‘It was my fault,’ Dogs’ Shawn Williams says
From AJC correspondent Andy Johnston in Athens:
Georgia safety Shawn Williams is shouldering the responsibility for Saturday’s loss.
He missed tackling Arkansas wide receiver Greg Childs at the 25-yard line, and Childs ran into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown with 15 seconds left.
“It was my fault,” Williams said Monday night, following Georgia’s practice. “I missed the tackle.”
Williams played most of the second half, his first extended playing time of the season. He saw the play on game film on Sunday.
“I just had to move on,” Williams said. “There was nothing I could do about it.”
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Pago Pago Dawg
September 21st, 2010
8:42 am
So we assume when the great aj stops selling t-shirts and starts again the DAWGS will win the rest of the games since we have the best “O” line in the SEC!
Dawglasville
September 21st, 2010
8:44 am
WDE – Why all of the anger? I thought we were friends. There are enough Tech, Florida, and Bama trolls on here already. Does Auburn have to get into the mix as well?
The 1990 Championship – Didn’t Colorado beat Notre Dame with their 2cd string quarterback and a second or third string tailback? Didn’t Tech win a secondary bowl against the 17th ranked team in the nation? Somehow Tech leap frogged Colorado anyway. Tech should be proud of that season, and the title, but I wouldn’t make too much of a fuss about getting screwed.
Pago Pago Dawg
September 21st, 2010
8:50 am
No passion on the sidelines. Did you see Capt. Superior running on the field dragging his headset?! Can you imagine an UGA coach doing that, showing some emotion!?
Jeff
September 21st, 2010
8:53 am
NO…IT WAS FULL OF HIMSELF EALEY’S FAULT…NO BLOCKING AND FUMBLE AT SC…..0-2….EALEY AND CALEB NEED TO GROW UP AND PLAY…..SO SICK OF CALEBS EXCUSES OF WAAAAAAAA…I’M HURT AND EALY THINKING HE IS SOME SORT OF GREAT PLAYER…….BOTH ARE LOSERS IN MY BOOK
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
8:56 am
WDE
This program is tanked, plain and simple. Numbers to no lie, and when a program can only win 1 title in 118 years, that speaks volumes.
UGA’s claim to fame is the playing in the SEC and nothing else. Well, you better start focusing on programs and not conferences, just ask Alabama about Utah a couple years ago in the Sugar Bowl.
Look, Miami has won 5 national titles since 1983, now that is a program and matter of fact maybe UGA shold try and open in Miami sometime, as opposed to La Lafeyette.
how2fish
September 21st, 2010
8:57 am
Pago Pago Dawg with respect but did you see CMR huddle the entire team up to start the 4th quarter? That lit the fire that fueled the 2 scoring drives that tied the game…there was passion and fire.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
8:59 am
Everyone in Athens continues to stick their heads in the sand and blames someone else. It is never CMR’s fault, only the OC, DC, or Special Teams coach.
UGA cannot let CMR go, because they are insecure about who they can get to replace CMR. This program is so tainted that no credible head coach wants to take over the damaged program. Heck, they could not even get Kirby Smart to come home for DC, which spoke volumes and only galvanizes the tanked argument.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
9:00 am
Let me break if down for Barnhart and Athens….
No QB, No RB, No OL, No DL, No Receivers, No D-backs (definitely), No Coaching and No Assistants.
Now where does anyone see something good from this?
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
9:01 am
I would love to Alabama on UGA’s scheduled this year in Tuscaloosa……Rammer Jammer would play all night long.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
9:02 am
Friends don’t let friends waste money on UGA football. Think of all those boosters paying thousands of dollars, only to be disappointed year, after year. Those are the ones who should be calling for CMR’s resignation.
Papadawg
September 21st, 2010
9:03 am
Let me remind you of Calebs whining about injuries dating back to high school. Neither King or Ealey are man enough to play SEC football
Bryan
September 21st, 2010
9:05 am
The whole world saw whos fault it was…That was the worst case of bad time management I have ever seen. Coaches need to man up on this one.
MJB
September 21st, 2010
9:05 am
WDE – UGA has two national titles, just like Tech.
This is a rebuilding year and I really believe that we are close to having some good things going here. I agree that back-to-back SEC losses is not acceptable on a more-than-once every-tean-years basis, but the lack of fortitude by some of my fellow UGA fans is very disppointing, i.e. all you folks who left when it was 24-10 in the fourth on Saturday. Murray and his offense did not quit, though, and this quote from Williams is a very positive sign that the D is “working the problem” moving forward, as well. I certainly didn’t see anything to indicate that we can’t beat UT, UF, Auburn, Tech, etc. on Saturday, so let’s stick with it, Georgia fans, it’s a long season and we can draw our conclusions at the end.
Stay Classy WDE...
September 21st, 2010
9:09 am
dawglasville…WDE is a Tech Troll. Waste no more comments.
59bulldawg
September 21st, 2010
9:10 am
As far as I’m concerned the only players playing hard on Saturday were Murray and Durham. The rest seemed to just mailed it in.
MJB
September 21st, 2010
9:10 am
Check that: UGA three national titles, early morning and forgot about 1946, but I am told that Tech has four so we are both wrong. In any event, Tech will lose to UGA this season.
MikedawgNYC
September 21st, 2010
9:12 am
Seriously, this one kid has more guts than our entire coaching staff. There is not a single excuse in that comment and bravo to that kid for making it. In reality, stopping them at the 25 just means a field goal instead of a touchdown. That game is on the offense for not executing that last drive and on the CB for not covering his man.
Make that guy a captain.
McDawg
September 21st, 2010
9:12 am
that wasn’t the only tackle he missed-we didn’t execute when the game was on the line on both offense and defense and that is the difference between winning and losing-this team still needs to learn how to win
WDE
September 21st, 2010
9:16 am
“This is a rebuilding year”… What are you rebuilding from? Your team sucked last year. You disappointed the year before that. It isn’t like you are USC, UF, or Bama and lose entire offenses/defenses to the NFL draft every other year. And it isn’t like you are Tennessee, either, who really has just had the smite of God on their program.
You’ve had a stable staff, steady top-ranked recruiting, and years of consecutive sell-outs between the hedges. The fact that you are 1-2 (0-2) is the sign of a program with fundamental flaws.
Uuugh.
September 21st, 2010
9:17 am
We are perpetually rebuilding then. Our QB is too young but our OL is experienced! Our QB is experienced but out OL is too young! Our stars split early but our OL will protect Joe Cox. Our RB’s are young but our OL will be great. Next year it will be Murray has experience but we are thin at WR. Every single year it is something…other coaches just seem to manage their weaknesses WAY better than our coaches. Why is that?
Could it be that other coaches don’t make excuses?
Pitbull
September 21st, 2010
9:17 am
It all starts at the top. If the President doesn’t care. Nobody cares. When it comes to the big money boosters, there aren’t any!
Skeptical dawg
September 21st, 2010
9:21 am
over the last few years, it appears that integrity is severly lacking. From Pres Adams, to the former AD, to richt, former DC martinez, to players comitting these petty crimes. Obviously things (the way they are now)isn’t working. Why doesn’t the regents just get rid of everyone from the president of UGA, all of the coaches, the players comitting the crimes, all the way down to all of the athletic dept staff.
With the economy the way it is, and with the atletic dept, accumilating untold wealth we could buy out everyones contract, and begin anew. I am sure UGA will have no problem filling all of those positions with people that actually do care about UGA enough to restore the sense of pride, the program once had.
All of those people sold us fans a cheap broken down product. What you see on the field isn’t GEORGIA football. Our program has eroded down to where we are a medicore team at best. Boo hoo lou (holtz) has even been degrading us on ESPN, and he never was anything close to resembling a coach.
how2fish
September 21st, 2010
9:24 am
WDE just one question if we sux as a program so bad for so long how do we manage to beat the Tiggers year in and year out…only the Bug’s are bigger bit&*es to UGA.
WDE
September 21st, 2010
9:24 am
Skeptical dawg- I’m not sure you sack a University president for said reasons… Leave that to Auburn (sheesh that’s embarassing to admit)
WDE
September 21st, 2010
9:26 am
No, you’re absolutely right. I can’t talk much about the past 4 years other than to say this: Auburn bottomed out in 2007 and 2008. Georgia peaked in late 2007 and 2008. The programs are now very clearly headed in opposite directions. I’ll let you guess which is moving which way.
Palladins
September 21st, 2010
9:35 am
Lattimre ran hard and ran low again vs Furman and he got about 66 yds. What? #%$#@
The Furman coach apparently told his D men to “tackle low around the ankles” and they did that.
I saw the UGA /Penn State Sugar Bowl in 81 or 82 and we lost. Why? Joe Pa told his men to tackle Walker low ……….around his ankles and they did that and held on. He was close to breaking long ones but they hit him LOW ……….like Furman did Lattimore.
I guess UGA has not figured out how to tackle great, squared up, low running backs ….like Joe Pa did nearly 30 years ago.
As a UGA grad, I am disgusted by the current UGA squad’s LACK of complete game preparation, like the missed opportunity to drop Arkansas deep on that bad punt snap that was run out for a first down. They scored later.
UGA class of 71 & 73
MJB
September 21st, 2010
9:42 am
It’s a rebuilding year because we have a freshman qb, a new d-coordinator, and have had our best player taken away based on a disproportionate sentence by the NCAA. Last year we weren’t even rebuilding after the loss of Stafford and Moreno, but we still beat Tech silly in Atlanta.
In retrospect, we probably should’ve bitten the bullet and pulled the red shirt off Murray last year, but he is there now and has the capability to be a special college player. I’m not saying it’s a perfect situation, and if we are sitting at the same spot at the end of the season, let alone next year, I will have my pitchfork out, too, but I believe that there is a chance that we could have a good run under Murray (even if Green goes pro) if Grantham’s defense can get the kinks worked out (they did do SOME things well on Saturday, while they did others horrendously). Tavarres King’s touchdown was a great “effort” play on Saturday, Aron White had a beautiful catch, and even Marlon Brown seems to be developing. Ealey is not Knowshon, but he is a perfectly viable SEC back. I’m not saying it’s a sure thing that things turn around, but all is not lost at this juncture. It’s time for the coaches to earn their money. We will know at the end of the season.
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
September 21st, 2010
9:49 am
Mobile Dawg:
Take the rest of the year off if you can’t support the Dawgs….Fair weather, band wagon types like you need to find a new team to follow instead of hating on the dogs….Dogs must have lost you a $10 bet…If you don’t have the money, lay off the betting…..GET A LIFE…..
3 dawgs
September 21st, 2010
9:52 am
HEY SPURRIER KING KISS MY AND ALL
DAWG FANS BUTT
Great Comeback . . .
September 21st, 2010
9:54 am
Yea, I kept watching that play over and over on ESPN3.
It was the game-breaker.
I blame Grantham, not the kid.
WDE
September 21st, 2010
9:55 am
CMR’s decision to play neither Murray or Burger last season is a clear indication that he doesn’t have what it takes to win in this conference. While Burger, in hindsight, wouldn’t have mattered anyways- you simply cannot go into a season without a QB option with some kind of experience. Now, Murray personally hasn’t disappointed, but I bet right now you are wishing he had the chance to beat out Joe Cox last year. He would be getting the ball out quicker and would have better pocket presence.
I believe he will eventually be a solid strength for the team, but UGA has done an excellent job of having half of its team be good while the other half is terrible. Except this season’s “strength”, the OL, is also terrible.
It is bad coaching & bad personnell management. CMR is a great guy, but holy crap it is surprising yall put up with his mediocre product.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
9:56 am
3 dawgs, great comment, I am sure you just ruined Spurrier’s day. He owns your program.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
9:58 am
MJB
Rebuilding? Have you been rebuilding since 1981? Let’s talk about Donnan and Goof for awhile and those wonderful years. You realize not much has changed since Donnan, only a couple SEC titles, which appears to the the only bragging rights in Athens.
Great Comeback . . .
September 21st, 2010
9:59 am
Grantham should have figured out how to pressure Ryan Mlallett by the fourth quarter.
It was his fault, don’t see much difference in Grantham and Willie M.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
10:00 am
Who the heck is bringing GT into the argument? GT will never dominate Athens, and if Athens takes a licking to GT, then it only speaks volumes of how pathetic the Dogs really are.
UGA dominating GT is like Miami bragging about how important the Duke game is every year and how they dominate the Blue Devils. Give me a break!
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
10:01 am
Arkansas dominated your program from the moment they got off the bus. Petrino and Mallett took it to you and never had plans to lose. It was amazing what Arkansas could do with the ball with such limited time….now that is coaching.
joe
September 21st, 2010
10:02 am
Keep your head up
Greg
September 21st, 2010
10:03 am
Hey Shawn way to man up… but you win as a team and lose as a team.. keep your head up… Coaching staff could take a lesson from him, MAN UP… Beat Ms State!
Go Dawgs
WDE
September 21st, 2010
10:06 am
I wonder if the coordinators at UA, UF, AU, TN, or LSU would throw their young players under the bus when they were clearly outcoached.
The day I fear UGA again is the day McGarity completely decapitates the football program and puts a winner who doesn’t make excuses in place.
WDE
September 21st, 2010
10:12 am
But good luck finding someone with proven BCS-conference experience… As Bobo 17 INT has illustrated perfectly, UGA is not a destination job at all. Had to go with their 5th choice for defensive coordinator, a job that should have been a great opportunity given UGA’s recruiting advantages. Those coaches all knew and know something is not right in Athens.
Lunney's Revenge
September 21st, 2010
10:16 am
Shawn:
That’s a nice apology, Shawn, but there’s no way you were going to tackle Greg Childs when Childs has a 5 yard advantage on you. Your defense had to shift to focus on D.J. Williams, else Arkansas was going to complete their third straight pass to him and move into FG range. Instead, the over-commitment on Williams left you exposed.
And I know this has got to crush you waterheads, but did you ever stop and consider that maybe UGA isn’t having a bad year, but instead you ran into two teams that are *GASP* better than yours?
timthebrave
September 21st, 2010
10:33 am
I saw a lot of fight in this team. They could have laid down after going down 14 in the last quarter. Something needs to be done about the 2 minute defense. They kicked a fg at end of half and got td at end of game. I saw too much cushion which allowed 10 yard passes wide open when Arkansas was running 2 minute offense. I think we still win 8 out of next 9 and finish 9 and 3. Go Dawgs!
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 21st, 2010
11:00 am
WDE, I agree with your comment regarding the 5th choice. UGA is nothing more than a stepping stone to the next great position, sort of like East Carolina or Ole Miss. Sometimes you have to step down to get back to the top, and that is CMR’s objective when he left FSU.
Bobby told him to land a D-1 job with a mediocre school, then he could gain experience with low expectations and return to the stealler program like Miami, FSU or Boise.
Dawgs Tell
September 21st, 2010
11:17 am
We take 4 and 5 star recruits and coach them down.Let’s get 2 and 3 star recruits and coach them up!Maybe just maybe they will have a little more character about themselves and have the drive to win. All I have seen in the last few years is 4 and 5 star recruits think their the MAN and the NFL is my gravy train. Put poor coaching and no accountability with this problem,you have UGA football.
ARdawg
September 21st, 2010
12:06 pm
Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The Bugs win one game over a hapless North Carolina team and flog to the Dawgs blog en masse. Get a life Techies
NYC Dawg
September 21st, 2010
12:08 pm
This should not be happening. This is the second time a PLAYER has stepped forward to shoulder a loss. I commend Williams, but coaches should NOT encourage this type of behavior. It’s pathetic that Bobo and Grantham are letting this go on after practice. They need to grab the microphone and be held accountable, not the players. They shouldn’t have been in a position to even have the ball. We’ll learn from these two losses (being recognized nationally as huge wins for USC and ARK, now both ranked in the top 15), and GATA the rest of the season. Go dawgs!
WDE
September 21st, 2010
12:09 pm
Here is an awesome indirect description of how unimportant UGA is in the SEC. This is from Chris Lowe’s ESPN blog entry that tracks the SEC’s Heisman Trophy contenders:
“1. Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett: He certainly has Heisman-like numbers with more than 1,000 yards passing and nine touchdown passes in three games. Now, he has to do it on a big stage…”
HAHAHA. UGA, the flagship, the capstone, is not a very big stage for anyone anymore.
38 Yardline Dawg
September 21st, 2010
12:18 pm
Actually, Shawn #36 was about the only defensive player who showed an understanding of how to tackle people all day. He was wrapping up while others were “chest bumping” or whatever they call hitting the guy with the ball but not using their arms.
I recommend Shawn give a clinic on his technique this week to his teammates.
And if any player needs to be singled out, make Corey Glenn (#71) run 10 miles for every 10 yard false start penalty he has caused. Kid, you’re a junior now…it’s gotta stop!!!
REDHOG
September 21st, 2010
12:30 pm
HEY WDE…. CAN’T WAIT TO GET A HOLD OF YOUR A** IN AUBURN (TEAMS LIKE S.C. AND ARKANSAS?)…BOTH WILL BEAT YOU LIKE A STEP CHILD.
savannahdawg
September 21st, 2010
12:37 pm
You learn by making mistakes. Adversity builds character!!! Work and improve and kick some butt this Saturday!!