Dogs are fumbling away the season (and other lessons from Saturday’s debacle)
BOULDER, Colo. – Three things gleaned from Saturday’s 29-27 loss to Colorado:
1. Georgia is fumbling away the season. Washaun Ealey barely played Saturday -– he got just one carry -– as a consequence of his critical fumbles inside the opponent’s 5-yard line in losses at South Carolina and Mississippi State. Ealey’s benching created more playing time for Caleb King, who gave Georgia its first 100-yard rusher of the season. But in the final two minutes, with Georgia well within range to kick a potentially game-winning field goal, King fumbled the ball and the game away. (Also, of course, someone should have blocked the linebacker who forced the fumble by striking King a split-second after he took the handoff on what coach Mark Richt called “as basic of a play as we’ve got.”)
2. Georgia desperately needs a full game from A.J. Green. The star wide receiver caught seven passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another 40 yards on an end-around, but he still hasn’t played a full game in any of Georgia’s past nine regular-season games. He missed 3 ½ of the final four games last season with injuries, missed the first four games this season because of the NCAA suspension and missed much of the third quarter Saturday night with cramping. Just before he left the game, Green caught a 50-yard pass that put the Bulldogs in position to score the touchdown that gave them a 24-14 lead with 10:40 left in the third quarter. By the time he returned to the game in the fourth quarter, after getting intravenous fluids in the locker room, Georgia trailed 29-24. In the two first-quarter series that Georgia didn’t get Green the ball and the two third-quarter series he did not play, the Bulldogs combined for one first down and minus-1 yard of net offense. In the rest of the game, the Dogs had 19 first downs and 410 yards offense.
3. The defense continues to be burned by big plays. Georgia took a 24-14 lead early in the third quarter, but Colorado scored touchdowns on its next two possessions to go ahead for good. Explosive plays set up both of those TDs. A 65-yard run down the left sideline by tailback Rodney Stewart on an option pitch fueled the first of the two drives. A 46-yard pass to wide receiver Will Jefferson, who got open down the middle behind Vance Cuff, sparked the second. Making matters worse for Georgia on the latter series, Colorado tried to settle for a field goal, but a roughing-the-kicker penalty against Cuff gave the Buffaloes a first down and kept the TD drive alive. Colorado opted to take the three points off the scoreboard and quickly put on seven instead, and that proved to be the difference in a game ultimately decided by two.
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College football expert
October 3rd, 2010
12:53 pm
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College football expert
October 3rd, 2010
12:57 pm
Richt should have spent more time teaching his players to protect the ball instead of saving their souls and selling them trucks. He might want to teach them about the dangers of drinking and driving too. Fire him now!
Dawg Drool (GoVols)
October 3rd, 2010
12:59 pm
You ball lickers will be 1 – 5 after next weekend. Another win for the Vols between the hedges!
Victorious Sakrete
October 3rd, 2010
12:59 pm
The sooner Jonestown Mark and The Keystone Coaches find well paying jobs in the baggage handling industry the better.
es54
October 3rd, 2010
12:59 pm
This sucks
Greg
October 3rd, 2010
1:02 pm
Hilarious…a Vol fan talking trash. I guess you are real proud of giving up 550 yards to UAB and then losing yesterday to LSU despite getting doubled in yardage(again) and being +4 in turnover margin. UT is even worse than UGA, if that’s possible.
You Ain't-Know Gaily Whacker
October 3rd, 2010
1:03 pm
The Reporter: Mr. McGarity, what are your biggest concerns, what are you working on now ?
Greg: My goal at the moment is getting rid of this anything goes attitude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-qPHG4i3u8
I will get it worked out.
Browndog
October 3rd, 2010
1:10 pm
UGA just has to play each week and if the effort is there then the wins will come.
Tide Roll
October 3rd, 2010
1:13 pm
Can’t you guys figure it out. RICHT WANTS TO BE BOUGHT OUT. The reverand loves his money though so it won’t be easy . HE WANTS YOU TO PAY HIM TO GO AWAY!
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ScottCU
October 3rd, 2010
1:15 pm
Dang it Georgia! You were supposed to put the final nail in Dan Hawkin’s coffin. We hate him. How about we trade you coaches? The worst case scenario is for CU to have a semi-successful season and the powers that be keep Hawkman around until his contract is up. Despite what it may have looked like from the student section’s lame rushing of the field, this win was not a good thing for CU fans. Hawkins is the worst coach ever.
Artie
October 3rd, 2010
1:15 pm
UGA goes 4-8 at best…more realistically, 3-9. LMMFAO
yep
October 3rd, 2010
1:15 pm
Exactly what I was thinking last night Tide Roll.
Rob
October 3rd, 2010
1:15 pm
Time to start over. Let’s start with a new coaching staff.
Artie
October 3rd, 2010
1:16 pm
….going to be a loooooong, bowl-less winter in Athens!!!
Artie
October 3rd, 2010
1:17 pm
…and, no, I am NOT a Tech fan.
Dawg Drool (GoVols)
October 3rd, 2010
1:17 pm
Greg, you’re kidding yourself! Tennessee will roll over you ball linkin, butt sniffin pups next weekend!!!
huckhound
October 3rd, 2010
1:19 pm
“College football expert”, you’re a retarded dumbass.
Einsteindawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:21 pm
After watching the game, my opinion is that our coaches have lost confidence in the players and vice versa. So, do you get new coaches or new players?
dawggirl
October 3rd, 2010
1:22 pm
Why doesn’t Richt take the attitude that Coach Boone had in Remember the Titans in regards to fumbles? You run a mile for every fumble. Should be 10 miles for each of these fumbles, since they basically cost us the games.
How old are you, Artie? 12?
Artie
October 3rd, 2010
1:23 pm
Don’t hate, dawggirl…just accept that you Dawgs suck!!!
Dan
October 3rd, 2010
1:24 pm
This is just further proof of how tough the SEC is!
Einsteindawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:24 pm
dawggirl,
Great idea…how ’bout our coaches running a mile for each bone-head call, too. I’d start with Bobo.
jaxdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:27 pm
Todd Grantham is a joke! We need to hire Brian Van Gorder as head coach.
dawggirl
October 3rd, 2010
1:29 pm
I never said we didn’t, Artie. Great job stating the obvious. *slow clap*
Einsteindawg, good idea.
Paddy
October 3rd, 2010
1:29 pm
Wait till next year, thats what I am going to do. Sit on the sidelines and see what happens. IMHO it is a lack of committment on the players part. No leadership from the captains and seniors. No take charge guy with the pads on. I know that is simplistic and there are more issues. But it starts with the players.
CONFEDERATE DAWG
October 3rd, 2010
1:30 pm
GO DAWGS!!!
Steve
October 3rd, 2010
1:30 pm
Why did we throw the ball 2 times when we were on the 2 yard line???????
We do everything a$# backwards or is that just the way I see it?
huckhound
October 3rd, 2010
1:33 pm
Mark Richt’s faith should be off limits to attacks. Those attacking more than likely support the mosque at Ground Zero because that’s who you arenas . Stick to the facts, not personal attacks. And if you’re not a ‘Dawg, nobody cares what you think and wonder why the he’ll you’re here. GO ‘DAWGS!
680 buck says
October 3rd, 2010
1:33 pm
Go away lunatic fringe. We are in a rebuilding year. We fired Willie and look where that got us. Now, fire Bobo or CMR, fire strentgh or o- line coach fire somebody:you trailer park fans give UGA a bad name. If you understood college football you know that these years happen ever so often. Life goes on. Go and enjoy the game experince its not life or death.
jaxdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:35 pm
Grantham makes Martinez look like Erk Russel!
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sleepless in atlanta
October 3rd, 2010
1:39 pm
This is as bad as I can remember. When did we re-hire Ray Goff?
jaxdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:43 pm
We need a football coach, not Mother Theresa. At least the seminoles had thugs that could play football.
Class of '98
October 3rd, 2010
1:43 pm
Why isn’t anyone calling for running back’s coach Bryan Evan’s job? Our backs are timid, weak, they have no vision, and they fumble constantly.
680 buck says
October 3rd, 2010
1:44 pm
alabama went thru some dow years also. They have not always been thus good.
Caleb King
October 3rd, 2010
1:44 pm
Its not my fault guys really. I was having a great game until the coaches decided to stop giving me the ball. And how bout that horrible call when we had the game wrapped up. Plus, it would be wonderful if my boys on the line could block a grandmother
Jason
October 3rd, 2010
1:45 pm
Mark Richt and Mike Bobo need to go I keep saying this over and over again. No neither one of them fumbled the ball but they had a hand in recruiting those players and they are the one’s who are responsible for coaching the players so if they do a good job doing that they need to go.
680 buck says
October 3rd, 2010
1:46 pm
CMR is not going anywhere so get over it !!!!!! Get behind this team!!
DawgFan1
October 3rd, 2010
1:49 pm
huckhound- I completely agree with you. The issue is not Richts’ faith. Richt is a wonderful coach. I just wish he would call the plays. He was the mastermind behind FSU’s winning seasons. Go Dawgs!!!
jaxdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:50 pm
We need a coach that shows emotion and will light a fire under these boys butts.
Dawg Fan forever
October 3rd, 2010
1:53 pm
680 buck… I beg to differ. Betcha he is gone this year. I’m behind the team. But for what he is being paid, CMR IS responsible for these players actions on AND off the field! He is failing in both categories. What are we paying him to do? I would like to think he is a great role model, but based on our 10 arrests this year I can see that isn’t even happening. He has lost institutional control of this team. There needs to be a cultural change. The only way to do that is to change leadership.
I hate it because I have always been a big Richt fan, but…..
SoGaDawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:53 pm
Many may disagree, but it’s not the play calling, it’s our pitiful excuse for an offensive line and O line coaching. With Green in the game, the D can’t stack the line with extra guys, so our below average line can moderately handle the D line coming at them, thus our passing and rushing is better. Greens ability masks how bad our O line is, when he’s not in the game our O line gets exposed for what it is, which is nothing. The plays called are the same plays we used when our 02 team won the SEC, but back then we had an O line that played 110 % every play and were actually good. I’m no fan nor do I hate Bobo, but come on guys pay attention to what’s actually happening on the field. Until we get an O line coach that can coach and lineman that are willing to bust their a$$ on every play it won’t matter who our O coordinator is. I hold Richt completely responsible for this.
jaxdawg
October 3rd, 2010
1:54 pm
Wonderful coaches dont have 1-4 records! They dont stand on the sideline like a zombie when their players continuosly make the same mistakes.
joe taxpayer
October 3rd, 2010
1:56 pm
680 buck if he is not gone And we lose 7 or more games then UGA is not serious about winning.
still a dawg fan
October 3rd, 2010
1:57 pm
I know our defense looks clueless at times but someone please tell me how an offensive line with over 100+ starts between them can continue to look so clueless every week. They are not giving our QB & RB a chance,What was suppose to be a strenght has become a liability. SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN?
680 buck says
October 3rd, 2010
1:59 pm
joe taxpayer- we can not fire a coach over 1 bad year. We go to a bowel game every year.
tell me again
October 3rd, 2010
2:00 pm
CMR is not going anywhere – what can he do about RB’s that can’t hold on to the ball? They get coached on how to carry the rock….when they drop it it’s on them, not the coach. The D was going to be a work in progress this year – we knew that. What we didn’t know is that we would have players that would not llive up to the standards that UGA football has been known for. Best line iin the country – hogwash. Great RB tandem – compared to who? Great receivers? Not when they are on suspension and then can’t play a full game. Heck, the weak link on the offense was supposed to be Murray and he’s turned out to be the bright spot! This year is a rebuilding year – we need to realize that now and just swallow our obviously wrong expectations for this team. It’s not going anywhere and it is going to be a rough season for UGA this year. Hopefully we can plant the seeds for a better season next year. Enjoy the games win or lose (mostly lose sad to say as it looks now) and let the expectations go, people. This team is in full rebuilding mode right now – maybe we can take some satisfaction in an upset here or there. Pass the popcorn.
jaxdawg
October 3rd, 2010
2:00 pm
this isnt a bad year. this is a disaster
680 buck says
October 3rd, 2010
2:02 pm
What do you people want perfection. CMR is no Saban granted but who is?
jaxdawg
October 3rd, 2010
2:03 pm
there is no reason for a rebuilding year in college football. Look at Alabama, they dont rebuild, they reload.
Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
2:04 pm
Everyone, I am proud to announce that Lowndes will be scheduling Georgia as a non conference game next year
680 buck says
October 3rd, 2010
2:05 pm
Even Flordia got beat up badley last night. Are they asking that Urban be fired?
680 buck says
October 3rd, 2010
2:05 pm
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Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
October 3rd, 2010
2:06 pm
At best a 6-6 year, probably worse! Maybe Georgia fans will be humbled for a change.
Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
2:07 pm
680 Buck says, Of course not, because they were beat up by BAMA not Colorado
bigdsel
October 3rd, 2010
2:07 pm
This season has been a nail-biter for me. in the past UGA has gotten lucky in winning games in the last minute. this year we havent been as lucky. UGA is a good team, just has terrible luck. But if I have to blame it on someone I will blame it on lady luck. The players and the coaches are trying their hearts out. As long as My Dawgs Try, I will keep rooting for them. They are MY TEAM. CMR is MY COACH. rain or shine the DAWGS are MINE. You cant win them all just ask BOWDIN, JOPA, and BEAR BRYANT. OUR DAY WILL COME.
jaxdawg
October 3rd, 2010
2:07 pm
He lost to Alabama, we lost to Colorado. Are u kidding me?
Fair and Balanced
October 3rd, 2010
2:08 pm
In football nowadays, you essentially have 2 head coaches (1 on offense and 1 on defense) and a manager. We have to give Grantham a chance to develop this defense and recruit for it. On the offense – Bobo gotta gogo! And some others with him. As for management – it is just not getting done. Winning and losing are entirely on the shoulders of the manager. We are losing. We will probably continue to lose. This is the result of what we began to see several years ago when we couldn’t blow out anybody and struggled to beat teams like Vandy + KY in conference and GA Southern etc. Now, we are below mediocrity – we are poor. Fire Richt. Clean house now so the rebuild can begin before the program is too far gone.
jaxdawg
October 3rd, 2010
2:11 pm
Ive stuck with the dawgs through some bad years and I will continue to, but this is just pathetic. We’ve got to have a change.
SoGaDawg
October 3rd, 2010
2:12 pm
Let us not forget how bad the almighty Tide was just 4 years ago, I will give Bama credit and Saban for the past two seasons. But they hadn’t exactly done a lot for about 10 years before the 08 season. Which I suppose just reinforces just how important the right Head Coach and positions coaches are to a team. I think Richt’s a great man and yes, he’s won a lot of games, but he hasn’t won the games that have mattered. In my job, it’s great that I do 8 or 9 things perfect every year, but if I continued to not meet expectations on 1 or 2 goals every year, I would have been fired already. I’m sure all of you know the 1 or 2 goals I’m talking about. Beating Florida at least 50% of the time and winning that one other game we should every year to give us a chance. It’s coaching, coaching, coaching. The fact that UGA is UGA and we’re in the SEC means we’re going to above average athletes that should be able to be coached.
Disgusted
October 3rd, 2010
2:13 pm
Losing to Alabama is a little different than losing to Colorado…moron. Oh, and he’s won 2 National Championships in recent memory.
Tired of hearing about the fumble yesterday. Should never have been that close to begin with. Fumble should have been a non-issue.
Coach Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
2:13 pm
Georgia needs a coach that KNOWS what its like to win a championship
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kingtiki
October 3rd, 2010
2:17 pm
Just because we go to “a” bowl game every year doesn’t mean that’s where our sights should end. UGA is regarded as a top rank school and they fans (obviously) expect nothing but championships every year. It’s a serious dilemma but that’s the way it is ever year, just like at Bama if next year (or even this year) they don’t bring home a NC it will be looked at as a dissappointing year because of the talent they have on the field which is the same talent you will find at any SEC school (including vandy ha). Therefore it comes down to coaching. It always comes down to coaching the players and keeping them focused clearly Mark Richt hasn’t accomplished that. Mark Richt is gone folks….
kerry465
October 3rd, 2010
2:25 pm
Van Gorder as head coach would be a mistake. He messed up at Ga Southern. Georgia may win 3 games this year. It is killing me because I love the DAWGS. I saw this coming 5 years ago folks. Dropping games in the future with Oregon will not help. Look at Bama playing tough teams and they still win. They have a coaching staff and players.
Coach Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
2:27 pm
Would have loved to see the Oregon series, but oh well. At this point Georgia needs all the guaranteed wins they can get
DAWG with bag over his head
October 3rd, 2010
2:28 pm
680 buck says,
You and your namesake act like this is the first season that things have gone wrong. This is at least the 4th season of our decline. Calls to change the coaching regime are based on poor performances on and off the field beginning with the WVU debacle in the Sugar Bowl. What have you seen in any of this seasons’s games that would make you believe that anything will change next season without a change in coaching staffs?
bart
October 3rd, 2010
2:29 pm
We’ve been going backwards the last 3 or 4 years. It’s time to clean house.
kerry465
October 3rd, 2010
2:32 pm
Florida lost last night. Yea they were playing Bama not Colorado who is going to fire their coach at end of season if he doesnt win some big games.
dawgerbrown
October 3rd, 2010
2:35 pm
This team has been unfocused and undisciplined all year. The players exhibit an attitude of disrespect. They don’t respect rules, others, or the game. They are self-centered and all of this shows in the results thus far. If you recorded last nights game watch what happens when UGA runs on the field for the second half. As the cheerleaders run out next to the team, #81 reaches down and grabs a big handful of butt from one of the UGA cheerleaders! Funny? Innocent? I don’t know, but, I know that if I were running on the field on national TV in a game my team had to win, I would have more discipline than that. But, this type of behavior is typical of today’s Georgia team.
Joe Cox
October 3rd, 2010
2:40 pm
Rebuilding is an excuse for losing in college football. Every team loses somewhere around 25% of their players evcery year. Also there is never an excuse for 2 of those years in a row. 680 is delusional Richt hasn’t acheived since Van Gorder left, still plenty of talent headed to the NFL from UGA yet Richt can’t get them to perform while they are here. Richt won in down years in the SEC and that was before Meyer was at UF and Saban was at AL. He is no where near their levels as a coach.
KJ
October 3rd, 2010
2:41 pm
strength and conditioning program needs to be overhauled, stat. the slew of injuries over the last few years cant be a coincidence.
no coach richt, that is not the most basic play you run. basic would be giving the ball to chapas, who NEVER fumbles, 3 times, and kick a 35 yarder. you simply dont have a goto halfback this year.
dougdawg
October 3rd, 2010
2:44 pm
forget the angst. it is over for this season. we may go 2-10, but i don’t know who ‘2′ will be. this is starting over and house cleaning time. it may be 5 years before we have a good season; i hope i’m not dead by that time. things are in disaster mode, and it is a long way out.
Steve
October 3rd, 2010
2:45 pm
Is it just me or do our guys look like they need to lift some serious weights or something. They look smaller and weak compared to every team they have played so far. They look and play soft!
Luke
October 3rd, 2010
2:47 pm
Bama was never 1-4. Just stop.
David
October 3rd, 2010
2:48 pm
Ah Tim, if it were only so simple for writers, who never take action, to critisize those on the field, taking the risks.
Not as simple as blaming Ealey or King. This game was lost because of a combination of factors: defense, missed field goal, poor red zone execution, fumble, etc.
It’s funny to me to watch the writers/theorists/critics philosophize about ways to fix things, and never get in the arena.
Macclenny_man
October 3rd, 2010
2:49 pm
Time to play alot of freshmen!!! This team needs to prove we will play freshmen so we can recruit this year!!! But that want really matter because we recruit well then don’t play them for about 2 years!! By that time they have lost 2 much confidence. Bobo U R outta here!!!Guaranteed!!! RIcht only chance u have is beat Florida!!! Is Green the only player we can throw a quick pass? King can make some of the same plays if we throw it quick to him!!! Marlon Brown highly recruited but he can’t seem to play but a couple of plays!! It is obvious our play makers are wide receivers!! So that tells me we go 5 wide and run short, medium, and go routes!!! If they get pressure we throw it short. If we have time we throw to whoever is open!!! If nobody is open then Murray take off!!! I thought we run a 3-4 defense? There is 4 down linemen on every play just different guys!!! We still are not moving around before the snap to confuse the offense!!! The linebackers play sucks!!! Where is Ogeltree? Give him a chance!!! Rambo hasn’t been the same since the Auburn game last year when he got hurt!!! We need to run a 3-5-3 defense that way we can protect the middle of the field!!!
Dawg in SC
October 3rd, 2010
2:51 pm
Keep your heads up Dawgs! Some of us True Dawg fans will support you in the good times & bad! Things will get better! Don’t give up! Richt, you are still our coach.
Joe Cox
October 3rd, 2010
2:55 pm
Colorado fans are angry, they thought their coach was worse than ours. Nope looks like Hawkins bought some time.
edumacated
October 3rd, 2010
2:55 pm
680 Buck,
These seasons do not, in fact, happen ever so often. Georgia has not lost 4 straight since 1990, before most of the student body was born. Now you want to compare Florida’s situation with Meyer? That guy has won two national titles!
You need to quit sniffing glue.
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BDAWG
October 3rd, 2010
3:01 pm
At this point in the season, the defense should be playing better. If the starters can’t get it done, put them on the bench. The personal fouls hurt and he should have been pulled. We have other players on the sideline waiting to play and they should be given the chance. The players being out of position is getting old. If they can’t get it right, bench them and play someone else. Also, we need a rover on the defense to spy on the QB and up front we need to get stronger. The OL still is not playing well and we need to try new combinations. We have concluded that we need a new offensive staff, so there’s no need to continue to criticize them, because it doesn’t seem like it’s going to get any better. We’ll see what the off season holds for coaching changes, but I am a Dawg, win or lose, but I do know when it is time for a change.
Party school
October 3rd, 2010
3:07 pm
When was the last time UGA was 1-4? Before Dooley? That’s my guess anyway.
Tide Roll
October 3rd, 2010
3:07 pm
Thanks again Uga for the best blocking tandem in the SEC : OT James Carpenter from Augusta, and OG Chance Warmack out of Atlanta. Searles let these guys go, and dips into Alabama and picks up Ben “Hit and Run” Jones, and Jonathan Owens who has already quit. Great job Coach. I ‘m certain Auburn appreciates Bobo passing on their Heiman Trophy winner, Cam “Bam” Newton from Atlanta Westlake. That’s quite a group of coaches you have there! Moultrie’s big OT Xzavier Ward will be joining us next year, while Columbus, Georgia’s Gabe Wright will be lining up on Auburn’s defensive line with Warner Robin’s Jeff Whitaker. Time for a change dawgs, AND FAST!
Party school
October 3rd, 2010
3:08 pm
Dan
October 3rd, 2010
1:24 pm
This is just further proof of how tough the SEC is!
LOL, by losing to a troubled big 12 team?
Coach Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
3:09 pm
Maybe Georgia should borrow some High School Players and try to pass them as being in college. Ill let you borrow some of my players Richt if you agree to play us in a non region game next season
teewest
October 3rd, 2010
3:10 pm
Earth to Bulldawg Nation!!! Earth to Bulldawg Nation!!! You have 3 count them 3 SEC caliber players AJ Green, Murray and J Houston. Maybe Boykin so that is 4. that is it…that is all. Accept it!! The rest would be 3rd and 4th stringers at Ala or Fla. The recuiting evaluations have failed!!! A Hebron 5 star Woods 5 star Samuel 5 star B smith 5 star get my point. Go ahead and get a new coach but it will take 4 yrs to fix this. Your offenseive line cannot block to save their lives (go back to ala and ark game!! num 54 a bowl of jelly D Tackle whipped our line all game long. On Ingram’s 54 yard td their guard stood him up and turned him like a door knob ingram td) we could not block him. the corners are so weak. It is all they can do to just run with recievers, let alone make a play on the ball. this my brothers happen every single game you will see it next week. Our program is in way worse shape than any of us really know….sigh! Those highly ranked, highly regarded recruiting classes the last 4 yrs were actually between 30 or 40th best. Like my man Forrest Gump says “I’m gonna stop now i really am tired”
Ed
October 3rd, 2010
3:11 pm
Greg, I agree that Vol fans have no business talking trash to anyone, but I’m not sure they are worse than Georgia. Right now I have a hard time seeing Georgia going to Baton Rouge and being one bad and meaningless penalty away from upsetting LSU. Not sure this team has that much heart.
misterwax
October 3rd, 2010
3:13 pm
just be sure to listen to the call in show tomorrow night so you can hear it all first hand…. the solution is just around the corner….NAHHHHH!
Coach Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
3:14 pm
I cant wait!I can see it now ! Next season, The georgia bulldogs vs the Lowndes Vikings live from the concrete palace. Be there or be Square
Party school
October 3rd, 2010
3:17 pm
The Vols are depleted but are playing with heart. The dawgs are loaded. Vols would have beaten LSU at Baton Rouge if not for a substitution error. Put your money on the Vols next week if you’re smart.
TheTaxJacket
October 3rd, 2010
3:17 pm
*** Nesbitt for Heismen ***
(((( 45 – 42 ))))
Joe Cox
October 3rd, 2010
3:19 pm
It is as simple as this. With the amount of NFL talent in Ga and no real instate recruiting competion UGA should be a much better team. UGA gets 9 out of 10 guys they go head to head against Tech for. The state of Florida does have more NFL talent however they fight for recruits between UF, Miami, and FSU. Alabama(the state) has a lot less NFL talent than UGA and have bigger recruting battle with Auburn than UGA has with Tech, yet U of A achieves much more success. Texas and California also have a lot of football talent however they compete between Texas Tech, A &M, Texas, Oklahoma, OK State, TCU and others for those players. In California you have competition between USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon State and others for those players. If UGA can keep 90% of there players in state and get a real coach to coach them they should be a top 10 team every year. Talent has hidden Richt’s Coaching inability for years.
Idajan
October 3rd, 2010
3:19 pm
Right now if you are running the team like a business as Richt has frequently professed in the past, the first recovery step is to embrace the failure. You have to acknowledge that your personnel are not performing, your management style/business strategy is failing, and significant and fundamental changes must be made. Failure to acknowledge failure and make changes, continuing to wistfully hope for improvements and issue pugnacious bromides about hard work, will only assure them of continued failure.
David
October 3rd, 2010
3:23 pm
Not sure I agree with Richt on benching Ealey, Ealey fumbled near goal-line, giving 110% effort. Unless you want a scapegoat.
I guess, to be fair, Richt will have to bench King now, sinc ehe had a late fumble that cost Georgia a game, and let Ealey play the whole game now.
Ed
October 3rd, 2010
3:23 pm
SEC teams have lost to Northwestern, UConn, Jacksonville State, and Colorado this year. One of our more storied members was taken into overtime by UAB. Can we put the SEC supremacy crap to rest? I am a Georgia fan, not a Florida or Alabama or Auburn or Tennessee fan. Georgia doesn’t need glory by association, it needs to get better and start kicking some rear ends.
And don’t avoid scheduling Pac 10 and Big XII teams just because they beat us the past two years. Scheduling the Charleston Southerns of the world doesn’t help you get better, it just artificially inflates your W-L record. God, this program has gotten so lame since the Dooley years. 2002 is looking like an aberration.
Coach Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
3:27 pm
Georgia Bulldogs vs Lowndes Vikings at the concrete palace. Its gonna be great. Georgia athletic is putting up a fight though. They said they would rather play atleast a 2AA highschool
Spike
October 3rd, 2010
3:29 pm
Vance Cuff sucks! Bench him.
Bucky
October 3rd, 2010
3:32 pm
What is it about blogging that’s so attractive? After all, it’s just a bunch of anonymous people, taking both points of view, or none, and never wanting any kind of accountability for their thoughts. Yet they critisize others for taking action, and just not spending all their time conceptualizing.
Coach Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
3:33 pm
Im here trying to set up a non-region game for my team with the Georgia Bulldogs
still a dawg fan
October 3rd, 2010
3:33 pm
Hey Macclenny man,
Our recruiting s$$ks unless you are talking about bring thugs into the program—we are good at that. If our recruiting has been so great then how come our program has been on the decline for the last 4-5 years. I know everyone wants to blame it on the coaches but we don’t get top talent anymore.We do get some good athletes but what we need are some good FOOTBALL PLAYERS because these good athletes we get are not very good football players.Our decline started about the same time Van Gorder left because he had a good eye for good football talent. I will say that BOBO needs to go.
RECRUIT BETTER & WE WILL WIN & THAT’S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT
acdc1996
October 3rd, 2010
3:38 pm
First, to those who do not say we do not have players, that is crazy. Our defense has played well up until 3rd down. On 3rd down, we are terrible. Maybe our scheming and play calling or poor execution.
As far as the offense, if Boise can win with average players, so can UGA. If we would stop trying to chunk the ball down field on every pass play and mix in some short passes to aid our lack luster running game, then I think you would see a huge improvement.
Green is important because, as the whole world can tell, BOZO has built our entire offense around him. That is flawed. It is a team game. AJ, for all the amazing plays he made Saturday, could not win the game alone.
I think the players are there, we just need to develop them and we need a better game plan. The problem is that game plans are established in the off season or off weeks. We do not have one until Tech.
BamaGrad
October 3rd, 2010
3:39 pm
I’ve always liked and respected UGA. Worked @ UGA all summer, which created an even stronger pull for UGA. But, there are some issues with the program. Look at programs that are winners year in and year out. Look at my Tide before Saban came in. Saban not only creates an air of high expectations (not necessarily wins since doing your job and finishing the game takes care of that), but responsibility in the classroom (McElroy is a Rhodes Scholar candidate and many are working on their masters degrees), weightroom (even the kicker Foster is ripped), and less trouble outside of the practice field and classroom.
I like Coach Richt, and as a Christian, I hate people attacking him for his faith. It is a cheap shot actually. But, I don’t see a great deal of control over the program. I hope, for him, that he has not lost control of the program. If so, it will take someone else to come in and get it back.
Red Panties
October 3rd, 2010
3:39 pm
David
You are right about the scapegoat thing, just like kicking that nonplayer linebacker off the team.
Nothing more than Richt seeking some cover——-this is a chicken sh!t approach to discilpine.
Willie Martinez
October 3rd, 2010
3:44 pm
Adios, suckers
Steve
October 3rd, 2010
3:47 pm
I keep hearing how bad Bama was 4 years ago and that is correct but the difference is they went from bad to good and Ga has gone fron good to bad.
Friend of UGA
October 3rd, 2010
3:48 pm
Richt has no one to blame but himself. He delayed firing Willie by at least two years, and has allowed an incompetent buffon named Bobo to be his offensive coordinator. After he ran out of Donnan’s players, he has won nothing of note. 2007 was two lucky plays during the Vandy game. No fumble by Vandy late in the game and no #2. Searels started out pretty good but hanging around Richt has ruined him the past few years. Richt has no clue and is not in the same galaxy as Saban or Myer in coaching ability. In the last several years he has let the program slip below the level of Donnan to the level of Goff, with no prospects of improvement. His discipline heretofore has been a joke. Think Vince Dooley would tolerate this? He is paid a handsome salary and accomplished nothing since Donnan’s residual talent. What are you getting for your money, Bulldog fans? Nothing but embarassment and ridicule from the rest of your SEC peers. In all probability, UGA’s record will be 6-6 or 5-7, at best, and perhaps worse. Do you want to keep on with this or do you want to do what you need to do to again become a winning, competitive program? It’s up to you.
war *am eagle
October 3rd, 2010
3:49 pm
680 buck you sound just like the alumni that wanted to keep Tubervill. However please please keep Richt.
Paint
October 3rd, 2010
3:50 pm
http://es.pn/aCg3Fl
Here’s a little bio for each SEC programs Strength and Conditioning coach.
RxDawg
October 3rd, 2010
3:56 pm
“Also, of course, someone should have blocked the linebacker who forced the fumble by striking King a split-second after he took the handoff”
This. Our offensive line is a bunch of girls that don’t deserve to wear the G.
Jakar Hamilton too.
Synchronize Your Dogmas
October 3rd, 2010
3:57 pm
That would be a very entertaining game coach Randy. Reality please
RxDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:01 pm
“We need to hire Brian Van Gorder as head coach.”
Quick, somebody e-punch that idiot in the face and revoke his blogging privileges for a week.
Fate
October 3rd, 2010
4:02 pm
A simple slo-mo replay of the last drive clearly shows this was no flea flicker play. Caleb even had the ball, there was not an exchange issue. There was no doubt a blocking issue, the colorado defender was unaccounted for in what seemed to be a simple base defense. Dog lineman picked him up at the last minute and tried to adjust, but not in time. Wasn’t a matter of being beaten at the line of scrimmage. It was as if Fate had determined we were going to lose this game. If nothing else, this loss polarizes our weaknesses. We have to get off the field on 3rd down. Anything less than 3rd and 15 now and I’m cringing. Blair Walsh has to make the chip shots. Our backs don’t have break away speed, so find a way to get them on the edges. Instead of “blindly” calling up the middle running plays to “set up” the play action, we need some innovative play calling that exploits what the defense is giving us. Colorado’s use of the quick toss against our over pursuing aggressive defense was an excellent example of this. I didn’t see two of the three personal fouls against Cuff, but in reality, none of us should have seen the third becuase he should have been on the bench. Hatts off to Aaron Murray, the kid is freakishly good. AJ showed up big time, sorry to see him go next year. I’ve just never seen anything like that kid. I thought the LSU catch was the best I ever saw…this one takes the cake. Nowhere to go but up from here. I saw good effort…for those hating on Rambo…looked like he played hard and wrapped up to me. Let’s beat Tennessee!
RxDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:03 pm
“Why did we throw the ball 2 times when we were on the 2 yard line???????”
Because…wait for it…..hear it comes…………..WE CANNOT RUN THE FOOTBALL
House Kat
October 3rd, 2010
4:08 pm
let’s face Dogs & Vols the SEC this year is not that stong outside the state of Ala. did you Vols really think the refs were going to stock a possible big bowl
for the SEC after they got embarresed by UAB and a pac 10 team. The refs know who needs to win and when is the
last time the toughest conference in America has played a real team in regular season
still a dawg fan
October 3rd, 2010
4:08 pm
Hey acdc1996,
Boise don’t have ave players.There players are way above ave but most important is that their coaches don’t recruit good athletes they recruit good football,players. Their QB was a 1 star player because he is not the tallest,doesn’t have the strongest arm and he is not the fastest runner but he is a GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER who knows how to play QUARTERBACK. They have 2 NFL wide receivers & they have an offensive line that knows how to block,so overall their offense is better then ours.
RECRUIT BETTER & WE WILL WIN & THAT’S ALL I HAVE TO SAY
bugsquacher
October 3rd, 2010
4:09 pm
READ AND THINK ABOUT THIS:
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Coach Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
4:11 pm
We would have a chance
Steve
October 3rd, 2010
4:15 pm
RXDawg
We ran the ball to get to the 2 yard line and have you ever heard of running the fullback???
bugsquacher
October 3rd, 2010
4:18 pm
READ THIS…..
What is the problem with the UGA football team?
1- is it the facilities? no, UGA has one of the best football facilites in the country
2- is lack of funds? no, UGA football team is one of the highest funded teams in the country
3- is it fan support? no, the games have been sold out for year after year
4- is it the booster support? no, UGA has one of the finest booster programs in the country
5- is it lack of talent? no, top recruiting classes in the country for many years
Hmmmm then what is it……..
6- is it coaching? HELL YES!
SO HEY McGARITY,,,, GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW! YOU WANTED THE JOB……. DO IT!
I Believe
October 3rd, 2010
4:18 pm
Georgia Tech WON last night.
And, the losers lost last night U gag. AGAIN.
I Believe
October 3rd, 2010
4:19 pm
It must be the scout teams fault.
LMAO
Synchronize Your Dogmas
October 3rd, 2010
4:20 pm
At lawsuits?
bugsquacher
October 3rd, 2010
4:20 pm
Agnes Scott wants its girl basketball team back… last nights game in Colorado took too much out of them….
I Believe
October 3rd, 2010
4:22 pm
They don’t need jock straps at UGA. The football team has been NEUTERED.
Party school
October 3rd, 2010
4:22 pm
Red Panties
October 3rd, 2010
3:39 pm
David
You are right about the scapegoat thing, just like kicking that nonplayer linebacker off the team.
Nothing more than Richt seeking some cover——-this is a chicken sh!t approach to discilpine.
Totally agree. When Richt tries to impose discipline it is to cover his own arse. He is clueless in this area. Kicking that kid off the team sent the message that different rules apply to different players. Why give a slap on the wrist for one player and destroy the career and opportunity for an education for another? Clueless.
I Believe
October 3rd, 2010
4:24 pm
It was probably Dish Network’s fault.
College football expert
October 3rd, 2010
4:27 pm
Richt should have spent more time teaching his players to protect the ball instead of saving their souls and selling them trucks. He might want to teach them about the dangers of drinking and driving too. Fire him now!
RxDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:27 pm
“I think the players are there, we just need to develop them and we need a better game plan.”
I disagree. I think the recruiting classes of 06 & 07 were absolutely overrated and terrible. Our decline goes hand in hand with them moving up to juniors and seniors. I truly think we got some bad apples along the way and are paying the price. They might of been fast, but they have no heart and NO football IQ.
Christopher Columbus
October 3rd, 2010
4:28 pm
Same old story. Alcohol, venereal disease and Christianity rots the fabric of a vibrant and colorful culture. Wasn’t alcohol and VD enough for a Football team to cope with ? Add Preacher CMR to the boat and the water began spilling over the transom. Free Georgia Football from the scourge of holy dogmas.
patrick
October 3rd, 2010
4:29 pm
As bad as it looks UGA is only 3 fumbles from 4-1.
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UGA is an LSU victory over Fla and a Fla loss to UGA in Jax from being ahead of the gaytors in the SEC East race.
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SC lost to Auburn and needs only lose to Fla and one other SEC foe (divisional) and UGA has the tie breaking nod over both.
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This is not that far fetched as The Gaytors suck (as demonstrated by the curb punching they took from ALA and the 26 total yards in 3 quarters against Miami of Ohio) and SC cant win out….they dont have the talent or depth (as demonstrated by barely beating UGA and losing to Aub).
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So with a three way tie at the top and UGA only having one in division loss (SC) and SC having two division losses (one being to Fla) UGA gets the SEC east nod to play in the SEC title against LSU (ALA looked good Sat (but it was against Fla) but barely beat and needed to come from behind to beat a team that barely beat and needed a fumble to beat UGA)
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Mark it down. You heard it hear first
patrick
October 3rd, 2010
4:34 pm
write it down
RxDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:37 pm
patrick, they are cursed. The football gods have spoken and it says “you lose”. We should accept it as such, pay tribute, and pray for next year.
Party school
October 3rd, 2010
4:43 pm
patrick
October 3rd, 2010
4:29 pm
ROFLMAO, have you seen them play??? Mercy.
SadDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:47 pm
Patrick, let’s not sugar-coat the issue. When you say that the Dawgs are 3 fumbles away from 4-1, you forget about the fumbles that the opponents have had as well. Miss St. threw an interception inside the 15…SC turned it over inside the 25 (the reason why we had the ball in the first place when Ealey fumbled). You can’t count our fumbles without mentioning the mistakes that the other teams have had as well. If you do, then you realize that fumbles are far from our only problem.
I love UGA, but let’s get our heads out of the clouds and stop thinking about how we can still win the East. That kind of thinking is what got us here in the first place.
ugacdawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:48 pm
The biggest issue here is the players – they either are not capable of or not willing to play at the level necessary to win right now – there is nothing wrong with the defensive schema or coaching – it worked fine for the Dallas Cowboys – the players just either don’t know it well enough yet or aren’t capable of playing it well. As for the offense they moved the ball pretty well with a freshman quarterback and Green is absurd. The running backs are not explosive and the o-line run blocking is poor. The team missed a field goal, threw an interception in the end zone and fumbled going for another score. These are NOT things that a coach can change or fix – they simply CANNOT. So, while it’s on the coaches that these players are on the team and playing in these positions it’s not on them to execute for the players – right now they are finding ways to lose (and losing confidence) instead of finding ways to win. We said the same thing in early 2007 and by the end of the year we had the best team in all of college football – this year is worse but it’s on the players 80%+, not the coaches.
Senior Humble U
October 3rd, 2010
4:50 pm
Dogs being done this early is GREAT! Dogs are an afterthought like they should be. There is a winning football team down in Atlanta: The Atlanta Falcons!
I Believe
October 3rd, 2010
4:52 pm
UGA should change their nickname to the MULES!!!
Cobb County has 2 mascots for sale with all of the accessories.
LMAO!!!!
SadDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:53 pm
UGACDawg…I agree with some of what you said…but it IS the job of the coaches to get the players to understand the system and to play at the level that is required. If they cannot, then either the players need to go, or the coaches do.
patrick
October 3rd, 2010
4:54 pm
Yes I saw they play…..I also saw Fla play. Our D is a 3-4 and we recruited all theses years for a 4-3. Grantham needs to find the right mix…he will.
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Bobo needs to open it up since AJ is back (see how well UGA’s O played while he was in) and he will.
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UGA will win out and will need only SC to choke (they do all the time) and LSU to beat Fla and we are in.
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BANK
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
October 3rd, 2010
4:56 pm
Every one that has Played past pee wee league please raise your hand!!
Nuff said.
SadDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:57 pm
Patrick…UGA will win out? Ok buddy…did you take your Lithium today? Come on man…we are simply not very good this year…it’s ok, we will get better and hopefully can return to greatness soon…but not this year. You need to face it, we are 1-4 and need to concentrate on becoming a better team and not run scenarios on how we can still win a championship.
judge
October 3rd, 2010
4:58 pm
It could be the Richt is already fired but they are going to let him finish out the season. They fired Donnan cause he lost to Tech 3 years in a row. I guess If Georgia somehow managed to beat Florida and Tech too—-they might give him another year to coach. It is bad now because I really think that all of the big running backs are going to go to Alabama and Auburn and LSU now——I mean —you just cannot compete in the SEC with a game plan that does not involve running over people—Georiga has backs that slide into the line sideways —-what in the hell? Where is this programs head at?——————————————————————–Never Mind! I guess more will be revealed.
Frank
October 3rd, 2010
4:59 pm
Reading this is like hearing a Real Men of Genius commercial. Most of these posters are real losers, especially the rival school “haters” who come on these blogs and say things they would never say to anyones face.
THWGT!!!!!
Ernest Nigstick
October 3rd, 2010
5:00 pm
1st
Ernest Nigstick
October 3rd, 2010
5:05 pm
It’s going to be okay… we’re going to hire Kirby Smart and he’s going to save the day for us! LMAO!
rpidge
October 3rd, 2010
5:07 pm
Georgia coaches have now put Georgia in a position they have never been in, underdogs in every game for the rest of the season with the exception of maybe one. BYU got rid of a non-apaerforming coach why can’t we start rebuilding now. I’m sure there is a top notch pair of coaches out there waiting. I see some on ESPN’s sportcenter all the time. I get tired on being told wait till next year.Maybe a team of three and four star recruits are what we need. At least they would be hungry to win. Put safety Hamilton on the taxi squad along with Rambo and Cuff. Better yet let them start driving the taxi.
UGAJD
October 3rd, 2010
5:09 pm
@ BamaGrad – Good post. Richt’s faith is something that I’ve always admired about him, and it has nothing to do with the Dawgs woes. That said, I would love for Kirby Smart to come home to UGA and implement the Saban methodology.
@ patrick – Don’t know what you’re smokin’ brother, but would love to get my hands on some. I’m afraid your BANK, like so many others in Georgia, is going to fail.
patrick
October 3rd, 2010
5:12 pm
SadDawg
October 3rd, 2010
4:57 pm
Patrick…UGA will win out? Ok buddy…did you take your Lithium today? Come on man…we are simply not very good this year…it’s ok, we will get better and hopefully can return to greatness soon…but not this year
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seriously, UGA is two ealy (inside the 6) fumbles and one King fumble from 4-1. I dont think there is much missing. Just need a tweek or two. Nothing major. 3 balls bouncing our way this season and we are 4-1 and ranked top 15. Not rocket science folks. People who look only at the record get a little confused and I understand this….but if you ever actually played or watched a game you see that a subtle difference here or there at this level is all that is needed. UGA has the talent…it just has been one unlucky snake bit team. UGA wins out
SadDawg
October 3rd, 2010
5:19 pm
Patrick…Please don’t make assumptions. I played football for 11 years. Middle-school through college (albeit a smaller school). To say that we are “3 balls bouncing our way” is the only thing keeping us from 4-1 is missing the forest for the trees. If you can erase one team’s mistakes but allow the other’s then fine…I would agree. The problem is, you can’t. Our opponents made mistakes as well. So, you have to take those things out of the equation. The O-line, which was supposed to be one of the best in college football, has been sup-par at best. The defense is giving up big plays. Murray hasn’t been bad, but has shown the obvious signs of being a freshman. Missed fieldgoals, botched punt coverages, stupid and costly penalties due to mental lapses…all of these things lead to losses.
I love UGA more than anybody possibly could, but I am also realistic. We need to get our heads out of the clouds and concentrate on getting better at fundamentals…only then will we start winning again.
SadDawg
October 3rd, 2010
5:24 pm
Patrick…AND we just lost to Colorado….but you think we are going to beat Tenn, Auburn, Florida and Ga Tech? Please
kerry465
October 3rd, 2010
5:27 pm
Van Gorder as head coach is a joke. He tried and failed. Goff and Donnan both were sorry. If you want a new coach get one. Richt is a great guy but it is time for a change.
I Believe
October 3rd, 2010
5:29 pm
Colorado bent your boys over and broke it off in their neutered bodies.
LMAO
patrick
October 3rd, 2010
5:29 pm
the D is giving up big plays………are u not reading my posts? We recruited for a 4-3 and Grantham needs to find the right personnel and the right mix. He has not had time to do it yet. UGA is ranked in the 20’s as far as scoring D. He will get it worked out and AJ is back….did you not notice the difference he made while on the field (when he came off from cramps we stopped scoring) then he came back and we fumbled.
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So to recap
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1. Not much stood between us and 4-1
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2. Our D will be fine just needs tning
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3. AJ is back and will not cramp half the game as he gets into condition
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4……..well you get the picture or should by now.
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Like I said…..if you only look at UGAs record I dont blame you for what you are saying….but it is you that is missing the forest for the trees not me.
patrick
October 3rd, 2010
5:31 pm
3 fumbles and AJ away from 5-0 to be quite honest. We have yet to be beaten……..we have beaten our selves.
Richard Dawson
October 3rd, 2010
5:31 pm
Does anybody ever analyze what went wrong, or ask tough questions?
1. My dead grandma knew Richt would run it up the middle with 1:56 to go, setting up for another Walsh miss from longer range than his earlier miss. My dead grandma. Colorado called timeout and ran a defense that just destroyed that play. That led to a fumble. A bad offensive playcall that was so predictable that it was destroyed. Fault? Mark Richt.
2. How in the world do you decide to take a delay of game penalty from your OWN 45 before a punt? Butler, who is slumping badly, didn’t even punt the ball to the opponent’s 20. That is freakish. That is bizarre. That is STUPD. Fault? Mark Richt.
3. How do you commit a roughing the passing penalty when you held them on 3rd down? How do you commit a roughing the kicker on a missed field goal? Those plays were critical. Undisciplined, stupid football. Fault? Mark Richt.
4. Conclusion? FIRE MARK RICHT.
kerry465
October 3rd, 2010
5:32 pm
I think Lowndes would beat Ga
Baddawg88
October 3rd, 2010
5:33 pm
Sorry everyone but I think my saying is coming true that I would be ok if we lost every game except for hated UT and tech! Just hoping we beat Idaho state now.
Richard Dawson
October 3rd, 2010
5:34 pm
Patrick, those are the dumbest comments I have seen in awhile. We were destroyed by SC and Miss St. We were beaten straight up by Col and Ark. Any team in America can say “if we didn’t ever make a mistake, we would be undefeated.” That is brilliant. The real issue is, why are the mistakes so devestating? Because there is no margin for error because we stink so bad. Alabama could fumble 5 times in a 31-6 game and still beat a good Florida team. We fumble once and it’s over. Give me a break.
SadDawg
October 3rd, 2010
5:35 pm
Patrick,
It seems as though John Chavis turned around a sorry LSU defense…AND did it in one year. If you think that the 3-4 is the fix for all that ails our D, then ok. I guess tackling isn’t that important.
So to sum up:
1. Not much stood between us and 4-1 except three losses (due to a number of reasons.)
2. Defense will be ok just needs timing…you just made my point. We will get back to greatness but it will take time…not this year.
3. AJ hurt us more than any other player on the field due to his “mental lapse” by missing the first 4 games.
4. You never will get the picture, but will remain the kind of UGA fan that we don’t need.
Keep smokin’ it if you’ve got it bud. Later
patrick
October 3rd, 2010
5:35 pm
@richard dawson……Richt does not call the plays…….Bobo does.
Alan
October 3rd, 2010
5:37 pm
Rict you bible thumping moron!Go to Liberty and coach.I do not want a religious moron coaching at my state university!!!Get out of Athens!!!!!!No more religious agendas at UBA please!!!!!!!!!GOOD RIDDENCE REVERAND RICHT!!!!!!YOU RELIOIOUS MORON!!!!!!!!
Christopher Columbus
October 3rd, 2010
5:38 pm
The reasonable, hard working secular coaches win. Those who are righteous pimps of the holy inquisition, game-plan over Ouija boards, expecting divine entitlements. CMR’s calling is as a carpenter not a football coach
Bob
October 3rd, 2010
5:40 pm
Hey Reverand Richt-There is a mega church in Atlanta that may be looking for a new preacher.Take your bible thumping FCA BS out of Athens.YUou are a disgrace to my university!!!
patrick
October 3rd, 2010
5:40 pm
defense needs tuning….not timing
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I didnt say the 3-4 was better or worse. I said we dont have the personnel for a 3-4 as we recruited for a 4-3 for years. Dont you read?
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Again, 3 fumbles away from 4-1 is a “tuning” issue not a “firing the HC” issue.
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I dont believe you honestly think that simply because we didnt have AJ because of a mental lapse and not being on the team for the first 4 games, that it will affect our play the rest of the year…is that your logic?. HE IS BACK NOW. The Offense will be fine.
Phil
October 3rd, 2010
5:41 pm
Reverand Richt is a delusional religious that needs to leave our state university.
Phil
October 3rd, 2010
5:44 pm
Go preach at the mega church in Atlanta Reverand Richt and quit coaching at my university.I am sick of religious lunatics such as your phony two faced self.You are a phony Richt.Leave Athens!
S.E. Dawg
October 3rd, 2010
5:45 pm
I think CMR and the coaches have forgotten more than I’ll ever know about football. With that said if CMR has to go maybe we should hire all these no-it-all internet blog coaches since that have a finger on the pulse of the program. Wonder where that would get us.
Bob
October 3rd, 2010
5:45 pm
No more preacher coaches at UGA please!!!!!
Ansilex52
October 3rd, 2010
5:45 pm
Everyone please pile on at this time. We suck.
SadDawg
October 3rd, 2010
5:48 pm
Patrick…Do you ever read? I have yet to mention firing CMR one time.
Browndog
October 3rd, 2010
5:51 pm
Hopefully CMR can get this train back on the tracks and can get a W next Saturday. Should be an entertaining game and maybe things come together for a complete game. I thought there was improvement on both O and D but Colorado deserved the win as they kept fighting and played every down. This team has to keep trying and play through this adversity and hopefully get things turned around. Remember the sports writer from Orlando said UGA was no better than 61st at the beginning of the season. I thought he was crazy, but as it turns out, he was way ahead of us!
A.Nawlcex
October 3rd, 2010
5:53 pm
Here is Coach Richt explaining how he makes decisions. We should give him a chance. It will work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMhqq5F_RZ4
NOBODYYOUKNOW
October 3rd, 2010
5:54 pm
Bucky! Get someone to translate please? Whoever made the comment “we don’t rebuild we just reload”. In the SEC you rebuild, period. BAMA went through some off years beleive me. They want to forget it but I remember it well.Why the UGA fans think every sucessful coach in the country is falling all over themselves to coach in Athens is ludicrous. Remember people CMR was not UGA’s first choice, Nor was Donnan. Some very good coaches turned it down. How soon we forget!
Ansilex52
October 3rd, 2010
5:55 pm
The kids in Athens have no respect for the coaches, the team, themselves, or the uniform they wear. If they did, we would not see the issues that happen off the field.
If there was a fight at WACO when Tomberlin was there, you were more likely to get hurt by a ballplayer running away from the fight so as to not be around it than you were by any stray punches being tossed. They knew that if they got in any trouble, they were off the team. They had a known set of rules and obeyed them. They had discipline and respect and this was at a High School Level!
Angry Dawg
October 3rd, 2010
6:01 pm
I kind of agree with the though that Richt seems preoccupied or at least distracted. I just know what I’ve seen and as his religion has been more outward it seems like he has lost his grip on the brass tacks of coaching. Those group motivational speeches on the sideline with the entire team seem desperate and misguided. If a kid can’t get motivated in an SEC game in front of 90,000 fans then a quick “win one for the Gipper” speech is useless. I think he’s gone soft in his pursuit of a stronger faith.
willie martinez
October 3rd, 2010
6:25 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
uga-TNDawg
October 3rd, 2010
6:34 pm
BVG(junkyard dawg) for head coach,won’t be long.I’m sure we could find a good OC for him.A coach that is real good on defence is working well at UA,and if there’s any defence I would capare to nick saban’s that would be BVG’s(junkyard dawg) defence.If we get another head coach then BVG(the real Junkyard Dawg) should be our DC,no matter what the cost.Go Dawg.
ramblinman
October 3rd, 2010
6:35 pm
GO BRAVES!
Fred
October 3rd, 2010
6:41 pm
If Richt and Bobo had played Murray last year, he wouldn’t be a red-shirt freshman with no experience this year.
Two years, two inexperienced quarterbacks, two dismal seasons.
No, I didn’t play pee wee football but I do help coach it. If you think you have to play the game to understand it, you are stupid.
Don
October 3rd, 2010
6:48 pm
Much as I hate to say this, but, CMR has lost control of his team, and his players have no respect for him or his assistants. It’s time for a drastic change and that starts at the top. Richt is as fine a person as you’d ever know, but there’s no fire in him. PMA and GMc needs to bite the bullet on Nov. 28 and do what needs to be done. Trouble is, now we have to pay CMR through 2016…who came up with THAT contract?
UGA model
October 3rd, 2010
6:53 pm
Richt needs to recruit a bunch of those fsu type thugs he had at fsu—his Ga thugs aren’t as good and he’s not even beating bad teams like colorado.
wildbill
October 3rd, 2010
6:58 pm
McGarity should start emptying house with the recruiters. There is a lot going on there, signed up buffoons and saying they are ’star’ athletes. Clean house of all current recruiters. Heck, just go to a few competent high schools, look for good players with clean records. How complicated is that? I doubt anything will be done to the coaching staff, I would like to see the fans bring water balloons just for the coaches. Now, THAT would be fun.
Party school
October 3rd, 2010
7:20 pm
Patrick, 3 fumbles really??? Wouldn’t you have had to replace those fumbles with touchdowns? So what your really saying is eliminate those three fumbles and replace them all with touchdowns right? Both of those propositions are totally irrational.
catlady
October 3rd, 2010
7:34 pm
Why do we recruit these “highly talented players” who come in and think they are going to set the world on fire but they do stupid things like get arrested, or they are frequently hurt or they can’t hold onto the dadgum ball?
If we want to play this poorly we should just recruit for brains. At least then we would have something.
Pogo
October 3rd, 2010
7:35 pm
These idiots blaming Richt’s religion are pitiful. Richt’s biggest problem is probably he really does care about his teams atheletes and he thinks he can make a difference in their lives. Actually what todays atheletes need are prison wardens, not coaches. Most atheletes today are pampered thugs who are glorified and promoted through their school years because they can play a childrens game while at the same time they can’t even write a legible sentence. They have no restraint, no discipline, no education and no morals and it is all OK in our society because they can play a sport. Who cares if they most of them can’t even function in society just as long as they entertain us, right? The only ones to blame for the way these people act are ourselves since we will ignore everything about them just as long as we have something to watch on Friday nights and on our televisions.
bulldawgbill
October 3rd, 2010
7:35 pm
680 BUCK, URBAN AIN’T 1-5! YES, THERE ARE DOWN YEARS, BUT HOW CAN YOU LET A TEAM GO FROM #2 TO THIS LOW? SOMETIME IS TERRIBLY WRONG IN THE RICHT CAMP. EITHER HE OR SOMEONE IN HIS FAMILY HAS A SITUATION THAT HAS DISTRACTED HIM. THERE IS NO EXPLANATION WHY SUCH A PROVEN COACH COULD LET THIS HAPPEN, UINLESS HE JUST DOESN’ T CARE ANYMORE.
Coach Randy McPherson
October 3rd, 2010
7:36 pm
Kerry 465, Thats what we are thinking too…. but dont tell Georgia. Then they wont add us to their schedule, they will replace us with charleston southern
catlady
October 3rd, 2010
7:38 pm
Such as, “Did you know Johnny can benchpress 2200 on the SAT?” Or, “He can do Differential Equations in 4.2 seconds!”
bulldawgbill
October 3rd, 2010
7:39 pm
Don, the man who came up with the big contract for Rich was “Red Panties” Evans!
Does that clear it up for you?
come on
October 3rd, 2010
7:45 pm
remember when CMR was running his mouth in the preseason about uga winning the SEC. hahahahahahah
Steve
October 3rd, 2010
8:06 pm
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DOO DOO LEE
October 3rd, 2010
8:10 pm
well no one got arrested last night, you can celebrate that
Music City Dawg
October 3rd, 2010
8:37 pm
I watched the game and King’s fumble was set-up by #78 on UGA’s offensive line – Josh Davis missed his block and the Colorado defender was in our backfield on top of King almost before he got the ball. Yes, our coaches need to “coach them up” but the offense is a seasoned one and needs to motivate themselves to get their butts in gear and get their jobs done – no excuses!
goatD
October 3rd, 2010
8:45 pm
Take a look at the stats, fellas. Florida actually out-gained Bama. They just bumbled it away at the goal line time and time again. Kinda like the dawgs. It sux, but there’s not much a coach can do about that. Maybe fumbling drills and some mile runs when Washy puts it on the ground…….
Terry Trippe
October 3rd, 2010
8:51 pm
Ga. football fans need not get upset with the way things are going. You should have enough football savy to realize the Ga. football team is composed of mediocre football players who can’t run with the other SEC teams. Just accept the fact they aren’t the caliber players our recruiters thought they were. So, let them play out their time, Richt knows this but he won’t go public with it because it will make his recruiters look foolish and completely demoralize the “team”.
Party school
October 3rd, 2010
9:04 pm
So, to all the Richt supporters, how long does he get to turn it around and what does he need to accomplish for you to say he has turned it around?? 1 yr, 2, 5?? 9 wins, 10? and SEC east championship?
Technophobia
October 3rd, 2010
9:05 pm
Maybe the rest of the conference has “figured out” Richt.
Florida Dawg
October 3rd, 2010
9:12 pm
We didn’t lose the game because of a fumble..we lost it as a team. Game should not have been close enough for a fumble to make a difference.
CHUCK UGA
October 3rd, 2010
9:39 pm
Blad, blah, blah, blah. Same old excuses. Same old excuses. “We’re gonna work hard to get better.” “Nothing wrong with the offense, it’s the execution.” “I don’t see a reason to change anything. We just need the players to execute the plays.”
Guess what, we have a bunch of morons running the football program. Anyone without mental retardation can see the same stuff week in and week out. the same mistakes, the same failed game plan, the same flawed fundamentals. The same delusional, borderline insane head coach. The same lack of preparation.. the same lack of intensity. The same mental mistakes. The same penalties and wild, undisciplined play. I cannot believe anyone over there could sit in front of a microphone and expect us to believe their spin and lies.
Richt needs to be replaced and no later than the Monday after the Tech game.
CHUCK UGA
October 3rd, 2010
9:39 pm
P.S. Some of the players have QUIT. Anyone denying that is either stupid or a liar.
UGAJD
October 3rd, 2010
9:41 pm
@ Terry Trippe – Your post may be one of the most unreasonable I’ve seen in this thread… and that’s saying A LOT! You talk about Richt and “his recruiters” like he has no control over recruiting at UGA. Heck, man, he is the head recruiter. Your logic is very difficult to comprehend.
@ Party school – I like your question. At what point should coach Richt be relieved of his duties? What is your standard for UGA’s head coach? Is 6-6 good enough? 5-7? 4-8? Does he get at least another year, regardless of this year’s record? Does he have tenure? As a quality individual, you can’t ask for much more than Mark Richt, but we all have a job to do, and there comes a point where your ineffectiveness at your chosen profession overrides your generic qualities as a fine human being.
TomDawg
October 3rd, 2010
9:42 pm
Mr. Tucker, nobody made excuses for Ealey’s fumbles, so don’t start making any for Caleb King. King fumbles more than anybody on the team. The line hasn’t blocked all year. That’s old news. A little bit of that north Georgia bias goin on.
chickenman
October 3rd, 2010
10:29 pm
maybe we should hope for some more losses.. maybe then our AD will sack up and fire some coaches…but then again i dont think i can handle another loss… oh god… fire bobo and all will be well
Snoop Dawg
October 3rd, 2010
10:37 pm
These AJC jerks are censoring me.
icedawg
October 3rd, 2010
10:45 pm
The onus is on the defense. Surprisingly the offense even though it has glaring weaknesses has scored enough points to win in most of the games so far. Like last year it is the defense that has shown that it cannot shut down the opponent. Obviously we lack talent on that side of the ball. The recruits have turned out to not be the caliber they were thought to be. The defensive side of the ball could take several years to reverse. Don’t forget that pre-Saban Alabama had a number of years in the doldrums.
biggestdogfan
October 3rd, 2010
10:57 pm
Even though we are having a down year all bulldog fans should check this bulldog song out. It got my spirits up!!
http://www.jfareal.com or youtube search jfareal go dawgs. At least there is one bright spot.
Party school
October 3rd, 2010
10:58 pm
Tennessee has been getting better every week and should have beaten LSU in Baton Rouge, not an easy task. I wonder who’s favored.
Bull
October 3rd, 2010
11:03 pm
GO DAWGS!!! …(and take your fans with you)
boots
October 3rd, 2010
11:23 pm
These are dark days, and it does not make one a fair-weathered fan to say so. I am and will always be a Dawg, especially since I graduated from UGA, and I would have it no other way. We will get back on track, but it is disappointing that we have dropped so far. Wow – what a difference three years makes… But do we fire CMR? No. Look at what happened to the Vols. Somebody wake me up when this is over.
Undercover "dawg", North Ave, Atlanta address
October 4th, 2010
8:16 am
I agree “huckhound”, CMR faith should be off limits. But to these redneck fans NOTHING is off the table where their dawgs are concerned. As a fan of the other team in the state ribbing UGA fans is a sporting event!
DaDumbDawg
October 4th, 2010
8:33 am
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Ga fans are among the most obnoxious and petty fans I’ve ever seen. Seeing you goobers lose like this is just PRICELESS! I hope you win 3 games all year and get stomped by Tech at the end of the year. Just keep on believing that winning football games is the most important thing in your life and you’ll be fine. Don’t spend the weekend with your kids or family, hang on every play of the DAWGS! woof woof, hahahahah!
Bob LaBlah
October 4th, 2010
9:05 am
Rebuilding year? The dogs are always in a rebuilding year. When will it be bulit?
Dawg Fud
October 4th, 2010
9:15 am
Dawg Drool (Go Vols),
That is an unfair statement – Smokey licks his balls, too.
Give 'em a Snickers bar!
October 4th, 2010
9:34 am
Somebody give our O line some Snicker’s bars… they are playing like a bunch of Betty Whites out there!
GA Dawg
October 4th, 2010
9:44 am
http://pricezack.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/can-georgia-win-a-championship-with-mark-richt/ this article gets more and more interesting as the losses keep coming
lapdarg
October 4th, 2010
11:13 am
Caleb fumbled all by himself. He needed no help.
Yes AL S#cked 4 years ago. Even though Shula went 10-2 in 2006 after a 6-7 finish in 2007, he was fired. The reason most often cited was that he did not beat AU. (What is Richt’s record against FL?. AL hired Saban and went to the SEC championship game in 2009 and last year won the National Championship. It is likely they will have another in 2011.
GA schools produce more talent than AL high schools. I believe that if we had a Saban or a Meyer, we would be competing for championships instead of cursing a 1-4 record.
I don’t think people can seperate the man, Richt from the coach Richt. Just because he is a “ggod man” does not make him a good coach. He is mediocre at best.
UGA has the $$ to spend. Let us part with Richt and hire someone who can win consistently and can compete with or better yet dominate FL.
willie martinez
October 4th, 2010
1:55 pm
i bet i get a ring before richt does. gooooo sooners
These bleachers have eyes
October 4th, 2010
4:51 pm
The real scrutiny on Richt will begin on Saturday vs Tennessee. This game to the alumni and the administration is huge. It is not another MSU game or some SC thing or even Arkansas. The four losses in a row have changed all of the rules, as far as job security for CMR.
If young Dooley comes home and spanks UGA like last year or two year ago………..I suspect that Richt could be in jeopardy right then and there. This will create a long time swelling up emotional thing with the fans and Dr Adams, having to do with Vince Dooley. Adams will feel the heat. Ad McGarity also wants to win this game. UT and Florida were HUGE games and he viewed them for 18 years as assist. AD in Gainseville. Now at UGA, he does not want to lose.
The alumni will simly not tolerate this anymore. You see, 2009 after MS and NM was the yewar to rebuild and we had that 8-5 thing. Oh no, 2010 is not supposed to be another rebuilding year.
Lose badly to Tenessee and it will really accelerate the losing. Richt would resign at year’s end or near to the last game or two. If UGa were to allow him yet ANOTHER YEAR TO REBUILD, and if we at this same time next year are say 3-2 or sommething like that, it would be a disaster.
No, pull the plug now on Mark Richt’s era …………..it is time.
GO Dogs.
Class of 71 & 73
HOGPWR2
October 4th, 2010
5:12 pm
Obviously, this season, so far, is terrible……and the buck stops with the head coach. But besides the obvious problems with this team, there are some underlying problems over the last several years that are not be talked about very much. We are not winning enough of the big games, we are not beating the teams like Florida, Auburn, Tennessee, Alabama, LSU on a consistently regular basis in order to be a consistent SEC power. We do have some championships in the last 10 years, but with the resources we have, we should be in that upper echelon every year and be an annual contender for the SEC championship. I believe one of the keys to that level lies with the assistant coaching staff, and it seems that CMR might have made some better choices in those areas.
BayouBengal
October 4th, 2010
7:46 pm
Hell you all are slow crackers. We are 5-0 and we are working behind the scenes to try and bring in Harbaugh from Stanford. Les Miles sucks as an SEC coach, he’s twice as good as Richt and we are trying to get rid of him. Maybe you Dawg Pups can take our leftovers and grab up Miles. We heard earlier Georgia might be interested but get real if offered BOTH jobs where do you think he would go? Dawggie cemetery in Athens or the Baton Rouge where we recruit top 5 classes every yr. You all better find you a real coach or you will be in the bottom half of the SEC with Vandy & Ole Miss. You all will lose to Tennessee, Florida and Auburn so thats 5-7 and the only bowl you will see is your empty dog bowl….get a coach and coach up your players, NOT coaching them DOWN or else maybe try to get in the ACC where it is a lot easier.
GeorgiaGirl
October 5th, 2010
2:06 pm
I would like to see any one of you so called ’sports experts’ get out there and throw a 40 yard pass, or tackle some 300 lb men. Even if we aren’t that great right now, these season’s have to happen. Yeah, it sucks, but we have to get through the sucky to get to the great seasons. It’s called a REBUILDING year for a reason. We have to start at the bottom and work our way up. You critics need to learn a little thing called faith. Faith in your team, faith in you players, and faith in your coaches. Mark Richt has done an excellent job the past 10 years, and I don’t think that when the tough gets going you need to get trigger happy with the firing squad. Just calm down, put everything in perspective, and show up to cheer on your Dawgs. They NEED our support at times like these, not our HATE and criticism.