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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muleshoe
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
wow…just wow…
phil
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
Let me try again….
OUR D LINE IS FULL OF OBESE SLOW GUYS!
See what just happened? Lol
ZinoDawg
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
Wow…… Kentucky?
RunninWithTheDawgs
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
Whoever’s coaching our linebackers is doing a terrible job. On some of these running plays they’re not even there.
Russa
October 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
lol it’s so easy to fake this team out
jeff
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
250 yards on the ground for UK coming up
KDS
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
You can call any play on this defense
Not a Chance
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks
Big Wally
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
Unbelievable. There are high school teams that are better prepared than UGA.
Wcoladawg
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
I think the issue is the strength program, we are getting blown off the ball constantly.
Captain Obvious
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
UGA’s D is way too aggressive. Always looking to “blow up” someone, instead of containing them.
muleshoe
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
KY has receivers open all over the place…
MenVsBoys
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
How can these players look so slow and clumsy?
ZinoDawg
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
Gators 48
Dawgs 7
Mark Bradley
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
Jonathan Jenkins almost intercepted a throwback-to-the-QB but the QB caught it.
And now the Cats punch it in.
guerillatraveler
October 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
It’s the coaching and the quarterbacking. Georgia lacks leadership to say the least. This is actually hilarious. But. come to think of it, the defense has elements of the Marx brothers.
Kiss the East Goodbye!
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
This Defense sux big time.
dawgs01
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
they said they were gonna show everyone why they were suppose to be so good this yr when are they gonna do that after halftime. just wondering bc we getting ran over right now. OUR DEFENSE SUCKS
Snoop Dawg
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
Preacher vs Joker.
What a joke.
This is UGA football circa 2012
Hope you are all happy now…
ugafan13
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
You have got to be kidding. I will accept Grantham’s resignation now. Heck the water boy can coach better than him!
Mark Bradley
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
This is unbelievable
RNB
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
Why does everyone act surprised?
azdawg
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
dawgs cannot stop any ones running game. ky should be up 14-7, lucky for GA dropped pass by ky. it hurts to look at this aqnd to think of the beatdown FL is going to put pon GA. hell, ky may put a hurt on GA the way they’re moving ther ball on granthems D. geez, ky trick play on ga one now. cannot watch this ky just scored. for god’s sake this is KY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gary
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
i have always been a mark richt supporter. I love his ethics but motivating his players and the coaches that work for him makes me believe that Georgia should get rid of him.
son's who?
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
We need a D
80sDawg
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
What’s going to take to get Richt fired? UGA is not up for this game after the complete A$$ whipping they took two weeks ago. How can that be. So frustrating to watch.
Big Wally
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
Grantham should be fired at halftime, but our AD will probably give him a raise.
Captain Obvious
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
Inexcusable. Running right up the middle through gaping holes. Just terrible scheme and coaching.
Recruiting guru
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
wow we look great tonight,,,,,,,,,
ShowmeYurTD's
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
Bring Vince back…we need a flee flickca or two!!! Help us football gods!
SOS Dawgs
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
Florida will absolutely wipe up the field with these Dawg LOSERS.
Stinky Pete
October 20th, 2012
7:51 pm
Our team is being manhandled by the worst team in the SEC. That’s all you need to know.
Mark Bradley
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Abry Jones out. Ankle injury.
Not a Chance
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Good news out of the soon to be loss to UK is that this coaching staff will be gone. End our misery.
Jimmy
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
This is not good.
UF will kill us.
Might as well get ready to be humiliated again.
That loss to SC really stung.
Richt doesn’t get the team ready to play.
Time for Richt to go.
Jimmy Crack
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Anybody who drafts John Jenkins with a first round pick just got themselves Johnathan Sullivan Jr.
G
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
It’s time for a change. Regardless of the outcome this program is defining mediocrity.
muleshoe
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
might be time to bring in Farmer Fran to run the d….
RNB
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Can someone please put an end to this madness we call Georgia football?
Dunwoody Dawg
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Well, looks like we used the bye week well. Dawg fans, we have to accept that CMR has taken this as far as it can go. If you’re okay with that, I’m not. If you disagree, you’re an idiot.
DEP
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Man, we suck like Tech
azdawg
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Mark Bradley, please begin the fire richt campaign for lords sake!!!
dawgs01
October 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
Grantham coaches the linebackers whoever was asking i know he is jarvis jones position coach. yea the lb’s are getting caught in the wash in the middle and the rb is just running four or five yards befor a safety comes up and makes the tackle bc the lb is running himself out of the play.
Under The Bleachers
October 20th, 2012
7:53 pm
UGA looks old and slow….
Captain Obvious
October 20th, 2012
7:53 pm
our 3 D lineman were rushing within 2 yards of each other, and the ball was on going to the other side. Just horrible.
He needs to play the 2nd team.
Stinky Pete
October 20th, 2012
7:53 pm
We have become the Auburn of the East in just two short months. Something is very wrong.
RunninWithTheDawgs
October 20th, 2012
7:53 pm
Grantham’s had his chance. Get him out of here and get somebody in here that can build a defense.
Dawgs1965
October 20th, 2012
7:53 pm
Don’t worry, guys. Grantham is hiding a lot of defensive looks from the Florida scouts. NOT! He stinks.
Russa
October 20th, 2012
7:53 pm
3 more pts for Kentucky and they’ll have matched their season high for pts scored in one game against an SEC opponent … and there’s plenty of game still left
Recruiting guru
October 20th, 2012
7:54 pm
told you, get off the kool aid, we need a coach……