On Sturdivant’s injury, among other things
The bad news kept coming for the Bulldogs on Sunday.
It’s been a rough few days, starting with Joe Cox getting sick and continuing with a messy loss to Oklahoma State and culminating with word that Trinton Sturdivant will miss another season with a torn ACL.
You really gotta feel bad for Trinton. He worked so hard for so long in rehab to make it back from last year’s knee injury, only to be faced with doing it all over again after playing less than three quarters of one game.
Mark Richt predicted Sturdivant will be just as diligent in his rehab this time and be back playing in 2010.
Meanwhile, the 2009 Dogs are 0-1. It’s the first time Georgia has been 0-1 since 1996, when Jim Donnan’s first season as UGA coach started with an 11-7 loss to Southern Miss in Athens.
And if you’re wondering when was the last time the Dogs were 0-2, well, the answer is the same: 1996.
The loss to Southern Miss was followed by a 23-14 loss on the road to . . . South Carolina.
The Gamecocks again will be trying to drop the Dogs to 0-2 when they come to Athens on Saturday for Georgia’s home opener. Obviously, Georgia’s offense — now minus Sturdivant up front — is going to have to make some serious progress in a week’s time to do much against South Carolina’s stellar defense. Much more to come on that, I’m sure.
Meanwhile, a few quick notes from Richt’s teleconference Sunday:
– At least one offensive player helped himself on Saturday. “I think Tavarres King earned himself some more playing time,” Richt said. “He really got after it as a blocker and made one catch across the middle where he had to really extend; that took some bravery. We have gained some confidence in Tavarres’ ability to play more downs and get more opportunities.”
– If anyone thought Caleb King’s pulled hamstring had cost him his chance for a prominent role in Georgia’s offense this season, the Bulldogs’ mere 95 yards rushing against Oklahoma State corrected that notion. There’s still plenty of opportunity. Asked if he expects King back this week, Richt said: “I would love it. He’s a guy that we need to get healthy and get in there [to] compete and play.”
– Richt on Cox: “I really don’t know how he’s feeling, to be quite honest. He wasn’t going to miss that game.”
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reservoirDAWG
September 8th, 2009
3:11 pm
I didn’t say anything about the kid. He sounds like a good one. It is Large Orange that is laughable.
Large Orange
September 8th, 2009
3:44 pm
reservoirDAWGturd….why can’t you admit that UGA is going to have a crappy season? After UT lost to UCLA last year in the first game and then barely beat UAB, I knew Fulmer was in trouble. After the pathetic showing against OK State, you all still want to flap your gums and talk about SEC Championships..blah..blah…blah. Once again, get off the computer and get your room cleaned up before your mommy gets home from work. I cannot wait to see your posts on here after Spurrier waxes UGA. Tell your Mom you will be needing more computer time! Gooooooo Vols!!!
big dawg 89
September 8th, 2009
3:44 pm
a QB having to decide between SDSU and UT??? something isn’t adding up. that’s kinda like deciding between valdosta state and florida isn’t it??? i know USC doesn’t need a QB, but if he is that good, seems like there would be some other schools in the mix..
i’ll give it to kiffin, though, he seems to have enough common sense that it all starts with recruiting.. he’s still a little spoiled brat though.
big dawg 89
September 8th, 2009
3:46 pm
sure hope caleb king can help us out.. and someone please tell branden smith he is not going to be able to take it to the house everytime he touches it..
wolfdawg
September 8th, 2009
3:47 pm
No, knelson the truth does not hurt, we have got some issues that need to be resolved. That being said you are still a little s#&t head.
KNelson
September 8th, 2009
3:47 pm
big dawg89 Tee Martin was not highly recruited either and he wasnt 6′6.
big dawg 89
September 8th, 2009
3:49 pm
extra large orange,,, the defense wasn’t really pathetic. heck, they started inside our 25 on three of their scores and drove the ball down the field only once.. so you can’t really say that about the D. now i’ll give it to ya about the O, after that first drive, that is..
big dawg 89
September 8th, 2009
3:52 pm
Tee Martin was a good college QB..there’s no doubting that.. but does being 6-6 translate into a good college QB. not so sure. Mettenberger is 6-5, i guess he’ll be great too..
big dawg 89
September 8th, 2009
3:56 pm
hey large orange, do still hang out at the gay bar???? i mean gay street?? whatever it is up there in knoxville? let me guess, you’ve never been to knoxville have you?
reservoirDAWG
September 8th, 2009
3:58 pm
Orange, We don’t know what this season will bring. UGA needs to tighten it up and quick. You’re insults are also some of the lamest I’ve ever read.
KNelson
September 8th, 2009
4:00 pm
Name calling? Now that is a typical Ga Fan ! I never once resorted to that, but then again when people hear the truth 1 of 2 things happen and you take the easy street with name calling. Obviously you never have attended a college.
Large Orange
September 8th, 2009
4:00 pm
Yeah big dawg. I live in Atlanta now so my gay bar options are limitless.
Large Orange
September 8th, 2009
4:09 pm
I was born and raised in Knoxville and have 2 degrees from UT. So I am just protecting the “home turf” just like you boys are! I always pull for the SEC in OOC games. Raggin on you UGA fans sure is a lot of fun. Yes I dish it out but I can take to too. Lets each see what UCLA and S.Carolina bring to the table on Saturday. One or both of us will not be happy campers more than likely.
wolfdawg
September 8th, 2009
4:16 pm
Youre right about the name calling my appologies. You are just annoying and I am just trying to understand why? No college 8 years Special Forces
Large Orange
September 8th, 2009
4:22 pm
And when I say I can take it too, it is a gay bar reference.
Paul's Johnson
September 8th, 2009
4:32 pm
Bulldawgs Best:
I agree 100 percent with the points that you make and expressed the same ones on several blogs after Saturday’s defeat.
Richt is too complacent in coaching this team. The talent that has been brought in is not being utilized in a system to obtain their maximum effectiveness. I have not been a fan of Bobo’s stale, predictable playcalling sice he took over the duty and from what I’ve seen since last season’s ending, we are only in store for more of the same.
We need to see some fire and we need to see true discipline and heart from this coaching staff.
I think the defense will be improved this year but was surprised to see OSU run it up the gut for big yardage. No team should be able to pound the ball in the middle against this defensive front.
This game against the Ole’ Ball Sack will really be a true indication of where this squad is presently and what is going to have to be done.
You think the grumblings started to get loud after this last loss? Those grumblings will become a roar.
reservoirDAWG
September 8th, 2009
4:35 pm
Fire Mark Richt.
reservoirDAWG
September 8th, 2009
4:35 pm
Just kidding.
Stinger
September 8th, 2009
4:43 pm
Chan The Man is available. He can improve the situation that you currently have. I say go for it.
TERRY
September 8th, 2009
6:01 pm
FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO tell all of the dawg fans to chill out!!! even if your season goes south it is not the end of the world people. my wife is a georgia grad and her whole family went to school there. so they are die hard dawg fans. i am a born and raised tenn. vol. and we learned alot about ourselves last year we were 5-7. the worst season in 40 years of tennessee football. well here we are in a new season and we have new coaching and hope in ole rockytop. i will be pulling for you dawgs in every game except well you know oct. 10th. i hope you guys beat the hell out of the gators because i too am so tired of seeing urbAn meyer and that steve spurrier smirk on his face. also tired of hearing how damn good the lizards are. guess what i think they will lose 2 games this year!! thats right 2!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway ease up people things can and will get better. georgia is like tennessee and has a lot of tradition. you guys will beat south carolina this weekend and i hope you beat florida. anyway see you guys on the field oct.10 . until then salute’ dawg nation from GOOD OLE ROCKTOP!
gbear
September 8th, 2009
6:31 pm
To St. Simons.. even a mindless idiot can enter the score followed with several haha’s. if you have nothing to say stay off the blog..
Leon
September 8th, 2009
6:34 pm
0-2…. Here they come…. Muhahahaha
Leon
September 8th, 2009
6:36 pm
BTW, sorry about T.S., Hang in there kid.
Painful Truth
September 8th, 2009
7:21 pm
Mark Richt has had top ten recruiting classes for eight years with another one predicted this year. He is a wonderful christain man of great character. He and his staff are great at bringing in exceptional talent but thats about it. Saban has worked his majic again starting his third season. Georgia beats teams because they have more talent. ex. MSU, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Purdue. Georgia’s program is already behind Alabama. Saban will win a national title in the next two years. He will have three top ten classes.
This broken record is gettin' old
September 8th, 2009
7:27 pm
does anyone know what happened to kris durham?
Buster Meeks
September 8th, 2009
7:37 pm
If Georgia is going to be successful it is going to have to average over 30 points a game. I guarantee that at the end of the season every team in the top eight will have averaged between 30-40 points. DAWGS offense is going to have to step it up. Don’t care what the defense does, if DAWGS don’t average at least 30 it is going to be a long long season.
jason
September 8th, 2009
7:43 pm
Richt has replicated in his UGA era, a team that generally would compete at the highest levels of the ACC. He gets athletic D players BUT the UGA O lines lack the genuine physicality of the LSU,BAMA or U of F or U of T teams. This is true year in and out.
Shards 1967, I was saying something similar yesterday. Our OL is soft with finesse. We don’t have a punishing run game. We always toss sweep or run the draw, of run the stretch play. We never pound it up the middle unless short yardage with a FB. We don’t have the OL or the RBs to do that. Our RBs are more scat backs. This is a primary reason why we have such a tough time competing in the rugged SEC.
Hugedawgfan
September 8th, 2009
7:44 pm
what do you mean, as a head coach, not knowing how your starting QB is feeling? does the right hand know what the left hand is doing in Athens? Or is it trying to squeeze past the head coach’s nose to earn the warmest spot up his own arse? I’m already fed up.
UGA NOT MAN ENOUGH
September 8th, 2009
8:29 pm
Mutt nation every year talk the same bs and can not back up 1 prediction.it sucks to be a uga mutt fan.
MVP
September 8th, 2009
8:52 pm
DirtyDawg had a rough weekend. his overrated mutts got hosed on national tv.Shockley and thomas brown was let go from the falcons.dirtymuttdawg eating crow, still running his cannon mouth with his predictions. and he know it’s going to be a long season for his poodles..last he just like his mutts. all bark no bite. just another dumb georgia redneck that never attend uga, or a season ticket holder…never been to a uga game…can’t find the stadium with a gps in broad daylight!
Hugedawgfan
September 8th, 2009
10:48 pm
that’s fine, talk about UGA playing Okie state and how they were not as good as their ranking, but refresh my memory–who opened with Jax state? And knowing this, this is something to boast about? FSU is gonna hand it to you bees
Hugedawgfan
September 8th, 2009
10:56 pm
Big Dawg 89- I pushed the panic button after the first drive Saturday-Saw Cox’s play coming–heard it best on Foxsports blogs–Don’t know why everyone is shocked about Cox’s performance, he played just as he did in the Spring Game-very flat and uneventful-no fire. Saturday was just an extension of this spring. Remember, there is a reason he has been a back-up for 4 straight years-we’ve got exactly what we saw Saturday-no offense capable of pouring it on–Mark my words, UT will be back with a vengence in 2-3 years. They had true frosh making plays and at least Kiffin had the balls to play them instead of burying them in the bench(hey Marlon and Rontavious) bet they wish they would of went with UT and LSU respectively. Remember, we could only muster 10 points against the 93rd ranked Defensive nationally last year, what do you think we will do against a SEC defense? I know, I know!!!! Not much. Forsee a 3 win season.
Hugedawgfan
September 8th, 2009
10:59 pm
Kris Durham out for season with shoulder injury—AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!Starting to sound familiar dawg nation?
Hugedawgfan
September 8th, 2009
11:02 pm
BullDawg Best—-well said-very on point-keep the blogs coming, don’t mind reading yours(you’re not delusional like most UGA fans)
UGAUGAUGA
September 9th, 2009
12:07 am
We have owned Tech this whole decade. Their talk is irrelevant.
Anti-Saint Simons
September 9th, 2009
1:28 pm
(((((Saint Simons is a TOOL))))) hahahahahahahahahahaha
Daisy Mae
September 9th, 2009
9:11 pm
Well I just got off work at K-Mart and decided to write. The game Saturday has just ruined the entire season for me. I talked last year about getting rid of Slick Willie and BOBO THE BOZO but all of you venters said I was over reacting. Well here we are again the laughing stock of the SEC East. If CMR does not grow some B—- and fire these two circus clowns then Damenon Evans should fire him. He thinks that his loyalty will win games but he is wrong. We have some of the best talent around but none of the coaches can coach the young men to their potential. I think we need to check and see if Nutt at Ole Miss or Pedersen at Boise is ready to be a dawg. Once again let me say fire BOBO THE BOZO and SLICK WILLIE. BOZO wasn’t even a good QB when he was at GA. The only ones who want these guys around are coaches from the opposing teams and their mothers.
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September 10th, 2009
1:31 pm
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Dawg Pound
September 10th, 2009
2:01 pm
We’re goin to be just fine with Joe Cox. Once the offense starts clicking you guys that are bashing him will eat your word
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September 25th, 2009
2:45 am
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