Yes, amid all the hoops, spring football practice also starts today
About an hour after the Georgia men’s basketball team finishes its SEC tournament opener against Auburn at the Georgia Dome this afternoon, the Bulldogs’ football team will hit the field in Athens for the start of spring practice. I’ll be at the Dome, and Andy Johnston will be covering football practice. There’s much SEC tournament coverage on AJC.com today, but I know some of you might be looking for football fodder on the first day of spring ball. So here, culled from a full preview of Georgia spring practice that ran in Sunday’s paper, are three key issues facing the Bulldogs:
1. Rebuilding the receiver corps: While A.J. Green trains for the NFL draft, Georgia faces the daunting task of replacing arguably the best receiver in school history. The Bulldogs also must replace last season’s second most productive receiver, Kris Durham, who completed his eligibility. Rising junior Tavarres King, the leading returning receiver with 27 catches last season, will line up at flanker “to have an opportunity to do some of the things A.J. was doing,” coach Mark Richt said. Coaches will look for others to emerge this spring from a group that includes Marlon Brown, Rantavious Wooten, Michael Bennett, Israel Troupe and early enrollee Chris Conley. “I think there are plenty of guys who can make plays for us,” Richt said, “and young guys coming in [this summer] who are going to be hungry.”
2. Shoring up the offensive line: Expected to be a pillar of last season’s team, the unit underachieved. With the graduation of starters Clint Boling and Josh Davis, the departure of coach Stacy Searels to Texas and the hiring of Will Friend from UAB as Searels’ replacement, the offensive line bears watching closely this spring. Ben Jones is back for his fourth season as the starting center, and Trinton Sturdivant and converted guard Cordy Glenn are the almost-certain starters at left and right tackle, respectively. “The guard spots are really up for grabs right now,” Richt said. Rising sophomore Kenarious Gates, who started three games last season, is a leading candidate for one of the spots.
3. Filling the holes at linebacker: Georgia must replace three of last season’s four starters at the position — Justin Houston, a possible first-round NFL draft pick who started all 13 games at outside linebacker; Akeem Dent, the team’s leading tackler who started 13 games at inside linebacker; and Darryl Gamble, who started seven games on the outside. The linebacker group also lost a coach with the departure of inside linebackers coach Warren Belin to the Carolina Panthers; he was replaced by Kirk Olivadotti, hired from the Washington Redskins. At inside linebacker, the Bulldogs will count on Christian Robinson, who started 10 games last season, and converted safety Alec Ogletree. At outside linebacker, the leading candidates to start are Cornelius Washington and USC transfer Jarvis Jones. Prized signee Ray Drew will join the OLB competition in August.
- For the AJC’s full preview of UGA spring football practice, please click here.
- And for 10 players to watch this spring, please click here.
– Tim Tucker, AJC
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Sergeant Joe Friday, LAPD
March 10th, 2011
10:17 am
FIRST……big freaking deal!
Peach Fuzz
March 10th, 2011
10:25 am
I think you have it backwards – amid all the hubbub surrounding UGA spring practice, SEC Tourney begins today.
dangit
March 10th, 2011
10:26 am
whatever
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
10:28 am
WR’s look weak. Teams will double Tavarres King, Georgia’s only productive & experienced receiver, then who does Georgia go to? Well known Georgia doesn’t use TE’s, doesn’t like to throw ball over middle due to interception risk, so no need to gaurd them. Georgia struggled mightily without AJ Green last season, this doesn’t look good at all.
LB corp has no experience either, lost Houston & Dent. Terrible agains tthe run, terrible on 3rd down. Hard to imagine this unit improving with a brand new coach who ranked 24th in the NFL against the run.
Offensive Line, terrible last season, weakest unit on the team, yielded dozens of sacks, and 11th in rushing in SEC. With a new coach from UAB no one ever heard of, look for the unit to get worse than Vanderbilt in 2011. Teams will continue to bring 8 in the box to stop the run, as Murray has shown an inability to accurately complete deep passes, and Georgia doesn’t have an experienced deep threat at WR.
Buckeye
March 10th, 2011
10:28 am
Posting here too.
Not hiding under the desk.
Dawg Trainer
March 10th, 2011
10:31 am
Smokey IX is waiting for Uga IX to be announced so Uga can begin practice as well…learning how to fetch, heel, and play dead when it come to the Vols! ARRRRROOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Oger
March 10th, 2011
10:31 am
5th!?
Oger
March 10th, 2011
10:31 am
dang
DOUBLE G
March 10th, 2011
10:35 am
If only those recruits were three years older, we might have something to talk about – Dream Team redux. As it is, we’ve got our “retreads” from the past season. That being said, the off-season moves in the weight room/nutrition focus have gotten the team’s attention.
Methinks this spring will be pivotal in re-energizing both the team, and the coaching staff. With a year under the defense’s belt, and with a bolstered O-line up front, I believe the Dawg’s future to be much brighter. Returning starters most everywhere except receiver and LB, and, at this point, adequate players to fill those slots portend a good spring, with lots of competition to find out who will be the best players on the field.
And don’t underestimate Murray’s leadership here. After a quiet freshman season, look for him to step up.
devildawg
March 10th, 2011
10:36 am
U mean the Vols that we trounced up and down the field last fall? Those Vols. With your half breed mangy dog, and your silly overplayed fight song.
Worm
March 10th, 2011
10:37 am
Practice is closed.
anotherdawg
March 10th, 2011
10:45 am
I’m a little concerned about the secondary. I think Rambo played better 2 years ago, never was impressed with “hitman” who didn’t really seem to do much hitting. Looked more like “watchman”.
Delbert D.
March 10th, 2011
10:45 am
Green is the most talented receiver in Georgia history, but he’s not the best receiver in Georgia history.
DawginLex
March 10th, 2011
10:46 am
TROLL ALERT TROLL ALERT
Dutch=BB the same goon who stayed on the spring practice blog all day yesterday spewing garbage about players transferring and how bad Aaron Murray is.
converse with this goon at your own risk.
TROLL ALERT TROLL ALERT
dutchisdumb
March 10th, 2011
10:51 am
Dutch has no clue what he’s talking about with the TEs. We never use them? UGA is known as TE U. We couldn’t release the TE much when he was in last year because of the O-Line and lack of a running back. For those that don’t know, Stacey Searels liked to pass block on every play, which is why our running game was so bad. This also wore down our o-line, meaning they couldn’t hold up in the 4th quarter. Not saying that UGA will go 12-0, but it’s not as dire as some would make it out to be.
Sven Ottke
March 10th, 2011
10:52 am
Tim, quick! You are behind. Where is your article on the Olivadotti hiring? You are supposed to do at least one per week.
Spanky
March 10th, 2011
11:03 am
Dutch, doom and gloom all you want! Nobody’s taking you seriously. Thanks to the new work-out regiment, the team (from what I hear) is looking pretty sharp!
Jaydawg
March 10th, 2011
11:04 am
Wonder how long or who the first season affecting injury is going to belong to?Unfortunately just a matter of time with another Richt appointed buddy manning the strength&conditioning program.
South Ga Dawg
March 10th, 2011
11:09 am
Let the haters hate!!! The Dawgs will be just fine!!!
1eyedJack
March 10th, 2011
11:09 am
Reading this article I had an overwhelming sense of Deja vous. You guys get paid to reprint yesterday’s articles?
JB
March 10th, 2011
11:10 am
Dutch@10:28……….Why don’t we just give up football then……Geez
DawginLex
March 10th, 2011
11:15 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cjimTtqv70
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From the 4:20 mark on of the video addresses your “we never throw to the tight end” statement
1eyedJack
March 10th, 2011
11:24 am
Dutch is one of those dim light bulbs that try to project next year based on last year. In college or high school you just can’t do that. The whole dynamic changes from one year to the next. Players come and players go, players mature and get bigger, stronger and smarter.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:28 am
Last season, teams figured out how to stop Georgia’s offense
1- double AJ Green or only deep threat WR
2- cover TE with weakest LB because Georgia doesn’t throw over the middle
3- bring 8 in the box to stop the run.
It worked great as Georgia scored less than 20 points a game against winning teams and finished 10th in the SEC in rushing. Expect to see the same approach to stopping Georgia’s offense since Bobo couldn’t solve it.
Atticus
March 10th, 2011
11:28 am
Look at what Grantham said about Jarvis Jones on ESPN.
“Justin Houston was a great pass-rusher, but he couldn’t do some of the things Jarvis can do,” Grantham said.
GET AFTER IT DEFENSE!
I really hope we see the pre-concussion Rambo too!
Remarkable
March 10th, 2011
11:29 am
Delbert D. ***Green is the most talented receiver in Georgia history, but he’s not the best receiver in Georgia history.
Inquiring minds want to know, “Who do you think is?”
DawginLex
March 10th, 2011
11:31 am
DawginLex
March 10th, 2011
10:46 am
TROLL ALERT TROLL ALERT
Dutch=BB the same goon who stayed on the spring practice blog all day yesterday spewing garbage about players transferring and how bad Aaron Murray is.
converse with this goon at your own risk.
TROLL ALERT TROLL ALERT
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:32 am
Defense 7th in SEC against the run last season, 3rd in SEC East. Last on 3rd down conversion, gave up a 3rd down over 40%, which was worst in conference. Grantham’s 3rd down scheme is flawed, look for Boise & SC to clock Grantham on 3rd down and run the ball down his throat against the 3 down lineman.
Bawbie
March 10th, 2011
11:32 am
Fire Dave Perno !
Remarkable
March 10th, 2011
11:34 am
Dutch, you’re an idiot. Double cover A.J. and put 8 in the box to stop the run leaves only one DB or Safety. I think I could throw against that kind of coverage. No one would play like that.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:36 am
Best plan to beat Georgia’s offense is force Murray to beat you. Take away the run, and cover the fullback with your best LB. Don’t waste a player on covering the TE because Georgia won’t throw over the middle. Double the best WR deep threat to take that away from Georgia. Bring 8 in the box to take away the run. Force Murray to try and beat you throwing to least experienced wide receivers.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:39 am
Georgia likes to throw to the fullback in the flats toward the sidelines, and also outside the seams down the field. Most of Murray’s throws are 5 yards or less, it’s a ball control passing offense, if you jump receivers like Florida did, you get easy picks, as Murray rarely reads before he throws.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:42 am
Georgia is successful throwing to the fullback in the flats toward the sidelines, and also outside the seams down the field. Most of Murray’s throws are 5 yards or less, it’s a ball control passing offense. FL got lucky jumping Murray’s pass last year…99 times out of 100 that will not happen, because Murray proved he is effective reading the coverage before he throws.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:43 am
What teams do, is force murray, who is ranked #119 in accuracy against winning teams, to make hard passes. You really can’t fail with that plan, you have the least accurate passer in the NCAA, why not force him to be accurate to beat you? Georgia’s easy to beat, everybody beats Georgia, I think every single winning team beat Georgia last year. Good move by Boise to schedule Georgia, it’s an easy win.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:46 am
Georgia will win because teams will try to make Murray complete hard passes, which he will do. Georgia can’t fail with that plan with the leading Frosh QB returning. Georgia will not be easy to beat. Good move by Georgia to schedule Boise as it will get them into the top 10 after week #1.
Alabama | MrSEC.com
March 10th, 2011
11:47 am
[...] UGA still hasn’t played its best basketball… or so Bulldog fans hope.12. Here are three key issues facing the football Dawgs as they open spring practice today.13. While the focus will be on Georgia’s “Dream [...]
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:49 am
Tim Tucker-
Please ban the clown who keeps acting like me, you can find him at the 11:38, & 11:42 posts.
thanks.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:50 am
Also 11:46… thanks Tim.
Johnny Pastduedate
March 10th, 2011
11:52 am
I am interested to see how Russ will handle the sideline duties this season. Does he have the stamina for a full SEC schedule? Will he be on a short leash at the beginning of the season? Will he be able to stay out of the doghouse? Where’s the bathroom? Time will tell to see if Russ can handle a full load.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:52 am
Tim Tucker-
Please ban the clown who keeps acting like me, you can find him at the 11:36, & 11:39 posts.
thanks.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:53 am
Also 11:50… thanks Tim.
*****?
March 10th, 2011
11:54 am
why no mention of richard samuel as ILB?
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:54 am
If you defend Georgia against the outside 3rd of the field, you can easily beat them, they don’t like to throw over the middle, especially to TE’s, but really to anyone. Bobo passes down the field, short passes, to the outside, towards the sidelines. If you have 8 in the box, Bobo coaches his QB’s to hit short passes to the fullbacks or WR’s toward the sidelines. Just jump the routes, Murray rarely reads the defense first, even against UCF, in the last game, was just turning and throwing.
If you see the Georgia RB make a cut block, that’s the side of the field and angle where the ball’s going 90% of the time.
Tim
March 10th, 2011
11:57 am
Tim,
11;52, and 11;53 also.
If you guys are experiencing this troll who can’t debate, and tries to imposture as your name, just report him to the AJC editor, they’ll make sure his computer isp is blocked.
Editor – Kevin Riley, 404-526-2161, kriley@ajc.com
A village has lost their idiot....
March 10th, 2011
11:58 am
Dutch, you have it all figured out. Thanks for enlightening us with your brilliant analysis.
gdawginkalamazoo
March 10th, 2011
12:00 pm
Speaking of courts and the SEC tourney, if we can keep King and Ealey out of court we will be in good shape. Things weren’t as bad last year as they seemed considering what we were working with. Frosh QB and new defensive scheme. Look for things to a lot better this year. We will miss Durham and Green but the kids we have will step up because they know what the future can hold if they do. I am not worried about Murray if he can’t handle it or goes down Mason or LeMay will step in.
Just stay out of trouble this year. We don’t need those distractions.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:02 pm
You also want to rattle Murray early, if he gets behind in the first quarter, game’s over. He’s lost ever game where the other team scores first. Best way is to do what Florida did and jump a short route for an easy pick. You can also force the RB’s to fumble, especially Caleb King, Bobo uses Caleb a lot, so if he runs it, just strip him as he’s not aware of strip opportunities. Murray also fumbles a lot, he doesn’t protect the ball well, so pretty east to strip if you get close to him.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:03 pm
Georgia also rotate the rb’s a lot. If King’s in, it’s likely a passing play. If Ealey’s in, it’s likely a running play.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:05 pm
At TE, if Figgins is in, it’s a running play, Georgia thinks he’s a better passblocker but they don’t like his pass catching, don’t cover him Georgia only throws to him 3-4 times a season. If Charles is in, likely a run, as Georgia only throws to TE’s 3-5 times a game.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:08 pm
Murray generally throws 4 yards behind the receivers, so it’s better to follow the receivers on the routes, really, King’s the only 1 you have to worry about with a double team. Murray rarely throws in front of receivers in stride. Murray also keys in on his #1 receiver in clutch times, so double to triple team T. King in a must situation.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:10 pm
If Brandon Smith comes in on offense, strip him, as he only worries about his speed and has no awareness of potential defensive strips. He’s one of the easiest guys to force a fumble on, besides Caleb King & Aaron Murray. Ealey is prone to ball strips in the red zone, as Ealey seems focused on scoring, and not protecting the football.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:17 pm
Florida & South Carolina beat Georgia by forcing Grantham’s defense into passing defenses, and then running the ball against that formation. Worked great, expect to see more, Grantham had no clue how to stop it.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:18 pm
Defense is coached to be aggresive, so they’re vulnerbale to cut back runs, double moves, and whell routes. Grantham never corrected any of these.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:19 pm
On punt coverage, if near Georgia’s own 20, Richt will fair catch it 90% of the time, so go for punt blocks.
A village has lost their idiot....
March 10th, 2011
12:20 pm
Dutch, you might want to consider coming upstairs from your mother’s basement every once in awhile. And when you do so, be sure to take the aluminum foil off of your head.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:22 pm
Richt doesn’t have a designated special teams coach, so you can really exploit his kick off return coverage and punt coverage, as both are among the worse in the league. Even UCF ran the KO back on the first play of the Bowl game. Not hard to do, as this unit does not have a coach.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:24 pm
Georgia will not run their QB, so no need to keep linebckers close by, let your lb’s cover receivers or blitz, as Richt’s afraid Murray will get hurt, and won’t let him run. Easy to capitalize on this fear.
A village has lost their idiot....
March 10th, 2011
12:25 pm
Dutch, you moron and scumbag, UGA’s new linebacker coach is also their special teams coach. Quite brilliant you are.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:26 pm
Be aware that Richt emphasizes only winning the fourth quarter. So dominate Georgia in the first quarter, as the players know this is not a priority for Richt. Florida’s beat Georgia 80% last decade by using this one plan.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:29 pm
Well known, Georgia is 3rd class in their conditioning & nutrition program. Worked out of trailers last season and didn’t monitor meals for example. This year, even though more emphasis, still 2nd class. You can use a hurry up offense like Florida & Auburn did to wear Georgia down, and they just tire out, and when they’re tired, they make a lot of mistakes.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:31 pm
Plus Georgia’s unwillingness to change to a spread offense has really hurt them. They are not utilizing Murray’s talent and the talent of the offensive line. The offensive line was their strength last year and it hurt them not to shift to the spread.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:33 pm
Georgia’s an easy team to hurt morale on. If a QB can be forced into making a lot of mistakes, you can kill Georgia’s morale, because Richt will not bench his QB, even if he throws 17 interceptions like Cox, or 3 to’s in a Bowl game like Murray, or 4 to’s against Florida like Murray. This divides teammates into groups. Spurrier prevents this by benching his QB, Richt hasn’t figured this one out either.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:36 pm
the team is not disciplined, look at all of the off the field arrests. Richt usually leads the league in penalties and turnovers. Take advantage of this by hard snaps, motion, etc. If you get a lead on them they become frustrated and start getting a lot of flags thrown on them.
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:40 pm
Also, the team’s graduation rate is way too high. Look at all of the top programs in the last 10 years and their grad rates are low. If Georgia wants to get back on top they need to get their players out of the classroom and onto the practice field.
Fleming Island Dawg
March 10th, 2011
12:40 pm
Haven’t seen any arrests, this is a new season, we had the best kickoff coverage last year, Florida didn’t score first from the pick the defense held. Jack W aka Dutch
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
12:43 pm
Props Fleming Island Dawg. I stand corrected.
SEC Football
March 10th, 2011
12:45 pm
Last season is gone and the players that left didn’t do much for the program to win games. The O-lines and RB were horrible. The D did improved a little.
With the new season coming up, mixing in the new bloods into the program, Ya’ll better watch out!!!
This team can win 10 or more games. Schedules are in our favor, just need some bounches our way and we’re back in the SEC Elite.
#1Stunna
March 10th, 2011
12:53 pm
This “Dutch” guy is hilarious. But, for real though, you need to get a life buddy, and get off of our blog…by the way, who do you root for anyway?
Sanford on Saturday
March 10th, 2011
12:59 pm
wow what a comment get the guys out of the classroom and onto the practice field. Its about not only making these guys winners on the field but setting them up for sucess after football. Dutch is a moron. Can we lock him up in a room with Jarvis Jones?
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
1:00 pm
Paul Johnson is cute!
Sanford on Saturday
March 10th, 2011
1:02 pm
yeah triple option offenses are great. what an arm that tevin washington has
WIN WITH RICHT
March 10th, 2011
1:36 pm
At WR, If Wooten and Brown don’t start producing during the spring, Richt will take a long look at Michael Bennett and Chris Conley. Malcolm Mitchell is another freshman who will get a long look over the summer. It is time for Wooten, Brown, and Troupe to live up to their high school press clipppings, because a lot of young WRs are coming in hungry for playing time
Brucerugby79
March 10th, 2011
2:06 pm
Dutch=BB wish we could track down these trolls and send exterminating party out to rid ourselves of the vermin
JDawg1785
March 10th, 2011
2:19 pm
There’s definitely some work to do in the receiving corps, but T King is a proven go-to guy and we should expect to see signs of life from Marlon Brown. He’s got all the potential but never had many balls thrown his way with AJ and Durham ahead of him last season.
ugaclassof2004
March 10th, 2011
2:23 pm
Things that must happen this year.
1. The O-Line needs to get off their fat a$$es and block, get back to imposing their will onto other teams.
2. Washuan Ealey and Caleb King need to get their heads out of their a$$es, rededicate themselves in the weight room, film, and practice field, and stay away from downtown.
3. The WR’s must have someone step up. If they do, the offense is capable of averaging 4 TD’s a game. If they don’t, expect a lot of single degit losses.
4. Punt Return and Kickoff return? What the hell has happened here? Can we not find anyone on our current roster to fill the roles that Mickey Henderson and Damien Gary used to perform in this area? I refuse to believe that is the case!
5. The defense needs to grow a pair and play more solid fundamental football. Is it really too much to ask to expect a defense to hold a team on 3rd and long? I mean do I have to completely lower my expectations and celebrate when the defense ONLY gives up 28 points? 3-4, 4-3, or 5-2…I don’t give a damn what formation we use. Just make plays!
6. Richt needs to be hungry again. The desire to win comes from the coach! I’m sorry, but when a team has almost a month to prepare for a bowl game, and then they slop around and lose to an inferior opponent( yes an 11-3 Central Florida team is inferior talentwise to UGA), then that blame falls on the coach. What the hell have they been practicing for the last month!! I’m sick of this half-a$$ ” I’ll turn it on when I feel like it” mentality from our players. As coaches, you either demand more or you allow mediocrity to happen. Richt has shown that he can field a nasty, tough minded, and disciplined team when he wants to, so do it week in and week out damn it!
ALL of these things need to improve THIS season or EVERYTHING WILL improve next season.
Randy Etheridge
March 10th, 2011
2:30 pm
Interesting news! I’m a big Dawg fan. I wonder if this will get any mention on Twenty-First Tycoon. http://www.21Tycoon.com
Stinger2
March 10th, 2011
3:18 pm
I am a GT fan who also likes UGA. I think the Dawgs will have a very good season at 9-3 and win their bowl game if they get a good matchup. The schedule is very favorable in that they do not play Alabama or LSU. The Florida, SC,
Boise State games will be the toughest.
dawg from a distance
March 10th, 2011
3:19 pm
Knowing we are without AJ will help in our prep and getting guys ready. Last year was a distraction with he is or isn’t playing and then the hang over of him being gone that long. I think we have WR talent.
I like the new LB’s and coaching changes. Let’s all hope we have a Friend in Will to make a solid OL.
Go DAWGS!
dawg from a distance
March 10th, 2011
3:23 pm
Dutch what insight. I would get mad if it weren’t so right on. Kind of embarrased now with our cover being blown.
Old Coach
March 10th, 2011
3:26 pm
@ Dutch
Why in the world do we need ANY coaches in Athens with someone like you that has ALL the answers? I guarantee that this clown never played a down after rec ball. What a jerk!!!
goodness gracious
March 10th, 2011
3:37 pm
Michael Bennett will have a huge year, as well as Marlon Brown. Defense will be strong and special teams will carry us.
Dawg Trainer
March 10th, 2011
3:38 pm
“U mean the Vols that we trounced up and down the field last fall? Those Vols. With your half breed mangy dog, and your silly overplayed fight song.”
Exactly right. You dawgs will be severely punished in Neyland this season, just like the LAST time you were in Neyland. Does 45-19 ring a bell? And that was with Jon Crompton throwing. Bray should be good for 6 TDs this time out, Smokey will be howling, and you’ll have Rocky Top haunting your dreams when we’re done with you.
And when you Dawgs go through YOUR coaching carousel like we just finished doing, we’ll pile on the victories until you get stable again. Get used to it. The Trainer has spoken.
DawginLex
March 10th, 2011
3:53 pm
41-14 trainer
a 6-7 team beat you that bad
It was beautiful.
I sat right behind the UT band and they only played Rocky Top 3 times all day.
I was also in Hillbilly ville in 2003 for the 41-14 beatdown.
Richt 6-4 vs the Viles
About to go to 7-4
Rad Penties
March 10th, 2011
3:54 pm
Attention, everyone, especially dawgtards. We will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by slimeball Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, them tossing them out like garbage, are still going on, but at least the world knows what’s happening in Athens now.
And now, the moment of silence…
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Thank you, you may resume your normal activities now.
Dan
March 10th, 2011
3:58 pm
AJ who?
SpiffY
March 10th, 2011
4:03 pm
UGA, perennial winner of the Fulmer/Richt Cup.
Mark Richt gained 22 lbs
March 10th, 2011
4:17 pm
Fran said UGA is in BIG BIG trouble and I believe him.
Bubbatavious
March 10th, 2011
4:22 pm
Too many question marks on this team along with a midget Qb who has yet to register a win over a winning team.
Ear Bling Galore
March 10th, 2011
4:24 pm
Dawgs need to play players who want to win rather than those sportin Mr. T’s gold collection.
UGA Insider
March 10th, 2011
4:26 pm
I will be at several practices over the next few weeks and will be analyzing and reporting back with juicy information. Looking back at my notes from last spring I was wrong on a few major projections…… I thought Ealey was going to have a monster year. I thought he looked awesome at practice and I thought he would have 1500 yards easily. I actually thought he would be in The Heisman conversation by week 6. Which I also predicted we would be 6-0. Sorry, I missed on that one. I also missed on our oline being better. I still think there was bad chemistry there and I still think that is why Tanner Strickland left before his eligibility ran out. Really bad move by him.
I also predicted Justin Houston and Akeem Dent were going to have monster years… I was right there and unfortunately I thought correctly that our db’s and safeties looked small and non physical and that clearly showed at game time. These guys just look little compared to other SEC teams at that time. I predicted Justin Houston as defensive player of the year and just missed on that prediction by a guy named Nick Fairley who nobody had ever heard of at that time.
This year I am anxious to see Jarvis Jones and Richard Samuels on the field. I have seen them in street clothes and they pass the eye test for sure. Each one is about 250 and look strong. They are not as big as Akeem Dent but that guy is a stud. Some NFL team is going to get lucky when they get him. Willie Martinez is pathetic for not making him a better player than he did.
Anyways, looking forward to hearing Grantham screaming again. CMR would not let him do it any in December so it’s been awhile.
Tin Wiss
March 10th, 2011
4:32 pm
Think about the football team THUGA puts on the field. 81% of the players are academically provisionally accepted, with Richt and his cronies knowing full well that they will use up all their coaching and tutors and elligibility and then have their asses kicked out on the street and soon be pushing grocery carts around Atlanta looking for a warm place to sleep. What a pitiful way to run the State’s flagship university.
UGA has become a huge embarrassment for all Georgians.
Nachos the barn burner
March 10th, 2011
4:38 pm
Prepare for another A$$ whipping tomorrow night flea bag nation………..
You should be use to losing by now.
Gatormeat
March 10th, 2011
4:57 pm
I see the mutts are making excuses already. Can’t blame them really, this year is shaping up to be a disaster. The so-called dream team is going to wonder if they made such a great decision after they get beat up and down the field by the Mighty Gators in Oct. It will be pretty bad, pictures of your arrogant coach threatening to choke our kicker are already posted all over the weight and locker rooms. I doubt murray will finish the game
Nachos the barn burner
March 10th, 2011
5:04 pm
Crowell = Jasper Sanks
shankit
March 10th, 2011
5:18 pm
Best Receiver in Georgia History? Lindsey Scott, Lindsey Scott
Best Quarterback in Georgia History? Tossup between Belue and
Lastinger.
Beast from the East
March 10th, 2011
5:26 pm
Congrats on the win today, Dawgs!
Gary
March 10th, 2011
5:27 pm
If we can do some good coaching this spring we can salvage a decent season with this crew. Auburn is done, Florida won’t get much better, Tennessee is a disaster. USC should be strong again. Kentucky and Vandy should be wins. Georgia has a good chance in most games if they put forth the kind of effort the did against auburn rather than ucf. curious what boise returns this year. hate to open with a loss.
Jim
March 10th, 2011
6:17 pm
Have to agree Green may have been the most talented receiver UGA ever had but I think he was also vastly under-used. In other words another UGA wasted tallent. As for being the best he ranks right up there with Stafford in wasted tallent. Too bad these two didn’t have the attitude of the late President John F. Kennedy in looking for what they could do for UGA rather than what UGA could do for them. All the hype of AJ being the first pick of this year’s draft is a pipe dream designed by the AJC sports writers. Maybe after A.J. signs he can buy his jersey back so he will have something to show for his fame as a football player when he gets old.
Saben
March 10th, 2011
7:07 pm
Oh well another season of pain and futility.
Richt makes another 2 milllion plus, choakdwag eats 3000 krispy kremes and the dream team ends up in jail.
And by the way Boise State 50 Dawgs 8. And another season with signature wins against Coastal Carolina and Vanderbilt.
IRISH DAWG
March 10th, 2011
7:23 pm
GEORGIA WILL BEAT AUBURN IN 2011 FOR THE 5TH TIME IN 6 YEARS.
Mark
March 10th, 2011
7:28 pm
If the people who run the blog let people like Dutch take it over, the other readers will gradually quit clicking on it!!! Oh yeah I only got half the way through before I gave up
to many a$$e$ here
March 10th, 2011
8:57 pm
congratulations idiots,the dawgs will rise back up , it’s ironic bringing up history in a bad sense, yet there has been good . stick it baby
sports
March 10th, 2011
9:28 pm
Hey! “techie” Tucker we know your pulling hard against the UGA basketball team, but their already in the NCAA tournament. Also, and much your demise the men’s football team is loaded in every position. Why to you always paint such a dark attitude toward UGA every chance you get? Does the jealousy burn that much?
bad brad
March 10th, 2011
9:47 pm
Worst thing I’ve read in a while is the piece today that said Caleb King intended to take Isaiah Crowell “under his wing”. Please keep your fumbling wings off of Isaiah. One sure thing he doesnt need is the influence of King and Ealey.
bucket
March 10th, 2011
9:56 pm
Where are all the people with “inside” information that King wasn’t go to class and Ealey was transferring? Guess the haters didn’t know as much as they pretended to know. I was personally disappointed in those 2 last year, but if Ealey has truly had a change of attitude he can help the team. I agree with bad brad that I’m not sure I would want Crowell under King’s wing.
Cam Cam
March 10th, 2011
10:57 pm
http://mobile.al.com/advbirm/pm_31143/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=57CA80A5435CC083DE0157313A8EA8C1?contentguid=ojlwUVAj
The Associated Press
Posted: 03/10/2011 12:24 AM
ATHENS, Georgia — Georgia has acknowledged breaking NCAA rules in its recruitment of linebacker Ray Drew.
^^^ Where there’s smoke there’s fire!!!! ha ha. guess cheaters on the field, bitter clingers on the blogs and violators off the field. shame. shame. shame.
Lets see, if this news was about Auburn and if I was a leg humpin gawga fan, I’d scream death penalty!! you’re upcoming 5-7 season will be vacated!
wait. thats to your benefit. dang, even your losses are covered up by your suckiness.
on topic how will those dogs do this fall? they’ll battle out to be the suckiest sucks that ever sucked. boi- big loss. usc- bigger loss. ut- blowout statement win for ut. uf will suck and still blow out the leg humpers and Auburn will destroy them at home. so it’ll be by the end of the season 2 full years with no wins over a team with a winning record. And deep down, gawga fans know it. go ucf? ya’ll makin the sec look bad.
ToHellWithGeorgiaTech
March 10th, 2011
11:09 pm
I hate to wish my life away every year, but damn i can’t wait until September.
big o
March 10th, 2011
11:39 pm
Congrats to bb team !! But on to the real …ish I said it earlier and Im saying it now please put B. Smith out there we begged him to come here as a 5 star recruit hes the fastest guy on the team hes a junior let the kid play wtf
Patrick
March 11th, 2011
1:06 am
Dutch
March 10th, 2011
11:43 am
What teams do, is force murray, who is ranked #119 in accuracy against winning teams, to make hard passes. You really can’t fail with that plan, you have the least accurate passer in the NCAA, why not force him to be accurate to beat you? Georgia’s easy to beat, everybody beats Georgia, I think every single winning team beat Georgia last year. Good move by Boise to schedule Georgia, it’s an easy win.
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Let your conversational communications possess a clarified conciseness, a compact comprehensibiliness coalescent consistency and a concatenated cogency
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Eschew all conglomerations of flatulent garrulity, jejune babblement and asinine affectations.
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Let your extemporaneous descantings and unpremeditated expatiation’s have intelligibility and veracious vivacity without rodomontade or thrasonical bombast.
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UGA fake fans rely on floccinaucinihilipilification (an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial) when describing UGA/Murray and their accomplishments
Patrick
March 11th, 2011
1:10 am
Cam Cam
March 10th, 2011
10:57 pm
http://mobile.al.com/advbirm/pm_31143/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=57CA80A5435CC083DE0157313A8EA8C1?contentguid=ojlwUVAj
The Associated Press
Posted: 03/10/2011 12:24 AM
ATHENS, Georgia — Georgia has acknowledged breaking NCAA rules in its recruitment of linebacker Ray Drew.
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Learn to read. UGA didnt break any rules. Drew did. He was unaware that inviting Pollack to speak was a MINOR violation. In fact Pollack does not own season tickets and is therefore not a boaster and can attend any press conference he wants. Also, he (Drew) signed his letter of intent BEFORE he met Pollack and is in fact NOT a violation
Paddy
March 11th, 2011
6:24 am
Spend time learning how the o-line is playing this spring and summer. That will be the true indicater of the fortunes of this team. And pray they play nowhere near last years level, or we will be scaring .500 again!
Destin Dawg
March 11th, 2011
6:36 am
S & C program will produce great results… especially O line… we were out of shape last year… plain and simple…. win the 1st 2 huge games… it could be a special season… Junkyard Dawg DDDD EEEEEE !!!
woebegong
March 11th, 2011
8:22 am
Just,
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Upstate Dawg
March 11th, 2011
8:51 am
It’s football PRACTICE! Get off your butts and head to the Dome to support a really good hoops team!
Those gloves
March 11th, 2011
8:53 am
I am one UGA grad that sure hopes to see Aaron Murray jettsion those Batman gloves used in the ugly Liberty Bowl game. His team mates had to be giggling prior to that game. His performance was a giggle too.
Go Dogs.
Pago Pago DAWG
March 11th, 2011
9:20 am
Let’s see…king wants to take Crowell “under his wing”..do you people really want that?!
Those fumbles last year on the 5 yard line etc., was the “fix” in…think about it people.
Cam Cam
March 11th, 2011
10:53 am
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.
For instance: 6-7 last year. much worse in 2011.
@patrick
March 11th, 2011
11:19 am
I hope for your sake you don’t gamble. Georgia is a horrible match up for Boise, anyone with a football IQ over 2 would see that, UGA wins by 14+.2010 was just a bad year for UGA .
woebegong
March 11th, 2011
11:25 am
Those Gloves,
Gotta agree with your on that point. Not sure the increase in grip on throwing the ball is worth the loss in sensitivity when handing it off.
If our lines doesn’t do any better though than last year, I might suggest he consider the gloves of about 8 ounces, as in boxing gloves. I think our O line will be much better this year, both as a group and for each individual. More lean and mean, and more mobile with the increased emphasis on weight training and a new perspective on thier position with the new coach.
GOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSS
dawg777
March 11th, 2011
11:36 am
AUBURN WILL DESTROY GEORGIA AT HOME, WHAT A JOKE. YOU HAVE NOT WQN IN ATHENS, SINCE 2005 ,THAT WAS BY 1 POINT 31 TO 30 .GEORGIA WILL BEAT AUBURN FOR THE 5TH TIME IN 6 YEARS AND MARK RICHT WILL BE 7 -4 AGAINST AUBURN . MARK IT DOWN!
Nachos the barn burner
March 11th, 2011
3:46 pm
Once again…. UGAy chokes & loses to ALABAMA.
woebegong
March 11th, 2011
4:00 pm
These negative bloogers on here are so funny. If B.S. was money, we might be in the presence of a lot of millionaires, LOL.
GOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSS
Nachos the barn burner
March 11th, 2011
4:13 pm
too bad mark fox didn’t call a timeout on his hair loss
Buckeye
March 11th, 2011
4:18 pm
Nachos,
Care to post your picture so we can see what a physical speciman you must be?
dean
March 11th, 2011
4:20 pm
Hey CamCam,
Ok, so GA had a couple of former players attend an announcement.
At least they are are HOME INVADERS like your dam eagles: http://www.ajc.com/sports/4-auburn-players-dismissed-868962.html
Nice
dean
March 11th, 2011
4:21 pm
mean to say “..are not..”
PTCDAWG
March 11th, 2011
4:24 pm
If there are two of those Dutch characters, they desire each other. Absolutly know nothing about the dawgs or their or their T E’s!
Buckeye
March 11th, 2011
4:30 pm
dean,
And the Tatt 5 got some discount Tattoos.
Hmm, discount tattoos and not forwarding an email …….multiple felony robbery and buglery charges.
The AJC reports, you decide.
Good for Chizik in not messing around with these lost souls.
Buckeye
March 11th, 2011
4:33 pm
Woe,
Does these mean Auburn takles an early and commanding lead in the 2011 Fulmer Cup competition? Multiple players, multiple felony charges? Those are Cup qualifiers aren’t they?
Buckeye
March 11th, 2011
4:34 pm
Hey Nacho,
What say you?
(Still waiting to see your picture, you stud, you.)
woebegong
March 11th, 2011
4:45 pm
Buckeye,
I think the only thing they qualify for is jail time, with armed robbery. The Fulmer cup is usually reserved for offenses that a lot of kids are prone to do. If they expand the Fulmer Cup boundaires, Auburn has UGA by 5 at the moment, but remember, the season is young. Lots more time to add to that total.
I remember when I was just barely over 21, had returned from Viet Nam, and thought I was invincible. Did some dang dumb things for a couple of year, most all of these involving booze. I wonder how many of those involved at Auburn, were Georgia High School players. I sure hope they weren’t but Auburn recruits so many Georgia H.S. players, it might be a fact.
Oh Well,
GOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Buckeye
March 11th, 2011
5:04 pm
Woe,
As did we all. One things back and wonders how we didn’t end up dead or in jail. Who was it that said ” youth is waste on the young”?
I sure hope you make the field. I would hate for Howard’s last game to be remembered for pedicures.
Don’t blame him at all for the treatment – they beat the hell out of their feet – I’m just not sure I would have made it public!
Tough loss. I don’t blame Fox for the time out. I am surprised he didn’t take it earlier. He had at least 4.2 seconds.
We go at it at times but I want to thank you for your service. I’m a few years younger and didn’t have to register for the draft but looking back, I wished I would have served. My dad was in the Navy, spent two years in Nebraska and never saw a ship!
See you on the next blog.
DOG
March 11th, 2011
5:16 pm
GGGGOOOOO DDOOGGGSSSSSSS HEA
woebegong
March 11th, 2011
5:24 pm
Buckeye,
Thanks for the Kudos, but I would not wish Viet Nam on anybody. Heck of a way to be my first time overseas in my life, LOL.
On a more sobering note. I could not find any of the players for Auburn listed as incoming freshman. I think they must have been either RS for last year, or actually on the team.
That is funny about your dad and the Navy assignment. I was born in Annapolis Maryland. I got appointed to the Naval Academy but I needed a year to go to prep. school to qualify. Didn’t have a means of getting the money to go, so when push came to shove, went with the Air Force. Signed up to be a chopper pilot, got disqualified for a bad eye, and ended up a meteorologist, after I dabbled around in a few other fields for the first 7 years of service. Looking back on everything now, I am glad I made it a career, as the retirement benefits are not great but pretty decent.
Oh Well,
GOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSS
Auburn thugs
March 11th, 2011
5:25 pm
4 Auburn football players kick off team today for 1 degree robbery !!!!!!!!
A.J. finished the drill by running out of bounds
March 11th, 2011
5:45 pm
`
Hope over-rated A.J. Green
is also training for his first ever 1,000 yard season.
woebegong
March 11th, 2011
7:49 pm
Sad to say, but two of those Auburn criminals were from the Atlanta area. I guess they should have stayed home and played for Tech.
Oh Well,
GOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSS
Cam Cam
March 11th, 2011
8:13 pm
First off, unlike Gawga we kick players off our team. Richt can learn a thing or two.
Second, even if we have 4, there is no way we lose to Gawga, they will win the Fulmer cup again.
Third, Auburn is the defending national champs, theyre loaded with winners that won it all. Gawga hasnt had that in 31 years! UGA hasnt beat a team with a winning record since 2009, blow out win in Athens for Auburn, they top last year, 51-24. With the 24 coming after Murray is replaced due to multiple sacks.
Last, I’m not sure we’ve heard the last of the Ray Drew recruitment story. Before we know it will have Thayer Evans down in Athens writing stories about how a desperate and out of control doormat of a team, Gawga, was breaking more than just the NCAA rules they admitted to. Where there’$ $moke there’$ fire and there is a lot of flamin in Athens that needs investigating. But I doubt it’ll lead to any vacating wins, cuz there wont be any against a division 1 team this year. You shouldnt cheat Gawga, just because you can’t win doesn’t mean you $hould cheat.
Cam Cam
March 11th, 2011
8:15 pm
whoops, meant even with 4 we still lose the fulmer cup to gawga. dang iphone. but hey, its something auburn grads can afford to buy.
Tech Man
March 11th, 2011
8:18 pm
Who cares, they still suck!!!
woebegong
March 11th, 2011
8:31 pm
What, you mean Auburn fans get paid by the alumni also? Who woulda thought. Nice Iphone by the way.
There is big difference between a player drinking a little too much, than robbing a person by gunpoint. misdemeanors versus felonies. Yeah, I would say they are about even.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Tech Man
March 11th, 2011
8:33 pm
A.J finish the drill…I don’t think A.J. Green is over-rated at all and I’m a big Tech Fan. Without him in 2010, Tech would have blown the mutts away. Over 500 yards of offence Tech had and we got beat by a missed pat, man that still gets me fired up thinking about that.
Cam Cam
March 11th, 2011
8:51 pm
Yeah the difference is, Auburn kicks them off the team. How many of gawgas players who contributed to gawgas big fulmer cup win are still on the team? Hard to find a list while typing on an iphone at the airport. What is it? 11 was i thought caleb king, were there more? i mean 11 is awful enough! does that count your ad?!
in a way, a team cant hold the hands if 80+ players 24/7, byt at least we know youre kicked off immediately at Auburn while gawga keeps you playing. or gives you 2 weeks off in feburary?!?!! ha ha.
woebegong
March 11th, 2011
8:58 pm
Now I get it. They saw that A.J. Green only got a four game suspension for selling his game jersey to get some extra money for spring break. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, they figured, we will just go and rob a family by gun point and then we will have money also, and it should only result in a 4 game suspension. The logic of it all.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
JDAWG
March 11th, 2011
9:14 pm
http://isportsweb.com/2011/03/11/georgia-football-5-biggest-questions/
A.J. finished the drill by running out of bounds
March 11th, 2011
11:00 pm
If you can’t produce ONE 1,000 yard season in three years,
it means over-rated.
jerry
March 11th, 2011
11:06 pm
Do you dawgfans not see simplesimen ls amongst us
jerry
March 11th, 2011
11:16 pm
Sorry about the spelling im drunk, but im not too drunk to know that BB and Patrick are simplesimon.
Nick Fairley
March 11th, 2011
11:19 pm
woebegong
March 11th, 2011
8:58 pm
Now I get it. They saw that A.J. Green only got a four game suspension for selling his game jersey to get some extra money for spring break. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, they figured, we will just go and rob a family by gun point and then we will have money also, and it should only result in a 4 game suspension. The logic of it all.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Uh, they’re kicked off the team. Period. End of story. AJ Green came back after breaking the rules, two totally different issues. One wasn’t a crime one was. Are you still in middle school?
Now Cam Cam, my friend, here is your list. There were 10 players arrested, 3 were dismissed, 2 either elected to leave or just disappeared from the 2011 list and the other 5 are there. Of the 3 dismissed, 2 were nobody freshman. The stars from the list include Ealey (hit and run) and King (failure to show to court).
And I’d be careful about putting Ray Drew on the field if his recruitment was as sleazy as it’s shaping up to be. Who else was down there? When did he meet Pollack and why was Pollack there anyways? That’s a pretty big deal. Do you see Bo Jackson or Cadillac Williams hanging out with a kid as he’s signing? Nope. Maybe after making his sales pitch Pollack thought it was okay to hang around?
I mean are we to believe Pollack knew not to hang out with this Drew kid prior to or as he was signing but didn’t know he couldn’t be on a stage with him? That’s hard to swallow.
I’d be very nervous if I were a Georgia fan because Ealey’s short stint in the dog house smacks to me of trying to prevent a David Stanley from SMU issue. We shall see.
I’ll be interested to see how long until the NCAA shows up to ask more questions. I think it’s fair to say it could get ugly on the dream team and they’ll just turn out to have been the dogs wet dream team turned into a “squeal like a pig!” nightmare.
jerry
March 11th, 2011
11:21 pm
Sorry real Patrick i meant em-poster PATRICK.
Delta Stewardess
March 11th, 2011
11:26 pm
Just don’t let a soccer game break out at football practice or we might not have a team to face Boise State.
jerry
March 11th, 2011
11:30 pm
Oh. Allburnd fan nobody cares BooHoo.
jerry
March 11th, 2011
11:42 pm
Dutch too.
jerry
March 11th, 2011
11:48 pm
Dang it everybody done gone to bed , That’s what i get for being a slow typer.
Nick Fairley
March 11th, 2011
11:49 pm
JDAWG
March 11th, 2011
9:14 pm
http://isportsweb.com/2011/03/11/georgia-football-5-biggest-questions/
#5. Is Mark Richt Safe?
What a difference two years make. After the 2008 season Georgia head coach Mark Richt was virtually on the top of the college football world. Richt held an impressive 82-22 record as head coach, which included two SEC titles, three BCS bowl games, six 10-wins-or-more seasons and a Top 25 spot in the final AP Poll every season. However, fast-forward two seasons, which saw the Bulldogs go 14-11 overall and 7-9 in the SEC, and Richt is on the hot seat. His decision to call this year’s recruiting class the best he’s ever had is extremely bold, seeing as it could give the critics that say ”Richt can recruit, but can’t develop players” even more ammunition if 2011 is a lot like 2010. It’s common knowledge that as more and more ammunition builds up, the gun is eventually going to go off. Richt needs impressive results as soon as possible in order to secure his position as Georgia head coach.
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3 times he went to the SEC championship and won 2. He is 7-3 bowls. 2x sec champ (2002 and 2005). He has coached since 2001, that’s for 10 years.
In that time period…
Auburn won 2 SEC Championships and the 2011 BCS National Title with a 2nd year coach,
Alabama won with a 3rd year coach, Nick Saban,
LSU won the BCS National Championship in 03 and 06, one with 4th year HC Saban and the other with 3rd year HC Les Miles.
And then there is that guy out of Florida. He won 2 BCS National Titles since Richt was at UGA, his first was in year 2 and his second in year 4.
That’s 6 national titles, 5 in a row, won by coaches with no more than 4 years under their belt when they won. The average was 3 years.
In 10 years, nothing has come of Georgia. In a 10 year span, the SEC Champion has gone 9 and 10 in BCS bowl games including of course 6 national titles and 5 in a row. The most recent, in case you missed it, was the team Georgia cheered against and that was the Auburn Tigers.
The SEC won 90% of those BCS games with the only loss, the major blemish, was in 2005 when none other than the Jawja Bulldogs lost to West Virginia. They were down 28-0, they almost game back but unlike Auburn they can’t come back from being that far down.
So where it matters most, since CMR has been at Georgia they have won 2 SEC Championships, lost 1 and their last game was against UCF in Memphis in a bowl most didn’t know was televised.
Auburn in that time won 2 SEC Championships, lost none, undefeated twice and won the BCS National title in 2011 and could’ve done so in 2004.
go pups! keep reaching for that rainbow! The rest of us are going to play for national championships and win Heisman awards.
Sincerely,
Nick Fairley
Student
March 12th, 2011
12:17 am
just want to inform all the bloggers that quite a few starters from the team were downtown until 2am after the first day of practice. explains quite a bit…
Nick Fairley
March 12th, 2011
12:30 am
you know, for all of the poking in the eye I do around here, I hate to hear that. I like to poke people in the eye that think they’re good when they’re not and I find a lot of that on these ajc threads.
But CMR is a good guy, for the life of me I just don’t get the thought process behind that. Saban doesn’t let those guys have a good time whatsoever, you can celebrate after you win. I think Bill Bellichekckdsdfsd can’t spell his name, anyways, he’s the same. Until you’ve won, it’s curfews and 6am meetings. Auburn did that relaxation of the curfew in the days prior to the NC but tightened as the week went a long. But after 5 weeks off and knowing the implications of the game that’s slightly more understandable in terms of keeping guys loose although risky. But spring and summer camps should never aim to keep guys loose.
AUBURN THUG UNIVERSITY
March 12th, 2011
12:48 am
4 Auburn football players arested for 1st degree arm robbery today .THUG UNIVERSITY
woebegong
March 12th, 2011
12:50 am
Nick,
the original statement your fellow fan of Auburn made was that a violation of NCAA rules that Green made and paid for, somehow equated to the 4 felons that got kicked off your team.
As usual, you come up with the same old lines you have been spouting on these blogs.
I think the fulmer cup probably equates to misdemeanors as no one who got arrested last year at UGA commited a felony.
Surely, you can see the distinction between a misdeanor and a felony that involves weapons as in armed robbery. I also believe another person on your team was also involved in a domestic assault and kicked off your team as well.
You need to come up with some new lines now, since you simply keep repeating the same old ones, which by the way, usually have absolutely nothing to do with the topic of the blog, over and over again.
The year is now 2011, not last year. History is a great teacher and maybe even a great forecaster of the future in some cases. Meaning, watch out for the past, because it could come back to bite you in the butt. Time will surely tell in Auburns case I would guess.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Delta Stewardess
March 12th, 2011
1:36 am
@jerry
slow typer OR Stinky Diaper?
woebegong
March 12th, 2011
9:09 am
I think that we need an addition for an award to go along side the Fulmer Cup. Let’s call it the Felon Cup. I think I know the early leader for this new award.
GOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSS
NCAA investigators = nazis
March 14th, 2011
8:38 am
Can anyone tell me why Ohio State only gets a two game suspension and a 250,000 dollar fine for Pryor and his gang bangers getting tattoos in exchange for autographs and A.J green got a four game suspension? Can we get that cheating coward with the sweater vest a 5 game suspension? The only reason he beat an SEC team is b/c he cheated and used inelligible players. He knew he couldn’t win w/o thePryor so he cheated knowing the NCAA would be to scared to punish them. Man up NCAA.
Jim
March 14th, 2011
2:11 pm
Tim you are right on about the offensive line, they need help. They couldn’t move their feet last yaer and got beat more often than not. Hopefully the new coach will not only simply the blocking but help them with fundamentals (weak) and the new kids will be as advertised. However, there is one issue that Coach Richt needs to address. He is about to lose a outstanding lineman out of Buford High to either Ala or Auburn. He is being heavily recruiting by both and Coach Richt hasn’t darken this kids door. It will be a loss but this is the history of Coach he loses more than he gets because he doesn’t put out the effort he leaves to subordinates. Maybe he should due fewer commericals and more onsire recruiting. Lou Saban has been to see this boy and met with him twice that I know of personally and the coach at Auburn has met with his family once but Richt NONE. So what’s up. One of the most important positions on the field is the offensive line. You can have all-americans in the backfield (we did) and on the wings (we did) but not produce because of the “O” lines inability to block (it couldn’t) you end up with loses (we did). It will be a shame if Coach gets fired this year but if so he will only be the blame because it is not because he didn’t have the talent (he has and does) it will be because of not filing key positions and oh yeah BAD COACHING. Get someone who is not a QB and let them call plays and RUN RUN RUN the football FIRST and pass second. Go watch Vince Lombardi football and figure out running will will a National Championship.