Fifteen fateful seconds: The Bulldogs look back in anguish
Aaron Murray and Chris Conley after the completion that wasn't supposed to be. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
Fifteen seconds left, eight yards from victory. We know how the epic SEC championship game played out – for late tuners-in, Alabama beat Georgia 32-28 on Dec. 1 – but what exactly went into those 15 overstuffed seconds? Why did what happened happen?
We begin at the end, or very near it. (All the voices heard below spoke at a Georgia media session this week in Athens.) An apparent clinching interception by Dee Milliner with 45 seconds remaining was overturned by video review, handing the Bulldogs a glimmer of life that would become a starburst. Quarterback Aaron Murray found tight end Arthur Lynch for 15 yards, then wide receiver Tavarres King for 23, then Lynch again for 26.
In 30 seconds the Bulldogs traveled 64 yards against the nation’s top-ranked defense. A game that had seen five lead changes was eight yards from a sixth.
Murray: “We’d gotten a little break (on the non-interception), and we’ve been a good one-minute team all year. And we about did it again.”
Lynch: “They had to be thinking, ‘It’s over, it’s over,’ (on the apparent interception) and then we hit them with two big plays – Tavarres’ catch where he took a shot and my play. They were on their heels. It was like in a boxing match: You hit them as much as you can.”
King: “It was like a movie … We marched right down the field. We thought we were going to win.”
The Georgia Dome was louder than it has been in its 20 years of operation. Murray could have spiked the ball to stop the clock after the restart and allow his team, which had no timeouts remaining, to collect itself. He looked toward the sideline and, asking for permission, made a spiking gesture. Coach Mark Richt signaled for Murray to run a play instead.
Murray: “I thought we were going to call the spike, but I don’t think it was a bad call at all by them. It was there. It was open. We liked our matchup … We just wanted to get a quick play into the end zone. It was either going to be a touchdown or an incompletion.”
Lynch: “We’re not in the right situation to spike the ball. With a team like Alabama and a coach like Nick Saban, you don’t want to give him any (extra) chance to prepare.”
Richt: “Part of going no-huddle is when you have the defense on the run you snap the ball again. You don’t need to stop play. Play was stopped because we had a first down. With 15 seconds, strategically if you are able to call a play and it’s incomplete you have time for two more plays. You can run three plays. You want to give yourself as many opportunities as you can. If you clock the ball you probably only get two shots.”
As the Bulldogs were rushing to the line, offensive coordinator Mike Bobo, seated upstairs in the coaches’ booth, ordered a play called “Stout.” Bobo would later tell ESPN’s Mark Schlabach that if Georgia had it to do again, it would have spiked the ball. Richt insisted this week that not spiking the ball was the correct call, and as justification he referenced his teaching.
Near the end of the 2001 season, Richt’s first at Georgia, the Bulldogs faced first-and-goal from the 1 trailing Auburn 24-17 with 16 seconds remaining. Richt, then his own offensive coordinator, called a Jasper Sanks run, which was stuffed. Time expired before Georgia could manage another snap. Richt’s first words at his postgame briefing: “That was a bad one, wasn’t it?”
That offseason, Richt sought out Homer Smith, a renowned offensive coordinator who was seen as a master of clock management. Smith, who died in 2011, wasn’t an advocate of spiking.
Richt: “If we spike it, strategically you give them time to gather up and get their senses and get their calls in … We had that Auburn game years ago where we didn’t manage the clock well, and that offseason we go see Homer Smith … He says clocking the ball is for people who don’t have a plan. If you’re prepared and you’ve moved the chains and the clock is stopped and you’ve got the play that you like, then call it. Because if you call it you have a greater chance of getting three plays compared to clocking it and probably only get two plays … As we’re hustling down to the ball, the play was called. It’s exactly what we would have called if we had spiked it. It was the same call.”
It took Georgia five seconds to snap the ball, surely a couple of beats longer than Homer Smith would have liked. Before the snap, receiver Chris Conley stepped toward Murray, as if seeking clarification. And it was clear a moment after the snap that Georgia hadn’t wrong-footed the Tide. It was also clear that the Bulldogs knew their assignments. Every receiver went where assigned, and each was shadowed. In sum, nobody messed up. In the most frenzied moment of a frenzied game, the nation’s No. 2 and 3 ranked teams showed their class.
“Stout” is a simple play. The Bulldogs dispatched four receivers, with the two wideouts– Malcolm Mitchell on the right and King on the left – running “fade” routes into the end zone. The slot men – Conley on the right, Lynch on the left – ran “speed outs,” which are underneath routes toward the sideline.
Richt: “When a guy runs a ‘fade’ and (another) guy runs a ’speed out,’ if it’s zone coverage cornerbacks are taught not to go to the back of the end zone. They are only going to go so far. If you put a guy in front of him and a guy behind him you put a stretch on him, so you’re trying to throw the ball to what looks like might be the shorter guy, and he freezes and the ball goes over the top. That’s if it’s zone.”
Milliner, an All-American cornerback, took Mitchell man-to-man and appeared to have him blanketed near the front corner of the end zone. Appearances, however, can deceive.
Richt: “To us offensively, there (are) no shutdown corners. There’s no coverage that if the ball is placed properly, the (defender) can win. If the guy does a good job on the jam and doesn’t get beat deep, than he’s more vulnerable to the back-shoulder throw. If he’s lagging for that or trying to be a hero, than he can get run by. The quarterback has to recognize the coverage and throw the ball according to what he sees.”
The best pass Murray throws is the back-shoulder ball, which can seem like an underthrow but isn’t. He used back-shoulder balls to spectacular effect in the comeback victory over Florida in 2011, and it was a back-shoulder ball he loosed on the final play of another furious rally.
Murray: “We throw that all the time. It’s one-on-one. It’s a back-shoulder fade, which we’re great at … It’s definitely one of my favorite throws. Guys have a great understanding of the route.”
Richt: “You throw the ball according to what you see. Murray did right. It was more of a tight coverage. We throw the heck out of that back-shoulder throw … Watch the last two seasons. He’s as good at doing that as anybody.”
The back-shoulder throw calls for a lower trajectory. (The over-the-top fade traces a higher arc.) Murray, who insists he’s 6-foot-1, isn’t the tallest of quarterbacks. This became an issue when linebacker C.J. Mosley, another All-American, blitzed off the right side of Georgia’s line.
There was never a chance he would reach Murray – running back Todd Gurley barred the blitzer’s path – but Mosley did as pass rushers are taught: If you can’t sack the quarterback, get your hands up. Even as he was trying to skirt Gurley, Mosley leaped and swung his left arm.
Murray: “He pretty much stopped his rush. He jumped in the air and got a finger on it. He nicked it.”
Enter Conley, a designated decoy. When Murray delivered, Conley was running toward the sideline.
Conley: “I didn’t see him throw it. I didn’t see it tipped. I just saw it coming down.”
Richt: “You throw it where hopefully we catch it for a touchdown or if it’s incomplete you’ve got two more plays. You don’t want to complete it to anybody in play, but that play is not designed to go to that guy. That guy (Conley) is basically a decoy in zone coverage to try to get the corner to bite the cheese. In man coverage, he’s not in play at all because the ball is going either over the top (on a fade) or a back-shoulder throw.”
Conley: “Initially I couldn’t even see the ball. I saw the quarterback and the offensive linemen looking up, and I reacted.”
Watch the CBS replay, and you’ll see that Murray throws with eight seconds remaining and Conley catches the ball at 0:07. The sophomore receiver, who’s an honor roll student, had less than a second to react to the biggest moment of the biggest Georgia game in 30 years, and it wasn’t a moment anyone could have foreseen.
Conley: “When I saw the ball flipping end over end … you catch it and think about it later.”
Lynch: “Your main objective as a receiver is to catch the ball. For you to process it all – people can say, ‘awareness this’ and ‘awareness that,’ but that had nothing to do with (awareness). He was just trying to make a play.”
King: “Everyone would have caught it. (He pointed to various media members.) You would have caught it, and you would have caught it, and you would have caught it – especially if you’re a receiver.”
Richt: “For every receiver, his reaction would obviously be to catch the ball. A wide receiver catches the ball. That’s his nature.”
At the 5, Conley turned to track the deflected pass. His back was to the end zone, meaning he had no way of knowing what was behind him. As it happened, two defenders were within a yard of him, though cornerback Geno Smith had fallen after bumping Conley on his route.
King: “If (Conley) bats it down and there’s nobody around him, he looks like an idiot. I would have caught it.”
The trouble with catching it was that Conley had to score or time would expire. He actually made a nice grab of the fluttering ball, but he couldn’t turn and try to fight his way to the goal line. He fell without being touched.
Chris Conley catches and falls. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
Conley: “I caught it and lost my footing. You can always blame somebody, but in that moment, in that second … I guess it’s a learning experience.”
Really, though, what’s to learn? That you should ignore every fiber of instinct and every bit of training and NOT catch a ball that falls to you? That any human being should process data faster than an iPhone Siri? Two seconds after he fell to the turf, Conley knew his team would have been better served had he dropped the ball on purpose, but he didn’t have two seconds.
Murray: “With how fast we were going and how everything was happening at once, it’s hard not to catch it.”
The clock hit zero with Georgia five yards short of an SEC championship and a berth against Notre Dame in the BCS title game. The Bulldogs had gone 80 yards in 68 seconds without a timeout against mighty Alabama. They’d needed 85.
Richt: “I think everybody (among Georgia fans) felt like we were there in the game that meant everything. Not many people were in a game like that. There were three teams left (with a chance at the BCS title) and we were one of them. We played a great football team and played a great game. I’d say the same thing I said after the game. I was extremely disappointed in the outcome of the game, but not disappointed one bit in our players and coaches and how we battled.”
Murray: “I can’t sleep at night. I literally replay the entire game every night before I go to bed … It’s a game that will probably haunt me the rest of my life.”
Conley: “The whole Bulldog Nation has been messaging me or finding a way to get in touch with me. I can’t tell you how many people have been congratulating me on the season or telling me it’s not over for me … Some people have sent me Bible verses. I remember the one, ‘Cast your cares upon the Lord.’ (Psalm 55:22.) It helped me realize there was more to life than football, that this was not the biggest thing in life.”
Murray: “Certain songs remind me of the game. It’s like a playlist.”
King: “I’m not fully over it. I’ve still got a bitter taste in my mouth.”
Murray: “I don’t even want to think about how the state of Georgia would have been if we’d have pulled it out. It probably would have been one of the best, if not THE best, wins in Georgia history.”
It would have been, but it wasn’t. And from the moment the classic game ended, we’ve all asked: What happens if Mosley doesn’t tip the pass?
Murray: “Oh, it’s a touchdown. It’s a 50-50 ball, and (Milliner is) facing Malcolm and Malcolm is supposed to go up and catch the ball. It’s not like the guy is facing me where he could have made a play on it. He’d have had to strip it out of Malcolm’s hands. It would have been up to Malcolm to make a play.”
Richt: “It was the play we wanted to call. The problem was that the ball got tipped … You’re talking about one or two digits of a finger. That’s how close a game is sometimes.”
By Mark Bradley
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Weyman C. Wannamaker Jr. (A Great American)
December 14th, 2012
8:17 am
First??
Weyman C. Wannamaker Jr. (A Great American)
December 14th, 2012
8:19 am
The Dawgs aren’t the only ones looking back in anguish.
I don’t know why they threw a pass that looks like it wouldn’t have made it into end zone even if it hadn’t been tipped.
Mark Bradley
December 14th, 2012
8:20 am
Kudos, Weyman.
GDawg
December 14th, 2012
8:20 am
Heart breaking loss GO DAWGS.
Sergeant Joe Friday, UGA '81
December 14th, 2012
8:23 am
You people take this way to serious. It’s just a football game…no more, no less.
GT
December 14th, 2012
8:23 am
If you are worth your salt you will be back next year, like Alabama does every year, and this was their worse team in three years. A football program is not one play or five seconds or five yards. You got blown out by Alabama and LSU in previous years, not even in the same league, now you are improving. You lose the entire defense next year, you don’t have a rigged up schedule, let see you play some football, don’t make this your finest hour, you are not there yet. You kind of were the receiver of this same Alabama good luck against Florida, so don’t think you are cured. Florida and South Carolina will be loaded for bear next year, you need to be too. This game is over, if you have really arrived it will show next year, if not you are the same old want to bes like the rest of us.
GT Dude
December 14th, 2012
8:26 am
Get over it!
Bama won fair and square,
Self induced lose
UGA will rise up again sometime in the next 30 years and almost get to “The Game” once again
In the meantime just quit whining
MONKATL
December 14th, 2012
8:26 am
SPIKE the BALL.
MONKATL
December 14th, 2012
8:28 am
GO UGA! BEAT Huskers.
AUBDAWG
December 14th, 2012
8:28 am
The bottom line is, Richt can defend his decision not to spike the ball, and that is fine. However,the fact is that there were a lot of things that went wrong in the last 30 seconds of that game (as evidenced by the fact that in the final 30 seconds we only got off two plays!!!!)
After the completion to King over the middle, the clock stopped with 30 seconds left in the game. While TK got off the field and the refs moved the chains, the clock was stopped for about 27 seconds. Yet, when the clock is restarted our staff did not have the play called. We let 9 seconds run off the clock before we snapped the ball.
Then, after the completion to Lynch down to the 8 yard line, (that one play took 15 seconds, as there are now 15 seconds left on the game), we let another 6 seconds run off the clock before we snap the ball (this appears to be due in part to the fact that at the last minute the staff decides to run TK back onto the field, and it does not appear that he heard the play call, so he is unsure as to where to line up).
So, defend the decision of not spiking the ball all you want, but how does one defend the fact that we only got off two plays in the final 30 seconds of the game, and that we let 15 of those seconds tick off the clock while standing at the line of scrimmage??? Anyone wish we had about 12 of those seconds left after the last completion to CC? We could have had enough time to spike the ball and run another play.
Compare that drive to the “Hobnail Boot drive”. Richt and staff stopped the clock (granted, with timeouts, but the same logic applies, does it not?) at every opportunity during Hobnail boot to make sure that everyone was on the same page, and to get their best play in. We didn’t take the approach that “We’ve got Tennessee on the run! Keep after them!”
There is a reason why Saban did not call a timeout…….a running clock was UGA’s biggest enemy. Had Saban felt like he needed to slow down our rhythm or change personnel, then he would have called timeout and done so. No, his best chance to win was for the clock to keep running. Which conversely, means that our best chance to win was to spike the ball and stop the clock. Heck, after the completion to Lynch, Murray is running down to the line of scrimmage looking at the sideline making the “spiking motion” the whole way down there. He knew we should have spiked the ball.
Face the facts, the players were ready to deliver an EPIC win, and the coaching staff choked in the closing seconds . It’s really that simple.
Overall the staff did a good job getting the team ready for this game they had called a reasonably good game up until the final 30 seconds. However, the fact remains that with a shot at the National Championship on the line, that we only got two plays off in the final 30 seconds of the game. That is unacceptable and was a failure of execution from the coaching staff. There is no other reasonable explanation. I don’t condemn them for it, and I agree that there is much to be proud of. But the coaching staff chocked during the last 30 seconds.
It was very much the same awful clock management that we saw from Richt/Bobo at the end for the first half of the Ole Miss game……..just awful. The sad thing though, was that we go bailed out with a hail mary against Ole Miss and the staff didn’t have to learn any hard lessons from their mistakes.
Immediately after the SECC game, Richt made some comments that defended his decision not to spike the ball, but they alluded to other areas of “confusion”. So much has been made over the “spike or not” decision, that hardly anyone has noticed the 15 seconds we wasted in the two plays leading up to the end of the game. The stars were aligned for us to steal that game,and the coaching staff wasted it by being “confused” when it mattered most.
MONKATL
December 14th, 2012
8:29 am
It Does HURT.
yep
December 14th, 2012
8:31 am
maybe if that Bama guy had got 3 fingers on it then it would’ve fallen incomplete
DP
December 14th, 2012
8:32 am
Milliner had Mitchell covered up a step from the sidelines. He was not beyond Mitchell or moving toward the back of the end zone like you want a DB to be on the back shoulder throw. Murray’s comment a day or two ago that it would have been a touchdown had Mosley not tipped it is nonsense. The throw would have to have been perfect, in a box maybe a square foot wide, Milliner would have had to not make a play on the ball and Mitchell would have had to catch the ball cleanly with a foot inbounds and hold it through the ground. What is the likelihood of all three of those things happening, particularly given that Milliner, a first team All American corner, was in perfect position?
To stop the excuses from Dawg Nation, you not only have to beat Georgia, you have to beat them by such a wide margin that they can’t blame it on a play or two, a missed call or two, etc.
The game is over. Georgia lost. If they don’t look ahead and get ready to play, they’ll get embarrassed by Nebraska in the bowl game like Alabama got embarrassed by Utah after a close loss to Florida in the 2008 SEC championship game that kept them from playing for a national championship.
Gene
December 14th, 2012
8:32 am
Instead of all of this rationalization, Richt should just say “I blew it,” and let it go. It was a great effort. Georgia lost. End of story.
archie
December 14th, 2012
8:33 am
Mark, how about spotlighting the other 59 minutes and 45 seconds of that game? You know, the part where Bama rolled up 350 yards on the ground, despite everyone in the nation knowing what was coming up next, on every play. Got any excuses for that one?
Bama14
December 14th, 2012
8:35 am
One unacknowledged reason that UGA moved the ball down field is that Bama played a prevent defense (3 man rush) when Georgia go the ball on their own 15 with a minute to play, and no timeouts. The Dawgs had no option but to throw. The Tide should have been putting some hot sauce on the QB instead of laying back and letting passes get completed. Maybe our coaches didn’t think we had enough legs left, but i prefer pressure on the quarterback.
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
8:36 am
Next year will show us if we finally arrived
Bama lost a lot from their championship team last year and this was considered a rebuilding year
Yet they are still playing for the national title again
With next years schedule I see us losing 3 games
If we lose only 1 game then we can say we have made a great step toward being a top program
Dave
December 14th, 2012
8:37 am
It was a great game, but I’m miserable about the “what if’s”. If we had spiked the ball and lost, people would have screamed that we had the momentum and to catch Bama on the heels with a quick play. As it is, we ran the quick play and the ball just got tipped. That’s what killed the play. It was a good call, but it didn’t work out.
But bottom line, the best team won. We had no answer for their run game and their Oline was just dominant. Even so, UGA kept coming back with surprise/big plays. We were up by 11 points in the third quarter, but couldn’t hold on. I’m sure that there were many Bama fans screaming at the TV when UGA went right down the field. If I was a Bama fan, I would have been sheet white watching the last minute. Both UGA and Bama would have/will beat Notre Dame. The one big glaring weakness in UGA was the run D. But….the season is over and I look forward to the bowl game and August 2013. Once a Dawg, always a Dawg! How sweet it is!
SawThat1nce
December 14th, 2012
8:39 am
If a poll of the top 100 coaches was taken(and Richt is one of those top 100), what percentage of that poll would have spiked the ball?
I think that it would have been 99%, that would have spiked the ball.
DP
December 14th, 2012
8:47 am
Bama14, Saban noted after the game that early in the last drive the Alabama defenders failed to execute properly on taking the sideline away. The defense they were in was designed to keep Georgia players from getting out of bounds on completions that were short of the first down marker. Alabama let Georgia receivers get out of bounds twice on short completions at the beginning of the drive. Had they been properly positioned to tackle the receiver in bounds on either of those plays it would have run 20+ seconds off the clock and Georgia wouldn’t have gotten close to the goal line at the end. I’ll go with Saban and Smart making the defensive calls. You can’t blitz and let a receiver get deep or give up a huge play on a crossing pattern in that situation.
Look at everything that went wrong for Alabama on the last drive. Failing to keep receivers in bounds on short completions twice. The near interception by Milliner that was an inch or two from being game over. The great throw and catch on the play to King and then a great play by Murray on the throw for Lynch to move. And Alabama still stopped them from scoring. I’d say that validates the defensive strategy.
Concerned
December 14th, 2012
8:47 am
99% of the coaches were not in a position to go to the national championship game – who cares what they thought. Time to stop reliving this one and let’s get ready for Nebraska! Go Dawgs!
CLIFF
December 14th, 2012
8:47 am
Hey GT DUDE at least we can look forward to beating your ass every year.
Son Of Bart
December 14th, 2012
8:47 am
Watched the game. Great game. My only question is if one or two digits, meaning the tips of the defender’s fingers, can deflect a pass that was intended to go another six to seven yards — well that defender has some kind of strong digits! Looked like a “flutter ball” choke to me.
Bo Duke
December 14th, 2012
8:49 am
oh sweet lord, MB and the entirity of Bulldog nation it is way past time to give it up.
Bama won b/c they are a superior team.
could’ve should’ve would’ve didn’t paly that day.
time did not just run out, they played 60 minutes just like every other game.
MB could not help but notice you did not post for more than a week after your posted your homage to the noble dawg effort……………which ended in defeat.
now 2 weeks later its time to cry again?
georgiadawg93
December 14th, 2012
8:50 am
AUBDAWG sums it up perfectly.
Wow, Mark, that was cool...
December 14th, 2012
8:52 am
…I got goosebumps reading that, like a great novel with real drama,even though I knew the ending – thanks!
lizard
December 14th, 2012
8:53 am
looked like to me they could have run the ball in the end zone—what is the big deal—–they got 2 good running backs and it is always passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passing passsing —-more passing more interceptions—————then more passing passing passing and then passing. Why not just try to build a good running team and then pass the ball now and again and leave it at that—Alabama is just another team—spike the ball —regroup and pound the ball into the end zone——
Wow, Mark, that was cool...
December 14th, 2012
8:55 am
..and after reading what Homer Smith said, and how CMR was thinking re: “spike or don’t spike” I can better understand why he chose to do what he did – I still may not agree, yet his rationale was not “stupid”…
lizard
December 14th, 2012
8:55 am
Georgia better get a coach that wants to run the ball more or they will never ever ever ever ever—————–win the national championship———plus they need a quarterback from the state of georgia—-with out that they will never ever ever ever ever win another SEC game——-forget it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dacusville Bill
December 14th, 2012
9:00 am
Georgia Choked–sorta like the Gamecocks used to do before Spurrier arrived
robodawg
December 14th, 2012
9:01 am
I don’t see how spiking would have helped. Either way we get two shots to the end zone. Tipped ball is what made the difference … it could’ve just as easily been tipped into a Bama player’s hands. And it could’ve just as easily been tipped on the play after a spike.
“You’re talking about one or two digits of a finger. That’s how close a game is sometimes.” We played a game for the ages that someone had to lose.
If you want to look at what we could’ve done better, you’d have to start with building more depth on the defensive line 2-4 years ago. We missed Abry Jones badly in this one. But despite all those rushing yards, we played to our strengths and nearly pulled it out.
GT
December 14th, 2012
9:06 am
As long as they have a press that is soft on them they will except this moral victory as a championship. Saban wouldn’t be able to sleep for months if this was his team. But Saban would have won this game by 14 points if he was coaching Georgia.
GT
December 14th, 2012
9:06 am
As long as they have a press that is soft on them they will except this moral victory as a championship. Saban wouldn’t be able to sleep for months if this was his team. But Saban would have won this game by 14 points if he was coaching Georgia.
gt4ever
December 14th, 2012
9:06 am
Good Grief… Are we still talking about this game… The bottom line is that, yes your record shows 11-1, but you did it against average competition, and you still have a long way to go to be a national contender… Your defense lost that game. Period.
Nickolas Saint
December 14th, 2012
9:06 am
Agree. AUBDAWG called it just right.
10per
December 14th, 2012
9:07 am
How long has it been and people are still talking about this? Move on.
UGA was playing over their heads the whole game. They were just a few seconds away and a few yards from an upset, but don’t kid yourself in thinking they were *this close*. Those last few yards were father away than they seemed.
Let it go.
Ostrich Racer
December 14th, 2012
9:08 am
Terrific post, Mark. This is what sportswriting is supposed to look like.
Nickolas Saint
December 14th, 2012
9:08 am
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T-Bone
December 14th, 2012
9:08 am
Face it Dogs. Bama ran all over you. The better team won.
Just Wanna Say
December 14th, 2012
9:08 am
Seriously GT Dude? Please just stop talking. You’re embarrassing yourself. On second though, keep talking. Tech people making an ass of themselves is always funny.
Bottom Line: The loss sucks, and it always will. The Bulldawg Nation will pull through. We still have a really good team that will be competitive once again next year!
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
9:11 am
I guess we are going to replay this as many times as Herschel Walker running over Bill Bates
GATiger
December 14th, 2012
9:11 am
How ridiculous is this column? Anguishing over 15 seconds? How about the other 59:45 when you were giving up 350 yards rushing? Or the 60 minutes when you were getting steamrolled by a good-but-not-great USC team? Jeez! You lost the game. Let it go.
Just Wanna Say
December 14th, 2012
9:11 am
Look at the jealous Tech Nerds. Just hilarious.
@10per
Um…it was that close. Are you just that stupid?
Bazooka Joe
December 14th, 2012
9:11 am
Bama14 – I wouldnt say that was the only reason we moved down the filed like we did, we were able to move on you most of the game.However, I do agree with you… I hate the prevent defense – usually the only thing it does is “prevent” you from winning.
Congrats on the win, it was a great game. We’ll be back (as Im sure you will too !). Maybe we can get it on again next year if our D develops quickly.
jeffrey d
December 14th, 2012
9:11 am
Thanks, Mark.
Hindsight’s 20/20. Had UGA scored on a frazzled Bama D we’d all be praising Richt/Bobo. It was supposed to be TD or incompletion. A tip wasn’t a part of the plan.
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 14th, 2012
9:12 am
My god, does it ever end??? It’s not like you aren’t accustomed to losing on the big stage…get over it already…I’m starting to miss Terrence Moore…
Bazooka Joe
December 14th, 2012
9:13 am
oops… field, not filed !
ChopAttack
December 14th, 2012
9:14 am
People will always look back at that drive… but the game was lost on a few 3 and outs by the offense in the 2nd half. The defense couldn’t get a break for a few possessions. If the Dawgs could have moved the chains or scored on one of those possession they would have broken Alabama.
Two great teams, but Alabama is just a little better this season.
If Richt can keep his staff together there will be more chances in the future. You have to play stout defense in the SEC and the team has improved since Granthem was hired. The team has a ton of talent. As a Dawg fan all you can ask for is to have a chance to win and have a little luck on your side.
For fans who don’t like Richt… I’m not always fond of everything he does, but look at UT and Auburn. Finding the right coach isn’t easy and picking the wrong one can doom you to a lost decade. It can happen to any team.
jeffrey d
December 14th, 2012
9:14 am
You people take this way to serious. It’s just a football game…no more, no less.
For real, Mark! Why are you talking about football? You’d think this was a sports section or something.
Besides, the UGA/Bama snoozefest was nothing compared to the big Hawks/Bobcats game last night.
Dog Island Gator
December 14th, 2012
9:15 am
This one will sting for generations. I’m sorry to say.
Son Of Bart
December 14th, 2012
9:15 am
“All things in moderation”, says I. Agree with somebody that this article was crafted extremely well. Well done. It was a heck of a game and one for the ages and I think a “look back” is in perfect order. Everybody say “your piece”, and then, it will be time to move on. I do suggest that UGA missed a once in at least my lifetime opportunity there and losing those twelve seniors will make a repeat almost impossible.
Bob Etter
December 14th, 2012
9:16 am
Terrific article, Mark. Very insightful to get the various perspectives, would be interesting to hear how Milliner and Mosley saw it. Last comment by Richt sort of sums it up. Sometimes it just boils down to a random element of luck………….
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 14th, 2012
9:18 am
You have to play stout defense in the SEC and the team has improved since Granthem was hired.
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His defense gives up WAY too many points whenever it plays quality opponents…works well against Buffalo and Tech…neither is in the SEC…
dajim92
December 14th, 2012
9:18 am
This was our best shot. It wasn’t to be. The players AND coaches did a spectacular job against the best team in the country. I’m as sad, but proud, as ever! Great article, Mr Bradley. Great article.
PMC
December 14th, 2012
9:18 am
It’s not a big deal for Conley, he’s a freshman, but like Chris Weber with that fateful timeout, this is something that will enhance the game awareness for Chris Conley.
If this ever happens again, he’ll know to knock it down.
Much like in the NFL when people say, they made one more play. Alabama literally made one more play, that tipped pass was clutch.
buckhead tde
December 14th, 2012
9:18 am
How far is it from Orlando to Miami? Five yards if you are a UGA fan! Bama’s o-line could not be stopped. The dawgs will have to get stronger in they hope to ever win another NC.
Jeff Head
December 14th, 2012
9:19 am
Coach Richt made a mistake. Period. If you are about to run the 1 or 2 most important plays in the last 30 years you must have all 11 offensive players on the same page, even if it is the wrong page. Mitchell ran to the pylon; not a fade pattern. No one other than Richt thinks he made the correct call. The game was a great game, one for the ages. I just wish Richt could be man enough to admit he blew the call. Several bad things could have happened if we spike the ball. But, as my father always said, a bad plan well executed is better than no plan at all. Jail break to the pylon just don’t get it for $3,000,000 per year.
DawgLuver
December 14th, 2012
9:21 am
CMR can justify his not spiking the ball all he wants. As others have pointed out, wasted clock time and poor defense against the run contributed to the Dawgs being in a tight spot with NO TIMEOUTS!
If CMR doesn’t want to stop the clock, so be it. Hindsight is almost always 20/20. How many more times will Bradley and CMR lament the final outcome? As some like to say, it is what it is. UGA lost, Bama won and quite frankly I’m getting tired of the continual review in the AJC, almost as though it is somehow going to change. Game over, move on.
claytondawg
December 14th, 2012
9:23 am
Oh, geez, Bradley—get over it already!!! It’s time for Nebraska!!!
The Central Scrutinizer
December 14th, 2012
9:23 am
Mark, got to tell you…that article you wrote after the game was the best of your career, this one is pretty good…but these guys are right, it WAS epic…and we lost…we are proud yet frustrated by the “what ifs”, but it is done. Let’s all move on, congratulate ‘Bama on a well played game, wish them luck against ND and get ready to take out all of the feelings the players no doubt felt after the game on Nebraska.
Im laughing out loud
December 14th, 2012
9:24 am
Really everybody and his brother know Richt would blow it. He is not a championship level coach. Period. As usual and par the course Richt fcked up on Cue.
Im laughing out loud
December 14th, 2012
9:24 am
*knew
JB
December 14th, 2012
9:25 am
At the end of the day, it’s why Saban is going to win #3 in 5 years…..and we dream about 1980. Saban, like him or hate him, has every phase of the game staffed with talent and very well coached. THAT is the difference. Bama reloaded on D this year. They are in the game. Watch the Dawgs next year with 10 new starters on D. Like it or not,, that’s the difference. Bama going to the title with new starters, and by mid season next year, you will here ” Well, we lost most of our defense.
JB
December 14th, 2012
9:28 am
Hey, we could be Tech……Who would be a 3 point underdog to Norcross High if they were playing them in the State title game.
GT
December 14th, 2012
9:29 am
and the wild thing is those same average players at Georgia will go to the NFL and be stars…
Fred ™
December 14th, 2012
9:32 am
You can’t expect poise and discipline from a Mark Richt coached undisciplined team with no poise. The end result was what it was because of that. Play that last minute 100 times and you will get the same results 100 times.
A DISCIPLINED receiver would have known he wasn’t in the end zone and would have batted the ball down. But there is no discipline on a CMR team. There never will be. We’ll get close, but in the end the better coached team will beat us every time. Playerwise and skill wise, Georgia and Alabam were equal. They have a coach, we have a 4 million dollar a year sunday school teacher. Coach wins every time.
Quit trying to excuse it. We have a Sunday School teacher because that is what a majority of the fans want. Georgia always has been and always will be a decent team but not a real contender for the title. The fans are happy if they have a winning season, who cars about championships, those are for winners……..
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
9:34 am
Coward of Bulldawg County
I agree unlike most of the delusional kool-aid drinkers on here
Granthams defense has shown up for only one game and that was against a lousy FL offense; every other big game he has given up 30 points in almost everyone them
GTT
December 14th, 2012
9:34 am
Some of your best work, and I’ve been reading you since you arrived in Atlanta.
Da Truth
December 14th, 2012
9:34 am
Nice reflection on one of the biggest moments of the 2012 CFB season. Thanks Dave for an honest post. Thanks Coach Richt for saying BAma is a great team, but you could have at least been a class act and acknowledged the victor after the game. GT dudes… please go away. My thoughts on drive… BAma should’ve rushed 4 , the video did not show enough to overturn, King took a wicked hit and held on, GA center tackled a BAma passrusher on Lynch’s last catch, Murray is a gunslinger and I love his backside throws- but Milliner was in Mitchell’s pocket on that last play. As a BAma fan…yep I shakin in my shoes after the overturned call. Hope GA can rebuild it’s D for another run in 2013.
Dawg Fud
December 14th, 2012
9:35 am
Devastating loss for players, coaches, families of the aforementioned and alumni.
This week my family welcomed our son into the world. Life has up and downs and I am lucky to have two healthy children and a wife who puts up with me.
I hate it for the Dawgs but let’s stop making the coaches and players relive this. I would have gone bananas by now……..
Jim
December 14th, 2012
9:38 am
Sorry, it was bad play calling. We should never have had a receiver outside the end zone. Plain and simple.
rip
December 14th, 2012
9:38 am
Just in: UGA announces their coaching staff for 2013 will be: Head Coach-God Jesus, Budda, Mohammed as staff and in a surprise move to run the defense Bellzebub. Flash forward UGA goes 14-0, outscores opponents 654-12. AJC bloggers bitch, whine, moan, complain, and gripe about the 12 points given up. Seems Belzebub was not able to vaporize two running backs before they scored. AJC bloggers for UGA call for a new staff and just generally bitch. GT people try to pour on,as usual, but just sputter, sputter, and spittle on.
Big Fat Alligator
December 14th, 2012
9:39 am
Hey Bulldog fans,
If you think that game sucks – watch how the Falcon’s season plays out.
I’m sure you will feel better…
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
9:40 am
Not this crap again?
All this whining over one play. Be honest about it. The dawgs were just plain lucky to even be in the game. Alabama flat out dominated and gave the dawgs a physical whupping in the trenches.
The only thing that even made the game close was a series of lucky breaks that bounced the dawgs way- 1. A 10 pt swing on a fg that gets blocked by a backhand and returned the other way for a td 2. Bama throwing an int in the end zone 3. The clock running out on a Bama fake punt that had worked 4. Georgia converting their own fake fg 5. Bama’s own clock mismanagement issues at the end of the 1st half which ended up costing us 2 shots at the end zone 6. Bama going into a far too conservative prevent defense at the 7. Bama also had one more turnover than Georgia
The stats don’t lie as to how dominating Bama was
519 yards total offense while Georgia had 393. 350 rushing yards with 2 backs churning out 181 and 153 yards each. 7 or 8 more 1st downs. Total clock domination, more return yardage, etc.
Be honest about it. Statistically this was an absolute buttkicking and the only thing that made it close was the various Bama miscues. If we played this game 10 times we would win every time because Georgia simply cannot stop our running game. We could knock them on their butts another 9 times in a row. Ya’ll are just sore losers, whiners, and excuse makers.
Dawg Whisperer
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
I heard the interview on the radio and I thought it was very interesting. Coach Richt gave a very detailed (as described in this article) explanation that went into their decision. How anyone can find fault with the rationale behind it is beyond me. This was not a game that was lost on the decision to run the next play instead of spiking it. Personally, I completely agree with the strategy that Richt employed but there will always be the nay-sayers.
Richt also provided the media with a little anecdote about a scorpion and a dog. The dog agreed to take the scorpion across some rising water because the scorpion couldn’t swim. When the scorpion stung the dog, the dog warned them that now both were going to drown, to which the scorpion replied that is what we (scorpions) do. Scorpions sting and wide receivers catch, that is what they are programed to do.
bcsgators
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
sounds like every georgia fan i ever talk to “what might have been” and “wait till next year”
Taylor Swift
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
We are never, ever, ever, winning a National Championship!
Wah, Wah, Wah
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
It’s okay, next Ga. will win it all, I know because the all Dawg media says so.
Grinch
December 14th, 2012
9:42 am
Excellent rundown of that crucial time in the game. What an ending
.
On one of the sports TV shows they were talking about the ending and one of the pundits was defending Murray by saying that it was “the way they practiced it”…so you can’t blame him (which is true).
But if that’s the way you practice it (that situation) – you are practicing wrong.
There is no way of knowing how it would have turned out – but having two…possibly three, shots at the win from inside the ten yard line was the way to go. Lots of things could have happened that could have even given you another play (like D holding or interference – game cannot end on a D penalty).
Ron Burgundy
December 14th, 2012
9:43 am
I wish someone would write an article about what happened at the end of the SECCG. Does anyone know where I can fidn one?
RGB
December 14th, 2012
9:43 am
An iPhone Siri?
Dallas Cowboys
December 14th, 2012
9:46 am
I will say this about you bulldog fans,y’all never let anything go OR is it that half baked sports writer ,Bradley that loves to keep fanning the flames of UGA? don’t have any team in college that I really root far,but I do like to watch UGA play and would LOVE to have both of yalls tailbacks at Dallas SOON..maybe even the Murry kid..(everyone knows the big D does NOT have a QB worth a hoot)…Just seems to me that Bradley,in everything he writes,tries to make it look like UGA is crying about everything.Is that true or is it him? The team from his city Ga.Tech gets no love and Iknow you guys hate them but I’d love for a few of their guys (Johnson,Thomas,Burnett,) be at Dallas also…Anyway was just wondering about the crying game..I’m gonna say it’s more Bradley than UGA.Good luck in your bowl Dawgs.?..All I want for Christmas is a QB!!!!Go BIG D
Dawg Whisperer
December 14th, 2012
9:47 am
Tide Rising… do you always act like a child? Actually, Bama was the fortunate one to win, and you well know it. I hope ND stomps the elephants. Your gloating is nauseating.
Moist Dawg
December 14th, 2012
9:47 am
If Notre Dame wins, how many bama fans do you think will say how proud they are, or here’s a trophy for participating, or everyones a winner. That’s the difference. It makes me want to puke to read how many so called Dawg fans are completely happy with losing.
JDH GT
December 14th, 2012
9:49 am
Listen, UGA played a great game, but let’s not forget the missed call on the “tipped pass” on the pass interference that led to a blocked field goal and UGA touchdown. If that flag isn’t waived (i.e., if the call had been correct), those last 15 seconds would have never happened. In fact, there’s a chance Alabama would have scored to make the score look a little less close. If we’re going to play the “what if” game, we shouldn’t forget about the breaks that went UGA’s way.
GATiger
December 14th, 2012
9:49 am
How ridiculous is this article? Shouldn’t you be writing about Nebraska? Matchups? No, you focus instead on 15 seconds of a game. How about the other 59:45 when the defense was getting gashed for 300+ rushing yards? Or how about the 60 minutes when the Dawgs were mauled be a gooe-but-not-great USC team. The difference between a BCS Championship Game and the Outback Bowl was more than 15 minutes, pal.
Hopefully the players aren’t still similarly focused. If they are, they’ll get embarrassed by an above average team in a second tier bowl…again.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 14th, 2012
9:50 am
The real story here is Nick Saban has failed to recruit a couple of pass rushing defensive lineman and it is clear after the LSU,A&M,and UGA games. If Nick had done this then Mark Richie wouldn’t have to stand before the MSM and get bashed about a damn spike.
If Mark’s record vs top 10 football teams was better then most of these questions wouldn’t be in play and we all know that just like the reporter that asked the question after the loss. Until Mark Richt can prove he can win something big (sorry but beating Hawaii will not get it done) he will be called out often about his past results. That is just the way it is.
Info,,,Nick and a couple of his assistants meet last night with Monty Adams and his Mom and Monty is not interested in playing in Nick’s 3-4. That is not to say he will not play inf UGA’s 3-4.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
9:50 am
Im starting to think this is affecting Mark Bradley more than the UGA players. Get over it already. You lost because Bama ran up and down the field and erased an 11 point deficit without hardly even trying. It had little to do with the last 15 seconds. Maybe you should look for a new defensive coordinator instead of obsessing over one play.
Wise Old Dawg
December 14th, 2012
9:50 am
“If a poll of the top 100 coaches was taken(and Richt is one of those top 100), what percentage of that poll would have spiked the ball? I think that it would have been 99%, that would have spiked the ball.”
I don’t care about other top coaches. One thing we know for sure is that 98 of those top coaches were not playing in a game that advanced the winner to the Mythical National Championship game, so what does that say about their coaching and play calling ability?
Chris Mike
December 14th, 2012
9:50 am
@ DP Mitchell would have caught that ball if it was anywhere in play on the field. Millner is an Al American, but he is only there because he plays for Alabama. Millner is going to be like every other hype DB from Alabama in the pros. Example: Jackson, Arenas, Barron.
Sam Adams
December 14th, 2012
9:51 am
Murray needs to get his head out of his butt about this game and go ahead and say he doesn’t want to be a second-round or worse NFL draft pick so he’ll be back next year to make this better.
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
9:52 am
Bradley must not understand much about football. He’s still whining about one play. What he and other dawg fans should be much more concerned about is the lack of conditioning and stamina of their team and the defense getting flat ran over against the nation’s elite teams like Bama and LSU last year. You’re rarely going to win a game where the other team has over 500 yds offense and rams the ball down your throat for 350 yds. That’s the real reason the dawgs lost.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 14th, 2012
9:55 am
I get what Mark is trying to say and that is Nick Saban has failed to recruita couple of pass rushing defensive lineman at Bama! Had that been the case then Mark and Murray wouldn’t have to trying to explain the last 2 minutes because those minutes would be cleanup play by Bama’s 2nd team. You folks would have then been bashing Kenyan Drake for going to Bama.
good work Mark
JB
December 14th, 2012
9:56 am
You gotta remember that at the end of the day, the other 119 D1 coach’s ain’t Saban either. Muschamp,Miles and Sprurrier were all sitting in the stands that night.
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
9:56 am
“Actually, Bama was the fortunate one to win, and you well know it.”
Dawg Whisperer(or is it dawg whiner),
Are you just stupid? We pounded your defense into submission. You were lucky the game was even close with the mauling we gave you. Jeez. If not for a 10 pt swing on one play we wouldn’t even be having this discussion you whiner. And you freaking know it.
GT Insider
December 14th, 2012
9:56 am
Another one of these articles? Is this necessary?
How long will this continue? UGA lost (yet again) it’s biggest game since 1980. It is done and it was done fair and square on the field.
10 articles on it later and it is still be rehashed that the Dawgs lost. Writing article after article about it won’t change the outcome and won’t fix anything.
JB
December 14th, 2012
9:58 am
Living for the day Saban gone….A Shula type takes back over…… And the Alabama saw mills can go back to two shifts.
Honey Boo Boo
December 14th, 2012
9:58 am
Dogs On Top, watch the youtube video. We the bestest team in the country every year. woof woof.
maybe next year……………….again
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
9:58 am
GT Bob
If UGA wins against a #16 ranked Nebraska Team in the Capitol One Bowl aka The Citrus Bowl just like Tech won against a #17 ranked Nebraska team in 1990 we will be able to declare that we are UPI National Champions too right
Dawglasville
December 14th, 2012
9:59 am
gt4ever – I agree that our defense lost the game. To say that we aren’t close to being a national contender is just plain trollish. If you want to say aren’t close to being a power house, then that would be up for debate. We were one of three teams at the end of the season who would be playing for the national championship, I would say were contenders.
JB
December 14th, 2012
9:59 am
GT Insider………………Because Bradley can’t come up with anything about Tech football to write on.
We’ve all seen and read 12 stories on Vad Lee vs Washington……Yawn.
gt4ever
December 14th, 2012
10:00 am
Probably more like 7 points JB…. But hey, you have the best offense in the country. One of the best offensive coaches in the country… The offense has played lights out for most of the year.. You guys will not turn the corner until you get a DC who doesn’t have that deer in headlights look when he plays against good competition. Let’s face it, with all the NFL talent on your defense, and you get blown off the field by anybody’s ground game, it’s the coach…
TC
December 14th, 2012
10:00 am
This is just becoming sad…..
How far is it from Orlando to Miami? To a Georgia fan, 5 yards……
Honey Boo Boo
December 14th, 2012
10:00 am
Commit To The “G”, and you two will forever be overrated.
Buckeye
December 14th, 2012
10:00 am
Unbelievable.
The dogs are still cryin’.
The loss is still in their heads.
Get over it, dogs. You lost, you’re #6, out the BCS and played a cupcake schedule (again).
Nebraska will capitalize.
Buckeye
December 14th, 2012
10:03 am
Ah, the memories:
350 IYFMF rush yards. Go Grantham.
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:04 am
gt4 ever………..You know, I can’t argue that point. Dawgs didn’t lose that game on the last play. They lost it in 59 minutes of Bama rushing for 350 yards and wearing out our no depth defense slap out. How about that for honesty.
monty
December 14th, 2012
10:04 am
King was literally all alone to the left side with a corner. No help from any safety or linebacker over or under. Look at the replay on youtube. Bama was totally commited to their left side. Skinny post, quick slant in to king and game over.
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
10:05 am
“Living for the day Saban gone….A Shula type takes back over…… And the Alabama saw mills can go back to two shifts.”
JB,
That’s a sad statement to be living for the day Saban is gone. But if he ever does leave or retire Kirby Smart has been with him for years and is well groomed to take the mantel. And if not Smart we’ll go out and get the best coach available. Shula was just a caretaker during the dark days of probation when we knew we were going to suck with 21 fewer scholarship players than everyone else. Those were great days for Richt. Too bad Shula’s not around to beat up on anymore. And too bad there won’t be a Shula like replacement when Saban eventually does leave or retire.
GT Insider
December 14th, 2012
10:05 am
JB, I hear ya on that and trust me I don’t want him to write anything on Tech. I just want something else or nothing at all.
dawgfan
December 14th, 2012
10:05 am
Our program can either whine, cry and feel sorry for itself or it can learn from it and move on. The more we talk about this the more concerned I am that we are going with the former. Just get the hell over it. This isn’t the last season of college football. There will be more opportunities. This wasn’t some once in a lifetime opportunity. We should be in the thick of it damn near every year. If we are the legit power program that we like to think we are we should be right back in the same situation in no time. That is not an unreasonable expectation at all. Just quit your whining. Watch us go out and get our azzes beat by Nebraska because everybody is still butthurt over the SECCG. That would go over real well.
By the way, love all the tough talk out of Tech fans telling us how we need to get over this, like they have any experience whatsoever with a game like this. Like they didn’t just get a waiver from the NCAA to make it to the freaking Sun Bowl. Like their program isn’t the biggest pile of effing donkey dung in the state of Georgia. Then they have the nerve to claim that WE are the arrogant ones. Getting your azz beat like a drum year after year and still running your mouth is about as arrogant as it gets Tech fans. You need to speak when spoken to. We’ll let you know if we we need any tips on bouncing back from a loss to Middle Tennessee State.
Georgia Tech=JOKE.
Ace
December 14th, 2012
10:07 am
Everyone else has forgotton about how lucky UGA was to get the block kick TD, it was over til then, then BAMA just runs it down your throat. It really wasn’t close.
UGA deserves the Peach bowl, they are lucky again.
Justin
December 14th, 2012
10:08 am
Looks like Murray is sayin… “Why in the FOCK did you catch that tipped ball??!!!!”
Situational awareness… Git you some!!
Roll Damn Tide!!
GT Insider
December 14th, 2012
10:09 am
Glad you got that off your chest there dawgfan.
And GT and the rest of college football will start taking your venting a little more seriously when UGA can actually win the games they need to.
Until then, UGA is just a team that does good in the “regular season” but craps the bed in the big “playoffs”.
I don’t think UGA could teach GT much about winning a bowl game either seeing as UGA can’t seem to win one of recent. Michigan State and UCF say “hello”.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:09 am
Flat Tire, if all of the coaches in the land vote and decide that UGA is the best team then yes, you can claim the coaches poll just like GT did in 1990.
Dawgs 73
December 14th, 2012
10:09 am
Mark, please stop reliving this moment. A loss, no matter how close or tough it may have been, is still a loss. There’s no consolation prize for the loser, just the pain of “what if” and “maybe”.
Honey Boo Boo
December 14th, 2012
10:09 am
Your not contenders, your pretenders. Your chicken caca schedule got you that far.
JFF
December 14th, 2012
10:09 am
We beat Bama!
The Dutch
December 14th, 2012
10:12 am
I’m curious if BIG MOUTH Baccarri Rambo loses sleep like Aaron does? Does Baccarri lose sleep over the fact that he missed four games and totally let his team down? Does big-mouth Baccarri care that after trash talking to Bama he HUMILIATED dawg fans by getting run over and ho-slapped by Eddie Lacy like he was a 9 year old girl?
Somebody please tell me that Baccarri takes some ownership in this? I mean, Georgia was more talented at EVERY position, right Baccarri?
Seriously, Baccarri, when you graduate…. don’t ever come back to Athens. You’re never welcome back at Georgia again. You’re a disgrace to the G. Stay in whatever NFL city you land in and continue to live up to your stereotype.
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:12 am
Ace………..That may be the dumbest post ever. Lucky to block the kick. Was it LUCK Bama caught the long TD pass. It happened. Bama’s specials teams had a break down. Just like they did on the fourth down pass for a first down Dawgs completed.. Bama was fooled. You must be a Democrat. It’s luck for us and always greatness for Bama…. Geez.
Road Scholar
December 14th, 2012
10:13 am
Ah! UGA’s Reggie Ball moment!
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 14th, 2012
10:14 am
Just think…the AJC could make this an annual story…”December 1st, 2012. The day we embraced our inner loser”…or “12/1/12 – We tried”..or, “2012 SECCG – The day losing became cool”…
RGB
December 14th, 2012
10:16 am
If I were the Cornhuskers and saw that Georgia was looking backward at the Bama loss, I’d be pretty happy. UCF redux.
Dallas Cowboys
December 14th, 2012
10:16 am
No College team in the hunt here dawgfan and your mostly right about Ga.Tech not being very good but,out of the last three years of the draft,Give me Johnson,Thomas,and Burnett from GT over anyone UGAs sent up..just saying..although I bet all three of those guys wish now they had played somewhere else…..
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:16 am
Then they have the nerve to claim that WE are the arrogant ones.
I wouldn’t say arrogant, I would say delusional. You guys weren’t that great this year. You played a really weak schedule, lost to most of the good teams you played and you almost took advantage of a bad game played by an overrated team in the SEC championship. For all of that you want to crown yourselves kings of the world. Mark Bradley probably has 10-15 more blogs about how great UGA is even though they can’t win anything important.
dawgfan
December 14th, 2012
10:17 am
“And GT and the rest of college football will start taking your venting a little more seriously when UGA can actually win the games they need to.”
And I will stop laughing hysterically in the face of blowhard Techies like yourself when you stop living vicariously through others that can beat Georgia, grow some freaking stones, and start demanding as much out of your own pile of horse crap program as you demand out of UGA. If you Techies put half the effort in to supporting your own program as you do hating UGA you probably wouldn’t be 20-18 over the past 3 years and the current laughing stock of college football for getting a charity Sun Bowl berth.
Georgia Tech=JOKE
mcdaviddawg
December 14th, 2012
10:17 am
The last 15 minutes is called coaching and preparation and it was obvious that this situation is just another in the long list of things Richt doesn’t do.
DawginLex
December 14th, 2012
10:18 am
If you are not a fan of either team, it is probably one of the best college football games I have ever seen.
As a Dawg, it sucks.
There is no right or wrong answer regarding the spike. If you spike it and throw the same pass or throw a pick, folks complain that we should have just run a play.
One of my best friends in the world is a grad of Bama. He called me up right after. Not to brag but to tell me how we should both be proud of our teams
That’s how its supposed to be done
Lord Saban
December 14th, 2012
10:19 am
I own everyone of you leghumpers.
Really Bark Madly?
December 14th, 2012
10:21 am
Let it Go……….
You’d think with the Giants coming town vs our Birds and the Hawks tearing up the hardcourt, you might, just might have some other material to write about….
Geeze – move on.
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
10:21 am
Dutch
now now; you cant just blame Rambo when these players have been allowed for years to dance in the middle of ballgames; told to dance in the endzone; be allowed to trash talk during games and commit stupid personal foul penalties in almost every game
DawginLex
December 14th, 2012
10:21 am
GT Insider
You really are an idiot to be trashing a team that flat out OWNS YOUR TEAM
THE TIME IS 10:24 BUT ON THE FLATS IT IS
9:18
dawgfan
December 14th, 2012
10:22 am
GTBob’s team is 6-7 but he spends almost all of his time lecturing everyone on what is wrong with UGA football. Its like a morbidly obese person giving dieting tips to a supermodel. But WE are the delusional ones?
Is there a bigger joke on the face of the freaking earth than Georgia Tech football fans?
captaindave
December 14th, 2012
10:23 am
And the Mark Bradley obsessive love affair with all things UGA continues…..
DawgLuver
December 14th, 2012
10:24 am
Hey Mark Bradley, please move on!!! I’d prefer to see your next article deal with the 2013 Dawgs and what will undoubtedly be upgraded competition from the SEC West. No more cupcake schedules for CMR. I actually have less interest in the Capital One bowl and am more intrigued how CMR with deal with the heavy graduation losses.
Unfortunately, I think we may be entering another up & down cycle in Athens. We’ll see if the AD made the right decision with regard to the contract extension for the HBC. In the past 6 years, Richt has never won a game that counted for much, with maybe the exception being the game this year with the Gators.
Surely Mr. Bradley, if I were you (and I’m not) I’d skip the UGA vs.NEB game in Orlando and start your prognosticating for the next edition of the Dawgs. Such articles, written after consulting your crystal ball, will be far more appreciated by your loyal followers!
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:25 am
It’s very lonely on Tech blogs……Maybe a good math question from an India student from time to time. Little else.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:25 am
GTBob’s team is 6-7 but he spends almost all of his time lecturing everyone on what is wrong with UGA football.
There is plenty that is wrong with GT. If Mark wants to write a blog about it we can discuss it. For now he insists on writing blog after blog about how sad he is that UGA blew it once again so obviously we are going to discuss UGA and their inability to win tough games.
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
10:26 am
JB,
The blocked kick does count. But if you notice the ball it just hit him in the backhand. If not luck we’ll just call it good fortune that happens on a very rare basis. I’ve seen plenty of straight on blocked kicks. Just never seen one get blocked by someone’s backhand.
swampjacket
December 14th, 2012
10:27 am
The only reason to spike is to remind players not catch the ball if not in the endzone….
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
10:28 am
DawginLex
How’s the coaching search over at Southern Miss going? Is Bobo a finalist?
Ole Techs
December 14th, 2012
10:28 am
I wish we had had your season. Somebody had to lose. Whose to say what would have happened if you had spiked the ball.
Shug
December 14th, 2012
10:29 am
I get the sense that UGA is on the verge of entering the dark ages — won’t be heard from again on the national stage for another decade or so.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:30 am
One of my best friends in the world is a grad of Bama. He called me up right after. Not to brag but to tell me how we should both be proud of our teams
Your friend called you because he had sympathy for you. He doesn’t really care about the supposed valiant effort of UGA. If his team had lost I doubt he would have called you.
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:30 am
This is all Tech folks needs to know. Georgia and Tech were in the Conference title games of their respected conferences. Dawgs/Bama tickets $300 to 5,000. Tech/FSU, $4. gave away 20,000 to boy scouts and Boys clubs to fill the place…..nuff said.
JustMe
December 14th, 2012
10:30 am
They can spin it all they want. Simple no brainer call to Spike the Ball. Get 2 plays and likely win the game and play/win the National Championship.
If Richt said NO, it was the biggest gaffe maybe in NCAA history.
trueblueeagle
December 14th, 2012
10:31 am
If UGA does not put this behind them then it will effect them for the bowl game and next year! You can’t live in past so its time to move on.
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:31 am
GTBob missed his calling. Like most Tech folks think, he knows it all….and especially how folks feel.
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
10:32 am
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2012/12/3/3724086/if-quinton-dial-gets-suspended-then-sheldon-dawson-should-be-too
And of course lets not forget those personal fouls that the refs missed. Like the disgusting Sheldon Dawson eye gouge for example. I wonder if the dawg fans will be as upset about this as they were with Brandon Spikes? Just thought I’ld mention that since someone is bound to bring up the Quinton Dial hit if they haven’t already.
Dawglasville
December 14th, 2012
10:32 am
Tech Trolls – let’s talk about relevance. You love to point out that Richt is not relevant because he has not won a national championship.
Please, please tell me in what area is Georgia Tech relevant? Name the sport Tech is relevant in. Is Tech a top 5 engineering school? Is there an area of engineering that Tech is ranked top 5 nationally?
I’m trying to understand where this feeling of superiority comes from?
auburn grad
December 14th, 2012
10:33 am
Quit talking about what could’ve happened and focus on Nebraska, otherwise you’re going to get embarrassed.
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:34 am
Or the Bama holding on almost every play. Maybe grabbing the jersey at the shoulder pads is legal?
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:35 am
Dawgs/Bama tickets $300 to 5,000. Tech/FSU, $4.
You can get tickets to the Capital One bowl for $17 right now. Nebraska and UGA are having trouble selling tickets. Meanwhile Notre Dame is selling a chance to go to the National Championship game for $25 and already has over 100k buyers. You must think UGA is way below Notre Dame huh?
Dallas Cowboys
December 14th, 2012
10:35 am
OK I’m out…too much crying here for me..But did answer my question ,Is it Bradley or the UGA fans doing the crying…seems like both especially dawgfan…..probably a kid anyway..No real man would ever say such things about kids playing on any other team ,no matter how much you dislike them.I mean damn it’s a freaking ball game.Seems the liberals have taken over UGA and as always you can’t disagree with a liberal…..Good luck to the Real UGA fans in the future and in your bowl game.I will try and catch it on TV..Should be able to take Nebraska down…GO BIG D
D?
December 14th, 2012
10:35 am
are you still writing articles about this? Your job is important.
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:37 am
Where can I get a Tech/USC ticket Bob? Is there air service to the location?
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:38 am
Is Tech a top 5 engineering school?
According to U.S. News here are the top 5 engineering programs in the country.
1. MIT
2. Stanford
3. Cal
4. Georgia Tech
5. Cal Tech
So the answer is yes. And yes, we are in the top five of some individual areas as well.
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:39 am
Bob……Ga/Nebraska in Florida is just a vacation for most. Little meaning after PLAYING TO GET IN THE NC game. What was Tech doing that night?
daddo
December 14th, 2012
10:39 am
Get over it. It’s not like u guys aren’t use to losing big games. Seems like all of them from here.
Moist Dawg
December 14th, 2012
10:39 am
So tide fans, between poisoning trees, hitting on your sisters, and putting a new dish on your tin shack, you spend your time going on a UGA blog?
I don’t blame the tech people. Only 2 other people are on their blog and the conversation always turns to dungeons and dragons.
You people make me sick to my stomach.
my personal observation
December 14th, 2012
10:40 am
and what kind of coach only attempts a fake punt every 7 years? a coach unable to think or scheme on the go during the heat of the game. Richt!
drsoul
December 14th, 2012
10:40 am
Bottom line…..great game……no quitters…..played tough to the last second…everyone can really hold their head high because everyone gave it 110%…..one of the greatest fan games to come along in many years…as a BAMA alum and fan, I congratulate Georgia sincerely….this one went ALL the way and it could just as simply ended another way… Look forward, be proud to have been part of a great game… sure it hurts, but that will never take away the effort and representation of your team…!!!
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:40 am
Where can I get a Tech/USC ticket Bob? Is there air service to the location?
You can go to stubhub. A warning though. Tickets for the Sun Bowl are going for more than tickets to the Capitol One bowl. It may cost you a little extra.
go gators
December 14th, 2012
10:41 am
would you like some cheese to go with your whine?get over it its just a football game
General Ledger
December 14th, 2012
10:41 am
I am so worried about the Nebraska game. It is going to be so difficult for them to get over the SECCG. You read their comments and you just know how crushed they. How can you get over that and be ready for a game that won’t mean as much to them.
CSB
December 14th, 2012
10:41 am
Connelly, I would have caught the pass too! Go DAWGS! Hope many of the juniors come back and win us a National Championship…look at Payton Manning…he stayed all four years to enjoy the college experience! Go DAWGS!
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:42 am
one of the greatest fan games to come along in many years
Honestly, what made the game better than the Bama/LSU game or the Bama/A&M game?
beebee
December 14th, 2012
10:42 am
Dear UGA Nation, Listen up and listen up GOOD!
This is why you will never win a national title anytime soon in the next 20 or years.
YOU HAVE GOT TO MOVE ON!
I mean my god this is utterly s.t.u.p.i.d to keep DWELLING AND DWELLING AND DWELLING
beebee
December 14th, 2012
10:43 am
ON THAT GAME LIKE THIS!
Now I won’t be surprised if Nebraska comes in and kicks your a.z.z.e.s.
bee
YeahC'mon
December 14th, 2012
10:44 am
OMG Bradley and all the other whiners please let this go already. UGA lost. UGA is playing in the Cap One bowl. Maybe next time try winning the big one. This horse if frigging dead!!!!!
blackandwhitestripes
December 14th, 2012
10:46 am
git a grip you lost move on it happens you should be use to losing the big ones by now.
dawg2
December 14th, 2012
10:46 am
Damn stop living in the past…its over! How many more times are we going to see you write about this crap.Enough is enough– Stop crying and look forward to the bowl game. If we ,UGA, loses again in Bowl will you still be writing about it months later? I love my dawgs but stop living in the past.
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:47 am
drsoul….good post. Finally, A bama person with a degree on here.
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
10:47 am
DawginLex
Any updates on that close coaching search at Southern Miss
blackandwhitestripes
December 14th, 2012
10:47 am
by the way, work on your sat scores.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:49 am
What was Tech doing that night?
Losing their conference championship, just like UGA.
Stiffneck
December 14th, 2012
10:50 am
I think Bradley has a man crush on Murray.
JB
December 14th, 2012
10:51 am
Lot’s of folks telling Dawg fans to move on. We have. Bradley works for the AJC, not the Univ. of Georgia. Fun just to come here and wait and read the Tech crowd, who sit like a buzzard with a dead deer on the side of the road, to wait for the cars to clear and come munch on the road kill. Imagine being a Tech grad, the smartest people in the room (sic), hanging around on a Dawg story site.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:51 am
I think Bradley has a man crush on Murray.
He has a small man crush on Murray and a huge man crush on Richt. He won’t criticize Richt for anything, no matter how many times he fails.
Fair n Balanced
December 14th, 2012
10:52 am
Maybe it’s time to just credit Bama with a good defensive play. It’s over. Great effort….great game. Two great teams. In a best-of-3 game match I think Ga could win 2. The bowl season should be canceled. The two best teams have already played each other.
Harkle
December 14th, 2012
10:52 am
As Bulldog fans, we can wonder what might have been. Yes it was a classic game that could have gone either way. However, now that it is in the books – I hope team can focus on whats ahead of them. I know CMR says team will be 100% ready to go but Nebraska is not going to feel sorry for us especially in light of what happened to them in their last game. The last 2 bowl games for the Dawgs have been very painful to watch. Lets end this season on a positive note.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
10:53 am
Two great teams. In a best-of-3 game match I think Ga could win 2.
After watching that game you really thought UGA was the better team? You really think Richt could out coach Saban in a 3 game series?
j.t.keene
December 14th, 2012
10:54 am
Guess this 5 yard thing is going to go down in history, kinda like the “Punt Bama Punt’ thing?
Castle pines canine
December 14th, 2012
10:54 am
You either win or you lose. Nobody is talking about the UGA coverage breakdown which gave Bama the lead. I love our team, but this leads me down the rivers of my memory to an era in which we were all too accustomed to “play away Ray”
Honey Boo Boo
December 14th, 2012
10:54 am
BREAKING NEWS
The Kleenex delivery truck has turned over on 285, crying dog fans scramble in the wreckage to wipe their 32 year old tears.
Mad Dog One
December 14th, 2012
10:54 am
The way I look at this game “that is if I wasn’t a bleed red & black diehard UGA fan for the last 50 years” is I have just watched one of the best games of collage football that I have seen in a long time. GO DOGS & GATA
realitycheck
December 14th, 2012
10:55 am
Can’t believe this is still being talked about two weeks later…….there isn’t going to be another scoring update!
Football Fan
December 14th, 2012
10:55 am
It was a great game, a great last 15 seconds to see UGA choke like that. It was fantastic to see the puppies with the lead only to end up getting beat because they do know time management
Truthiness
December 14th, 2012
10:56 am
Hey, it’s a game. Someone wins. Someone loses. The first 15 seconds tick off just as fast as the last 15. And just as many “what ifs” are on the field then as there are at the end. As a big Dawg fan, I enjoyed that game, loss as it was, more than a lot of half-hearted, go-thru-the-motions wins. Anyone who’s ever played sports knows the joy and the agony, whether it’s for an SEC football championship or a round of drinks after a 2 foot putt on No.18. Let it go. Let’s whip Nebraska.
Kaygeeone
December 14th, 2012
10:56 am
Richt is the worst coach in football, period. You got a classless coach and Karma bit you in the butt. I cannot stand Alabama, but I dislike Georgia even more with Richt at the helm. Until he is gone, Go Any Team that plays Georgia!
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
10:57 am
When your up by 11 in the 3rd qtr you would think we would be able to call plays and hold on and win
instead in the big game the other coaching staff makes adjustments and we are dumbfounded as to what to do
I would just say par for the course yet again
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 14th, 2012
10:59 am
Fair n Balanced.. in the last two seasons, against 8 quality opponents (Florida x2, SC x2, Boise State, Mich State, LSU, Bama)…their record is a staggering 1-7…yeah, they would win 2 out of three vs. Bama…right…
Dawglasville
December 14th, 2012
11:03 am
GTBob – MIT is like the Saban of engineering. Stanford is like the Meyer of engineering. Cal. Berkely is Les Miles.
Man, if the AJC would just start an engineering blog so I could get on it day in and day out and remind Tech guys that they will never be MIT, Stanford or Cal. I would love to tell them how silly they are to think that they have any relevance at all. After all, if you’re not MIT, Stanford, or Cal you really are a joke. Maybe some of you guys to tell me how fulfilling that is, to blog like that, day in and day out.
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 14th, 2012
11:05 am
Sorry…2-6…MUCH better…
gt4ever
December 14th, 2012
11:10 am
dawg fan needs to stay off the caffeine… So much hate, so little time…..
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
11:10 am
“Or the Bama holding on almost every play. Maybe grabbing the jersey at the shoulder pads is legal?”
Puh-leeze! Both teams are allowed to hold by grabbing around the shoulder pads. You just can’t grab around the backside. And as for holding perhaps you missed the replay of Gurley’s 12 yard td run where our linebacker was basically tackled and pulled down to the ground. Gary Danielson didn’t miss it. He commented on how flagrant it was and the fact that it didn’t get called. Got any more excuses?
Tech Fan
December 14th, 2012
11:11 am
It was a great game. I’m sorry it had to be Georgia on the short end. Great season for the Dawgs and Coach Richt. However, I still would have loved to see Tech pull an upset.
BigDawg
December 14th, 2012
11:12 am
This should have never been an issue if the official had been calling an even game. It is hard to beat a good team much less a great team with a great coaching staff when the officials are calling an even game, so with the Dawgs having a chance to win at the end tells you just how good this team really is.
Need to let it go but the SEC should be ashamed of themselves for allowing terrible officiating to decide a game much less your Championship game.
Go Dawgs beat the Huskers
GB's Hamburgers
December 14th, 2012
11:12 am
The score was close only because UGA’s great atheletes made some great individual plays. The game was not close at all. Bama was tougher and better conditioned. They whipped us physically. We were also schemed and out coached. So if you play the “what if” game, do it from Bama’s standpoint too. Then you will see that the score could have been much worse.
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
11:13 am
“In a best-of-3 game match I think Ga could win 2.”
Further proof of why dawg fans are easily the most delusional fan base in college football.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
11:13 am
GTBob – MIT is like the Saban of engineering. Stanford is like the Meyer of engineering. Cal. Berkely is Les Miles.
Maybe one day UGA fans will realize how much bigger academics are than football. Until then we will get comments like this and UGA will continue to flounder in academic rankings. Its a shame.
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 14th, 2012
11:13 am
Losers complain about officiating…winners move on…
gt4ever
December 14th, 2012
11:14 am
The officials,,, LOL, No BigDawg. It was that huge Alabama offensive line that won that game…
azdawg
December 14th, 2012
11:19 am
ALL THIS CONTROVERSY ABOUT SPIKING THE BALL IS FOR NAUGHT HAD GA MADE THAT FG EARLIER IN THE 1ST HALF. THAT MISS REQUIRES GA TO SCORE A TD AT THE END OF THE GAME. HAD THE GA KICKER MADE IT, THE SCORE WOULD HAVE BEEN 32-31 W/AL LEADING. GA NEEDS A FG TO WIN AND ODDS ARE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CHIP SHOT FROM THE 7 YD LINE OR SO AND DAWGS WIN 34-32.
NOW, GA’S FG KICKER HISTORICALLY HAS A LOVE AFFAIR W/HITTING THE GOAL POSTS MISSING PAT’S AND TOO MANY FG’S THIS SEASON BUT I’D TAKE THAT CHANCE ANY TIME OVER WHAT PREVAILED W/TIME RUNNING OUT ON THE TIPPED PASS AND WHETHER OR NOT TO SPIKE THE BALL.
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
11:19 am
One of My favorite quotes from Vince Dooley was something to this effect:
“people ask me all the time, Coach if you had it to do over, (Sugar Bowl) would you have blitzed Marino on that play? And I look at them and say “well hell no I wouldn’t do that again, I know how that turned out”.
Buckeye
December 14th, 2012
11:20 am
As long as were passing out trophies for losers, let’s not forget Auburn.
SEC! SEC!
Dawglasville
December 14th, 2012
11:23 am
GTBob – If academics are so much bigger than football then why are you on here every day, every blog? Actions speak louder than words Bob. This must be pretty important to you. Coach Richt, Aaron Murray, and the UGA fan base are a pretty big priority in your life.
Don
December 14th, 2012
11:24 am
5 seconds 15 , doesn’t matter, they beat themselves with all the penalty’s and a defensive timeout in the second half because they were not set and ready when Alabama came to the ball. Plus had the ball run all over them and could not stop them. That’s what I call coaching. The Dawgs were the better team that day but beat themselves !!!!!
DawginLex
December 14th, 2012
11:27 am
anyone know if flat tire went to see the Wizard to get a fully functioning brain?
He needs to take Buckeye with him……….
Football Guy
December 14th, 2012
11:27 am
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahaha………………………
……………..
Bama Fan and former ATL resident
December 14th, 2012
11:32 am
Bama fans are giving UGA and Mark Richt more respect than some of their own fans, and certainly more than all of the media. Read the comments after the article.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/12/georgias_mark_richt_spends_mos.html#incart_flyout_sports
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
11:35 am
BigDawg
December 14th, 2012
11:12 am
“This should have never been an issue if the official had been calling an even game”
“Need to let it go but the SEC should be ashamed of themselves for allowing terrible officiating to decide a game much less your Championship game.”
They do have their excuses. Musta been the refs and not the Bama O-line punching the dawg defense in the mouth and making them cry uncle.
DawginLex
December 14th, 2012
11:38 am
The officiating was inconsistent for both sides all day long.
that didn’t lose the game
Bama has a wealth of talent returning and we do too
hopefully we play again next December
RMCD
December 14th, 2012
11:42 am
IF
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
11:42 am
Anyone know if we are getting a special teams coach that can also teach kicking
oh thats right its a no…… cause we play cutting edge FSU style football where special teams doesnt matter
Tide Rising
December 14th, 2012
11:43 am
“HAD GA MADE THAT FG EARLIER IN THE 1ST HALF. THAT MISS REQUIRES GA TO SCORE A TD AT THE END OF THE GAME. HAD THE GA KICKER MADE IT, THE SCORE WOULD HAVE BEEN 32-31 W/AL LEADING. GA NEEDS A FG TO WIN AND ODDS ARE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CHIP SHOT FROM THE 7 YD LINE OR SO AND DAWGS WIN 34-32.”
IF, IF, IF, SHOULDA, WOULDA, COULDA
And if Bama’s kicker kicked the ball a little higher a dawg defender doesn’t get a back handed block and a td on a runback which was a 10 pt swing in one play. And if Bama doesn’t mismanage the clock late in the 1st half we woulda had 2 chances to throw from the 5 for a td. And if Bama snaps the ball a split second early we woulda had a first down and momentum to score at least a fg if not a td in the 1st half. And if Bama doesnn’t throw an int in the end zone in the first half we woulda scored a td or minimally a field goal.
IF, IF, IF
shakazulugator
December 14th, 2012
11:44 am
I don’t see how reliving the game every day is gonna help Georgia get over this one. Better move on or it can stay with you into next year. I don’t think you can blame the loss on a play or two….if UGA had handled its business after Ogletree took it to the house up by 11….nobody is having this conversation and Georgia is playing ND for all the marbles and giving the rest of us a break from listening to our Alabama friends babble incessantly.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
11:45 am
GTBob – If academics are so much bigger than football then why are you on here every day, every blog? Actions speak louder than words Bob.
Because these are sports blogs and sports are fun to talk about. GT Athletics do not influence even a fraction of my everyday life, while GT Academics have completely shaped my life. To compare them is ludicrous.
Dennis
December 14th, 2012
11:46 am
Give credit to the man who did make the play. The defense tipped the ball. Game over. You lose. Again. Richt explains all that made it a great call and how it couldn’t be stopped. But it was.
Alabammy
December 14th, 2012
11:48 am
SEC announced yesterday that Quinton Dial will not be suspended…as it should be. Another “fix is in” to help Bama, right Dawgs?
DawginLex
December 14th, 2012
11:48 am
So the folks that went to UGA who have thriving careers and large salaries and are doing very well don’t exist?
Get out of your cave old man GTBob
They do exist
and some of them were athletes at UGA
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
11:50 am
I also dont see how reliving something that happened 32 yrs ago is going to allow us to move on and become an elite program
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
11:50 am
Yes, we are going to fire our TE coach and be the only team in the conference with a kicking specialist on the staff.
Beause having some of the very best kickers in the nation for most of this decade isnt really working out.
flatsdawg1
December 14th, 2012
11:51 am
If you are the coach you know that and you have to work even harder to get back there and take the sting away.This is like that game you circle every year, the Dawgs are headed in the right direction , they should have a bountiful recruiting class and reload on D and be right there next year…..First up take care of Nebraska, get those guys in the NFL and start over with some rigorous conditioning for the proposed replacements. The future looks bright for the DAWG NATION!! Even if Murray goes and I would like to see him back, our offense should be very good again.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
11:51 am
I don’t see how reliving the game every day is gonna help Georgia get over this one.
It won’t. The real purpose of this blog is that Mark is still depressed about it and we are his support group.
KD
December 14th, 2012
11:52 am
Get over it! Who is to say the outcome would have been different if Georgia had spiked the ball. The coach gets millions of dollars to make, or not, make a decision, so we have to live with it. The sun did rise the next day.
2010 Liberty Bowl Dawgs
December 14th, 2012
12:00 pm
where’s our love?
KJ
December 14th, 2012
12:01 pm
Alabammy, if things were as they should be, your dad would have pushed your mom down the stairs in her 2nd trimester. Sometimes people make the wrong decisions.
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
12:01 pm
Altamaha
I said special teams coach who knows something about kicking
and no in crucial games we continue to miss field goals and have the last decade
keep living the dream and wear you Knocking on the Door To Greatness T-shirt with pride
KJ
December 14th, 2012
12:02 pm
Also, if they passed out trophies for losers, the suckeyes would have enough to overflow the horseshoe.
dawgfacedboy
December 14th, 2012
12:03 pm
I will tell my kids about that game…and…unfortunately the way it ended. Most heartbreaking game i’ve ever been a part of. Even worse, I don’t see the dawgs competing for the East again for a while. Gurley and Marshall will be wasted for the next 2 years. Here’s hoping.
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 14th, 2012
12:04 pm
Flat, I guarantee Alta would buy a “Outback Bowl Runner-Up” t-shirt…and would wear it proudly!
dawgfacedboy
December 14th, 2012
12:05 pm
Spiking or not spiking did not lose the game. If you want to point a finger point it at the 350 rushing yards the D gave up (most of those in the 2nd half). With an 11 point lead halfway through the 3rd I figured it would be Bama running out of time.
DawginLex
December 14th, 2012
12:06 pm
Alabammy
December 14th, 2012
11:48 am
SEC announced yesterday that Quinton Dial will not be suspended…as it should be. Another “fix is in” to help Bama, right Dawgs?
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No one expected a suspension mister trailer trash
The lack of a suspension still doesn’t excuse the fact that the call was blown. Steve shaw SEC Director of Officials said it.
I guess he is a dawg homer too. Right mister sister humper???
SecFan
December 14th, 2012
12:06 pm
As far as looking back in anguish about the last 15 seconds, it seems obvious that no one is more anguished than Mark. He spent the last six months trumpeting a long-awaited national championship for Georgia, only to see his flawed analytics go down in flames for the umpteenth time. Instead of portraying the loss as simply a quirk of misfortune to make himself look good, how about a more realistic column on why an under-achieving defense full of future NFL players could not stop anyone? After all, that’s where his analysis failed and that’s the reason Georgia’s in the Capital One Bowl.
Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 14th, 2012
12:12 pm
Coward of Bulldawg County
Yes you will find that Altamaha constantly defends the coaching staff no matter what even when it was obvious Willie Martinez was not a defensive coordinator he was on here defending him
Whiznot
December 14th, 2012
12:12 pm
Murray was right–the ball should have been spiked. I guess we can’t expect a bible-thumping moron like Mark Richt to be able to think. Richt is also a total jerk for never accepting responsibility for stupid mistakes like his 2001 end-game Auburn call to run the ball on first down with 12 seconds left and no timeouts. Same kind of stupidity in year one and year twelve.
Dawg in Dallas
December 14th, 2012
12:12 pm
Man, there are some asinine comments here. Georgia didn’t lose the game because they didn’t spike the ball. They lost their opportunity at the end zone because an all-american linebacker, realizing that no one was coming into his area, decided to rush the passer, made a heads up play and tipped the ball toward a receiver that the pass was not intended for. Unfortunately, for Dog fans, that receiver was five yards short of the end zone. Georgia lost the game because Alabama rushed for 350 yards behind two first-team all-american lineman and one second team all-american lineman. Bama was better at the line fo scrimmage – Georgia was fortunate to be in a position to win the game, when right before the last drive, they had been outgained by roughly 200 yards. They showed a lot of character against the nation’s best team. As for Murray, the kid was lights out on that last drive. He stepped up twice in the pocket under pressure and delivered long strikes and moved his team downfield.
Georgia (media, fans, et al) shouldn’t focus on coming up short 15 seconds from glory, but instead on what this program has accomplished since being 0-2 at the beginning of 2011. I’m proud of this team.
aon
December 14th, 2012
12:12 pm
Yes it was a heartbreaker, but HOLY MOLEY can we just move on? It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last time a team has to deal with a devastating outcome, but that is the nature of the beast. Someone had to lose!
drsoul
December 14th, 2012
12:13 pm
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/12/14/quinton-dial-alabama-hit-aaron-murray/1769381/
Not to be biased, but this is a good ruling… Murray became a defensive player after the interception…it appears that Dial was leading with his shoulder, but could not prevent the helmet bumping…does not look like an intentional head butt…and, there is the issue…if not an ‘intentional head butt’, no suspension… was in the progress of a play that was not over…
Gator Mike
December 14th, 2012
12:15 pm
BAMA Won. Game over! C’mon Dawg Fans, you are more fun when you are not grieving so pathetically.
Here is a shot to livin you up: “My Gators will stomp your Dawgs next year”. Smile!
Go Beat Nebraska!
Merry Christmas to all.
Dawg-Gawn
December 14th, 2012
12:16 pm
What about the play in the second half, late in the third quarter when Bama had 3rd down and 5 yards to go… Richt called his first time out… next play, Bama picked up a first down, on a 6 yard run by TJ Yeldon = resulting in a wasted time-out!
The game was won, also late in the 3rd quarter (same drive?) after Bama scored the TD and Saban elected to go for two and made it on another TJ Yeldon run.
Great SECCG… this time Lady Luck smiled on Bama’s side!
“BELIEVE” in the “G”
JM
December 14th, 2012
12:16 pm
Georgia fans & sports writers will keep talking about this almost win for a long time. Truth is that last 15 seconds was the only thing that did not go Georgia’s way the whole game.
In the 2nd quarter Bama gave up at least 3 points when they threw a pass on a 3rd and goal from Georgia’s 5 and it was intercepted. As the game was close they should of run and if no TD, kick the FG. In the 3rd quarter a referee saw a Georgia player get a fingernail on a Bama pass and called it a tipped ball, thus negating a pass interference call on the dogs. The next play the FG attempt was blocked and with a lucky bounce it was returned for a TD, which does not happen very often. Anybody know the last time the dogs returned a blocked FG for a TD?
With 3:15 to go in the game Georgia lost 8 yards in 3 plays and punted. When they got the ball back with 1:08 to go the brilliant Mr. Saban & his coaches decided to use a prevent defense, something they apparently never practice. The 58 minutes & 52 seconds prior to that Murray was 13 – 26 for 189 yards. Bama’s prevent defense made him look like Johnny Unitas as he was 5 – 7 for 76 yards. After Georgia reached their 8 yard line Bama finally rushed more than 3 linemen and the pass was tipped and this “great” game as Georgia fans like to call it was finally over.
When you give up 350 yards rushing you have to get some lucky breaks to be in a game. Georgia got them and that is the only reason that last 15 seconds is being discussed.
Whiznot
December 14th, 2012
12:17 pm
Also, If time had been saved with a spike and the Dawgs ended up loosing anyhow, there would not be all of this agony and pain. Murray would be able to sleep at night. I’m 63 years old and I’ve never seen such a boneheaded decision in such a crucial situation.
Big Gator
December 14th, 2012
12:18 pm
Wow, puppies still crying over a game 2 weeks ago, talking about not use to winning, what if the Ala defense guy had caught the interception? then would these puppies still be crying, Fla lost to UGA do you still hear gators crying? , we moved on and going to the Sugar.
Mark Bradley instead of crying with these puppies why are you not asking Mark R. with all the talent in the last 15 years why no titles? instead you and the bull dog nation are looking like a school that has not won anything in the last 35 years.
I have never seen a sports writer who sucks up to a school like Mark B. scared to put Mark R. on the hot seat, and bring a higher level of expectation instead of crying, both of these men Bradley and Richt would be looking for work in Florida.
Dawglasville
December 14th, 2012
12:18 pm
GTBob – It’s just rare to read you ever discussing sports. It is a pot shot here, a pot shot there. Once in a while you get on the Tech blog and discuss a game. I saw blogging about baseball the other day.
GT Athletics do not influence a fraction of your life but UGA Atheletics do. If it didn’t you wouldn’t be on here day in day out, blog after blog, trying to convince everyone that you are superior to UGA fans.
ATLcracker
December 14th, 2012
12:20 pm
After some time now for analysis can anyone answer this question – Exactly why was our run defense so poor? Was it the players, the scheme or the technical execution. I know the easy answer for this game was just that Alabama was very good but they haven’t run that well all year and our run D struggled all year.
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
12:20 pm
We already DO have coaches on the staff that “knows something about kicking”. Obviously.
But given that our coaches are only allowed a certain amount of hours to work with our skills and specialists, I seriously doubt that hiring a special teams only coach would get to spend a lot more time with just the kickers, than what happens now.
Nor, would he to make a bigger difference that the private one on one kicking instructor that Marshall Morgan already works with now..
Whiznot
December 14th, 2012
12:23 pm
If the same situation ever presents itself the supreme idiot Richt can be guaranteed to make the same boneheaded decision. No wonder Aaron Murray can not sleep at night. The players deserve better.
too bad
December 14th, 2012
12:23 pm
Cannon’s land was just in sight!
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 14th, 2012
12:24 pm
Why isn’t anyone crying about UGA’s record vs. their last 8 quality opponents…2-6???…that would get even Saban’s seat warm…but, at UGA, they celebrate a close loss as well as a win…weird ain’t it…
Give Me a Break
December 14th, 2012
12:25 pm
Heartbreaking? Anguish? It’s a kid playing a football game. Give it up and move on with your lives.
Big Gator
December 14th, 2012
12:26 pm
Ala broke all time rushing SEC record on these losers, and yet Mark B. and the Dog nation are celebrating a moral loss.
They have only beaten 1 top ten school in years, no NAT in 35 years and acting like they play for NAT every year, talking about out of touch with reality, wow
Brent
December 14th, 2012
12:27 pm
Thats a very, very good piece about one of the most heart breaking defeats I’ve ever witnessed…. sucks it had to be against my Dawgs. All I wanted was for the Dawgs to go in the dome swinging, and boy did they. Hell of a football game and one I won’t soon forget… GO DAWGS!
Bradley exposed
December 14th, 2012
12:28 pm
Your harping and harping is really gonna paint you a poor sport.
Bob
December 14th, 2012
12:28 pm
Sure are a lot of if’s in that blog.
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
12:29 pm
Perhaps there is some more logical way to explain the lower conversion rate of 50 yard plus FG attempts.
Bradley exposed
December 14th, 2012
12:31 pm
You forget about the loss to central florida (or whomever it was) a couple of year ago. Wouldn’t just be peachy if Nebraska wins.
auburn grad
December 14th, 2012
12:32 pm
Now that UGA is starting an Engineering program, GT will evolve into a satellite campus of the University of Bejing.
Lee
December 14th, 2012
12:35 pm
Prep plans for future final seconds instructions to players is to not to catch any pass inbounds.
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 14th, 2012
12:36 pm
As long as the loss to Nebraska is close, it’s all good!
dawg collar
December 14th, 2012
12:39 pm
remember ladies, a loss is just a win turned upside down!!!!!!
CapitalOneDawg
December 14th, 2012
12:40 pm
Many readers of the AJC anguish over the continued whinning about Georgia’s final play and the eventual outcome. The fact is the bulldogs lost the game. Get over it and move on.
George
December 14th, 2012
12:40 pm
The game is over ,i would be more concerned about what nick Saben said at the end of the game ” He stated we did not play well right after the game ” That is the dam insult people that ment that he had plain to beat the hell out of the DOGS !!!!!!!
Orlando Dawg
December 14th, 2012
12:41 pm
12-2 and on a roll….Go Dawgs!
Orlando Dawg
December 14th, 2012
12:44 pm
@george….and UGA did not play well at times….sometimes you make the other team not play well dude!
33 years and counting....
December 14th, 2012
12:45 pm
2 weeks later, and the facts still remain. It’s 33 years and counting since UGA’s 1 and ONLY National Championship.
Maybe UGA can come “oh so close” again in another 30 years. hahahaha!
Chipmunk
December 14th, 2012
12:45 pm
It’s just a football game! Get over it. Are you going to whine over it for the rest of your lives?
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
12:50 pm
That whole “was defending Wiilie Martinez” straw man crap is so typical of you flat tire. I have told you 10 times what it was about the WM situation that I disagree with you about. But you really never cared about that. (and you always tried to morph to some hyperbole when I challenged you to dispute the actual point i was making)
When I didn’t trash the guy……….. or more to the point……. I didnt trash his boss. That’s all you saw. That’s all you needed to know. My actual opinion of his coaching ability was never the issue.
Bob
December 14th, 2012
12:54 pm
Nothing to hang your head about Dawgs!!! Awesome Season 11-2, Lets make it 12-2
Beat Nebraska!!!
Tucker
December 14th, 2012
12:56 pm
The UGA-Bama and LSU-Bama games were arguably the two best games of the 2012 season. Bama could easily have lost both games. UGA was trying to do to Bama what Bama did to LSU. Bama prevailed. UGA, LSU and Bama all played like champs in those games. That is what makes the SEC the supreme football conference in the nation. Now beat Nebraska, Clemson, and Notre Dame by as many points as the law allows!
15 fateful seconds
December 14th, 2012
1:05 pm
Oh, good grief. Get. Over. It. This is simultaneously my favorite Mark Bradley column of all time, and pure drivel. I’ve laughed myself almost to tears over the garbage on this page. Almost 2,300 words over one play … ONE PLAY that would have given Georgia a CHANCE TO COMPETE for a national title. This is the sad situation that is Georgia football. If the Bulldogs ever even get close to competing for a national title, it has to be talked about for years to come, because everyone understands that it may take another 20 years for it to happen again. Ah well, at least Georgia fans will eat this dog poo up and love ya for it, Bradley. “Coulda, shoulda, woulda” and “next year” are the top words in every Bulldog fan’s vocabulary.
Dum-Bass
December 14th, 2012
1:06 pm
It’s simple. You had a QB who was thinking, and knew what he should do. You had a coach(brainless) and a receiver who were intellectually inadequate and had no idea what to do. It’s simple as that. Here’s another tie-in and logical explanation that does have a connection. Even though someone about 2 weeks ago was bragging about the NFL being 70% black and 30% white, they failed to note (on purpose) that all the QBs on the teams leading their divisions currently are white. Coincidence?
Eric C.
December 14th, 2012
1:08 pm
Mark Bradley, thanks for this excellent post!
cmac22
December 14th, 2012
1:11 pm
It wasn’t the last 15 seconds that should be questioned … the ball should have been spiked after the first down pass to King. After the ball was marked & the clock started, it took Murray 9 freakin seconds to snap the ball.
No excuses
December 14th, 2012
1:14 pm
Whatever man, You should have spiked it! That was stupid.
Murray should have had ...
December 14th, 2012
1:15 pm
CONFIDENCE to run the winning play. He did not.
Aaron Murray will be forgotten within 4 or 5 years. He has won nothing for himself or UGA as QB.
The SEC all star teams validate my opinion of him. Nice kid but unable to win big in the CLUTCH will be his rap.
UGA class of 71 & 73
bobo blew it
December 14th, 2012
1:18 pm
Bobo would later tell ESPN’s Mark Schlabach that if Georgia had it to do again, it would have spiked the ball.
brilliant—bobo, you don’t have it to “do again.” You blew the BCS title on one dumb call! congrats.
Call It Like It Is
December 14th, 2012
1:22 pm
Silly….This game wasnt lost over 15 seconds. You had 60 min to score more then them and prove your the better team. You didnt, move on.
DawginLex
December 14th, 2012
1:23 pm
Shutup you ignorant gator
2 in a row
17-9
Go get your mullet trimmed
milco
December 14th, 2012
1:26 pm
one of the dumbest 15 seconds of coaching and playing in the history of sports. Spike the ball, don’t catch the ball. amazing
FLA DAWG
December 14th, 2012
1:28 pm
What a crock!
Richt absolutely blew it.
At least Bobo said we should have spiked it (afterwards).
poise
December 14th, 2012
1:29 pm
…this article is str8-up, on it…this what i’m talking about author & commenters….with that said, back to what i’ve been sayn for 2weeks….poise, thats what we all try to have doing pressure moments so i gotta contend that self esteem has to build confidence…so, who really deserve the blame idont know but i do know the georgia bulldawgs played well enuff to go to the capital one bowl….-coaches, apologize to the players they did fight the #1 ranked defense this year toe to toe but the spike was the only call, the real right call….(((murray, you need to have self-convictions when trusting your instincts no matter who might get madd, even bobo & richt…quarterbacks bump heads with decisions when they’re in the leadership role playing games for championships and won)))…i’m not even going to touch on the defense, with another rushing team in nebraska at the captial one bowl…-how the lady basketball bulldawgs doing-….what a sucker, 2shoot & kill innocent children at a elementary school
Dum-Bass
December 14th, 2012
1:31 pm
Strange that Richt says basically that they did everything right and yet they still LOST THE GAME. In hindsight one would say they did everything WRONG!
hoping that . . .
December 14th, 2012
1:35 pm
Bradley can find something else to write about.
SSIgator
December 14th, 2012
1:36 pm
Wow, another day and another “Warm & Fuzzy Feeling” UGA football story. Give it up Bradley. I would think most of the UGA fans would like to move on, but when you keep writing stories like this, all you do is encourage them to wallow around in their self-pity and cry themselves to sleep while softly sobbing into their UGA blankies.
Tell the truth
December 14th, 2012
1:37 pm
IF if’s and but’s were candy and nuts, everyboby would have a good christmas
After further review
December 14th, 2012
1:43 pm
There’s no way to know what would have happened if the ball had been spiked. Based on Coach Right’s quote above, they would have called the same play anyhow, so perhaps the result would have been the same, as well.
It was a tough loss in a great game, and I understand why Bulldog fans are still hurting after nearly two weeks. To win the SEC championship and have a shot at the national championship is a goal any Bulldog fan should have every year, and getting that close to both goals will hurt for some time.
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
1:44 pm
Well obviously they would not have the game turn out the same way, “if they had it to do over again”. I’d bet my last dollar that Bobo is no way meant that not clocking the ball was a mistake.
To say somebody blew it, indictate that you think some events directly lead to some results.
BTW<Its also known now that Bobo is not the one who decided on that. He simply called the play, to be run one way or the other. Do you seriously believe he was actually second guessing his boss on the record to ESPN.
I am still waiting for the first person, and I have asked multiple times on several threads, to explain how clocking the ball would have lead to a differnt result, if the ball gets batted to a reciever who was intended to be a decoy only.
SSIgator
December 14th, 2012
1:44 pm
I guess the next article by Bradley will be about how UGA got cheated out of the Sugar Bowl, followed by an article about how St. Markus Rectumus is the best SEC coach in the history of time, followed by an article proclaiming the 2013 UGA football team to be the usual PreSeason National Champions, followed by . . .
UGA nation...time to move on. Let it go.
December 14th, 2012
1:50 pm
Sure. I’ve had to deal with this, too. But, let’s all turn the page. The better team won. We lost. It hurts but we should continue to focus on how we can learn from the game and learn from Bama how to sustain excellence.
Credit goes to Bama b/c it has been there and done it. We haven’t learned (nor have the Braves, Falcons, Hawks, etc.) how to achieve excellence yet as a program.
It’s time to quit wallowing with woulda, coulda, and shoulda. On to Nebraska and the off season.
Danny Ford
December 14th, 2012
1:51 pm
Alabama will best represent the SEC in a national championship game. With a better quarterback & coach they will easily win by 24 points.
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
1:51 pm
The reason Bobo even questions it in hindsight was that Conley lined up wrong and cost them about 4 seconds before the snap.
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
1:55 pm
Richt: “Part of going no-huddle is when you have the defense on the run you snap the ball again. You don’t need to stop play. Play was stopped because we had a first down. With 15 seconds, strategically if you are able to call a play and it’s incomplete you have time for two more plays. You can run three plays. You want to give yourself as many opportunities as you can. If you clock the ball you probably only get two shots.”
Somebody tell me where the logic is wrong.
SSI Gator (rebuttal)
December 14th, 2012
1:59 pm
17-9. Replay that in your head 24-7 365 how bout.
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
1:59 pm
Murray………It was there. It was open. We liked our matchup.
I agree. Looking at the replay, the defender had his back to the play, as soon as Mitchell stop and jumps that ball is right there. At best the defender reacts in time to impair Mitchell cleanly coming down with it.
unless somebody alters the path.
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
2:03 pm
Somebody tell me where the logic is wrong.
There is a very low percentage of having all of the offensive players ready for what is going to be the most important play of their lives. I would disagree with only getting two shots also. I think with as close as UGA was, they would have gotten three opportunities and all three could have been discussed before the play started. Richt didnt want to play a chess match against Saban, he wanted to try to catch him off guard and he payed for it.
Aaron Ashmore
December 14th, 2012
2:04 pm
Can the AJC PLEASE STOP writing the same article over and over. This is getting to be a bit much.
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
2:17 pm
Nope Bob, that have run that all year. And they run the drill after practice every day.
And he already said , catching (saban as you call it, although that is a silly point) off guard was never his goal. Unless you simple know more about what Richt thinks , than Richt.
AltamahaDawg
December 14th, 2012
2:31 pm
Although I have said, the Get everybody better set” is the ONLY argument that anybody could make. So good for you. You are the first person to even attempt an explaintion. everybody else has argued that not clocking the ball means we only get one shot at he endzone, which is utterly false.
I just think that the chances that Conley would have lined up wrong knowing what the play was, is FAR less than the chances that the Alabama defender, backpeddling from that long completion, is going to be in a good position to defend that back shoulder pass. And IMO, the replay shows he was not.
SAL
December 14th, 2012
2:31 pm
No NC with CMR ever!!
Old Dog Class of 80
December 14th, 2012
2:38 pm
The Dawgs played a great game against Bama. I was afraid going in that it would be a blow-out. More of these type games are what we need.
That being said, I don’t look at the last 15 seconds. I look back at Saban’s decision to go for two point conversion. If he had not done that, we most likely would have kicked a field goal to tie and send the game into overtime. If he had not MADE the two points, we would have (hopefully) kicked a field goal and WON. As it was, we didn’t have that option. My question is: on the last TD by Georgia, why didn’t Mark Richt go for two points? Then he would not have been down 4 at the end, requiring a touchdown? Is Saban that much smarter than Richt? Richt could have copied Saban. Maybe he knew we didn’t have much chance of making the two points. Then we would have lost by 5 rather than by four.
Old Dog Class of 80
December 14th, 2012
2:40 pm
Where did our time-outs go?
bill
December 14th, 2012
2:50 pm
sort of evens up that lateral with the knee down play from many years ago. I think it was that cheatin’ Dooley’s first big victory.
maddawg
December 14th, 2012
2:54 pm
SSIgator – Honestly I would rather be playing Nebraska in the Cap 1 than Loouisville in the Sugar… All the hype about the 5 BCS bowls… only one really matters and UGA was the 3rd team out…. the only team that earned the shot besides Bama and ND.
pb
December 14th, 2012
2:54 pm
“15 fateful seconds.” Yes it was, but what is point talking about it now? Doesn’t really matter.”Will hurt for generations.” A little dramatic maybe ? Also, should not say “UGA was 5 yards away from NC game.” Point is, they did not make the five yards. That little difference is why Alabama won. LIfe and bowl game slots not based on “What ifs.”
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
3:01 pm
Nope Bob, that have run that all year. And they run the drill after practice every day.
The players practice a lot of things all year. It doesn’t mean much when they are hurrying up the field in a critical moment with their blood pumping at incredible rates. The smart play would have been to spike it, get everyone on the same page, get everyone ready to go, and take two or possibly three good shots at the end zone. Hurrying things didn’t help them at all. It was a mental coaching breakdown that cost them the season.
UGA = Yawn
December 14th, 2012
3:03 pm
Spike was the only thing to do. The QB knew it – he motioned to the coaches to spike. What would you expect Richt and the other coaches to say??? ‘We should have spiked the ball to collect ourselves. We made the wrong call.’ They would never admit it. UGA loss, not because of a QB who understood what should have been done, but because of bonehead coaching. Welcome to our world!
Ed
December 14th, 2012
3:10 pm
We’re starting to get a little overdramatic with these articles Bradley. Georgia lost. It ripped my heart out the moment it happened, and it sucked for a day or two after that, then life goes on. Looking forward to watching my Dawgs get after Nebraska on New Year’s Day.
And for those still moaning about a BCS snub – I’ll take a matchup against Nebraska over one against Louisville or Northern Illinois any day, regardless of what name you call the bowl.
UGA = Yawn
December 14th, 2012
3:10 pm
Oh and PS: I’m glad your coaches chose not to spike it.
SSIgator
December 14th, 2012
3:11 pm
GTBob -
You have got some nerve to question the Yoda of all things UGA football. No guest invitation to the next Kool-Aid Club meeting for you.
Ed
December 14th, 2012
3:13 pm
How good is this offense going to be next year? If we can find away to outperform expectations on defense, and get a reliable kicking game, who knows what will happen next year.
p
December 14th, 2012
3:19 pm
Get over it……you can dwell upon the last “15″ seconds forever, but it will not change the outcome of the game
HawksFanSince'89
December 14th, 2012
3:22 pm
Football 101, under a minute left in the game, spike the ball to preserve the clock.
Get Over It - ROLL TIDE ROLL!
December 14th, 2012
3:27 pm
Get Over It – put on your big boy pants and Get Over It – You lost in 60 minutes regulation time – ROLL TIDE ROLL!
James
December 14th, 2012
3:29 pm
Richt is ALWAYS one play away. ALWAYS will be. He let his kids down – they played terrific and tough. Proud of team, not proud in any shape or form of the head coach. Millions upon millions paid out to him for 2 conf championships in 11 yrs. Meanwhile our rivals win national championships. But we are stuck with him – Droopy Dawg, our AD has no desire to win at all cost ( within rules ).
Pitbull
December 14th, 2012
3:32 pm
I am proud of you guys.
Lesser teams would have quit. You didn’t.
Shake it off and take it out on Nebraska.
Hit them hard, fast, and often. Come home with a W.
SSIgator
December 14th, 2012
3:41 pm
GTBob -
I’d also like to extend you an invitation to the pants party
Pitbull
December 14th, 2012
3:45 pm
PS If anyone wants to play the “what if” game then what if Georgia makes the field goal they missed in the first quarter for a one point difference in the game.
They get down to the 8 yard line at the end of the game, spike the ball and kick another field goal to win it. It didn’t happen.
You win as a team and you lose as a team.
The Capital One Bowl is a winner for getting Georgia vs Nebraska.
The Cotton Bowl is a winner for getting Texas A&M vs Oklahoma.
The Peach Bowl is a winner for getting LSU vs Clemson.
Wonder how the people at the Rose, Sugar, and Orange are feeling about their matchups.
Paul Johnson
December 14th, 2012
3:48 pm
El Paso is the new Boise!
FootballTopFan(c)
December 14th, 2012
4:15 pm
The Georgia Bulldogs and their fans will have to deal with the final seconds of the SEC Championship game against Alabama for a long, long time.
The DAWGS had a chance to win the game with good clock management from Coach Mark Richt and Offensive Coordinator Mike Bobo.
It may be generations before the Georgia Bulldogs ever get this close again.
Two new football monsters have been added to the SEC equation. The Missouri Tigers and the Texas A&M Aggies will make the football journey to SEC Champions a lot harder.
Football Top Fans and football fans nationwide anxiously await the National Championship game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Alabama Crimson Tide !!!
GTBob
December 14th, 2012
4:17 pm
The Capital One Bowl is a winner for getting Georgia vs Nebraska.
So far UGA has sold around 10,000 tickets and Nebraska has sold less than 4,000. Tickets are going for $17 on stubhub. Im not sure that is much of a winner.
jerry
December 14th, 2012
4:26 pm
Murray should have put more air under the ball and maybe it would not have been tipped.
James
December 14th, 2012
4:30 pm
Oh my gosh, spike the ball. This all sounds like some sort of therapy session. Georgia will forever lament this loss. Not spiking the ball was probably the biggest oops if the entire 2012 college football season.
poise
December 14th, 2012
4:33 pm
…talking about tradition in miami this year, norte dame vs. alabama (((-not going there with the other-)))….i’m looking forward to it, something deep down keep telling me i’m happy to see the gold helmets back… the black cleats, the 2nd best uniforms ever & the play like a champion, never big on rudy tho but….ukno, a great poise story…-
poise
December 14th, 2012
4:41 pm
…i’m going for norte dame, i dont like nobody else in the SEC perios….-tired of this best league crap anyway, play each week to win & luckily be undefeated then thats the only defense against what ifs, do it agains & wait until next year…dont think the fight irish, cant recruit size, speed & power…
John
December 14th, 2012
4:43 pm
For God’s sake, man, please move on. can’t you write about anything else?
poise
December 14th, 2012
4:48 pm
….nothing more to move on except the national championship game
32-28
December 14th, 2012
5:11 pm
Who is taking this loss worse, Mark Bradley or UGA fans?
Man Mark the pain you are suffering is in your writing.
See you in Miami.
Columbus
December 14th, 2012
5:20 pm
ALL of you people getting on UGA fans saying get over it and it wasnt going to be a TD anyway. Shutup. HAd it not been a TD UGA had ANOTHER 2 PLAYS. That was the plan. There was nothign wrong with not spiking the ball and hindsight is 50/50. Now go root for your own pathetic teams instead of hating on a team SIGNIFICANTLY better than yours that probably BEAT YOUR TEAM THIS YEAR…..you have no ground to stand on and you are jealous haters…..TD or incompletion and the ball was SHORT ON PURPOSE….AND MITCHELL CAN DO AMAZING THINGS WITH THE BALL WHEN HE GETS HIS FINGERS ON IT….YOU DONT KNOW JACK.
CONGRATS UGA PLAYERS AND COACHES AND FANS
FLA DAWG
December 14th, 2012
5:30 pm
With 15 seconds, 2 or 3 plays, incredible field position and an arm like Murray’s I’d say there was a good chance of winning that game.
Richt is an absolute boob – again.
He always blows the bigs ones.
2 – 13 v ranked opponents since 2008.
FLA DAWG
December 14th, 2012
5:32 pm
Which bowl is GT in?
BamaBill
December 14th, 2012
6:30 pm
Lord, if you don’t give it up now it’s going to haunt you forever. Game is over, no second guessing…A great team beat a great team..too bad someone had to lose. It was one of the best games I’ve ever seen in my fifty years…Both coaches made mistakes, and to be honest I can’t say that the play was a mistake. We just happened to have the right defense called for it. I just wish ya’ll could have gotten into a BCS bowl instead of playing a 2nd rate Nebraska team in Florida (although there are worse places to be)…Good Luck!
UGA = Yawn
December 14th, 2012
6:50 pm
Which bowl? LOL. We’re playing the USC Trojans. Gt and USC – two teams steeped in football tradition that very few can rival – and UGA can NOT!
Ace
December 14th, 2012
7:18 pm
UGA cannot win the big one, chokers.
SoCal Dawg
December 14th, 2012
7:19 pm
The coaches all know that Gurley could have done a better job at pass protection on that fateful last play. http://www.coachhoover.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-georgia-lost-sec-championship-rb.html
Ace
December 14th, 2012
7:20 pm
Bite the moderater
kingdaddy
December 14th, 2012
7:30 pm
Yawn
GT has a great tradition of getting thumped by these Doggies…
kingdaddy
December 14th, 2012
7:33 pm
USC will beat Tech by 50, but Tech will probably run for 600 yards…yeah, that’ll show em, lol…
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 14th, 2012
8:29 pm
For you old dogs that haven’t yet been put to sleep…1965 UGA scored a flea flicker pass play where the receivers knee was on the ground (without a doubt) and UGA beat Bama. Problem is the Bama team overcame and won the NC regardless by beating the shat out of you guessed it New-Braska in the Orange Bowl. Move along.
Greg
December 14th, 2012
8:54 pm
How long is the AJC going to beat the ish out this game.. Guess what..They lost! Roll Tide!
Go Tech
December 14th, 2012
9:42 pm
Get a life doggies! For how long are you going to cry over this game?
Tmgotech
December 14th, 2012
10:11 pm
“when you have the defense on the run you snap the ball again. You don’t need to stop play.”
And yet, ‘Bama defensed it perfectly. All receivers were covered, the pass rush disrupted Murray and deflected the ball, and the corners reacted to the throw and tackled the receiver before he could score or get out of bounds.
Shows me who had the better coaching and personnel on the field that game for sure.
SPURRIER IS IN UGA'S HEAD
December 14th, 2012
10:14 pm
now you know how the Gator fans felt in that heart breaking, “Run Lindsay Run” moment. And kind of the same feeling the Gator fans probably had this season.
Regardless, life goes on, and it’s not about one game, but about building a program of consistency like Bama has for now. They won’t be on top forever though. Nobody is. Saban is having a nice run, but for crying out loud it’s at Bama. Who couldn’t win there if you were a half decent coach. If he wants to impress somebody, go to a school that has never had a winning program like Duke, Vandy, etc. If he’s really any good he would have stayed at Mich. State or the Dolphins and won.
Flying Tigers
December 14th, 2012
10:22 pm
These type chances only come to most schools (team) very rarely. Yeah Bama has got it going on now, but bs (before Sabin) where were they? Richt is a good coach, not great, but he might have just missed his best chance at a NC for years to come, or ever. However, you can always, for the most part, count 10 wins a season and a decent bowl with Richt and with the “schedules” he has had to play the past 2 years.
shorty
December 14th, 2012
10:51 pm
if murray wasn’t so short, the ball wouldn’t be tipped and ga wins! next time, ga needs to recruit taller QBs and not 5-11 inch players.
Russa
December 14th, 2012
10:57 pm
I think it’s time to move on …. think about the bowl game, next year, and beyond … not keep looking back at a Loss
GT FAN
December 14th, 2012
11:02 pm
Let’s get one thing straight! The ONLY reason Georgia was even in this game was because of thier cushy schedule – one we all acknowledged before the 2012 season began. Now – here they are playing for a chance to go for the national championship – and they end up blowing it! Pure and simple – Forget about all the what-ifs – YOU BLEW a golden opportunity – and it’s not only frustrating but it’s embarassing because Alabama played a crappy mistake filled game – and STILL BEAT YOU. Go cry and pi$$ and moan somewhere else where someone cares! Hey Bradley – Homey! You’re really hurting for material. Is this all you plan to put out until the bowls start?
Justin
December 14th, 2012
11:33 pm
Longest article Mark’s ever written. And maybe the first one I didn’t finish. Guess it was written for UGA die-hards.
short memories
December 14th, 2012
11:56 pm
Richt can’t admit he should have spiked the ball. At least Bobo says they should have. The essence of the problem with Richt is his failure to admit when things should have been different. Those who refuse to learn from history are destined to repeat it. This is why he can’t win the big one.
I Was Sinking Deep In Sin
December 15th, 2012
12:36 am
Kudos to AUBDAWG (page 1). He absolutely nails the analysis.
WHO CARES
December 15th, 2012
2:22 am
Time to get over it. Next.
Rick in Warner Robins
December 15th, 2012
5:29 am
Oh give it a rest, UGA was not going to beat Bama no matter what. Being the chokers they are, they didn’t have a chance from the beginning. Had Bama not gotten screwed on that so-called tipped pass (that was clearly untouched) they’d have gotten the interference call and gone on and scored. UGA was just lucky they didn’t get beat worse than they did. Cornhuskers will handle them with ease.
Smokewagon
December 15th, 2012
7:05 am
I was just starting to heal from the gut wretching loss to Penn State in 82 and then this occurred.
The New Horizon
December 15th, 2012
7:13 am
I have the game on my DVR, and I’ve replayed the last fifteen seconds at least a dozen times. It’s a case study in mismanaging the clock and the game. What else would you expect from a 3rd rate wannabe coach like Richt?
And it’s fifteen very satisfying seconds watching the low class leghumpers going down to the superbly coached scholar-athletes of Alabama.
Buckeye
December 15th, 2012
7:33 am
Morning dogs,
Today, we all cry for Newtown, CT and 26 families. Parents still have kindergartners lying in blood together in a classroom and can not go to them. Unimaginable.
salsaman
December 15th, 2012
7:34 am
The best thing about this game is listening to Bradley whine and cry so much. It was a very good football game but not the classic Bradley proclaims it to be. A classic is when the team scores
the TD and wins not when they screw up!
Look at UGA’s and Murray’s record against top ten teams. This was no different. They lost.
One last time. Get over it. You had your chance and blew it and i doubt you will get another one anytime soon.
SEC: Jaworski raps Nick Saban; Florida visits Arizona | John Clay's Sidelines
December 15th, 2012
8:07 am
[...] looks back in anguish at its fateful 15 [...]
Faulkville Dawg
December 15th, 2012
8:08 am
In my opinion the Dawg d Line was worn out by having to play the option the 2 weeks before this game. I believe the cumulative effect of playing those 2 teams and all the rushing plays they run plus being in pads all week to prepare for the option just wore the d-line down. I wish we could drop Tech until CPJ is gone.
phil
December 15th, 2012
8:16 am
They handled it by choking. Coaches, players, you name it. It is what it is. Men step up when it matters. Here, they fell on their faces. So be it.
kaput
December 15th, 2012
8:21 am
The part I love is that you guys are still living the nightmare.
lol
We (did) Run The East
December 15th, 2012
8:21 am
It was all there for the Dawgs to take, but CMR blew it! Plain and simple, CMR screwed up! Admit it Dawg fans. Better get your mind right for Nebraska or Dawgs move to 3rd in East again, just like last years end of year rankings.
In my eye, UGA lost all respect when they where smacked in the mouth on Oct 6th by SC and just rolled over and played dead. That UGA team did not deserve a shot at NC.
beamMe
December 15th, 2012
8:38 am
spike the ball–get 3 plays–win the game. Very simple.
1980—a long time ago.
AltamahaDawg
December 15th, 2012
8:48 am
Last 3 posters could not explain thier post if thier pants were on fire. I know. I’ve asked. Conformist nonsence copied from each other..
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 15th, 2012
8:51 am
what we can take from the game is….don’t ask Mark Richt why he can’t beat someone on the big stage.
and
Nick Saban is short …but looks tall when standing on the big stage receiving another trophy…Jordan Jenkins
Georgiee defense is pretty dang good I think but not at the level as thought …right Rambo
The next time the UGA AD goes public and puts Mike Slive and the SEC in a position they don’t want to be will not happen….right Greg
Coward of Bulldawg County
December 15th, 2012
8:59 am
you can “what if” this till the cows come home…deal in facts dummies…in your last 8 games against top competition (2xFlorida, 2x South Carolina, LSU, Bama, Boise State, Michigan State) your precious little bulldogs are an amazingly poor 2-6…after next season, you could easily be riding a 2-10 three year stretch and you think you deserve national recognition?…yeah, right….keep celebrating close losses and wins over Buffalo and Tech…
Jon Gloer
December 15th, 2012
8:59 am
One thing I have learned in 30 years of coaching is that most of you should have gone into coaching.Aubdawg looks like he already is a head coach.Go sit in a film room one week and break down film for 30 hours…
Joey
December 15th, 2012
9:12 am
Good morning, Buckeye. Here’s a little something you might be interested in reading. I’ll try to refrain from laughing . . . . . . . sorry, I just can’t. Hahahaha.
http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/maurice_clarett_i_got_paid_more_in_college_than_i_do_now_in_the_ufl/12439528?linksrc=home_x_rg_head_12439528
Joey
December 15th, 2012
9:26 am
“In my eye, UGA lost all respect when they where smacked in the mouth on Oct 6th by SC and just rolled over and played dead.”
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We Ran the East One Year, what does that eye of yours tell you about a team that got beat 44-11?
Legacy of Losers-Crap Fan
December 15th, 2012
9:26 am
Cliff is an idiot!!! How can anyone defend the coaching staff in the final seconds of this game is beyond me. This defines the coaching staff at UGA. Unable to make quality decisions in highly charged competitive games. And as long as UGA maintains the pee wee/t-bat mentality of; oh, well we almost did it; give everyone a game ball/trophy….it will never change.
Get the water girl off the frickin’ field, grow some balls and imitate Saban!!!!!!!1
Big Time Loser
December 15th, 2012
9:33 am
You guys celebrate losses?? Can I join your fanbase? I’ve been looking for a group like this all my life. Sounds like we have alot in common. Yeah, GO DAWGS! Man that felt natural! LOSERS UNITE! We now have a home!
Joey
December 15th, 2012
9:35 am
You’re right Legacy, anybody could call plays that move a team 80 yards in 50 seconds with no timeouts, on the best D in the country, only to be denied a TD because of a tipped pass.
Fire their asses!
The fact that you called ANYBODY an idiot is remarkable . . .
Big Time Loser
December 15th, 2012
9:44 am
What makes it so cool to join the Bulldog Fanclub is you can make wild assumptions like “we would have scored if it hadn’t been for that tipped pass”. Even though history indicated differently, as a Dawg fan, I can buck the trend of history and say we would have won, and almost everyone will agree with me! This is sweet! Thanks for letting me in the club.
BOY THAT DAWG IS UGLY
December 15th, 2012
9:47 am
Are we still talking about this? Geez…..you may want to focus on the Cornhuskers. When you get through reliving this you may want to relive Herschel’s running over Bill Bates.
SHUT UP TECH !!!!!!!!!!
December 15th, 2012
9:52 am
shut up tech you will never get there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JDawg
December 15th, 2012
9:56 am
Don’t you just love the posts from the GT fans. They spend more time commenting on the Bulldogs, because they envy the Dawg Nation, and are so insecure about their own lame team. Very sad group of people. GT fans, focus on your own team and what it needs to be relevant, then come back when you have done something. Pitiful.
Go Tech
December 15th, 2012
10:59 am
I had heard of Weimaraner dogs, but until recently I had not heard of Whiner dogs.
They thought they were good enough to beat Bama (we knew better).
But now they are in their proper place, a non BCS bowl.
The Capitol One bowl………………..ha ha ha ha ha.
bamaguy
December 15th, 2012
11:07 am
“spike the ball and we win the game” is making some pretty strong assumptions, there.
But that said, it will be interesting to see how good UGA is next year. Alabama has had major migrations to the NFL for the past three seasons and still puts a championship caliber team on the field. My opinion of Coach Richt and his recruiting/coaching ability will all rest on how good UGA is next year.
Lol
December 15th, 2012
11:20 am
Lol. The biggest win in Georgia history? No wonder you lost.
bamaguy
December 15th, 2012
11:22 am
It was one of the most exciting games I have witnessed in years (Rocky Block in 2009 comes close). Don’t do like Alabama did in 2008 and go lose to Nebraska (Uath) in the bowl game just because you are disappointed in the SECCG loss.
poise
December 15th, 2012
11:56 am
…after checking back from time to time, gt fans get really ecstatic 2c georiga lose on national television dont you…eh eh eh, really dont make a difference if its the #1, #2 or any rank team…and yes i’m lol, bcuz who or what is a Georgia Tech receives bowl waiver…oh well good luck, and i like georgia tech except when they play georgia….poise
SSIgator
December 15th, 2012
11:57 am
This is still going? Wow, put another log on the fire and break out the VHS tape of the 1980 NC game, if you are going to keep re-living something.
poise
December 15th, 2012
12:22 pm
…alabama, florida, tennessee or south caroline…ima neva recognize you by the nickname-code of being friends or liking your team, its just tough love i wish neva exist but we all know better…we lost, i’ve accepted and the last game of the year i would love 2c georgia to smack nebraska around….-prolly wont happen tho, damn right i’ll settle for a 12 win season i’m not stupid-
Scott Brantley
December 15th, 2012
12:46 pm
Old news, Dawgs! The Tide Rolled, The Dawgs did Fold! Notre Dame don’t want none! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Piney Woods Pete
December 15th, 2012
2:01 pm
The last fifteen seconds epitomizes the 3rd rate coaching at UGA and the lack of intelligence by the UGA players.
Joey
December 15th, 2012
2:59 pm
What does a 6-7 record in the LIGHTWEIGHT acc epitomize, Piney Peter?
SatillaDawg
December 15th, 2012
3:13 pm
Great effort Dawgs, but I’m with Aaron on this one.
Spike the ball. Get organized. Then run the play.
Oh well. Settle in, long-suffering Bulldawg fans.
It could be another 32 years before we again get this close to the National Championship game.
Glad I was at UGA for that glorious 1980 season.
Glory, Glory to Old Georgia.
Techster
December 15th, 2012
3:28 pm
You’re pathetic dog fans. Quit blubbering and man up. You lost to a better team.
Johnny Vaught
December 15th, 2012
5:24 pm
Get over it Homer. Old news. How long are you going to keep dredging this up. They got beat. Live with it.
Stinger 2
December 15th, 2012
5:49 pm
Mark: Have you thought about or decided what your next story will be about?
I for one cannot wait for something new.
DONNAN OF A NEW ERA
December 15th, 2012
5:50 pm
“The Bulldogs look back in anguish”
Get over it already. The DWAGS lost.
DONNAN OF A NEW ERA
December 15th, 2012
5:51 pm
“You’re pathetic dog fans. Quit blubbering and man up. You lost to a better team.
They can’t get over it because they have NOTHING else to talk about.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 15th, 2012
7:50 pm
Time to move on. Eddie lacey has left the building just like Elvis.
Techster
December 15th, 2012
7:55 pm
It has got to where dog fans are not only embarrassing themselves but the whole state of Georgia too.
Mudcatjoe
December 15th, 2012
8:28 pm
You got your asses kicked! Get over it. Move on!
Buzz2011
December 15th, 2012
8:41 pm
Big basketball game at Stedgeman tonight. There must have
been at least 150 people at the game. The Dawgs lost again
and look like a high school practice squad…
Mark
December 15th, 2012
8:47 pm
Going to watch the game again tonight. The ending is the best.
Mark
December 15th, 2012
8:50 pm
Love the ending of the game. Watch it over and over.
phil
December 15th, 2012
9:20 pm
We will never get over it. EVER!! Richt blew it and ruined many lives in the process….
phil
December 15th, 2012
9:21 pm
And fire mark fox!! I said it two yrs ago, yet here we still are.
stendek
December 15th, 2012
9:57 pm
Hi Mark. Sorry to vent here but Chippy Powerless has blocked me for a reason known only to him. Pertains to Mr Choke Aaron Murray. Please bear with me. It is Christmas. Almost…Definitely time for Aaron Murray to test Canadian Football League and National Football League waters. Actually that should have occurred three seasons ago! QB who always choked on big stage will be quickly forgotten by Bulldog Nation. Mind has tendency to block out really unpleasant memories. If only the Dawgs had a QB with heart against Bama. What might have been! NC #2. Oh well. (Thanks) Merry Christmas buddy.
stendek
December 15th, 2012
9:59 pm
Hi Mark. Sorry to vent here but Chippy Powerless has blocked me for a reason known only to him. Pertains to Mr Disappears In Big Games Aaron Murray. Please bear with me. It is Christmas. Almost…Definitely time for Aaron Murray to test Canadian Football League and National Football League waters. Actually that should have occurred three seasons ago! QB who always failed to deliver on big stage will be quickly forgotten by Bulldog Nation. Mind has tendency to block out really unpleasant memories. If only the Dawgs had a QB with heart against Bama. What might have been! NC #2. Right Russ, uh, UGA? Oh well. (Thanks) Merry Christmas buddy.
Son of Roaring Dan
December 15th, 2012
10:09 pm
All this discussion and almost none on the unbelievable athletic play CJ Mosely made in tipping that ball. All the talk about whether the ball should have been spiked, etc is just patent second guessing: the story is a great player made a great play to win the game. That play should forever be known as “The Tip Play.”
mobon
December 16th, 2012
12:41 am
will uga print up t-shirts and make a video for this “moral victory” since they came close?
shorty
December 16th, 2012
12:43 am
aaron murray—too short to be an elite SEC QB—too many passes batted down
captguitarman
December 16th, 2012
3:26 am
Sorry, but they messed up badly. I realize that by confirming over and over again to themselves that not spiking the ball with 15 seconds left was the right move, that makes the pain somewhat easier to take. We lost, but we did the right thing at the end. They gave up the chance to pause, think, huddle, plan, and most importantly, two more shots instead of just the one they got. Yes, the tip and the instinctive catch in the open field were defining factors, but if you watch that play very carefully, Georgia rushed it, and sorry again, the trajectory of that ball and the coverage on the receiver would not have resulted in a touch down if it had not been tipped. And end zone fade patterns require surgical precision – and are not the best choice when the team and the quarterback are in a rush to run the play. The results speak for themselves. The ball should have been spiked. Yes, Bama’s defense would have re-set, but the offense had them reeling, and a few seconds and a thought out play calling on the next two pass plays would have over come that. Yes, it makes you feel better, but it was a huge error in play calling that cost Georgia, who out played Bama in every area except stopping their relentless and pounding running game, the trip to the BCS championship.
Georgia
December 16th, 2012
4:25 am
It takes three months to get over a loss like that. Until then, we’ll all continue to babble incoherently like the coach. Hold on, Georgia. Hold on.
Stinger 2
December 16th, 2012
5:03 am
Paul Johnson was severely criticized for his comments on how close GT came to winning the Va. Tech and Miami games (both OT losses) this year. Now UGA fans
are talking about how close they came to winning against Alabama two weeks after the game.
Indydawg
December 16th, 2012
7:03 am
Wow. Slow news cycle. The loss was bad, but it’s not a national tragedy people. Not even a grassy knoll conspiracy. A great ESPN special ten years from now maybe– that I won’t watch. Pretty clear to me. This just reinforces the fact that the talent is still better than the coaching entrusted with it. Hopefully we’ll get smarter, but we’ve peaked under this staff. It’s time to get serious about winning football games. The players are saying the right things, but I think many of them may change their minds privately down the road.
Beyond spiking the ball (which in that situation was the right play), someone should have asked their “disciplined and principled” coach, why these qualities doesn’t translate to the field on Saturdays. We are historically sloppy, even against lesser opponents. CMR gets too much of a pass on that account.
Oh yeah, and that issue of being ran on consistently when it matters….And Bobo’s need to call 3 straight passes quite often during games despite the slew of running backs we’ve had over the years.
You look back on this period of football in respect to us playing Alabama and you will take this game and the Blackout game. Two of the most demoralizing losses in UGA history. The rest of this is window dressing.
This is the respect we’ve gotten– glamorizing a game we didn’t win and should have won, and to make it worse, Bama gets to play a guy in the National Championship game who delivered one of the worst cheap shots of all time. Tell me how we came out ahead on this. We have great guys who work hard and have character? So. We’ll get good recruits. So. We always get good recruits.
It’s been 12 years with this guy people….
Big Al
December 16th, 2012
7:11 am
Will the crying never stop?
Bahia Minette
December 16th, 2012
8:00 am
MURRAY: “And we about did it again.”
Right, and if a pig had wings, it could fly.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 16th, 2012
8:16 am
Why is it nobody ever comes after the assistant coaches or head coach at UGA? Every year Bama has to upgrade salary for coach after to coach to keep them . FSU is taking our safety coach Jeremy Pruitt as their new DC and trying to get our RB coach Burns as well as Lance Thompson. All to the ACC. Everybody we have on staff including the guy that airs the footballs has been contacted about jobs. Do UGA folks have that problem? I didn’t think so.
Hey Mark….why not contact the UGA AD and ask him how his meeting with Slive went! Now that should be a hoot then again he still might be under his desk.
FireMarkRichtNow.com
December 16th, 2012
8:16 am
The failure to spike the ball was clearly one of many screw-ups by UGA’s 3rd rate coaching staff. Mark Richt is just plain lying.
Saban Never Sleeps
December 16th, 2012
8:17 am
Yes, a devastating loss for the Leg Humper nation. You were owned by the Bama running game. They spread you wide and kept ramming it in until you moaned and moaned and yelled that you liked it. Then you whine like little babies over a football hit on your QB..the same QB that had his house rolled and egged after the USC game. While you conveniently overlook the eye gouging and leg twisting by your own thugs. Next will be your Saban cheats and we have more morals and classier than them dribble while again claiming yourselfs the #1 team in the offseason while posting bail for half the team. Bama owns you! Always have and always will. Next time, spread a little wider and moan a little louder.
Georgia
December 16th, 2012
8:22 am
Like I said, we’ll all continue to babble incoherently, like the coach, until the minimum of three months it takes to get over the loss of a game that we coulda, woulda, and shoulda won. And furthermore, blipple blapple puddle poo…..
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
December 16th, 2012
8:47 am
Any more dawgs arrested today?
2013!
December 16th, 2012
9:14 am
The dogs got hosed by the refs the whole game or they would have won! Mark this down, next year the dogs will win the sEC—they will have the best offense in the league!!!
Joey
December 16th, 2012
9:33 am
“Now UGA fans are talking about how close they came to winning against Alabama two weeks after the game.”
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You need to reread the comments, Stinger. Your comment should read:
Now Tech fans (in the dozens) are still talking about UGA vs Alabama two weeks after the game.”
Escaped from Email Purgatory
December 16th, 2012
10:03 am
Great article. But the excruciating detail providedonly compounds Dawg fans misery. It was that close. And it seems there was no wrong call or failure of execution – including by the ‘Bama kid who tipped Murray’s pass.
If CMR’s Dawgs had lost other big games in such a noble fashion, nimrods like me wouldn’t be so critical of him.
Where do the Dawgs under CMR go from here? Do they (does he) build on this? Or will the program follow a Braves-like pattern of earning big game opportunities and failings spectacularly once there.
wastedyears
December 16th, 2012
10:52 am
go georgia and play your meanlingless game in orlando, nobody cares if you win or lose …you lost yourbig game and nebraska lost theirs ….they should call it the losers bowl this year…i wouldnt go if the tickets were free…this was your year and you blew it …next time SPIKE THE BALL in the words of the immortal fred sanford ….YOU BIG DUMMY!!!!!!
Nell in Adel
December 16th, 2012
11:42 am
In the picture you can see Murray screaming at Conley because Conley was too stupid to just knock the ball down for an incomplete pass, which would have stopped the clock with about four seconds left – time enough for one more play. On the other hand, Murray has no room to criticize, since he was too stupid to spike the ball with fifteen seconds left.
When you get right down to it, very few of Richt’s players have enough intelligence to succeed at anything in this world, so expecting them to make wise decisions in pressure situations just isn’t very realistic for these goons.
Mr.Phoenix
December 16th, 2012
11:44 am
REGGIE WHO?
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 16th, 2012
11:48 am
not much going on today…..this subject is old..
Sven Ottke
December 16th, 2012
11:58 am
I see it’s still flooding in Athens. Please for the love of all that is holy, stop the whining and crying. You lost fair and square. Get over it!!
Red Stick
December 16th, 2012
12:51 pm
When Georgia got the first down at the 8, the clock was stopped with 15 seconds left. If they would have spiked it there would have been at least 13 seconds left, that’s time for 2 plays and maybe even 3.
That’s just poor coaching. If Miles had done that, the media would still be talking about it.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
Red Stick
December 16th, 2012
12:56 pm
Also, when Georgia decided not to spike it, 6 seconds elapsed as the ball wasn’t snapped until 9 seconds were left.
short memories
December 16th, 2012
1:02 pm
The comment that Murray was too stupid to spike the ball was way off. While I have not been a fan of Murray, Murray was calling to spike the ball and was over ruled by the incompetent coaching that can’t think under pressure. Don’t blame this one on Murray, he took them down the field and probably would have won the game if it were not for the coaching.
TCM
December 16th, 2012
2:08 pm
This was a GREAT game and I was proud of the way UGA hung in there.. Losing is losing which WE ALL KNOW happens. The reason this loss stings so much is that with all the great effort, the coaching staff ROBBED the kids of their oppty to win the game at the end by not spiking the ball. Once again, coaching was to blame.
The ONLY thing I blame Aaron Murray for is not connecting on that TD he had when he threw that first INT which eventually led to a BAMA TD. If Murray connects on that pass like he SHOULD have, UGA goes ahead by two TDs as King had his defender beat by 5 or more yards. Instead, Murray underthrew the pass and BAMA intercepts. That was a HUGE 14 point swing at that point in the first half, even before the blocked kicked for a TD by UGA.
The second reason UGA lost was once again Mike Bobo. When he had BAMA on their heels after not being able to stop Todd Gurley in the first quarter, what does he do? Once again, he ABANDONS the run in favor of passing the very next series, calling his usual “mickey mouse” plays which go for nowhere and don’t make any sense. Just like in last year’s SECCG, all those “three and outs” by the UGA offense is what “gassed” UGA’s defense, not so much BAMA’s superiority as everybody claims. If BAMA was so superior, they should have won by 20 or more points. UGA shut down the passing game and they had no choice but to run as they were one dimensiional. At that point if you keep running the ball you “gas” BAMA’s defense and now they’re in “panic” mode offensively because they can’t throw. When a team is in that position its very difficult for them to mount any sort of a real comeback and as long as you keep running at them, the game is over!!
The third reason UGA lost is once again is the lack of offensive coaching. Jay Rome was a physical mismatch for BAMA the entire first half and could not be stopped, so what does Bobo do? He benches Rome the entire second half of the game!! Are you kidding me?!!!! What were they thinking? What IDIOTS!!!!!!
Mark Richt will NEVER win a NC with “Bobo the Clown” as his OC. I feel bad for this group of seniors and juniors who are leaving. They had a chance to go out as NC’s and were robbed by the stupidity of their coaching staff. Unbelievable!! And at the press conf, NOW AFTER FIVE YREARS, Mark Richt wants to show some emotion – spewing at the reporter questioning him about his coaching, or his OC’s lack of coaching. Nick Saban was not happy after the victory because he in his heart knows UGA’s offensive coaching staff cut him a break, period!!
I tip my hat to the kids and they should keep their heads up as they played their hearts out inspite of their coaching staff’’s lack of preparation. Chris Conley was not to blame for catching that pass, they should have spiked the ball and gotten everyone on the same page offensively like evey OTHER FOOTBALL TEAM IN AMERICA would have done in THAT situation!!!! And speaking of time-outs, if your offensive coaching had been on par, you would’nt have wasted “time-outs” on crap earlier like UGA does every freakin game, and also would have run more than two plays in the last 30 – 40 seconds of the game. That right there within itself is BAD COACHING!! Keep you heads up kids, best wishes as you move on to the NFL and get to benefit from REAL COACHING you haven’t been exposed to during your collage years, offensively that is, ha ha, ha!!!!
01HAWK
December 16th, 2012
2:09 pm
Do not get to comfortable SEC……………………………..BAMA only has 9 Senoirs.
AJ McCarron coming back. We are losing Lacey, but Yeldon, Drake, Henry, Tenpenny, Fowler are coming back in the running game.
Once we win the BCS game we will be rated # 1 again.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 16th, 2012
2:56 pm
Hey Hawk….you’re talking to an empty room. Bama has the best hybrid TE in the country coming in Jan in OJ Howard and he’s going to get these folks out of the 8 men in the box. The only question we have is the nose tackle and whether Darren Lakes can take that spot. The offensive line will not be a good but they will be more than good enough. The defense will be better. Dalvin Tomlinson going to be a playa says Nick along with Ryan Anderson. Good news is we get to bring along our 2014 starting QB Morris with much playing time in 2013.
drew
December 16th, 2012
4:20 pm
All I want for Xmas is for you to SHUT UP about that damn game….IT’S OVER!!!!!!
globeflyer
December 16th, 2012
4:48 pm
Two reasons Bama won the game: First, UGA gave up, what, 350 yds. on the ground? Second, Bama’s nose tackle, the big Aussie, (who got hurt and had to leave the game) was able to come back in and stop up the middle. When he was out, you were running roughshod between the tackles. That about sums it up. The last minute was just drama.
North Campus Trash
December 16th, 2012
5:42 pm
As an Alabama fan, I was praying that Murray would spike it in order for us to set up our defense. Moseley made a great play when it was needed most.
No perros aqui
December 16th, 2012
9:33 pm
Just to rub some salt in an open, festering wound:
Nebraska 45, Georgia 13
Snoop Dawg
December 16th, 2012
10:17 pm
Folks, reality is unforgiving. it is what it is.
The bottom line is that UGA choked as it has consistently since Mark Richt took the leadership role as Head Coach. er uh, I mean CEO.
Whether it was Conley, the OL, Murray, Bobo, or the good looking redhead on the sideline, the fact is that UGA choked and lost a great opportunity to play for the national championship.
I spent a career in the Army as an officer. In combat, there are no excuses when the enemy has time on target. You lose, period.
The generals are paid to win, period. In my opinion, it’s the same with football.
Some (a lot in Obama’s America) will argue that it is more: being a role model, recruiting, mentoring, coaching, teaching, etc.
I say that Richt is a proven loser. He will never lead the Bulldog Nation to a championship of significance. He will probably even embarass the SEC and lose to Nebraska as he lost to Michigan State, West Virginia, and Central Florida.
In the Bible Belt, Richt gets a lot of slack for just mentioning Christ. To me, this is nothing less than patronizing and changing the subject. I don’t know of many preachers who get $3M+ a year.
So the Bulldog Nation needs to get consensus. Are you OK with teams like Richt has produced the past five years or not? Do not delude yourself, because Richt is incapable of doing any better.
If so, then enjoy your life of middle of the road SEC football.
If not, you need to demand change. Now.
I am going to intentionally train myself to back away from the crazy Georgia Bulldog I have been for the past 30+ years until the university hires a worthy head coach and staff.
Lakedawg
December 16th, 2012
11:14 pm
Best college football game this season and one of top 10 ever. Bama won the game, tghe Dawgs lost the game.
Shame Bama fans do not haave as much class as their coach, he knew and admitted could have been a loss with one of several plays in game going differently.
Beat Nebrasks and get back to Dome next year for round 2 with Bama as they are a shoo-in to be back having not to play Dawgs, Gators or SC east nest year.
Bama Pride
December 17th, 2012
12:59 am
If you ain’t first, you’re last!
Roll Tide!
Bama Pride
December 17th, 2012
1:01 am
Does all this whining and equivocating make you Dawg fans feel good?
You lost!
Roll Tide!
Bama Pride
December 17th, 2012
1:06 am
All Dawg fans… Please watch this video and listen to the words of Reese Bobby:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=vlYbpDylmUs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvlYbpDylmUs
If you ain’t first, you’re last!
Bama Pride
December 17th, 2012
1:15 am
“The one who finishes first, is the one who gets paid… And gets la..d!”
Truer words have never been spoken! Thank you Reese Bobby!
Dawgs blow! Roll Tide!
CitizenK9
December 17th, 2012
1:46 am
And we thought Alabama had last sewed up in everything. Every state should have at least one thing to be proud of. Without football Alabama would be……God, I don’t want to even picture it.
Carmen Miranda
December 17th, 2012
7:23 am
Buh bye to the dwags.
Southeastern Losers
December 17th, 2012
9:18 am
so I adopted a dog from the pound and named him “SPIKE”. Catchy name don’t you think?
Southeastern Losers
December 17th, 2012
9:19 am
He did you in Aaron Murray, you should have spiked the ball anyway, coaches are losers
Flo- Ri - Duh
December 17th, 2012
9:35 am
The Bama LB made a play – tipped the ball. It wasn’t anyone’s fault. There was a good play by the defense.
Bama Pride
December 17th, 2012
9:49 am
UGA Football – n. – a football program in the Southeastern state of Georgia that specializes in rationalizing its relevance, is constituted by wannabes, and specializes in blackout football games. A condition, disease state, which involves having or holding a heightened view of the status of its football program.
Roll Tide!
After further review
December 17th, 2012
12:11 pm
“phil
December 15th, 2012
9:20 pm
We will never get over it. EVER!! Richt blew it and ruined many lives in the process….”
Seems a bit over the top.. It’s a football game. If you wish to talk about ruined lives, look to Newtown, CT. Their lives actually WERE ruined you clown.
Thomas Smith
December 17th, 2012
12:37 pm
Dear Mark..
Would you please go live somewhere else. I personnaly am sick of your columns. I would like to know how in the world did this article matter. Why bring up the past and why did the paper use that photo. Do you not think Chris Conley feels bad enough without his picture being on the front page of the sports section. What was your agenda just to make UGA feel worse. They’re kids and make mistakes. Please move somewhere else.
Archie
December 17th, 2012
2:12 pm
“LIfe isn’t fair, get over it!” -attributed to Bill Gates
Archie
December 17th, 2012
2:21 pm
Wasn’t there a time when college quarterbacks called their own plays and didn’t have to rely so much on the sidelines? I guess things weren’t as “sophisticated” back then!
Greg
December 17th, 2012
3:01 pm
I agree with GT and others who have said similar things. The problem with The Dawgs especially the media or the fans is you spend way too much time talking about “Shoulda Coulda Woulda!!” How about from now until you actually win something shut your mouth and let the trophies do the talking!! If you guys played a fraction as hard as you run your mouths you be a dynasty! As it is you are a bunch of whiners!! Roll Tide!!
Athensdawg
December 17th, 2012
3:20 pm
SNOOP DAWG and all of the others that are still calling for a new coach. I ask again and again just WHO would Georgia be able to get that is better. All you have to do is look at the new coach hires in the past month, not one of them has come close to achieving what CMR has at GA. Look at Auburn And Tenn. they have made coaching changes, Tuberville gone Fullmer gone, how has that worked out for them. They are now the two worst teams in the SEC, and both are starting over and hoping things get better.
Auburn and Tennessee both big time programs just like GA., did you see any BIG name coaches jumping ship to go there?????, I did not. Again I ask if you want CMR gone just who would replace him???????
Mommy Dearest
December 17th, 2012
7:01 pm
I know that all of you poor wretches in Dawg Nation are hurting and in a lot of pain, and you’ll never get over it, but… well, Merry Christmas.
And when are you going to sack Richt?
Fats G
December 18th, 2012
12:21 am
Best game ever in SEC championships. Somebody lost between Frazier and Ali………same situation Get over it. Both teams fought like warriors. Great game anyways
Fats G
December 18th, 2012
7:27 am
Richt did a very good job this year after the South Carolina defeat. The football world knows it. A few UGA fans complain non stop about Richt. Alabama knows they won a very tight game.
So close you could taste the sweetness of it, and then the world came to an end
December 18th, 2012
8:09 am
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9:25 am
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Burma Shave
December 18th, 2012
3:52 pm
32-28 was the final score
The dawgs have lost again
Now let’s all cheer on the Tide
In hopes that they will win
BURMA SHAVE
CitizenK9
December 18th, 2012
7:14 pm
Wise up Bama fans. You only expose your insecurity and inferiority (it’s not just a complex) when you come here to taunt Georgia fans. I just hope you didn’t poison any trees or publically do lewd things with your genitalia while you were over here. Keep that stuff on your side of the border.
32-28
December 19th, 2012
6:48 am
32-28: numbers that will forever live in the annals of UGA ineptitude and mediocrity!