Mark Richt celebrates 50th birthday today
Happy birthday, Mark Richt.
Georgia’s football coach, born Feb. 18, 1960, in Omaha, Neb., turns 50 today.
Well, that decade flew by. Richt was 40 when named Georgia’s coach on Dec. 26, 2000.
Mark Richt (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
Remember the other candidates interviewed for the job? Then-NFL assistants Chan Gailey and Ray Sherman and then-Southern Mississippi coach Jeff Bower. If my math is correct, Gailey has had four jobs while Richt has been at Georgia.
This will be a year of milestones of sorts for Richt. The 2010 season will be his 10th as the Bulldogs’ coach. He already is the dean of SEC coaches in terms of longest tenure at his current school. Check out this AJC photo gallery of Richt through the years.
My friend Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald celebrates Richt’s 50th birthday with a blog post this morning that offers 50 Richt facts picked up from covering him over the past seven seasons. Some of my favorites from Marc’s list:
4. The guy is meticulous. He will spot a piece of trash on the floor on his way out of a room and throw it away.
5. True story. Once a few years back, he noticed and pointed out that I missed a belt loop on a pair of pants. Much appreciated.
6. Sarah Palin has nothing on Richt, who is a walking post it-note. He regularly writes his own notes on his hand as a reminder.
14. Among his odd jobs before he got into coaching: bartender and selling insurance.
44. He needs 111 more wins to tie Vince Dooley’s 201 career victories.
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On a different note, click here to read about a recent Richt hire, Scott Lakatos, being ranked as the nation’s best defensive backs coach hired in this off-season.
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Jax Dawg
February 18th, 2010
9:40 am
Happy Birthday Mark! First?
dan
February 18th, 2010
9:43 am
50!!! Wow that’s really old! Happy B-Day Coach Richt!
Daniels Dawgs
February 18th, 2010
9:43 am
Happy Birthday Coach!!!
BRADDAWG
February 18th, 2010
9:44 am
Happy Birthday Coach! I hope you celebrate many more as a BULLDOG!
proud dawg
February 18th, 2010
9:46 am
Happy Birthday Mark! God really blessed the DAWG nation by bringing you to coach. Hoping the next 10 years are as good as the last 10! Keep up the great work! You are building character and integrity in to young men! They will provide a platform for better families and work places! A 1000 thank you’s! Go DAWGS!
Blindog
February 18th, 2010
9:47 am
The Dawgs are really lucky to have such a coach! Happy birthday Mark,kep up the good work!!
Larvell "SugarBear" Blanks
February 18th, 2010
9:48 am
Wow, didn’t know that he was 111 victories away from tying Coach Dooley. If he can continue to average 10 wins a year for the next 10 years then he might have a shot at catching Dooley. That would come as a mild surprise considering that CMR has given slight rumors that he might not last that long.
Michael Scharff
February 18th, 2010
9:48 am
Happy Birthday, Coach! Best regards from a grateful and admiring fan in Augusta, GA!
Tim
February 18th, 2010
9:49 am
Happy Birthday! Man these 10 years have flown by…
Asheville Dawg
February 18th, 2010
9:50 am
happy birthday coach. Now about those ten wins this season…………………………..
SEC FAN
February 18th, 2010
9:50 am
Happy b-day. May the dawgs football team bless you by providing 8 wins this year instead of 7.
JaxDawg
February 18th, 2010
9:52 am
Happy BIrthday Coach Richt! Those 50 facts are impressive
Eddie
February 18th, 2010
9:52 am
Happy Birthday Coach Richt! We are very proud to have had you as our coach these last 10 years and look for many more great years with you at the helm.
Robert
February 18th, 2010
9:53 am
Happy birthday Coach!
Jaydawg
February 18th, 2010
9:54 am
Wonder if Willie sent him a present.He should for letting him basically steal the universities money by posing as a defensive coordinator for wayyyyyy to long.
1eyedJack
February 18th, 2010
9:57 am
Happy B’day coach. I hope you celebrate at least another 10 at UGA.
AltamahaDawg
February 18th, 2010
9:57 am
I wonder if he is going to have a birthday boondoggle?
Bam.
NC Dawg
February 18th, 2010
9:58 am
Happy Birthday Coach Richt and God Bless You!
CatsFly
February 18th, 2010
10:02 am
Happy Birthday, Mark. I’m not a Dawg fan, but I’m a Mark Richt fan.
UGA Alum 80
February 18th, 2010
10:03 am
Is he going to celebrate by getting a spary tan?
UGA Alum 80
February 18th, 2010
10:07 am
*spray*
CFB Fan
February 18th, 2010
10:10 am
Happy Birthday Coach Richt!
You are a fine gentleman.
Thanks for your many years of service to the Bulldog Nation!
God Bless You!
JB
February 18th, 2010
10:11 am
I know he hasn’t put a Crystal football in our Trophy case yet, but he has touched a lot of lives,
starting with those two children he adopted from the Ukraine. That’s walking the walk. Yes, we would all love to go 13-0 every year, But I really like having this man represent us. Haters on here need to do some research on him before casting stones. i believe Tennessee got a good man also. i don’t know if 9-10 wins is good enough for them, but he’ll also run that program with class. Happy Birthday Coach Richt.
Johnny DangerDawg
February 18th, 2010
10:12 am
Happy Birthday, Coach Richt! Thanks for all your hard work every year!
Dawgstyle
February 18th, 2010
10:14 am
Hope you have a great day Coach Richt ! 50 days til G-day.
SouthGa Dawg
February 18th, 2010
10:15 am
Thanks for everything coach!!
Matthews Dawg
February 18th, 2010
10:15 am
Great man and Happy Birthday!! God blessed the Dawgs with a man of character, class and integrity! Go Dawgs
JB
February 18th, 2010
10:16 am
Maybe somebody will make him a ring with the Tech score on it from last November for a surprise. They can put the score on one side and ” we run this state” on the other. HBTD.
Dawg'94
February 18th, 2010
10:21 am
God Bless you Coach Richt!! No doubt that you will have the most wins if you stay. I hope you do. Happy 50th!!!
JB
February 18th, 2010
10:26 am
POLL: will Johnson make 10 years at Tech ?
Big A
February 18th, 2010
10:26 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COACH!!Thanks for coming to Griffin the other night!
UGADawg4life
February 18th, 2010
10:26 am
Happy B’Day CMR! Let’s beat UF and Tech by 50…on 2nd thought, let’s just beat’em.
Herschel Talker
February 18th, 2010
10:27 am
Happy birthday. We should celebrate by doing the program a favor and relieving him of his job. He’s a good man, but he has set a train wreck in motion.
DTC
February 18th, 2010
10:34 am
Herschel Talker, why don’t you go to Tech, where you came from.
quaildawg
February 18th, 2010
10:34 am
Darn, wish I had known this earlier as I saw him at breakfast this morning and I would have personally wished him a Happy Birthday!!! Oh well….Happy Birthday Coach!!! GATA!!!! & Welcome to the 50 Club. I too am a new member as of two weeks ago.
cursive
February 18th, 2010
10:36 am
Happy Birthday Coach Richt! Here’s to 50 more!
CW
February 18th, 2010
10:38 am
Happy Birthday Coach. You are a good man and I’m proud to have you at the University of Georgia.
Too tough 44
February 18th, 2010
10:38 am
HAPPY BDAY COACH RICHT! GO DAWGS!
Diamond Dog's Parole Officer
February 18th, 2010
10:39 am
Who would have guessed that Coach February was born in February! Keep winning those recruitng championships and 9-10 wins per season. You’re the Wisconsin of the SEC!
Bebe Burnett
February 18th, 2010
10:41 am
Happy Birthday to Mark! You are doing a great job and we are so proud of you and your family. lovya,bb
Old Dawg
February 18th, 2010
10:42 am
Diamond Dog’s Parole Officer: you’re such a class act.
But best wishes to Coach Richt. He’s been a great coach for the Dawgs and will hopefully be at the helm a long time. Congrats on being a great man as well.
Summit Dawg
February 18th, 2010
10:57 am
From an E.C.I./Georgia Dawg, Happy Birthday Coach!!!!
ga gator
February 18th, 2010
10:58 am
Happy B day coach; love the rivalry.
WonderDawg
February 18th, 2010
10:59 am
Happy B-Day coach. Please get an new OC before your 51st.
WonderDawg
February 18th, 2010
11:00 am
It’s not a rivalry anymore, ga gator. Maybe sometime soon it maybe again …
Gatorbait 17-3
February 18th, 2010
11:03 am
“UGA’s Mark Richt, the longest-tenured head coach in the SEC, turns 50 today.”
Too bad he is tied for last in National Championships won. Yes, I know he won 90 games in 9 years, but he has lost 27 for (76%).
Meyer on the other hand is 57-10 for (85%). I’ll take Meyer’s record.
AltamahaDawg
February 18th, 2010
11:07 am
Ring with the score…good one.
And I will predict that PJ will have punched somebody’s grandkid in the face over a candylane game and lost his job long before 10 years.
Gatorbait 17-3
February 18th, 2010
11:08 am
I did want to wish him a happy birthday, he is a very nice man, but old
Bobby Bowden said, ” I don’t know if Mark is tough enough to be a head
coach.” We will find out soon enough, the next two years will make or
break CMR. One year if he goes 7-5 and 4-4 in the SEC.
GW
February 18th, 2010
11:10 am
Happy Birthday Coach! I will venture to say that 95% of true Bulldogs are in your corner.
AltamahaDawg
February 18th, 2010
11:11 am
Wow, a gator fan piping in on blog that has a giant G at the top and claiming to like Coach Urban Meyers. Well played.
robby
February 18th, 2010
11:12 am
gatorbait…no one on this post is intersted in your thoughts…please take your well wishes back to fla…
robby
February 18th, 2010
11:14 am
happy b day coach richt! hurry up and win one of those friggin bcs championships so everyone else will know exactly the kind of program youre running in athens!
Peadawg
February 18th, 2010
11:16 am
In a completely non-homosexual way…I hope I look that good/young when I hit 50!
WonderDawg
February 18th, 2010
11:17 am
Okay, Gatorbait 17-3, we’ll get the word to Coach Richt that his job is on the line. Now get back on that shovel or your job will be on the line. Moron.
DawginLex
February 18th, 2010
11:18 am
the class from the gator posters just shines through.
Happy Birthday to Coach Richt. The best coach to ever coach at UGA.
Class
Integrity
Character
Those 3 things equal being a winner in life. We are very fortunate to have him.
Now about the M&M boys playing QB this fall…………………………….
Dawg In Florida
February 18th, 2010
11:20 am
Gator Bait 17-3, 46-39. Go home and nurse your ailing coach.
Gator Nation
February 18th, 2010
11:23 am
The guy looks good for 50. Hopefully, he will have many more years in Athens. Take that the way you want to…
hsf
February 18th, 2010
11:25 am
This non-GA fan has the utmost respect for Coach Richt.
Dawg Fud
February 18th, 2010
11:28 am
Happy Birthday, Coach Richt! I wish you health and happiness.
GT Fan
February 18th, 2010
11:31 am
Happy B-day Mark Richt! I enjoy watching you coach except when we play. May the Good Lord Bless you and yours, keep up the good work. Hope to see you at FCA meetings.
Dawg In Florida
February 18th, 2010
11:34 am
Gator Nation… all jokes aside, way to be! It’s about time there was some respect shown from non-UGA fans. Appreciate your posting!
Herschel Talker
February 18th, 2010
11:36 am
DTC – yes,.I’m secretly a Tech fan, and I call myself Herschel Talker. Brilliant. You imbecile.
indianman
February 18th, 2010
11:40 am
happy birthday coach richt i hope you have many more as a bulldog
SanDiegoDawg
February 18th, 2010
11:41 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, brother Mark!! This is your fiftieth, a year of JUBILEE!! To quote from one of your favorite books in God’s Word, the Bible,…….
“My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.” — Proverbs 3:1,2
Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ has indeed blessed you and your family and we rejoice with you and thank Him gratefully that He has brought you to Athens and the University of Georgia. You are loved by all of us. Again, happy birthday and may God continue to bless you, brother.
Gatorbait 17-3
February 18th, 2010
11:42 am
Ya’ll are a little testy, sorry facts upset you.
Actually Mr. Dawg In Florida, Ga kicked the Gators
a$$ from 1904 to 1935 (13-2-1) kinda like we are kicking
your a$$ for the past 20 years. Since 1936, the Gators are
37-36-1(since you appear to like history). I for one like to
live in the present. The dawgs are either in the PAST (47-39-2)
or in the FUTURE ( we will get’em next year).
flagboy?
February 18th, 2010
11:42 am
Diamond Dog’s Parole Officer
February 18th, 2010
10:39 am
Who would have guessed that Coach February was born in February! Keep winning those recruitng championships and 9-10 wins per season. You’re the Wisconsin of the SEC!
_____________________________________________
Being the “Wisconsin of the SEC” is still good enough to beat the best of the ACC as last year proved.
true UGA fan
February 18th, 2010
11:43 am
did not know that me and my coach shared the same B-DAY, what a beautiful day to be born, happy b-day coach to YOU and I….Go Dawgs
bamadawg
February 18th, 2010
11:44 am
Happy B-Day CMR! Your the best!
flagboy?
February 18th, 2010
11:44 am
Thanks Coach Richt for being a stand up individual and a great respresentative of our state and university.
militaryDawgInDC
February 18th, 2010
11:47 am
Happy birthday Coach! I wouldn’t trade you for anyone. Thanks for putting God first in your life…You truly know what the most important things in life are…wishing you man more years of success and victories over tech…
militaryDawgInDC
February 18th, 2010
11:49 am
San diego Dawg..Amen Brother amen!
cantondawg
February 18th, 2010
11:50 am
Herschel Talker,
We wish you were a GT fan because you are an embarassment to UGA fans.
Bryant
February 18th, 2010
11:50 am
Happy b-day CMR from a Bama fan. When Coach Bryant passed every single former player talked of how he made them better people not better players. I see the same qualities in you good luck coach.
Gatorbait 17-3
February 18th, 2010
11:51 am
DawginLex
I’m glad you want to keep Richt, but Dooley was the best coach
ya’ll have had recently. He won a NC and owed the Gators while
he was coaching—— 44 or 49 to zip still stings from when he and Walker
put that on the Gators.
I am serious when I say I like Richt, I hope my son is half the man
he is. But we are talking about coaching and I think he was a great
Off. Coordinator, but not as good a head coach. He has won, no doubt
about, but he was much more successful his first 4 years, than in the past 5 years.
Diamond Dog's Parole Officer
February 18th, 2010
11:59 am
You’re right Flagboy, UGA has proven that it can beat its in state rival. (From another conference) Maybe you can add Georgia State and Georgia Southern to your schedule since “UGA Runs This State”, right?
Biggest success in 30 years in finishing second in the country and second in the conference in the same year. Grab that big net and catch that beautiful butterfly, flagboy!
Tropic Tanning Salon
February 18th, 2010
12:00 pm
Coach, as you have been a wonderful customer through the years we would like to give you a free tanning session on your birthday. We can also touch up the color in your hair if you like. Just let us know which color you would like this time. Come on over….we are open late.
how2fish
February 18th, 2010
12:02 pm
Happy Birthday CMR! Many more ! Thanks for leading these young men and setting a great example!
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February 18th, 2010
12:06 pm
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Poindexter Jugdish
February 18th, 2010
12:07 pm
Happy birthday to you Coach Richt, you are much prettier than our coach. He is fat and ugly and spits when he yells at the players and I am always afraid he is going to punch me.
If you are in the area of North Avenue today stop by the QuickTrip and I will give you a free Slurpee. Be careful not to flash your money though as there are some bad men that hang out outside. Their names are Jayrome and Loud-mouthed Bob.
how2fish
February 18th, 2010
12:09 pm
Gatorbait 17-3 have either you or Diamond Dog’s Parole Officer heard when CUM will be released from rehab ??
cantondawg
February 18th, 2010
12:10 pm
CMR is a better coach than Dooley. Dooley benefitted from a weak schedule (seldom played LSU or Alabama and Tennessee) and Florida was a down program that had never won an SEC championship during his time there.
Even with the weak schedule, Dooley had multiple 7-4 and 6-5 teams.
CMR’s downfall is the scheduling and the fact that Nick Saban and Urban Meyer coach in the same league. He has had to face the two best coaches in the nation every year.
For those who want to get rid of Richt, We better hire either Saban or Meyer or the program will be worse off.
Topp Dogg
February 18th, 2010
12:12 pm
Happy Birthday Coach and many more as a Bulldog !
Mark Richt Tan-O-Meter
February 18th, 2010
12:13 pm
Pegged
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
12:13 pm
I lack the dignity and class of all SEC fans because of my relatively recent history of success. I cruise every article written about Georgia because I have no life and live and die with Florida football. I make comments like Coach Richt is just a “good guy”, uses spray tan and will never be as good as Urban Meyer to make myself feel better. Go Gators!!! Work ‘em, Silly Gators!!! It’s great to be a Gator!!! God Bless.
SanDiegoJacket
February 18th, 2010
12:14 pm
Happy Birthday, Coach. I can’t stand it that you’ve beaten us this many times, but I recognize you’re a professional and a good family man.
dawgrific
February 18th, 2010
12:17 pm
Happy 50th Birthday Coach!!!!
We are lucky to have such a great person as our Coach, and as a representative of all that is right in a man. I wouldn’t trade CMR for anyone, and especially not for the self-serving ego-maniacs who work in Tuscaloosa and Gainesville. We win, and with a couple of breaks we WOULD have a crystal trophy or tow, but our time is still now and in the future. One amusing note (but an overall bad memory), and it relates to one of the few times he has ever shown real anger with a camera on him. Do you all remember when the female reporter asked him a couple of stupid questions heading to the locker room for half-time of the Alabama debacle in Athens a couple of years ago. He was obviously and justifiably irritated, and he responded in a very gruff and sarcastic way. I bring that up to drive home the point that he almost always conducts himself in an incredibly controlled and dignified manner, and thus treats everyone he comes in contact with with respect. But, I thought that one instance was really funny, and you know he proably apologized to her the next day, or the next time he saw her.
Thanks Coach, for the person you are, and for the example you set, and for not letting the rigors of what you do cause you to compromise the awesome principles you represent.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
41 38 49 38 45 24 37 41 17 20 45 41 * 0 * 24 34 24
February 18th, 2010
12:24 pm
Happy B Day CMR !! 50 is that ole plateau #. Just like someone mentioned that your first 4 years were good but the last 5 have been a struggle which is so true. The losses to Vandy and Kentucky and even to a pathetic SC team in 2007. The continual beat downs from both Tenn. and the dreaded Gators. Now the hiring and recruiting fiasco of the this year which was so comical. Yep Happy Birthday Ole Markie boy you’ve reached your plateau for sure!
Yellow Fuzz
February 18th, 2010
12:25 pm
While watching the US speed skater win the gold medal last night (by 18-hundreths of a second) over the South Korea guy, I couldn’t help but wonder if that would have qualified as a severe “a$$ kicking” or “beat down” if he had been from uga.
Hahahahahahahahahahahhahaahhaahahhahahahaha
Yellow Fuzz
February 18th, 2010
12:27 pm
Happy Birthday coach! Wish your fan base (the dog nation) were not such AH’s. Hope you can keep ignoring them.
hobnail
February 18th, 2010
12:27 pm
Happy Birthday Coach Richt! Go Dawgs!
Typical Dog Fan
February 18th, 2010
12:28 pm
He’s our coach, he’s the best, 9 straight 10-win seasons, were going to go 14-0 the next 2 years! Sic em! woof woof woof.
Billy O
February 18th, 2010
12:29 pm
Happy B’day Coach!!!! Most of us love you and appreciate what you have done at UGA. Keep up the great work!!!!!!
Vick=Dog killing Thug
February 18th, 2010
12:29 pm
CMR class act from A to Z
Coach Richt
February 18th, 2010
12:30 pm
I’d rather have a spray on tan than a spray on a$$ like Russ
Typical Dog Fan
February 18th, 2010
12:32 pm
Love the post game quotes after the endzone celebration during the 07 game in Jax: “I am sorry about the celebration; never intended for it to happen that way, only said I wanted to offensive players to draw a penalty for celebration”. Then ESPN showed him laughing on the sideline after it happened; whoops…………….Great Man, great suntan.
Since Vince
February 18th, 2010
12:36 pm
Happy Birthday Coach ! Im afraid you wont beat ole Vince’s Win record at UGA But anyway enjoy your Birthday !
Urban Meyer
February 18th, 2010
12:40 pm
Happy Birthday Markie! I hang 50 on you and your mutts in Jacksonville this fall! We can do a birthday dance in the endzone !!!!
CMR
February 18th, 2010
12:42 pm
The only gift I want is to be hoisting the crystal ball from the coaches trophy in January 2011!
Proud UGA Fan
February 18th, 2010
12:43 pm
Happy Birthday Coach!!! I’m proud to have you as our coach not because of your won loss record (which is pretty darn good I might add) but because of your character and what you stand for. Thanks for all the great work you have done for the University of Georgia.
Ace
February 18th, 2010
12:45 pm
Tan man owned by Kiffen.
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
12:46 pm
I would rather have a coach win championships while being hooked on Ambien, recruit felons and wear jean shorts than have a coach that is a role model. God Bless.
The Ol ball coach
February 18th, 2010
12:49 pm
Happy B-day dude; I remember the year I turned 50. It was the year I hung a half a hudred on the Dogs in Cowtown.
Typical Dog Fan
February 18th, 2010
12:52 pm
Typical Gator Fan, I know, I know; you would rather have a guy who underachieves than wins consistently. You know the stat: the most 10 win seasons in the last decade. Just don’t mention the Vandy and Kentucky losses at home please.
The Buzz Kill
February 18th, 2010
12:53 pm
Who Cares, UGA Sucks!
johnny
February 18th, 2010
12:55 pm
True story…a few years ago a family friend worked in the UGA Sports Information Dept. He got me, my wife and two sons tickets to the Dawgs-Tech game between the hedges and “full behind-the-scenes access” just hours before the game. We walked past Coach Richt’s office, looking like lost tourists. He came out and talked with us for a few minutes. Then noticed the jersey my older son – a Tech fan – was wearing. Coach Richt looked him over real closely and in that distinct voice of his, asked in mock disbelief, “Reggie Ball???!!!” Then the Coach turned to my younger son, the Dawg fan who was wearing his David Greene jersey, and said, “that’s more like it!!!” After a slight pause we all laughed. Then we walked away smiling, while the coach went about preparing for the biggest game of the season just a couple of hours away. Unbelieveable moment and an enduring memory in our family! Happy Birthday, Coach. Thank you for making a magic moment for us!
Señora Weeb
February 18th, 2010
12:55 pm
Richt looks a lot old than 50. I guess it’s sitting by the phone every night wondering if the police will call to tell him to come down to the jail to bail out another one of his felon-athletes. That would age anyone.
how2fish
February 18th, 2010
1:10 pm
Typical Dog Fan forgot old miss at the swamp have we? And has CUM been released from rehab yet..
Boarder Patrol
February 18th, 2010
1:10 pm
Senora Weeb …..Oh those SCOTTER violations are real Bad! HOW ABOUT SHOWING YOUR GREEN CARD WEEB?????????????????
TUCK FECH
February 18th, 2010
1:12 pm
Buzz Kill…U must c are to camp out on the GEORGIA post all the time…How bout trying to fill your High School stadium, or actually winning a Bowl Game?
Gratefuldawghead
February 18th, 2010
1:13 pm
Happy Birthday and lets RUN the Ball to the SEC Championship!
GO DAWGS!
02 & 05 were off years in the SEC
February 18th, 2010
1:18 pm
Never seen so little done with so much in so long. What has he done!
Ga. beat a #22 Arkansas in 2002 to win the SEC. Arkansas finished the season UNRANKED. Ga beat LSU with Miles in his first season. Ga then showed their true colors by getting embarrassed by WV in the Sugar. What a joke.
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
1:19 pm
I think Janoris Jenkins, Kenneth Tookes, Ronnie Wilson, Marcus Thomas, Jamar Hornsby and Gary Brown were unjustly accussed. At least that’s what Huntley Johnson told me. God Bless.
how2fish
February 18th, 2010
1:19 pm
Señora Weeb the entire Gator Nation stays glued to the TV,web etc trying to find out where your coach is?? Tough trying to keep up with 80+ 18-21 year olds…shouldn’t be as tough to keep up with 1 grown man..sadly that is not the case….
champdawg
February 18th, 2010
1:27 pm
Happy Birthday Coach!!!!You are a great coach but more than that ,you are a great man and example for the kids you coach. Thanks for being a Dawg……
savannahdawg
February 18th, 2010
1:30 pm
Happy Birthday Coach!!!
Dawg In Florida
February 18th, 2010
1:37 pm
I love how Gator fans love to disect the history of the series to negate the overall record. Keep doin’ that, just remember…at the end of the day you are still a Gator, and that is something you will never recover from.
Go Dawgs!
Win or Lose….it’s always better to be a GEORGIA BULLDOG!
BULLDOG MAN
February 18th, 2010
1:38 pm
HAPPY B-DAY COACH! ITS TIME FOR THE “GOOD GUYS” TO WIN THE BIG ONE!! GO DAWGS!!!
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February 18th, 2010
1:38 pm
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UGA 2010
February 18th, 2010
1:45 pm
The Dawgs are really lucky to have such a coach! Happy birthday Coach Mark Richt, keep up the good work!! Cant wait till the dawgs start back!!!
Dawg in Breman
February 18th, 2010
2:11 pm
Happy Birthday Coach Richt! I have some good news on your birthday :
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Calhoundawg
February 18th, 2010
2:13 pm
Calhoun, GA says “Happy Birthday, Coach Richt!” We’re so proud to have you as our head coach. I hope you’re still here when you turn 75. God Bless!
Pago Flyer
February 18th, 2010
2:13 pm
Can we just beat FL/UT/UK this year?!
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
2:15 pm
I wish I knew what the two holes above my mouth were so my teeth wouldn’t be so dry all the time. God Bless.
Snoop Dawg
February 18th, 2010
2:16 pm
Happy Birthday, Marlboro Man…
kenya
February 18th, 2010
2:19 pm
Happy birth day coach, may you be blessed. Have a great season this year and God bless your team, we are behind you coach., UGA DOWG FOR LIFE
Happy B-Day Coach!
February 18th, 2010
2:21 pm
I hope to wish you many more as the Bulldawgs head coach!
UGA Marketing
February 18th, 2010
2:31 pm
Happy Birthday Richt from a Bama fan.
Here’s an interesting fact: Coach Richt has won 0 NCs while head coach. Meanwhile, Nick Saban is getting fitted for NC #2 and his first while creating the new Bama juggernaut. Expect several more in coming years.
29 years and counting Dawg fans since your last NC!! Even the Techies have won a NC since your last one!
Troof
February 18th, 2010
2:34 pm
@Dawg in Brennan
LOL!! Why rub it in on Richt’s birthday like that!!!
JB
February 18th, 2010
2:46 pm
UGA Marketing…………………I’ll still take Richt. Congrats on your success at Bama with Saban. He is probably a better coach, but nowhere near a better man. good luck to you.
UGA Marketing
February 18th, 2010
2:53 pm
I believe Alec Baldwin’s character in ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ put it best when he said: ‘Nice guy? Go home and play with your kids!’
There is only 1 thing that counts in coaching! Get the crystal football!
A – Always
B – Bring back
C – Crystal Footballs
And JB, don’t make assumptions about a man’s character based on what you see in public, be it good or bad.
17 of 20
February 18th, 2010
2:57 pm
I hope the Georgia coach can stay at and coach Georgia for another 20 years.
dawgrific
February 18th, 2010
2:59 pm
I wouldn’t expect classless people to understand why integrity, honesty and respect all still mean something today. Go and take your negativity and cluelessness back to articles about your own teams. By the way, is PJ still a classless and grumpy db? Will PJ ever win a bowl game? Is Urban still putting his family first, oops, I meant, is he still sending out 1,000,000+ texts to recruits a year, since that is technically still “legal?” Is nick still making his assistants make appointments to speak with him, and still practicing (unsuccessfully by the way) how to smile so as to not come across as forever miserable, even when he wins? What is worse, by the way, a celebration (player-led and misunderstanding their coaches orders) while the game is still in doubt, or calling timeout to clearly rub the other student-athletes noses into a loss. What is worse, a “maybe late hit” or a blatant eye-gouge that basically goes unpunished by the classless head coach? By the way, nice running up the score by nuck in the FNC game. I’ll take the real deal, classy, honest and faithful, any day of the week.
Thanks CMR and Go Dawgs!
JB
February 18th, 2010
2:59 pm
All I heard was Saban say in Miami in front of the world that he was not interested in coaching Bama and looked forward to preparing the Dolphins for the next year. 4 million reasons later, he accepts the job he was not interested in or pursuing ( and he wasn’t pursuing it). In our neck of the woods, he’d be called a liar. good for him. Good for Bama. Good for the SEC. Ask the LSU fans and the Dolphin fans about him. I believe he was UNDER contract at both places. Maybe I’m just making an assumption.
dawgrific
February 18th, 2010
3:00 pm
I should have said 3 timeouts to “rub-it-in,” and not “a timeout.”
CMR
February 18th, 2010
3:04 pm
I take back what I said. I would love a shot at a top 15 preseason ranking this year, since that’s all that matters to the dawgnation.
dawgrific
February 18th, 2010
3:07 pm
I just don’t see how bama, mired in mediocrity for about 20 years, can get all high and mighty after 1 fortunate season. I had always heard bad things about their fan base, but the short memories and lack of knowing how to win, have sunk much lower than I ever expected. CMR has done fine against your arrogant and social-misfit coach, but we just haven’t gotten lucky enough to have a cream-puff schedule and a pretty good team put together in 1 season. You all and I certainly know that the vols beat you, botched FGs or not, and that Texas would have won if they hadn’t had to play a true frosh with zero real game experience in the FNC game. Grow up, take some class lessons, and be happy that things fell right for you last year. We could have easily had 2 MNCs (’02 and ‘07) if we had been so lucky, as many of this decades MNCs have been.
dawgrific
February 18th, 2010
3:11 pm
I swear that this is true, I would NEVER want to trade CMR for the 2 db’s coaching in gainesville and tuscaloosa, NEVER! Now, if we had a number of mediocre seasons in a row (which have been VERY RARE in CMR’s tenure), I might want a change, but NOT TO CRYER OR SATAN.
RICHARD
February 18th, 2010
3:19 pm
HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave In Tampa
February 18th, 2010
3:19 pm
God Bless you Coach Richt. Here’s to many more. Thanks for being not only a Godsend to UGA football, but a class act. Dawg Nation is proud to have you as their coach! Happy Birthday
RxDawg
February 18th, 2010
3:19 pm
Happy birthday coach. Here’s to another great 10 years.
BadDog
February 18th, 2010
3:21 pm
It took Dooley 16 years as HC at UGA to win a NC. Come on Richt see if you can beat that record! Happy Birthday CMR!
Urban Meyer
February 18th, 2010
3:23 pm
Happy Birthday Coach Richt. I pray that I make it to 50 years old. But the truth is I will be dead before I get to 50. I have way to many health problems.
dan
February 18th, 2010
3:25 pm
Gator fans, how about this for some facts:
You’re losing a Heisman trophy winner, Dan Mullin 2 years ago, Charlie Strong, almost your entire defense to the NFL draft, a recruiting coordinator, and a Head Coach who is taking a hiatus from football: and you guys think you won’t miss a beat next season? Do ya’ll really think you’ll go 11-1 next year?
Talk as much trash as you want. To the victor goes the spoils. But when Florida goes 8-4 next season and loses to UGA or South Carolina, ya’ll are going to shut up right?
JB
February 18th, 2010
3:27 pm
Stalling was a better coach than Bear IMO. You really can’t tell how the Bear would do today with the 85 player rule and the class room requirements (although that’s still a wink and a nod).
Bear would have 3 sets of offensive linemen and 15 running backs and the depth was so much better at Bama than most. Your are right, After Stalling’s, they went into a funk for 15 years or so. I know Aoburn wore them out 5-6 years in a row. they do need to show a litthe class. that said, i’m glad they are SEC and proud of their NC for the SEC.
Brandon Spikes
February 18th, 2010
3:27 pm
happy birthday tan boy. thanks for all the W’s.
Ga running backs
February 18th, 2010
3:33 pm
Thanks Brandon for not gouging my eyes OUT all the way. I thought it was also classy that you took yourself out for whole game rather than a half like your win at any cost head coach wanted you to. And i know you wanted to do it to Bama backs in the SEC title game, you just couldn’t catch them.
just sayin
February 18th, 2010
3:45 pm
dan, just remember this; we wont be as bad as when Ron Zook was the HC and that wasn’t too good for the Head Man with a tan.
H Dawg
February 18th, 2010
3:46 pm
For those of you that dislike UGA,CMR and the Dawgs,
we sure are on your minds !!
HAPPY B-DAY Mark
SIC’EM COACH !!!!!!
jake
February 18th, 2010
3:53 pm
What’s a kiffen?
Gator Nation
February 18th, 2010
3:54 pm
To the person who labeled himself “Typical Gator Fan” and posted at 12:13….it’s not like we have to read and listen to many of you calling Meyer “Urban Crier” and “Urban Liar” or being called a “scumbag” or “jerk” or even to the point of suggesting that he’s “gay” for Tim Tebow. Go look in the mirror my friend, because “spray on tan” and “too nice of a guy” sounds like a compliment compared to what you guys say about OUR coach!
Ga running backs
February 18th, 2010
3:56 pm
Biggest fear in the SEC is that these 3 new defensive coach’s improve our defense enough to put us back to being capable of winning every time we take the field, which has not been the case the last two years. I like the plan to attack rather than react. GATA
JB
February 18th, 2010
3:57 pm
Enter your comments here
JB
February 18th, 2010
3:57 pm
AMEN running backs
JB
February 18th, 2010
3:58 pm
Gator Nation…..you are correct.
Mark Richt
February 18th, 2010
4:07 pm
Thanks for all the Birthday wishes! Before all you fair weather fans and Classy Gator fans start ripping me a new one for not winning a National Championship in my first 9 years I have some interesting stats. Here is a list of some of the top coaches in all time wins and how many years it took them to win a National Championship at their school. Now there are a few coaches that have won a NC in 2 years or so of coaching at their school but that is not the norm. Here is the list….
Joe Paterno – Won National Championship in his 16th year at PSU
Bobby Bowden – Won National Championship in his 17th year at FSU
Tom Osborne – Won National Championship in his 21st year at Nebraska
Lavell Edwards – Won National Championship in his 12th year at BYU
Amos Alonzo Stagg- Won National Championship in his 13th year at Chicago
Frank Beamer – Going into his 24th season and hasn’t won a NC
Vince Dooley – Won National Championship in his 16th year at UGA
I don’t believe anybody can say that these guys aren’t good coaches because it took them on average 16 seasons before winning a National Championship. Now I know that I am heading into my 10th season at UGA and I have done some great things. But I know Bulldog Nation is waiting for that NC and I promise that I will get you guys one.
Go Dawgs!
Cobb Dawg
February 18th, 2010
4:10 pm
@ johnny ( 12:55 post ) Gee thanks for the short story about you and your family. Will there be a sequel about your family’s vacation last year. Or maybe about how Aunt Lucy waited on CMR over at the Varsity one time? I wasted 30 seconds of my life reading your dribble and I will never be able to get that time back.
The (half) Truth
February 18th, 2010
4:12 pm
Nice to see that my lessons on “Class” are in full exhibit here on the UGA blog. I have sold my soul for BCS aspirations and probably my health as well (you guess if that hospital visit was staged or not). Well, got ot go. Got lots of homework to do for my next angle on how to deceive 16-18 year old HS recruits. Happy B’day Richt I’ll administer your B’day spanking in Nov.
Sorry Guy!
February 18th, 2010
4:13 pm
Gator Nation – “because “spray on tan” and “too nice of a guy” sounds like a compliment compared to what you guys say about OUR coach!
That is because there is nothing worse you can say about CMR!
If you said the things that we say about CUM about CMR they would be lies. Spray on tan and too nice of a guy are true statements about CMR. Just like “Urban Crier” and “Urban Liar” or “scumbag” or “jerk” are true statements about CUM!
Sorry Guy!
February 18th, 2010
4:17 pm
The (half) Truth – You want to spank CMR? That is gross!
Coach Richt
February 18th, 2010
4:18 pm
Has Florida really beaten us 17 of the last 20 years? I think it’s more like 12 or 13 out of 20.
Cobb Dawg
February 18th, 2010
4:20 pm
The good news is my life sucks so wasting 30 seconds of it isn’t that big of a deal.
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
4:21 pm
Marcus Thomas and Jarvis Moss failing multiple drug tests and missing Coastal Carolina and Sisters of the Poor games to suspension washes with a National Championship. Jamar Hornsby using a dead girl’s credit card is washed again with another National Championship. Win at all costs, it’s not Coach Meyers fault that Ron Zook recruited all these thugs. While Georgia players are being arrested at the same rate as Florida, Florida wins Championships and Georgia wins what? God Bless.
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
4:24 pm
Cobb Dawg. I just wasted 30 seconds to tell you it’s spelled D-R-I-V-E-L not dribble. God Bless.
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
4:25 pm
But I will say that Georgia’s arrest are minor. i.e. Drunk in Public, Driving with a suspended license, DUI, etc. I think UGA needs to get some hardcore thugs like UF has if they want to win Championships. Guys who do drugs, shoot guns, steal laptops and dead girls credit cards, etc.
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
4:27 pm
Multiplicity much?
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
4:29 pm
God Bless
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
4:30 pm
Am I talking to myself? God Bless.
CLEVON LITTLE
February 18th, 2010
4:31 pm
Happy Birthday Coach!!
Gator Nation
February 18th, 2010
4:31 pm
To “Sorry Guy”…and yes, you are, apparently. Well, at least we know which “typical fan” is classless. You have pretty well made my point. Just because YOU or some of your delusional fan base BELIEVES something about someone doesn’t make it so. Just like many of you believed (and sweared that) Meyer was going to Notre Dame. And I have even heard (read) some “Dawg” fans themselves accuse Richt of being too nice and too soft and my God, even too religious(!). Don’t believe me? Just go back to some of these very comments on AJC after the Tennessee game last year when Richt was getting BLASTED by his own fan base.
ga gator
February 18th, 2010
4:31 pm
My you boys are uptight today; Happy B-day Coach.
Sorry Guy!
February 18th, 2010
4:35 pm
Gator Nation – Thanks! You have truly changed my perspective and pretty much my entire outlook on CUM and life itself. Your job is done now you can leave the blog!
Typical Gator Fan
February 18th, 2010
4:36 pm
Yes! God Bless.
Gator Nation
February 18th, 2010
4:44 pm
Sorry Guy…. You seem to be very happy with your situation and your coach. Good for you! As long as you’re happy, that’s a good thing! Tell you what, you keep yours and we’ll keep ours. Then we’ll ALL be happy!
12345
February 18th, 2010
4:45 pm
Who cares about this nobody, it’s like wishing some bird in Colorado Happy Birthday,
Who gives a Total $HIT !!
Sorry Guy!
February 18th, 2010
4:53 pm
Gator Nation – All that sounds great but your coach is slowly dying, so I don’t think that is going to work!
678910
February 18th, 2010
4:54 pm
I care! Happy Birthday Coach Richt!
ga gator
February 18th, 2010
4:58 pm
There’s no real reason to kick a dawg when he’s down. Turning 50 should be enough without everyone adding he’s a mediocre coach. That’s just piling on.
dawgfan
February 18th, 2010
5:02 pm
Happy B-Day coach Richt. Haters have been trying to dig up some dirt on you for years. “Can this guy really be THAT better than me?” they ask themselves. Oh yes haters, he can. The outcry over the 2007 Florida incident was simply hilarious. You would have thought he ordered his entire team to attack Florida with chainsaws. To this day desperate haters are still trying to milk what they can out of that one. Outside of the now tired spray tan jokes, its really all they’ve got.
Mark Richt is better than you.
col fot
February 18th, 2010
5:08 pm
Happy Birthday coach Richt, your a class act, thanks for coming to Georgia.
termigator
February 18th, 2010
5:09 pm
dawgfan, better than what? Going to church, maybe but who knows. Better than the Gators? I wouldn’t say going 2-7 is better.
termigator
February 18th, 2010
5:10 pm
Oh, Happy B-day coach, we hope you staty around at least 10 more years.
ga gator
February 18th, 2010
5:10 pm
How’s it going other ga gator?
Va Dawg
February 18th, 2010
5:15 pm
Happy birthday CMR! Man what a wonderful present an SEC Championship would be from the boy’s!
HotDawgette
February 18th, 2010
5:19 pm
Happy Birthday Coach! A class act all the way around and he’s very nice to look at!
dawgfan
February 18th, 2010
5:41 pm
I thought I made myself fairly clear termigator. He is better than YOU. How many orphans from 3rd world countries have you adopted lately? That’s what I thought. Thanks for playing.
Mark Richt is better than you.
Brent Forshee
February 18th, 2010
5:53 pm
Happy Birthday sir! I hope you have a great one. Brent Forshee- I think a good late birthday present this year would be for the Dawgs to win you, me, and the rest of the Bulldog Nation a Sec Championship in 2010.
termigator
February 18th, 2010
5:54 pm
dawgfan then I guess he is clearly better than you too since you don’t know me. If adopting children is your qualifier for a successful person, then hire Angelina Jolie as your HC.
ga gator
February 18th, 2010
5:56 pm
dawgfan, I think if you asked CMR about the endzone celebration; it wouldnt be as funny now. I think UGA has paid for it with bad officiating.
BuLLdawg
February 18th, 2010
5:59 pm
Coach Richt is not burned out yet.
He has gray hair.
But, his heart is fine.
He doesn’t cry when he loses.
He doesn’t run the score up on anyone. No one. Ever.
He knees the ball EVERY time when he is ahead and gets the ball back.
He does NOT call time out when he is AHEAD.
He doesn’t beat Florida.
I would say he pretty much beats everyone else.
He is a good guy.
He is the best Coach UGA Bulldogs have had in my lifetime, and I am slightly more experienced in LIFE, than he.
He is a better football coach than I am; he is not a better baseball coach than I.
The kids like him. I think the Offense, which is his CALLING in life, has been needing a lot of work for the whole time he has changed his CALLING in life from Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks’ Coach to CEO.
I am confident that his Special Teams feature the 2 best kickers in America, ever, on any team, ever.
I am confident that his Defense will be the Best Defense in The SEC this season.
That is saying something.
I think he has his kids under wraps about them NOT being Arrested/Suspended, as we saw that last year. We also saw him try to do something about the Penalties. He struggles with that. He actually likes Penalties, and probably is the only coach ever to order up 1 penalty please.
Stick that where the sun doesn’t shine, Florida.
He does NOT want to play the game in Jacksonville. You can sit there and say you LOVE Coach Richt and agree and believe in him TOTALLY all you want, but you have more excuses than a PREGNANT NUN that you want to go get DRUNK in Jacksonville and don’t care what Coach Richt says is best for his MEN in not playing the game EVERY year in Jacksonville while you TRY TO IGNORE than he is adamantly against playing the game in Jacksonville.
You are idiots to keep the game there.
Ask Coach Richt.
Coach Richt has NOTHING WRONG with his brain, either.
His coaching staff is the crappiest ever assembled in the history of CEO for head football coaches, of All-Time; but he absolutely has the right answer on Defense for as long as he can keep Todd Grantham.
His offensive coaching staff sucks the big one, the little one and all the hairs as they have been totally put in positions of coaching that which they NEVER PLAYED THEMSELVES, EVER, ANYWHERE.
And, the recruits on Offense in this state have run out on Coach Richt being now CEO and not QB coach and not Offensive Coordinator, and in fact the kids in this state and the fans boo Mike Bobo’s play calls.
He has to fix that.
Then, when he does, whether he wins a NC with UGA or not, everything will be fine. But, this blind loyalty that remains for the intact offensive coaching staff, also now MUST END.
Gator Nation
February 18th, 2010
6:04 pm
Sorry Guy, per your last post, I hate to tell you this but we are ALL slowly dying. But I know what you’re getting at and that you are trying to make light of Coach Meyers’ health situation…which is classless in itself and once again illustrates my point in regards to you and many in your fanbase.
Karl
February 18th, 2010
6:05 pm
a slow day at the ajc/atl
FL Dawg
February 18th, 2010
6:06 pm
Coach Richt, Glad you are a dawg. Happy Birthday and good luck on 51.
skyhigh
February 18th, 2010
6:15 pm
We have the best coaching staff in the country!!
We have more talent than anyone in the country!!
We have the best young quarterback in the country!!
We will have the best defense in both yards and in scoring in the country!!
Mark it down!!! 2010 is the year of the Dawg!!
WWOOOO!!!! HHHOOOOO!!!
Gator Nation
February 18th, 2010
6:18 pm
skyhigh, don’t bogart the kool-aid!
tree
February 18th, 2010
6:24 pm
CMR’S offense is like his spray on tan, very obvious.
BuLLdawg
February 18th, 2010
6:26 pm
Gator Nation
February 18th, 2010
6:04 pm
Sorry Guy, per your last post, I hate to tell you this but we are ALL slowly dying. But I know what you’re getting at and that you are trying to make light of Coach Meyers’ health situation…which is classless in itself and once again illustrates my point in regards to you and many in your fanbase.
Gator NATION, sir :
I am NOT on your WebPages. I am on MINE.
Urban Meyer is a crybaby.
He told his OWN KIDS that he was looking forward to being with them.
He LOST his offensive coordinator and his defensive coordinator.
They are GONE.
I don’t mind watching a NASCAR race and seeing the guy CRY when he WINS.
Urban Meyer teaches your children down there to CRY WHEN THEY LOSE.
He is the head coach.
He has a congenital heart valve muscle defect which millions of Americans suffer from. Coach Urban Meyer has brought 2 more National Championships to Florida added to the Bob Stoops / Steve Spurrier NC of 1996, 3 in a decade in a half. Coach Crier has had the additional issue of mental fatigue, mental breakdown, mental disorder, mental pressure to only win NC. He has a very good football team. He additionally signed the best recruiting class in the nation again. His team is great this coming season.
But, he not I, said to HIS KIDS not me to mine, that HE not I was stepping down.
That he could NOT HANDLE the pressure any more.
That he is going off in the sunset.
You make whatever you want of what I wrote, but what I write, whether liked or disliked, is the truth.
Urban Meyer for his own health CANNOT COACH FLORIDA.
So, get used to it.
You can find another better coach than Coach Richt to beat Coach Richt with. Don’t worry.
But, don’t give me this crap that I cannot talk about Urban Crier.
I damn sure can son.
Stick around.
I’ll give you a damn ear full.
Coach Richt will be here a LOT longer than Urban Crier is at Florida.
Cindy Hendrix
February 18th, 2010
6:27 pm
Happy B-day coach Richt & thanks for all your hard work great hire with Grantham can;t wait to see our new defense this fall hope you continue to stay & be our coach we are lucky & glad to have you at UGA!! GO DAWGS!!! Cindy
BuLLdawg
February 18th, 2010
6:40 pm
Gator NATION, sir, and I QUOTE you sir :
“you are trying to make light of Coach Meyers’ health situation…which is classless in itself and once again illustrates my point in regards to you and many in your fanbase”
END QUOTE
If, as you say, you are a Florida Crocodiles’ fan, do you NOT KNOW that your soon to be gone head football coach’s name who has won 2 National Championhips is
NOT
Urban
“Meyers”
but Meyer.
There is NO S in his entire name. D.A.
Don’t give ME this crap you are a Urban Meyer fanatic.
You don’t even know his DAMN NAME
Tailback U
February 18th, 2010
6:47 pm
Happy 50th coach! It is not reflected on enough the fact that
you genuinely care about your players. Many coaches make the claim
and it may or may not be up for debate with the fan base and players.
But no sincere fan would accuse you of not truly caring about the
those guys and I think that in itsslf speaks volumes about you as
a man as well as a coach. We are indeed fortunate to have you as
the HC in Athens.
Louie Jr.
February 18th, 2010
6:57 pm
Louie- What are your thoughts on all of thse Gator fans on here daily? Tech guys like you, I can see, but thesw Gators always trolling?
Sorry Guy!
February 18th, 2010
7:02 pm
Gator Nation – Thanks again. Now leave!
Ben
February 18th, 2010
7:04 pm
Happy Birthday Coach Richt. May the good Lord keep
you and your family in his care. A few years back
50 seemed old. At 48 I’m looking forward to it.
Life is indeed good.
pat Sully
February 18th, 2010
7:08 pm
jesus
BuLLdawg
February 18th, 2010
7:10 pm
Georgia tek fans (both of them) like to login using Florida handles because Coach Richt cannot beat Florida at 2-7.
Only problem with THAT is 1-8 Georgia tek vs Coach Richt
pat Sully
February 18th, 2010
7:14 pm
UNDER Richt
Vs. SEC foes: 43-22
.
Vs. Top 25 foes: 29-18
.
Vs. Top 25 foes away from home: 18-12
.
Vs. Top 10 foes: 8-6
.
In postseason games (bowls and championships): 9-3
.
In games decided by a touchdown or less: 34-14
.
Record at home: 47-9
.
Record on the road: 27-6
.
Losses to unranked teams: 6
.
Top 25 finishes: 8
.
Top 10 finishes: 6
.
Fact:………UGA was 12-1 in 2002 (prior to bowl selections)
.
Fact ………Fla was 12-1 in 2006 (prior to bowl selections)
.
Fact ………Not UGAs fault there were 2 unbeatens that year. “unlucky”
.
Fact……….Not Flas credit that there was only one unbeaten in 2006. “Lucky”
.
Fact:………Luck (not merit) had more to do with Fla getting an invite to the BCS not that Fla was more deserving to go to a NC than UGA with identical records.
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Fact:………No SEC team has ever lost a BCSNC game and if UGA would have been invited nothing indicates that it would have been different
.
Fact……….UGA has 2 SEC titles..same as Fla in last 9 years and equal amount of total wins (90) over all.
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Fact……….UGA has been ranked more times top ten in last 9 years than any SEC team at 6. Fla has only been ranked top ten 3 times in 9 years (real impressive).
.
Fact……….In 9 years under Richt no SEC team has more wins
Fact………..UGA has won 4 str8 bowls….more than any other SEC team.
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Fact……..UGA has won 11 of last 13 bowls…Thats more than any team (tied with LSU and more than FLA)
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Fact…… UGA has won 8 or more games in last 13 years…more than any other team in the nation including Fla.
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Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years. Only a fool or a fan of the mythical BCSNC selection process (non playoff) would think otherwise.
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Fact…….UGA had same record when they won the SEC title in 2002 as Fla did in 2006/8 when they won the SEC title. But UGA had the misfortune (luck) to have that record in a year that had 2 other teams with undefeated records.
Hardly an indictment on UGA but rather on the NC selection process.
6 times finished in the top 10
2 times finished in the top 3
3 SEC Championship Appearances
2 SEC Titles
3 BCS Bowls
2 Sugar Bowl wins
90-27 record over 8 seasons – 79% winning percentage (one of only 7 in the history of college ball to have ever accomplished this)
4 str8 bowl wins
7-2 in bowls (big games)
Mark Richt coached QB coach for Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke = 2 Heismans; Head Coach for David Greene = all time winningest college QB until Colt McCoy this year); and coached Matthew Stafford = very rich #1 draft pick)
No Probations
He has my respect.
Period.
2Dawgs
February 18th, 2010
7:22 pm
50 ain’t old when you are already 60.
Crimson & Clover
February 18th, 2010
7:22 pm
What a bunch of losers on here, just like their 50 year old coach. That guy isn’t in the same coaching league as Saban and Meyer. Look for another 7 win season and another trip to Shreveport doggie fans!!
DawgBone
February 18th, 2010
7:28 pm
I’m not happy losing to Fla 17 out of 20 times or to see Nick Saban and Urban Meyer reel in the top recruits while we lose ground to Tennessee, S.C and even to KY! Some Dawgs need to wake up!
Johnny Knoxville
February 18th, 2010
7:31 pm
It’ll be fun kickin their tails again this year and with a Dooley as coach!
pat Sully
February 18th, 2010
7:32 pm
BuLLdawgs is kinda a moron
Swamper
February 18th, 2010
7:34 pm
Meyer will be back ready to make it 5 out of 6 against the suntan boy and the dogs. UGA= Papa Johns Bowl.
Me
February 18th, 2010
7:36 pm
“pat Sully”, in reference to BuLLdawg…ya think???
Go DOGS
February 18th, 2010
7:36 pm
Crimson & Clover, If you knew anything about SEC Football, then you would realize that last year was the last time the SEC has a tie-in to Shreveport. If you are gonna talk smack, know your subject.
Me
February 18th, 2010
7:38 pm
BuLLdawg I.Q. under/over=50
Crimson & Clover
February 18th, 2010
7:43 pm
Go DOGS we only worry about BCS bowl tie-ins around here. Ok, I’ll go with the Swamper and say Papa Johns Bowl or at least one of the SEC bowls played well before new years.
DawginOH
February 18th, 2010
7:43 pm
Happy birthday, Coach Richt! May you enjoy many more leading the Dawgs with the integrity and character for which you so are so widely known. God bless you.
DawginOH
February 18th, 2010
7:46 pm
Crimson & Clover- congrats on the NC this past season. I was pulling for your boys all the way. Why don’t you cut the trash talk about Georgia and talk about your own team on a Bama blog? There should be plenty to talk about with regard to the Tide’s next season, no?
Johnny Knoxville
February 18th, 2010
7:47 pm
Georgia is the new Kentucky. Sorry, didn’t mean to insult Kentucky. At least they got basketball.
Dawgs88
February 18th, 2010
8:12 pm
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Dawgs88
February 18th, 2010
8:13 pm
Happy Birthday Coach! I think to celebrate you’re going to need a SEC title lol.
3-17 HAHAHAHA!
February 18th, 2010
9:19 pm
happy birthday coach! being the the second or third best team in the East is nothing to be ashamed of.
bring those black helmets back to Jax!
Maretta
February 18th, 2010
9:26 pm
Celebrate by retiring and not negatively affecting any more young men’s lives.
G
February 18th, 2010
9:37 pm
So what?
thomas
February 18th, 2010
9:43 pm
he may be the dean of coaches in the sec but will never win a champhionship hes way behind meyers and saban and miles
ckgator
February 18th, 2010
10:03 pm
Richt: UGA’s coach for 20% of his life, and owned by Florida 71% of that time.
Stick around, Coach Cool Breeze. We Gators luv ya!
angry dawg
February 18th, 2010
10:27 pm
If he doesn’t win anything big soon, hopefully he celebrates his next birthday by announcing his retirement.
Cornelius Washington
February 18th, 2010
10:43 pm
Coach Richt is a good man. He has more class and integrity than Paul Johnson and Urban Meyer combined. Angry Dawg….you are a nimrod and doofus head.
Mike from Savannah,Ga.
February 18th, 2010
10:54 pm
Happy Birthday,Coach Richt,hope you have many more,you’re a Class Act,& proud to have a coach like you at UGA,keep up the good work.
eastcobbdawg
February 18th, 2010
11:10 pm
Coach Richt – Congratulations on turning the big 50 today. Wish you many more and hope they continue to be celebrated as Bulldawg Birthdays – so proud of your accomplishments – have met you a couple of times at Bulldawg meetings. Can’t wait for this next season – go Dawgs – sic em woof woof and GATA…:)
Gators!
February 18th, 2010
11:16 pm
Mark Richt. Gators rule ya and school ya! Even in a UGA blog in a Ga newspaper! Gator Nation is EVERYWHERE baby!!
Bulldog Bob
February 18th, 2010
11:29 pm
Coach Richt – I hope you have a blessed and fulfilling birthday. It is an honor to have you as our head coach. I appreciate the manner in which you represent the University of Georgia. I look forward to the 2010 football season and ten more with you at the helm.
BuLLdawg
February 19th, 2010
1:14 am
“Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years. Only a fool or a fan of the mythical BCSNC selection process (non playoff) would think otherwise.”
That’s complete Bull Crap.
UGA does NOT have a better won / loss record than Florida in the Coach Richt Era.
UGA does NOT have a better won / loss record than LSU in the Coach Richt Era.
Alabama too, now has passed Coach Richt.
UGA is NOT RANKED AT ALL, today.
Not in ANY poll.
UGA has NEVER been national champions in ANY POLL for OVER 3 DECADES.
Florida has won 3 national championships in the just the last decade and a half.
UGA has won only 3 games against Florida in the last 2 decades, and counting.
2-7 is Coach Richt’s record against Florida, while Urban Meyer won 2 national championships
LSU has 2 national championships in the Coach Richt Era.
Alabama has a national championship now in the Coach Richt Era too.
Coach Richt has NEVER played a Top 10 Final AP Poll team in ANY bowl game Coach Richt Era.
3-8 is Coach Richt’s record against Top 10 Final AP Poll teams in Coach Richt Era.
Coach Richt has ONLY played SEC teams ranked in Top 10 Final AP Poll & is 3-8.
You sound like a complete idiot.
“Losses to unranked teams: 6″
LIE, Coach Richt has LOST to 8 teams NOT RANKED Top 25 Final AP Poll teams.
“Vs. Top 25 foes: 29-18″
LIE, Coach Richt has won 17 and lost 19 vs Top 25 Final AP Poll teams.
“Record at home: 47-9 Record on the road: 27-6″
LIE, 90-27 is Coach Richt’s record. You’re saying he’s 74-16. What happened to other 16-11
Just tell the truth and quit with your LIES.
91-27 LSU with 2 national championships
90-27 Florida with 2 national championships
90-27 UGA Coach Richt Era, LSU better & Florida 7-2 over Coach Richt.
Now, too, Alabama has a national championship & has ALSO passed Coach Richt.
BuLLdawg
February 19th, 2010
1:19 am
2009 UGA :
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80 NCAA Number 80 Passing Offense
75 NCAA Number 75 Total Offense
113 NCAA Number 113 Most Penalties
23 FUMBLES
17 INTERCEPTIONS
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2008 UGA with Knowshon Moreno :
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56 NCAA Number 56 Rushing Offense
116 NCAA Number 116 Most Penalties
19 FUMBLES
10 INTERCEPTIONS
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2007 UGA with Matthew Stafford :
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84 NCAA Number 84 Passing Offense
74 NCAA Number 74 Total Offense
85 NCAA Number 85 Most Penalties
18 FUMBLES
10 INTERCEPTIONS
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2006 with Matthew Stafford :
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79 NCAA Number 79 Passing Offense
90 NCAA Number 90 Total Offense
70 NCAA Number 70 Most Penalties
22 FUMBLES
16 INTERCEPTIONS
Hot damn, we’ve really been great on OFFENSE.
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BuLLdawg
February 19th, 2010
1:44 am
We have had 0 years when we got a great bowl game to cap a season.
We are an afterthought on the National Stage.
We are WORSE than LSU and FLORIDA in the Coach Richt Era.
We are WORSE than Alabama now too.
We are WORSE than Texas in the Coach Richt Era.
We are WORSE than Oklahoma in the Coach Richt Era.
We are WORSE than Southern California in the Coach Richt Era.
We are WORSE than Boise State in the Coach Richt Era.
We are WORSE than Ohio State in the Coach Richt Era.
We are CONSISTENTLY WORSE in the Coach Richt Era than ALL OF THESE TEAMS, INCLUDING NOW WE ARE THE 4TH BEST TEAM IN OUR OWN DAMN CONFERENCE.
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2006
14 points vs Florida in 2006, LOST.
20 points vs Kentucky in 2006, LOST.
22 points vs Vanderbilt in 2006, LOST.
15 points vs Georgia tek in 2006.
18 points vs South Carolina in 2006.
14 points vs Colorado in 2006.
14 points vs Ole Miss in 2006.
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2007
12 points vs 6-Loss not even in a Bowl Game South Carolina in 2007, LOST.
14 points vs 4-Loss vols 2007. vols scored 35, LOST.
20 points vs 7-Loss Vandie 2007.
24 points vs 5-Loss Kentucky 2007.
This was with Knowshon Moreno AND Matthew Stafford.
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2008
14 points vs 5-Loss South Carolina in 2008 with Knowshon Stafford & AJ Green.
10 points vs Florida in 2008 with Knowshon Stafford & AJ Green, LOST.
Applauded by FL players when Joe Cox scored finally with 1 minute to go.
17 points vs 7-Loss Auburn with Knowshon Stafford & AJ Green.
24 points vs Michigan State who beat no Top 25 Final AP Poll team.
27 points vs 7-Loss Arizona State.
26 points vs 7-Loss vols, we lack the killer instinct with Coach Richt.
24 points vs 6-Loss Vandie
This was with Knowshon Moreno, Matthew Stafford AND AJ Green.
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2009
10 points vs Okie State UNRANKED Not Top 25 Final AP Poll 2009, LOST.
20 points vs 8-Loss Arizona State 2009.
13 points vs LSU who beat no Final AP Poll Top 25 team, LOST.
19 points vs 6-Loss vols. vols put up 45, LOST.
27 points vs 6-Loss UNRANKED Kentucky in 2009, LOST.
17 points vs Florida this year after 10 last year when he got applauds from the Florida players on the sidelines politely applauding for finally scoring with a minute left the only touchdown he got with Knowshon Moreno, Matthew Stafford and AJ Green, AND LOST THE GAME AGAIN – NOT EVEN CLOSE.
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We have been getting worse and worse on Offense.
Now, ALL the all-stars on OFFENSE IN THIS STATE have turned their back on UGA.
And, the question you have to ask yourself is how does this make UGA better than Florida ?
How does this make UGA better than LSU ?
How does this now too make UGA better than Alabama ?
Realistic Dawg
February 19th, 2010
2:28 am
Losing 17 out of 20 to florida, getting blown out by tennessee—I’ve had enough of richt. When will UGA get a championship coach who can beat good teams in big games?
BuLLdawg
February 19th, 2010
2:56 am
You’d have to be a FOOL or on drugs to say :
“Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years.”
“UNDER Richt Vs. SEC foes: 43-22″
LIES, ALL LIES.
Is this because yours is SMALL that you MAKE UP THESE LIES ?
Or, in fact, is it that because Coach Richt is NOT WHAT YOU SAY HE IS, that you have to MAKE UP LIES to TRY to make him sound great ?
Alabama are the REIGNING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, and have now passed Coach Richt.
Remember the 31 to Nothing at Sanford Stadium with Knowshon Moreno, Matthew Stafford and AJ Green at HALF TIME ?
7-11 That is Coach Richt’s RECORD in his OWN DIVISION vs Florida & vols combined.
7 wins out of 18 games in 9 years vs 2 foes in our own division of our conference
Never mind the National Stage. We can’t get out of our own division.
“UNDER Richt Vs. SEC foes: 43-22″
SEC Conference Record, 2001-2009 :
56-19 Florida including 2 NC and 7-2 vs Coach Richt but you say :
“Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years.”
53-23 LSU including 2 National Championships but you say :
“Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years.”
52-23 UGA in Coach Richt Era 9 years from 2001 to 2009 vs SEC teams, but you say :
“Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years.”
And, you say :
“UNDER Richt Vs. SEC foes: 43-22″
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56-19 Florida vs SEC teams 2001-2009 including 2 NC & 7-2 vs Coach Richt
53-23 LSU vs SEC teams 2001 to 2009 including 2 National Championships
52-23 UGA in Coach Richt Era 9 years from 2001 to 2009 vs SEC teams.
“UNDER Richt Vs. SEC foes: 43-22″
“Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years.”
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56-19 Florida vs SEC teams 2001-2009 including 2 NC & 7-2 vs Coach Richt
53-23 LSU vs SEC teams 2001 to 2009 including 2 National Championships
52-23 UGA in Coach Richt Era 9 years from 2001 to 2009 vs SEC teams.
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/conference.pl?start=2001&end=2009&team=Alabama&team=Arkansas&team=Auburn&team=Florida&team=Georgia&team=Kentucky&team=LouisianaState&team=Mississippi&team=MississippiState&team=SouthCarolina&team=Tennessee&team=Vanderbilt
BuLLdawg
February 19th, 2010
3:18 am
Here, I will show you the
DECLINE IN UGA BULLDOGS FOOTBALL for the LAST 4 YEARS
3 of the 4 years have been HUGE DISAPPOINTMENTS.
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2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 vs SEC teams only :
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29-06 Florida vs SEC teams including 3-1 vs Coach Richt last 4 years
23-11 Alabama vs SEC teams including 1-1 vs Coach Richt last 4 years
21-12 LSU vs SEC teams including 1-1 vs Coach Richt last 4 years
20-12 GA includes 3-5 vs 3 SEC teams BETTER than Coach Richt over last 4 yrs
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/conference.pl?start=2006&end=2009&team=Alabama&team=Arkansas&team=Auburn&team=Florida&team=Georgia&team=Kentucky&team=LouisianaState&team=Mississippi&team=MississippiState&team=SouthCarolina&team=Tennessee&team=Vanderbilt
We are getting worse, not better.
9-9 Coach Richt record not in Opponent’s Stadium last 4 years in SEC.
9-9.
At home and in Jacksonville the last 4 years vs ALL SEC teams Coach Richt 9-9 combined.
We are the 4th Best Team in The SEC over the LAST FOUR (4) YEARS NOW.
4th best.
NOT the BEST as you LIE with your MADE UP LIES because Coach Richt is NOT what you say he is.
NOT.
Go DOGS
February 19th, 2010
7:03 am
Crimson&Clover: you probably have never even set foot on that campus. Can you even find Tuscaloosa ona map? Yeah! That is what I thought. Go pound sand, moron!
ga gator
February 19th, 2010
7:56 am
Good morning. It’s still great to be a Gator.
S.C. DAWGS
February 19th, 2010
9:36 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK RICHT AND MANY MORE WITH GEORGIA AND YEARS TO COME. WE JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE KIDS UNDER YOU TO HAVE ENRICHED THERE LIFES AND MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU IN HIS ARMS.
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bigdawg
February 19th, 2010
12:45 pm
gaytor fans are funny….nothing better to do than post all over a UGA blog gaytor fans? Its down right sad you guys come on to the AJC to hate on UGA, try a thing called “dating girls” its way better than sitting around waiting for new UGA blog post on the net…just trust me
how2fish
February 19th, 2010
1:52 pm
Bulldawg..what CMR is..our coach and a damn fine one at that..and a better man than most of us will ever be…you don’t like him fine crawl back in your hole and sulk..
Dawg Straight
February 19th, 2010
2:05 pm
Now that richt has some good defensive coaches, they should finally be able to beat florida, which will not be that good this year with an average QB and no good RBs or WRs.
Roger
February 19th, 2010
4:47 pm
Happy Birthday Coach, We are so lucky to have a coach with your beliefs and also to continue to keep UGA competitive in the toughest conference in America, and not taking time off for pressure, because plenty has been sent your way, Thanks Coach!