Ten@10: Richt says Isaiah Crowell must master pass protection to be ‘full-time back’
Isaiah Crowell will have to do more than run the ball well to play extensively as a freshman, coach Mark Richt said. (Photo by The Ledger-Enquirer reprinted with permission)
THE TEN AT 10:
1. Georgia coach Mark Richt, speaking at a UGA Alumni Association event in Gainesville on Tuesday, reiterated that true freshman Isaiah Crowell will likely be a big part of the Bulldogs’ running game this season. But he also cautioned that Crowell will have to compete with Caleb King and the other tailbacks and that his ability to master pass protection would dictate how much he’s able to play.
“Backs have responsibility to protect on certain blitzes,” Richt said. “If one guy doesn’t know how to do it, he’s a liability at that moment. Can you turn and hand the guy the ball or toss it to him on a sweep or throw him a screen? You can do all those things and he doesn’t have to block anybody. But to constantly pull him in and out of the game every time you’re going to throw the ball with a six- or seven-man protection, you have to give the defense some credit, too. They’re going to know what’s going on or have a pretty good understanding. And when a rookie back is in the game, they’re going to test that. They’re going to bring pressure and see if they’ can pick it up.
“He has to learn that if he wants to be a full-time back. He’s got to.”
That said, Richt said that he’s confident in Crowell’s ability to run the football effectively at the SEC level. “That’s why we recruited him.”
2. Blocking in general is now of paramount concern after this week’s news that A.J. Harmon is leaving the program for “personal reasons.” The 6-foot-5, 320-pound junior was competing for the starting job at right tackle during spring practice. His departure leaves the Bulldogs perilously thin on the offensive front. They presently have only eight returning linemen heading into the summer and three of those aren’t healthy at the moment — Brent Benedict (knee), Austin Long (back/pectoral muscle) and Dallas Lee (respiratory problems).
Nor surprisingly, Richt said that offensive line will once again be a recruiting priority in 2012. The Bulldogs are already bringing in five linemen in this year’s class, six if you include long snapper Nathan Theus. Richt said they’d probably sign at least that many this year.
“I’d imagine we’ll sign at least five or six,” Richt said.
Georgia currently has extended offers to seven prospects, including five-star tackles John Theus of Jacksonville, Avery Young of Palm Beach Gardens and D.J. Humphries of Charlotte. More than likely they’ll have to bring in at least one or two junior college linemen as they are slated to have no senior linemen for 2012.
3. Georgia’s 9-4 win over Kennesaw State in baseball Tuesday night was just what the doctor ordered. The Diamond Dogs (27-26) led 9-0 through six innings in that game and were able to play for once without angst.
Now their entire season is on the line in a humongous, mega-colossal, three-game series against Vanderbilt, which starts Thursday night. The Commodores (42-8) are ranked No. 1 in at least one of the many college baseball polls and Georgia could only enhance its increasingly shaky NCAA resume by winning the series or, better yet, pulling off an unlikely sweep.
“We’ve got a shot and we’ve got to do something special this weekend,” coach David Perno told reporters after the Kennesaw game. “We needed a win tonight and we got it, although Kennesaw helped us a bit. It’s been a while since someone played poorly against us.”
On his postgame radio show, Perno urged Georgia fans to come out strong in support of the team Thursday night. The game is being televised by ESPNU as its SEC Game of the Week. First pitch is set for 7:30 p.m.
4. Georgia coach Mark Fox and his staff entertained basketball prospect Ryan Harrow in Athens on Tuesday. Harrow, a 6-1 point guard from Marietta, is seeking a transfer from N.C. State after playing at the ACC school as a freshman. He was spotted having lunch with Fox at a Longhorn’s restaurant Tuesday afternoon. Fox canceled a scheduled speaking engagement in Gainesville Tuesday evening to remain in Athens with Harrow and his mother. Assistant coach Kwanza Johnson filled in for Fox at the UGA Alumni Day function at the Gainesville Civic Center.
Harrow is taking a barnstorm tour of visits this week. He has already been to Kentucky, Louisville and Texas in addition to UGA and will visit St. John’s later this week before making a decision. Harrow averaged 9.3 points and 3.3 assists off the bench for the Wolfpack last season. He decided to leave after coach Sidney Lowe was fired a replaced by former Alabama coach Mark Gottfried. He will have to sit out next season per NCAA transfer rules. Harrow averaged 31 points per game as a senior at Walton High.
Should Harrow choose Georgia his timing would be ideal. The Bulldogs will lose starting guards Gerald Robinson and Dustin Ware to graduation after this season.
The Bulldogs are still actively recruiting at least two players in Harrow and Rockdale County’s Kevin Ware, a former Tennessee signee.
“The way our sport goes, you never know what you’re going to need in the spring,” Johnson said. “You may plan two classes out, but it never works out exactly how you think it’s going to. This is probably a little bit late to still be recruiting. But at the same time we had a unique situation with both Jeremy [Price] and Chris [Barnes] graduating and Trey [Thompkins] and Travis [Leslie] leaving for the NBA.”
5. One player that could help Fox’s Hounds immediately is Nick Marshall. A football signee out of Wilcox County, Richt said Tuesday the plan is still to allow the 6-foot-2 Marshall to play both football and basketball at Georgia. But, he added, that comes with conditions.
“When it’s a two-sport athlete, he has to be doing well academically,” Richt said. “We’ll have to help him through it. We’ll have to help him manage his time. Charlie Ward did it when I was at Florida State. But he redshirted that first year before he started playing basketball. It’s not easy, but it can be done.”
Marshall averaged 28 points per game as guard at Wilcox County. He was an all-state quarterback in high school but is expected to start off at defensive back for the Bulldogs.
6. Richt was asked again by a Gainesville reporter about the testy exchange he had with fan at a Bulldog Club stop in Macon last month. The man was critical of the Bulldogs’ offensive philosophies and assistant coaches and the normally-reserved and always-chaste Richt surprised a lot of people after he shot back, “I know what the hell I’m doing, OK.”
“It’s been publicized that I got on a guy about what he was asking, but even then we hugged at the end and it was fine,” Richt said Tuesday. “He just wanted to give his opinion and I wanted to let him know I was there. It wasn’t really that big of a deal, but that’s really the only time it has gotten a little testy. I appreciated the guy’s passion for his team and the program. I just wanted to let him know I’ve been doing it a long time and still know what I’m doing.”
Richt told the reporter he continues to be well received on his weekly jaunts across the state to speak.
“Everybody’s excited,” said Richt, who will be in Dalton on Thursday and Albany next week. “They’re excited about the football team and they want to hear about the recruiting class. It’s been very good.
7. I also ran into football signee Sterling Bailey and his parents at the Gainesville function. Bailey, an outside linebacker from East Hall, is way ahead of schedule in rehabilitating his right shoulder, which he had surgically repaired earlier this year. Bailey was also recently recognized with for a Senior Leadership Award at his high school graduation.
8. I’ve been kind of slow to get on this story but the Bulldogs have a chance to pull off a pretty magical two-for-one recruiting coup here in the late spring. Grayson linebacker/running back Denzel Nkemdiche ended up meeting freshman eligibility requirements recently. That means he will be able to sign with a school in 2011 instead attending junior college, as was originally planned.
What makes that significant is Nkemdiche’s “little brother,” rising junior Robert Nkemdiche, is the state’s No. 1-rated prospect for 2013 and has said in no uncertain terms he plans to attend the same school as his older brother. Denzel confirmed to me in an email that he visited Ole Miss on Tuesday and plans to check out Georgia this weekend and will likely sign with one of the two.
I’m supposed to talk to Denzel later today so I hope to file a full report soon thereafter. Meanwhile, let me add that, as a color commentator for WSB-TV’s Friday Sports Zone Game of the Week last fall, I got to see Denzel play live and on videotape and he is legitimate FBS prospect in his own right. But, playing last year as a sophomore in the state’s highest football classification, Robert is one of the most dominant defensive linemen I’ve seen in a long time.
9. For the second consecutive year, Georgia’s women’s basketball and men’s golf teams were recognized by the NCAA for being in the top 10 percent nationally in the multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) of all programs in their sport. The NCAA annually honors programs which rank among the nation’s top-10 percent covering their latest multiyear APR, which covers a four-year span. The men’s golf program earned a perfect 1000 for the years 2006-07 through 2009-10, while the women’s basketball program scored 995.
“This is a very special achievement for these two programs and we salute their outstanding efforts,” said Ted White, UGA’s director of student-athlete academic services. “Our coaches and student-athletes value the hard work and dedication it takes to excel, both in the classroom and in their sports.”
10. THIS & THAT: Hope you saw my report on Georgia letterman Jake Scott (1966-68) receiving his long past due selection into the College Football Hall of Fame. . . . It’s a huge week for Georgia’s spring sports teams as the men’s and women’s tennis teams land in Palo Alto, Calif., for the NCAA Championships, No. 1-ranked Marta Silva Zamora competes in the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas; the men’s golf team tries to advance out of a west regional in Colorado, and the No. 6 seeded Lady Bulldogs’ softball team plays host for the NCAA Athens Regional, which will include FSU, Georgia State and UAB.
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Dublin Mike
May 18th, 2011
10:08 am
I hope he can come in and pick up the blocking schemes quick. We need some kind of energy injected into the running game.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
10:14 am
Of the class coming in, I’m struggling to see anyone who can help immediately on the OL except maybe Dantzler.
andrews 6′2″ 275
Dantzler 6′7″ 315
DeBell 6′7″ 265
Long 6′3″ 293
Theus 6′3″ 255
Ward 6′7″ 270
Bruce Figgins? Garrison Smith?
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2011
10:22 am
The loss of Ealey means additional reps for Crowell. Get him ready to go McLendon.
The loss of Ealey and Harmon means two additional scholarships (recruiting “opportunity”) to find two additional linemen. Go get ‘em Friend.
Pray for no major injuries along the O-line.
Better Dawgs!
May 18th, 2011
10:22 am
We have some pretty good blocking tide ends to help a thin line. Should be ok. Murray has wheels too. That will help. Our starting 5 oline are solid, we just need a few back ups that can fill in.
WinderDawg
May 18th, 2011
10:24 am
Not sure Herschel could have played for Mark Richt…..You think Lattimore blocked or carried the ball…pretty sure he carried the ball
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 18th, 2011
10:24 am
Dantzler comes from a Run-Oriented offense in N.GA. He may need that first year to pick up pass blocking schemes effectively.
Same As It Ever Was
May 18th, 2011
10:26 am
APR Rates are a really bad joke. For TEd White to hold the APR up as some great accomplish means that either Ted is stupid beyond words, or he knows he is a really bad liar.
The very fact that UGA’s APR is 2nd in the SEC, behind only Vandy,
is proof on ANY scale that UGA’s academics are a total joke.
Seriously. UGA, 2nd behind Vandy ???? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
What UGAs #2 APR ranking really means is how badly the academic requirements
have been dumd-downed to keep players eligibile.
Its why UGA invented the toilet-paper majors like “Housing”
of which over 50% of the football team is enrolled in.
But hey, if UGA wants to show pride in perpetuating a scam, then so be it.
But hey, at UGA, its the same as it ever was.
JB
May 18th, 2011
10:27 am
Lex, We’ll have to play 2 or 3 of these guys in spot situations. Got to. Crowell learning to block will narrow the play book early IMO, but I’ve watched Crowell on youtube. This crap from haters about him being average is bull. The guy is a load and a stud.
bruce mac
May 18th, 2011
10:28 am
Yea, we might as well cancel the season. Its over. We won’t win a game. Just thought I would get it out there before all the Yech fans have a chance.
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Joey
May 18th, 2011
10:31 am
We all better hope for some good luck in the injuries dept when fall practice begins. OL injuries derailed an infinitely more talented ‘08 team.
bruce mac
May 18th, 2011
10:32 am
Same, your’e an idiot with a Red and Black obsession. It obviously hurts badly to lose to the Dawgs on a regular basis and know that even the acedemics are better at UGA than the waste of good real estate known as “The Institute”.
chiefdawg
May 18th, 2011
10:32 am
Mark Richt and UGA are in trouble. Another year of mediocrity is on the horizon. Bad recruiting and a failure to oversign has kill the program.
JB
May 18th, 2011
10:34 am
Chiefdawg…………we just demoted you to Injun.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
10:35 am
same as it ever was,
Give us some proof that we should believe any of your TROLL gibberish or should we just ignore it because all the prrof we need is your blog handle and your inane spew you post daily.
Back in the 80’s UGA was known to let the players slide academically. Those days are gone which is why we are losing people to grades. They have to go to class and they have to pass.
Not everyone is as smart as you obviously are. The rest of us big dummies with our UGA degrees making moeny in the real world bow down to your academic superiority.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
10:37 am
proof, not prrof for the nerd spellchecker and money not moeny
JB
May 18th, 2011
10:37 am
As far as recruiting goes at Tech, Johnson has been fighting Mars Hill,Valdosta St, Western Carolina etc….now Georgia State in his own back yard giving him fits.
Ca dawg
May 18th, 2011
10:43 am
Yeah, “same as it ever was” is right. I’ve never heard about any “joke majors” at any other SEC schools. What an idiot.
Nick
May 18th, 2011
10:45 am
They presently have only eight returning linemen heading into the summer and three of those aren’t healthy at the moment — Brent Benedict (knee), Austin Long (back/pectoral muscle) and Dillon Lee (respiratory problems).
Wonderful Ohio on the Gulf 'Dog
May 18th, 2011
10:45 am
Hasn’t Eck signed former Buldogs who flunked out at Georgia? Of course they have.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
10:46 am
http://jcfootball.scout.com/a.z?s=87&p=9&c=4&pid=3&yr=2011
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JUCO OL prospects remaining.
Ca dawg
May 18th, 2011
10:47 am
I think we have 9 OL– chip, are you forgetting kolton Houston?
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
10:48 am
http://jcfootball.scout.com/a.z?s=87&p=9&c=4&pid=6&yr=2011
OG JUCO prospects
No Depth
May 18th, 2011
10:51 am
Just wait til the year after next.
doginlex get a damn job dude
May 18th, 2011
10:56 am
they should pay you by the word, or even better, opinion, you’re a gazillionaire……..
RHALL55
May 18th, 2011
10:56 am
Mail Bag Question: “Why hasn’t UGA offered Soph LB Trey Johnson from Central Gwinette; already, he has offers from AL, AU,Clemson, FSU, Ole Miss, SC, USC, etc; late offers have burned UGA in the past, i.e. Dillon Lee (UGA was too late, way too late!!!)
tide roll
May 18th, 2011
10:56 am
Chip, Dawg fans are now talking about true freshman helping the offensive line situation. Do they realize that Rivals rates this incoming class 9th in the Conference. Not the Country, THE CONFERENCE! Rivals knows what they’re talking about. A reasonable person, when looking at these rankings, would have good reason to question whether these athletes are even SEC caliber. But uga fans, with their continuous “DON”T CONFUSE US WITH FACTS” attitude, refuse to get it.
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2011
11:00 am
tide roll, once again you display your ignorance. Rivals didn’t think much of Kenarious Gates (you should be familiar with him) either and he contributed as a freshman.
sogadog
May 18th, 2011
11:02 am
Speaking of offensive linemen, did y’all see the picture of Arnold Swartzenegger’s mistress? Yikes!
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
11:04 am
Gawdalmighty…………..after Richt JUST SAID that he has no problem having freshman RB (and how many more Frosh RB playing in the past 10 yrs does it take to convince you) carrying the ball, somebody still asked why he won’t?
Anybody blind to the idea of a RB having to pick up a blitz has obviously not seen very many football games. I can name 3 or 4 games off the top of my head where that issue either directly lost the game, or substantially put the momentum swinging the wrong way.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
11:04 am
tide roll
Don’t you have trees to poison? Perhaps you could spend your time helping your fellow Bammers in cleaning up Tuscaloosa.
Joey
May 18th, 2011
11:07 am
So, tp roll, Scout.com and ESPN both have the Dawgs 2011 class ranked 6th nationally, but they don’t know what they are talking about?
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2011
11:09 am
Arnold could have purchased a better looking crackhead for fornicating purposes.
Chip Towers
May 18th, 2011
11:10 am
tide roll: I don’t think they realized it, but we all knew you’d be here to remind us.
SecGuy
May 18th, 2011
11:11 am
The loss of Harmon is very unfortunate. But at least UGA doesn’t stoop to using the perfectly legal tool of over-signing to manage and hedge against fairly common events such as academic ineligibility, bad-behavior dismissals, etc. To do so would be using a business model to achieve success, and Dawg fans would rather pretend that college football is not a business, but a moral calling. Oh, well. As the team continues to be weakened, Dawg fans can take refuge in their moral superiority. After all, it’s only a game.
chilidawg
May 18th, 2011
11:13 am
Here we go…. “We decided to redshirt Crowell so he would have ample time to learn the blocking schemes.”
Remarkable
May 18th, 2011
11:14 am
Denzel Nkemdiche, hope you’re coming to Athens.
Joey
May 18th, 2011
11:15 am
I’m thinking we should start oversigning . . .
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
11:18 am
doginlex get a damn job dude
May 18th, 2011
10:56 am
they should pay you by the word, or even better, opinion, you’re a gazillionaire……..
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Mobile Dawg
May 18th, 2011
11:20 am
What to do? Sitting around fretting and talking sure isn’t among them. This is what CMR has been earning $3 Million a year for. He knows what he’s doing, he told us so. Think I will do as much Snapper fishing and golfing as I can this summer and let him worry about it. Also I have a business of my own to worry about. Have a great day Dawgs….Life goes on….
Z-Dawg
May 18th, 2011
11:22 am
Was Marcus Lattimore THAT dang smart that he was able to come in as a true freshman and pick up all the blocking schemes no problem??? CMON MAN!!! I know blocking is important, but we seem to make it rocket science at UGA!! With the enormous impact Lattimore had, I’m sure he missed a block every now and then. He probably would have been sitting behind Carlton Thomas on our depth chart because we weren’t sure he had picked up all the blocking schemes. PUT THE KID IN THE GAME AND LET HIM RUN THE DANG BALL. PERIOD.
Dawg Gone
May 18th, 2011
11:23 am
If the kid can’t pass block he shouldn’t play but I think if he can prove he can against our DL and linebackers in fall camp he should be good to go. We are going to have to pass a good bit early to allow the OL to jell…you can’t rely on a OL just starting to play together to be dominant run blockers right off the bat vs Boise and USCe in the first two games. So if your back can;t pick up blitzers your QB won’t be able to effectively pass the ball.
Tobias Funke
May 18th, 2011
11:23 am
Sign Denzel IMMEDIATELY!!!
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
11:23 am
So there are no guys in the #9 O-line class the conference (which is still pretty high nationally)? What rank exactly does it take? Would you play a Frosh from the 3rd best class? How about 6th? Never the 9th or 10th? Nobody in the #11th rivalstakeyourmoney.com best O-line class in the SEC can even think about contributing to a football team?
Ward and Danzler aren’t even SEC caliber players? Did Alabama know that when they offered to pay for thier education? every one of these guys had multiple offers from plenty of SEC teams.
BTW, I see them at #8, not #9. Does that substansially change everything. Kind of wondering how you compar 6 guys to 4 guys anyway. Not sure thats really an exact science.
Florida only signed 2 guys, which puts them “ranked” lower than UGA. Does that mean the guys they signed must really be bad? Not sure what race they are, before you ask.
how2fish
May 18th, 2011
11:23 am
@Mobile Dawg your 11:20 post was outstanding! Fretting won’t help..however snapper fishing could!
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
11:27 am
Ah, the thrill of anticipation of the arrival of The Annointed One II. Sends shivers in places unmentionable………
Chill dude
May 18th, 2011
11:29 am
“Same As It Ever Was”, time to pack up and move out of your mom’s basement.
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
11:32 am
Not counting all that fretting and talking so far, of cource.
LEFTYLIBERAL
May 18th, 2011
11:32 am
CROWELL’S ego already seems to be outta control…will his head fit inside his helmet
Charlie Hayes
May 18th, 2011
11:34 am
@ DawginLex – Those weights are from Winter prior to NSD. Check out those kids twitter accounts and you will see their updated weights (a few have posted their updated weights). They are all on Coach-T’s program and have packed-on the weight in the form of muscle.
404
May 18th, 2011
11:35 am
Another day has arrived and still no word on Crowell and King.
Back to the questions I suggested yesterday:
If Richt offers a scholarship to a kid that he ALREADY KNOWS doesnt qualify, only to then route him into stupid school at GMC, thats grey-shirting.
The example I used was Lonnie Outlaw. Of course the ONLY reason Richt even
offered Outlaw was to land Nick Marshall.
See the AJC link here:
http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2010/02/03/georgia-adds-late-signee-in-wr-lonnie-outlaw/?cxntfid=blogs_recruiting.
Suppose Saban were to offer 40 scholarships, and then, after signing day, he routes 15 of those recruits to the nearest Alabama School for the Socially-Promoted Illiterate Youth of Alabama.
That would be the same thing as “grey-shirting” or “over-signing.”
That is exactly what Richt did with Lonnie Outlaw, and another recent UGA recruit out of Griffin.
The big question now is whether Crowell has to attend stupid school also.
So, when Richt says publicly that he thinks grey-shirting and over-signing is bad,
he’s a liar. He’s doing the same thing Saban and Nutt are doing.
In the old days, Bear Bryant would sign 35+ kids, and run-off the needed amount thru summer tryouts, and get back down to the scholarship limit. They even made a movie about it: The Junctions Boys. Bryant just took his Texas A&M “method” to Bama.
Richt is under no obligation to honor a scholarship offered to a kid who ends up at GMC or some other remedial education factory.
Richt is just another hypocrite. But hey, he works for UGA.
Dawg Gone
May 18th, 2011
11:37 am
Buckeye honest to God. Its damn hard to understand how a reasonable person who supports a team so fraught with problems as OSU can come on to a UGA blog and try and beat on us..repair your own house and just shut up we don’t care what you think or how you cheating bas&&&& do it up north just come play us take your beating and go home…count your sweater vests and go away.
UGAgrad71
May 18th, 2011
11:44 am
Vince D knew how to win running the football. Mark R not so much. I wonder is it the blocking scheme or the people trying to block? I had the pleasure of watching Brad Johnson block and Royce Smith on the line. I think we need less beef and more heart to compete and not those just showing up on game day.
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2011
11:45 am
404, Outlaw did not put us over 85 scholarships, and when he had to enroll at GMC it left us with 83 on scholarship which is one of the reasons we could have 2 from the 2011 class enroll early. But since you’re probably a Techie I wouldn’t expect you to understand that.
Blackberry Cobbler
May 18th, 2011
11:46 am
If you’ve got a talent like Crowell and you’re going to keep him out of the game because he can’t block? That’s idiotic!!
You give him ball and keep giving it to him and let him go for 100 yards per game.
Rather than b*tch about his lack of blocking, CMR and his other brainiac coaches should design ways to compensate for that. It’s like another poster said, I doubt Hershell Walker or Marcus Lattimore would play in CMR’s offense.
Pathetic.
51WTGW50
May 18th, 2011
11:49 am
I know what the hell I’m doing, OK…. but I don’t think Bobo does.
DILex
With some guys being so TALL Murray can’t see. Sounds Like Huston is really the Needed QB, but Richt is going to screw him and he is going to transfer. Don’t be surprised if he ends up at Clemson or UNC if he can’t stay in the SEC.
202dawg
May 18th, 2011
11:54 am
Lex, DeBell is said to be closing in on 300 lbs. If the guys are eating like they should and buying into Joe T’s workout plan at least a couple of them should be physically ready…
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
11:54 am
404, Georgia fans (or coaches) didn’t bring up or promote the bad publicity your guy get over his well documented, borderline unethical oversigning practice. I think you need to be preaching to the national and regional media if you want to nip that in the bud. Your making up BS immature dribble in a UGA blog isn’t going to do it.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
11:55 am
Yeah Murray really struggled seeing over the line while throwing for over 3,000 yards and 25 Td’s………………..
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
11:55 am
altamaha,
Don’t argue with 404. His logic is flawed if it even exists.
Saban offers to 40 knowing that he will only keep 30 while Richt offers 30 while planning to keep all 30 if they qualify academically.
All these facts equal the same thing in 404’s world.
404 HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Saban
May 18th, 2011
11:55 am
Crowell`s hangnail injury will take him out of action till the NFL draft. Smart move.
Crimedog
May 18th, 2011
11:58 am
Crowell must keep his friends out of the locker room.
51WTGW50
May 18th, 2011
11:58 am
DiLex
and all of Murry’s wonderful stats got UGA to 6-7. Sorry I just don’t think Murray is this Great QB that all the UGA fans think he is. I guess we will see, but I am not buying it yet.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
11:58 am
“I am the coach of the Miami Dolphins.”
translation: Yes, until my agent finishes talking with Bama.
“I don’t know where these rumors come from but I’m staying here in Miami.”
translation: Yes, my house is here in Miami and I am staying there tonight.
“I have no plans to become the coach at the University of Alabama.”
translation: I don’t make those plans, my agent does.
404
May 18th, 2011
12:01 pm
@1eyedjack:
The undisputed fact remains: Richt offered a kid he KNEW was not eligible.
Outlaw will have to be at GMC for 2 full years. How is that even possible?
And just recenlty, Richt did it again by sending Chris Mayes from Griffin to GMC.
You see, UGA has “invented” their own version of grey-shirting & over-recruiting:
you can just call it “warehousing” but it is NO DIFFERENT than what Saban an Nutt are doing.
Dawg Gone
May 18th, 2011
12:02 pm
Blackberry Cobbler really with the OL issues we have do you really think we are going to be able right out of the chute be able to run the ball down everyone’s throats? With a freshman running back no less. And if you weren’t paying attention last year once SEC defenses got film on Lattimore his production went down. And yes he was beat up but that’s because the Visor couldn’t get enough of a passing attack to slack off the running game. Mr.Walker had a pretty good line to run behind and Mr.Walker was well Mr.Walker and we will see his kind no more.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
12:03 pm
Murray got us to 6-7 with a lousy defense, no AJ for 4 games(which we never got over) and a lousy running game.
We are 4-8 without him.
All he needs is a little help from the defense.
Of course, you also think Stafford is lousy too. He is going to prove you wrong on that too this year. Seen their d-line? It is sick.
Saban
May 18th, 2011
12:04 pm
where is Jan Kemp when you need her? Doesn`t matter I will win another national championship and the Good Ship Dawg will sink beneath the waves of another 6-7 season if they are lucky.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
12:05 pm
404,
I call BS on your post.
Signing 40 knowing only 30 are going to be kept is oversigning.
Signing kids who KNOW they are going to be at UGA if they qualify academically is recruiting a kid who has the ability and potential to play at UGA. The kid in question has to get his academic house in order. Once he does so, he gets to play at UGA.
Saban signs 40 and plans to keep only 30 so he basically is “cutting” 10 players who have qualified academically to be at Bama.
I know you hate UGA but good lord son can’t you see the difference?
kb
May 18th, 2011
12:06 pm
404 , Outlaw knew he was not eligible but signed a letter of intent with Georgia, Once he meets requirements he is free to go to another school, he has chosen UGA again.
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
12:08 pm
Why cobbler? Richt has played a number of True Frosh RB, as he will most likely this year. Why wouldn’t he have played Walker or Lattimore? Seems to me he has proven the exact opposite.
Walker is from a completely different time. Offenses AND defenses were not the same back then. Not even sure why a fan of the game would try to make those comparisons.
Now on Lattimore. Lattimore didn’t play every single down did he? Are you telling me he was in the game every down, even when SC was going to throw the ball? You sure about that? And maybe, he too had to actually learn how to block, did you ever consider that? I’m betting he did, and if you asked his coach he would echo what Richt said. (what he actually said , not the version you just make up)
Truth Shall Prevail
May 18th, 2011
12:10 pm
Bailey’s Pastors not Grandparents Chip. Pastor Veola Thomas is his second Mom.
kb
May 18th, 2011
12:10 pm
51wtgw50, A fan trash talking on a UGA blog , tech has 15 wins against UGA since 1957, go to a Duke board where your football program is relevant.
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
12:15 pm
Buckeye, I just saw a great piece on your boy Art Schlichter stealing an old ladies life savings…..LOW LIFE!!!
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
12:17 pm
51-50, the best QB I ever saw play for tech was lil Joe Hamilton!!! Have you seen a better one???
Dawg4ever
May 18th, 2011
12:18 pm
Enough about Murray not having A.J. He had him against Colorado, Florida, Auburn, Central Fl. How did those games turnout? As for tideroll, you sound like a broken record. First of all DeBell was an Army All American, and played alot in that game, and you should worry about all the 3 star lineman that are on the bama O.l. Sheppard, Kellen Willams, Steen, the list goes on and on. Bama’s biggest weakness last year was their o.l., that’s why the heisman tropy winner and Richardson both saw their numbers drop as well as their yards per carry. Get your facts straight before you come on here and brag about bama’s wonderful o.l.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
12:19 pm
““Everybody’s excited,” said Richt”
Yeah, they are excited. Speculating on who the next coach is going to be after this year at UGA.
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
12:22 pm
SSi, Jenkins just called & said that stuff U sold him wuz ragweed!!!! PUNK
cmdawg99
May 18th, 2011
12:27 pm
If IC earns his plying time, we won’t have to pass the ball.
poopdawg
May 18th, 2011
12:29 pm
Zach Debell could step in and play day one . A little light but wait till you see him play. SSI if that is true you can quit the xanex and just relax. No need to troll.
MarineDawg
May 18th, 2011
12:30 pm
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
12:22 pm
SSi, Jenkins just called & said that stuff U sold him wuz ragweed!!!! PUNK
Now I don’t care you are, that was some funny sh%%%t.
Dawg Gone
May 18th, 2011
12:30 pm
SSIgator no everyone is excited by that great new HC your bunch has his record as a HC speaks for itself……..by the way how many new dope smoking arrests have you guys had this week?
7576DAWG
May 18th, 2011
12:30 pm
ZDAWG
I agree with you. I think it is important for Crowell to learn the blocking schemes but not to play him because he hasn’t mastered all the plays is crazy. If Spurrier had used that same philosophy South Carolina wouldn’t have won many games and it would have been huts to not have have Lattimore playing from the start . Sometimes CMR over think thing .
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 18th, 2011
12:31 pm
How many days till kickoff? We are arguing over the OL depth at Georgia. This blog is like crack to Tide Roll and others he simply just cant get enough of UGA to quench his fix. Somebody please give the man $5 so he can take his binging elsewhere. Commical to say the least.
51WTGW50
May 18th, 2011
12:34 pm
DiLex
The Lions are trying on the Dside of the ball for sure. Stafford still has the UP-RIGHT to play the game. He also can’t have 19 Ints and 5 Fumbles. That is due in part to the O-Line. The Lions line will have to make sure Matt is still standing after every play even if the Defense is better.
51WTGW50
May 18th, 2011
12:38 pm
ByrdDawg for the system Nesbitt was pretty damn good too. He never got the full Passing Package and he didn’t pass well with the pass plays they gave him. Bay Bay made Nesbitt look real good
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
12:39 pm
“Richt told the reporter he continues to be well received on his weekly jaunts across the state to speak.”
Yeah. It is called a farewell tour.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
12:40 pm
“That said, Richt said that he’s confident in Crowell’s ability to run the football effectively at the SEC level. “That’s why we recruited him.”
Translation: Someone has to help save my phoney-baloney job. I can’t do it myself.
joe
May 18th, 2011
12:41 pm
Crowell’s playing time. It’s called coaching him up, how is it that freshman play and make a difference all over the SEC but not at GA? It’s because we have one of the weaker staffs in the league. As evidenced by the fact hardly any of our assistants are in demand anywhere else…..
Lost and Found
May 18th, 2011
12:42 pm
Richt better get his act together and quit losing players.
Mean Machine
May 18th, 2011
12:43 pm
Enter your comments here
51WTGW50
May 18th, 2011
12:44 pm
commical?
Comical is your spelling Lowcountry.
LOL just had to poke that lil pit-o-fun.
most posters live in GA and the AJC talks so much UGA that we have to read and post right?
tide roll
May 18th, 2011
12:48 pm
You guys are at it again. My bad, You’re now telling me it’s good to have the 9th rated offensive line class in the conference (which is made up of the teams you actually compete against!) because it ranks high relative the rest of the teams in the country. Sounds like the reasoning of your Head Coach. The real problem with your lack of depth is not just the inability to wear opposing defenses down, it’s the failure to create competition for the starters. Their starting positions are not based on beating out the other guy because there is no other guy!! Bean Anderson may work out well for you,but he did not “win” the starting right tackle job. It was basically given to him because you’ve failed to develop adequate depth. The greatest motivation out there is the threat of losing your job. UGA, with it’s lack of foresight, has basically eliminated the most important element of college football: competition for starting positions. Only at UGA!! See ya, Wouldn’t want to be ya! Roll Tide!
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
12:50 pm
51-50, that’s why Josh , Joshua or whoever was drafted so high right??? Lil Joe finished 2nd for the Heisman & was drafted by Tampa Bay……
Mean Machine
May 18th, 2011
12:51 pm
There seems to be a consistent problem recruiting not only talented, but reliable OL that dates back to when Neil Callaway was the OL coach. Both he and Searels seemed to have the uncanny ability to find the guys that would either break down physically or mentally. Hopefully, Friend will change that. UGA has had problems retaining OL for quite a while now. None of the other top SEC schools have this problem to the extent UGA does (another reason the running game has been in the toilet for the past few years). This must be fixed in order to get back to the top. As a team, you’re only as good as the men you got in the trenches. What once looked to be a promising season is beginning to show signs of another grease fire.
cmdawg99
May 18th, 2011
12:52 pm
I don’t care who the starting RB is going to be. Give 3 reps to each one. Who ever has the best results stick with them the rest of the game. Who ever has the hot foot this week let them play. Sounds like a no brainer. There is nothing better than fresh blood into the rotation. Maybe it will light a fire under (the people who dont play) Buttz. Remember Entitlement/ Seniority is out the door. Welcome to the new wave of football. GO DAWGS!!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 18th, 2011
12:53 pm
No worrys on my typo, my fingers get a little ahead of myself. I noticed after I hit submit, but wasnt going to post one of those correction comments. Kinda to late at that point,lol.
I have no issue with the topic of the OL or a civil debate or our OL, but it gets “COMICAL” when it devolves as it has. That was my point. Then once again when you have to explain your point that means it was lost upon one person, wouldnt ya think?
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
12:53 pm
“I have a computer and I use it.”
Uh, that public library computer doesn’t belong to you, Gump.
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
12:54 pm
I need a roll of tide so I can wipe my bare bryant!!!!!
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
12:54 pm
404
So when is Auburn going on probation? I mean, since you seem to have all the “inside” info and all. LOL
UGAgrad71
May 18th, 2011
12:56 pm
There is no replacement for effort. You may weigh 300+ and be a tub of lard. Strength and conditioning will tell what kind of o-line UGA will have. The better prepared team wins. UGA looked weak and under coached on both sides of the ball last year. Want to and doing are not the same.
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2011
12:58 pm
Herschel didn’t need to know how to pass-block. Why should he? As I remember it we didn’t throw more than 10 passes a game when he was on the roster.
BornADawg
May 18th, 2011
1:07 pm
That’s what I have been saying all along…I don’t give a dang if he can’t block middle a schooler. If he’s supposed to be the solution for us at running back, give him the dang ball and let him prove it. I mean, he’s not going to be on the field every play anyway…Good God almighty! Do we have to make everything difficult! Go DAWGS!
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:07 pm
tide roll
Ratings and rankings done by a bunch of 150 LB nerds who never played any kind of sports don’t mean anything. They are for losers.
I guess this applies to you since you pay so much attention to them
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:08 pm
Fulmer Cup champs Auburn
Nice to see you back. Glad you went ahead and recognized Auburn’s all time record in Fulmer Cup points and went ahead and identified yourself as champs.
Not in the library Forrest.
Run Forrest Run………………….
cantondawg
May 18th, 2011
1:08 pm
Chip,
I’m waiting for the day when Herschel Talker and Tide Roll (Could be the same person) get arrested or boycotted by Peta for beating the same old dead horse everyday.
cantondawg
May 18th, 2011
1:09 pm
Tide Roll,
Bama’s program was a colossal flop last year. Much worse than our year in 2008 because you guys didn’t have near the injuries that we did. It’s obvious that the players are getting tired of Saban’s dictatorial bullcrap. I’m looking for a 9-4 season this year with Satan getting the hell out of Tuscaloser by years end.
Then, things can return to normal based on recent history and you guys will go back to hiring a new coach every 14 months and to being the embarassment that you’ve been 12 of the last 15 years.
BornADawg
May 18th, 2011
1:11 pm
Meant to say “I don’t give a dang if he can’t block a middle schooler”
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
1:12 pm
76, You basically just agreed with everything Richt said, but you think he was crazy for saying it?
BornADawg
May 18th, 2011
1:12 pm
I meant to say that “I don’t care if he can’t block a middle schooler.”
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:13 pm
DawginLex
What sucks worse?
1: Finishing 6-7 and losing to a conference USA team?
2: Winning the 2010 Fulmer Cup?
3: Having your players leave one after another?
4: ALL OF THE ABOVE!
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:14 pm
“Run Forrest Run………………….”
Forrest went to Bama, dumb dog.
Bull Red
May 18th, 2011
1:15 pm
Will Crowell save Richt’s job like Herschel saved Dooley’s?
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
1:16 pm
I think I am living in a parallel universe where people read a man’s words, agree with everything he just said, then question him about saying something he never said.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:20 pm
Great comeback there Gomer Gump.
You are just too witty.
how many blog handles does this make for you Gomer?
tide roll
May 18th, 2011
1:22 pm
I’m telling you guys right now, the experts are right. your 2011 offensive line class is a washout!! Dabell was ranked 98th in the POST SEASON rankings for the state of Florida by the Orlando Sentinel ( Bill Buckhalter – a highly repected recruiting analyst). Theus is apparently a long snapper you signed ib order to get his brother. Long, out of Memphis was signed because his brother is on the roster. Dantzler is another legacy, and Andrews, the kid from Wesleyan, was signed because you’re UGA. That’s what you do.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:22 pm
Hey Fulmer Cup,
List the Dawgs arrested in 2011
Now list the Awbarn players arrested in 2011
Now who is winning the fulmer Cup for 2011?
80 points Auburn
-0- points UGA
You figure out which is better Gomer Gump.
Z-Dawg
May 18th, 2011
1:22 pm
I’m sorry, but can someone please tell our boy “Bama” that once you use the expression “see ya, wouldn’t want to be ya”, that everything you’ve said prior to that statement is no longer valid and must be wiped from the record. That type of language, although witty and cutting edge on the bama board, can get you black-listed on the UGA board.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:23 pm
DawginLex
So when is Auburn going on probation? LOL
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:24 pm
What does Fulmer Cup/arrests have to do with probation Gomer Gump?
dawg from a distance
May 18th, 2011
1:25 pm
These rankings of units are simply for off season conversation. The trouble is we have had high ranked OL and they were horrible and low ranked (07) that did great. The elephant in the room is the coaching (now we have a Friend) and the numbers. Veterans PLEASE stay healthy and allow the young pups to grow up.
Go DAWGS
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:26 pm
“List the Dawgs arrested in 2011″
Give it time.
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
1:27 pm
Aaron Murray cares if people in his backfield can block a middle schooler. So did everybody else when that obviously cost us some games in the past. So will you if he lets some LB crunch our QB’s ribcage.
The man JUST said, “that he’s confident in Crowell’s ability to run the football effectively at the SEC level. “That’s why we recruited him.”
Where in that do you read he isnt going to get the dang ball to prove it?????
The problem is that if Crowell is in the game, and he can’t pick up a blitz (not sure why folks are assuming he can’t or won’t learn to block) then Murray’s option of plays just got cut in half. Qb isnt going to check into something that going to get him killed. I’m sure that the “too predictable” folks are going to be very patient with that.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:28 pm
“What does Fulmer Cup/arrests have to do with probation Gomer Gump?”
Because troglodyte, you were running your mouth over on Bark Madley’s blog about how Auburn is gonna get hit.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:29 pm
“Give it time.”
Afraid not gomer gump.
Nice try.
But don’t worry, Awbarn’s got the 2011 Fulmer Trophy wrapped up.
80 points and counting with McCaleb’s arrest last weekend.
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
1:30 pm
Fulmer, your tigers, war eagles, plainsmen or whatever Sybil is calling herself was 5-7 in ‘09!!!! We’ve beat you cheaters 4 out of the last 5 yrs too!!! Let’s see who’s laughing when they make Auburn vacant your perfect season & take away Scam Newton’s Heisman…..HAPPY ARBOR DAY!!!
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
1:31 pm
Vacate that is….
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:31 pm
I said we can only hope the NCAA gets them and actually does their job because everyone with a brain except for you Awbarn sheep know there was cheating and payments going on.
If the NCAA was not so corrupt and inept, they would have figured it out by now. Of course it took them years to figure out what everyone around USC knew about Reggie Bush.
Talk about “give it time”. That applies to Awbarn.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:31 pm
“We’ve beat you cheaters 4 out of the last 5 yrs too!!!”
What do you have to show for it besides a losing record?
“Let’s see who’s laughing when they make Auburn vacant your perfect season & take away Scam Newton’s Heisman”
When? I keep asking you idiots when that will happen and all I hear is “soon!”
BornADawg
May 18th, 2011
1:32 pm
My point AltamhaDawg is that Crowell is probably only going to get 10-12 carries per games, maybe less, early on. I admit I could be wrong on that. What I am saying is put him back there to do just that, run the ball until he gets the blocking schemes down better. We keep hearing that Caleb King has the blocking schemes down pretty pat. Mix it up with Caleb running the ball and having him back there on passing downs as well. Certainly I feel Crowell is going to have to learn to block, but early on just get him in there to run the ball.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:33 pm
“I said we can only hope the NCAA”
I bet you still have HOPE in Obama too.
“Of course it took them years to figure out what everyone around USC knew about Reggie Bush.”
You’re a bit of a moron, aren’t you. If you knew anything, which you don’t because you have a low IQ, you’d know that there was a little court case BEFORE the NCAA got involved that showed Reggie Bush’s mom got a house/apartment.
tide roll
May 18th, 2011
1:34 pm
You’re right. Sorry about that Z-Dawg
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:34 pm
DawginLex
Where did you go to college?
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:34 pm
Just for you, Gump.
Court ruling in Reggie Bush case could lead to depositions
December 29, 2009
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/29/sports/la-sp-usc-reggie-bush29-2009dec29
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:35 pm
The fact that the NCAA hasn’t uncovered anything just proves the NCAA is inept and corrupt. It doesn’t mean nothing was done illegally. Just means the NCAA is too stupid to do their own job. Letting those OSU players play in the Sugar Bowl is another example of the corruption.
Kerryb
May 18th, 2011
1:36 pm
The second poster was giving the sizes of the in-coming Freshman. I read about two months ago that DeBell said that he had been on Coach T’s conditioning program for a couple of months and was already up to 285 lbs.
thom
May 18th, 2011
1:37 pm
Love Coach Richt – Go Dawgs! http://www.wedgeorgia.com
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:37 pm
I graduated from UGA Gomer gump. How about you?
The fact that there was a court case only furthers my point about the inept NCAA. The facts were right in front of their face and it still took years to do anything.
I’m far from an idiot Gomer Gump.
Go ahead and change your blog handle 20 more times today and enjoy talking to yourself. I’m out.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:37 pm
“The fact that the NCAA hasn’t uncovered anything just proves the NCAA is inept and corrupt.”
No, it means THERE ISN’T ANYTHING TO UNCOVER. Geez, try actually reading instead of running your trap.
“Just means the NCAA is too stupid to do their own job. Letting those OSU players play in the Sugar Bowl is another example of the corruption.”
DawginLex translator: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I’M A CRYBABY!!!!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAAAA MY TEAM SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!
Jay
May 18th, 2011
1:38 pm
Chip,
I don’t like this format, 10 stories, too much to folow, too many thngs to blog about.
Would have liked to seen 10 seperate brief articles, so we could comment on each.
Tide Roll
May 18th, 2011
1:38 pm
Hi my name is Tide Troll and I’m a great big douche. I got nothing better to do all day cause I got no job, so I sit here in my mom’s basement posting jack a$$ remarks about other teams, cause my team finally did good again for the first time since the 60’s a couple of years ago. I love men, especially the ones from Tuscaloser!
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:39 pm
“I graduated from UGA Gomer gump. How about you?”
Lie much, Clinton? You stated a few weeks ago that you didn’t attend UGA.
“How about you?”
Auburn 99.
“I’m far from an idiot Gomer Gump. ”
No, you’re the poster child for idiocy.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
1:40 pm
I HAVE NEVER SAID I DID NOT ATTEND AND GRADUATE FROM UGA.
LIAR
KISS MY A$$
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:40 pm
“The fact that there was a court case only furthers my point about the inept NCAA.”
LOLOL!!!! The NCAA isn’t a court system, Gump. Geez, do you know ANYTHING?
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:41 pm
I like men too, Tide Troll! We need to get together and “have dinner” sometime. Sounds like we got a lot in common, we both are trolls, we both are losers with no life or jobs, and our parents still let us both hang out in the basement. Muah Kisses!
nsc
May 18th, 2011
1:41 pm
Need linemen – also Dillon Lee! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxg1I1jA29c
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
1:41 pm
4-1 vs auburn in the last 5 yrs gets us 4 wins and you one!!!!!!LOL LOL… How bout that 5-7 season in ‘08???? WAR EAGLE ….what a joke
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
1:42 pm
Despite what folks insist on forgetting, the play is not typically determined on the sideline. You can’t just say, Crowell is in, we are running every single play, I don’t care if they bring the house (in which case running would most likely not be a good thing to do) and leave 2 WRs with single coverage on the outside. He HAS to learn to block if he is going to be in the game more than sparingly.
Seems like that’s all Richt was saying. Nobody seems to disagree with that.
House
May 18th, 2011
1:42 pm
Richt has no choice but to start Crowell since Ealey transferred.
Yes, Murray will get hit hard on missed blocks, but apparently, Richt thought about that before he publicly threw Ealey under the bus.
No, he has no scorign threats, King only scored 1 or 2 td’s.
And only 1 good passblocker, who can’t score, King.
House
May 18th, 2011
1:43 pm
Richt should have thought about his thin o-line before he benched AJ Harmon in the Bowl game.
Do stuff like that, and like Dowtin who Richt benched for the Bowl game, you gets transfers.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:44 pm
“KISS MY A$$”
Looks like an angry UGA fan stole my blog handle…again.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
1:45 pm
“4-1 vs auburn in the last 5 yrs gets us 4 wins and you one!!!!!!LOL LOL… How bout that 5-7 season in ‘08????”
54-52 all-time against the mutts. LOL How bout that 6-7 season in 2010? GO DAWGS SIC EM!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
1:45 pm
No, he doesn’t have to “start Crowell”. Ealey wasn’t going to “start” either. He will play Crowell. A bunch. Same as he played Ealey a bunch as a freshman, and several others.
BornADawg
May 18th, 2011
1:48 pm
I want to see Crowell on the field against the highest level of competition to see if he has what it takes at this level. Certainly don’t want to put him in a position to fail and get his mindset in a real funk. However, there are going to be downs we are going to run the ball. Hopefully, on an occasion or two, he can break one long.
House
May 18th, 2011
1:49 pm
Crowell should be benched if he fumbles once.
Just like Ealey was.
And Crowell shouldn’t be allowed to PLAY until he can passblock.
SouthGaBrave
May 18th, 2011
1:55 pm
RHALL55 @ 10:56,
The whole “late offer” thing is garbage. That, along with “not feeling the love” from a school is a load of crap from kids that don’t have the guts to just tell a fanbase that they didn’t want to go to your school. Raphael Kirby held his offer from Miami for less than a week before committing to them yesterday. These kids know where they want to go, and will commit to THAT school as long as they get an offer from them. Any kid who can be persuaded by a school by the “we were first” mentality is weak minded.
House
May 18th, 2011
1:58 pm
Richt HAS to start Crowell, since Ealey transferred, King can’t score (2 td’s in 2010).
You got to get points from your rb.
But that leaves vulnerable against a hit/season ending injury to Murray, if you call a pass while Crowell’s in.
Leave King in, and you don’t score.
Lose either way.
House
May 18th, 2011
1:59 pm
Murray’s so indecisive, 25 sacks in 2010, not good for the Crowell situation.
kb
May 18th, 2011
2:00 pm
House, You need to get a couple of facts striaight, Harmon wasn’t benched for the bowl game he was declared academically ineligble thats not on Richt its on AJ. Dowtin played in the bowl game.
Caeb averages 5.4 yards per carry only played in 8 games last year.
Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING
May 18th, 2011
2:02 pm
fulmer Cup champs crows about the cheatin ways at the barn and doesn’t realize how ignorant he is to argue on a georgia blog.
redneck, fat and stupid is no way to go though life son
order gets restored in a big way in 2011 by the tide
House
May 18th, 2011
2:04 pm
Dowtin did not play in the Bowl game, Richt was mad because Dowtin was falsely accused of something he was later found not guilty of, so Richt benched him.
richt could have played AJ Harmon, he didn’t, now he has to live with the consequences.
Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING
May 18th, 2011
2:04 pm
house you dumber than a bag of toadstools
House
May 18th, 2011
2:04 pm
And, Caleb is ineffective when it counts, 2 td’s in 2010.
MarineDawg
May 18th, 2011
2:04 pm
Is it just me that notice that Mark Richt didn’t say that Crowell was NOT going to play? In fact, he actually said the opposite in that he’s going to be a big part of the running game. All he said was that his ability to pass block will determine how much time he’s going to play. It seems to me that all he was saying is that he may not be in the game for every play.
I know some of you are already thinking that if he’s in the game, then opposing teams will know that it’s a running play. I think that the coaching staff is aware of this. There’s absolutely no way that Richt invested so much time in recruiting this kid that he’s not going to let him play as a freshman. This guy has the potential to change the game. Hence, that is why almost every team in the SEC attempted to sign him.
I too, would like to see better results on the scoreboard, but I’m having a difficult time in believing that anyone on this blog can do a better job or know more than what the coaches know. Otherwise, we would all be Div 1 coaches. People, Richt has not forgotten how to coach despite your beliefs.
Most of the games that were lost last year were the result of 1 or 2 bad plays that decided the outcome of the game. The sky is not falling. Just wait and I think that you maybe pleasantly surprised.
House
May 18th, 2011
2:05 pm
Thin O-Line + Inexperienced pass blocker Crowell=
Murray getting sacked more than last year’s 25.
Injury concerns at QB?
Rooster
May 18th, 2011
2:06 pm
House is right. Just watch the under armour game. Crowell missed several blocks that got the quarterback sacked. To top it all off Crowell then got knocked out of the game. I think he ended up with 22 yds rushing for that game.
Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING
May 18th, 2011
2:06 pm
rooster you dumber than a bag of hammers
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:07 pm
“Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING ”
So when is Auburn going on probation?
Auburn 2011 Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:07 pm
Fulmer Cup Champs hey what was your name yesterday….I don’t have a program and I forgot it..
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:08 pm
“redneck, fat and stupid is no way to go though life son”
Then maybe you should take remedial English, lose weight and get a job, ma’am.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:09 pm
UGA = ain’t done nuffin since 1980. But hey, you own this state.
Auburn 2011 Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:11 pm
We might not win the NC this year, we might not win the SEC west this year…heck we may not win a game this year. But by all that is holy we WILL win the Fulmer Cup..even the Dawgs and Gators got no chance….we are ALL IN for the Fulmer Cup in 2011.
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2011
2:14 pm
Is yesterday’s Not Since 80 today’s Fulmer Cup Champs? Sounds like the same maroon.
Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING
May 18th, 2011
2:16 pm
take your own advice fulmer cup fat boy
broken tractor seats is your family tradition?
your boyfriend should be proud
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:17 pm
How many goats did you molest, Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING?
Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING
May 18th, 2011
2:17 pm
none. you got to them first
and the pigs
and the cows
Auburn 2011 Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:17 pm
@1eyedJack thanks that’s the guy.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:18 pm
“We might not win the NC this year, we might not win the SEC west this year…heck we may not win a game this year.”
At least you can admit how bad UGA football is.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:19 pm
Looks like Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING is in some hot water.
UGA student charged with child porn after computer seized
http://www.ajc.com/news/uga-student-charged-with-682903.html
Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING
May 18th, 2011
2:19 pm
it wasn’t me. it was the one armed man
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:19 pm
1eyedJackoff = delusional
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:20 pm
“it wasn’t me. it was the one armed man”
And you were using his other arm for what exactly, creep?
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
2:21 pm
A friendly reminder for the Auburn idiot.Not gonna hang around and argue with a moron. Later.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6206921
They do things right over at Auburn.
LogicalUS
May 18th, 2011
2:21 pm
“Lattimore blocked or carried the ball”
Lattimore is a special once in a decade kid. He played at Byrnes High School from the time he was in the 9th grade and they are a national school who has played teams from Glades to Evangel Christian on to schools from California and Ohio, as well with the top level and conference of SC football against the Gaffneys\Rock Hill\Summervilles of football. It is estimated that Lattimore played against over 120 elite college players during his time at Byrnes.
Crowell is a Caleb King\Ealey kid from mid-level Ga high school league, no comparison between the two kids and anyone expecting to see a polished kid such as Lattimore this fall are in for a severe disappointment.
Auburn 2011 Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:22 pm
@Fulmer Cup Champs “At least you can admit how bad UGA football is.” as you like to trot it out so much .. that’s all you got ? Wait then there is….so gump when is Auburn going on probation? LOL !
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:23 pm
“that’s all you got ?”
No, I’ve got a lot more where that came from, ma’am.
UGA 08
May 18th, 2011
2:25 pm
Auburn 2011 Fulmer Cup Champs
Please do bulldawg nation a favor and STFU!
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:26 pm
“Also, I have heard”
From who, your “insider?” LOL
UGA Insider
May 18th, 2011
2:27 pm
When did the backup running back for Auburn get arrested? Mr SEC also says that Dyer is a witness in the Auburn4 case. Now that is hilarious!
Also, I have heard that the removal of Lowder is a preemptive move in hopes that the NCAA won’t crush Auburn for recruiting violations. I wouldn’t erect that statue just yet.
1eyedJack
May 18th, 2011
2:28 pm
And Not Since 80/Fulmer Cup Champs is really Yellow Fuzz.
Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING
May 18th, 2011
2:30 pm
http://dev.chuckoliver.net/2011/05/auburn-rb-arrested/
Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING
May 18th, 2011
2:33 pm
http://www.mrsec.com/
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:35 pm
“http://www.mrsec.com/”
What am I supposed to look at? I see some article about how Mark Richt wants to stay at UGAG for another 10 years.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:35 pm
“Auburn running back Onterio McCalebb was arrested over the weekend in metro Atlanta for two minor traffic violations.”
WOW!!!!! Two MINOR traffic violations. Geez, Hines Ward was arrested for that. LOL
UGA Insider
May 18th, 2011
2:39 pm
I have never heard of someone spending 24 hours in the pen for minor traffic violations. He must have a suspended license. Maybe he won’t be suspended for that tough home opener.
MCDAVIDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
2:40 pm
First, Richt most master the ability to coach.
Auburn 2011 Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
2:42 pm
@Fulmer Cup Champs and I agree these are exactly the types of things that you want to pin the Fulmer Cup on UGA for…unlike the home invasions, armed robbery type crimes the rest of the Barn commit..shame on them all the hype of some on not toting a gun..but see he was in Georgia when arrested you don’t HAVE to have a gun here like you do in the Plains…
it don't matter cause we aint got an o-line
May 18th, 2011
2:45 pm
crowell needs to pass block.
cam newton would have been a tight end in “our system.”
Are we sure he knows what the H*** he’s doing?
C-Town
May 18th, 2011
2:48 pm
Same Story , Different week
-Will Crowell get in UGA
-His Ego is to Big
-Can he pass block
-Will he start…….
Leave the kid alone. The kid is a Stud. And he’s a very,very Humble kid. The kid is very strong, so blocking will be no problem. Just needs to work on his footwork to block SEC LB…but that comes with time. Just give this kid the rock.
Barack Dawg
May 18th, 2011
2:54 pm
WinderDawg — look at Richt’s stats when he has won the conference. We were not a run dominant team and we don’t need to be but we need to be an effective running team. If we have a run dominant team then I don’t know what teams would be able to do against us especially if we get that JYD defense back. For now – we need an effective running game and we will be fine.
C-Town
May 18th, 2011
2:54 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJCpSAnu-gw&feature=related
Change occurs
May 18th, 2011
2:57 pm
“Disarray” seems really close to being spelled “UGA”
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
3:02 pm
Fulmer, did you get Antonio Goodwin, Kowalski Q Kitchens, Micheal McNeil & Harrison Mosely out of jail yet???Robbery huh?? I wonder if they used the BB gun that Andray Bruce used to hold up that pizza delivery dude??? LOL……IDIOTS
tide roll
May 18th, 2011
3:09 pm
Say, for example, one of your starting offensive lineman, who has a future in the NFL, decides that the future is more important than risking injury by putting forth maximum effort, and that, as a result, your offense suffers? What can you do? Your lack of depth precludes you from sitting the guy. This is the real danger caused by lack of depth, even moreso than injury.
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
3:12 pm
byrd dawg,
I’ve posted my thoughts on Art Schlicter in prior blogs when the story came out……….about a month ago. Get in the game, dude.
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
3:13 pm
dawg gone,
Two words for you: hair spray.
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
3:14 pm
Master pass blocking?
Why?
Isaiah, The Annointed One II, will run for a touchdown everytime he touches the ball. No need for a passing game.
Dawg Gone
May 18th, 2011
3:15 pm
Buckeye two words for you: sweater vest
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
3:15 pm
Buckeyes………….not a single arrest in the entire scande., sordid as it may be.
dawgs………………reigning Fulmer Cup Champions.
Dawg Gone
May 18th, 2011
3:17 pm
Buckeye two more : Liar Liar !
Questions for House
May 18th, 2011
3:18 pm
I’m dying to know what you think of Mettenburger and how great he would have been. Please follow that up with you assessment of the Logan Gray situation. Then, please discuss Murray’s height. And what was it…Murray lost all the games in which Georgia was outscored? Please throw in anything else you may find “helpful”.
Dawg Gone
May 18th, 2011
3:18 pm
Buckeye two more : Vest afire ! Oh yeah the Fulmer Cup was 2010 and your woes are SO much 2011.
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
3:18 pm
dawg gone,
Good one.
Not going to regirgitate my thought on the issue. Been there done that.
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
3:20 pm
dawg gone,
$1 says we’re ranked ahead of you on January 6, 2012. Ah, what the hell, make it $2.
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
3:21 pm
dawg gone,
True, not true? You are the reigning Fulmer Cup Champ.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
3:22 pm
Buckeye
Don’t be too hard on the mutts. They still haven’t gotten over Nick Fairley single handedly beating up their entire offensive line.
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
3:25 pm
buckeye, how’s that head coach suspension workin out for ya??? Oh……and how’s my boy Maurice Clarett doin???? Maybe he and Art will have ajoining cells….They look nice in pinstripes….can Tressel get them matching cute red sweater vests too??? LOL
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
3:26 pm
dawg gone,
Is that what you’ll be saying after week 2? As in………
“dawg gone, we’re 0-2 and, once again, out of the top 25.
HunkerDAWG91
May 18th, 2011
3:28 pm
Buckeye,
With your “schools” low acadeamic standards you can just have any good football player come and play for your team. That’s not the way it is at UGA. At UGA you have to be a true student atheleate because the acadeamic levels are so high. You probably know that it is the hardes college to get into and stay in other than the Ivee League schools (Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, etc).
Remember, if we had as low acadeamic standards as you, we’d probably with the NC ever year!
GO DAWGS!
ryan
May 18th, 2011
3:28 pm
I hear we are in good shape with Denzel Nkemdieche from what i have heard he wants to be a dawg again why are Ohio Sate fans coming on UGA blogs don’t they any Tattoo parlors to go to.
Buckeye
May 18th, 2011
3:28 pm
Ryan,
Duz yo homey Isiaah, The Annointed One II, sport a Tatt or two??
ryan
May 18th, 2011
3:30 pm
Fulmer Cup dude you need get a life that way you spend your time living in your moms basement bashing UGA all day .
Auburn is all in-In Jail-WE DENY EVERYTHING
May 18th, 2011
3:32 pm
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
3:24 pm
“Buckeye two words for you: sweater vest”
At least the Buckeyes don’t dress up their inbred mascot like a cute little gay puppet.
*****************************************************************
Uh oh. Somebody crossed the line here.
Well, bye.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
3:33 pm
fulmer cup,
You use the same lines over and over again all day long. Speaks to your lack of intelligence.
gump
ma’am
burger flipping job
Good lord son, get some new material. Even the TROLLS are complaining.
You never told us where you went to school either.
Maybe you are still there?
Parkview?
Dacula?
GAC?
ryan
May 18th, 2011
3:35 pm
Buckeye and that Fulmer cup champ need each other you guys need to get a room .
ryan
May 18th, 2011
3:38 pm
DawginLex AMEN BROTHER !
UGAKev
May 18th, 2011
3:38 pm
Defense wins championships, Our offense will put enough points up to win. Our Defense is going to knock everyone in the mouth this season and beyond with the guys coming in and everyone really grasping the defense. Quarterbacks are going to be running for their life when they play us this season. Our offensive line is only going to get better playing against those guys in practice. Who is going to be nervous after having to go against two +350ibs monsters in practice!? Ask teams like TCU and boise state what their offensive line recruiting rankings are? Hell, Georgia has had seasons when our OL was suppose to be best in the country and it ended up resulting in nothing for us. You can take a 3 star 330ibs lineman teach him a few things and he turns into an instant 5 star player. Linemen are the easiest players to get better. Ward is a 3 star lineman coming in at freshmen this year, I guarantee you that ward is not a 3-star player…The kid will be turned into a 5 star player in no time that will be a great OL at Georgia. You can sit there and say we are thin at OL. They will get the Job done…There has been many seasons Georgia has had great years where we have not had a bunch of 5 star lineman playing. GO DAWGS! DEFENSE!!! GATA!
HunkerDAWG91
May 18th, 2011
3:41 pm
UGAKev,
You’re right on my man! If there is one thing I don’t worry about wtih the DAWGS is THE BIG UGLEYS.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
3:41 pm
Enter your comments here
Dawg Fan in Grayson
May 18th, 2011
3:42 pm
Its funny how many anti-UGA fans take the time to post comments on a UGA sports blog. Either these people don’t have much of a life so they spend their day attacking UGA or they truly fear the Dawgs. I know when I have time to check out a sports blog I am not wasting my time visiting a blog of a team or school that is not UGA.
Big Dirty Dawg
May 18th, 2011
3:43 pm
If the O-line can maintain blocks…and our RBs can show some vision and explosion through the hole…we wont have to worry about pass blocking!!!
UGAKev
May 18th, 2011
3:43 pm
I cant believe out of all teams fans that could talk some smack in here…An Ohio State fan is in here running his mouth…..LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats just too easy Dawg fans
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
3:44 pm
“You use the same lines over and over again all day long. Speaks to your lack of intelligence.”
As do you.
“You never told us where you went to school either.”
I did indeed, Lex. Not my problem if you missed it. In fact, I told you where I went on the last page.
Remember: Reading is fundamental.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
3:45 pm
“As for Harmon, there are strong indications his departure was academic-related.”
Really? At UGA? You can’t be serious.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
3:46 pm
“Its funny how many anti-UGA fans take the time to post comments on a UGA sports blog.”
Same can be said of Mark Bradley’s Auburn/Lowder column. It’s amazing how many UGA fans take the time to trash talk Auburn.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
3:47 pm
Don’t see anything stating where you went to school. I’m not going to go dig loser.
You imply you went to Auburn but I bet you didn’t.
They have lowered the standards a lot but I can’t see you getting in.
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
3:48 pm
SSI,
At UGA we actually make the players go to class. That would be earth shattering and program destroying at florida.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
3:48 pm
“Don’t see anything stating where you went to school. I’m not going to go dig loser.”
Ok, so you just contradicted yourself…again. You state that you didn’t see it YET you claim you’re not going to look. Bottom line, you’re not smart.
I’ll give you a hint, mutt. Look on page 3.
“You imply you went to Auburn but I bet you didn’t.”
You’re gonna bet me that I didn’t go to Auburn? LOL!!!!! Now, how are you gonna pull that bet off?
“They have lowered the standards a lot but I can’t see you getting in.”
Then again, you don’t even have your GED so how would you know?
“At UGA we actually make the players go to class.”
You make them? Really???? You single handedly walk them to every class?
DawginLex
May 18th, 2011
3:50 pm
Later boys and girl(Fulmer Cup)
Remember Fulmer Cup, keep your tractor off the interstate.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
3:50 pm
DawginLex -
Yeah, I know that. I believe Jan Kemp testified to that. NOT.
UGAKev
May 18th, 2011
3:51 pm
SSIGATOR, Do you have a point? because I see that statement as UGA puts an emphasis on academics and does not let student athletes on the football team get away with grades. What team is always ranked behind Vanderbilt in academics again in the SEC??
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
3:51 pm
“Remember Fulmer Cup, keep your tractor off the interstate.”
Sure, you be sure to keep your double wide off the interstate.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
May 18th, 2011
3:51 pm
Billboards in the Ann Arbor area…”liar liar…vest on fire”. Pretty funny..{}”
Dawg Gone
May 18th, 2011
3:53 pm
Fulmer Cup Champs boy did you say something? Take that thing out of your mouth and speak plainly.
ryan
May 18th, 2011
3:53 pm
I agree think these haters all they do use the same material its gets old and lame somebody once said if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything if you hate UGA why do care they do have no life obviously .
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
3:53 pm
“That would be earth shattering and program destroying at florida.”
Florida is ranked ahead of UGAG in the list of top 100 universities, mutt. Try again.
ClinchCountyDawg
May 18th, 2011
3:56 pm
Buckeye
Crowell For Heisman!!!!
The annointed one will win three Heismans then enter the NFL draft where he will be the first player selected. Also, Dawgs win three straight SEC Titles and two National Titles.
ClinchCountyDawg
May 18th, 2011
3:57 pm
Buckeye
I’ll bet two Dilly Bars on it!!!
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
3:58 pm
Why do I get the idea that SSI’s co-worker know him simple as that idoit who walks around playing the air drums.
badum-CHING!
UGAKev
May 18th, 2011
3:59 pm
fulmer cup were talking about football in here dummy
JB
May 18th, 2011
4:00 pm
Who will Dawgs beat in a upset this year? And who will beat them in a upset?
BigRedDAWG
May 18th, 2011
4:01 pm
Fulmer Cup Champs:
STFU. You may or may not have gone to auburn. But if you did go their you probably don’t want to brag about it. It’s not even the best school in alabama – what does that tel you. Where UGA is the best college except for the Ivee League schools.
Dawg Gone
May 18th, 2011
4:01 pm
Buckeye 2 bucks it is….or the sweater vest of your choice vs my 2 bucks…I’ve never had a sweater vest..and I might visit the …nah lets just stick to the money.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:01 pm
“fulmer cup were talking about football in here dummy”
Tell that to your illiterate brother, Kev. Also, spell check is your friend.
Jason Anders
May 18th, 2011
4:03 pm
I think Georgia will be fine. I’m confident that King, Malcome, and the other backs will get it going. I’m really excited about Nick Marshall .The possibility of using Smith and Boykin in a variety of plays will be exciting to watch. I do believe that Georgia’s receiving class is going to hold it’s own quite well especially with what they have coming in to Georgia this year. The offensive line just has to man-up and do what they are capable of doing and be a solid unit.There are a couple freshman offensive lineman that could be in the mix. It would really be nice if Nkemdiche signs with Georgia. I also hope Storm the running back from Miami ends up on the team.
I hope the linebacker (Conner) get’s playing time as he looked really good in the spring game. I believe Ray Drew is going to be a beast at DE .
Good Luck.
gdawginkalamazoo
May 18th, 2011
4:03 pm
Actually Cam did make your team. Just like Tebow made the UF teams. Once in a lifetime player. Whether or not Cam got paid, it makes no difference as to what he did on the field. He was clearly a dominant player. Auburn won the title on the field with players that it recruited. As a dawg fan, it was nothing but impressive. I don’t like all the “cheaters” talk. Until there is actually evidence that anything was done wrong Auburn and Cam had one hell of a 2010 season. And yes I wish UGA could win one, sometime soon, at least in my life time, before I get too old to talk smack about it.
ryan
May 18th, 2011
4:05 pm
We are second behind Vandy in academics also we have a new engineering department and have one top business departments in SEC .
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:06 pm
“STFU”
Make me.
“Where UGA is the best college except for the Ivee League schools.”
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ryan
May 18th, 2011
4:07 pm
Who cares what Fulmer Cup thinks GO DAWGS !
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:08 pm
“We are second behind Vandy in academics ”
Guess you’ve never heard of UF, ryan.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:08 pm
“Who cares what Fulmer Cup thinks GO DAWGS !”
You do or else you wouldn’t have commented on it.
ryan
May 18th, 2011
4:16 pm
I just have to ask you why do you care about UGA if hate us so much it seems like your obsessed with what UGA does you come here every day spew your hatred at UGA if don’t like UGA then get off this blog its that simple .
Big Dawg Daddy
May 18th, 2011
4:17 pm
Winder Dog – if you think a running back can play for Steve Spurrier and not pass block well, apparently you never watched college football.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
4:19 pm
“Georgia’s 9-4 win over Kennesaw State in baseball Tuesday night was just what the doctor ordered.”
Does this mean that UGA is going to join the Atlantic Sun Conference now? Wait a minute, that conference does not have a football program. Come to think of it, UGA does not really have a football program either, so I guess that doesn’t matter.
BigRedDAWG
May 18th, 2011
4:23 pm
FC – again, STFU and believe me I will make you and your whole inbread faily
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:24 pm
“again, STFU”
Again, make me.
“I will make you and your whole inbread faily”
UGA has a remedial English class with your name on it.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:27 pm
ryan
I don’t hate UGA. I just don’t care for the fans who make asinine comments about other universities. Especially since most of the people on this blog didn’t even attend UGA.
BigRedDAWG
May 18th, 2011
4:28 pm
Fulmer,
I went to UGA, so that means I can comment on your crappy little school in alabama. Why would anyone go to auburn if they could get into a good school? you probably could have gone to ITT Tech and gotten a better schooling.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
4:31 pm
Fulmer Cup Champs -
Believe me, BigRedDAWG means what he says. These UGA guys are tough Last year in Jax after the puppies lost (again) I saw a group of four of them smack around a girl that was a UF fan – until their mothers made them stop and took away their pom-poms.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:33 pm
“I went to UGA”
You sure suck at the English language, Big Red. LOL
“Why would anyone go to auburn if they could get into a good school?”
This proves that you didn’t go to UGA. No UGA grad would ask such a stupid question.
BigRedDAWG
May 18th, 2011
4:34 pm
SSIgator,
I can’t begin to tell you how stupid that makes you sound. What does that post even meen? Does it meen UGA guys are girls or cheerleaders? If so, that is just sexist and stupid. So, you probably are a florida grad. how does it feel being the joke of the sec in acadeamics. Maybe if your acadeamic standards were higher you would post something smarter.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:35 pm
SSIgator
BigRedDAWG is a flat out liar.
She wrote: “I will make you and your whole inbread faily”
Now, how many college grads do you know who write like that?
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:39 pm
“how does it feel being the joke of the sec in acadeamics. ”
Case in point. Big Red can’t even spell the word ACADEMICS and has the nerve to insult UF.
Hey dumb arse, UF is ranked AHEAD of UGA in academics.
“Maybe if your acadeamic standards were higher you would post something smarter.”
Oh the stupidity!!!!!!!!
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
4:40 pm
acadeamic?
I guess Fulmer Cup Champs is right. There really is a remedial English class with your name on it at UGA.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:41 pm
SSIgator
Isn’t it funny that a guy/gal who claims to be a UGA grad can’t even spell?
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
4:42 pm
Fulmer Cup Champs -
He is a former UGA football player. Now working at Walmart.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:44 pm
“He is a former UGA football player. Now working at Walmart.”
I don’t think he’s that smart.
Coach Grohbo
May 18th, 2011
4:44 pm
I believe Richt doesn’t know what he is doing, either.
I wonder if he will give me a hug, too.
BigRedDAWG
May 18th, 2011
4:45 pm
Fulmer cup Champs and SSIgator – a match made in heaven. To stupid to even post on a sports blog. I hope your happy with the $ you spent at those crappy schools you went to.
FCC's mama
May 18th, 2011
4:45 pm
I should have put that little SOB up for adopshon when his daddy got me pregnant.
couldnt sent him to a reel skhool so I sent him to auburn.
He’s got purty red hair though and i thank he’s down to 400 pounds.
Got a gud jawb at Wallmartt as a cahsheer
guezz i shoud be prawd of the liddle fat feller
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:45 pm
“To stupid to even post on a sports blog. I hope your happy with the $ you spent at those crappy schools you went to.”
Stupid is someone who can’t spell simple words. Stupid is claiming one school is better than another school. Stupid is someone who claims to be a UGA grad when they’re obviously not.
Oh, and you need to check your grammar, tard.
FCC's mama
May 18th, 2011
4:47 pm
all time haven to bahy new cigerattes for his sister though cuz he squashes em when they has sex
FCC's mama
May 18th, 2011
4:48 pm
i wundered bout him though early on cuz he wuz steel breest eatin at age 11
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:49 pm
“I hope your happy with the $ you spent at those crappy schools you went to.”
YOU’RE, not your, moron. Also, yes, I am very happy seeing as I make a nice living.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
4:49 pm
BigRedDAWG -
Well, you are correct about one thing – you have proven that you can be illiterate AND post on a sports blog at the same time. Congratulations.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:49 pm
FCC’s mama = BigRedDAWG
The misspellings and horrible grammar is a dead giveaway.
Coach Grohbo
May 18th, 2011
4:50 pm
“I’d imagine we’ll sign at least five or six,” Richt said.
Translated: “I’d imagine if I were still here we’ll sign at least five or six (offensive linemen).”
FCC's mama
May 18th, 2011
4:50 pm
boy i aint no big red dawg, im your momma
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:51 pm
SSIgator
Gotta love people who pretend to be graduates of a certain school. UGA leads the nation in students having to take remedial English. I wonder why?
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
4:52 pm
Fulmer Cup Champs -
It is because Mark Richt over-signs the football recruits each year.
BigRedDAWG
May 18th, 2011
4:55 pm
SSIgator,
FCC is trying to ask you out but hasn’t been able to work up the nerve. Just do it – she probably won’t bite.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
4:57 pm
“FCC is trying to ask you out but hasn’t been able to work up the nerve. Just do it – she probably won’t bite.”
BigRedDAWG Translator: BigRedDAWG was caught in a lie and has to divert attention to something that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Bob
May 18th, 2011
4:59 pm
We’ll be just fine at OL. Since that imposter coach Searles left, we have a fine line coach who will have our players ready. Besides, our offense in not too complicated or else we would have someone other than Bobo in charge. Dantzler will turn some heads. And somebody take Fulmer Cup’s latte away from him…he’s had too much caffeine.
BigRedDAWG
May 18th, 2011
5:07 pm
And what lie would that be? I’m not lieing about the fact that you want to date SSIgator, am I?
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
5:07 pm
Bob -
You are correct – UGA’s offense cetainly is not very complicated.
First series: 1st down – screen pass, 2nd down – everybody go deep, 3rd down – draw play up the middle, 4th down – punt.
Second series (and all subsequent series of the game): Repeat first series.
Wow. If that is what you get for almost $3,000,000, I wonder how much a real football coach would cost?
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
5:09 pm
“And what lie would that be? I’m not lieing about the fact that you want to date SSIgator, am I?”
You are LYING, tard. UGA wouldn’t graduate someone who can’t even spell.
Nerd Central
May 18th, 2011
5:11 pm
Hey Fulmer Cup and *SSGator, why not come on over to my blog, nerdcentral.com, we’re debating the merits of dark chocolate vs milk chocolate.
LogicalUS
May 18th, 2011
5:12 pm
“We’ll be just fine at OL”
????This is the standard response from all UGA fans.
Why would UGA be fine…they stunk last year and will be worse this year???
BigRedDAWG
May 18th, 2011
5:12 pm
So you’re saying I didn’t graduate. I sure did and I have the ring and diploma and great job to prove it. I’m typing on a blog, idiot, maybe I made a mistake – that’s why I have a secretary but she’s going on maternity leave. Would you like to come interview for the temporary position – I’m sure it will pay more than your job at kmart.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
5:13 pm
Fulmer Cup Champs -
“UGA wouldn’t graduate someone who can’t even spell.”
Not so fast my friend – Jan Kemp found out otherwise.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
5:14 pm
“So you’re saying I didn’t graduate.”
Not the sharpest tool in the shed are you.
“I sure did and I have the ring and diploma and great job to prove it.”
Oh, so you bought them off of EBAY.
“I’m typing on a blog, idiot, maybe I made a mistake”
Try four or five mistakes, Gump.
“that’s why I have a secretary but she’s going on maternity leave.”
Huh, I had no idea pizza delivery drivers had secretaries.
dawgster
May 18th, 2011
5:14 pm
@SSlgator…you are perhaps the most classless piece of work that shows up on these blogs…It amazes me, that regardless of the article or discussions, you bash anything with the dawgs program…Not sure why you feel the need, its not like the dawgs have been giving the gators a rivalary the past few years….Is there anything in you thoughts that you actually know how to put into words that bring anything to the table…I suspect you are just a little old man with nothing better to do but try and stir the pot…You do a pretty good job of that, have to give you credit there, but I do feel sorry for you and the anger you have towards UGA…Maybe some dawg fans need it but everyone should not be lumped into that boat..
I will add this however, many years ago, I took my daughter to Jax for the GA-Fla game and although the dawgs lost, my young daugther and I had things said to us that hurt her deeply…Why, because we were decked out in RED and Black…Of all the years playing ball and coaching, I have not seen anything that rivals that day…Fortunately for some gator fans, my daughter was with me, had that not been the case, it would not have been a pleasant adventure for them..but let me say this, I don’t think that because of a few classless fans, to put every gator fan in that class would be just wrong, so I don’t…My point think about what you say and avoid your attacks on dawg fans that don’t deserve your constant criticism of our program or our fans…I’m sure this will have little effect with you as I have read your posts many times, but I thought I would give it a shot anyway….good luck….go dawgs
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
5:17 pm
BigRedDAWG must be a product of Affirmative Action. It doesn’t matter how stupid she is, it’s her skin color that counts.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
5:18 pm
dawgster
Want some cheese to go with that whine?
ryan
May 18th, 2011
5:20 pm
To the haters on here i will always be a dawg fan through the good times and bad times yes the UGA program is going through a dark time and things are not good right now but there is always a light at the end of tunnel this program will turn around at some point it maybe this year go dawgs .
Whisky Breath
May 18th, 2011
5:22 pm
Cut the crap. Crowell will be the starter and probably doesn’t know how to block.
I doubt he has ever been asked too. Besides, who is left to run off?
BYRDDAWG
May 18th, 2011
5:22 pm
fulmer & ssi are obsessed w/ UGA because ALL their boyfriends are dogs!!!! LOL
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
5:26 pm
ryan -
Unfortunately, the light at the end of the tunnel is a train coming the other way. It is delivering the rails for Richt’s ride out of town.
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 18th, 2011
5:26 pm
Isaiah you will get your chance to play once you learn to:
Pass block
Learn the play book
Learn Kathryn’s kool-aid recipe
Learn to drive your scooter
Sit and watch some games
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
5:26 pm
“fulmer & ssi are obsessed w/ UGA because ALL their boyfriends are dogs!!!! LOL”
Insult fail, humper.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
5:27 pm
dawgster -
“you are perhaps the most classless piece of work”
Really? You have not been to a game in Jax recently have you.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
5:35 pm
dawgster -
“some dawg fans need it but everyone should not be lumped into that boat”
Sorry. You are right again. Let’s see – a dinghy or two for the real UGA fans and a cargo transport for the rest of the “fans”.
ryan
May 18th, 2011
5:35 pm
We will see SSIgator our defense is much better than people think there will be some offensive package with Nick Marshall and we do some tricks up our sleeve so don’t sleep on UGA this year you and Fulmer Cup can say what you want and bash UGA all you .
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 18th, 2011
5:40 pm
dawgster
I hope if we lose to FL again this year your not going to be with the rest of the kool-aid drinkers wanting this coaching staff back for another year
and I dont care if we are 11-1
ryan
May 18th, 2011
5:48 pm
Flat tire your not a true dawg fan even if we win 11 games you want Richt fired are you kidding me your not looking at hole picture it would be devastating to fire Richt with a winning record and our chances with top recruits you don’t have your head on strait son if we loose to SC, FL and Tenn then Richt is gone .
Fulmer Cup Champs AKA Not Since 1980
May 18th, 2011
5:53 pm
I enjoy attempting to make Dawg fans upset because I lacked attention growing up as a child. My dad forgot to use protection and well, you see I was an accident. So as you all know Misery LOVES company so I’m just trying to get the attention my dad wouldn’t give me as a child.
I love talking smack with my buddy SSIgator even though he conveniently leaves out the fact that UF has REAL gangstas on their team. UGA’s players get in trouble for underaged drinking, driving w/ suspended DLs and such, while the mighty gators shoot AK-47s out of apt windows, fracture the face of a much smaller fellow student, send death threats via text (real smart) to a girlfriend they are physically abusing, sit around in empty parking lots at 2 am smoking weed, drive around town hammered with not one but two large bottles of booze, stealing credit cards from a roommates DEAD girlfriend, and steal our car back off the impound lot rather than pay the hardworking owner his $60 towing fee, I could go on but you get the point.
Anyway that’s why me and my new BFF SSIgator are here, we have no life other than ATTEMPTNG to rile up Dawg fans.
But like my ol’ buddy Tommy Tuberville once said, “a dog don’t bark at a car that ain’t moving!” So rest easy Dawg fans, if your program wasn’t headed in the right direction or wasn’t relevant we wouldn’t be here. WDE and in the words of Corrine Brown “Go gatur!”
WDE
May 18th, 2011
6:08 pm
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KappaDawg
May 18th, 2011
6:12 pm
It the team is running a two back set…leave the fullback in to block and play action to the back then send him put into the flats. That way you still have the pass protections, you have play action and you put an outlet in the play in case of a breakdown. There are occasions to have a single back and there will be times he will block but that isn’t his job. Do you ask the center to run the ball? The fullback is the blocker on run and pass, use him that way.
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 18th, 2011
6:15 pm
ryan
I do have my head on straight my friend its you that does not
11-1 with a loss to FL will not get us to a national title, why because the coach’s and writers will say they can never beat FL
11-1 in 2002 with a loss to FL kept us out of the national title remember
So I guess every year we are to hope FL loses out to hope we go to an SEC championship like all of Richts SEC championship appearances
Thats loser thinking
I will Ohio State one thing after losing to Michigan every year for 10 years except once they finally woke up and got a coach that could beat their main rival and propel them to a BCS game almost every year
fpice
May 18th, 2011
6:27 pm
Great running backs— come to Georgia, be blockers! I thought we had the OL to block. Is it any wonder we have no running game? All our running plays are fake passes. Do you understand why all the best backs go anywhere but UGA?
Crowell is too dumb to figure this out. Don’t forget, this is not Mark Richt’s fault. Nothing is.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 18th, 2011
6:37 pm
Kappa,
There is this little thing about a blitz. The RB, has to be able to block when he is not the primary go to man in that particular play. It is no different at any other school. Remember when Ealey decided not to block last year against Arkansas and Murray nearly got guillotined? Blocking is a fundamental part of being a RB as well. What would the RB do, if he is in a play, that doesn’t put the ball in his hands? Wouldn’t take defenses long to figure out how good that RB is going to be in that scheme and blitz the heck out of him. Fb’s also go out for some passes and the RB will be a decoy. Better even, what if the FB runs the ball?
cadawg
May 18th, 2011
6:38 pm
i was hoping to talk football. i guess i’ll just watch a crowd of morons shout over each other about whose school is better.
ryan
May 18th, 2011
6:38 pm
Flat tire we may beat FL this year or may not what have happens will happen i think we have have good chance this year with SEC east in a down year schedule is our favor with a lot home games i will give Richt can not have another loosing season or he his gone just let it play out then you can sound off .
dawgster
May 18th, 2011
6:44 pm
@Flat tire on 985…Yes I will continue to support the dawgs, especially if we are 11-1…I believe as a georgia alum and former dawg, I have the right to support the team win or lose…Am I happy about the last two seasons…No…but i don’t choose to bash the program, especially Coach Richt and what he has done for UGA the past 10 years…Is our program where I would like it at this moment…No, probably not, but I know we have made changes in many areas and are making great efforts to turn things around…I think our last recruiting class is a result of some of the positive changes..If that is being a Kool-aid drinker, then lump me in there…What I do know is that regardless of what any of you think or write, Our Coach will be Mark Richt next season and I will support him fully as I have other coaches…If the results next season are not what is expected, then I will support our AD in whatever actions he feels is neccessary, but until then complaining on a blog or posting lies about our players, coaches or fans serves no purpose as I can see…
As far as SSlgator…I have no beef with you, I’m just trying to understand why your posts seem to be always filled with anger toward dawg fans and our team…No you are not the only one it’s rampent on both sides way too often…I actually enjoy the discussions on these blogs when they are meanningful and informative, but too often that is not the case…I actually enjoyed playing the game at a high level and enjoy sharing knowledge and info about the dawgs and other schools, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to have civil discussions on these blogs, but maybe that’s where I don’t get it, maybe that is not the point with these articles…go dawgs
ryan
May 18th, 2011
6:57 pm
Amen dawgster every school goes through a bad time for a while Bama went through it Auburn went through it even Florida at some point had a drought nobody knows what will happen this year they don’t have a crystal ball but i believe UGA is better this year of course there is O line which i am nervous about .
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 18th, 2011
7:07 pm
ryan and dawgster
I guess you guys like mediocrity I dont.
Im not asking Richt to be 8-2 against FL, 4-6 would be fine with me, but 2-8 come on
2-8 against FL yet more players in the NFL than FL
A losing record against top 10 teams
13-12 in the SEC EAST since 2006
30+ ARRESTS in 4 yrs
11 ARRESTS last yr
His SEC appearances are due to FL losing out and not beating them on the field
Lose to teams like 2 down Tenn teams that your blown away by
Put friendship ahead of the program in refusing to fire Martinez
Has lost 2 times to KY once to Vanderbilt in the last 5 yrs
I will support the team
As for coach Richt, he will have to earn my support,
After putting his friendship with Martinez ahead of the program, who I might also add was the reason VanGorder left and Richt didnt stand up for VanGorder,
and allowing all the arrests causing this program to become a Miami/FSU embarrassment sorry its uncalled for and Im tired of it
yet we make him a top 10 salary coach at $3million a year for these results
Sorry
ryan
May 18th, 2011
7:15 pm
Well you can have your opinion Flat tire you can believe what you want to believe obviously you think firing a coach will solve your problems i just let the season play before i decide what happens with Richt i want UGA have great season and hopefully get to Atlanta you seem to want UGA to fail you are negative thinker .
UGA UBA Hypocrite
May 18th, 2011
7:38 pm
So let me get this straight….. Richt kicked AJ Harmon off the roster to make room for Denzel Nkemdiche? Hypocrites abound in Georgia; Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle.
joe taxpayer
May 18th, 2011
7:40 pm
preach on flat tire.
DCDawg
May 18th, 2011
7:41 pm
Love the blog, Chip, but it needs a copyeditor.
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 18th, 2011
7:43 pm
ryan
What I mentioned above and you call me a negative thinker, give me a break those are facts that in the real world of business would get you fired years ago
“And I want UGA to fail”,
you must be 3rd grade reading level if thats how you comprehend what I wrote, because Im tired of watching mediocrity on the field and yet UGA ranks 4th since 1999 in putting players in the NFL and we get the results that we have gotten
Obviously you want UGA to fail with your attitude or
You must drink a gallon of Kathryn’s kyptonite kool-aid
I dont know I guess we should ask
USC when they hired Pete Carrol
FL when they Spurrier or Meyer take your pick
AL and LSU when they hired Saban
Ohio State when they hired Tressel
AUB when they hired no-name Chizik
TCU when they hired Gary Patterson
Texas when they hired Mack Brown
Those are just a few programs that made coaching changes and you see the results
I didnt say fire Richt now but if the above of what I wrote continues he’s got to go and continuing to lose to FL especially this year with another new coach give me a break.
With this years schedule anything less than 11-1 is unacceptable
edumacated
May 18th, 2011
7:49 pm
Crowell will likely be a bust at Georgia. The sad part is that he would have been awesome at any other SEC school. Since we have a brain dead, no emotion showing, favorites playing, indignant excuse for a coach, he will have to work twice as hard.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
7:50 pm
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville -
“After putting his friendship with Martinez ahead of the program”
Richt is a sharp cookie. He helped Wee Willie get his current gig and in return, already has a deal in place to become the next head coach there after UGA cans him. Richt really missed his calling. He should have stayed a salesman. Oops. Sorry. He still is – except it is called head coach at UGA. What a con artist. And the Kool-Aid machine keeps humming along.
joe taxpayer
May 18th, 2011
7:55 pm
It seems to me that we have had o-line issues forever.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 18th, 2011
8:03 pm
“AUB when they hired no-name Chizik”
Gotta love ignorant dawg fans.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
8:17 pm
“Richt says Isaiah Crowell must master pass protection to be ‘full-time back”
So much for that idea. And another player sinks into the black hole of UGA football. UGA – preparing football players for the NFL.
51WTGW50
May 18th, 2011
8:24 pm
I had a tough day and then I get to read all the back and forth that most is childish. I them come across this.
HunkerDAWG91
May 18th, 2011
3:28 pm
Buckeye,
With your “schools” low acadeamic standards you can just have any good football player come and play for your team. That’s not the way it is at UGA. At UGA you have to be a true student atheleate because the acadeamic levels are so high. You probably know that it is the hardes college to get into and stay in other than the Ivee League schools (Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, etc).
Thank you HunkerDAWG91 you made me laugh so hard I had to run to the bathroom to pee. Nice SPELLING of Student Athlete. I guess you were just an ATHLETE and not a Student.
UGA isn’t that hard to get into. It is a #s thing in Ga because of Hope. UGA is 86% white and 57% female. UGA athletes are not a bunch of rocket scientists for damn sure. Only Florida in the SEC is a member of the AAU and All or Most of the Big 10 schools are members.
51WTGW50
May 18th, 2011
8:27 pm
And the Comedians just keep posting.
BigRedDAWG
May 18th, 2011
4:01 pm
It’s not even the best school in alabama – what does that tel you. Where UGA is the best college except for the Ivee League schools.
You guys need to proofread your post for the great spelling. If UGA is Ivy League, then what is Emory?
ryan
May 18th, 2011
8:28 pm
Flat tire all i said we should see what happens if he has a loosing season then UGA will fire Richt but if has great season he will back that is how it works you said earlier if Richt went 11-1 you still fire him and call me a 3rd grader we just might beat Florida this year then what will say .
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
8:33 pm
ryan -
” if he has a loosing season”
Actually, that would be more commonly be refered to as “$hizzing Your Pants”, but there are pills available to help control that.
ryan
May 18th, 2011
8:37 pm
So 51WTGW50 everyone that goes to UGA are stupid idiots are you kidding me people on the blog need to grow up .
51WTGW50
May 18th, 2011
8:37 pm
ryan
If UGA goes 11-1 this year I will drive to Athens after the UGA v Tech here in Atlanta. I will Strip Down to just my shoes and socks and run a 100 yrd dash in Sanford Septic Tank.
SSIgator
May 18th, 2011
8:39 pm
51WTGW50 -
Wait until they clean up the trash (that should not take more than a week – if they get the A-CC inmates to help) and pump out the septic tanks after the last game before you do that
ryan
May 18th, 2011
8:40 pm
This Blog has turned into a blog of jerks .
51WTGW50
May 18th, 2011
8:41 pm
ryan
I didn’t say All the UGA students or Graduates are/were stupid. I said It is not like the Ivy League. It is hard to get in because of the # of Ga students going to college now because of HOPE. I did hear that AJ was wanting to be the first UGA Player to get an Electrical Engineering Degree, but failing that remedial reading class and having to transfer killed that dream.
Good ole days
May 18th, 2011
8:42 pm
I miss the days when people actually talked about football.
ryan
May 18th, 2011
8:45 pm
No one on here is giving UGA chance and saying hateful things i don’t say anything bad about Bama or LSU i do think Auburn has done dirty things but they did win NC i give them that much .
ryan
May 18th, 2011
8:52 pm
Yea why can’t just talk football instead of all the name calling and just be civil for a change .
Flat Tire on I-95 In Jacksonville
May 18th, 2011
8:52 pm
ryan
Richt has to beat FL 2yrs in a row before I shut my mouth not once every 4 or 5 yrs due to a coach getting fired or a FL team that fields 80% FR sorry
and yes 11-1 with a loss to FL is still unexcusable they have a new coach and this seasons schedule is the easiest Ive seen in 30+ years of watching UGA football
but hey if you like this medocrity thats fine, then join me and lets go tell the new AD that we like the status quo but we dont like having to make donations for tickets or paying for parking
Im fed up with dropping $2000+ every year for a staff that pulls the crap they have done yet get raises while me the fan who love the team are asked to give huge amounts of my hard earned money to watch this crap
sorry something has to give either fans go back to just paying face value for tickets and free parking and this staff takes a %50 pay cut or else
EARN YOUR PAYCHECK thats not a new concept
I repeat
EARN YOUR PAYCHECK
ryan
May 18th, 2011
8:59 pm
I do agree with you on that loosing to Florida every sucks and if Richt can not do again he probably will be fired but i want to see what happens first and we get off to good start and maybe can beat them this year those Florida players have to learn a hole new system under Mushchamp .
GR82BAG8R
May 18th, 2011
9:01 pm
Perhaps the latest movements out of Athens are due to Richt’s finally concluding that there is more to being a Bulldog football player than pure athleticism – - character, integrity, commitment. If these changes are Richt beginning to hold players accountable as men as well as players, Georgia’s team may be ready to compete again with other SEC schools that have recent BCS titles. Georgia has the talent. Now can the coaching take the stable of re-committed players to the promised land? Last year’s losing record was a wake-up call to perennial top-10 recruiting classes.
bitter "OLE" School dooley(aka vince)
May 18th, 2011
9:14 pm
to my ole nemisse “Tide Troll” where the f-0– @#$ do you get your info flunky—–dream team rank
6th in nation——————–go back to your 3rd shift at wal-mart and dont forget your mopp and buckett—————-hahahahahahahahahahah
————————–bamma tree killers sux———————-pay for play L/A (lower alabamma) trolls sux
bitter "OLE" School dooley(aka vince)
May 18th, 2011
9:24 pm
lissen theres only 1 hershall—pull up his video on you tube and understand no-one–i mean no one has ever and will ever carry the rock like #34——lets wait until after game 1 to see what has really trans at uga——–early sept will tell all——————-deal with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! troll punks
Mobile Dawg
May 18th, 2011
9:47 pm
Flat Tire, I’m right there with you. For those that can’t see the forest for the trees they deserve what they get. Simple economics, CMR gets the gold mine, those who spend the big bucks get the shaft. I’m ready to see some serious results from “studying some cutting edge football”. Seriously, that’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard.
Huh
May 18th, 2011
10:02 pm
He might by the time he’s a junior. Assuming he isn’t kicked off the team by then
Worm
May 18th, 2011
10:07 pm
Chip, as someone who went to Henry Grady, How the heck did Bill King land his gig?
Knowshon redshirted...he couldn't block, either
May 18th, 2011
10:30 pm
Hmmm, if Crowell can’t block, and Caleb can’t hit the hole, let’s hope that Boo Malcolm can do both.
I remember last year Spurrier, when asked if Lattimore could block well said something to the effect of
‘we’ve got linemen to block, we need him to run’. I think they won the East.
AltamahaDawg
May 18th, 2011
10:43 pm
Certainly won’t be Sitting around fretting and talking about it though.
ryan
May 18th, 2011
11:03 pm
I am just going to say this what ever happens will happens we can talk and talk till we puke about what going to happen to Richt it does not solve anything to keep talking about him getting fired i hope we have a great season and hope Crowell does well .
View from the Bench
May 18th, 2011
11:06 pm
“ability to master pass protection would dictate how much he’s able to play”. Are you kidding? What are the chances that Trent Richardson, Marcus Lattimore, Jeff Demps, Knile Davis, or Vic Ballard will spend time on the bench because they might not be able to pass block? Look for Crowell to transfer after his second season, and end up across the line from us in the league. CMR would have benched H. Walker and G. Hurst. Can we get a new HC soon?
Coach Grohbo
May 18th, 2011
11:14 pm
Different year. Same story.
Richt’s passive blocking schemes get players hurt.
Linemen are never taught to drive block properly in this offense.
Tville Dawg
May 19th, 2011
1:31 am
I’m surprised the Coach that knows what the hell he is doing still remembers Charlie Ward. Oh yeah that’s the same Charlie Ward that started out punting for FSU at Richt’s mentor, good ole boy Bobby Bowden’s request. It appears Bowden taught Richt very well how to coach. Didn’t Richt say he recruited Cam Newton, Nat’l Champ QB as a tight end at UGA. That would have been a waste of talent. Richt wasted three years of D.J. Shockley’s eligibility rotting on the bench. That waste of talent cost UGA a run at the National Title. And now he’s at it again trying to pressure a young Rb who hasn’t even suited up to learn how to block to support Bobo’s dink and and dump short yardage passing game of the gloved one A.Murray. The reason why Caleb King can block is because he can’t run the rock. Duh, Richt, Duh you don’t need Crowell to pass block out the gate, you need to put the best O-line together you can muster so he can run the ball effectively enough to help save your job. This recruiting class will be Richt’s last because he will finally be exposed once and for all as a head coach who does not get much production out of his coaches to coach players but relies strictly on the talents or lack of talent of the players just like his mentor Bowden, who blew more National title games at FSU against inferior well coached opponents than he won. UGA players are highly recruited and rated but the coaching staff can’t make a good player great because they don’t have the skills. They make good players look average during their stay at UGA and then the NFL drafts them high based on undeveloped potential. Coming up DawgNation 2011: another forgetable year at 7-6 or 8-5. I hope I’m wrong, but another loss to SC, Tenn, or UF, and good ole boy Richt is long gone & good riddance the game has passed him by anyway.
RED DOG 77
May 19th, 2011
1:37 am
Coach Mark Richt is doing his best “Vince Dooley” impression of “woe is me” concerning our Oline for 2011. Ok, Ok, Ok…….Sturdivant is gone, A.J. Harmon is gone, but folks, CHILL……..our Georgia BULLDOGS have lots of unproven young linemen…..true freshmen, red shirt freshmen that are chomping at the bit for their oportunity to play ball early……….case in point: Trinton Sturdivant was a freshman All-American folks………we have guys capable of stepping-up……..I have faith in “my” BULLDOGS……….We will be fine, I promise…………RED
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
7:49 am
Not sure we have another Sturdivant freshman in this class, but we aren’t relying on that. We are looking for somebody to have a Gates freshman year though, just to add depth, and I’d believe we do have that coming in.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 19th, 2011
8:09 am
Knowshown redshirted,
Ask spurrier if the backs blocked when the coach was all QB coach, and believed you lived or died through the air. I hope you are old enough to remember his days at Florida.
Zeke
May 19th, 2011
8:22 am
UGA is in trouble.
Either:
1) Crowell starts and can’t block and Murray gets injured and out for season
2) Caleb starts, and he rarely scores points, only 2 td’s in 2010.
The loss of Ealey’s 11 td’s is staggering at RB and richt’s mismanagement of Ealey will go down as the final straw that broke the camel’s back in Richt’s career at UGA.
Bart
May 19th, 2011
8:23 am
i HAVE LONG SUSPECTED RICHT WAS MORE INTERESTED IN HAVING RB’S WHO PASSBLOCKED VS. RUN. THIS ARTICLE CONFIRMS THAT.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 19th, 2011
8:27 am
Bart,
What does Crowell do if he is in the game and it is a passing play? Fold his arms and let his QB get crushed. When the RB is not the featured man on a play, he is expected to pick up a blitz, or at least slow down a DE that might break through the secondary. If he doesn’t have to block, then that usually frees him up as a safety valve if the wide outs are covered. What do you do if the play is an out pass to the FB. You block if you are the running back. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, in football.
DawginLex
May 19th, 2011
8:40 am
http://www.ajc.com/news/clayton/riverdale-cops-teacher-urinated-951016.html
************************************
That Fulmer Cup Champs guy is in big trouble.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 19th, 2011
8:53 am
Make secondary, primary as in O line. Until those folks jell, the RB will most likely be a player in pass protection and maybe a little less as the season progress’s.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 19th, 2011
8:58 am
DAWGINLEX,
He was just making an out house stop in house, LOL. Me thinks he will probably not be in the school system too much longer.
GO DAWGS
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 19th, 2011
8:59 am
Also note that Iowa dismissed the leading rusher the past two seasons. So lets start a blog on how Ferentz is in his last days. How Ferentz is a tool, how he has no clue as to what he is doing. O wait, that is a Big 10 coach so its not as much fun for the trolls who follow UGA with so much zeal that they really apply as honory fans of the program. You know since they spend so much time researching how and why UGA is soooooo destined to fail.
WTH ??
May 19th, 2011
9:07 am
CMR said Crowell has to master Pass Protection to become a full-time back.
So, UGA nows offers a college course caalled “Pass Protection?”
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
9:07 am
No Bart, it comfirms that you can’t read with comprehension.
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
9:16 am
Richt never said “master”. That’s the hit generating AJV headline department’s wording. He said he can’t let a blitzer kill his starting QB by having a RB in every play for the entire game that cannot block in any situation at all. Appearantly some of you think if you close your eyes and pretend real hard, it won’t happen.
Not to mention ignoring having to run an addition play just to get BACK to the line of scrimmage from where that sack gets spotted.
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
9:20 am
Some of these posts are hilarios…..Richt doesn’t know how to coach? Bobby Bowden didn’t know how to coach? Backs don’t need to know how to block?? Richt wasted DJ????? First, Richt can coach! We started a freshman QB last yr & had a new DC implementing a new 3-4 scheme!! BB was the 3nd winningest coach in D1 HISTORY!! If Ealey could’ve blocked then Murray would not have gotten clobbered against Arkansas last yr!!! I guess David Greene was horrible?? He was only the winningest QB in college EVER!!!! We’ll be really good this yr…Murray might be 1st team All SEC & the D will be much improved in yr 2 of CTG’s scheme!!!! Please post more thoughtfully…….WOOF WOOF
MikeP
May 19th, 2011
9:22 am
You Dawgs sure are putting a lot of eggs in your Crowell basket. Last year Auburn and South Carolina signed the #1 and #2 RB prospects in the country and I’ve already seen more hype about Crowell than Dyer and Lattimore combined.
That Crowell puppy better grow up in a hurry or there will be some long-faced Dawgs come, say, the end of September.
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
9:28 am
MikeP-
Im good. My hype is around OUR D which looks good and D wins championships. Instead of worrying about MY team, you should worry if your QB is sober or not
Tard Dawg
May 19th, 2011
9:29 am
Dawgs are average at best.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 19th, 2011
9:30 am
MikeP you are a complete fool if you think Lattimore was not getting ALL kinds of love from SC this time last year. The story of a instate elite recruit RB staying home? Please dont let your hate for all things UGA prevent you from be a realist. FOOL!
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
9:35 am
“That Fulmer Cup Champs guy is in big trouble.”
DawginLex = moron
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
9:37 am
Lowcountry Bulldawg has a point. Lattimore was getting MUCH love from the sports media. I haven’t heard a whole lot about Crowell other than UGA fans crowing about how awesome he is.
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
9:37 am
Fulmer Cup Champs = Auburn fan = 4 players idicted today = from best to worst in 1 season
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
9:38 am
We just praise Crowell because again, #1 RB prospect stayed home to play
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
9:40 am
SC was in the lower half of the SEC in Rushing last year. Lost 5 games, and gave up 30 sacks. But Spurrier said…..
Great.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 19th, 2011
9:45 am
Go find a blog post where I am drooling over Crowell. Let me clue you in though, you want find one. Chris Lowe from ESPN in his blog, SEC Impact players made mention rather than Alshon Jeffery he would have selected IC for this. Look target all ya want but the fact is 2 True Freshman RB in the SEC had monster years last year. Now you get a team in UGA who unfortunately is looking for a #1 back that signs what many to believe to be the #1 back in the Nation, well your gonna get the juices flowing in Athens.
Rational approach I know, try to follow it though. You may just learn something.
ryan
May 19th, 2011
9:52 am
This blog has turned into a kindergarten people going on an on bashing UGA saying your school is better than my school seriously grow up UGA will better this year the haters can keep bashing all the want but they don’t have any clue what will happen this year period .
DawginLex
May 19th, 2011
9:53 am
I predicted Crowell would be 3rd on the depth chart after fall camp when Ealey was still in the mix. I still say he doesn’t start in the opener.
I don’t believe Richt will redshirt him though. He can’t afford to. Same with Lemay. If somebody on that roster can help now, they will play. Richt may not have another year to figure it out.
I also think as many as 10 true freshmen will play significant minutes during the season.
WR-Mitchell
WR-Scott-Wesley
OL-Dantzler
OLB-Drew
TE-Rome
DB-Marshall
DB-Swann
RB-Crowell
QB-Lemay
ST-Turene
Could be a couple more too. Being talented is good. Being young costs you, especially in the SEC. That’s why I believe 9-3 for this team would be outstanding.
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
9:57 am
DawginLex –
I agree, Id also add Xavier Ward to the list
DawginLex
May 19th, 2011
9:59 am
Isn’t he recovering from a serious injury?
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
10:05 am
Havent heard that, I just know about Bailey’s surgery but even he is said to be recovering faster than expected although Im sure he’ll redshirt
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
10:12 am
Lowcountry Bulldawg
Reading comprehension isn’t one of your strengths is it? I never wrote anything about YOU crowing over Crowell.
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
10:14 am
Spurrier was quoted as saying something to the effect…..after all those years winning all those titles, I finally figured out how to beat Georgia in rushing by 12 whole yards.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
10:16 am
ryan
Do you always lie? Reason I ask is because your fellow mutt fans were the ones trashing other universities.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
10:17 am
“Let me clue you in though, you want find one. ”
What is it with mutt fans and poor grammar skills?
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
10:18 am
“I finally figured out how to beat Georgia in rushing by 12 whole yards.”
Spurrier has always owned UGA football.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 19th, 2011
10:23 am
FCC, thats all you had to say? Couldnt debate my point in the Lowe blog could you? Exactly the point. Once you attack UGA fans some will come to the defense with logic and reason. You may not have mentioned me, but when words like- ALL- are used I take umbridge with it. So continue you with your anti-UGA rhetoric all you like. Just know that some will call you on your BS.
ryan
May 19th, 2011
10:28 am
Fulmer Cup UGA fans have a right to defend our selves you keep bashing us we will respond dude you need grow up are you going spend your hole life bashing UGA .
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
10:42 am
fulmer, I was just wondering what you thought about your 4 clowns getting indicted on felony charges?? Our boys get arrested on suspended lic, moped on sidewalks, etc etc etc!!!!! Auburn’s hit the jackpot!!!!
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
10:44 am
BYRDDAWG -
Thanks for saying that to Fulmer, I said it earlier with no response and maybe you’ll get 1. Or his mouth his full but not from me, my zippers broke
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
10:45 am
10:44am post
Joke by the way people!!
Felton
May 19th, 2011
11:23 am
Richt has a problem.
He has a runningback who can’t passblock in Crowell
And a passblocker who can’t score in Caleb King.
Richt loses, no matter who he starts.
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
11:34 am
Good point, because there is a new NCAA rule this year that states “whoever starts must be used every play for the entire game irrespective of the down and distance.
Felton
May 19th, 2011
11:38 am
Murray gave up 25+ sacks in 2010 with an experienced backfield. And Murray only completed 55% of his passes, and went 0-6 against winning teams. With a QB that bad, you do need a good rb who can passblock and score. But UGA doesn’t have one.
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
11:50 am
LOL……Murray was a freshman last yr! He gave up the sacks??? Try Football 101 Einstein
Felton
May 19th, 2011
12:00 pm
Yes, Murray gave up the 25 sacks by holding onto the ball too long. Cox only gave up less than 10 sacks with the same o-line and backs. So the problem is clearly indecisive #11 Aaron Murray, who apprently, no o-lineman or rb can’t pass protect.
Murray needs 10 seconds of held blocks to complete a pass.
ryan
May 19th, 2011
12:01 pm
I agree BYRDDAWG that ’s why we use our fullbacks so RB do not have to much Crowell is big maybe he can block Jay Rome is real good blocker from what i her .
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
12:08 pm
Felton –
I agree with some Murray did hold to the ball to long at times, but again FRESHMAN QB with FRESHMAN decision making
Felton
May 19th, 2011
12:12 pm
Murray was ranked #81 in pass accuracy vs. winning teams in 2010. When you have the #81 QB in the country against good teams, yes, you have a QB that’s indecisive, inaccurate, and when his record is 0-6 aganst winning teams, it really doesn’t matter who you have at running back, you’re going to lose every time.
http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/national/player/split09/category02/sort03.html
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
12:17 pm
Felton –
Checked the link, for overall QB rating he is ranked 3rd for freshman under QB for Nebraska and Troy, so that makes him 1st for freshman rating in a REAL conference
Felton
May 19th, 2011
12:17 pm
Murray can’t read defenses well either. That’s why he holds on to the ball so long. 25 sacks means Murray’s sittign back there trying to read defenses, and then when you combine the 25 sacks, with the 81st accurate QB against winning teams, and his 0-6 reco0rd against winning teams, against, the porblem isn’t the running backs, it’s the QB.
A Murray, that’s the problem, and that problem ain’t going away.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
12:17 pm
“FCC, thats all you had to say? ”
Considering you can’t comprehend English…
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
12:18 pm
ryan
Why do you continue to lie?
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
12:19 pm
“ulmer, I was just wondering what you thought about your 4 clowns getting indicted on felony charges?? ”
My clowns? Huh, I had no idea they belonged to me. It is interesting you bring them up considering they were IMMEDIATELY kicked off the football team. Richt would have kept them around.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
12:20 pm
“Or his mouth his full but not from me, my zippers broke”
Nothing like gay bulldogs.
Fulmer Cup Champs
May 19th, 2011
12:21 pm
“Murray was ranked #81 in pass accuracy vs. winning teams in 2010. ”
How many winning teams did he win against?
ZERO
Real Dawg Fan
May 19th, 2011
12:27 pm
Felton and Fulmer –
How about this, dont change your post names and come this season, we’ll continue all the UGA talk then, see where we ALL stand
ryan
May 19th, 2011
12:27 pm
I am not lying we have a right to defend our selves when you continue to bash UGA by the way stealing moped helmet & suspended lisence not reason kick them off the team the gators kept Rainey on there team for long time we he was a arrested for abuse of a young girl so don’t say UGA is only school .
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
12:32 pm
fulmer = IDIOT! Mech got in trouble and Richt kicked him off the team…..Ask Scam Newton if you can have the laptop he stole while at UF !!!!! LOL
ryan
May 19th, 2011
12:33 pm
Ole Miss got that QB from Oregon that has history of getting in trouble and they kept him on the team also that new WR Singleton they signed was arrested last year .
SSIgator
May 19th, 2011
12:52 pm
Fulmer Cup Champs -
I see that ryan is still hacking away – and still has not gotten out a dictionary
kb
May 19th, 2011
12:55 pm
Felton was a meaningless little stat you throw out. Here’s a comparison of # of sacks taken by SEC QB. Murray was 3rd in the SEC in passing yardage and attempted 342 passes.
Alabama – Mcelroy – 30 sacks (in 313 attempts)
Florida Brantly 22 sacks and Reed 2 sacks (Burton only attempted 6 passes)
South Carolina – Garcia 24 sacks Connor Shaw 5
Arkansas Ryan Mallet 25 sacks
Auburn – Cam Newton 23 Sacks (280 attempts)
Tenn.- Simms 23 sacks Bray 16 sacks
Miss State- Relf 22 sacks
Lsu -Jefferson 18 sacks (209 attempts) Lee 6 sacks
ryan
May 19th, 2011
12:57 pm
SSIgator real nice keeping Rainey after he was arrested for stalking a young girl i am trying point out that UGA is not only team that keeps players when they get arrested you and Fulmer seem to have tunnel vision .
kb
May 19th, 2011
1:05 pm
Lots of indecisive Qbs in SEC last year.
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
1:19 pm
How bout this stat….Murray RSFr 24 td 8 int Stephen Garcia RSJr 20 td 14 int
WDE
May 19th, 2011
1:26 pm
SSIgator again what is that new HC’s of yours record in the SEC again? And you call us delusional…
404
May 19th, 2011
1:42 pm
Chip Towers said grades would be released on Monday, and still no words yet on King.
Does that indicate that there is some kind of problem if its taking this long?
Or, is it just taking longer the expected to “fix” the problem?
It would be REALLY bad PR for UGA if King gets dropped.
DawginLex
May 19th, 2011
1:50 pm
404,
Several have said that he made his grades. No official word yet.
It would hurt from a depth standpoint but does anyone really expect greatness? I did for awhile but I have lowered my expectations considerably across the board given the fact that 10-12 true freshmen are going to be playing significant minutes including 2 in the defensive backfield, one on the OL, one at RB and one at OLB. I also expect Lemay to not be redshirted.
Richt is in “save your hide” mode. He must start out at least 1-1 or the ax is going to begin swinging so close to his head that he might not be able to avoid it.
10-2 gets him an extension
9-3 with one of the 9 being Florida keeps him employed
Anything less would probably mean losing his job.
Simple Jack
May 19th, 2011
2:08 pm
When do we p.p.play Central Florida again? W.w.we go for it this year.
kb
May 19th, 2011
2:11 pm
I doubt there will be an announcement about Caleb, Just like there will be no announcement on the other 82 players that will be eligible to play this fall. That is unless Caleb decides to announce his grades.
404
May 19th, 2011
2:11 pm
It would actually make much more sense for Richt to send Crowell to stupid school for 1 year.
Not even red-shirt him. Just send him to GMC for 1 year. The kid might have talent but he’s a
real idiot. Maybe Crowell starts in 2012, one year older, one year “better.”
It would take all the pressure and expectations off Richt for 2011 and “set the table”
for UGA for 2012. Richt has lots of youth everywhere. Better to “keep your powder dry” for 2012 than to risk all in 2011 with so many question marks.
If Crowell starts behind a questionable O-Line, and cant produce, then Richt will really feel the heat.
I really dont think UGA will dump Richt after an uninspiring 2011. Probably would after an underachieving 2012.
Mobile Dawg
May 19th, 2011
2:14 pm
I’m not sure the knock on Richt is that he can’t coach if given the talent and a limited area of responsibility. As a Head Coach, Administrator, Leader, he’s in over his head. His problem is IMO, poor planning, suspect organizational skills, i.e. he really doesn’t have any it appears, team building, motivation, discipline (he finally seems to be getting a little better), game planning. He uses vague language, has poor communication skills, lapses in judgement on multiple issues. Again, some of the things he says just shoot him in the foot. Now that’s cutting edge. Not fretting just opinions, which are based on real happenings. Other than that, and a 2-8 record vs UF I think he’s a great Head Coach. Just look where he’s led us. Here’s to hoping he can turn things around for Dawg Nation. Then unfortuately, most of us with common sense will give McGarity 90% of the credit.
kb
May 19th, 2011
2:23 pm
404 have you ever met or spoke with Crowell ? Take a quick look at his list of offers, many wanted him to attend their university.
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
2:23 pm
Why would that be unfortunete?
Mobile Dawg
May 19th, 2011
2:31 pm
Actually that would be “Teamwork” and would be great. Being a “little” sarcastic by nature can be fun. I’m just trying to stay out of the “troll” classification.
kb
May 19th, 2011
2:34 pm
Mobile dawg there’s only one SEC team that has a winning record vs. Fla since 2001, Ole miss.
DawginLex
May 19th, 2011
2:43 pm
mobile,
No one is going to classify you as a troll. You want UGA to win and you are upset over recent happenings. We all are. I give Richt more of a pass than some. Maybe I’m wrong.
But I can tell you, there was no better feeling that Dec 2002 and Dec 2005 in that GA Dome when we won the SEC. Richt was the coach and the first one broke a 20 year drought. That gets him time to fix things in my book but if he goes 6-6 or 7-5 again with this schedule, i will agree it is time for change.
404
May 19th, 2011
2:43 pm
kb: Just saying. It would be a very interesting move.
But it would seem to make all kinds of sense to do it.
If Crowell cant produce behind a questionable O-Line,
then that increases the odds of against Richt.
Crowell got dinged up a lot in HS. Without a good O-Line,
Crowell will get hit more often and a lot harder.
I woudl be very surprised if Richt rolled the dice on Crowell, knowing that Crowell is an
18 year old fresh out of high school, trying to play D-1 RB, behind an O-Line with big uncertainties.
Its a high-stakes gamble with very bad odds for Richt.
I just wouldnt be surprised if Crowell gets “deferred” to GMC.
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
2:44 pm
No, I’m asking, why would giving McGarity a lot of credit for the turnaround be “unfortunete”. I give him a lot of credit. I just don’t get the common sense part of why if McGarity if doing a great job that proves Richt had nothing to do with the turnaround.
Mobile Dawg
May 19th, 2011
2:45 pm
kb, not being a stat guy, I believe what you say. Being the devil’s advocate, 2-8 is a far cry from a winning record. I just want to be competitive, not just looking at the won/loss record. I will support Coach Richt if he show’s he’s capable, and deserving. I still might not always like his call, or his offensive philosophy, just show me you deserve what you’ve got. At this point he’s on a borrowed dollar.
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
& Ole Miss went 4-8 last yr & didnt fire their coach!!!
kb
May 19th, 2011
2:56 pm
404, I think the only uncertainty with the offensive line is depth, I would be surprised to see Crowell getting the bulk of the carries unless he proves himself during the fall. I expect Caleb and Ken Malcome to get the bulk of the carries early in the year, I also have heard that Crowells coach held him out of games in which he could have played. From everyone I spoken with said Caleb had a good spring camp. Crowell will get playing time but not convinced he will get bulk of the carries unless there are injuries.
Mobile Dawg
May 19th, 2011
3:03 pm
“Its a high-stakes gamble with very bad odds for Richt”. 404, that’s exactly the type of things Richt does that backfire on him and makes him look, well, simple minded and incapable. Why on earth would you put a Freshman in that position, put that much pressure on them. If that’s what it took to get IC then it lends to the intellectual side that we are indeed in trouble and scrambling.
Simply put Altamaha, CMR was and is in trouble, over his head, incapable of running the program on his own. McGarity steps in, sets the expectations for CMR, helps him develop a plan to hopefully turn things around. Do you think Nick Saban has to have the same type help running his program. If CMR turns things around who do you think deserves the most credit?
Yes, maybe the continued debate is counter productive, probably, but I love UGA football, always have, recently, the last 3 years the product has been terrible, and a couple years prior to that I saw the problems developing. I’m not a genius but I saw a Mark Richt more concerned with fellowship and friends than the University of Georgia and what he’s paid handsomely to maintain. If that’s me having common sense then that’s what I mean. Others just don’t seem to see it and are “blind loyalists”.
Thanks Lex, I know I’m not trolling, just being the “conservative radio talk show host”. I classify some of the blind loyalists as being “left wing liberal” like.
DawginLex
May 19th, 2011
3:03 pm
404,
kb is right. The first team OL has 3 seniors and their is talent galore. The depth is the question.
go back and look at the 2002 OL, arguably the best in Richt’s tenure.
Same thing. 6 players who had played a lot and a bunch of freshman.
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
Well yes, actually I do think Nick Saban gets tons of support from his AD. WAY more support than Richt. Or did from our last AD, anyway. WAY MORE. I think it’s about right now, although I still beleive the overall institutional climate of what Richt faces is still a bit tougher.
But what I don’t get is your example that in one case its obviously the copach doing the heaving lifting, but in another the coach cant really be credited for doing so. That’s really not a logical argument. I doubt very many people would but into the idea that if this team is better, Richt would not have been part of that.
Coaches either are or they ae not responsible for what happens to the team.
kb
May 19th, 2011
3:23 pm
If Benedict and Long can get healthy our Depth issues will be somewhat relieved.
404
May 19th, 2011
3:30 pm
Just saying. Richt (and others) have “concerns” about the “quality” of the O-Line.
Should Richt risk it with Crowell?
And, what impact does it have if King gets dropped?
kb
May 19th, 2011
3:34 pm
Mobil, I am not happy about the 2-8 record vs. Florida , but I am happy to have a winning record against every other school in our conference since Richt arrived (except LSU with whom UGA is tied at 3-3).
kb
May 19th, 2011
3:38 pm
404, Never heard richt or for that matter anyone else criticize the talent or quality on the line , just the experience and quantity of the backups.
Mobile Dawg
May 19th, 2011
3:40 pm
Just spent 10 minutes on what I considered great material, didn’t copy it before I submitted and had it filtered out for some reason. Oh well, have a great day all….
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
I’m sure it was very RushLimbaugh-esgue.
Mobile Dawg
May 19th, 2011
3:44 pm
I truly don’t understand why the Oline didn’t achieve last year, they were billed as our “major” strength, and by all the laws of nature they should have been. The only answer was they weren’t prepared. How that happened is a mystery.
Mobile Dawg
May 19th, 2011
3:45 pm
Nah, more like the “insensitive one”. He don’t care about my feelings.
404
May 19th, 2011
3:50 pm
UGAs “veteran” 2010 O-Line was putrid.
Of the 3 Seniors at O-Line, whats the depth of their experience?
O-Line depth is a MAJOR concern for Richt.
Just saying:
Is it “smarter” for Richt to run Crowell, or “warehouse” him at GMC for 1 year?
The odds of success are better and the risk is lower for Richt
if he sends Crowell to GMC.
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
3:52 pm
O-line + Mystery = big change made
Hope that’s a good equation.
SSIgator
May 19th, 2011
3:52 pm
Mobile Dawg -
“The only answer was they weren’t prepared. How that happened is a mystery.”
No mystery. You answered your own question – coaching.
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
3:55 pm
badum-CHING
MarineDawg
May 19th, 2011
4:25 pm
First, everyone says the DC is a problem and he should be dismissed; Richt gets rid of him; Richt continues to get blasted. Secondly, everyone says the OL is and has been the problem for the last few years. The OL coach leaves and Richt still gets blasted. Now, as well as the last few years, everyone is calling for the OC’s head. I’m sure that if Richt gets rid of him; he will continue to get blasted. There was an earlier poster that said even if Richt goes 11-1 this season, but fails to beat UF, then he should be fired. You have got to be kidding me. IF all of these problems were indeed the cause for UGA’s slide since 2007, then do you expect that things will change so quickly when coaches are let go and new ones with different schemes are brought in? Has anyone ever heard of weathering the storm? Trust me, no one is happy about the last few seasons, but it seems funny to me that recruits seem to believe in Richt more so than grown men who have been following football longer than most of these kids have been alive. Hence, that’s why they continue to have recruiting classes that are ranked in the top 10 year after year. Do you not realize that 3 fumbles at bad times cost us 3 games? That’s not the coaches’ fault. Not to mention that a freshman qb started. The year before that, we had another qb by the name of Joe Cox that had very little playing experience. We lost a qb that was the #1 pick in the NFL draft a few years ago, along with a rb that was drafted in the first round as well during that very same year. They also had more season ending injuries to potential starters during that year than any of the teams that they played. There are no excuses for the off field issues, but sometimes you just have a string of bad luck and you have to work your way through it. Fellows, they will be okay and if not then who do you suppose they hire as a new HC? This is a serious questions so I sincerely hope that people respond with something of substance to offer and not just spit out superlatives.
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
4:28 pm
Marine, I agree! I’m very interested in seeing how Auburn does this yr now that their #1 draft choice is GONE!!!!
Chip Towers
May 19th, 2011
4:34 pm
HEY, BE SURE TO SEND ME ANY MAILBAG QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR JUST SPOUT ‘EM OFF HERE.
MarineDawg
May 19th, 2011
4:36 pm
Thanks BYRDDAWG! It just gets old hearing all the negative talk all the time. The sky is not falling in Athens and no one person is responsible for everything that goes awry on a football team. He may be accountable, but not responsible.
kb
May 19th, 2011
4:37 pm
404, Crowell can’t be “warehoused” at GMC unless there something to the contrary he qualified and will be enrolled at UGA, could be redshirted , but I understand and from what I have seen can play on D-1 level.Just an estimate but the 3 senior o linemen have a combined 76 starts and Gates started 3 games last year.
kb
May 19th, 2011
4:39 pm
The starting line as it stands now averages 329 lbs.
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
4:40 pm
I’m looking forward to what we were missing last yr…..John Jenkins-340lb BEAST at nose!!!!
kb
May 19th, 2011
4:41 pm
MarineDawg , totally agree with you.
fpice
May 19th, 2011
5:16 pm
MarineDawg,kb,others. Of course it is not Mark Richt’s fault! CMR can never be at fault because he is a good man. After all he is a Godly man, A Sunday school teacher, almost an evangelist. I am so happy for Mark Richts character and so forth.
Problem is–he is being paid about 3Million bucks a year to win football games. He lost SEVEN games last year! HOW do you lose SEVEN games at UGA?
The inept CMR should already have been fired. You folks act like keeping CMR and giving him another chance is more important than the football program at UGA.
UGA fans and alumni deserve more. FIRE MARK RICHT TODAY!
kb
May 19th, 2011
5:21 pm
How did Mack brown lose 7 at Texas last year ? Last year sucked, get over it.
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
5:28 pm
& Houston Nutt lose 8???
BYRDDAWG
May 19th, 2011
5:28 pm
& neither of those started a freshman QB!!!
Mobile Dawg
May 19th, 2011
6:19 pm
SSI, of course I answered my own question, it’s called “sarcasm”. And Marine, with all due respect and appreciate your service to our Country if your name is true, how can you have accountability without responsibility. In the end the top man is both “responsible” and “accountable”. Have to disagree with the “run” of bad luck too. Good planning and organization equal good luck.
MarineDawg
May 19th, 2011
6:25 pm
fpice,
Since you are so intent in having the coach fired, who do you suppose that we replace him with?
tide roll
May 19th, 2011
6:35 pm
You’re starting offensive line is good.
That’s never been the issue. The issue , beyond the effect of an injury or two, is: Can you keep them motivated when there is no competition for their position. The drop-off in talent from starter to reserve is incredible, and that includes your 9th rated offense line class (in the conference!) With the knowledge that Richt and Bobo had regarding pre-existing injuries and potential academic issues, there’s really no reason for your offensive line depth to be where it is. I’m not so sure that the reserves, even if healthy, are considered SEC caliber. And the sad thing is that this was the year to build a physical AND DEEP offensive line, especially to take advantage of Auburn’s personnel losses on their defesive line. Really no excuse for this.
MarineDawg
May 19th, 2011
6:39 pm
Well Mobile Dawg, the name is definitely true. Has been for over 26 years. There is a difference between responsibility and accountability. That is a hallmark of Marine leadership. Let me explain…
If you’re in charge and you have people that work for you. If those people do not do the things that they’re responsible for taking care of, then they’re responsible.
As the overall person in charge, you’re accountable for their actions or lack thereof.
On good planning and organization…how do you plan for a player fumbling the ball, not once, not twice, but three times on the go ahead score?
MarineDawg
May 19th, 2011
6:44 pm
And let me add that you may be responsible for something but you’re not the one that will be held accountable when things go awry.
tide roll
May 19th, 2011
6:45 pm
The only person who likes your 2011 offensive line recruiting class is Coach Mike Bobo, and its for all those wrong South Georgia
“good ole boy” reasons. The right change would do the Georgia football program a world of good! Of course, being married to Barbara Dooley’s neice may preclude that. What a program!
fpice
May 19th, 2011
6:47 pm
MarineDawg, by your question it seems you think there is not a replacement coach who would be as good as Mark Richt? I took it that way. Let me be as cute as your answer. I will answer your question with a question. What competent head coach wouldn’t be better than CMR? $3 Million per year for a coach who needs OJT! Needs help to figure out X’s and O’s! Wastes talent! Hires poor assistants! Take the blinders off!
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 19th, 2011
6:59 pm
Felton,
Murray gave up 25 sacks you say. I’ll be darn, I didn’t know he was on the O line also. Wow, am I glad this blog has knowledgable folks like you posting so I can stay informed.
kb
May 19th, 2011
7:00 pm
Tideroll, If Benedict (who played in the spring) and Long can get healthy we will have a little depth.
By the way they were both offered by Bama.
MarineDawg
May 19th, 2011
7:01 pm
fpice,
That’s the 3 million dollor question. I don’t know who the replacement should be. You are the one calling for him to be fired. You don’t point out a problem without first offering a solution. Not a partial solution, but a complete solution. That solution should include the person that should replace him. I’m not trying to be a smarta$$, I’m just simply asking who should be his replacement. I’m not trying to start an argument. We both want UGA to be sucessful. I just think that hiring a new head coach is not always the answer. I agree with you that he has made some bad calls. There’s no argument in that. What I’m saying is that we don’t know all the external or internal facts that may or may not have been within his scope. What I’m saying, how do we know that he wasn’t asking for certain things from people above his head that he wasn’t getting. I suspect that is why the AD came out and made statement that would lead you to believe that indeed there could have been issues that contributed to these problems. Think about it…It just doesn’t make sense for things to just slide the way they have if there wasn’t something going on that we are not privy to.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 19th, 2011
7:03 pm
Fulmer Cup,
what Position do you play for Auburn? Come on you can’t fool us. The evidence is obvious. You can’t keep from complaining about UGA, you are on a lot of blogs at a lot of different times each day, which could mean you are an Auburn grad. that is usually unemployed. You copy and paste a lot, so there is another indication, and you secretly harbor latent tendencies, and there’s the final straw. Do you seriously enjoy people saying disparaging remarks about you?
fpice
May 19th, 2011
7:48 pm
MarineDawg, unlike you, I have had enough! How much worse could a new coach be than losing SEVEN games?
I am of the opinion that CMR has lost this program. I can’t forget the sting of the last few seasons. CMR has been well compensated for his services. Now it is time for him to become an evangelist or something where he can use his talents.
UGA football is just waiting for some coach to set us on fire! The sky is the limit with the right leader/coach.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 19th, 2011
8:21 pm
Fpice,
CMR deserves the chance to turn around UGA this year. He has been a good coach and great leader most of the previous 10 years he has been the HC. If you expect to be on or near the top in the SEC or any other conference, year after year, then you are in the wrong sport. You had better hope that who ever manages that feat, doesn’t get caught paying the players, because that is about the only way, any team could stay on top for more than a few years without having a couple of years where things did not work so well, as planned. The years of year in and out dominance by one college team or a few of them, ended in my younger years and believe me, that was a while ago.
MarineDawg
May 19th, 2011
8:43 pm
Fpice,
We’re going to have to agree to disagree. We will just wait and see how the season turns out. Either way. he will be the coach when the season starts unless something major comes up.
aprilglaspie
May 19th, 2011
9:58 pm
Same as it ever as:
What exactly is that Management Major at Tech? I think that’s about 90% of the alleged football team.
AltamahaDawg
May 19th, 2011
10:55 pm
Oh well, YOU have had enough. You should have said that sooner. You really had MarineDawg on the ropes there.
Otis My Man
May 19th, 2011
11:18 pm
DAWGS IN 2011–
Dawgs roll in the SEC East and lose to a more talented/mature team from the West (AL or LSU) We beat FL, SC , Boise and AU in 2011. Mark it down now!!!
kb
May 19th, 2011
11:45 pm
Some tend to forget that its been since 97 and 98 Tenn.that a program won back to back SEC titles.
MikeP
May 20th, 2011
8:35 am
kb
May 19th, 2011
2:34 pm
“Mobile dawg there’s only one SEC team that has a winning record vs. Fla since 2001, Ole miss.”
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Where did you get that strange idea? Auburn is 3-1 vs Florida since 2001. It never hurts to research a little before posting….
kb
May 20th, 2011
11:20 am
You’re right MIke P , I missed seeing Auburn.
AltamahaDawg
May 20th, 2011
2:46 pm
He meant teams not current under grand jury indictment.
MikeP
May 20th, 2011
3:11 pm
The only place Auburn is involved with any grand jury is in the delusional dreams of jealous rival fans.
Mobile Dawg
May 20th, 2011
4:20 pm
So Rocket Science, things just fell apart, this bad, in “one” year? That’s why he deserves “one” year? I’m on record as seeing things deteriorating as far back as five years ago, asleep at the wheel that long doesn’t deserve “one” more. Asleep at the wheel in the conference for “one” year can put you way behind the eight ball. I’m also on record as saying I hope CMR proves me wrong, I have eaten some crow before, would love to do it again in this case.
Thanks again Marine for your service, I’ve worked with a quite a few good men and a couple of women I might add, who were Marines.
mars
May 20th, 2011
4:52 pm
I’m concerned about depth at Head Coach position.
cadawg
May 20th, 2011
5:34 pm
i agree with rocket science. the question isn’t whether the ship is sailing in the wrong direction — we all know that it is — but whether richt can get it turned around. he, in my mind, at least, has earned that opportunity because of the undeniable success he has had at georgia. if he doesn’t get it done, then he’ll be fired. if he does get it done, he won’t. i don’t see what more there really is to say about this.
cadawg
May 20th, 2011
5:37 pm
oh, and rocket science: fulmer cup IS an auburn fan. his old handle is WDE (he may have other personae of which I am not aware), and he said somewhere that he was an auburn grad (class of 99, if memory serves).
of the many trolls on the ajc, i think he is the worst of the bunch. he has no agenda other than to provoke. it’s pretty pathetic.
AltamahaDawg
May 20th, 2011
8:48 pm
There is a big difference between being off cource and sailing the wrong way.
AltamahaDawg
May 20th, 2011
8:52 pm
Buit I am 100% in agreement. It’s all going to work out one way or the other. Cannot understand why the some in the crowd can’t seem to deal with that reality.
Mobile Dawg
May 20th, 2011
10:50 pm
It’s not that we can’t deal with it Alt, it’s just that the ship’s been off course for quite a while. We quietly hoped that it would get better, when it didn’t and we continued to hear weak excuses or see no action we got vocal about our discontent. Personally I believe the noise led to change. To late, for CMR? Don’t know.
I can’t understand why some are so willing to overlook putting your own interests above the good of the program. It was called loyalty, continuity, among other things. If that didn’t happen, then IMO there are some serious questions about his qualifications. Therefore he doesn’t get my pass until he’s proved he earned it. And as long as the kool aid krowd continues their chorus, so will the checks and balance krowd.
crocodile man
May 21st, 2011
4:46 am
will this guy ever learn——-ever thought about creating a powerful running game?————Answer is ———-NO.
Hairy dawg
May 21st, 2011
8:42 am
Tide roll,
Rivals has our O line clas ranked 26th in the country and 8th in our confrence. That does not sound that bad.
BYRDDAWG
May 21st, 2011
9:43 am
Mike & his little P, we’re 4-1 in the last 5 games against awwwwwwburn ……Only one we lost during that time was to SCAM $ newton and his purchased talents!!!!! Put that in your pipe & smoke it down @toomers corner!!! WOOF WOOF
AltamahaDawg
May 21st, 2011
11:32 am
His own interest? how is that? Thats just completely made up, I’m sorry.
I get the whole unhappy when the team loses. Who isnt? but don’t pretend you are going to spend the entire summer in here talking over and over ande over about something that already well documented, in some effort to save the rest of us from our our decisiton to just enjoy being a fan, and letting the coaching work itself out, which it will. Yoru mad about your team not winning and somebody elses did, your are because of very selfish reasons (which I completely understand). And as you state when they start winning, you are back on board. I realize you frame it as something more noble, but really its that simple.
AltamahaDawg
May 21st, 2011
11:46 am
As far as reality here it is:
Richt is going to be the coach. If you want the team to win, you MUST support him by definition, and if they win he will get a contract extention.
There really is no in between, Not and being a “Realist” about it.
You could claim to want to be wrong I suppose. You could spend the entire summer making one negative comment after another about the situation, while hoping non of that is correct. Do you really believe anyone is buying that? Even if so, what is the point of the exersize? Forget the name of the coach, how is that remotely why you are a fan of a game?
At the end of the season, THAT is when there is another window of opportunity to not support the current coach and still want what best for the team. Its completely counerproductive and completely self centered now.
MikeP
May 21st, 2011
7:34 pm
BYRDDAWG: Auburn has a new QB coming in this year. He was the USA National offensive player of the year. Cam Newton only cost $200,000. This guy cost a half-million so he’ll whup the Dawgs worse than the 49-31 beatdown Cam put on ‘em. If you don’t like Auburn buying players, then prove it and the NCAA will step in.
I have it on good authority that Auburn offered Crowell and Drew 200k each. Everybody knows that. I want to know if UGA had to top Auburn’s offer or just equal it? Find out for us, we’d all like to know.
Mobile Dawg
May 23rd, 2011
9:34 am
Made up my foot, It’s pretty simple to me, AND pretty well documented, he kept his “inept” coaching staff and “inept” coaching ways in tact way to long (because they were his friends), he put up with the tail wagging the dog from the players way to long, the result is the program we have now. Players not caring about showing up, getting whipped by UCF, little to no accountability.
The results speak for themselves, thing I don’t understand is why smart people like you (and many others) have continued to put up with it and still support him. I want his rear end on fire, he “deserves” that for his lack of performance. You’re right, I’m mad, I have contributed $$$ to this program, I currently don’t, I’m a bad fan. Not really, in my world you get what you pay for, if that’s selfish, that’s just your perception. I doubt seriously my comments are going to affect anyone’s opinion other than mine. I log on here once or twice a week to get the latest news, I read the same thing I’ve read for the last 5 years every time I come in here.
Alt, I have an inside source, aqquaintance, business relationship, whatever you want to call it, very close to the Dooley’s, Sabans, Bobo’s family. We have talked extensively about the program on occasion, about CMR’s Leadership, or lack of. It would be easy to question me, say I’m angry, venting, but I speak the truth. I’m one of those Type A’s who’s patience ran out with “Mark Richt” football. Of course I want to win, but winning isn’t everything. It’s how you represent yourself, and the University of Georgia on and off the field.
Mobile Dawg
May 23rd, 2011
9:41 am
I will do my best to stay off of CMR and focus on football for a while. This is just one of my many passions Alt, I promise I’m not one of those bitter, self absorbed, tree poisioners. I’m seriously thinking of getting into politics, I have a hard time standing idly by when I see things deteriorating around me. Have a good week….
AltamahaDawg
May 23rd, 2011
4:03 pm
You might disagree that keeping his coaching on staff the summer they were one of the best team in the country is wrong. You could even argue that keeping his staff in tact after winning 10 games with as beat up of a team as I can remember in Georgia football history was wrong. But that is a disagreement about direction, or the importance of continuity. To suggest its well documented that it was strickly because it was freinds? What? Well documented by whom? People who say that in blogs? Pure opinion, and not very logical to me. That he more importance on one friend of a coach over the other coaches, also freinds, or his wife, his team, his own job. Self interest would be the OPPOSITE of what he puts up with to run things the way be believes it aught to be done. Hell the easiest thing in the world to do for a HC is to fire assistants. Lets say he was dead wrong. YThe part I beleive you are making up is that he is so becasue of putting his own needs about the needs of the program. And oyu know what, I don;t think you actually beleive that.
Factually: he has fired coaches, (and freinds if you insist that even comes into play) the very season that he report thinking it is the best interest of the company. Too long by somes standards, fine. But that is a completely differnt argument than , he knew he should, he knew it would be better for the program, but wouldnt (till fans screamed loud enough). I would also suggest that there has never been an assistant fired that wasnt kept “too long”. Otherwsise he would still have a job.
AltamahaDawg
May 23rd, 2011
4:13 pm
BUT I do agree, I way prefer to just talk football, and you can remind me of that when I do get caught up in these sidetracks of talking about the coach. Particularly since that is settled and really not even an issue till after the season.
Bob
May 25th, 2011
11:22 am
Posted the other day on this but not showing up. The story Chip mentioned regarding recruiting of Denzel Nkemdiche has concluded with him selecting Ole Miss (story in the Gwinnett Daily Post night of 5/23.) Sure wish we could have pursued him more vigorously.