What Mark Richt had to say after win over Idaho State
Opening comments:
“Good to have a victory. Good to be 5-5 at this point. And we got a chance to play a couple of great football teams [the next two games]. We start out with Auburn and are looking forward to that. I know Auburn is one of the best teams in the country, so we’re looking forward to that opportunity next week.
“But today was a day I thought our defense and special teams kind of sparked our offense. I thought we were a little bit shaky in the beginning throwing and catching, but once [Aaron] Murray settled down and started hitting his target, everything started to work offensively too. Just a good team victory. I’m glad we got a lot of young guys opportunities to play, and we had a couple of older guys who hadn’t gotten a chance to play much in their careers get in there too. It’s fun to give those guys that opportunity. It means a lot to them. I’m very happy for those guys to get a chance to play and play well.”
On the three interceptions by Georgia defensive backs, including two returned for touchdowns:
“That really sparked us as a team. In that first quarter with a couple of field goals, there’s nothing wrong with that, but we feel like we could have gotten at least one touchdown on the board in the first quarter offensively. But it kind of took the defense to show the way a little bit and just spark the team. And after that, I thought the offense began to play real well. Once we got into the massive substitutions, we started punting again. But the defense definitely sparked us.”
On freshman Alec Ogletree’s first start at safety:
“When he’s been in there, he’s made plays. And he makes plays in practice. He’s a very special player, physically. He’s big; he’s strong; he’s fast. All the things that people thought about him in high school, he is that and more. He just needs the experience, so we want to continue to get him more experience and we felt like now was the time to give him a chance [to start] and see how he responds to it. … From what I saw, he did well. I don’t know if there was a lot of opportunities to make plays or make hits. A lot of their run game didn’t get past the initial wave, and not many balls got thrown downfield either. It was more quick slants and quick outs and things of that nature, so I don’t know how many opportunities he had to really make plays. But it looked like he was getting lined up right.”
Asked who Auburn quarterback Cam Newton reminds him of:
“Oh, wow. Probably a guy like Vince Young in that he’s a big man who can run and throw extremely well and also [is] playing on a football team and in a system that would allow him to be ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the country. I don’t think there’s any doubt Vince Young elevated Texas, and I think the same is going on with Newton.”
On wide receiver Kris Durham’s status for Auburn after missing the Idaho State game with bruised lung:
“We hope Durham will be back. We do expect him to be back.”
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122 comments Add your comment
Dylan
November 6th, 2010
11:29 pm
Can’t wait for Auburn!! Should be a fun, high-scoring game!!
First?
DAWG555
November 6th, 2010
11:31 pm
Sure feels a lot better tonight than it did this time last week
renegade#1
November 6th, 2010
11:31 pm
wow firstus
renegade#1
November 6th, 2010
11:33 pm
Enter your comments here
renegade#1
November 6th, 2010
11:34 pm
oops wrong button
DAWG555
November 6th, 2010
11:37 pm
Haha Dylan! Looks like you are. I almost wrote “first”, but it said the article was posted at 11:17, so i thought something must be wrong with my computer. Guess they have already changed their clocks back. Looking forward to the game. Go Dawgs!
Jimmy Womack
November 6th, 2010
11:42 pm
Why do ya’ll suck?
Gator fan
November 7th, 2010
12:02 am
“Good to be 5-5….. OK hahahaha, I know the east is down, but come on Coach, .500 at the end of the season almost is never good
SatillaDawg
November 7th, 2010
12:16 am
Dawgs Bury Spuds!
Next week, Dawgs Pluck War Eagles!
Or if you prefer….Dawgs Skin Tigers!
Headley Lamar
November 7th, 2010
12:29 am
“Good to be 5-5….. OK hahahaha, I know the east is down, but come on Coach,
Its good to be 5-5 when you came into the game 4-5.
MiamiDawg
November 7th, 2010
1:07 am
Its never good to be 5-5. Any coach who thinks so should be fired, especially one who makes what $3 Million…
Stick With Richt, Bobo Gotta Go
November 7th, 2010
2:07 am
@MiamiDawg
November 7th, 2010
1:07 am
would you rather be 4-6?
Mountain Dawg
November 7th, 2010
4:13 am
I guess Richt watched a different game than I did. I saw a QB who couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. I saw a mediocre running game with mediocre backs. I saw an inept offensive line. I saw Thomas fall down several times. I saw Cuff get burned – AGAIN.
And no, 5-5 is NOT good.
SWGeorgia
November 7th, 2010
4:54 am
wow………..a big win over Idaho State
Who the hell is Idaho State?
CvilleDawg
November 7th, 2010
5:00 am
Cuff? he actually played very well and finished with a pick 6. maybe your thinking about derek owens. I love the situation we’re gonna be playing in next weekend its always great to be a underdog. But anyways, our offense better get intact. Murray seems to be hesistant still. Hopefully we’ll be ready next weekend. God help us.
Never Thought It
November 7th, 2010
5:55 am
Never thought I would hear a UGA coach say “it’s good to be 5-5. Mark, is it good? You’re low key approach to everything makes me sick. Why didn’t you say we’re 5-5 and I don’t like it. We’re going to do everything possible to beat the next two teams. This is how low the UGA program has slipped. 5-5 is not good and is totally unacceptable to the Bulldog Nation. It’s time for you to get some fire and passion or its time for you to get out!
poopdawg
November 7th, 2010
6:05 am
Idiots! 5-5 is better than 4-6 which was the only other option out there yesterday. Its kinda of like trying to win more than 1 a year against UF .
Win P.
November 7th, 2010
6:22 am
Found UGA’s problem, we are in the wrong conference. See no real improvement, prehaps in the arrests. OB decided in the Fla. game to play like the rest of the team, occasionally. The best offensive line in the country pre season evaporated. Does Richt ever give out any useful information? He likes to deal with the obvious. An example, today is Saturday, so tommorrow will be Sunday and yesterday was probably Friday….we won so that means we didn’t lose. Some obvious things he should talk about, UGA is not a good team, we lose games we should win. We are not well prepared, usually. Our game plans vary, mostly bad. Some players are not well coached, slow to learn or both. Frequently, UGA gets out coached by the opposition during games. Thanks to La La and Idaho St., UGA is 5 & 5. In school that would be considered failing. A.J.’s message to Auburn probably gets translated into…”UGA is a joke”
Harpoon
November 7th, 2010
6:24 am
It seems like the best solution is to find the 22 guys that hate to lose the most. Then play those guys.
Buckeye
November 7th, 2010
6:29 am
Birmingham Bowl bound!
JB
November 7th, 2010
6:45 am
This I da Hoe team gave less resistance than our scout team. This meant nothing, and the NCAA ought to not allow this type game. now, Auburn. Once we get down 2-3 TD’s and Richt/Bobo abandon their dumb “Percentage down/yardage” play calling which normally results in us punting, and they HAVE to turn Murray loose,we will score some points….Enough, depends on our D. Newton can scramble, which scares me covering . If we could run the ball, I suggest we do it and eat clock.
Red
November 7th, 2010
6:54 am
To go from 1-4, to 5-5, is pretty awesome, I’m with da coach, 5-5 lookin a whole lot better dan 1-4.
Red
November 7th, 2010
6:55 am
Anybody who doesn’t think 5-5 is better than 1-4, doesn’t have a clue about football.
SadDawg
November 7th, 2010
6:57 am
“Good to have a victory. Good to be 5-5 at this point.”
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It’s good to be 5-5?
UGA may as well just trade coaches with Vandy or Duke!
Where is your football program at when your coach utters a comment like that?
You may feel good to be 5-5, Coach, but there are a few million other Dawgs who don’t . . .
SadDawg
November 7th, 2010
7:27 am
I don’t advocate firing Mark Richt. But the seemingly blind loyalists amaze me.
Apparently, it’s okay that our SEC opponents will beat us as frequently as we beat them. It’s okay that Richt will lose 8 out 10 to UF.
Let’s see is this okay. Remember, Dawg fans made fun of Tech losing to Kansas, who had lost to North Dakota State the week before? Well, that same pitiful Kansas team just put 50+ points and beat Colorado, who beat “you know who.” Yes, Colorado just lost their 5th straight game since beating UGA.
That should be hard to defend for anybody . . .
renegade#1
November 7th, 2010
7:31 am
jimmy womack why do you swallow
Flo-Ri-Duh!
November 7th, 2010
7:35 am
Murray I’m for the Dawgs but I have to tell you that good teams aren’t 5-5. Still I do think that Georgia is due some good luck and maybe the ball will bounce in to their hands and they will fall on it this time. This will be a high scoring game with lots of turnovers on both sides. Cam Newton is bigger than most LB’s and will be hard to bring down…….. good luck Dawgs.
REALIST
November 7th, 2010
7:36 am
UGA has more problems that it can cure right now. The coach has accepted OK as good enough. The fans gets excited that you beat Idaho State that has one 1 game in two years and is a FCS program. UGA has beaten 3 SEC teams with a Conf record of 2 – 15…yet as fans we scream bring on Florida or this week it changes to bring on Auburn. All wins do not count the same guys. I tis time for us fans to demand more from UGA. There is no reason why we are in the miserable place we find ourselves. Coaches shave been in place, recruiting top classes, no one has raided the coaching staff of the quality assistants (insert sarcastic comment here). There is simply no reason for the demise of UGA football. We as fans are part of the problem…Let’s all demand that it gets fixed!
BDAWG
November 7th, 2010
7:40 am
I’m glad CMR feels good about this win. He shouldn’t. It was Idaho St.. If the offense comes out the next two games and play like they did in the first quarter, we will get blown out. As for Alec Ogletree, he should’ve been in there from the beginning to get the experience because no one else in the secondary has played up to his caliber. He should also start the next two games if they want great play out of the secondary. After making that misstake with Knowshon Moreno, we should have learned something. With the way the season has gone I would have played everybody to get them the experience. Kendrum Malcome should have played because the RBs have not performed up to level. They don’t read the blocking and they don’t hit the hole quick enough. Basically with a new OC next year that will speed up the offense and actually devise a game plan for each opponent we should fair well, that is if we can actually get a talented RB to commit to this lethargic offense. The offense is too boring and too predictable and the defense has too many holes in the secondary. The team needs more enthusiasm and need to get a whole lot stronger and more physical. The RBs go down on the first hit and can’t break tackles. We are not recruiting what we need on defense and we still wait too long to offer players. The overall evaluation of talent is pathetic and we need to do a better job recruiting. Garner and Richt need to pull their heads out of their rearends and learn how to close the deal on the recruits. On recruiting Matt Jones (RB), out of Fla. 2012, he has high interest in UGA and we need to lock him in quickly. We still need to get tougher and that time will start next week with an upset win over Auburn. Go Dawgs!!!!!
BDAWG
November 7th, 2010
7:46 am
Realist, thank you for your comments. It’s about time somebody has come to their senses. Stop setteling for a mediocre team and demand a top rated team. We can’t attract any big time talent. We are not recruiting what we need. They say we need a big physical NT for the 3/4 but, I see no offers or commits for that size player and we only have one LB commit. We should have at least 4-6 Lbs coming in. Still no RBs committed and with the 3 we have, that’s not going to get it done.
RomeDawg
November 7th, 2010
7:54 am
Anyone see any similarities to this years Alabama team and the 2008 UGA team? Wal-Mart better get ready to stock Auburn apparel because you know all these fair weather ‘Bama fans need a new team to pull for. If Auburn wins out, Bama and UGA will both finish third in their side of the division. With all that being said, how many people will start to wonder if Nick Saban should be fired? Clearly he has been out coached twice this season.
PODAWGS
November 7th, 2010
7:58 am
5-5. Middle of the road football. What a shame that UGA’s football program has fallen to this level.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
November 7th, 2010
8:01 am
Saban had to replace most of his defense and both of his CB’s this year and it is showing up against good passing teams. Auburn will destroy Bama if they can get it down the field on deep balls. Of course LSU isn’t really a good passing team but Bama made them look good. Georgia will play Auburn a competitive game but they have been unlucky with turnovers all year. Georgia has to be turnover free to have a chance against Auburn. The defense just isn’t good enough yet to defend a short field like they had to against Florida in the 1st half.
TexasDawg
November 7th, 2010
8:11 am
Dawgs in the last three years have not any teams of substance. We can beat bad teams but look at CMR record record against 500 ball clubs. I don’t know what has happened but DAWGS ARE GETTING WORSE over the past years….yea the D has improved this year…we loose AJ, Duram, sec leading sac leader….I’m so tired of “wait till next year”….
TexasDawg
November 7th, 2010
8:12 am
Soory bout that….beat any teams of substance…
bigdsel
November 7th, 2010
8:13 am
at least were not 1-9. hopefully those dawgs spank up on some war tigers next weekend.
GOOO DAWGS!!!!!
I think we can beat those tiger birds. UGA is due to win a close one. all the games we lost, we were in the games till the last 3 min of the game. I think we can hang some points on Auburn, I just don’t know if our defense can slow them down enough for our offense to keep up or outscore them.
Vick=Dog killing Thug
November 7th, 2010
8:22 am
I do not feel good about 5-5 NEVER have NEVER will. I understand that CMR is saying that 5-5 feels good compared to 1-4 but he should NEVER make remarks like this. Talk about foot in your mouth???
I do have to point out that all of our loses were close games and could of gone the other way very easily. 8-2 would be nice
Gotta wonder …..
REALIST
November 7th, 2010
8:23 am
More to the point I made earlier…we fans are a major part of the problem. What makes you think UGA can play with Auburn? We lost to Colorado, we lost to Miss State, lost to SC that has proven to be a very up and down team. We lost tot he worst Florida team in nearly a decade and certainly one of the worst offenses they have fielded. UGA has shown nothing in three years to demonstrate they can beat a top program. They have not beaten a top team in years…and they do not even compete against the better teams from another conference. UGA has fallen into a dismal spot. UT plays Oregon, we get beat by Colorado. Auburn plays THE USC while they are on top, we play Idaho State, Alabama plays Va Tech, we open with La Directional. We have fallen low…very low…
wins-by-a-link
November 7th, 2010
8:24 am
This game was a warm up for Auburn, I think the Auburn game will be a good indication of how good this team is, If we get blown out then we know we are not very good but if we win we will know that the close losses were just plain bad luck and not the lack of talent or coaching. I hope for the latter.
Pago Pago Dawg
November 7th, 2010
8:25 am
5-5 for a major college program is not good. And,would some of you guys learn what a “paragraph” is, gessh.
Spike
November 7th, 2010
8:37 am
How many passes by Mason were dropped by Munziemeir? Wow. Please bench Vance Cuff. How many times does he have to get burned before he sits? How many missed tackles? I thought Mason looked pretty darned good yesterday.
Time for a Change
November 7th, 2010
8:39 am
So, Ogletree got his first start? AWESOME!! Took them long enough to realize that Bacari (I’m too much of a domesticated house cat to hit someone and I’m constantly out of position) Rambo isn’t the answer at safety!!! Well done CTG, about 8 weeks too late, but well done!! Rambo is a perfect example that not every football player with a great football name can play football. I hope enjoys that free scholarship ride and takes advantage of it, cause there ain’t no way in hell that kid is going to plat at the next level!!! Welcome Ogletree now take advantage of the opportunity that has been presented to you!
Time for a Change
November 7th, 2010
8:41 am
Oh yeah and its “Good to be 5-5″?!?!?! I mean really? When is it ever good to be 5-5? Uhhh NEVER!!! Time for a change!!
Dboy Jones
November 7th, 2010
8:53 am
Time for a change,
Ogletree didnt start in front of Rambo he started at the FS spot in from of Williams and Hamilton. I agree Rambo does have to improve tho.
tell me again
November 7th, 2010
8:58 am
Once again the beer drinking, porch sitting, did not go to UGA and never sent a dollar in donations crowd is out posting negative stuff about the game and program. This team is so close to being 9-1 and if we upset Auburn Saturday then all of you dregs will be complaining about that win too. It’s been a rough year – it got off to a bad start with the off field situations and our “soft ” schedule turned out to be filled with top 20 teams. Still, I am PROUD of the way these kids have fought back and now they have scored more points in the last 5 games than any team in UGA history…..they could have packed it in at 1 – 4 and said “Woe is us” … but they didn’t didn’t – the coaches have not quit and any fan worth listening to has not given up on them either – all of you posers who claim to be fans that never have anything good to say need to go to a college somewhere and find out what it means to be invested in an institution and its programs. Now go sit on your porch with your moon pie and beer and shut up.
really??
November 7th, 2010
9:01 am
You dummies are typically taking his statement out of context. He added “at this point.’ Do you really think Richt is happy with 5-5 overall? He’s talking about being 5-5 after starting 1-4 and with all the things that have gone wrong this season. If you want to criticize Richt, at least use half your brain, and find something real/
edumacated
November 7th, 2010
9:04 am
You fans who got all optimistic about beating that high school team yesterday need to get real. Mark Richt needs to prepare for the certainty of an embarrassment in Auburn. I can hear him now…..”they are a great team, we showed some improvements, we are going to get back to work for GT, the goal now is to win our last game…..blah, blah.” This team has made no significant improvement from what we saw in week one.
edumacated
November 7th, 2010
9:07 am
tell me again,
“This team is so close to being 9-1″
What in the world are you smoking? That is the absolute dumbest thing anyone has posted all year.
SadDawg
November 7th, 2010
9:11 am
“…..all the things that have gone wrong this season.”
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Other than AJ missing 4 games, what has gone wrong? No significant injuries. Few penalties. In the plus in turnovers.
The only thing that has gone wrong this season is all of the losing, especially to Colorado. That’s very “wrong.”
And if we are blaming no AJ in the lineup for three of the losses, what’s gonna happen next season without AJ, Durham, or Justin Houston?
Time for a Change
November 7th, 2010
9:12 am
Want to voice your opinion about the state of the BullDawg nation? Here is the email of President Adams – presuga@uga.edu
Now in order to get the point across don’t be ignorant and just blast a bunch of rambling crap in your email. Simply state how unsatisfied you are with the program and ask for a change to be made! Ignorant ranting emails will get deleted I can guarantee it. He will read your email as long as you are respectful.
Time for a change people!! Voice your opinions!!
Time for a Change
November 7th, 2010
9:20 am
Thanks DBoy Jones. I didn’t watch the game, so I hear Ogletree started a Safety I was so hoping it was to replace Rambo. That hit last year against Auburn changed that kid and the way he plays football. Not aggressive and definitely not very smart play coming from him this year. He doesn’t tackle or even attempt to tackle and he is constantly out of position! In short HE SUCKS!!!
ARdawg
November 7th, 2010
9:20 am
5-5 pfffffffffffffffffttttttt
CONFEDERATE DAWG
November 7th, 2010
9:20 am
SIC EM DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dawgs Run This State!
November 7th, 2010
9:22 am
Time for a Change,
You are an idiot! Should Saban be fired now? How about Brown at Texas? I will e-mail Adams to tell him what he already knows… Richt does an excellent job representing our University and is an excellent head coach. Football does not always go your way and you need to stop crying.
Jason
November 7th, 2010
9:23 am
I spent 15 minutes writing a passioned, well-reasoned argument for why people need to shut-up and give Mark Richt the benefit of the doubt through at least 2012. Then I pressed “submit” and the damn thing dissappearted into the ether.
Allow me to summarize: stop parsing every damn word Richt says to find a a reason to fire him. He didn’t say he was happy with 5-5.
That this team didn’t quit this season, even with THREE last-minute, heart-breaking losses. That says a LOT about coaching. We were one play away from the MNC game in 2007. Georgia did as much in 2007 to get to that game in 2002 and 2007 as LSU in 2007, and Florida in 2006 and 2008. You don’t fire a man for catching an unlucky break.
We demanded change last season and we got it. We payed lip-service then to giving CTG time to get his players. Let’s honor our end of the bargain.
If I’m wrong, we’ll get the right man in 2013. No one will blame us.
GO DAWGS!
Dawgs Run This State!
November 7th, 2010
9:25 am
Also Time for a Change,
These 18-22 year old kids put there life on the line every week for your entertainment… Let the coaches deal with coaching them… You have no business insulting them.
mourning dawg
November 7th, 2010
9:27 am
i am very tired of seein the same old bs plays. you are bound to see them every game either at the beginning of a game were we are playin a good team were we cant afford to go 3 and out or at the end of a game when we have a little point spread goin on i for one have seen enough of the conservitive bs why does mike bobo think that runnin the same 5 plays over and over is goin to be affective i guess he thinks its gonna bore our opponents to sleep with them and i know it works it puts me to sleep like watchin natgeo time for some modern offense and an OC to go with it good example just now stared runnin a wild dawg or whatever ya wanna call it it doesnt matter it doenst work like the rest of his crap plays the point is that the rest of the nation has had this play and deffended it for goin on 7 or 8 years hes behind the times and leaving us behind all other sec programs i guess for now just gonna prey for a change and lick my wounds oh yeah heads up mark richt i heard a HC with a winnin record got fired this past week for not improving look over ya shoulder
ARdawg
November 7th, 2010
9:30 am
Nobody is picking apart or parsing his words. You should lay off the kool-aid. “Good to have a victory. Good to be 5-5 at this point.” is his words verbatim. While you are foaming at the mouth and beating 0ff on the victory yesterday please, remember that was Ida St. Also, keep in mind we couldn’t beat one of the worse teams (besides us) in the SEC last week.
edumacated
November 7th, 2010
9:30 am
Dawgs Run This State,
Saban and Brown both have national championships, and both were in the title game last year. To make a comparison between those guys and Richt doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Must have watched another game
November 7th, 2010
9:31 am
I am a Dawg fan but I can not understand why everyone is so happy with this blowout. It was an embarrassing win. A win we were supposed to have against this team. I would much rather have seen them play GSU. That would have been a great game.
Realists58
November 7th, 2010
9:59 am
Hey should be fun watching the Auburn /Georgia game. Gotta stop the run and not allow Newton to get out on the corners. But as of yet no one has stopped him. Hopefully we can shut down their run n make them pass the ball. Be great to beat Auburn but if we dont then i can understand why their undefeated.
Cant wait til you play us at the end of the season though. We’re also better than our record indicates but i think we’ll run on you like we did last year. Ga. Tech 31 Ga. 20. If you beat Auburn this weekend it’ll be by luck or turnovers and if you lose it’ll be because of Newton being too much for Georgia to stop or by turn overs AGAIN.
Cause Dawg Fans are up n down on their team. Cant decide if you want Mark Richt gone, Mike Bobo gone and a new mascot.
Love to see Richt gone and his clonies. Tired of losing to Georgia. Maybe you can get back Ray Goff to coach.
Honestly i think Richt is the best coach Georgia’s ever had there but ever since you guys won the title you have been spoiled to that and expect Georgia to win the title year after year.
You are lucky to have a 10 win season year end n out. But 10’s not enough for you ppl , gotta have it all. (Greed)
Hopefully after Richt is gone you will have to go through 5-7 years of mediocrity and we’ll get better and blow you out with a 10 year winning streak and get all your recruits.
SadDawg
November 7th, 2010
10:07 am
I’m not gonna send Michael Adams a message about anything. But if I did, I would send a one-word email:
Colorado.
Be Cuz
November 7th, 2010
10:08 am
Auburn 49, Dawgtards 10.
SadDawg
November 7th, 2010
10:21 am
“You are lucky to have a 10 win season year end n out.”
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Realdense58,
Um, things ain’t quite that rosey. The Dawgs did win 10 games in ‘08 (with about 7 NFL players, including #1 and #10 in the draft), but lost our three biggest games, two by blowout. We won 8 out of 13 games last season, and may win 5 out of 12 this season. We could win 7 of 12, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
UGA hasn’t won the SEC East in 5 years now. We have lost 11 of our past 25 games.
Seriously
November 7th, 2010
10:27 am
Anyone else notice how much the IS team was taking out the knees of our defensive guys? I swore they could have hurt our players with that stunt.
Realists58
November 7th, 2010
10:38 am
Saban yeah but in a cpl yrs Alabama’s name will come up through illegal violations on recruiting and get sanctions as Auburn did few years back. Florida the same way cause Meyer will have so much pressure to win their but then again maybe he’ll go to Notre Dame next year.
Florida is about to suffer down years because they have lost probably one of the best OB’s in college football history.
All big name colleges are down this year, USC, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Georgia Tech and the likes that are normally in the top 10.
Every #1 team has virtually lost and here comes the musical chairs. Imagine how those fans feel after winning all those games then to experience something like this.
Ga. Tech fans are complacent with winning the ACC Title and beating up on Georgia every year.
Georgia Fans say beat Tennessee, beat S. Carolina, beat Auburn, beat LSU, beat Florida every year you expect that and when you dont get your way you stand in the corner pouting bout it because daddy didnt get you what you wanted.
Your not happy with the lolly pop…………you want the whole damn box.
We’re happy just to win the ACC or go to a bowl game and beat Georgia. We are more than happy to add to your mis fortunes and dilemma and hear you whine after a defeat. Tech fans are more dedicated to our alumni and coaches than you and a lot more patient than “fair weather fans”.
We are all sitting here laughing cause this georgia coach had 1 bad year and you want him fired but dont know who can replace him. “Uh oh now we’ve fired him and dont know what to do next”. Morons!
Name that Tune
November 7th, 2010
10:40 am
What happens when Auburn plays a team with no heart, no soul, no intelligence, and no morals?
Auburn 45, UGA 13
Mirk Racht
November 7th, 2010
10:42 am
I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?
As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.
Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.
So you’re paying him to be BCS champions, but he can’t even win his SEC division. So why do you pay him millions of dollars a year?
UGA, winner of the Fulmer/Richt Cup and The Cesspool of the South.
DawgByte
November 7th, 2010
11:00 am
I’ve spotted another coaching weakness. Brian McClendon… OMG dude, when are you going to tell our backs to stop running up the OL’s hind quarters? They not seeing the holes 40% of the time and making the wrong cuts 50% of the time. Pathetic.
Earth to Cville, or whatever your handle is… Vance Cuff gave up a TD again and generally can NOT play the position, which is why he thankfully was replaced. Glad he got the pick 6, but it doesn’t change anything… he still sucks!
Realists58
November 7th, 2010
11:01 am
Haha wat ya had was 10-3 in 08, 11-2 in 07, 10-3 05′, 10-2 in 04′, 11-3 in 03′, 13-1 in 02′, and didnt Florida win 1 national title and played in 2 national title games in that span?
Florida had (4) four 10 win seasons frm 2001-09 3 times they were 13-1 (1) time 10-2-0
Florida won the BCS in 2006 41-14 over Ohio State
Florida won the BCS in 2008 24-14 over Oklahoma
LSU won the BCS in 2003 shared with USC finished 13-1
LSU won the BCS in 2007 (12-2)
Alabama won the BCS in 2009 14-0
SadDawg
November 7th, 2010
11:07 am
I’ll name that tune, girl, if you’ll play this piccolo!
What happens when UGA plays a team with no fans, no QB, no engineers (obviously), and dancing boys for mascots (for a good reason)?
UGA 45, Tech 13
dougmo2
November 7th, 2010
11:11 am
Dawgs Run This State! @ 9:25 :
“These 18-22 year old kids put there life on the line every week for your entertainment”
Uh, no they don’t. They play football for UGA. They are not in Iraq or Afghanistan.
DO NOT EVER compare these kids to people who actually put their lives on the line
every day for your freedom.
SadDawg
November 7th, 2010
11:13 am
Mirk, come on! I’ve been to (and smelled) Grant Field. Sanford Stadium as well as Athens get in various publications, as beautiful locations, but you know, I’ve never seen your neck of the woods referred to as anything but smelly, and a little scary.
Now go work on those zits, nerd, or even your momma won’t give you a hug . . .
DawgByte
November 7th, 2010
11:22 am
Mirk Racht -
How can anyone support a program like Georgia Tech’s? Over the last 40 years your program has sucked so badly all the trees in Alabama are all leaning over to the East. Your stadium is a joke, your student body is comprised mostly of Jihadists from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and you consistently have players that can not count to FOUR. Georgia can be 1-9 and Tech can be undefeated and we’d still beat you. Why? Because Tech plays a High School style of football in a doormat conference.
Tech female students all have frontal packages and your alumnus are working for Georgia grads, because they have protractors sticking out of their pocket protectors and can’t think outside the box. You may not like Mark Richt, but you like Paul Johnson even less. When you nerds come to Sanford stadium get ready for your annual beat down. WE OWN YOU!
Losing patience
November 7th, 2010
11:24 am
When do the 2011 preseason rankings come out?
WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!!!
ARdawg
November 7th, 2010
11:27 am
@Realists58
WOW! Talk about delisional
“Ga. Tech fans are complacent with winning the ACC Title and beating up on Georgia every year.”
Hey DawgByte
November 7th, 2010
11:28 am
Hey, DawgByte: Tech alumni and fans have lives that don’t depend entirely on what a bunch of kids does on Saturday afternoons. College sports are fun to follow, but the biggest reason for going to college is to get an education.
UGA fans don’t seem to care about anything but football, and they don’t care if their players are enrolled in silly majors that no parents who are paying the bills would send their kids to UGA for. The very few football and basketball players who graduate have no job opportunities and end up unemployed or working in menial jobs that hardly require a college degree.
Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is practically worthless.
Jan Kemp exposed the crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or self-discipline.
The bottom line is that most Tech fans have very good jobs and productive lives that don’t depend on Tech’s football record for their happiness in life. It would be great to beat UGA more often, but when you put scholar-athletes up against thug-athletes, it’s usually no contest.
It’s pretty pathetic to see UGA fans who typically have never been within miles of a college classroom and who live or die with UGA’s weekly results on the football field.
So keep on posting your “30-24″ all you want, especially since you’re home with plenty of time on your hands. I wish you well, maybe you’ll get lucky and get your old job back at the Waffle House before your unemployment checks stop coming.
ARdawg
November 7th, 2010
11:32 am
It would appear the Nerds have resurfaced to talk smack after VT spanked that A$$ on national TV Thursday night. How does it feel having it broke off in your butts?
Andy in WR
November 7th, 2010
11:44 am
Dang, some you need to go pull for Tech or heck, anyone else–ya’ll jump on anything and like good little stupid people, evidently either can’t read or understand the english language. CMR said it’s good to be 5-5 AT THIS TIME! Starting 1-4 and entering the game 4-5 I would agree 5-5 is good. Secondly, we are 4 plays away from being 9-1, like it or not, just 4 plays from incredibly good! Hey let’s all go out and get Texas’s DC now eh? They’re not even going to get invited to Birmingham this year it looks like as they won’t even be bowl eligible and oh yeah Kirby looked good yesterday as well as the two worst QB’s in the NCAA lit UAT up big time! Be careful what you wish for as you just might get it.
azdawg
November 7th, 2010
12:02 pm
Against Idaho St anyone should shine. They actually played tough defense and give them a lot of credit to holding the dawgs to 2 FG’s in 1st qtr. Dawgs looked hung over in start of the game until the defense got the picks and Murray settled down. He’s a good qb and hopefully he’ll be a great one but I still think Mettenberger was the better of the 2. Richt was wrong to let him go and its going to come back and bite him in the rear when Mett signs w/Bama next season.
No one should be glad to be 5-5 regardless. AU will be the best team GA will play this season. I have no faith in Grantham’s defensive scheme and he’s not changed it or learned from the 5 losses that if you don’t stack the line against a running team you’re going to lose. Whereas, AU defense is going to be relentless and Murray will be running for his life. It’ll be a miracle if GA wins and all the breaks will have to be in GA’s favor for it to happen.
Dogs Dawg
November 7th, 2010
12:05 pm
I think UGA has got to be the best 5 loss team in the country.
stevie
November 7th, 2010
1:14 pm
For those stupid Georgia fans that were crying to fire CMR, and get Mill Muschamp should do some more thinking, instead of drinking. Kansas St just beat the crap out of Texas last night 39-14. Texas is 4-5, and their defense has been just as bad as their offense. Guess who Texas’s defense coordinator is? Oh yea, Georgia fan’s boy Will Muschamp! You want to a hire a guy who is having a ton problems trying to control his defense? Just because Will Muschamp yells and gets fired up, doesn’t mean he is a good coach. BTW, Texas is doing worse than UGA.
FLA DAWG
November 7th, 2010
2:06 pm
What a sad day when a UGA HC has to say, “Good to have a victory. Good to be at 5-5″ after playing Idaho State.
How low have we sunk!?
FLA DAWG
Class of ‘79
wildbill
November 7th, 2010
2:17 pm
“Good to be 5-5 at this point.” This almost leaves me speechless. I would think 8-2 would be good at this point. And the qb “was a little bit shaky”, no kidding Sherlock!!!! Murray seemed to be in a self-induced daze, almost a trance from my vantage point. He should have been pulled from the game and turned Granthum loose on him for about 10 minutes to wake his arse up!
DAWG555
November 7th, 2010
2:22 pm
@Hey Dogbyte and @Mirk Racht
You have both copied and pasted these exact comments on multiple UGA blogs. Since you claim that you Tech people are so intellectually superior, one would think you are capable of an original thought.
Boobie Bowden
November 7th, 2010
4:08 pm
Hey Sad dawg – I just dropped another tater for you to chew on.
dawgs111
November 7th, 2010
4:56 pm
Did anyone else notice that our back up players couldn”t compete against Idaho St? Not sure but I think they beat us 7-3 in the 4th qtr, that’s embarassing, not to mention it doesn’t give alot of hope for the future.
Jalex49
November 7th, 2010
5:08 pm
Coach Richt.
You’ve have got to show some passion. Are you sure you want to be the Coach at Georgia? I still believe in your abilities as a coach but at Georgia ?
There was a time Georgia was feared in the SEC and Nationally. Georgia nevered settled for being medicore. We have lost that “it” and the mystic seems to be gone.
I am asking as a 39 plus year fan of Georgia football and respect what you did early on at Georgia. Is it time to move on or can this situation Georgia finds itself be corrected?
What can be done aboua defense that has consistenly allowed long back-braking running plays and pass completions on them?
We need the “fear” for playing Georgia back, and say, next year, would be nice.
Coach Richt, please give it all you have to get Isiah Crowell and Savonne Huggins.
Thank you
Jalex49
November 7th, 2010
5:09 pm
Ther
Mobile Dawg
November 7th, 2010
5:26 pm
Does anyone else feel like I do? UGA football just gives me the blahs, I have no passion for the games like I used to. I hold CMR accountable. Seeya at Jordan Hare….
Snoop Dawg
November 7th, 2010
5:45 pm
Dawgnation!
So Da Preacha Man’s happy to be 5-5 at the end of the season? Oh, he’s cashing in a check of about $250K every month? He and Water Girrrrl are living pretty high on the hog while he’s happy that we’ve got a 5-5 team. Is something wrong with this picture?
Snoop Dawg
November 7th, 2010
5:47 pm
Hey Stevie,
Snoop Dawg’s never said to hire Smart or Muschamp. He has begged to fire Richt for a top notch ESTABLISHED head coach, hopefully without any ties whatsoever to the UGA mafia. The mafia is what keeps us down.
wildbill
November 7th, 2010
6:08 pm
Mobile Dawg, you got it right! I would like to see some steam coming outta CMR’s ears every once in a while to show us he is in the game too. For him to be satisfied with a 5-5 gives me the chills….
Moonpie
November 7th, 2010
6:22 pm
We have had some special moments in Auburn-Could it be time for the Dawgs? Give em heck Dawgs!
He said what?
November 7th, 2010
7:16 pm
Good to be 5-5 at this point.
Richt should have been fired immediately after uttering this crap. It’s clear proof that he’s satisfied with mediocrity.
George Washington
November 7th, 2010
7:38 pm
People who think life is about being first on a blog are pitiful retards.
ARdawg
November 7th, 2010
8:00 pm
Enter your comments here
bgdawg
November 7th, 2010
8:03 pm
@ he said what?
i don’t believe he meant what he said. if he did then i absoolutely agree he should be fired and his entire coaching staff(cept grantam, lakatos, and belin) should be fired as well.
Are You Serious?
November 7th, 2010
8:08 pm
This article should be moved to the comics section. 5-5 is pretty good… for UGA.
Eaassyy
November 7th, 2010
8:23 pm
Mirk Racht, Harry the Hat, Hey Dawgbyte, etc. : For someone who displays such hatred for the University of Georgia, you sure do spend a lot time on UGA blogs. How can it be that someone who is exponentially better than every UGA grad and has such a quant life outside of being a football fan manages to post the same exact thing on a UGA blog every day. What’s the real story behind your obsession with all things UGA? And why do you have to change your name when you post the exact same thing each time?
I almost forgot: 30-24. Glad it hurts so bad. Loser.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
November 7th, 2010
10:21 pm
Auburn is not Idaho State! Yes its possible for UGA to win. If the dogs play PERFECT ball and Auburn plays sloppy and fumbles alot. Stranger things have happened. However my money is on Auburn.
south eastern chumps
November 7th, 2010
10:31 pm
yep champions of the world, 2 of the 5 wins over lafayette and idaho st, and the other 3 over ky, vanderbilt and ?, yep tough schedule, bwahahahahahahahahaha
Tigerfan
November 7th, 2010
10:50 pm
Be prepared to meet your maker mutts. It an’t gonna even be close.
Spokesman for the SEC East
November 7th, 2010
11:04 pm
See what I mean about Richt? Someone relay to Adams: NEVER,EVER FIRE MARK RICHT!!
dawg149
November 7th, 2010
11:09 pm
“tell me again” well put. Its easy to bash when things go bad and jump on the banwagon when they pick up. REAL FANS hang in no matter. I’ll b n Auburn Saturday, waiting, and hoping we put together a complete game and show the nation what we shoulda been doing all season……Go Dawgs….look out Tigers, we’re comin to town!!!!!!!
col fot
November 8th, 2010
12:25 am
i smell an upset!
WOW
November 8th, 2010
12:30 am
Shouldn’t your OC be a coach in waiting? I really hope CRM isn’t looking at BoBo to be that person. If he is then that may be the problem. If not then get someone that you consider to be that person.
As far as Tech and their greater education. GT battles for the same recruits UGA does, so STFU. When GT trys recruiting them they are brillant but as soon as they choose UGA over GT they turn stupid. You guys are ret@rded.
WOW
November 8th, 2010
12:37 am
Truth is only a small percent will ever graduate. And UGA does have the second best graduation rate in the SEC behind Vandy.
Roy Wood
November 8th, 2010
1:13 am
What is the dif of UGA playing Idaho state than Auburn playing chat wake up a lot of teams play push overs so do not down UGA I sure wish you people who critize UGA would say who you support.Yes the tide is just like UGA 2008 team.All coach Richt said 5-5 is good for the shape they have been in better 4-6 sorry for the spelling I am not a TECH grad
Realists58
November 8th, 2010
1:38 am
You fair weather georgia fans really make me laugh. Most of you bone chewers expect 10 win seasons and a national championship year end year out. When are you gonna wake up from your bad dream and understand that its you the fans that put all this pressure on the players and coaches from high expectations.
You post players on bill boards infact to do what? Humiliate them. You whine and grumble and think its the end of the world because youre 5-5. Every big college school is bad this year. You want Mike Bobo fired, then you want Mark Richt fired wats next the mascott?
Tech fans arent as radical as you bull pups are atleast we have some descency and are able to show some restraint toward our coaches.
You guys dont want him, we’ll take him as would alot of teams. This guy is the winningest coach in the SEC and you jump ship and demand his release.
Go ahead and do so then after they hire another HC and you’ve gone thru 5 more years of losing then you’ll be wanting them to fire that coach.
I just think its funny how you so called “fans” really rally behind your coach and team whats even more funny is how we’ll beat you this year and rack up 300 yds in rushing against you so called Georgia Fans.
Even if you get lucky and win then we’ll just simply beat you in higher education and graduate most of our players like you dont do.
Why do you think they leave early anyways? it’s because most are flunking school and cant find a real job that requires using their brain. Keep beating eachother up and we’ll keep beating you on the fields and classrooms.
Go Tech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ga. Tech 44 Ga. 20
collegefaningeneral
November 8th, 2010
3:35 am
Before you go flying off the handle bout Coach Mark Richt. LETS DO SOME COMPARISONS!!!!
O.K. so you want him fired huh? I found a site you can google called ” Grading Mark Richt after 9 years with Georgia Bulldogs”.
Read it and see the comparisons with other Georgia Bulldog coaches of the past and maybe it’ll open your eyes about him.
collegefaningeneral
November 8th, 2010
3:38 am
http://www.dawgsports.com “Grading Mark Richt after 9 years with the Georgia Bulldogs”. If we’re gonna be opinionated lets back them up with facts and be level headed with this.
Jborodawg
November 8th, 2010
8:52 am
“tell me again” and “really”
Thank you for some meaningful comments.
Saying the team is not well-coached, not prepared is debatable . Ask Murray if CMB tried to prepare him for the game. I’ll betcha he’ll say he was coached/prepared just fine; that his slow start was his own fault, not the coaches. Ask any of the DBs if they have been coached/prepared and they’ll tell you that when they get “burned” it was not the coaches’ fault. Yes, there’s always room for improvement when it comes to coaching and preparedness. And yes, sometimes the coaches call the wrong formation/play on O and on D. I just think that overall the Dawgs are being coached/prepared very well. I also think that overall CMB calls a pretty good game. Many of the comments here could be copy/pasted into a Falcons blog (”same old running play up the middle”; “the offense is predictable”). Heck, same with some of Penn State’s games this year…or Bama even.
As for firing CMR, most of y’all saying that would sell your souls to the devil to get a Saban or Patrino (”I’m not going anywhere. I love__________and I’m not leaving.”)
We have a chance against Awbun. Disparaging CMR and the team at this point doesn’t help.
Goooo Dawgs! GATA!
Dap01
November 8th, 2010
10:13 am
Bobo’s play calling and game plan is hard to determine. Ealy or King would have a good tough 8 yard gain and then we would not run again for 10 minutes inspite of being physically superior to the Idaho team.
We need to establish a running game especially against weak teams. Running end arounds does not count.
Tired fo being nice
November 8th, 2010
11:27 am
We lost to Colorado wowsey,wowsey,woo,woo once again…wait til
next year and we will be wowsey, wowsey, woo, woooed again, then
what will we say, anything but the SEC east crown will be a bust
just sayin…no national championship for UGA in 2011. But we
should keep supporting this Bull$hit well, I’m tired of this
crap and Tired of being nice..do yall realize 2011 will be 11yrs
of this crap? Have we not supported this long enough…just asyin
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 8th, 2010
11:43 am
DawgNation,
Looks like I might be heading to ‘the slammer’ today.
Our neighbor said MY dawgs look like Vanderbilt in red uniforms.
I pulled a ‘Grantham’ and choked him down.
Currently, he is crawling back to his trailer. I am convinced, upon arrival, he will certainly dial 911.
Who will take care of Uga VIII’s other little white-trash cousin (our half-bulldog/half-wiener dog)?
I guess I’ll get drunk. It’s gonna be a long day!
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
Mike T.
November 8th, 2010
1:11 pm
Most of you bone chewers expect 10 win seasons and a national championship year end year out.
Now were suppose to accept 5-5 records.
Call it what you will, but it is 100% normal for fans to want their team to better itself, win more, especially when you had as many top 10 recruiting classes as we have had, and ten of eleven starters come back.
This guy is the winningest coach in the SEC and you jump ship and demand his release.
Go ahead and do so then after they hire another HC and you’ve gone thru 5 more years of losing
This coach also has a losing SEC E record since 2006,this didn’t just start yesterday.Funny Auburn fired Tubby hired Chizik who no one wanted and in his second year his team is number 2 in the nation.Bama fired Shula hired Saban
and in three years won the NC.Florida fired Zook hired Meyers and played for a NC in two years.Funny its happening all around us. No we wanna keep coaches
hanging around, after the handwriting is on the wall, just like we did Goff.
Dead Dawg
November 8th, 2010
5:29 pm
As long as DAWG fans are happy with 3 and 4 loss seasons they will continue. Woops, this year could be 5 or 6 losses! Keep scheduling those weak teams between the hedges and Dawg fans will be happy.
Saben
November 8th, 2010
6:35 pm
Did Richt comment on the parole situation with most of the team?
Can they be out for the Auburn Game?
Jborodawg
November 8th, 2010
8:00 pm
If Murray comes out ready; if the D gets some sacks and turnovers; if we have a good running game…we can beat the confused-war eagle-tiger-plainsmen…in their house. Now THAT would be a great win!
bgdawg
November 9th, 2010
7:50 pm
i don’t know how many times i gotta say this but THE D DOES NOT SUCK. you blind fans look at the final score of games and say every aspect of our team sucks but look at this
site.http://life.atlantafalcons.com/topic/3904465-uga-offense-and-defense-rankings/
bgdawg
November 9th, 2010
7:53 pm
my bad can’t post the site look up uga defense ranking and go to the first site listed