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Rewind: Richt says Dogs likely to stick with TB rotation of Samuel, then Crowell

6:00 am September 5, 2011, by Chip Towers

MONDAY MORNING REWIND

Happy Labor Day everyone. Glad to see some rain coming our way. God knows we need it.

Not sure how much it will help the Georgia Bulldogs, however. After watching Saturday night’s debacle against Boise State, it’s clear they need all the practice they can get before No. 12 South Carolina comes rolling into Athens next weekend. The last thing they need is a bunch of thunderstorms to chase them inside.

Welcome to the “Monday Morning Rewind.” This will be regular feature during the season. It’s nothing fancy, just a forum to make sure you get a chance to see everything we’ve got on football coverage. We’ll offer some fresh news, notes and quotes along with links to the latest versions of stories we’ve written over the weekend and a few from elsewhere. So let’s get to it. . . .

THE MAIN THING

Head coach Mark Richt held his weekly teleconference on Sunday. As expected, the news was not good on linebacker Alec Ogletree: Broken foot, surgery on Monday, out four to six weeks.

My story for print was on this development and how it affects Georgia’s attempts to contain South Carolina tailback Marcus Lattimore this time around. I also do a formatted review/preview box called “UGA Rewind” for the print section every Monday. Click HERE to check it out.

I wasn’t able to fit in this comment from Richt about Ogletree, who had been one of the Bulldogs’ stars in preseason camp:

“I’ve texted him a little bit but did not talk to him today. His family is in town in preparation for the surgery tomorrow. I’m sure he’s hurt. He’s crushed right now because he loves to play the game and he was really playing outstanding football . He played inspired football and our defense really came out ready to play and had a lot of great energy and enthusiasm and had a lot of big hits early on. He was a big part of that.”

Ogletree reached out to Georgia fans via Facebook on Sunday night:

“Thanks for all the support from everyone. I will continue to fight and get well. As for the team we are on a mission and it is about to begin. God has a plan for us so lets keep working hard and show up next week when the cocks roll in.” #9

FIVE MORE THINGS

1. Richt isn’t planning any changes in the tailback rotation for the South Carolina game. That is, junior Richard Samuel will again get the start over freshman Isaiah Crowell, who was clearly the better runner with 60 yards on 15 carries (4.0 average). Samuel had 12 yards on seven carries but apparently was better with other aspects of playing the position.

“Probably not,” Richt said to changing starters. “But we’ll keep competing and keep getting better. There’s some things understandably that Isaiah has to get better at in the protection area., just knowing who to block and how to get it done. I thought he was eager to block and he did make some very nice blocks. There were a couople of times he missed an assignment here or there. But Richard needs reps, too. He didn’t practice a lot at the end [of preseason camp]. A linebacker blitzed a couple of times while we were blocking them with the tailback position and they didn’t make the sack but we weren’t really outstanding in our protection fundamentals. We’ve just got to keep working at it.”

Junior Carlton Thomas returns this week as well. Thomas, Georgia’s third-string tailback last season, missed the opener due to a disciplinary suspension.

2. Bacarri Rambo, as Richt confirmed AFTER Saturday’s game, was indeed suspended after all. And Richt speculated that the junior from Donalsonville, probably would return to the starting lineup at free safety. He started all 13 games there last season.

“Yeah, I think we would” Richt said of Rambo starting. “I say that but I guess I shouldn’t be premature on that. I’d have to talk to Coach [Scott] Lakatose and see if it’s a slam dunk. But Bacarri’s going to play, that’s for sure.”

3. Richt expects starting left guard Kenarious Gates to return this week from an ankle injury that sidelined him for the entire second half against Boise. Redshirt sophomore Dallas Lee of Buford, the only other lineman with previous game experience, filled in admirably in Gates’ absence and will continue to play a big role.

4. Richt wasn’t necessarily anticipating a lineup change at split end, where junior Tavarres King struggled on Saturday. King, expected to be the Bulldogs’ main target among wideouts, dropped two passes and finished with one catch for three yards.

“The bottom like is we’ve still got a lot of faith in Tavarres,” Richt said. “But everybody at that position especially is talented and we think can make plays. So we’re going to compete and see who’s going to start. But all those guys are going to play and we just need to let them play. ”

Richt praised freshman Malcolm Mitchell, who finished with 64 yards on three catches and scored on 51-yard catch-and-run. He said they’ll continue look to get him the football.

5. Richt was still majorly annoyed with the play of the offensive line, which allowed six quarterback sacks and even more hurries and pressures. They didn’t run block particularly well either, all of which helped them to a 2-for-13 third-down conversion rate.

“Third down is your position down,” he said. “That’s where you’ve got to make your first downs and keep your drives going and put yourself in field goal range or give yourself a chance to score touchdowns. I just felt like we didn’t do a good job in that area. Even when got the ball off I still thought he was getting there were a lot of times people were breathing down his neck and hitting him after he cut the ball loose. . . . We’ve got to get better. . . . If you look at it from an overall offensive point of view, that was probably the thing that was the most troublesome to me.”

FROM THE OTHER SIDELINE

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier also held his weekly teleconference on Sunday. The Gamecocks — after trailing 17-0 early — defeated East Carolina 56-37 in their opener played in Charlotte. Gainesville’s Connor Shaw started the game at quarterback but was relieved by the often-troubled-but-never-sidelined Stephen Garcia, who rallied them to victory.

Spurrier was pretty funny when asked Sunday about Richt’s well-being in light of Georgia losing 13 of its last 27 games.

“You know, I’ve got enough problems down here. I don’t think Coach Richt needs me to worry about him. I was worried about my job at halftime last night. How about that?”

Spurrier resisted any urge he might have had to needle Georgia for losing to Boise State 35-21.

“Georgia is still a very good team,” he said. “They just didn’t play their best. It wouldn’t surprise me if they weren’t favored over us this week. They are a very good team. They are very capable of doing some big things this year.”

Spurrier was more impressed with Boise State and their Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Kellen Moore.

“That quarterback is very good. He throws that ball like he’s got a baseball in his hand. He’s got a real quick release and he just flicks it here and flicks it there. He knows where everybody is. He’s hard to sack. He’s just really a good player. You just have to admire watching those guys play. I love watching them play because they block, they tackle well, they play fundamentals, they are just about always in position, they don’t do stupid things. They just play the game the way you are supposed to. I may vote them No. 1 in the country after watching them beat Georgia . . . Maybe after watching Boise Staet play all week will allow our guys to see how you’re supposed to play this game.”

Here’s a game story in the Anderson Independent that provides some details on the Gamecocks’ win over East Carolina.

COMPLETE GAME WRAPUP

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

A reminder that these players are tuned in to what people say and write about them. Here is a message sophomore linebacker Jarvis Jones posted on Facebook on Sunday:

“As I read some of the sport blogs, I see a many of the so-called Bulldawg fan comments. A lot of you all are some of the most un-loyal fans I’ve ever witnessed. If you want to trash us, don’t support us. Those who are loyal and willing to fight to the end with us will, we’re thankful for them. This from the heart. I dont care if you dont like it or me. My team is very passionate about what we do and we’re going to continue to fight.” — JJ #29

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Dawgtired

September 5th, 2011
8:57 pm

and Columbus…don’t try to make yourself feel better by claiming that Boise State one of the top teams in the country. They are good…I will give you that…far better than us apparently. But we’ve stooped to new lows if we can’t beat a Mountain West team at home.

DamntheButcher

September 5th, 2011
8:58 pm

FIRE MARK RIGHT FIRE MARK RICHT FIRE MARK RICHT

DamntheButcher

September 5th, 2011
8:59 pm

Hire Kyle Willingham from Utah to replace Mark Richt

Columbus

September 5th, 2011
9:00 pm

Dawgtired, yeah but Boise is nbot a Mountain west team really, they are a potential national champion this year. They just beat Oregon twice, and VT and we were not at home, we were in an air-conditioned dome on artificial turf, They are a turf team and they could not hack the humidity in Athens nor the grass as well as they could the conditions in the dome. Bottom line though is they would have beat most ALL teams in similar situation first game including Bama, Florida, and South Carolina.

Columbus is a smart man..

September 5th, 2011
9:03 pm

Columbus is a wise and very smart man!!! Listen to him and heed what he says!!

Dawgtired

September 5th, 2011
9:06 pm

Columbus….They are only a potential NC team because they play high-school teams the rest of the way. And to say we weren’t at home is a joke…Athens? of course not, but everybody knows it was a home game.

To say that they would have beaten most ALL other teams is nothing more than some pathetic attempt to make yourself feel better. Boise St. is a good team…well coached and smart. However, they do nothing that is earth shattering, and I believe that there are many teams that could easily defeat them. It does not help our team to overlook the obvious…that is, they we have major problems on our team that we need to fix. Whatever Boise St. does for the rest of this year has zero effect on our team.

Geogia a high school team?

September 5th, 2011
9:13 pm

Georgia must not be much better than a high school team then because they LOST!!!! Still talking smack even after BSU is weaing the dogs as*es as hats down here at the local University bars around the BSU Campus….BUHA!!!!

Dawgtired

September 5th, 2011
9:17 pm

High School team…you are so anxious to talk smack, but you need to slow down and read a bit more closely.

I am downing my team, not yours. I said that Boise State was a good team.

Now, if you want to get into a scheduling debate, I feel froggy…because you will lose.

Don’t turn this into something it isn’t.

HEY JARVIS JONES!

September 5th, 2011
9:19 pm

Hey you! Yeah – YOU! Jarvis Jones! You want to preach to us about not being “loyal”? If you had your way you would still be in L.A. playing for Junior at USC so shut your mouth about UGA not having “loyal” fans.

You know Jarvis, I have been loyal to the Dawgs during the last 3 seasons (plus the Boise debacle) when I knew I shouldn’t have because the Dawgs clearly sucked those years. I just kept the blinders on and had faith in our players and coaching staff to turn things around, and guess what? THEY HAVEN’T DONE IT YET!

You are all an EMBARRASSMENT to your University and to the uniforms you wear – and that includes whatever fashion disaster or motivational gimmick you happen to be suiting up in that particular week. I have seen more guts come splattering out of a chicken hit with 12 gauge buckshot than this entire can muster up on a Saturday in their own back yard.

Just win Jarvis and all this criticism will go away. In fact, you will be ADORED in the entire blogosphere, but don’t come out playing like a bunch of wheezing fat kids playing “Red Rover” at a summer camp for the mentally challenged and expect a pat on the back from me. I’m sick of this garbage.

I honestly think that Dawg fans would be a little more tolerant about losing if our team at least looked well disciplined and appeared to be falling short due to something other than lack of effort or pure stupidity.

Bobo – why the he// are you trying to run some shotgun spread no-huddle nonsense? Is that this years version of the FAILED “wild dawg” offense? Whatever you do – DON’T PUT MURRAY UNDER CENTER AND LET HIM ROLL OUT OR SCRAMBLE!!!!! That would actually play to his strengths instead of his weaknesses. God forbid you would stick with a pro-set or I-formation….

Richt needs to just grow a pair and yank the headset of BooBoo. I watched a recorded game vs. SCAR last week from 2006 at it was like the offense was a totally different animal. Now they look like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off.

Grantham doesn’t get a pass either. Where is that Cowboys 3-4 D we were promised? Oh yeah! We only needed a nose tackle. Well now we have TWO OF THEM and there is still no change. The D still blows. I think it has become painfully obvious that Grantham does not possess the skills to make the adjustments to the college game. I guess it’s easier when you only have to defend a pro-style offense. I am appalled at Grantham’s lack of adjustments for Boise’s short passing game.

All this after another off season of 5 star recruits and off season “happy talk”.

I’m just sick and tired of this prolonged suckage and embarrassed to be a Dawg fan right now. You guys are total GARBAGE. Georgia has been dragged through the mud the last three seasons and Dawg fans are tired of tolerating this kind of play.

Georgia football makes me want to projectile VOMIT!

Oh yeah – bench Tavvares King because HE CANNOT CATCH A PASS and is too infatuated with his “Team TK” nonsense on Twitter and not worried enough about “Team UGA”.

Jim

September 5th, 2011
9:26 pm

http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Full-Highlights-Vikings-28-Texans-0/ba0f2bbb-20dc-4a03-a64a-8ba5142cbfde#?id=246b54d4-341f-4ef0-b073-947e82b3af27&channelName=Recent

Dawgtired?

September 5th, 2011
9:30 pm

Seriously not downing the Broncos? You said they play high school teams the rest of the way! How is that not putting BSU down? Why not just say they were the better team on the field that night and leave it at that? BSU has proven theirselves time and time again, VT, Oregon, Oregon State, Oklahoma, TCU and now Georgia! We have no choice in what conference we’re in, PAC-12 won’t take us, what are we suppose to do? Oh I know, keep beating the SEC, Big 12 and PAC 12 schools that have the testicles to play us, that’s what we should do! It’s the same argument, excuse me, it’s the same excuses with all you fans of other teams, BSU isn’t talented enough, not fast enough, not, not, not, not! But guess what? We seem to win don’t we? BSU isn’t afraid of you guys from the so called Big Boy conferences, it’s the teams in the so called Big Boy Conferences who are afraid of us and you know it. If we were in one of the BCS conferences we would probably be even more dominant because we would be getting some of those 4-5 star recruits that are currently signing with the PAC-12. Use your head for something other than a hat rack and give it some thought!

Dawgtired

September 5th, 2011
9:58 pm

I already said that Boist State was the better team. Go back and read my post. (However, believe it or not, I do have the right to say more than just that.)

You talk about the teams that you have beaten…how many years did it take you to PLAY those teams? How many ranked teams will you play this year?

Also…you do have a choice of what conference you play in. Every team does. Nebaska just left the Big 12…Texas A&M is leaving the Big 12. Looks like Okahoma and Texas will be leaving. Possibly Virginia Tech too. You can find a better conference, and if not, go independant. The point is, the “we have to play the schedule that is in front of us” has no validity. You only play one team a year on avearage worth anything…much easier to do than to play 5, 6, 7 or 8 ranked teams per year. Schedules are set a few years in advance, so when your AD was scheduling non-conference games at that point, he could have scheduled more than just UGA.

Again…Boist State has a good team. Much better than UGA obviously. However, go beat your brains out against good teams week in and week out and you might have a slightly different attitude…and record.

tobagansweat

September 5th, 2011
10:02 pm

Crowell’s too small. Gone are the days of a puny Barry Sanders. sCam Newton made Auburn’s RB Dyer look good last season. How’s Demps been doing down at Florida? Crowell’s gotta literally grow into the positions. He’s soooo puny!

Dawgtired

September 5th, 2011
10:16 pm

Tobagansweat…who is sCam?

Dawgtired?

September 5th, 2011
10:18 pm

You have to receive an invite to a BCS conference, it’s not like you just sign up and join. Trust me, BSU would join the BIG 12 in a heatbeat if they were invited. And trust me, our AD has tried scheduling other teams to play us and we get turned down. We also ask for a home and home series but rarely get it. Oregon State and Oregon have given it to us. But even if we don’t get a home and home, we go. What’s your argument to my statement that if we were in a BCS Conference that we would possibly be more dominant than we are now, because we would surely sign some of those 4-5 star recruits? You as well as every other UGA fan know that Boise State obviously has a better coaching crew too, guess paying Richt $3 million doesn’t work out! Again it comes down to who wants it more. I truly hope the Dawgs do win out the rest of their schedule, will only help us into the NC game. The only two teams I see that are pretty damn good in the SEC this year is LSU and Alabama and the Dawgs don’t even play them this year. And you talk about high school teams, UGA is gonna play Coastal Carolina and New Mexico State! Come on now, UGA should at least get to the SEC Championship game with that schedule. I watched S. Carolina game and Boise State would’ve put a beat down on them too.

Ogeechee Dawg

September 5th, 2011
10:22 pm

Been a Dawg fan since the 1960’s – as a small pup.

Seen ups and down – this is no different – I really hope this team and staff can re-group.

2009 – 8-5 after Stafford / Moreno left – transition year – hey – it happens
2010 – 6-7 – just not a good job of leadership from the coaching staff – we were a 6-7 team because that was an accurate reflection of the program – losing to horrible Colorado team and UCF in the bowl very humbling.
2011 – started off the year – looking like 2010.
I will give Boise credit – they were prepared. UGA was not.

After reading Coach Bobo’s comments about not being able to get it going offensively due to how good Boise State was defensively, well – Coach Bobo – that is your job to figure out and be prepared.
The UGA offense was horrible …. and so was the defense. Outcoached, Outplayed, Out executed – by a real team.

I like Coach Richt and will root for this staff.

However, if we only win 6 or 7 games this season – it is time to change leadership of this program.

You can’t reward a head Coach with $3MM annual income as he takes a program from nations elite to nations laughing stock.

At this point – I will be shocked if we beat South Carolina and several other teams we used to beat regularly – but you never know – maybe something will click and the team will surprise. I am being hopeful – but right now – I just do not believe – and if we get smashed by USCe – at that point – I might not care. I drank the Kool-Aid – thought I would see a much improved program – what I saw was incompetence and a waste of talent.

Dawg Tired

September 5th, 2011
10:24 pm

That phrase “fighting to the end” must not mean what I think it means.

Enough Already~!

September 5th, 2011
10:34 pm

Quit arguing with these Bronco fans. We had the better players and they had the better team, game plan, and coaching staff.

PERIOD.

They deserved to win and our sorry players deserved to LOSE.

Thomas Brown

September 5th, 2011
10:42 pm

Boise State would beat Alabama, Columbus says to start this thread page number 11.

Look if you guys want to support Mark Richt when his assistant coaches are doing all they can get him fired, please try to not make idiotic statements like this. Boise State is a better coached football team, averaging # 69 in recruit rankings the last 5 years to Mark Richt’s “coaching staff” recruit rankings the last 5 years of # 11 average. Boise State just beat a team who has lost 13 of the last 27 games, is 13-12 over the last 5 years vs SEC East teams and has not beat a team who finished in the AP Poll Top 10 since 2006, when we also lost 4 games including to 4-win Vandie. Oh, we have an injury ? Should have thought about that when you ran off 26 scholarship players in the last season, and you COLUMBUS came running in here typing ADDITION by SUBTRACTION.

At best, Boise State beat the # 7 team in The SEC. It is quite clear that Alabama would have rushed Kellen Moore, rushed their punter, and would have had enough players actually practicing all Fall Camp without S&C issues of half the team with hamstrings, groin pulls and quad, to line up after winning the coin toss and not have 3 penalties the 1st series. There is no excuse for 2 of 13 on 3rd Down Conversions. We had a practice at the Dome, and on the opening kick-off a guy who should not have been allowed to be back there, comes out of his shoes, and in the 2nd series our # 1 RB in the nation at 4.43 speed ( # 221 in speed in this year’s class), slips on his 1st carry. We have 2 OL and 3 holes and no one behind them. We ran all the LB out of the program. We have no secondary. We have no WR. We have no fullback.

We were # 72 in the nation at making 1st Downs last year. We are, once again, the same.

We play FAVORITES. Malcolm Mitchell and we bring him in with the score 7-28. We start Richard Samuel. We threw 1 pass to Aron White and he celebrates the 5 yard catch out of bounds, jumping up and down so proud of himself, down at the time 7-28. We try to hide that Bacari Rambo is suspended, and we tried to hide that Carlton Thomas was suspended. We have Rodney Garner say in the papers how badly Jon Jenkins is doing, pre-game. We say everyone is ready to play 2 days before the game, never mind, none of them practiced all Fall Camp.

These are not excuses for the DISNEYdawgs.com. They are indictments of our coaching staff Mark Richt hired and he alone is responsible for. I am not settling for 13 losses the last 27 games. Maybe you are; that is your problem and not mine. I am steadfast the coaches and the players must GATA. Coastal Carolina comes up after Saturday. Maybe we can run up our stats against them, and make you so proud of the “coaching staff” Mark Richt hired and kept here. Pass me the Kool-Aid, Boise State would beat Alabama, Columbus.

Cobb Dawg

September 5th, 2011
10:43 pm

I TOTALLY agree with BroncoBlue! Congrats on a great win over a lackluster program. Best wishes for the rest of the season. I’ll be rooting for you. I want to support a program that recruits STUDENT athletes. Not dred-wearing kids who can bearly read or write and who care nothing about school. Time to get back to giving scholarships to scholars. And a football coach shouldn’t make more than a college professor, much less the president.

Scrimp Daddy-Oh Yeah

September 5th, 2011
10:45 pm

That just says it all when Boise State has 69th best recruiting average last 10 years and UGA has 7th best average. A freaking retarded imbecile can deduce that its the poor coaching at UGA that doesn’t allow the top players to win at UGA.

Student Athlete

September 5th, 2011
10:46 pm

Enter your comments here

Scrimp Daddy-Oh Yeah

September 5th, 2011
10:47 pm

Hey Chip, ask Richt why top 4 & 5 star recruits come to UGA and get beat by 2 & 3 star recruits ?

Cobb Dawg

September 5th, 2011
10:47 pm

UGA is now a 3rd-tier SEC program along with Ole Miss, Arkansas, Miss St., UT, and UK. And Vandy is the only 4th-tier. Anyone care to argue that point?

Reality

September 5th, 2011
10:50 pm

Right or wrong, Richt makes 3 million because he makes money for the University. That’s not going to change. Follow the money, when it stops coming in, Richt will be on the way out.

Scrimp Daddy-Oh Yeah

September 5th, 2011
10:51 pm

Lou Holtz said that Richt needs to call the plays on offense and noy Mike Bobo. Let’s see, Lou Holtz won a National Championship. He knows football.

bitter PROSTATE GLAND

September 5th, 2011
10:52 pm

GEORGIA “D”—————SLOW——LIKE MY FLOW————-slow thinkers

Scrimp Daddy-Oh Yeah

September 5th, 2011
10:55 pm

My labor day sucked. I saw 3 friends that are Bama fans,3 that are Ga. Tech fans,2 that are Auburn fans,and 1 that is a Gator fan. All their teams won. I had to apologize and make up excuses for UGA losing again.
I’m tired of all the losing. 6-7 last year and now 0-1 facing 0-2. Damn.

captguitarman

September 5th, 2011
10:58 pm

Sometimes just one silly insignificant thing, one failure, one mistake can provide great insight and sum up the whole gosh darned situation in sports. What makes Georgia different? The Ol’ Ball Coach once said that Georgia gets all these good players, but what happens to them after they get there? Possible answer, after they get there, they run the place . . . that’s what happens to to them. I can’t imagine a more bone headed move than a player from a 6-7 team, one that has lost 8 out of its last 10 games to ranked teams, a team that couldn’t score against a second tier team last year in its final bowl game, yes, a player from that team of great renown, sending a trash talking tweet (a dare) to the opposing coach — to any coach — but especially to one of the best coaches in the nation, who coaches a ranked, highly respected team coming off a terrific year). Why did he do it? Perhaps because . . . Man, we are just tearing things up here in practices every day against our second team sub, Boise State designates, so it is no question that we’ll just tear through the real Boise State players . . . especially when I have the ball on a kick off. In fact, I am so charged up about running over all of our second and third string players today that I am going to tweet a dare to the Boise State coach. I have played on lots of sports teams in my day, great ones, good ones, and not so good and lousy ones. And I cannot remember one coach in any sport, not one, who would have tolerated such bone headed, misquided cheap talk before a game — because in sports, the way I learned it, all talk is cheap. Good teams do their talking on the field and ONLY on the field. Boykin should have been benched for this game when he tweeted the Boise State coach with his trash talk dare. Yes, I know he scored a big early TD for Georgia. I don’t deny he is a great player, he is just not a smart player, or a disciplined player, and his coach and coaches have created an environment where crap like that is tolerated with no sanction, no penalty whatsoever. CMR’s job is definitely on the line now. The first thing he needs to tell everyone on the team, associated with the team, on penalty of being tossed from the team, or from their coaching job, or any other team related job . . . just shut the F up. No more talk, nada, zero, zilch. From now on, our only talking will be on the field with how we play the game. And that is it. The only person allowed to talk is me, the coach. And even if the Puppies had earned the right to talk, which they clearly have not earned, great players and great teams with class don’t shoot their mouths off right before big games — it has backfired a lot more than it has ever worked. But, it might be too late. Georgia needs some fire-breathing SOB, Bobby Knight, Nick Saban, Vince Lombardi, Bear Bryant type coaches in there now to instill some mental toughness and discipline — NOW. And finally, I hope that CMR digs out those good old traditional home and away uniforms, and puts all the really cool stuff into, that really looks cool and good on you when you are shooting off your mouth and tweeting, into permanent storage, so that in the future, Georgia players won’t be confused and will learn, and clearly understand that really cool uniforms, helmets, colors, shoes, etc. do not make great players — it’s the other way around.

Dreadlocks don't bring Championships!!

September 5th, 2011
10:59 pm

Dreadlocks don’t bring Championships! Heart, Determination and a Superior Coaching Staff does that!! The 4&5 star players I witnessed that night were wearing white uniforms with a Bronco logo on their helmets.

SmartNTough

September 5th, 2011
11:12 pm

Coach Richt,
Here are some tips that will help to improve the play of our beloved “Dawgs”:

DEFENSIVE SUGGESTIONS
1. If UGA is playing against a left handed quarterback, it is “supremely wise” is use a “corner blitz to the side of “his left hand” to insure that his throw is at least…’hurried’. On such plays, a “linebacker blitz by the outside linebacker coming off the end will also help..while this blitzing linebacker is being ‘wary of ‘the screen pass’. Even great passers are not nearly as effective to their non-dominant side in throwing. Use right-sided corner blitzes with right-handed QBs.
2. The defensive linemen for UGA …’desperately’ need to put there hands up to deflect passes …..EVERY TIME THE BALL IS THROWN. Even if they don’t it can still negatively affect the pass and ‘lessens’ the effectiveness of even a great passer.
3. Just because UGA may normally run a 3-4 doesn’t mean they can’t run other sets when they are far more likely to be useful than the 3-4. Sometimes the issue isn’t “Push” as much as it is pressure. On long yard downs, moving to a four or even five man front as long as the personnel are the big and quick linemen, not the huge linemen. It seems we stay in the 3-4 many times when it definitely is not to our advantage. Even with a 4-5 defensive linemen set, blitzing by a corner or linebacker can be an enormous advantage.
4. NEVER, NEVER……assume the other team is punting or kickiing. ALWAYS GO AFTER THE KICKER as if he is not going to punt or kick…..at all. (Remember West Virginia!)

Offensive Suggestions:
1. Run the fullback at least occassionally; don’t just throw to him occassionally; it makes all the statistical sense in the world. Not running hims ALWAYS gives the opponent a rather significant advantage.
2. Without the student body, few football games are won; that is……student body left….and student body right. If a team doesn’t at least attempt to ‘regularly run to the outside’, it’s giving up a huge offensive advantage to the opponent. Whatever it takes to get the blocks to get to the outside..do it.
3. Use more reverses…..they work…..
4. Use ‘no huddle’ ………a whole lot more……and snap the ball quickly when it’s advantageous to do so.

******Improving on just these things will help UGA enough to be a “much improved team”.
GOOD LUCK, Coach Richt!!! Hope you have a very successful season.

Thomas Brown

September 5th, 2011
11:15 pm

Mark Richt’s total compensation annually is 3 and a half million dollars.

I would argue that we are, at best, about the # 7 team in The SEC. This is where we have been, and where we remain. At 13-12 vs SEC East over these last 5 years, there is no doubt. With 13 losses the last 27 games, this is where we are. Hopeful that we will beat South Carolina, is not a game strategy. Whining about 1 injury, is not an excuse. Typing daily all Summer as you DISNEYdawgs.com have done, that ADDITION by SUBTRACTION and now 1 injury and you and Mark Richt blame the loss on his injury and set up the excuses for next week. You got beat soundly by a team no where in the same ballpark as your players. Your OC you stole from Jacksonville State where he was the QB coach. Your RB coach is a former WR, whose dad was a great RB here. Your TE coach is a former QB. Your WR coach is a former great RB. Your OL coach, you hired here to UGA from Tuscaloosa Central high school who from there was hired here by Mark Richt. He went to Gardner Webb, then UAB where we stole him from. The reason for all the optimism all Summer is, once again, the Dream Team – a collection of players who did not fill the holes we have and are ranked # 6 by ESPN and # 6 by Scout.com; but according to our head coach, they are his Dream Team, when for all 11 classes he has averaged the # 7 recruiting class averaging both Rivals.com and Scout.com rankings all 11 seasons. Pass the Kool-Aid, and please make no suggestion that might actually improve this football team’s actual factual rankings such as not having beat a team who finished in the AP Poll Top 10 since # 9 Auburn in 2006, over 6 seasons ago. Did I mention we lost 4 games that season, for you to say how this one game against Boise State is no reason to be just slightly over the DISNEYdawgs.com posters of this blog. You shoved all these lies down all our throats all Summer and now that it isn’t true. None of them true, when I told you they were not true one by one as you lied about them. And, so now postgame, you run in here and announce that no one is allowed to say that well, we are not a very good offense, returned 1 kick-off well out of about 10, didn’t contain on punt coverage, and never mounted the 1st opportunity for a sack against a QB who shredded our you say awesome Secondary.

But, you do say that we played poorly in game 1.

So, let me get this straight. YOU can say we played poorly in just this one game.

But, we cannot reply that we have lost 13 of the last 27 and lost 12 of the last 25 SEC East games ?

You must really think I am as stupid and witless as our coaching staff, is.

Witless 3 and half million dollars total compensation, annually. Witless.

Scrimp Daddy-Oh Yeah

September 5th, 2011
11:22 pm

All coaches are way overpaid but Richt’s salary at 3.5 million losing all the time looks really bad.

Thomas Brown

September 5th, 2011
11:29 pm

captguitarman

It is not Brandon Boykin’s fault that he tweeted to the head coach who 2 times has won the Top College Football Coach in the Nation, Bear Bryant Award, daring him to kick-off to him when we were the # 85 team in the nation last season, at kick-off returns with him.

Notice, captguitarman, if you will sir that Mark Richt said to him, “It’s ok, now you will JUST HAVE to BACK IT UP.”

That is the problem,

captguitarman

Cobb Dawg

September 5th, 2011
11:39 pm

UGA under CMR:

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
8-4 13-1 11-3 10-2 10-3 9-4 11-2 10-3 8-5 6-7

Pretty good numbers until ‘09. What happened coach?

STAY THE COURSE

September 5th, 2011
11:57 pm

Jarvis Jones and Coach MR us true fans support you win or loose. And by the way stay off the coach about being a christian. Get your heads out of your butts or pull for another team you bunch of winers. Rome was not but in a day !!!!!!! Be an optomist.

Cobb Dawg

September 6th, 2011
12:03 am

STAY THE COURSE, it’s “lose” not “loose”. If you like it you should learn how to spell it! Also “Christian” should be spelled with an uppercase “C” and “winers”, I guess, are people who drink wine? Rome was not “but” in a day? What is an “optomist”?!?! Are you an *Auburn grad?!?!

South Carolina Dawg

September 6th, 2011
12:07 am

Saturday was one of the wildest pre-game moments I have seen as a Georgia grad and long-time season ticket holder. The fans were there and loud, ready for a great game. I was in New Orleans in 1980 and the crowd was not as frenzied!!! Georgia fans deserve better than the current product. I am not against any player and do not think they should be criticized, but showboating and cheerleading prior to plays is not for a class team to do. Make great plays and people cheer anyway. These players need to focus on their assignment and let the fans focus on theirs. Since we do not win with top recruits, why not recruit intelligent players with great character. We have a few – Aaron Murray and Brandon Boykin. We need more leaders, just not kids on a pit stop for the NFl who care nothing about Georgia.

STAY THE COURSE

September 6th, 2011
12:07 am

No i am not an Auburn Grad Mr Perfect!!!!!!

wins-by-a-link

September 6th, 2011
12:08 am

What ever happened to putting the Hob nailed boot into the opponents face?

Thomas Brown

September 6th, 2011
12:18 am

I submit those are not pretty good numbers.

4 Losses 2001. Including 2 losses to teams who either did not end up in the Top 25 or would not have without their win over us. Mark Richt bragged that he had knocked the lid off the # 11 all-time 1-A win football program by beating # 4 vols, but he lost 4 games.

2002 The SEC was DOWN, way DOWN. Proof ? In the final Coaches’ Poll, there was only 1 other SEC team ranked in the Top 25, # 14 Auburn. We played one team, Florida, whom our offense – which has averaged the # 52 Total Offense all 10 years and is # 52 again for 2011 – our lousy offense made 0 of 11 on 3rd Down Conversions for the whole entire game. Notice if you will please that that lousy team did not even make it into the final Coaches’ Poll Top 25, even with their win over us.

2003 was a most disappointing season. We lost 3 games. LSU beat us. UAB had us beat. Florida beat us, again and then fired their head coach for it. And, we were humiliated in the Georgia Dome 34-13. I am sorry, that is not pretty good.

2004 was David Greene’s senior season. In his 4 years he beat 1 team who finished in the AP Poll Top 10 and lost 4 games that season. Before the Florida game, South Carolina and Marshall both had us on the ropes. After that, with the DISNEYdawgs.com posting how great we were squeaking past Marshall and South Carolina, we go out the next week and lose to another coach who got fired for it, the vols, again at HOME. Our season was over; we were already eliminated from The SEC Championship. In his 4th try, he finally beat Florida one time. Then, we squeaked by Arkansas, squeaked by Florida, and before we squeaked by a lousy Georgia tek, we got BLOWN OUT by Auburn 6-24. If you think that was pretty good, you must not have liked my posts that season in here.

2005 we beat # 6 LSU in The SEC Championship Game. Great stuff. Only, like Boise State, we went to the Sugar Bowl and before I could sit down and stop booing Michael F. Adam$, the score was 28-0 in route to our loss at the Dome. The only difference in that and Boise State at the Dome, is I got a $20 T-Shirt that reads Bust Boise, with their 28 consecutive points too. Problem with the win over # 6 LSU in The SEC Championship Game is that both LSU and Alabama finished ranked higher than Mark Richt in the final AP Poll. Mark Richt ended up the # 3 ranked team in The SEC 2005. Oh, did I mention the lies of how great Joe Tereshinski III would be in Jacksonville, and our loss there, again ? Then, we followed that showing up with having to put DJ back in vs Auburn where he wasn’t 100 percent and we LOST to Auburn too. Pretty good ? For DJ, yes. For Mark Richt ? Absolutely not pretty good.

Where are we up to now ? Let’s see 2006.

2006 make Matthew Stafford # 3 QB on the depth chart behind both Joe Tereshinski III and Joe Cox. Lose to 4-win Vandie Lose to Colorado – excuse me yanked Matthew Stafford and sqeaked out that win. Squeak past Ole Miss. This is where our football program is nowadays, trying to make it how great Mark Richt is in wins, without discussing the losses and nobodies he has beat. vols BLOW US OUT. Squeak by Missy State. Lose to Florida, again. Lose to Kentucky again. Pretty good ? Well, we beat # 9 Auburn. Hey look what a great coach Mark Richt is he beat # 9 Auburn. Is this really a pretty good season ? Absolutely NOT.

2007. Beat by a 6-6 South Carolina team not even in a bowl game. BLOWN OUT by vols who were at best an average team, which is more than can be said for South Carolina. The season OVER. Before it even started. Knocked out of The SEC Championship by nobodies. Soft Schedule. Beat not 1 single team who finished in the AP Poll Top 10, while LSU beat 2 teams who finished in the Top 10 in 2007; but according to RICHT-0-FILES Mark Richt got screwed by the BCS. Who did we beat ? Who did LSU beat ? Who did we lose to ? Don’t try to tell me that UGA should have played for the MNC and not LSU; you will not get anywhere in that discussion with this HOMER dawg fan.

2008. Ranked # 1 by every single poll for the 1st time ever in our entire history. That night, 22 players go out on the town celebrating it. We lose to all 3 teams we play. We beat no one. Again. All 3 losses, we give up 29, 31, and 42 consecutive points and end up # 13 in the AP Poll. Had we started out # 13, we would have finished not in the Top 25, where we should have been ranked. Did I mention a lousy Georgia tek beat us ?

2009. Joe Cox throws the deep ball better than any QB, with his chronic shoulder unable to practice 1 day every single week of the season. Gets the flu flies to Stillwater in a private charter. Still the only QB to play, when we know we have injured Aaron Murray and clearly should have played Zach Mettenberger for at least 1 snap to separate him from Aaron Murray. I’ll not even go into all the games we lost 2009. Okie State who did not end up in the AP Poll Top 25. LSU. BLOW OUT by the vols again. BLOW OUT by Florida again. Kentucky beat us again.

2010. Have to go back all the way to 1953, fifty eight years ago to find an UGA team who lost more than we lost last year.

2011. Dream Team. Addition by Subtraction of 26 scholarship players who got kicked off this team in the last year alone. 0-1. If Mark Richt loses Saturday will not have a winning record vs SEC East teams the last 6 seasons, standing at 13-12 over the last entire 5 seasons, as it is.

PRETTY GOOD ?

Compared to Ray Goff.

Dawgtired

September 6th, 2011
12:19 am

to Dawgtired?

Please don’t act like Boise State can’t possibly get into a conference, or that you can’t schedule anybody worthwhile to play. That’s a cop-out and you know it. Major teams play other major teams from other conferences every year. Don’t let the win over UGA go to your head pretending that every decent team in America is scared to play you.

More to the point, if you do have trouble getting into a conference or getting a home and home it is due to your school and facilities. Nobody wants to share tickets sales with a school that seats 30K in their stadium (70K is average these days).

I will address your point of the “what if’s” of Boise joining a major conference….but you won’t agree with what I say. Of course, it’s all a matter of opinion…of which you are entitled to just like I am. So here goes….joining a major conference doesn’t guarantee you 4-5 star recruits. No kid goes to a school simply because of the conference they play in. If Boise State joined, the Big 12 let’s say, it wouldn’t mean that 4-5 star kids would instantly show up at your door.

Joining a major conference also means more quality competition week after week. If you played in the SEC, for example, you would play 6-7 ranked teams every year. That’s tougher than playing one big game per year. Doing so is mentally and physically challenging. So, I think Boise State would be a middle of the road SEC team.

Thomas Brown

September 6th, 2011
12:26 am

“And by the way stay off the coach about being a christian.”

There is a Separation of Church and State in this state. He is not a great football coach because he is a Christian.

Fred

September 6th, 2011
12:33 am

Wonder when or IF the players will be more concerned with winning a game than how cool they look with their hair extensions and fake dreadlocks. I mean if you can’t keep a helmet on to maintain your “look’ then you can’t really stick your head down and play some football can you?

Everyone knows it’s more important to “look good” than to BE good. And there ain’t nobody on the bulldog staff to tell these boys differently. It’s hard to train well enough on defense to play the first 3 and a half minutes of football at the start of the third quarter and STILL maintain the cool look. Them dreads cost MONEY, you don’t want to ruin them with sweat. Good thing the NCAA hasn’t copped to hair extension places as they have with tattoo parlors. I mean the “look” of being “hard” is just the same as BEING “hard” isn’t it?

Shame the boys from Boise State didn’t know this OR that they were a “dream team.” We might have had a chance then.

Fred

September 6th, 2011
12:36 am

PRETTY GOOD ?

Compared to Ray Goff.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Really? The only success Richt had was playing the boys that Goff recruited. He hasn’t done squat since they left…………… nor will he. A six million dollar a year Sunday School teacher who coaches football part time.

Thomas Brown

September 6th, 2011
12:40 am

Well, yes, Jim Donnan had 19 losses in his 5 years here.

Mark Richt has Lost 21 games his last 5 years. I agree, the players that Jim Donnan had obviously were better players than the players Mark Richt has had the last 5 years. Or, Jim Donnan was a better coach. One or the other.

Thomas Brown

September 6th, 2011
12:42 am

Maybe both

redan01

September 6th, 2011
1:00 am

Play Macolme the big back out of SW Dekalb lets not forget there was a reason Samuels was moved to linebacker .. he wasnt cutting it as a running back & to think he can now is not good logic he will be fumbling soon & does not hit the holes with a good burst , no vision at all…. Mocolme had a good spring & runs hard play the kid you will see how productive he can be , i guess after 2 or 3 more losses they will wake & play the kid.

Krazydawg

September 6th, 2011
1:05 am

The Dawgs are not hungry.They are out of shape.You can lift weights 3 times a day,but with no running is not going to matter.Ray Charles could call better plays than Bobo.I like CMR,but Bobo is going to get him run out of town.Just give me the old hunker down dawgs anyday. .

NissanDawg

September 6th, 2011
5:47 am

To the fans ? that question CMR and Catherine’s Christianity, may you burn in hell! Question his coaching ability, question his decisions, question his choices in coaches, but NEVER, EVER question his Christianity or that of his wife. I don’t know about the rest of ya’ll, but if my employer questioned my decisions at work, that is one thing, but for someone to criticize my wife, them’s fighting words in South Georgia. I have always been one of CMR’s biggest supporters, but maybe it is time to reevaluate our program and the direction we are headed. There are very few more dedicated UGA fans than me, and I truly thought we could turn things around this year, but to go for a 1st down on 4th and 1 and have your 250lb fullback on the bench and not line up in the I formation, is just fundamentally wrong. CMR either needs to take over the play calling or Mike Bobo needs to go. I know Coach Bob personally, and he is a fine man, but he simply is not an OC, at least not a very good one. Some very tough decisions have to be made. UGA is one of the storied programs in the country, and right now, they look like a high school team playing in the toughest, meanest conference in the world. Something has to give, and it has to give quickly. I still have confidence in CMR, but changes have to be made. If we had simply played Boise on a level field and lost, things would be different. Boise is a great team, and Kellen Moore is a very special quarterback. I am not as upset about the loss as I am about how we lost. I am not particularly impressed with McGarity either, and I think the whole program needs to be put under a microscope. I am not a CMR hater, or a hater at all. I am simply an avid UGA fan who has spent many, many 1000″s of dollars supporting UGA, and, simply put, the fans deserve better. May God bless our team, and protect us from harm.

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