Liberty Bowl preview: Can Dogs avoid first losing season in 14 years?
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Previewing Georgia vs. Central Florida in the Liberty Bowl (3:30 p.m. Friday on ESPN):
3 storylines
- 1. Winning season or losing season? Georgia enters the game with a 6-6 record. A victory would keep give the Bulldogs their 14th consecutive winning season, albeit barely. A loss would give the Bulldogs their first losing season since a 5-6 record in 1996, Jim Donnan’s first season as coach.
- 2. A program-building game? Central Florida has made substantial strides in seven seasons under coach George O’Leary, winning two Conference USA championships and becoming nationally ranked for the first time (No. 24 in the latest coaches’ poll). A nationally televised bowl win over an SEC opponent would be a significant next step in the growth of the UCF program.
- 3. Battle of the freshman quarterbacks. UCF’s Jeff Godfrey and UGA’s Aaron Murray are the nation’s top two freshmen quarterbacks in pass efficiency rating. Godfrey, a true freshman, ranks No. 8 overall with a 165.28 rating and Murray, a redshirt freshman, No. 9 with a 162.72 rating. The 5-foot-11, 182-pound Godfrey is a dual-threat quarterback who has passed for 2,042 yards and 13 touchdowns and run for 546 yards and 10 touchdowns. Godfrey has completed 68 percent of his passes, Murray 62 percent of his.
A Georgia win would …
- Extend the Bulldogs’ bowl winning streak to five games.
- Give the Dogs a 6-2 finish to this season after a 1-4 start.
- Be the Dogs’ first victory this season over a ranked opponent.
A Central Florida win would …
- Be UCF’s first-ever victory in a bowl game after losses to Nevada in the 2005 Hawaii Bowl, Mississippi State in the 2007 Liberty Bowl and Rutgers in the 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl.
- Set a school record for victories in a season by the Knights, who are 10-3 entering the bowl.
- Be the Knights’ ninth win in 10 games since a 2-2 start this season.
Keep an eye on …
- For Georgia: Murray could break records held by Matthew Stafford, D.J. Shockley and Mike Bobo. Two touchdown passes would break Stafford’s UGA single-season record of 25, set in 2008. One touchdown pass or run would surpass Shockley for most total TDs accounted for in a UGA season, Murray already having matched Shockley’s 28 (24 passing, four running) in 2005. And Murray could clinch the UGA single-season record for pass-efficiency rating, bettering Bobo’s mark of 155.8 in 1997.
- For Central Florida: Bruce Miller was an all-county and all-region player at Woodstock High School, but he had no major-college scholarship offers until UCF discovered him. He has grown into the star of the UCF defense. The senior defensive end is the NCAA leader among active players in career sacks with 34. Two sacks on Friday would tie Miller with former Georgia star David Pollack for third place on the NCAA career sack list (since 2000, when the NCAA began keeping the stat).
The numbers game
- 26-16-3: Georgia’s all-time record in bowl games. (The Bulldogs rank fourth nationally in bowl victories and are tied for fifth in bowl appearances.)
- 1-1: Georgia’s record in the Liberty Bowl, losing to Jim Donnan-quarterbacked N.C. State 14-7 in 1967 and beating Arkansas 20-17 in 1987 on freshman John Kasay’s 39-yard field goal on the game’s final play.
UGA-UCF history
- Previous meeting: Georgia escaped with a 24-23 victory at Sanford Stadium on Sept. 25, 1999, in the only previous football game between UGA and UCF. The Knights missed an extra point after scoring a touchdown with 5:21 to play but threatened to win the game on their final possession by driving to the Georgia 20-yard line. Two penalties and a sack pushed the Knights out of field-goal range, and a Jamie Henderson interception ended the game.
The line
- Georgia is a 6 ½-point favorite.
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213 comments Add your comment
william cranman
December 30th, 2010
3:08 pm
First? Great column.
Paul H
December 30th, 2010
3:10 pm
GO DAWGS
MCG DAWG
December 30th, 2010
3:12 pm
LET THE BIG DAWG EAT!
bgdawg
December 30th, 2010
3:16 pm
ranked or not its still ucf GO DAWGS
Alabama Blackout = Beginning of the End
December 30th, 2010
3:24 pm
Georgia might want to take this game very seriously. I watched UCF beat SMU for their confernce title game and they are a pretty good team. Their qb is very athletic and passes the ball very acurately.
IF UGA loses this game, then opens the season next year with a Boise State lost we can all kiss CMR goodbye.
Destin Dawg
December 30th, 2010
3:25 pm
It should be an even/close game.. if not a great game… Richt should use it as a learning experience for his younger players to build for the future… forget the red shirts… better progarms will play true Frosh… Go Dawgs !!!
Dan Mullen
December 30th, 2010
3:29 pm
Am I getting the UGA job offered to me after Richt loses to UCF or Boise?
Dawg_Mike
December 30th, 2010
3:32 pm
UGA will win this game based on several factors, but most of all they have better athletes overall.
Murray will set the record(s) and AJ will shine in his last game wearing the red and black.
GO DAWGS!!!
Dawg_Mike
December 30th, 2010
3:33 pm
Mullen will not be offered any job. If he wasnt interested in returning to the Swamp why would he be interested in going anywhere other than Starkvegas?
ugab
December 30th, 2010
3:37 pm
Seems like a great match up. I hope MR has the boys ready for this game. MR hopefully learned his lesson not practicing enough the year we played WV.
ugab
December 30th, 2010
3:38 pm
Mullen is a great coach!!! All access!!!
David
December 30th, 2010
3:40 pm
Just gets grimmer ever year for UGA fans.
10-2 in 2007
9-3 in 2008
7-5 in 2009
6-6 in 2010
Can’t wait to see what Richt has in store for 2011, 5-7 or 4-6?
Van
December 30th, 2010
3:42 pm
Murray does good against non-SEC teams.
South GA Dawg
December 30th, 2010
3:43 pm
We could always hire Jerry Glanville.
Joe
December 30th, 2010
3:45 pm
Richt might win a Bowl game, but his schedule in 2011 is brutal.
Richt has to face so many teams with a better record like Boise, Aub, Ark, Florida, SC, Miss St. 6 teams better than him.
Then he faces 3 equal coaches: Georgia Tech, Tennessee & Kentucky.
Tough 9 games, expect Richt to end his career in 2011, the Liberty will be his last bowl game as a Georgia coach, hopefully, he loses, and McGarity fires him so 2011 isn’t wasted.
Paul H
December 30th, 2010
3:45 pm
Here is the truth. There is no way UGA shouldn’t win this game by 28. Throw it to AJ a lot. The end.
UCF doesn’t have anyone who can stop him. Keep it simple, don’t start getting all conservative when we get a lead. It SHOULD NOT be that complicated.
Everett
December 30th, 2010
3:47 pm
Paul, we tried that plan against Colorado and Florida and Auburn. AJ isn’t the answer.
Paul H
December 30th, 2010
3:49 pm
Joe, what are you smoking?
1. UGA has a very favorable schedule.
2. “Equal” coaches in GT, UK and UT? Are you serious right now? When those “equal” coaches win 2 conference championships and 2 BCS bowls, get back to me.
3. Of the 6 teams “better” than Richt that you named, not one should be better next year, and Auburn is the only team of those 6 truly better than UGA this year.
4. Lay off the drugs. Please.
Everett
December 30th, 2010
3:51 pm
The Aaron Murray “lost year” of 2010, 6-6, can you guys believe this? Unreal. I didn’t think ANYONE could be worse than Joe Cox’s 7-5 season. Thank goodness it’s almost over. 3 or 4 more interceptions and we can end this experiment.
Hello Hutson Mason and Christian Lemay.
Paul H
December 30th, 2010
3:51 pm
Everett, not throwing it to AJ early and often against an inferior opponent would be dumb. There is no need to out-think this game. I’m pretty sure there are 118 other teams in FBS who would greatly consider AJ to be an answer.
how2fish
December 30th, 2010
3:51 pm
David we will beat your team next year…take it to the bank.
Paul H
December 30th, 2010
3:53 pm
Everett now you’ve truly lost me. The numbers speak for themselves on Murray.
David
December 30th, 2010
3:54 pm
You UGA fans don’t read the trends very closely, 10-2 to 9-3 to 7-5 to 6-6, what’s next, 4-8?
how2fish
December 30th, 2010
3:55 pm
Joe truly your smoking the good stuff…how can you say with certainty that either Auburn, Ark or UF will be better next year given the loss of talent or coaching at those schools…it a reach no logical person would take.
Everett
December 30th, 2010
3:56 pm
Geez, even Joe Cox coulld beat the Auburns, Arkansas, and SC’s. Murray, not so much. Murray likes to beat up on La Lafayette.
buckeyedawg
December 30th, 2010
3:57 pm
joe anyone that hopes the dawgs loose needs to go support another team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
harold
December 30th, 2010
3:59 pm
AVERAGE FOOTBALL TEAM.AVERAGE COACHES!
Paul H
December 30th, 2010
3:59 pm
David, this is a UGA blog. If you want to talk smack, at least have the b@lls to divulge who your team is.
Joe
December 30th, 2010
4:00 pm
Auburn has recruited like crazy, they’re loaded and get better every year, DL won’t be able to stop their rushing attack.
Petrino often scores a ton of points.
Florida- Richt’s what, 2-8?
Destin Dawg
December 30th, 2010
4:01 pm
Richt FINALLY needs to open up.. aggressive play calling.. WAY TOO predictable and boring… let Grantham, Belin and Lakatos coach up the RENEWED Junkyard DAWGS…. BEFORE ITS TOO LATE !!!!!!
how2fish
December 30th, 2010
4:01 pm
Everett what year did you fluke out of Bug U ?
how2fish
December 30th, 2010
4:03 pm
Joe Auburn will be lucky to be bowl eligible next year and they return to being UGA’s bitch.
David
December 30th, 2010
4:05 pm
Georgia fans arn’t even buying up 10,000 tickets to a Bowl game. They’re all tired of losing and underachieving over the last few seasons. Who can blame them. Year’s of top recruiting classes, to go 7-5 & 6-6? What a collosal waste of talent.
Joe
December 30th, 2010
4:06 pm
Murray is winless against teams with a winning record. UCF is 10-3. Uh-Oh. Murray plays his best against losing teams.
What???
December 30th, 2010
4:07 pm
Everett – Way to display your vast ignorance for all the world to see. Aaron Murray is one of the only reasons that I have any hope that next year will be better. Please see Tim Tucker’s article on how many records Murray is going to break this year. You are an IDIOT!!!
Buckeye
December 30th, 2010
4:12 pm
7 and 6 is so much better than 6 and 7. I can hear the 4 and 5 star recruits changing their minds as we speak.
PHIL
December 30th, 2010
4:12 pm
Dan Mullen no you are not getting a job offer. Oh you might, but there are hundreds of those who are much more qualified than you to coach here on the AJC blogs, just read the posts and you will see.
virginia dog
December 30th, 2010
4:12 pm
the mark richt watch starts tomorrow. You got a like the Maryland AD. He thinks maryland can do better… Kinda makes you wonder why our new AD did not do the same.
Flyin' Dawg
December 30th, 2010
4:15 pm
Tell me again how many points Aubarn gave up per game this year? And who among their top defensive players are returning? And their offense will be better because who will be their QB?
Michael
December 30th, 2010
4:22 pm
Hope Georgia scores first.
Georgia gives up if the other teams scores first.
0-6 in 2010 when other team scores first.
Just quits after that.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
December 30th, 2010
4:23 pm
If we win it is the 1st against a ranked opponenet all year. Wow, that is pretty telling. What a long season it has been.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
December 30th, 2010
4:23 pm
Ewww, should be opponent
Derrick
December 30th, 2010
4:23 pm
One thing we can count on. Mike Bobo will not get a 100 yard rusher, even though Richt’s record is 43-3 when that happens.
Bobo is so smart.
Alan
December 30th, 2010
4:28 pm
UCF’s QB Godfrey is amazing. Top 10 ranked in the country, as a freshman in both compeltion % (68%) and pass efficiency.
Want to trade for 6-6 QB Murray?
Orson
December 30th, 2010
4:30 pm
Look for UCF to gash UGA’s undersized 3 man d line with the run. Don’t know why UGA went to the 3-4 after losing 3 dl’s to the NFL. 3 undersized DL going up against 5-6 blockers, do the math.
shalalalaquandra
December 30th, 2010
4:32 pm
yo joe weve played arkansas 2 years in a row.learn some SEC football bro
Paul
December 30th, 2010
4:32 pm
UCF is the first defense ranked in the top 30 in scoring Murray has faced. Should be interesting. Although they’re not very good against the pass, are pretty stout against the run, and don’t give up a lot of points.
GDBurdell
December 30th, 2010
4:35 pm
Everyone knows that the only game that really matters to the UGA faithful is the one with GT and we continue to plaster them every year. I will enjoy knowing that GT and CPJ are well aware that the bloom is off the rose and that the record lately is 7-9 over two years and two bowls. This proves that GT is a downtrending program and the KING of the Triple Option just got shown how you do it, by mighty AF.
bwwwwwwwwwwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
PS FOX news caster Harris Faulkner two nights ago mentioned in her 6PM FOX broadcast that the AF mascot falcon got lost for awhile but that “it did not stop AF from BEATING GT”, she said. AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA
This is a successful year because GT was smoked again in their bowl and we put them in their place….. AGAIN!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Paul
December 30th, 2010
4:42 pm
The last time Murray faced a game with big expectations, he threw three interceptions and fumbled once. He doesn’t handle ressure too well, especially against winning teams, where Murray is WINLESS.
Some amazing posts on here
December 30th, 2010
4:45 pm
1. How many coaches would take UCF’s quarterback over Murray? Out of 120 D-1 teams, you could probably get less than 5 coaches to do that.
2. How many coaches would take their college quarterback over Murray for 2011? My guess, is the number could be counted on one hand, two at the most.
3. To those anti-Dog fans who posted the declining records of the last few years, have you ever heard of bottoming out. UGA did that this year, will be headed back up this season.
4. Dream Team looks like a reality. Finally will put the UGA talent on a more even level with Florida, Bama, and LSU. Those schools have outmanned the Dogs the last few years with the game-changing 5 star recruits. Georgia has been doing battle with 3 and 4 star athletes with a smaller number of 5 stars than the SEC schools at the top. Look for that disparity to begin to end in February.
Joey
December 30th, 2010
4:47 pm
That’s an easy question. Let’s see which Mike Bobo shows up.
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Ozzie Hanson
December 30th, 2010
4:48 pm
Go Dawgs I have 2 tickets for sale e-me at leotis1551@aol.com
Idiots among us
December 30th, 2010
4:51 pm
Van = Everett = Paul = Joe
Joe
December 30th, 2010
4:54 pm
Godfrey is one cool customer under pressure. Great in the red zone, among the best in the 4th quarter, awesome on 3rd downs and against teams with winning records, bottom line, he finds a way to win games, many of the losses were games he did not start, he will smoke Murray, look for an upset.
georgia’s gonna see what being cool under pressure at QB is all about.
Godfrey is da man.
The Owl of Prophecy
December 30th, 2010
4:55 pm
We’ll win this game, close but a win nevertheless. Richt always wins the game when his back is against the wall. Too bad that $3M p/year doesn’t get Richt in this mode for every game. Time for a change!
JDawg
December 30th, 2010
4:55 pm
“Murray is winless against teams with a winning record. UCF is 10-3. Uh-Oh. Murray plays his best against losing teams.”
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Oh, Joe, I thought football was a team sport.
Dufus.
UGA dawg til death!
December 30th, 2010
4:59 pm
I can’t believe all these people calling themselves Ga fans are hopeing Richt gets fired. I bet you weren’t talking all that trash when He was winning. Ga will beat UCF. They will beat Boise State. Heck you could take just about any SEC team, ranked or not, and beat Oregon, Boise St, TCU, and the list goes on. Look at Ohio State if you have any questions about the overated teams of the other conferences. The rebuilding that would have to take place if Richt was fired would be catastrophic. Those of you who are fickled fans please go find another team to support. Get on the Auburn band wagon like everyone else.
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
December 30th, 2010
5:09 pm
I’m amazed at the level of stupidity in some of these posts. I hope they are only posting such drivel to get responses. My IQ dropped 15 points just reading some of them.
Grizzly
December 30th, 2010
5:09 pm
Heck, Georgia can’t beat Colorado, they sure can’t beat Boise.
Grizzly
December 30th, 2010
5:10 pm
I don’t see UGA beating Boise States when they cant beat the Coloradoes.
Jerry T.
December 30th, 2010
5:19 pm
This is our “reward” for a 6-6 season. May the New Year bring better results and much hope for next season.
The Owl of Prophecy
December 30th, 2010
5:20 pm
I respect all of you Richt defenders, but tell me what have you seen in the past three seasons that gives you hope/insight/wisdom that things are getting better at UGA? I see complacency, lack of passion, lack of discipline on and off the field, stubborn loyalty to coaches and dead-beat players, and an out-dated pro style offense. I also see a lack of talent evaluation and coaching up. And, I’m not real sure Grantham has a clue. Just my opinion.
JDawg
December 30th, 2010
5:22 pm
Coloradoes?
You are so right, Grizzly, but, unfortunately for the Techies, as bad as we suck, 9 times out of 10, our last game of the year is a sure W.
It’s always nice to look at the schedule most times, and pencil in a couple of wins when you see Vandy and Ga Tech.
Thanks for that.
Lakedawg
December 30th, 2010
5:23 pm
Believe David and Joe both have been in the sauce early for new years. Dawgs will win at least 10 games in 11 and CMR will still be coaching in 2020 against OSU. Write it down, take it to the bank.
The Owl of Prophecy
December 30th, 2010
5:29 pm
OK Lakedawg…what have you seen that makes you think this way? And, I’m fixing to hit the “sauce”.
wait till next year....
December 30th, 2010
5:29 pm
sounds like a bunch of Braves fans from the 80s!
wait till next year….we’ve got ___________ (insert delusional quote.)
here’s a shot of truth for that glass of koolaide….
Richt had the national championship trophy put in his reach when we started the season ranked #1.
The best we could do was Orlando.
All the koolaiders can do is come up with excuses, insults and attacks on people’s “loyalty.”
economy is down….football donations are down….Richt isn’t putting a good product on the field.
UGA needed the 1M donation from the athletic department for survival.
oh…but wait till next year…………just wait…..he’ll show em……
dawgit
December 30th, 2010
5:35 pm
From #2 in the nation in 2007 to trying to salvage a winning season in the final game. My how we have fallen.
The Owl of Prophecy
December 30th, 2010
5:36 pm
wait till next year…right on! Being head coach at UGA and making $3M p/year is not an entitlement. We expect results, not 6-6 seasons.
Fulltime dawgfan
December 30th, 2010
5:40 pm
Does anybody know of any good blogs where people actually talk football instead of crying because things havent gone their way
Joey
December 30th, 2010
5:43 pm
I like Mark Richt. I support him. I do think he is crazy as hell to not go out and hire a true OC. But I am sick and tired of reading posts that imply that criticism of Richt makes one a little less of a Dawg fan, than folks who kiss his ass!
He ain’t Saban. Or Myer. Or even Miles.
He can’t beat UF, unless he has 3 of the top 30 picks in the NFL draft on his offense (’07 – and not counting freshman AJ Green).
We can’t even be assured of beating Vandy, KY, and others that used to be sure fire wins for UGA. Lately, the only new “1sts”, that Richt’s teams have accomplished generally are bad ones:
1st UGA team to lose to Miss State in what, 20+ years?
1st UGA team to lose a homecoming game to KY, ever?
1st UGA team to lose 4 in a row since, the Goff era?
1st UGA coach to lose to three different coaches? (soon to be 4!)
1st UGA coach to not beat a winning team in a season?
Richt goes 6-6 and states, “no staff changes.”
He is the SEC coach with the longest tenure, yet he hasn’t even sniffed a SEC East title in 5 years.
He got beat by a pathetic Colorado team who then lost 7 straight games, and whose coach got fired before the season was over.
He and his staff made almost $1 Million per win in 2010. Good job, boys.
And, by the way, I am as big a UGA fan as there is anywhere.
Joey
December 30th, 2010
5:44 pm
. . .3 different UF coaches . . .
LLUGA
December 30th, 2010
5:48 pm
@waittilnextyear and owl
Shame on you for buying into that pre-season #1 ranking…that’s your fault, not Richt’s.
UGA did not need $1 mil for “survival” … give me a break…you don’t even know what you are talking about.
You two are the biggest kool aid drinkers…expecting NC every year, SEC titles, and BSC games every year…give me a break…go pull for the Heat or Lakers or Patriots…just quit watching college football, because your expectations are unrealistic.
The Owl of Prophecy
December 30th, 2010
5:48 pm
Fulltime dawgfan, it’s called mamby-pampy land.com you jack waggon. We are talking football.
The Owl of Prophecy
December 30th, 2010
5:52 pm
Thanks LLUGA, you’re correct, I do expect us to contend for the SEC and NC every year. Why not? Other teams such as FL, AL, OSU, etc. do…why not us? I think we deserve it based on what we pay for GEEF, season tickets, alumni, and the $3M we pay our coach. What do you think?
Jiggy Smaha
December 30th, 2010
5:58 pm
Joe is a dumba$$….and a Tech poser….but I am repeating myself…Dawgs win ugly….but they win. Game will be played in heavy rain. Richt will save his job or lose it between tomorrow night and Sept. 3. He has to tigheten the ship and should start by putting Caleb King’s sorry a$$ in the road….he needs to get a couple of mean and ready JUCO D-linemen and a stud running back recruit—and a wide receiver—and let them play. And he needs to allow Grantham and Coach T to do whatever it takes to show the spoiled brats Georgia has recruited that they have to work to stay and play.
rx-dawg
December 30th, 2010
6:02 pm
Are you kidding? Quit with the “Dream Team” talk….we are behind in almost every single game changer in the state? Who exactly do you think we are getting? Ray Drew isn’t coming, Xzavier Ward isn’t coming, Crowell isn’t coming, Xzavier Dickson isn’t coming, Quan Bray isn’t coming….so who? What top level recruit are we getting? Lemay and his questionable character? I’m sorry, but we already have a QB and backup…third string ain’t helping with 6-6. Our recruiting will be the downfall of Richt. I think he has the talent to coach, but he can’t get a lot of talent to come to Athens to work with. Before any of you start off on oh he got x-number of first round picks, there are a lot of schools who generate a lot of first round picks that don’t win titles (OSU comes to mind) or finish with losing records when they lose top level players (Texas this year). It happens elsewhere, but we don’t aren’t at the recruiting level of those schools, so more extended downtimes are expected.
MR Shouldn't Have...
December 30th, 2010
6:04 pm
Let BVG leave in foul mood because he was being underpaid. The Dawgs have never been the same since
dawgit
December 30th, 2010
6:08 pm
UGA annually has top 10 recruiting classes. Surely we have enough talent to be better than 6-6.
AltamahaDawg
December 30th, 2010
6:18 pm
Odd that 7-6 is “albeit barely” a winning season, but apparently 6-7 would not be “albeit barely” a losing season.
When somebody speaks about having a winning season, is it not inferred that it was barely? Isn’t that the point of saying…. a winning season. Nobody refers to 10-3 as a winning season even if that is also the case. “albeit barely” was making an albeit redundant point.
UGA recruiting in 2008 and 09 and the FIX
December 30th, 2010
6:20 pm
UGA last year and the prior year before last, did not produce solid recruiting. 2009 was in particular very bad. We signed about 17 kids and they are just fair. That class was ranked in the top 20s. The prior year included Marlon Brown and one or two others, like Brandon Smith and Ealey that inflated the ranking for 08. These last two in particualr have really not done a thing for UGA yet, beyond Brandon’s SC TD scamper in 09. His fumbles have hurt us more than he has helped us. See KY in 09. Ealey also hurt us with his 09 AND his 2010 fumbles that have driectly led to about 5 UGA losses. He did however, play well in the GT game in 09, he did quite well . He has badly hurt UGA with his off the field antics too.
In the frosh class from two years back, the only kid that has delivered so far is Aaron Murray, who will be a red shirt soph in 2011. He is it in that class of 2008. The rest were apparenlty vastly over rated.
So, in conclusion, UGA and Richt have not delivered solid recruiting in about 4 or 5 years.
That fact is why we were awful in 09 and again in 2010 and why we may be awful in 2011. UGA has not gone after BIG BOYS for BOTH lines of scrimmage and we are seeing the direct result of that reality. We cannot run nor can we stop the run. THIS is why UGA is so awful. Fix this and UGA will be fine.
I see a track meet vs UCF or is it FIA or is it USF?? UGA 32-29 UCF
Go Dogs.
Headley Lamar
December 30th, 2010
6:22 pm
UGA had i think the 4th best record in the country last decade.
Thats pretty dang good.
AltamahaDawg
December 30th, 2010
6:23 pm
“Richt had the national championship trophy put in his reach when we started the season ranked #1.
The best we could do was Orlando.”
Aside from your obvious lack of knowledge about college football and the nature of polls….wouldn’t that also not be true of the last 2 coaches of preseason #1 SEC teams?
UGA Offense coach ?? Hmmmmm??
December 30th, 2010
6:28 pm
Anyone think that UGA would go grab the Fridge? He supposedly IS an offensive minded coach and with a year or two recruiting, he might be just what we need.
Bobo? Oh, he can coach QBs ……………. or he can leave UGA because …………….no one else ………………no one else has even bothered to contact him, nor has his name even been in the rumor mill, he is so bad. THAT says it all.
Ralph Friegden would be an immediate Offensive side up grade for UGA.
Go Dogs.
Dan Mullen
December 30th, 2010
6:34 pm
Well since a couple of you guys are against me coming to Athens, consider Brain Van Gorder. Man that Atlanta Falcons defense is the REAL DEAL. I bet you Dawg fans miss BVG right about now !!!
It is a strange year for college football coaches
December 30th, 2010
6:40 pm
If McGarity sees a lethargic UGA squad and we lose the Liberty, would he pull the plug on CMR right in the middle of recruiting? One year lost due to a sudden firing does not make a university. See Auburn. TT got canned and then Coach AL Capone came in, had his one break in year in 09 and then, went out and a had a fabulous class and look at them now. It happens all over college football folks. See Maryland.
MR being dumped after a Liberty Bowl loss? McGarity I think, has seen all that he wants to see and now might make us ready to reenergize all spring and summer for Boise State with a decision. UGA loses and it could SUDDENLY be very, very ugly for the bulk of UGA’s coaching staff.
Frankly, while viewing the last WSB TV show with Chuck Dowdle and CMR, Richt’s eyes I thought were very telling. He looked exhausted and like a big case of BURN OUT. He looked like he had just had THE TALK with AD McGarity to me. He could not make eye contact with Dowdle. If I am wrong ………………….then I am wrong.
Just a thought.
Go Dogs
UGA class of 71 & 73
Brian Van Gorder
December 30th, 2010
6:40 pm
Dan Mullen,
Last time I checked I was still pretty sore at UGA because they paid me chicken scratch…I like the NFL better anyways
Brian Van Gorder
December 30th, 2010
6:45 pm
Also, I’m too good of a coach and way too under appreciated by UGA fans to ever work in athens again. I’m plenty happy doing my part to help the Falcons make a run at the superbowl hopefully for years to come
dawgit
December 30th, 2010
6:50 pm
I would think Van Gorder would have his sights set on being an HC in the NFL some day. Sounds premature now; but, if his defense continues to improve and the Falcons have a few more successful seasons, I could see it happening.
I pity the haters
December 30th, 2010
6:58 pm
I can’t even begin to understand how pathetic and empty a persons life has to be when he repeatedly posts on a rival teams message board just to spread delusional lies.
I wonder if it takes a lifetime of failure and being lauged at by everyone around them for these guys to sink to that point or are they just sociopaths? I can understand rivalry but most of the sad sacks don’t have a team they support. I guess its easier and safer for them to just bash the teams happier people who have friends and loved ones like to support. I have been told many of the haters posting here are secretly fans of a certain trade school located in a really bad part of atlanta but I’m not sure if that is true.
Anyway since my own life is a happy one full of people who care for me and that I love I truly hope you miserable pitiable guys manage to make it through this holiday season. There are several free programs to help severely depressed people like yourselfs so you won’t have to borrow more money from your parents.
Nicky
December 30th, 2010
7:10 pm
UGA wins by 17 points or more. The rest of this blog is pure boolsheet.
inside info
December 30th, 2010
7:10 pm
rx-dawg.
wow sounds like you know where all these kids have decided to go even though none of the countless recruiting site or bloggers have that information. You must hang out with a whole lot of teen boys to get all this info no one else has.
Please enlighten the rest of us and tell us where all the guys you mentioned will play next year.
Vince Dooley
December 30th, 2010
7:14 pm
Alright guys, its time for another Dooley to lead Georgia back to the promise land. After my son little Derek fixes Tennessee, he will take over in Athens. We’re bringing the Junk Yard Dawgs back !!!
dawgit
December 30th, 2010
7:24 pm
O.K. Vince, but your Dooley will need to find another Herschel.
Jiggy Smaha
December 30th, 2010
7:45 pm
Vince….your boy has more than he can handle with ACC powerhouse North Carolina right now….
missmollie
December 30th, 2010
7:57 pm
Any year the Dawgs beat the Jackets it is a good year!!! A really good game!!! Good Luck fans, coaches and team… Go Dawgs….
Dan Mullen for UGA
December 30th, 2010
8:17 pm
I will be in Athens this time next year! Go DAWGS!
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December 31st, 2010
12:48 am
UGA dawg til death!
December 30th, 2010
4:59 pm
—Heck you could take just about any SEC team, ranked or not, and beat Oregon, Boise St, TCU, and the list goes on.—
9/11/10 in Knoxville – 3rd in the SEC East UT 13 Oregon 48
dawgsfalconsbravos
December 31st, 2010
4:59 am
techies 8 of the last 9
aubarn 4 outta 5 (give it 2yrs to go trial and it will be all uga enjoy the w while it lasts, we dont pay our players)
uf you still wear jean shorts and had to get a dawg as a coach cuz urban cryer couldnt handle a losing season due to famiily ha!
DAWGS RULE! all the haters callin for richt’s head look at what his mentor at free shoe u did. you cant be on top every year unless it’s the a-she-she
JB
December 31st, 2010
6:35 am
Mullen signs new deal for 2.6 mil…..Take him off the list…..And I am glad……We can do better….
mark
December 31st, 2010
6:55 am
Georgia doesn`t play Arkansas next year
NOTagain!
December 31st, 2010
6:57 am
Dawgs will be drinking those blues away tonight after they get upset in this game.
JB
December 31st, 2010
7:07 am
70 tons of trash………………..Nice showing against Air Force……7 points…..really……. With the worlds greatest offense ? LOL
Dave from GT
December 31st, 2010
7:35 am
OLeary has your number Dawg breaths! I don’t think AJ or Murray will make it thru the 1st half. UCF hits……. unlike that idiot Groh !
nobody
December 31st, 2010
7:53 am
football comments rank at the top of “talk’s cheap”…..positive comments rare…otherwise, negativity 24-7….advice to all you negative folks for a new year’s resolution….get a life
WinderDawg
December 31st, 2010
7:56 am
UCF is in the top 30 defensive teams in the country by playing who? The QB is talented and will make some plays. The only way UGA loses this game is by turning the ball over 4 times. Keep B Smith on the defensive side of the ball and don’t let him near a punt return or kick off return. UGA needs to pass first then mix in some draws and screen plays to off set the rush. We don’t have a dominate running back so we are a pass first then run team. Unless UCF runs the triple option or wing t formation I don’t see them racking up a lot of yardage. UGA 35 UCF 17.
TheXman
December 31st, 2010
8:07 am
richt will be signing his new contract after next year when the dogs win the east and in the hunt for a national title and all you tech fans can sream fire richt for at least another 7 years..haha
UGA will crush UCF and Boise ST simply because of the talent level in the SEC is so much better. the young dawgs will be jr an srs next year with some very talented red shirt sophs as well to pretty much beat any team they face next year.
by the way joe the bulldogs were 8-5 last year and 10-3 the year before and 11-2 the year before that. next year will be the beginning of a few more sec titles and possible national titles in the next 3 years.
UGA future is looking really bright. with the one of the top 7 coaches in all of college football secured and another top 10-5 recruiting class coming in. im a liking what im a seeing ; )
TheXman
December 31st, 2010
8:10 am
ucf? conf usa champs? haha..no way the bulldogs lose this game and the only way its close if uga gives the ball up 5 times on there own 15.
the UCF hasnt really played anyone like the dogs all year and when they see how much bigger and stronger these guys really are look for ucf to lay down.
Michael T
December 31st, 2010
8:19 am
U-C-F! U-C-F! Go Knights! This will be their first bowl win. Too bad it can’t be against a better team than UGA.
GaDawg1
December 31st, 2010
8:43 am
Hopefully the Dawgs can finish up on a high note.
http://thesportsdebates.com/2010/12/29/the-tsd-best-of-2010-debate%E2%80%A6-to-fire-or-not-fire-tops-the-list/
Smith
December 31st, 2010
8:49 am
Not sure Richt can survive losing the Bowl game. He’s on the hottest seat in the SEC.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/543129-mark-richt-on-the-hottest-seat-in-the-sec-in-2011-at-georgia
Smith
December 31st, 2010
8:51 am
Esteemed journalist Mark Bradley says Richt must win the SEC East, or get fired.
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/12/13/if-uga-cant-win-the-sec-east-next-season-thats-it-for-richt/
JB
December 31st, 2010
8:54 am
Dave from GT……..7 points ? Air Force? You still sold on this guy in year 3 ? Team ought to on the rise….Looks like the program is nose diving.
Snake Doc
December 31st, 2010
9:22 am
Some of you boneheads wouldn’t know talent if it bit you in the behind.
Murray is a great talent, a winner on a poorly coached team. You boneheads complain about all the arrests, lack of discipline and now you’re waiting for Christian LeMay to come in and be the savior of MR and the UGA football program. LeMay hasn’t played in a year, His senior season in H.S., he was suspended for some type of sex violation.
Hmmm, a sexual deviant and pervert coming to save UGA football for MR a bunch of brain dead morons. How fitting!
Paul N Destin
December 31st, 2010
9:22 am
It doesn’t matter what Mark does in 2011 because he will not coach UGA in 2012. The jury(folks with Money) has already made the call on Mark.
jorjiafeetballstinks
December 31st, 2010
9:32 am
So the stupid dog is sick, with all the problems in the world, who in the LIVING HELL ives a STUPID jeorjia mascot as $hit, die you stupid dog and jeorgia feetball is as worthless as hell !!!!!!
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
December 31st, 2010
9:32 am
I have it on good authority that Big Bad Bruce was arrested last night. I will be on the job today. No more a$$ paintings. They have to accept me for what I am.
Snake Doc
December 31st, 2010
9:38 am
Schultz why don’t you actually use your brain and write an article on the state of sports radio in Atlanta. 3 college bowl games were played yesterday and not one was broadcast by what passes for sports radio in this town.
Oh yeah, you work for one of the feeble attempts at sports radio so you can’t criticize them
Atlanta Sports Radio = A joke!!!!!!!!
Snake Doc
December 31st, 2010
9:46 am
sorry – last post was on wrong blog.
Still ATL sports radio is a joke!
Orange10
December 31st, 2010
9:48 am
News flash – Murray was The University of Florida’s MVP for this years FL/GA game. As far as surpassing any Stafford or Shockley records, those guys were winners, Murray – big disapointment. The only thing Murray will be remembered for is leading UGA to the their worst season in modern history.
News Flash for Orange10
December 31st, 2010
10:04 am
Murray played very well and he is on track to be one of the best qbs to ever play at Georgia. He did outstanding considering he had NO rushing attack in his offense plus the defense was terrible.
Its not Murrays fault that Georgia has the crappiest defense $750,000 can buy.
It’s not Murrays fault that Washout fumbled the ball on two game winning drives that more than likely would have led to UGA wins.
It’s not Murrays fault that the Georgia defense got toasted by Ryan Mallet on that passing play to choke in the Arkansas game.
It’s not Murrays fault that idiot Bobo called a HORRIBLE set of plays in overtime of the Georgia/Florida game.
It’s not Murrays fault that he passed for THREE touchdowns in the FIRST QUARTER against #1 Auburn ON THE ROAD but his defense let them come back.
This season’s failures have nothing to do with quarterback play. Look at Murrays stats, the kid is breaking school records as a freshman. Murray didn’t have a running game, or defense this year and if you don’t have neither of those ANY qb will struggle in the SEC.
Junk Yard Dawg
December 31st, 2010
10:08 am
Did anyone see the Tennessee/North Carolina game last night? Derek Dooley has the fire in him to be a good coach. They had some sloppy games but he is a first year SEC coach with freshman everywhere so they will make mistakes. I’m telling you guys right here, UT will give us all we can handle next season. That Bray kid looks very good and he really put on a show last night. I think Tennessee beats us in Knoxville next season. Who would like for us to can Richt, and bring in another Dooley?
blazerdawg
December 31st, 2010
10:09 am
MT – man, even Valdosta State owns Central Florida.
Benji Lebeaux
December 31st, 2010
10:14 am
I hope we take this game seriously. Hunker down Hairy Dawgs.
Wild Blue Yonder
December 31st, 2010
10:22 am
David, UGA owns TECH and always will. Sad you have to hope so fervently for your main rival, whom you will never beat except on the rare occasion, to fail for you to feel some sort of victory.
42-34 Dawgs STILL Run This State!
December 31st, 2010
10:45 am
tech still has a losing record
AltamahaDawg
December 31st, 2010
11:02 am
Dooley seems like a young coach with a future but I didn’t particularly notice him demonstratively showing any more “fire” than any other of the coaches on the sidelines this bowl season. Less than some, more than others. Not sure what your gauge is. Safe to assume any young coach in his first years on a new job is going to bring some energy, but that would be true of anybody TN would have hired. I did notice his kids jumped up and showboated after an awful lot of plays. I don’t think they scored a single time without a very blatant display (beyond what was a penalty in other games). That’s not freshman mistakes. It seemed pretty condoned by his staff. May we assume that you are a fan of that?
San Francisco Dawg
December 31st, 2010
11:22 am
Has anyone actually looked at UCF’s schedule? Cupcake does not even describe it accurately..Dawgs could score 50 in this one….
Daisy Mae
December 31st, 2010
11:24 am
It would be heartwarming to see UCF’s student athletes beat UGA’s thugs. UGA’s morons are more of a gang than a team, and millions of decent, moral people would love to see these punks go down today.
There’s a reason why UGA is known as The Cesspool of the South.
AltamahaDawg
December 31st, 2010
11:28 am
As opposed to the hundred of people that watched Tech’s thugs go down?
AltamahaDawg
December 31st, 2010
11:45 am
Joey, I honestly have never one time in here heard anybody every say that criticising he coach made you “less of a fan”, not by anyone serious anyway. I have though heard countless times heard folks proactively defending themselves against such a claim. As if they felt like they needed to. Any reason for that? Commentors who choose not to simply repeat the hyper-negative boring and lazy banter in here get called name WAY more often that those that do, trust me. Don’t even try to put up that straw man.
There are however plenty of occasion when folks try to debate comments that seem unfair or overly simplistic to them, if not downright inaccurate. That’s all just opinion either way of course.
HOUDAWG
December 31st, 2010
11:57 am
Everett ……… your knowledge of football is SQUAT. Your posts would need improvement just to be idiotic …… go home little boy.
AltamahaDawg
December 31st, 2010
12:01 pm
And to answer your question about why anybody would have reason to expect 9-10 wins next year: Simple……..just basic math.
If Uga wins today, which I expect they will, they will have finished up winning 6/8 of thier last games. I would think any reasonable person would accept that if you were looking at some indication of what a team is going to do next season, the way they finished the previous season would be a pretty good place to start. So simple math, .75 is 9.75 victories. And I would say the past 8 games is a pretty fair representation of the 2011 schedule.
Add to that that UGA as literally 7 points away from winning 3 more games (10 games) this year, while none of the wins were close, so the percentages just simply work in thier favor.
Add to that the damage to the record was during the very first games of new defense under a completely new defensive staff that had never worked together, and a QB making his first appearances in a college game, why would you NOT expect the record to be better next year?
Dawg Tired
December 31st, 2010
12:04 pm
Question # 1 – Will the Dawgs be ready to play hard, or will they be like some of our posters on here and think it’s only UCF? If the former, we win; if the latter we lose.
Question # 2 – Will our defense play aggressively, or will we sit back and watch a freshman QB pick us apart?
Question # 3 – Will we play all four quarters, or will we wilt at the end?
Question 3 4 – Which team really wants this game the most?
While this game should be a lock for the Dawgs based on the talent levels, these questions cause real concern.
Dawg Tired
December 31st, 2010
12:07 pm
I’m hoping San Fran Dawg is right on this one.
Dawg Tired
December 31st, 2010
12:09 pm
Daisy – get back in the front set.
Gatorman
December 31st, 2010
12:52 pm
The NCAA has allowed the bowl picture to get disgusting. Simple, have all of the Bowls complete by Jan 1, and the championship one week later to allow the BCS location to get ready. Any other other scenario is simply adding crap to the massive crap that is already there now.
Paul Johnson
December 31st, 2010
1:18 pm
I want to congratulate UGA for beating my team and its gimmick offense once again. Good luck against UCF. I’m going to be hanging out with your favorite knucklehead Caleb King.
how2fish
December 31st, 2010
1:19 pm
Daisy Mae decent and moral people?? Like Auburn and Bug fans??
Aaron Murray
December 31st, 2010
1:19 pm
I hurt my thumb flipping through a book while studying for my final exams.
ugaclassof2004
December 31st, 2010
2:09 pm
People who dog out Aaron Murray are idiots. The offense scored 30 or more points 6 times vs. Div. I opponents, including Florida and Auburn. When you can score 30 points or more, you are doing what you need to do to as an offense win games. It not Murray’s fault that the defense can’t keep opponents out of the freakin endzone or force a 3 and out! There is nothing but 3 star nobodies on that side of the fall. Its not Murray’s fault that Mark Richt and Co. have not built a team around him to be more successful.Aaron Murray AS A FRESHMAN is the engine that makes this offense go! Has Murray made some mistakes? Of course! But without Aaron Murray and AJ Green, this team would be LUCKY to be 5-7!
Snake Doc
December 31st, 2010
3:25 pm
Anyone criticizing Murray know NOTHING about football! I’m sure those criticizing him are waiting for the next great dope, pervert, sexual deviant to come in and save MR’s behind! That says more about the MR and the morons wanting Lemay to be the QB to save UGA than it does about the rest of us.
FIRE MR today!
Hit A Single
December 31st, 2010
3:40 pm
Can’t wait until Coach Joe T. takes over the weight room. He is by for the most intense person on the Dawgs sideline. I have already heard that some players may not make it. He is already on some ass. He is a true dawg and knows what it means to be a Dawg on Sat. night.
Will Stockdale
December 31st, 2010
3:41 pm
Bulldogs suck. I hope the get HAMMERED ! They continue to embarass the state.
hbcuclassics
December 31st, 2010
3:47 pm
HBCU Classics All-Americans
Offense:
QB Matthew Johnson, Bethune**
QB Stanley Jennings, Albany St**
RB Walter Sanders, St. Augustine
RB DeAngelo Branche, Norfolk St
RB Frank Warren, Grambling – broke Walter Payton’s rushing records
WR Raymond Webber, UAPB
WR Ronnie Childs, Albany St
WR Lennel Elmore, SC State
OL David Mims, VA Union
OL Johnny Culbreath, SC State
OL Mike Mavromichalis, Albany St
OL Natiel Curry, Bethune
OL Josh Harrison, SC State
http://www.hbcuclassics.com
Walmart Fans
December 31st, 2010
3:47 pm
Ealey is a punk/thug. fighting after every play
Hit A Single
December 31st, 2010
3:50 pm
Walmart Fan – go get your foot powder and go home.
Hit A Single
December 31st, 2010
3:51 pm
Will Stockdale – I didn’t know you were still alive. Of course you still ain’t worth a _____________!
dawgmatic
December 31st, 2010
5:14 pm
Too bad the NERDS couldn’t beat Air Force. That’s embarrassing!
WOW
December 31st, 2010
6:23 pm
Losing 9-6 to UCF —- WOW
Dawg Tired
December 31st, 2010
6:54 pm
Didn’t quite put up 50 on the mighty knights.
Gatorman
December 31st, 2010
6:54 pm
Some things haven’t change, George O’Leary just got his 4th win against UGA.
Gatorman
December 31st, 2010
6:56 pm
Where are the smackers talking about GTech losing, now how does it feel? Where are you little snipes, that love to run off at the mouth, come on say something intelligent now.
ryan
December 31st, 2010
6:56 pm
I have defended Richt for a long time but no more its time for a change loosing to C USA team is pathetic i don’t care about are recruits we loose but enough is a enough and its time for a change .
sneakuponum
December 31st, 2010
6:57 pm
Dead mutts!!!!!!!!
Sanford Drive
December 31st, 2010
6:58 pm
dawgmatic – too bad the LEGHUMPERS couldn’t beat UCF. That’s embarrassing!
Sanford Drive
December 31st, 2010
6:59 pm
UGA = IRRELEVANT
dawgfan
December 31st, 2010
7:00 pm
BAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Vince The Prince
December 31st, 2010
7:00 pm
6 and 7! At least you beat mighty Idaho State
6 and 7!
Vince The Prince
December 31st, 2010
7:00 pm
Have they fired Richt yet?
GDBurdell
December 31st, 2010
7:01 pm
How ‘Bout Them Dawgs? 6-7 Suck it flea bags!!
sneakuponum
December 31st, 2010
7:02 pm
This is for All of you idiot mutt fans that saw fit to hit the Tech board, your team sucks.
Footballrules
December 31st, 2010
7:03 pm
The difference in this game? All that Conference USA speeeeeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spike
December 31st, 2010
7:03 pm
UGA didn’t beat a single team with a winning record this year. Not. One. Single. Team.
sneakuponum
December 31st, 2010
7:04 pm
Fire Mark Richt now. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!Loosing season. where is sanford drive.
Sanford Drive
December 31st, 2010
7:05 pm
3-5
6-7
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Logan Booker
December 31st, 2010
7:07 pm
Conference USA > SEC
STRETCH
December 31st, 2010
7:09 pm
They deserved to lose. The loss was on the coaching staff as usual. All they do is run, run, run. When is UGA gonna figure out what EVERYBODY else they play knows….that Bobo the Dodo is gonna RUN DRAW PLAYS all game long!
I dont understand how Richt could come from being an OC and running a high powered offense at FSU to being Ray Donnan or Jim Golf????!!!!!!!
UCF
December 31st, 2010
7:10 pm
10-6 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! The mighty Conference USA beats the lowly leghumpers. Great way to end the year.
Logan Booker
December 31st, 2010
7:12 pm
STRETCH, I agree with you that Richt should be fired.
Shamu
December 31st, 2010
7:15 pm
I am now joing the fire Richt bandwagon. This game was embarrassing as a UGA grad and fan. GREAT call coach on the fourth and inches less than ten yards from the goal line in the first quarter. Coaching has passed you by Coach Richt, just like Bobby Bowden. Please get UGA a new coach soon this “coaching” job today was a crock of crap. My two year old could have pointed to better plays in the playbook.
Fastdawg
December 31st, 2010
7:27 pm
Again, that offensive line could not block Betty White & Betty White could do a better job of coaching that what went on today. Just pathetic.
Bulldykes
December 31st, 2010
7:31 pm
We rock…. We rag on tech and cant beat tmighty ucf. At least we didn’t score a touchdown!
darrell starks
December 31st, 2010
7:36 pm
Biggest ? do the state of georgia have the most hype overrated player from georgia, why all top players from georgia sign with the dogs turned out 2 be bust every year.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!
sneakuponum
December 31st, 2010
7:37 pm
What happened?????????????
stendek
December 31st, 2010
7:38 pm
Am not even angry. Totally numb. Georgia Tech at least tried in bowl defeat. My Dawgs mailed this one in against an obviously inferior team! Knew Mark Wretch set groundwork for failure when he chose FG over first down on fourth and millimeters play. Over! Game, set and match. It was obvious Dawg HC had no intention of spoiling UCF season. Congratulations Wretch. You succeeded! Only UGA season in toilet with losing mark! So very unhappy MR is returning. May even bail on Dawg football! I am that unhappy. Truly sad state of affairs after being tried and true Dawg fan for over half a century. Will never be MR fan again! This was beneath contempt. Like Falcons losing to Pee Wee squad. It was that damn disgraceful! STENDEK
Bulldykes
December 31st, 2010
7:38 pm
Say what you want, but O’Leary owns us bulldykes.
How about ourvgreat defense too?
We so should be playing OR in the NC game. Bulldykes unite!
darrell starks
December 31st, 2010
7:40 pm
Georgia player from georgia always turn out 2 be bust, maybe 2percent live up 2 expectation.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!
Tideguy
December 31st, 2010
7:42 pm
Can Dogs avoid first losing season in 14 years? The envelope please……..
NO, NO WAY JOSE, NADA, NO, NO NO, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HARRRRRRRR-D-HARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, NO, 10-6, NO, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! GO SNIFF YOUR REAR PUPS!
darrell starks
December 31st, 2010
7:43 pm
Coaching player up 2 there potential have been secluded since the vince dooley days.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!
stendek
December 31st, 2010
7:45 pm
What was record again? 6-7? Not interested in anything Mark Wretch has to say. That says it all! STENDEK
stendek
December 31st, 2010
7:46 pm
If Mark Wrtech says team was one or two plays from being 10-3 somebody should drag him into an alley then beat the HELL out of him! STENDEK
darrell starks
December 31st, 2010
7:46 pm
Bulldogs need a coach 2 coach player up 2 there potential.
it’s time 2 call Kirby smart for head coaching job.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!
stendek
December 31st, 2010
7:47 pm
Make that Wretch! Shet by any other name still smells the same. STENDEK
stendek
December 31st, 2010
7:49 pm
Dawgs may be only SEC squad to lose legitimately in bowls! Volunteers were reamed by officials. Dawgs do not have that excuse. They reamed themselves! Ugly mental image. STENDEK
Cobb Dawg
December 31st, 2010
7:50 pm
Dear Mr. McGarity,
Time to pull the trigger. CMR is finally ready to do mission work, which is his calling. Offer SOS a four-year contract and get a stud coach-in-waiting as a coordinator. It’s too late to get Muschamp and that is a shame. But there are several young coaches out there who could learn under SOS and move into the job when he’s ready to retire. And he could keep GA players home. It’s past time.
DawgByte
December 31st, 2010
7:51 pm
Can you believe that guys like Justin Houston, Trinton Sturdivant, Brandon Boykin, Cordy Glenn and others are actually thinking about entering the draft??? Are you kidding me!!! These clowns are on a 6-7 team and they think they have to the stuff to play in the NFL. Put down the pipe fellas and get in the real world. Houston is the most overrated defensive player since Brandon Miller and ‘Mudcat’ Elmore.
Forget what Mel Kiper tells you… I’m telling you to get your arse in the weight room, study a ton of film and pretend to be a SEC caliber football player first! What a bunch of pansies!!!
showing your butts
December 31st, 2010
7:54 pm
HAHAHAHA, SHOT YOUR WADS WAY TOO SOON LIKE YOU DOGTARDS DO TIME AFTER TIME, BEATING YOUR CHEST LIKE IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO….
BIGGEST GOOFS IN THIS SEASON, CONGRATS, IT WAS HARD TO BEAT OUT GT, TN, CLEMSON BUT YOU MANAGED SOMEHOW TO PULL IT OFF…
JUST STILL CANNOT BELEIVE, CENTRAL FLORIDA SERIOUSLY? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
5 stars equals 7 losses and 11 arrest
December 31st, 2010
7:55 pm
WINNERS IN 2010 HANDS DOWN THE BIGGEST LOSERS OF ALL TIME
5 stars equals 7 losses and 11 arrest
December 31st, 2010
7:59 pm
I mean if you had any sense at all to keep your mouths shut on the other blogs before the bowl game but you just couldn’t do it, how does it feel to be the biggest BUFFOONS in the nation? I mean it takes alot of incompetence to beat out the other 6 and 7 teams for the title of the Biggest Buffoons, but you did it, CONGRATS DOGTARDS
Corninmypooh
December 31st, 2010
8:00 pm
I was willing to give Richt the benefit and allow him to cash in his credits, but after todays performance I’m now convinced Mark Richt can not turn this ship around. We don’t have the talent on this team going into 2011 to expect cataclysmic shift in the program. As fans we are deluding ourselves if we think Bacarri Rambo is suddenly going to learn how to tackle in 2011. We are deluding ourselves if we think this defensive line is going to become a major force next year. We are deluding ourselves if we think we’re not going to have more off field screw-ups under this current staff. We deluding ourselves if we think the offensive play calling is going to become less predictable.
This season was an utter failure… not since Ray Goff have I seen a team this poorly coached.
Neutered Dawg
December 31st, 2010
8:02 pm
Please end the misery…fire the whole staff. What an embarrassment…no way to look at other fans in the eye anymore.
Corninmypooh
December 31st, 2010
8:03 pm
5 stars equals 7 losses and 11 arrests -
I just have one thing to say to you………………………………….
(((42-34)))
ROTFLMAO!
dawg til the end
December 31st, 2010
8:11 pm
it is time for a change. richt has done great things for uga and i thank him for it but we need to clean house. by the way techies we still own you!
Dogs Smell
December 31st, 2010
8:11 pm
stendek ,
why is UCF an inferior team? I guess all the teams that beat Ga this year were inferior? The reality is the past couple of years are beginning to show your true colors. A not really very relevant program in the SEC. All Georgia is right now is a potential upset team. Next year Tennessee will be Much better, Florida should be about the same as this year (better than Uga) and South Carolina will compete. Once again putting the classless dogs 3rd in the East.
dawg til the end
December 31st, 2010
8:12 pm
hey dog smell…. 9 OUT OF 10 THAT IS NOT CHANGING!
dawg til the end
December 31st, 2010
8:15 pm
WE STILL OWN TECH!
Dogs Smell
December 31st, 2010
8:15 pm
Look for 2011 to be another repeat of 2010. Only in 2011 Ga wont beat Tennessee. 5-7.
Dogs Smell
December 31st, 2010
8:17 pm
dawg til the end – Im not a Techie, but it would take a dog fan to assume that. Obviously dawg, you have never been to athens on a weekday.
Embarrasing
December 31st, 2010
8:19 pm
Dawgtiltheend…are you proud that you are 9-1 against Tech? You should bve 10-0 and event that wouldn’t be a great accomplishment.
I’m not knocking Tech, I’m simply saying that a state run school with the ability to recruit like you do, you should NEVER lost to Tech. That’s what is wrong with your underachieving school…you set your bar too low.
Xenophon
December 31st, 2010
8:19 pm
Well. That was bracing! And just think…we get yet another year of Reverend Richt.
Rusty the Mutt
December 31st, 2010
8:29 pm
Hey Honolulu Dawg, 10-6 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
stendek
December 31st, 2010
8:35 pm
Do not criticize Aaron Cox. I DID SAY AARON COX! Those guys were open that he threw interceptions to. Give bum credit for something! STENDEK
bardawg
December 31st, 2010
9:00 pm
I’m so steamed , I can barely contain myself . Excuses can be made by the coaching staff at UGA , but truth be told , they’re all gonna be lame just like the 2010 dawgs . No more sugar coating , no more glosing over the facts , Mark Richt has taken our once proud and reveled program to the toilet and covered us with a brown stained piece of toilet paper . I am not proud , CMR , if he has any sense of decency or honor should return a substantial portion of his salary due to nonperformance ( shame there is’nt that clause in his contract ) I don’t know the answer to our dilema , but the solution certainly does’nt seem to ly with Coach Mark Richt
bardawg
December 31st, 2010
9:12 pm
Something that is soo sad is that Mark Richt is like a lost child wandering in the woods calling for his mama ,not having a clue what the hell to do to reverse the misfortunes of UGA Foottball It’s a pathetic situation and the man isto be pitied.
sandyspringsjacket
December 31st, 2010
9:14 pm
Blame it on Russ!
sandyspringsjacket
December 31st, 2010
9:18 pm
Hey Dawgtards, Colorado was inferior, UCF was superior, no excuses.
stendek
December 31st, 2010
11:39 pm
More salt for those wounds…
http://stendek77.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/dawgs-clueless-under-mark-richt-in-bowl-collapse-to-end-6-7/
Happy New Year. STENDEK
Ron Hyatt
January 1st, 2011
12:12 am
Ha. HAHAHAHA
Chuck Allison
January 1st, 2011
12:19 am
Can Dogs avoid first losing season in 14 years?
I reckon not, seeing as how this was the very last game of the year and it was their seventh loss of the season. Imagine how downcast that Tech must feel, losing to a team that lost to Central Florida. Alas, the shame of it all! Football is so very important! Someone check and see if the sky is falling. I would stay and grieve longer but I need to get some sleep.
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January 1st, 2011
8:54 am
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Logan Booker
January 1st, 2011
6:20 pm
Dawgs suck. Always have an always will.
Dawg Tired
January 4th, 2011
8:34 pm
I predict UCF wins 10 – 6.