo. Shawn Williams is horrible & doesn’t have a clue who to cover. Only runs around looking for a cheap shot. Richt has to go, he is no coach. Has no balls. How much longer do we have to endure this clown show.
ugafan13
October 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
I am sick of this unprepared team. They are playing sorry!
superdawg
October 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
TODD GRANTHAM IS A JOKE
ZinoDawg
October 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
We make Kentucky’s run game look good! Nice!
dawgs01
October 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
john jenkins is getting pushed all over the freakin field. is he on wheels or is he just letting another man push him all over the field.
Jimmy Crack
October 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
Jenkins is a refrigerator on wheels. The turn him one way and run the other way.
Captain Obvious
October 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
Look at the BS. UGA tackles and ends just run up the field and the RB’s run right past them. That is 100% coaching. More BS blitzing…..It’s almost like we can’t learn from our mistakes….
Gary
October 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
Our defense has no clue………………….
jerry
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
Ky has 8 first downs, equals their total for the year—correction 9 first downs, damn they are making them faster than I can type.
muleshoe
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
who knew Uk had a dominating o-line????
chuck
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
I don’t care if we go on to win this game by 4 touchdowns, CMR HAS to be gone at the end of the season if not before. My son’s high school football is better prepared and better coached.
Dish Sux
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
Can anyone tell me what channel the game is on? Dish Net here
Hairy Dawg
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
Gaytors will come in overconfidenced. And that gives Dawgs chance to expose talents in winning again on Judas Muschump in Jax.
Mark Bradley
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
I’d love to describe that play. But it’s indescribable.
MenVsBoys
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
It takes 3 Bulldog defenders to tackle a Kentucky back.Pathetic.