Defensive line: Massive changes give Bulldogs great expectations in trenches

Running through Georgia`s defensive line will be like bouncing threw a box of krispy kreme`s. Choakdawg will be giving choak signs as opposing backs run to the end zone.

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Boise State 66 DAwgs 3

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Go Dawgs! This group sounds like a bunch of guys that can Hunker Down when needed and dominate up front much of a game. This should help our LB’s be even better. I think the second year of this Defense will be a big improvement for the beast in the east this year.

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Let the big Dawg eat!

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I don’t think it is a stretch to say that NG is the most critical spot on a 3-4, and last year shows that without a dominant player there you will have trouble stopping the run inside. SC will be a totally different game this year, I hope. Our fast LBs should make it tough on opposing QBs, so if we can stop the run, it could be a great year on D. But, the other question is how well the ILBs will plug the run. I just remember how Mt. Cody seemed to make Bama’s D work. Can’t wait this year’s line in action, including Geathers!

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To see this year’s…

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By the way, DAWGS D WILL DOMINATE THE SEC THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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If the Jenkins kid brings it like Cody did for Alabama, it wouldn’t hurt to take a good look at that line coach at Mississippi Gulf Coast. Somebody could have a knack for developing good line play.

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LSU 66 Bama 14

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I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?

As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.

Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.

So you’re paying him to be BCS champions, but he can’t even win his SEC division. So why do you pay him millions of dollars a year?

Just asking.

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Jenkins and Geathers are going to introduce Mr. Lattimore and Mr. Garcia to the ground, and tell them to get comfortable there!

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Just askin’ – Do you still have your “slide rule” from your days on North Avenue? Every school has a closet full of bad history even at the dump on North Avenue! We know that all those 1 & done basketballers that Cremins recruited were in the library when not on the court!!!! LOL!!!. Wasn’t there a cheating scandal wihtin the past decade involving athletes at the trade school? Why not celebrate what is being achieved at both schools and don’t rehash yesterdays news!

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Just Asking – Our coach has won the SEC and brought this program along way. Compare his record to other active coaches and you will see that you are either a Tech fan or just plain stupid.

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Aren’t there some defensive names missing here, Chip?

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Just askin is NOT a Dawg fan or alum. I have watched South Carolina go 2-10 and the stands are full of fans cheering their team on. All Georgia fans would love to win every game. We would certainly love to have been better the last 3 years. I’m as critical as anyone on here sometimes, but I would never write crap like that…….If fact, only a Techie would trying to be cute. Go Dawgs. Things go in cycles..Bama was very average under Shula, hell we beat them. They are back on top. The Dawgs will get better. They will be better this year. If just askin is a fan……It’s fans like that we don’t need.

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I’m hoping the D-line is much improved, we broke the UGA record for the number of games where we scored 30+ points last season..folks you should win games if you score 30 period. I’m thinking the D-line improves that makes the linebackers a greater force for creating sacks, tackles for loss and interceptions etc and if the opposing QB’s don’t have all day to throw the secondary will be vastly improved. We will really need the defense to come screaming out of the gate..the OL will need some real game day experience playing as a unit to be effective. The defense will have to keep us in the game the first two games create some turnovers and give the offense good field position.

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Just asking. Maybe you should spend a little bit of time around some real Georgia kids to see what they are actually like. Richt is part of the solution. You, on the other hand, are clueless. Your bitterness is much worse than Richt’s hypocrisy. I assume you are another bitter GT fan, who can’t separate football from life? How many kids from rural GA does GT have? If you only accept rich kids who have been to the best schools, who have two parents that loved and raised them, who are in the top tier in testing, it is easy to look down on average and lower income kids–they have a lot of problems to work out.

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Just askin’

You act like it’s shocking evidence of moral decay that college students drink beer and cut up.

It’s not. What’s really going on is the omnipresent and oppressive fascist police state that is Athens, Georgia is constantly rounding up basically harmless college kids and extorting money from them with harassing prosecutions for a vast array of petty offenses, such as dancing, walking in an unsteady manner, or peeing in the bushes, or, Lord have mercy, riding a scooter on a sidewalk. And lots and lots of public drunk.

In my day the cops would have told you to cut it out and sent you home. Now they treat you like you’re an enemy of the state and a revenue opportunity, stick you with a criminal record, and take a few thousand dollars out of your parents’ pockets.

It’s a racket and it’s gone way, way, way too far.

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JB… eYe think there is a large segment of fans, myself included, that are tired of seeing this team basically out of control with no focus over the past several years. They have a right to their opinion as a fan of this team just as you and eYe both feel we do. eYe am not trying to be condescending in stating that but it’s true. Not everyone that voices displeasure is a rival fan. Sometimes the truth is bitter medicine to take. This program under Richt and his cronies has pretty much left me shaking my head. We shall see.

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You tell em old time. Enough is enough. Richt better have it together.

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Dawg fans…this blog is a vindication of the following saying: lead, follow, or get out of the way. If you complain, carp, and whine the minute a little bit of adversity hits, you aren’t doing any of the three!

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old time………….As long as he’s our coach, He’ll have my support. Bashing him on these blogs is nothing any of you would say to his face. I’d bet my life on it. Yes, we all want a better team and more wins………I’m giving him the same chance his bosses did, a chance to right the ship.
Bitching and moaning about last year and the year before does not solve anything. If he can’t make it happen this year, I’ll support the new coach. Till then, but down the beer, put on your Georgia shirt, and cheer for your team.

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JB… FYI, eYe am a retired state prison warden of 28 years. eYe think eYe could look him, you or whoever else directly in the eye and say whatever eYe needed or wanted to. Saying that to say this…. you make statements regarding others without any consideration to what reality may be at all.

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JB… You are correct that whining, bitchin, moaning, etc. won’t change a thing. Neither will allowing the same lack of management to continue.

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Hopefully in your 28 year career, you saw men repent and turn their life around. That is now me. I’m not bashing our coach any more. I’ll cheer every play.

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Good news and bad news about Jenkins – big, strong, fast, and in shape.

If he stays injury free, he will probably dominate. But if he dominates, he be playing on Sundays in ‘12.

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@old time dog you have a point any fan has a right to his/her opinion. However JB, myself and others see way more trolls poising as Dog fans trying to create a mountain out of a molehill all under the guise of “telling it like it is” than actual fans that care about the program. The fact remains this year CMR is the HC we are what 50 something days away from the start of the season it will as always be a wild ride thru the SEC time to start thinking positive. We have questions in a number of areas every single team does too. We need a good year where the program shows we are moving in the right direction or it will be time for a change..but and I really think this CMR has been and I think still is fully capable of turning this around..I hope he does..can’t promise that he will but still hopeful…Go Dogs!

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The improvement of the defense is why Spurrier is going to tell Garcia to put up or shut up. Even though Lattimore will get 15 or 20 carry’s just to keep us honest, the game will be won or lost depending on if we can put pressure on Garcia before he can throw to Jeffery .

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“Just, Win, Baby, Win”!!! Solves all the problems!! You “Snooze, You Lose”!!!

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This D has NFL size and speed. We jumped in D stats in all categories in Grantham’s first year. I look for this D to be even better with a legit nose guard. This part of our team will be solid and better prepared in scheme. I am excited to see how they perform. Kwame, now in shape, is going to be a man amongst boys out there! Watch out SEC, talk all you want but you aren’t going to like how dominant this group will be!

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Our defensive line will be solid. As it mentioned in the article, Abry Jones has been an under-valued player. This kid is going to be a great player. If you know football and have watched him in his development, you had to have noticed how fundamentally sound he is. Thanks to the new more aggresive strength program, he has become faaster and stronger. As a defensive linemen your job is not always to make the tackle, but to clear the way for your linebackers. With Jenkins and Geathers in the middle, jones will not see as many double teams as he saw last year. Mark my words, this kid will shine this year. I also think you will see Chase Vasser come on this year. He looked good in the spring game. He has gotten huge. Go Dawgs!

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Zoli, I don’t think we will be out of the top five in rushing yards allowed in D1 footbal this year. The secondary is worrisome to me (Lord I worry more than Munson) but if this line GATA then maybe the QBs won’t have time to throw and the secondary can make some plays.

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sandman………you are correct. The improved play of the nose and ends will give the LB’s more opportunities to make plays. They will double team jenkins and Arby, giving more space/less blocking on our 4 linebackers. Boy I hope we don’t lose Jarvis Jones……But throw Drew in there.

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jb who was the walk-on kid that really shined in the Spring game? I can’t remember his name, but he even had an INT.

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Dawgs win the first two, we will be in the Dome.

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sandman053: Blake Sailors

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Thanks Zoli

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yes thanks Zoli. He certainly looked impressive to me.

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I agree…I know our secondary has game experience, size, and speed. They will be a nice surprise for you…mark it down!

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We will know if UGA is good after playing Boise State. UGA is unranked and Boise State is ranked # 3. Richt better not start out 0-3 or he will be fired !

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10 wins is a minimum IMO for UGA this year. Anything less is unacceptable.

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JB… You made the statement nobody who is unhappy with Richt would dare confront him face to face with their thoughts. eYw merely pointed out that eYe would. In fact, eYe have had the opportunity in Columbus, Ga. to speak with Mark Richt briefly about some of my concerns. He was attentive during our conversation and told me he had heard many of my same concerns voiced often and strongly by numerous UGA fans and supporters. eYe enjoyed the brief visit with Richt but still feel the same as eYe indicated earlier. eYe want to see it coach. By the way, the verbal exchange with Richt was acknowledged with a handshake and his response of appreciation for the professional manner eYe presented it with. Judging from his direct attention by making eye contact, eYe actually felt he might have appreciated someone mentioning what they felt was lacking other than patting him on the back and patronizing him just because he is the head coach of UGA. eYe want to see it.

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the defensive line has to be better than last year doesn’t it?

That GT game was an embarrassment.

That game was so typical of Justin Houston’s career. Make a great play, forcing the fumble to return for a TD, then pretty much take every other play off the rest of the game.

We had no size up the middle at all and we got gashed by more than one opponent.

Putting players in the positions where they belong is great and wonderful but now they must perform.

The defense is the key to the season. Drop the PPG and we win a lot. Continue last year’s style and Richt is history.

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Time of possession for UGA last year was 30 minutes less than the opponent. We had the ball longer than the opponent only two games. Either we need a good running game to control the clock be more efficient in passing the ball to various receivers, or scheme to control the ball on offense. On defense we must have more three and punts, more pressure on the qb, more stuffs on the rb, great coverage on the receivers, improvement in overall toughness and a determination to get the ball back to the offense. It is great to have all american punters and kickers but it would be great to have them make extra points and kickoffs consistantly instead of having to settle for fgs and punts. Yes we scored 30 points many times last year but not against the good teams where we did not control the clock consistantly and we never outscored them because of lack of ball control and putting so much pressure on the defense. Kick off returns for tds are sometimes devistating for the defense. Especially after a long time consuming drive for a score and then no rest after the one play on special teams they are back on the field for defense after one play and no rest. Defense has to improve the threes and out and the offense has to control the ball and time on the clock to win consistently against the good teams.

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DawginLex… That pretty much says it.

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Richt was pleased about the many times GA scored more than 30 points a game. Makes sense that when the offense scores quickly and the defense is back on the field that the defense would falter in the fourth quarter. Just a thought did the offense falter in the fourth quarter due to fatigue and lack of conditioning or was the defense just on the field too long to be effective in the fourth quarter. Don’t fix the wrong cog in the machine.

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Actions you describe go on all over the nation, and are in no way limited to Sanford Stadium

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Lattimore is the best RB in the SEC and “probabaly” the nation? really? you studied all the RB in the nation did you?

Or did you base that on SC finishing in the bottom half of the league in rushing last year. Or perhaps it was that Lattimore had the lowest ypc average of all the top 10 RB in the SEC last year? He wasn’t the top RB in the SEC last year and that guy is also returning.

But yea, he “probably” goes from 31st to #1 this year. There’s only a bunch of junior and senior ahead of him to leadfrog. I could easily see him going for 1800 yards against the SEC.

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Keep drinking MY koolaid ! Yeah baby!

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Expecting big things out of the defense this season. 2nd year in the systems and now they have players who actually fit the scheme.

The offense was not broken last season (well accept for that bowl game travesty). The defense lost the Dawgs the majority of their regualr season losses last season. That should not be the case this year.

GO DAWGS !

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enjoy and thanks for arriving so early(wink)

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murray could not find the end zone lol

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East Repeat – you chickens crack me up…. ONE decent (not great, decent) year in the history of your program (oh thats right, you did win an ACC title back in the 60’s or 70’s….) and all of a sudden you are the 1940’s Oklahoma Sooners.
I’ll grant you that Latimore and Jeffrey are very good players but it takes more than those two. Your problem is QB – Jerry Garcia isnt going to get it done for you. FSU showed how to handle you – smack Latimore hard and often, make Garcia try to win the game for you.

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Back to back – I dont think South Carolina has EVER beaten Georgia two years in a row – wont happen this year either….

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Anyone else think they should give Connor Norman a few plays?? I know he is a little undersized, height wise, for a safety, but he played an amazing G-Day game. The kid has heart, and made the play when it counted.

Thoughts?

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Murray the midget

July 8th, 2011
9:06 am
ohh no the ESPN jinx~

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Yeah idiot, Herbstreit last year said watch out for auburn, he really jinxed them.

go clean some more toilets bathroom boy

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Hey Just Askin’,

How can Tech fans come on to UGA blogs and talk smack after winning 1 out of last 10 games in football? I’m just asking.

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Big John will be an animal and Kwame’s spring was no fluke. Loved watching his brother, Robert, play between the hedges as well. Go Dawgs!

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Dawninlex don’t get your red panties in a wad…auburn win still hurts today.

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“..who was the walk-on kid that really shined in the Spring game?”

I believe that kid’s name was Conner Norman?

Hopefully this year with this front 7 I won’t get a sick feeling in my stomach every time we face 3rd and long.

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Way less concerned about the line than the losses of Darryl Gamble, Akeem Dent, and Justin Houston. You don’t simply replace guys like that (and even they underperformed). I’m worried about our inability to create ANY pass rush.

Grantham has pinned his hopes and future career to John Jenkins. If the D doesn’t improve and we go 7-5, he, along with Richt, may be gone. Thus making Grantham decision to leave the Cowboyds tragic.

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The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

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lol how2fish….that was the point I was trying to make, but you certainly made it better. I couldn’t remember where he ended up.

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Jenkins and Geathers are a good combo at NG for the Dawgs. Georgia is looking good for this year. Boise will be tough…..and SC if very good. Win those two, and GA fans will be out of their minds in 1980’s glory. Lose one or both….and GA fans will be ready to jump off the cliff again.

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Murray the midget

July 8th, 2011
9:12 am
Dawninlex don’t get your red panties in a wad…auburn win still hurts today.

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Shutup bathroom boy. you brought up the ESPN jinx and I bashed you.

You missed a spot in the toilet.

Go back and do it again

War eagle cleaning up the doo
War eagle cleaning up the poo
War eagle-the best janitor in dixieland!!

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Do you think Florida is already putting a “W” in the win column? How the hell do you guys respect yourself after the last 20 years of beatings? Oh, I think it is about time to celebrate the 1980 championship. You guys just don’t kiss Buck’s butt enough.

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Are you drunk whiskey breath?

The blog topic is our defensive line and you spew about florida and buck belue.

Why don’t you try actually contributing to the topic at hand.

you are one of several racking up TROLL points

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Excited to read Jenkins is impressing so far. Cody was the anchor at Bama and Jenkins is faster and just as strong according to his JUCO coach! Also pumped that Kwame turned it on in the spring. Grantham’s D should be legit now that he has the personnel in place. Tyson back to his natural position, Abry is way stronger and more explosive on the other end, and 2 mack trucks who can clog the middle and make it easier for the LBs. Tree and Jarvis will be killers at LB. A little worried about safety depth, but move Commings there if need be and we should be ok. I get a semi when I think about how good this D should be! GO DAWGS!

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I doubt Grantham has pinned his hopes on any one player especially a first year guy. I think he believes Jenkins is a good player and a wide strong body, so I am sure he likes that. I would think he is counting on the entire squad being able to walk to the field that very first series of the first game knowing what to do, going full speed, and not looking around at each other as they did last year. It was especially obvious in the backfield. The linemen were probably as lost, but we would not have seen their uncertainty “displayed” as much from their stance. Without changing one other thing, our DBs are going to be better prepared. It seemed to me that was true as the year progressed, getting burned far less.

He has also developed a better DL situation on the whole (as well as more experience), before Jenkins. At the very least, Jenkins adds some depth at a critical position, which is something Grantham never had last year. Hopefully he is more than just: at the very least.

I’m not worried about losing Houton. He was fine, but I think you can just plug in somebody else there, and be just as effective as he was. Gamble and Dent, the worse thing about losing them is: wished they could have been back for year 2. But big picture, I’d trade losing pretty much ANY great player from last year for a lot of average players having more experience in this system any day. I don’t think they were great, I don’t think our other LB are only average. I think we have improved at that spot on the whole.

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Caleb King is in mighty big trouble. News to break later today.

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Football insider

Provide a link or go back to TROLL VILLAGE

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Look for Carolina to move Atlanta Creekside’s massive Rokevious Watkins (6′5″ 340lb.) OL outside to offensive tackle to create a similar mismatch that they had with him at offensive guard last year. Richt simply has to begin keeping some of these studs home. Watkins, like Milledgeville native and Bama All-American OT James Carpenter, will be a NFL 1st rounder

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TECHIES are in full-bloom envy mode. Note they are the first posters on almost any UGA blog topic. Thanks for caring, dorks.

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DawginLex,

Pay site, I cannot provide links to any pay sites per the blogs rules here at the AJC.

You ever wondered why King transferred to Texas for a couple of months between JR and SR season of high school and then came back to GA? i.e. it has to do with his grades. Seems like he just never could get the classroom part of it down.

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which pay site Insider?
I know no links

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Thats the beauty of College football, lose the first game and so many will think the season is over. Why? Because we do not have a playoff. The NFL you can go 7-9, win your division and still have a shot. College football EVERY week matters. You not only have your teams game to watch, but five other games that every week seemingly are must see TV. Lets just hope for about 35% of our fanbase we do not lose that first game so they do not start the sky is falling argument on Labor Day.

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@tar and feathers party got anything to back that up with ?

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@Tide Roll really astounding loss…hmmm what was that Louisiana community college your bunch lost to a couple of years ago….

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tide roll

You still haven’t answered my question. All you have done is spew crap about an OL who plays somewhere else.

How is the SC tackle/guard going to be a mismatch for our DL when he will be facing 1 of 3 black DL who are the same size or bigger thaan he is. I also love how you know what Spurrier is going to do with his players position wise. I also love how you think that just because a kid is from Georgia, he automatically wants to go to Georgia and it is always richt’s fault when he doesn’t.

Are you really that stupid? I hope all your posts are just crap to try and get under our skin and you are REALLY not that dumb.

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Look out SEC this D is for real. only question is maybe secondary. No one will have alot of success runnign the ball on UGA this year. Not saying Lattimore at Sc isn’t the one of the best RB in the nation, just saying he’ll have under 100 yds rushing vs Dawgs. I’d say maybe first half a lil but by second half , too beat down to run. Only way to beat the Dawgs this year is through the air, and better be fast at it, because pass rush will be beastly as well. GO DAWGS!!

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Be sure to read the article on our latest commit, 6′7″ 310 lb. OT Brandon Greene, from Atlanta’s Cedar Grove entitled “The Sky’s the Limit”. The kid’s an Under Armour All-American, and another James Carpenter! ROLL TIDE. and thanks Georgia. You’ve been great to us.

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If Tyson continues to grow like he has in this article, 6′2″ & 290 lbs. in first line of article to 6′4″ & 306 lbs. in 5th paragraph, we just may have the largest dfensive end in history before the season starts. What’s he eating? Put the rest of the linemen on his diet and workout schedule asap!

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Nevermind, what I said. Seems a dawg fan trolled his own board.

Carry on dawg fans.

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You’re welcome TR. Without Georgia players you would not be competitive in the SEC (maybe not even in the ACC for that mater). Competition is good for the conference.

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Caleb King has officially flunked out of school………….wow

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I almost forgot. Jenkins, Geathers or whomever, are going to have their hands full with Ole Miss., Atlanta MLK and Remington watch list Junior center A. J Hawkins (6′4″ 330Lb.) Are you guys even capable of seeing a pattern here. Can’t you see that these are the very athletes that could have made Uga competitive and they’re all in state kids! What does is take for you Kool Aiders. These guys were your problem solvers, and they’re now with the very teams you need to beat to be successful!

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Wow! DeAngelo Tyson grew 2 inches and gained 16 pounds in only 5 bullet points!

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@Dawg Tired
July 8th, 2011
10:07 am

LOL, I noticed that too.

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Since St Simons can’t brag about a win anymore, his favorite tactic is to pretend to be a fan from another SEC school. He was a Gator or a Bama fan last year at this time, then he became an Auburn or SC fan. I wouldn’t take the bait.

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Plain and Simple: Besides QB, this is THE strength of this team.

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Big John Jenks is coming to town and ready to be a difference maker. He will stuff Lattimore and put him on the bench the whole 2nd half, just like he did in most games last yr.

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win something loser then you can brag. now get back to do what you do best. cleaning toilets !

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This is just what we need to get back to championship caliber play. UGA in ‘02 and ‘05 (and ‘07), and the recent successes of LSU, Auburn, and Bama, all had weaknesses, but all had dominating defensive lines. Championships are won on the D line.

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Mutts goes from contenders to pretenders every year:
WE CAN ALWAYS HANDLE THE JACKETTES!!!! 9 OUT 10 PUTS A SMILE ON EVERY DAWGFACE….

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Tide Roll:
WAS THAT LA TECH THAT YOU BOYS LOST TO A COUPLE YEARS AGO? AND I THINK OLE NICK WAS IN THE HOUSE FOR THAT ONE…

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Born2Bark: I too would love to know some S & C stats. I know from the debacle in Memphis until start of Spring the weight gains were phenomenal. I would love to hear what the differences are from end of Spring practice to the beginning of camp. I think those two numbers will be huge indicators of where we stand, but all in all I am excited to be a Dawg.

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Mutts can not beat ANY TEAM from Florida. HAHA Losers!

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Georgia D-Line last season was in SEC:
9th in tackles for loss
9th in sacks
12th in 3rd down conversions against winning teams
12th in fumble recovered against winning teams (1 all year)

Couldn’t get much worse in those key areas. Not sure the D-Line coach knows what he’s doing, good recruiter, Garner is not a good d line coach.

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D-Line gave up 27 td’s in the red zone, more than anyone except Vandy & Kentucky.

Also, forced less field goals in the red zone than anyone in the SEC.

http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/911/team/defense/split01/category27/sort07.html

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Just don’t feed them and they’ll go back under their bridges.

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DawginLex- you have a better chance of hearing a politician open his mouth without lying than you will of getting answers to your legitimate questions from some posters on here.

Tide Roll- I realize my chances are about zero of getting this first one answered, since I have asked it a number of times. Answer if you will, but a rather nice Bama fan answered last time. He said at a booster club meeting Smart implied Bama backed off Newton due to his baggage.

1. Did it bother you at all that Saban failed to sign Cam Newton, especially since he went to your biggest rival, and a team you have to beat?
2. You mentioned UT likes JuJuan James upside, so did Mark Richt, which is maybe why UGA tried to sign him. What were they supposed to do when he turned them down, offer him $180,000?
3. Name one recruiting service that has Brandon Greene rated higher than John Theus.
4. Here is how to end the “endless migration” of end state OL to the teams UGA competes against. I would like for you, Tide Roll, to lobby the NCAA to increase the annual scholarship limit to 50, then UGA could sign about 25 instate OL, to cover all those 3* sleepers the Dogs keep losing to other schools.

Now, if I can get an answer to question 1, without it turning into a blast at UGA for failing to sign Newton, I will be grateful to you, Tide Roll. In fact, I will even say “Roll Tide.”

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DIL: “reverb” (Sybil) has some sort of disorder. It is annoying, but sad, really. He is the rainman of UGA blogs. Can you imagine the waste of time accumulating all those nonsensical stats? Be thankful for a life; obviously some are not so lucky.

Just for kicks: Reverb/sybil/rainman, how do you feel about Murray’s height? What are the average heights of all SEC quarterbacks over the past 25 years? Heights of winners vs. losers?

Sorry, I know that is being a bully. Rainman will go nuts figuring this out.

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@Reverb your my favorite troll type take specific stats and try and make a complete team statement..Troll everyone in the SEC knows UGA had problems with our D last year and those problems started with the D-line this is a discussion about the upcoming season..take last years now meaningless stats and enjoy your day.

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Sandman,

The points would be taken away only if the player going in for the score starts taunting the opponent before he is over the goal line. The spot of the foul would be where the official determines the player to have started taunting. If the penalty involves excessive celebration in the end zone after a score, the penalty remains the same as it was in years past. You will not see many if any penalties for taunting on the way to the end zone I would guess. If a player does that, I am sure he will ride the pine for a little while and have team mates and coaches giving him the word real quick.

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The D-line and Murry is the only thing I feel good about with this team

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Did Auburn really beat USCe 56-17? I may change my MNC pick.

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This has gotten to be some really nasty stuff in a whole lot of different ways. Reminds me of some of the verbage fans spit at each other at the games. Anyway, it is what is. eYe think the overall projection gathered as best one can is that yes, UGA has some question marks in alot of areas. Some folks from other teams have pointed out some areas we should be concerned about. eYe do have hopes that this years team will be ready to play and have the resolve to battle every quarter of every game. If attitudes and preparation haven’t been taken care of then we may well see the same type of play we have been accustomed to for a while. That being said, the talent is supposedly in place,s and c has underwent a facelift, we have some big boys coming on board in some key spots and the coaching staff has no doubt felt heat from several avenues. The schedule appears favorable overall and eYe don’t see inicators that we are necessarily in worst shape compared to other teams in our division. eYe have a continuing belief that by the 4th game we will have a pretty good assessment of what we actually have. By the 7th game we will be just what we are. Optimistic? Yeah. Completely confident? No. Hopeful? Damn right.

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I don’t think this defensive line will be good. They havn’t been in a logn time. Coahces arn’t sharp. Scheme is flawed. DE’s didn’t do anything last year. NT never played a snap in SEC. Grantham made the 3-4 work in Dallas with a small NT, but couldn’t do it with Tyson, so he must have just been lucky at Dallas.

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We don’t have a mediocre offense!!!! Our offense can score with the best of them. We put up 30 plus points how many times last season? 8 TIMES!!!! That’s right 8 out of the 12 games, win or lose, we put up 30 or more points. That goes to show, that Murray was not the reason we lost our games. DEFENSE is the reason we lost most of our games. Well this year, the defense seems to be better, and if the offense is even as good as last season we at least win 4 more games than last season.

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“Massive changes give Bulldogs great expectations in trenches”

Maybe so, but until their are “massive changes” in the coaching ranks UGA will continue to muddle along. That’s ok though. Da Preacha Man has a new KoolAid formula that is stronger than ever before available this year. The only thing that can counteract it is the truth serum, but the Richtites are hard at work destroying all of the doses.

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Realist,

It would appear your handle does not fit your beliefs. The bleacher report was a report based on an odds makers picks for the football season. These same odds makers that predicted in the last election that McCain would be our president. They were wrong there also. Odds makers
make money by establishing a favorable betting line for them. It is really quite simple. Get enough people to bet against UGA, and when UGA wins, guess who profits. Not the better for sure. An odds maker establishes his line to favor him and his pick is based very little on actual conditions or facts. He is not predicting the future as much as he is putting out a trend and hoping people buy it. Then those people take this trend he has established and bet on it. Then when it goes the other way, he and his establishment keep the bucks from the wrong bets.
I would tend to read more articles based on knowledgeable people in the sports world, not in a Vegas betting operation. That would be realism.

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Talk is always exactly that——nothing more or less—-but one thing that is not talk is the fact that UGA will be in tip-top shape this year. Joe T. will make sure of that. Hell, they almost beat SC last year in Columbia, but ran out of gas——plus no AJ. SC was heard laughing at them————that will not be happening again anytime soon.

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just askin- you are an idiot, what school doesn’t have off-field issues?? exactly you can’t find one. . UGA is the best school there is and thats right UGA is the number 1 party school!!! so hop off their sack and go to your own teams page!!!

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Guess my “breakings news” had legs earlier.

Caleb King is gone.

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dEFENSE FINISHED 4TH IN SCORING AGAINST RANKED TEAMS, NOT TOO BAD.

http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/911/team/defense/split13/category09/sort01.html

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RedandBlackDAWG- don’t betting lines try to get even amounts of money bet on either side and they make the profits when they hit the line exactly and teams “tie”, so NO bettors get paid.

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SC fans talking trash is funny. Yeah you had a good year, have a good back, but fact is you don’t know what Lattimore will be like this year. After getting knocked into the middle of 2013 in your bowl game he may not be the same as before, maybe he will but you don’t know that yet. Jefferey is the best receiver in the conference, your qb is the biggest nutcase in the conference as well. Of course he won’t miss any playing time but who knows if he will even bother to show up for practices. SC will have a good consistent defense, but with Garcia at qb, who knows how effective it will be. Lattimore will get some yards, but I don’t think he breaks 100 this year, we are much better alone the front 7 than last year.

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Sandman,

I didn’t know he tweeted it already.

Hmmm….yep it looks like it. Quentin Williams replied to it. Looks to be true.

CK4 is done…

Wasn’t there an article by Bill King that was titled “Competition with King and Crowell bodes well”?

May need to revise that article.

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I only wish we could win more games too. I am not going to say anything bad about Georgia because just look at us over here at Tech. I got my hopes up when Paul Johnson came but I have to admit teams have had time to figure out our offense and pretty much stop us. Our defense like yours needs to really be there this year or things could be disappointing. I hope both teams do well and show lots of improvement until we beat you in the season finale. Good Luck.

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Dawgs Tell… Tell Lansome that his buddy Powell couldn’t even outfish E. Martin on his best day!

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I DO find it hard to believe taht anyone could flunk out of summer classes?

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CHDawg,

Very sure. That tweet was from Caleb about 45 mintues ago.

This news started up this morning on other dawg sites.

Chris Robinson tweeted earlier this morning that “Even with the losses we will rise” then Caleb tweeted he was done, then Quentin Williams tweeted “dang bruh…”

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Sandman,

It’s quite easy to flunk summer classes especially if you have struggled with academics for your whole academic career. CK4 has struggeld for a while now, finally caught up to him is all.

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Insider,
I hope he is wrong, but that sounds pretty bad…thx for the heads up.

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The real question is what did Chris Robinson mean by “even with the lossES we will rise”. Losses as in plural. Maybe AJ Harmon?

Haven’t heard anything on who else could be in trouble.

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Then move Richard Samuel (6′2″ 230lb) back to tailback and feed him the rock. It’s comical to see the wealth of talent at Richt/bobo’s disposal and how they combine to squander it!

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Silly, silly rumors boys

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Ok, I think it’s official now. http://twitter.com/#!/search/Caleb%20King

Tweets are starting to confirm that UGA officials have confirmed that King is academially ineligible.

News is spreading like wildfire.

I love it when I am right!

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Still in the rumor stage, but there are a lot of people saying it with authority. The other name mentioned is Derek Owens…we’ll see

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I am not surprised the AJC didn’t have breaking news; however with it being possibly negative about a UGA player you’d think they would lead with it

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As CHDawg posted early this morning, the NT is the critical player on the DL in a 3-4. The DE responsibilities are primarily to occupy the OTs and let the linebackers make the plays. The NT has to take on C-G double teams and still plug up his gap when the RB runs inside. The prototypical NT has great size, strength and technique. Probably the guy who defined the position was Ted Washington, who played in the early ’90s through late 2000s

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Delbert,
we may have to move Jenkins to TB! How would you like to tackle him…hate this for King and the Dawgs, if true.

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Big John,

There are some kind of rumors about AM out there in message board world, but I don’t believe them.

That would be one of the biggest blows to UGA in one day.

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Breaking News Caleb King ineligible to play .

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I’m also hearing that Bean Anderson is also ineligible.

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I’m crossing my fingers, as Grantham’s D will not get it done if this D-Line doesn’t control the line much better this year. In my opinion, shutting down Marcus Lattimore and the South Carolina offense in general will be when we find out; If UGA’s line is questioned after playing a smaller Boise team, it’s already going to have been a long season.

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Just to let you know AM was sitting in class this morning in the Psych bldg.Start of second session of classes. This is fact.My son is in class with him.

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I hope Chip is right that these are just rumors been hearing this has been coming from Bama blogs .

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This just in – Tyson is now up to 6′6″ 319 lbs. Further updates coming as he continues to grow at an amazing rate.

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This most likely will move Ken Malcolm up the chart to be the starter also here comes Crowell Christian Robinson tweeted earlier to try put all these rumors to bed but who knows what going on right now i want to see a comment from Richt .

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Hey Chip do you have any new info on the developing story i want to here from Richt’s mouth will he make a statement on this matter soon .

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Its official statement from UGA King is out can anymore sh@!t hit the fan i am very worried now what else can go wrong .

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Concerning the C. King rumor,

The guy that reported said, he heard it from reliable sources, will not state his source on the UGA campus he heard it from. His name is Bryan Fischer, and it appears he is some kind of student writer for the DAWG Post. Sb Nation’s T Kyle King, said as of now, it is just a rumor but he will not be able to report the full story and it’s origin until Sunday. It appears it may have been a comment made from a Facebook comment a while back from Caleb King, and then somebody transferred it over to the twitter social network and it got a life of it’s own.
I personally feel that if he were not eligible, that it would have been known long before now, say, like at the end of the academic year, but with summer school and all for athletes, who knows.
These things take on a life of their own on these social network pages, so until it is formally announced by the administration at UGA, I will place about as much trust in it, as I do our current President.

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Hey old time dog, what’s up with the eYe for an I?

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Rivals UGA Sports .com is now reporting it King likely done at UGA news is spreading fast i agree Tampa Gator .

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Jasper Sanks > Caleb King = Really Sad. Good luck though Caleb.

Please, please coach–no more 20 year old Freshman RB’s!

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….and you still have the 5-star player with the 5-star brain….MURRAY…..and he is going to be dynamic this season, I think. He is a potential Heisman winner…based on his play as a freshman in the SEC last year….especially against the Gators.

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Rats,

It is now official that C. King blew it again. I think it is time for CMR to just close the book on him, and dismiss him from the team.
I hope he realizes that his future just went out the window as far as the NFL goes. This guy has had more chances than Garcia, so it is time for him to move on. He can’t meet academic standards to even stay eligible for an athletic scholarship, and I think it is mainly the fact that he is lazy. Too bad, because I think he could have done well this year. Just by opinion as to the reason he let UGA and his team mates down once again, but since this is a recurring thing with him, I don’t see any reason for him to occupy a scholarship on this team. This does put a lot of pressure on the other RB’s or sure.

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Oh well,

They say adversity measure the true character of a team, and it looks like we are going to find that out a little earlier than we thought. LOL. Here’s hoping that the RB’s, though low in experience, are fast in the learning curve. Someone is now going to have to step up to the plate and swing for the fences. I hope UGA has that guy in the backfield. Of course, we can look at it as giving someone a wonderful opportunity to step up. I hope that is the way UGA team members approach this.

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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. Standing behind one another proudly and united. It’s time to bring the noise. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Awesome NUB but i wonder does he know what you said–I DO–great job

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Awww, that was special “dapperdanman”.

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dapperdanman….are you kidding me, even mentioning a BCS championship this year? we lost our top 4 backfield players ( 2 best RB’s and 2 best FB’s). we lost our top 2 WR’s. Our OL won’t have much depth (though the bigger question with the OL is how the new line coach will do).

I do believe the defense will be MUCH improved, and we still have exceptional special tems.

I would love nothing more than to go 2-0 to start the season, given the teams we play. But even if we pull that off, an undefeated season is beyond fairy tale thinking.

Please get a bit real, people. If we have a 10 win regular season, I’ll be ecstatic….can’t wait ’till 9/3. I’ll always nbe a fan, regardless of the W-L record. GO DAWGS!

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Come on Chip sheesh, is Tyson 6′2 290 or is he 6′4 306? Do you just make up stuff as you go?

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Can we move a couple of these guys to the offensive line??

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No where to go but up, last year was a disgrace on the defensive side of the ball

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If you starve a fire it goes away,

If you don’t know what the term means, “troll” refers to an online personality that uses his/her anonymity to “bait” users or turn valid discussions into full-blown arguments.

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The BULLDOG Dline will be something special to behold this year. This line will keep us in alot of games that in the past we would have folded on. Yes, Georgia will have some issues this year, but folks it’s “nut-cuttin” time in Athens, and Me thinks the Chemistry is there to have a championship calibre team in 2011……….It all starts with Defense, and Defense all starts with the Dline……..Every member of the 2011 edition of the University of Georgia Football team will want a piece of the action………….That my BULLDOG freinds is wher the Chemistry comes in!……..Don’t underestimate coach Mark Richt, Dude is going to pull out all the stops to be a winner for BULLDOG NATION this year………….And that’s how ME sees it………and I’m always, with Best Regards, RED

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I burned my mouth and lips to a crisp bobbing for french fries in a fry daddy. I had a big old blister on my mouth for 2 months.

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NEWS FLASH! Bad News guys: AP just reported Richt is going to make D line start attending Sunday school classes. Back to the “Prancing Poodles”, I guess!

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