Here’s what Georgia coach Mark Richt had to say after Saturday night’s 35-21 loss to Boise State in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome.
Q: Opening statement:
A: “Congratulations to Boise State. They just beat us tonight. They were better than we were and my hats off to them. Our players understand understand that and our players understand that we’ve got to get a lot done before we play next week and open Southeastern Confewrence play. We’ve got a lot of work to do. We know that everybody’s 0-0 in league play. Our goal is to win the Eastern Division and that’s not changing. So we have to get ready for that. Boise State did a great job tonight and I congratulate them. Questions? . . .
Oh, I have an announcement. (Bacarri) Rambo is eligible to play next week. He was suspended for the first game for the usual team rules violation. Carlton Thomas will play next week, too.
Q: It looked like y’all were trying to execute a hurry-up offense and send in plays after the from the line of scrimmage after the defense was set. Was that the case and how’d you think the offense played?
A: “We did try to go up-tempo. Tried to run some no –huddle. We tried to spread it out a little more and get some of our guys out in space. We didn’t have an awful lot of success. Historically, Boise State’s defense has been pretty good. It’s not like they’re not one of the top defenses in America. But I think we’ll continue to do that. I don’t think we’re going to stop trying to do that. No matter what you do offensively, whether you go no-huddle or not, you’ve got to execute, you’ve got to get first downs, you’ve got to make plays. Whether we huddled or not I don’t know if that had any bearing on it.”
Q: What are you most disappointed about?
A: “First of all that we lost the game. I think our protection on third down was a little disappointing. The majority of our sacks came on third down. First and second down I thought we protected pretty good. Offensively that was an issue. Defensively we just couldn’t get them off the field once they got going in the second half. Just didn’t get them off the field enough.
Q: Your defense did not record a sack. Why couldn’t you get any pressure on Kellen Moore?
A: “He’s a very good player so he knows where to go with the ball and when to go there. They protected him well, too. He rarely got knocked down. We forced him a couple of times to throw the ball a little sooner than he wanted to, but we didn’t get any sacks. . . . We didn’t get enough pressure on him.”
Q: How would you assess the running game?
A: “It wasn’t real clean. They did a couple of things differently. They did a little more stunting and late movement. But we just didn’t block it clean enough to give them some space to run. The backs had to earn everything they got.”
Q: Your impressions of Boise State?
A: “We went in having an awful lot of respect for them.. We knew they were a very good football team. They were good on both sides of the ball. Very veteran defensive football team. An awful lot of experience on the offensive side of the ball as well. And they get after it. They did a great job.”
Q: What kind of adjustments do you need to make for South Carolina?
A: “We get a little time to think about what kind of adjustments we’ll have to do. We’ll have to do a better job than we did a year ago on quick screens and things of that nature. But we’ve got time to work on all that.”
Q: What’d you think of playing in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game?
A: “It was a big game, a big atmosphere. I thought the crowd was into it. The kids were excited on both sides. Everybody was excited. There was a lot of buzz around the city, a lot of buzz around the Dome and inside the Dome. It’s a great venue and a great game to play.”
Q: How bad are the injuries to Alec Ogletree and Kenarious Gates and how’d it affect your team’s play?
A: “Ogletree was probably, between Christian Robinson and Ogletree, we couldn’t really afford to lose one of those two guys. The drop off was going to be pretty steep, with true freshmen and a walk-on in there. They’re good kids and they’re busting their tails, but it was a position we felt we really couldn’t afford that type of an injury. I have to get with Ron [Courson] to find out exactly what’s going on with Tree. Gates leaving was not good for Georgia and not good for Gates. But Dallas [Lee] was a guy we felt comfortable could go in there and play guard. I’ll have to watch the filmto see how he did.
“As a coach you don’t want anybody to get hurt, but at certain spots you feel like you might could take a hit and be OK. The linebacker position was one we weren’t too thrilled about losing anybody and, of course, we lost Alec.”
Q: Did you think your team was too hyped up?
A: “I thought both teams were a little overly excited early on and made some mistakes. But I thought everybody settled down relatively quick.”
Q: Did you think poor field position cost you?
A: “We were in a bind. We decided to take the ball first and didn’t get much going. Maybe we were too excited or whatever you want to say and then we were a little backed up. But then we had the long touchdown by [Brandon] Boykin and then we were back to normal field position after that. So it didn’t really cost us.”
Q: Why did you not kick the field goal on the fourth-and-one you got stopped?
A: “I decided to go for it. I did that because I felt like we could get one yard. I also felt like more than likely touchdowns wwere going to be needed to win the game. I know we’ve got a great field goal kicker and he could’ve made that one. Maybe in hindsight we should have kicked. If I had known we were going to get stuffed I would have kicked the field goal at that time.”
Q: How big of a momentum changer was it for Boise State to score at the end of the fist half and the beginning of the second?
A: “It was big. They got a two possession lead. But as early as it was in the second half, it wasn’t like everybody was in panic mode or anything like that.”
Q: How did you think Isaiah Crowell and Malcolm Mitchell did in their first games?
A: “I think both of them did well. I think Isaiah, I’ll have to watch the film, but my guess is he got about as much as he could get out of what he had to deal with. Of course Malcolm made a couple of nice plays. He had the reverse and three catches and a touchdown. He’s a good football player. Those guys got a bright future.”
Q: How do you team get your team up off the mat and motivated after putting so much into this first game?
A: “I was encouraged by the reaction of our seniors especailluy in the locker room afterwards. They were encouraging everybody to get to work. Southeastern Conference play hasn’t even started and it’s a long season. We’;ve got to get our minds right. After a game like this, there’s no question we know more about our team than if we had played somebody we might’ve beaten by 40. So hopefully that will translate into us having a better idea of how to play these types of games and help us see where our weaknesses are.”
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paul hewitt
September 4th, 2011
1:07 pm
OK. i’ve had enough fun with you guys this week. see ya next week after you get your sorry tails beat by south carolina on your home field. Have a good week and a safe labor day!
JG
September 4th, 2011
1:07 pm
As insuffurable as bulldog fans are when they win, they sure are amusing when they lose
Kirby
September 4th, 2011
1:07 pm
Its just a game
Burdell 90
September 4th, 2011
1:07 pm
Cheer up guys, y’all can still win the NC…in your mind. This is classic!! Love how y’all are the greatest in the world until, oh yeah, you have to actually play a game!!
Where can we get some of the kool-aid that you are drinking?? Is it home grown??
Go Dawgs, I mean puppies!!!
Dumba$$ rednecks!!!
Jacket Fan
September 4th, 2011
1:07 pm
Question: What do you get when you combine a great recruiter (Richt) with horrible coaching (Richt).
Answer: A losing program and irate fans!
Wreckmaniac
September 4th, 2011
1:12 pm
Every summer its always great to anticipate UGA’s first and second losses so that we outsiders can read about how much those Koolaid hangovers hurt. Man, that UGA Koolaid is powerful stuff. I would say at least 175 proof.
True Dawg Fan
September 4th, 2011
1:13 pm
how can people say that aaron murray shouldn’t be our qb? its 1 game. . Big blows to our d in the 1st quarter alec ogletree n christian robinson oh and not to mention rambo was out. . I do agree that bobo didn’t do well at all. I-formation is uga football stop the shotgun running!!!!
Joan Rivers
September 4th, 2011
1:13 pm
CMR…Im a huge Jacket fan too. Im thinking a beaded Jacket or cape over the uniform might look great in bad weather conditions.
Wreckmaniac
September 4th, 2011
1:14 pm
UGA Law Dawg: Washing machines work hard too.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 4th, 2011
1:15 pm
Wreckmaniac
I’ll agree but whats funny or maybe I should say mind boggling is watching this poorly coached team still whipping those Jackets
Airforcemom
September 4th, 2011
1:16 pm
Joan, I’m thinking feathers. It’s so in right now.
Joan Rivers
September 4th, 2011
1:16 pm
Jackets are all the rage the season.
jrhiker
September 4th, 2011
1:21 pm
UGA Law Dawg; If it’s all poor coacking but having all the talent how did he win a national title and sec championships. your boys are fat and slow
Joan Rivers
September 4th, 2011
1:21 pm
Feathers would give flight to our speedy receivers, but could be a little problematic as they may get tangled in dread locks. I think thats a Seminole look?
Dawg Tired
September 4th, 2011
1:21 pm
Q. When are we going to run a toss sweep? We seemed faster than Boise, but never tried to really exploit the edge except on the sweep by Boykin that was good for an 80 yard TD run. Is there some reason why we continue to try to run between the tackles when there is absolutely no evidence we can power block for such a run?
dawgs01
September 4th, 2011
1:24 pm
B. Smith has no business on a SEC defense. He is scared to death to tackle someone. The SEC is a run first conference he is a pac12 defender not a SEC corner. He looked like he sheet himselp last night when attempting to make tackles. He olayed everyone and i bet he was so happy he got stiffed arm that way he did not have to get ran slap over down there on the goal line. Get him off the field let him return punts and be in on some offensive packages but get him off the defense.
Airforcemom
September 4th, 2011
1:24 pm
true, maybe just some stoning on the leotards to add a touch of bling.
jrhiker
September 4th, 2011
1:25 pm
Dawg fan should be happy knowing that they have won the sec this year. Boise st over Oregon; Oregon win pac 10 Boise State over VT; VT wins acc your next in line
Joan Rivers
September 4th, 2011
1:26 pm
No.No.No….lets not detract the eye from the Red Shoes.
Muddiver
September 4th, 2011
1:27 pm
I finally figured it out. I was flipping channels this morning and came across the Manchurian Candidate. That’s us! About 5 years ago Michael Adams had Mark Richt implanted with two chips. I don’t know, call them the testosterone vampire and the football competency vampire. The ultimate goal being to string together enough 4-8 seasons that UGA fans will stop paying 3000 bucks a year for tickets and then we can only afford to hire Ron Zook. We will take over as the SEC cellar dweller and Adams will have accomplished his mission. Brilliant!
BILLY JACK
September 4th, 2011
1:27 pm
FACT-BOISE STATES 1 STARS PHYSICALLY BEAT OUR 5 STARS ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WE COULD NOT BLOCK THEM ON RUNNING OR PASS PLAYS WE PASS PROTECTED WITH 6 AND COULD NOT BLOCK BOISE STATES 4 MAN RUSH.VERY BAD COACHING AND PREPARATION.BOISE TAKES PLAYERS AND COACHES THEM UP SEVERAL LEVELS AND WE COACH THEM DOWN.THOSE ARE THE FACTS AND THEY ARE UNDISPUTED.
TampaGator
September 4th, 2011
1:29 pm
I have to be honest……..Georgia fans have to be the most fickle fans in America. All summer, you people have been on these blogs talking about how Richt has won so many games per year and how Georgia is the best team in the world with the best OL, best DL, best LBs, best CBs, best Safeties, best special teams, best defense in the 2nd year under Grantham, best nose guards in the 2 world lead by a JC transfer that would change the world as we know it…..and that Boise couldn’t beat Georgia Southern 5 times out of 10 tries….etc etc etc. Then…..let your 19th ranked Bulldogs lose to the 5th ranked Broncos (and most people were telling you that your team would lose to them but you would not listen….even your coached told you that early in the week)….and you act like you just lost to Utah State (which Auburn nearly did) or some other lesser ranked team. You then want to fire your head coach….that you loved this summer……fire Bobo….who you said was better than Weis all summer……and crucify your players….who were the best players in the country this summer.
Truth is…..Georgia played a better team last night and were taken to task by players were were better and more experienced than your players. This will most likely happen next week as well. And Weis….in late October….will most likely show Grantham a thing or two about coaching (the Boise State OC made Grantham look stupid I hear with his play calling). Just wait until Weis has his opportunity……(he made the Florida Atlantic DC look like he was coaching a pee-wee team last night with the counter moved he made).
Georgia will most likely lose to SC next week and will have to work hard to beat any SEC team they play this year….even Vandy (because their coach and his staff is better than Richt and his staff). And, based on what I saw last night from the Florida coaches and players (especially on defense)….Florida will beat the Dawgs again this year. They simply have better coaches players.
But…..there is hope. Richt will most likely resign at the end of the year, along with his staff that you people hate so much. Then your savior….Kirby Smart…..will be offered the position and he will most likely take it (unless Saban offers him 4 mil to stay at the DC). He will follow in ex-Saban mold of coaching and bring hope back to the Georgia fans…..at least until he loses his first game.
P.S.
Forget about Mullen…..he would only leave for Ohio State or Texas A&M. He is not going to switch one Dawg for another Dawg.
Forget Peterson….he isn’t leaving Boise for anyone other than someone in the NFL.
Forget Meyer…..he is CUM and “cries” too much for Athens (what a joke).
Smart is your man…….as long as Bama is not willing to match the salary…..and then….he stays at Bama….as he has the last two years when offers came his way.
Maybe…..with the TCU loss….that coach might consider coming to Athens.
Well…..anyway…..stop your crying!!! You lost a game last night you were going to lose. You lost to a better team that is better coached. You will be playing the same kind of team next week. It could get UGly…..and the crying will most likely get even louder next week.
Will Richt even make it to late October to match up with those two “clowns” down in Gainesville….make it 3 “clowns”……because Quinn is a hell of a defensive coach too.
Airforcemom
September 4th, 2011
1:31 pm
I concede to your being au courant. Truly a football fashionista.
Dawg Tired
September 4th, 2011
1:37 pm
One more question coach: Do you still think it was a good idea to move Samuel back to running back? If so, why?
Joan Rivers
September 4th, 2011
1:37 pm
Tre manifique……Georgia is the fashion ramblin wreck of the week.
john galle
September 4th, 2011
1:37 pm
i am totally mystified at Georgia’s recent lack of success, when they have the same quality athletes, same competent coaching that they have had over the past decade. Although i am a devout bama fan, i have always loved the bulldogs, especially their history and tradition, however i feel that over the past few years a lack of discipline, no appreciation for Georgia’s tradition and silly little gimicks like blackout uniforms and the absolutely hideous costumes aka uniforms that they sported against Boise saturday might be in might be eroding their image and respect that their program has always had and can again. Granted, Saban is not the warmest and fuzziest coach, but everyone knows exactly who runs the show, and recruits know this and still come. It may sound silly, but when i saw the bulldogs come onto the field in that garish garb, it made me wonder who is in charge of this slowly sinking program. Sometime change is necessary, i really like Coach Richt, but i wonder. Go Dawgs!
Delbert D.
September 4th, 2011
1:40 pm
TampaGator – Well, you laid it all out.
TampaGator
September 4th, 2011
1:44 pm
Billy Jack….
Fact: recruiting stars don’t mean “jack”…..as wel illustrated last night. Great coaches look for players that best fit their system and develop their skills.
Fact: Georgia, at this time, has no running backs will “developed” skills (Crowell will most likely be good in time).
Fact: Georgia has only one “developed” receiver….Charles…but he takes too many plays off. King does not have reliable hands…..and your other experienced players at WR are simply not very good.
Fact: The young WR from Valdosta is going to be great….in time. He is already very good, but needs to better learn the system.
Fact: The 270 FB leading the 240 lb. did not work out too well….and it won’t all year. The 240 lb. LB playing RB should go back to playing 2nd and 3rd string LB…..and your TE playing FB needs to go back to playing TE.
Fact: Your OL…other than your center…..is not very good.
Fact: Your DL…..simply got pushed around by a smaller but technically better Boise OL….IT IS ALL ABOUT COACHING.a
Fact…..you have one good defensive back….and he is great. The rest are not that good. But your get “Hitman” RAMBO back next week….so at least you will have someone to make cheap hits on WRs and QBs next week.
Fact: Georgia has a bunch of highly rated recruits on their team that have been poorly coached and have no leadership on and off the field. And….until they do….Georgia will remain a team that does not live up to potential
…..and as Muschamp said recently……”Show me a player not living up to his potential and I will show you a loser. I don’t believe in potential. I believe in results. Either give me results or get out of the way. Let me find someone else that can get me the results I want.”
Well…..Mr. Richt….I think it is about time you took Muschamp’s advice…..you need to step aside and let someone else get results at Georgia.
Chinny
September 4th, 2011
1:45 pm
So what I’m hearing from Richt in his last comments is that this game was meaningless because the season is long and we haven’t started playing SEC teams yet? WTF? No wonder our team lacks motivation and passion. The man in charge casually dismisses a game as less-important than others…we have no chance with him in charge.
Dawg Tired
September 4th, 2011
1:50 pm
Tampa – While I do agree with the basic gist of what you say, I also think Dawg Nation would be even more optimistic than pre Boise if we had opened with Florida Atlantic. Hard to tell much about a team when you play a Florida Atlantic. Having said that, I did see that Weis did have enough sense to go outside an utilize his speed advantage. Obviously, Bobo did that once on the Boykin sweep. I would disagree that it was trickeration in that it was actually just a pretty basic sweep that was well blocked at the point of attack. I beleive that UGA could have run wide with Crowell all night, but is apparently adverse to using any physical advantages against the opponent.
I’ll close with – we stink.
Burdell 90
September 4th, 2011
1:51 pm
TampaGator…pretty accurate!! I would be surprised if they beat Coastal Carolina!!
Mike T.
September 4th, 2011
1:53 pm
Tampa Gator,
Who do you think your trying to impress?
The coach we “loved this summer”are you crazy?Most Georgia
fans I know, we ready long before now to see Richt gone,especially after the Central Florida debacle.Also
why is a troll like you,on the Georgia blog so much,especially after your bunch just opened up with a new
coach?Seems to me you would be on blog discussing them.
Truth is, you just want to gloat.To bad there wasn’t the internet back in Dooley’s day. 47-40-2 GEORGIA.
Airforcemom
September 4th, 2011
1:53 pm
Allez, Jackets. C’est fini.
TampaGator
September 4th, 2011
1:56 pm
Chinny…..
Yep. Again compare Richt to Muschamp.
Richt….his de-motivating comment about possibly not beating Boise early in the week. And then his post game comment that the loss really doesn’t matter because the SEC schedule has not begun yet.
vs.
Muschamp….the Florida Atlantic game is huge. We need to go out and show everyone what we did this summer. We need to go out an play really well and establish things the right way now. This game is big, real big. It is all about winning, no matter what team you are playing.
Then, after the game…..it was a good win. It was exciting to see the team play well. My only regret is (since they played so well) that the team did not have to face any adversity during the game. You get better from facing adversity. But the schedule is going to get harder every week. And we need to go out and play well every week and win. It is all about winning.
The tale of two different cities….and two different coaches. And I am glad that Muschamp, Weis, and Quinn at now in Gainesville….and will be for a long time (except Quinn…who will get a head coaching job somewhere very fast….probably next year). Muschamp and Weis are in Gainesville for year to come. All three can really, really coach.
ab initio
September 4th, 2011
1:57 pm
It’s been said that “Clothes make the man.”
Well, what the Bulldogs displayed yesterday was males in Garanimals.
Time to grow up, Georgia, both in administration and the players on the field.
You’re men; act and dress accordingly.
Big Wally
September 4th, 2011
1:58 pm
Q. Coach, what will your talking points be next week when South Carolina whips you. A. At least our uniforms won’t be ugly. Q. you have a new strength & conditioning coach, yet your defense ran out of gas in the first drive of the 3rd quarter. A. We may have used up too much energy dancing on the sidelines prior to the game and at half time. Q. Outside of the first couple of series in the game, the defense was pretty much helpless against them. A. Yes, our defensive scheme of everyone running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off, had them laughing so hard that they couldn’t execute their plays at first, but then they got serious and it was over.
Brittan Gotbeter
September 4th, 2011
1:59 pm
It’s ashame to hear “fans” attack a football coach and it’s players because they lost a football game to a team ranked higher than them. How about we be a people who support their team in wins and losses. Support the kingdom work of the head coach as he changes these young men’s lives. Imagine a coach like Coach Mark Richt pouring into these young men and teaching them how to handle situations when they win and when they lose. Sure we all love a good win but this is about much more than just football. These young men’s lives will be changed, for the better, forever.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 4th, 2011
1:59 pm
Chinny
I brought this up earlier this week and was ridiculed about it
TampaGator
September 4th, 2011
2:00 pm
Mike T……
Obviously I am here more than you. I have stated this a hundred times. I was a Georgia fan before I went to the U of F and became a Gator fan. I remain a Dawg fan….except when Georgia is playing Florida. I watch Georgia every single time they play when Florida is not playing at the same time (and I am at the Swamp. My brother is also a Georgia fan, and my sister went to Georgia. My brother recorded the Georgia game and I just finished watcing the game.
Plus….I am no troll. But you might be.
Joan Rivers
September 4th, 2011
2:00 pm
I think the fashion statement speaks for itself. The perfect blend of feminimity contrasting the stark uncontrollable masculine side.
TampaGator
September 4th, 2011
2:03 pm
Plus….Mike T…..
I am just stating things as I see them. That does not make me a troll. It does make me someone who is stating an opinion based on what he sees and thinks. Georgia is in trouble. Richt is in trouble. But I do think Georgia many Georgia fans are fickle.
Plus…I do spend a lot of time visiting Gator sites. But the AJC is the best sports blog site in the SE…bar none.
Neutral Observer
September 4th, 2011
2:06 pm
The Red and Black and not so good in red and black. Enough with the gimmick uniforms.
Joan Rivers
September 4th, 2011
2:09 pm
I cant remember the last time I saw Red shoes on a man at a football game. Please someone help me with this one. Even Santa has Black boots.
Marky Mark
September 4th, 2011
2:09 pm
I thought the uniforms looked good with my fly comb-over do, and also helped to emphasize my spray tan. Did ya’ll like the red shoes? We may have to break those out again next week with the new doo doo brown jerseys I’m sure you’re all going to love. How about our dream team? They got to see plenty of action because we don’t have any upperclassmen worth a damn. How about Murray? He’s the next Tom Brady isn’t he? Kellen Moore didn’t deserve to be on the field with him, can’t hold his jock since he’s not an SEC QB.
Don’t worry about our boys. Coach T has them out running 10 miles this morning in military boots- that will get their attention. And as for the helmets falling off on every play- we practice that. I’ve taught those kids to make sure their dreads look good just in case that happens. They use the same aerosol hairspray that I do- you can’t hurt the environment in a dome.
Chin up Dawg fans. We’re gonna rush the end zone against SC if we ever get there. Now off to Guatemala to breast feed their underpriveleged youth.
TexasDawg
September 4th, 2011
2:09 pm
Boise State had a better game plan than the Dawgs!
TampaGator
September 4th, 2011
2:12 pm
…..and Mike T…..
I spent a lot of time on these AJC blogs this summer…..and MOST of the Georgia bloggers were predicting big things for Georgia this summer….as usual. I thought Georgia would lose to Boise because I thought Boise was better. I also thought Georgia would beat SC in game 2. I find that less likely to happen now. SC is good……and Spurrier….in his mad genius…..showed Garcia that he means business this year. Down 24-7….SC came back under Garcia and demolished E. Carliana. Very impressed. Plus……even though Florida Atlantic is not very good……Florida looked very fast and talened in all areas last night…..and extremley well coached. Brantley showed me something last night as well. He is night and day from last year. Still not great. But he is a leader now and showed leadership skills last night. He looked good in the pro-style offense. And Florida has excellent receivers in Dunbar, Thompson, Hammond, Dunbar, and Reed. A very good and very athletic OL (Chaz Green looked really good as the backup at OT on left and right sides) and the combo speed and talent of Demps and Rainey running and receiving out of the backfield….well….is just scary with Weis calling the plays. Burton got hurt last night on the first play….and hip pointer….and I did not get to see him run in short yardage situations. But the offense looked sharpe under Brantley. And….the defense….well…..it is truly very, very good.
Marky Mark
September 4th, 2011
2:13 pm
Recruits- don’t forget, come play for me next year and be a part of Dream Team 2, the Sequel. You too can look like clowns in front of a national TV audience. Maybe Tech will lose their starting QB again this year so we can beat them again and perhaps save my job. I’m sure our 3-4 defense will shut them down just like they did last year. I’m gonna watch film with Coach Grantham this afternoon after he gets out of his lap band procedure.
Delbert D.
September 4th, 2011
2:15 pm
Fashion sense, whatever; they could have put green pants with red jerseys. To me, the worse thing about the uniforms is that I had a lot of trouble making out the players’ numbers. I have no idea if Drew played, for example, of if Jenkins was rotating in before Geathers went out in the 2nd half.
Neutral Observer
September 4th, 2011
2:15 pm
And to the drunk Dawg fan in our section who spilled beer all over me and was profane, rude, and generally obnoxious before being ejected: I hope you’re having a really crummy day.
bulldog nation
September 4th, 2011
2:15 pm
Mark Richt Please step down…