Richt’s deal with Dogs: Win turnover battle, grow beards
ATHENS – Georgia’s football team is looking scruffier these days. And that’s a good thing, coach Mark Richt explained Tuesday.
Richt, who normally forbids beards on the team, made a deal with his players: When the Bulldogs win the turnover battle in a game, shaving is optional the following week.
And after winning the turnover battle the past two weeks, 3-0 against Tennessee and 2-0 against Vanderbilt, beards are sprouting all around the locker room.
“I hope they are the nastiest looking bunch in America by the end of the year,” Richt said.
Richt actually made the same offer to his team last year, but no one noticed because the Bulldogs lost the turnover battle for the season by a whopping 28-12 margin, ranking 118th out of 120 major-college teams.
“Unfortunately, we were clean-shaven all year,” Richt said. “This year, they’re getting a little furrier.”
All that fur will have to be shaved after any game in which the Bulldogs are on the losing end of the turnover margin, Richt said. And what if the team breaks even in turnovers in a given game? In that case, Richt said, the beards can stay if the team is ahead for the year in turnover margin. Georgia has an 11-7 advantage in turnovers so far this season, thanks to the 5-0 edge the past two weeks.
“It’s just something we’re doing for a little motivation,” said scruffy-chinned linebacker Akeem Dent.
Fullback Fred Munzenmaier and tight end Artie Lynch appear to have the fastest-growing beards on the team, according to several players.
Turns out, though, Richt’s rule isn’t always the final word on the subject.
“I got a little fuzzy last week,” quarterback Aaron Murray said, “but my mom got mad at me so I had to clean it up before the game. She likes it clean-cut. I’ve got to make Mommy happy because my birthday is coming up and I want some good gifts.”
Besides, Murray admitted, he can grow a beard only in patches. “I’m still a teenager,” said the redshirt freshman quarterback, who will turn 20 on Nov. 10.
Senior wide receiver Kris Durham is among the players growing a beard, which he calls “icing on the cake” compared to the larger benefit of winning the turnover battle: “It is going to help us win games.”
Turnovers have been a serious problem for Georgia in the past couple of seasons. Critical fumbles figured largely in losses to South Carolina, Mississippi State and Colorado this season. And the problem was at its worst in the second half of last season’s loss to Kentucky, when the Bulldogs committed four turnovers to blow a 20-6 halftime lead and lose 34-27. Georgia plays at Kentucky on Saturday, hoping to win the turnover battle this time and keep the beards growing.
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230 comments Add your comment
Bryan G.
October 19th, 2010
2:28 pm
I hope they look like ZZ top after the Tech game.
NRBQ
October 19th, 2010
2:30 pm
Go you “Hairy” dawgs, indeed.
Hankie Aron
October 19th, 2010
2:32 pm
Right with you Bryan G, Great comment
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2010
2:33 pm
As long as they aren’t singing Arrested while Driving Blind.
Hankie Aron
October 19th, 2010
2:33 pm
Defense is playing better and more together. Aaron Murray is a star already. This week we got to punch Kentucky in the mouth first thing and box their ears and nose the rest of the game.
James
October 19th, 2010
2:34 pm
This is reminiscent of the “let’s change uniforms for motivation” gimmick. Typical Richt…
destin dawg
October 19th, 2010
2:37 pm
Go you Hairy Dawgs !!!! winners win the turnover stats… we’re getting back on track.. play the Ogletrees… run Malcome and Samuel… get Hutson Mason playing time… use the TEs… Beat Kentucky !!!!
hmmmm.......
October 19th, 2010
2:40 pm
i agree it’s a gimmick but if works i’m fine with it
Hankie Aron
October 19th, 2010
2:40 pm
James- Typical cynic, Bug Fan or Gator Hater
Durka Dawg
October 19th, 2010
2:40 pm
A beard is what motivates the morons over there? Not the posibility of a title or winning a game, or furthering your career or playing time or fill in the blank, but a week’s worth of hair on the face?
There are WAY more problems than dawgnation thought. Richt should tell his players that they will have to shave if they get arrested. Maybe that will motivate them to not break the law. You would think that jail would be enough motivation, but apparently not. HAIR
hmmmm.......
October 19th, 2010
2:40 pm
Samuel is a linebacker now and he’s hurt
Hankie Aron
October 19th, 2010
2:42 pm
Durka, I think it’s light hearted fun for the guys. Lord knows they have had enough problems this year
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2010
2:43 pm
Fans are a gimmick. Marching bands are a gimmick. Stadium and Cheerleaders and Barking Dawgs are a gimmick. The whole damn GAME of football is a gimmick to begin with. What was your point?
Bob Sacamano
October 19th, 2010
2:43 pm
Great. Now we’ll LOOK like bums too!
RxDawg
October 19th, 2010
2:44 pm
LOL Bryan G. Best inital post I’ve seen in a while.
funny....
October 19th, 2010
2:44 pm
Awesome. May not have an 8-4 season like Mark Bradley insists but a lot of good can come from the ugly start to this season. And hopefully it’s a bunch of ugly players. LOL.
Go Dawgs, y’all still want to fire Richt? Idiots.
Hankie Aron
October 19th, 2010
2:44 pm
For all the losing and uninspired play in the four losses, they dump trucked Tenn and Vandy. They were obviously motivated by more than growing a beard. Come on man put down the lemon.
RxDawg
October 19th, 2010
2:46 pm
Oh boy, I see the trolls are jumping on this one huh. It’s just some fun. Fortunetly, were still allowed to have a little fun with things.
Hankie Aron
October 19th, 2010
2:46 pm
I’m with you funny….. you get tired of what have you done for me lately fans. Look at the body of work people. Imagine if the world really ran like a lot of fan’s noodle between their ears.
funny....
October 19th, 2010
2:47 pm
Oh and Mark Richt’s “gimmicks” have won over 90 games in 10 years. I think anyone but Florida would switch places over that same time right now. Hate on haters, you’re just confirming Georgia’s relevance.
Deliverance hillbilly
October 19th, 2010
2:47 pm
you shore do have a purty mouth.
Hankie Aron
October 19th, 2010
2:47 pm
Exactly RxDawg
Flint River Dawg
October 19th, 2010
2:48 pm
Go James …..You Glass empty techie…
Deliverance hillbilly
October 19th, 2010
2:48 pm
“If that one there does that agin shoot him”
Deliverance hillbilly
October 19th, 2010
2:48 pm
“I’ll blow his GD bawls off”
@DanWeiner
October 19th, 2010
2:49 pm
10 arrests in the past year – OK.
Growing facial hair – not OK.
Got it.
Evansdawg
October 19th, 2010
2:49 pm
It will make for interesting mug shots.
Dawg_Mike
October 19th, 2010
2:49 pm
Try the gilette fusion…it has 5 blades!
Hankie Aron
October 19th, 2010
2:49 pm
Thanks Deliverance, not sure how that relates to UGA football, but thanks anyway.
Hankie Aron
October 19th, 2010
2:51 pm
Dan- Richt is NOT ok with the 10x arrests. You really think that? It happened on his watch, you are right, but he is definately not ok with it. Wow
SadDawg
October 19th, 2010
2:53 pm
Jeez. How about, win the turnover ratio or some other guys play, and you sit on the bench?
gomdawg
October 19th, 2010
2:53 pm
GO YOU HAIRY DAWGS. I’M ALL FOR IT, REMEMBER ONE GAME AT A TIME. THE BEARD GROWS ONE PLAY, ONE DAY AND ONE GAME AT A TIME.LET’S GET KENTUCKY
funny....
October 19th, 2010
2:56 pm
Schultz makes a great point in his article about the guy that started the “fireurbanmyer” website.
“Push away from the keyboard”…..
Some of you should heed that advice. The arrests are being addressed. The coaching is adapting. We get it, Georgia is pretty bad this year. And to be honest, those of you calling Georgia fans rednecks or inbreds or leghumpers, have you ever been to a football game in the Southeast? Serious question. The coeds are gorgeous, the men wear Polo shirts, and it’s generally a high class atmosphere. We’re all Southern (Tech, UF, Auburn, etc), calling Georgia fans rednecks, is the pot calling the kettle black. Get some new material. It’s tired.
Wait for it, “did another Georgia player just get arrested”……what a tired post.
CBB1
October 19th, 2010
2:57 pm
Hey Durka Dawg,
Lighten up. It is STILL a game and these are 18-22 year old kids. Let them have fun and remove the stick from your a@#.
funny....
October 19th, 2010
2:57 pm
Here, I’ll get this one out of the way too.
“Georgia’s going to the Toilet Bowl” ha ha ha
snooze….
funny....
October 19th, 2010
2:58 pm
Hey CBB1, last time I checked all US Citizens aged 18-22 are adults. DOLT.
The Exterminator
October 19th, 2010
2:59 pm
SadDawg – agreed – in the real world it is do your job or be fired. That’s why we have a true freshman at right guard, cause the other 2 guys couldn’t cut.
And I wish Richt would let Grantham rip the boys new a–holes when deserved.
On a positive note, we will beat Tech.
Go Dawgs.
Stick With Richt, Bobo Gotta Go!!!
October 19th, 2010
3:01 pm
Kentucky comes ready to play. I hope our boys are hitting hard on the practice field this week.
Howard
October 19th, 2010
3:01 pm
No arrests this week. What’s going on – are the Athens police all on vacation or what?
CBB1
October 19th, 2010
3:01 pm
Great post funny….
I agree. UGA is not the only fan base with so called rednecks. All football teams in the south have their fair share of rednecks, even the beloved GA Tech. These bloggers have nothing better to do than sit in their parent’s basement and bash UGA. Either because they couldn’t get in UGA or a UGA co-ed laughed at them or both.
DawginLex
October 19th, 2010
3:02 pm
ZZ top? How about Moses?
UK is sky high after beating SC and the evil genius.
They honestly believe they can win the East. Anyone who believes this game will be anything but a war is delusional.
funny....
October 19th, 2010
3:03 pm
CBB1, cheers!
The idiot above you posted with the standard “Guess what, I’m super awesome and hysterical so I’m going to post about Georgia players getting arrested”….
Idiots, the lot of you.
Gen Neyland
October 19th, 2010
3:03 pm
I’m glad for the players of today. Back in the days of yore, HC’s demanded a certain appearance from their teams. No individuality. Football was akin to Basic Trng. Water on the practice field was for wussies, a concussion was just a little headache, salt tablets came in jars of thousands, sex before a game drained the man ( Vince Lombardi ) and hair of any noticeable length was unheard of. While the rest may still hold true to many coaches ( the sex thing is controlled by putting the team in lockdown on the night before a game ), I’m glad to see most of them let up on the hair issues. If you can play, play…
CBB1
October 19th, 2010
3:04 pm
Wow funny…
Didn’t know that 18 years old was considered an adult. Let someone bash your son at that age and we will see how you feel. Nice post, douche.
Grant in Ocala
October 19th, 2010
3:05 pm
It will make for interesting mug shots.
Kevin's Butler
October 19th, 2010
3:07 pm
Good coaches know how to build a team and motivate. He may not yell and scream but he’s got a pretty good clue how to promote team chemistry. Oh, and I’ll pay half for a plane ticket for Boss Bailey to Lexington and/or Jax!
James
October 19th, 2010
3:13 pm
Every coach in America plays with gimmicks. High School on up
DawginLex
October 19th, 2010
3:15 pm
Hey howard,
Why don’t you and the other nerds just number your over used, not funny lines? Kinda like they do at the old folks home where they number the jokes to save their breath. You might live longer.
Fair and Balanced
October 19th, 2010
3:17 pm
Amazing what it takes to make a football player play his best!
superDawg
October 19th, 2010
3:17 pm
DawginLex I expect a war it will be.The DAWGS will come off the porch and steal some cat food.
jack bull
October 19th, 2010
3:21 pm
thing is, gimmicks work with 18.19 and 20 yr olds…
JB
October 19th, 2010
3:29 pm
Meyer and Florida and two big wins over patsies taking pressure off Richt…….Went on Kentucky Message boards today….They are worried about us……( who would of ever thunk it)
This week will be a better test of where this team is, also Fla and AU will also tell us more…
This is a strange year…….Be just like us to beat Kentucky and lose to Idaho St.
MURPHY
October 19th, 2010
3:29 pm
Bryan G,
Great post! Whatever wins games Im all for it!
DawginLex
October 19th, 2010
3:31 pm
Hartline is getting better. Randall cobb worries me the most. He is a football player and he hates losing.
McDawg
October 19th, 2010
3:31 pm
really need to get all over the QB; score TDs not FGs
MURPHY
October 19th, 2010
3:31 pm
jack bull,
I coach high-school players and you have no idea what simple-little gimmicks will keep them focused. Its amazing how a simple gimmick can get their attention.
Dawgtards ruin this state
October 19th, 2010
3:32 pm
Maybe he should try a blackout?
DawginLex
October 19th, 2010
3:34 pm
dawgtards,
Uk wears blue at their home games and UGA will be in white but we appreciate the suggestion.
Now we know why you call yourself a tard.
Dawg_Mike
October 19th, 2010
3:35 pm
@ McDawg:
I totally agree. TD’s not FG’s. Keep Blair Walsh busy extending his PAT record, not kicking FG’s.
But lately it does seem he needs some practice on FG’s…huh?
Fred
October 19th, 2010
3:37 pm
WHatever works in this wild and wooly year ,eh?
WHo’da thunk that with 3 conference losses we would STILL have a chance at the SEC title?
coachKR
October 19th, 2010
3:38 pm
Durka wears a Burka!
Alphare
October 19th, 2010
3:39 pm
It turns out CMR and Bobo are offense genius after all. Where are the whining UGA fans?
Brad
October 19th, 2010
3:40 pm
Did the starting QB at UGA really just say “my mommy”? Is he 7? Doesn’t sound like a tough football player to me.
Only Georgia
October 19th, 2010
3:40 pm
Only UGA could dream up something so stupid. What’s next, another successful blackout? Maybe Saban should try this trick, whatever he does obviously lacks the genius shown in Athens.
Mind Over Matter
October 19th, 2010
3:42 pm
Whatever works!! Go Dawgs, Sic Em!!
PeePants the hobo clown
October 19th, 2010
3:45 pm
Richts having a little fun,no big deal. Relax….Oh yeah GT folks go to your own board and talk about how much ya’ll suck in that weakass conference of yours…leave us alone
Only at Tech
October 19th, 2010
3:45 pm
Where the male students date blow up dolls and obsess 24/7 about UGA.
Huh?
October 19th, 2010
3:45 pm
Richt is again using gimmicks to “fire up” his team. So, their motivation is face fur? Sad.
JTH
October 19th, 2010
3:46 pm
Now if they could stop with the braindead penalties they can get facial tattoos.
Herschel Walker, the red panty stalker
October 19th, 2010
3:46 pm
Offensive genius’, you guys beat UT and Vandy. And even if all the delusion on here is true and this is a good team, what good does it do you now with four losses already. Woo hoo, you may even win the sec east, big deal, no big feat considering that it appears that no one else is playing like they want that title.Yahoo, we beat Vandy, next stop, NC. DDF’s, indeed.
MB
October 19th, 2010
3:47 pm
Always amusing on the comments from the nimrods who hate on the ‘Dawgs and what they do no matter what. They can’t help but chime in with their little two cents. Get a friggin’ life. Who CARES if it’s a gimmick?!? Great coaches have used them forever. Vince Dooley did. Erk Russell did. Frank Howard did. Shug Jordan did. Phil Fulmer did. Even Steve Spurrier did when he came to FL.
These are very young men at UGA, Auburn, AL, etc., not seasoned veterans of the NFL. College leans heavily on the emotion and right motivation. It’s why some coaches can do well there and others are more cut out for the pros. Gimmick away. It’s only “dumb” if it doesn’t work, and then it’s not really dumb. Just try something else for that little edge. Like Durham said, this (beard thing) was just “icing.” Think it’s the primary reason why he’s playing so well? Of course not, but it helps–if even a little bit. Sometimes you win by just a little bit.
As for you haters, go screw yourself. Probably the only one who would.
Mind Over Matter
October 19th, 2010
3:47 pm
Why is this considered a “trick”? It’s just some fun the guys are having as a team. If it motivates them, great!
WE TUCK N RUN THIS STATE
October 19th, 2010
3:47 pm
must be out of black helmets and jerseys… also will allow driving with a suspended license if they score more than 3 pts in a game. Don’t have to show up for court on a traffic ticket if you are up before 3pm on school days…
San Francisco Dawg
October 19th, 2010
3:48 pm
I heard that the Tech cheerleaders had beards…wonder if Johnson will use that gimmick as well…please!!
Money
October 19th, 2010
3:49 pm
Does it really matter if you are winning the “turnover battle” if you lost two close games because a certain running back couldn’t hold on to the football?
MB
October 19th, 2010
3:51 pm
And we all know how the “Haters” are…Don’t worry geeks, your time is coming. 2010 in Athens is going to be much, much worse for your little team than 2009 was in the Joke-by-The-Coke. Whoa I think King just ran for ANOTHER 15 yarder against the maggots!! What a pounding. Beautiful.
MB
October 19th, 2010
3:52 pm
@ Huh? Your name says it all dumbass.
3 and 4, will win no more!!!
October 19th, 2010
3:53 pm
MB, the reason they have played so well is because they played Vandy. And I agree with your comment about all of those coaches, except when you called Dooley great. Slightly above average at best.
materbiscuit
October 19th, 2010
3:56 pm
Anybody who equates football with war has never been in or had a loved one in a war. As Jeff Dunham’s “Walter” would say, “DUMBASSES!”
COURT IS FOR SUCKAS
October 19th, 2010
3:58 pm
I guess all that talk of 4 hotdogs and 4 cokes was not motivation for the Techies huh DAWGIES? I thought dogs were supposed to have thick skin? Cry me a river puppies!
Mommy!
October 19th, 2010
3:58 pm
“Gotta make Mommy happy.”
WOOOooowww….
Cue all other quarterbacks pretty much everywhere making fun of Murray. The PR machine could be a LITTLE more careful. Not that there’s been a lot of pro-UGA PR this year anyway. That helps about as much as the orientation video going viral and getting universally laughed at.
MB
October 19th, 2010
4:00 pm
Only because they played Vandy…(wrong). If they’d beaten Vandy by 1 or 3 what then? No, they did what they were supposed to do: they completely and totally dominated Vandy–as well as UT. Again, exactly what they were supposed to do. UGA has been in every game in which it’s played (no blow-out losses. Must really suck for you). I guess Miss State sucks huh? SC not too shabby either.
Dooley “slightly above average?” R i g h t
90 wins in 10 years still=3-4
October 19th, 2010
4:01 pm
so now Saint Richt and Booboo are geniuses? Vandy and Tennessee must be better than their records indicate. BTW Wake Forest could stand a chance in the SEC Least this year!
MB
October 19th, 2010
4:03 pm
“Does it really matter if you are winning the “turnover battle” if you lost two close games because a certain running back couldn’t hold on to the football?”
Classic. The RB playing Sat HELD ON TO THE BALL. Guess what? No turnovers. Doh!
mcdaviddawg
October 19th, 2010
4:05 pm
Beards will look great with the black helmets.
So now Miss. St. is a powerhouse?
October 19th, 2010
4:05 pm
come on guys, you lost to Miss. St. for crying out loud. Tech beat the brakes of of them 2 years in a row. Whipped Vandy the last I heard too. So I guess that makes Tech a Nat’l Powerhouse by your definition? Just because they may have SEC in their title doesn’t mean squat anymore!
SEC East= WAC
October 19th, 2010
4:06 pm
ENOUGH SAID…
3 and 4, will win no more!!!
October 19th, 2010
4:07 pm
Slightly above average indeed. Ask anybody who doesn’t sip the Athens brand kool-aid and they’ll tell you the truth. Just remember the pain of those bitter, non blow out loses, more to come.
Colorado must have gotten 5 downs!
October 19th, 2010
4:07 pm
just use my excuse if you can’t find your own…
Sven Ottke
October 19th, 2010
4:08 pm
More Richt gimmicks I see. When will he ever learn. What a joke of a leader.
Old Dawg
October 19th, 2010
4:09 pm
Even pro teams use motivation, it’s called bonus money. Like others have posted, all coaches provide incentives for victory. We always had a post game meal after our high school games, but when we won a booster took us out for steak dinners … and every high school kid loves a great steak so we won a lot more than we lost.
I don’t mind the beards as much as I do dreadlocks. Then again, I’m older than dirt!
This just in!
October 19th, 2010
4:10 pm
You are now worried about Kentucky! KENTUCKY! Is this a BB blog?
DawginLex
October 19th, 2010
4:10 pm
Tech couldn’t beat Kansas this year much less MSU, Ark or SC.
Tech would go 3-9 with UGA’s schedule.
Paul in RDU
October 19th, 2010
4:10 pm
Winning (and playing well and with discipline) certainly seems to change people’s perspectives.
Lose a couple of games and any player with long hair or dreadlocks hanging out is a “thug”
Win a couple of games and players having long hair and scruffy beards are “having fun” and “showing individuality”.
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with 18 – 22 year old kids growing their hair long and beards. Hopefully people will keep that in mind if and when they next lose a game.
DawginLex
October 19th, 2010
4:12 pm
Hey this just in,
Kentucky has done something that Tech can’t do.
Beat UGA twice this decade.
WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
October 19th, 2010
4:14 pm
DawginLex.. Tech at least rebounded from their losses. What did the pups do after losing to SC? ARK? Colorado? Msu? Oh wait.. they finally got a break and got to play a JV Tennessee team and then Vanderbilt High! Way to go boyz!!!
WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
October 19th, 2010
4:15 pm
and what’s your record against Florida? take your time, I’ll wait…
Herschel Walker, the red panty stalker
October 19th, 2010
4:16 pm
Guess what, lexdawg. 3-9 is what UGA will do with UGA’s schedule. I love this sh*t. 6 weeks ago you DDF’s were talking all kinds of smack about what cakewalks SC and MSU were going to be, now that these guys have waxed your asses, they are suddenly sec powerhouses.
Rock the Casbah
October 19th, 2010
4:16 pm
So the Tech weenies are out in droves trolling the boards..all I can say is ROCK, CHALK, JAYHAWK !!!!
The Tech obssession with UGA is hilarious. As a famous man once said, ” you are all a bunch of pathetic losers !”
Gotta Lov'em in Athens
October 19th, 2010
4:18 pm
Sorry you guys take offense to trash talking on blogs about other schools. Remember that the next time you are so fast to jump on one yourselves. In the words of Les Miles, who actually has a Nat’l Championship..” Have a great day!”
Eaassyy
October 19th, 2010
4:18 pm
good one. i am sure they have twice the bowl wins too. losers
UGA Insider
October 19th, 2010
4:22 pm
This team us just starting to gain confidence and that is a great thing. I personally think UK will be out of gas Saturday night and UGA will be riding sky high. The end result will be a easy UGA win and probably another SEC freshman player of the week honors for Murray. Which will be 3 in a row. I also expect J Houston to get 2 or 3 sacks as well. He is well on his way to being SEC defensive player of the year as I predicted back in August.
godawgs!!
October 19th, 2010
4:22 pm
http://pricezack.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/the-bcs-who-will-raise-the-crystal-ball/
3 and 4, will win no more!!!
October 19th, 2010
4:22 pm
Casbah, come talk to me after you have cleaned out all of the dawg sh*t on all of the Tech blogs. Tit for tat.
Eisendawg
October 19th, 2010
4:23 pm
This is a great idea. Also, in the event of a vicious “head to head” helmet hit, the beard will be a built-in shock absorber.
Rock the Casbah
October 19th, 2010
4:29 pm
3 and 4, speak for yourself, Weenie. I’ve never been on a Tech board in my life. Why would I have any interest in what you losers have to say?!?
Michelle
October 19th, 2010
4:30 pm
Hunker Down Hairy Dawg!
DawginLex
October 19th, 2010
4:30 pm
I would not expect a bunch of nerds to know anything about football so I will inform you that Dan Mullen is an up and coming coach and has MSU playing much better than previous years. That’s how they beat florida.
always have to pull out the “what’s your record against Florida” stuff to deflect the true question. Why does Kentucky have more wins vs UGA this decade than Tech does?
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2010
4:32 pm
I’ll take the degree to which Murray is getting better against the degree that Hartline is getting better.
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2010
4:36 pm
And yes Brad, he said Mommy. I guess a starting QB at a Major D-1 University football program isn’t quite as manly as some lil punk who can post about it in a blog.
Rock the Casbah
October 19th, 2010
4:40 pm
It’s going to be a heckuva battle Saturday night. I think KY’s star RB Locke will be back. They may be coming off the high of beating SC, but it’s going to be a tough game for sure.
Keyser Soze
October 19th, 2010
4:42 pm
Casbah, you seem awfully worked up for someone who does not care. You only seem to be responding to the fans of other programs, rather than posting any meaningful info or adding to the discussion. Just do what I do when dawg fans pollute my teams blogs, I simply ignore them.
Rock the Casbah
October 19th, 2010
4:44 pm
I’ll put Murray’s toughness up against any other QB in the country right now. He’s taken some shots and gotten right up. In fact he really needs to learn how to slide or he’s going to get knocked out. He’s having a great start to his career, though. He’s the top ranked freshman in the nation in passing efficiency right now.
Rock the Casbah
October 19th, 2010
4:47 pm
You haven’t seen me “worked up” Keyser, but not bad advice.
Loser UGA Fans
October 19th, 2010
4:48 pm
Don’t you love it….2 wins over SEC cellar dwellers at home and the UGA fans go from “Fire Richt!!” to “Win the SEC”. What a joke of a program.
BirdDawg
October 19th, 2010
4:51 pm
Dan Mullen was coaching MSU last season too.
barneyb
October 19th, 2010
4:54 pm
So he normally forbids facial hair, but allows dreadlocks? Such hypocrisy.
Bride of Chucky Knapp
October 19th, 2010
4:55 pm
Why’d Aaron have to go and mention gifts?! Now the NCAA will be investigating his mom’s birthday presents!
Rock the Casbah
October 19th, 2010
4:58 pm
I hope Murray’s Mom isn’t a registered agent!
aladawg
October 19th, 2010
5:03 pm
Bob Sacamano/Durka Dawg, both of you idiots get off this blog talking about the dawgs looking like bums have you not seen half of the fans that follow the dawgs are worse bums that the players. They come out of the hills dipping snuff, unshaved and looking like they haven’t had a bath in a month those are your bums and my bet is that you two look just just like them. Most of you look like Tennessee fans.
The Exterminator
October 19th, 2010
5:06 pm
Tech fans –
8 out of 9.
Will be 9 out of 10.
Go back to your own board, bugs.
Go Dawgs.
John Galt
October 19th, 2010
5:10 pm
I naturlly thougt it was his dancing after beating the vols had done the trick. You are all much ado about nothing as usual. Until these top five recruiting classes year end and year out start winning national championships, then technically, no pud intended, dogville is strictly a regional football. Growing beards are for turkeys anyway.
GeorgeDawg
October 19th, 2010
5:12 pm
Some of you Georgia fans are too serious and too critical. You dudes from other schools with these nasty comments about our players, coaches, school, etc have got to be losers – the thought of posting comments on another teams fans blog has just never crossed my mind. I’m here for I’m an alumnist of Georgia who really pulls for Georgia’s various teams and love sports, in general.
Again, if you’re alabama, florida fans – get a real life, a job or a girlfriend, something. You are truly pathetic. Oh and I bet you really are losers!
Gator Man
October 19th, 2010
5:25 pm
Dogs beat Tnn, Van, both teams are in last place, yet the dogs are pumping their chest out like they are 7-0. Forida lost to the #1 and #7 team in the country and they are giving it to Urban.
Talk about low standards at UGA, you lost to Colorado, no Sec team have yet to lose to them you have not played for a NAT since the Cell phone was invented and Ronald Reagan was in office, yet Mart Richt give you another subpar season and you idiots are praise him and these losers.
DenverJacket
October 19th, 2010
5:27 pm
Retarded gimmick. That is all. They’ll all be clean shaven next week. What next Richt? Ride your pony to game if you score more than 7 against a worthy opponent?
AndyDawg
October 19th, 2010
5:38 pm
Can we get red lumberjack print jerseys for the Tech game if our beards get long enough?
UGADawg83
October 19th, 2010
5:45 pm
Its not a gimmick if you earn it……my Richt could win them all and there would be complaints. I get the complaints from the non-Dogs but not from our own folks when it comes to this.
Aaron for Freshman on the year
October 19th, 2010
5:48 pm
Brad,
Your criticizing a kid for calling his mother “mommy” When you have 16 total touchdowns as a RS Freshman through 7 games then you can criticize him about not being tough. I think he was being sarcastic idiot. Go Dogs
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
5:53 pm
Beards now? Leading the team on the field? Black outs? Gator Stomps? Grasping for straws? Yeah, CMR is a great motivator, but can he coach?
Dawg Whisperer
October 19th, 2010
5:54 pm
Good job, coach Richt. A simple motivation technique managed to irritate UGA haters. Apparently, it doesn’t take much. Keep on trolling UGA haters, who knows, Richt might come up with adding a moustache to the beard. From the looks of your posts, I’m guessing that will send you into orbit.
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
5:59 pm
What happened to the ‘win games and get championship trophies and rings’ promise? Now it’s down to win the turnover battle and you get to grow beards? My, my, my but the standards have dropped in Athens. Sounds like there will be some hairy losers on the sidelines with those incentives.
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
6:01 pm
Dawg Whisperer – You’re sorely needed in Athens if you are truly the “Dawg Whisperer.”
patrick
October 19th, 2010
6:04 pm
James
October 19th, 2010
2:34 pm
This is reminiscent of the “let’s change uniforms for motivation” gimmick. Typical Richt…
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Black out games
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1. Auburn….win
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2. Hawaii…win
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3. ALA ….loss
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2-1….seems the gimmicks work
patrick
October 19th, 2010
6:07 pm
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
5:53 pm
Beards now? Leading the team on the field? Black outs? Gator Stomps? Grasping for straws? Yeah, CMR is a great motivator, but can he coach?
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Can he coach…..well lets examine that
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2008….18 scholly players out with season ending injuries PRIOR to game 3…………..ended up ranked top 10, had 10 wins and won a bowl. Name another coach that had that many quality players out all season and accomplished that…NOW THATS COACHING
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2010
6:09 pm
“yet the dogs are pumping their chest out like they are 7-0″
really?
You thought all day long, and this is what you came up with? Of all the things that you could try to pass of for an actual opinion about football, or the teams, this is your comment? You are not actually very smart are you?
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
6:09 pm
patrick
October 19th, 2010
6:04 pm
“2-1….seems the gimmicks work”
… you should have said the “gimmicks workED” (past tense) because the last time out wasn’t pretty.
dawghater
October 19th, 2010
6:10 pm
I guess “scruffy” is the new Blackout for 2010! Or CMR had to take the sharp objects away from the players so they did slit their wrists!
SEC Fact Finder
October 19th, 2010
6:12 pm
For all of you UGA fans who have been taking it from The Gator fans for years…here is an interesting article in the Gainesville Sun on their top notch recruiting class last year…check out your friend and mine TAMPA GATOR….who is always on here running his pie hole but here he seems to be whining..
Give em hell boys:
http://recruiting.blogs.gatorsports.com/10704/re-evaluating-the-2010-uf-class/comment-page-1/#comment-5118
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
6:12 pm
patrick
October 19th, 2010
6:07 pm
Yes, you remind us of 2008… but what about last year? Even more pertinent, what about THIS year? Patrick, can you tell us what Richt’s SEC record is for the 2009 and 2010? Please take a look and get back to us, ok?
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
6:20 pm
patrick,
Have you figured out yet that UGA has a LOSING record in the SEC these past two years? (6-7)
I’m sure you would agree that despite having Top Ten recruiting classes for the past 5 years CMR has not coached up this talent to compete in the SEC. You stated “NOW THATS COACHING”, but it’s really just BAD coaching!
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
6:26 pm
patrick,
How did that last Blackout Game go? How many Blackouts has UGA had since that game in 2008? I mean, if the gimmick worked then why not use it all the time, or at least every year?
MikeP
October 19th, 2010
6:37 pm
Great idea, Coach Richt. Scruffy, unshaven players will go miles toward reinforcing the image of thugs at UGA.
(What in the world is this guy thinking? After all the arrests, now he institutes a policy that makes even the non-arrestees look like hoods!)
Fred Ziffel
October 19th, 2010
6:44 pm
Maybe they all should be able to sport tattoos, ear bling, gold chains, dreadlocks and dont take baths. Thats how to get nasty and smelly. Stank Dawgs I say !
Fred Ziffel
October 19th, 2010
6:46 pm
Oh and dont forget them Hoodies too.
(Arrested) Player of the Week
October 19th, 2010
6:51 pm
Athens has been renamed “Gimmick City”.
Soon, all the players will be dressed in black jerseys, black pants, black shirts, black helmets, black socks–and will have long, beards, mohawks, gold teeth–all the while sporting a record that stinks to high heaven.
(Arrested) Player of the Week
October 19th, 2010
6:53 pm
….no, I said nothing about nipple rings or red panties. Don’t put words in my mouth–that’s not sanitary.
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2010
6:54 pm
Richt is 21-0 when his teams do not turn the ball over.
Too bad that unshaven young men offend you so much, or you would be more happy about this for you team.
turkeycaller
October 19th, 2010
6:58 pm
I feel Richt spends too much time on things like this beard issue. He seems to try hard to be one of the boys to me. They better get UK on their minds instead of this contrived nonsense. I just feel time could be better spent by all parties concerned. I know there can be pros and cons to this thing but I would urge Richt to worry about the obvious and most important thing….UK.
Harry the Hat
October 19th, 2010
7:01 pm
I wonder if any of the books about UGA football include the perspective of someone speaking for the late Jan Kemp? The perspective that “student” athletes like Lindsay Scott were playing years without taking college level courses? That the proudest moment of the football program was earned by players who never earned a single college credit?
Dawgtards love to return to 1980, but their memories are really short when it comes to remembering an earthshaking event that happened a few years later that showed the world what a joke UGA athletes were and what a scam artist their beloved Vince Dooley was (and is). So for all those dawgtards with short memories or who think their athletes are actually taking real courses and trying to graduate, here’s the quote that broke the trial wide open and showed what a slimeball Dooley is:
O. Hale Almand Jr., a lawyer for the defense, offered a justification for the favorable treatment accorded the athletes, citing a hypothetical player. “We may not make a university student out of him,” he told the jury, “but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbageman when he gets through with his athletic career.”
Nothing has changed at UGA, they just do a slightly better job of keeping things quiet, but that’s hard to do when 45 of your player-thugs have been arrested, isn’t it?
UGA: WINNER OF THE FULMER CUP AND THE CESSPOOL OF THE SOUTH.
Joe
October 19th, 2010
7:03 pm
The Dawgs will never be national Champions with this Man as head coach.
Ray on the River
October 19th, 2010
7:03 pm
Wildcats 34, dawgturds 17.
With red panties falling from the sky!
Sucks to be a Yechie
October 19th, 2010
7:06 pm
Look at all the Tech fans on here scraping and scratching, spewing their usual garbage See they thought the dogs were just going to lay down and die. Are Tennessee and Vandy powerhouses, by no means. The important thing is we beat them down and beat them down badly. A month ago we probably would have lost to both of them. If your a Tech fan your looking at Georgia and saying oh crap, they have come around and are will probably smack us down again this year. When I get smack talk from gator fans or tide fans I shrugg it off because of respect. When I here Tech fans running their mouth it’s all sour grapes. By the way not all Tech fans are like the winy, annoying ones that we see on our blog all day. GOOOOOOOO Dawgs!
Thirtyfour Cent
October 19th, 2010
7:07 pm
I think that Richt should let them wear the Red Panties.
Hairy Perry
October 19th, 2010
7:09 pm
Harry the Nat,
Can you think of something else to post for a change, I think thats like the fifth time I’ve seen your stupid attempt at being witty and funny. Nats, give me a break.
Hairy Perry
October 19th, 2010
7:11 pm
34 cent,
No, I think it’s just time you washed yours. PEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUWWWW!
Soulja Boy
October 19th, 2010
7:13 pm
I don’t recall Bear Bryant or any other successful coach making this kind of deal with his players. They are going to play hard because they don’t have to shave? That is stupid and pathetic. I do recall Vince Dooley shaving his head one time. Maybe Richt should try that.
Hairy Perry
October 19th, 2010
7:15 pm
It’s to easy squashing all these little nats.
Hairy Perry
October 19th, 2010
7:18 pm
Remember Nesbitt for heisman? Has he completed his 2nd pass of the season yet!
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2010
7:19 pm
Turkey how much time do you actually think he spent on this? Between making the bet, and then talking about the bet. 15 minutes?
I’m guessing the normal 60-70 hrs working on getting ready for the KY game this week was not really put in much danger.
Turnover are huge. Richt has never lost a game in which his team did not turn the ball over. I don’t know if KY has ever won without getting some. Not in any game that I care about anyway. I would say this is the perfect week for such nonsense. It IS getting ready to beat Ky. Its the definition of getting ready for Ky. (and whats to follow)
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2010
7:20 pm
really? You dont remember reading in the internet about everything Bear Bryant used to do. Hmmm.
Hairy Perry
October 19th, 2010
7:20 pm
Oh yea Harry the Nat,
Your little yellow jackets are just a little turd in our great big cesspool.
Hairy Perry
October 19th, 2010
7:23 pm
Who cares about the beard thing. Man, I doubt Richt is even taking it half as serious as you guys are. He just wants to beat Kentucky down like the rest of us.
Racer X
October 19th, 2010
7:25 pm
Harry the Hat, you are so filled with hatred that I actually feel sorry for you. How sad that you’ve spent your entire life dwelling on this “earthshaking” event that happened almost 30 years ago. Is this all that your pitiful, little life has become? This is what you have to offer? Quite sad, really.
tdog
October 19th, 2010
7:27 pm
Here we go again with the gimmicks. Cant’t he learn to coach and just keep the boys in line. We don’t need celebrations in the end zone, different shirts every game, white, red or whatever outs he feels the need for. Practice during the week,keep your head in the game
and quit the distractions. Is not that what got us in this mess to begin with. Who cares if they got beards or not. Their parents might not be so pleased,
The Shadow
October 19th, 2010
7:29 pm
Beard growht indicates Munzenmaier has superior manhood. Why do they not use him?
On the hair subject, make coaches shave their crotches every week they make a dumb decision. Assumes they already have hair or anything else down there.
Dawg Gonnit
October 19th, 2010
7:35 pm
I don’t see it as a gimmick as much as I see it as the guys just having some fun as a team. What’s it going to hurt? Let the boys have some fun. They can build some comraderie! They’re 18-22 year old college kids having fun as a team. Who cares!
Top Dawg
October 19th, 2010
7:39 pm
Man, the Techies on this board are obviously scared to death of the Dawgs this year. They thought they had a shot this year but now they’re scared to death of the beating come Thanksgiving. Run little Techies, run..
Ziggy
October 19th, 2010
7:40 pm
Georgia will win Saturday if the play like the way I know they can.
Ziggy
October 19th, 2010
7:44 pm
I am concerned about the Gators. The way they lost to Miss State will make them all the harder to beat. It’s not going to be easy to give them their fourth loss in a row, but first there is Kentucky and we better be really careful.
Ziggy
October 19th, 2010
7:49 pm
Will Ealey remain have another 100 yrds sat?
MR>SEC
October 19th, 2010
7:51 pm
I’d much rather them grow some balls.
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
7:59 pm
Why not get mean and grow some nads instead of a beard!
He Hate Gator
October 19th, 2010
8:04 pm
How about this gimmick: we just line up and play football instead of taking “The Dirty Dozen” approach…
He Hate Gator
October 19th, 2010
8:06 pm
Also, do we really want the team looking like half of them just got let out of jail?
Dawg Days
October 19th, 2010
8:18 pm
Go you hairy dawgs!!
johnny
October 19th, 2010
8:28 pm
Beards or no beards UGA is still a joke
Kentucky Colonel
October 19th, 2010
8:34 pm
I wonder if they can stop shaving theri asses too?
Go Wildcats!
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
8:38 pm
Maybe if they beat Florida CMR can let them get matching tattoos! Nah, isn’t going to happen.
Obvious
October 19th, 2010
8:39 pm
I suppose CMR realized that he had to fire up the team this week to play the mighty powerhouse Wildcats. Are you friggin kidding?
Crimson Crush
October 19th, 2010
8:54 pm
Coach Richt is going to combine this with a “lose by less than 10 and you can stop taking baths” deal . His slogan as he puts together his next “dream(ing?) team” recruiting class will be “Come to Athens and and YOU can stink to high heaven too !!!!” ”
SEC Observer
October 19th, 2010
8:54 pm
With UGA’s image I don’t think this is a very smart choice by Richt. Why not run their a$$e$ off when they continue to turn it over?
BTW, it’s good to see the Dawg posters come back after winning 2 games against the sorry teams from Tennessee
SLim
October 19th, 2010
9:05 pm
It doesn’t matter….UGA is not that good. This season will be over with the next lost which is just around the corner.
BBBieUgaVIII
October 19th, 2010
9:06 pm
When the Dawgs have to shave after this weekend Richt should make them use Gillette Fusions. You know the razor with 5 blades . You know more blades than UGA has wins.
Mobile Dawg
October 19th, 2010
9:07 pm
I don’t have any problems with the beards but to announce it like that seems like you’re asking for negativity. Maybe if it were an internal thing and people found out by asking a player, or the coach, after the fact? I don’t know, just don’t understand what motivates Coach Richt sometimes, things like this are what makes me question him at times. Just wish we could stick to good old fashioned football and kick some but like we’ve done the last two weeks.
Patsy
October 19th, 2010
9:12 pm
Alt-a-ha-ha, you crack me up. You’re the epitome of an unrealistic Dawg fan. I guess you really didn’t lose to SC, Arkansas, Miss St and Colorado. (did I just name those 4 teams ?!) I guess UGA isn’t really 3-4. You act like none of that happened and you’re going to beat everybody else on your schedule. How many losses will it take to teach you a little humility ? My guess is that there isn’t a number high enough. Why don’t you wait until you’re 9-4 until you start to crow or bark or whatever it is you do. Drool, maybe.
BBBieUgaVIII
October 19th, 2010
9:12 pm
MobileHomeDawg kicking the T state with 2 vowel teams is no big deal. The Vols and Vandy will both forfiet the state rivalry game so save face.
Mobile Dawg
October 19th, 2010
9:18 pm
BBB were you hit by a car while playing in the street? Want to try and explain your last post?
Hit A Single
October 19th, 2010
9:21 pm
Kentucky could care less if we shave or not. We better be ready to play and play our butts off. Ealey needs to run like he did against Vandy.
Red
October 19th, 2010
9:24 pm
TO ALL BASHERS. COACH RICHT IS PUTTING SOME FUN BACK TO AN ALREADY DISMAL RECORD SO LIGHTEN THE “F….” UP!!!
TO ALL BASHERS. COACH RICHT IS PUTTING SOME FUN BACK TO AN ALREADY DISMAL RECORD SO LIGHTEN THE “F….” UP!!!
Georgia_Tider
October 19th, 2010
9:29 pm
I prefer “fumble and you sit your arse on the bench” and georgia should never change their uniforms-theyre classics just like Bama should never change theirs. Certain teams uniforms are instantly recognizable . Hope the Dawgs finish well but they’ll be better off not playin in sec title game.
Douglas
October 19th, 2010
9:30 pm
Amazing…Saban treats his players like men..and Richt runs a day care.
Stinchcomb is just sayin
October 19th, 2010
9:31 pm
I was at practice today and saw cleaning of the black helments and black pants in boxes
Mobile Dawg
October 19th, 2010
9:34 pm
Stinchcomb, I hope you’re just trying to stir the pot with that last comment. If CMR tried that again and it backfired he might as well kiss his you know what goodbye….Not even CMR would be that ignorant, would he?
BBBieUgaVIII
October 19th, 2010
9:40 pm
mobile the T state? Tennessee! Vowel teams? the Vols and Vandy. V’s not really Vowels but the Volunteer people pronounce it VOWELS.
BBBieUgaVIII
October 19th, 2010
9:43 pm
Their are going to wear all Black so the cans sneak out of the state fast after the loss. I don’t know what the Dawgs are worried about most of their fans will be gone by the start of the 4th qtr just like last year.
Hit A Single
October 19th, 2010
9:44 pm
The black helmets are going to be used as hard hats around the state at all the voting precints on Nov. 2. It is going to be a black day for Georgia.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
October 19th, 2010
9:45 pm
Will be at Commonwealth stadium this Sat. Sis (lives in Lex and big UK fan) had extra ticket so will have to sit with a bunch of UK people with my UGA red.
Expect to see a UGA win – UK can play well but they have been inconsistent.
Greg
October 19th, 2010
9:46 pm
Why Coach Richt REPEATS strategies, that DON’T WORK, is a mystery to all.
Does the guy LEARN from his mistakes?
Coffee Bluff DAWG
October 19th, 2010
9:49 pm
Greg,
Richt teams have gotten better as the season goes on. 2007 lost to Vandy and UT and then won out finishing # 2 in polls.
BBBieUgaVIII
October 19th, 2010
10:01 pm
#200
Dawg Whisperer
October 19th, 2010
10:25 pm
Hey, Harry the Hat… Dr. Seuss is calling. Exactly what demographic are you trying to impress? You’re not going to find it on a sports blog. Jan Kemp isn’t exactly current events. Jan Kemp not only impacted UGA atheletics but also all other schools that were putting football before class work. No one is flinching with your slings and arrows. You and all other UGA haters can keep on hating but us dawg fans will keep right on loving UGA. Life is way too short to be bitter.
Buck Belue wears a toupee and is STILL Herschel's beeeotch
October 19th, 2010
10:29 pm
Wow things have really hit rock bottom…… How about playing for pride or self worth?
Freaking losers… 30 years & counting.
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2010
10:30 pm
Not real sure what you are even talking about patsy. You didn’t seem to have a coherent point to make. I probably shouldn’t even respond to your childish BS, but I’ll just offer this: then how about pick my post(s) apart and tell me where I was wrong.
Zeb
October 19th, 2010
10:57 pm
Alt….come on man….you’ve been around too long to try and be logical with most of the idiots on here. Just let them talk, and when they grow up, maybe they’ll finally get it.
BBBieUgaVIII
October 19th, 2010
11:00 pm
Blogs are for poking fun and hopefully some intelegent posts.
Notice I said MOSTLY.
BUzz me
October 19th, 2010
11:22 pm
Mug shots look better with beards
David Granger
October 19th, 2010
11:58 pm
Seems to me that “win the turnover battle, and we’ll win the damn game” ought to be enough.
Logans Run
October 20th, 2010
12:45 am
Very glad we have Coach Mark Richt. Hope he stays with us a long time.
bbs1960
October 20th, 2010
12:46 am
James, what do you do for motivation? Did you get a green star put up on the board for completing your homework assignment this week? Did you empty the trash without being asked so you could get your allowance this Saturday? Typical comment and to be expected from a 42 year old Tech fan who still lives at home and lets Mommy do his laundry.
Bossdawg60
October 20th, 2010
12:56 am
All of you guys on here hating on UGA need to take all that to your teams page. there is not a need for any of your comments, I will admit, we are having a down year. no worries, we WILL be back on top. got a great group of young players that will grow to be an amazing team. now i will trash talk, because i can. Georgia is my team, cut me and i bleed GEORGIA BULLDOG RED. I will be a fan of an 0-12 georgia team if that was the case. UF we still have the winning record, granted you guys have dominated the series the past 2 decades but We have been playing each other far longer than that, and you guys still have not even tied the series record. And tech…. where do i start, you guys have a weak conference, your conference champ might go 8-4 in the SEC. We Run this state and once again, we will show you. you guys are really big talkers, but truly do not play the way you talk. And speaking about the beard issue, what does it matter to you? CMR is doing his job. COACHING!!!! it involves doing what gets Your guys attention, if this helps them then, So be it. he is trying to give incentives for his players to want to play hard and get the big plays. just because you do not like it does not mean anyone else or the players have to agree with you. football is played one week at a time and whatever gets these kids fired up to play the game is a good thing. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF ANOTHER SCHOOL ON HERE TALKING SH!T, YOU REALLY LOOK LIKE B!TCH3S. GO DAWGS!!!
Red
October 20th, 2010
5:54 am
Amen BossDawg60!!! Like I said, Coach Richt is putting some fun back to an already dismal record but he’s also making the team play harder.
Verbal Kent
October 20th, 2010
7:11 am
so typical of a CMR program; you people never learn. THe biggest joke in the SEC is: Georgia.
joe suggs
October 20th, 2010
7:23 am
Some more stupid gimmicks ! How about just blocking/tackling /and staying out of jail !!!!!!
NASCDAWG
October 20th, 2010
7:45 am
Wish I had thought of that
» Hunker down you hairy and bearded Georgia Bulldogs John Clay’s Sidelines
October 20th, 2010
8:30 am
[...] “I hope they are the nastiest looking bunch in America by the end of the year,” Richt told Tim Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [...]
UGAVII
October 20th, 2010
9:40 am
Filthy dawgs.
Next if they win Richt will let them lick their, well you know.
No chance of that till after the Idaho State game.
38 Yardline Dawg
October 20th, 2010
11:16 am
I’m sure Richt is just following the best practices of Saban, Meyer and other SEC champ coaches to motivate his team to win. Cause getting you butt whipped by Bama at home and a 2-9 record against the Gators just ain’t enough. Right?
AltamahaDawg
October 20th, 2010
11:19 am
It’s no mystery as to why this is drawing so much attention by all the trolls. T/O have been as big of a reason for the losses in the past few years, and any other single factor, so anything to draw additional attention to that would not be good news. We get it. Particularly given the recent improvement in this area.
AltamahaDawg
October 20th, 2010
11:37 am
Did we turn the ball over in those losses, 38? If so, and I am assuming that you would want to lower the chances of losing additional games, then reducing T/O would seem to be a good thing, wouldnt it? Then how would an internal mechanism to bring that one simple acheivable goal more attention, be a bad thing? For a Dawg fan I mean.
If, just them wanting to win was all it ever took to produce a good football team, there are probably 4 dozen rituals and practises that could be dispensed with on very campus in America. And there would be 119 undefeated teams every year. Are you seriously suggesting that Meyer, And Saban do not employ a single internal motivational device, that reaches beyong,”hey remember, when somebody scored more than we did”?
Clifdog
October 20th, 2010
11:46 am
Oh man.. not another strategy that will lift there spirits and get them to do their job… WOW.. what coaching.. Is this what now qualifies as “Coaching one’s butt off? Really how bout we try using a different colored jersey. I don’t know …. Black ones maybe….. Oh wait.. that gimmic failed. .. How about Black Helmets.. oh wait… that one failed too.
Richt’s run out of ideas and its time to run him out too. and he can take Bobo the Clown with him.
38 Yardline Dawg
October 20th, 2010
11:56 am
AltamahaDawg, aren’t you special for being a fan of Richt’s gimmicks?
See, Meyer and Saban DO employ internal motivational tactics. For example, Meyer posted pics of the Dawgs jumping around in the end zone for AN ENTIRE YEAR after they lost in 2007. Hence, it helped them whip our butts 49-10 in 2008.
Wearing black helmets and letting the boys grow a beard if they don’t mess up the T/O battle is not exactly on the same level of effectiveness as Meyer’s tactic, see? I’m just saying that we should wear our regular uniforms and make the T/O battle part of the fundamental responsibilities of our team…and not make these things into some silly reward.
Discipline wins games. Not gimmicks.
edumacated
October 20th, 2010
12:10 pm
I am of the opinion that Richt shouldn’t be dictating whether or not these guys shave in the first place. Let me get this straight, some have been allowed to run around with hair extension dreds hanging out the back of their helmets, but other guys can’t grow a beard? Does one look worse than the other? As long as your facial hair doesn’t get in the way of your play execution, who cares? Aren’t these players adults?
His whole policy on beards was, and is, stupid. We aren’t the New York Yankees.
AltamahaDawg
October 20th, 2010
2:15 pm
So, that would be an affimative on anything to bring attention to reducing T/O’s being a good thing from a Dawg fan’s perspective?
BTW. I was at the 2007 and 2008 game. Trust me. It wasn’t the pictures.
AltamahaDawg
October 20th, 2010
3:41 pm
I know for a fact that Richt has hung pictures on wall for motivation, like that is some new brilliant ploy. I seem to recall a certain picture of the tech guy holding the hedges in his teeth being mentioned last year. Did that have the same level of effectiveness? Since we proceeded to whip thier butts. Or is it “silly” if Richt does it but not when Meyer does.
BTW, Uf has worn a variety of unis over time, and teams all across the country break out different ones all the time. It’s no more a “gimmick” than wearing anything but a solid white uni with no identifying marks would be. Because uniforms themsleves are “gimmicks”. As are school colors. As is having a Bulldog procliamed the official mascot of a college football team.
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October 20th, 2010
4:07 pm
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georgiagirl
October 20th, 2010
6:39 pm
Maybe you people should stop being haters, and start helping motivate you team, motivation is used in many walks of life, home, school, church, young youth groups, and work places. I think it’s a great idea to use motivation for the team. But as always your old farts and a@@es are so negative, that really you should go find another team. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BELIEVERS ARE THERE FOR YOU.
AltamahaDawg
October 20th, 2010
7:00 pm
Does the fact that Tim failed to mention that this wasn’t even a new thing, actually put into place last year, make the drama queen (or negative old fart, thank you georgiagirl) comments just that much more petty?
Devil's Advocate
October 21st, 2010
3:43 pm
OK, lets assume the dawgs get serious and beat Kentucky, and the beards grow. Will CMR let the dawgs wear a jock strap next week if they beat Florida?
bullochdog
October 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
Beards won’t help.
Big Kahuna
October 21st, 2010
7:00 pm
Here’s another uniform gimmick…convict stripes to go with the beards and arrests. Of course, you’ve already changed mascots, and I’m not talking about Bruce. The University of Georgia Possums: Play dead at home and get killed on the road!