Ten things noted and noticed in Week 3
Athens — As we’ve done the past two Mondays, let’s rewind another week of preseason practice. Here are 10 things worth noticing and noting from Week 3 of the Bulldogs’ preseason:
1. So there’s finally an official leader in the tailback derby, Mark Richt declaring Friday night that Richard Samuel is now “a solid No. 1.”
2. Pretty good endorsement of Samuel by linebacker Rennie Curran, too: “I remember tackling him one time, and I got a headache. . . . He’s definitely the type of back that we need in terms of running that ball in the SEC and playing that hard-nosed football.”
3. Even if Samuel is -– and remains –- No. 1, there still can be prominent roles in the tailback equation for 5-foot-7 Carlton Thomas and, once healthy, former Gwinnett County prep star Caleb King. No one tailback is going to replace all of Knowshon Moreno’s 2008 production: the 1,400 rushing yards (on 250 carries) and the 392 receiving yards (on 33 catches). As Joe Cox reminded reporters Saturday, Thomas and King can make plays and catch balls and will be needed. (Here’s Ken Sugiura’s item on Cox’s comments.)
4. Richt’s post-practice mood varied during the week. On Tuesday: “As a team, we didn’t practice hard enough, weren’t disciplined enough [and] just didn’t have the day we need to [have] to get where we want to go.” On Friday: “Coaches are coaching their tails off, and the guys are responding. I had a really good feeling after today.”
5. So the consensus of the preseason polls is that Georgia ranks ahead of Georgia Tech –- but behind season-opening opponent Oklahoma State. The Cowboys are tied (with Penn State) for No. 9 in the AP poll, which was released Saturday, making them Georgia’s first top-10 opening opponent since . . . 1968, when the Dogs started the season with a 17-17 tie against No. 9 Tennessee in Knoxville. (Georgia went on to win the SEC championship that season, by the way.)
6. It’s starting to look as if most of the UGA players with hamstring injuries are getting close to 100 percent: Safety Reshad Jones expects to fully participate in practice today, as do tight end Aron White and possibly linebacker Darius Dewberry. Safety Bryan Evans might be just a few days away. It’s not as clear when King or linebacker Akeem Dent will be back, although possibly sometime this week.
7. Bulldog Nation was in full fret mode for a couple of hours Wednesday night when word got out of a practice-field injury to starting center Ben Jones. Turned out to be a sprained left ankle, and by Friday night Richt was reassuring all that Jones would play in the Sept. 5 opener: “I’d be shocked if he’s not ready for that game. You know, when [the injury occurred], it looked a little more severe than it ended up being, thankfully. I wouldn’t be shocked to see him work [this] week, really.”
8. Yes, the football coaches, like other UGA employees, will be furloughed without pay for six days this school year. But no, the coaches, unlike most UGA employees, won’t have to take two of their furlough days on Oct. 30 (the day before the Florida game) or Nov. 25 (three days before the Georgia Tech game).
9. Richt on furloughs: “If the university needs to do it, then we need to cooperate.” And Richt on how difficult it would be to get his coaches to take a day off during the season: “I don’t know if we’ve ever had a day off in the middle of the season. So I doubt that we’ll just be able to stay home and relax. I don’t think that’ll happen.”
10. Georgia started to turn the practice-field focus to the Oklahoma State gameplan, spending 20 minutes Friday with its scout team emulating the Cowboys. That continues this week.
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We the people
August 24th, 2009
7:51 am
Go Dawgs!
Tech will be 7-5 again
August 24th, 2009
7:51 am
Look at who Ok-St beat and what the score was last year. Most of their schedule was awful… I mean terrible. I’m not saying their offense isn’t good, but somehow I’m just not getting as worked up as some of the press.
Ramblin Rick
August 24th, 2009
7:56 am
Where is the junkyard blogger???? I want to discuss what color shoelaces the mutts will wear this year.
Spike
August 24th, 2009
8:13 am
Good stuff, Tim. GATA!!
gratefuldawghead
August 24th, 2009
8:20 am
Big game to start the season at T. Boone Pickens stadium!
HUNKER DOWN DAWGS!
WayxDog
August 24th, 2009
8:24 am
Other than Missouri, who did Ok State beat last year? There second best win was against Colorado or maybe Texas A&M. They lost everytime they faced a substantial opponent (Tex, Tex Tech, Oklahoma).
I think they may be over hyped.
Georgia 28 Ok State 21
DawginLex
August 24th, 2009
8:44 am
Last year is last year for OK State and UGA. Anybody that believes this game will be anything less than a 4 quarter war is delusional or a UGA hater.
36-35 UGA
Jason
August 24th, 2009
8:47 am
UGA second team spent time emulating the OSU Cowboys…what did they do, practice cross-eyed, with tobacco in their mouths and in flip-flop sandals?
superDawg
August 24th, 2009
8:48 am
One game at a time and every thing will work out fine.I say don’t over look anyone.By the time we reach stride momentum will be the factor that takes us to the tek game.GOD have mercy on gt,because the DAWGS will not.
dawgstephen
August 24th, 2009
8:51 am
I just want season to get here……
http://www.dawgstephen.blogspot.com
Hunting Dawg
August 24th, 2009
8:54 am
OSU is over-hyped just like the Dawgs were last year. Oklahoma State has a phenominal offense and is going to give the Dawgs one heckuva a game in two weeks. I hope and pray that CMR has his coaches and players focused on being disciplined and execution because that is the only way the Dawgs are leaving Stillwater a winner.
I certainly think the Dawgs can win the opener and will be cheering like a drunk, obnoxious Georgia fan!!!!
Go Dawgs!!!!
UGA93
August 24th, 2009
9:14 am
Anybody else remember the 1982 opening game vs. defending national champion Clemson? I can’t imagine that Clemson was ranked much lower then 10th. Oklahoma State is the biggest opening game we’ve had in a while, but I think that one may have been bigger: Herschel-era night game in Sanford Stadium featuring the previous two national champs.
UGA93
August 24th, 2009
9:15 am
oops, “than 10th.”
RxDawg
August 24th, 2009
9:19 am
I agree with the Tech predictor up top about Ok St. They are really good at the media popular positions QB, RB, and WR. Last time I checked there were more people that played the game then those 3. Plus, all you have to do is take a look at their schedule last year. Look at what happend when they played the (very few) decent teams that they did last year. Honestly, I don’t think it’s going to be that close and I rarely feel this way about the dawgs. I’m not really trying to just disrespect Ok St, but I don’t think they have the horses. I think the lofty ranking is more of a media ploy to hype the game up. Dawgs win big.
It’s that Arkansas game looming that has me worried..
H.T.
August 24th, 2009
9:21 am
I say we have Samuel and Thomas split time and leave King on the bench cuz he aint all that
Joseph
August 24th, 2009
9:21 am
Oklahoma State will certainly remember the thrashing they received in Athens which ought to serve as motivation. But, motivation can only get you so far. They lack the horses to run with UGA all game and in the end the victory will be ours. I just hope the press remembers Okie States greatness after the game and a win doesn’t drop us out of the top 15!!! Go Dawgs, Sic ‘em!!!
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August 24th, 2009
9:31 am
[...] Tucker of The AJC lays out 10 things that were worth noticing during last week’s practice sessions in Athens (including the fact that Mark Richt declared [...]
jm
August 24th, 2009
9:38 am
Tony B. what’s the deal with Kwame Geathers (6-6, 320)? Is he practicing or what and will he play offence or defence. Also, with Ok State getting a lot of hype, they may just get a little big headed and full of themselves like UGA did last year. UGA will likely play well against Ok State for a couple reasons. 1) People seem to forget that coach Mark R. has an outstanding road game winning record so he will have UGA ready to play 2) UGA will feel like they have something to prove since they are not being given much of a chance of winning the game anyway. I just like the Dogs chances of winning this game even though Ok. State seems like they have a good team and home field advantage.
Hungry Dawg
August 24th, 2009
9:41 am
Is it Sept. 5th yet?
DahlohegaDawg
August 24th, 2009
9:51 am
The hype OkSt. is getting reminds me alot of the hype Hawaii was getting before the Sugar Bowl a few years ago. Which did not end to well for the rainbow warriors.
sissr
August 24th, 2009
9:54 am
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DawginLex
August 24th, 2009
10:01 am
No one should compare OK State to Hawaii. It is not even close. Hawaii was way overmatched physically, especially Hawaii OL vs UGA DL. OK state has a good OL and will score points. The DL is where UGA needs to wreak havoc and score points with running the ball and play action passing. Look for the tight ends to have several catches.
bird dawg
August 24th, 2009
10:47 am
hey tim, any word on which jersey numbers, other than 8, are being released this year. haven’t really noticed any in the store, except left overs from last year. i understand each team can release 3 different numbers to be sold. i guess 35 would be one also. anyway….
just wondering
Cuz
August 24th, 2009
10:52 am
Why do they schedule opening day of dove season on opening day of Dawgs 2009 football season. Who is in charge of the Department of Natural Resources, RambleOn?
HH
August 24th, 2009
11:05 am
If UGA beats OK State, it will be because Searels is a damn good offensive line coach. The offensive line will be the key to the season.
Tim Tucker
August 24th, 2009
11:06 am
UGA93: Clemson came into Athens for the Dogs’ 1982 opener ranked No. 16. Georgia was ranked No. 6 (and won 13-7).
jm: Kwame Geathers is practicing with the defense and played quite a bit in the second scrimmage. Main thing is, he’s trying to get in condition.
bird dawg: I’ll check on the jersey numbers to be sold.
Voice of Reason
August 24th, 2009
11:29 am
HH – We all know that Searles is a great coach and like most of us, I am sure he wants a HC job. However, I dread the day we lose him! I hope some of the other coaches have learned from him.
G
August 24th, 2009
11:30 am
Yeah they remind me of ASU last year and they will be fired up in their new stadium. But I hope and believe the dawgs are hungry and going to put one on them. They will think 22 is Adrian Peterson by the end of the day. Also I think OSU is overhyping this game and its going to backfire.
Nick
August 24th, 2009
11:37 am
Wow! Is it possible Satin Simons or Satan Simons or St. Simons or whatever that he-she calls himself/herself, has finally learned to read, prompting him/her to read GT blogs and articles, etc., and finally came to the realization that his/her favorite team ain’t that good to begin with? Either that or some LSU fans got ahold of him/her. I can’t believe I even wasted my time with that, but I find it funny nonetheless!
Go Dawgs!
Saint Simons
August 24th, 2009
11:41 am
I’m a loser!
how2fish
August 24th, 2009
11:51 am
I listened to all the talking heads yesterday and on Sat..according to them UGA should just stay home we have no QB, no RB…the defense stinks and we have no one named Tebow on the team..but even after all that I STILL think if we get off to a decent start..we can win this game..and if we stay healthy I think we will!! Come on Sept 5th and Go Dawgs!!!
San Francisco Dawg
August 24th, 2009
11:54 am
The thing about Okie State is that they have three great skill players at QB, RB and WR…but the backups are not good and have no game experience…the Dawgs depth should be the difference in this game…Okie State will score but they will wear out by the third qtr…
Dawgs 26 Okie State 23
whatcha got lauren?
August 24th, 2009
12:36 pm
UGA 31 – OSU 17
bird dawg
August 24th, 2009
12:42 pm
thanx tim. thought it may be a decent topic for the blog today… which three numbers should be available for fans to purchase?
8,35 and 22? surely not 14(still have my old one) and hopefully not 9(don’t deserve it)…
AltamahaDawg
August 24th, 2009
12:43 pm
Tim, don’t speak for Tony.
chazzo
August 24th, 2009
12:57 pm
I have often thought that the soft early openers of some past seasons were detrimental to the team. Heck one year, there was a gimme, an off week, then a division 2 school. It was three weeks before the dogs actually had a game, and that was against SC. I think in the past it has caused a lag and and a lull. The players need some challenges and momentum early on. It’s a great plan; I’m excited to be a part of it (well I’m excited to watch it happen anyway).
chazzo
August 24th, 2009
12:59 pm
PS. Lay off The Tide. Everyone fishes with hundred dollar bills in Alabama.
Another Dawg
August 24th, 2009
1:14 pm
To say OK State has a good O Line is a joke. They have a decent O Line is a conference with decent D Lines. The strength of their performance isn’t the line, it’s the scheme (namely, every play is run out of that stupid counter block scheme.) It works in the Big 12 because there’s not much in the way of run defense anyways (since, uh, no one uses true running backs except OK State.) By comparison, we match up against NFL-caliber running backs week in and week out, with real run blocking schemes.
Texas, for the love of Christ, held them to 24 points, Missou held them to 28 points, and Texas Tech held them to 20. Anyone want to make a case that those teams were higher-pressure defenses than we’ll be?
reservoirDAWG
August 24th, 2009
1:19 pm
UGA 38 OK ST 24.
GO DAWGS
August 24th, 2009
1:35 pm
UGA 28 OKIE ST 17.UGA way to physical for OK ST.
BruffDawg
August 24th, 2009
1:59 pm
OSU has all the right people at the media darling positions just like we did last year. How does it translate when you play teams with BIG ugglies? Not so well if my memory serves me well. UGA 35 OSU 17.
Sanford Drive
August 24th, 2009
1:59 pm
I love how everyone is writing off OK State. They have a high powered offense and shouldn’t be taken lightly. Also, a comparison to Hawaii has no place here. Good luck, dawgs. We’ll need it.
Old Dawg
August 24th, 2009
2:34 pm
Can’t say it enough: Let the games begin!
BG
August 24th, 2009
2:55 pm
Tech will lose 6 games this year. Mark it down!!!
Valdosta Dawg
August 24th, 2009
3:08 pm
AJC article says Dawgs # 1 in country to start last year, now # 2 in the State. # 2 behind who, Tech. We are ranked ahead of the nerds in both polls, so how are the Dawgs # 2 in the state? We are now, always have been and always will be better than the joke by coke!
DAWGS 35 Okie St. 17
Jackets:
August 24th, 2009
3:10 pm
Hey UGAG: This should sum it up for your overated underachieving crappy team!
One Tech overrated, another Tech underrated
Reacting to the preseason Associated Press poll, Matt Hayes of Sporting News Today does a deep dive — infectious, isn’t it? — of his own and decides Virginia Tech is overrated at No. 7 and Georgia Tech is underseeded at No. 15. Of the latter Tech, Hayes writes: “No one in the ACC can stop that offense.”
And what of Georgia, which is ranked No. 13? Writes Hayes: “For those who think it’s 2006 all over again, understand this: Joe Cox is your starter because the freshman backups on the UGA depth chart aren’t close to what Matthew Stafford was in 2006.”
For the record, SNT has Georgia Tech No. 11, Georgia No. 15. As I noted when Sports Illustrated put the former No. 12 and the latter also No. 15.
THWG!
Jackets:
August 24th, 2009
3:11 pm
Hey BG: Tech will not lose 6 games, but UGAG will!
Hey, Roddy Jones just scored again. Willie Martinez is pathetic just like your team.
THWG!
Jackets:
August 24th, 2009
3:14 pm
Hey UGAG: Here is some more fine reading for your rednecks fans and alum:
The top running back in the draft is Jonathan Dwyer of Georgia Tech, who’s listed as No. 13 overall. (And who is, we must note, technically a junior.) There’s also no Georgia player, not that you’d expect one. (A.J. Green is a sophomore and therefore not draft-eligible after this season).
And for those who are heavy into the conference-pride thing — certainly nobody around here falls under that heading — it should also be noted that the Big 12 claims 10 spots on Mel Jr.’s top 25, while the SEC takes six. And none of those six is the most famous player in the land.
That’s correct. Tim Tebow doesn’t crack the top 25. This debate has been raging for more than a year now, and it will get only hotter as the season plays out: Is it possible the guy ranked by some as the greatest colleagian ever won’t be a first-round pick? We will, I feel certain, offer our own two cents here at Buzz, but for now you can discuss among yourselves.
Where’s CALEB KING! Oh, he is on the pine!
THWG!
Jackets:
August 24th, 2009
3:16 pm
Hey Sanford Drive: OSU will dominate your team, just like LSU, UF and yes, the JACKETS. Throw abother couple losses in their and you guys will have a great year! LMFAO!
THWG!
superDawg
August 24th, 2009
3:17 pm
I also think UGA will be to physical for okie state and take control early forcing the okies into panic mode.The D will own them from that point on.
Jackets:
August 24th, 2009
3:17 pm
Hey Sanford Drive: Sorry about the typo above with abother. I mean’t another. man, ….one would think I went to UGA for an education. NOT! GO GATORS AND JACKETS! THWG!
Jackets:
August 24th, 2009
3:19 pm
SuperDawg: Go smoke a fatty, get a real dog at the Jr. V and keep dreaming. Your team will SUCK this year. Bank on it! THWG!
Jackets:
August 24th, 2009
3:20 pm
OSU 45 UGAG 17
Joe Cox is going down!
GO COWBOYS!
superDawg
August 24th, 2009
3:21 pm
The whipping UGA will give gt in NOV.will kill jackets boy.
Johnny DangerDawg
August 24th, 2009
4:09 pm
Good info, Tim. Thanks.
SuperB
August 24th, 2009
4:26 pm
Every year the media takes a perceived “up and comer,” a team once a doormat, and frenzies them into the next super power. Last year it was Arizona State and this year it is Oklahoma State. They do have talent on the offensive side, but they have yet to prove themselves for a season on the big stage. Meanwhile (yawn here…) Georgia has won 82 games in 8 years under Mark Richt– and knows how to win on the road.
Topp Dogg
August 24th, 2009
4:33 pm
Tech sucks wolf peters ,mark it down.
chazzo
August 24th, 2009
4:55 pm
Tech won. That team deserves all the glory and the props With all due respect, though, winning by three is hardly a whooping. 21-0 in the 3rd quarter is a whooping, but the overall game is a squeaker.
chazzo
August 24th, 2009
4:57 pm
I hope that UGA will never play a prevent D again. No keeping close, being a good sport, trying to run out the clock. No,no,no,no, no. NO!
Gator Romp
August 24th, 2009
5:46 pm
Hey Chazzo, 49-10 UF over UGA is a whoopin. Mark it down, as another one is coming sonny boy. GO GATORS
Gator Romp
August 24th, 2009
5:48 pm
I wonder if Caleb King can jump over one of our players like Knowshon did lil ole Chippewas player? LOL!
Ramble On:
August 24th, 2009
5:50 pm
Valdosta Dawg: You are # 2 in the state of Georgia for football, but your gym mutts are dang good and I hear your basketball team is picked to win it all?
You are now and always will be a heck of a neck!
THWG
Oledawg
August 24th, 2009
5:52 pm
“Kwame Geathers comes from a very athletic family with a brother playing for So. Car. and other family members playing in the NFL. Although he’s not able to join us until after Fall Practice has started, I’m sure that he and his family have conditioned all summer in preparation for his arrival here.”…or some such quote heard when Kwame was driving to Athens. KNOTTT! He was gasping for breath in his basic practices required by the NCAA in order that he could join his teammates. He was reported as huffing hard thru his 3rd day of conditioning. Doesn’t project as if he is in any kind of shape. Struck me as the first redshirt announcement of the year. “Home alone” discipline doesn’t float too well with others who have hit it hard all summer at UGA. I would be surprised to see him play this year. I’ll gladly eat those words if we get a glowing report from practice on Kwame. Then again I didn’t think he would make it to UGA. Hope I’m wrong again.
COWBOY KILLA
August 24th, 2009
5:54 pm
Georgia Georgia Georgia fans. Oh my my my, you underate our team and you will lose in stillwater. We have an awesome offense, which will put so many points on the board by halftime all your fans will be watching nascar. GO COWBOYS!
COWBOY KILLA
August 24th, 2009
5:56 pm
DEZ BRYANT will torch your second rated defense. I hear that Willie Martinez is an awesome DC. is that the case? LOL
Top Dogg
August 24th, 2009
6:00 pm
I say we get our azzes kicked by OSU, LSU, GT, UF, ARK, SC and Vandy beats us. That’s what………..6 losses. Man, I am dreading this season. However, Joe Cox has a better arm than DJ Shockley, Matt Stafford and David Greene combined. I say it’s bombs away into the cellar in the SEC and by week 4, we are not ranked coz we stank.
bronco buster
August 24th, 2009
6:00 pm
cowboy t.boone got to your head or you fell off your horse.
Top Dogg
August 24th, 2009
6:00 pm
Actually, that’s 7 losses. I didn’t do very well in Math this last year.
Oledawg
August 24th, 2009
6:21 pm
Dawg Fans- Let’s pretend we are starting with S.C. in the first game. We don’t know the tricks up their sleeve, but you bet that they have some. Individual players get hyped by the press, but no one in the media can match up the teams as to individual players and none of us will know until the game begins. Remember the best receiver out of Tech in years who went in the first round a couple of years ago? He was better than Dez Bryant is. It didn’t matter that a short safety took his game away when we played Tech. We can hope for that again, but we just won’t know for two weeks. But please, whatever happens don’t bury your loyalties as bad things happen. Our players heard the student fans get behind them in the Bama game and they appreciated it. Too much has been put on winning or dying in this game. Each game one-at-the-time thru this season. Project hope, not criticism on players and staff, throughout the game. Stay with them thru the season and then(and only then) will we know what we have/had for a team. We won’t know after one game. Above all let’s get ready to cheer the Dawgs loud enough to be heard in Picken’s Diggins.
Oledawg
August 24th, 2009
6:30 pm
Cowboy Killa- Why do they call you cowpokes? Beastiality will get you nowhere. Is cowpoking an erotic or kinky act? You know- Erotic is like using a chicken feather drawn slowly over the body to enhance the tactile senses. Kinky is using the whole chicken.
fan
August 24th, 2009
6:38 pm
tech fans, when yall say UGAG, you sound like children dying for attention. that and ugay are the lamest nicknames ever for a rival. no other rival calls us that, yall sound really gay. also, when people outside of Georgia think of football in the state of GA, they always think of UGA, Cause we’ve actually won something. we go 10-3 disappointment, yall go 9-4 we are awesome!! tech fans=idiots of the college football world.
harleydawg
August 24th, 2009
8:07 pm
jacket, dawgs 22 would run for 3000 yds this yr in the acc, what happened to your rod against lsu, how many yds ?? tebow was the best qb last yr if you know any thing about football, he should have gotten heisman last yr
Nostra-chazzo
August 24th, 2009
8:51 pm
The dogs definitely cannot take the cowboys lightly. I was looking at some stats from last year, though. Has anyone done this? It is hilarious. Does anyone play d out there? I’ve never seen so many games where both teams had over 500 yards of offense. Texas got 32 first downs against them. Oklahoma racked up 61 points. Texas Tech racked up 59. They lost to every ranked team they played. Could be a more mature team with a better d this year, I suppose. If I were betting, I’d put my money on the dogs. Hope Willie doesn’t overlook their running game, though. Who is ready to see Georgia’s D line create some carnage?
georgiagirl
August 24th, 2009
9:19 pm
OleDawg,
Great post GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a DAWG FAN and I love the hell out of it.
All DAWG fans back up your team.
Pit Bull
August 24th, 2009
10:16 pm
Lets keep things simple. The Cowboys have had all summer to get ready for Ga. There first several games can all be over looked with no trouble. If they throw Martineze a new wrinkle it will be the 2nd half before he even knows what it is. They are quite aware of this as is all of college football by now. We are going to have to play smash mouth football to beat them in their own stadium on national TV. They have had a super hard summer camp! I think that fight, will go to them. I think Martineze will be out smarted and we will lose and look bad doing it. Unless the new defensive co coordinator can make a difference. I think LSU or somebody tried that last year and it was a disaster! We should have a great defense this year, that means an average to good defense under Martienze. Never a great defense. PS SC will definietly kick our butt this year as well. Spurrier has been waiting all summer. This year COULD get ugly in a hurry! Hope I’m wrong though.
RoyDawgMercer
August 24th, 2009
10:23 pm
Hey, Jackets! You’re a complete dumb ass. What, one in nine recently make you think Blech is anything more than a pimple on UGA’s ass? LSU made you their bitches in The ATL and others will too this year. Nobody talking much on the Flats about the D? Because it sucks. VaTech takes the ACC. Later.
Say it aint so
August 24th, 2009
10:26 pm
Hey everybody,
look who’s back….it’s the dumbest blogger on this board. It’s “RAMBLE ON!!!!!”
Hey Ramble, you are and will always be the biggest NERD!!!
Jackettes: Great team you have there buddy…lost your last game 38-3. Squeeked by Gardner Webb because some small end let a nerd block their GW FG attempt. I remember you guys TYING Furman (in the Joke) 3-3 in 1988. Also 2 one win seasons and a 2 win season. Congrats, you are the biggest losers in this state!!!
Nostra-chazzo
August 24th, 2009
10:38 pm
Geez Pitbull… Take a couple of paxil and put down the crying towel. It’s either that…. oh hell just go shopping for a bunch of orange. (Orange and blue… orange and white…. orange and dark blue… it’ll all look good on you.)
Nostra-chazzo
August 24th, 2009
10:44 pm
f*** a bunch of cowboys and gators. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
heeldawg
August 24th, 2009
11:06 pm
Typical Tech fans–lots of trash talking. Get it in while you can, insects–order will be restored in a few short months!
Cowboy Killa: I don’t know how we “underate” your team. We ate less than them? We ate underneath them? What word is that?
Seriously, we respect OSU football. You’ve got the best trio of skill players on offense around. And your new stadium looks great online. That is all fine and dandy in the preseason. But when the helmets are strapped on and the cleats laced up, you’re still going to be facing an SEC defense trying to prove a point–and trying to prove it with extreme prejudice. This is NOT going to be a Big 12-style shootout. Ghosts of 2007 will be conjured up out of the Stillwater turf. Depth will be an issue. Skill will be an issue. In the end, there is no contest here. When the smoke clears, the final outcome will be much the same as it was two years ago–and all of those grandiose illusions you’ve harbored will taste like ashes in your mouth. Welcome back to mediocrity, OSU–as if you ever left.
Coach Richt eats teams like yours for breakfast, ‘Pokes.
Pass the cornflakes.
Top Dogg
August 25th, 2009
12:04 am
Read this: I am a little worried redneck UGAG fan: Oh no…………….we are going to suck azz!
A year ago, the Georgia Bulldogs were a solid preseason No. 1 — turns out, that’s about as reliable as picking a good restaurant on the basis of its tableclothes. They now fend off predictions of relative mediocrity.
Who is this senior quarterback who has waited so patiently? He is even too unknown even for Wikipedia, that’s who. Enter the name Joe Cox, and the result is a cricket batsman who died in 1971.
THWG!
COWBOY KILLA:
August 25th, 2009
12:12 am
Hey Oledawgyboy:
We are called the pokes, coz we are going to poke the football up all your sorry azz teams azzes. That includes your ugly azz mascot UGA VII, or is it UGAVIII? I know one died recently, so which ugly mutt are you on?
UGA is soooooooooo overated every year it’s a joke. The SEC suxs with the exception of UF, which apparently beats you every season and LSU, BAMA and Ole Miss. All the other teams including your puppies suck! Overated and underachievers. Get ready to get your azzes handed to you in Stillwater. This ain’t Athens and quite frankly I am surprised you are actually opening against a good team instead of Tenn Tech, Ga. Southern or the Chippewas. Usually, your sorry azz team has 3 or 4 home games to start the season and they are patsies. You will see a real team when you visit Oklahoma State. Good luck stopping our offense. After what I saw last year when you played GT, you guys can’t tackle and gave up a 16 pt lead at halftime at home. OSU 45 UGA 10. You are going to be crying your sorry azzes all the way back to Georgia.
COWBOY GATOR JACKET:
August 25th, 2009
12:16 am
Hey UGAG: Your three worst nightmares, OSU = loss, OF = Big loss, GT = Big loss and don’t forget about powerhouse Tenn Tech. They may sneak up on you and kick your azzes as well. UGA will lose at least 4 games this year and probably more like 5 or 6. However, your fans will say it’s a rebuilding year as always. What a joke of a school, team and education. UGA = LOSERS!
GO GATORS!
COWBOY GATOR JACKET:
August 25th, 2009
12:17 am
Sorry about the typo with OF instead of UF. I forgot, I am a Georgia Grad. LMFAO! THWG!
SMELLY DAWGS:
August 25th, 2009
12:21 am
Hey all you redneck fans! Let’s get ready for some azzzzzzzzzzzzzz kickins all year. Get outta your smelly azz campers and doublewides and root your redneck under educated neckersons on. Man…………you sell out 90k for every game, but by 1/2 time there will be 45K necks and by 3rd quarter 22k and by 4th quarter 11k. GO SMELLY DAWGS! WE SUCK AZZ!
Denver Dog
August 25th, 2009
12:22 am
Bring on Gardner Webb and Jax State. Then laugh about Ok State Arziz State and all the other wimps we play.
Isn’t it a shame about Tech!
chazzo
August 25th, 2009
8:07 am
WTF is OF? WTF is a cowboy gator jacket? Sounds like something a drag queen would wear.
Oledawg
August 25th, 2009
7:38 pm
Is it Cowboy Killa because you kill cowboys? Or do you poke cowboys? Or do you mimic Hollywood and use stockings with an armadillo inside instead of a gerbel? Even with a saddle-spreadass, that could account for you being a cowboy killa. And keep our champion mascot out of this. You couldn’t even lick his balls…cause that dawg would BITE YOUUU!
Spread it out,Cowboy Killa because we have a couple of planeloads of cowboy killas headed your way in less than two weeks. Since you are an azz man, we will use cactus as condoms.
Hey Dogtards
August 25th, 2009
10:20 pm
“What, one in nine recently make you think Blech is anything more than a pimple on UGA’s ass?”
This genius can count.
“Bring on Gardner Webb and Jax State. Then laugh about Ok State Arziz State and all the other wimps we play.
Isn’t it a shame about Tech!”
We are playing the 5th and 3rd best sec teams from last year. Isn’t that supposed to be the best conference in the land?
“Great team you have there buddy…lost your last game 38-3. Squeeked by Gardner Webb because some small end let a nerd block their GW FG attempt.”
Yeah, it’s sad when Gardner Webb played us closer than you guys. They actually showed up in the second half!
I gotta admit, you guys have a great football team but, as a whole, are a relatively classless bunch. Here’s hoping you beat up on OK St. and Florida, just so the trainwreck is that much bigger come thanksgiving.
THWG!!
SMELLY DAWGS:
August 25th, 2009
11:22 pm
UGA Who? Read this and weep you necks! THWG! By the way, who is Caleb King? The Pine master!
Jonathan Dwyer handled more than 90 percent of Georgia Tech B-backs’ carries last year. And he made the most of them: 1,395 yards, 7.0 yards per carry and the ACC’s player of the year award as the Jackets finished with a 9-4 record in coach Paul Johnson’s first season.
Watching and learning behind him were Preston Lyons and Richard Watson. Lyons, a Marist School graduate, transferred to Tech last season from Colgate and sat out the year per NCAA rules. Watson redshirted after a stellar prep career at FAMU High in Tallahassee.
“Him being the ACC player and all that, and him being in his third year of college football, you know he has a lot of experience, having played since he was a true freshman,” said Watson, who is listed third on the depth chart. “I just try to take everything I can from him, learn from him.”
Lyons, listed second on the depth chart, said Dwyer helps them with their techniques, reading the offensive line and blocks, and where they should be going on plays.
“He’s watching me during practice, giving me pointers,” Lyons said. “He’s a good guy to look up to.”
And just because Dwyer dominated the snaps last year doesn’t mean Lyons and Watson are having trouble staying motivated. Efforts to keep Dwyer fresh mean they may get time, just like Lucas Cox did in spot-duty last year.
“Last year, we didn’t have a lot of guys out there so it was kind of rough. But the fresher he is, the more productive he will be,” Lyons said. “We’ve got a bunch of good guys back there in our backfield so it’s a good thing to keep everyone in there, keep everyone rotating, keep everyone fresh. That’s when we are most productive.”
Having that depth is something that Johnson is looking forward to.
“No doubt, no question,” Johnson said. “There’s several guys that can play in there unlike last year. Hopefully Jon can get a break or two.”
Hey, last time I checked Roddy Jones just scored again and racked up 214 yards as a FRESHMAN. Your school and team sucks azz! Go OSU, LSU, GT, UF, ARK, SC, VANDY, KY (Jelly coz you will need it) and the powerhouse Tenn Tech. DAWGS GO DOWN FOR THE COUNT. 6 losses and Willie is toast. RAMBLE ON!
SMELLY DAWGS:
August 25th, 2009
11:26 pm
Hey Chazzo: We will call you Jizzo coz you will be wiping the smooze off your chin after you give Joe PHallic a BJ along with the rest of the team. THWG!
By the way, I see you are scheduling Army. Man, now that is a powerhouse. I still haven’t heard a response about you playing the Coast Guard. At least they can keep your smelly azz overated under educated team from sinking into OBLIVION. GO GATORS AND JACKETS! THWG!
GT RULES:
August 26th, 2009
12:08 am
UGA SUCKS! THWG!
GT RULES:
August 26th, 2009
12:10 am
Hey Georgia Girl: Are you a dog too? LMFAO! THWG!
GT RULES:
August 26th, 2009
12:12 am
RoyboydogMercer: You are one clueless MTF! GT will beat the puppies, as will a bunch of other teams. hey, you can use the excuse that this is a rebuilding year. LMAO! Dawgs suck!
COWBOY KILLA:
August 26th, 2009
12:14 am
Georgia: You might as well stay at home. Our team will put 45 – 50 on your crappy D. After watching the GT game last year, your D is pathetic and will get torched. Go ahead and forfeit the game, coz you will go down. Leave your ugly azz mascot at home, or bring extra ice for his nuts, coz the Mutts suck azz!
dawgman
August 26th, 2009
1:54 am
hey broke back mountain I’m cowboy killa I’m sorry you play in a weak conf. such as the weak 12 and you f!#*S can score 45-50 points on those weak teams but welcome to SEC where it’s going be rough going in. You will find out sept. 5 oh yeah i think big 10 is a better conf. than you pu##*s and thats bad . Cause they really suck ass!!!
shards1967
August 26th, 2009
11:06 am
Folks …………UGA players know that the world is looking at them post No Show and Stafford. They know that folks do not predict any success past a 7-5 or 8-4 year.
The D OUGHT TO come out with fire in the belly. They OUGHT to want to smack someone around and prove that they are SEC caliber men or are they pretenders? IS CWM over his head? We will know all the answers by the end of September.
The offense needs to control the ball and enjoy looooooooooooooooong drives ( if possible ) and play smart football with everybody on their schedule, starting with OSU.
I personally like UGA teams when they are “with backs against the wall” and so let em rip. DJ’s senior year was like that. SEC Champs with HUGE let down in the Sugar Bowl played in Atlanta. Big downer for the program and that season. Ouch !!!
UGA will not be undefeated but if we achieve a 10-2 year with an upset here and there, then we can be happy. Most schools would love to enjoy the consistency of UGA, including the major bowls and exposure. Short of the Gators, we have won more than we have lost including major smack downs of LSU and Bama last year. UGA, UT and Florida and LSU are the SEC royalty ……..period. A win over U of F this year?? Then, we are 50/50 with them over last 6 years and that is a decent rivalry with one of the best programs around.
Ark could whip UGA this year and mabe we lose to OK State and then, grow and not lose again. Things happen and that is why SEC football is a blast. INuuriies, attitude, scheduling, weekends off and such control the season. DEPTh is the key and UGA has depth and a weekend off bbefore Florida. Tech? Pay back is acoming and they know it.
gooooooooooooooooo Dawgs.
shards1967
August 26th, 2009
11:08 am
My bad………….UGA defeated Bama in OT in Alabama in 2007. My bad. We got smacked down and hard last year by the Tide.
raleigh
August 27th, 2009
6:15 pm
go dawgs sic em caint wait till stillwater