Ten@10: Mark Richt says Will Muschamp’s Florida victory guarantee ‘a good thing’
Mark Richt has been receiving warm welcomes on the annual Bulldog Club tour, which stopped in Albany Tuesday night. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
THE TEN AT 10:
1. Football coach Mark Richt was speaking again Tuesday night, this time down in Albany on the latest stop of the Bulldog Club tour. Gentry Estes of Dawgs247.com was on the scene and asked Richt about two things specifically: (1) Had he heard the remarks of Florida coach Will Muschamp guaranteeing a Gator victory in Jacksonville in late October? (2) And what’s this stuff about Ken Malcome being listed fourth team behind Caleb King, Carlton Thomas and walkon Brandon Harton on the recently-released post-spring depth chart?
On Question 1, Richt said he was “notified immediately by plenty of people” of Muschamp’s remarks. As for his reaction to it, Estes reports Richt said with a smile, “I thought that was a good thing.”
As for Harton being ahead of Malcome, Richt said: “It’s just the way we saw it. We just laid the depth chart out as to how they performed in the spring. … From the beginning of spring until the end, (Harton) was the best runner we had. He ran the ball better than anybody in the spring. Washaun [Ealey] missed a bunch, and Ken Malcome missed a bunch. . . . The kid [Harton], he showed us something.”
You can read Estes’ full report HERE. And here is a link to the Albany Herald’s coverage of the event.
2. Matt Stinchcomb and his buddies are at it again. The annual “Countdown to Kickoff” UGA football celebration he organizes along with his brother Jon Stinchcomb and former Georgia quarterback David Greene has grown so much over the last six years that it now has to be spread out over several days of the summer to fit it all in.
The first leg of this year’s event kicks off on Saturday, June 4, with “Dawgs for Kids Night” at Maggiano’s in Buckhead. It’s a fundraiser dinner — beneficiaries include Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Georgia Transplant Foundation — that features silent and live auctions for UGA memorabilia and special prizes. Among the prize packages fans can bid on is a “real gameday experience,” in which fans can ride to Sanford Stadium on the team bus, go through the Dawg Walk and remain with the team during pregame warmups on the field.
“Georgia has been great about giving us access and opportunity to put together some really neat stuff from an experience standpoint,” said Stinchcomb, a former All-SEC offensive lineman (1995-98). “As Georgia fans, this stuff is as good as it gets.”
There is also the “Celebrity Dawgleg Golf Classic” on July 15 at the UGA Golf Course and the “Fan Festival” on July 16 at the Woodruff Practice Fields in Athens. That’s when former and current Georgia players gather to provide autographs for and take pictures with Georgia fans. Information on tickets and other Countdown to Kickoff activities is available at ugakickoff.com.
D.J Shockley is hoping to get back to the NFL through the UFL, where he'll play for the Omaha Nighthawks this summer.
3. Quarterback D.J. Shockley, captain of Georgia’s 2005 SEC Championship team, is guest host of this year’s Countdown to Kickoff. I spoke to Shockley briefly on Tuesday and found out he’s still pursuing his professional football dreams. In a couple of weeks Shockley will be heading up to Omaha, Neb., to rejoin the Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL (United Football League).
“It’s a situation where I just feel like I can still play,” Shockley said. “I was only with the Falcons for four years, so my arm’s still good, my body’s still good and I still feel like I can play. It’s another chance for me to display to NFL teams that I can still play at a high level. So having the chance to still play is awesome. And the talent level in the UFL is very good. It’s a made up of a lot of guys who have been in the NFL and are trying to get back. So the competition level is high. I think it’s great league to get better and also to get film so the NFL can see you.”
In Omaha, Shockley will be joined by former Bulldogs and NFL veterans George Foster and Jermaine Phillips. I’ll have more later on Shockley, “Greenie” and the Stinchcombs.
4. Speaking of former Dogs, after winning the competition on the hit TV show “Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday night, UGA letterman Hines Ward thanked the “Bulldog Nation” and the “Steeler Nation” for helping with the voting. In the meantime, Ward seems to have captured the rest of the nation with the infectious smile and warm demeanor that his football fans have known for years. He had an email exchange with our radio and TV reporter Rodney Ho earlier this week. And here is a link to an early video of Hines explaining why he decided this was something he might want to do. Congratulations, Hines. All that and a Super Bowl MVP, too!
5. Junior pitcher Michael Palazzone has put together a spectacular season for the Bulldogs and is the main reason they were able to secure an SEC Tournament bid after missing out on the eight-team event last season. Now there’s a good chance they could lose the right-hander after this season.
Georgia opens tournament play against No. 3-ranked Vanderbilt tonight at 8:30 p.m. and, once again, Palazzone (9-3, 3.17 ERA) will take the mound with much on the line. The Bulldogs (28-28) need to win at least three games in the tournament in order to secure NCAA regional bid. In case you missed it, I wrote about Palazzone in my SEC tournament preview.
But regardless of what happens in the tournament, Palazzone has already made a favorable impression on scouts and will likely get taken in the Major League Baseball Draft June 5-7. Though he doesn’t light up the radar gun with his power – he can throw in the high 80s — Palazzone makes his living by changing speeds and throwing any one of three pitches at any time. That and his stellar worksheet in the toughest league in America (7-2, 3.22) may be enough to earn early notice in the draft this time.
Palazzone (6-2, 197) has been drafted twice before. He was selected in the 18th round by the Atlanta Braves coming out of Lassiter High School and went to the Cleveland Indians in the 32nd round (960th pick overall) last year (because he was 21 years old). Now 22, Palazzone said it’s still his dream to play professional baseball. Don’t be surprised if he goes fast as he has the additional leverage of being able to come back to UGA to play his senior season.
“I really don’t know what to expect,” Palazzone said. “There are 30 teams out there. I’m just hoping one of them takes an interest in me.”
6. Defending women’s champion Chelsey Gullickson of UGA and three members of the men’s tennis team were set to begin play in the singles portion of the NCAA Championships on Wednesday.
Gullickson will open up her defense of her national indidual title against Clemson’s Keri Wong at 1 p.m. in the first-round of the 64-player draw. Wil Spencer, Sadio Doumbia and Javier Garrapiz were representing the Bulldogs, who got knocked out of the team portion of the tournament with a 4-0 loss to Southern Cal in the semifinals. Spencer will play at 1 p.m. ET against Louisville’s Austen Childs, while Doumbia will face Gonzalo Escobar of Texas Tech at 2:30 p.m., and Garrapiz will battle the Red Raiders’ Raony Carvalho at 6:30 p.m. In the women’s draw,
The 32-team doubles tournament begins Thursday, with Garrapiz-Hernus Pieters and Gullickson-Kate Fuller representing Georgia.
Georgia men’s players have won the NCAA Singles title four times: Mikael Pernfors in 1984 and 1985, and Matias Boeker in 2001 and 2002. Pernfors beat teammate George Bezecny for the crown in 1985. The Bulldogs have won three NCAA doubles titles including Ola Malmqvist and Allen Miller in 1983, Boeker and Travis Parrott in 2001, and John Isner and Antonio Ruiz in 2005.
Gullickson became the third player in Georgia history to win the NCAA women’s crown last year and the first since Angela Lettiere in 1994. Lisa Spain won the title in 1984.
The Georgia men reached the semifinals of this year’s team tournament before falling Monday to Southern Cal, while the women advanced to the quarterfinals where they were upended by Stanford.
7. Speaking of the tennis, one of the Georgia’s alums, John Isner, gave the professional tennis world a thrill on Tuesday when he almost pulled off an upset of No. 1 Rafael Nadal inthe first round of the French Open. At one point the 6-foot-9 Isner had Nadal on the ropes with his serve-and-volley game before eventually falling 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4 in the first round. It was the first timne in 40 career matches in the French Open that Nadal had been stretched to five sets.
“What it came down to is the way he played in the fourth and fifth sets,” Isner told The Associated Press. “I haven’t seen tennis like that, ever.”
Said Nadal: “Quite clearly,” this is a match that I could have lost.”
8. It was a red-letter day for UGA athletics with regard to academics this week as the NCAA released its latest Academic Progress Rate report. Eight Georgia sports teams were among the top three in the SEC, including men’s golf with a perfect score of 1,000. The football team’s score of 976 APR tied Florida for second, only one point behind league-leading Vanderbilt.
The APR, now in its sixth year, measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. It also serves as a predictor of graduation success. The most recent APR scores are multi-year rates based on the scores from the 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 academic years. NCAA sports falling below the established point cutoff of 925 are subject to penalties including scholarship reductions. UGA will not incur any penalties as all 20 NCAA Bulldog sports were significantly above the cutoff score.
“These scores are indicative of a great deal of effort and hard work by our student-athletes,” said Georgia AD Greg McGarity. “Our coaches and academic counseling staff have done an excellent job of supporting our student-athletes and we’ll continue those efforts to keep improving and performing at a high level.”
Other Bulldog teams ranking among the SEC’s top three include women’s basketball (2nd), women’s cross country (2nd), women’s swimming and diving (2nd), men’s indoor track and field (3rd), men’s outdoor track and field (3rd), and women¹s indoor track and field (3rd).
Eleven UGA teams1 increased their team scores over last year, including men’s basketball (946). Coach Mark Fox’s Bulldogs saw four seniors graduate this spring.
9. Georgia’s softball team will be reaching some rare air if it can get by Baylor in the NCAA Super Regional in Athens this weekend. If the Bulldogs (50-12) can win the best-of-three series, they will advance to the College World Series for a third year in a row. They already were the only team in the country to reach the national Final Four in 2009 and 2010.
This year’s team features eight seniors who have will leave UGA as the most successful group ever recruited to Georgia: Jennie Auger, Alisa Goler, Brianna Hesson, Sarah McCloud, Katie Murphy, Taylor Scholpy, Laura Trout and Megan Wiggins. I’ll be profiling that group later this week. The series against the Bears (43-12) begins Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
10. THIS & THAT: Georgia also claimed second place in the annual SECall-sports competition sponsored by the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group. The Bulldogs were boosted by SEC championships in men’s tennis and women’s swimming and diving, second-place finish in women’s tennis and third in women’s basketball, men’s outdoor track and field, and gymnastics. Florida took first place. Georgia last won the overall SEC All-Sports Trophy in 2005-06. . . .
For those who missed the SEC Track & Field Championships in Athens on May 12-15, ESPNU will air a two-hour highlight show tonight from 8-10 p.m. The UGA men finished third at the meet with 99 points as juniors Brian Moore (javelin) and Matt Cleaver (3000-meter steeplechase) won individual titles while freshman Justin Welch (hammer throw) and T.J. Davilmar (shot put) had runner-up finishes in their events. The Lady Bulldogs were fourth with 94 points as junior Nikola Lomnicka won her second consecutive hammer throw crown and sophomore Maria Augutis captured the triple jump title with a personal-best effort. . . . The track teams compete at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Bloomington, Ind., on Thursday. The three-day meet will determine which competitors advance to the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 8-11. . . .
The 12th-ranked Georgia men’s golf team squeaked by in the NCAA Colorado Regional and qualified for the championship round of the NCAA tournament, which begins next Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla. The 30 teams in the field will play 54 holes of stroke play, which will determine the individual champion. The top eight teams then will move on to match play to crown the team champion. If the Bulldogs are to claim a third national title (they won in 1999 and 2005), they’ll have to play better in the tournament’s first round. Georgia has carded its worst round on the first day of all but one tournament it has played in this season.
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Worm
May 25th, 2011
10:15 am
Good stuff.
dirty727
May 25th, 2011
10:16 am
first
Columbus Dawg
May 25th, 2011
10:17 am
If he was “The best runner we had”, then why was he not listed above the ever under achieving King?
Calhoundawg
May 25th, 2011
10:18 am
1st! Go Dawgs !!!!
ATL Fan
May 25th, 2011
10:20 am
Will, can you be any more clear about who you’ll beat in “late October?”
dirty727
May 25th, 2011
10:20 am
It doesn’t matter Columbus Dawg I. Crowell’s going to take the starting job when he gets up there
WtfWruthnkn
May 25th, 2011
10:22 am
BecaUse there is more to being a running back than just running
JB
May 25th, 2011
10:24 am
We know Muschamp will die one day….We know he pay’s taxes on his huge Texas salary the last few years, or he would be in Jail. We know Texas gave up a lot of yards and points last year. What none of us know is if he’ll beat Georgia this year. He can chomp all he wants. When he’s done it, then, OK.
JB
May 25th, 2011
10:25 am
And by the way. 2 or 3 of these latest players to commit out of state… Is by design, not lack of effort. We only have 18 or spots next year, and we are loaded at DB with what’s coming in this year. Georgia needs BEEF. Not skinny 5′9″ DB’s…sorry, had to inform…..
Herschel Talker
May 25th, 2011
10:27 am
Of course Richt sees it as a good thing. Because he is a MORON. It’s good to know that our coach needs other coaches to fire up our kids because he sure as heck isn’t doing it. Lord please just get rid of this clown so that we can bring in a winner in 2012 and right this ship.
At this point I think Richt is stupider than even Ray Goff.
dga
May 25th, 2011
10:31 am
I was thinking the exact same thing Columbus Dawg. What kind of sense does that make?
JB
May 25th, 2011
10:32 am
Herschel. your heart is getting ahead of your mind. We are all disappointed. I to think he has made coaching and recruiting mistakes the last 3-4 years, but give the man some credit for what he has accomplished at UGA.
ugaclassof2004
May 25th, 2011
10:36 am
I can’t think of a more irrelevant matchup coming into this football season than Florida vs. UGA. Both teams will be lucky to win 8 games this year. Florida’s offense was AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL last season! And UGA’s defense is equally atrocious. I don’t anticipate either of these things being substantially better this year. South Carolina, even with Stephen Garcia’s problems, should still win the pathetic SEC EAST this season. They have the most experienced talent right now and they’re the champs until someone dethrones them.
Also,DJ Shockley’s “pursuing his professional football dreams” by being an Omaha Blackhawk??? LOL! Sorry DJ, but I think the dream is over. LOL! But on a serious side, why doesn’t DJ consider going into coaching? Am I the only one who thinks he would be good at that?
Top Row Dog
May 25th, 2011
10:45 am
Ogletree at linebacker, Jenkins and Geathers on the line, teams will have to pass to beat us.
The big concern is the O -Line, running game, and finding some wide receivers.
Come on Diamond Dogs pull out a miracle. And if your still here next year Coach P, take the mid week games more serious. Looks like Mercer Bears knocked us out of NCAA’s.
JB
May 25th, 2011
10:45 am
DJ giving up his dream would mean to him what the rest of us live everyday. An 8 to 5 job where you had to work. Sorry, that’s the deal.
Herschel Talker
May 25th, 2011
10:53 am
JB:
I certainly do give him credit for winn the SEC a couple of times when the rest of the league was down. However, the last 5 years show that the man just can’t play with the big boys and that the inmates have been running the asylum. We need new blood and a new form of leadership. His way hasn’t gotten it done since Van Gorder and guys like Greene, Pollack, and Shockley left the program. Enough is enough.
HT
King Gator
May 25th, 2011
10:54 am
CMR should guarantee his teams defeat in Jacksonville, same odds as CWM’s guarantee of victory – Go Gators!
Herschel Talker
May 25th, 2011
10:57 am
“If he was “The best runner we had”, then why was he not listed above the ever under achieving King?”
Great question. Because Richt is full of baloney and is completely clueless.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 25th, 2011
11:15 am
UGAclassof1984,
You really think that UGA’s defense will not be substantially any better? Ok, how about some facts or points to back that up. I see more speed, experience and I see a couple of big NT’s and two big DE’s that will be much improved over the product from last year. The only area of concern I see is at the secondary, as far as tackling goes. You give the QB less time to throw, and the RB no place to go up the middle, you create problems. You have a solid line backing corp. that will be there when they have to bounce to the outside, and you put a lick on him when he comes around. There are a couple of backs in the SEC, like Lattimore and Richardson, I think it is from Alabama that will require good team tackling, but other than that, I think the D line can control the line of scrimmage. Garcia has proved time and again, that he will throw a lot of picks when he is pressured, and UGA will pressure him. Spurrier has thrown more than one visor down because Garcia has pulled a bonehead play or been careless. He really has no choice though but to go to Garcia since Shaw, his Sophomore QB, has disappointed him so far.
UF can have all of the athletes they want but they will be learning a new coaches offense and it might be a good one in the future but, they will not learn to operate it over night, so that game is doable. It is simply a matter of confidence by UGA and getting the streak out of your mind when playing them.
I think you need to be a little more supportive of your Alma Mater. I wish I had had the chance to attend UGA, but a career in the military forced me to get my degree elsewhere. I am a big time fan and remain a solid UGA fan through the good and bad times.
GO DAWGS
UGA Insider
May 25th, 2011
11:16 am
Trust me…. I have seen it with my own eyes… we are in trouble at rb, oline and receiver this year. I hope our defense can hold people under 14 or 17 points.
RHALL55
May 25th, 2011
11:19 am
A lot of info; are the Coaches still on vacation since Dunkerman visited and only one Coach was on campus to see him; on vacation since the late offers to D Lee and J Holsey; JaQuay Williams announcing this weekend to Auburn!!! He is rated #6 player in the state and the #1 receiver in the state; if grades are not there, send him to JUCO (Lonnie Outlaw)!!! I guess the Coaching Staff is still on vacation (oops there goes another top player in the state committing to AL, FSU, or AU); I guess those schools are offering free vacation home to the UGA Staff; you snooze / you loose!!!!
Destin Dawg
May 25th, 2011
11:22 am
all big time coaches have a couple bad years in long careers… Bear Bryant, Dooley.. on & on… Strenght & Conditioning was lacking last year.. plus attitude adjustment… plus great recruiting class.. plus Granthams’ Junkyard Dawg defense…. this year will be special.. Go Dawgs !!!!
Columbus Dawg
May 25th, 2011
11:24 am
I will have to say that I do not blame Coach Richt for letting Muschamp do all the talking. Richt is just not the type to do a lot of unnessessary crap talking, and I know that UGA Insider is seeing the glass as more than half empty, but I have talked to some people who have some inside knowledge as well, and they all seem optimistic in UGA’s chances of turning the Florida series around beginning this year.
I do not know a lot about the players on UF’s QB depth chart, but I have seen enough to know that the Gators simply changing to a pro style Offense is not going to make Brantley any better as a QB. Meyer knew last year that if he did not reinstate Rainey before he went to Jax that UGA would probably win that game, and they nearly did anyway. UGA will be a good bit better in 2011, but I’m not so sure about UF in Mediocre Muschamp’s first campaign.
Ca dawg
May 25th, 2011
11:28 am
Herschel talker: you’re stupider than both.
GA Reptile
May 25th, 2011
11:33 am
Columbus Dawg – apparently, you missed Brantley trying to run the option last year. It was ugly. Switching to a pro style definitely will make Brantley a better QB by not asking him to do things that he doesn’t do well. I have my doubts about it making him a good QB, but it will make him better. If Weis can make him into a good QB, then he’s earned every penny UF is paying him.
low enthusiasm
May 25th, 2011
11:33 am
A real coach says something like “I’m not concerned about something like that. My focus is on my team.”
Richt couldn’t motivate an 18 year old to make love to a supermodel.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 25th, 2011
11:35 am
Insider,
Now why would you want people to trust you? Have you seen the WR that will be at UGA in 6′7″, Lonnie Outlaw? Is he not going to be any good at all. I will stick with what I can see and what I read in the press and at DAWGS sites.
Joey
May 25th, 2011
11:38 am
I believe there are a dozen college football head coaches, half in the SEC, that would have at least won the SEC with all of the 1st and 2nd round NFL players who have gone through the UGA program since ‘06.
That being said, Richt deserves to show what he can do this season with a QB not playing his first season, as compared to the past two years.
Do I think Richt can bring the Dawgs back? Nope. I believe UGA lost to 6 equally or less talented teams last season, and 4 in the ‘09 season. In my opinion, last season, only Auburn was more talented, and in ‘09, only UF was.
Richt’s a good guy, but when a coach making $3Million basically admits he hasn’t been “studying football,” he needs to find another profession.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 25th, 2011
11:39 am
What the Mush man said is called locker room fodder love e. CMR said exactly what he needed to say. In other words, actions will speak louder than words. Show it to me on the field. He is a mature coach, and not playing the game in the press.
Joey
May 25th, 2011
11:44 am
“they all seem optimistic in UGA’s chances of turning the Florida series around beginning this year.”
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I hope that is so, but the “law of averages” is probably our best chance there. The truth is, Richt even had a losing record vs Zook! Now who thinks Muschamp will be worse than Zook?
WDE
May 25th, 2011
11:44 am
@low enthusiasm really he seems to have motivated a darn good class to sign with us this year even coming off a losing season…are you this dumb every day?
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WDE
May 25th, 2011
11:46 am
Joey I think Mushy will be worse than Zook…he won’t get more than 2 years to win a SEC title or he is gone…he will always be a Bull Dog to Gator Nation until he does and they won’t give him a lot of time to do it.
Summit Dawg
May 25th, 2011
11:47 am
JB, you said, “give the man a chance, look at what he has accomplished at UGA!”….Yeah, the key word there is “HAS!”…..we need accomlishments now and looking toward the future!!!!!!
Summit Dawg
May 25th, 2011
11:49 am
Amen, Joey……Dittto~~~~
Dewayne
May 25th, 2011
11:49 am
People that don’t back out team and coaching staff should do 2 things! 1. Leave State 2. Find another m@#$% F#$%%^@ team and remember what we looked like before Coach Richt got here. No wonder people call us idiots look who we let speak for us hershel talker give me a break!!!
Sick 'em
May 25th, 2011
11:51 am
And Richt’s only win against Zook came on the same week that Zook got canned! Richt probably would’ve been 0-3 against Zook, but since Zook was told on Monday of Geogia week that he was not being retained after the season ended, his week of preparation for UGA was not exactly ideal. One of CMR’s wins over UF was gift wrapped!
Joey
May 25th, 2011
11:53 am
I don’t think so, WDE. I think UF’s Foley is the best AD in the country, and wouldn’t be wowed by a dufus.
Texas’s AD thought a lot of Muschamp also.
1eyedJack
May 25th, 2011
11:55 am
Rocket Science, I do believe that Lonnie Outlaw has to spend one more year at Ga. Military College. 2012 for him and Jalen Fields.
Herschel Talker you should do all us Bulldog fans a favor and cheer for Tech.
Gravy Train
May 25th, 2011
11:57 am
First off, H Talker needs to go get a life. Get behind the team or get out of the way. We better not see your fair weather self when CMR is heading back to the top. The way you talk (which is all you can do) Manboobs Johnson seems a better fit for you. Muschump making that statement is as good as the one Pat Dye made in 02. We all should thank them for going out of their way to add extra motivation to prove them wrong.
Ken Malcome was hurt during spring drills, as were many others. The new Coach T training program is part of the reason for that. The players were not accustomed to the kind of workouts that are now being done. That makes for fatigued muscles that are easier to strain and sprain. By the end of summer, those problems should be gone.
Looking at the two deep on defense, the unit should be much improved. Much emphasis has been placed on being more physical in training and practices. If you all recall, there were several contact related injuries in spring practices. That means the guys were not “thuding,” they are full on tackling to the ground at full speed.
Don’t be a chicken little like H Balker. Look at the why and how, before jumping to conclusions.
kb
May 25th, 2011
11:57 am
Herschel Talker , 2009 was an off year 2010 sucked , changes have been made, grow a pair and get over it. I suspect you are not a UGA fan . So what “big boy” other than Florida has Richt failed to beat or compete with throughout his tenure? Bama 3-1 Auburn 6-4 Tenn 6-4 LSU 3-3, South Carolina 7-3. 3 bcs bowl appearances , 7 bowl wins.
McDawg
May 25th, 2011
12:02 pm
turns out Muschamp was a gator wannabe his entire life-the more i read about him the less i like
just sayin'
May 25th, 2011
12:02 pm
Easy to have a high APR when it takes virtually no effort to pass courses and get a degree
AltamahaDawg
May 25th, 2011
12:03 pm
Has anyone else seen the proposals on standardizing class sizes (and some other timing issues) in order to curb the appearances of unethical oversigning? Can anyone see how any school president can possible NOT sign off on this?
Gravy Train
May 25th, 2011
12:05 pm
Big 12 offenses love Muschump too.
AltamahaDawg
May 25th, 2011
12:06 pm
ABH has an article on it. I’m sure it will be widely debated before the SEC meetings.
Herschel Talker
May 25th, 2011
12:06 pm
kb:
“Herschel Talker , 2009 was an off year 2010 sucked”
2006 was an off year, 2008 was an off year. Let’s not let facts get in the way.
HT
captguitarman
May 25th, 2011
12:08 pm
Too much trash talk in sports these days. I’m old enough to remember coaches telling us to shut your mouths and to “do your talking” out on the field or out on the floor since that is the only “talking” that counts. I also recall many college and professional greats like Jim Brown running into the end zone with the football (he did it lots and lots and lots of times) and just dropping the ball to the ground and trotting back to he huddle – or guys making a sack or a great tackle and not spending the next 30 seconds stomping and jumping around and drawing as much attention to themselves as possible. Yes, things have changed – and not for the best since we now have head coaches involved in this silliness. I give CMR credit for not getting involved in that kind of thing. I wish he was just as savvy and inspiring in other critical areas of coaching, like teaching self-discipline, for example. Unfortunately, CMR couldn’t trash talk now even if he wanted to. How can you trash talk while you are tightly holding your breath – something he will have to do until Boise State shows up at the Dome in September and that game is under way. Losing the opener to a second tier team in the Georgia Dome is his biggest concern right now because it will set the tone for the entire season and have an impact on his future. In light of all of that, October, Jacksonville, and the goofy trash talk from Florida’s head coach are more than irrelevent.
Boasting leads to disappointment
May 25th, 2011
12:09 pm
Muschamp hasn’t done anything yet. This shows the state of mind of the Florida program. We are Florida and just b/c of that we will beat UGA. My gut tells me that with that kind of mentality (i.e., entitlement) this series is about to swing. All programs go through secular periods where they are dominant (unlike Auburn, where they buy it in one year). I firmly believe the UGA/UF series is about will begin to tilt back in our favor.
CWeiss
May 25th, 2011
12:10 pm
With all of negative talk I’ve seen on here about Brantley, and considering how horribly he played last year, its pitiful that he was STILL able to beat the ‘dogs. Now that he is in an offense more suitable to his skillset, he has to at least be marginally better this year. If one of the worst UF offenses in history can beat UGA, I see no reason why an improved one can’t.
Herschel Talker
May 25th, 2011
12:11 pm
1eyedJack:
“Herschel Talker you should do all us Bulldog fans a favor and cheer for Tech”
I’m glad you’re happy with Richt tanking our program and that you think that “real” Bulldog fans should be happy with the “new” Richt. Your positive spirit in infectious. Don’t worry, be happy.
HT
Gravy Train
May 25th, 2011
12:12 pm
Yeah, 10 wins and a bowl win is an off year. Every time Balker types, he proves how little he really knows. I bet he is an underachieving, fat doofus who lives vicariously through teenagers he doesn’t even know. Nothing but a loser who thinks real life should work like his video game.
Old Dawg
May 25th, 2011
12:18 pm
Chip, thanks for posting information on sports other than football. I know most folks don’t enjoy them as much as I do, but those athletes can be really good copy.
Thanks again for all you do.
John
May 25th, 2011
12:19 pm
If Harton showed so much, why didn’t Richt move him to #1 on the depth chart?
I guess this means Malcome is transferring?
Not surprised Richt didn’t guarantee a victory against Florida, with a 2 & 8 record, 3 & 17 last 20 games, would you?
McGarity could beat Florida in APR scores, really? Not surprising, can’t beat them on or OFF the field. If you can’t beat Florida, need a new AD. They’re the competition in the East.
AltamahaDawg
May 25th, 2011
12:20 pm
Defining off year is hardly a “fact”. I think what you meant to say was was “let not my personal opinion get in the way”.
richie_rich1986
May 25th, 2011
12:22 pm
Go Dawgs baby!! Great Article! Can’t wait til Jacksonville this year to shut up them Gayturds!
kb
May 25th, 2011
12:23 pm
Talker, 2008 team won 10 games finished #10 in nation despite losing 18 players to season ending injuries.
2006 9-4 Go to the tech board where you belong. seems like the SEC East champs last year had a 9-5 record. Don’t let the most successful record in the first 10 years at Georgia get in your way.Name a program that doesn’t have a down year occasionally.
Joey
May 25th, 2011
12:29 pm
AltamahaDawg, I can’t see how Bama’s and Ole Miss’ presidents CAN sign off on it!
dwg4life
May 25th, 2011
12:30 pm
wtfwruthnkn
Your name says it all! No crap there is more to being a RB than running. There is blocking, knowing the plays (and your personal assingment), catching, etc. That does not change the fact that CT is 2nd on the depth chart. He is NOT a great blocker and his ability to HOLD ON TO THE BALL speaks for itself. I am not saying KM shouldn’t be 4th but I am saying CT is NOT our 2nd best running back. If he is we are in trouble!!!
Joey
May 25th, 2011
12:39 pm
Gravy Brain, ask Bama fans if last season’s 10-3 season was an “off year,” after a pre-season #1 ranking. ” Hell yes” will probably be their answer.
That’s the way a lot of Dawg fans feel about that 10-3, ‘08 season of ours, after a near unanimous #1 pre-season ranking. Getting splattered by Bama and UF, close calls with SC, UK, and Vandy, then losing to Tech was less than stellar.
tim
May 25th, 2011
12:47 pm
why wouldn’t Muschamp guarantee a win…we beat your sorry asses almost every year like a rented mule…this year will be more of the same…ofcourse the puppies season will be over emotionally after the first 2 games, both losses.
Georgia Peach
May 25th, 2011
12:53 pm
Full Faith in Coach Richt! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxg1I1jA29c
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
12:56 pm
Tim, I wish Ole Miss could play Florida every year since we own the series record against the Gators
and are 3-1 over the last 10 years.
CWeiss
May 25th, 2011
12:58 pm
3-1 over the last 10 years means you ‘own’ the series? lol
Herschel Talker
May 25th, 2011
12:58 pm
You all know that I am really a Tech fan. I have a poster of Paul Johnson over my bed even though Moma tries to make me take it down!
JAWJeRDAWG
May 25th, 2011
1:05 pm
It’s good to read updates about all UGA sports, Chip.
Though everone responding on these blogs is entitled to their opinion, it’s disconcerting to me to constantly read all the negative comments about our football Dawg’s coaching staff and the team’s chances for the upcoming season.
We all know that UGA has played poorly the last couple of years, but until the 2011 team proves otherwise, why can’t Georgia fans just hope for the best and wish them well. Not a koolaid drinker at all, I’m just hopeful that this team will turn it around.
When, and if, Coach Richt and his staff and the team fails to play competively and win, coaching changes will be made.
Until then, be a true Dawg fan and hope the best for our football team. .. Go Dawgs!
WDE
May 25th, 2011
1:16 pm
@CWeiss you barely beat UGA last year with Brantley and CUM vs a freshman QB..now your there with your record of destroying ever college program you’ve been with. I mean ND payed you 6.5 million to go away..and your HC has yet to coach a game as HC…hell he was a crackerjack assistant at Texas but then Rich Rod was a darn good HC a WV….
BG
May 25th, 2011
1:18 pm
Great Article. I loved Richt’s comment on the Muschump guarantee.
59bulldawg
May 25th, 2011
1:22 pm
OK! A lot of us in the Bulldawg Nation, including myself, have expressed displeasure with the football team over the last few years. But some of us are beating a dead horse day after day after day! Can I just ask REAL UGA FANS, including those of us who may not see eye to eye with CMR on a lot of things, to just chill and support the team instead of constantly critizing everybody and everything about the program? Whether you like the man or not CMR is gonna be here through at least the 2011 season and if he does well probably longer. I admit that I love my school more than CMR . . . but in my heart of hearts I want the man to succeed. Because if he does, the Dawgs will succeed! I swear some of you want the team to fail just to prove your criticism is correct. Yes I know not everyone who posts here is a UGA alum or fan. But for those who are, can we tone down some of the criticism until at least after the season begins. For everything under the sun there is a season and right now we need to be building up . . . not tearing down! Now Go Dawgs! GATA!
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
1:27 pm
C Weiss, The Rebs lead the series with Florida by 3 games 3 out of last 4. Are you embarrassed that the mighty Gators don’t beat Ole Miss? Ole Miss 12-10-1 yes we own the series.
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
1:27 pm
sorry typo lead the series by 2 games
GA Reptile
May 25th, 2011
1:29 pm
Rebel – y’all do seem to have our number. I was at the 2003 game in Oxford when we lost, but had a great time with the Ole Miss fans. I am grateful for the 2008 loss, which was a needed wake up that started the run to the national championship.
1eyedJack
May 25th, 2011
1:31 pm
And Herschel, get another nom de guerre. You’re dishonoring that one.
CWeiss
May 25th, 2011
1:32 pm
WDE, your argument is they ‘barely’ beat UGA. So does it make you feel good to say the muts ‘barely’ lost to the gators? I guess that’s all you can hang your hat on at this point.lol The point is they lost to a team with a QB that had a terrible year. Plus, I think you should worry about getting dominated by UCF before you worry about beating Florida.
JAWJeRDAWG
May 25th, 2011
1:35 pm
@ 59bulldawg
Glad to read that a real Dawg fan feels the same as I do. .. Go Dawgs!
CWeiss
May 25th, 2011
1:38 pm
Rebel Rouser, since when does a team own a series by winning 2 more games than the other team? UF owns the series against UGA because they have won 17 out of the last 20…do you see the difference? I guess if my program sucked I would use that weak evidence to say I owned someone too.lol
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 25th, 2011
1:45 pm
CWeiss,
If you were the real thing and we all know you are not, you would have no room to brag. Seems like a small service academy by the name of NAVY handed you your lunch for two years in a row. That is why the real Weiss is an assistant now. I just wonder if the real refrigerator man can build team unity instead of what he did at Notre Dame, and that was kill it. He was not liked by his players or assistants.
CWeiss
May 25th, 2011
1:48 pm
Good thing I’m not the HC at UF. All I have to do is develop QBs and run good offenses, which I have a proven track record of doing.
Tobias Funke
May 25th, 2011
1:55 pm
Chip
These blogs are a joke.
Tobias Funke
May 25th, 2011
1:59 pm
59bulldawg
AGREED!!! I have started asking people what scenario do you want… Dawgs suck and Richt gets fired OR Dawgs win and Richt gets an extension? One or the other WILL happen!!! You will be able to pick out the true Dawg fans that way.
Go Dawgs! How about a little support this season?
JAWJeRDAWG
May 25th, 2011
2:02 pm
I personally don’t feel this blog’s a joke, Tobias Funke. Just some of the inane comments. .. Go Dawgs!
WDE
May 25th, 2011
2:07 pm
@CWeiss sorry there tuna butt…we own the UGA/Gator series and your bunch will never catch us…granted it has been trending the Gators way but that is now done and you will be part of ensuring that trend reversal. Thanks !
Dawggies
May 25th, 2011
2:07 pm
Florida would never put up with a coach going 2-8 against us. That’s why we won’t ever go on a run again like they’re on now. We tolerate losing too much.
Tobias Funke
May 25th, 2011
2:09 pm
I think it is a joke b/c we can’t talk about UGA football without the same trolls spouting nonsense day after day. The trolls aren’t banned, but people like myself and DawgInLex gets banned. That is a joke.
red&silver
May 25th, 2011
2:10 pm
How do you say you are a fan of a team and wish for the coach to get fired?
Go Dawgs!
May 25th, 2011
2:14 pm
Herschel Talker
May 25th, 2011
10:27 am
Of course Richt sees it as a good thing. Because he is a MORON.
It IS a good thing, because it’s bulletin board material. Muschamp’s the moron along with you HT. You never, ever, give a rival bulletin board material, it will come back to bite you more than not.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 25th, 2011
2:18 pm
Tobias,
They are afraid you will actually deter some of their readership, as they will not return when faced with the truth, LOL. It just always makes me wonder if any of these other schools, even have a blog of their own they can go to and spout off. Check out AL.COM. I thought they were suppose to represent all of Alabama but in some of their articles, they seem to have it in for Auburn. You would think that Auburn and Alabama would be too busy cutting down each other to bother with another university and state. Florida, who knows. I am sure they have their own but feel the need to brag about how great they are and get tired of talking about themselves on their own blogs. I can understand Georgia Tech. as they have the AJC and I think they write an article about Tech. once a week.
Real Cobb Dawg
May 25th, 2011
2:19 pm
The pompous muschamp is going to get it handed to him by Richt in Jacksonville. Richt and the Dawgs are furious at muschamp guaranteeing a win—dawgs pull the upset–mark it down!
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
2:22 pm
C. Weiss, Like most Florida fans you think that college football began in 1990,Florida had a great run in the 90’s, but since 2001 have won only 2 SEC championships, and have a losing record to my rebels.Spin it anyway you like , you are also behind UGA, Tenn, Alabama, and Auburn historically.
AltamahaDawg
May 25th, 2011
2:22 pm
Joey, you are not being completely honest to say that the (internal and external) expectation of the 2010 Alabama team were the same as the 2008 Georgia team. There were some real big differences.
ugaclassof2004
May 25th, 2011
2:28 pm
59bulldawg
Good points. I think the bottom line for me is I want a team that is going to play their butts off and a coaching staff that is hungry. Early in Mark Richt’s career, he was hungry and his teams played hard. But the last few years the man has not been hungry. The drive and the attitude really has to come from the top down. Richt, in my opinion, has been WAY too hands off the last few seasons. Its like he’s been on autopilot, and just happy to be collecting his 3 million a year paycheck and getting his team to a minor bowl game. Well I’m sorry, but that just doesn’t cut it. And I’ll tell you one thing right now: if Richt wins less than 8 games this year, he will be gone. That Greg McGarity won’t put up with it, nor should he. With the instate talent and resources UGA has, 8-4 should be considered a losing season. If this team comes out hungry, plays hard, and finishes 8-4: I can deal with that. But this 6-7 or 7-5 crap is unacceptable, PERIOD! I’m fine with Richt staying here as long as he likes so as long as he is fielding a competitive team week in and week out. But if keeps up with this lackadasical/”Kumbya” approach to running a football team…then he’s not going to be here much longer.
Fixit
May 25th, 2011
2:29 pm
FIRST, AGAIN!!!!
King Gator
May 25th, 2011
2:36 pm
Love the Ole Miss guy talking smack – we’ll take our 3 BCS NC’s since ‘96 and live with the humility of losing 3 of 4 to the Rebels… which 3 games seem more important to you? Go Gators!
Stinger2
May 25th, 2011
2:39 pm
I as a GT fan say that regardless of what Muschamp said. UGA will beat Florida this year. UGA should, with its schedule, not lose more than two regular season games. I believe one loss will be to Mississippi State or SC and I hope the other is to GT.
Ed Orgeron
May 25th, 2011
2:41 pm
RR – the “most Florida fans think college football began in 1990″ is a stupid talking point for fans who don’t have enough information to think/argue on their own, and, like most taking points, it’s bogus. As to your other point, Florida had a great run in the 90’s, but… But what? The 00’s brought 3 SEC titles, 2 national championships and 2 other seasons where UF finished No. 3 in the final poll. Yep, too bad things tailed off there after the 90’s.
Ted Striker
May 25th, 2011
2:45 pm
Great column. Thanks for compiling all that information.
WDE
May 25th, 2011
2:49 pm
Ed Orgeron are you taking stupid pills today or is this the norm?? RR’s comments were to show Gator fans think there was no football before 1990….because the SUXED before 1990 he and everyone else is aware of what the Gators have done SINCE 1990…no really take a nap you need it.
CWeiss
May 25th, 2011
2:50 pm
Rebel Rouser, I will take a great recent history over one that sucks any day. You keep living in the past while everyone else looks to the present and beyond. Ole Miss is irrelevant to the discussion. Besides Vandy, you had the worst record in the SEC and will most like be no better this year. Ole Miss has a great history but recently they have been dreadful, that’s just the facts. Florida’s claims to success are the SEC and national championships, your’s is that Ole Miss beat UF a few times. Congrats.
WDE
May 25th, 2011
2:52 pm
@ CWeiss I can think of 6.5 million reasons your looking to the present and the future .
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
2:55 pm
Orgeron, How many Sec titles before Spurrier ?
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
2:57 pm
C. Weiss, Not many other teams I can say we beat 3 out of last 4.
Ed Orgeron
May 25th, 2011
2:59 pm
I’m typing sloooowly for you here, WDE. His comments didn’t “show” anything. He made a naked assertion, which is often repeated by the dim-witted (hence its appeal to you), but untrue. I’m quite certain that I’m (a) more familiar with Gator football history and (b) know more Gator fans than either you or RR. We’re well aware that UF’s success since 1990 blows away any period before that, but we also know that UF football didn’t “suxed” before 1990 either.
King Gator
May 25th, 2011
3:02 pm
Rebel Rouser.. you’re school couldn’t even get the good Manning.. Pipe down and enjoy sundress season in Oxford.. Win something that counts and then you can talk.. just another Houston trying to get a Nutt! Go Gators!
Mark Seminole
May 25th, 2011
3:02 pm
I seem to recall UGA’s entire team rushing the end zone after a TD against UF a couple of years back.
If that’s not nonverbal “trash talking”, I don’t know what is. It certainly matches up with anything I saw the Canes do on the field on the 30 for 30 documentary.
Florida beats UGA because they know they can. UGA loses because they onyl hope they can win. Hope is not a strategy
Jimmy Crack
May 25th, 2011
3:20 pm
No big deal on the depth chart. The interest in it alone gives Richt something to talk about on the dinner circuit. Generally, if there is no consensus #1 running back, college coaches tend to give the game one #1 start to the higher classman who played well the previous year, even if a freshman phenom is available. Coaches discretion in our situation is that whoever runs the rock the best in game one will probably be the #1 back in game two.
SSIgator
May 25th, 2011
3:22 pm
“I thought that was a good thing.”
Translation:
I have already taken these schmucks for a ride at almost $3,000,000 per year. When I lose to UF again this year there will be a huge buy-out of my contract and I can quit my phoney baloney job and go back to being a bartender.
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
3:22 pm
Orgeron I will answer for you ZERO SEC titles before Spurrier. Floridas record prior to Spurriers arrival vs UGA 16-5. and you still have a losing record against Ole Miss. King Gator but we sure know how to beat the mighty Gators, is Tebow still crying.
Ed Orgeron
May 25th, 2011
3:36 pm
RR – actually one, in 1984 (which was vacated, unfortunately). Just so we’re clear, there is one SEC team has a good season each year, and all the others were awful? Yes, Georgia went 15-5 against UF in the 20 years before Spurrier arrived in 1990. Since you’re the Gator historian here, what about the 20 years before that? 12-7-1 in favor of Florida.
Jimmy Crack
May 25th, 2011
3:41 pm
The Georgia blog always ends up looking like a Greyhound Bus terminal after all these out-of-town transients converge to stories here like fleas.
Maybe y’all could lobby your hometown reporters to make a blog of your own. You can tell them that spell check is automatic nowadays so they won’t be embarrassed.
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
4:03 pm
And before that Georgia was 17-3-1 see any pattern in the history of that series, Floridas SEC record prior to Spurrier 150-168-15. Since Spurrier especially in the 90’s Florida dominated, 135 -34 .But it was a long road there.
sad but true
May 25th, 2011
4:05 pm
At first I thought all these references to “Coach Mush” were referring to Richt. Funny.
Ed Orgeron
May 25th, 2011
4:17 pm
When you get into the FDR Administration, then relevance becomes an issue, but my larger point is that UF has been quite competitive with UGA over the past 60 years, not just since 1990. No one is going to argue that UF’s history is “storied.” Florida’s history was often a case of 2 steps forward, one step back, but its not as if UF didn’t field a team until 1990. Take the Ray Graves era of the 60’s. No, they didn’t win an SEC title. But they did finish as the conference runner up 3 times, had a Heisman trophy winner, went 70-31-4 and played in two BCS bowl games. That’s the point – Florida football hasn’t been the same since 1990, but there were achievements pre-Spurrier too.
Beast from the East
May 25th, 2011
4:28 pm
Rebel Rouser,
Since you are such a historian, how about tell us the last time Ole Miss won the NC?
How about the last time they won the SEC?
I’ll give you a little hint. JFK was in office.
Convenient fact missing....
May 25th, 2011
4:42 pm
Ed Orgeron
May 25th, 2011
3:36 pm
RR – actually one, in 1984 (which was vacated, unfortunately)…..
Because they cheated, so it doesn’t count anyway.
Ed Orgeron
May 25th, 2011
4:47 pm
Convenient fact missing….Nah, really?? I thought the other teams in the conference just ganged up on Florida for sh*ts and giggles. The reference to the vacated title was tongue-in-cheek.
Crimson Fever
May 25th, 2011
4:47 pm
@boasting…whatever. Prove it. Auburn won. Cam won. With ALL the “wait and see” crap that was coming from between the hedges, all I smelled was a big pile of poop you losers conjured up to take the focus off what a sorry-arse team you puppies have become. NOBODY, including the FRICKING FBI could prove AUBURN paid! Check your facts and take a dump. When two different Georgia teams can put two teams and two Heisman winners back-to-back in the BCS and win it all, then go find a leg and hump it for all it’s worth!
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
4:59 pm
Beast, the point is is our sorry program beats gators and by the way before 1990 Florida had zero Ole Miss had 6.
Beast from the East
May 25th, 2011
5:06 pm
Rebel Rouser,
Have fun with your ancient history. You know, Army and Navy used to be pretty tough, as well. Times change and the Gators are now considered one of the top 5 programs in the country. Hate on our weak history all you want, but I prefer to live in the present and enjoy the great sports teams that our AD Jeremy Foley has put together.
It’ great to be a Gator!
Change
May 25th, 2011
5:08 pm
How many would’ve believed in 1983 that Florida, Florida State and Miami would combine to win 10 national championships over the next 25 years while Notre Dame would win one? The center of gravity in the sport has moved over time. The Florida schools may not be that dominant again, but they’re not going away either.
Beast from the East
May 25th, 2011
5:15 pm
“The Florida schools may not be that dominant again, but they’re not going away either.”
That’s absolutely correct! The state of Florida has way too much high school talent for the univerities to be down for too long. It won’t be long (10-15 years?) before UCF and USF are in the title hunt.
Golden Gophers
May 25th, 2011
5:15 pm
We won 4 national championships in the 30’s and 40’s, but the best we can do for coaches these days is Tim Brewster and Jerry Kill? What gives? Don’t coaches today know their history???
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
5:26 pm
Beast , 3-1 vs the Gators isn’t ancient history, those mean ole Rebels made Little Timmy cry.
Dan Mullen
May 25th, 2011
5:34 pm
Rebel Loser – Florida should’ve hired me. I know how to beat Ole Miss.
Beast from the East
May 25th, 2011
6:18 pm
Rebel Rouser,
You just continue to prove my point when your greatest accomplishment since the 1962 season is that you are currently 3-1 vs the Gators. LOL!
Rebel Rouser
May 25th, 2011
6:26 pm
No Beast you proved mine Florida was nothing before 1990. I think Gators were top 5 in preseason 2010 and where did you finish, not in the top 25. Can’t wait till you gators come to Oxford in 2012,
Another Rebel win.
Beast from the East
May 25th, 2011
6:48 pm
Rebel Rouser,
Ole Miss may very well beat us in 2012. That can be the highlight of your decade, yet again. If UF wins, then it’ll just be another “W” against an SEC bottom-dweller.
See the difference?
When your “hang my hat on moment” is “we made Tebow cry” then you really don’t have too much to hang your hat on do you? By the way, have you guys decided on which Star Wars action figure is going to be your mascot yet?
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 26th, 2011
7:17 am
Why don’t you take your Miss.-Florida fight onto your own blogs and leave this one. This is not a blog about your two schools talking about which one is best. Read the title of the article people.
Bawbie
May 26th, 2011
8:12 am
Vandy pummels Dawgs 10 – 0. How damn embarassing. Fire this Clown today along with Mark Richt!
DDawgie11
May 26th, 2011
11:53 am
Chip,
If running back Brandon Harton was according to Richt, the best performer of the Spring, why isn’t he #1 on the depth chart? #3 to the guy Richt says performed the best? This is luducrous.
http://www.albanyherald.com/uga/headlines/Cool_under_pressure_122551139.html
Beast from the East
May 26th, 2011
2:34 pm
It Ain’t Rocket Science,
If you don’t want to read it then don’t. Why does friendly banter between fans of others schools bother you so much?
It’s an open forum and I can post whenever and wherever I dang well please.
If you want exclusivity then go somewhere that takes comments from “members only”……or just talk to yourself in the mirror. Geesh!
Dawg
May 26th, 2011
6:03 pm
People that don’t back our team and coaching staff should do 2 things! 1. Leave State 2. Find another m@#$% F#$%%^@ team and remember what we looked like before Coach Richt got here. No wonder people call us idiots look who we let speak for us hershel talker give me a break!!! That quotre from Dewayne needed repeating! Dawgnation has bunch of idiot fans.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 26th, 2011
9:17 pm
Hey Beast,
Got a clue for ya buddy. 99% of the people on this blog could care less what your four games against Miss. were like, who won, or how it is run. This blog was about your new coach providing locker room fodder to the UGA team. A half of a page about Miss.-UF, that doesn’t pertain to this story at all, doesn’t belong here. I think even UF has a web page someplace, that this story would be better suited to be posted to. I don’t give a darn if it is a public forum or not. About as stupid as talking about a funeral on a comic page.
Lakedawg
May 26th, 2011
9:53 pm
Absolutely great Muschamp running his mouth before coaching a game in SEC, sounds just like Lame Kiffin.
Those fans he guaranteed will let him know real quick when the Dawgs whip him this year. And he is looking at several other L’s also. Not just aan assistant any longer, and yes he has cut all ties with the Dawgs.
Otis My Man
May 26th, 2011
10:13 pm
I luv the fact “Missedchump” spouted off! Dawgs will own him for the next 20 years! Payback is hell GATER fans.
Ed
May 26th, 2011
11:00 pm
SEC bottom-dweller, Beast? I don’t think Ole Miss went 59 years without an SEC championship (although they creep closer with each passing year). That’s positively Vanderbilt-ian. If anyone can feel Ole Miss’ pain, it’s UF. Maybe the Gators and Rebs are two peas in a pod.
Ed
May 26th, 2011
11:19 pm
Otis My Man, I can only hope that’s true. But when does the next 20 yrs. start? Mark Richt is still the coach in 2011.
Otis My Man
May 27th, 2011
1:00 am
Ed– It started in 2011!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mark will take us to the promise land!
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
8:48 am
Has anybody ever seen a study on how cyclical college sports records are over the lifetime of a university or college. I couldn’t get a lot of information by searching the internet but possibly, I might be using the wrong search words.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
10:19 am
Still think the Mush man looks like blogo. the former Ill. Gov. Hope he turns out to be full of it, like Blogo is also, LOL.
Where we were horrible in 2010
May 27th, 2011
12:11 pm
UGA lost all of their games up the middle on d. The SC game and MSU and Colorado and even GT and Florida and the rest, exploited our major weakness. They lost right up the gut …… in the middle of the D line. This year, with Gaithers, Jenkins and even Jones weighing in well over 310 on average, UGA ought to be far improved vs last year in this spot. Plus, we have a 6′5″ 265 Fullback.
Secondly, the UGA LBS are vastly more athletic, speedier and they have bulk this year. With Jarvis Jones and Ogeltree, the converted running back Samuels, ………. rah rah guy Christian Robinson, we are really superior to many teams in these LB positions and we have plenty of back ups on the D line and at LB.
I am really worried about the UGA O line however, ………….. that could be rough. We will have to use some wild formations, maybe to establish our O team. Scary. UGA’s O lines for years have been sub standard for the SEC and this has to be CMR’s fault. His lines are more like the ACC not the rugged big boy SEC.
We shall see. This year ……………….no excuses. It must be at least 9-3 with only 2 SEC losses, tied in the East but still playing in the Dome or preferably, 10-2 and in the Dome. It is what it is.
Gooooooooooooo Dogs
Go Dogs.
Dawg Tired
May 27th, 2011
1:12 pm
Let me make sure I understand this. Harton was the “best runner we had.” So he is THIRD on the depth chart. What does one do to be FIRST on the depth chart? Actually, what would Harton have to do to be SECOND on that chart. Obviously being the best we got ain’t worth that much. I’m beginning to see why things have been going the way they have.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
9:48 pm
DAWG TIRED,
The depth chart as released reflects what the coaches think they will have at each position and how they will stack up once the season begins. You have a highly rated kid coming in , in June. And you have a 4 year player, who no doubt needs to step it up, but never the less, he has the potential and the experience to do it. You also have Malcolm but he needs to improve his blocking capability and get his hamstring healed. He does have good strength and the body to do well also. Harton did his level best in the spring, but let’s not forget, he is fairly small to take the kind of beating the RB takes in the SEC. In the future, the coaches see Crowell as the man to go to, and King can also provide the experience and leadership, he is capable of for this team. Malcolm, if he gets up to snuff, can get you those few hard yards.Harton, will be a good, change of pace runner, and perhaps they could even have a few plays in mind for him to use his speed and size to an advantage. To expect him to run 25 times a game would not be a wise decision.
Dawg Tired
May 28th, 2011
10:29 am
Thanks for the explanation.