Read all about it: Complete coverage of UGA’s loss to Mississippi State
A Sunday morning roundup of the AJC’s coverage of Georgia’s loss to Mississippi State:
My game story, which notes the Bulldogs are on their first three-game losing streak in 20 years:
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Bad turned to worse — much worse — for Georgia’s football team here Saturday night.
The Bulldogs lost their third consecutive game in an already ugly season, failing to score a touchdown until it was too late to matter and falling to Mississippi State 24-12.
The loss was Georgia’s first in Starkville since 1951 and first anywhere to Mississippi State since 1974, and it gave the Bulldogs (1-3, 0-3 SEC) their first three-game losing streak since 1990 and first 0-3 SEC record since 1993.
Jeff Schultz’s column, which notes the Dogs are 2-7 in their past nine SEC games:
… The Bulldogs are 0-3 in the SEC. They stand alone in the conference in that regard. Behind Mississippi State, behind Vanderbilt, behind the schools you used to joke about. They are no longer the team that can beat everybody except Alabama and Florida. They are the team that can lose to every team well below Alabama and Florida.
… This is about more than one assistant coach or one suspended player. Once again, Richt did not have his team ready to play. The Dogs should have played desperate. They didn’t. They certainly didn’t play smart or play well.
Paul Jones’ sidebar on Washaun Ealey’s latest goal-line debacle, which kept the Bulldogs from scoring a first-quarter touchdown:
STARKVILLE, Miss. — This time, Washaun Ealey’s fumble into the opponent’s end zone came in the first quarter. It was the second time that situation arose for Georgia’s sophomore tailback, and as in the South Carolina game, it was a critical play.
My notebook, which covers the return of a number of players from injury, the continued absence of A.J. Green, the cowbells and this nugget:
Georgia has more former players currently serving as captains of NFL teams than any other school.
That’s according to a report by the Dallas Morning News, which counted the colleges of the 124 players who were elected full-season captains by votes of their teammates on 26 NFL teams.
. . . “We have a great coach, a great leader at Georgia [in Mark Richt],” Matthew Stafford, a Detroit Lions captain, told the Dallas paper. “It probably rubs off on us.”
Transcript of Mark Richt’s post-game news conference, including this comment:
“But we’ve also got to look within, starting with me, as to the things that have kept us from having the success that we want. That’s what we’re going to do.”
And a photo gallery from the game, including this shot:
Mississippi State's Arceto Clark catches fourth-quarter TD pass in front of Georgia's Branden Smith (AP photo)
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RxDawg
September 26th, 2010
11:53 am
Wow….Baker arrested for DUI. We are truly cursed. The gods of football have spoken and they smite thee UGA.
….I bet a peed off Richt kicks his but off the team. And he probably should. Baker, you are a MORON.
Daw Tired
September 26th, 2010
12:04 pm
I can live with losing games IF our players are men of character. But losing games AND having thugs and (let’s be honest with ourselves), not very bright kids as players should not be acceptable to CMR, McGarrity, Adams or Bulldog supporters. CMR is a nice guy who just doesn’t get it. Must be his FSU upbringing that trained him to get 5-star athletes who aren’t very bright and can’t learn new systems and, by the way, can’t stay out of trouble. I would rather have a team of classy, smart players and be 0-4 than to have this current roster and be 1-3 with 10 arrests.
mcdaris324
September 26th, 2010
12:47 pm
Kick his butt off the team I’m tired of this Crap
bigdon
September 26th, 2010
12:51 pm
Hey.,..what do you expect. He’s JAFN. Just another f….. …….
Burger Boy
September 26th, 2010
1:13 pm
This is embarasking to loose to MSU. I flip burgers all week at Macdonalds to make mooney to by tikets to UGA fotball games. No moore. I will stay home at the trailer and waatch theem play on TV.
wild one
September 26th, 2010
1:24 pm
Hey, get off Coach Richt. He is a great man and a great coach. besides, we need that five star running back from Carver High on Saturday’s playing for us. Mr. Crowell will be awsome in the Crimson Tide system. oh yea, are there any other great players in Ga that want to play for a national title, come on over. At Alabama we don’t play football, we live it!
Dawg Times
September 26th, 2010
1:25 pm
Dateline – Athens, Ga: A shocking announcement from the University of Georgia, it was revealed today that head football coach Mark Richt will step down to accept the head golf coaching position at Jed Strunk College. Coach Richt commented that he feels the new position “will better match my personality”. He also added best wishes to his yet to be announced successor saying “he couldn’t do worse than me” and “frankly I sucked”.
Baldemar Huerta
September 26th, 2010
2:06 pm
End of Coach! Great conversation!
Hymie
September 26th, 2010
2:09 pm
I thought college was for educating and polishing young minds, not providing bread and circuses for the unwashed masses (that’s hoi polloi to you).
Steve Spurrier
September 26th, 2010
2:32 pm
Your players are getting arrested so as to not be associated with UGA.
It over guys.
Big Dog 98
September 26th, 2010
2:35 pm
UGA is still #1 in Class.
Mark Richt makes me proud to be a Dawg Fan! CMR is total class…unlike Alabama, South Carolina or Arkansas.
war eagle
September 26th, 2010
2:37 pm
I just watched your game. No passion. No leadership on the team from the seniors to the coaches. Having your 10th arrest last night made breakfast taste even worse this morning for Richt. It’s only going to get worse this year. The only team that looked worse then you guys yesterday had to be TN so that should make you feel good.
Kevin
September 26th, 2010
2:51 pm
I have supported CMR since he has been there. He has lost the team. I thought the DC move last
year was the answer. Not so much. I never thought I would say this, but CMR may have to go. He cant keep his players out of trouble, cant get those that are not suspended ready to play, UGA does not lose to Miss State. UGA has one of the weakiest schedules in a while, perfect for a year
you are somewhat rebuilding. You cant tell me the atheletes are not there, they are, the coaching staff just cant get it out of them. I predict that Bobo will either be demoted to QB coach, or fired this week.
Regarding the starters. Murrey, Durham would keep there jobs, bench the rest on both sides of the ball. I just cant believe how the annoucers talk about how good our O-line is, the are terrible. Just watch them, every play whether pass or run, they stand straight up on the snap. If I see this why cant the coaches, that is why the coaching staff needs a change.
I think you will see Richt make the OC move this week, hoping he can win out (doubtful) to get 8 wins and a bowl. If he does the above he will be around next year. If not the new AD will remove Richt and the end of the season, he will not be fired, the AD will allow him to resign and make it look like it was his decision.
GOP Cannon
September 26th, 2010
3:01 pm
This is starting to look more and more like a 5-7 season…. if we can loose to Mississippi State, then we can loose to anyone in the SEC. If we continue to play the way that we played this weekend we WILL NOT BEAT Florida, Auburn, or Tech and I feel like Kentucky, Vandy, and Tennessee are going to be tough toss-ups.
BOBOGOTTAGO
September 26th, 2010
3:03 pm
Mark Richt…I have been an avid supporter until the last year or so…ever since you stopped calling the plays and handed the reins to BOBO we have been mediocre at best. I’m ready for some passion and for some wins. You have shown us zero emotion…zero passion and I think you have lost love for the game. It’s time to go…and take bobo with you. I can’t even watch the games anymore…because we look like amateurs…it’s not even good games that we’re losing. It’s penalties, fumbles, and emotionless faces…time to go do something else…RETIRE.
KN
September 26th, 2010
3:06 pm
Maybe it’s me………I thought UGA had an abundance of penalties last night, while Miss St had few. I have heard no one else comment on this. Penalties are usually caused by PLAYERS not COACHES. QB is green and really needs experience. The OL and Defense lacks old fashioned DETERMINATION. Appears to me that there may be deeper issues at hand.
KN
September 26th, 2010
3:08 pm
Also, when Richt was a winning coach, he was the golden boy. How soon you forget.
SEC1
September 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
We might not be the worst team in the SEC, but we are definitely the worst in the SEC in under-utilizing and under-coaching our players.
We definitely do the least with the most.
I still love my Dawgs, but we are simply terrible.
Enough said…
P.S. Bobo should have been gone last year… Come on, is the SEC really the place to “cut your teeth” as an OC?
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EricADawgFan
September 26th, 2010
3:43 pm
I am a TRUE Dawg Fan. Win or lose, I would still support the Dawgs. But I must say that Coach Richt had better get a lot more assertive with his players, and coaching staff. He has to get very tough on the Coaches, and the players as well. As mush as I am a rivalry with Steve Spurrier, (being anywhere and playing against the Dawgs) I have to admit that Coach Steve Spurrier makes champions out of his players. He also has absolutely no tact when it comes to his players, and his coaching staff. If there is something wrong with either of them, he will definitely make it known to them, and to the public. Last night, against Auburn, he took out Garcia (Quarterback) and benched him. In Garcia’s replacement, he put in a freshman quarterback without any hesitation. You see, Coach Steve Spurrier, says what he means, and he mean what he says. Being quiet and passive with your players and coaching staff and not holding each and everyone them accountable for their actions and performance, in unacceptable and it will get you in the hot seat to be fired. Coach Richt appears as if he does not have control of his players, and the entire team. Coach Mark Richt had better wake up and get total control of his players and coaching staff. If the players are not performing up to his potential, Coach Mark Richt have a duty, and a responsibility as a Head Football Coach to bench that player. if your Offensive Coordinator are not performing to your standards, and the team is not responding well to the play calling, then you need to take over the play calling and terminate the Offensive Coordinator. The time is now Coach Mark Richt to take control of your Team before your team and coaching staff take control of you. Food For Thought.
goober t weichshiner
September 26th, 2010
3:48 pm
UGA needs the passion of a Bremen High Blue Devil football team or a Flamengo futebol team in Brazil. Just google “Oh Meu Mengo,” and you will see passion. Those futebol fans would never put up with a lack of passion. I love the passion of Bremen and Mengo teams! Show some passion, Mark! I remember the days when Preston Haliburton and Ashley Robinson starred for the Blue Devils! They showed passion!
Vince Lombardi
September 26th, 2010
5:13 pm
test
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:14 pm
Ten Reasons Why Richt Must Go and Quickly to follow…
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:14 pm
Ten Reasons to Fire Marked Wrecked.
1. He has no passion for the game, or for his team. Players are energized by the passion of their coach. Richt has none. A buddha on the sidelines would have more passion.
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:15 pm
2. Richt instills no discipline. We lead the SEC in player arrests and penalties. This is a function of the coach. Did you notice Waushaun Ealey break dancing on the field against Ark last week while waiting during a TV timeout for a crucial third down conversion? No we did not convert. Who is responsible: Ealey or the coach?
Mobile Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:15 pm
The symptoms for the disease we have today were being planted years in advance. The body can overcome sickness and still perform until it becomes overwhelming, often terminal. At the least some very bad medicine is in order.
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:19 pm
4. Richt cannot recruit. Our recruiting has consistently slipped, and our recruits cannot actually perform. Evidently, Richt is no judge of talent anymore. Let the stats speak for themselves. You could build an all-SEC team from Georgia high school stars now performing for other teams, not UGA.
Mobile Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:19 pm
If we start breaking it down to simple terms, does anyone remember what the Florida Gators were doing the morning after the UGA victory in 2007? It also became the theme of their season in 2008. I believe it was push ups for every yard the defense gave up in that 07 game. Every practice. How could that not leave a lasting impression?
Mobile Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:21 pm
Snoop, you missed #3.
I have to disagree with you on recruiting. I know people say Rivals and Scout aren’t always right, but they are all we have to really judge by other than results. We’ve been top 10 every year I remember.
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:23 pm
Mobile Dawg, I believe the Friends of Richt are censoring me.
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:25 pm
5. Richt cannot build a coaching staff. Richt hand picked his staff. They are ineffective at best, and clowns by most objective standards.
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:25 pm
6. Richt is not good value. We are paying him and the water girl over three million a year. For what?
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:26 pm
7. Richt has no backbone. He cannot get rid of his friends that he hires on the staff who cannot perform, nor can he punish or enforce those players who violate team rules. The players obviously do not respect his rules or his power to punish or discipline.
.
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:27 pm
8. Richt is not really a beacon of character. A man with honor or character would step down if he could not get the job done and earn his pay. Richt will not step down for the good of the University; rather, we will have to fire him and pay him millions to leave. It will, however, be a bargain because
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:28 pm
9. The UGA fan base is no longer motivated or proud enough of the Dawgs to continue buying fan apparel to bring millions each year into Athens’ coffers. In order to restore this valuable source of revenue, we must win and Richt must go.
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:28 pm
10. Richt may be a nice man. Someone once said that nice guys finish last. Richt is indeed last in the SEC and patsies are now routinely performing smackdowns of our team and our proud tradiition. If the current generation of Bulldogs want to protect UGA’s 7th best record in the NCAA or improve on it, they will stop calling people like me Haters and put pressure on the AD to fire Richt and get a real ball coach to Athens.
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:31 pm
3. Richt is not really a coach but an imposter. He’s nothing more than a figurehead. The gig is up.
Mobile Dawg
September 26th, 2010
5:53 pm
Snoop Dawg, most all good points.
Truth is nothing most of us say here holds any weight. If we knew the real deal we would probably know Richt was pressured into having to fire WM, probably due to fear of losing revenue, or an actual drop off in revenue through supporters and team apparel as you pointed out.
Maybe I’m a bandwagon fan and didn’t realize it. I’m finding myself with no passion at all in general for the games. I didn’t get upset with the loss last night. I honestly expected it. The most surprising thing of all was CMR being so out of character that he actually spoke the words that maybe “he’s part of the problem”. That’s one of the things I most wanted to hear, a public acknowledgement that maybe he needs to change or improve what he does.
Mack Brown is a class guy, inherited a great program at Texas and has continued to keep the program at a high level. First thing out of his mouth after their loss was that “I did a poor job coaching”. It’s taken CMR 5 years to admit that. That’s what gets me passionate at this point, his ineptitude, and lack of responsibility.
wild one
September 26th, 2010
6:20 pm
Big Dog 98, If Ga is such a class act why do they lead the league in arrest? Oh yea, what about the whole team charging the field to celebrate a touchdown against Fl. You call that class??? I call it poor sportsmanship, a complete lack of discipline and a childish approach to teaching the young men how to become real men and winners.
Cullowheedawg
September 26th, 2010
6:45 pm
As many said, discipline, where is it. We kick off a potential red shirt freshman for drinking under age, but we are all anxiously waiting for a star that was only punished by the NCAA for breaking a rule that he knew was wrong just for $1,000. Somehow that seems a lot worse than the freshman’s misbehavior, which is something done by most of the freshman. I am not condoning it but then I also don’t condone AJ’s. I do think he should sit out the rest of the year as recognition of how his actions have harmed the team and the school. Let them the ones who have followed the rules, play the game. He can come back next year if he wants to be a DAWG.
TheTaxJacket
September 26th, 2010
6:45 pm
****** 2 – 7 last 9 SEC games ******
(((( 45 – 42 ))))
observor
September 26th, 2010
7:01 pm
Fire the incompetent boob. He is completely finished, and his team has stopped buying what he’s selling and completely checked out.
BDAWG
September 26th, 2010
7:09 pm
Lemay will not be a Dawg. Bobo and Richt will probably be gone after this horrible season and when that happens most recruits don’t understand that a better coach will be brought in to right the ship. Bobo should have never been given the playcalling duties and for those that want Richt to stay, look at the emotionless team and also Grantham’s demeanor since the SC game. I guess Richt didn’t want him to yell or curse at the players anymore. The program is too timid and it shows on the football field. Murray and Durham have played well but the rest of the team needs to be benched. We need to do a better job of recruiting RB and a meaner type of football player. Sad to keep singing the same song every week, but whether people want to face the fact or not, we need a new regime. It took Bobby Bowden a long time for FSU to start looking bad, but after ten years the UGA program seems to have lost its desire to compete for CMR and I do feel like it is all his fault because he is the captain of this Titanic.
BDAWG
September 26th, 2010
7:14 pm
Cullowheedawg you’re an idiot. One player does not make a team and his return won’t change anything due to the incompetent coach that is calling the plays and running the offense. Again, this is Richt’s mess due to his lack of leadership. 3-4 is not hard to learn. Just need the proper personnel and a dictator type HC to manage the program better. St. Richt needs to do more coaching and less preaching on the football field.
Snoop Dawg
September 26th, 2010
8:07 pm
If Richt wants to be a preacher, then he needs to build a church.
The Georgia Bulldog team needs a coach.
Mark Richt is not a coach.
Lineman003
September 26th, 2010
8:11 pm
I’m not givng up on Richt yet. I can remeber when Ga. fans were happy with a 8 and 4 season under Dooley. I think we might be a little spoiled. Mark is a good coach and will get it straightened out. I would start with taking the play calling back from BoBo. Which I have to admit I’m not used to this either. Come on coach you can do it.
ga. chick
September 26th, 2010
8:17 pm
I believe Mark Richt is not the problem. Bobo is. You have to be stupid to not see the plays, run 1st down, run 2nd down, throw 3rd. Duh!!!!!!! Even us girls can figure that out. Richt doesn’t want to be a preacher-he wants to set a good example. He lives what he preaches-do you Snoop Dawg.????? You think a devil worshiper would be a better coach?????
Dawg_Mike
September 26th, 2010
8:34 pm
Bobo is PART of the overall problem.
Take a look at the creative play calling by MSU last night- misdirection, bubble screens, quick slants, etc… this is some heady stuff for sure, so maybe it is all over Bobo’s head.
After all, the SEC is NO PLACE to cut your teeth as an OC.
Dawg_Mike
September 26th, 2010
8:36 pm
Another part of the overall program, and in my humble opinion is this:
The players are not motivated / geeked up / jacked up / whatever you want to call it. They are not inspired, they are not well prepared.
Dawg_Mike
September 26th, 2010
8:39 pm
Lifeless uninspired Defensive play.
I thought the D would echo the coach and be fiery…they did in the first game against La La but since then they are playing like little girly men.
Dawg_Mike
September 26th, 2010
8:41 pm
Special Teams play is nothing special- even Butler is not performing as well as he did last year.
How’s come?
Punt “coverage”…..standing at attention until the opposing punter kicks..no pressure at all.
How’s come?