Gamecocks ‘really controlled line of scrimmage’, Spurrier says; changes ahead for Dogs?
Georgia needs to play more — and bigger — people on the defensive line. And it needs to get better play from a couple of positions on the offensive line “or make some changes there.”
Those were Mark Richt’s answers Sunday when asked about an observation from South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier that the Gamecocks “really controlled the line of scrimmage” against the Dogs on Saturday.
“I don’t know if it was total domination. It was actually a pretty close game to the very end,” Richt said on a conference call. “But I think we’ve got to learn our personnel a little bit better.”
On the defensive line, he said, “we’ve probably got to get our bigger men in there, ‘Bean’ [Justin Anderson] and [Kwame] Geathers. We’ve got to find a way to get them in the game more, got to find the right combination in some of our looks. That’ll help us.”
Neither Anderson nor Geathers played against South Carolina, according to Georgia’s participation chart. Richt said the Dogs also need to get Abry Jones more playing time on the D-line.
South Carolina freshman running back Marcus Lattimore, who had 182 yards rushing on 37 carries, said afterward that the Gamecocks “knew coming into the game … we could gash them up the middle.” He said South Carolina center T.J. Johnson “did a great job of moving their nose guard,” DeAngelo Tyson.
The 6-4, 290-pound Tyson has started the Bulldogs’ first two games at nose but also can play end (and prefers it) if the 6-5, 326-pound Anderson and the 6-6, 325-pound Geathers get playing time at nose.
On the offensive line, Richt said the tackles (Clint Boling and Josh Davis) and the center (Ben Jones) “played pretty good” Saturday. “Our guards struggled more than anybody on offense,” Richt said. “We’ve got to either get better or make some changes there.”
Cordy Glenn and Chris Davis are the starting guards.
More on the Dogs in the aftermath of Saturday’s loss:
UGA falls out of polls at earliest point in season since 2001.
What we learned, injury report and more.
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playing time
September 13th, 2010
9:23 am
Dawgster – Bama and Florida sure seem to be hitting more than missing
DAWG with bag over his head
September 13th, 2010
9:24 am
I hope Tom B Stone is right and JB is not with regards to McGarity taking action. I don’t think I can take several more “wait ’till next year”.
WonderDawg
September 13th, 2010
9:24 am
“Murray “handled things pretty well in Games 1 and 2,” Richt said Sunday, so it’s time to “open it up more” in Game 3.”
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Um, what would have been wrong with “opening it up more” in the second half last Saturday?
Sam
September 13th, 2010
9:25 am
Yes, I remember, in 07′, the same cynical comments on the blogs after the loss to South Carolina in game 2. Bloggers declared the season over. Said Georgia was pathetic. Not so fast. 2007 turned out pretty well, the team did finish well.
DAWG with bag over his head
September 13th, 2010
9:26 am
Hey Jerry remember 2008 and 2009? What flavor of kool aid are you drinking?
Sam
September 13th, 2010
9:26 am
1 play, the fumble on the 2 yard line. That determined the game.
Georgia is 1 play away from 2-0.
scott
September 13th, 2010
9:27 am
Saban was right, if Kirby comes to UGA he and BOBO would be fired in a year. SO lets hope BOBO is fired this/next yr. Thanks NIck.
Do or die
September 13th, 2010
9:28 am
Either show up and let the kid play football or stay home and let Arkansas run a muck this Saturday….. step up Dawgs will you please!
tide roll
September 13th, 2010
9:28 am
Richt moves Bean Anderson and then says the Offensive guards didn’t play well! Sheesh. Did you guys see No. 73 for Carolina! Roke Watkins 6-5 320lb. offensive guard from Fairburn GEORGIA. Totally dominant. What is Searles doing? I think he Richt and Bobo have a problem with a certain type of kid on the offensive line. Anyway, James Carpenter from Augusta, and Chance Warmack from Atlanta Westlake ( the same School As CAMERON NEWTON), looked good at OT and OG for the tide. Jujuan James from N.Gwinnett started for Tenneesee at Rught tackle and will be an all american before he’s through. And A. J. Hawkins from MLK started at center for Ole Miss. He’s already better than your boy Ben Jones. It’s got to be tough being a Dog. Roll Tide!
ugatiger
September 13th, 2010
9:29 am
The Most Interesting Ass (Man) Alive, I thought I would bring out a scum like you with my Kansas remark! Go figure, “Not a Dawg” but on a Dawg blog, you know what you can do to yourself! The fact is, Ga. got beat by a good SC team and lead by a good coach…..
WTF
September 13th, 2010
9:30 am
At lease tech loss, there is a God!
playing time
September 13th, 2010
9:30 am
Sam – What did UGA accomplish in 2007, what did they win besides and opinion poll. Put that in your trophy case.
SOUTHGADAWG88
September 13th, 2010
9:30 am
A little perspective on the how far UGA has fallen in the last 5 years talk.
LAST 5 Years FLA 57-7 LSU 51-15 UGA 48-17 ALA 45-17 AUB 42-21 TENN 36-27 SC 35-28 KENT 33-30
charlotte dawg
September 13th, 2010
9:31 am
get off the bandwagon haters. a win this weekend over top 15 ARK shuts everyone up. i’m so over the fairweather uga fans.
Rumbo
September 13th, 2010
9:31 am
What a bi-polar blog. In one week Georgia goes from playing for the NC to riding the coach out of town on a rail.
ARMchair
September 13th, 2010
9:32 am
The dawgs are still my team, next week I’ll armchair a win from my living room by calling the plays, just watch, you can thank me later
Pago Pago Dawg
September 13th, 2010
9:33 am
Well let’s hope and pray we don’t have to play Michigan for the next 3 years! Why can’t we recruit big stud running backs! Didn’t Capt. Superior say UGA turns 5 star recruits into 1 star in a year. Sad.
SCTexan
September 13th, 2010
9:33 am
Sam, if you want to play the “if” game: a SC fumble put GA in position to score, plus SC had two overthrown TD passes to Ga’s 1.
lefty fielder
September 13th, 2010
9:33 am
playing time . . . the better you coach the less you miss
Courtney Fuhrmann
September 13th, 2010
9:35 am
UGA’s offensive line was whipped like a tied up goat. Bring back my boyfriend, Damon.
Dawghater
September 13th, 2010
9:36 am
Karma’s a bitxh hey Ealey!
The Most Interesting Man Alive
September 13th, 2010
9:36 am
UGATiger, you are an idiot if you would rather loose out of conference than in conference. Home cookin; what a whining puzzie.
WonderDawg
September 13th, 2010
9:38 am
“10 wins or else”? Just where the hell are we gonna get 9 more wins? Look on the schedule and tell me who Bobo is gonna outcoach, to get 10 wins?
Murray can be a great QB, but currently he only as good as Mike Bobo’s pathetic excuse of an offense will let him be.
And one more thing . ….. I’m gonna barf the next time someone from ESPN or Tony Barnhart brags on UGA’s offensive line being “one of the best in the country.” I think it’s high time sombody noted that, experience does not necessarily = greatness.
cctusc
September 13th, 2010
9:38 am
Sam, you are a typical Ga idiot, no credit for the other team who beat your team’s butt
Mr. Belvedere '72
September 13th, 2010
9:39 am
CMR has outkicked his coverage. You girls who want to keep him around are living in the past. The SEC is passing UGA by and it’s time for a change at the top.
esaun
September 13th, 2010
9:39 am
enuff enuff uga problem; good coaching = championships (say it together “Saban”). Time for me to be a realist; the best peaches in the world don’t make a good peach pie. Richt as a recruiter A+ head coach F. 290lb nose guard; where dey do dat at?(NAIA
playing time
September 13th, 2010
9:39 am
Charlotte dawg – People have been trying to point out UGA’s downward spiral for about 3 yrs now. This is not the same league it was 10 yrs ago. There are some really good HC’s in this conference.
scatback
September 13th, 2010
9:40 am
Let’s just save up the national gross income of our state and buy Saban, it work for Alabama!
David
September 13th, 2010
9:40 am
Any chance you guys give CMR credit? He is the head man. Please don’t change a thing.
WonderDawg
September 13th, 2010
9:41 am
Sam, it’s Monday, and time to stop the tailgating. You can start back up Friday night . . .
cctusc
September 13th, 2010
9:42 am
The better team won Saturday, get used to it Ga fans because there’s nothing your team can do about it now.
Lattimore is a stud, look out SEC.
SOUTHGADAWG88
September 13th, 2010
9:43 am
Under 10 wins 3years in a row will get you fired at a big time school.Nobody gets more than 3.
JimDawg
September 13th, 2010
9:44 am
I am confident the defense will improve, however, BoBo needs to GoGo. Too many outstanding playmakers on offense that are seldom in the game…
jp
September 13th, 2010
9:44 am
go to the spread and the no huddle like oregon did to tenn .fsu used to do this when richt had charlie ward and no one could stop it .charlie ward ran it 7or 8 times a game. this is all that we have to do.cmr says the refs wont let you bc of substitution rules, but we can still go 2 min the entire game like fsu used to.
bimbo finder
September 13th, 2010
9:44 am
RED PANTIES Changes are needed. Most women change their panties every day but you are weaaring the same red panties for weeks. Didn,t your mama teach you to bathe and change your panties or is she the one you are imitating. Lady–you stink.
Tom B Stone
September 13th, 2010
9:44 am
There’s a blue light special on aisle 5 for rose-colored glasses…look em’ over but don’t over look em’…they’re goin fast
Gdawg
September 13th, 2010
9:47 am
Grantham made adjustments and Dfense held their own after being on field way too long. They were gased thanks to our inept offense. Richt and Bobo that was pathetic. You guys are to darn conservative. Let Murray play. I can’t believe you guys took our team into Columbia and just rolled over. Thank God for CTG, as at least he does bring some fire to the team.
something fishy
September 13th, 2010
9:48 am
Some changes are needed RED PANTIES. You have been wearing the same panties for weeks. Didn’t your mama teach you to bathe and change your panties
SCTexan
September 13th, 2010
9:53 am
IF, Bobo had opened up the game plan for the freshman, in his first SEC game, on the road, in front of a loud crowd, and he had a bad day passing or worst, thrown several interceptions, you’d be calling for his head anyway. Not only that, you could ruin a talented kid.
Buck Belue is fat and wears a toupee
September 13th, 2010
9:55 am
Didn’t that *homer* Suck Belue predict a comfortable win for the mutts on Friday?
Him Barnhardt and the junkyard blogger (the ewok) are pathetic.
Mallet gonna throw for 400+ yards this Saturday mutts.
messin with...
September 13th, 2010
9:55 am
told you to watch out for ball coach.
Rogerdawgfan
September 13th, 2010
9:56 am
wow!!! i was hoping for the best but i knew last year this ol was inferior or ol coach needed to be changed. was this not obvious sat. after a year and sat’s game the tackling was poor!! no excuses after fall camp….no excuses….i have been pulling for coach richt from the beginning and still believe now what he is best at “oc” like he was at fl. state…so it is time to move on. coach richt and his staff must move on also…
Fleischman in Chi Towns Bed
September 13th, 2010
9:56 am
if if if if if if if if if……………………………..
Facts are mutts you suck, deal with it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sports Fan
September 13th, 2010
9:59 am
we got beat by a better team. it happens. grow up and move on. get a life.
South GA Dawg
September 13th, 2010
10:01 am
Enough of the crying. We played a good game but not as good at SC. The game was left to the coaches and the best one won. Spurrier is one hell of a coach.He has been doing this all his life. UGA looked really good defensively except for RAMBO get him off the damn team. He would not dress out if left up to me. The announcers were even commiting on his slack ass. He use to be a stud and a head hunter. Guess that concussion rattled him some last year. BOBO we were calling your plays in the living room on saturday do you think SC didnt know what you were going to run? If you dont score how do you expect to win people?Why did we stop running Washum Ealey. I thought he looked good at times. The other running back is a joke.CMR has got to take control of the offense and use Murray, let him roll out and run or pass.The kid is a big play maker just let him do what he is good at doing. Teach him how to slide dont restrict him. CMR get your headset on and run the damn offense. Where were the Tight ends and full backs. Best in country and we dont use them? WHY????????????????????????
td
September 13th, 2010
10:04 am
For anyone that thought this team was a 12-0 or a 11-1 team is either delusional, stupid or does not understand the game very well. We have a new DC installing a new scheme (I think it took Saban a year to get it right at Bama) and a new young QB. Can anyone name the last Freshman QB in the SEC to win a championship? I said this last year when everyone was clamoring to get rid of CWM. Live with the consequences. If we get rid of CMB now then you are talking about another two to three years of having 9-3 and 8-4 seasons.
As far as being predictable on offense, I can tell you 90% of the time in the game Saturday what SC was going to run before the play. I watched Bama and Penn state play and could tell you what they were going to run before the play. The offence we run is fine. It is a pro set offence and gets us some of the best QB’s in the country.
We lost Saturday because of the following reasons:
1: We sent three DL’s to the NFL and the ones playing this year are inexperienced and are not built for this system. They will get better but it will take some time.
2: Field position: We have a new QB, in his first SEC game on the road, without the best receiver in the SEC and had poor field position. Murray played well and feels good about his ability today. This is good for our future. Could he have done more? Maybe. Could he have thrown a couple of interception and be gun shy now if they would have “turned him loose” probably.
I see some very good things with this team in the future. It is time to step up and be a true DAW fan and support the team and yes the coaches. If you can not do that then it is time for you to find another team.
WonderDawg
September 13th, 2010
10:04 am
WHY???????????????????????????
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Mike Bobo.
mcdaviddawg
September 13th, 2010
10:06 am
IT’S TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH BOBO OR OTHERS. IT’S A PROBLEM WITH RICHT. IT’S GOING TO BE A VERY LONG YEAR, WE’VE DROPPED TO THE LOWER PART OF SEC WITH TOP TALENT. THERE IS JUST NO COACHING GOING ON FROM THE TOP.
UGAgrad71
September 13th, 2010
10:07 am
As much as Mike Bobo bleeds “red and black”, it is time for him to step aside as OC, and MR should call the plays. I just don’t think Mike Bobo is creative enough to hold the position of OC. Otherwise, UGA will be a second tier team in the SEC east. Too much talent and it is being wasted.
Lake Hartwell Dawg
September 13th, 2010
10:08 am
Great idea, let’s git rid of MR and get the best coach available. The two with the best winning percentage, Meyer & Saban, aren’t available, so let’s go for the third best. Oh, yeah, that’s Richt. Well then, let’s get someone whose won a national championship. Les Miles will probably be looking for a job soon. What a bunch of idiots you are. You would have fired Dooley (and Russell) in 1969 or 1970, right before the great team of 1971. Or, you would have fired Dooley in 1979 and we would never have won the national championship in ‘80. Leave Richt alone and he will get it done. “Way too much talent” at UGa? Git a grip. There’s not a true 3-4 nose guard on the roster, and none of the D tackles are SEC championship guality.