Video: Getting Richard Samuel healthy, pressure on Kellen Moore keys for Georgia
Cinesport’s Noah Coslov and I talk about Saturday’s game between No. 19 Georgia and No. 5 Boise State in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome.
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Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
11:34 am
Getting Samuels healthy in two days?
Good luck.
where are the true fans
September 1st, 2011
11:39 am
Stranger things have happen, Nothing Could Be Finer, I hope he is ready though.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
11:42 am
If there is any doubt about his hammy, then you gotta sit him.
Yall need him more against SC than Boise, for sure.
FaithfulDawg86
September 1st, 2011
11:43 am
Samuels has been recovering for awhile, noncontact etc. I think he’ll be good to go, they’re kust being cautious with him in practice and rightly so. I can’t wait to see him with Big Bruce out in front blocking… mixing it up with Muuray’s air attack (and scrambling ability) and Crowell’s finesse running. C’mon Saturday!!!!
nasty dog
September 1st, 2011
11:43 am
Samuel will be there playing and ga will get pressure on kellin moore and win the game 31-17.
Born2Bark
September 1st, 2011
11:45 am
Feel good about our chance to get constant pressure. Hoping for a repeat of when Hawaii came in overconfident feeling they could play with anybody, and a battered Colt Brennan saying we’ve just never seen that kind of speed before. GATA!!!!!!
1eyedJack
September 1st, 2011
11:50 am
Were going to win this with defense and special teams and DEFENSE.
WDE
September 1st, 2011
11:50 am
Chip great article, we need Samuel healthy and ready to go and we HAVE to pressure Moore..Go dogs!
DawginLex
September 1st, 2011
11:57 am
Interesting chance for Grantham to make a statement.
Could also show up Bobo-Having one side of the ball playing winning ball and the other side not.
We have got to run the ball for about 125 + yards in order to win the game. no running game and murray is running for his life.
We also can’t let Martin get more than 100 yards either. gotta make them one dimensional
i think it’s gonna be close.
B
September 1st, 2011
12:12 pm
C-Tow, you are a miserable, miserable little fella. Did you get made fun of by the football players in high school?
bardawg
September 1st, 2011
12:12 pm
I don’t think this game will be a blow-out for either team, a real nail biter. Go dawgs!
TossSweep
September 1st, 2011
12:19 pm
I say CMR will have a few surprises up his sleeves to get the scrowd going. Georgia wins and covers 14.
Spanky
September 1st, 2011
12:29 pm
I hafta agree with “1eyedJack” on that! From what I’ve heard coming out of the dawgs’ camp,is that our defense is clicking on ALL CYLINDERS!! Everybody now “gets it”, and I can not wait!! Jones and ‘Tree have the gang barking with confidence! Could this be?…maybe?… Junkyard Dawgs 2.0?
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
12:31 pm
RUN THE BALL BOBO AND RICHT. Please run the ball. If we run this ball, we will win this game. Just do it please!
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
12:33 pm
Richt seems confident by the interviews I’ve seen. He seems like he just knows something that us fans just don’t have a clue about. I think he likes where we’re at and apparently everybody is focused and ready to play ball. I just hope he runs the rock a lot against Boise because they won’t be able to withstand it all 4 quarters. They may make plays in the 1st and 2nd quarters, but if we’re ahead in the 4th, just run it down their throats.
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
12:35 pm
Samuel will be ready and that’s 240 pounds of muscle and fast body coming at a defense. He’s also got tons of speed. People look at his weight and think he’s just a bruiser but he can split a defense as well and bust a big one. So we’ll have to see how it pans out. He scares me with the fumbles, but I have confidence in both Samuel, and Crowell to get the job done. Malcome might even break a few runs. We might have a 3-headed TB position mid-season.
The Most Interesting Man in the World
September 1st, 2011
12:44 pm
Boise St. is a myth. They are much better than they were in 2005, but I expect the same result, a UGA win. Maybe not 48-13, but UGA wins by 2 TDs. And if UGA does not beat Boise, go ahead and issue Richt his walking papers. If UGA is the program it is suppose to be, then they have no business losing to a WAC/Mountain West team!
1eyedJack
September 1st, 2011
12:46 pm
I wonder how many Boise fans have bet the tater farm on this one?
Frank Lane
September 1st, 2011
12:54 pm
I have friends from Boise. they are very confident, not at all intimidated.
Frank Lane
September 1st, 2011
12:56 pm
What is the official spread?
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
1:06 pm
I wonder how many Boise fans have bet the tater farm on this one?
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I wonder how many Georgia fans have bet the onion farm on this one?
chilidawg
September 1st, 2011
1:08 pm
The spread is Boise by 3. Dawgs win by 3 scores.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
1:12 pm
The spread is Boise by 3. Dawgs win by 3 scores.
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Get that onion farm deed out.
Its on!
Spanky
September 1st, 2011
1:19 pm
Get that onion farm deed out.
What?!…Onion Farm?!…Where do you get this crap?! LOL, this ain’t all farmland like Idaho, son! Just brace yourself for a rude awakening, K?
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
1:24 pm
Just brace yourself for a rude awakening, K?
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This week, or next?
This week – maybe.
Next week – not likely.
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
1:38 pm
Once again nothing finer is on a UGA blog. I think he’s scared of UGA and what they’ve got going on. He sees that we’re a brand new team, with a brand new attitude and it worries him. I bet he doesn’t go to Florida blogs, I bet he doesn’t go to Kentucky blogs, I bet he doesn’t go to Vandy blogs or any other team in the SEC. I bet he stays on a UGA blog more than he does his own team.
I think he’s a GT fan btw.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
1:43 pm
Athens dog, the Ga vs SC game is one of my favorites of the year.
I come here to mix it up with yall to make it more exciting.
I am sorry you can’t handle the heat.
Spanky
September 1st, 2011
1:44 pm
Athens Dawg,.. do you blame him? LMAO!!
Nothing Finer,…we’ll see how cofident you come Monday! I predict a come-from-behind win for the gameclocks! ECU has been steadily getting better!
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
1:47 pm
Gotcha Spanky.
I predict that Ga handles Boise and wins 27-10.
Next week will be a different story though
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
1:49 pm
Nothing Finer, oh yeah it scares me sooo much that you predict SC will just blow us out considering they never have before. Our games are always close. Always. We’ll see in a week just how good SC can handle the hype and coming off a 9-5 season, I just don’t understand it.
WDE
September 1st, 2011
1:49 pm
@Nothing Could Be Finer your right next week UGA wins 27-21
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
1:54 pm
Never said SC will blow the dogs out.
Everyone that follows these teams knows its usually close.
I do believe that SC has better talent and coaching this year and will beat Ga in Athens.
AltamahaDawg
September 1st, 2011
2:05 pm
Can a Dawg fan get a post in edgwise in here?
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
2:07 pm
When is the last time SC beat UGA back to back? I can’t remember.
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
2:07 pm
I can remember when UGA beat SC in back to back years though. In the 2008 season we beat you in your house, and then in 2009 we beat you in Athens.
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
SC gets all the hype about winning the East, national title, and what not but what have they done to earn that right? They’re now all of a sudden the kings of the SEC East? Give me a break. Even the SC fans must understand that they’re not THAT good. They went 9-5 losing their last two games and one of them 56-17 in the SEC championship game. That’s saying a lot. Now they get all the hype and are expected to take the SEC East by storm and no team has a chance to unseat them all because of their usual 5 loss season.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
2000 – 2001
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
2:15 pm
2000-2001 are you serious? LOL wow. 2008-2009. That’s when we did.
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
Richt wasn’t even here in 2000 buddy. His first season was 2001! So SC has NEVER beaten us back to back under Richt.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
2:17 pm
Not sure what to tell you, Athens dog.
When you got studs like Lattimore and Jeffery, people jump on your bandwagon.
Athens Dawg
September 1st, 2011
2:18 pm
Well when you have “studs” like Lattimore and Jeffrey, you don’t lose SEC championship games 56-17. Maybe Garcia was drunk?
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 1st, 2011
2:24 pm
Auburn was really good last year, obviously.
SC will be improved all around this year with experience and talent.
Red Panties
September 1st, 2011
2:54 pm
Lock of the year, Boise covers and wins going away. It’s tough to win when Boise has the best QB, head coach and offensive coordinator, and BTW Rivals just ranked the top 20 offensive coordinators
in the country and Bobo was no where to be found. The Sec did have 3 of the top four in the country, with Tenn. coming in at # 18.
Richt gets out coached again and can only hope Boise self distrucks.
The Goat
September 1st, 2011
2:55 pm
Does anybody else get annoyed when they get excited to see a video of our football team and instead find some webcam clip of a reporter talking in his hallway?
dawgfan
September 1st, 2011
3:34 pm
Enter your comments here
Tobias Funke
September 1st, 2011
3:36 pm
red panties AKA Tech nerd.
distrucks?
66DAWGnNC
September 1st, 2011
4:10 pm
Well Nasty Dog, you predicted the same score I have, except I predict BSU 31, UGA 17. I hope I am wrong and you are right. But I am just not sold on this “much improved defense” as of yet. Everyone seems to be basing this on Bama’s year 2 under Saban and the drastic improvement. I believe your scheme (3/4 vs 4/3) is not as important as your execution. From what I saw last year the scheme was adequate. Guys were in position to make plays (most of the time). The execution, however, was a different story. For example, Lattimore ran for 182 yards on us last year. How many would he have had had someone wrapped him up and tackled him? We had him in the backfield or on the corner and guys would grab air most of the time. Against Arky we could not cover anybody and Mallet lit us up. What I am saying is knowing what to do and then being able to do it are two different things. Until I see this defense swarm to the ball, stuff the runner in the hole, and cover a receiver like a blanket, I believe we will see more of the same. Once again, I hope I am wrong and I hope this defense dominates. But I look for BSU to dump off those short passes to some very gifted athletes, hit us with a bunch of misdirection to compensate for the speed, and our guys to be so amped up we over-run the play and they bust a big one. Hopefully our O can run the ball and control the clock. That is the only way I see a UGA win. Once again, I hope I am wrong. For those of you who will question my loyalty to the DAWGS, I have been closely associated with them since 1966. I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist, I am a realist. I do look for us to be better than last year, the schedule should help with that. But I don’t think we are ready for the SEC East Championship or anything much better than maybe 8 and 4. Once again, I hope I am dead wrong and these young pups surprise the heck out of me. Maybe I should go ask Mark May if the D will be able to get to Moore. I believe he said that UGA had no shot against Hawaii and Colt Brennen, would not touch him, and would lose by a wide margin. If I remember correctly Brennen was sacked 8 times and did not finish the game. While I do not want to see Moore, or any player for that matter hurt, I do hope he sees most of the game from his backside. GO DAWGS!!!
5$ Dawg
September 1st, 2011
4:36 pm
If UGA loses to Boise and both Boise and UGA win out, does Boise play for the MNC?
acdc1996
September 1st, 2011
4:41 pm
You CANNOT compare BOISE ST. vs V.T. to BOISE ST. vs.UGA.
UGA is FAR bigger, taller and faster in the front seven then V.T. If you watched the game, BOISE ST. and V.T. were about the same size and BOISE was able to have their way. Surprisingly, V.T. is not that big in the front seven on defense.
UGA is almost 30 pounds and 2 inches taller on the offensive and defensive line. BOISE ST. will not be able to have their way at the line of scrimmage. If they win against UGA, it will be because of finesse not POWER, like they used against VT.
I predict that the game will be close for 3 quarters, maybe BOISE ST. will have the lead. However, UGA will end up blowing the game up in the 4 quarter do to the relentless pound BOISE will take by the bigger lines UGA has on offense and defense.
1st Quarter – UGA 3, BOISE ST. 7
2nd Quarter – UGA 10, BOISE ST. 17
3rd Quarter – UGA 24, BOISE ST. 24
4th Quarter – UGA 32, BOISE ST. 24
BG
September 1st, 2011
4:43 pm
Let the big DAWG eat!! GATA!!
acdc1996
September 1st, 2011
4:45 pm
Correction…4th quarter – UGA 34, BOISE ST. 34
AceDawg
September 1st, 2011
4:48 pm
I’d say that if Boise goes undefeated, they’ll make the NC game unless two major teams finish undefeated. They have a multi-year resume in their favor. Pollsters won’t deny Moore a shot if he gets to that point with only 2 losses in 4 years.
Still, if UGA coaching has done a great job preparing UGA for 2011 and calls a good game, UGA should not have a nail biter but instead win by a couple scores. I don’t think Moore can beat the Dawgs alone, BUT Boise State is WAY better than Colorado and Central Florida were last year, so all eyes are on UGA coaching.
acdc1996
September 1st, 2011
4:48 pm
66DAWGnNC…This is not another SEC team we will be playing. To bring SC and Alabama games as a point of reference is crazy. This is more like the Hawaii game. UGA will be motivated, they will be bigger and faster than BOISE ST., and BOISE will lose.
acdc1996
September 1st, 2011
4:50 pm
AceDawg…I agree. However, UGA was not motivated for Central Florida. The Colorado game was unfortunate and we should have won. I think we had bad Karma during that time.
firedawg
September 1st, 2011
5:37 pm
Dawgs need to come out and play with the chip on their shoulder that they SHOULD HAVE after the debacle of 2010. Plenty to prove! Very winable game, no question. GATA!
66DAWGnNC
September 1st, 2011
5:47 pm
acdc, I believe you have missed my point. My reference to Bama was to show that just because they were much improved in year 2 of the 3/4 does not mean UGA will be. Bama had much better execution on both sides of the ball than what I have seen from UGA recently. They also had the big man in the middle that stuffed everything. We have been told that we have 2 very capable big men in the middle that are similar. All I said is I will believe the hype when I see the execution. That would translate to my comments about USCe as well. Guys were in position to make the play, but did not. I have seen that way too often the last few years. Is it poor coaching or over-hyped recruits? Your guess is as good as mine. I understand that BSU is not SEC caliber. But, they are good enough, when they have plenty of time to prepare, to beat any body on any day at any venue. Ask OK, Oregon, or VT about that. I believe they are much too experienced and too well coached to be awed by UGA and the Georgia Dome. That’s all I am saying. I will believe the UGA hype when I see it.
CHDawg
September 1st, 2011
7:33 pm
I think some of you guys are forgetting that players mature and the extra year can make a big difference. Jones, Tyson, Boykin, Smith, Commings, Williams, Robinson, Tree, and Washington are all back from starting last year. J. Jones started at USC (I think) and has the extra year last season, too. Geathers played some and Jenkins was a star in JUCO. Pundits generally look at who the team lost, but they don’t look at the experience level or ability of who is replacing them–almost all of them have started and played well. I think we are much stronger in that department than they realize. Geathers is the closest thing we have to an inexperienced starter in all of the players I mentioned, but he has gotten good reviews from all. We have some good young guys pushing them. Not only is the whole unit a year older, but the second year of a system is better for several reasons: the players are more comfortable, but so is the coach. He knows the players better, and he knows his opponents much better. CTG had little idea what to expect from some of the teams. From all accounts they worked hard on the physical part of D in the spring and summer; we’ll see, but I expect a big improvement. They are starting with a very, very accomplished offense to beat, so they get a huge challenge right out of the gate. The big unknown for me is how good the O line will be. If they can open big holes, we are going to be very, very hard to beat imo. We have great special teams. Finally, I wouldn’t get distracted by the Richt haters. Some of them have other agendas, and we really have no way of knowing who is sincere in their criticism, and who has something else going on. Richt is as good as they get. He has had a couple of bad years, but I think he rights the ship Saturday. He knows how to win; I’d say he is among the least of our worries. Go Dawgs.
dogdawg
September 1st, 2011
7:35 pm
Chip tell me we are gonna be ready to play! Share some of your insight,tell me we gonna win.
Ga Wins
September 1st, 2011
7:54 pm
OMG come on folks……this is Boise St. we’re talking about…they’re not as strong as everybody makes out.
Ga wins going away. We’ll be playing the 2nd & 3rd strings by the end of the 3rd quarter.
Now SC we need to worry about……next week. Let’s hope no one gets hurt.
secdawg
September 1st, 2011
11:04 pm
Dear Boise State,
Please join a real conference so all of us SEC fans can quit haering you cry about a chance at the national champioship. It must make you feal guilty to prepare for one QUALITY APPONENT the whole season and then think you can just walk into the national championship game. If you think Kellen Moore is a heisman trophy candidate let him play aginst a QUALITY APPONENT every week.Any current starter in the sec could throw for 3500 yards with THIS SCHEDULE
SEPT. 3 GEORGIA # 19
SEPT. 16 TOLEDO
SEPT. 24 TULSA
OCT. 1 NEVADA
OCT. 7 FRESNO STATE
OCT. 15 COLORADO STATE
OCT. 22 AIR FORCE
NOV. 5 UNLV
NOV. 12 TCU # 14 WEAK
NOV. 19 SAN DIEGO STATE
NOV. 26 WYOMING
DEC. 3 NEW MEXICO
Shawn
September 1st, 2011
11:32 pm
This week UGA wins in a laugher! 48-21 or maybe worse if CTG is salty enough to keep the starters in till the end. Next week will be a tough one and hard to call a winner. I just hope UGA prepares as hard and is as excited to play USCe as they are this week!
Hilarious...
September 2nd, 2011
12:49 am
“He’s a really nice compliment to Isaiah Crowell” …This is hysterical. Mark can say that the season doesn’t ride on Crowell all he wants, but when ppl are talking about a junior being a nice compliment to a kid that hasn’t played 1 down yet says it all. If this kid isn’t the next Lattimore, this Dream Team might go the way of the last 10 years of Dream Teams…Not a position I’d want to be in.
Fleming island Dawg
September 2nd, 2011
7:44 am
tired of hearing about the uniforms as if they were to motivate. It was required by both teams to wear them not Georgia’s idea. Boise St. beat Virginia Tech last year but so did James Madison. So don’t think VT was such a powerhouse at the beginning of the year.
38 Yardline Dawg
September 2nd, 2011
9:30 am
Um, the uniforms are not required, but were agreed to by both teams. It’s the Chick-fil-a bowl, not Nike bowl. But Nike’s almighty dollars speak very persuasively.
bubba4dawgs
September 2nd, 2011
10:36 am
This game will be won in the trenches! Put the squeeze on Moore and cover the secondary. I’m expecting some sacks. We’re gonna see what the 3-4 is all about. GO DAWGS!! Don’t hurt Moore, just give him a taste of the Big Dome grass!
azdawg
September 2nd, 2011
12:45 pm
66DAWGnNC
September 1st, 2011
4:10 pm
My sentiments, exactly. I was a year ahead of you, class of ‘65.
Until the dawgs prove it on the field, I see no proof that they’re any better then last season and could be worse considering graduation, early departures, etc. They have the talent to be a very good team but lack(ed) basic tackling skills and couldn’t cover a blanket last season and don’t get me started on the O lines performance and at times the play calling of Bobo.
Maybe pure talent and ability of a select few players on this years team will mean the difference between victory and defeat that wasn’t there last season given the fact AJ Green missed first 4 games. On paper GA should beat BSU given we’re bigger and supposedly more talented. That showed up in the 2005 game w/BSU. But this is not the same UGA team as in 2005 and definitely a much better Boise team that will show up in the Dome on Saturday.
The dawgs should win if all the hype is true and they’ve turned things around but if the Boise guys get wide open and their RB’s run free and through tackles, and our O line can’t open a hole w/a can opener, then our worst fears will come true. In this case I hate to say I was right so please Dawgs prove us wrong by erasing all doubts of lingering ghosts of seasons past. .