Wide receivers: No A.J. Green, but plenty of options
We’re about one month away from the start of preseason football practices in Athens, so it’s time to start taking a closer look at Georgia’s 2011 football team. This is the second in a series of articles in which I’ll be breaking down each of the Bulldogs’ position groups to give you an idea who are the projected starters and what the expectations might be for this season. Then, as always, we’ll throw it open for your commentary and analysis. There are only 63 days until Georgia’s season opener against Boise State. Let’s get busy. . . .
Tavarres King hauls in one of his three TD catches last year in a game against Mississippi State. Georgia hopes to see more of this in 2011(AP photo)
WIDE RECEIVERS
- Projected starters: SE Marlon Brown (Jr., 6-5, 222), FL Tavarres King (Jr., 6-1, 192), FL Rantavious Wooten (Jr., 5-10, 185)
- Others to watch: Israel Troupe, Michael Bennett, Chris Conley and Malcolm Mitchell will likely get a chance to show their wares early as Georgia operates in a six-receiver rotation.
- Key losses: They don’t get any more significant than A.J. Green, who was snapped up by the Cincinnati Bengals with the fourth pick of the NFL draft after his junior season and left as arguably the Bulldogs’ best receiver of all time. Green and fellow NFL draftee Kris Durham were the Bulldogs’ top two pass catchers last season with 89 between them.
- Key fact: A fairly experienced group returns. King, Brown, Wooten and Troupe have played in 103 games between them, so knowing what to do and how to do it should not be a issue. King proved to be a solid secondary option opposite Green, hauling in 47 catches the last two seasons at a hefty 20 yards per catch. Brown, a former five-star prospect and No. 1 player in Tennessee, is poised for a breakout season. He had 11 catches and his first TD in 2010 and the Bulldogs named him Most Improved Receiver.
- Key question: Are multiple good options better than one great option? With Green on the field, quarterback Aaron Murray understandably had a tendency to throw the ball his way despite what coverages might have dictated. With no clear dominant force at wideout, Murray will likely need to be more reliant on his ability to read the defense and find the open man.
- Recent developments: Expect young players to have an impact as the Bulldogs search for a big-play threat during preseason camp. Conley, an AJC Super 11 selection out of North Paulding High School, enrolled early and impressed in spring practice. And the late recruiting victory for Mitchell, who had more than 1,400 yards receiving as a senior at Valdosta, could be a real X factor. He’ll be given every opportunity to prove himself and earn playing time.
- Outlook: Fair to good. Losing a mega-talent such as Green would seem to indicate an overall downgrade. But the Bulldogs have several players who have been toiling in his shadow and are eager to prove their worth. With a first-rate group of tight ends already in the fold, Georgia needs only two or three reliable targets out of this group to be effective and it says here it will have that and then some.
- Your turn: What do you think about Georgia’s wide receiver corps?
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greg
July 2nd, 2011
9:41 am
I’ve never did this before, but….1st?
italian_29
July 2nd, 2011
9:43 am
First and I think the Recievers will be Good this year.
italian_29
July 2nd, 2011
9:44 am
I guess I shouldn’t have read the article and made a comment in addition to FIRST. LOL
greg
July 2nd, 2011
9:44 am
Ok…There are a lot of good options at WR. It’s time for MB to step up to the plate and be the receiver he was touted to be. Wooten still plays for us? After last year I wasn’t even sure he was on the team any more. TK will be a good first option. He has great hands. Out of MB, MM, and CC if one steps up that will be enough. With Troupe anything we get will be gravy at this point in his career…
Dawg in the Northwoods
July 2nd, 2011
9:48 am
Add in the TE’s and I hope Murray gets enough time from the O-Line to find an open receiver. IMHO we will have open receivers; but, you can’t throw the ball from your back.
gg
July 2nd, 2011
9:51 am
Running backs out of the backfield will be another option, too. Murray’s mobility will also be a great asset in finding the open receiver. Dogs are in good shape here!
mcg dawg
July 2nd, 2011
10:03 am
Well said Dawg in the Northwoods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ga Peach
July 2nd, 2011
10:04 am
Love this breakdown you are doing!!!! Dawgs will be there when it counts the most – GO COACH RICHT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxg1I1jA29c
john
July 2nd, 2011
10:08 am
Considering that Orson Charles also will spread out a lot this year due to his phenomenal athleticism and the incredible depth at tight end, this position will be good to very good barring unforeseen injuries. What a lineup: Aaron White TE, Charles in the slot and King and Brown at split and flanker – Wow! Go Dawgs!!
Wooten looked like he was about to break out in the spring 2010 and preseason last year. I believe King’s emergence, and Durham’s play is what limited Wooten more than anything. Look for Brown and Wooten to become big time threats this year with Green and Durham exiting the scene.
Dawglasville
July 2nd, 2011
10:12 am
Orson is the man. I hope that Murray doesn’t lock into him. Spread the ball around and keep them guessing.
dawgfan
July 2nd, 2011
10:17 am
We could have Jerry Rice and Randy Moss at receiver and it won’t make a damn bit of difference until the O-line grows a pair.
That is all. Thanks.
Jacket Man
July 2nd, 2011
10:22 am
Bad news, Bulldog fans. You already have a running back, who just showed up campus, who has proved himself a “problem child.”
Since he’s been on campus, he’s already racked up nearly 20 parking tickets and, since he’s already started missing morning workouts, has had a coach “assigned” to him to make sure he’s up and there.
PJ's Saucer Nipples
July 2nd, 2011
10:24 am
Aaron Murray is a stud. Not too worried about the receivers. Watch out for Bennett.
Dirty Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
10:27 am
I keep beatin’ the drum for The Camilla Comet, Justin Scott-Wesley…trouble is nobody seems to be hearing it. I mean he was a 4-Star guy, in the top 30 receiver prospects in the country and is probably the fastest kid on the ‘Dream Team’. Maybe it’s because he’s ‘listed’ as ‘only’ 6′ even, but according to folks whose opinion I value he’s got great moves, is a strong runner after the catch and, as the top 100 meter and past 200 meter state track champ, obviously has superior top-end speed. Then again, most of my comments have been to ask why he shouldn’t be tried at running back – he’s over 200 pounds, and by the the season could probably be pushing 215 if they wanted to go that way. That combination of size, running ability, elusiveness, power ‘and’ speed hasn’t been seen around these parts since….let me see??? Well, I won’t go there, but I sure hope they, at least, give the kid a shot at something.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
10:40 am
Not to say that AJ didn’t make some big plays but It’s not like there were a bunch of victories that you’d have to say wouldn’t have happened without him.
footballfan-365
July 2nd, 2011
10:43 am
Jacket man its still the summer time dont you have an elementary school to break in to? With marlon brown’s size and speed he could force some huge mismatches this year I hope everything comes together for him this yr.
line
July 2nd, 2011
10:47 am
ITS NOT THE RECIEVERS OR QUARTERBACK–IT IS THE O-LINE. THEY WANT BE GOOD ENOUGH TO GIVE QB TIME TO FIND ANYONE OPEN. THEY PROBABLY WANT BE ABLE TO OPEN HOLES FOR THE RUNNING GAME. THE YEAR DEPENDS ON THE THE O-LINE
line
July 2nd, 2011
10:48 am
Enter your comments here
Wonderful Ohio on the Gulf 'Dog
July 2nd, 2011
10:50 am
Our little brothers posted this on Youtube that I got a kick out off.
An empty stadium….long-forgotten ancient history against an unidentifable foe memorialized in grainy black and white….the litany of coming losses which looks all the world like a 3-9 season….a really poor facsimile of a never-won Heisman.
This gem is priceless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYbyHuaj3B4&feature=player_embedded
Maybe you guys, too, will enjoy it.
Jacket Man
July 2nd, 2011
11:08 am
You guys can slam me all you want, but it won’t change the facts. Just remember, you heard it here first.
CHDawg
July 2nd, 2011
11:10 am
Dirty Dawg,
I am very interested in Wesley-Scott, too. He is very fast and he is bigl. I think he ran a 10.3 100 meter in HS! I’m going from memory and could be off a little, but that is blazing fast. The problem with all of these guys is that you never know who will step up and who won’t make the jump. Everybody at the SEC starter level has great ability and it takes some players longer than others to adjust. AJ seemed great from the day he stepped on the field, as did Orson Charles. Massaquoi, on the the other hand, could be painful to watch at times until his senior year, when he almost never made a mistake…he became an outstanding receiver, and a great contributor in team leadership, too. In a sense, he helped make AJ a success. I have also always had my eye on Troupe, but he shows a flash of brilliance, and then he drops one, or fails to reach something a great baseball player (like he is) should reach. I feel like he could wake up and make a huge contribution at any point. A couple of other big points: we operated without AJ for the beginning of last season, but that was with a brand new QB, and AJ’s loss was a bit of a late shock. Bobo was trying to protect Murray from being in demanding situations, and that made the opposing DCs jobs much easier, imho. All of the receivers are a year older, we have a lot of very talented new receivers, Murray is much more confident and capable. Most importantly, Bobo has a lot of confidence in him, and that should lead to more aggressive game planning, so the receivers will likely look much better, as long as they catch the ball. Also, we should have much improved running backs. Last year we had King and Thomas and King got hurt right off the bat. Ealey was suspended. This year we have a bigger and better King and Thomas, but we also have several potentially good new guys. Unlike the masses, I am most interested in Malcome. I am just going on G-Day, when he was dealing with a sore groin, but he runs very tough. He reminded me a little bit of Danny Ware, only get him healthy and he might even be a better back. Offense comes down to the O line again. If they can block, we will likely put up a whole lot of points this year. We put up a lot last year even with the issues we had to deal with that I alluded to above. In summary, I’m excited about our receivers. They will be pushed by the new guys, and they will be helped by a much more confident QB, and better RBs.
dawgfan
July 2nd, 2011
11:12 am
Jacket Man, it doesn’t seem to matter how many parking tickets our football players get when we play Tech. To hear the typical crybaby Tech fan tell it, half of our football players are either in prison or fleeing to Mexico by seasons end. So why can’t your joke football program beat us? I just don’t understand Techie. You Techies love to run your mouths about all of our supposed problems but refuse to acknowledge that despite all of Paul Johnson’s infinite genius he can’t figure out how to take advantage of them.
ugab
July 2nd, 2011
11:13 am
MR is not good at replacing players. We needed a FB the last 3 years and MR did not get one ready. Now we are SOL. We need OL and DL. MR failed big time one that one 2. Everyone is sick of it. We have seen enough. MR is making millions of the Un. of GA.. Not having players in waiting is inexcusable
P-Man
July 2nd, 2011
11:17 am
I, too, believe Justin Scott-Wesley could be a big asset. I hear he has bulked up (which slowed him down a littel on the track), but he is still very fast.
And people keep forgetting we finished at #2 just 4 short years ago, so stop saying Georgia has been pitiful for decades (or years, or centuries). Geez folks. The best indicator of future success is past performance, and based on Richt’s 10 years here, I’d say the past performance has been pretty good. Of course, if you only want to look at the last 2-3 years, that’s your prerogative. Just hope your boss looks at your overall performance, and not just the last month, when you get your performance evaluation…
Lasso
July 2nd, 2011
11:18 am
Tech is excited, they think they’re finally going to give Grady a run for their money in their Fall scrimmage.
Destin Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
11:21 am
with the Super T.E.’s we’ll be fine…. Richt needs to coach offense.. Bo Bo coach Q.B.’s.. open it up !! it;s all about THIS YEAR.. hurry up play calling.. Trickeration at times.. maye a fake punt or onside kick once a game ??? Grantham’s Junkyard defense will win field position turnovers.. great kicking game… Go Dawgs !!
P-Man
July 2nd, 2011
11:25 am
Watched the video, WOG Dog. Lots of highlights against Duke and Wake Forest, only one against the Dogs. Not much to see…
jaglaw
July 2nd, 2011
11:28 am
Enter your comments here
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
11:28 am
Is it me, or does everybody else roll their eyes when they hear “you heard it here first”. As if YOU know something that nobody else in an Internet blog has ever muttered? Tell us your source if you really want to pretend to be some insider. (and if you did, what do you want to bet your source would question your maturity to run and try to stroke your own ego in a blog with thier info?) Otherwise you go down with all the other punks that say that about 3 times a week.
Wonderful Ohio on the Gulf 'Dog
July 2nd, 2011
11:31 am
P-Man,
I especially liked the litany of the NATS’ 2011 season. Win, win, probably loss, loss, loss, loss, loss, loss, loss, loss, maybe win, loss.
The funny thing, they see it as motivational.
rabundawg
July 2nd, 2011
11:35 am
Enter your comments here
Chip, you overlooked the importance of Durham last year. He was the one that stepped up and broke the back of defenses when Green was gone and was an almost equal to Green when he came back……Throwing the ball to Durham was money in the bank…
jaglaw
July 2nd, 2011
11:35 am
Georgia’s biggest issue is its medical staff and strengthening programs. We can’t keep kids healthy and CMR continues to extend offers to injured linemen. Honorable yes…..but dumb. This also affected the search for a DC last year. We rank last in SEC in returning injured players to the field. Bama is first. This problem will cost CMR his job. His.refusal to.fire Vanhalenger will.cost him. I hate this.but.its true.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
11:35 am
Interesting (tech) video. Seemed to be made from a fan who wants to imagine them as a passing team though.
Tossed Salad
July 2nd, 2011
11:35 am
So the silly nerd claims that Crowell’s been averaing 1 parking ticket per day since he arrived on campus earlier this month. I think he’s got that number confused with the number of wins Tech steals over its rival every decade.
CHDawg
July 2nd, 2011
11:36 am
Great points P-man, and oops on the hyphenated Scott-Wesley. Maybe Flash would be easier. WRT Richt–just like investing, the minute a great stock has a bad year there will always be a crowd that wants to jump out and start riding last year’s big winner. We have a great football coach and program. Support it and him and hang tough. If the negative trend continues this year, then we can look again, but right now it looks like we should do quite well. We only have to wait a couple of months to see what we have. Constantly carping about Richt is for losers and opposing fans pretending to be Dawgs, imo.
just a fan
July 2nd, 2011
11:50 am
I hope they do like they say they will and slide Orson Charles into the slot more often than not he seems like a mismatch for either a linebacker or a safety. He should have 50 plus catches this year without breaking a sweat.
CHDawg
July 2nd, 2011
11:50 am
Jag,
I think I read recently that they have added nutrition specialists and done a lot of work in the health area. I don’t agree with your conclusions about personnel, but I do agree with your basic point: UGA’s consistently high injury rate shows we could have very real problems in stretching, conditioning, and nutrition. The coaches need to address it. The big indicator for me is pulled muscles. We have had a bunch over the last few years, and this is almost a completely preventable injury. You have to dedicate a lot of time and energy to stretching, flexibility, and prevention, but they need to get on with it! The attitude that these are just nagging injuries we have to put up with is a big mistake. They are indicators of a poor stretching program.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
11:54 am
“Continues” to extend offers to injured linemen? Didn’t realize we had a long history of that.
Not sure I would be categorizing the Georgia medical staff as a “biggest issue”. That’s a pretty impressive investigative piece of research on the returning players, But there might be some factors. Last in the league, also below every other SEC team, always? are you sure?
The guy that heads our medical staff Ron Courson, is one of the most qualified guys around, including being the director of rehabilitation at Alabama for 4 yrs. It would seem that if they have some methods that the guy who put them in place for them would know what to do here.
strengthening program apparently took step back, but I don’t recall that big an issue till very recently. Not sure when Richt “refused to fire him”. I’d say there was never a coach in the past at any school, that got fired till he had a couple of rough seasons. Everyone gets fired “too late”. PLus I’m pretty sure the UGA admin are wll aware of Richt’s methodical timing, who do you assume that going to cost him him his job. Do you assume they are going to have a bad year this year? Next year nobody is going to rememebr who Vanhalenger was.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
11:54 am
What’s funnier than the choir-music is the caption below the video:
“A fan-made trailer for the greatsest team IN ALL OF EVERYWHERE… GEORGIA TECH!!!!!!!!!!!”
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Greatsest?
IN ALL OF EVERYWHERE?
Dang, what a nerd . . .
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
12:01 pm
Lots of MDs and sports therapists in the gang this morning.
Hey, while y’all are here, everytime I do lunges, I get a pain in my ass. Is this common?
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
12:02 pm
IC parked in the from of Creswell one night, and got a ticket every hour. You heard it it first.
azdawg
July 2nd, 2011
12:03 pm
the best receiver GA has is the man that will catch the ball, not drop it and score TD’s much the way AJ Green did it. That’ll be the guy to go to.
Destin Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
12:06 pm
Scott, Mitchell, and Marshall… need to use these speedy weapons somewhere .. Go Dawgs !!
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
12:07 pm
Joey, I laughed at that too. Not the idea of being the greatest, that’s fine, but the wording. IN ALL OF EVERYWHERE. I can see the high fives now. NO, bro, high tens, yea!
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
12:10 pm
About half of which awkwardly missed, AD!
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
12:13 pm
Give the guy credit though. He was able to pull together the 17 forward passes completed by tech last year.
Rabid Dawg'84
July 2nd, 2011
12:30 pm
I saw Scott-Wesley at the state track meet, my guess is he weighs 225. He is huge! He ran like a 10.7, but after a false start by someone else. He won his class, but not the fastest at the meet. As a junior, he was the fastest. If he improves his hands, he could terrorize d-backs. Ray Drew looks like a monster also – both great specimens.
RabidDawgFan
July 2nd, 2011
12:34 pm
We’re going to be fine with the receivers we have. Orson Charles is the new go to guy in my opinion. T. King will be a very explosive player for us. Not having Green won’t be as big a deal as we’re making it seem. Murray won’t lock on him and if it’s not there, panic. He can look around and find the guy that’s going to move the chains. I also think Green was a cancer to the team.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
12:55 pm
I hope Drew is who we think he is – we could really use somebody who could be Houston-like. I read all of the, “Houston disappeared at times” stuff, but when a player gets in the backfield as much as he did, one does start getting extra attention – like TEs or RBs helping out. Anyway, I thought Houston was great and I hope he has a great NFL career.
Back to Drew, similar size and reportedly as fast – a guy like that can sure make our pass-protection better. I remember Grantham saying before last season started, that his biggest worry was that, in a major change (from 4-3 to 3-4), players, not fully knowing their responsibilities, tend to not play at full speed – they play tentatively.
Well, guess what? This is year TWO! I can’t wait to see Grantham’s D – I think the it’s gonna be fun to watch.
Also can’t wait to see Oglethorpe at LB – probably the fastest MLB in the country.
Hopefully, we’ll have one of those ballhawking defenses like some in the past, that scores points – I have a feeling the O is gonna need it . . .
suwaneedawg
July 2nd, 2011
12:59 pm
There is more concern at line given our lack of depth then there is at WR. We will be good to go at this position.
Wonderful Ohio on the Gulf 'Dog
July 2nd, 2011
12:59 pm
The empty-stadium in the opening shots evoked Lewis Grizzard’s story about the event-planner for the world-wide pharmacists convention then going on in Atlanta.
It seems the events guy needed 300 last-minute tickets to the NATS game against The Citadel.
As Grizzard told it, the events-manager called the Tech ticket office Saturday morning to be told that, in fact, 300, 50-yard-line tickets were available.
Then the event-planned asked “What time is the game?”
To which the Teckkie replied “What time can y’all be here?”
Awesome.
Dawg Tired
July 2nd, 2011
1:05 pm
ANd you think Brown will be good because…? So far he has shown absolutely nothing. King is good. Troupe has actually shown more than Brown.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
1:09 pm
That is great – I can only imagine what Lewis would have thought of Bisher calling PJ one of the greatest coaches ever.
Probably an entire column?
It Ain't Rocket Science
July 2nd, 2011
1:14 pm
Jacket man,
Can you gives us this source of your knowledge’ about our running back, already being in trouble. Not something you heard, but some type of official source.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
1:18 pm
Marlon Brown is huge (6-5, 225), fast, and actually a bigger target than Orsen Charles. If Bobo (dangit, if we only had a real OC) can utilize those two, the other WRs should see a lot of single coverage, and we’ve seen what T King can do in those situations.
But it’s all on the OC to get the most out of the OL.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
1:23 pm
Jacket Man’s mom made him get off the ‘puter for lunch. He’s eating his sandwich, and singing that Oscar Mayer song, “b-o-l-o-g-n-a !
He’s a cute little nerd . . .
bigcalidawg
July 2nd, 2011
1:25 pm
I think Marlon has shown us about all he’s gonna show us. I think we just get excited cuz he’s such a big reciever, but he’s just big for nothin’. I’m sure he’s a good kid, just a middlin Div 1 AA reciever.
It was scary that noone stepped-up last year when A.J. went down and Aaron was a permanent boner for Orson, so the “D” kinda sits on that, cuz they know it’s comin’
I expect Bennett, Mitchell, Wooten, and King to play well this year. King and Bennett will be the stars, but again, just a guess.
I hope Branden can run some back, too……but that’s for the special teams portion of our program.
Thanks for givin’ us somethin to chew on Chip.
old time dog
July 2nd, 2011
1:27 pm
Hope King proves me wrong but I think he is overrated. The Mitchell kid has more skill and is a tougher competitor from what I have seen. It would tickle me for this team to run the ball effectively and not have to rely on the passing attack alone.
bigcalidawg
July 2nd, 2011
1:27 pm
Ummm Aaron “has”, not was …..I don’t think anyone has ever referred to him as a boner, he just sports wood for throwin’ to Orson
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
1:29 pm
Based on Brown’s ability to rise in depth chart and thus gain for PT, above those ahead of him including AJ, no, we can;t be sure what he really can do, when on the field more. But when thrown to in the games he has been in, I haven’t seen any reason to believe he is not any good. What have you seen that puts his ability in doubt for you Dawg Tired?
Dawg Tired
July 2nd, 2011
1:33 pm
AD _ You may well be right. I just haven’t seen any production for two years. I certainly want him to step up and produce.
It Ain't Rocket Science
July 2nd, 2011
1:34 pm
I think our WR’s and TE’s will be the key to the offense until the OL and Rb’s get some seasoning. We do have a good first unit on OL, but the backups will have to be able to give them a break and they need to get up to speed, pretty quick. If Murray has good receivers to go to, he can get rid of the ball quicker and take some of the pressure off of the OL. Our Rb’s can get the job done but Caleb King is going to have to step it up until Crowell gets up to speed.
The offense is going to have to control the ball somewhat, so I don’t see UGA going for the home run every chance they get. If they can control the ball somewhat, the defense can control the offense of the other team as well, and then we will start to become a complete unit. There are some deep learning curves to complete but if these young men play with a little mean streak and as a team, UGA can surprise some people. I feel confident that this team will be in shape, but need to get seasoned a little faster than you would normally ask them to be. That might be a good thing though, as 2012 looks like a pretty good year to come, if the lessons are learned this year. I think UGA can pull 9 solid wins out this year.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
1:37 pm
I don’t think you should rule out a good showing for Brown, bigcalidawg. Other than AJ, what WR has shown big stuff in the first couple of years for us?
Mo Mass and Durham didn’t excell until they were seniors. One has made it big in the NFL, and the other (Durham) is gonna do the same.
Jim
July 2nd, 2011
1:41 pm
The trouble with these 4 & 5 star recruits is in high school they were the man, but at the next level they become another of the boys. This has proven to be one of UGA’s downfalls as the glory boys can’t handle having to compete for playing time. Give me the Chris Durman’s anyday.
bigcalidawg
July 2nd, 2011
1:46 pm
I worry about his “burst” and athleticism. If he can’t get open………..I want to say Bennett is good sized, but more athletic.
I’ll eat my words all season if he makes me.
Didn’t Muhammed have a good freshman season, then regress for a coupla years?
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
1:50 pm
I think we all agree on wanting him to have a good year. He seems to have been a pretty good sport about the whole thing, and you never know when a kid come in with all that expectations and things don’t work out right away.
Clearly he has not proven in mid -week that he would get any more PT (although again, he would have taken some pretty good player off the field to have done so). But I can’t see them giving the “most improved receiver” award to somebody who was no better than before. By definition, it seems like we had NOT seen all we were ever going to see from him already.
UGA Student
July 2nd, 2011
1:50 pm
I just hope they throw to the TEs when they need to. All of them, but particularly Orson. He and Murray went to high school together, they know each other well, use that on the field. With the tight ends we have it shouldn’t matter if none of the WR do well. If bobo can call a decent play.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
1:52 pm
He need to sit down and talk to Reggie Brown.
JDawg1785
July 2nd, 2011
1:55 pm
T. King has made some pretty impressive plays, like his TDs against Arkansas and Florida last year. I’m looking forward to seeing what else he can bring to the table as the go-to guy.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
1:57 pm
“If he can’t get open…..”
So true.
Wishful thinking on my part probably, but I’m hoping this will be his breakout year. The fact that he hasn’t played much to date doesn’t mean a lot to me, giving how this staff likes experience over talent on the field most times.
7576DAWG
July 2nd, 2011
2:04 pm
What killed Georgia last year more than any, wasn’t the erratic play of the offensive line , it was our turnovers at critical times. We would be marching down the field, so easily that a field goal or touchdown would have happened for sure and then we would end up with nothing because of a turnover. And how many times did we recover our own fumble? Not many of the critical ones. Everybody , including the offensive line would be doing their job and we would fumble and momentum would change completely because we didn’t have the depth that we needed on the offensive line. Then in the two Florida opponents games, UF and UCF, Murray had a melt down because he wasn’t patient like he was the other 10 games , because he wanted to beat his home state teams so bad.
Murray did a great job turning around Cox’s turnover record but hopefully realized how important it is for the leader , Quarterback, to keep it together. He needs to be quicker in deciding what to do with the ball. And Bobo has got to have someone available for Murray to dump the ball to in case he can’t run. Murray should not hesitate to run if the defense is giving you 5 yards. Run on every play until the defense bring the linebacker’s up to prevent it. With LeMay as a backup we should not even hesitate for Murray to run. CMR needs to play LeMay as often as possible in case Murray does get hurt and not make the same mistake that he and Bobo did when they didn’t get Murray any playing time the year before. Murray was only hurt the first 5 or 6 games. If Murray plays a lot the last 6 games in 2009 he would have been able to check off more and not rely on an inept offensive coordinator to call the plays. His confidence level would have showed up in in the 7 loses and we could have won 4 or 5 of those games.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
2:16 pm
“he would have been able to check off more and not rely on an inept offensive coordinator to call the plays”
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Yep. Makes you wonder how many times Stafford bailed out Bobo by changing his plays at the line.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
2:24 pm
WOW!
jay
July 2nd, 2011
2:25 pm
Probably already been posted. Dawgs will miss Durham almost as much as AJ. TKing should
be solid if not spectacular but time for Brown, Wooten and Troupe to reach that potential.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
2:26 pm
So the OC send in an absolute play, and the QB gets to the line, realizes how stupid it was, and goes against the OC to make it something that might work instead?
RxDawg
July 2nd, 2011
2:28 pm
I think Wooten is going to make some plays… if he stays healthy. Look for lots of WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTHEN’s from the crowd this season.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
2:36 pm
Don’t believe it’s been posted, jay, but it’s true. Durham was a bigger deep threat than AJ, even though it probably had a lot to do with AJ drawing the double coverage.
Still remains, Seattle got a late-1st-round-talent for the price of a 4th round pick. He is a 6′5″ possession receiver with, get this, 4.46 speed in the 40, and a 36″ vertical jump.
I honestly believe he will make a bigger impact than AJ, or ANY, rookie WR. Reasons – athletic ability, better coach and better QB.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
2:42 pm
75, my take on that playing Myrray is that we really have no idea what sort of shape Muray was in the last part of the year to play. You are speculating that he should have been in a game with no regard to health and injury. But putting that aside, you assume he could have won a couple more game in 2010 had he played more. I’m trying to remember when we had big leads in 2009 that he could have come in. Its just as likely that would would have lost more game sin 2009 had he played more too. I suppose we could have played him more when we were losing big , but that’s basically the UF game. So not sure when you wanted him to play that year. More than a few snaps anyway. Certainly nothing that equates to substantial real game experience in critical situation, more so than he was getting everyday on the practice field against out first team defense every day his RS year.
Was it the Auburn back and forth game, or the tech game on the road, that you wanted to pull Cox to get the freshman some experience? Damn the risks. Where you the guy were screaming “Put in the freshman, I don”t care if we lose” ?
Personally I wouldn’t trade this kids 5th yr senior season, which would seem to be his best year of his college career, for a few snaps of a wasted Freshman year, on the speculation of what he might have learn in mop up duty, which never really existed. I also assume his ability to “recognize check offs comes in the repetitive practices and film room anyway.
Destin Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
2:48 pm
Bo Bo is the problem !!! Richt needs to take over play calling…
ThisGuy
July 2nd, 2011
2:52 pm
With the concern we have on the Oline It will be critical for Murry and the WRs to be able to read the D a connect on the quick slants to burn the blitzing LBs. Being able to unload fast will help this Oline out early.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
2:56 pm
Richt need to make sure the defense is settled, then evalute the overall direction of the offense. after this season is over. His choices are: try to recoup the investment he has put into Bobo, or take it some new direction and hope that the program can stand another learning curve setback. He’s not going back to calling the plays on game day.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
2:56 pm
WOW! Didn’t say “stupid” play. Maybe, drive-killing, inappropriate, badly timed, potential-3-and-out, play?
Not gonna argue with you on Bobo. We are both die-hard UGA fans, but we disagree on our OC (who should be QB Coach).
G
July 2nd, 2011
3:09 pm
I want to see Justin Scott W as well. Over 200lb with track speed and he likes to run people over. I think he could play some rb.
dawgerbrown
July 2nd, 2011
3:11 pm
I think the recieving corp will out-perform expectations. Had lunch recently with a former Valdosta coach who is now AD in another system. He said Mitchell is scary good, he is the real deal. Having a solid running game is really going to determine how successful the passing game is going to be.
Joey
July 2nd, 2011
3:16 pm
…and vice-versa, dawgerbrown.
Jacket Man
July 2nd, 2011
3:23 pm
I’m always respectful of all teams, including the UGA Bulldogs, so the personal attacks against me aren’t warranted. As far as my source, it came from someone who was recently affiliated with the AA there (coaching) that just left the program.
chili dog
July 2nd, 2011
3:27 pm
Tavaras King is too frail and scared to catch the ball much. Let him get hit a little and he suddenly doesn’t catch them anymore. I played against him in high school and he was scared of contact. Heard he has a bunch of illegitimate mixed babies since arriving in Athens and is not man enough to support them.
Ca dawg
July 2nd, 2011
3:50 pm
I feel ok about WR. Reports (radi nabulsi from Rivals) indicate that Malcolm Mitchell has been the most impressive first year player so far. We know that tavarres can get down the field, that orson is a mismatch for anyone, and that Wooten has shown flashes. Chip didn’t even mention branden smith, who looked great in the spring game and has shown that he can house it at any time.
I love the idea of putting in a package for nick Marshall as well; his throwing ability would give defenses something to think about.
Hairy Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
4:11 pm
Enter your comments here.
bigroot
July 2nd, 2011
4:12 pm
i watched UGA g-day game and not once did i see uga throw deep to test their WR’S or their DB’S, the pro-style offense is great but if u don’t have the rite man calling the plays it won’t work. Coach Richt did u no mike bobo ask his dad to take him out of the state championship game because he couldn’t handle the pressure so why would you let him run your offense
Hairy Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
4:13 pm
Losing AJ hurts but Dawgs gots the palyers to just reloading. Once the young WRs get exposing talents then we willbe fine. We loaded with enough depths in skills at WR and RB with Crowell to goning be displaying dominants of SEC again. That whys Dawgs always win from having bests talent in state stockpiled for SEC speeds.
rogeriter
July 2nd, 2011
4:50 pm
ugab–everyone is sick of it. Speak for yourself only. I am not sick of it. Yes we’ve had a weak couple of years. So did Auburn, Alabama; Tennessee, etc. But we still have the 2nd best record in the SEC since the BCS started. So please don’t speak for everyone…just yourself.
Bob
July 2nd, 2011
4:56 pm
What is Richt’s love affair with Rantavious? He’s too short, too predictable, too inconsistent, and too slow to separate to be an SEC receiver. Guess Richt just doesn’t like to admit recruiting mistakes. We have incoming freshmen better then Wooten. Look at how he was missused last year. Doesn’t anyone on our coaching staff know how to evaluate talent? They sure know how to cash those huge checks.
chili dog
July 2nd, 2011
5:05 pm
You got that right Bob. That is one thing Richt and them are good at, cashing them big checks for doing nothing.
Paddy
July 2nd, 2011
5:05 pm
Don’t forget our fullback is a former tight end. Thats another option.
Bob
July 2nd, 2011
5:11 pm
Figgins is a great option and I hope our “brain trust” uses him. I also think Branden Smith, Boykin, and Justin S-W can be Percy Harvin type players to give us a lot of versatility on offense. I’m thinking they can keep defenses off balance and guessing, and make Bobo’s automated playcalling a little better.
rogeriter
July 2nd, 2011
5:12 pm
Bob and Chili dog–has anyone contacted you two about taking the Job? I mean, you know so much more than the coaches!
mustard dog
July 2nd, 2011
5:12 pm
Richt thinks he is cool looking with that hair all spoofed up on that head and wearing them catch me, get me sunglasses. We need a real coach and one that will come in there and clean house.
shankit
July 2nd, 2011
5:13 pm
Have watched Malcom Mitchell for two years at Dosta High,
He is the real deal. He will be drawing double coverage by
the second game. Don’t think Spurrier don’t know his capabilities
He also would be good at lining up like Hines Ward in the Wildcat.
He can skate.
mustard dog
July 2nd, 2011
5:18 pm
shankit… We need players that can play football not skate. rogeriter…Bob and Chili dog make more sense than you do. You must have your head all poofed up and wearing those get me glasses too.
shankit
July 2nd, 2011
5:19 pm
And as far as 2012 recruiting, Malcom Mitchell was a complete unknown
to the “expert” Scouts.com. his Junior year in high school. Didn’t have any stars.
Didn’t get any until Saban, Chizik, Gators (whoever their coach was then)
and everyone else starting offering him. So, if ya’ll are concerned about all
the “Star” players getting away, there are probably a hundred kids that will
get 4 or 5 stars attached to their resume by 2011 end.
Glad Malcom and Jay, along with Drew, picked the Dawgs. Go Dosta Wildcats
rogeriter
July 2nd, 2011
5:20 pm
Oh really Mustard dog,. Make more sense than me? All I’m saying is the coaches are better qualified than they are. No comparison to me. I am as dumb about coaching as they (and you) are!
shankit
July 2nd, 2011
5:21 pm
mustard dog – Go wipe the mustard off your face, you look like —t.
Bob
July 2nd, 2011
5:23 pm
@rogeriter…not yet! Looks like we’re not the only ones who seem to know more than our current coaches. Guess you don’t have to make $3M to go 6-7. What do you think?
Varsity
July 2nd, 2011
5:27 pm
Mustard Dog, you got mustard all over your
right sleeve. We have napkins for you to
wipe your face.
rogeriter
July 2nd, 2011
5:29 pm
I think any coach or player can have a bad year or two. Bear Bryant did! Vince Dooley did! The coach at Penn State did and he’s has more wins than any coach in history. I believe you judge a coach…or player, by his overall work. And Mark Richt still has the 2nd best record in the SEC for the BCS years, which includes all of his.
mr. Johnson
July 2nd, 2011
5:30 pm
UGA needs to go after 2012 receiver Blake Tibbs of Martin Luther King. The kid caught 60 passes last year for 1,053 yards and 8tds last season.
Bob
July 2nd, 2011
5:33 pm
“…and Mark Richt still has the 2nd best record in the SEC”. How ’bout looking at our SEC record for the past three years rogeriter. And while you’re at it, look at our schdeule; we’re still paying him $3M. Are you Katherine Richt?
rogeriter
July 2nd, 2011
5:34 pm
Let me add to the list of coaches who had a bad year or two. How about Bobby Bowden? They don’t bas your pay on one year, but your body of work. Thomas Edison head a few failures too, but he changed the entire world.
mustard dog
July 2nd, 2011
5:40 pm
shankit and varsity… spoof them heads up and get them shades on. Richt and that whole bunch ought to be tarred and feathered for the crap they have allowed and been blind to. Getting a big check and prissing around is all they are fit for. Keep on taking their side and enjoy more of the same as the past few years. No, I ain’t no coach but they sure as hell ain’t either. Spoof it up boys.
Bob
July 2nd, 2011
5:41 pm
Bobby Bowden should have been gone at least three years earlier, and Penn State is in denial about Joe Pa. These schools were happy with 8 win seasons as long as their legends were still there…right. As an alum, a 40+ year season ticket holder, and a 40+ contributor to GEEF/Hartman, I don’t think we’re getting our money’s worth with Richt. Just my opinion.
mustard dog
July 2nd, 2011
5:43 pm
rogeriter…. Are you a Richt or Bobo? You probably blow dry your hair and wear them sunglasses too.
rogeriter
July 2nd, 2011
5:43 pm
Last two years were not so hot. Three years ago we were 10-3, I might add with a tough schedule. But my only point is the coaches know more than we do–regardless of what they are being paid. They may not know more than other coaches–but they dang sure know more ABOUT COACHING THAN WE DO! Surely you agree with that!
NOBODYYOUKNOW
July 2nd, 2011
5:46 pm
As long as they beat Boise St. S. Carolina, Tenn. Auburn, Missipi Kentucky, Flordia,L.S.U. “if they play them this season” can’t remember the schedule. oh and yea, the North Fulton region 3AAA yellow Jackets, and the rest of the schdule, I’ll be happy.
rogeriter
July 2nd, 2011
5:47 pm
OK Mustard dog, Share with us your life accomplishments, cause your a genius when it comes to coaching. What teams have you coached? What is your record? Mine is 0-0. All y’all want to do is insult people, including me. I am just defending a good coach who has had a couple of bad years. That’s all!
Bob
July 2nd, 2011
5:50 pm
Thanks rogeriter for your loyalty and for being a good fan. We, like you, want our Dawgs to win; however, we’re sick and tired of losing to Florida…we used to own them. We like Richt as a person, but question his desire to coach, and his ability to select SEC calibre ass’t coaches. We also respect his expert opinion, but wonder what he saw in Willie, Callaway, Searles, for so long and Bobo. He has no financial incentive to do any better, and maybe that’s the root problem. Just my opinion.
mustard dog
July 2nd, 2011
5:52 pm
rogeriter, I haven’t read anything by you I agree with. Spike your head and wear them Richt looking glasses if you want. Nobody really cares. Just look at our record for the past few years and tell me Richt and his bunch have been on top of this program. You can’t possibly have an argument there can you? Richt needs to leave and anybody that whines about “who can we get” ought to leave with him. He isn’t the only person that can do the job. Everyone of us can be replaced at whatever we do. Richt is too much of a pretty boy and that is why NONE of the other SEC coaches ever say anything good regarding him or his staff.
Bob
July 2nd, 2011
5:58 pm
mustard dog…thanks for your insight and determination. I know we all have opinions, but for the life of me, I can’t see how anyone can expect different results from Richt & Co with the same ole same ole. Maybe McGarity needs to put him on double secret probation…maybe he has.
rogeriter
July 2nd, 2011
6:00 pm
Bob, you had an intelligent reply. I don’t totally agree, but I respect you for your expression. I am not satisfied with the last two years…and I don’t like Bobo’s play calling. But it’s way to early to give Richt the boot. Like I said, take away the last two years and his record is wonderful. I saw Bobby Bowden, Joe Paterno, Vince Dooley and many others have a bad year or two, then turn it around. And I don’t believe Mustard has the solution. His replys sound like a teenager who’s main concern is still getting drunk on Friday night.
rogeriter
July 2nd, 2011
6:05 pm
And I didn’t think i’d get any response from Mustard Dog other than calling names, etc. He has no worthwhile accomplishments. Maybe he is still very young. I hope so. Goodbye! At least for now.
Paddy
July 2nd, 2011
6:07 pm
OK, just a thought. Don’t you believe that CMR. after all the heat he took this off-season, had a come-to-meet-Jesus meeting with Bobo? I for one do think it is a good possibility that he did. Everyone from opposing coaches to our own fans knew what we were going to run on any given situation. I hope and I believe that we will be more balanced and more unpredidtable than ever before with Bobo at the play calling helm. CMR is not going to let this season and his furure at UGA be based on old patterns that have not resulted in more wins without having made major changes in our offense. If Bobo wants to be a long time fixture at UGA he MUST change his predictability. I believe it has been addressed and we will not see the ’same old same old” as in the past couple of seasons. But I thought Neville Chamberlain had good ideas also. We shall see.
Bob
July 2nd, 2011
6:10 pm
Paddy…I hope he did, and he should have as head of the team. We’ll find out against Boise State.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
6:12 pm
Joey, if by disagree about Bobo you mean to say that you think I am some big fan of his, you are ignoring that I was one of the few folks in here suggesting that willie wasn’t the only guy controlling the final score, and (aspects) of the offense were as much or more to blame. So don’t assume that you know what I think about the OC position.
But when you say things that I serious doubt that you believe it really works that way, it seems to diminish a fair conversation about it.
And I am positive that there are a few things we can agree on about Bobo, which I’m betting you are reluctant to admit.
Jim Donnan
July 2nd, 2011
6:22 pm
Any yall wanna loan me some money? Maybe the ath dept can help me out with all those millions they make
Baltisraul
July 2nd, 2011
6:24 pm
@ Paddy
Love the Neville Chamberlain reference. lol
One dimensional offense
July 2nd, 2011
6:31 pm
No AJ. No Kris Durham. 80% of your receiving offense gone. Good luck w that.
Bob
July 2nd, 2011
6:32 pm
Have a safe Fourth everyone…I still can’t believe who would loan Jim Donnan $10M.
shankit
July 2nd, 2011
6:53 pm
In order to compete, Georgia has to stoop to the low levels
of their competition, sign every athlete in the state of Georgia
and weed them out later; have some alumnae in the banking business
offer every recruit a ATM card under a ficticious name; plant some
trees at some corner in Athens that Tech fans can poison; open a
casino on an Indian reservation near Athens ???? that can set up
the slot machines for payouts to the recruits; pay some recruiting “consultant” hard cash to
make sure we get players from the Pac 12; make sure every 5 star
player recruited has an agent and gets an advance against his inevitable
signing bonus; give some scholarships to Pink Pony gals to aid in recruiting;
open up a ficticious tattoo parlor in Athens that is a front for carousing and cash
handouts; have a local car dealer in Athens provide cars to recruits (Is there a
Porsche dealer in Athens?); oh well, this will never happen, guess we’re just
stuck with Mark Richt.
big john 360 lbs
July 2nd, 2011
6:55 pm
I hope to see Branden Smith catch 30+ this year. He is our most explosive offensive player.
Biggest freshman impact will be Malcom Mitchell…by midseason we will see more of him than Wooten and Troupe.
Jimmy Dean
July 2nd, 2011
6:59 pm
You go, Big John.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
7:01 pm
Won’t there still be somebody(s) that accounts for 80% of our passing yards this year too? Did AJ own the mathamatical equation of .8x?
Hairy Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
7:05 pm
I getting tired of bad fans putting blaming on Coach Richt. He the best coach Dawgs had in years and winning in SEC. He gets Dawgs in position to win and then stinky players like Ealy blows it with the fumbles. Now he been allowed to cast out Ealy and we loaded to win East and shuts up bad fans. I not knowing why bad fans not plaing blaming on Adams like they should be. When Dawgs winning SEC few years ago Dawgs could recruit without restrictoins for academics and loading up from Hargraves and sign as many as needed to replace stinkys that we cut loose from team like Ealy. Then Adams choking recruiting best talents with enacting pointy head rules and that causes Dawgs stop winning like earlier in decade. Instead of supporting Coach Richt to fix Adams bad fans blaming on Coach Richt and not making Evans then McG stands up Adams. We gots to gets back to recruiting with no limits just like Bammers and other programs that care about football enough to run school and put pointy headers in place.
old time dog
July 2nd, 2011
7:08 pm
Bob, I agree with your posts wholeheartedly. Rogeriter, don’t get so bent out of frame just because mustard dog has a different opinion than you do. I somewhat agree with most of what he said over what you presented. I agree fan loyalty is a cherished thing but I agree with both Bob and Mustard Dog that Richt has worn thin on a whole lot of UGA fans. He has not done the program like it warranted and is being paid handsomely to do. Mustard Dog is right in that Richt is not respected nor revered by the SEC coaches. That in itself may indicate some issues that we as fans aren’t privy to. I hope he has matured and seen the shortcomings and lack of focus and respect he has garnered. You can still be a true dog fan and not like the coach.
Hairy Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
7:11 pm
placing blaming on Adams
Dirty Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
7:12 pm
Need to lay off Bobo guys…CHdawg, or somebody, said it earlier, play-calling last season had to take Aaron’s inexperience, a third of the season wtihout AJ, and the inconsistency of our RBs and the OLine into account. I’m of the opinion, and I’ve heard it again and again from those that know a lot more about it than me, there aren’t many teams, maybe even none, that can line up against a quality, SEC-caliber, defense, and run the ball when that defense knows that’s what you’re gonna try to do. Throwing on running downs and vice-versa…stretching the field with fast, able receivers, or having a QB that can ‘pull it down and take off’ (that part is questionable in a pro-style offense, but you get it), can make a difference, and Bobo having the confidence in Murray to use the entire play-book should make this season something special.
Glad to hear the support, and updates, on Scott-Wesley. If it’s true that he’s bulked-up to 225 then look out. If they don’t put the ball in his hands and see if he can hold onto it in traffic, I’ll think we’ll have missed a huge opportunity.
As was said, I think we do have a lot of weapons on this team…here’s hoping they’re used to good effect.
Adios
July 2nd, 2011
7:12 pm
Good riddance to Green – one of the lowest class hoodlums ever to play in Athens.
DG
July 2nd, 2011
7:14 pm
There is a lot of depth here, but I would really like to see Marlon Brown step up and for T. King to prove the hype AJ Green put on him.
Hairy Dawg
July 2nd, 2011
7:21 pm
AJ not a hoodlum. He won games and catching the ball as best receiver in country. Hoodlum was Ealy that fumbled to loose games and has bad attitude.
old time dog
July 2nd, 2011
7:44 pm
We should be able to play SC. They should be a good team again this year but eYe don’t feel they are a better unit necessarily. They do have a balanced attack on offense and a really strong defensive unit but this matchup has always seemed to be a tight game. If we are prepared and hungry enough we should be able to match up. eYe just don’t know enough about Boise St. except they have been ranked pretty high. eYe am admittedly guilty of downplaying opponents that don’t have to play a SEC schedule but UGA should show up for this one. eYe wonder if our running game will develop and feel that is the biggest question mark we have. Balance between the pass and run is dependant on each other but eYe feel our OL was more geared toward pass blocking than clearing holes for the rb’s. The defense could be the real key but eYe will feel more confident there when eYe see it. Those first couple of games set the stage for sure and we need to take advantage of this year’s schedule.
Etaoin Shrdlu
July 2nd, 2011
7:48 pm
Boise State 49, Georgia 24
Hardtruth Soldier
July 2nd, 2011
7:50 pm
Justin Wesley- Scott and Conley will be beast, this whole blog section forgot about Figgins out the backfield. Every now and then pull the tailback and stick Charles in a slot position with White at tight end, Brown at flanker, and King at split end and with the speed at tight end will give LB’s nightmare’s, Nobody is looking at Murray’s mobility (funny if if was black it would be “the ” talk.) Trust me this white kid got brother mobility. This is an offense that will be built to score big. Oh and by the way Ken Malcome will be a beast up the middle. People don’t sleep on the Dawgs, this is a team like Auburn last year built to win.
Hardtruth Soldier
July 2nd, 2011
7:57 pm
Boise State, this ain’t the Pac 1O. Bring your A game, because there a little ticked with something to prove from day one.
old time dog
July 2nd, 2011
8:04 pm
Hardtruth, Sounds good and hope that is the way it goes. Don’t think everyone on this blog has forgotten about Figgins but how does any of us know how it will turn out. eYe think most of us understand potentially what Figgins offers but there are alot of question marks heading into that first couple of games.
No Mas
July 2nd, 2011
8:12 pm
The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.
Really sickening, isn’t it.
Paddy
July 2nd, 2011
8:25 pm
Boise St will lose by 2 touchdowns
Wonderful Ohio on the Gulf 'Dog
July 2nd, 2011
9:11 pm
No Mas?
Digame que tu es hablaring about!
No Mas, comment de usted es muy estupido!
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
9:12 pm
Our wins last year were average margins of over 30 points. (Not sure if anyone else noticed but we did blow out the team were supposed to blow out, which hasn’t exactly always been the case in the past.) Our average margins of losing was 8. It’s not like we were just squeeking by the lesser teams and getting embarrased by the others.
And actually in the losses that defined the season the margin was 3. That’s a play or a series of plays.
Bobo can call exactly the same plays as he did last year and if the defense is even marginally better, UGA wins 9-10 games. And I am positive with a second year QB, he is not going to do that.
The question of: is he the best UGA can hire or should Richt be the willing to absorb the learning curve to (hope/maybe) upgrade next year is really NOT the issue right now.
al.com
July 2nd, 2011
9:14 pm
Why doesn’t the Dawgs oversign like bama does. Bama has to cut 7 players to be down to 85. They never have to worry about players each year. I guess they changed the rule one year to late, Didn’t the national champions just get a commitment from GA.’s best WR?
DG
July 2nd, 2011
9:14 pm
It’s obvious that Richt is on a short leash, but I think it’s laughable that people drone on about how awful Bobo is when they were putting record amount of points on the board. Ealey only fumbled, what, 3 times all season? It was the defense folks that was horrible. It cost us the Ark game on the last play. Couldn’t stop a hapless Colorado/Fla team. We shouldn’t be losing games when we put up 30+ points.
Should the running game have been better? Of course, but I am not going to blame Bobo when a couple of all world backs just didn’t get it. Part of their jobs as coaches is make men out of these kids and if that means they have sit them so be it. If that costs UGA the game then I think the player should feel guilty not the coach. I think there may have been a little of that going on last year.
Richt is an extreemly good coach. The constant calls for his firing is rather tiresome. He has been great for the program and the university, and in an age of second chances he deserves it more than most. He didn’t give up like Fulmer, quit like Meyer, or let his ego get the better of him bolt for the NFL only to come back like Spurrier and Saban.
He had the guts to change the whole defense while under fire, has not had one player arrested this year, and recruited a top class for 2011. Give him at least one more season. If he doesn’t turn it around I will the first voicing to let him go. But be carefull what you wish for because in 2-3 years after he’s gone you could be wishing he’d never left.
PowerDawg
July 2nd, 2011
9:18 pm
Wideouts will be a strength as the season progresses. King and Conley will be the starters initially. Mitchell will be a star eventually and Bennett will prove to be a diamond in the rough and surprise a BUNCH of people this year.
Brown’s explosive season may turn into a fizzle I’m afraid, if he doesn’t start using his incredible size and speed to his advantage and become more aggressive when running routes and fighting for the ball. The time for using his lack of knowledge of the playbook is over.
It should have been over last season and he should have been a force when combined with AJ, but he wound up being totally insignificant.
No more excuses. He should be putting up Calvin Johnson-like numbers because he has a future superstar throwing to him, not Reggie Ball.
When Scott-Wesley learns more about how to play reciever, we will have the fastest one in the league, maybe even all of D-1.
We will be just fine at reciever.
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2011
9:44 pm
One thing I am glad that Richt changed was the “running game co-ordinator” position. It gave him an excuse to put McClendon as the RB postion coach , which I believe was a mistake, and also I think if Bobo is going to get the blame for the Running game, he aught to have control over it. I understand that EVERYbody believed CSS was da man when he first came over from LSU, and I imagine Richt was trying to help his young OC out with the separation of duties, but clearly it didn’t work.
DAWG 73
July 2nd, 2011
9:49 pm
What killed us last year was lack of strength and fitness tp “finish the drill”. We pooped every time in the 3rd quarter. With Joe T and his staff I am confident we will do much better. We have the talent.
Biggdawgk
July 2nd, 2011
10:57 pm
Excellent
Valdosta Cat
July 2nd, 2011
11:00 pm
I am telling you guys right now – Malcolm Mitchell will be a star before it is all said and done. This id is EXPLOSIVE!! If he stays healthy he will be All-SEC before he graduates. The kid is a player. He is the best high school receiver I have seen in my 52 years of watching football. GO DAWGS!!
dawggie dawg
July 2nd, 2011
11:32 pm
well The Coach who I think butt is on the line is BoBo.He really needs to show a lot of improvement on play calling.I like A.J. Green,but I think our wide receivers will be much better since Murray won’t have to focused on one guy.MB needs to step up and be the man.
Armchair QB
July 3rd, 2011
12:01 am
from where I sit, things are looking pretty dismal for the Dawgs this season.
Hairy Dawg
July 3rd, 2011
3:16 am
The only thing goning be dismal this years is the hating on Coach Richt. He more Christian and leading us to dominants and winning this year to shut pie hole of bad fans. Dawgs is good from talents but got to fix Adams trying to control when Dawgs run Athens.
Stinger2
July 3rd, 2011
5:53 am
Dawg fans seem to have all kinds of answers as to why they had an off-year in 2010. On this blog, these ranged from poor OL play, poor defense, turnovers at at bad time, poor coaching, and etc. Amusing because if all of these reasons were correct, they would not have won any games. I think the real reason they went 6-7 was simply that the team was not as good as the fans thought they should be. This is always the problem at UGA…..fans…most of whom have expectations off the charts every year. Relax people…its only football.
It Ain't Rocket Science
July 3rd, 2011
5:56 am
CMR has the highest winning percentage of any UGA coach with over 5 years at UGA. CMR has the best bowl record of anybody who has coached at UGAS for over 5 years. CMR has had a team in a bowl game for every year he has coached at UGA.
He has earned the right to see if he can’t get the team, improved over the last couple of years. He should also have earned the right to some fan support as well.
Beast from the East
July 3rd, 2011
6:04 am
“He didn’t give up like Fulmer, quit like Meyer, or let his ego get the better of him bolt for the NFL only to come back like Spurrier and Saban.”
DG,
He hasn’t been offered a job by the NFL, so we have no idea if he would “let his ego get the better of him”.
mustard dog
July 3rd, 2011
6:15 am
DG…. Richt is an extremely good coach??? Well. I guess that is your opinion. Richt had the guts to change his defense??? Hell, he didn’t have much choice now did he? I hope people like you and Rogeriter are happy after we endure another season of this extremely good coach that had the guts to change the defense. Richt is not smart enough to evaluate who he needs to surround himself with as ass’t coaches. He got by for awhile with Donnan fodder. 3 games this past season I watched him keep playing with that hair and wearing sunglasses while being expressionless as we got beat. He is a phony head coach that implements changing colors, jumping off diving boards, celebrating in the end zone, etc. as substitutes for real coaching. He has no clue mentally as how to approach the Florida game and if you don’t believe it just look at the record. The quicker Richt and company ccan be vacated the quicker you will see a better football team. Richt is too worried about his tan and that hair to worry about the game.
old time dog
July 3rd, 2011
6:34 am
eYe feel Richt surely is aware that he took his foot off the pedal. eYe agree that his gimmicks and immaturity have been a major reason he has shown no obvious control over the team at times. He appeared to be a fairly good offensive football mind for a number of years but apparently lacked the staypower and fortitude to continue in the vein and passed the reins off to Bobo. His choices of assistants show maps of burning bridges and obvious poor calculation on his part. To me and obviously numerous others, he has proven to be outcoached by some of the league’s finest. Being beaten by another team is one thing but appearing not prepared and too hesitant is something entirely different. Bob made a great point earlier that due to salary he has no impetus to really do any better. He has had it made folks. We have gotten a nickle’s return for every dollar. I am as loyal a UGA as any but feel Mr. Richt needs to dig hard and then some if things ever change.
1962 Dawg
July 3rd, 2011
6:36 am
Stinger2
Your assesment of UGA’s problems this past season is our fans expectations?
Ofcourse we as UGA fans expect to win every game, dont you as a fan of Tech expect to win every game? If not you’re not much of a fan.
These comments coming from a fan whose team don’t seem to have any fans, the only sellout Tech has had in the past few seasons was the UGA game in 09. If i remember correctly UGA had more fans at that game than Tech did.
Difference in UGA fans and Tech fans is at UGA we support our team.
Tech fans don’t!!
Maybe that’s why we expect to win every game and you folks don’t!!
Fan
July 3rd, 2011
6:58 am
Richt’s record the last three years is dismal at best. Looks like a downward trend to me. My guess is 2011 will be more of the same with the same old excuses and with the same old Richt apologists saying just give him another year.
bobby
July 3rd, 2011
7:13 am
uga’s receivers have the talent to be great but outside of king their receivers are unproven. marlon brown and wooten have the abitlity there is no question about that but they’re totally unproven. To me brown is the key to this receiving core. He 6-5 over 200 pounds and does have speed, quickness, and leaping ability. He has got to be the man in this unit because of his size he a mismatch waiting to happen.
» SEC: Evans trying to rebound; Bama’s secondary violations John Clay’s Sidelines
July 3rd, 2011
7:42 am
[...] Even without A.J. Green, Georgia has options at wide receiver [...]
joe
July 3rd, 2011
8:10 am
All those reserve receivers and TE’s available and we only have two or three OL to back up our OL. Poor recruiting and planning…MR has to start recruiting at least one OL/Position each year. Injury and leaving the program has really put UGA in a dire position. No one should ever trash this OL because they are what we have. As we speak of the new recruited receivers we know it takes at least a year to develop an OL into playing time. Jones and Sturdivant were exceptions. We need to recruit and sign the five star OL and then maybe some of the WR’s will approach the level of Momass and others. No one will approach Greenes level anytime close.
GT
July 3rd, 2011
8:15 am
How can this year’s crop of receivers be as good as last year’s. And you still have the same OC and head coach.
mike bobo garbage play calling
July 3rd, 2011
8:24 am
look for tavaris to have huge year brown needs to step up troupe could also be a star
dawggone
July 3rd, 2011
8:24 am
uga has the best players, the best coaches, the best stadium, the best mascot, the best cheerleaders, the best students, the best fans and as we always do we will win the national championship this year and every year from now on.
dawggone
July 3rd, 2011
8:24 am
Oh, I almost forgot to add, uga sux
DawgToo
July 3rd, 2011
8:36 am
BOBO, just go back and look at GA and Ark game the year before. Bring back your confidence and agressiveness, geese! CMR is too nice, but don’t make him to go out of his way to save your job.
old time dog
July 3rd, 2011
8:36 am
Altamaha… I enjoy your comments but want to point out that just because someone is not pleased with our coaching and direction shouldn’t be confused with whether they are a true fan or not. Those fans that have confidence in Richt hopefully will be right and those like myself who don’t would be happy to be proven wrong. Richt shouldn’t be handed a ongoing vote of confidence based on previous shortcomings though. Losing games can be attributed to lots of factors but it is clearly apparent he has cast doubt over whether he wants to continue or not to me. Richt seemed to me like he tried to run the team on autopilot and did not have us prepared like we could have. When you look back at the discipline or lack thereof, it became a situation which seemed to even carry over throughout the games. Late hits out of bounds, stupid celebrations over just making ordinary, routine plays, having the wrong number of players on the field in more than one instance are several things that tell me something is wrong. The most perplexing thing to me was the end zone celebration in the Florida game during a time when discipline was clearly waning. That idiotic move seemed to cause the officials to sternly scrutinize us the rest of the season and Richt is damned lucky things didn’t spiral out of control between the two teams and cause a major situation. All these things are not to say he hasn’t had some good moments and is a really fine recruiter and has pretty much kept his nose clean. eYe just don’t perceive him being anything more than someone whom once they got monetarily satisfied, lost alot of their drive and focus. I sincerely hope to eat these words as a UGA fan of 52 years and see Richt regain a strong toehold.
Paul N Destin
July 3rd, 2011
8:49 am
UGA …it must still be off season because Dog fans are still talking about how good UGA will be this year.
Saint Richt
July 3rd, 2011
9:08 am
LOL HOMER…………great options. Maybe Marlon Brown’s Grandma will let him catch the ball this year?
Jack
July 3rd, 2011
9:13 am
@Paul Destin: You must have a trouble with comprehension. Most of these posts express concerns from wide receiver to running backs to coaching. You are the one stuck on stupid.
Hit A Single
July 3rd, 2011
9:14 am
Well I see the top five list is nearly completed. And I don’t mean the top five best teams, I mean the top five crooked programs.
1. Southern Cal.
2. North Carolina
3. Oregon
4. Ohio State
Tie at #5
5. Tennessee
5. Auburn (I heard they will be number one by Jan.)
Cullowheedawg
July 3rd, 2011
9:27 am
Reading all the stuff says we have a lot of possibilities, very good talent, but they need to step up. For the last several years we have heard, “FINISH THE DRILL”, well we obviously did not do that. I think it needs to ‘DRILL THE B*********S” and if we do that then we have a chance of finishing well. Also I do think we need to work on establishing the pass in all ways using the talents of our q”back and receivers so that we can also turn loose our backs and I do think Caleb has an excellent opportunity to excel and bring in IC also.
I project a 9/3 season, but that will not win the east.
Cullowheedawg
GDAWG65
July 3rd, 2011
9:42 am
It’s obvious that ‘Jacket Man’ needs to be in a straight jacket. He’s nuts.
UGA '05
July 3rd, 2011
10:08 am
Don’t worry about the o-line. Joe T is working with the whole team to make sure they can finish all 4 quarters. And by the time preseason practice rolls around, they will be able to finish strong through all 4 quarters.
dawgfan
July 3rd, 2011
10:18 am
Since Tech fans are so keen on talking about why certain teams go 6-7, let’s talk about why their joke program went 6-7. First of all, they played Georgia. That’s pretty much an automatic L on the schedule every single year. Secondly, their coach is one dimensional. If you want to lead the nation in rushing he’s your guy. If you want to win a bunch of games and play at an elite level, you might want to look elsewhere for a coach. Last but not least, Tech fans historically have a loser mentality and make excuses and rationalizations for their failures on a football field. Yes, I think this loser mentality trickles down to the players and coaches themselves. There is no accountability. Paul Johnson knows that 8 wins a year in the weak ACC will keep his job safe. The players know that Tech fans will always bail them out with the weak academic excuses. There’s just no incentive for greatness at Tech. Yes Tech fans, we UGA fans have very high expectations for our football team. What’s so wrong with that? We have balls and you don’t. Simple as that.
Thanks for reading.
Hairy Dawg
July 3rd, 2011
10:26 am
Coach Richt can’t do the one thing he needing most. That replacing Adams with supporting pres like Bammers and no more pointy headers. Us good fans got to up the pressure to bring in a pres focused on Dawgs and winning national champs instead a choking recruiting like Adams. We gots to support Coach Richt and quit trying to hot sitting him. Then Dawgs can recruit with no restrictoins like Bammers but we got more talent in state. That leads to stockpiling talent on team and at Hargraves while cutting loose the stinkys that not playing to expose talents for NFL. Once Coach Richt have no more Adams hancuffing in recruiting from Adams then he have best team in SEC with speed to winning several repeat BCS.
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
11:21 am
old time dog, why are you giving me the “real fan” lecture? Not only have I NEVER accused anyone of being any less of a fan to be unhappy with losing football games, I have specifically stated that one has nothing to do with the other, and I have openly defended folks (whom I completely disagreed with thier point) when they were called that.
There are some folks who are so over the top negative, every post , every topic, that they blend in with the trolls that do the exact same thing. They choose that persona, so they get what they deserve in term of perception about thier support. But the fans who just post sincere, honest, factually correct criticism, I have never seen one person blast them for that. Have you?
My last post was fair criticism of Coach Richt, and I have no fear whatsoever of someone questioning my fandom. But I don’t need to trot out that straw man to cover the fact that I can’t defend some over the top emotional rant though, so why would I?
SSIgator
July 3rd, 2011
11:37 am
AltamahaDawg -
A little sensitive today. Bad night last night?
Armchair QB
July 3rd, 2011
11:40 am
Shuffle ‘em in and shuffle ‘em out … oh, and it would be nice if you’d go to class a few times while you’re here … we want to keep up appearances that we are a place of learning.
- Mark Richt recruiting pitch
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
July 3rd, 2011
12:41 pm
SSI gaterd
Altamaha is very defensive of any criticism of UGA especially his favorite coach
Dont worry bud, UGA has way too many fans like him and fans who have a lot of money that go to UGA games for a social event
The president of my company has 10 tickets and told me he doesnt care about UGA he just uses the tickets for business
Dont worry enjoy beating us year after year
Altamaha is one of the many fans who crawl up into a ball with a thumb in his mouth when we play FL, then after the beat down he cheers himself up by reminding himself that Richt is a 10 game winner
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
12:43 pm
Pretty much the level headed response tone I give all the time.
Do you seriously not have anything better to do in your life than make sophomoric jokes in another man’s sports blog, SSI? you have to see how sad that is, right?
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
12:50 pm
Spoken like a man who didn’t read a word I said flat tire. Well one thing is true, I have a lot in common with the guy who is the president of your company. (aside from also being the boss) I don’t get to sit back and throw darts and talk a big game and hope somebody mistakes that for DOING something. Maybe that the big differnce in how I behave about football games.
And speaking the folks in here who choose to be be pretty much indidiquishable from the trolls….raise your hand.
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
12:51 pm
new word there.
SSIgator
July 3rd, 2011
1:14 pm
AltamahaDawg -
Good Lord man, relax a little bit. Whenever I need a little comic relief this is a great place to visit from time to time. I am also very impressed that you care so deeply about my opinions. Only last week I was “Glynn Middle School” and this week I am “sophomoric”. I am really rising fast on your chart. Maybe soon I will be at the same level of insight that you have managed to achieve. One can only hope. The Dalai Lama certainly has nothing on you oh wise one.
Smoke & Mirrors
July 3rd, 2011
1:26 pm
How can A.J. Green
be regarded as the best Georgia reciever of all time?
A.J. Greene NEVER
even cracked a 1,000 yard recieving season in three years.
What a joke.
Delbert D.
July 3rd, 2011
1:47 pm
Part of the mental conditioning problem for Murray is that a he runs through his check-downs, he has to avoid the shock factor at who he is seeing. Jeez, I thought he was a LB; OK, we’ll just chuck that one out of bounds.
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
2:11 pm
Yes you have taken the big step to sophomoric. Now if we could only get you to act like a grown man.
goodnessgracious
July 3rd, 2011
2:35 pm
Michael Bennett
Poopdawg
July 3rd, 2011
2:45 pm
Smoke, your the joke!
Hairy Dawg
July 3rd, 2011
3:22 pm
Exactly. Smoke done smoking the funny cigaretts. AJ Greene had talent and dominants numbers and that why other team double covering all time and AJ still burned em. That shows talent and high drafting more than any other Dawg receivers.
Lydia in Senoia
July 3rd, 2011
3:25 pm
A.J. Green was a cancer to this team. They’re better off without this low class punk.
Hairy Dawg
July 3rd, 2011
3:34 pm
AJ Greene knew how to play while exposing his talents. Dawgs need a team full of players like that instead of stinkys that fumbling with bad attitude like Ealey. That why we cut Ealy this spring. Crowell is goning be 100 tines better than Ealy and may break Herschel freshman records.
mustard dog
July 3rd, 2011
3:57 pm
Altamaha, Why did you say what you did to old time dog? I went back and read some of your previous posts and you were griping about people putting Richt down. I agree with old time dog in that you don’t have to like Richt and still be a true UGA fan. You try to come across as the final word on things but your ego and big mouth say otherwise.
SSIgator
July 3rd, 2011
4:02 pm
mustard dog -
Don’t you dare insult the wise one. Did you not know he is the keeper of the KoolAid machine?
Hairy Dawg
July 3rd, 2011
4:07 pm
Altamaha is right in that to many of these big mouth supposed fans is wrongly trying to hurt Coach Richt and bring down program as bad fans. Coach Richt is bests for Dawgs and goning make bad fans pay this year with the winning of SEC and on to BCS.
slaw dog
July 3rd, 2011
4:11 pm
Altamaha you can’t have your cake and eat it too! Old time dog was right on with what he said and I sure didn’t feel like he was lecturing you or anybody else for that matter. You are pretty guilty of lecturing about how great Richt is and that loyal fans wouldn’t do that. Nothing personal but I would have to agree with mustard dog in that you feel pretty smug about yourself. How about think before you pop off to everybody.
Randall H.
July 3rd, 2011
5:08 pm
For me this sums it up, T.E. Orson Charles.
Fennel
July 3rd, 2011
5:54 pm
Aaron Murray will prove beyond doubt after the BSU and USC games that he is not a big-time QB.
And Mark Richt will be scrambling, looking for a Plan B.
UGA history over 50 years
July 3rd, 2011
6:01 pm
I can name but will not name, 10-15 UGA wide outs, not counting tight ends, that won more games than AJ Green ever did. Part of the motives behind proclaiming a kid as “the numero uno best, ever in the last 4000 years” is ……………. recruiting. Coaches are always in future mode with players.
Green promised to make someone pay for his absense in the first 4 UGA games. We played Colorado and his leg cramped and he did make some fabulous grabs …………. but he punished no one and we lost.
Good luck to AJ, he is not the best ever and frankly, will be forgotton within 3 years.
Jimmy Shirer was really good and so was Richard Appleby and his pass to Gene Washington vs Florida and too many to name. Hell, even McClendon, the UGA running backs coach caught the winning score vs GT in the game where Reggie Ball dumped it out of bounds on 4 th down in Grant Field.
Go Dogs.
UGA class of 71 & 73
Effie's of Athens Boarding House
July 3rd, 2011
6:29 pm
Run Lindsey, Run.
Fran Tarkenton
July 3rd, 2011
6:32 pm
The problem isn’t the wide receivers. The problem is called Bobo…
Snoop Dawg
July 3rd, 2011
6:34 pm
Good on you Slaw Dog! I’m tired of these self righteous apologist losers like Altamaha, it ain’t rocket science and southgadawg88 or whatever his stupid name is. These folks are just losers. They are probably Florida Gators or Alabamans trying to con the Bulldog Nation to keep Richt and his embiciles on the payroll. We aren’t going to win again until they are gone. Wake up folks.
Poopdawg
July 3rd, 2011
6:43 pm
Lydia, low class punk? AJ has more class than you why make such an ignorant comment? Anybody questioning AJ’s greatness has no clue on evaluating talent.
Hairy Dawg
July 3rd, 2011
6:44 pm
I don’t knowing how someone can see Murray throwing and not realize kid got big times arm and goning displays talents this year. We just needed to get rid of stinkys like Ealy and bring in Dream Team to be back on top and running SEC. Now we have to cast out bad fans that not supporting and all be back well with Dawg nations.
Poopdawg
July 3rd, 2011
6:45 pm
Fennel , keep on wishing your life away.
Poopdawg
July 3rd, 2011
6:53 pm
Fran, you can’t blame it all on Bobo . He’s Richts choice and Richt is a offensive coach. Just like Kirby Smart shouldn’t be blamed for all of Bamas defensive shortcomings due to Saben.
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
6:54 pm
Mustard dog, and slaw dog, you can distort the truth all you want. I know, and folks in here that I trust and respect know what I said, what I meant by it. You didn’t like my comments, fine, but your feigned indignation might be a bit more convincing if you could actually disagree with any points I make. Or even categorized it correctly.
My comment to old dog were extremely specific about a point he said to me, deal with it. Particularly since I agree with that point. No idea why you two decided to get offended by that. I assume he didn’t.
hairy dog, with all due respect, I can live without you distorting what I said as well.
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
7:04 pm
I’d like to see an example of me “lecturing to everyone how great Richt is”. You can certainly find plenty of examples of me disgreeing with a specific points made about Richt and giving my take on that. I’d direct you to several right on this very thread. I’m sorry that you can’t tell the difference. Or want to. I would have enjoyed the honest debate.
old time dog
July 3rd, 2011
7:08 pm
altamaha dawg… eYe could really give a rat’s ass what you print or think. You ain’t the only UGA fan in town. Seeem to be spending more time defending what you defended before you defended that!!!!!!! You and Sir Richt deserve each other.
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
7:16 pm
Appearanty you do though.
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
7:18 pm
So, no dispute to what I actually said?
AltamahaDawg
July 3rd, 2011
7:41 pm
I will say this old time dog, I assumed you were talking “other people”, since I certainly have never called you any less of a fan (or anyone else for that matter, which was my point). So I hope you don’t think I was lumping you in with the folks who might as well be trolls because they sound exactly like them or those who do nothing but rant emotionally. I’ve never known you to be either.
tenn.DAWG
July 3rd, 2011
9:26 pm
There is plenty of talent on this squad,it’s all about coaching at this point.CMR and Bobo know they need to perform.Should be an interesting year.
old time dog
July 3rd, 2011
9:36 pm
eYe know this blog was about receivers and we should have a few that can play. eYe think the King kid has been blown up a bit. He doesn’t appear to be too eager to grab passes after the defense sticks him good. He does have some speed and if he works on his moves then maybe he is a factor. Brown seems to have been written off and hasn’t shown alot but the kid has the ability, size and speed to be a good one. Don’t know if he will develop but like him on the topside. Bennett has been pretty consistent and could actually play a bigger role than last year. The tight ends ? Doesn’t seem like we utilize them much except for blocking or when Murray sprints out and has multiple targets to the sideline. Maybe other teams are just as predictable but we sure as hell are. What ever happened to that quick slant over the middle? It used to be a pattern that worked every now and then. It would really be nice to see these these receivers do a little blocking downfield once a play takes off. eYe thought this was a problem in several games last year. Overall, eYe feel the receivers are likely to be good enough and should be good to go.
sneakuponum
July 4th, 2011
6:10 am
7 and 5
mustard dog
July 4th, 2011
9:51 am
altamaha, old time dog really popped it to you didn’t he? HAHA! I guess he got tired of your kissing Richt’s tail just like everybody else has. Nice read and take on the receivers by old time dog.
slaw dog
July 4th, 2011
9:53 am
AltamahaDawg, I agree completely with mustard dog. You are a
slaw dog
July 4th, 2011
9:56 am
My bad there. Anyway, AltamahaDawg is a Richt fan more than a dawg fan. Mustard dog got it right. Old time dog seems like a pretty level headed guy and apparently called out Altamaha for spouting his craziness.
old time dog
July 4th, 2011
10:03 am
mustard, slaw…eYe ain’t looking to put nobody down, just trying to hear of something new on UGA and spill my frail thoughts every now and again. eYe have read some good stuff AltamahaDawg has thrown out and eYe have read alot he said eYe don’t agree with. Sure it’s that way with lots of folks who go on these things. Anyway, eYe enjoy reading what eYe can on UGA and probably sort of use it as a barometer on things. Where did ya’ll come up with those names???
slaw dog
July 4th, 2011
10:05 am
Got my handle cause I like slaw dogs, especially those at Kenny’s.
mustard dog
July 4th, 2011
10:08 am
I came up with mustard dog because it was all I could think of when I went to post something. Probably not real imaginative. Ole Altamaha ought to try a mustard or slaw dog or maybe one with pickles and relish.
old time dog
July 4th, 2011
10:09 am
….okay…..Guess now we know…??….
SSIgator
July 4th, 2011
10:12 am
AltamahaDawg -
Stop digging. The hole is just getting deeper.
CajunInjectorDawg
July 4th, 2011
10:13 am
Slaw,Mustard,Chili,Old Time, and Altamaha Dawgs and/or Dogs…..Best of all try shooting a little creole butter in a ballpark frank. But of course Altamaha would disagree with all of us.
old time dog
July 4th, 2011
10:26 am
Wow!!! eYe didn’t know there were so many dogs/dawgs. Well, what say we get back into football instead of hot dogs/dawgs? eYe know eYe got several questions in my mind about some things regarding the upcoming season at UGA. First off, eYe admit eYe am NOT a Richt fan and have never been. My reason for saying that lies in the fact he was a young first time head coach who came into UGA with some fire and new ideas offensively. eYe always felt he was lost on defense and when he had to make choices for assistant coaches, well he didn’t use the best of rationale, IMO. eYe hate gimmicks, unprofessionalism, being asleep at the wheel and a few other things that cropped their ugly heads while Richt has been here. eYe have mouthed off about those before. Has Richt seen the light and has he matured as a leader and head coach? eYe don’t know. To me, that is one of the biggest question marks heading into this season.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
10:30 am
Yea, he really got me with that deserving Richt an all. ouch!. even got the rival trolls piling on. 50 cent for the first person to actually disagree with anything I have said. OR, just keep throwing out banilities. Seems to be the order of the day.
Please list anything crazy I have said slaw. I’m betting you can’t.
chili dog
July 4th, 2011
10:30 am
Hey boys!!!! The answer to your question old time dog is NO. Richt got fat off that big salary and quit taking notice of what he should have. May be too late to repair it. Just ask slaw, mustard,etc…
slaw dog
July 4th, 2011
10:34 am
AltamahaDawg, There you go again blaming old time for what you claim are trolls? Just look back over previous blogs and you will honestly know you caused more trolls than anyone. I bet old time gets tired of your bs about him.
old time dog
July 4th, 2011
10:37 am
eYe am out of here. Didn’t come to argue or even defend necessarily. In about a month there should start being some football worthy news maybe.
naked dog
July 4th, 2011
10:39 am
Way to go AltamahaDawg. Now see what you caused. You must be a Florida fan or a Tech fan or something.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
10:48 am
Again, call me out on the actual statement I make, prove me wrong, or ….you know keep smokescreening your inability to do that. Under how ever many different names as it takes you. Weak.
McEverDawg
July 4th, 2011
10:50 am
Stop all this!!!!! Right NOW!!!!!! I bust into little bitty pieces when you boil me!!!!! Stop!!!!!
mustard dog
July 4th, 2011
10:53 am
Well okay Altamaha you kept asking for it so I will deliver. Bobo can call the same plays as last year and if the defense is even marginally better we will win 9 or 10 games. Remember that one?
Packdump
July 4th, 2011
10:56 am
Ga got a bust in super 11 Conley……when u disappear in a high school game where u get smacked the first play and don’t make a catch the whole game and don’t even try to get open then u are not gonna make it in college or the sec….guess he ran a great 40 at some camp!
slaw dog
July 4th, 2011
11:01 am
“there are some folks who are so over the top negative”…. remember that little jewel? I agree with mustard,creole,McEver,old time and naked dog. Now it is your turn to argue. You have already ran old time dog off with your nonsense.
mustard dog
July 4th, 2011
11:02 am
I am out of here too.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
11:03 am
yes, I do, and I can give you factual statistical reasons to say that. WHY do you think that is incorrect specifically?
naked dog
July 4th, 2011
11:03 am
Wait on me ya”ll! Don’t leave me here with Altamaha!!!
slaw dog
July 4th, 2011
11:05 am
I am out of here too boys!!! This could be a UGA blog if it weren’t for Altamaha and the Richt swillers.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
11:06 am
so you are saying that there AREN”T some folks over the top negative? you are saying that there aren’t poster in the AJV blogs that constantly refer to the coaches as “fools” “clowns” , stupid, clueless. no idea about the inner working of thier own football profgram?
I’ll be glad to hear how there are NOT some folks over the top negative in here.
chili dog
July 4th, 2011
11:08 am
Way to go!!! I am leaving tooo!!!!!! You got it all to yourself Altamaha. I knew it was over when old time signed out.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
11:09 am
So far sounds like you picked a couple you didn’t like. Again, I am betting that you can’t actually dispute them.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
11:13 am
Really? you and your other names not sticking around? Not going to tell me how I was wrong?. That’s so unexpected.
GATOR KING
July 4th, 2011
11:13 am
They just did dispute them. You are hopeless.
Teddy Roosevelt
July 4th, 2011
11:14 am
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnl5w2HmHd1qjbz5lo1_500.jpg
Directhit
July 4th, 2011
11:14 am
Everybody sees this but him, you know? it’s sad.
Rumble Bumble Tumble Fumble
July 4th, 2011
11:16 am
Boise St 58, UGA 0.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
11:17 am
Bunch of cowards.
Eleanor Roosevelt
July 4th, 2011
11:17 am
Shut up Teddy.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
11:18 am
well one coward, many names.
3rd down
July 4th, 2011
11:27 am
I think ga will miss a j green. He was pretty much the best receiver in the land.
Paulistall
July 4th, 2011
11:32 am
Receivers have never been a problem so there is no use trying to second guess everything. Murray will have lots of targets and there ain’t no way Boise St. beats the dawgs. Richt is a great coach and we are lucky to have him. I am tired of people whining and bitching about him. Could they do any better? I’m talking about folks like old time dog and those other weiners.
Snoop Dawg
July 4th, 2011
11:48 am
Snoop Dawg’s mamma once said that if you find yourself in a hole, then quit digging. Altamaha dog and his alias friend are in Richt’s hole, and it seems that they really dig it.
First, on receivers. AJ Green was an embarassment to UGA. He let down his team and was the direct cause of 3-4 losses last year. He’s also a diamond earring punk.
Listen up, folks. The AJC folks can pick a topic to talk about, but all of us without any fetishes over Mark Richt know that he is the weak link here. He’s a very expensive one, too. Hairy dog’s new propaganda about how Adams is keeping Richt down was hilarious, but a lot of the Richt zombies will eat it up. Let me give you ten reasons to pull the plug on him now
1. Cam Newton
2. Blackouts
3. 14 arrests last year
4. Bobo
5. Willie
6. Three Million per year times ten equals thirty million dollars of unearned income.
7. Coaching up 4 and 5 star talent to 1 and 2 stars consistently.
8. Uncanny knack to hammer square pegs into round holes.
9. Oakley cool man shades.
10 Buddha on the sidelines.
Next time I’ll list ten more. I’ve got a couple of hundred.
Here’s another thing. There’s a little group of bloggers–altamaha, itaintrocketscience, southgadawg88, hairydawg who all put out Richt’s propaganda constantly and make ad hominim attacks on anyone who questions our lousy incompetent coaching. They are probably multiple aliases for the same person–maybe even Richt or Water Girrrrl themselves. Maybe they are on Richt’s payroll–that 3 million per year could hire an entire PR team with pocket change. Anyway, these losers are the ones who are really not true to their school. Rise up and establish a zero tolerance for these stump brains.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
12:34 pm
And YET, you can’t dispute a single thing I say.
I would be SOOO easy to shut up, if you have the wit, or stones, to do it. You got nothing but the same worn out cartoon character BS.
I’m sure you’ll have a great season.
old time dog
July 4th, 2011
12:34 pm
Lousy, incompetent coaching? Yeah, that is pretty much what eYe have seen too. Nickle return on the dollar from Richt and his staff. You are what you are and Richt has gone beyond that. He has clearly demonstrated what he isn’t. Snoop, those are some of the very reasons eYe feel this program can’t turn the corner. Bring on some more of the gospel truth and the Richtites will swarm. Richt may find he isn’t as smart long term as he first felt he was. He got the money and endorsements but can he keep them? eYe myself am sick of having to point out obvious roadblocks to those who try to keep driving straight ahead. eYe don’t think you go to an ear and throat specialist with a broken foot.
Snoop Dawg
July 4th, 2011
12:48 pm
altamaha dog, you are inebriated from Richt’s elixir of that delicious Koolaid. If you weren’t so brain dead you would know that not only I but most of the bloggers here have exposed you for the bag of hot air that you are. You are a traitor to the Dawg Nation and a promoter of low standards and loserville.
Snoop Dawg
July 4th, 2011
12:53 pm
Don’t fall for Bobo’s the problem propaganda. Red herring. Bobo works for Richt. Richt is the problem.
Snoop Dawg
July 4th, 2011
12:55 pm
Franklin Graham and Robert Schuller do not make $3M per year… They are probably better at leadership and the game of football than da Preacha Man Markt Wrecked…
Snoop Dawg
July 4th, 2011
12:56 pm
Drink up that Koolaid, Dawgnation… Your hangover will start in early September…
Snoop Dawg
July 4th, 2011
12:56 pm
…as usual…
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
1:14 pm
Other have? really? But YOU can’t. Is that how it is?
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
1:15 pm
….as usual….
Poopdawg
July 4th, 2011
1:50 pm
Snoop , “AJ was an embarrassment to UGA?” That statement proves your a large dumb ass!
old time dog
July 4th, 2011
2:01 pm
Poop, He was a distraction. C’mon now guys, cut Altamaha a little slack here. When one is addicted to Richtaide you can’t make them understand what is really best for the team. Anyway, we are stuck with him this year like it or not. eYe even hope we are wrong and he rights the course of things but in reality eYe don’t really think he can or will. Altamaha, eYe hope you have a better day. Seems like most here are sick of Richt and how much handle he’s been given.
mark
July 4th, 2011
2:04 pm
This team will win no more than eight games.
Mary Kastner Hulsey
July 4th, 2011
2:05 pm
Why do ya’ll want to fuss? I think mustard, slaw, naked, creole and chili dogs have cute names. My cousin, Billy Lothridge went to GT. I chose UGA and I am proud of it. So please stop biting at each other or I am going to cry.
polish sausage dog
July 4th, 2011
2:08 pm
Guess i’ll put my 2 cents worth into this conversation. UGA will get bH better when Richt is gone and that should be evident by now to any dawg fan. Hold the slaw,musstard,and other condiments.
HEBREWNATIONALDOG
July 4th, 2011
2:09 pm
Mark likes these.
OscarMeyerDog
July 4th, 2011
2:11 pm
I like AltamahaDog because he is so smart. His best friend is SSIGATOR>
Cheerio
July 4th, 2011
2:15 pm
This team goes the same direction as the year before and the year before that and the year before that. Old time speaks the truth on a nickle return for every dollar spent and I believe he is being generous at that.
Mary Kastner Pennington
July 4th, 2011
2:16 pm
I just got married.
old time dog
July 4th, 2011
2:18 pm
And people griped about Dooley, Goff and Donnan. Lord help us.
Narvie
July 4th, 2011
2:19 pm
What time do the Braves play?
old time dog
July 4th, 2011
2:21 pm
Narvie, This is a UGA football blog or what’s left of it. But to answer your question I think it is at 7PM.
altamahapuppy
July 4th, 2011
2:22 pm
Do I have a chance on here?
Mary Kastner
July 4th, 2011
2:28 pm
It just didn’t work out.
Narvie
July 4th, 2011
2:29 pm
Who do they play tonight, is it the mets?
Mary Kastner
July 4th, 2011
2:31 pm
Forget that dumb old baseball game Narvie. Why don’t you and I get together and for kicks we can see if altamaha puppy makes it in this cruel, old world.
AD
July 4th, 2011
2:33 pm
I see i’ve probably still got some work to do.
Mary Kastner
July 4th, 2011
2:34 pm
AD, does that stand for athletic director? If so, i bet you make alot of money, don’t you? Want to go out sometime?
Poopdawg
July 4th, 2011
2:35 pm
OT DAWG AJ was only a distraction because of his suspension. He was a model teammate and all DAWG. If the NCAA Checked every player’s checkbook I would have no problem with AJ’s suspension. He should’t have sold his jersey but the NCAA will go to hell for their investigative methods.
Gadawg43
July 4th, 2011
3:29 pm
Uga won both of its most recent sec titles without a prolific receiver so I fill confident with the group we have.
grasseater
July 4th, 2011
3:44 pm
you better start worryin about your O-line, aka worst in the SEC. Not to worry; Birmingham on New Years Day vs. Syracuse won’t be so bad, led by interim head coach Mike Bobo. Write that one down!
moleman
July 4th, 2011
3:49 pm
@Gadawg43 …who cares about your most recent SEC titles; how long ago was that??? Let me remind you of this..National CHampionships since your most recent SEC title: Florida x2, LSU x 2, Bama x1, Auburn x1……just sayin…
moleman
July 4th, 2011
3:51 pm
correction…Lsu x1; LSU x2 since Lucky Dooley and half-wit Herschel won it in 1980…1980!!!! hell, BYU has won one since then…
Poopdawg
July 4th, 2011
4:13 pm
Grass eater the o line will be thin on quantity but not on quality. Too much grass?
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
5:02 pm
what, old dog, what is best for the team? Today as we sit, July, what is best for the team going forward?
Old Dog
July 4th, 2011
5:18 pm
Altamahigh dog, the best thing for the team going forward is to shut your pie hole…
SOUTHGADAWG88
July 4th, 2011
6:06 pm
AltamahaDawg I see you have been standing alone against the haters brother.lol…giving them hell as usual!Watch how they run and hide by the 3rd game.
It’s funny how old Snoop dawg’s true colors have finally come out too lol.
Happy 4th fellas…the Dewar’s is calling me….cheers…be safe on the roads.
AltamahaDawg
July 4th, 2011
6:34 pm
give em hell? on the contrary. I am rolling over, exposing my belly, and outright DARING any one them (to what degree it’s actually different people) to take thier best shot . You know, refute something I actually posted. You see the responses. Very disapointing.
Bob
July 4th, 2011
7:13 pm
Coaching preferences aside, the topic of this blog is wide-receivers; in my opinion, we have the best in the SEC. Brown and King should be awesome (Troupe will do well, too)…Wooten needs to be more than a third down, predictable receiver. I think our best weapons are Boykin and Smith as offensive rather than defensive players, and Justin S-W, who will turn some heads. Don’t discount Mitchell. Aaron Murray finally has some playmakers if our OL holds together to give him a little time. And, our running game will be fine if Bobo doesn’t screw it up. Don’t ya’ll think our defense has to be better, too?
Hairy Dawg
July 4th, 2011
8:04 pm
Nearly everybody here except Atlamaha is trying to hot sit Coach Richt as bad fans. Coach Richt leds us to SEC Champs more than any since Coach Dooley. And then the ungrateful bad fans come on here and dumps ion him. I sick and tired of distorting Coach Richt records when he won more than other Dawg coachs and he has to deal with Adams hancuffing and choking recruiting. Coach Richt is Christian that helps in recruiting and could cast out wicked servants that not using talents if nots for Adams restrictoins. To compete like Bammers and winning East repeated times we can’t have Adams choking recruiting but got to be free like Bammers to bring in talents and cut those that not panning out. That frees schollies for more talent.
As far as this year, we reloaded talented players and now learned how 3-4 works for having dominants defense. That plus Crowell and receivers with Murray experiences will makes us win East. Then just got to beat West and win BCS and Dawgs national champs again.
History could be a guide for UGA
July 4th, 2011
9:12 pm
This piece is about AJ Green. Will he be missed? History knows that answer.
Dominic WIlkins left UGA for the NBA and the next year UGA went to the Final Four.
Hershal Walker left ( i never learned to spell his name correctly) and UGA defeated Number 1 Texas in Dallas at the then very excellent Cotton Bowl and ended up like number 4.
AJ Green? He is not in the league of either of these two players and for sure, circumstances of each year always win out.
With Green being at UGA or gone, will not matter. Not one major game did Green win for UGA in his 2.2 year career.
Go Dogs.
Hairy Dawg
July 4th, 2011
9:33 pm
It spelled Herschel and all good Dawgs should know how.
Preston
July 4th, 2011
10:11 pm
Hairy Dawg, how in the world has Adams “choked” recruiting? Recruiting hasn’t been a problem at UGA. I love CMR and I’m pulling for him, but he had better start utilizing the talent that he has at his disposal or he needs to go do mission work permanently. For me (and most other UGA fans I know), it’s win the SEC East, or good luck with your future endeavors. Thanks for the memories.
Mary Kastner
July 4th, 2011
10:20 pm
That rat stood me up too!!! Can you believe it? I wish slaw dog or somebody would catch up with me.
Hartz Mtn Dog
July 4th, 2011
10:22 pm
You think you got troubles Mary, geez. My flea collar don’t work!!!
Old Dog
July 4th, 2011
10:22 pm
P-man – When my boss does my performance review, he is looking at the last six months, not what I did for the company 4 years ago. Same with Mark Richt, he should be judged for what he has done for us lately. He should stop resting on his laurels and try to put a winning team on the field. And for heaven’s sake, don’t try to throw a long pass in overtime again, and have it intercepted.
SSIcrocodile
July 4th, 2011
10:24 pm
Where you at AltamahaDawg??? Come out, come out wherever you are! Probably practicing carrying a SAVE RICHT banner.
Hairy Dawg
July 4th, 2011
10:28 pm
Preston it very simple and I surprised most other Dawg fans can’t notice it. When we winning SEC in early half of 2000’s we had plenty of Hargraves up and down lineup and now we got almost none. The only difference is Adams and the pointy heads now making Coach Richt play with hands tied behind backs. We can’t recruit players that Bammer signs and we can’t sign as many as Bammers each year cause pointy head Adams holding us back. It not fair for Dawgs to have to competes with Bammers on field and then Adams prevents signings some players and bringing in developed talent from Hargraves and getting as many new recruits each year as Bammers who cut players. That limits Coach Richt and it Adams faults.
Narvie
July 4th, 2011
10:41 pm
The Braves won ya’LL. Freeman hit himself two home runs. Sorry Mary. I got to watching the game and forgot we had a date.
Onion Dawg
July 4th, 2011
10:42 pm
You knew I was bound to appear sooner or later didn’t you?
Mary Kastner
July 4th, 2011
10:43 pm
Stay away from me Onion Dawg!!! I hate men with onion breath!!!!
Cloret Dog
July 4th, 2011
10:45 pm
How bout me Mary? My breath is nice and minty.
Budweiser Dog
July 4th, 2011
10:47 pm
Leave them chumps alone Mary. My breath smells like a Clydsdale.
AJ
July 4th, 2011
10:49 pm
I thought this blog was supposed to be about how I couldn’t be replaced. Help me out Altamaha.
watson
July 4th, 2011
10:50 pm
Doesn’t matter how good the WR are.. If the O-line isn’t worth a flip again we could have 10 AJ’s out there and we’d still only win about 5 games..
Altamafucious
July 4th, 2011
10:54 pm
Altamafucious say if team looses lots of games then get new coach. SYONARA!
Corn Dog
July 4th, 2011
10:56 pm
Ya’ll better watch what you’re spreading. I’m all battered up!!!
Deep Fried Dog
July 4th, 2011
10:58 pm
&()((%^$#W#$%^&*()FC VKL
Mr. Kahn
July 4th, 2011
10:59 pm
Back in the pack boys!!!!
Clark Gable Dawg
July 4th, 2011
11:05 pm
Frankly Altamaha, I don’t give a ?/_-
Dog
July 4th, 2011
11:06 pm
Which way did they go? Which way did they go ya”ll?
fan121211
July 4th, 2011
11:09 pm
Look for T. Bradberry to become the next Durham… extremely sure handed.
Mary Kastner
July 4th, 2011
11:09 pm
Last chance here boys or I’m going to the Bama or Fla. blog. I know I ain’t going to the GT blog cause I bet they ain’t even got one!
Yeller Fuzz
July 4th, 2011
11:12 pm
That’s fine with us here at GT Mary. We wouldn’t know what to do with you anyway.
Mr. Kroger
July 4th, 2011
11:15 pm
Have any of ya’ll went Krogering?
chipper
July 4th, 2011
11:27 pm
Narvie, If you watched that game last night please tell everybody how far off the plate those last two pitches were.
Margaret Kastner
July 4th, 2011
11:31 pm
I’m Mary’s mother. Tell her she better have her little butt back home by midnight or my third husband will throw her stuff out of the trailer. He is a Gt fan with a tattoo of PJ frying fish on his arm.
frozen dog
July 4th, 2011
11:32 pm
Is it cold to ya’ll. I’m freezing.
steamed dog
July 4th, 2011
11:33 pm
Naw man, not to me. I’m burning up.
fan 3954
July 4th, 2011
11:44 pm
Can any of ya’ll tell me where the UGA football blog is? Thanks.
fan 3955
July 4th, 2011
11:47 pm
You’re on it 3954. It’s probably a little hard to tell but you’re on it. Hey, didn’t you date Mary Kastner back in the tenth grade? Seems like I even went out with her too. That Mary was special, huh?
unknown
July 4th, 2011
11:49 pm
UGA will be a better team this year……as long as Richt and his assistants do their required and expected jobs.
sand dog
July 5th, 2011
12:05 am
Goodnight.
Hairy Dawg
July 5th, 2011
12:18 am
Some of these bad fans that blaming on Coach Richt wouldn’t know good coaching if it’s jumped out and bit them on the patootey. Coach Richt know what he doing and just needs to cut the restrictoins to lets him recruit and stockpiles the talents. Then he has game plan to keep Dawgs always winning with more talent then other teams that coming to Dawgs to expose for NFL and Coach Richt being Christian. Those that don’t display talents for benefits of Athens ladies get sent packing as casted out and cut from team.
Tight ends: Led by Orson Charles, strong UGA legacy poised to continue | UGA sports blog
July 5th, 2011
6:02 am
[...] July 2 — Wide receivers [...]
Chip Towers
July 5th, 2011
10:24 am
bicalidawg: I thought Kris Durham stepped up in a pretty big way while A.J. was out last season.
Joe
July 5th, 2011
10:28 am
Let’s see…..take nothing away from AJ- he was great but the fact remains we didnt have him for 4 games last year- and when we did have him, we either 1. Didnt use him- ala FLA or he didnt make a difference and we lost anyway…..maybe having a few good players will be better than having a great one
note pads
July 5th, 2011
12:52 pm
Everyone loves to watch this type of game. May we always promote this type of game.
Zeke
July 5th, 2011
4:38 pm
No WR caught more than 2 td’s last year. No scorers here. Trouble at WR.
DAWGDAZ
July 5th, 2011
4:58 pm
Watched Murray in H.S. and he spread the ball all around. He had three guys his jr year who all got D1 scholarships (one kid had something like 95 catches Murray’s jr year and 90 the Murray’s soph year). Then came Orson and another kid Murray played peewee ball for all of their senior year. Orson and the human highlight Allen Sampson both got D1 scholarships. Keep in mind, Orson’s jr year he had all of 12 catches, 3 TD’s, but did have 400 yds on an average team. If the receiver’s coach at Plant had Orson for more than 1 year, he would have been even better running routes and catching the ball. I wouldn’t worry too much about Murray getting the ball to an open man, rather I’d be more concerned with the coaches opening things up and allowing him to do his thing.
dapperdanman
July 6th, 2011
4:24 am
Thunder Dome!!!!
This Sept. 3 in Atlanta, we Georgians (and Dawg Fans) have the opportunity to make a statement.
This may be the most pivotal game we play in deciding our outcome this season. Even if we were to win out the remainder of our schedule and win the SEC championship (the best you could hope for after a loss in the opener), we would not play in a National Championship if Boise remained undefeated, or anybody else for that matter, thus ending the SEC streak with the title game. Well this just can’t happen. We must win. Not because we think we should because we are the bigger program from the SEC and that should be enough to win. Not because we think we can play in a National Championship if we do. Our toughest games will be still to come. It is not because they think they will destroy us since they beat Va Tech last year right before James Madison did and “this isn’t the same team we beat in 2005”. It is because… THIS IS OUR HOUSE. THIS IS IN OUR STATE, IN OUR CAPITAL. THIS IS OUR COCA~COLA. THAT IS OUR DAMN CHICKEN SANDWICH. Do they even have Chic-fil-a in Boise?
When Boise St comes to the Georgia Dome to face us, we the fans have a responsibility to do our part to help our team. If you have ever been to the Dome you know how loud it can be. It is our job to make the walls crumble from our thunderous roar!!!!!!!!! Anytime the Boise offense is on the field it is our job to make as much noise as you’ve ever made. STAY ON YOUR FEET between plays still SCREAMING with all your might. STOMP THE GROUND and CLAP YOUR HANDS. SHAKE YOU KEYS. Bring those CRYING BABIES that you always bring to restaurants. Take off your belts, fold them in half, hold both ends, move your hands in then pull away making the belt pop. Try it, pretty loud. I don’t care if you wear tap shoes. We might take some heat for it if we all showed up in tap shoes, but that would make a ton of noise. Just sayin…
The point is we help win games too. We help motivate our kids to sell out body and mind for us and we strike fear and confusion into the other team. Though our part is nothing to what the players’ and coaches’ roles are, we must still show up prepared and ready to give our all, just like we expect from the team every Saturday. I don’t care if the score is 100-0, we don’t quit making noise or leave early. I want the TV announcers to show the noise meter at the Dome showing new records. Noise can cause miscommunication with play calling, unheard check-offs or audibles from the QB or sidelines, missed kicks, penalties, and turnovers. It can strike fear into the other team and kill momentum. We don’t need to take our feet off the gas, on the field or in the stands, till the game is over and we get that chicken dinner.
I WANT THAT CHICKEN DINNER!!!!!!!!
Then I want to eat chicken again the next week.
Don’t let me down Dawg Fans.
Don’t let our team down.
We will only become champions with each other.
Jim Bob
July 6th, 2011
9:08 am
WR’s will be fine — overall better than most schools we’ll line up against. Now, if we could just get a QB tall enough to throw over the middle –and be accurate, and an O-line to give him enough time to throw the ball.
D BAG TROLLS!
July 6th, 2011
11:36 am
The DAWGS will be strong at this position! Speed Kills and we have a lot of speed at this position. With AM being mobile they will have success moving the chains.
D BAG TROLLS!
July 6th, 2011
11:39 am
Great Post DAPPER!
Running backs: Competition between King, Crowell, others should translate into success | UGA sports blog
July 6th, 2011
12:46 pm
[...] July 2 — Wide receivers [...]
Drummer
July 6th, 2011
5:19 pm
WR is 1 of 2 positions on the team Richt cares about, other being QB. T King will have a decent year, maybe putting up Durham type numbers.
Rheemus
July 8th, 2011
8:37 am
I was watching the receivers warm up at the Tech game last year and Wooten threw every pass back to the QB for all the receivers. This guy might be a good option for a trick play since he can throw it well.
Defensive line: Massive changes give Bulldogs great expectations in trenches | UGA sports blog
July 8th, 2011
3:31 pm
[...] July 2 — Wide receivers [...]