Video blog: Defense looks promising, tailback questions unanswered
Noah Coslov of Cinesport called this morning to ask me some questions about Georgia’s preseason football camp.
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Athens Dawg
August 19th, 2011
2:47 pm
SC fans need to hope Garcia doesn’t have a hangover on Saturday when they face us. If we sack him a few times, at halftime he may just go to his locker get some liquor and drink it to ease the pain. Sounds like something Garcia would do doesn’t it?
QB coach: Garcia what are you doing?
Garcia: Easing the pain coach, by drinking.
QB coach: You can’t do that son, we have a game.
Garcia: Who are you to tell me?! Your a drunk too.!
QB coach: Well I can’t argue with that.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 19th, 2011
2:50 pm
AJ wasnt there to help UGA? Hello when you have to depend on a wide receiver to be the leader on the team you have more problems than you realize.
Steven
August 19th, 2011
2:50 pm
I’m going to love it when these Tech fans who are bashing Georgia’s defense get to see their team finish 5-7. Sorry defense, sorry o-line, no one good at b-back, good luck nerds!
gbal
August 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
Snoop – Cochran kid in Morgan Co. ?
Whats the deal here?
Coach Grohbo
August 19th, 2011
2:51 pm
I looked up Georgia’s pass defense stats from last year.
You were dead last in your conference in stopping your opponent on third down, most of it via the pass.
Opponents converted over 40% of third downs against you.
Even our sorry defense did not achieve that dubious honor last year.
CHDawg
August 19th, 2011
2:52 pm
Well said, Athens Dawg. Attitude is what wins. We have plenty of talent…
17 - 3
August 19th, 2011
2:52 pm
I didn’t know football was a fat contest. In that case uga wins on what it has between the ears alone.
Heck, Grantham ranked #1 in the nation if it’s a fathead contest, lol.
Somebody told me it was 16 – 3, can anyone verify, is it 16, 17 or 18 to 3?
Mean Machine
August 19th, 2011
2:53 pm
Chip,
What’s the word on Malcombe? He seems to stay hurt, any chance he can make a significant contribution?
Clawdawg
August 19th, 2011
2:54 pm
“Nothing Could be Finer” is a Klinesfelter! SC lost 5 games last year and they are acting like they won the National Championship. You barely beat UGA at home wihtout AJ Green on the field, and we were breaking in a Freshman QB. Anyone that has watched and followed football more than the past 2 years knows that this game is always close no matter who is the more talented team. You are comming to Athens at night. Yes SC is talented this year, but your O-Line is young and you replaced alot of your secondary. A 5 loss team should not be talking trash to anyone. Lets settle it on the field! I will take Murray over Garcia any day, our running game will be improved, this will be the best defense we have had since the 2004 BVG team. If you dont believe that then you are a moron!
Big Spur
August 19th, 2011
2:55 pm
Hangover or not, Garcia won’t have to do much this year in Athens other than to hand the ball off.
Your 3-4 has proven it can not stop our running game.
Brian
August 19th, 2011
2:56 pm
Murray is going to be really, really good this season as long as his receivers can get open. Chip, you are an excellent blogger and I enjoy your material, but there is no comparing Murray to Brantley. Brantley hasn’t won the big games either. Tebow lost a few big games his first year as a starter and then almost no one could stop him. I am concerned about Crowell and Samuel though, we won’t be able to run the ball at all if those guys can’t come back from their injuries. It does sound like Crowell will be okl
Brian
August 19th, 2011
3:01 pm
Big Spur, I agree that you guys should be really good this year, and Lattimore is a beast, but I think you’re making too big of an assumption about our 3-4 after one season. We had no time to recruit the bigger guys it took to run that defense. Now we have two guys around 350 pounds who could make a big impact. We also have some young guys who have talent like Garrison Smith and Ray Drew who should help us do a better job against the run.
dawg22
August 19th, 2011
3:01 pm
Cochran was a speed QB at MCHS with a decent arm. Think he would really give the Dawgs a boost if shifted from QB to TB given that we have Murry and Lemay in line. The dude is a hoss with incredible speed and the moves to make people miss. A real catch if we could land him and he would agree to the switch. He sat out last season I know so would be eligable.
WDE
August 19th, 2011
3:02 pm
@Coach Grohbo you can pull stat’s till the cows come home your STILL 1-9 vs UGA in the last ten and your STILL on probation….
17 - 3
August 19th, 2011
3:03 pm
SC is not acting like they won the NC, you made that up. They are acting like they whipped you which they did. If beating you made them NC, 7 teams would have shared it last year.
Brian
August 19th, 2011
3:03 pm
WDE, well said!
AltamahaDawg
August 19th, 2011
3:04 pm
Chip…
Any word on the future plan of Sturdivant?
WDE
August 19th, 2011
3:04 pm
Ga Tech has the best defense in the SEC
WDE
August 19th, 2011
3:04 pm
@Big Spur remember your bunch has proven they can’t beat UK a team we destroyed last year…just keep Garcia sober and his coach and show up in Athens we won’t be hard to find..
Brian
August 19th, 2011
3:04 pm
South Carolina lost some guys on the o-line too.
Brian
August 19th, 2011
3:08 pm
So did the Jackets
Brian
August 19th, 2011
3:08 pm
Sometimes you have no idea what kind of impact the freshman on the other team are going to make until they step on the field. Malcolm Mitchell and Amarlo Herrera both seem to be making a lot of improvement and could be some guys to throw at Boise to start the season.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 19th, 2011
3:09 pm
Murray is going to be really, really good this season as long as his receivers can get open.
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As is the case for many, many QB’s.
Bama Mike
August 19th, 2011
3:11 pm
Appears it is the same chronic leg for IC. At first CMR says it day to day and then Chip reports he appeard severly limited the past week. The should test the new strength and conditioning program. Those lingering injuries are the worst kind. With his chronic leg problems in high school maybe Auburn had it right early when it was rmoured they wanted to shut him down for a year and rehab/strenthen the leg. Here is wishing him the best. Too much talent to rush him on the field.
the Evil Genius
August 19th, 2011
3:12 pm
I’m gonna do like the NCAA did with Prior. I’m gonna suspend him next year!
17 - 3
August 19th, 2011
3:12 pm
If you aren’t a Georgia fan get off this blog, so they can pretend they have some great Tradition and are Nationally relevant, until the season starts.
the Evil Genius
August 19th, 2011
3:13 pm
Let me clarify, suspend Garcia next year.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 19th, 2011
3:14 pm
Relevant enough to get you on here trying to be funny with the zingers 17-3.
Atlanta87
August 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
If AJ didn’t like UGA, he’s going to hate the Bengals. At least he will be getting paid I guess.
snoopy
August 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
Then slip him in the Wild Dawg set!! A real double threat that would drive DC’s throughout the confrence nuts.. Sign Cochran Now!
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
We also have some young guys who have talent
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Who in the SEC doesn’t?
East Repeat
August 19th, 2011
3:16 pm
I like French Fried Taters (large-uns) with extra Hater sauce, ummhu! Its out of gas.
Where those Latt’s 2nd half stats vs UGA last year? Pretty close, I bet. Naw, Kentucky game. Did I win?
JDawg1785
August 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
Well said, Lowcountry!
Bama Mike
August 19th, 2011
3:19 pm
Just saw my first Idaho tag in town. Looks like the lookouts are here Dawg Nation. Wake up the archers.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 19th, 2011
3:21 pm
You’ll be very surprised at the number of Boise fans that show up.
AltamahaDawg
August 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
How many would you guess.
bitter rouge booster
August 19th, 2011
3:32 pm
chip towers the greatest of all AJC REPORTS—————————buying recruits is my job
——-just got a flight out of MIAMI—–hahahahahah—-heading back to ALL-BURN
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 19th, 2011
3:33 pm
Not sure Altahama, but those fans will travel.
Worst part about it is that they’ll be wearing orange.
WDE
August 19th, 2011
3:34 pm
@Nothing Could Be Finer there were quite a few the last time we played them…nice folks good losers.
Clawdawg
August 19th, 2011
3:35 pm
@ 17-3. You lost 5 games last year! You had your butt handed to you in the SEC Cahmpionship, by FSU in your Bowl Game and lost to Kentucky. That is not a great body of work! You are bragging about beating the worse GA team in the last 12 years and you wouldnt have done that if Ealy didnt fumble. You beat UGA last year, great! What did it get you? But thats the whole point isnt it, both teams look a little different on paper and we will see come Sept 10 how those lofty expectations shake out! GATA
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 19th, 2011
3:36 pm
nice folks good losers
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haha They might not take this loss too well though.
They want this game very badly.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 19th, 2011
3:36 pm
Boise purchase all the tickets alloted to them, 7,500. So at least that many will be attending. Then you have 9,200 tickets sold to sponsers. UGA received just over 53,000 tickets.
AltamahaDawg
August 19th, 2011
3:37 pm
SO, for the three times that you have made that statement in here, you have no idea, wouldn’t even speculate, absolutely no quantitative rationale to your point?
Just, you’ll be surprised. Whatever it is.
Really glad you shared that with us.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 19th, 2011
3:39 pm
Settle down Altahama, you’ll see on Sept 3.
bitter rouge booster
August 19th, 2011
3:39 pm
EVERYTHING HERE IN SOUTH BEACH IS FREE INCLUDING——–THE BRICTHES
————————————”U” GET IT—————————MIAMI SO SCR—-EWED–hahahahaha
Gatormeat
August 19th, 2011
3:40 pm
The dogs defense always looks promising in August, but when they come down here to Jacksonville every October, the result is the same. I don’t see this year being any different, Florida wins going away, the dogs go 6-6 or worse, and the trend continues
bitter rouge booster
August 19th, 2011
3:42 pm
my cas-sa your cas-sa—————no rules in south beach————i hate and will attack all
—————————————–compliate folks———————-rouge boosters rule collage ball
—————————————————pay for play—-scam newton rocks
AltamahaDawg
August 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
Yea, and nobody in here is going to be surprised.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
I think every teams defense looks promising in August not just UGA’s. Would love to find the coach that would publicly say otherwise about his defense.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
Yea, and nobody in here is going to be surprised.
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Only if the dogs lose, right?