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.
Georgia hopes for ruling on Green appeal as soon as Tuesday.
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Freddie G
September 14th, 2010
11:18 am
What happen to the Stud Defensive tackles that Georgia use to recruit like Seymour, Stroud, guys 6′5″ and over and 325 lbs. Why are the other SEC teams getting those guys who can play and not Georgia. Jim Donnan use to be able to get those Guys, but more recently we recruit the smaller DT i.e. Jeff Owens 6′1″ 300lbs. Alabama and Florida has some stud Linebackers but we recruit some 5′10″ guys. I hope TG will change that.
PowerDawg
September 14th, 2010
11:19 am
Tellmeagain-
You hit the nail on the head, buddy. I travel to a lot of away games and I hear the same thing from the fans of most of the people we play…UGA has the biggest bunch of fence sitters in their fan base that they have ever seen. They call us the “NOW” fans. They say it’s not just criticism of the team, per se, but even individual players. They only support the ones that are playing well at the time.
They all “love” Murray right NOW.
But let him have one bad game, and many of these so-called fans will be calling for his replacement. Right NOW they think Ealey is worthless, because he fumbled. But during that series he ran the ball very well considering the terrible job of blocking he was getting. If he doesn’t put the ball on the turf, we score and probably tie the game. Could have been a whole different outcome in that game. Spurrier wouldn’t have been so genius and Lattimores’ rushing yards, while significant, would have been an afterthought.
Yeah, right NOW, Ealey is a chump.
But these same people were all runing for president of the “Washaun Ealey Fan Club” last year after the Tech game.
A.J. is bum right NOW.
But before all this stuff about him selling HIS jersey on e-Bay came to light, he practically walked on water with these same two-faced pinheads that are calling for suspension for the entire year. The whole year? Seriously? When Alabama’s Dareus took almost three grand in cash, a first-class round trip airline ticket, and par-tayed and rubbed elbows all night with AGENTS got a four-game suspension reduced to TWO? AYFKM? I don’t hear anyone in their fan base calling for his dismissal. I don’t hear Mr. No-Non Sense, Nick Saban, having a problem with putting Dareus back in the line-up. Oh, that’s right…he won ‘Bama a NC…that’s different. All is forgiven. He is winning NOW. No wonder so many of our fans worship him and CUM so loudly. They are all connected by the NOW factor.
No worries. We’ll start winning and probably beat some team we weren’t expected to and Richt and Bobo will make them happy again for NOW… and Ealey and Green will have huge games against one of our bigger rivals and they will be great again, for NOW. The O-Line? May take them awhile to get back in the good graces of these fans. They only shine a little bit when the big stars are glowing, but we’ll see.
The defense will probably have to pitch a couple of shut-outs to get back inside the NOW circle, but that too is possible.
Yeah, the quicker these coaches and players learn about this NOW thing, the better off they will be.
One final thought…maybe in stead of giving up on trying to improve what appears to be a pretty good base, we should look for more constructive ways to get something done. Maybe Bobo needs to go back to coaching the QB’s. He has done a fine job with that. The accomplishments of Greene and Shockley as well as Staffords draft status are owed in no small part to his stewardship. He will make Murray better also.
Maybe Richt needs to go back to calling plays. I’d say we were quite successful when he was holding the play sheet.
I’m a Dawg fan. Through thick and thin. Forever. I want to us to win…Big. Sooner would be better than later. Whatever tweaks are needed, do it. I believe Mark Richt will bring us back into the spot light of championship stardom soon. He has proven that he will make the tough decisions and changes needed to make us better. Does that mean hiring new personnel for the staff again next year? Maybe. I don’t know. But I trust him to do what is best for Georgia. And I know he will.
But as for the NOW generation? I’ll pass.
icedawg
September 14th, 2010
11:30 am
The football talent coming out of high schools in Georgia is overrated, especially by the people in Georgia. Folks in Georgia don’t see it and won’t admit it. The mediocre talent has contributed to the record. The Martinez and Bobo coaching has not helped, but, had they the talent with Junkyard Dawg attitude the record would have been different. It seems each few years the players have increasingly become complacent and passive.
Buck Belue wears a toupee
September 14th, 2010
1:03 pm
“controlled the line of scrimmage” ?????
more like OWNED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE
t bradford
September 14th, 2010
3:16 pm
My problem with the offense is formations. When we line up in 2 backs they play the run. when we line up with 3 or 4 wide they play the pass. When we did run play action it worked very well but we are to predictable from our formations. What is our percentage of runs when we have 3 or 4 wide? It is easier to defence when you know what is coming.
Michael
September 14th, 2010
5:56 pm
S. Carolina will fold 1/2 way into the season..It’s a tradition.
The SEC and ACC will fold like cheap card tables this year except for AL.
tony
September 14th, 2010
6:39 pm
icedawg, you don’t know what you are talking about young man.
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