UGA player: Game-deciding fumble ‘felt like death to me’
(Click here for Mark Richt’s post-game comments.)
BOULDER, Colo. – What Georgia players had to say after their latest loss, 29-27 to Colorado here Saturday night:
Wide receiver A.J. Green on being 1-4: “It’s tough. I’ve never been 1-4 in my life. We’re going to stay together, and we’re going to keep fighting.”
Green on why he left the game in the third quarter: “I was just cramping. A lot of cramping.”
Quarterback Aaron Murray on Caleb King’s fumble in final two minutes: “I don’t know where the guy [defender] came from. I handed the ball off, and it just came out. That’s pretty much how it happened. You can’t blame Caleb King for that. It just happens sometimes. You have to make sure you pick that guy up and he comes out and has a great week at practice.”
Murry on Green’s leaping, one-handed touchdown catch in the second quarter: “That was unbelievable. No other receiver in the nation can make that catch. That was special right there. To go up and catch it with one arm, and bring it down with only one arm, it’s pretty unbelievable.”
Defensive end Demarcus Dobbs on being 1-4: “There’s going to be frustration. We’re Georgia. We never expect ourselves to get four losses. Or lose to the teams we have lost to. We just have to push ahead, and we cannot give up on each other. All we have is each other. We have to watch film, keep grinding and finish the season out, hopefully on a high note.”
Dobbs on the mentality in the locker room: “We just lost a game. Everyone is pretty much down; we thought we were going to come in and ruin their party and get a victory. We thought we were a better team. We didn’t represent Georgia well. We didn’t represent the SEC well. Only people we have to blame are ourselves. We need to watch film, see what we need to correct and make those adjustments, and stick together. We have to be accountable for each other and not give up on the season.”
Dobbs on the fumble on the final drive: “I thought it was a shoo-in; that’s how comfortable I was [about winning the game]. I put my helmet down. I was ready to run on the field and celebrate. But it didn’t happen that way. We made a fatal mistake, and that type of stuff needs to be corrected. We cannot turn the ball over at the end of the game. It felt like death to me. We have to keep grinding and support each other.”
– From transcript provided by Colorado of post-game player interviews.
Click here for Mark Richt’s post-game comments: Late fumble was ‘as basic of a play as we’ve got’
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TowDawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:07 am
My bad Blue. I got you.
What's going on
October 3rd, 2010
1:07 am
As the great Marvin Gaye used to sing “What’s Going On?’”. WE LOST to a team that is 90th in the country (Div 1A) in Passing Yards, 68th in Rushing, 96th in Points For, and 59th in Points Against, and LOST TO CALIFORNIA 52-7. WOW. CU has not won back-to-back games in over 2 years. But yet, I keep hearing UGA fans say “but we lost ONLY b/c of a fumble” or “we lost the first 3 games b/c we didn’t have AJ” or “we lost b/c Ealey can’t hang on to the ball”. To which I say – NO, it RUNS MUCH DEEPER than ONE FREAK’N play. You can also insert – “if the OL had blocked better”, “If the Defense would cover people or relearn how to tackle”, “if CMR can FIND A WAY to instill DISCIPLINE to his players – on and off the field”. YOU SEE – we didn’t LOSS b/c of one play, or one fumble, or one player. There are MANY opportunities throughout a ballgame that can be “game changers” – UGA USED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT – but no longer. It all goes back to coaching. Year end and year out, UGA recruiting classes are in the TOP TEN – Something that GT would salivate at (GT is usually around 30-35 in recruiting classes) – but yet, GT seems to make better at the recruits they have than UGA does. IT ALL GOES BACK TO COACHING. You can have the TOP RECRUITING CLASS EVERY YEAR – BUT IF YOU CAN”T COACH THEM, IT DOESN’T MATTER.
It seems to me his BEST CLASSES were from Jim Donnen’s recruits.
That is why I say – for the first time, that CMR needs to go. Or, CMR needs to grow a pair and let BooBoo go – that will be a sign that CMR means business. But we all know CMR will not do that. So – then CMR MUST GO.
bruce mac
October 3rd, 2010
1:08 am
Bama Fan, thanks for feeling sorry for us. We really appreciate it. Bama is apparently the best team in the country again. Congrats. Someday we shall return, for now you need to schedule us for homecoming.
DenverJacket
October 3rd, 2010
1:10 am
Jackets win!!!!!
Dawgs lose!!!!!!!
Seriously though Dawgs….that is a terrible loss. Not even Coloradans were giving the Buffs the chance to win.
Dawgs SUCK!!!!!!!
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:10 am
ROMEDAWG really? why should he get one more yearr? If you watch the game you saw CMR with a headset on and the play chart he was oking every call. You sound like a Obama supporter always blameing someone else
sarfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:11 am
@What’s going on…hard to argue with all that.
I think Richt will resign at the end of the season. He cares deeply about his coaches, and he won’t fire Bobo, Searles, etc. He can’t do that again after doing that to Willie Martinez. Let’s hope he does it under his terms (he HAS earned that), and it doesn’t look like the fans, alums, etc. ran him out.
HayDawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:12 am
Blue, no offence, but your grammar and spelling is atrocious. Come on man, run it through spell check before posting, especially since you claim to be a graduate. BTW, who was your English professor? Might need to fire them too.
bruce mac
October 3rd, 2010
1:13 am
If, CMR gets one more year, what do you expect to change? Why would you expect it to change? CMR doesn’t even care, he will be happy to be done with it. It is so obvious.
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:13 am
CMR is calling for a BLACKOUT next week …. sounds like a good idea because we play like were dead
sarfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:14 am
DenverJacket: 30-24. I saw y’all beat Valdosta tonight, and Brookwood is on deck. Maybe with a little luck, you will be successful with your high-school schedule.
In case you missed it, 30-24.
sarfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:15 am
@Blue: please tell me you’re kidding with the blackout. Please no blackout.
sarfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:16 am
Maybe you mean that the game will be “blacked out,” as in “not televised locally.” Please tell me that’s what you mean.
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:16 am
HAYDAWG not in class right now and not the best typest in the world when I was in school we had to write everything by hand. But for you I will work on it. I do this for fun not for a grade.
sarfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:17 am
Blue: your reply should have been “no OFFENSE taken.”
Brutal.
TowDawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:18 am
I do honestly question if next week’s game will even be picked up by a network. When’s the last time that was even question in a UGA vs UT game?
Monkey Says:
October 3rd, 2010
1:18 am
No The Blackout is what is going to happen to about a third of the UGA players when they get off the plane tonight and start drinking…
HayDawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:18 am
I mispelled offense, it happens. I had a couple of profs that couldn’t spell to save their life, either. Some brilliant people are terrible spellers.
sarfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:18 am
It’s at 12:21; so really, I think it’s on Peachtree TV or something like that.
PMC
October 3rd, 2010
1:19 am
At this point there is nothing to work on for this Georgia team. They are what they are. Awful. This squad isn’t getting better. They can talk about…playing for the seniors.. Ok. The Seniors are the ones that put themselves in this position. They just aren’t very good.
There are more important things in life than football. Maybe they should focus on them.
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:19 am
@ sarfdawg just a joke
Monkey Says:
October 3rd, 2010
1:19 am
SEC NETWORK NEXT SATURDAY….ALABAMA AND USC AT 3 ON CBS, LSU AND FL ON ESPN,
HayDawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:21 am
I ran the thing through spell check and MS Word let it pass, stupid program.
sarfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:21 am
Later, fellas. Maybe we can get the Falcons through tomorrow.
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:22 am
@ sarfdawg That was pertee fune
dawgster
October 3rd, 2010
1:23 am
Tazzdawg..I’ll call you a fair weather fan in heartbeat…You have all the answers as so many on here do…you know no one on here is forcing you to support the dawgs, so find yourself another team and comeback as you will when the dawgs start winning again…No one is happy about what is going on with the dawgs…how do you think they feel or the coaches…do you not think they are doing their best,..Any changes will be made at the end of the year and maybe thats what we need, but until then we need to support the team..there are many recruits out there that are looking at our program and if we get the ones that are committed plus some who are lookning at us things could turn around..We don’t have the horses right now that Bama, Gators or others have..if you know anything about footbal and i wonder if you do, you would see that our talent level is down,…Maybe the coaching is to blame for this, but the players have to make plays..other than AJ and Murray who out there really made any bigtime plays when we needed it…We need some top notch players and whether you want to admit it or not that is our problem..Everyone wants another Head Coach, so who do we go after that will actually come here…I hear Smart’s name thrown around…will he guarntee us success against Bama and the Gators…Lets see..Peterson…will he guarantee us success against Bama and the gators…Do you really think that Coach Richt has forgotten how to Coach…I don’t think he has…should there be more changes…perhaps….i just hate to see our program fall farther behind and have to start over with a new staff…maybe thats the answer and if it is then i will still be a true dawg fan, not a fair weather fan that wants to jump on and off the bandwagon…and yes i have given my hard earn dollars to this football program for years and years and i am extremely unhappy, but to read some of the comments on here and people who claim to be dawg fans is sad…There will be plenty of folks from the other schools that are going to be happy to kick us while we are down, please dawg fans lets not help them…
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:23 am
@HeyDawg yea me to blame it on word
Georgia Supporter
October 3rd, 2010
1:23 am
It was NOT a flea flicker. He was trying to spin away from the defender that no one blocked. Look back at the video.
Romedawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:23 am
Actually Blue I was an Obama supporter….Repeat…was….And I also am appreciative of what CMR has done for UGA. He deserves one more year, in my opinion, to make staff changes and get things straightened out. If he can’t get it done then I am all for letting him go just as I am now all for letting Obama find something else to do with his time. If a person can’t get the job done then they need to go. Without drastic changes both will be looking for jobs by the end of next year.
HayDawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:24 am
Anyways, oh yeah, Fire Mark Richt!
dawg from a distance
October 3rd, 2010
1:24 am
WOW I thought it couldn’t get any worse…. and it did….
1-4 for the DAWGS?????????
dawg from a distance
October 3rd, 2010
1:26 am
I thought Tennessee looked weak early in the year now….. if they can’t beat us they are in trouble. Looks like a Dooley will again rule the sideline in Athens!
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:26 am
Romedawg thats what Obama needs you no because of bush
dawg from a distance
October 3rd, 2010
1:27 am
3-8 if we turn things around! 1-11 from the view point of honesty. I am not sure we can handle Idaho State now.
Romedawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:27 am
Blue it is true. You are an idiot.
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:33 am
Rome dawg I maybe a idiot but i did not vote for a socialist prisident because he could give a good speech. Saying you voted for Obama told everyone enough about you
ugabean
October 3rd, 2010
1:33 am
i want to know. has the team ever met. if not aaron white is tiit end, ealey is rb, and ok bobo is from tville
Crimson nation
October 3rd, 2010
1:34 am
Don’t give up dawg fans. Things look really bleak but from a neutral perspective what I see is that you got a young qb and just seem snake bitten in all of these games with the King fumble just being another bad bounce of the ball that went against you.
For what its worth I think the dawgs should just say to hell with it, not worry about Richt hot seat talk and all that, and just play loose the rest of the season as opposed to playing tight. Still a lot of football to play and everyone left on the dawgs schedule including Florida is a winnable game.
PMC
October 3rd, 2010
1:34 am
If you make drastic changes you’re only going to set the program back further than it already is.
Coaches aren’t able to go make plays on the field. I don’t believe they aren’t teaching fundamentals or attempting to get these guys to play better… this group of players… is either too young…. or the just aren’t good enough. 2 lost years in 10 isn’t the end of the world. Maybe they can set the world on fire in recruiting.
surfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:37 am
Blue, you firing them up again this week?
bird dawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:37 am
HEY JONATHAN. ENJOY THIS WHILE YOU CAN. NAME ME ONE GOOD THING ABUT THE ACC. ONE!!!!!!!? ALL OF THIS PILING ON DOES NOTHING TO MAKE YOUR CRAPPY SCHOOL AND YOUR CRAPPY CONFERENCE LOOK ANY BETTER, IF ANYTHING, IT MAKES YOU LOOK WORSE. AT LEAST WE ARENT TECH!!!!! NO LOSS OF OURS IS WORSE THAN KANSAS. WE STILL BEAT YOU AND WE STILL OWN YOU. WE ARE IN DEEP SH!T RIGHT NOW AND THE LOWEST WE HAVE BEEN IN DECADES, BUT AT LEAST WE ARENT TECH. OH, AND TRY TO MAKE ANOTHER SEC POINT AND THEN THINK ABOUT YOUR LOWSY CONFERENCE BY COMPARISON.
ALSO, IM TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT 5 STAR RECRUITS. WE GET MAYBE 1 OR 2 A YEAR. JUST BECAUSE WE DONT FILL OUR ROSTER WITH 2 STAR RECRUITS, DOESN’T MEAN WE’RE THE HIGH SCHOOL ALL AMERICAN TEAM
HayDawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:39 am
I just realized why all this happening!!! And, it’s b/c we don’t have UGA VII sitting over in his air-conditioned dawhouse. Somebody go get us an UGA for Tennessee game, PLEASE!
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:39 am
@surfdawg just the facts baby
PMC
October 3rd, 2010
1:41 am
As far as 5 star recruits… everybody be REALLY nice to Isiah Crowell.
Romedawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:41 am
Blue, I feel like my IQ just dropped 20 points just by speaking with you. This is a Georgia Bulldog blog. Maybe you should try and focus a little harder and maybe you will be able to keep up. Why try and bring politics into this? Not interested, OK.
Romedawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:43 am
@Blue
You can’t even spell socialist President…lol
My iq is awmos two ure levle now, ugh huh…
smart dawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:44 am
We ruin this state
surfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:45 am
I must say, it has been a few years since I’ve had to “look forward to next season” so early in the year. Unbelievable.
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
1:46 am
@ Romedawg I bet you dont want to talk about politices. You are the one that said with pride you vetoed for obama. not me and we no youcan’t afford to lose in IQ points. You still cant tell me why CMR should get one more year I no he had some good years with Donnans players but in the last 5 he is 39-18 and Donnan was 40-19
surfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:48 am
ROMEDAWG you are killing me.
surfdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:49 am
Stop it. I’m about to fall out my chair laughing.