Gamecocks ‘really controlled line of scrimmage’, Spurrier says; changes ahead for Dogs?

to palm city dawg, the d cant play 60 min, blame boo boo fot that

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The difference between CTG and CWM is that CWM’s d would have imploded and UGA would have ended up giving up 30+ points. CTG made the adjustments necessary to only give up 3 pts in the last 30 minutes. It hurts to lose but I think we will only get better.

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Brian – the Auburn “turn around” is still to be determined. Auburn is certainly work in process and I would rather have CMR than Coach Cheezedip.

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PLAYERS DO YOUR JOB , DO YOUR JOB , DO YOUR JOB,AND LETS OPEN UP THE OFFENSE WITH GREEN AND KING OUT THATS NO REASON FOR LOOSING A GAME . DO YOUR JOB. SIMPLE.PLAYERS GET OF YOUR AZZ AND DO YOUR JOB.

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I saw them blowing our NT off the ball during the game. Why did it take till after the game to figure out we need someone bigger at nose?!!!

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Same line every year when we get whipped. Hey Coach, how many millions does it take to get the right personnel in there in the first place? I’m not worried about the Defense personally. I mean it wasn’t junkyard dawgs, but the chickens were on adrenaline and ran up and down the field, and we were still able to hold them to two touchdowns. The Defense needs tweaking, not overhauling. I’m sure CTG is up to the task. The offense is another story. Year after year after year after year, our offense looks anemic at the onset of the season. It’s really quite simple. The only common denominator here is CMR. It’s been 10 years and our offense still cannot play 4 quarters of competitive SEC football. Two and a half classes have come and gone. It’s not the athletes folks. Same story every year regardless of the players. And the excuses…year after year. It’s a hard pill to swallow, but it’s looking like the athletes aren’t the only personnel changes the Dawgs need.

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…to complete the weekend Quinella – UGA loses, Tech loses, GA State loses, Falcons lose, and the Braves lose – could be worse, however, UGA could have lost to James Madison if they had played them instead of USC East…

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…Wille come back this week to teach tackling? I thought he was going to teach better than that, at least that is what he bragged about after watching last year’s films…

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…UGA made a crappy UT QB look all world; this year they let a freshman RB look all world. And the UGA offense may be worse than the Falcons O – but probably not, can you believe the Falcons have played 5 games and have yet to have the first team score a TD….

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1. We knew the d-line was the weakest part of the equation.

2. So did Spurrier. And give Spurrier an extra two days of prep, and he’ll score on the opening drive almost every time. That and a fumble decided the game.

3. Lattimore is a legit. Thank God he didn’t go to Auburn, where he ultimately would be a bigger problem for UGA/SEC. Later this year, Dawg D performance will look much better in comparison to how others handle USC.

4. This is the week when we will see if the CTG effect is real.

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First off – You guys needs to shut the hell up with the tackling comments about that being the worst tackling you have ever seen. You clearly have not paid attention in the past. That game was fine on defense. They gave up a lot of yards to Lattimore and yet we could have still won.

The issue was the lack of performance and consistency on our part in our running game. The defense made adjustments and gave the offense plenty of opportunities. They did not capitalize.

Murray played great. The OL pass blocked great. The receivers looked good. The problem was run blocking and the play calling was not good at all in that area.

For all the people who were bitching last year about the defense. this defense was fine. We are still learning and getting that worked out. It was not like this was a game we were beat by a 3rd tier team.

The fair weathered fans should exit the UGA train and jump. The real fans are tired of your lonesome and over dramatization of how good or bad things are. Basically STFU!

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Coach Richt, how bout charting your own tendancies? If UGA throws an incompleation on first down, we run it on second and ten 90% of the time. We ran the ball on second and long every time against USC except for one. Including the fumble on the three yard line. I understand you want to avoid and third and long by trying to gain five yards on the ground on second down. But, we don’t, I don’t see a big difference third and 8 vs. third and ten. Throw on second and ten at least 50% of the time. Everybody in the stadium knows we’re gonna run on second and long.

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Barack DAWG….well your name says it all…as for the Tackling…..WHAT GAME DID YOU WATCH IDIOT!

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It’s gonna be a long season. It will take a full year for Grantham to get his D educated (same as Saban at Bama), and the offense will be predictable and impotent until Richt demotes Bobo.

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You guys will find out that South Carolina is a good football team!

I’m not sure why everyone is so down on the D. The held them to 17 points as was constantly starting at the 40 all day. I see the bright side on the defense. Sure we need adjutments but it is new.

On the other hand, other than a Rfreshman our offense was terrible. And don’t give me the A.J. green crap. That is suppose to be a veteran offense that didn’t even score a touchdow. Pathetic

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Freshman,not redshirt quarterback for Michigan runs and throws for 200+ yards and we say our quarterback that has been through 2 spring training is not ready,sounds like making up excuses and coaching to me.We didn’t run any draws,reverses or gimmick plays,but if you look back we did the same thing with a 5th year senior.When you sit in a room of Ga. fans and they’re calling the plays before hand, I say get rid of Richt and Bozo.

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Barack dawg, congrats you are the newest member of the bulldawg mediocrity fan club. We look forward to you coming on the blogs every week to give us a long list of excuses. Wake up, UGA has had three years of mediocre football. Believe it or not some fans aren’t satisfied with 8-5, we want to compete for national championships. The state of Georgia is a football factory for D-1 football recruits so Richt has the talent but cannot produce. Time for a change at the top.

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We still the best team! We still win championship! Georgia best team ever. Everyone else sucks we have best tradition. Murray for heisman.

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HARD TO PLAY D WHEN WRITING IS ON THE WALL THAT YOUR O AINT GONNA PULL ITS OWN WEIGHT….

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Roaddawg80,If you will look closer you will see I blame everything on Richt ana Bobo.

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Too bad it’s not your turn for our bowl this year, Dawgs. I guess we’ll get an ACC team that’s just as good as yours. And it’s for sure our women, dogs, and cattle will be a lot safer this December.

How’s that national championship going for ‘ya? I seem to remember a lot of you saying “never again” after you left our fair city in December. Maybe “never again” means “not till December 2011″. You reckon?

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I think Grantham was telling Richt on the sideline, after yet another of five-straight 3-and-outs, ” hey coach, could you help Bobo get a couple of first downs?”

Five straight 3-and-outs. Bobo was coaching like he had a three TD lead.

Again, McGarity is not used to seeing crap like this at UF. He’s used to seeing OCs that actually get head coaching job offers. He’ll take care of this, we just have to wait til season’s end . . .

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Ealey is better at dodging parked vehicles (wait, no he clipped) than he is at toting a pigskin for more than a couple of yards. Or, perhaps he has no experience at entering the end zone. Poodles may have the most overrated RBs in conference, which will make it tough on Murray.

A loss to the Hogs this weekend and Athens will explode with damaged trailers.

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Pah-Lease! The problem wasn’t that we weren’t there but that we didn’t tackle. And even as bad as our tackling was their ypc carry was nothing to write home about. Had they avge 5 or 6 ypc , fine, you can go there but that was not the case.

SS being his usual moron self. If he still won as many games as he makes moronic comments, he’d win the NC, every year.

HBTD!!!

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Pretty pitiful effort last Saturday. Didn’t see enough to make me think there’s much difference between last season and this current one. As for the game this Saturday, it’s the ‘Hogs to lose, not the ‘Dogs to win. Hate to say it, but the love affair between CMR and the Bulldog faithful is beginning to wane. I for one have lost all confidence in him. Not a slam on him personally, but CMR looks lost and disengaged on during the game. Hope I am wrong. With a loss Saturday, UGA is officially working on 2011, which begs the question of where does AJ Green fit into the plans? AJ committed a real “no-no.” A real “no-no” that ALL players and coaches are aware of. Now, he and the team are paying the price. Sad.

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Don’t forget, I was fired by the Cleveland Browns.

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Dang people before you slam the Dawgs you better look at who other SEC teams were beaten or almost beaten be and oh yeah GT beaten by Kansas. South Carolina is better than I thought and I think we’ll see their offense is more potent than we saw. Go DAWGS

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I am so disappointed in this coaching staff. We go into S.Carolina with a vanilla offensive game plan to protect our qb. Now we say on Sunday we are going to take off the reigns and let Murray run the whole playbook. A little to late? Why cant we coach in the big games? I dont blame the players,I blame the poor preperation of our coaching staff.

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Richt has always been somehwhat confused. He knows that he has built a fine team and that we have speed and such. The problem is that he does have a good ACC type of team …………..but UGA plays in the big boy SEC league and that is why we play the mid level schools closer and lose. KY and SC have now surpassed UGA as the best of the rest in the SEC.

Arkansas beats up on UGA at home and the boo birds will fly out and it will turn very, very, very ugly for the entire team and staff. UGA alumni ( i r 1 ) have had enough of the punk assed attitudes on our team over the last few UNSUCCESSFUL YEARS. See W. Ealey and AJ Green and few others.

There is a new AD in town and he grew up in Athens and he is a winner at the highest level having played UGA tennis ( yes, I said tennis ) and when he played for UGA, they were world beaters under Dan Mcgill and McGarity knows what he has to do to restore the good years in football.

Go Dogs.

Richt & Bobo : the clock is ticking. There are no more coasting years in the bank, like last year.

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dawgsux

Why stop at 0-2 in the SEC, after the Arkansas beating this weekend,
that trip to Miss State could turn ugly very quickly-remember Miss. State
almost beat Florida last year in Starksville. And playing with those
cow bells ring in your ear is not fun. SEC 0-3 and bye, bye Richt, we need a mid-season firing
to shake things up!

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Bingo observer, Having lived in GA for 2+ years I can tell you there is really only one UGA fan, the fanatic. They live in the Hershel Walker days, and while I can understand expecting good things every year, they can not and will not accept on a particular and day that someone else was better.

I’m still waiting to hear from “really” who slammed my prediction last week. I seemed to hit it darn near on the head. Not bad for someone accused of not knowing or watching college football.

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Ol’ SOS gives it to the Dawggies again.

Watch the film…..USC gashed the vaunted 3-4 defense….not so much when we were in the 4-3. I think we need to fit the scheme to the players…..instead of trying to win with square pegs in round holes.

Rambo stuck out like a sore thumb on Saturday….even Boob Davey made several comments about his poor play and unwillingness to tackle anyone. He played more like Bacardi than Rambo.

Garcia even avoided the wrath of The Ol’ Ball Coach……that speaks volumes about how your defense played when Garcia plays well.

Now you see why successful coaches ( ie: The Old Masters of the game ) always preached running the football, playing sound defense and special teams – even Butler seemed average – as the recipe for winning football games. USC had twice as many plays on offense as did UGA..

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Papadawg….SC played with 7 & somestimes 8 in the box, daring UGA to run…they decided that they were gonna make R/Freshman beat them with his arm; but we all know BooBoo had other ideas. SC defense was sound the whole game and they tackled alot better than UGA defense did. Break it down: overall UGA was outcoached in all phases of game.

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AND fumble.

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If they play like they did Saturday against SC they will get embarassed by Arkansas. Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett will put tds on the board. If the Dawgs can’t score 40 points they won’t win.

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My observations from Columbia.
That Lattimore kid is a stud. If he stays healthy – can give SC chances win more big games.
Due to lack of wrapping him up on first hit, gave him a bunch of yards. CTG needs to work our ‘D’ on that.
Our O-line pass blocking looked good. However the run blocking needs some more work.
And the most surprising aspect – I did not see any red panties tossed at us. I was expected some to collect.

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SCTexan Sorry about that spelling, “the rivalry with Georgia”….as a UGA grad….What Rivalry…46-15-2…enough said.

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observer: “Looking for a site that can have some logical discussion and with people that know UGA football not screamers.”
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Good luck with that, observer. If an article has the letters uga in it, the 14 year olds come out in droves . . .

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All of you “Coaches”, Apply for the UGA head coach today before any time passes!!!!!!! You may be able to supply ALL of the answers before Saturday’s game.
Support the team or find yourselves another one to coach.
Go, Dawgs!!!

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When are you delusional fans realize the Hogs are rated the #12 team in the country for a reason.
Your sorry team is TOTALLY unranked. Anything can happen but the dawgs beating the Hogs is
very unlikely, especially with that non-tackling safety Rambo. We will be throwing over him all day long.

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UGA was boys against men this past Saturday. South carolina was loaded with Studs and has now passed UGA. It was evivdent last year and now has come to a head. FIRE VAN HALLANGER and STACY SEARLES…

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Sad prediction but there is no way Richt ever wins another SEC title at Georgia.

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What are these clowns doing in Athens. UGA will be lucky to win 5 more games.

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Is our O line really that good ? We could not run the ball up the middle on UN Laf and BOBO tired a jumbo set and up the middle on third and two ( it failed). I’m no football expert, but the offense led by CMB is just not good. Lattimore is a beast, I thought the D did ok. By the way, do we really have the players?

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“The Boise State coach is terrific…just watch them play.”

You’re delusional, and thank God you are not responsible for hiring anyone. The only thing Chris Petersen is terrific at is winning against a schedule that is a laughing stock.

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I have a major problem with BOBOs play calling! Ticht has this I have to protect my Freshman QB attitude which ultumately makes your team concervative and does not give them a chance to win. It was obvious that Murray was more than capable of making plays with his arm and feet. This offense is boring predictable and teams know how dto stop it. If the offense live was playing the way everyone thoucght it woull play, this play calling could maybe work, but when the line is getting pushed around like ours, that system does not work. Also, what is this deal with the toss sweep? we ran that play on first done and lost 3 yards when our defense made a play to get the ball and we ended up punting on that drive. The offensive line is a failure, the offensive coordinator is a failure.

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Joe, you forgot to say; HE WINS THE BIG DAMNED GAMES! He can’t help it if Boise is in a conference that sucks. You didn’t see the PAC 10 come knocking on their door with an offer of membership did you? His schedule is what it is and he wins with 2 and 3 star talent the same as everyone else has in that conference. Hell, Kellen Moore was only recruited by 2 or 3 schools. But as I said before, I hope Richt stays forever.

Stay thirsty.

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I am a Dawg fan,Have bneen for 25 yrs. CTG shutndown their passing game.. But as much i hate to say it the Ol’ ball coach has 1 heel’va team folks..And thet RB is one of the best i every seen..USC has the Team to beat,they are that good folks..CTG done a fair job on them,not letting them score after half time..We have a very good QB just turn him loose alillte bit more..I se USC playing for the SEC champ. this year their that good…Need To paint bBO BO arrs White like RUSH”s…GO DaWGS

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Joe your wrong! I am not saying Fire Richt, but if you watched the first half of the Boise Virginia Tech game, They man handled V Tech on both sides of the ball and they seem to run an offense that is not as predictable as Georgia’s. This pro style offense is not winning games anymore and the best players are going to spread type offenses. I hate to say this because I am a Fan of Georgia, but we are so far beind Alabama, Florida, and even S Carolina now because they are finally getting the recruits we used to get. lattimore is a STUD! Their receivers are all better than any of ours except AJ. Their defense is quicker and their line is bigger. Its hard to find any hope for the future of Georgia’s program!

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Here is what needs to get better:
1) Play calling- please tell me why when you are passing almost at will on them, you suddenly decided you have to run the Wild Dawg- and get offside penalties and stopped for no gain…twice? :You should stay with something that works until they can stop it. Need an example Bobo? See Carolina’s running against us. They ran it and ran it and ran it, we could not stop it, and the won the game. Bobo needs to improve IMO..or he needs to go.
2) our offense line is suppose to be the strength of this team. Appears that is not the case. They were man handled.
3) tackling- they should have the defense carry tackling dummies to class.

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bjohndawg, you are correct. Back when Erict Rhett was a running back for UF, I saw spurrier run the EXACT same play 8 our of 9 plays against UGA and Goff never did adjust. A good coach runs what works and a bad one never figures it out. Remember Dawgs, Spurrier had the guts to take the play calling away from his own son and Richt just cant do it to Bobo and it took him too long to fire willie. You really think that Bobo is the problem?

That being said, I hope Richt stays forever.

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I’ve been defending Richt… even to my WIFE !!…( S.C. is really good ).. now it’s time to man-up and take over play calling.. we could still win out ( I’m an optimist )… Fla’ s rebuilding.. Ark.. will take some scoring plus good D… so if you can still Coach “em up Richt……

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Folks are right about Chris Peterson…… The SEC would not be kind to him…..He loads up on California talent and beats up on pretty weak teams. He almost couldn’t be a VT team that lost to Ms. Madison . I hate to say it, but Kirby Smart needs to come home…You ask what has he proved ? What had Mark “proved” when he got here ?…. After 6-8 years with Saban, He gets it. Kirby would have to lay out the bucks and bring in a top notch OC. It’s a business, it’s about results, and getting ” bitch slapped” by frigging Carolina has most Dawgs stomachs in a flux. Saturday was more than a loss Saturday. It was a Statement of where this program is after two years in decline. Saban won a National Title in year 3. We can’t beat Carolina Starting on three years of falling. Out of the top 25 week 2. Nuff said.

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Hey Gainesville Dawg…good comments, i couldn’t agree more, i think the true dawg fans will continue to support this coaching staff…We made off season improvements and we will get better, however, with that being said, i am losing patient with Coach Bobo, although you can’t blame fumbles and dropped balls, or the O-line not run blocking as they should…I do however think he shows very little imagination on offense and with the talent we have. receivers, tight ends, we should be doing more…Our Rb’s are good but none in the class of the SC back, thats why eveyone in the nation wanted him… I think we have a good one in Murray, its time to let him do what he can do and we are going to have to live with the RS Freshman mistakes…I think a true dawg fan will see how the season plays out and if our offensive struggles continue i think Coach Richt will do what he needs to do…Remember, everyone, its just one game right now, lets focus on getting the job done against Ark..Go dawgs..

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Francoerstein

IF a bullfrog had wings it could fly and if Richt could coach, we’d be ranked.

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Can the D ever make a tackle? Looks more like hugging to me!! Get off your A$$E$ and start making some plays! This was very embarrassing! Where was the offense?

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Don’t blame the players. It’s the coaches, stupid. Specifically, the head coach and the offensive coordinator. Preacha Man and Boo Boo need to go.

These two clowns are scamming the Bulldog Nation, posing as coaches. They are imposters. They don’t know up from down…

The sooner, the better…

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It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited this year (just like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.

Sit back and be grateful for the seven or eight wins you’ll get every year. Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 8-4 or even 9-3 occasionally, but Florida will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 10 final ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.

It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans need to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.

Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside Dawgtard Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many blue chip high school players go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in Athens.

Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and irrelevance. 

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George, I’m not a Dawg, but dont think for a minute that Greg McGarrity will allow this crap to go on for another season. He’s been in Florida and saw first hand what allowing a “CEO” like Bowden who hangs on to his family and friends as assistants too long. Richt will be very fortunate if he gets another season to prove himself.

That being said I hope he stays forever.
Stay thirsty.

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I don’t think we are going to find out that South Carolina is a great football team. Lattimore is a good back, but they are not going to go to the SEC championship with Garcia at QB. The best you can say about him was he did not lose the game (though he did fumble), and in the past he has thrown bad interceptions. But Garcia missed half a dozen open receivers in the game. Shaw will probably be the best answer at QB long term but you aren’t going to win SEC with a freshman either. So Garcia remains the QB and Florida goes to another championship game. Congrats to USC for the win but Richt & Cos. inability to make the most of their talent is why this game is usually close and why sometimes we wind up on the losing end. Although Richt brought the program back his first 5 years, the last five have languished in mediocrity. His support among fans is dwindling as bad losses and his inability to control the players and the program becomes more apparent. If their is a problem with talent it is that our recruiting is off the mark. Caleb King and Logan Gray, both touted as big-time recruits, obviously did not havethe ability to complete at their positions in the SEC, so who recruited them and recommended we sign them. There are 8 or 10 other former “recruiting victories” that are serving out anonymous careers at UGA (Brandon Wood, Israel Troupe) If Georgia had signed Nick Saban3 years ago does anyone doubt UGA would be fielding a much stronger team today.

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Unfortunately George I believe you’re right on target.

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Dumbo, PS the State Paper web site has decided that it’s main draw, on the web, is their sports page, so now you have to pay to visit it. We now have to cruise the net to talk SC sports.

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Carolina wins the SEC East—take it to the bank! Florida’s way down this year and Spurrier will beat them in Gainesville. SC – Bama for the SEC title!!!!

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George – You are correct. UGA has won 2 SEC championship in 28 years and they honestly believe they are at the top of the college football elite. With the depth at Bama and talent at Florida, UGA is dreaming of a SEC east or a SEC championship. They have one of the best atheltic facilities in college football, but they must decide were they want to go, or sit down, shut up and accept there irrelevance.

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There was a handful of people that knew at least three years in advance that something was wrong with our defense and that Willie needed to go. There was also a great number of people that accused the former of being irrational or just plain stupid. You see what happened in the end but it took way too long. Looking back, in my opinion, we had an AD that had his mind on something other than UGA athletics and didn’t hold CMR accountable as to what was happening with the football program. That, my friend has now changed. Don’t think for one minute that McGarity isn’t tuned in to what’s going on. Neither is he afraid to make necessary changes. This football program gets far too much talent and these coaches get paid far too much money to be underachieving year after year. Stay tuned and lets see what happens.

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Hey, I thought last year was a rebuilding year. So, two rebuilding years in a row…

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You’d think it was a blowout by some of the comments from Supprrier. Youd’ think they could have scored a passing td on Georgia since they ‘dominated’. You’d think an experienced QB like Garcia could have passed for more yards than a Freshman like Murray. You’d think the score wouldn’t have been 14-6 with 2 minutes to go if SC had dominated the game. Something doesn’t add up, I think it’s Spurrier’s recollection of the game.

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murph i agree with you wholeheartedly this ones on richt for his vanilla offense….. they took the reins off murray against la laff.. so why not now when it matter…. you cannot be affraid to lose… YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME…

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JB…… Why do we always have to wait until next year. After 2 games it’s wait til next year. IS Alabama waiting til next year? Is FL waiting til next year?

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Jerry… That loss in 07 cost GA a chance at a NC. Do you remember that? It wasn’t the loss that year to TN that cost them. It was that pathetic showing they had against SC.

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Hey cynics, remember 2007?

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DamntheButcher, UF used to be wait’l next year until we hired Jeremy Foley and now with UF hiring McGarrity you will get there pretty soon also. If Richt has followed the Florida program at all the last 15 years, he should be feeling nervous.

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Well,i expected the defense to be a work in progress. not matter how good of a coach you are it takes time. time to get your player that fit your scheme, time to learn and truly know what to do at all times,etc,etc. but they got to tackle better and some changes need to be made. Rambo needs to hit the bench, he was loafing and even got called out by the TV announcers… WTF is up with our o line and mike bobo, sorry, but maybe we need some changes there too. we have never had a dominate line, and his play calling was awful. 3-2 lets run it right up the gut with 11 defenders waiting….. yeah, i hate to say it but if this season tanks, and next season tanks, we will have a new coaching staff. sorry, and trust me it hurt for me to say these things but really, WTF.

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Is it true that Vandy has been in touch with the ad seeking UGA as next years homecoming opponent?

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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”.

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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.

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1 play, the fumble on the 2 yard line. That determined the game.

Georgia is 1 play away from 2-0.

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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!

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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…..

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Sam – What did UGA accomplish in 2007, what did they win besides and opinion poll. Put that in your trophy case.

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get off the bandwagon haters. a win this weekend over top 15 ARK shuts everyone up. i’m so over the fairweather uga fans.

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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

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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.

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UGA’s offensive line was whipped like a tied up goat. Bring back my boyfriend, Damon.

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UGATiger, you are an idiot if you would rather loose out of conference than in conference. Home cookin; what a whining puzzie.

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Sam, you are a typical Ga idiot, no credit for the other team who beat your team’s butt

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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

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Let’s just save up the national gross income of our state and buy Saban, it work for Alabama!

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Sam, it’s Monday, and time to stop the tailgating. You can start back up Friday night . . .

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Under 10 wins 3years in a row will get you fired at a big time school.Nobody gets more than 3.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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…

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we got beat by a better team. it happens. grow up and move on. get a life.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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One nose tackle played every snap,no excuse!Coaching,tackling and ealy cost us the game!

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td……what part of the last three years did u miss? it is time for change….the leaves r changing…..

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Pretty much played out like I figured. The Defense played better than I expected. Anyone who doesn’t think this is going to be a long year for the dawgs is not paying attention. I still think we can upset an overrated Arkansas, but a four or five loss season seems inevitable.

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The question is, why is it that Georgia coaches these past few years are always figuring things out AFTER THE FACT, while their opponents figures things out in advance and exploit the weaknesses? After a while, you’ve got to start asking what’s wrong with the system.

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Lake Hartwell Dawg , Vince and Erk ran a tight ship and they always tried to find a way to win a game, instead of playing not to lose. Those teams and coaches had heart and discipline, Richt’s haven’t. It’s not always just about the wins and losses. The current team is not motivated, not disciplined, AND Richt’s teams have never won the big games that could have put them into the NC picture. Vince and Erk’s did.

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Great speech TD, you did make a couple of good points. Murray is already a good one, well I couldn’t really find another good point. I will keep supporting my team, and calling it just like I see it. Without us vocals do you think CMR would have replaced the defensive staff? The defense didn’t play like champions Saturday but they kept us in the game, and they will get better I believe. The ineptness of the offense had nothing to do with Murray, it’s all coaching decisions “game planning” and yes the fumble hurt but those things happen.

When things get tight I wonder if CMR and or Bobo get the deer in the headlights feeling. Has anyone ever worked with, or around a person in a Leadership role and seen them panic when their leadership is needed most? Do our coaches think clearly and make good decisions at critical times?

And South Ga, USC was a better team. We were in Destin for the week so we ended up watching the game at a local sports bar. There was an elderly couple seated next to us that were Dawg Fans and the NW Florida Bulldog club was there. The old man and I were talking and as you said we joking called the offensive plays and we were right on mostly, especially on the three and outs. The most glaring being the deep balls on first down. That’s how a group of “highly paid” “SEC Coaches” protect their young QB. I don’t get it but I hope it gets better. My experience with this bunch, the offensive coaches, doesn’t, however give me a ton of confidence.

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I HOPE TO GOD WE LOSE TO ARK,MISS ST,TENN,FLORIDA AND AUBURN!
THAT WAY MCGARITY WILL FIRE RICHT AND BOBO!

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Amazing after 10 years Coach Richt and his assistants still lack foresightedness and anticipation. Yesterday we heard both Richt and Bobo admit the the preparation and play calling inhibited Murray’s advanced abilities and preparation for the game and now he says “But I think we’ve got to learn our personnel a little bit better” and “we’ve probably got to get our bigger men in there.”

Yes, coach, but when will you and your staff learn, anticipate and apply these necessites BEFORE a game?

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O.K. LETS COVER EVERYTHING AGAIN, 1- NOT IN SHAPE 2- BOO BOO NOT INVENTIVE 3- OL HAS NO COACH 4- IF SC KNEW WHAT WAS COMING AFTER 1 GAME, WHY DIDNT WE KNOW SOMETHING 5- THE BEST RECRUITS IN GA ARE GOING ELSEWHERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY NOT GOING TO CLASSES 6- LET CMR CALL THE PLAYS HE DID PRETTY WELL BEFORE 7- AND FINALLY IF YOU GET RID OF CMR WHO IS LEFT TO TAKE HIS PLACE- MAYBE BROCK LESNAR- NOBODY CAN BEAT HIM. 10-4.

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Fat Matt Wilson , I will assume you’re a UGA grad.

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Rogerdawgfan, Like that change for change sake worked well in Tennessee? BTW: Who are we going to get? What choice was CTG? 3rd, 4th (although I do think we got a great coach). Why is it that our first two choices did not want to come to UGA. Was it the money? I do not think so. Could it be because we have some DA fans that think we have to go 12-0 every season and if not they get on blogs like this one and call out the coaches, players and think the world is ending? Probably.

I have watched every Georgia game since 77 and can say without a doubt the CMR is the best coach UGA has had since I have been watching. Saban runs the most vanilla offense in the country, so does Ohio State, Texas, LSU and how is Florida’s offense looking this year with a new QB? One thing they all have in common is they play great defense. Was Saban and Muschamp at the top the first year they came to Bama? No, it took a year. Why was Florida great the first year Meyer got their? Could it be because he was smart enough to retain Charlie Strong? We have not been great since CBV left and it will take a year or two for this defense to become great again and then we can talk SEC championships and MNC’s but until then do a little research and stop being a DA knee jerk fan.

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WAIT ‘ TIL NEXT YEAR

FIRE A COORDINATOR

THOSE REFS STINK

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Big problem looming: If…..and I mean if we lose 2 -3 more games in the next 5-6 weeks, the Media, blogs, talk shows will heat up to make today look like nothing. That means recruiting becomes an issue from a stand point of commits or the ones we’re trying to get to commit. That being said, McGarity will HAVE to come out with a statement, and he will have to be careful. That statement sends out signals to everyone, including our opposition. Yes, I think it would/could get that bad.
Let’s hope we take of business and upset Arkansas this weekend.

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Dawgs 73, You were calling for firing CMR last year and the year before. You will never stop. CMR is not going anywhere so I guess you need to put on that pee yellow jersey and root for a different team.

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There was ABSOLUTELY no FIRE on either side of the ball. Also, Rambo looks incredibly tentative & he needs to hit somebody – I think he’s afraid of getting another concussion. For that matter – they need to start having hitting in their practices cause WAY TOO much arm tackling.

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If you dont think its your coach, why is it Saban wins a NC in just 2 years. Les Miles does it under 4. CMR is in his 10th and you pup fans want to talk as though you have the best football program in the country ? Other coaches in the SEC are doing more with less. I cannot stand Lane Kiffin, but he did keep his promise, “As long as I am at Tennessee, we will never lose to Georgia”.

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td, I think what we are seeing is frustration. I like CTG A LOT!!! He said early on that he does not have the perfect personnel in place to run his D but he no doubt will in the future. I think if CTG stays in place we will end up with a beast of a D. Now the frustration comes from Florida, LSU and Alabama winning NC’s with their Coach having much less time on the job. What would be the correct explanation for that? We have done a poor job in the past from recruiting in our own home state. That is only one reason.

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Good morning Altamaha. I know you weren’t talking to me directly, and you have some good points. No question, we should be able to man up physically and run straight at them. I also question why we can’t be successful, at least some of the times. As far as statistics go, Murray accounted for 6 of those runs in your totals so I don’t really think we committed to the run, or made an honest effort to establish it. Another question I had as well as others is why we abondoned running outside the tackles, that’s what WAS working in the running game.

Predictability is throwing the long ball on first down, run up the middle on second down, throw on third down. I saw no creativity or imagination in the play calling Saturday. Where were the screen passes, did we throw in a fwd lateral, i.e. shuttle pass, draw plays, quick play action short throws over the middle to the tight ends. I could go on and on. Our frosh QB shouldn’t have been asked to throw the long ball so often. We (and yes it sounds like a monday morning qb) should have stayed with a ball control style offense, and punted when we should have. I made that point numerous times before we ever got to this game. Our offensive game plan had no sync. USC had something to do with that but our game plan, IMO, had as much to do with it.

That’s why I’m down on the coaches. This has been going on now for years Alt.

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Me thinks the D plays better this week. Richt better unleash Murray. The kid can do it.

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Destin Dawg,

You hit the nail on the head. The main reason we lost this game is Mike Boo Boo and his ultra conservative play calling trying to “protect” his Freshman QB. How many games are we going to have to lose “protecting” our Freshman QB. I say let him play and play to win! It’s ironic to me that everyone was so worried about how our Freshman QB would handle his first career start in the SEC in a hostile environment and it was our coaches that we should have been worried about and who chickened out(no pun intended) and did not trust their young QB.

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If i remember correctly, Richts last game calling the plays was when we traveled to #5 Auburn in 2006. Dawgs exploded for 37 points…with a true freshman QB. Next game? Bobo was calling plays, and we scored 15 points

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I was talking with a UGA buddy of mine. He & I agree, MAYBE yall should be looking to get Kirby Smart at your HEAD COACH before someone else scoops him up.

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182 yards up the middle by a freshman running back and you wonder why you lost? HAHAHAHAHA!

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That big ole corn fed line was gaping some holes wasn’t it? 182 yards! Richt says it wasn’t so bad though so it must not have been so bad. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

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It’s simple: Running game not established too much pressure to pass with our new QB. He is very talented and will be a strong QB. Until we establish a running game, we will not sustain drives. I have seen this for too many years now and it is time for UGA to make a move at OC. If that does not work, CMR should be relocated to the WAC. D looked good and held a very good offense to 3 in the second half. Too many three and outs by the O…..Pathetic.

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If Richt thinks it wasn’t all that bad he needs to take off the Raybans and read this blog. HAHAHAHAHA!

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Kirby Smart for head coach. Give Richt til the end of his season to prove me wrong. I’ve been a big fan of Richt for years but I feel like Georgia is getting passed by in the SEC. We have to make a move

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Richt only moves under pressure. Who will take over for Grantham with all those missed tackles and allowing 182 yards through the middle? Time to hire some more coaches. HAHAHAHAHAAHA!

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This is just my view about the game. I was expecting this one as a loss. I was not planning on seeing our O-Line get kicked around like they did. Defense corrected a few areas. Let’s just give credit where credit is due. SC played a heck of a game and their RB was awesome. They have a very good team that will beat the Gators. We still have a good team. Can’t believe all the people on here poor mouthing the players and coaches. The ones that are doing this don’t come on here after the Arky game when we win and start to praise everyone. I have seen a big improvement with this years team compared to the past 2. Hey, only 4 penalties. Sucks that Ealey fumbles on the 3, but that stuff happens. WE ARE GETTING BETTER!
I am starting to get more and more on board about Bobo’s poor play calling. You can’t be conservative in the SEC. I don’t care if it’s a freshman or what. CMR is still a great HC. I’ll take him over just about anyone still.
I’m ready to see the changes that will be made to get ready for Arky. I believe that we will improve a good bit. They have a good team, but the Dawgs will prevail by 10! Go Dawgs!

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Bobo called plays like Cox was still the QB

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I knew going in this could be one of our losses. This is a pretty good veteren team we just lost to and it could have been worse if changes weren’t made at halftime by the defense. I want to see the offense play some smash mouth ball and we’ll be alright

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“I think we’ve got to learn our personnel a little bit better.”

Well this inspires confidence. Isn’t that what the summer is for?

And Richt can put all the big men on the DL he wants, but if the LB’s are bad and teams are getting to the second level, then it won’t matter.

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Good post Bama Stan, and you guys made the SEC proud. Good game. DIT, some good points about the improved discipline, less penalties. I really believe we are a much better team than we showed against USC. If our boys get a little taste of success against a good team confidence will grow, along with the team chemistry. Not giving up on the season, just questioning our game planning.

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DEAR TD, PLEASE BE ALERTED TO THE FACT THAT MUSCHAMP DOES NOT COACH D AT ALABAMA SMART DOES.

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What a fiasco at SC! It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited this year (just like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.

Sit back and be grateful for the seven or eight wins you’ll get every year. Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 8-4 or even 9-3 occasionally, but Florida will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 10 final ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.

It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans need to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.

Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside Dawgtard Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many blue chip high school players go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in Athens.

Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and irrelevance. 

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Denis why don’t you tell us about your jackets

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I almost got sick when Ealey fumbled. I know its a part of the game but that HURT.

Get used to being disappointed by Ealey. He’s a self-destructing smartass punk who can’t get anything right.

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Blame it on the el nino.

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Auburn turnaround? Richt won the Sec in his second year

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Our offense looked great those first few years under Richt when he was calling the plays, ever since Bobo has been the OC, our O has been weak. Fire Bobo and start calling the offense again Richt!

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This team lacks strong men! Physical and mental! Too many kids running around making diving tackles and misses. Need more players like Boling and Jones!

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The coaching is pathetic! Guards who can’t block. Nose guard that should be playing end. Nobody knows how to wrap up in a tackle. They all try to block the runner down. They are pathetic! If anything should happen in practice this week, our defensive players need to learn how to tackle. And, if they can’t get rid of ‘em. It isn’t all about x’s and o’s. It’s about out blocking and out tackling the other team, and holding on to the ball.

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South Carolina will OWN UGA now that they have Latimore!!! They whipped your tail hands down. Richt is too soft and will never have a championship team. My prediction is South Carolina to win the east with the way Florida is playing this year.

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Not saying the sky is falling, but the team that showed up on Sat, is NOT the same team that showed up week one.

The players came out flat
The coaches looked flat

I’m not saying Richt has got to be something he’s not personality wise, but players take on the persona of their coach period. There were times when I wondered if Richt even had a pulse on Sat.

South Carolina came out jacked up ready to hit someone in the mouth and did so. Both lines of scrimage got pushed around and the sad part is with few execptions the Dawgs just seemed like they lost their will to fight. I blame that on coaching.

In the past I’ve been one who’s said the off field issues aren’t a big deal, college kids will be college kids, most of the infractions were minor, but now it appears to be a symptom of a much larger problem. The players obviously have no fear of consequences for their actions on or off the field. The fact that our defense got pushed up the middle and we had Bean and Geathers on the bench is insanity at it’s worst. hmmmmm our smaller NT (who btw knows he’s better suited for one of the DE spots) is getting pushed around, so let’s leave his 6′6 320 and 6′5 325 counterparts on the bench and not even give them any reps.

Then on the other side of the ball you’ve got both Richt and Bobo coaching scared. They are bound and determined to make Murray something he’s not and that’s a pocket passer. Part of what makes Murray so dynamic is his ability to use his legs and improvise. I knew we were in trouble when all Richt could say about his TD run last week is that it was ill advised. Murray is a redshirt freshman and is going to make some mistakes, but I have no doubt that he wouldn’t have taken off and ran last week for that score unless he was absolutely confident he could make it.

UGA is no better now than when we were in the last days of Donnan. Richt has just been given a little more rope since he’s won a couple of SEC championships.

The players obviously don’t respect the coaches or their fellow teammates with a performance like that.

Is it just me, but I just can’t understand how a team can come out all jacked up and ready to play agaisnt LA-Lafayette and then in a CRITICAL game against one of your biggest rivals just come out and show up flat and just go through the motions.

We have the talent we just need more agressive coaching and coaches that don’t coach with fear of failure or fear of making mistakes or fear of putting too much on young players. Quit coddling the young players and let them play!

I’ll be shocked if we actually “Open up the offense” this week. They say this crap everytime after a big loss and we’re still waiting for them to open it up.

This crap is getting really old. I’ve been a big Richt supporter but the program has hit a wall and he’s lost control of the team. Think back to the last days of Donnan, players were getting in trouble left and right, he started losing to teams we were supposed to beat, and tons of excuses but few answers.

I keep thinking what Bobby Bowden said when he was hired, “Mark’s a very good coach, but I think he may be too nice to be the head man”

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Breaking news! Lattimore just trucked three more UGA defenders for ANOTHER first down!

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I am sick of these kids that we have running around trying to make flying tackles. And when they do make a tackle they do that damn showboating. Need some adults on the team!

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I am beginning to think also that Coach Richt is to nice for Head Coach. We need someone tougher minded altough I’m still a supporter of his. I’m hoping some of Granthams toughness will rub off on him

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I wanted to pass the ball, put what was the need? With the huge holes in the GA defense and the lack of tackling ability, I became the ball giver to Lattimore all night. Seems like the GA coaches would have realized they were getting blown off the line of scrimmage, so that I could throw the ball more. Next time please realize you are getting manhandled and pounded inside so I can pad my passing stats.

Also, thank you GA offense, for being an easily predictable running offense on the same downs, over and over.

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I know you Georgia sidewalk fans do not like Coach Petrino, but do you really expect Richt to outcoach him?

To quote Coach Spurrier while at Florida, “if Georgia always gets the best players, why do we always win the game?”

You know the answer,

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Box score says it all. Defense gave up 17 despite poor tackling and inability to stop middle run game. Offense should never score less than 17 in a game.

fact is we had 2 rushing first downs and averaged. 2.3 yards per carry on 26 attempts. Compare that to 9.1 yards per attempt (over 13 per completion) and 9 first downs through the air. 21 total attempts (45% of the play calls) were passes, the only part of our offense that was productive. we ran the ball up the middle for no gain a number of times and ran the ball around the corner for 7-10 yards 2 to 3 times and quit. BOBO, stop finding weaknesses in defenses and going back to the old UGA run-it-up-the-gut offense. stop being scared to open the game up.

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Razorback,
Petrino is no Spurrier. Also, your “D” is nowhere near what they have in Columbia. I’d be careful if I was you. You haven’t played anyone yet!

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Agreed, Petrino is no Spurrier. But he’s not coaching against Spurrier, only Richt.

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When did Bobo find a weakness in a defense? I missed that play. . .

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Go watch your soaps, Barbara. No Grantham didn’t get fired by the Cowboys.

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- “It might be a tumor.”

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No it was not a blow out but we did not score a touchdown. You hold a team to 17 in their house you should win the game. Bobo is a complete joke as an OC but CMR does not have the stones to do anything about it. This is not a one game assessment on my part. Bobo has been horrible ever since he took over. Yes, he will have an occasional good game plan but not a consistent one. What is our “identity” on offense? Don’t have one do we? Supposed to be a pro style offense but you have to be able to run the ball in that offense to set up the pass. Our offensive line got ABUSED Saturday and that was supposed to be the strength of our team. Also, our strength and conditioning coach needs to go because I have noticed that our players accross the board in the SEC are smaller and less physical. SC had some mammoth offensive linemen and the pushed us around all day. The defense played hard and kept us in the game but did you know that Lattimore broke 28 tackles and had 121 yards rushing after contact. That cannot happen. Yes, he appears to be a stud but unless he is the next Herschel or Bo a true freshman should not run rampant on you like that.

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I’ve been fed up with greedy/me only pro players and am now fed up with these college punks. This is what coach Dooley (UT) said of young punks of today:

Dooley said his players’ response to second half adversity was a microcosm of young people’s mentalities these days.

“I think it’s a little bit of a sociological issue,” he said. “I think that more than ever before, we are in such a results-oriented world that children are groomed from the beginning about winning and losing, and not competing. And I think it’s something that they all want success, and they want all this personal gratification, and they lose site of what it takes to get that.

“And I think you don’t just see it in sports. The sociologists have called this the entitlement generation. If you ask employers out there across the board, there’s a consensus across the board that this generation comes in expecting raises and expecting bonuses and wanting vacation more than any other generation of the past. And so I think their focus is on the wrong thing. It’s on kind of the show, it’s on they want everything easy. It’s not their fault. I think it’s a generational thing

“It’s important that we teach them the importance of process, and that you get your satisfaction from the investment you put into something.”

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I’m sick of all the apologists — what the hell do you expect with an inept offense and an arm-tackling defense? Een if Lattimore may the next Herschel, that’s no excuse for what I saw Saturday. So you think Mr. Grantham’s the answer? And finally, A.J wouldn’t have saved the day.

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“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the War Room!”

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Well said URBAN ………….. but you also got to realize that as fans we also expect instant gratification and were not behind the lines on saturday so i’d ask some ppl not be so harsh on Richt because we’re not there and definitely not in his shoes. Im sure he knows that Bobo is a sorry O.C. but i also have heard that Vince Dooley had something to do possibly with them giving Bobo second and third chances. If this is true then i’d tell Dooley to stay out of the politics of the football program and let Richt get rid of Bobo and not keep him at the expense of the players, fans and the university.

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It was only the 2nd game of the season, i think that the coaching staff will make the necessary adjustments and hopefully i pray to let Coach Richt start calling the plays again. If he doesnt then we will probably not score much against Arkansas and our defense will get worn down again. I would say that our 3 down linemen and CB’s had very poor performances last week and were outta shape upfront and the CB’s were too scared to tackle. Back to the fundamentals boys, lots of laps and hopefully youre all ashamed of how you got dominated. SC will lose to Alabama and Florida and possibly Tennessee so Georgia still has a chance to win it.
Todd Grantham i betcha will take out Rambo and dont you know hes all over the Defensive backs for their lack of enthusiasm and tackling skills and i hope we’ll see a different defense this saturday. Theres no miracles with the defense cause it takes awhile to adjust but we have a god awful offense and if i had any pull with Georgia……Bobo would be out and coaching the QB’s and that would take effect immediately. Todd you get a pass this year but Bobo should have never ever been a OC. He knows that, we know and the A.D. knows that so hopefully we’ll get some news about this before the week is up. But i’d say to get a very O.C. and not make it public if thats possible cause Georgia has the money.

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Heck, let’s just blame George Bush for the SC debacle and throw more money at UGA athletics and I’m sure we’ll be better off this time next year…Loran, wutchagot?

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I see we’re still in knee jerk mode, combined with a whole bunch of posers, lurkers and dawg haters.

I watched the game again and it was clear to me that Georgia’s DB’s did a very good job of containing Garcia and SC’s passing attack. Our players were in the right scheme for most of the game. Our problem was along the DL. The good news is Richt knows and Grantham will address it.

Our real problems are along the OL. They simply can not run block and our backs are making some very poor reads.

The sky isn’t falling. Remember SC still has to play UF and Bama. We aren’t out of this thing yet!!! Let’s keep cool and see what happens.

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Bobo’s offense has to score 21 a game, minimum. Grantham is doing his job, holding offenses to under 18 a game. Just need for the offense to find a way to score when get in the red zone. Georgia moved the ball good enough to get inside the 10 yard line on 3 different drives. You can’t get inside the 10, on 3 drivs, and come away with 6 points. Should have been 21 points there and a win.

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Ealey playing was the difference. He should have been suspended. Thomas or Malcome would not have fumbled.

Unleash Murray!

The kid is the real deal.

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“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

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T’ King should be good for 50 yards a game minimum.

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My Gosh!!!!!!!!!! The Dawgs just looked pathetic. If that is all we can bring to the table…Then we need to close shop for the season. That was truly embarrassing. It looked as if we had no idea what to expect.OUT COACHED, OUT PLAYED,and manhandled!!! on both sides of the ball.

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Calm down Big Dawg, don’t let him near sharp objects.

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Also, is Bobo Dooley’s son-in-law?

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“When I first saw you, I thought you were handsome. Then, of course, you spoke.”

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I hear Saban wants to coach at UGA and win his third national championship with 3 different SEC schools

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SC is in the East driver’s seat more than we realize, maybe. They do play Alabama during the season and although winning that game would be their greatest win ever ………….ever ………it would not really be that important. Why?

If SC only loses to Alabama and they run the SEC table, even with a loss to Clemson, they will AGAIN face Bama but in the Dome. They could possibly win that game and end up like top 3- 7 in the nation. If they do this and lose to Bama twice ……………..still be top 10, easily too.

Now that Lattimore kid is the real deal. He will be soon getting tons of Heisman talk. By late October, if he continues to get 150-200 yds per game and they continue to win …………he will win it. He IS THE difference in SC being only average to great …………very much like UGA was in 80. hec an falt out catch that dump pass from their QWB and scat. SC did not do that vs UGA that i recall. Did not have to. Our fat slobs could not stop him up our middle. Disgraceful.

SC and Alabama for all the marbles come season end in the Dome.

My ala mater …….UGA ? We will be facing Dolly Madison in the Richmond Spider BIte Bowl.

We have no one but Aaron Murray who cares about winning. ealey and AJ need to call Greyhound and let them do the driving OUT OF TOWN. Richt and bobo need to be on there with them.

Go Dogs.

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We did good in pass defense but ofcourse they didnt need to pass because the running game was good. I think Grantham defense will adjust to the run better but we gotta see more enthusiasm on both sides of the ball. Enthusiasm is contagious and it really pumps up the team. Before the season began alot of players on defense claimed on how good they were and were excited about the new D.C. so lets see how they will respond after the shallacking of a good football team. We’ll get better as the season goes folks so be down i just think this was the wake up call Georgia needed and thank God it happen sooner than later.

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Hard for me to believe that 30 more pounds at nose is going to make any difference, especially if the player isn’t as strong. Pick up a 30 pound dumbell and see if you think placing one of those in someones back pocket would make them better able to stop the run. Makes no sense. We may have the back 8 players for this defense, but the front 3 just aren’t all that good. If we still had the three DL we lost to the NFL last year in this scheme it would be a great defense. But we don’t so it’s going to be difficult and will take several years to get the personnel needed to fit the scheme.

One play I thought was big in the game was a result of poor coaching from my view. First series of the game Murray rolled out threw a little behind to Orson who dropped a touchdown. When he rolled out he could have ran 15 yards EASY maybe all the way in. But that coaching he got during the first game not to run the ball and to make sure we get SOME points, COST us points and the lead and the momentum and all that stuff. Most games come down to a few plays and that one and Ealey’s fumble were the two I thought that cost us that game.

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My question is simple: how can they receive a withering barrage of criticism like the 4 pages of replies on this blog and not have a “WTF are we doing” moment? How can Richt stare his players in the face when 90%+ of the ardent fans on this key blog are basically calling his coaching team incompetent at worst, mediocre at best? I guess that was 2 questions.

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Let’s not panic. Its early. Although the biggest problem I have is the recruiting. We have trended toward smaller quicker RB’s as oppose to the big back a la Tim Worley type. We consistently sign these guys who can only catch swing passes and can’t run between the tackles. Also this trend has continued in our recruiting of DB’s . We nee more power and less finesse. You can not win the SEC with Finesse on both sides of the ball… GATA

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The best this team can hope for is a 7 – 5 record. All the determination expressed by CMR has resulted in very little – if anything. I can’t point to any bright spots unless we point to the kicking game. QB didn’t play real bad, but we didn’t get any TD’s either. Long year coming up. CMR can salvage something of the season if: 1. He calls the plays. (I’m not sure that will do any good though because he hasn’t done it for so long); 2. The O Line wakes up and gives the running backs a chance to make some yardage. GA could be 1 – 3 before this happens though.

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Well, ya’ll…
I don’t profess to know everything, and I am not a highly-paid coach at the collegiate level, but…I know one thing for sure and it isn’t even open to argument…DeAngelo Tyson is TOO SMALL to play nose tackle in this league.

He is an excellent player and will be an outstanding DE, but you can’t plug holes and clog running lanes against SEC O-lines at 290 lbs. You just can’t.

SC ran Lattimore over and over right up the middle, at least 95% of the time…right where Tyson was playing. They simply plowed him over and out of the way. Nothing against him as he probably gave great effort, but he was purely and completely over-matched.

Why the coaches didn’t play the bigger, stronger, albeit inexperienced, guys I will never know. They weren’t even on the participation roster for the game. Experience or lack of, notwithstanding, should have been thrown out the window. The big boys should have been called to the front and told simply…”stay low and don’t let anyone through your lane! Here is your opportunity to become the great run-stopper we all believe you can be… Now go in there kick that centers ass!”

Extreme conditions call for extreme measures. The SC game, after the second TD right up the middle, should have become a situation treated as such.

CTG is an excellent coach, but he is relatively new to the college game. He will learn from this and we will be better defensively. Tackling is coachable and easy to fix. I guarantee you that will be priority one this week during practice, along with the personnel changes mentioned.

Offensively, the bindings are coming off and CMR is going to turn Murray loose now. The play book will now be wide open. We have ourselves a very talented, very capable young QB. The boy can play, make no mistake about that. And the O-line? It will reset itself and start hitting on all cylinders like the last half of ‘09…and that should be encouraging to everyone.

We got our noses bloodied Saturday, no doubt. As a young man growing up, whenever I tasted blood in a fight, I got meaner and stronger. I became hardened and resolved not to stop until I got the other guy to want to stop because he was too tired of scrapping with me.

This team will do likewise. Count on it.

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Spurrier is an idiot, yea you controlled the line of scrimmage giving up 5 sacks, what an idiot.
Prediction-South Carolina once again starts of strong than crumbles, While UGA only gets better with experience and Aaron Murray gets let loose on Arkansas

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Phil – “Hard for me to believe that 30 more pounds at nose is going to make any difference, especially if the player isn’t as strong. Pick up a 30 pound dumbell and see if you think placing one of those in someones back pocket would make them better able to stop the run.”

You got it right. Force = Mass X Acceleration. Strength is needed to get that big body moving. You can easily push over a 6′6″ 330 pound log standing on end, probably with 1 hand.

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Agree with most that defense overmatched early but TG made halftime adjustments showing he can coach.

Offense – Do we ever have a game plan designed to attack or exploit other team’s weaknesses? It seems to me every series we just run random plays in hoping something will work. No strategy or game plan evident on offense. Did anyone see the sidelines in the 2nd half. Murray sitting by himself on the bench, no sign of Bobo or offensive coaches meeting with offensive players trying to make adjustments, etc. Just waiting to come out for the next series of “random plays”.

Even Lattimore knew what their offensive strategy was based on USCs strategy against 3-4. I bet not one GA player could answer what our strategy was because we apparently don’t have one.

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Good observation Wes. I noticed Murray on the bench alone several times during the second half.

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POOR Tackle………….SOFT Tackle…………

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http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/090602/col_10375439.html

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WOW,anyone ever thought that maybe, just maybe SC was a better team and from what I saw in the stands might finally have all the pieces to win the east. The offense cost, but other than last year when have we ever lit it up against SC. Other than a freshman running back(who will go down as one of the best ever in SEC) running all over us the D looked better. There was plenty of pressure, there was no big play given up. The Dawgs will ok, gonna take a few games to get in sync, if we get through this weekend then we will roll to FL with 1 loss. Mark it down.

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We just need bigger and down right mean linemen on both sides of the ball. Every team we face in the SEC look bigger.Why ??? Also, Richt now needs to evaluate his linemen? What did they do for the last six weeks and the last two years with the SAME linemen??? As Pat Dye said “WE are not man enough”

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Defense needs to arm tackle. D also needs big men in the middle. Running game is not the strength of the team. Let Murray run it more and air it out.

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its all about recruting bad recruits since cmr blake barnes joe cox branndon wood ricardo crawford tyson browning corey moon joe t kevin perez jon miller ben harden andy bailey zeb mckinsey toby jackson israel troupe nadarius ward zach mettinberger michael cooper aj bryant brandon bogatay dontavius jackson brandon seasay jon owens bryan evans charles white marquis elmore darrell holmes bama adams darrius swain rod battle brandon williams kiante tripp

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jump the gun folks, put richt on the hot seat and get somebody else right. wait atleast until the end of the season o make your final judgement on him IMO. from what i have seen from CMR are teams that get knocked down, but always bounce back BIG. just sayin.

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Wow -one loss and the “fans” are cannabilizing the entire coaching staff and team…..what will you be saying when that is the only game we lose this year? We are going to be fine – we played without Green aned King and Murray had his first taste of real football – he will grow into the job and when we get everyone back the offense will roll. CTG will make adjustments to the nose position and we will solve the probnpems that cropped up…..man, are you people sick….you act like the season is already over. And as for firing CMR – are you crazy? He’s the best coach UGA’s ever had! What? Do you think we are going to win the SECCG every year and go to the NC game automatically? Sit back and get comfy – the Dawgs are hunting for pig on Saturday!

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Why is it that Dawg fans think it’s the end of the world when they lose to lowly South Carolina? I don’t care if SC loses the rest of its games because it was worth it for Lattimore to run the smile right off of UGA’s face. I’m a true SC fan, but I don’t have a problem saying UGA still has a good team and Murray is going to be a heck of a quarterback real soon. Dawg fans just hate to lose to pitiful SC and Spurrier. Cry me a river.

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I just so the captains named for the game Saturday. To Heck with this!!! I would not name any starter to be captains. I would let all walk-ons be captains for this game. Hell they practice everyday and be blocking dummies for the team with nothing in return but to say they played ball for UGA. That may wake up a few players!!!

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It took YEARS for those of us who knew Martinez was a loser to unload him because those of you who continue to support losing supported Richt.

Bobo is a proven failure as OC. How can anyone dispute that!? Furthermore, Richt hired, trained and supported this loser since Day 1. Richt is a great OC but cannot cut it to make the tough decisions as an HC.

FIRE RICHT

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I was hoping Richt would get sick and Ray Goof would have coached the game so SC would have a chance against mighty Georgia, but it looks like SC didn’t need Ray’s help.

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we brought the refs with us

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Just when we think Spurrier might have become a normal human being, he makes comments about his “once in a lifetime win” against a good SEC team when he wasn’t coaching UF. I take back all my positive comments about Spurrier. He must really be a jerk deep down inside. Those guys, referring t Spurrier and friends, are the ones my momma told me to look out for. (Mom, I know I used a preposition at the end of my sentence, but it was about a bad guy.)

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How you going to beat the hogs. You can’t even tackle and our nose tackle gets his butt kicked and we don’t even get him any help. Stupid is as Stupid does! Check please!

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I think mark Richt is a grear man. However, he is paid $3 million plus to be a great football coach. I have been patient with him the past few years as many Dawg fans have been. Look at Alabama play ball and then look at the Dawgs. Its not even close to the same result. Same caliber of player different result!
Its coaching ! Hire Kirby Smart as head coach and we may have the same result as Bama!

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Mark Richt had the entire offseason to prepare for this game, he also saw SC game against Southern Miss, plus he had four qtrs, so where was the adjustment when we could not stop SC running game? why were the bigger noseguards not be put in to shore up the middle instead of a 290 lbs NG. Despite the loss, I like the young QB and this team,and hope Bobo will do a better Job this year and that the D will tackle better this Saturday.

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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.

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“controlled the line of scrimmage” ?????

more like OWNED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE

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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.

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