Read all about it: UCF 10, UGA 6
A roundup of the AJC’s coverage of Georgia’s loss to Central Florida in the Liberty Bowl:
My game story on another sobering loss in a lost season:
MEMPHIS — Georgia’s football season ended as it began. Badly. Very badly.
The Bulldogs, who started the season by losing four of their first five games, lost their finale here Friday, falling to Central Florida 10-6 in the Liberty Bowl.
The loss — to a Conference USA team that had never before won a bowl game — dropped Georgia’s record to 6-7, giving the Bulldogs their first losing season in 14 years and punctuating a dismal year on and off the field for the UGA program.
“It’s embarrassing to be part of a losing season. It absolutely is,” said kicker Blair Walsh, whose two field goals accounted for all the points the Bulldogs could muster against Central Florida.
Jeff Schultz’s column, which asks if Georgia’s coach can fix his broken program:
MEMPHIS – Mark Richt says he is disappointed. He says he has to make changes. He says the Georgia football program is not where it needs to be, and when a once-respectable SEC program ends its season by failing to score a touchdown against a team from Conference USA, nobody is going to dispute that.
Here’s the only matter up for debate: Does anybody believe Mark Richt can still get it done?
My notebook, including items on Aaron Murray’s gloves, Richt’s decision to settle for a field goal on 4th-and-1 from the UCF 3-yard line and this:
Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green, widely expected to enter the 2011 NFL draft, wasn’t ready to declare his intentions after the Liberty Bowl.
“Not right now because I’m not clear-minded,” he said. “I’m just going to give it a couple of days, let it pass through, and go from there.”
And a photo gallery from the game, including this shot of the post-game handshake between Richt and UCF coach (and former Georgia Tech coach) George O’Leary:
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still@the bar
January 1st, 2011
1:35 pm
Bama, Auburn, LSU, and Miss St should make the SEC proud.
Damn the Gators fumble in the end zone.
Thuga
January 1st, 2011
1:39 pm
What a great way to end the year!
We run this state! (translated to UGA VIII has the runs)
I have never seen Russ so embarrassed.
Good thing we beat Tech or you could have had a mass suicide of leg humpers.
I love the state of Florida, at least they know how to recruit the right kind of thugs!
Love #49 for UCF, great kid, big heart, wanted to play for the leghumpers….
All you smart posters who know everything about THUGA Ball seem to have your red panties in a wad this morning. Would a win over UCF really made any difference? Be happy, something good may come out of this. I think U Meyer is available.
Happy New Dog Year!
Peace out!
Saint Richt is gone
January 1st, 2011
1:41 pm
Ray Goff will be returning to Athens next year. Adams will make the announcement on Monday.
Charleston Jacket
January 1st, 2011
1:52 pm
Familiar site – O’leary beating the mutts. Maybe we should bring him back to GT.
You guys deserve it. Posting on our blogs all year – when you have all “those 5star players”, giving us grief and making ignorant stupid redneck comments.
Glad you lost.
Pitbull
January 1st, 2011
1:53 pm
I have been one of Richt’s biggest defenders, but now I have to admit that I was wrong.
CMR has lost control of the program both on and off the field.
The team was unprepared and it was apparent that they did not want to be in Memphis and they played like it. Perhaps CMR did lose the team when he went for 3 points when we had driven 97 yards and he didn’t have confidence they could make one more.
Something is very wrong in Athens. CMR needs to stop trying to be the players’ super cool friend and start being a football coach.
If the players were more scared of him than getting caught or hit on the field they would behave off the field and perform on it.
I’m a UGA grad and don’t want UGA to become a football factory that neglects integrity and academics like Auburn and such, but they need tp behave off the field and play like they care on the field and that takes coaching leadership.
I remember when Donnan lost the team to Quincey Carter and his boyz in the hood. It’s not like that now, but we need a coach that sets a more determined and focused tone. I have come to believe that Richt is not capable of that.
Perhaps Richt would step down to be the Dogs’ offensive coordinator and Grantham can be promoted to Head Coach as he seems to have a pair.
G. Tampa Bedwetter
January 1st, 2011
2:17 pm
Time for someone to take a drill and finish Richt.
Last year he blamed one loss on the “dumb fans”.
Last night he sounded like he was blaming this loss on St. Jude Hospital.
CMR if what you have is religion, I want no part of it.
Charleston Jacket
January 1st, 2011
2:20 pm
dawgfan – the SEC is 0 – 2 against the ACC in bowl games this year. Thanks just the same you can keep CMR. We will stick with CPJ one more year and see if he can turn things around.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
January 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
UCF was a pretty decent team – ranked #25 and a lot better than Tech. Still disappointing loss for a FB program that is ranked 3rd in revenue and profit behind TX an ALA.
Dazed and Confused
January 1st, 2011
2:22 pm
Poof. The dream team just evaporated into thin air.
cwm
January 1st, 2011
2:26 pm
my problem with mark richt is that he does not seem to have a clue, he makes no adjustment , and his innovation is NO WHERE TO BE FOUND …… PLEASE GET RID OF HIM … I DON’T CARE WHAT IT DOES TO RECRUITING …… WE WILL STILL GET OUR SHARE ….. G OOOOO D A W G S ……………
It is what it is
January 1st, 2011
2:28 pm
As a public service, here’s your next score:
Boise State 70, UGA 6.
KnightFan42
January 1st, 2011
2:38 pm
still@thebar: I like how you intentionally fail to analyze the three games we lost this season.
NC State would’ve been a win if UCF had started Godfrey instead of Calabrese. The fourth quarter push during that game supports that.
Mistakes were made against Kansas, but if the game had gone another 5 minutes, UCF would’ve come back. The only reason Kansas even came back was because we slacked at the end.
Southern Miss was a blindside, pure and simple; proof that no team should look beyond what’s in front of them. At that point we were worrying about C-USA West and a bowl bid, and didn’t prep in time.
Basically, every failure UCF has made this year is because of stupid mistakes, mistakes we clearly learned from.
Imagine how we’ll do next year, with a matured Godfrey leading, and without any of those stupid mistakes plaguing our team.
I mean, we just beat an SEC team despite those mistakes, didn’t we?
It is what it ain't
January 1st, 2011
2:40 pm
No team that recruits and plays illiterate thugs like Green, Ealey, King, and Rambo can claim any moral high ground. Most schools would not even consider going after gang members like them.
It’s sickening. 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.
SAY WHAT
January 1st, 2011
2:41 pm
“MrCFB Some news for young Mr. Pryor:. Kirk Herbstreit does more for Ohio State on a good weekend than you’ll do in four (make that 3.5) years.. 2 hours ago · reply ”
Is this Twitter comment necessary from Barnhart? I mean I could understand some blogger but this guy is an employee of the Atlanta Journal and CBS Sports and 790 the Zone, does that mean he can point the finger at some 20 yr old kid? Maybe Ohio State or the Pryor family ought to “LAWYER UP” against you biggest BUFFOON of all. How does that make you feel Big Man, to point you shameful fingers at some kid? MOST SHAMEFUL COWARD I KNOW AND I HOPE CBS SPORTS fires you crazy @ss lunatic
Jed Clampett
January 1st, 2011
2:42 pm
Pitiful……Jest Pitiful
harold
January 1st, 2011
2:46 pm
IT IS TIME FOR RICHT TO GO!
Stinger2
January 1st, 2011
2:46 pm
KnightFan42: Good points. You also have a very good Coach.
I wish he had never left GT. I hope still@the bar also realizes that regardless of who UCF did or did not beat they are a ranked in the top 25 and will move up in the final rankings.
Snake Doc
January 1st, 2011
2:57 pm
UGA needs to back the Brinks truck up to Dan Mullen’s house and let him name his salary. UGA is in trouble… Mullen has propelled Miss State light years ahead of UGA.
Bulldawg '72
January 1st, 2011
2:57 pm
I told you last year Richt needed to go and now he needs another season to turn the ship??! I don’t think so; the guy has retired in place and needs to be sent down the road.
Snake Doc
January 1st, 2011
3:00 pm
Why is MR still a CEO at UGA today? Notice I didn’t say coach, because he ain’t no coach!
Snake Doc
January 1st, 2011
3:02 pm
For all the boneheads ists always one more year for MR. For the boneheads – Its over, no more time for MR, he hasn’t earned a dang thing after the last 3 years, 2 – 8 vs Florida, nothing of consequence in 4 years, no National Titles and not one in sight for the foreseeable future.
NO!!!! MR deserves nothing after the miserable performance his team put on yesterday and this whole year!
Fire him now and pray to your god that we can hire someone like Dan Mullen!
Jim
January 1st, 2011
3:04 pm
It is obvious to everyone what needs to be done so just do it and move on! There is no passion, no discipline, no aggressiveness, no commitment to excellence, nothing! Mark Richt plays to not lose as evidence by going for three on the two yard line after the team took it 97 yards. Imagine how the players feel. Mark, be a man and bow out professionally.
Hit A Single
January 1st, 2011
3:12 pm
Why don’t you put my comments, because you don’t want the truth.
Mark Richt
January 1st, 2011
3:13 pm
Why are ya’ll so upset? Our boys fought hard against a very tough team. We were blessed to be in a game of this magnitude and honored to go up against a great coach like coach O’leary. Sure we played a very uncharacteristic game for us but we kept on fighting. I’d say we fought “Ford tough.” I guess the problem was that we didn’t play on Saturday. It wasn’t our coaching, it was just fate! Don’t worry about us, we evaluate the film and bounce back next year.
Thomp
January 1st, 2011
3:15 pm
Richt should resign if is all everyone says he is. If he cashes any checks is is stealing from Georgia.
McGarity needs to go because he can’t do what’s necessary. He should be an Assistant AD because he is running from what everyone can see needs to be done. Mediocre is as medicre does and UGA epitomizes medocrity!
Snellville GT
January 1st, 2011
3:22 pm
Why all the gripe? Georgia fans had a nice vacation trip to Memphis,
The UGA team was in good shape, the boys had fun playing a game in the fresh air, so, what’s not to like???
Stinger2
January 1st, 2011
3:35 pm
Thomp: McGarity has been at UGA about six months.
Give the guy a break. He is not running from anything. He will do what is right for UGA when the time is right.
always a silver lining
January 1st, 2011
3:38 pm
Coffee Bluff DAWG What does revenue and profit have to do with it. UCF is a better team than Ga- plain and simple.
always a silver lining
January 1st, 2011
3:41 pm
Snake Doc Well no – you are wrong again- as usual. Richt is still the head coach at Georgia. And you are just an upset fan that thinks he knows the game of football. You don’t.
always a silver lining
January 1st, 2011
3:42 pm
Do you really think God cares one whit about the head coach at Georgia, or any University??? Yeah- you probably do.
Since Vince
January 1st, 2011
3:43 pm
Hire Dan Mullen immediately !
Nurse Rachet
January 1st, 2011
3:45 pm
Why would Mullen leave MSU for Ga???
Silver Britches not Gray
January 1st, 2011
3:47 pm
Get both Dan Mullen and Kirby Smart at UGA while we still have the Big Bucks.
Silver Britches not Gray
January 1st, 2011
3:48 pm
Nurse Rachet……. Money Talks and BS walks !
Nurse Rachet
January 1st, 2011
3:49 pm
Neither Mullen nor Smart would leave their positions to go to Ga IMO.
Nurse Rachet
January 1st, 2011
3:49 pm
Hide and watch.
Since Vince
January 1st, 2011
3:51 pm
Nurse Rachet…… Neva say Neva !
Nurse Rachet
January 1st, 2011
3:52 pm
Like most dawg fans, you continue to suffer from the delusion that Ga is still a top 5 program, and that you could hire whoever you want with enough money. Not gonna happen slim.
Mike Bobos goatee smells like _______
January 1st, 2011
3:53 pm
you fill in the blank !!!
Xenophon
January 1st, 2011
3:53 pm
Alabama and Miss. State are eviscerating their opponents. At least there are some teams that are still well coached in this conference. And who are motivated to win. Did the Reverend Richt notice?
Nurse Rachet
January 1st, 2011
3:55 pm
And then there is the SEC Least.
Mike Bobos goatee smells like _______
January 1st, 2011
3:55 pm
Clueless drool
Nurse Rachet
January 1st, 2011
4:01 pm
And then there is the little 10- once called Big.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
January 1st, 2011
4:03 pm
always a silver lining,
It has a lot to do with it. It denotes 1st class facilities, coaches, etc. I said earlier that UCF was #25 and deserved to win.
They play with passion and intensity. We expect a lot more from UGA and didn’t get it..
Snake Doc
January 1st, 2011
4:04 pm
And what do you know Always a Sliver????????
Richt himself states he is the CEO…. Prove me wrong!!!!!
Snake Doc
January 1st, 2011
4:06 pm
Always – Do you even have a god? You’re a godless freak that has no business opening that pie hole of yours, all that spills from that black hole you call a mouth is bunk!
Nurse Rachet
January 1st, 2011
4:08 pm
You prove yourself wrong every time you open your moth on here snake. Why don’t you get a real life..
Snake Doc
January 1st, 2011
4:09 pm
Ratchet and Always – Two of the same….. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change!
Nurse Rachet
January 1st, 2011
4:09 pm
But you must be a really sad individual to let a game get to you like this. Is your life so meaningless that you find it hard to exist when your team is 6-7. Good luck with that pal.
always a silver lining
January 1st, 2011
4:11 pm
I’m stunned at your attitude- stunned I tell ya.