Richt on late fumble: ‘That’s as basic of a play as we’ve got’

Richt, I like you.

But its time to resign.

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Someone pinch me so I can wake up!

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This game proves AJ is a game changer.

Now, if we could just get the rest of the team onboard.

Aaron…great job!

Keep trying Dawgs!

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I tell you what Techs team is Sad right….. now along with Georgia……

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Win or lose I am Ga. Go Dawgs.

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The Dish Network was trying to do us a favor with the blackout. Just an effort to protect their valuable customers from the pain!

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you don’t want Georgia’s defense.

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well dang first

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Luke,
Have you seen our defense play?? Its down right horrible!!! Georgia’ Defense is not Great but atleast its normal…..yeah I’ll take it.. over what we got..

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Looked like a flea flucker to me.

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I wish I knew how to react. Is this just something that happens? I mean, luck is random and when things don’t go well, they can really snowball. But does it only happen to bad coaches? I am trying not to over-react. Richt has averaged 10 wins a year his first 9 seasons. But the last 3 have been progressively disappointing. I don’t want to knee-jerk, but this is inexplicable.

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tazzdawg: Did you even read GT’s posts?

You’re a classless idiot Tazzdawg. Get a life.

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1- agnes scott called and would like their girls volleyball team back,,, they are complaining that tonights game was a little to rough for them
2- McGarity, you wanted this job, man UP! You know what you have to do….
3- Mark Ricth’s latest book……”How to destroy a top Football program in 10 years or less”

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We get all the bad luck and LSU gets all the good luck. Its all good though. I’m still a Dawg.

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Morale, you talking about Morale, we need a full time Bail Bondsman, Full time Players Attorney, and a Driver’s License check and Breathalyzer. And you are worried about Morale?
I am more worried about Sunday after church to see how many guys had beer on ice and are sitting in jail.

as quoted off the record by:

Mark Richt.

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A. J. Green owes UGA another year of football. Its the least he could do for crippling us without that immediate threat outside reciever for our first three SEC games. Given, if it gets Bobo to step down to QB coach, and let Richt bring in a serious offensive mind who can use Georgia’s fast talent in some good spread formations, with VERY FEW silly gimmick plays, especially not with the game on the line, then as a *true* Dawg Fan, I am all for it. I have no problem with Bobo’s coaching, as he is a terrific QB coach, but his play-calling is borderline absurd. Run up the middle twice and play action pass/screen on 3rd and long more times than i can count. We need a little shake-up. Mark Richts gotta start axing his buddies, as they are not cutting it. The strength coach Van also.. We look weak and disoriented. My tech will look pretty silly when one of our few wins this year will be against them..

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If we lose on purpose we can clean house……Thats what we are doing right??

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Lark Richt,,,,,,,,PLEASE FIRE BLOBO……if you love someone(bobo) please God, set his sorry ass FREE

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I didn’t know that the flea flicker was your most basic of plays. I can now see where all that success the past 2 years is coming from. wow! dont I feel dumb LOL

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a flee flicker is not a BASIC PLAY run the ball up the middle and kick the football…. come on coach if you wanted to pass the ball no trickery was needed this by far the worst season i have ever seen by Georgia…. one person should not make the team…. and trick plays should not be called when the game on the line.

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Bring back Munson! That is when our problems began.

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No one’s going to televise Tech-UGA this season. If you ever wanted to see this game cheap this is your chance.

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I would have expected 1,156 comments by now.

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Screw the fumble play. We pay a DC 3 quarters of a million, and the defense absolutely sucks. God folks this was Colorado, you know that football beast of a power, not. The defense is terrible, and the offense is pitifal. We have had top 10 recruiting classes 4 of the past 5 years and the other was rated 16. Problem is we recruit all 4 and 5 “star” atheletes who have very little character. Cuff, 3 personal fouls in one game…sit his sorry ass on the bench for 3 or 4 games and when you do play him again tell him, another performance like that and he will never see the field again. Ben Jones and his cheap shot last week, God if the had happened to one of my Dawgs I would have been outraged, but come to think of it I am outraged that I am pulling for kids that take cheap shots and play like bush leaguers, and thugs. Fumbles, have you had enough in big situations? Selfish and selling jerseys? Again, character. We need to start really doing some intense homework on these kids we recruit. I would rather have a bunch of high character 2 and 3 star kids that are thankful for the privilage to wear the UGA uniform, that are coachable and will play with a passion that I am still waiting to see from all our 4 and 5 star recruits. The kind of kids that made up the true junkyard dawgs, that would “bring it” week in and week out and would run through a brick wall for coach Erk. Instead we have a bunch of undisciplined gansta’s and thugs just using us as a syop off for the NFL. I do not give a damn about the NFL, I do care about UGA. So Richt, if you are to turn this around, quit recruiting from Newbergs list and find some real character kids that are coachable and will play with passion. Also, as much as I hate to say it, I think the DC is not what we expected and certainly not what we needed to this point.

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This will be a long season, but next year will be worth it… Alot has changed in the last year. The dogs will be the dogs again. Just enjoy UGA football while we have it. The season will be over soon.

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i’m behind mark richt no matter what, its just a rebuilding year : ) but i hope we can atleast beat tennessee next week

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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 coacher. 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.
That is why I say – for the first time, that CMR needs to go. It seems to me his BEST CLASSES were from Jim Donnen’s recruits.

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Looks like we made a huge mistake with the defensive coordinator hire, and CMR has reigned in CTG’s emotions so he cant reprimand the kids. Too many times players standing around waiting on someone else to make the play. The defensive players and all the coaches looked dazed and confused. Dont know if it was the altitude or something they were smokin.

We may not win any more games this year. Vandy, Tenn, Florida, Auburn, Kentucky look like they will beat us. This could damage the program for a decade or more. Hate to say it but CMR seems to be in way over his head.

Wholesale change is needed. The program is the laughing stock of the SEC and is already circling the toilet.

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*** Nesbitt for Heismen ***

(((( 45 – 42 ))))

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Y’all can harp about the current state of UGA football, all you want.
Don’t forget that, until Richt came in, UGA hadn’t won the SEC Championship in years and his teams won it, his second year.
He may be in a rough spell, right now (the best thing UGA could do is sign him to a long contract, giving him peace of mind, while he rebuilds this team.

So, to all the fair weather fans, out there, I say, SHUT UP!!

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Winning isn’t everything … besides , I have it on good authority that Mark Richt is a Christian :-0

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I meant, they finished #2 in 2007.

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dont forget, we held 3 time heisman winner marcus lattimore and the rest of south carolina to 3 pts in the 2nd half of that game!

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woof woof woof…..woof ( for the fourth loss)

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There are only 2 or maybe 4 wins left on the schedule. This is a total collapse of a program. Very sad.

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Watched UT lose to LSU on a bonehead defensive substitution.
I believe they will take out a lot of frustrations on UGA

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I have never seen so many talented players that can’t play their individual positions…. Sorry guys but yall need good coach’s at your individual positions to show you the basic’s… Coach Boo Boo your backs are so far back by the time they get the ball the defense is in the backfield… Reminds me of the old Bully In The Pen Drill… wishing you the best guys…

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Buck up! Adversity is here. We are having a bad season and I don’t like it BUT I am still a Dawg.

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I thought we said wait till next year last year, and the year before.

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What can I say…. This whole season is surreal

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I am a Tech fan and will not say a word except hang in there Dawgs.
You played a good game offensively. And you are installing the 3 – 4 defense which will take a couple of years to do. Just a fumble at the end of the game by a player trying to make a play when all he needed to do was kill the clock.

After watching a 4th string Wake QB shred the Jacket defense, and watching a defense that gave up 50+ points to Duke hold the GT offense for 59 minutes, we Tech people have our own problems. And for the present,how UGA plays ain’t one of them.

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dogs, we love the direction you are heading. KEEP MARK RICHT! KEEP MARK RICHT! Please

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I threw my season tickets in the trash this morning. I can’t bear to watch anymore and I refuse to be responsible to allow anyone else watch.

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Yeah! We get to hear Richt explain the same thing again and again. Nice guys finish last! I am bored with his lack of enthusiasm for anything butt himself and the team has so much faith in him that they do no wrong. Puh…lease let’s move him along!

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Lack of discipline. Lack of intensity. Lack of passion. Lack of heart. Lack of effort. Lack of quality coaching. Lack of intelligence. Lack of motivation. Lack of fundamentals. Lack of dedication. Lack of adjustments. Lack of deep desire to win. Lack of offensive game plan. Lack of carrying out assignments. Lack of discipline. Lack of obeying the laws of the land.
Lack of urgency. Lack of strength and conditioning. Lack of coaches that can motivate the players. Lacking, that’s what’s wrong with UGA. As Richt says, “Ah, shugs, we did the best we could”. “We’re sticking together”. “We will win another one before it’s over”. Mark Richt just can’t get the job done. Veteran offensive line, two experienced running backs, A.J. Green, a new high paid defensive coordinator and Georgia is 1-4. It all falls at the feet of the head coach but the head coach refuses to make changes. If Mark Richt can’t make changes and try something else …. he needs to be the one to be changed. With losses at Auburn, Florida and Tech (maybe Tennessee and Ky) … we will be 6-6 at best and could be 4-8. I don’t even want to think about going to the Car Quest or Pizza bowl this year.
We probably won’t even be bowl eligible. O, how the mighty have fallen.

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“Losing is not good, but…” I’m tired of listening to this pansy qualify ugly losses to inferior opponents.
We need a coach that says “Losing is not acceptable.”. It’s a mentality that CMR has passed onto his players. Stop trying to build men of character that go to church every Sunday (FSU had problems with players landing in jail) and focus on winning ball games. Either demote Booboo back to a position coach or can him! I don’t care, because I think the biggest problem is the big softy at the top. College coaching is a game for bulls, and CMR is like Ferdinand sniffing the flowers.

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Well, its easy to see whats wrong, no blocking, confused defense, and Green can’t keep himself in shape while he is suspended and where is the strength and conditioning coach, on the sofa? But the good news, they played more like a team; played with enthusiasm and with a winning attitude. Derick Dooley will have his team up and ready for his first game in Athens. Support the dogs and beat Tenn.

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Its all C. Kings fault, we were 1 play away from beating them.

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Murray looked great. Dumb penalties like roughing the kicker that gave Colorado a touchdown instead of a field goal hurt. Once again a running back FUMBLES to lose the game. UGA needs to recruit running backs that know how to hold on to the football.

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This is Georgia Football – – start it at the 50 second mark!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yDMEX57Lyc&feature=related

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I think Richt made a mistake in his new defensive coordinator. Those guys have no idea in what they are doing. When you have defensive back players playing the option inside out, you are in trouble. Corner backs usually have the pitch man on the option, and the safety takes up pitch support. Both guys went inside, I don’t know why, but by the time they turned around, the running back almost scored on a 60-yard run. Georgia is hurting on defense. I feel sorry for those guys, because those type of coaching points are not that hard to teach.

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My bags are packed and I’m leaving today,leaving on a jet plane,don’t know if I’ll be back again……

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Am I worried about it (morale)? It’s hard; it’s not easy, but I have a lot of faith in our guys,” Richt said. “They’ll stay together; they’ll keep working. No one’s going to give in or quit and nobody’s going to do a negative thing within our ranks.”

How far we have fallen…… CMR makes $8,500 +/- a day every day for this kind of leadership…. are you kidding me!

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If any of you DAWG fans arent going to support the DAWGS on any road trips the rest of the year, im interested in tickets to UGA/AUBURN game

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Your players need to understand it’s called a football, not a loaf of bread.

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There is no bigger fan of CMR than myself. I think he is one of the finest men I have ever had the pleasure to know, but something has got to change. CMR HAS to realize that we are not playing with the fire of an Alabama or Florida, and there’s a reason for that. The UGA football program is one of the most financially successful in the country, and it is time we went after what we need. I, also, am a strong and dedicated Christian, but I have led successful businesses over the years and instilled fire and determination in my employees without denying my Christian heritage. CMR has to be a leader, and he has to be a leader with what I call “fire in the belly”. We just spent $750,000 per year on a DC, yet we have opposing receivers standing there wide open, not just once or twice, everybody makes mistakes, but every game we have witnessed an opposing receiver just standing there wide open, waiting on the ball.

When I ran a business, if my most talented guys didn’t want to perform, I simply helped the less talented become even better, but every business I built, I built a TEAM, and UGA simply does not have a TEAM right now. Again, I have never met a man who I admire and respect more than CMR, and I think he is good for UGA and the state of Ga as a whole, but if I was in his position, these so-called “Sunday Players” on our roster would be sitting on the bench, if I had to play the scout team. Something has to wake up this team and this coaching staff. An absolutely 0 tolerance for off field problems should be immediately instituted. You get arrested, you get dismissed, no matter what.

One of my special talents is to be able to take a very ynderperforming auto dealership and build a team that makes the delearship do 180, and I do that theough building dedication, trust, and teaching, and we simply do not have that at UGA right now. I have been successful at every dealership I have ever been to, and am one of the most sought after “car guys” in the business, and I donot say that in a bragging sense. I work 6 or 7 days a week, 10 to 14 hours a day, I don’t take vacations, days off, or let anything distract me from my task of doing my job. My wife and daughter understand, and support me.

The point I am trying to make here, is if the coaching staff, players, administration, and everyone else involved in UGA football are not willing to make the necessary sacrifices to make the big money the coaches are being paid justified, or the players the oppurtunity to play on Sunday because they are not willing to give all to UGA football, find some who will. I would rather have mediocre players who play with all their heart, than 5 star recruits that show up when they want to.

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1. If we could only score %50 touchdowns in the red zone we would 4-1 or 3-2 on the year. Our red zone o is really bad.
2. I see way to many defensive players give up on plays…no heart. Gearthers looked good in the middle needs more playing time at nose.
3. Play calling in the 2nd and 4th qtrs were good but same ol crap in the first and third.

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If UGA football players are Richt’s church then lets resign ourselves to understanding that the man is a pastor – pay him like one and forget good results in football. If he is a football coach then he ought to coach like one and receive the reward due a football coach.

However, if Richt is a pastor – he is not a very good one. 10% of his congregation has been arrested in the last few months. If he is a football coach – then he needs to go where he can win and be paid accordingly in another division. It is obvious that he is finished winning at GA. The last 3 seasons (including this one) have been disappointments yet we aren’t finished with disappointments yet this year. He has run his own program in the ground and his leadership is pathetic. This self-fulling prophecy of “things could get worse” is the poorest leadership I’ve ever seen. Let him go.

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I’m still wondering why a guy needs $1,000 for a long weekend. I say, send him on to the NFL, we can’t afford him. Maybe he will take his bud CMR with him as his personal coach.

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One of my special talents is to be able to take a very ynderperforming auto dealership and build a team that makes the delearship do 180, and I do that theough building dedication, trust, and teaching, and we simply do not have that at UGA right now. I have been successful at every dealership I have ever been to, and am one of the most sought after “car guys” in the business, and I donot say that in a bragging sense. I work 6 or 7 days a week, 10 to 14 hours a day, I don’t take vacations, days off, or let anything distract me from my task of doing my job. My wife and daughter understand, and support me.

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liars you must be a gaytor!

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Florida fans on our site, calling for Richt to be fired, hilarious.

9-4 is a great year, Florida will lose 4 too, so will South Carolina, if Georgia wins out, Georgia wins the SEC East and has a chance to beat Bama. Very possible.

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Both UGA and my LSU Tigers need new coaches! If I were UGA fan I would hope for more losses to force a coaching change. Unfortunately for me, as long as LSU keeps wining they won’t fire Miles. DAMM!!!!

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You can’t blame a missed field goal in the first half or the fumble at the end on coaching. Those were the difference in whether we won or lost. The difference in the offense between this game and the previous ones was night and day. Much improved, more fire.

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How many of you people really think UGA will be beat FL or Auburn?

Let’s see by my math that is 6 losses. At least 5 losses in the SEC east.

And UGA beat Bama? Now that is a FUNNY thought.

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If Hamilton is the best we have in the secondary then we are in trouble. He doesn’t break down to tackle he just over runs everything!

Where was Chris Durham?

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AJ said the altitude made him cramp and caused difficulty breathing….what happened to game prep? To strength and conditioning? To oxygen on the sidelines? Didn’t AJ say just last week he had worked hard in the off season to be stronger and faster than he has ever been? Now he can’t play a half of football against podunk U? Somethin’ ain’t right……

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The Colorado loss wasn’t an SEC loss, so no big deal. Go 4-0 in next 4 games, and you win the SEC East.

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This team – unless a new, phantom team shows up – is going to get massacred by Florida and Auburn….can anybody believe that we will even beat Tennessee? At home even? I love Coach Richt….he is a quality individual and I know he sees the footbal program as a really BIG picture which encompasses more than just footbal – but he needs to either be able to do both or hit the mission field….UGA athletics is not a missionary outpost for poor, disadvantaged kids – it’s a competitive program. You can do all of the right things and good things you feel led to do but if you lose football games you are going to lose your job and have to be a role model somewhere else – I hope he can pull off the impossible and do both but it’s not looking like it right now.

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9-4 is a great year, Florida will lose 4 too, so will South Carolina, if Georgia wins out, Georgia wins the SEC East and has a chance to beat Bama. Very possible.

Sug,What have you been smoking and where can I get some?Maybe if I could get enough for all my players we could all get high enough to believe we could win out.

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CMR, you need to bench Cuff and make an example. He still hasn’t learned. You are in a rotten spot. Trying to regain a role as disciplinarian after you opened the gates on being too easy. Stick to your guns. Throw the book at them. Remember, you are teacher, they are students. They are NOT your colleagues. This is not the NFL.

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You are all going to miss me when I’m gone.

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And yes, please do a Pallin moment, quit! It will make you so popular! It will be so good for the state of tea!

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WOOOF,,,WOOF,,,,on those 4 & 5 star recruits this morning,,,,Jawja fans.

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That fumble didn’t cost us the game, our coaching did. Why in the hell are we playing these close games? Why can’t we blow out a team like CU? We should never have been in that situation in the first place.

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Can you handle the TRUTH …. WE ARE a JOKE……!!!!!! The wait until next yr crap is 30 yrs old…….. are we the most overrated program in the history of college football?

Nub,
We are not overrated.The last time I checked we weren’t even rated.If you haven’t heard all we have to do is win out to win the sec east,then beat a so so bama team to win the sec championship,that puts us in the big game.So the nc is still in reach.Have a little faith in the Good Lord and your coach.The past 4 games is just a way of staying under the radar.

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And as an observation – I thought we had two very good RB’s in Ealey and King at the start of the year but after watching other teams throughout the country and in the SEC it is pretty obvious that King and Ealey are good but not elite RB’s….they are not that strong (Ingram and Richardson), fast (Demps) or capable (anyone that can hold on to the ball)….I am afraid we were drinking the kool aid when we recruited some of these guys – and whatever happened to Marlon Brown – the second coming of Green? Don’t you rememeber all of the hoopla when we signed that kid? And after two years he’s shown us what? Oh well…

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LAST IN THE SEC! HE HE HA HA

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In addition. Who ever told you King and Ealey were GOOD running backs. THEY LIED TO YOU.

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Georgia Tech won last night.

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Georgia Tech KNOWS how to WIN games.

UGA KNOWS how to LOSE games.

Yes You Know It,
Winning is the easy part.Trying to come up with new ways to lose each week,now that is the hard part.I think we have been real good the last 4 weeks at keeping us in the games until right at the end,kind of like taking a dager to the heart of all those Uga fans.They will be singing my praises when we win out,almost like Moses delivering us to the promised lands.

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That smell in Athens is a strong and powerful odor of mendacity!

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Richt red-shirted the entire team this year.

WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!!!

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Must be that the practice just ain’t no good.

LMAO,,,,,,LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSERS!!!

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Must be that the practice SQUAD just ain’t no good.

LMAO,,,,,,LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSERS!!!

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It was DISH Network’s fault!!!

LMAO,,,,NEXT EXCUSE BOYS.

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It was the schedule. Shouldn’t have played that powerhouse team from out west. Should have played Northwest Maine Jr. College.

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Let’s do a fans out!

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Jim Donnan gets the boot with a winning record so why does Mr.Richt gets a pass? He at least won a championship at Marshall.

1996 Georgia 5-6
1997 Georgia 10-2
1998 Georgia 9-3
1999 Georgia 8-4
2000 Georgia 8-4

If they keep Mr.Richt they can’t justify for not given Jim Donnan time to build a championship team at uga.

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Oh, by the way, how many players got arrested and suspended under Donnan’s watch?

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tony – Donnan was fired mostly because he couldn’t control his players off the field, on the other hand, Richt – wait – never mind.

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http://thegeorgiasportsreport.com/

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Party Boys and Thugs = UGA football team

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IF YOU’RE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION – YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

EMAIL McGarity and tell HIM how you feel!!!

gmcgarity@sports.uga.edu

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I just don’t understand how a good, god fearing, church going man like CMR would lie about an obvious flea flicker? I guess he’s not the honest guy we thought he was.

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Does anybody remember Saban’s first season at Alabama with the 3-4 defense? They went 6-6 including a loss to ULM. It takes time to learn the 3-4 scheme and coverages. If Richt can hang on for another season, the defense should be much better next year. And, hopefully the offense will be better as well since Murray will have playing experience (assuming Bobo is fired).

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The things that need to be fixed aren’t getting fixed. Its the same crap week after week after week. I cannot believe the audacity of Richt trying to spin positives in a 1-4 season. Its becoming pretty clear that our players are coddled and soft. I still think the world of the guy as a human being but as a head coach he has completely lost it. Its time for him to go.

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Suggestion to A.J. :

while sitting around for 4 weeks….ever think about working out?

sure you have great talent, but we NEEDED you the ENTIRE game.

and don’t give me the “light air” crap..you didn’t KNOW that?

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Did any of UGA fans see Alabama and Saban take care of FL and Urban? Need I say more? You know what you have to do.

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did any of you UGA fans see UGA lose to a completely sad Colorado team? Need I say more? You know what is going to happen for the rest of the season.

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Look it is hard to prepare for a football game from an 8×8 jail cell, what more can I say.thUGA has made some bonehead decisions in who they recruit , how they discipline them, and how they coach them. They will continue to fail if they do not make major adjustments to all of it.

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nmdawg, we used to be like that too. The game has passed Richt by. Football, particularly college football, is constantly evolving and progressing. Richt hasn’t progressed. The SEC is absolutey nothing like it was even 5 years ago. Look at Saban. I always thought he was a little overrated at LSU. Sure, he had that great 2003 team, but other than that he fielded a lot of mediocre teams at LSU. But look at him now. He has progressed. He has become a much better coach in my opinion. Richt has stuck with the status quo and has not tried to improve. He put this program on auto-pilot and the rest of the SEC has flown past us like we’re standing still.

Its time for Richt to go.

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dawgfan…I am with you on your comments. The game evolves, and changes are part of it. Even Paterno at Penn State made adjustments to remain (or reestablish) relevency for PS. Richt had his sucess before the others were entrenched in solid SEC programs, and now we can no compete week in and out.

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I agree with DawginOH. Strength and Conditioning is a common denominator for why the team is horrible.

Linemen getting manhandled
Fullbacks can’t knock anyone down
Running backs can’t absorb at hit (or hold onto the ball)
DB’s can’t play physical enough
AJ ready to keel over after a few snaps
Nike sells as many green jerseys to UGA as it does red jerseys

Here is a post from someone from Bulldog Blog last week. I thought it was dead on.

“Our Strength and Conditioning program is one of our biggest problems. We recruit some of the top athletes in the nation but we always fail to develop them physically. Look at our offense and defensive lines. They are getting blown off the line by teams that should be inferior to us. The fullbacks are resorting to missed chop blocks when they should be squarely blasting linebackers onto their backs. Our running backs, most 4-5 star recruits, can’t break the first arm tackle or hit they encounter. W. Ealey took a heck of a shot on Saturday and fumbled the ball. Do you think he would have fumbled the ball if he was physical enough to take a blow like that? I don’t think one of our running backs are what you would call a physical running back. It seems like King is always getting hurt. It’s not like they are the workhorses of our offense.

Hard hitting physical safeties and linebackers used to be the staple of our defense. Now the linebackers are too busy fending off offensive linemen because our defensive linemen aren’t requiring double teams. The safeties aren’t punishing receivers or running backs anymore. It is easier for them to run along side them and jump on their backs for a game of rodeo. We are injury prone year after year. That isn’t just a coincidence!

Anonymous 5:05 was dead on about what other coaches in the NFL and at other colleges are saying. “We are weak, fat, and out of shape”

I hate to compare other teams to UGA but look at Alabama’s S+C program. Scott Cochran has his team physically ready to beat their opponents into submission. The offensive linemen are driving defensive linemen into the linebackers. Their defensive linemen are clogging up the line of scrimmage. Even the receivers and cornerbacks play physical.

It doesn’t matter who is calling the offensive or defensive plays. If our players are all wearing green jerseys or can’t knock an opponent on his back then we will continue this path of mediocrity.”

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This is CRAZY!! Fickle fans go from…..boy, I hope FSU doesn’t need a coach because we got a great one in Richt to Go, Go, Go, Resign…after a bad season which isn’t even over He is a great coach who is dealing with some young men who he has little control over. He thought he had two great quarterbacks to only end up with one. He once again has a great receiver back who just wanted to go on Spring Break like all the other college kids do!! The NCAA needs to look at how the players who play their hearts out every Saturday and get banged up can also have the ability finacially to enjoy their college years. Perhaps some of you big mouths need to remember if you can what it is like to be a college student for the first time away from your family structure and what you did then. Did you make all the right choices? I seriously doubt it. Richt has to discipline the players and that has cost us on the scoreboard!

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GO DAWGS!
It sure is easy to support a team when they win, isn’t it?
Loser so-called fans.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!

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so no one on the ajc has the cojones to write about the obvious? hmmm

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No thanks to Dish Network! I bet they still send a bill this month. Time to change to Direct TV. Win or lose, I still want to watch the Dawgs. Our Radio commentators suck.

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LETS ASK THE DAWGS OFFENSIVE LINEMEN….WHAT THE HEY? A BASIC RUNNING PLAY AND YALL ALLOW THAT MUCH PENETRATION?
THIS O LINE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR ANCHOR…AND THEY ARE SINKING THE BOAT!

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Richt,

You’re being out-coached in every game now and most of the players have already given up.
The rest will soon.

FLA DAWG
Class of ‘79

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“If he (Richt) goes, it sets our program back 5 years”

Richt has set our program back 20 years already. So, if we unload him we’ll move our program up 15 years.

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The players appeared to be affected by the altitude. It takes at least a week to become acclimated to the lower oxygen levels at a mile above sea level. For players that have never experienced high altitudes, it is very disorienting both mentally and physically. Could explain some of the mistakes.

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If the altitude is such a factor, please, please explain with at least 6 home games a year, why Colorado just now won 2 straight in over two years. Someone has been coming there to that “altitude” and beaten them. Enough with the lame excuses. Out coached and outplayed. We are an aveage team and frankly, I won’t accept that from a Georgia team!

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Remember these wonderful times?

http://stendekk.wordpress.com/bulldogs-sink-to-new-low-in-loss-at-colorado/

IT WAS A FLEA FLICKER NOT SO SAINTLY MARK WRETCH!

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the good news is that college football news has us ranked the top 1 win team in the country

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bugsquacher – UGa was not a top program when Richt came. Richt took UGa to SEC Titles, Division Titles that were a first since 1982. you got to get your facts straight bubba. this is a freshman quarterback behind a overrated o-line. This aint all Mark Richt.

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99% of playing D is desire! I don’t see desire on that side of the ball.

The O line is fair at best! They are definetly not strong or mean enough!

I also think the players play how they are coached. The players are a reflection of coaching. I ask you to look at Bama and then look at the dawgs. Now which team do you think looks like they are well coached?

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If Richt played Murray last year instead of Cox we would be doing better this year.
If Richt had put in new defensive caoches 2-3 years back like he should of we would be doing better this year.
If Richt had gotten a real offensive coordinator rather than an untried buddy we would be doing better this year.
Saban had Alabama on top of the country in two years Richt and Georgia is still second tier.
Richt hasn’t been able to push the program to the top in ten years, what makes you think he can turn it around now?
Richt is a nice guy but he makes 2 million dollars a year to win not be nice.
I love Georgia and always will but we will not be a top program until we replace Richt.
What are Kirby Smart and Will Musschamp up to?

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Richt appears to be denying the fumbled play by King was a flea flicker. He’s saying King likes to spin to avoid a hit and didn’t tuck the ball away.

Maybe that was the case. It looked like a blown flea flicker play to me but I’m not sure. I wish I had recorded it for replay.

Not a good thing when we cannot even trust what Richt is saying anymore.

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Has anyone seen / replayed that fumble by King enough to know if it was a called flea flicker (which would have been the dumbest call Bobo has ever made – and we all know he’s made many dumb calls) or if King was spinning and just lost the ball?

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Fla Dawg, where are you located?…I reside in Tampa area. Yes, have also heard Richt had a problem with Grantham AND Van Gorder’s language…

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From ESPN: Georgia is in the tank: It’s official now. Georgia’s season is over. All that remains is to see how bad and how far-reaching the fallout will be when the games are complete. The Bulldogs (1-4) lost 29-27 to a Colorado team on Saturday night that was trashed 52-7 by California earlier this season…The good teams find ways to win. This team is finding ways to lose right now, and not even A.J. Green’s return could save the Bulldogs. They’re staring down the barrel of their first non-winning season or even their first losing season in the Mark Richt era, and if that happens, Richt will have a hard time surviving.

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Dont you people realize how stupid you all sound? Fire Richt? The guy has been great for 8 years and he has a bad season with a freshman quarterback, a new defense that doesn’t have a nose guard, give me a break. I WILL NOT TURN MY BACK AND RUN AT THE FIRST SIGN OF ADVERSITY. YOU PEOPLE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES. YOU ALL SOUND LIKE TECHIES. GO DAWGS

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OK FLA DAWG FIRE RICHT FOR WHO? SMART?MUSCHAMP? THEY HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF ZERO WINS AS A HEAD COACH. LET GRANTHAM HAVE A RECRUITING CLASS TO FIND PERSONEL NEEDED TO RUN A 3-4. AND BY THE WAY. IF RICHT GOES CHRISTIAN LEMAY GOES WITH HIM. RICHT NEEDS TO TAKE OVER OFF. PLAY CALLING. BUT I STILL THINK HE IS OUR MAN. I DON’T WANT TO REBUILD AND START RUNNING THE OPTION IF WE GET A NEW HEAD COACH. IF WE WENT AFTER A COACH THOUGH SCREW SMART AND MUSCHAMP I’D GO AFTER HARBAUGH.

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Late in the game and maybe on the final drive ……….one of UGA’s backs went up the middle totally swarmed and carrying three or more Buffs with him. He picked up maybe 4 or 5 yds by pushing and pushing with three Buffs along for the ride. Now ………AJ ……. turned his back on the final two or three seconds of that play, knowing full well that the ball could be stripped and he might be there to recover. nahhhhhhh, He saw the pushing and pulling of the running back and turned away, walking in an opposite direction BEFORE THE WHISTLE. Yes, he had a great game but he is biding time so I say, turn him loose now. We can lose without him and he was not the game winner last night.

He will be booooooooooooooed at home next saturday and so will UGA when Coach Dooley comes to Sanford Stadium and spanks UGA badly in his home town. The alumni my age will go beserko with emotions at Dr. Adams. ALl kinds of anger will swell up and it will be directed toward Mark Richt. He for now ……….is clueless about this pending event.

Yes, fellow UGA alums …………it is gonna get far, far worse than it is right now. Is McGarity’s office on auto dial???

Go Dogs.

Look at the final few moments of the game ………I have not embelished this by one word.

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I SEE ONE HUGE IDIOT

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Dogs ain’t best but I still ‘P’ on the rest

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You go! Agree 100%

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UGADAWG 1978,

Using caps doesn’t compel the reader to take you more seriously, quite the opposite.

There are boatload of good coaches who would relish the chance of coming to UGA.
Yes, Smart and Muschamp are two. Derek Dooley despite losing, has looked better as a first year SEC HC than Mark Richt looks in his 10th year.

Even The (Very) Old Ball Coach, Spurrier would have this team winning with the talent we have had. His success at SC with little depth proves the guy knows how to put prepared players on the field.

This program has steadily deteriorated. Even a blind man can see it. Top recruits have been wasted for years in my opinion. But hey, if you want more of what’s going on then you continue to support Richt and Bobo.

By the way, did you support Martinez too?

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At least McGarity is making us equal with Bama and UF in scheduling and no this lame brain national brand stuff of Damon Evans. You become a national brand by winning championships, not by flying around the country playing BCS folks while your opponents are playing Norh Texas ST. etc at home. We play GT non-conf already, that’s pretty stout. Bama plays Auburn as their grudge match, say they can schedule a Penn ST/Va Tech and still play 3 weak sisters of the poor. Ga. can’t.

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I wouldn’t count us out against UT yet guys….

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UK
Idaho ST. <

In last post – sorry…

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No punking necessary.

Bama done it already.

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DEP@1:11a.m.: What the hell are “chockers”, you dipwad?

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okay Georgia fans… shake this off for now. These are the things that you must endure in order to become better. The program needs an infrastructure change… an overhaul. Sure, this season is a wash, but you will be back to beating the Model T convinsingly for many years to come.

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Lost Dog, were you lost before or after your loser comment?

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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.

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Relax—tennessee’s terrible and Ga can beat them. Ga 24 UT 23—book it!

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SteveW, 6-6 are still bowl eligible! When CMR was asked if last season was mediocre, he said he would not call it that. Now, he is truly showing us what a mediocre season is.

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I didn’t see the game either but followed it on game trax. From what I could tell our Def woes continue giving up chunks of yardage on run and passing plays and this from a team (CO) that has poor stats in both categories. BYU just axed their DC and GA should do the same. Week after week the def allows the opposition to score on their first possession. Unbelieveable. If you cannot change that trend then you gotta go. Scrap the 3-4 and dump the DC. He has not shown any improvement over the last 4 games. At least the Off has scored some points not withstanding the poor showing in the red zone. GA should of scored 2 more TDs but settled for FG or turned the ball over vs CO.

The only other teams on our schedule we have or should beat are Vandy and Idaho. The rest forget about it. The trend of crappy def and poor playcalling in critical situations will continue as most of us have lost faith in this team and its coaching staff. I’d concede all our upcoming losses to forgoe the embarrassment of having to watch it instead.

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WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE RUNNING BACKS WHEN YOU HAVE A FORMER WIDE RECEIVER AS A RUNNING BACKS COACH? McLENDON WASN’T THAT GOOD OF A RECEIVER! HERE WE GO AGAIN — HIRE THE SON OF A STAR AND BECAUSE HE WAS A SO-SO RECEIVER, LET HIM COACH THE RUNNING BACKS. AFTER ALL, HIS DADDY WAS A GOOD RUNNING BACK!

ALSO MUST CONSIDER THIS—THERE WERE TWO COLORADO PLAYERS IN THE BACKFIELD WHEN KING GOT THE BALL! THANK YOU TO THE MOST OVER-RATED OFFENSIVE LINE IN UGA FOOTBALL HISTORY AND TO THE WORST O. LINE COACH WHO EVER LIVED IN ATHENS, GA.

RICH HAS NO STAFF!

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Richt’s finished:

2002- #3
2003- #6
2004- #6
2005- #10
2006- #23
2007- #3
2008- #10

THAT’S PATHETIC!!!

SHOULD HAVE BEEN #1 EVERY SEASON!!

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I know the coaches have done some bad decisions but linebacker unblocked and does’t touch the quarterback, green 10 yards behind the defender but murray is 10 minutes late and short. Coaches never go with less hitting before the season it has killed us.

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@ Sug…

EXACTLY…
IF YOUR NOT FIRST, YOUR A LOSER!!!

HOW HARD COULD IT BE TO WIN EVERY GAME EVERY SEASON?!?!?!

WE HAVE THE RECRUITS!?!?!

ITS THE COACHES FAULT!!!!!!!!

FIRE THEM ALL!!!!!!

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@Loyal Dog — sounds to me like your trying to overcompensate from some shortness life has bestowed upon you.

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@ADawg — you bring up an interesting point that really makes sense. It does seem that CMR has built an “emotional barrier” around himself over the past few years — whether it’s no emotion shown on the sidelines or no emotion shown in interviews/CMR Show, that could be a barrier he’s established to hide the fact that he really is in over his head and has no clue how to fix the problems.

It’s time to give McGarity free reign (and money) to get the coaching staff in place that will bring UGA back into contention for the national title.

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NO PLAYER SHOULD EVER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING HE DOES ON OR OFF THE FIELD….

MARK RICHT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING BECAUSE HE RECRUITED/COACHED

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ANTI-HOMER,

Your caps give you away UGADAWG 1978

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If we beat Tenn, Fla and Tech, the season will be a success even if only win 4 games. Throw Auburn into the mix, we may be the first 5 win team to get an exemption into a bowl game! Oh yeah, that is a BIG IF!

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@ FLA DAWG

Can’t let UGADAWG 1978 take the blame…I usually go by name YUCK…but wanted to have a little fun…just venting with a little sarcasm…I’m done…Sorry about the all caps…just thought that and the misspellings added to the satire…

Go Dawgs!

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@ADawg — yep, that would be fun! Now let’s just hope this new tandem of Adams/McGarity makes it happen!

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Did you boys catch UT play LSU!?

What a great game. I submit to you UT scored a great victory in their loss.

They will beat our Dawgs by 21 points and UGA will have its worst record in 50 years.

Ironic that it will have been a Dooley who will do it to us.

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SEC HAD A MEETING TODAY AND VOTED UGA OUT,AND VOTED GEORGIA STATE TO TAKE THE MUTTS PLACE,THE PANTHERS HAVE A BETTER RECORD!

P.S. WE WILL SHOW THE MUTTS HOW TO BEAT ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

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GEORGIA STATE WILL BEAT ALABAMA AT END OF THIS YEAR!

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Georgia’s players need to look around at the next practice and realize the only people they can count on are their teammates. The grousing, etc. that is occurring all around them needs to put a chip on their shoulders and they need to support each other. That is why being a teammate is special.

No player has lost four games. Georgia has lost four games. No one wanted it to happen, but the players at practice are the only people they can count on to turn this season around. Look at the seniors. This is their last year. Play for each other and hold each other accountable. Finish the drill is a cute call, but the heart of a dawg is what we need to see. Play with heart, play with brains, play for each other, and make someone pay.

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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.

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check that, blocked field goal from the UT/BAMA game

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you play in the sec.. name one person who can do a better job? ur expectations are unreal.. how many national championships have been won at UGA in football? any given day ur ass can get beat.. good coach or not.. are they sucking this year? yep! does firing coaches fix anything? nope.. get a freaking clue loser

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Bwell, blind loyalty is not support. Nothing ever gets fixed that way. You can hope all you want that things will get better but that doesn’t mean that they will. Everybody has a point where they stop believing and I’ve reached mine long before this 1-4 start. Maybe you don’t see it but our 1-4 record is the end result of an undisciplined poorly performing team that is poorly coached. And it didn’t just start last year either. I had problems with Richt’s/Bobo’s playcalling since they arrived in Athens. Winning just helped cover it but sooner or later this was bound to happen. Now the wheels have come completely off and there are still defenders who think we still have a shot at winning the SEC East. To me that’s just incredible. Richt’s failure to seriously address team discipline before problems arise and his refusal to deal with incompetent staff members who seem to misjudge the talent we recruit and then mismanage the talent we sign got us to this point. I like Richt as a man. But the University of Georgia was never intended to be a halfway house for wayward young men who just happen to possess athletic talent. And the distractions that those young men have been to our football program has added to these other problems. But the buck stops at Richt’s desk. You can’t give him all the credit for winning and then refuse to blame him for anything when they lose. He is the head coach and all the players and all the coaches on the team are there because of him. The buck stops at his desk. He is responsible and he needs to go and go soon. Georgia football did not begin when Mark Richt arrived. And it will not end when he leaves.

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I’m with Richt just as far as he want’s to take this thing!—I believe he will do everything he can to straighten this thing out and I’m with him all the way!

This is a serious and difficult process!—Either get on or get out!

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The goal of UGA football has gone from winning championships to achieving “bowl eligibility”. That says it all.

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Richt’s finished at Georgia:

2002- #3
2003- #6
2004- #6
2005- #10
2006- #23
2007- #3
2008- #10

THAT’S PATHETIC!!!

SHOULD HAVE BEEN #1 EVERY SEASON!!

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How about a midnight curfew for anybody on the team? The arrests always seem to come after midnight. And I wonder how much alcohol, not to mention other substances, were consumed by the team before the sun came up Sunday morning, or before they went to class Monday morning? Demand drug testing for the entire team before they play.

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Your a moron if you think it wasn;t a flea flicker.
he fumbled attempting to flip it back to Aaron Murray.

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When the going gets tough the tough get going. I hear these big shots with all their comments about what needs to be done. Most of them have never played the game of football in High School much less college. I know they have never coach a pee wee team either. I say to them sit down shut up and hold on. Coach Richt will bring the Dawgs back to greatness. Stop playing the blame game and buying into all the crap. Get behind the coach and the team. Believe me they don’t like where they are.

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Larry Munson is turning in his grave….wait he isn’t dead is he? He will be after he watches a couple more of these games

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Why did you 100 yard rusher, averaging 6.7 yards a carry, was breaking tackles , on touch the ball only 12 times. The reason they lost is play calling. Bobo is lost on play calling. Caleb should have had at least 20 carries in the game. The defense is crap, but they do not have the personnel to run a 3-4, the d-line is a joke. The nose tackle is a converted d-end, weighs like 280. The nose should be 315+. But that has little to do with the tackling that has plagued UGA all year.

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I am the biggest dawgs fan there is out here, but you negative people are talking like UGA has won multiple national championships. Last time I checked there was only one won. Think Frank Beamer had a few down years at VT? Go check the records. Let the man do his job and build a program. If you aren’t wanting to stay a dawgs fan, go pull for another team. But there won’t be any room on the bandwagon in years to come! Keep ur chin up and stop whining! GO DAWGS!

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Did everyone miss Richt’s comment here? A DRAW play is what was called. Does no one else see the horrible strategy in that?

The game is down to seconds, you are within field goal range of the best place kicker in the country, if you kneel it you have a winners chance, so basically you are playing for 2 yards and a cloud of dust yards on the road….why the HELL would you call a draw play? Did Bobo think the CU defensive coordinator was expecting a pass? Was a delayed hand off giving time to our stellar offensive line to clear out the entire defensive to let King waltz to the end zone from 27 out?

Maybe I am just applying to much logic to game time situations. Maybe not so different to running out of timeouts in the first 5 minutes of the 2nd half against Arkansas. Our players are a bit outmatched at times, but our offensive play calling is killing us. Our defense needs all the help it can get, and they are always on the field.

5 mouths to feed or not, you got to get rid of Bobo. If you can’t, then stamp your own ticket out the door because this is a slow bleed. We have just become Notre Dame.

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Here is why you lose a football game. It is not because a player made a mistake that Richt is not responsible for. Richt is responsible for everything the players do. Regardless, this particular fumble was due to Richt’s highly predictable decision to run up the middle to set up a field goal. Colorado, I, and my dead grandma saw this coming from 1000 miles away. They blew up the play, forced a fumble, and won the game. Blame lies squarely and only with Mark Richt, who is responsible for the terrible, predictable playcalling (and why would you want to set up Walsh for a 40+ yard FG when he already missed one? Go for the TD. Go for the win.), responsible for Bobo’s playcalling, responsible for recruiting good players, and responsible for how they execute. Richt and Richt alone is responsible. Here’s what Colorado’s DC had to say on this horrendous decision.

From ESPN.COM:

During a timeout in the waning minutes and with the Georgia Bulldogs already in range for a game-winning field goal, Colorado defensive coordinator Ron Collins decided to turn linebacker B.J. Beatty loose on a blitz.

“I told him, ‘Let’s run it,” Beatty said. “Because we knew they were going to try to run the ball, milk the clock and kick a field goal. I knew I had the opportunity to come off the edge and maybe disrupt the hand-off.”

Lining up with the Buffs clinging to a 29-27 lead, Beatty was just hoping for the Bulldogs to run the ball, and sure enough, it played out exactly like he envisioned.

Beatty stripped Caleb King just as he got the handoff from quarterback Aaron Murray at the Buffaloes’ 30-yard line and he held King back while teammate Jon Major smothered the loose ball.

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